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Encyclopedia > List of classical composers

This is a list of composers, mostly European, of the Classical music era, roughly from 1740 to 1820. The Classical period in Western music occurred from about 1730 and 1820, but there was considerable overlap at both ends with preceding and following periods, as is true for all musical eras. ...

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Baroque era/Classical era transition composers (born before 1710)

Lodovico Giustini (December 12, 1685 – February 7, 1743) was an Italian composer and keyboard player of the late Baroque and early Classical eras. ... Jean Baptiste Masse (c. ... Michel Blavet (March 13, 1700–October 28, 1768) was a French flute virtuoso. ... Events January 18 - Frederick I becomes King of Prussia. ... 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Giovanni Battista Sammartini (ca. ... Johann Ernst Eberlin, (March 27, 1702 – June 19, 1762). ... Events March 8 - William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen Anne of England, Scotland and Ireland. ... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Carl Heinrich Graun (ca. ... Baldassare Galuppi (October 18, 1706 - January 3, 1785) was a Venetian composer noted for his operas, and particularly opera buffa. ... Carl Georg Reutter (the Younger) was born as the son of Georg Reutter (the Elder) in Vienna on 8 April 1708. ... Michel Corrette (1709 - 1795) French composer and author of method books. ... // Events January 12 - Two-month freezing period begins in France - The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail and at least 24. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... // Events January 12 - Two-month freezing period begins in France - The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail and at least 24. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (January 4, 1710 - March 16, 1736) was an Italian composer, violinist and organist. ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ... Domenico Alberti (around 1710 - 1740) was an Italian singer, harpsichordist and composer whose works bridge the Baroque and Classical periods. ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-March 5, 1778) was an English composer, best known for the popular patriotic song, Rule Britannia, which is still frequently sung, notably at the Last Night of the Proms; and also his musical settings of songs from the plays of William Shakespeare. ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... 1778 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, in a portrait by Wilhelm Weitsch Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (November 22, 1710 – July 1, 1784) was the eldest, and by common repute the most gifted son, of Johann Sebastian Bach; a famous organist, a famous improvisor, and a complete master of counterpoint. ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... 1784 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... William Boyce (September 11, 1711 – February 7, 1779) is widely regarded as one of the most important English-born composers of the 18th century. ... // Events February 24 - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Friderich Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage. ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Early Classical era composers (born 1710-1730)

Charles John Stanley (January 17, 1712 – May 19, 1786) was an English composer and organist. ... // Events Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... // Events April 11 - War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht June 23 - French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada first Orrery built by George Graham Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... // Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Niccolò Jommelli Niccolò Jommelli (September 10, 1714 - August 25, 1774) was an Italian composer. ... // Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ... 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Gottfried August Homilius (February 2, 1714 – June 1 (June 2?), 1785) was a German composer, Cantor, and organist. ... // Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ... 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Gluck, detail of a portrait by Joseph Duplessis, dated 1775 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) Christoph Willibald (von) Gluck (July 2, 1714 – November 15, 1787) was a German composer. ... // Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ... 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (Weimar, March 8, 1714 – December 14, 1788) was a German musician and composer, the second son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. ... // Events August 1 - George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Georg Christoph Wagenseil (January 29, 1715 – March 1, 1777) was an Austrian composer. ... // Events July 24 - Spanish treasure fleet of ten ships under admiral Ubilla leave Havana, Cuba for Spain. ... 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... // Events August 5 - In the Battle of Peterwardein 40. ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (Czech: Jan Václav Stamic) (baptized June 30, 1717 - March 27, 1757) was a composer and violinist. ... // Events January 4 — The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance February 26-March 6 What is now the northeastern United States was paralyzed by a series of blizzards that buried the region. ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Georg Leopold Mozart Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a composer, music teacher and violinist. ... // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused... 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused... 1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... // Events Pope Innocent XIII becomes pope Johann Sebastian Bach composes the Brandenburg Concertos April 4 - Robert Walpole becomes the first prime minister of Britain September 10 - Treaty of Nystad is signed, bringing an end to the Great Northern War November 2 - Peter I is proclaimed Emperor of All the Russias... 1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Karl Friedrich Abel (December 22, 1723 – June 20, 1787) was a German composer of the Classical era. ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Events June 11 - George, Prince of Wales becomes King George II of Great Britain. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Florian Leopold Gassmann (3 May 1729 – 20 January 1774) was an Bohemian opera composer. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Giuseppe Sarti (December 28, 1729 - July 28, 1802), was an Italian composer. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... --69. ... Antonio Francisco Javier José Soler Ramos (baptised December 3, 1729 - December 20, 1783) was a Spanish composer. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... 1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Middle Classical era composers (born 1730-1750)

Franz Joseph Haydn (March 31 or April 1, 1732 – May 31, 1809) was a leading composer of the Classical period, called the Father of the Symphony and Father of the String Quartet. A life-long resident of Austria, Haydn spent most of his career as a court musician for the... Events February 23 - First performance of Handels Orlando, in London June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... François-Joseph Gossec (1734 — February 16, 1829) was a Belgian composer of operas, string quartets, symphonies, and choral works who worked in France. ... Events January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handels opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Events April 16 - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Christian Bach, painted in London by Thomas Gainsborough, 1776 ( Museo Civico, Bologna) Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782) was a composer of the Classical era. ... Events April 16 - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (February 3, 1736 - March 7, 1809) was an Austrian musician who was born at Klosterneuburg, near Vienna. ... Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Michael Haydn (September 14, 1737 – August 10, 1806) was an Austrian composer, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. ... Events 12 February — The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (November 2, 1739 – October 24, 1799) was an Austrian composer and violinist. ... Events January 1 - Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. ... 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Baptist Vanhal (May 12, 1739 - August 20, 1813) was a composer. ... Events January 1 - Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... André Ernest Modeste Grétry (February 8, 1741 – September 24, 1813), a Belgian composer, who worked from 1767 onwards in France. ... // Events April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval expedition at Battle of Colachel December 19 - Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 - Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Andrea Luca Luchesi (May 23, 1741, Motta di Livenza - March 21, 1801, Bonn), was an Italian composer. ... // Events April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval expedition at Battle of Colachel December 19 - Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 - Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Paisiello at the clavichord, by Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, 1791. ... // Events April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval expedition at Battle of Colachel December 19 - Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 - Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Luigi Boccherini (February 19, 1743 – May 28, 1805) was a classical era composer and cellist from Italy, mostly known for one particular minuet from one of his string quintets, and the cello concerto in B flat major (G 482). ... // Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... // Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Karel Stamic (May 7, 1745 - November 9, 1801), who took the German form of his name Karl Stamitz and is now better known as Carl, was a Bohemian composer. ... // Events May 11 - War of Austrian Succession: Battle of Fontenoy - At Fontenoy, French forces defeat an Anglo-Dutch-Hanoverian army including the Black Watch June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys Austrian army at Hohenfriedberg August 19 - Beginning of the 45 Jacobite Rising at Glenfinnan September 12 - Francis I is elected... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... // Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 14 - First battle of Cape... 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Domenico Cimarosa (December 17, 1749-January 11, 1801), Italian opera composer, was born at Aversa, in the kingdom of Naples. ... Events While in debtors prison, John Cleland writes Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure). ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...

Late Classical era composers (born 1750-1770)

Antonio Salieri Antonio Salieri (August 18, 1750 – May 7, 1825), born in Legnago, Italy, was a composer and conductor, as well as one of the most important and famous musicians of his time. ... Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London, England April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Antonio Rosetti (c1750–1792) was a classical era composer, writing around the same time as Haydn and Mozart. ... Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London, England April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Dmytro Stepanovich Bortniansky (Ukrainian: Дмитро Степанович Бортнянський, or Dmitry Bortnyansky, 1751–1825) was a Ukrainian-Russian composer. ... Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 25 - For the last time, New Years Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Muzio Clementi (January 24, 1752 – March 10, 1832) was a classical composer, and acknowledged as the first to write specifically for the piano. ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752-1837) was a composer, born in Naples, Italy on April 4, 1752. ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... | Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Mozart drawing by Doris Stock, 1789 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart; January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) is among the most significant and enduringly popular composers of European classical music. ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1791 (MDCCXCI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792) Joseph Martin Kraus (June 20, 1756 -December 15, 1792), was a composer, sometimes referred to as the Swedish Mozart. Kraus was born in Mittelberg am Main in Germany, and started his education in Buchen am Odenwald, later at the Jesuit Gymnasium and Music Seminar at... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... François Devienne (1759 -1803) François Devienne (January 31, 1759 - September 5, 1803) was a French composer and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory. ... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Luigi Cherubini (September 14, 1760 – March 15, 1842) was an Italian composer. ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Ladislaus Dussek (Jan Ladislav Dusík) was a Czech composer and pianist. ... 1762 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Franz Ignaz Danzi (June 15, 1763 - April 13, 1826) was a German composer and conductor, the son of a noted Italian cellist. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Etienne Henri (or Nicolas) Méhul (June 24, 1763 - October 18, 1817), was a French composer. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Johann Simon Mayr aka Giovanni Simone Mayr, Simone Mayr, also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766 – September 17, 1803) was an Austrian composer. ... 1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... | Come and take it, slogan of the Texas Revolution 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Classical era/Romantic transition composers (born 1770-1800)


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