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Lists of classical composers
by era and century
Medieval (500–1400)
Renaissance (1400–1600)
Baroque (1600–1760)
Classical (1730–1820)
Romantic (1815–1910)
Modernist (1890–1950)
Postmodernist (since 1930)
20th century (1901–1999)
21st century (since 2000)

This is a list of composers of the Classical music era, roughly from 1730 to 1820. Prominent classicist composers [1] [2] [3] include Christoph Willibald Gluck, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Stamitz, Joseph Haydn, Johann Christian Bach, Antonio Salieri, Muzio Clementi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Luigi Boccherini, Ludwig van Beethoven, Niccolò Paganini, Gioachino Rossini and Franz Schubert.

As with the list of Romantic composers, this is a purely chronological catalogue, and includes figures not usually thought of as Classical-period composers, such as Johann Sebastian Bach, and Georg Frideric Handel, as well as figures more often regarded as belonging to the early Romantic era, such as Carl Maria von Weber.

Early Galante era composers – Transition from Baroque to Classical (born before 1710)

Composers in the Baroque/Classical transitional era, sometimes seen as the beginning of the Galante era, include the following listed by their date of birth:

Early Classical era/Later Galante era composers (born 1710–1730)

Middle Classical era composers (born 1730–1750)

Late Classical era composers (born 1750–1770)

Classical/Romantic transition composers (born 1770–1799)

Timeline of Classical composers (partial)

Franz Schubert Gioachino Rossini Louis Spohr John Field (composer) Mauro Giuliani Fernando Sor Johann Nepomuk Hummel Anton Reicha Ludwig van Beethoven Samuel Wesley Anton Eberl Franz Danzi Luigi Cherubini Jan Ladislav Dussek Ignaz Pleyel Joseph Martin Kraus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Giovanni Battista Viotti Vicente Martín y Soler Muzio Clementi Antonio Salieri Domenico Cimarosa William Billings Carl Stamitz Chevalier de Saint-Georges Luigi Boccherini Giovanni Paisiello André Ernest Modeste Grétry Andrea Luchesi Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf Michael Haydn Josef Mysliveček Johann Christian Bach Johann Schobert François-Joseph Gossec Joseph Haydn Antonio Soler Tommaso Traetta François-André Danican Philidor Carl Friedrich Abel Pieter Hellendaal Carlo Antonio Campioni Leopold Mozart Johann Stamitz Georg Christoph Wagenseil Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Christoph Willibald Gluck Niccolò Jommelli Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Giovanni Battista Sammartini Domenico Scarlatti

See also

References

  1. ^ "PKF – Prague Philharmonia | Bratislava Music Festival". Archived from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2021-06-11.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-11.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)
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