This is a list of composers of the

Classical music era The Classical period was an era of classical music between roughly 1750 and 1820. The classical period falls between the Baroque and Romantic periods. It is mainly homophonic, using a clear melody line over a subordinate chordal accompaniment ...

, roughly from 1730 to 1820. Prominent classicist composers include

Christoph Willibald Gluck Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; ; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period (music), classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of th ...

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German composer and musician of the Baroque and Classical period. He was the fifth ch ...

Johann Stamitz Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (Czech: Jan Václav Antonín Stamic; 18 June 1717 – 27 March 1757) was a Bohemian composer and violinist. His two surviving sons, Carl and Anton Stamitz, were composers of the Mannheim school, of which Johann ...

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

Johann Christian Bach Johann Christian Bach (5 September 1735 – 1 January 1782) was a German composer of the Classical era, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He received his early musical training from his father, and later from his half-brother, Carl ...

Antonio Salieri Antonio Salieri (18 August 17507 May 1825) was an Italian composer and teacher of the classical period (music), classical period. He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career as a subje ...

Muzio Clementi Muzio Filippo Vincenzo Francesco Saverio Clementi (23 January 1752 – 10 March 1832) was an Italian-British composer, virtuoso pianist, pedagogue, conductor (music), conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer, who was mostly ac ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

Luigi Boccherini Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini (, also , ; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and '' galante'' style even while he matured somewhat apart from the major classi ...

Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...

Niccolò Paganini Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (; ; 27 October 178227 May 1840) was an Italian violinist and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His 24 Caprices ...

Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. He gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote man ...

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Franz Schubert Franz Peter Schubert (; ; 31 January 179719 November 1828) was an Austrian composer of the late Classical period (music), Classical and early Romantic music, Romantic eras. Despite his short life, Schubert left behind a List of compositions ...

. 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 Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

, and Georg Frideric Handel, as well as figures more often regarded as belonging to the early Romantic era, such as

Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and Music criticism, critic in the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Best known for List of operas by Carl Maria von Weber, h ...

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: *

Giacomo Antonio Perti Giacomo Antonio Perti (6 June 1661 – 10 April 1756) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. He was mainly active at Bologna, where he was '' Maestro di Cappella'' for sixty years. He was the teacher of Giuseppe Torelli and Giovanni ...

(1661–1756) * Nicolas Siret (1663–1754) *

Michele Mascitti Michele Mascitti (1664 in Villa Santa Maria (from Chieti); 24 April 1760 in Paris) was an Italian violinist and Baroque composer. Life Mascitti was educated by a relative, Pietro Marchitelli (1643-1729), a violinist in the royal court orchestr ...

(1664–1760) *

Johann Christoph Pepusch Johann Christoph Pepusch (; 1667 1752), also known as John Christopher Pepusch () and Dr Pepusch, was a German-born composer who spent most of his working life in England. He was born in Berlin, son of a vicar, and was married to Margherita de ...

(1667–1752) * Johann Nicolaus Bach (1669–1753) * Giuseppe Avitrano (1670–1756) *

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(1670–1760) * Richard Leveridge (1670–1758) * Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni (1671–1751) * Azzolino della Ciaja or ''della Ciaia'' or ''della Araja'' (1671–1755) * Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672/1673–1751) * Pierre Dumage (1674–1751) *

Jacques-Martin Hotteterre Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (29 September 167416 July 1763), also known as Jacques Martin or Jacques Hotteterre, was a French people, French composer and flautist who was the most celebrated of a family of wind instrument makers and wind perform ...

(1674–1763) *

Giovanni Porta Giovanni Porta (c. 1675 – 21 June 1755) was an Italian opera composer. His opera '' Argippo'', to a libretto by Domenico Lalli, was premiered in Venice in 1717.Freeman, Daniel E. (1992)''The Opera Theater of Count Franz Anton Von Sporck ...

(1675–1755) * Giacomo Facco (1676–1753) * Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner (1676–1754) * Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676–1760) *

Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari (27 September 1677 – 16 May 1754) was an Italian musical composer and ''kapellmeister, maestro di cappella'' (chapel-master) at Pistoia. He was born at Pisa. He gained his initial grounding in musical education from ...

(1677–1754) * (1678–1754) * or ''Jean-Antoine Desplanes'' (1678–1760) *

Manuel de Zumaya Manuel de Zumaya or Manuel de Sumaya (c. 1678 – December 21, 1755) was perhaps the most famous Mexican composer of the colonial period in New Spain. His music represented the pinnacle of the Baroque in the New World. He holds the distinction of b ...

(1678–1755) * Jean-Baptiste Stuck (1680–1755) *

Johann Mattheson Johann Mattheson (28 September 1681 – 17 April 1764) was a German composer, critic, lexicographer and music theorist. His writings on the late Baroque and early Classical period were highly influential, specifically, "his biographical and the ...

(1681–1764) *

Georg Philipp Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. He is one of the most prolific composers in history, at least in terms of surviving works. Telemann was considered by his contemporaries to b ...

(1681–1767) * Giuseppe Valentini (1681–1753) * Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani (1682–1757) * Giacobbe Cervetto (1682–1783) * Pietro Baldassare (1683after 1768) *

Christoph Graupner Christoph Graupner (10 May 1760) was a German composer and harpsichordist of late Baroque music who was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel. Life Born in Hartmannsdorf near Kirchberg i ...

(1683–1760) *

Jean-Philippe Rameau Jean-Philippe Rameau (; ; – ) was a French composer and music theory, music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of ...

(1683–1764) * François d'Agincourt (1684–1758) * François Bouvard (1684–1760) * Francesco Durante (1684–1755) * Francesco Manfredini (1684–1762) * Johann Theodor Roemhildt (1684–1756) *

Giuseppe Matteo Alberti Giuseppe Matteo Alberti (20 September 1685, in Bologna, Italy – 18 February 1751, in Bologna, Italy) was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist. Life In 1705, he became a member of the Accademia Filarmonica. From 1709, he played the vio ...

(1685–1751) * Louis-Antoine Dornel (1685–1765) *

George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel ( ; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi, and organ concerti. Born in Halle, Germany, H ...

(1685–1759) * Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel (1685–1764) *

Domenico Scarlatti Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (26 October 1685 – 23 July 1757) was an Italian composer. He is classified primarily as a Baroque music, Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical peri ...

(1685–1757) *

Nicola Porpora Nicola (or Niccolò) Antonio Giacinto Porpora (17 August 16863 March 1768) was an Italian composer and teacher of singing of the Baroque era, whose most famous singing students were the castrati Farinelli and Caffarelli. Other students include ...

(1686–1768) * Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763) *

Willem de Fesch Willem de Fesch (; 1687 in Alkmaar – 3 January 1761) was a virtuoso Dutch violinist and composer. The pupil of Karel Rosier, who was a Vice-Kapellmeister at Bonn, de Fesch later married his daughter, Maria Anna Rosier. De Fesch was acti ...

(1687–1761) * Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762) * Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755) *

Johann Friedrich Fasch Johann Friedrich Fasch (15 April 1688 – 5 December 1758) was a German violinist and composer. Much of his music is in the Baroque-Classical transitional style known as galant. Life Fasch was born in the town of Buttelstedt, 11 km north of W ...

(1688–1758) * Thomas Roseingrave (1688–1766) * Jacques Aubert (1689–1753) *

Joseph Bodin de Boismortier Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (23 December 1689 – 28 October 1755) was a French baroque composer of instrumental music, cantatas, opéra-ballets, and vocal music. Boismortier was one of the first composers to have no patrons: having obtained a ...

(1689–1755) * Pietro Gnocchi (1689–1775) * Francesco Barsanti (1690–1775) * Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (1690–1758) *

Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin (Toulon, 24 March 1693 - Paris, 13 January 1768) was a French flutist and composer of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He was a son of Jean-Joseph Buffardin (Vaison-la-Romaine, 22 July 1664 - Avignon, 28 August 172 ...

(1690–1768) *

Fortunato Chelleri Fortunato Chelleri (originally: Keller, also: Kelleri, Kellery, Cheler) (May or June 1690 in Parma – 11 December 1757 in Kassel) was a Baroque Kapellmeister and composer. Biography Chelleri's father had emigrated from Germany to Italy; h ...

(1690–1757) * François Colin de Blamont (1690–1760) * Giovanni Antonio Giai or ''Giay, Giaj'' (1690–1764) * Johann Tobias Krebs (1690–1762) * Gottlieb Muffat (1690–1770) * Jacques-Christophe Naudot (1690–1762) * Manuel José de Quirós (1690?–1765) * Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768) *

Giovanni Giorgi Giovanni Giorgi (November 27, 1871 – August 19, 1950) was an Italian physicist and electrical engineer who proposed the ''Giorgi system'' of measurement, the precursor to the International System of Units (SI). Early life Giovanni Giorgi was bo ...

(1690–1762) * Francesco Feo (1691–1761) * Jan Francisci (1691–1758) * Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch (1691–1765) * Antonio Palella (1692–1761) *

Giovanni Alberto Ristori Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692 – 7 February 1753) was an Italian opera composer and conductor. He was the son of Tommaso Ristori, the leader of an opera troupe belonging to the King of Poland and Elector of Saxony August II the Strong (based ...

(1692–1753) *

Giuseppe Tartini Giuseppe Tartini (8 April 1692 – 26 February 1770) was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era born in Pirano in the Republic of Venice (now Piran, Slovenia). Tartini was a prolific composer, composing over a hundred pieces for the ...

(1692–1770) *

Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer Unico Wilhelm, Count van Wassenaer Obdam (30 October 1692 – 9 November 1766) was a Dutch nobleman who was a diplomat as well as a composer. He reorganized the Bailiwick of Utrecht of the Teutonic Order. His most important surviving compositions ...

(1692–1766) * Laurent Belissen (1693–1762) * Gregor Joseph Werner (1693–1766) * Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772) * (1694–1762) * Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694–1772) * Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758) * Johann Lorenz Bach (1695–1773) * Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764) * Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (1695–1791) * Ernst Gottlieb Baron (1696–1760) * Pierre Février (1696–1760) * Maurice Greene (1696–1755) * Johann Melchior Molter (1696–1765) * Johann Caspar Vogler (1696–1763) * Andrea Zani (1696–1757) * Josse Boutmy (1697–1779) * Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel (1697–1775) * Adam Falckenhagen (1697–1754) * Johann Christian Hertel (1697/1699–1754) *

Jean-Marie Leclair Jean-Marie Leclair l'aîné (Jean-Marie Leclair the Elder) (10 May 1697 – 22 October 1764) was a French Baroque violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school. His brothers, the lesser-known Jean-Marie ...

''l'aîné'' (1697–1764) * Giuseppe de Majo (1697–1771) * Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697–1763) * Johann Pfeiffer (1697–1761) *

Johann Joachim Quantz Johann Joachim Quantz (; 30 January 1697 – 12 July 1773) was a German composer, flute, flutist and flute maker of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. Much of his professional career was spent in the court of Frederick the Great, where he s ...

(1697–1773) * Francesco Antonio Vallotti (1697–1780) * Pietro Auletta (1698–1771) * Riccardo Broschi (1698–1756) * François Francoeur (1698–1787) * František Jiránek (1698–1778) * Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698–1764) * (1698–1754) * Jean-Baptiste Forqueray ''le fils'' (1699–1782) * Joseph Gibbs (1699–1788) * Johann Adolf Hasse (1699–1783) * Juan Francés de Iribarren (1699–1767) * Jan Zach (1699–1773) * Charles Dollé (fl. 1735–1755; d. after 1755) * Mlle Guédon de Presles (c. 1700–1754) * Louis Antoine Lefebvre (1700–1763) *

Michel Blavet Michel Blavet (March 13, 1700 – October 28, 1768) was a French composer and flute virtuoso. Although Blavet taught himself to play almost every instrument, he specialized in the bassoon and the flute which he held to the left, the opposite of ho ...

(1700–1768) * Sebastian Bodinus (1700–1759) * Domenico Dall'Oglio (1700–1764) * João Rodrigues Esteves (1700–1751) * Nicola Fiorenza (after 1700–1764) * Jean-Baptiste Masse (c. 1700c. 1756) * Giovanni Battista Sammartini (1700–1775) * Johan Agrell (1701–1765) * François Rebel (1701–1775) * Alessandro Besozzi (1702–1775) * Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702–1762) * José de Nebra (1702–1768) * Francisco António de Almeida (1702–1755) * John Frederick Lampe (1703–1751) *

Johann Gottlieb Graun Johann Gottlieb Graun (1702/1703 – 27 October 1771) was a German Baroque/Classical era composer and violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (s ...

(c. 1703–1771) *

''le cadet'' (the younger) (1703–1777) * Carlo Zuccari (1703–1792) *

Carl Heinrich Graun Carl Heinrich Graun (7 May 1704 – 8 August 1759) was a German composer and tenor. Along with Johann Adolph Hasse, he is considered to be the most important German composer of Italian opera of his time. Biography Graun was born in Wahrenbrüc ...

(1704–1759) *

Giovanni Battista Pescetti Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c. 170420 March 1766) was an organist, harpsichordist, and composer known primarily for his operas and keyboard sonatas. Musicologist and University of California, Santa Barbara professor John E. Gillespie wrote that Pe ...

(c. 1704c. 1766) * František Tůma (1704–1774) * Nicolas Chédeville (1705–1782) * Henri-Jacques de Croes (1705–1786) * Michael Christian Festing (1705–1752) * Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705–1770) * Johann Peter Kellner (1705–1772) * Pancrace Royer (1705–1755) * Andrea Bernasconi (c. 1706–1784) * Carlo Cecere (1706–1761) *

Baldassare Galuppi Baldassare Galuppi (18 October 17063 January 1785) was a Venetian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic. He belonged to a generation of composers, including Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and C.&nbs ...

(1706–1785) * William Hayes (1706–1777) * Giovanni Battista Martini or ''Padre Martini'' (1706–1784) * Thomas Chilcot (1707–1766) * Michel Corrette (1707–1795) * Ignacio de Jerusalem (1707–1769) *

Johann Baptist Georg Neruda Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (, – ) was a Czech classical composer, violinist and cellist. Life Neruda's dates of birth and death are only approximations (1708 according to the '' Grove Dictionary'', other sources list 1707 or 1710). He was bor ...

(c. 1707c. 1780) * Domenico Paradies or ''Pietro Domenico Paradisi'' (1707–1791) *

António Teixeira António Teixeira may refer to: * António Teixeira (composer) (1707–after 1769), Portuguese composer * António Teixeira (1930s footballer), Portuguese footballer * António Teixeira Lopes (1866–1942), Portuguese sculptor * António Teixeir ...

(1707–1769) * Bernard-Aimable Dupuy (1707–1789) * Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary (1707–1802) * Felix Benda (1708–1768) * Egidio Duni (1708–1775) *

Johann Gottlieb Janitsch Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (19 June 1708 – c. 1763) was a German Baroque composer who wrote in the galant style, transitional between the Baroque and Classical periods. Life Janitsch was born in Schweidnitz, Silesia (today Świdnica, Poland) ...

(1708–1763) * Václav Jan Kopřiva known as ''Urtica'' (1708–1789) * Georg Reutter (the younger) (1708–1772) * Johann Adolph Scheibe (1708–1776) * Francesco Araja (1709after 1762) *

Franz Benda Franz Benda (; baptised 22 November 1709 – 7 March 1786) was a Bohemian violinist and composer, who worked for much of his life at the court of Frederick the Great. Life Benda was born in Old Benatek in Bohemia, the son of Jan Jiří Benda ...

(1709–1786) * Jean-Noël Hamal (1709–1778) *

Franz Xaver Richter Franz ( Czech: František) Xaver Richter, known as ''François Xavier Richter'' in France (December 1, 1709 – September 12, 1789) was an Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician who spent most of his life ...

(1709–1789) * Christoph Schaffrath (1709–1763) * Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709–1758) * Charles Avison (1709–1770)

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

* Joseph Abaco, or ''dall'Abaco'' (1710–1805) *

Thomas Arne Thomas Augustine Arne (; 12 March 17105 March 1778) was an English composer. He is best known for his patriotic song " Rule, Britannia!" and the song " A-Hunting We Will Go", the latter composed for a 1777 production of '' The Beggar's Opera'', w ...

(1710–1778) *

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (22 November 17101 July 1784) was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist. He was the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach. Despite his acknowledged genius as an improviser ...

(1710–1784) * Carlo Graziani (c. 1710–1787) *

Giuseppe Bonno Giuseppe Bonno (29 January 1711 – 15 April 1788) Michael Lorenz gives his first name as "Joseph" because Emperor Joseph I was his godfather; Lorenz also asserts that Bonno was born on 30 JanuaryHaydn Singing at Vivaldi's Exequies: An Ineradic ...

(1711–1788) * William Boyce (1711–1779) *

Gaetano Latilla __NOTOC__ Gaetano Latilla (12 January 1711 – 15 January 1788) was an Italian opera composer, the most important of the period immediately preceding Niccolò Piccinni (his nephew). Latilla was born in Bari, and studied at the Loreto Conservator ...

(1711–1788) *

Ignaz Holzbauer Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer (18 September 1711 – 7 April 1783) was an Austrian composer of symphony, symphonies, concertos, operas, and chamber music, and a member of the Mannheim school. His aesthetic style is in line with that of the ''Sturm und Dran ...

(1711–1783) * Davide Perez (1711–1778) * Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758) * Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711–1772) * Domènec Terradellas (c. 1711–1751) * James Oswald (1711–1769) *

Frederick the Great Frederick II (; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786. He was the last Hohenzollern monarch titled ''King in Prussia'', declaring himself ''King of Prussia'' after annexing Royal Prussia ...

(1712–1786) * John Hebden (1712–1765) *

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Republic of Geneva, Genevan philosopher (''philosophes, philosophe''), writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment through ...

(1712–1778) * John Christopher Smith (1712–1795) * John Stanley (1712–1786) *

Antoine Dauvergne Antoine Dauvergne (3 October 1713 – 11 February 1797) was a French composer and violinist. Dauvergne was born in Moulins, Allier. He served as master of the ''Chambre du roi'', director of the Concert Spirituel from 1762 to 1771, and direc ...

(1713–1797) * Johan Henrik Freithoff (1713–1767) * Jean-Baptiste Canavas ''l'aîné'', or ''Giovanni Battista Canavasso'' (1713–1784) * Luise Adelgunda Gottsched (1713–1762) * Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780) *

(1714–1788) * Johan Daniel Berlin (1714–1787) * Per Brant (1714–1767) ( :sv:Per Brant) * Joseph Canavas, or ''Giuseppe Canavasso'' (1714–1776)
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(1714–1787) *

Gottfried August Homilius Gottfried August Homilius (2 February 1714 – 2 June 1785) was a German composer, cantor and organist. He is considered one of the most important church composers of the generation following Bach's, and was the main representative of the '' ...

(1714–1785) * Niccolò Jommelli (1714–1774) * Girolamo Abos (1715–1760) * Pasquale Cafaro (1715/1716–1787) * Johann Friedrich Doles (1715–1797) * John Alcock (1715–1806) * Jacques Duphly (1715–1789) * (1715–1790) * James Nares (1715–1783) * Antoine Dard (1715–1784) * Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715–1777) * Josef Seger (1716–1782) * Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716–1801) * Georg Matthias Monn (1717–1750) * (1717–1779) * Antonio Maria Mazzoni (1717–1785) * Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (1717–1757) * Francesco Zappa (1717–1803) * Richard Mudge (1718–1763) * Wenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763) * (1718–1782) * Nicola Conforto (1718–1793) * Mlle Duval (1718after 1775) *

Giuseppe Scarlatti Giuseppe Scarlatti (1718 or 18 June 1723, Naples – 17 August 1777, Vienna) was a composer of '' opere serie'' and '' opere buffe''. He worked in Rome from 1739 to 1741, and from 1752 to 1754 in Florence, Pisa, Lucca and Turin. From 1752 t ...

(1718/1723–1777) * (c. 1719–1782) * Jean Baur (1719–1773) *

Leopold Mozart Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a German composer, violinist, and music theorist. He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook ''Versuch einer grün ...

(1719–1787) * William Walond Sr. (1719–1768)[] *Louis-François Joseph Patouart ([]1719 – 1793) *Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774) *Johann Christoph Altnickol (1720–1759) *Christophe Le Menu de Saint-Philbert, Christophe Le Menu de Saint Philibert (1720–1774) * Carlo Antonio Campioni (1720–1788) * Gioacchino Cocchi (1720–1804) * Pietro Denis (1720–1790) * Bernhard Joachim Hagen (1720–1787) * (1720–1781) * Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720–1795) *

Joan Baptista Pla Joan Baptista Pla i Agustí (–1773) was a Spanish composer and oboist. Pla was born in Catalonia, Spain, into a Catalan family of musicians. In the years after 1751, he worked in many of the principal cities of Europe including Padua, Stuttgart ...

(c. 1720–1773) * Louis Aubert (1720–1800) * Quirino Gasparini (1721–1778) * Matthias Vanden Gheyn (1721–1785) *

Pieter Hellendaal Pieter Hellendaal (1 April 1721 – 19 April 1799) was a Dutch composer, organist and violinist. At age 30, he migrated to England where he lived for the last 48 of his 78 years, and where he was known as Peter Hellendaal. He was one of the most ...

(1721–1799) *

Johann Philipp Kirnberger Johann Philipp Kirnberger (also ''Kernberg''; 24 April 1721, Saalfeld – 27 July 1783, Berlin) was a musician, composer (primarily of fugues) and music theorist. He studied the organ with Johann Peter Kellner and Heinrich Nicolaus Gerber, and ...

(1721–1783) * John Garth (1721–1810) * (1722–1756) * Johann Ernst Bach II (1722–1777) *

Georg Benda Georg Anton Benda (; 30 June 17226 November 1795) was a Kingdom of Bohemia, Bohemian composer, violinist and ''Kapellmeister'' of the Classical period (music), classical period. Biography Born into a Benda family, family of notable musicians in ...

, or ''Jiří Antonín Benda'' (1722–1795) * Pietro Nardini (1722–1793) *

Carl Friedrich Abel Carl Friedrich Abel (22 December 1723 – 20 June 1787) was a German composer of the pre-Classical period (music), Classical era. He was a renowned player of the viol, viola da gamba, and produced significant compositions for that instrument ...

(1723–1787) * Christian Ernst Graf (1723–1804) * Anna Amalia Princess of Prussia (1723–1787) * Giovanni Marco Rutini (1723–1797) * Francesco Uttini (1723–1795) * Claude Balbastre (1724–1799) * Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724–1808) * (1724–1773) * Maria Antonia Walpurgis, ''Princess of Bavaria'', ''Electress of Saxony'' (1724–1780) * Santa della Pietà (fl. 1725–1750, d. after 1774) * Rafael Antonio Castellanos (1725–1791) *

Domenico Fischietti Domenico Fischietti (1725–1810) was an Italian composer. He was born in Naples and studied at the Conservatory of Sant'Onofrio Porta Capuana under the leadership of Leonardo Leo and Francesco Durante. His first opera, ''Armindo'', premiered in ...

(c. 1725c. 1810) * Giovanni Battista Gervasio (c. 1725c. 1785) * Antonio Lolli (1725–1802) * Johann Becker (1726–1803) * Miss Davis (c. 1726after 1755) * Karl Kohaut (1726–1784) *

François-André Danican Philidor François-André Danican Philidor (7 September 1726 – 31 August 1795), often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer and chess player. He contributed to the early development of the ''opéra comique''. ...

(1726–1795) * Joseph Starzer (c. 1726–1787) *

Joseph Anton Steffan Josef Antonín Štěpán or Joseph Anton Steffan ( – ) was a Bohemian-Austrian classical era composer and harpsichordist. Steffan was born in Kopidlno, near Hradec Králové, Bohemia in March 1726, the son of a schoolmaster and church or ...

, or ''Josef Antonín Štěpán'' (1726–1797) * Pasquale Anfossi (1727–1797) *

Pierre Montan Berton Pierre Montan Berton (7 January 1727 – 14 May 1780) was a French people, French composer and conductor (music), conductor. He resided primarily in Paris and was an opera director. Pierre's son Henri Montan Berton (1767–1844) was also a c ...

(1727–1780) * Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727–1756) * Friedrich Hartmann Graf (1727–1795) * Henry Harington (1727–1816)
* Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727–1789) * François Martin (1727–1757) * Tommaso Traetta (1727–1779) * Armand-Louis Couperin (1727–1789) * Franz Asplmayr (1728–1786) * Michele Stratico (1728–1783) * Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (1728–1804) *

Johann Adam Hiller Johann Adam Hiller (25 December 1728 – 16 June 1804) was a German composer, conducting, conductor and writer on music, regarded as the creator of the Singspiel, an early form of German opera. In many of these operas he collaborated with the poet ...

(1728–1804) *

Niccolò Piccinni Niccolò Piccinni (; 16 January 1728 – 7 May 1800) was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera. Although he is somewhat obscure today, Piccinni was one of the most popular composers of opera—particularly the ...

(1728–1800) * Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728–1788) * Hermann Raupach (1728–1778) * Anton Cajetan Adlgasser (1729–1777) * Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774) * Francesco Saverio Giai, or ''Giaj'' (1729–1801)
* Pierre van Maldere (1729–1768) *

Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (; – ) was a French composer and a member of the French Académie des Beaux-Arts (1813). He is considered alongside André Grétry and François-André Danican Philidor to have been the founder of a new musical gen ...

(1729–1817) * František Xaver Pokorný (1729–1794) * Giuseppe Sarti (1729–1802) * Antonio Soler (1729–1783)

Middle Classical era composers (born 1730–1750)

* Capel Bond (1730–1790) * Pasquale Errichelli (1730–1785) * Tommaso Giordani (c. 1730–1806) * William Jackson (1730–1803) * Antonín Kammel (1730–1784) * Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti (1730–1795) * (c. 1730–1794) * Georg von Pasterwitz (1730–1803) *

Antonio Sacchini Antonio Maria Gasparo Gioacchino Sacchini (14 June 1730 – 6 October 1786) was an Italian classical period (music), classical era composer, best known for his operas. Sacchini was born in Florence, but raised in Naples, where he received his m ...

(1730–1786) * Christian Cannabich (1731–1798) * František Xaver Dušek (1731–1799) * Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765) * Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798) * Théodore-Jean Tarade (1731–1788) * (1731–1788) * Pierre Vachon (1731–1803) * Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795) * František Xaver Brixi (1732–1771) * Giuseppe Demachi (1732c. 1791) * Thomas Erskine, ''Earl of Kellie'' (1732–1781) * Johann Christian Kittel (1732–1809) *

(1732–1809) * Gian Francesco de Majo, or "''Ciccio''" (1732–1770) * Josina van Aerssen, or ''Josina van Boetzelaer'' (1733–1787) * Thomas Sanders Dupuis (1733–1796) *

Anton Fils Anton Fils (also Antonín Fils, Johann Anton Fils, Johann Anton Filtz), 22 September 1733 (baptized) – 14 March 1760 (buried) was a German classical composer. Fils was born in Eichstätt, in the Bishopric of Eichstätt, Bavaria. Long thou ...

, or ''Filtz'' (1733–1760) * Johann Christian Fischer (1733–1800) * (1733–1778) ''Hungarian form of Benedek Istvánffy'' *

Thomas Linley the elder Thomas Linley (17 January 1733 – 19 November 1795) was an English bass and musician active in Bath, Somerset. Born in Badminton, Gloucestershire, Linley began his musical career after he moved to Bath at age 11 and became apprentice to the or ...

(1733–1795) * Giacomo Tritto (1733–1824) * Franz Ignaz Beck (1734–1809) * Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet Charpentier (1734–1794) * Benjamin Cooke (1734–1793) * François-Joseph Gossec (1734–1829) * Karl von Ordóñez (1734–1786) * Jean-Baptiste Rey (1734–1810) * Luka Sorkočević (1734–1789) * (1734–1808) *

(1735–1782) * John Bennett (c. 1735–1784) * (1735–1801) * John Collett (c. 1735?–1775)
* Johann Gottfried Eckard (1735–1809) * Mme Papavoine (born c. 1735; fl. 1755–61) *

Anton Schweitzer Anton Schweitzer (6 June 1735 in Coburg – 23 November 1787 in Gotha (town), Gotha) was a German composer of operas, who was affiliated with Abel Seyler's Seyler theatrical company, theatrical company. He was a child prodigy who obtained the pat ...

(1735–1787) * Johann Schobert (c. 1735–1767) * Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735–1792) * Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809) * Hélène-Louise Demars (born c. 1736) * Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736–1800) * Ignaz Fränzl (1736–1811) * Johann Christoph Kellner (1736–1803) * Antonio Tozzi (1736–1812) * Élisabeth de Haulteterre (fl. 1737–1768) *

Josef Mysliveček Josef Mysliveček (9 March 1737 – 4 February 1781) was a Czech composer who contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music. Mysliveček provided his younger friend Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with significant com ...

(1737–1781) *

Michael Haydn Johann Michael Haydn (; 14 September 1737 – 10 August 1806) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period, the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. Life Michael Haydn was born in 1737 in the Austrian village of Rohra ...

(1737–1806) * Philippe-Jacques Meyer (1737–1819) * (1737–1786) * Philip Hayes (1738–1797) *

William Herschel Frederick William Herschel ( ; ; 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-British astronomer and composer. He frequently collaborated with his younger sister and fellow astronomer Caroline Herschel. Born in the Electorate of Hanover ...

(1738–1822) * Leopold Hofmann (1738–1793) * (1738–1819) * Anna Bon ''di Venezia'' (c. 1739after 1767) *

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (2 November 1739 – 24 October 1799) was an Austrian composer and violinist. He was a friend of both Haydn and Mozart. (webpage has a translation button) His best-known works include the German singspiel '' Doktor un ...

(1739–1799) * Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739–1796) *

Johann Baptist Wanhal Johann Baptist Wanhal (12 May 1739 – 20 August 1813) was a Czech composer of the Classical period. He was born in Nechanice, Bohemia, and died in Vienna. His music was well respected by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beetho ...

(1739–1813) * Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1739–1807) * Mlle Guerin (born c. 1739, fl. 1755) * Agata della Pietà (fl. c. 1740c. 1800) * Michael Arne (1740–1786) * Samuel Arnold (1740–1802) * Joseph Corfe (1740–1820) ([]) *Ernst Eichner (1740–1777) *Luigi Gatti (composer), Luigi Gatti (1740–1817) *Guillaume Lasceux (1740–1831) *Elisabeth Olin (1740–1828) *Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816) * Samuel Webbe the elder (1740–1816) * Johann André (1741–1799) * François Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808) * Alexandro Marie Antoin Fridzeri (1741–1819) *

André Ernest Modeste Grétry André — sometimes transliterated as Andre — is the French and Portuguese form of the name Andrew and is now also used in the English-speaking world. It used in France, Quebec, Canada and other French-speaking countries, as well in Portugal ...

(1741–1813) * Franz Xaver Hammer (1741–1817) * Honoré Langlé (1741–1807) *

Andrea Luchesi Andrea Luca Luchesi (also spelled Lucchesi; 23 May 1741 – 21 March 1801) was an Italian composer. He knew Mozart and Beethoven. Biography Andrea Luchesi was born at Motta di Livenza, near Treviso the eleventh child of Pietro Luchese and Cat ...

(1741–1801) * Jean Paul Egide Martini (1741–1816) *

Johann Gottlieb Naumann Johann Gottlieb Naumann (17 April 1741 – 23 October 1801) was a German composer, conductor, and Kapellmeister. Life Johann Gottlieb Naumann was born in Blasewitz and received his musical training from the teachers at his town school, where h ...

(1741–1801) * Václav Pichl (1741–1804) * Henri-Joseph Rigel (1741–1799) * Giacomo Rust (1741–1786) * Luigi Tomasini (1741–1808) * Anton Zimmermann (1741–1781) * Jean-Baptiste Davaux (1742–1822) * Romanus Hoffstetter (1742–1815) * Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz (1742–1790) *

Simon Le Duc Simon Le Duc, more commonly Leduc (Paris, 15 January 1742 22 January 1777), was a French violinist, soloist at the Concert Spirituel, music publisher and composer. His younger brother, Pierre Le Duc (1755–1818), was also a violinist. Leduc was a ...

(Leduc) (1742–1777) *

Vasily Pashkevich Vasily Alexeyevich Pashkevich also Paskevich () (c. 1742, probably Ukraine – March 20, 1797 in St. Petersburg) was a Russian composer, singer, violinist and teacher of Ukrainian origin who lived during the time of Catherine the Great. Bi ...

(1742–1797) * Anton Ferdinand Tietz (1742–1811) *

Maria Carolina Wolf Maria Carolina Wolf, née Benda, (1742 – 2 August 1820) was a Germans, German pianist, singer and composer. Life Maria Carolina Wolf's father was Franz Benda, first violinist and composer at the court of Frederick II of Prussia, Frederick I ...

(1742–1820) *

(1743–1805) * Carlo Franchi (c. 1743after 1779) * Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743–1818) * Franz Nikolaus Novotny (1743–1773) * Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova (1743–1810) * João Pedro de Almeida Mota (1744–1817) * Josef Bárta (c. 1744–1787) * Joseph Beer (1744–1811) * Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824) * Gaetano Brunetti (1744–1798) * Marianna von Martines (1744–1812) * Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784) *

Johann Michael Bach III Johann Michael Bach (9 November 1745 in Struth near Schmalkalden – 13 June 1820 in Elberfeld) was a Germans, German composer, lawyer and music theorist. He was a son of Johann Elias Bach (1705–1755). He is not to be confused with his great-unc ...

(1745–1820) * Joseph Bengraf, or ''József Bengráf'' (1745–1791)
* Maxim Berezovsky (c. 1745–1777) * Joseph Bologne, ''Chevalier de Saint-Georges'' (1745–1799) * João de Sousa Carvalho (1745c. 1799) * Georg Druschetzky (1745–1819) * Nicolas-Jean Lefroid de Méreaux (1745–1797) *

Johann Peter Salomon Johann Peter Salomon (20 February 1745 aptized– 25 November 1815) was a German violinist, composer, conducting, conductor and musical impresario. Although an accomplished violinist, he is best known for bringing Joseph Haydn to London a ...

(1745–1815) * Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818) *

Carl Stamitz Carl Philipp Stamitz (; baptized 8 May 17459 November 1801) was a German composer of partial Czech ancestry. He was the most prominent representative of the second generation of the Mannheim School. He was the eldest son of Johann Stamitz, a vio ...

(1745–1801) * (1745c. 1820) *, or ''Johann Wendt'' (1745–1801) * Jan Stefani (1746–1829) * Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1746–1825) *

William Billings William Billings (October 7, 1746 – September 26, 1800) was an American composer and is regarded as the first American choral composer and leading member of the First New England School. Life William Billings was born in Boston, Province ...

(1746–1800) * Giuseppe Cambini (1746c. 1825) * James Hook (1746–1827) * Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith (1746–1820) * Johann Friedrich Peter (1746–1813) * Giovanni Punto, or ''Jan Václav Stich'' (1746–1803) * Joseph Quesnel (1746–1809) *

Johann Wilhelm Hässler Johann Wilhelm Hässler (March 29, 1747 – March 22 1822(other sources, March 29 1822), was a German composer, organist and pianist.Joan Benson Clavichord for Beginners 0253011647 - 2014 - Page 61 "Johann Wilhelm Hässler. (1747–1822). Hä ...

(1747–1822) * Ivan Mane Jarnović, or ''Giovanni Mane Giornovichi'' (1747–1804) * Ivan Khandoshkin (1747–1804) * Leopold Kozeluch (1747–1818) * Justin Morgan (1747–1798) * Carl Marianus Paradeiser (1747–1775) *

Johann Abraham Peter Schulz Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (31 March 1747 – 10 June 1800) was a German musician. He is best known as the composer of the melody for Matthias Claudius's poems " Der Mond ist aufgegangen" and " Wir pflügen und wir streuen", and the Christmas c ...

(1747–1800) * Joachim Albertini, or ''Gioacchino Albertini'' (1748–1812) * Francesco Azopardi (1748–1809) * Josef Fiala (1748–1816) * Étienne-Joseph Floquet (1748–1785) * Emanuel Aloys Förster (1748–1823) * John Mahon (c. 1748–1834) * Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748–1798) * Theodor von Schacht (1748–1823) * William Shield (1748–1829) * Joseph Schuster (1748–1812) * Henriette Adélaïde Villard Beaumesnil (1748–1813) *

Domenico Cimarosa Domenico Cimarosa (; 17 December 1749 – 11 January 1801) was an Music of Italy, Italian composer of the Neapolitan School and of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He wrote more than eighty operas, the best known of which is ''Il ...

(1749–1801) * Jean-Louis Duport (1749–1819) * Jean-Frédéric Edelmann (1749–1794) *

Johann Nikolaus Forkel Johann Nikolaus Forkel (22 February 1749 – 20 March 1818) was a German musicologist and music theorist, generally regarded as among the founders of modern musicology. His publications include the two-volume ''Allgemeine Geschichte der Musik'' ...

(1749–1818) * Antonín Kraft (c. 1749–1820) *

Georg Joseph Vogler Georg Joseph Vogler, also known as Abbé Vogler (15 June 1749 – 6 May 1814), was a German composer, organist, teacher and theorist. In a long and colorful career extending over many more nations and decades than was usual at the time, Vogler e ...

(1749–1814) * Polly Young, also known as ''Maria Barthélemon'' (1749–1799) * Marija Zubova (1749–1799)

Late Classical era composers (born 1750–1770)

* Vincenta Da Ponte (fl. second half 18th century) * Giovanni Cifolelli (c. 1750s, fl. 1764) * Elizabeth Anspach (1750–1828) * Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809/1810) * Antonio Rosetti (c. 1750–1792) *

(1750–1825) *

John Stafford Smith John Stafford Smith (bapt. 30 March 175021 September 1836) was an English composer, church organist, and early musicologist. He was one of the first serious collectors of manuscripts of works by Johann Sebastian Bach and a friend of his son Jo ...

(1750–1836) * Johannes Matthias Sperger (1750–1812) * Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel (1750–1817) * Jean Balthasar Tricklir (1750–1813) * Dmytro Bortniansky (1751–1825) * Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827) * Giuseppe Giordani, also known as ''Giordanello'' (1751–1798) * (1754–1786) * Jan Křtitel Kuchař (1751–1829) * Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1751–1796) *

Maria Anna Mozart Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia "Marianne" Mozart (30 July 1751 – 29 October 1829), nicknamed Nannerl, was a highly regarded musician from Salzburg, Austria. In her childhood, she developed into an outstanding keyboard player under the tutelage ...

(1751–1829) * Mary Ann Pownall (1751–1796) * Corona Schröter (1751–1802) * William Smethergell (1751–1836)
* Mary Ann Wrighten (1751–1796) * Francesco Bianchi (1752–1810) *

(1752–1832) * (1752–1821) * Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752–1817) *

Ludwig August Lebrun Ludwig August Lebrun (baptized 2 May 1752 – 16 December 1790) was a German oboist and composer. Life Lebrun was born in Mannheim. The well-known and celebrated oboe virtuoso (a contemporary described being "charmed by his divine oboe") pla ...

(1752–1790) * John Marsh (1752–1828) * Josef Reicha (1752–1795) *

Johann Friedrich Reichardt Johann Friedrich Reichardt (25 November 1752 – 27 June 1814) was a German composer, writer and music critic. Early life Reichardt was born in Königsberg, East Prussia, to lutenist and ''Stadtmusiker'' Johann Reichardt (1720–1780). Johann F ...

(1752–1814) * Juliane Reichardt, or ''Juliane Benda Reichardt'' (1752–1783) * Jane Savage (1752/3–1824) * Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752–1837) *

Jean-Baptiste Bréval Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Bréval (6 November 1753 – 18 March 1823) was a French cellist and composer. He wrote mostly for his own instrument, including pedagogical works as well as virtuoso display pieces. Life Bréval was born in Paris, ...

(1753–1823) * Nicolas Dalayrac (1753–1809) * Franz Anton Dimmler (1753–1827) * (1753–1826) * Johann Baptist Schenk (1753–1836) * Johann Samuel Schroeter, or ''Schröter'' (1753–1788) * Pedro Étienne Solère (1753–1817) * Johan Wikmanson (1753–1800) * Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812) * Vicente Martín y Soler (1754–1806) * Etienne Ozi (1754–1813) * Anton Stamitz (1754–1798 or 1809) * Peter Winter (1754–1825) * Michèl Yost (1754–1786) * Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755–1810) * Mateo Pérez de Albéniz (1755–1831) * Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi (1755–1818) * Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755–1802) * Federigo Fiorillo (1755c. 1823) * Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick (1755–1799) * John Christopher Moller (1755–1803) * Jean-Pierre Solié (1755–1812) *

Giovanni Battista Viotti Giovanni Battista Viotti (12 May 1755 – 3 March 1824) was an Italian violinist whose virtuosity was famed and whose work as a composer featured a prominent violin and an appealing lyrical tunefulness. He was also a director of French and Italia ...

(1755–1824) * Franz Grill (c. 1756–1793) * Karel Blažej Kopřiva (1756–1785) * Francesca Lebrun also ''Franziska Danzi Lebrun'' (1756–1791) * Thomas Linley the younger (1756–1778) *

(1756–1791) * Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792) * Alexander Reinagle (1756–1809) * Vincenzo Righini (1756–1812) * Mikhail Sokolovsky (1756after 1795) * Daniel Gottlob Türk (1756–1813) * (1756–1830) * Paul Wranitzky, also ''Pavel Vranický'' (1756–1808) * Antonio Calegari (1757–1828) * Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831) * Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841) * Harriett Abrams (1758–1821) * Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820) * Frédéric Blasius, or ''Matthäus Blasius'' (1758–1829) * Benedikt Schack, or ''Benedikt Žák'' (1758–1826) * Carl Siegemund Schönebeck (1758–1806 or after) * Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758–1832) * Marianna von Auenbrugger (1759–1782) *

Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, also known as ''William Bach'' (24 May 1759 – 25 December 1845) was the eldest son of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach and the only grandson of Johann Sebastian Bach to gain fame as a composer. He was music direct ...

(1759–1845) * François Devienne (1759–1803) * Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner (1759–1833) * Franz Krommer (1759–1831) * Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824) * Maria Rosa Coccia (1759–1833) * Sophia Maria Westenholz (1759–1838) *

Luigi Cherubini Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini ( ; ; 8 or 14 SeptemberWillis, in Sadie (Ed.), p. 833 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian Classical and Romantic composer. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethov ...

(1760–1842) * (c. 1760c. 1836) * Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760–1812) * (c. 1760c. 1810) *

Jean-François Le Sueur Jean-François Le Sueur (more commonly Lesueur; ; 15 February 17606 October 1837) was a French composer, best known for his oratorios and operas. Life He was born at Plessiel, a hamlet of Drucat near Abbeville, to a long-established family of P ...

, or ''Lesueur'' (1760–1837) * Franz Christoph Neubauer (c. 1760–1795) * Angelo Tarchi (1760–1814) * (1760–1822) * Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760–1802) * Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (1761after 1795) * Yevstigney Fomin (1761–1800) * Pierre Gaveaux (1761–1825) * Friedrich Ludwig Aemilius Kunzen (1761–1817) * Erik Tulindberg (1761–1814) * Antonín Vranický, or ''Anton Wranitzky'' (1761–1820) * Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787) * Jane Mary Guest (1762–1846) * Jakob Haibel (1762–1826) * (1762–1805) * Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny (1762–1842) * Marcos António da Fonseca Portugal (1762–1830) * Stephen Storace (1762–1796) *

Franz Tausch Franz Tausch (26 December 1762 – 9 February 1817) was a German clarinetist, teacher and composer. He played in the Mannheim orchestra. One of his students was Heinrich Baermann. His compositions include two solo clarinet concerto A clar ...

(1762–1817) * Ann Valentine (1762–1842) * Johann Andreas Amon (1763–1825) *

Franz Danzi Franz Ignaz Danzi (15 June 1763 – 13 April 1826) was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi (1730–1798) and brother of the noted singer Franzeska Danzi. Danzi lived at a significant time i ...

(1763–1826) * (1763–1832) * Domenico Dragonetti (1763–1846) * Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari (1763–1842) * Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763–1850) *

Jean-Xavier Lefèvre Jean-Xavier Lefèvre (Lausanne Cressis, 6 March 1763 – Paris Neuilly, 9 November 1829) was a Swiss-born French clarinettist and composer. In 1778, at the age of 15, Lefèvre became a member of the French Guards band. When the National Guar ...

(1763–1829) *

Johann Simon Mayr Johann(es) Simon Mayr (also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier), also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr (14 June 1763 – 2 December 1845), was a German composer. His music reflects the Transition from Classical to Romantic mus ...

(1763–1845) *

Étienne Méhul Étienne Nicolas Méhul (; 22 June 1763 – 18 October 1817) was a French composer of the late Classical period (music), classical and early Romantic period (music), romantic periods. He was known as "the most important opera composer in France ...

(1763–1817) * (1763–1821) * Matthew Camidge (1764–1844) * Franz Lauska (1764–1825) *

Valentino Fioravanti Valentino Fioravanti (11 September 1764 – 16 June 1837) was a celebrated Italian composer of ''opera buffas''. Fioravanti was born in Rome. One of the best ''opera buffa'' composers between Domenico Cimarosa and Gioacchino Rossini, he w ...

(1764–1837) * Helene de Montgeroult (1764–1836) * John Addison (c. 1765–1844) * Thomas Attwood (1765–1838) * Anton Eberl (1765–1807) * Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765–1846) * Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (1765–1814) *

Michał Kleofas Ogiński Michał Kleofas Ogiński (25 September 1765 – 15 October 1833) was a Polish diplomat and politician, Grand Treasurer of Lithuania, and a senator of Tsar Alexander I. He was also a composer of late Classical and early Romantic music. Early ...

(1765–1833) *

Jakub Jan Ryba Jakub Šimon Jan Ryba (surname also Poisson, Peace, Ryballandini, Rybaville; 26 October 1765 – 8 April 1815) was a Czech people, Czech teacher and composer of european classical music, classical music. His most famous work is the ''Czech Christm ...

(1765–1815) * Daniel Steibelt (1765–1823) * Johann Friedrich Anton Fleischmann (1766–1798) * Stepan Degtyarev (1766–1813) * Vincent Houška (1766–1840) *

Rodolphe Kreutzer Rodolphe Kreutzer (15 November 1766 – 6 January 1831) was a French violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer of forty French operas, including '' La mort d'Abel'' (1810). He is probably best known as the dedicatee of Beethoven's Violin Son ...

(1766–1831) * Anne-Marie Krumpholtz (1766–1813) * (1766–1839) * Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766–1803) * Joseph Weigl (1766–1846) * Samuel Wesley (1766–1837) * Caroline Wuiet (1766–1835) * Henri Montan Berton (1767–1844) * Amélie-Julie Candeille (1767–1834) * Ferdinand Fränzl (1767–1833) * José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767–1830) * August Eberhard Müller (1767–1817) * Wenzel Müller (1767–1835) * Andreas Romberg (1767–1821) *

Bernhard Romberg Bernhard Heinrich Romberg (November 13, 1767 – August 13, 1841) was a German cellist and composer. Life Romberg was born in Dinklage. His father, Anton Romberg, played the bassoon and cello and gave Bernhard his first cello lessons. He f ...

(1767–1841) * Johannes Spech (1767?–1836) *

Artemy Vedel Artemy Lukyanovich Vedel (), born Artemy Lukyanovich Vedelsky, was a List of Ukrainian composers, Ukrainian-born Russian Empire, Russian Imperial composer of Liturgy, liturgical music and military music. He produced works based on Ukrainian fo ...

(1767–1808) * Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen (1768–1830?) * Carlos Baguer (1768–1808) * Elizabeth Billington (c.1768–1818) *

Benjamin Carr Benjamin Carr (September 12, 1768 – May 24, 1831) was an American composer, singer, teacher, and music publisher.Stephen Siek, "Benjamin Carr", Grove Music Online Biography Born in London, he was the son of Joseph Carr (music publisher), Jose ...

(1768–1831) * Margarethe Danzi (1768–1800) * Domenico Della-Maria (1768–1800) * Carel Anton Fodor (1768–1846) * Carl Andreas Goepfert (Göpfert) (1768–1818) * Filippo Gragnani (1768–1820) * Louis-Emmanuel Jadin (1768–1853) * Samuel Webbe the younger (1768–1843) * Bonifazio Asioli (1769–1832) * Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (c. 1769–1840) * Maria Theresa Bland (c. 1769–1838) * Kateřina Veronika Anna Dusíkova (1769–1833) *

Józef Elsner Józef Antoni Franciszek Elsner (sometimes ''Józef Ksawery Elsner''; baptismal name, ''Joseph Anton Franz Elsner''; 1 June 176918 April 1854) was a Polish composer, music teacher, and music theoretician, active mainly in Warsaw. He was one of ...

(1769–1854) * Giuseppe Farinelli (1769–1836) * (1769c. 1810) * Johann Georg Lickl (1769–1843) * Alexey Nikolayevich Titov (1769–1827) * Madame Ravissa (fl. from 1778; died 1807)

Classical/Romantic transition composers (born 1770–1799)

* João José Baldi (1770–1816) *

(1770–1827) *

Ferdinando Carulli Ferdinando Maria Meinrado Francesco Pascale Rosario Carulli (9 February 1770 – 17 February 1841) was an Italian composer for classical guitar and the author of the influential ''Méthode complète pour guitare ou lyre'', op. 27 (1810), which co ...

(1770–1841) * Ebenezer Child (1770–1866) * Édouard Du Puy (1770–1822) * Peter Hänsel (1770–1831) * James Hewitt (1770–1827) *

Anton Reicha Anton (Antonín, Antoine) Joseph Reicha (Rejcha) (26 February 1770 – 28 May 1836) was a Czech-born, Bavarian-educated, later naturalization, naturalized French composer and music theorist. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Ludwig van Be ...

(1770–1836) * Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770–1846) * Jan August Vitásek (1770–1839) * Adam Valentin Volckmar (1770–1851)
* Friedrich Witt (1770–1836) * Johann Baptist Cramer (1771–1858) * Mme Delaval (fl. 1791–1802) *

Ferdinando Paer Ferdinando Paer (1 June 1771 – 3 May 1839) was an Italian composer known for his operas. He was of Austrian descent and used the German spelling Pär in application for printing in Venice, and later in France the spelling Paër. Life He was bor ...

(1771–1839) * or ''Johann Joseph Rösler'' (1771–1813) * Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772–1807) * Lucile Grétry (1772–1790) * Louis Ferdinand, ''Prince of Prussia'' (1772–1806) * Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822) * François-Louis Perne (1772–1832) * Josef Triebensee (1772–1846) * Johann Wilhelm Wilms (1772–1847) * Sophie Bawr (1773–1860) *

Pietro Generali Pietro Generali (born Mercandetti Generali; 23 October 1773 – 3 November 1832) was an Italian composer primarily of operas and vocal music. Generali was born in Masserano. He studied counterpoint with Giovanni Masi in Rome and spent a few m ...

(1773–1832) * Wenzeslaus Matiegka (1773–1830) * Joseph Wölfl (1773–1812) * Bartolomeo Bortolazzi (1773–1820) * Pierre Rode (1774–1830) *

Gaspare Spontini Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini (14 November 177424 January 1851) was an Italian opera composer and conductor from the classical era. During the first two decades of the 19th century, Spontini was an important figure in French ''opera'', and ...

(1774–1851) * Václav Tomášek (1774–1850) * Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774–1842) * Catterino Cavos (1775–1840) * Johann Anton André (1775–1842) * François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775–1834) * João Domingos Bomtempo (1775–1842) * Maria Brizzi Giorgi (1775–1822) *

Bernhard Crusell Bernhard Henrik Crusell (15 October 1775 – 28 July 1838) was a Swedish people, Swedish-Finns, Finnish clarinetist, composer and translator, "the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born Classical period (music), classical co ...

(1775–1838) * Sophia Corri Dussek (1775–1847) * Margaret Essex (1775–1807) * François de Fossa (1775–1849) * Sophie Gail (1775–1819) * Nicolas Isouard (1775–1818) *

José Ángel Lamas José Ángel Lamas (August 2, 1775 – December 10, 1814) was a Venezuelan classical musician and composer born in Caracas. He was the main representative of the classical period in colonial Venezuela. Author of the immortal sacred piece, ''Pop ...

(1775–1814) * Maria Hester Park (1775–1822) * Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776–1822) * Hyacinthe Jadin (1776–1800) * Joseph Küffner (1776–1856) * Philipp Jakob Riotte (1776–1856) *

Ignaz von Seyfried Ignaz Xaver Ritter von Seyfried (15 August 1776 – 27 August 1841) was an Austrian musician, conductor and composer. He was born and died in Vienna. According to a statement in his handwritten memoirs he was a pupil of both Wolfgang Amadeus Moz ...

(1776–1841) * Ludwig Berger (1777–1839) * Pauline Duchambge (1778–1858) *

Johann Nepomuk Hummel Johann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 177817 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era. He was a pupil of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonio Salieri, and ...

(1778–1837) * Sigismund Neukomm (1778–1858) *

Fernando Sor Fernando Sor (baptised 14 February 1778 – 10 July 1839) was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer of the Classical period (music), late Classical era and Romantic music, early Romantic era. Best known for writing solo classical guitar mu ...

(1778–1839) * Rochus Dedler (1779–1822) * Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779–1813) * William Knyvett (1779–1856) * Nikolaus von Krufft (1779–1818) * Louise Reichardt (1779–1826) * Luigi Antonio Calegari (1780–1849) * Conradin Kreutzer (1780–1849) * Louis François Dauprat (1781–1868) *

Anton Diabelli Anton (or Antonio) Diabelli (5 September 17818 April 1858) was an Austrian music publisher, editor and composer. Best known in his time as a publisher, he is most familiar today as the composer of the waltz on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote ...

(1781–1858) * Mauro Giuliani (1781–1829) * Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781–1861) * Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863) * François Joseph Naderman (1781–1835) * Karl Stefan Aichelburg (1782–1817) *

Daniel Auber Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (; 29 January 178212 May 1871) was a French composer and director of the Paris Conservatoire. Born into an artistic family, Auber was at first an amateur composer before he took up writing operas professionally whe ...

(1782–1871) * Carlo Coccia (1782–1873) *

John Field John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Ep ...

(1782–1837) *

(1782–1840) * Charlotta Seuerling (1782–1828) * Friedrich Dotzauer (1783–1860) * Teresa Belloc-Giorgi (1784–1855) * Martin-Joseph Mengal (1784–1851) * Francesco Morlacchi (1784–1841) *

George Onslow George Onslow may refer to: *George Onslow (British Army officer) (1731–1792), British politician and army officer *George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow (1731–1814), British peer and politician *George Onslow (composer) (1784–1853), French compo ...

(1784–1853) *

Ferdinand Ries Ferdinand Ries (baptised 28 November 1784 – 13 January 1838) was a German composer. Ries was a friend, pupil and secretary of Ludwig van Beethoven. He composed eight symphony, symphonies, a violin concerto, nine piano concertos (the first ...

(1784–1838) *

Louis Spohr Louis Spohr (, 5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig was a German composer, violinist and conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime, Spohr composed ten symphonies, ...

(1784–1859) *

Friedrich Kalkbrenner Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner (7 November 1785 – 10 June 1849), also known as ''Frédéric Kalkbrenner'', was a pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer. German by birth, Kalkbrenner studied at the Conservatoire de Paris ...

(1785–1849) * Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785–1858) * Bettina Brentano (1785–1859) * Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch (1785–1858) * Isabella Colbran (1785–1845) * Karol Kurpiński (1785–1857) * George Pinto (1785–1806) * Fanny Krumpholtz Pittar (1785–1815) * Marie Bigot (1786–1820) * Henry Rowley Bishop (1786–1855) * Friedrich Kuhlau (1786–1832) * Pietro Raimondi (1786–1853) * Friedrich Schneider (1786–1853) * Le Sénéchal de Kerkado (1786–1805) *

(1786–1826) * Alexander Alyabyev (1787–1851) * Michele Carafa (1787–1872) * Johann Peter Pixis (1788–1874) * Simon Sechter (1788–1867) * Elena Asachi (1789–1877) * Nicolas Bochsa (1789–1856) * Frederic Ernest Fesca (1789–1826) * Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789–1831) * Harriet Browne (1790–1858) *

Carl Czerny Carl Czerny (; ; 21 February 1791 – 15 July 1857) was an Austrian composer, teacher, and pianist of Czech origin whose music spanned the late Classical and early Romantic eras. His vast musical production amounted to over a thousand works an ...

(1791–1857) * Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold (1791–1833) *

Giacomo Meyerbeer Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mozart and Richard Wa ...

(1791–1864) * Franz Xaver Mozart (1791–1844) * Carlo Evasio Soliva (1791–1853) * Jan Václav Voříšek (1791–1825) * Cipriani Potter (1792–1871) *

(1792–1868) * Hedda Wrangel (1792–1833) * Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840) * Bernhard Klein (1793–1832) * Caroline Ridderstolpe (1793–1878) * Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870) *

Ignaz Moscheles Isaac Ignaz Moscheles (; 23 May 179410 March 1870) was a Bohemian piano virtuoso and composer. He was based initially in London and later at Leipzig, where he joined his friend and sometime pupil Felix Mendelssohn as professor of piano in the Co ...

(1794–1870) * Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795–1872) * Heinrich Marschner (1795–1861) *

Saverio Mercadante Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante (baptised 17 September 179517 December 1870) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas. While Mercadante may not have retained the international celebrity of Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti or Gioa ...

(1795–1870) * Franz Berwald (1796–1868) * Helene Liebmann (1796–1835) *

Carl Loewe Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe (; 30 November 1796 – 20 April 1869), usually called Carl Loewe (sometimes seen as Karl Loewe), was a German composer, tenor singer and conductor. In his lifetime, his songs ("Balladen") were well enough known for ...

(1796–1869) * Mathilda d'Orozco (1796–1863) *

Giovanni Pacini Giovanni Pacini (11 February 17966 December 1867) was an Italian composer, best known for his operas. Pacini was born in Catania, Sicily, the son of the buffo Luigi Pacini, who was to appear in the premieres of many of Giovanni's operas. The fam ...

(1796–1867) * Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857) * Luigi Castellacci (1797–1845) *

Gaetano Donizetti Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian Romantic music, Romantic composer, best known for his almost 70 operas. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, he was a leading composer of the ''be ...

(1797–1848) *

(1797–1828) * Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848) * Antonio Rolla (1798–1837) * Olivia Buckley (1799–1847) * Maria Fredrica von Stedingk (1799–1868) * Fromental Halévy (1799–1862) *

Oscar I of Sweden Oscar I (born Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte; 4 July 1799 – 8 July 1859) was King of Sweden and List of Norwegian monarchs, Norway from 8 March 1844 until his death. He was the second monarch of the House of Bernadotte. The only child of Ki ...

(1799–1859)

Timeline of Classical composers (partial)

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