Chronological list of Austrian classical composers

Last updated February 12, 2025

The following is a chronological list of Austrian classical composers: that is, those who live in, work in, or are citizens of Austria.

Medieval

Walther von der Vogelweide (c.1170–c.1230)

Renaissance

Paul Hofhaimer (1459–1537)
Petrus Tritonius [ de ] (1465–c.1525)
Arnold von Bruck (c.1500–1554)
Jacob Regnart (1540/45–1599)
Jacobus Gallus (1550–1591)

Baroque

Johann Stadlmayr (c.1575/80–1648)
Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger (c.1580–1651)
Antonio Bertali (1605–1669)
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1620/23–1680)
Antonio Draghi (1634–1700)
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640–1705)
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704)
Georg Muffat (1653–1704)
Georg Reutter (1656–1738)
Johann Joseph Fux (c.1660–1741)
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr (1663–1722)
Benedict Anton Aufschnaiter (1665–1742)
Joseph Balthasar Hochreither (1669–1731)
Johann Georg Reinhardt (1676–1742)
Johann Baptist Peyer (c.1678–1733)
Gottlieb Muffat (1690–1770)
Gregor Joseph Werner (1693–1766)
Leopold Strach (1699–1755)^[1]
Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702–1762)
Carl Georg Reutter (1708–1772)

Classical era

Joseph Riepel (1709–1782)
Franz Xaver Richter (1709–1789)
Vigilius Blasius Faitelli (1710–1768)
Ignaz Jacob Holzbauer (1711–1783)
Josephus Johannes Baptizta Bon (1711–1788)
Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715–1777)
Georg Matthias Monn (1717–1750)
Wenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763)
Leopold Mozart (1719–1787)
Joseph Friebert (1724–1799)
Karl Kohaut (1726–1784)
Josef Starzer (1726–1787)
Joseph Anton Steffan (1726–1797)
Franz Aspelmayr (1728–1786)
Franz Kreibich (1728–1797)^[2]
Franz Joseph Aumann (1728–1797)
Florian Johann Deller (1729–1773)
Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774)
Anton Cajetan Adlgasser (1729–1777)
Georg von Pasterwitz (1730–1803)
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Gottfried van Swieten (1733–1803)
Christoph Sonnleithner (1734–1786)
Karl von Ordóñez (1734–1786)
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809)
Johann Michael Haydn (1737–1806)
Franz Schneider (1737–1812)
Leopold Hoffman (1738–1793)
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799)
Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739–1813)
Edmund Angerer [ de ] (1740–1794)
Anton Zimmermann (1741–1781)
Marianne von Martinez (1744–1812)
Ignaz Umlauf (1746–1796)
Franz Paul Rigler (1747–1796)
Stefan Paluselli [ de ] (1748–1805)
Maximilian Johann Karl Stadler (1748–1833)
Johannes Matthias Sperger (1750–1812)
Ferdinand August Kauer (1751–1831)
Johann Baptist Schenk (1753–1836)
Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Franz Grill (1756–1793)
Paul Wranitzky (1756–1808)
Anton Teyber (1756–1822)
Ignace Joseph Pleyel (1757–1831)
Franz Teyber (1758–1810)
Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820)
Joseph Gelinek (1758–1825)
Benedikt Schack (1758–1826)
Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824)
Franz Krommer (1759–1831)
Wenzel Müller (1759–1835)
Anton Wranitzky (1761–1820)
Jakob Haibel (1762–1826)
Anna von Schaden (1763–1834)
Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763–1850)
Franz Xaver Gerl (1764–1827)
Anton Eberl (1765–1807)
Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765–1846)
Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766–1803)
Joseph Weigl (1766–1846)
Leonhard von Call (1767–1815)
Wenzel Müller (1767–1835)
Johann Baptist Henneberg (1768–1822)
Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772–1807)
Joseph Wölfl (1773–1812)
Nikolaus von Krufft (1779–1818)

Romantic

Johann Georg Lickl (1769–1843)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Josef Triebensee (1772–1846)
Wenzel Thomas Matiegka (1773–1830)
Ignaz von Seyfried (1776–1841)
Franz Weiss (1778–1830)
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837)
Johann Baptist Gänsbacher (1778–1844)
Sigismond von Neukomm (1778–1858)
Franz Clement (1780–1842)
Michael Umlauf (1781–1842)
Anton Diabelli (1781–1858)
Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg (1783–1839)
Tobias Haslinger (1787–1842)
Franz Xaver Gruber (1787–1863)
Joseph Mayseder (1789–1863)
Ignaz Aßmayer (1790–1862)
Franz Xaver Mozart (1791–1844)
Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
Anselm Hüttenbrenner (1794–1868)
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Josef Dessauer (1798–1876)
Joseph Franz Karl Lanner (1801–1843)
Henri Herz (1802–1888)
Johann Baptist Krall (1803–1883)
Johann Strauss I (1804–1849)
Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806–1856)
Anton Emil Titl (1809–1882)
Leopoldine Blahetka (1809–1885)
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812–1865)
Sigismond Thalberg (1812–1871)
August Wilhelm Ambros (1816–1876)
Franz Krenn (1816–1897)
Franz von Suppé (1819–1895)
Franz Doppler (1821–1883)
Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
Johann Strauss II (1825–1899)
Ludwig Minkus (1826–1917)
Josef Strauss (1827–1870)
Georg Hellmesberger Jr. (1830–1852)
Karl Goldmark (1830–1915)
Theodor Leschetizky (1830–1915)
Johann von Herbeck (1831–1877)
August Lanner (1835–1855)
Eduard Strauss (1835–1916)
Carl Zeller (1842–1898)
Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (1842–1899)
Carl Millöcker (1842–1899)
Josef Labor (1842–1924)
Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843–1900)
Carl Michael Ziehrer (1843–1922)
Hermann Grädener (1844–1929)
Ignaz Brüll (1846–1907)
Robert Fuchs (1847–1927)
Ludvig Schytte (1848–1909)
Richard Heuberger (1850–1914)
Josef Bayer (1852–1913)
Alfred Grünfeld (1852–1924)
Johann Pehel (1852–1926)
Elkan Bauer (1852–1942)
Joseph Hellmesberger Jr. (1855–1907)
Felix Mottl (1856–1911)
Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857–1929)
Wilhelm Kienzl (1857–1941)
Mathilde Kralik (1857–1944)
Hans Rott (1858–1884)
Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)
Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Emil von Reznicek (1860–1945)
Ludwig Thuille (1861–1907)
Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)
Johann Strauss III (1866–1939)
Jan Brandts Buys (1868–1933)
Carl Frühling (1868–1937)
Johanna Müller-Hermann (1868–1941)
Leo Fall (1873–1925)

Modern/Contemporary

Franz Lehár (1870–1948)
Oscar Straus (1870–1954)
Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942)
Siegmund von Hausegger (1872–1948)
Walter Rabl (1873–1940)
Julius Bittner (1874–1939)
Franz Schmidt (1874–1939)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877–1952)
Franz Schreker (1878–1934)
Alma Mahler (1879–1964)
Robert Stolz (1880–1975)
Karl Weigl (1881–1949)
Artur Schnabel (1882–1951)
Joseph Marx (1882–1964)
Anton Webern (1883–1945)
Josef Matthias Hauer (1883–1959)
Ralph Benatzky (1884–1957)
Alban Berg (1885–1935)
Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885–1974)
Ernst Toch (1887–1964)
Max Steiner (1888–1971)
Hans Gál (1890–1987)
Paul Amadeus Pisk (1893–1990)
Karol Rathaus (1895–1954)
Johann Nepomuk David (1895–1977)
Jaromír Weinberger (1896–1967)
Maria Bach (1896–1978)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
Viktor Ullmann (1898–1944)
Hanns Eisler (1898–1962)
Grete von Zieritz (1899–2001)
Ernst Krenek (1900–1991)
Hanns Jelinek (1901–1969)
Jenő Takács (1902–2005)
Erich Zeisl (1905–1959)
Theodor Berger (1905–1992)
Georg Tintner (1917–1999)
Gottfried von Einem (1918–1996)
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (1919–1994)
Ernest Gold (1921–1999)
György Ligeti (1923–2006)
Robert Starer (1924–2001)
Joseph Horovitz (1926–2022)
Friedrich Cerha (1926–2023)
Michael Gielen (1927–2019)
Luna Alcalay (1928–2012)
René Clemencic (1928–2022)
Friedrich Gulda (1930–2000)
Nancy Van de Vate (1930–2023)
Gerhard Rühm (born 1930)
Erich Urbanner (born 1936)
Gösta Neuwirth (born 1937)
Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953)
Beat Furrer (born 1954)
Bernard Lang (born 1957)
Thomas Larcher (born 1963)
Lukas Ligeti (born 1965)
Olga Neuwirth (born 1968)
Klaus Lang (born 1971)

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