List of Romantic composers

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The Romantic era of Western Classical music spanned the 19th century to the early 20th century, encompassing a variety of musical styles and techniques. Part of the broader Romanticism movement of Europe, Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert are often seen as the dominant transitional figures composers from the preceding Classical era. Many composers began to channel nationalistic themes, such as Mikhail Glinka, The Five and Belyayev circle in Russia; Frédéric Chopin in Poland; Carl Maria von Weber and Heinrich Marschner in Germany; Edvard Grieg in Norway; Jean Sibelius in Finland; Giuseppe Verdi in Italy; Carl Nielsen in Denmark; Pablo de Sarasate in Spain; Ralph Vaughan Williams and Edward Elgar in England; Mykola Lysenko in Ukraine; and Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák in what is now the Czech Republic.

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A European-wide debate took place, particularly in Germany, on what the ideal course of music was, following Beethoven's death. The New German School—primarily Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner—promoted progressive ideas, in opposition to more conservative composers such as Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann.

Note that this list is purely chronological, and includes a substantial number of composers, especially those born after 1860, whose works cannot be conveniently classified as "Romantic", or those whose early compositions did begin in the Romantic style but later developed beyond it in the 20th century.

Late Classical/Proto-Romantic (born 1770–1799)

NameDate bornDate diedNationalityComments
Ludwig van Beethoven 17701827German
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Ludwig van Beethoven
composer and pianist, regarded by many as the first Romantic-era composer, most famous for Symphony No. 5 and Für Elise among others
Ferdinando Carulli 17701841Italian
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Ferdinando Carulli
composer for the guitar, wrote concertos and chamber music
Édouard Du Puy 17701822Swiss
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Édouard Du Puy
composer, singer, director and violinist
Peter Hänsel 17701831German-Austrian
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Peter Hänsel
composer and violinist
James Hewitt 17701827Americancomposer, conductor and music publisher
Anton Reicha 17701836Czech-French
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Anton Reicha
composer who experimented with irregular time signatures in his keyboard fugues, composed a large number of significant works for wind quintet
Christian Heinrich Rinck 17701846German
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Christian Heinrich Rinck
composer and organist
Jan August Vitásek 17701839Bohemiancomposer
Friedrich Witt 17701836Germancomposer and cellist
Johann Baptist Cramer 17711858English
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Johann Baptist Cramer
musician of German origin
Ferdinando Paer 17711839Italian
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Ferdinando Paer
composer
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia 17721806German
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Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia
member of the Prussian royal family, soldier, and composer. At the time of his premature death in the Battle of Saalfeld, he left behind 13 published works, many of which are imbued with a greater expressive depth than the Classical style which was then still prevalent.
Maria Frances Parke 17721822Englishcomposer, pianist and soprano
François-Louis Perne 17721832Frenchcomposer and musicographer
Josef Triebensee 17721846Bohemiancomposer and oboist
Johann Wilhelm Wilms 17721847Dutch-Germancomposer, best known for writing Wien Neêrlands Bloed , which served as the Dutch national anthem from 1815 to 1932
Sophie Bawr 17731860Frenchcomposer, writer and playwright
Pietro Generali 17731832Italiancomposer of operas and vocal music
Wenzel Thomas Matiegka 17731830Czechcomposer
Bartolomeo Bortolazzi 17731820Italianmandolin and guitar virtuoso and composer
Pierre Rode 17741830French
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Pierre Rode
composer and violinist
Gaspare Spontini 17741851Italian
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Gaspare Spontini
opera composer and conductor, famous for La vestale
Václav Tomášek 17741850Czech
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Václav Tomášek
composer and music teacher
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse 17741842Danish
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Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse
composer in the Danish Golden Age
Johann Anton André 17751842German
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Johann Anton André
composer and music publisher
François-Adrien Boieldieu 17751834French
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François-Adrien Boieldieu
composer
João Domingos Bomtempo 17751842Portuguese
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João Domingos Bomtempo
composer, pianist and pedagogue
Bernhard Crusell 17751838Finnish
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Bernhard Crusell
composer and clarinet player
Sophia Dussek 17751831Scottishcomposer of Italian descent, singer, pianist and harpist
François de Fossa 17751849Frenchcomposer and guitarist
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann 17761822Germancomposer, author of fantasy and horror, jurist, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist
Joseph Küffner 17761856Germancomposer and musician
Philipp Jakob Riotte 17761856Germancomposer
Ignaz von Seyfried 17761841Austriancomposer, musician and conductor
Ludwig Berger 17771839Germancomposer, pianist and piano teacher
Pauline Duchambge 17781858Frenchcomposer and pianist
Johann Nepomuk Hummel 17781837Austrian
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
composer and pianist, his music bridged the Classical era of music and Romantic era of music
Sigismund von Neukomm 17781858Austriancomposer and pianist
Fernando Sor 17781839Spanish
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Fernando Sor
composer for the classical guitar who is credited with elevating the guitar to the level of concert instrument
Rochus Dedler 17791822Germancomposer
William Knyvett 17791856Britishcomposer and singer
Louise Reichardt 17791826Germancomposer and songwriter
Luigi Antonio Calegari 17801849Italianopera composer
Conradin Kreutzer 17801849Germancomposer and conductor
Louis François Dauprat 17811868Frenchcomposer, horn player and music professor at the Conservatoire de Paris
Anton Diabelli 17811858Austrian
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Anton Diabelli
composer, music publisher and editor
Mauro Giuliani 17811828Italian
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Mauro Giuliani
composer and virtuoso guitarist
Anthony Heinrich 17811861Americancomposer
Sophie Lebrun 17811863Germancomposer and pianist
François-Joseph Naderman 17811835French
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François-Joseph Naderman
composer, harpist and teacher
Daniel Auber 17821871Frenchopera composer, noted for La muette de Portici
Carlo Coccia 17821873Italianopera composer
John Field 17821837Irish
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John Field
composer and pianist, notable for cultivating the nocturne
Niccolò Paganini 17821840Italian
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Niccolò Paganini
composer and virtuoso violinist, wrote the 24 Caprices for violin, five concerti for violin, string quartets and works for violin and guitar
Charlotta Seuerling 17821828Swedishcomposer, concert singer, harpsichordist and poet
Friedrich Dotzauer 17831860Germancomposer and cellist
Teresa Belloc-Giorgi 17841855Italiancomposer and contralto
Martin-Joseph Mengal 17841851Belgiancomposer and instructor
Francesco Morlacchi 17841841Italiancomposer
George Onslow 17841853Anglo-French
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George Onslow
composer
Ferdinand Ries 17841838German
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Ferdinand Ries
composer, friend and pupil of Ludwig van Beethoven
Louis Spohr 17841859German
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Louis Spohr
composer, violinist and conductor, renowned for chamber music and compositions for violin and harp
Bettina von Arnim 17851859Germancomposer, writer and novelist
Marie Bigot 17851820Frenchcomposer and piano teacher
Alexandre Pierre François Boëly 17851858Frenchcomposer, organist and pianist
Isabella Colbran 17851845Spanishcomposer and opera singer
Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch 17851858Austriancomposer of Bohemian ancestry and pianist
Friedrich Kalkbrenner 17851849German
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Friedrich Kalkbrenner
composer, pianist and piano teacher
Karol Kurpiński 17851857Polishcomposer, conductor and pedagogue
Henry Bishop 17861855Englishcomposer
Friedrich Kuhlau 17861832German-Danish
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Friedrich Kuhlau
composer
Pietro Raimondi 17861853Italiancomposer
Friedrich Schneider 17861853German
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Friedrich Schneider
composer, pianist, organist and conductor
Carl Maria von Weber 17861826German
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Carl Maria von Weber
composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant Romantic opera composers
Alexander Alyabyev 17871851Russiancomposer, conductor and pianist
Franz Xaver Gruber 17871863Austrianschool teacher, church organist and composer, best known for his Christmas carol, Silent Night
Michele Carafa 17871872Italianopera composer
Johann Peter Pixis 17881874Germancomposer and pianist
Simon Sechter 17881867Austrianprolific composer, renowned music theorist, teacher, organist and conductor
Elena Asachi 17891877Romaniancomposer of Austrian birth, pianist and singer
Nicolas-Charles Bochsa 17891856Frenchcomposer and musician
Friedrich Ernst Fesca 17891826German
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Friedrich Ernst Fesca
composer of instrumental music and violinist
Maria Szymanowska 17891831Polishcomposer and virtuoso pianist
Harriet Browne 17901858Englishcomposer and writer
Isaac Nathan 17901864Englishcomposer, musicologist, journalist and self-publicist known as "the father of Australian music"
Carl Czerny 17911857Austrian
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Carl Czerny
composer, teacher and pianist
Ferdinand Hérold 17911833French
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Ferdinand Hérold
operatic composer
Giacomo Meyerbeer 17911864German
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
composer for grand opera ( Il crociato in Egitto , Les Huguenots , L'Africaine )
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart 17911844Austrian
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Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
composer, pianist, conductor, teacher and the youngest child of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Carlo Evasio Soliva 17911853Swiss-Italiancomposer
Jan Václav Voříšek 17911825Czechcomposer, pianist and organist
Francis Johnson 17921844Americancomposer, bugler and violinist
Gioachino Rossini 17921868Italian
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Gioachino Rossini
prolific opera composer, best known for The Barber of Seville among other operas
Hedda Wrangel 17921833Swedishcomposer
Cipriani Potter 17921871Englishcomposer, teacher and pianist
Gertrude van den Bergh 17931840Dutchcomposer and pianist
Bernhard Klein 17931832Germancomposer
Caroline Ridderstolpe 17931878Swedishcomposer and singer
Princess Amalie of Saxony 17941870Germancomposer
Ignaz Moscheles 17941870Czech
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Ignaz Moscheles
composer and piano virtuoso, head of the Leipzig Conservatory after Felix Mendelssohn
Heinrich Marschner 17951861German
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Heinrich Marschner
composer, considered to be the most important composer of German opera between Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner
Saverio Mercadante 17951870Italian
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Saverio Mercadante
composer
Nikolaos Mantzaros 17951872Italian-Greekcomposer
Helene Liebmann 17951835Germancomposer and pianist
Franz Berwald 17961868Swedishcomposer, little known in his lifetime, but his works, including his four symphonies are better known today
Carl Loewe 17961869German
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Carl Loewe
composer, baritone singer and conductor
Mathilda d'Orozco 17961863Swedishcomposer, noble, salonist, poet, writer, singer, amateur actress and harpsichordist
Giovanni Pacini 17961867Italiancomposer
Emilie Zumsteeg 17961857Germancomposer, pianist, songwriter and choir conductor
Luigi Castellacci 17971845Italianvirtuoso on the mandolin and guitar, instrumental composer and author of popular French romances with guitar and piano accompaniments
Gaetano Donizetti 17971848Italian
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Gaetano Donizetti
opera composer, known for Lucia di Lammermoor and L'elisir d'amore among others
Franz Schubert 17971828Austrian
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Franz Schubert
composer, best known for his more than 600 lieder, chamber music, piano works and symphonies
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff 17971848Germancomposer and writer
Antonio Rolla 17981837Italiancomposer and violin and viola virtuoso
Olivia Buckley 17991847Englishcomposer, harpist and organist
Marie von Stedingk 17991868Swedishcomposer and courtier
Fromental Halévy 17991862French
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Fromental Halévy
composer
Oscar I of Sweden 17991859Swedish
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Oscar I of Sweden
composer and king of Sweden and Norway
Alexey Verstovsky 17991862Russian
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Alexey Verstovsky
composer, musical bureaucrat and rival of Mikhail Glinka

Repertoire key: B=In Classical Net's basic Timeline of Major Composers 1600–present [1]

Early Romantic (born 1800–1819)

NameDate bornDate diedNationalityComments
Jan Kalivoda 18011866Czech
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Jan Kalivoda
composer, conductor and violinist
Vincenzo Bellini 18011835Italian
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Vincenzo Bellini
opera composer, known for I Puritani , Norma and La sonnambula among others
Tomasz Padura 18011871Ukrainian-Polish
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Tomasz Padura
poet of the so-called Ukrainian school, musician-torbanist and composer-songwriter
Charles Auguste de Bériot 18021870Belgian
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Charles Auguste de Bériot
composer and violinist
Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy 18021880Frenchcomposer and pianist
Amédée Méreaux 18021874French
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Amédée Méreaux
composer, his works are somewhat known for their immense difficulties
Bernhard Molique 18021869Germancomposer and violinist
Cesare Pugni 18021870Italian
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Cesare Pugni
prolific composer of ballet music
Eliza Flower 18031846Englishcomposer
Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich 18031836Swiss
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Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich
composer, composed over 300 pieces for piano
Adolphe Adam 18031856French
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Adolphe Adam
composer, best known for his ballet score, Giselle
Hector Berlioz 18031869French
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Hector Berlioz
composer, famous for his programmatic symphony, Symphonie Fantastique
Henri Herz 18031888Austriancomposer and pianist
Franz Lachner 18031890German
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Franz Lachner
composer and conductor, brother of Ignaz Lachner and Vinzenz Lachner
Louise Farrenc 18041875Frenchcomposer of three symphonies and many chamber works including the earliest known sextet for piano and wind quintet (1852)
Mikhail Glinka 18041857Russian
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Mikhail Glinka
nationalist composer whose works include the opera, A Life for the Tsar
Johann Strauss I 18041849Austrian
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Johann Strauss I
dance music composer, famous for Radetzky March
Fanny Mendelssohn 18051847Germancomposer and pianist, sister of Felix Mendelssohn, mainly known for her vocal compositions and chamber music
Leopold von Zenetti 18051892Austriancomposer, mainly known for being one of Anton Bruckner's masters
Napoléon Coste 18051883Frenchvirtuoso guitarist, teacher and composer
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga 18061826Spanishcomposer who died at nineteen and by which time he had already been nicknamed the "Spanish Mozart" for his Symphony in D and three string quartets
Johann Kaspar Mertz 18061856Hungariancomposer, known for his guitar pieces
Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller 18061874Germancomposer and pianist
Carlo Curti 18071872Italiancellist, performer and educator at Royal School of Music in Parma who composed cello and piano music
Ignaz Lachner 18071895German
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Ignaz Lachner
conductor, composer and organist, a prolific composer, notable for his chamber music such as his string quartets and trios
Elias Parish Alvars 18081849English
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Elias Parish Alvars
harpist and composer
Michael William Balfe 18081870Irishconductor and composer, remembered for his opera, The Bohemian Girl
Sebastián Iradier 18091865Spanishcomposer, best known for La Paloma
Felix Mendelssohn 18091847German
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Felix Mendelssohn
conductor, music-director, composer and pianist, brother of Fanny Mendelssohn, best known for Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Otto Lindblad 18091864Swedishcomposer
Frédéric Chopin 18101849Polish-French
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Frédéric Chopin
composer and virtuoso pianist, his works includes nocturnes, ballade, scherzos, etudes and a number of Polish dances such as mazurkas, polonaises and waltzes.
Ferenc Erkel 18101893Hungariancomposer of grand opera
Otto Nicolai 18101849Germanopera composer and conductor, best known for The Merry Wives of Windsor
Norbert Burgmüller 18101836Germancomposer and brother of Friedrich Burgmüller, praised by Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann 18101856German
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Robert Schumann
composer and pianist, husband of Clara Schumann, a significant lieder writer, a prolific composer, wrote many short piano pieces, four symphonies, concerti and chamber music
Ludwig Schuncke 18101834Germancomposer and pianist
Ferdinand David 18101873Germancomposer and violinist
Vinzenz Lachner 18111893Germancomposer, brother of Franz Lachner and Ignaz Lachner
Franz Liszt 18111886Hungarian
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Franz Liszt
composer and virtuoso pianist, one of the most influential and distinguished piano composers of the Romantic era and the rival of Robert Schumann and Clara Schumann, wrote a number of symphonic poems and extended piano technique, best known for his Hungarian Rhapsodies and other solo piano works
Ferdinand Hiller 18111885Germancomposer, conductor, writer and music-director, close friend of Felix Mendelssohn. Robert Schumann dedicated his Piano Concerto to him in 1845.
Wilhelm Taubert 18111891Germanpianist, composer and conductor whose early works received praise from Felix Mendelssohn
Ambroise Thomas 18111896French
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Ambroise Thomas
composer, best known for his two operas, Mignon and Hamlet
Spyridon Xyndas 18121896Greekopera composer and guitarist
Sigismond Thalberg 18121871Austriancomposer and one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era
Louis-Antoine Jullien 18121860Frenchconductor and composer of light music, king of promenade concerts in England
Emilie Mayer 18121883German
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Emilie Mayer
composer of eight symphonies as well as overtures, lieder and numerous chamber works
Friedrich von Flotow 18121883German
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Friedrich von Flotow
composer, chiefly remembered for his opera, Martha
Alexandre Dubuque 18121898Russian-Frenchcomposer, known for teaching
Johann Rufinatscha 18121893Austriancomposer
Alexander Dargomyzhsky 18131869Russian
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Alexander Dargomyzhsky
composer
Semen Hulak-Artemovsky 18131873Ukrainian
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Semen Hulak-Artemovsky
opera composer, singer (baritone), actor and dramatist
George Alexander Macfarren 18131887English
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George Alexander Macfarren
major opera composer, best known for Robin Hood, She Stoops to Conquer and Helvellyn, also known as a teacher
Stephen Heller 18131888Hungariancomposer, highly affected the late Romantic composers
Richard Wagner 18131883German
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Richard Wagner
major opera composer, friend of Franz Liszt, best known for his cycle of four operas, Der Ring des Nibelungen
Ernst Haberbier 18131869Germancomposer
Giuseppe Verdi 18131901Italian
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Giuseppe Verdi
major opera composer, best known for Nabucco , Rigoletto , La Traviata , Aida , Otello and Don Carlos
Charles-Valentin Alkan 18131888Frenchcomposer and virtuoso pianist
Antonios Liveralis 18141842Greekopera composer and conductor
Giuseppe Lillo 18141863Italiancomposer, best known for his operas among which is worth noting Odda di Bernaver and Caterina Howard
Adolf von Henselt 18141889Germancomposer and pianist
Josephine Lang 18151880Germancomposer and pianist
Ferdinand Praeger 18151891Germancomposer and pianist
Robert Volkmann 18151883Germancomposer, companion of Johannes Brahms
Józef Władysław Krogulski 18151842Polishcomposer and pianist
William Sterndale Bennett 18161875Englishcomposer, conductor and editor
Charles Dancla 18171907Frenchviolinist, composer and teacher
Émile Prudent 18171863Frenchpianist and composer
Károly Thern 18171886Hungariancomposer, conductor and teacher
Niels Gade 18171890Danishcomposer, violinist and organist
Henry Litolff 18181891Britishpianist, composer and music publisher, best known for his five Concerto Symphoniques
Charles Gounod 18181893French
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Charles Gounod
composer, best known for his two operas, Faust and Roméo et Juliette
Antonio Bazzini 18181897Italian violinist, composer and teacher, best known for The Dance of the Goblins
Alexander Dreyschock 18181869Czechpianist and composer
Jacques Offenbach 18191880French
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Jacques Offenbach
opera and operetta composer, known for The Tales of Hoffmann and Orpheus in the Underworld
Franz von Suppé 18191895Austrian
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Franz von Suppé
composer and conductor, notable for his operetta, Light Cavalry
Stanisław Moniuszko 18191872Polishcomposer, best known as the Father of Polish National Opera
Clara Schumann 18191896Germancomposer and pianist, wife of Robert Schumann, one of the leading pianists of the Romantic era
Vatroslav Lisinski 18191854Croatiancomposer, famous for his first Croatian opera, Love and Malice and his second Croatian opera, Porin

Middle Romantic (born 1820–1839)

NameDate bornDate diedNationalityComments
Henri Vieuxtemps 18201881Belgian
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Henri Vieuxtemps
composer and violinist
Giovanni Bottesini 18211889Italianconductor, composer and double bass virtuoso
Josip Runjanin 18211878Croatiancomposer
Emilie Holmberg 18211854Swedishcomposer, concert pianist and organist
Joachim Raff 18221882Swiss-born German
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Joachim Raff
composer, best known for eleven symphonies, most of them program music
César Franck 18221890Belgian-born French
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César Franck
composer, noted for his Symphony in D minor , also a significant composer for the organ
James Lord Pierpont 18221893Americancomposer, best known for Jingle Bells
Luigi Arditi 18221903Italiancomposer, violinist and conductor
Édouard Lalo 18231892French
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Édouard Lalo
composer, remembered for his Symphonie espagnole for violin and orchestra and his Cello Concerto
Theodor Kirchner 18231903Germancomposer and pianist, he wrote over 1,000 piano pieces
Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev 18231896Kazakhstanicomposer
Anton Bruckner 18241896Austrian
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Anton Bruckner
composer of nine large-scale symphonies (one incomplete) and two more unacknowledged
Frederick Ellard 18241874Australiancomposer
Bedřich Smetana 18241884Czech
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Bedřich Smetana
nationalist composer, best known for his cycle of six symphonic poems, Má vlast and his opera, The Bartered Bride
Carl Reinecke 18241910German
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Carl Reinecke
composer, conductor and pianist, best known for his attachment to classical forms and conducted Gewandhausorchester for nearly 35 years
Jean-Baptiste Arban 18251889Frenchcomposer and virtuoso cornetist, wrote the "Grande méthode complète pour cornet à pistons et de saxhorn" now referred to as the "Trumpeter's Bible"
Johann Strauss II 18251899Austrian
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Johann Strauss II
composer known as "The Waltz King", son of Austrian dance music composer Johann Strauss I and elder brother of Josef Strauss and Eduard Strauss, best known for Blue Danube Waltz and his opera, Die Fledermaus
Richard Hol 18251904Dutchorgan composer
Stephen Foster 18261864Americancomposer and songwriter known as "the father of American music", best known for "Oh! Susanna", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe" and "Beautiful Dreamer"
Ivar Hallström 18261901Swedishopera composer
Ludwig Minkus 18261917Austriancomposer of ballet music
Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland 18271852Swedishcomposer and the second son of Oscar I of Sweden
Josef Strauss 18271870Austriancomposer and younger brother of Johann Strauss II
Adolphe Blanc 18281885Frenchcomposer of chamber music
Adrien Barthe 18281898Frenchcomposer
Eduard Rohde 18281883Germancomposer and organist
Johann Dubez 18281891Austriancomposer and mandolinist
Jacques Blumenthal 18291908Germancomposer
Patrick Gilmore 18291892Irish-born Americancomposer and bandleader, best known for his song, When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Louis Moreau Gottschalk 18291869Americancomposer, famous for performing his own romantic piano works
Anton Rubinstein 18291894Russian
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Anton Rubinstein
conductor, composer and pianist
Pavlos Carrer 18291896Greekcomposer, famous for composing the first Greek operas
Karl Goldmark 18301915Hungarian
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Karl Goldmark
composer
Hans von Bülow 18301894German
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Hans von Bülow
conductor, composer and virtuoso pianist
Theodor Leschetizky 18301915Polishpianist, professor and composer
Ivan Larionov 18301889Russiancomposer, writer and folklorist
Kornelije Stanković 18311865Serbiancomposer
Jan Gerard Palm 18311906Curaçaoancomposer, best known for his mazurkas, waltzes, danzas, tumbas, fantasies and serenades
Célestin Lavigueur 18311885Canadianopera composer
Hiromori Hayashi 18311896Japanese
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Hiromori Hayashi
composer, known for the Japanese national anthem, Kimigayo
Joseph Joachim 18311907Hungariancomposer, violinist, conductor and teacher
Eduardo Mezzacapo 18321898Italianmandolin virtuoso, composer and teacher, known for Aubade for Mandolin, Violin and Guitar and Tarantella "Napoli"
August Söderman 18321876Swedishcomposer, best known for his lieder and choral works
Ivan Zajc 18321914Croatiancomposer, conductor, director and teacher, best known for his opera, Nikola Šubić Zrinski and his Croatian patriotic song, U boj, u boj
Francis Edward Bache 18331858Englishcomposer and organist
Alexander Borodin 18331887Russianchemist and nationalist composer, part of the Russian Five, wrote the opera, Prince Igor
Johannes Brahms 18331897German
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Johannes Brahms
composer, one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period, best known for his four symphonies, Violin Concerto, two piano concertos, and A German Requiem
Amilcare Ponchielli 18341886Italian
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Amilcare Ponchielli
opera composer, known for La Gioconda
Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska 18341861Polishcomposer
Julius Reubke 18341858German
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Julius Reubke
piano and organ composer, known for Sonata on the 94th Psalm
Peter Benoit 18341901Belgiancomposer
Giuseppe Branzoli 18351909Italianmandolinist, violinist, composer and music historian
Felix Draeseke 18351913Germancomposer
Camille Saint-Saëns 18351921French
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Camille Saint-Saëns
music critic, composer, pianist and an exceptional organist, best known for his biblical opera, Samson et Dalila
Henryk Wieniawski 18351880Polish
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Henryk Wieniawski
composer and violinist, famous for two concertos and character pieces of exceptional difficulty
Eduard Strauss 18351916Austriancomposer and younger brother of Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss
César Cui 18351918Russian
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César Cui
army officer, music critic and composer of the Russian Five
Davorin Jenko 18351914Slovenian-born Serbiancomposer and conductor
Friedrich Baumfelder 18361916Germanpiano, choral, and orchestra composer, in his day known for his 'Tirocinium musicae' and today known for his 'Melody in F major'
Léo Delibes 18361891Frenchcomposer, one of the first significant ballet composers since the Baroque music, known for Coppélia , Sylvia , and Lakmé
Abdu al-Hamuli 18361901Egyptian
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Abdu al-Hamuli
composer and singer
Antônio Carlos Gomes 18361896Brazilianopera composer, praised by Franz Liszt and Giuseppe Verdi whose Il Guarany premiered at La Scala in 1870, a first opera ballo for the composer from the New World
Bertha Tammelin 18361915Swedishcomposer, concert pianist and opera singer
Julius Weissenborn 18371888German bassoonist, composer and music teacher, famous for his Practical Bassoon School
Tigran Chukhajian 18371898Turkish-Armeniancomposer, conductor, public activist and the founder of the first opera institution in the Ottoman Empire
Émile Waldteufel 18371915French
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Émile Waldteufel
composer of light music
Mily Balakirev 18371910Russian
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Mily Balakirev
nationalist composer and the leader of the Russian Five
Gordon Saunders 18371912Englishcomposer of songs, church music and organ music, professor at the Trinity College of Music
Georges Bizet 18381875French
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Georges Bizet
composer, best known for his final opera, Carmen
Max Bruch 18381920German
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Max Bruch
composer, known for his Violin Concerto No. 1 , Scottish Fantasy and Kol Nidrei for cello and orchestra
Henri Ghys 18391908Frenchpianist, conductor and composer
Modest Mussorgsky 18391881Russian
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Modest Mussorgsky
nationalist composer and the member of the Russian Five, best known for his orchestral tone poem, Night on Bald Mountain and his piano suite, Pictures at an Exhibition
Eduard Nápravník 18391916Czech
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Eduard Nápravník
conductor and composer
John Knowles Paine 18391906Americanfirst native-born American composer to acquire international fame for his large-scale orchestral music
Josef Rheinberger 18391901Germancomposer and organist, born in Liechtenstein, primarily noted for his organ music including 20 sonatas

Late Romantic (born 1840–1859)

NameDate bornDate diedNationalityComments
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 18401893Russian
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
composer, best known for his three ballets, The Nutcracker , Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty , the opera Eugene Onegin , Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy , 1812 Overture , Piano Concerto No. 1 , Violin Concerto and his six symphonies
John Stainer 18401901Englishcomposer and organist
Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray 18401910Frenchcomposer
Johan Svendsen 18401911Norwegiancomposer, conductor and violinist
Louis Brassin 18401884Belgianpianist, composer and music educator, best known for his piano transcription of the Magic Fire Music from Wagner's Die Walküre
Emmanuel Chabrier 18411894French
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Emmanuel Chabrier
composer who influenced Maurice Ravel, Les Six, Jean Françaix and many other French composers, known for the opera, L'étoile and the rhapsody, España
Felip Pedrell 18411922Spanishcomposer of opera, zarzuela and church music who taught and influenced Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados and Manuel de Falla
Giovanni Sgambati 18411914Italiancomposer, conductor and pianist
Antonín Dvořák 18411904Czech
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Antonín Dvořák
composer, best known for his New World Symphony
Giuseppe Silvestri 18411921Italiancomposer and mandolin virtuoso
Arrigo Boito 18421918Italian
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Arrigo Boito
composer and librettist, known as a composer for his opera, Mefistofele
Josef Labor 18421924Austrian
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Josef Labor
composer, pianist, organist and teacher
Mykola Lysenko 18421912Ukrainian
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Mykola Lysenko
composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist
Johann Nepomuk Fuchs 18421899Austriancomposer, conductor, teacher and editor
Jules Massenet 18421912French
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Jules Massenet
composer, best known for his two operas, Manon and Werther and the Méditation for violin from the opera, Thaïs
Arthur Sullivan 18421900English
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Arthur Sullivan
composer, known for his operettas in collaboration with William Schwenck Gilbert
Calixa Lavallée 18421891Canadiancomposer, known for the Canadian national anthem, O Canada
Émile Bernard 18431902Frenchcomposer and organist, known for his Divertissement For Doubled Wind Quintet
Edvard Grieg 18431907Norwegian
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Edvard Grieg
composer, best known for his 1875 incidental music, Peer Gynt and the Piano Concerto in A minor
David Popper 18431913Czechcomposer and virtuoso cellist, known for his 40 etudes, 4 concertos and Hungarian Rhapsody for cello and orchestra
Paul Taffanel 18441908French
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Paul Taffanel
flautist, conductor and instructor, regarded as the founder of the French Flute School
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 18441908Russian
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
composer and the member of the Russian Five, best known for Flight of the Bumblebee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Pietro Armanini 18441895Italiancomposer, virtuoso mandolinist and teacher, known for his performances and two dances, La cigale polka pour (The Grasshopper Polka) and L'éventail polka-mazurka (The Range Mazurka)
Pablo de Sarasate 18441908Spanishvirtuoso violinist and composer, best known for Zigeunerweisen , Carmen Fantasy and his showpieces for the violin
Charles-Marie Widor 18441937French
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Charles-Marie Widor
composer, known for his works for the organ
Friedrich Nietzsche 18441900Germanphilologist, philosopher, cultural critic, poet and composer
Ion Ivanovici 18451902Romaniancomposer, known for his waltz, Waves of the Danube
Gabriel Fauré 18451924French
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Gabriel Fauré
composer, known for his chamber music and his Requiem among other pieces
Oscar Hammerstein I 18461919German-born Americanopera composer, businessman and impresario
Albert Mando 18461912Americancomposer, conductor and music educator
Ignaz Brüll 18461907Austriancomposer and pianist, famous for his opera, Das goldene Kreuz
Luigi Denza 18461922Italianopera composer, composed and played for mandolin and guitar
Ferdinando de Cristofaro 18461890Italianmandolin virtuoso, pianist, composer and music teacher
Zygmunt Noskowski 18461909Polishcomposer, conductor and teacher
Robert Fuchs 18471927Austriancomposer and music teacher
Chiquinha Gonzaga 18471935Braziliancomposer, pianist, and conductor
Augusta Holmès 18471903Frenchcomposer of Irish descent
Philipp Scharwenka 18471917German-Polishcomposer and music teacher, brother of Xaver Scharwenka
Henri Duparc 18481933Frenchcomposer, noted for seventeen melodies
Hubert Parry 18481918English
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Hubert Parry
composer, wrote choral song, Jerusalem
Benjamin Godard 18491895Frenchcomposer and violinist
Ernesto Köhler 18491907Italianflautist and composer, known by flautists for his instructional work, Progress in Flute Playing
Calogero Adolfo Bracco 18501903Italianmandolinist, violinist, composer and conductor, known for I mandolini a congresso
Zdeněk Fibich 18501900Czech
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Zdeněk Fibich
composer, best known for his two operas, Šárka and The Bride of Messina
Xaver Scharwenka 18501924German-Polishcomposer, pianist and music teacher, brother of Philipp Scharwenka
Alexandre Luigini 18501906Frenchcomposer and conductor
Max Josef Beer 18511908Austriancomposer
Josif Marinković 18511931Serbiancomposer
Vincent d'Indy 18511931French
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Vincent d'Indy
composer, teacher of Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud among others
Francisco Tárrega 18521909Spanishcomposer and virtuoso classical guitarist, known as 'the Father of modern classical guitar playing'
Hans Huber 18521921Swisscomposer
Charles Villiers Stanford 18521924Irish
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Charles Villiers Stanford
composer
Ciprian Porumbescu 18531883Romaniancomposer
Teresa Carreño 18531917Venezuelancomposer and pianist
Engelbert Humperdinck 18541921German opera composer, influenced by Richard Wagner, famous for Hänsel und Gretel
Leoš Janáček 18541928Czechcomposer, known for his operas Káťa Kabanová and Jenůfa and his orchestral pieces Sinfonietta and Taras Bulba
Alfredo Catalani 18541893Italian
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Alfredo Catalani
composer, known for his two operas, Loreley and La Wally
Moritz Moszkowski 18541925Germancomposer and pianist who wrote prolifically for the piano, also composed a piano concerto and a violin concerto
John Philip Sousa 18541932American
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John Philip Sousa
composer and conductor known as "The March King", best known for The Stars and Stripes Forever among other marches
Bernard Zweers 18541924Dutch
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Bernard Zweers
composer
George Whitefield Chadwick 18541931Americancomposer
Ernest Chausson 18551899French
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Ernest Chausson
composer, influenced by César Franck and Richard Wagner, seen as a bridge from them to Claude Debussy
Jean Pietrapertosa 18551940Italian-Frenchcomposer and mandolin virtuoso
Julius Röntgen 18551932German-Dutchcomposer, influenced by Johannes Brahms, close friend to Edvard Grieg
Anatoly Lyadov 18551914Russian
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Anatoly Lyadov
composer, teacher and conductor
Arnold Mendelssohn 18551933Germancomposer and music teacher
Stevan Mokranjac 18561914Serbiancomposer
Jacob J. Sawyer 18561885Americancomposer
Giuseppe Martucci 18561909Italiancomposer and music teacher
Frank White Meacham 18561909Americancomposer and arranger of Tin Pan Alley, best known for his popular march, American Patrol
Sergei Taneyev 18561915Russian
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Sergei Taneyev
composer, pianist and music teacher
Christian Sinding 18561941Norwegian
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Christian Sinding
composer
Edward Elgar 18571934English
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Edward Elgar
composer, wrote oratorios, chamber music, concertos and symphonies, best known for his Enigma Variations , Salut d'Amour , Cello Concerto and his Pomp and Circumstance Marches
Cécile Chaminade 18571944Frenchcomposer and pianist
Ruggero Leoncavallo 18571919Italian
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Ruggero Leoncavallo
opera composer, known almost exclusively for Pagliacci
Edwin Eugene Bagley 18571922Americancomposer, most famous for composing the march, National Emblem
Mathilde Kralik 18571944Austrian
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Mathilde Kralik
composer, pupil of Anton Bruckner
Giacomo Puccini 18581924Italian
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Giacomo Puccini
opera composer, known for La bohème , Tosca and Madama Butterfly
Jenő Hubay 18581937Hungarianviolinist, composer and music teacher, also known by his German name Eugen Huber
Eugène Ysaÿe 18581931Belgian
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Eugène Ysaÿe
composer and virtuoso violinist, known for his solo sonatas for violin
Hans Rott 18581884Austriancomposer and organist, favorite student of Anton Bruckner and praised by Gustav Mahler
Carlo Curti 18591922Italian
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Carlo Curti
composer, conductor and instrumentalist on xylophone and mandolin, wrote mandolin method. Also, he conducted the first Mexican Typical Orchestra (Orquesta Típica Mexicana)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov 18591935Russiancomposer, conductor and teacher
Victor Herbert 18591924Irish-born Americancomposer, cellist and conductor, best known for his 1903 operetta, Babes in Toyland
Sergei Lyapunov 18591924Russiancomposer and pianist
Per Lasson 18591883Norwegiancomposer, brother of Norwegian painter, Oda Krohg

Post Romantic (born 1860–1899)

NameDate bornDate diedNationalityComments
Isaac Albéniz 18601909Spanish
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Isaac Albéniz
composer and virtuoso pianist, known for nationalist piano works such as Iberia and a 'set of 12 piano pieces'
Valborg Aulin 18601928Swedishfemale pianist and composer
Gustave Charpentier 18601956French
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Gustave Charpentier
composer, best known for his opera, Louise
Gustav Mahler 18601911Austrian
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Gustav Mahler
composer, one of the most important late-Romantic/early-Modernist composers, his works include ten innovative large-scale and sometimes programmatic symphonies and many lieder
Edward MacDowell 18601908American
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Edward MacDowell
composer, best known for his piano concertos and piano suites, his works include his most popular short piece, "To a Wild Rose"
Hugo Wolf 18601903Austrian
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Hugo Wolf
composer of lieder, influenced by Richard Wagner
Ignacy Jan Paderewski 18601941Polishpianist and composer
Anton Arensky 18611906Russiancomposer, pianist and music teacher
Spyridon Samaras 18611917Greekopera composer, widely known for his composition of the "Olympic Hymn"
Wilhelm Berger 18611911Germancomposer, pianist and conductor
Georgy Catoire 18611926Russiancomposer
Václav Suk 18611933Czech-born Russiancomposer, violinist and conductor
Stéphan Elmas 18621937Armenian
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Stéphan Elmas
composer, pianist and teacher
Claude Debussy 18621918French
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Claude Debussy
composer, one of the most prominent figures working within the field of Impressionist music, best known for Clair de Lune from Suite bergamasque
Frederick Delius 18621934English
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Frederick Delius
composer, used chromaticism in many of his compositions
Edward German 18621936English
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Edward German
composer of Welsh descent, known for his three comic operas, Merrie England , A Princess of Kensington and Tom Jones
Alberto Williams 18621952Argentinecomposer and conductor
Emil von Sauer 18621942Germancomposer, pianist, editor and teacher
Pietro Mascagni 18631945Italian
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Pietro Mascagni
opera composer, known for Cavalleria Rusticana
Horatio Parker 18631919American
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Horatio Parker
composer, organist and teacher
Gabriel Pierné 18631937Frenchcomposer, conductor and organist
Ricardo Castro 18641907Mexicancomposer, works include piano music
Alexander Gretchaninov 18641956Russian
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Alexander Gretchaninov
composer
Sakunosuke Koyama 18641927Japanese
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Sakunosuke Koyama
composer and music teacher
Alberto Nepomuceno 18641920Brazilian
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Alberto Nepomuceno
composer
Clarence L. Partee 18641915American
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Clarence L. Partee
composer for banjo, mandolin and guitar
Guy Ropartz 18641955Frenchcomposer and conductor
Richard Strauss 18641949German
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Richard Strauss
composer, known for Also Sprach Zarathustra (based on the book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche), wrote many symphonic poems, operas and lieder
Paul Dukas 18651935French
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Paul Dukas
composer, known for his piece of program music, The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Eduardo di Capua 18651917Italiancomposer, known for his song, "'O sole mio"
Herbert J. Ellis 18651903Englishmusician (banjo, mandolin and guitar), wrote method books, more than 1000 compositions
Paul Gilson 18651942Belgianmusician and composer
Alexander Glazunov 18651936Russian
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Alexander Glazunov
composer, influenced by Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt
Albéric Magnard 18651914French
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Albéric Magnard
composer
Carl Nielsen 18651931Danish
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Carl Nielsen
composer, renowned for his six symphonies and concerti
Jean Sibelius 18651957Finnish
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Jean Sibelius
composer of seven symphonies and the Violin Concerto in D minor, known also for the symphonic poems include Finlandia , En saga , Lemminkäinen (which includes the Swan of Tuonela ), The Oceanides , and Tapiola
Vasily Kalinnikov 18661901Russiancomposer of two symphonies
Tor Aulin 18661914Swedishviolinist, conductor and composer
Ferruccio Busoni 18661924Italian
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Ferruccio Busoni
composer and pianist, known for his opera, Turandot and his many transcriptions and arrangements of Johann Sebastian Bach
Francesco Cilea 18661950Italiancomposer, particularly known for his two operas, L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur
Vladimir Rebikov 18661920Russiancomposer and pianist
Erik Satie 18661925French
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Erik Satie
composer and pianist, best known for Les Trois Gymnopédies
Georg Schumann 18661952German
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Georg Schumann
composer, older brother of Camillo Schumann; no relation to Robert Schumann
Johann Strauss III 18661939Austriancomposer, son of Eduard Strauss
Learmont Drysdale 18661909Scottishcomposer
Samuel Maykapar 18671938Russiancomposer
Amy Beach 18671944American
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Amy Beach
composer and pianist
Umberto Giordano 18671948Italian
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Umberto Giordano
opera composer
Enrique Granados 18671916Spanish
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Enrique Granados
composer and pianist, known for his piano works and chamber music
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger 18671942Swedish
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Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
composer, wrote symphonies, operas, vocal and piano music
Charles Koechlin 18671950Frenchcomposer, teacher and writer on music
Scott Joplin 18681917American
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Scott Joplin
composer and pianist known as "The Ragtime King", best known for Maple Leaf Rag and The Entertainer among other ragtime compositions
Oskar Merikanto 18681924Finnish
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Oskar Merikanto
musician and composer
Granville Bantock 18681946Britishcomposer
Hermann Bischoff 18681936Germancomposer
Hamish MacCunn 18681916Scottishcomposer, conductor and teacher, most famous for The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
Vittorio Monti 18681922Italiancomposer, violinist and conductor, most famous for Csárdás
José Vianna da Motta 18681948Portuguese pianist, teacher and composer, most famous for Symphony 'À Pátria', Op. 13
Juventino Rosas 18681894Mexican
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Juventino Rosas
composer, known for his song, "Sobre las Olas"
Jan Brandts Buys 18681933Dutch-Austriancomposer
Tokichi Setoguchi 18681941Japanesecomposer, music educator, conductor and clarinetist, famous for Warship March
Seth Weeks 18681953American
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Seth Weeks
composer, music educator, jazz bandleader and mandolinist
Siegfried Wagner 18691930Germanopera composer, conductor and the son of Richard Wagner
Demetrios Lialios 18691940Greekcomposer of chamber music
Julius Conus 18691942Russiancomposer and violinist
Albert Roussel 18691937French
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Albert Roussel
composer
Armas Järnefelt 18691958Finnishcomposer and conductor
Harry Lawrence Freeman 18691954Americanopera composer, conductor, impresario and teacher, best known for his African-American opera, Voodoo
Alfred Hill 18691960Australian-New Zealandcomposer, conductor and teacher
John Nicholas Klohr 18691956Americancomposer of band music, most famous for The Billboard March
Leopold Godowsky 18701938Polishcomposer, pianist and teacher
Zygmunt Stojowski 18701946Polishcomposer and pianist
Oscar Straus 18701954Austrian
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Oscar Straus
composer; no relation to the musical Strauss family of Vienna (Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II, Josef Strauss, Eduard Strauss and Johann Strauss III)
Franz Lehár 18701948Hungariancomposer, mainly known for his operettas
Florent Schmitt 18701958Frenchcomposer
Luigi von Kunits 18701931Serbian-born Austriancomposer and conductor, founder of the Pittsburg and Toronto symphony orchestras
Guillaume Lekeu 18701894Belgiancomposer, known for his violin sonata
Louis Vierne 18701937French
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Louis Vierne
composer and organist, titular organist of Notre-Dame de Paris
Nobu Kōda 18701946Japanese
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Nobu Kōda
composer, violinist and music teacher
Frederick Converse 18711940Americancomposer
Alfredo D'Ambrosio 18711914Italianviolinist and composer
Giacomo Balla 18711958Italianfuturist composer and artist
Zacharia Paliashvili 18711933Georgian
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Zacharia Paliashvili
composer, known for the eclectic fusion of Georgian folk songs and stories with 19th century Romantic classical themes. He was the founder of the Georgian Philharmonic Society and later, the head of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire
Henry Kimball Hadley 18711937Americancomposer and conductor, known for the opera, Cleopatra's Night
Oreste Ravanello 18711938Italiancomposer, known for works for choir and for organ
Wilhelm Stenhammar 18711927Swedish
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Wilhelm Stenhammar
composer, conductor and pianist
Alexander von Zemlinsky 18711942Austrian
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Alexander von Zemlinsky
composer and music teacher, his students include Arnold Schoenberg and Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Stanislav Binički 18721942Serbiancomposer
Hugo Alfvén 18721960Swedish
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Hugo Alfvén
composer, known for Swedish Rhapsody, works include choral music and five symphonies
Julius Fučík 18721916Czech
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Julius Fučík
composer and conductor of military bands, known for Entrance of the Gladiators
Rubin Goldmark 18721936Americancomposer, pianist, educator and nephew of Karl Goldmark
Alexander Scriabin 18721915Russian
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Alexander Scriabin
composer and pianist, known for his harmonically adventurous piano sonatas and theatrically orchestral works, characteristic period compositions include his Op. 1 to Op. 30 works
Ralph Vaughan Williams 18721958English
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
composer, his works include nine symphonies, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and other orchestral poems
Salvator Léonardi 18721938Italiancomposer, performer and teacher, known for Souvenir de Catania, Souvenir de Napoli, Souvenir de Sicile and Angeli e Demoni
Camillo Schumann 18721946Germancomposer, younger brother of Georg Schumann; no relation to Robert Schumann
William Henry Bell 18731946Englishcomposer, conductor and lecturer
Leo Fall 18731925Austriancomposer of operettas
Pascual Marquina Narro 18731948Spanishprolific orchestral and operatic composer
Sergei Rachmaninoff 18731943Russian
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Sergei Rachmaninoff
composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist, wrote three symphonies, four piano concertos, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and solo piano music
Max Reger 18731916Germanprolific composer, known for his Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart
Reynaldo Hahn 18741947Venezuelancomposer, known for his strikingly beautiful and unabashedly tonal melodies
Gustav Holst 18741934English
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Gustav Holst
composer, best known for his orchestral suite, The Planets
Charles Ives 18741954Americancomposer, member of the American Five, best known for The Unanswered Question and his Concord Sonata
Arnold Schoenberg 18741951Austrian-American
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Arnold Schoenberg
composer, whose early works (e.g. Verklärte Nacht ) are influenced by Richard Wagner, but subsequently developed atonalism and serialism with such watershed works as Moses und Aron
Josef Suk 18741935Czech
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Josef Suk
composer and violinist
Franz Schmidt 18741939Austriancomposer, influenced by Anton Bruckner and Johannes Brahms
Eugénie-Victorine-Jeanne Alombert 18741964Frenchcomposer and pianist
Reinhold Glière 18751956Russian
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Reinhold Glière
composer
Julián Carrillo 18751965Mexicancomposer, conductor, violinist and music theorist
Fritz Kreisler 18751962Austriancomposer and virtuoso violinist, known for his sweet sound, composed short showpieces for the violin
Richard Wetz 18751935Germancomposer, influenced by Anton Bruckner
Maurice Ravel 18751937French
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Maurice Ravel
composer, best known for Boléro
Franco Alfano 18751954Italiancomposer and pianist
Albert Ketèlbey 18751959Englishcomposer, conductor and pianist
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor 18751912Englishcomposer, known for his trilogy of cantatas, The Song of Hiawatha
Alexander Koshetz 18751944Ukrainian
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Alexander Koshetz
choral conductor, arranger, composer, ethnographer, writer, musicologist and lecturer
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis 18751911Lithuanianpainter and composer
Henriette Renié 18751956Frenchharpist and composer
Josef Hofmann 18761957Polish-American
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Josef Hofmann
composer and pianist
Edgar Bara 18761962Frenchmandolinist and composer, conducted mandolin orchestra
John Alden Carpenter 18761951Americancomposer
Manuel de Falla 18761946Spanish
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Manuel de Falla
composer, best known for The Three-Cornered Hat
Flor Alpaerts 18761954Belgiancomposer, notable students include the two composers, Denise Tolkowsky and Ernest Schuyten
Mieczysław Karłowicz 18761909Polish
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Mieczysław Karłowicz
composer, his style is of late-Romantic and nationalist character
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti 18761944Italianfuturist composer, poet, and editor
Fermo Dante Marchetti 18761940Italiancomposer, best known for the song, "Fascination"
Ludolf Nielsen 18761939Danishcomposer, violinist, conductor and pianist
Carl Ruggles 18761971Americancomposer, painter and the member of the American Five, whose representative Romantic-period work is the lieder Ich fühle deinen Odem
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari 18761948Italian
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Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
composer and music teacher, known for his comic operas
Nakao Tozan 18761956Japaneseperformer and prolific composer, known for his works of the Tozan school
Petar Krstić 18771957Serbiancomposer and conductor
Antonio Russolo 18771942Italianfuturist composer and brother of Luigi Russolo
Ernst von Dohnányi 18771960Hungarianconductor, composer and pianist
Elisabeth Kuyper 18771953Dutchcomposer and conductor
Paul Ladmirault 18771944Frenchcomposer
Mykola Leontovych 18771921Ukrainian
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Mykola Leontovych
composer, choral conductor and teacher, known for his arrangement of the carol "Shchedryk", known in English as "Carol of the Bells" or as "Ring Christmas Bells"
Sergei Bortkiewicz 18771952Russian
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Sergei Bortkiewicz
composer and pianist
Isidor Bajić 18781915Serbiancomposer, conductor, teacher and publisher
Gabriel Dupont 18781914French
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Gabriel Dupont
composer, known for his operas and chamber music
Joseph Holbrooke 18781958Englishcomposer, conductor and pianist
Franz Schreker 18781934Austrianconductor, composer and music teacher, primarily a composer of operas
Teiichi Okano 18781941Japanesecomposer
Frank Bridge 18791941English
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Frank Bridge
composer, best known as the teacher of Benjamin Britten, characteristic period compositions include Suite for String Orchestra and his Capriccio Nos. 1 and 2
Viggo Brodersen 18791965Danishcomposer and pianist
Adolf Wiklund 18791950Swedishcomposer, conductor and pianist
Joseph Canteloube 18791957French
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Joseph Canteloube
composer, primarily known for Chants d'Auvergne
Hamilton Harty 18791941Irishcomposer and conductor, best known for An Irish Symphony
John Ireland 18791962Englishcomposer, whose Piano Concerto is representative
Alma Mahler 18791964Austriancomposer and wife of Gustav Mahler
Otto Olsson 18791964Swedishcomposer
Ottorino Respighi 18791936Italiancomposer, known for his three symphonic poems, Fountains of Rome , Pines of Rome , and Roman Festivals
Rudolf Sieczyński 18791952Austrian
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Rudolf Sieczyński
composer
Cyril Scott 18791970Englishcomposer, writer and poet
Rentarō Taki 18791903Japanese
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Rentarō Taki
composer and pianist
Nikolai Medtner 18801951Russian
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Nikolai Medtner
composer and pianist
Clarence Cameron White 18801960Americanneoromantic composer and concert violinist
Emilios Riadis 18801935Greekcomposer, famous for his song cycles
Béla Bartók 18811945Hungarian
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Béla Bartók
composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist
Kenneth J. Alford 18811945Englishcomposer of marches for band, most famous for Colonel Bogey March
Igor Stravinsky 18821971Russian
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Igor Stravinsky
composer, pianist and conductor, best known for his three ballets, The Firebird , Petrushka and The Rite of Spring , characteristic Romantic-style compositions include Symphony in E-flat, Scherzo fantastique , and Fireworks
Maximilian Steinberg 18831946Russian
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Maximilian Steinberg
composer, whose musical language was influenced by Glazunov and Rimsky-Korsakov's late Romanticism before developing into socialist realism by the late 1920s, characteristic period compositions include his Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 and his Fantaisie dramatique
Manolis Kalomiris 18831962Greekcomposer and founder of the Greek National School of Music
York Bowen 18841961Englishcomposer and pianist
Charles Tomlinson Griffes 18841920Americancomposer, known for his musical impressionism
Marios Varvoglis 18851967Greekcomposer
Dimitrios Levidis 18851951Greekcomposer
Nagayo Motoori 18851945Japanesecomposer
Kōsaku Yamada 18861965Japanese
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Kōsaku Yamada
composer and conductor
Shinpei Nakayama 18871952Japanesecomposer and songwriter
Kurt Atterberg 18871974Swedishcomposer and conductor
Nadia Boulanger 18871979French
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Nadia Boulanger
composer, pianist and organist
Sverre Jordan 18891972Norwegian
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Sverre Jordan
composer and conductor
Morishige Takei 18901949Japanesecomposer, guitarist and mandolinist
Sergei Prokofiev 18911953Russian
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Sergei Prokofiev
composer, pianist and conductor, best known for his ballet, Romeo and Juliet , his characteristic Romantic works include his Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor and his 4 Etudes
Darius Milhaud 18921974French
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Darius Milhaud
composer, conductor and teacher
Ferde Grofé 18921972American
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Ferde Grofé
composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist, best known for Grand Canyon Suite
Sayed Darwish 18921923Egyptian
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Sayed Darwish
composer, arranger and singer
Lili Boulanger 18931918French
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Lili Boulanger
composer and the first female winner of the Prix de Rome prize
Rued Langgaard 18931952Danish
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Rued Langgaard
composer and organist
Tamezō Narita 18931945Japanesecomposer
Michio Miyagi 18941956Japanese
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Michio Miyagi
composer and musician, famous for his koto playing
Carl Orff 18951982German
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Carl Orff
composer and music educator, best known for his cantata, Carmina Burana
Eva Jessye 18951992American
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Eva Jessye
composer, conductor and singer
Leo Ornstein c. 18952002Ukrainian-American
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Leo Ornstein
composer and pianist, though had a reputation as an avant-garde composer during his youth, he has composed characteristic Romantic-period works including Scherzino in B Minor, the piano suite Seeing Russia with Teacher, and 9 Miniatures
Henry Cowell 18971965American
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Henry Cowell
composer, writer, pianist, publisher, teacher and the husband of Sidney Robertson Cowell
Erich Wolfgang Korngold 18971957Moravian-born Americancomposer and conductor
George Gershwin 18981937American
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George Gershwin
composer and pianist known as "The New York Citizen", best known for Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris as well as his opera, Porgy and Bess
Mischa Levitzki 18981941American
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Mischa Levitzki
composer and pianist of Romantic-style works

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Modest MussorgskyGeorges BizetMax BruchMily BalakirevLéo DelibesCamille Saint-SaënsCésar CuiHenryk WieniawskiAmilcare PonchielliJulius ReubkeJohannes BrahmsAlexander BorodinFrancis Edward BacheKarl GoldmarkAnton RubinsteinLouis Moreau GottschalkJosef StraussJohann Strauss IIAnton BrucknerBedřich SmetanaEdouard LaloCésar FranckClara SchumannFranz von SuppéJacques OffenbachCharles GounodNiels Wilhelm GadeRobert VolkmannGiuseppe VerdiCharles-Valentin AlkanRichard WagnerFranz LisztRobert SchumannFrédéric ChopinCarl Otto NicolaiNorbert BurgmüllerOtto LindbladFelix MendelssohnMichael William BalfeJuan Crisostomo de ArriagaFanny MendelssohnJohann Strauss IHector BerliozMikhail GlinkaAdolphe-Charles AdamVincenzo BelliniGaetano DonizettiFranz SchubertCarl LoeweFranz BerwaldGioacchino RossiniGiacomo MeyerbeerCarl CzernyCarl Maria von WeberLouis SpohrDaniel AuberNiccolò PaganiniJohn Field (composer)Anthony Philip HeinrichFernando SorJohann Nepomuk HummelLudwig van BeethovenList of Romantic composers
Nikolai MedtnerOttorino RespighiJoseph CanteloubeReinhold GlièreFranz Schmidt (composer)Josef SukSergei RachmaninoffAlexander ScriabinWilhelm StenhammarFranz LeharAmy BeachEnrique GranadosFerruccio BusoniVasily KalinnikovJean SibeliusAlexander GlazunovPaul DukasCarl NielsenAlbéric MagnardRichard StraussEdward GermanAnton Stepanovich ArenskyGustave CharpentierIsaac AlbenizGustav MahlerHugo WolfSergei LyapunovEugene YsayeGiacomo PucciniRuggiero LeoncavalloEdward ElgarChristian SindingSergei TaneyevAnatoly LyadovErnest ChaussonGeorge Whitefield ChadwickJohn Philip SousaEngelbert Humperdinck (composer)Leoš JanáčekCharles Villiers StanfordHans Huber (composer)Francisco TarregaFranz Xaver ScharwenkaAlexandre LuiginiHubert ParryRobert FuchsAugusta HolmèsCharles-Marie WidorGabriel FauréPablo SarasateNikolai Rimsky-KorsakovJames Scott SkinnerEdvard GriegArrigo BoitoArthur SullivanJohann Nepomuk Fuchs (composer)Antonín DvořákJohan SvendsenJohn StainerPyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyList of Romantic composers

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