10 centuries of classical music (timeline, top 10 composers...)

Stravinsky or Handel? Vivaldi or Dvořák? It is difficult for inquiring minds to tackle such abundant fields as classical music and opera, covering 10 centuries of history: there are thousands of composers. Making a selection of musicians, such as a “top 10” for example, is a difficult and subjective exercise. A musical selection is often the expression of personal preferences or artistic opinions, very interesting but also very different according to critics or musicologists, or simply influenced by the context: will an English composer not be instinctively privileged by an English critic?

For example: in France, Charles Gounod, a 19th century French composer, is more easily mentioned than the Norwegian Edvard Grieg, who is more recognized in the world.

Timeline of classical music composers

Whoever wants to discover classical music or opera does not always have an experienced music lover, an expert or an educator at his or her side to support and guide him or her in these fields. So : Stravinsky (Russian composer, pianist and conductor) or Handel (German, later British Baroque composer) ? Puccini (Italian opera composer (1858-1924)) or Grieg (Norwegian composer and pianist) ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular composers around the world. And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).

Composers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:

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Timeline :

Composers Conductors Lyrical singers Performers Worldwide Europe North America South America Asia Oceania Africa 2021

This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages (from 1400), or eras : medieval music, renaissance, baroque music (Bach...), classical period (Mozart...), romantic music (Beethoven...), XXth (Stravinsky), or across continents (with ).

Top 10 classical musiccomposers

Who are these greatest composers, the most famous ? The works of these musician have shaped the history of classical music and lyric art. There are those you probably know, or at least by name and the others.

Here are these 10 classical music composers, renowned artists from around the world:

Curious to know their most emblematic works? Just a click away to discover them.

The selections of musicians (classical music composers) proposed by soclassiq are based exclusively on algorithms. The same applies to their works, the performers, the lyrical singers, les orchestras, the conductors and the venues : opera houses, concert halls or festivals.

What about the others? 25, 50 or more?

Summarizing to 10 musician names such a wide and diverse field may seem extreme or too simplistic for those who know classical music and lyrical art well, for those who can easily name 50 or more classical music composers. Brahms, Chopin, Rossini, Mahler, Wagner, Bach, Mozart...

At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 18000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers, widely recognized around the world:

Note:

This selection may include highly reputed artists and musicians who have occasionally devoted themselves to classical music and not exclusively.
It may also include composers who have been or are concert performers, some more renowned for their careers than for the work they have left behind.

A
  Claudio Abbado10 centuries of classical music  
1933-2014 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Carl Friedrich Abel10 centuries of classical music  
1723-1787 (Classical)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Peter Abelard10 centuries of classical music  
1079-1142 (Medieval)
                        
Composer 
  Adolphe Adam10 centuries of classical music  
1803-1856 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Theodor W. Adorno10 centuries of classical music  
1903-1969 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Isaac Albéniz10 centuries of classical music  
1860-1909 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Tomaso Albinoni10 centuries of classical music  
1671-1751 (Baroque)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Vladimir Ashkenazy10 centuries of classical music  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Daniel François Esprit Auber10 centuries of classical music  
1782-1871 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 

B
  Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach10 centuries of classical music  
1732-1795 (Classical)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach10 centuries of classical music  
1710-1784 (Classical)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Johann Christian Bach10 centuries of classical music  
1735-1782 (Classical)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach10 centuries of classical music  
1714-1788 (Classical)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Johann Sebastian Bach10 centuries of classical music  
1685-1750 (Baroque)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Mily Balakirev10 centuries of classical music  
1837-1910 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Samuel Barber10 centuries of classical music  
1910-1981 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Béla Bartók10 centuries of classical music  
1881-1945 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Ludwig van Beethoven10 centuries of classical music  
1770-1827 (Classical)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Vincenzo Bellini10 centuries of classical music  
1801-1835 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 
  Alban Berg10 centuries of classical music  
1885-1935 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Hector Berlioz10 centuries of classical music  
1803-1869 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Leonard Bernstein10 centuries of classical music  
1918-1990 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Heinrich Biber10 centuries of classical music  
1644-1704 (Baroque)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Hildegard of Bingen10 centuries of classical music  
1098-1179 (Medieval)
                        
Composer 
Complete works 
  Georges Bizet10 centuries of classical music  
1838-1875 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Luigi Boccherini10 centuries of classical music  
1743-1805 (Classical)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
Complete works 
  Andrea Bocelli10 centuries of classical music  
age 62 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Alexander Borodin10 centuries of classical music  
1833-1887 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Lili Boulanger10 centuries of classical music  
1893-1918 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Nadia Boulanger10 centuries of classical music  
1887-1979 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Pierre Boulez10 centuries of classical music  
1925-2016 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Johannes Brahms10 centuries of classical music  
1833-1897 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Benjamin Britten10 centuries of classical music  
1913-1976 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Max Bruch10 centuries of classical music  
1838-1920 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Anton Bruckner10 centuries of classical music  
1824-1896 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Hans von Bülow10 centuries of classical music  
1830-1894 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Dietrich Buxtehude10 centuries of classical music  
1637-1707 (Baroque)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  William Byrd10 centuries of classical music  
1543-1623 (Renaissance)
                        
Performer & Composer 
Complete works 

C
  John Cage10 centuries of classical music  
1912-1992 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Pau Casals10 centuries of classical music  
1876-1973 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Francesco Cavalli10 centuries of classical music  
1602-1676 (Baroque)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Emmanuel Chabrier10 centuries of classical music  
1841-1894 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Marc-Antoine Charpentier10 centuries of classical music  
1643-1704 (Baroque)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Luigi Cherubini10 centuries of classical music  
1760-1842 (Classical)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Frédéric Chopin10 centuries of classical music  
1810-1849 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Domenico Cimarosa10 centuries of classical music  
1749-1801 (Classical)
                        
Composer 
  Muzio Clementi10 centuries of classical music  
1752-1832 (Classical)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Aaron Copland10 centuries of classical music  
1900-1990 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Arcangelo Corelli10 centuries of classical music  
1653-1713 (Baroque)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  François Couperin10 centuries of classical music  
1668-1733 (Baroque)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Carl Czerny10 centuries of classical music  
1791-1857 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
Complete works 
  György Cziffra10 centuries of classical music  
1921-1994 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

D
  Alexander Dargomyzhsky10 centuries of classical music  
1813-1869 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Claude Debussy10 centuries of classical music  
1862-1918 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Léo Delibes10 centuries of classical music  
1836-1891 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Walther von der Vogelweide10 centuries of classical music  
1170-1230 (Medieval)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf10 centuries of classical music  
1739-1799 (Classical)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Gaetano Donizetti10 centuries of classical music  
1797-1848 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 
  Gustavo Dudamel10 centuries of classical music  
age 39 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Guillaume Dufay10 centuries of classical music  
1397-1474 (Renaissance)
                        
Composer 
Complete works 
  Paul Dukas10 centuries of classical music  
1865-1935 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  John Dunstaple10 centuries of classical music  
1390-1453 (Renaissance)
                        
Composer 
Complete works 
  Antonín Dvořák10 centuries of classical music  
1841-1904 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 

Edward Elgar10 centuries of classical music
1857-1934 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Manuel de Falla10 centuries of classical music
1876-1946 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Gabriel Fauré10 centuries of classical music
1845-1924 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer

César Franck10 centuries of classical music
1822-1890 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer

Girolamo Frescobaldi10 centuries of classical music
1583-1643 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer

Wilhelm Furtwängler10 centuries of classical music
1886-1954 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

G
  Giovanni Gabrieli10 centuries of classical music  
1557-1612 (Renaissance)
                        
Performer & Composer 
Complete works 
  Baldassare Galuppi10 centuries of classical music  
1706-1785 (Classical)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  George Gershwin10 centuries of classical music  
1898-1937 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Carlo Gesualdo10 centuries of classical music  
1566-1613 (Renaissance)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Umberto Giordano10 centuries of classical music  
1867-1948 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Philip Glass10 centuries of classical music  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Alexander Glazunov10 centuries of classical music  
1865-1936 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Mikhail Glinka10 centuries of classical music  
1804-1857 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Christoph Willibald von Gluck10 centuries of classical music  
1714-1787 (Classical)
                        
Composer 
  Jerry Goldsmith10 centuries of classical music  
1929-2004 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Henryk Gorecki10 centuries of classical music  
1933-2010 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Glenn Gould10 centuries of classical music  
1932-1982 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Charles Gounod10 centuries of classical music  
1818-1893 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Enrique Granados10 centuries of classical music  
1867-1916 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  André Grétry10 centuries of classical music  
1741-1813 (Classical)
                        
Composer 
  Edvard Grieg10 centuries of classical music  
1843-1907 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Sofia Gubaidulina10 centuries of classical music  
age 89 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

H
  George Frideric Handel10 centuries of classical music  
1685-1759 (Baroque)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Joseph Haydn10 centuries of classical music  
1732-1809 (Classical)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Paul Hindemith10 centuries of classical music  
1895-1963 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  E. T. A. Hoffmann10 centuries of classical music  
1776-1822 (Classical)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Gustav Holst10 centuries of classical music  
1874-1934 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Arthur Honegger10 centuries of classical music  
1892-1955 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  James Horner10 centuries of classical music  
1953-2015 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Vladimir Horowitz10 centuries of classical music  
1903-1989 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Johann Nepomuk Hummel10 centuries of classical music  
1778-1837 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

Johann Strauss I10 centuries of classical music
1804-1849 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Johann Strauss II10 centuries of classical music
1825-1899 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Leoš Janáček10 centuries of classical music
1854-1928 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Emmerich Kálmán10 centuries of classical music
1882-1953 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Gia Kancheli10 centuries of classical music
1935-2019 (20th century)
Composer

... K

Aram Khachaturian10 centuries of classical music
1903-1978 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Otto Klemperer10 centuries of classical music
1885-1973 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Fritz Kreisler10 centuries of classical music
1875-1962 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Edouard Lalo10 centuries of classical music
1823-1892 (Romantic)
Composer

Orlande de Lassus10 centuries of classical music
1532-1594 (Renaissance)
Composer
Complete works

Léonin10 centuries of classical music
1135-1201 (Medieval)
Composer

Franz Liszt10 centuries of classical music
1811-1886 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Pietro Locatelli10 centuries of classical music
1695-1764 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer

Paco de Lucía10 centuries of classical music
1947-2014 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Jean-Baptiste Lully10 centuries of classical music
1632-1687 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Witold Lutosławski10 centuries of classical music
1913-1994 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

M
  Yo-Yo Ma10 centuries of classical music  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Gustav Mahler10 centuries of classical music  
1860-1911 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Marin Marais10 centuries of classical music  
1656-1728 (Baroque)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Neville Marriner10 centuries of classical music  
1924-2016 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Bohuslav Martinů10 centuries of classical music  
1890-1959 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Pietro Mascagni10 centuries of classical music  
1863-1945 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Jules Massenet10 centuries of classical music  
1842-1912 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Fanny Mendelssohn10 centuries of classical music  
1805-1847 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Felix Mendelssohn10 centuries of classical music  
1809-1847 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Olivier Messiaen10 centuries of classical music  
1908-1992 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Stanisław Moniuszko10 centuries of classical music  
1819-1872 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Claudio Monteverdi10 centuries of classical music  
1567-1643 (Renaissance)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Ennio Morricone10 centuries of classical music  
1928-2020 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Anna Mozart10 centuries of classical music  
1751-1829 (Classical)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Leopold Mozart10 centuries of classical music  
1719-1787 (Classical)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart10 centuries of classical music  
1756-1791 (Classical)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky10 centuries of classical music  
1839-1881 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 

Carl Nielsen10 centuries of classical music
1865-1931 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Johannes Ockeghem10 centuries of classical music
1410-1497 (Renaissance)
Composer

Jacques Offenbach10 centuries of classical music
1819-1880 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

P
  Johann Pachelbel10 centuries of classical music  
1653-1706 (Baroque)
                        
Performer & Composer 
Complete works 
  Niccolò Paganini10 centuries of classical music  
1782-1840 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Giovanni Paisiello10 centuries of classical music  
1740-1816 (Classical)
                        
Composer 
  Giovanni da Palestrina10 centuries of classical music  
1525c-1594 (Renaissance)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
Complete works 
  Arvo Pärt10 centuries of classical music  
age 85 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Krzysztof Penderecki10 centuries of classical music  
1933-2020 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Giovanni Battista Pergolesi10 centuries of classical music  
1710-1736 (Baroque)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Jacopo Peri10 centuries of classical music  
1561-1633 (Renaissance)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Pérotin10 centuries of classical music  
1160-1230 (Medieval)
                        
Composer 
Complete works 
  Francis Poulenc10 centuries of classical music  
1899-1963 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Michael Praetorius10 centuries of classical music  
1571-1621 (Renaissance)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Sergei Prokofiev10 centuries of classical music  
1891-1953 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Giacomo Puccini10 centuries of classical music  
1858-1924 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Henry Purcell10 centuries of classical music  
1659-1695 (Baroque)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 

R
  Sergei Rachmaninoff10 centuries of classical music  
1873-1943 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Jean-Philippe Rameau10 centuries of classical music  
1683-1764 (Baroque)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Maurice Ravel10 centuries of classical music  
1875-1937 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Max Reger10 centuries of classical music  
1873-1916 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Ottorino Respighi10 centuries of classical music  
1879-1936 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Sviatoslav Richter10 centuries of classical music  
1915-1997 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  André Rieu10 centuries of classical music  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov10 centuries of classical music  
1844-1908 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Gioachino Rossini10 centuries of classical music  
1792-1868 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Mstislav Rostropovich10 centuries of classical music  
1927-2007 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Miklós Rózsa10 centuries of classical music  
1907-1995 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Anton Rubinstein10 centuries of classical music  
1829-1894 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

S
  Camille Saint-Saëns10 centuries of classical music  
1835-1921 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Antonio Salieri10 centuries of classical music  
1750-1825 (Classical)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Pablo de Sarasate10 centuries of classical music  
1844-1908 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Erik Satie10 centuries of classical music  
1866-1925 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Alessandro Scarlatti10 centuries of classical music  
1660-1725 (Baroque)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Domenico Scarlatti10 centuries of classical music  
1685-1757 (Baroque)
                        
Performer & Composer 
Complete works 
  Arnold Schoenberg10 centuries of classical music  
1874-1951 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Franz Schubert10 centuries of classical music  
1797-1828 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Clara Schumann10 centuries of classical music  
1819-1896 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Robert Schumann10 centuries of classical music  
1810-1856 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Heinrich Schütz10 centuries of classical music  
1585-1672 (Baroque)
                        
Performer & Composer 
Complete works 
  Alexander Scriabin10 centuries of classical music  
1872-1915 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Howard Shore10 centuries of classical music  
age 74 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Dmitri Shostakovich10 centuries of classical music  
1906-1975 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Jean Sibelius10 centuries of classical music  
1865-1957 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Bedřich Smetana10 centuries of classical music  
1824-1884 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Georg Solti10 centuries of classical music  
1912-1997 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Louis Spohr10 centuries of classical music  
1784-1859 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Karlheinz Stockhausen10 centuries of classical music  
1928-2007 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Leopold Stokowski10 centuries of classical music  
1882-1977 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Richard Strauss10 centuries of classical music  
1864-1949 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Igor Stravinsky10 centuries of classical music  
1882-1971 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Karol Szymanowski10 centuries of classical music  
1882-1937 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

Thomas Tallis10 centuries of classical music
1502-1585 (Renaissance)
Composer

Francisco Tárrega10 centuries of classical music
1852-1909 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer

Giuseppe Tartini10 centuries of classical music
1692-1770 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky10 centuries of classical music
1840-1893 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Georg Philipp Telemann10 centuries of classical music
1681-1767 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Complete works

Andrés Segovia Torres10 centuries of classical music
1893-1987 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Arturo Toscanini10 centuries of classical music
1867-1957 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Edgard Varèse10 centuries of classical music
1883-1965 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Giuseppe Verdi10 centuries of classical music
1813-1901 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Tomás Luis de Victoria10 centuries of classical music
1548-1611 (Renaissance)
Composer

Antonio Vivaldi10 centuries of classical music
1678-1741 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Richard Wagner10 centuries of classical music
1813-1883 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Carl Maria von Weber10 centuries of classical music
1786-1826 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Anton Webern10 centuries of classical music
1883-1945 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Kurt Weill10 centuries of classical music
1900-1950 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Henryk Wieniawski10 centuries of classical music
1835-1880 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer

Adrian Willaert10 centuries of classical music
1490-1562 (Renaissance)
Composer

John Williams10 centuries of classical music
age 88 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Ralph Vaughan Williams10 centuries of classical music
1872-1958 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Hans Zimmer10 centuries of classical music
age 63 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Some composers to be celebrated very soon

Next month, more than 40 important artists and musicians will be honoured. In February 2021 some of them may celebrate a special anniversary. For others, amateurs and enthusiasts will celebrate the bicentenary of their birth or the fiftieth anniversary of their death for example. Among them, some famous composers:

on 4, Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), 20th anniversary (Death),
on 8, André Grétry (1741-1813), 280th anniversary (Birth),
on 15, Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), 450th anniversary (Birth),
on 20, Percy Grainger (1882-1961), 60th anniversary (Death),
on 21, Carl Czerny (1791-1857), 230th anniversary (Birth),
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There are others to discover. And it is not too late to focus on the January 2021 celebrations (40+).

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