Lully or Corelli? Vivaldi or Peri? 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, between 1600 and 1750 (baroque era) in Europe
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 : Lully (Italian-born French composer (1632–1687)) or Corelli (Italian violinist and composer) ? Cimarosa (Italian opera composer of the Neapolitan school) or Telemann (German composer) ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular composers around the world, for those living or having lived en Europe, between 1600 and 1750 (baroque era). And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).
Composers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:
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This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages , or eras : medieval music, renaissance, baroque music (Bach...), classical period (Mozart...), romantic music (Beethoven...), XXth (Stravinsky), or across continents (with ).
Top 10 classical musiccomposers in Europe for the years 1600-1750
Who are these greatest composers, the most famous over the 1600-1750 era in Europe? 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. Couperin, Frescobaldi, Boccherini, Buxtehude, Gesualdo, Schütz, Friedemann Bach...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 19000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers for the baroque era, in Europe, 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.
Antonio Maria Abbatini The great Baroque composers
1595-1677 (Baroque)
Composer
Carl Friedrich Abel The great Baroque composers
1723-1787 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Johann Adam Hiller The great Baroque composers
1728-1804 (Classical)
Conductor & Composer
Johann Adolf Hasse The great Baroque composers
1699-1783 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Domenico Alberti The great Baroque composers
1710-1746 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Tomaso Albinoni The great Baroque composers
1671-1751 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger The great Baroque composers
1736-1809 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Gregorio Allegri The great Baroque composers
1582-1652 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer & Composer
François -André Danican Philidor The great Baroque composers
1726-1795 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Pasquale Anfossi The great Baroque composers
1727-1797 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Giacomo Antonio Perti The great Baroque composers
1661-1756 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Thomas Arne The great Baroque composers
1710-1778 (Baroque)
Composer
Samuel Arnold The great Baroque composers
1740-1802 (Classical)
Composer
Johann Ambrosius Bach The great Baroque composers
1645-1695 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach The great Baroque composers
1714-1788 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Johann Christian Bach The great Baroque composers
1735-1782 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach The great Baroque composers
1685-1750 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Johann Michael Bach I The great Baroque composers
1648-1694 (Baroque)
Composer
Johann Christoph Bach III The great Baroque composers
1671-1721 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Claude Balbastre The great Baroque composers
1724-1799 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Adriano Banchieri The great Baroque composers
1568-1634 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni Battista Bassani The great Baroque composers
1650-1716 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria The great Baroque composers
1724-1780 (Classical)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Georg Benda The great Baroque composers
1722-1795 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Franz Benda The great Baroque composers
1709-1786 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Maksym Berezovsky The great Baroque composers
1745-1777 (Classical)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Heinrich Biber The great Baroque composers
1644-1704 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Michel Blavet The great Baroque composers
1700-1768 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
John Blow The great Baroque composers
1649-1708 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Luigi Boccherini The great Baroque composers
1743-1805 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Complete works
Georg Böhm The great Baroque composers
1661-1733 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier The great Baroque composers
1689-1755 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni Bononcini The great Baroque composers
1670-1747 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
William Boyce The great Baroque composers
1711-1779 (Classical)
Composer
Riccardo Broschi The great Baroque composers
1698-1756 (Baroque)
Composer
Nicolaus Bruhns The great Baroque composers
1665-1697 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
John Bull The great Baroque composers
1562-1628 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Dietrich Buxtehude The great Baroque composers
1637-1707 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
William Byrd The great Baroque composers
1543-1623 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Juan Bautista Cabanilles The great Baroque composers
1644-1712 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Francesca Caccini The great Baroque composers
1587-1640 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Giulio Caccini The great Baroque composers
1551-1618 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Antonio Caldara The great Baroque composers
1671-1736 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
André Campra The great Baroque composers
1660-1744 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Christian Cannabich The great Baroque composers
1731-1798 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Giacomo Carissimi The great Baroque composers
1605-1674 (Baroque)
Composer
Francesco Cavalli The great Baroque composers
1602-1676 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Marc-Antoine Charpentier The great Baroque composers
1643-1704 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach The great Baroque composers
1732-1795 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Georg Christoph Wagenseil The great Baroque composers
1715-1777 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Domenico Cimarosa The great Baroque composers
1749-1801 (Classical)
Composer
Jeremiah Clarke The great Baroque composers
1674-1707 (Baroque)
Composer
Claude Le Claude Le Jeune The great Baroque composers
1528-1600 (Renaissance)
Composer
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault The great Baroque composers
1676-1749 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Arcangelo Corelli The great Baroque composers
1653-1713 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Louis Couperin The great Baroque composers
1626-1661 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
François Couperin The great Baroque composers
1668-1733 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
William Croft The great Baroque composers
1678-1727 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Johann Crüger The great Baroque composers
1598-1662 (Baroque)
Composer
Evaristo Felice dall'Dall'Abaco The great Baroque composers
1675-1742 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Jean-François Dandrieu The great Baroque composers
1682-1738 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Jean-Henri d'd'Anglebert The great Baroque composers
1629-1691 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Lorenzo da Da Ponte The great Baroque composers
1749-1838 (Classical)
Composer
Louis-Claude Daquin The great Baroque composers
1694-1772 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Michel Richard de Delalande The great Baroque composers
1657-1726 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Sigismondo d'D'India The great Baroque composers
1582-1629 (Renaissance)
Composer
Jan Dismas Zelenka The great Baroque composers
1679-1745 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf The great Baroque composers
1739-1799 (Classical)
Conductor & Composer
John Dowland The great Baroque composers
1563-1626 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Complete works
Egidio Duni The great Baroque composers
1708-1775 (Baroque)
Composer
Francesco Durante The great Baroque composers
1684-1755 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Francesco Feo The great Baroque composers
1691-1761 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Pietro Filippo Scarlatti The great Baroque composers
1679-1750 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Antoine Forqueray The great Baroque composers
1671-1745 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Girolamo Frescobaldi The great Baroque composers
1583-1643 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach The great Baroque composers
1710-1784 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch The great Baroque composers
1736-1800 (Classical)
Composer
Johann Friedrich Fasch The great Baroque composers
1688-1758 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Johann Jakob Froberger The great Baroque composers
1616-1667 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni Gabrieli The great Baroque composers
1557-1612 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Domenico Gabrielli The great Baroque composers
1659-1690 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Baldassare Galuppi The great Baroque composers
1706-1785 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Francesco Gasparini The great Baroque composers
1668-1727 (Baroque)
Conductor & Composer
Florian Leopold Gassmann The great Baroque composers
1729-1774 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
John Gay The great Baroque composers
1685-1732 (Baroque)
Composer
Giuseppe Gazzaniga The great Baroque composers
1743-1818 (Classical)
Composer
Francesco Geminiani The great Baroque composers
1687-1762 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Johann Georg Pisendel The great Baroque composers
1687-1755 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Carlo Gesualdo The great Baroque composers
1566-1613 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Orlando Gibbons The great Baroque composers
1583-1625 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Christoph Willibald von Gluck The great Baroque composers
1714-1787 (Classical)
Conductor & Composer
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg The great Baroque composers
1727-1756 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Johann Gottlieb Graun The great Baroque composers
1703-1771 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Johann Gottlieb Naumann The great Baroque composers
1741-1801 (Classical)
Conductor & Composer
Christian Gottlob Neefe The great Baroque composers
1748-1798 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Christoph Graupner The great Baroque composers
1683-1760 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
André Grétry The great Baroque composers
1741-1813 (Classical)
Composer
Nicolas de Grigny The great Baroque composers
1672-1703 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
George Frideric Handel The great Baroque composers
1685-1759 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Hans Leo Hassler The great Baroque composers
1564-1612 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Michael Haydn The great Baroque composers
1737-1806 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Joseph Haydn The great Baroque composers
1732-1809 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Carl Heinrich Graun The great Baroque composers
1704-1759 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Johan Helmich Roman The great Baroque composers
1694-1758 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Niccolò Jommelli The great Baroque composers
1714-1774 (Baroque)
Composer
Johann Joseph Fux The great Baroque composers
1660-1741 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
François Joseph Gossec The great Baroque composers
1734-1829 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger The great Baroque composers
1580-1651 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Reinhard Keiser The great Baroque composers
1674-1739 (Baroque)
Composer
Johann Kirnberger The great Baroque composers
1721-1783 (Classical)
Conductor & Composer
Johann Ludwig Krebs The great Baroque composers
1713-1780 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Johann Kuhnau The great Baroque composers
1660-1722 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre The great Baroque composers
1665-1729 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
William Lawes The great Baroque composers
1602-1645 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Jean-Marie Leclair The great Baroque composers
1697-1764 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni Legrenzi The great Baroque composers
1626-1690 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Leonardo Leo The great Baroque composers
1694-1744 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Pietro Locatelli The great Baroque composers
1695-1764 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Matthew Locke The great Baroque composers
1621-1677 (Baroque)
Composer
Antonio Lotti The great Baroque composers
1667-1740 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Vincent Lübeck The great Baroque composers
1654-1740 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Andrea Luchesi The great Baroque composers
1741-1801 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Jean-Baptiste Lully The great Baroque composers
1632-1687 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Marin Marais The great Baroque composers
1656-1728 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Benedetto Marcello The great Baroque composers
1686-1739 (Baroque)
Composer
Louis Marchand The great Baroque composers
1669-1732 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Antonio Maria Bononcini The great Baroque composers
1677-1726 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni Battista Martini The great Baroque composers
1706-1784 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Johann Mattheson The great Baroque composers
1681-1764 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Claudio Merulo The great Baroque composers
1533-1604 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Johann Melchior Molter The great Baroque composers
1696-1765 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Jean-Joseph de Mondonville The great Baroque composers
1711-1772 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny The great Baroque composers
1729-1817 (Classical)
Composer
Philippe de Monte The great Baroque composers
1521-1603 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Claudio Monteverdi The great Baroque composers
1567-1643 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Thomas Morley The great Baroque composers
1559-1602 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Leopold Mozart The great Baroque composers
1719-1787 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Georg Muffat The great Baroque composers
1653-1704 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Josef Mysliveček The great Baroque composers
1737-1781 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Turlough O'Carolan The great Baroque composers
1670-1738 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Johann Pachelbel The great Baroque composers
1653-1706 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Giovanni Paisiello The great Baroque composers
1740-1816 (Classical)
Composer
Bernardo Pasquini The great Baroque composers
1637-1710 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch The great Baroque composers
1667-1752 (Baroque)
Composer
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi The great Baroque composers
1710-1736 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Jacopo Peri The great Baroque composers
1561-1633 (Renaissance)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Niccolò Piccinni The great Baroque composers
1728-1800 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck The great Baroque composers
1562-1621 (Renaissance)
Performer & Composer
Nicola Porpora The great Baroque composers
1686-1768 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Michael Praetorius The great Baroque composers
1571-1621 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Gaetano Pugnani The great Baroque composers
1731-1798 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Henry Purcell The great Baroque composers
1659-1695 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Jean-Philippe Rameau The great Baroque composers
1683-1764 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Jean-Féry Rebel The great Baroque composers
1666-1747 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Johann Adam Reincken The great Baroque composers
1643-1722 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Franz Xaver Richter The great Baroque composers
1709-1789 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Christoph ristoph Bach I The great Baroque composers
1642-1703 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Johann Rosenmüller The great Baroque composers
1619-1684 (Baroque)
Composer
Antonio Rosetti The great Baroque composers
1746-1792 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Luigi Rossi The great Baroque composers
1597-1653 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Antonio Sacchini The great Baroque composers
1730-1786 (Classical)
Composer
Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe The great Baroque composers
1640-1700 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Johann Peter Salomon The great Baroque composers
1745-1815 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Giuseppe Sammartini The great Baroque composers
1695-1750 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni Battista Sammartini The great Baroque composers
1700-1775 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Gaspar Sanz C Sanz The great Baroque composers
1640-1710 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Giuseppe Sarti The great Baroque composers
1729-1802 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Alessandro Scarlatti The great Baroque composers
1660-1725 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Domenico Scarlatti The great Baroque composers
1685-1757 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Heinrich Scheidemann The great Baroque composers
1596-1663 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Samuel Scheidt The great Baroque composers
1587-1654 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Johann Hermann Schein The great Baroque composers
1586-1630 (Renaissance)
Conductor & Composer
Johann Schobert The great Baroque composers
1720-1767 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Heinrich Schütz The great Baroque composers
1585-1672 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Carlos de Seixas The great Baroque composers
1704-1742 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Antonio Soler The great Baroque composers
1729-1783 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Johann Stamitz The great Baroque composers
1717-1757 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Carl Stamitz The great Baroque composers
1745-1801 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Alessandro Stradella The great Baroque composers
1643-1682 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Barbara Strozzi The great Baroque composers
1619-1677 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Giuseppe Tartini The great Baroque composers
1692-1770 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Georg Philipp Telemann The great Baroque composers
1681-1767 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini The great Baroque composers
1720-1795 (Classical)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Giuseppe Torelli The great Baroque composers
1658-1709 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Tommaso Traetta The great Baroque composers
1727-1779 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Johann Baptist Vanhal The great Baroque composers
1739-1813 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Orazio Vecchi The great Baroque composers
1550-1605 (Renaissance)
Composer
Francesco Maria Veracini The great Baroque composers
1690-1768 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Tomás Luis de Victoria The great Baroque composers
1548-1611 (Renaissance)
Composer
Leonardo Vinci The great Baroque composers
1690-1730 (Baroque)
Composer
Antonio Vivaldi The great Baroque composers
1678-1741 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Georg Joseph Vogler The great Baroque composers
1749-1814 (Classical)
Composer
Johann Gottfried Walther The great Baroque composers
1684-1748 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Matthias Weckmann The great Baroque composers
1619-1674 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Thomas Weelkes The great Baroque composers
1576-1623 (Renaissance)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Sylvius Leopold Weiss The great Baroque composers
1687-1750 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
John Wilbye The great Baroque composers
1574-1638 (Renaissance)
Composer
Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow The great Baroque composers
1663-1712 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
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