The great Classical composers
Schumann or Vivaldi? Beethoven or Mozart? 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 1730 and 1820 (classical era)
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 : Schumann (German musician and composer) or Vivaldi (Italian composer and violinist (1678-1741)) ? Wagner (German composer (1813–1883)) or Scarlatti (Italian composer, son of Alessandro Scarlatti) ? 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 between 1730 and 1820 (classical 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 for the years 1730-1820
Who are these greatest composers, the most famous over the 1730-1820 era? 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. Chopin, Bellini, Bach, Telemann, Weber, Rossini, Berlioz...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 19000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers for the classical era, 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.
Carl Friedrich Abel The great Classical composers
1723-1787 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Adolphe Adam The great Classical composers
1803-1856 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Johann Adam Hiller The great Classical composers
1728-1804 (Classical)
Conductor & Composer
Johann Adolf Hasse The great Classical composers
1699-1783 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Domenico Alberti The great Classical composers
1710-1746 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Tomaso Albinoni The great Classical composers
1671-1751 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger The great Classical composers
1736-1809 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Charles-Valentin Alkan The great Classical composers
1813-1888 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Alexander Alyabyev The great Classical composers
1787-1851 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
François -André Danican Philidor The great Classical composers
1726-1795 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Pasquale Anfossi The great Classical composers
1727-1797 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Thomas Arne The great Classical composers
1710-1778 (Baroque)
Composer
Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga The great Classical composers
1806-1826 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Heinrich August Marschner The great Classical composers
1795-1861 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer
Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach The great Classical composers
1759-1845 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach The great Classical composers
1714-1788 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Johann Christian Bach The great Classical composers
1735-1782 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach The great Classical composers
1685-1750 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria The great Classical composers
1724-1780 (Classical)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven The great Classical composers
1770-1827 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Vincenzo Bellini The great Classical composers
1801-1835 (Romantic)
Composer
Georg Benda The great Classical composers
1722-1795 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Franz Benda The great Classical composers
1709-1786 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Maksym Berezovsky The great Classical composers
1745-1777 (Classical)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Hector Berlioz The great Classical composers
1803-1869 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Franz Berwald The great Classical composers
1796-1868 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Luigi Boccherini The great Classical composers
1743-1805 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Complete works
Georg Böhm The great Classical composers
1661-1733 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
François Adrien Boieldieu The great Classical composers
1775-1834 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Giovanni Bononcini The great Classical composers
1670-1747 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Dmytro Bortnianskyi The great Classical composers
1751-1825 (Classical)
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Composer
William Boyce The great Classical composers
1711-1779 (Classical)
Composer
Ole Bull The great Classical composers
1810-1880 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Friedrich Burgmüller The great Classical composers
1806-1874 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Antonio Caldara The great Classical composers
1671-1736 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
André Campra The great Classical composers
1660-1744 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Christian Cannabich The great Classical composers
1731-1798 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Luigi Cherubini The great Classical composers
1760-1842 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Frédéric Chopin The great Classical composers
1810-1849 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach The great Classical composers
1732-1795 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Georg Christoph Wagenseil The great Classical composers
1715-1777 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Domenico Cimarosa The great Classical composers
1749-1801 (Classical)
Composer
Jānis Cimze The great Classical composers
1814-1881 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Muzio Clementi The great Classical composers
1752-1832 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Louis-Nicolas Clérambault The great Classical composers
1676-1749 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Isabella Colbran The great Classical composers
1785-1845 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer & Composer
François Couperin The great Classical composers
1668-1733 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Carl Czerny The great Classical composers
1791-1857 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Evaristo Felice dall'Dall'Abaco The great Classical composers
1675-1742 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Franz Danzi The great Classical composers
1763-1826 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Lorenzo da Da Ponte The great Classical composers
1749-1838 (Classical)
Composer
Louis-Claude Daquin The great Classical composers
1694-1772 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Alexander Dargomyzhsky The great Classical composers
1813-1869 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Anton Diabelli The great Classical composers
1781-1858 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Jan Dismas Zelenka The great Classical composers
1679-1745 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf The great Classical composers
1739-1799 (Classical)
Conductor & Composer
Gaetano Donizetti The great Classical composers
1797-1848 (Romantic)
Composer
Egidio Duni The great Classical composers
1708-1775 (Baroque)
Composer
Francesco Durante The great Classical composers
1684-1755 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Józef Elsner The great Classical composers
1769-1854 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Ferenc Erkel The great Classical composers
1810-1893 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Johann Friedrich Fasch The great Classical composers
1688-1758 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Francesco Feo The great Classical composers
1691-1761 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer & Composer
John Field The great Classical composers
1782-1837 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Antoine Forqueray The great Classical composers
1671-1745 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Daniel François Esprit Auber The great Classical composers
1782-1871 (Romantic)
Composer
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach The great Classical composers
1710-1784 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Carl Friedrich Zelter The great Classical composers
1758-1832 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Niels Gade The great Classical composers
1817-1890 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Baldassare Galuppi The great Classical composers
1706-1785 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Pierre Gaveaux The great Classical composers
1761-1825 (Classical)
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Composer
Francesco Geminiani The great Classical composers
1687-1762 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Johann Georg Pisendel The great Classical composers
1687-1755 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Mauro Giuliani The great Classical composers
1781-1829 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Mikhail Glinka The great Classical composers
1804-1857 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Christoph Willibald von Gluck The great Classical composers
1714-1787 (Classical)
Conductor & Composer
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg The great Classical composers
1727-1756 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Johann Gottlieb Naumann The great Classical composers
1741-1801 (Classical)
Conductor & Composer
Christian Gottlob Neefe The great Classical composers
1748-1798 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Charles Gounod The great Classical composers
1818-1893 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Louis Théodore Gouvy The great Classical composers
1819-1898 (Romantic)
Composer
Christoph Graupner The great Classical composers
1683-1760 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
André Grétry The great Classical composers
1741-1813 (Classical)
Composer
Adalbert Gyrowetz The great Classical composers
1763-1850 (Romantic)
Composer
Fromental Halévy The great Classical composers
1799-1862 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
George Frideric Handel The great Classical composers
1685-1759 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Michael Haydn The great Classical composers
1737-1806 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Joseph Haydn The great Classical composers
1732-1809 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Carl Heinrich Graun The great Classical composers
1704-1759 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Johan Helmich Roman The great Classical composers
1694-1758 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Henri Herz The great Classical composers
1803-1888 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
E. T. A. Hoffmann The great Classical composers
1776-1822 (Classical)
Conductor & Composer
Johann Nepomuk Hummel The great Classical composers
1778-1837 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Niccolò Jommelli The great Classical composers
1714-1774 (Baroque)
Composer
Johann Joseph Fux The great Classical composers
1660-1741 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
François Joseph Gossec The great Classical composers
1734-1829 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Friedrich Kalkbrenner The great Classical composers
1785-1849 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Reinhard Keiser The great Classical composers
1674-1739 (Baroque)
Composer
Johann Kirnberger The great Classical composers
1721-1783 (Classical)
Conductor & Composer
Johann Ludwig Krebs The great Classical composers
1713-1780 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Rodolphe Kreutzer The great Classical composers
1766-1831 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Conradin Kreutzer The great Classical composers
1780-1849 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Franz Krommer The great Classical composers
1759-1831 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Friedrich Kuhlau The great Classical composers
1786-1832 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Franz Lachner The great Classical composers
1803-1890 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer
Jan Ladislav Dussek The great Classical composers
1760-1812 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Joseph Lanner The great Classical composers
1801-1843 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Leonardo Leo The great Classical composers
1694-1744 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Jean-François Le Sueur The great Classical composers
1760-1837 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Vatroslav Lisinski The great Classical composers
1819-1854 (Romantic)
Composer
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle The great Classical composers
1760-1836 (Classical)
Composer
Franz Liszt The great Classical composers
1811-1886 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Pietro Locatelli The great Classical composers
1695-1764 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Carl Loewe The great Classical composers
1796-1869 (Romantic)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Albert Lortzing The great Classical composers
1801-1851 (Romantic)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Antonio Lotti The great Classical composers
1667-1740 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Andrea Luchesi The great Classical composers
1741-1801 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Maria Malibran The great Classical composers
1808-1836 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Benedetto Marcello The great Classical composers
1686-1739 (Baroque)
Composer
Louis Marchand The great Classical composers
1669-1732 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni Battista Martini The great Classical composers
1706-1784 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Johann Mattheson The great Classical composers
1681-1764 (Baroque)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Johann Simon Mayr The great Classical composers
1763-1845 (Classical)
Composer
Étienne Méhul The great Classical composers
1763-1817 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Fanny Mendelssohn The great Classical composers
1805-1847 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Felix Mendelssohn The great Classical composers
1809-1847 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Saverio Mercadante The great Classical composers
1795-1870 (Romantic)
Composer
Giacomo Meyerbeer The great Classical composers
1791-1864 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Johann Melchior Molter The great Classical composers
1696-1765 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Jean-Joseph de Mondonville The great Classical composers
1711-1772 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Stanisław Moniuszko The great Classical composers
1819-1872 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Ignaz Moscheles The great Classical composers
1794-1870 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart The great Classical composers
1791-1844 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Maria Anna Mozart The great Classical composers
1751-1829 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Leopold Mozart The great Classical composers
1719-1787 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The great Classical composers
1756-1791 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Josef Mysliveček The great Classical composers
1737-1781 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Pietro Nardini The great Classical composers
1722-1793 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Otto Nicolai The great Classical composers
1810-1849 (Romantic)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Jacques Offenbach The great Classical composers
1819-1880 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
George Onslow The great Classical composers
1784-1853 (Romantic)
Composer
Fredrik Pacius The great Classical composers
1809-1891 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Ferdinando Paer The great Classical composers
1771-1839 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer
Niccolò Paganini The great Classical composers
1782-1840 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Giovanni Paisiello The great Classical composers
1740-1816 (Classical)
Composer
Maria Theresia von Paradis The great Classical composers
1759-1824 (Classical)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
Johann Christoph Pepusch The great Classical composers
1667-1752 (Baroque)
Composer
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi The great Classical composers
1710-1736 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Niccolò Piccinni The great Classical composers
1728-1800 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Ignaz Pleyel The great Classical composers
1757-1831 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Nicola Porpora The great Classical composers
1686-1768 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia The great Classical composers
1772-1806 (Classical)
Composer
Jean-Philippe Rameau The great Classical composers
1683-1764 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Jean-Féry Rebel The great Classical composers
1666-1747 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Anton Reicha The great Classical composers
1770-1836 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Franz Xaver Richter The great Classical composers
1709-1789 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Ferdinand Ries The great Classical composers
1784-1838 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Antonio Rosetti The great Classical composers
1746-1792 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Gioachino Rossini The great Classical composers
1792-1868 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Antonio Sacchini The great Classical composers
1730-1786 (Classical)
Composer
Antonio Salieri The great Classical composers
1750-1825 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Giuseppe Sammartini The great Classical composers
1695-1750 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Giovanni Battista Sammartini The great Classical composers
1700-1775 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Domenico Scarlatti The great Classical composers
1685-1757 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Johann Schobert The great Classical composers
1720-1767 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Franz Schubert The great Classical composers
1797-1828 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Clara Schumann The great Classical composers
1819-1896 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Robert Schumann The great Classical composers
1810-1856 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Ignaz Schuppanzigh The great Classical composers
1776-1830 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Carlos de Seixas The great Classical composers
1704-1742 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Friedrich Silcher The great Classical composers
1789-1860 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer
Fernando Sor The great Classical composers
1778-1839 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Louis Spohr The great Classical composers
1784-1859 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Gaspare Spontini The great Classical composers
1774-1851 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer
Johann Stamitz The great Classical composers
1717-1757 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Carl Stamitz The great Classical composers
1745-1801 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Johann Strauss I The great Classical composers
1804-1849 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Franz von Suppé The great Classical composers
1819-1895 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer
Franz Xaver Süssmayr The great Classical composers
1766-1803 (Classical)
Conductor & Composer
Maria Szymanowska The great Classical composers
1789-1831 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Giuseppe Tartini The great Classical composers
1692-1770 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Georg Philipp Telemann The great Classical composers
1681-1767 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Complete works
Sigismond Thalberg The great Classical composers
1812-1871 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Ambroise Thomas The great Classical composers
1811-1896 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Johann Baptist Vanhal The great Classical composers
1739-1813 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Francesco Maria Veracini The great Classical composers
1690-1768 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Giuseppe Verdi The great Classical composers
1813-1901 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Leonardo Vinci The great Classical composers
1690-1730 (Baroque)
Composer
Giovanni Battista Viotti The great Classical composers
1755-1824 (Classical)
Performer & Composer
Antonio Vivaldi The great Classical composers
1678-1741 (Baroque)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Georg Joseph Vogler The great Classical composers
1749-1814 (Classical)
Composer
Richard Wagner The great Classical composers
1813-1883 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Johann Gottfried Walther The great Classical composers
1684-1748 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Carl Maria von Weber The great Classical composers
1786-1826 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Sylvius Leopold Weiss The great Classical composers
1687-1750 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst The great Classical composers
1814-1865 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer
Michael William Balfe The great Classical composers
1808-1870 (Romantic)
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Composer
Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli The great Classical composers
1752-1837 (Classical)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
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