Composers
50 composers from the Baroque era to the present day.
Renaissance/Baroque1
Baroque6
Henry Purcell
English · 1659–1695
Dido and Aeneas, The Fairy-Queen
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian · 1678–1741
The Four Seasons, Gloria, L'estro armonico
Georg Philipp Telemann
German · 1681–1767
Tafelmusik, Paris Quartets
Domenico Scarlatti
Italian · 1685–1757
555 Keyboard Sonatas
George Frideric Handel
German-British · 1685–1759
Messiah, Water Music, Music for the Royal Fireworks
Johann Sebastian Bach
German · 1685–1750
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Mass in B minor, Brandenburg Concertos
Classical2
Classical/Romantic1
Romantic22
Carl Maria von Weber
German · 1786–1826
Der Freischütz, Invitation to the Dance
Franz Schubert
Austrian · 1797–1828
Winterreise, Trout Quintet, Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)
Hector Berlioz
French · 1803–1869
Symphonie fantastique, Harold in Italy
Felix Mendelssohn
German · 1809–1847
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Violin Concerto, Songs Without Words
Frédéric Chopin
Polish · 1810–1849
Nocturnes, Ballades, Études for piano
Robert Schumann
German · 1810–1856
Carnaval, Dichterliebe, Piano Concerto in A minor
Franz Liszt
Hungarian · 1811–1886
Hungarian Rhapsodies, Liebesträum, Piano Sonata in B minor
Giuseppe Verdi
Italian · 1813–1901
Aida, La Traviata, Rigoletto
Richard Wagner
German · 1813–1883
Der Ring des Nibelungen, Tristan und Isolde, Die Walküre
César Franck
Belgian-French · 1822–1890
Symphony in D minor, Violin Sonata, Prélude Choral et Fugue
Alexander Borodin
Russian · 1833–1887
Prince Igor, In the Steppes of Central Asia
Johannes Brahms
German · 1833–1897
German Requiem, Symphony No. 4, Hungarian Dances
Camille Saint-Saëns
French · 1835–1921
Carnival of the Animals, Organ Symphony, Danse Macabre
Max Bruch
German · 1838–1920
Violin Concerto No. 1, Kol Nidrei
Modest Mussorgsky
Russian · 1839–1881
Pictures at an Exhibition, Night on Bald Mountain, Boris Godunov
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian · 1840–1893
Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, 1812 Overture
Antonín Dvořák
Czech · 1841–1904
New World Symphony, Slavonic Dances, Cello Concerto
Edvard Grieg
Norwegian · 1843–1907
Peer Gynt, Piano Concerto in A minor, Holberg Suite
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Russian · 1844–1908
Scheherazade, Flight of the Bumblebee
Gabriel Fauré
French · 1845–1924
Requiem, Pavane, Sicilienne
Edward Elgar
English · 1857–1934
Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Cello Concerto
Giacomo Puccini
Italian · 1858–1924
La Bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly
Late Romantic1
Romantic/Modern2
Impressionist2
Modern13
Leoš Janáček
Czech · 1854–1928
Sinfonietta, The Cunning Little Vixen, Jenůfa
Erik Satie
French · 1866–1925
Gymnopédies, Gnossiennes, Vexations
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English · 1872–1958
The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Ottorino Respighi
Italian · 1879–1936
Pines of Rome, Fountains of Rome, Roman Festivals
Béla Bartók
Hungarian · 1881–1945
Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta
Igor Stravinsky
Russian · 1882–1971
The Rite of Spring, The Firebird, Petrushka
Sergei Prokofiev
Russian · 1891–1953
Peter and the Wolf, Romeo and Juliet, Piano Concerto No. 3
Aaron Copland
American · 1900–1990
Appalachian Spring, Fanfare for the Common Man, Rodeo
Dmitri Kabalevsky
Russian · 1904–1987
Piano Concerto No. 3, The Comedians Suite
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian · 1906–1975
Symphony No. 5, String Quartet No. 8, Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Olivier Messiaen
French · 1908–1992
Turangalîla-Symphonie, Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Samuel Barber
American · 1910–1981
Adagio for Strings, Vanessa, Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Benjamin Britten
English · 1913–1976
Peter Grimes, War Requiem, The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
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