- List of Romantic-era composers
Classical/Romantic era transition composers (born 1770-1800)
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Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), German regarded by many as the first Romantic composer, famous for his nine symphonies and thirty-two piano sonatas
*Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841), Italian composer for the guitar, wroteconcerto s andchamber music
*Anton Reicha (1770–1836), French composer who experimented with irregulartime signature s
*Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775–1838), Finnish composer andclarinet player
*Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837), German whose music bridged the Classical and Romantic eras
*Fernando Sor (1778–1839), Spanish composer for theclassical guitar
*Mauro Giuliani (1781–1828), Italian composer andvirtuoso guitarist
*Daniel Auber (1782–1871), French opera composer noted for "La muette de Portici "
* John Field (1782–1837), Irish composer and pianist, notable for cultivating thenocturne
*Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), Italian composer and virtuosoviolinist , wrote the "24 Caprices" forviolin
*Louis Spohr (1784 - 1859),German composer, violinist and conductor.
*George Pinto (1785-1806), English composer, violinist and virtuoso pianist, known for his contribution to the piano repretoire.
*Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant Romantic opera composers
*Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864), German opera composer ("Il crociato in Egitto ", "Les Huguenots ")
*Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868), Italian opera composer, best known for "The Barber of Seville " and overtures to various other operas
*Franz Berwald (1796–1868), Swedish composer, little known in his lifetime, but his four symphonies are better known today
*Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848), Italian opera composer, known for "Lucia di Lammermoor " and "L'Elisir d'Amore " among others
*Franz Schubert (1797–1828), Austrian composer, regarded as the first significant Lieder writer, also known for his chamber music, piano works and symphoniesEarly Romantic era composers (born 1800-1820)
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Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835), Italian opera composer, known for "I Puritani ", "Norma" and "La Sonnambula " among others
*Adolphe Adam (1803–1856), French composer best known for hisballet score "Giselle "
*Hector Berlioz (1803–1869), French composer famous for his programmatic symphony, the "Symphonie Fantastique "
*Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857), nationalist Russian composer, wrote operas such as "A Life for the Tsar "
*Johann Strauss I (1804–1849), Austrian dance music composer famous for the "Radetzky March "
*Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847), sister of Felix Mendelssohn who herself wrote piano music and songs
*Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), German composer known for his "Violin Concerto" and the "Wedding March " from "A Midsummer Night's Dream ", also wrote five symphonies including the ""Italian" Symphony"
*Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), Polish composer and virtuoso pianist, his output includes a number of Polish dances such asmazurka s,nocturne s,polonaise s, andwaltz es (including the "Minute Waltz ")
*Ferenc Erkel (1810–1893), Hungarian composer ofgrand opera
*Robert Schumann (1810–1856), German composer, a significant lieder writer, wrote many short piano pieces and four symphonies
*Franz Liszt (1811–1886), Hungarian composer and a virtuoso pianist, wrote a number oftone poem s and extended piano technique, famous for his "Hungarian Rhapsodies "
*Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896), French composer, best known for the opera "Mignon "
*Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-1860), French eccentric conductor and composer of light music, king of promenade concerts in England
*Friedrich von Flotow (1812–1883)
*Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888), French composer and virtuoso pianist noted for "Marche funebre sulla morte d'un papagallo (Funeral march for a parrot)"
*Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901), major Italian opera composer, best known for "Nabucco ", "Rigoletto ", "La Traviata " and "Aida "
*Richard Wagner (1813–1883), major German opera composer ("Der Ring des Nibelungen ", "Lohengrin", "Tristan und Isolde ", "Parsifal " among others)
*Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817–1890), Danish composer,violinist , andorganist
*Charles Gounod (1818–1893), French composer, best known for his operas "Faust" and "Roméo et Juliette "
*Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880), Frenchopera andoperetta composer, known for "The Tales of Hoffmann " and "Orpheus in the Underworld "
*Franz von Suppé (1819–1895), Austrian composer and conductor notable for his operettas
*Clara Schumann (1819–1896), German composer and wife ofRobert Schumann , one of the leadingpianist s of the Romantic eraMiddle Romantic era composers (born 1820-1840)
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Joachim Raff (1822-1882), Swiss-born German composer, best known for 11 Symphonies, most of them program music
*César Franck (1822–1890), Belgian-born French composer, noted for his "Symphony", also a significant composer for the organ
*Édouard Lalo (1823–1892), French composer remembered for his "Symphonie Espagnole " for violin and orchestra and "Cello Concerto"
*Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), Austrian composer of nine large-scale symphonies (one incomplete and two more unacknowledged, the third dedicated to Richard Wagner whom he admired)
*Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884), Czech nationalist composer, perhaps best known for his cycle of symphonic poems, "Má vlast " and his opera "The Bartered Bride "
*Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889) 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 (1825–1899), Austrian composer who wrote manywaltz es andpolka s, known as "The Waltz King", composer of "The Blue Danube " and the opera "Die Fledermaus "
*Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869), American composer famous for performing his own romantic piano works.
*Jan Gerard Palm (1831-1906), Curacao born composer, best known for his Mazurka's, Waltzes, Danza's, Tumba's, Fantasies and Serenades.
*Alexander Borodin (1833–1887), Russian chemist and nationalist composer, wrote the opera "Prince Igor "
*Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), German composer who worked under the onus of being compared to Beethoven, his "Symphony No. 1" is often nicknamed "Beethoven's tenth," also famous for "Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn " and piano works
*Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886), Italian opera composer ("La Gioconda ")
*Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), French composer perhaps best known for "The Carnival of the Animals " and his "Organ Symphony "
*Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880), Polish composer and violinist, famous for his two concertos and character pieces of exceptional difficulty
*Léo Delibes (1836–1891), one of the first significant ballet composers since the baroque, known for his "Coppelia ", "Sylvia", and "Lakmé "
*Georges Bizet (1838–1875), French composer famous for his opera "Carmen "
*Max Bruch (1838–1920), German composer, known for his "Violin Concerto No. 1", "Scottish Fantasy ", and "Kol Nidre" for cello and orchestra
*Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881), Russian known for his intensely nationalist, original works; famous for his opera "Boris Godunov", and "Pictures at an Exhibition "
*John Knowles Paine (1839–1906), first native-born American composer to acquire fame for his large-scale orchestral musicLate Romantic era composers (born 1840-1860)
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), Russian composer, famous for his ballets ("The Nutcracker ", "Swan Lake "), his operas ("Eugene Onegin"), the "1812 Overture ", and his symphonies.
*Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894), French composer who influencedMaurice Ravel ,Les Six ,Jean Françaix and many other French composers, wrote the opera "L'étoile "
*Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer, famous for the ""New World" Symphony"
*Arrigo Boito (1842–1918), Italian composer andlibrettist , known as a composer for his opera "Mefistofele "
*Jules Massenet (1842–1912), French composer best known for his operas "Manon " and "Werther " and the Meditation for violin from the opera "Thaïs"
*Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), English composer known for his collaborations withW. S. Gilbert
*Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Norwegian composer who wrote a famous "Piano Concerto" and several books of "Lyric Pieces " for the piano as well as "Morning Mood " from his incidental music to "Peer Gynt "
*Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908), Russian composer and member ofThe Five , best known for "The Flight of the Bumblebee " from "The Tale of Tsar Saltan", "Scheherazade", and the "Capriccio Espagnol "
*Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908), Spanish virtuoso violinist and composer
*Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937), French composer, noted for his works for the organ
*Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), French composer, known for hischamber music and arequiem among other pieces
*Ernesto Köhler (1849-1907), Italian flautist and composer, known by flautists for his "Progress in Flute Playing" Op.33 study books
* Henri Duparc (1848-1933), French composer, noted for seventeen "mélodies"
*Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931), French composer, teacher ofErik Satie andDarius Milhaud among others
* Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921), Germanopera composer influenced byRichard Wagner , famous for "Hänsel und Gretel"
*Leoš Janáček (1854–1928), Czech composer, remembered for his orchestral pieces "Sinfonietta" and "Taras Bulba "
*John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), American composer, "The March King"
*Ernest Chausson (1855–1899), French composer influenced by Franck and Wagner, seen as a bridge from them toClaude Debussy
*Julius Röntgen (1855–1932), German-Dutch composer influenced by Brahms, close friend to Grieg
*Edward Elgar (1857–1934), English composer, wroteoratorio s,chamber music , and symphonies, most famous for his "Enigma Variations " and "Pomp and Circumstance Marches "
*Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944), French composer
*Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858–1919), Italian opera composer known almost exclusively for "Pagliacci "
*Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), late Romantic Italian opera composer ("La bohème ", "Tosca ", "Madame Butterfly ")Romantic era/20th century transition composers (born 1860-1880)
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Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909), Spanish composer, wrote nationalistpiano works such as "Iberia"
*Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956), French composer best known for his opera "Louise "
*Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Austrian composer of nine innovative large-scale and sometimes programmatic symphonies
*Edward MacDowell (1860–1908), American composer best known for hispiano concerto s
*Hugo Wolf (1860–1903), Austrian composer oflied er, influenced byRichard Wagner
*Claude Debussy (1862–1918), French composer, his music is often described as impressionist, although he dismissed the term, wrote 'Clair de Lune' from "Suite bergamasque "
*Frederick Delius (1862–1934), English composer, usedchromaticism in many of his compositions
*Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945), Italian opera composer, known for "Cavalleria Rusticana "
*Ricardo Castro (1864-1907), Mexican composer of piano music
*Richard Strauss (1864–1949), German composer, known for "Also Sprach Zarathustra ", based onFriedrich Nietzsche 's philosophy, wrote manytone poem s andopera s
*Paul Dukas (1865–1935), French composer, noted for his piece ofprogram music , "The Sorcerer's Apprentice "
*Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936), Russian, influenced by Wagner and Liszt
*Carl Nielsen (1865-1931), Danish composer of six symphonies
*Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), Finnish nationalist composer of seven symphonies, famous for thesymphonic poem "Finlandia"
*Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924), Italian composer and pianist, known for his opera "Turandot " and his many transcriptions and arrangements ofJohann Sebastian Bach
*Erik Satie (1866-1925), composer of "Gymnopedies ".
*Umberto Giordano (1867–1948), Italianopera composer
*Enrique Granados (1867–1916), Spanish composer and pianist
*Amy Beach (1867–1944)
*Albert Roussel (1869–1937), French composer, wrote four symphonies,ballet s, andchamber music
*Franz Lehár (1870–1948), Hungarian composer mainly known for his operettas
*Oreste Ravanello (1871–1938), Italian composer, wrote for choir and for organ
* Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942), teacher of Schoenberg and Korngold
*Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), British composer of nine symphonies, the famous Fantasia on Greensleeves, and other orchestral poems
*Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Russian, known for his harmonically adventurous piano sonatas and theatrical orchestral works
*Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), Russian composer, conductor, and virtuoso pianist, wrote three symphonies, four piano concerti as well as "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini "
*Max Reger (1873–1916), prolific German composer, known for his "Variations on a Theme of Mozart"
*Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951), Austrian composer, whose early works are influenced by Mahler, but subsequently developed atonalism and serialism
*Franz Schmidt (1874–1939), Austrian composer influenced by Brahms and Bruckner
*Reinhold Glière (1875–1956), Russian who wrote pieces in a romantic style well into the 20th century
*Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), French composer in the impressionist and neoclassicist styles
*Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909), Polish composer in the late romanticism and nationalism styles, He is an unknown composer but hissymphonic poem s very important works for Orchestra. Also he called as Polish Strauß (Richard)at the time .
*Manuel de Falla (1876–1946), Spanish composer, best known for "The Three-Cornered Hat"
*Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936), Italian composer known forsymphonic poem s "The Fountains of Rome" and "The Pines of Rome")
*Wanda Landowska (1879–1959)
*Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951), Russian composer best known for his piano sonatas and concertos."See also
List of 20th century classical composers by birth date ."ources
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