List of Classical era composers

This is a list of composers, mostly European, of the Classical music era, roughly from 1730 to 1820. Some of the most prominent composers of the Classical era include Wilhelm Friedmann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Stamitz, Joseph Haydn, Johann Christian Bach, Luigi Boccherini, Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonio Salieri, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Franz Schubert.

*Baroque/Classical era transition composers (born before 1710)*

* Caterina Benedicta Grazianini ("fl." early 18th century)
* Maria Margherita Grimani ("fl." early 18th century)
* Lodovico Giustini (1685 - 1743)
* Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757)
* Jean-Baptiste Masse (c1700 - c1756)
* Michel Blavet (1700 - 1768)
* Johan Agrell (1701 - 1765)
* Jean-Fery Rebel (the younger) (1701 - 1775)
* Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c1701 - 1775)
* Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702 - 1762)
* Johann Gottlieb Graun (c1702-1771)
* Carl Heinrich Graun (c1703-1759)
* Rosanna Scalfi Marcello ("fl." 1723–1742)
* Carlos Seixas (1704-1742)
* Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c1704 - c1766)
* Santa Della Pietà ("fl. c." 1725–1750, "d. after" 1774)
* Carlo Cecere (1706 - 1761)
* Baldassare Galuppi (1706 - 1785)
* Georg Reutter (1708 - 1772)
* Michel Corrette (1709 - 1795)
* Christoph Schaffrath (1709 - 1763)
* Princess Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709–1758)
* Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736)
* Domenico Alberti (1710 - 1740)
* Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710 – 1784)
* Mlle Guédon de Presles (early 18th century–1754)

Early Classical era composers (born 1710-1730)

* Thomas Arne (1710 - 1778)
* William Boyce (1711 - 1779)
* Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758)
* Frederick the Great (1712-1786)
* John Stanley (1712 - 1786)
* Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713 - 1780)
* Per Brant (1714 - 1767)
* Niccolò Jommelli (1714 - 1774)
* Gottfried August Homilius (1714 - 1785)
* Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714 - 1787)
* Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788)
* Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715 - 1777)
* Jacques Duphly (1715 - 1789}
* Hinrich Philip Johnsen (1716 - 1779)
* Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (1717 - 1757)
* Elisabeth de Haulteterre ("fl." 1737–1768)
* Mlle Duval (1718–"after" 1775)
* Leopold Mozart (1719 - 1787)
* William Walond (1719 - 1768)
* Joan Baptista Pla (c.1720-1773)
* Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720–1795)
* Pieter Hellendaal (1721-1799)
* Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721 - 1783)
* John Garth (1721 - 1810)
* Sebastián Ramón de Albero y Añaños (1722 - 1756)
* Georg Benda (1722 - 1795)
* Carl Friedrich Abel (1723 - 1787)
* Anna Amalia Princess of Prussia (1723–1787)
* Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria (1724–1780)
* Claude Balbastre (1724–1799)
* Miss Davis ("c." 1726–"after" 1755)
* Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727 – 1756)
* Tommaso Traetta (1727 - 1779)
* Armand-Louis Couperin (1727 - 1789)
* Niccolò Piccinni (1728 - 1800)
* Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729 - 1774) [http://www.hoasm.org/XIIC/Gassmann.html]
* Giuseppe Sarti (1729 - 1802) [http://100.1911encyclopedia.org/S/SA/SARTI_GIUSEPPE.htm]
* Antonio Soler (1729 - 1783)
* Pieter van Maldere (1729-1768)

Middle Classical era composers (born 1730-1750)

* Luise Adelgunda Victoria Gottsched (died 1762)
* Christian Cannabich (1731 - 1798)
* Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765)
* Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
* Josina Anna Petronella van Boetzelaer (1733–1787)
* Anton Fils (1733 - 1760)
* Benjamin Cooke (1734 - 1793)
* François-Joseph Gossec (1734 - 1829)
* Johann Gottfried Eckard (1735 - 1809) [http://www.hoasm.org/VIIE/Eckard.html]
* Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782)
* Mme Papavoine (born "c." 1735, "fl." 1755-61)
* Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736 - 1809)
* Hélène-Louise Demars ("b. c." 1736)
* Michael Haydn (1737 - 1806)
* Josef Mysliveček (1737 - 1781)
* William Herschel (1738 - 1822)
* Leopold Hofmann (1738 - 1793)
* Anna Bon (born 1738/1739)
* Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739 - 1799)
* Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739 - 1813)
* Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1739–1807)
* Mlle Guerin (born "c." 1739, "fl." 1755)
* Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805)
* Luigi Gatti (1740 - 1817)
* André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741 - 1813)
* Andrea Luchesi (1741 - 1801)
* Giovanni Paisiello (1741 - 1816)
* Václav Pichl (1741 - 1804)
* Maria Carolina Wolf (1742–1820)
* Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805)
* Franz Nikolaus Novotny (1743 - 1773)
* Anne Louise Boyvin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824)
* Marianne von Martínez (1744–1812)
* Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784)
* Carl Stamitz (1745 - 1801)
* Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818)
* Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745 - 1799)
* Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1746–1825)
* Marianna von Auenbrugger (d. 1786)
* Leopold Kozeluch (1747 - 1818)
* Joseph Schuster (1748 - 1812) [http://www.operone.de/komponist/schuster.html]
* Henriette Adélaïde Villard de Beaumesnil (1748–1813)
* Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801)
* Jean-Frédéric Edelmann (1749 - 1794)
* Maria Barthélemon ("c." 1749–1799)
* Antonín Kraft ("c." 1749 - 1820)

Late Classical era composers (born 1750-1770)

* Antonio Salieri (1750 - 1825)
* Antonio Rosetti (c1750 - 1792)
* Elizabeth Anspach (1750–1828)
* Elizabeth Joanetta Catherine von Hagen (1750–1809/10)
* Dmytro Bortniansky (1751 - 1825)
* Maria Anna Mozart (1751–1829)
* Mary Ann Pownall (1751–1796)
* Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine Schröter (1751–1802)
* Mary Ann Wrighten (1751–1796)
* Muzio Clementi (1752 - 1832)
* Leopold Kozeluch (1752 - 1818)
* Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752 - 1837)
* Juliane Reichardt (1752–1783)
* Jane Savage (1752/3–1824)
* Jean-Baptiste Bréval (1753 - 1823)
* Vicente Martín y Soler (1754 - 1806)
* Vincenzo Righini (1756 - 1812)
* Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi (1755 - 1818)
* Countess Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755–1810)
* Mary Linwood (1755/6–1845)
* Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick (1755 - 1799)
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
* Joseph Martin Kraus (1756 - 1792)
* Paul Wranitzky (1756 - 1808)
* Francesca Lebrun also "Franziska Danzi Lebrun" (1756–1791)
* Ignaz Pleyel (1757 - 1831)
* Harriett Abrams (1758–1821)
* Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820)
* François Devienne (1759 - 1803) [http://www.haydn.dk/mhc_devienne.php]
* Franz Vinzenz Krommer (1759 - 1831)
* Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759 - 1824)
* Maria Rosa Coccia (1759–1833)
* Sophia Maria Westenholz (1759–1838)
* Luigi Cherubini (1760 - 1842)
* Johann Ladislaus Dussek (1760 - 1812)
* Marie-Elizabeth Cléry (1761–"after" 1795)
* Erik Tulindberg (1761-1814)
* Joseph de Momigny (1762 - 1842)
* Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787)
* Jane Mary Guest (1762–1846)
* Ann Valentine (1762–1842)
* Franz Danzi (1763 - 1826)
* Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763 - 1850)
* Étienne Méhul (1763-1817)
* Johann Simon Mayr (1763 - 1845)
* Helene de Montgeroult (1764–1836)
* Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766 - 1803)
* Samuel Wesley (1766 - 1837)
* Anne-Marie Krumpholtz (1766–1813)
* Caroline Wuiet (1766–1835)
* Wenzel Muller (1767 - 1835)
* Julie Candeille (1767–1834)
* José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767 - 1830)
* Carlos Baguer (1768 - 1808)
* Elizabeth Weichsell Billington (c.1768–1818)
* Margarethe Danzi (1768–1800)
* Francesco Gnecco (1769 - 1810)
* Cecilia Maria Barthélemon ("c." 1769–1840)
* Maria Theresa Bland ("c." 1769–1838)
* Kateřina Veronika Anna Dusíkova (1769–1833)
* Maria Margherita Grimani ("fl." 18th century)
* Vincenta Da Ponte ("fl." second half 18th century)

Classical era/Romantic transition composers (born 1770-1800)

* Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German, often listed as the first romantic composer and one of the most significant composers in history
* Ferdinando Carulli (1770 - 1841)
* Ferdinando Paer (1771 - 1839), Italian composer of opera.
* Mme Delaval ("fl." 1791–1802)
* Lucile Grétry (1772–1790)
* Maria Frances Parke (1772–1822)
* Sophie Bawr (1773–1860)
* Maria Brizzi Giorgi (1775–1822)
* João Domingos Bomtempo (1775-1842)
* Sophia Corri Dussek (1775–1847)
* Margaret Essex (1775–1807)
* Sophie Gail (1775–1819)
* Maria Hester Park (1775–1822)
* Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 - 1837), German composer, whose music bridged the Classical and Romantic periods
* Fernando Sor (1778 - 1839), Spanish composer and guitarist
* Mme Ravissa ("fl." late 18th century)
* Pauline Duchambge (1778–1858)
* Louise Reichardt (1779–1826)
* Ekaterina Likoshin ("fl." 1800–1810)
* Katerina Maier ("fl. c." 1800)
* Agata Della Pietà ("fl. c." 1800)
* Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781 - 1861), American composer of Bohemian origin, wrote highly original program music; first significant American orchestral composer
* Sophie Lebrun (1781–1863)
* John Field (1782 - 1837), Irish composer and pianist, notable for cultivating the nocturne
* Niccolò Paganini (1782 - 1840), Italian violinist and composer
* Daniel Auber (1782 - 1871), French opera composer, well known in his time, but rarely performed today
* Louis Spohr (1784 - 1859), German composer
* Teresa Belloc-Giorgi (1784–1855)
* Bettina Brentano (1785–1859)
* Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch (1785–1858)
* Isabella Colbran (1785–1845)
* Fanny Krumpholtz Pittar (1785–1815)
* Pietro Raimondi (1786 - 1853), Italian composer of operas and sacred music, noted for innovative contrapuntal experiments
* Carl Maria von Weber (1786 - 1826), German composer, a bridge between the Classical and Romantic styles
* Friedrich Kuhlau (1786 - 1832), German composer, the "Beethoven of Flute".
* Marie Bigot (1786–1820)
* Le Sénéchal de Kerkado ("c." 1786–"after" 1805)
* Nicolas Bochsa (1789 - 1856), French composer best known today for his studies and exercises for the harp. One of the most celebrated harpists of the XIXth century.
* Elena Asachi (1789–1877)
* Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789–1831)
* Harriet Browne (1790–1858)
* Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold (1791–1833), French composer best known today for the overture to the opera "Zampa" and the ballet "La Fille Mal Gardée".
* Carl Czerny (1791 - 1857), Austrian composer best known today for his studies and exercises for the piano
* Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791 - 1864), German composer, whose spectacular operas such as "Les Huguenots" were popular in his day, but are less often performed now
* Gioacchino Rossini (1792 - 1868), Italian opera composer, best known for "The Barber of Seville" and overture to various other operas
* Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840)
* Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870)
* Olivia Buckley (born mid-1790s–"after" 1845)
* Franz Berwald (1796 - 1868), Swedish composer, little known in his lifetime, but his four symphonies are better known today
* Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), German composer of lieder
* Helene Liebmann (1796–1835)
* Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857)
* 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 symphonies
* Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848)
* Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779-1813)