This is a list of composers of the Classical music era , roughly from 1730 to 1820. Prominent classicist composers[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] include Christoph Willibald Gluck , Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach , Johann Stamitz , Joseph Haydn , Johann Christian Bach , Antonio Salieri , Muzio Clementi , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Luigi Boccherini , Ludwig van Beethoven , Niccolò Paganini , Gioachino Rossini and Franz Schubert .
As with the list of Romantic composers , this is a purely chronological catalogue, and includes figures not usually thought of as Classical-period composers, such as Johann Sebastian Bach , and Georg Frideric Handel , as well as figures more often regarded as belonging to the early Romantic era, such as Carl Maria von Weber .
Early Galante era composers – Transition from Baroque to Classical (born before 1710)
Composers in the Baroque/Classical transitional era, sometimes seen as the beginning of the Galante era , include the following listed by their date of birth:
Early Classical era/Later Galante era composers (born 1710–1730)
Joseph Abaco , or dall'Abaco (1710–1805)
Thomas Arne (1710–1778)
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)
Carlo Graziani (c. 1710–1787)
Giuseppe Bonno (1711–1788)
William Boyce (1711–1779)
Gaetano Latilla (1711–1788)
Ignaz Holzbauer (1711–1783)
Davide Perez (1711–1778)
Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758)
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711–1772)
Domènec Terradellas (c. 1711–1751)
James Oswald (1711–1769)
Frederick the Great (1712–1786)
John Hebden (1712–1765)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
John Christopher Smith (1712–1795)
John Stanley (1712–1786)
Antoine Dauvergne (1713–1797)
Johan Henrik Freithoff (1713–1767)
Jean-Baptiste Canavas l'aîné , or Giovanni Battista Canavasso (1713–1784)
Luise Adelgunda Gottsched (1713–1762)
Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780)
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
Johan Daniel Berlin (1714–1787)
Per Brant (1714–1767) (sv:Per Brant )
Joseph Canavas , or Giuseppe Canavasso (1714–1776) ([1] )
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
Gottfried August Homilius (1714–1785)
Niccolò Jommelli (1714–1774)
Girolamo Abos (1715–1760)
Pasquale Cafaro (1715/1716–1787)
Johann Friedrich Doles (1715–1797)
John Alcock (1715–1806)
Jacques Duphly (1715–1789)
Charles-Joseph van Helmont [de ] (1715–1790)
James Nares (1715–1783)
Antoine Dard (1715–1784)
Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715–1777)
Josef Seger (1716–1782)
Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716–1801)
Georg Matthias Monn (1717–1750)
Hinrich Philip Johnsen [sv ] (1717–1779)
Antonio Maria Mazzoni (1717–1785)
Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (1717–1757)
Francesco Zappa (1717–1803)
Richard Mudge (1718–1763)
Wenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763)
Placidus von Camerloher [de ] (1718–1782)
Nicola Conforto (1718–1793)
Mlle Duval (1718 – after 1775)
Giuseppe Scarlatti (1718/1723–1777)
Johan Nicolaas Lentz [nl ] (c. 1719–1782)
Jean Baur (1719–1773)
Leopold Mozart (1719–1787)
William Walond Sr. (1719–1768)[2]
Louis-François Joseph Patouart ([3] 1719 – 1793)
Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774)
Johann Christoph Altnickol (1720–1759)
Christophe Le Menu de Saint Philibert (1720–1774)
Carlo Antonio Campioni (1720–1788)
Gioacchino Cocchi (1720–1804)
Pietro Denis (1720–1790)
Bernhard Joachim Hagen (1720–1787)
Adolph Carl Kunzen [de ] (1720–1781)
Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720–1795)
Joan Baptista Pla (c. 1720–1773)
Louis Aubert (1720–1800)
Quirino Gasparini (1721–1778)
Matthias Vanden Gheyn (1721–1785)
Pieter Hellendaal (1721–1799)
Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721–1783)
John Garth (1721–1810)
Sebastián Ramón de Albero y Añaños [es ] (1722–1756)
Johann Ernst Bach II (1722–1777)
Georg Benda , or Jiří Antonín Benda (1722–1795)
Pietro Nardini (1722–1793)
Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787)
Christian Ernst Graf (1723–1804)
Anna Amalia Princess of Prussia (1723–1787)
Giovanni Marco Rutini (1723–1797)
Francesco Uttini (1723–1795)
Claude Balbastre (1724–1799)
Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724–1808)
Jan Adam Gallina [it ] (1724–1773)
Maria Antonia Walpurgis , Princess of Bavaria , Electress of Saxony (1724–1780)
Santa della Pietà (fl. 1725–1750, d. after 1774)
Rafael Antonio Castellanos (1725–1791)
Domenico Fischietti (c. 1725 – c. 1810)
Giovanni Battista Gervasio (c. 1725 – c. 1785)
Antonio Lolli (1725–1802)
Johann Becker (1726–1803)
Miss Davis (c. 1726 – after 1755)
Karl Kohaut (1726–1784)
François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795)
Joseph Starzer (c. 1726–1787)
Joseph Anton Steffan , or Josef Antonín Štěpán (1726–1797)
Pasquale Anfossi (1727–1797)
Pierre Montan Berton (1727–1780)
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727–1756)
Friedrich Hartmann Graf (1727–1795)
Henry Harington (1727–1816) ([4] )
Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727–1789)
François Martin (1727–1757)
Tommaso Traetta (1727–1779)
Armand-Louis Couperin (1727–1789)
Franz Asplmayr (1728–1786)
Michele Stratico (1728–1783)
Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (1728–1804)
Johann Adam Hiller (1728–1804)
Niccolò Piccinni (1728–1800)
Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728–1788)
Hermann Raupach (1728–1778)
Anton Cajetan Adlgasser (1729–1777)
Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774)
Francesco Saverio Giai , or Giaj (1729–1801) ([5] , [6] )
Pierre van Maldere (1729–1768)
Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729–1817)
František Xaver Pokorný (1729–1794)
Giuseppe Sarti (1729–1802)
Antonio Soler (1729–1783)
Middle Classical era composers (born 1730–1750)
Capel Bond (1730–1790)
Pasquale Errichelli (1730–1785)
Tommaso Giordani (c. 1730–1806)
William Jackson (1730–1803)
Antonín Kammel (1730–1784)
Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti (1730–1795)
Giovanni Meneghetti [it ] (c. 1730–1794)
Georg von Pasterwitz (1730–1803)
Antonio Sacchini (1730–1786)
Christian Cannabich (1731–1798)
František Xaver Dušek (1731–1799)
Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765)
Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798)
Théodore-Jean Tarade (1731–1788)
Carlo Giuseppe Toeschi [de ] (1731–1788)
Pierre Vachon (1731–1803)
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795)
František Xaver Brixi (1732–1771)
Giuseppe Demachi (1732 – c. 1791)
Thomas Erskine , Earl of Kellie (1732–1781)
Johann Christian Kittel (1732–1809)
Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
Gian Francesco de Majo , or "Ciccio " (1732–1770)
Josina van Aerssen , or Josina van Boetzelaer (1733–1787)
Thomas Sanders Dupuis (1733–1796)
Anton Fils , or Filtz (1733–1760)
Johann Christian Fischer (1733–1800)
Istvánffy Benedek [hu ] (1733–1778) Hungarian form of Benedek Istvánffy
Thomas Linley the elder (1733–1795)
Giacomo Tritto (1733–1824)
Franz Ignaz Beck (1734–1809)
Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet Charpentier (1734–1794)
Benjamin Cooke (1734–1793)
François-Joseph Gossec (1734–1829)
Karl von Ordóñez (1734–1786)
Jean-Baptiste Rey (1734–1810)
Luka Sorkočević (1734–1789)
Ignazio Spergher [it ] (1734–1808)
Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782)
John Bennett (c. 1735–1784)
Giovanni Battista Cervellini [it ] (1735–1801)
John Collett (c. 1735?–1775) ([7] )
Johann Gottfried Eckard (1735–1809)
Mme Papavoine (born c. 1735; fl. 1755–61)
Anton Schweitzer (1735–1787)
Johann Schobert (c. 1735–1767)
Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735–1792)
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809)
Hélène-Louise Demars (born c. 1736)
Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736–1800)
Ignaz Fränzl (1736–1811)
Johann Christoph Kellner (1736–1803)
Antonio Tozzi (1736–1812)
Élisabeth de Haulteterre (fl. 1737–1768)
Josef Mysliveček (1737–1781)
Michael Haydn (1737–1806)
Philippe-Jacques Meyer (1737–1819)
Friedrich Schwindl [de ] (1737–1786)
Philip Hayes (1738–1797)
William Herschel (1738–1822)
Leopold Hofmann (1738–1793)
Jean-François Tapray [fr ] (1738–1819)
Anna Bon di Venezia (c. 1739 – after 1767)
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799)
Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739–1796)
Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739–1813)
Anna Amalia, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1739–1807)
Mlle Guerin (born c. 1739, fl. 1755)
Agata della Pietà (fl. c. 1740 – c. 1800)
Michael Arne (1740–1786)
Samuel Arnold (1740–1802)
Joseph Corfe (1740–1820) ([8] )
Ernst Eichner (1740–1777)
Luigi Gatti (1740–1817)
Guillaume Lasceux (1740–1831)
Elisabeth Olin (1740–1828)
Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816)
Samuel Webbe the elder (1740–1816)
Johann André (1741–1799)
François Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808)
Alexandro Marie Antoin Fridzeri (1741–1819)
André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741–1813)
Franz Xaver Hammer (1741–1817)
Honoré Langlé (1741–1807)
Andrea Luchesi (1741–1801)
Jean Paul Egide Martini (1741–1816)
Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741–1801)
Václav Pichl (1741–1804)
Henri-Joseph Rigel (1741–1799)
Giacomo Rust (1741–1786)
Luigi Tomasini (1741–1808)
Anton Zimmermann (1741–1781)
Jean-Baptiste Davaux (1742–1822)
Romanus Hoffstetter (1742–1815)
Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz (1742–1790)
Simon Le Duc (Leduc) (1742–1777)
Vasily Pashkevich (1742–1797)
Anton Ferdinand Tietz (1742–1811)
Maria Carolina Wolf (1742–1820)
Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
Carlo Franchi (c. 1743 – after 1779)
Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743–1818)
Franz Nikolaus Novotny (1743–1773)
Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova (1743–1810)
João Pedro de Almeida Mota (1744–1817)
Josef Bárta (c. 1744–1787)
Joseph Beer (1744–1811)
Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824)
Gaetano Brunetti (1744–1798)
Marianna von Martines (1744–1812)
Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784)
Johann Michael Bach III (1745–1820)
Joseph Bengraf , or József Bengráf (1745–1791) ([9] )
Maxim Berezovsky (c. 1745–1777)
Joseph Bologne , Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799)
João de Sousa Carvalho (1745 – c. 1799)
Georg Druschetzky (1745–1819)
Nicolas-Jean Lefroid de Méreaux (1745–1797)
Johann Peter Salomon (1745–1815)
Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818)
Carl Stamitz (1745–1801)
Ferdinando Gasparo Turrini [it ] (1745 – c. 1820)
Jan Nepomuk Vent [nl ] , or Johann Wendt (1745–1801)
Jan Stefani (1746–1829)
Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis (1746–1825)
William Billings (1746–1800)
Giuseppe Cambini (1746 – c. 1825)
James Hook (1746–1827)
Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith (1746–1820)
Johann Friedrich Peter (1746–1813)
Giovanni Punto , or Jan Václav Stich (1746–1803)
Joseph Quesnel (1746–1809)
Johann Wilhelm Hässler (1747–1822)
Ivan Mane Jarnović , or Giovanni Mane Giornovichi (1747–1804)
Ivan Khandoshkin (1747–1804)
Leopold Kozeluch (1747–1818)
Justin Morgan (1747–1798)
Carl Marianus Paradeiser (1747–1775)
Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747–1800)
Joachim Albertini , or Gioacchino Albertini (1748–1812)
Francesco Azopardi (1748–1809)
Josef Fiala (1748–1816)
Étienne-Joseph Floquet (1748–1785)
Emanuel Aloys Förster (1748–1823)
John Mahon (c. 1748–1834)
Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748–1798)
Theodor von Schacht (1748–1823)
William Shield (1748–1829)
Joseph Schuster (1748–1812)
Henriette Adélaïde Villard Beaumesnil (1748–1813)
Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)
Jean-Louis Duport (1749–1819)
Jean-Frédéric Edelmann (1749–1794)
Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749–1818)
Antonín Kraft (c. 1749–1820)
Georg Joseph Vogler (1749–1814)
Polly Young , also known as Maria Barthélemon (1749–1799)
Marija Zubova (1749–1799)
Late Classical era composers (born 1750–1770)
Classical/Romantic transition composers (born 1770–1799)
Timeline of Classical composers (partial)
See also
References
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