Great composers 1300-1900
A biographical and critical guide
A biographical and critical guide
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
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| Adam, Adolphe Charles (b. 1803 a. 19th century |
composer, compositore |
| Albeniz, Isaac (b. 1860) | composer, compositore |
| Arcadelt, Jacques (b. 1505 d. 1568) | composer |
| Arensky, Anton Stepanovich (b. 1861 d. 1906) | composer, compositore |
| Auber, Daniel Francois Esprit (b. 1782 a. 19th century |
composer, compositore |
| Bach, Carl Philip Emanuel (b. 1714) | Komponist, Musiker |
| Bach, Johann Christian (b. 1735 d. 1782) | composer, Musiker |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian (b. 1685) | composer, compositeur |
| Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann (b. 1710) | compositore, Musiker |
| Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich (b. 1837 d. 1910) | composer |
| Beethoven, Ludwig (b. 1770 d. 1827) | composer, compositore |
| Bellini, Vincenzo (b. 1801) | composer, compositore |
| Berlioz, Hector [Louis-Hector] (b. 1803 d. 1869) | composer, compositore |
| Bizet, Georges (b. 1838) | author, composer |
| Blow, John (b. 1649 d. 1708) | child of the Chapel, composer |
| Boccherini, Luigi [Ridolfo Luigi] (b. 1743) | composer, compositore |
| Boieldieu, Adrien [Francois-Adrien] (b. 1775 a. 1774) | compositeur, compositore |
| Boito, Arrigo Enrico (b. 1842) | compositor, compositore |
| Bononcini, Giovanni (b. 1670) | composer, compositore |
| Borodin, Alexander (b. 1833 d. 1887) | composer, compositore |
| Boyce, William (b. 1710 d. 1779) | composer, organ |
| Brahms, Johannes (b. 1833) | composer, compositore |
| Bruch, Max (Karl August) (b. 1838) | composer, compositore |
| Bruckner, Anton (Joseph) (b. 1824 d. 1896) | composer, compositore |
| Bull, John (b. -1563 d. 1628) | librettist, musicisti |
| Buxtehude, Dietrich (b. 1637) | composer, musicisti |
| Byrd, William (b. 1543 d. 1623) | composer, compositore |
| Caccini, Giulio (b. 1545 d. 1618) | composer, singer |
| Carissimi, Giacomo (b. 1604 d. 1670) | composer, musicisti |
| Catalani, Alfredo (b. 1854) | composer, compositore |
| Cavalieri, Emilio (b. 1550 d. 1602) | composer, compositore |
| Cavalli, Pietro Francesco (b. 1602) | cantante, composer |
| Cesti, Marc Antonio (b. 1618 d. 1681) | composer, compositore |
| Chabrier, Emmanuel [Alexis-Emmanuel] (b. 1841 d. 1894) | composer, compositore |
| Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (b. -1650 d. 1704) | composer, musicisti |
| Chausson, Ernest [Amedee-Ernest] (b. 1855 d. 1899) | composer, compositeur |
| Cherubini, Luigi (Carlo Zanobi Salvadore Maria) (b. 1760 d. 1842) | ballerina, composer |
| Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek (b. 1810) | composer, compositore |
| Cimarosa, Domenico (b. 1749) | composer, compositore |
| Clementi, Muzio (b. 1752) | composer, compositeur |
| Corelli, Arcangelo (b. 1653 a. 19th century |
composer, compositore |
| Cornelius, Peter [Carl August Peter] (b. 1824 d. 1874) | composer |
| Couperin, Francois (le grand) (b. 1668 d. 1733) | composer, harpsichord |
| Cui, Cesar (b. 1835 d. 1918) | composer, critic |
| Czerny, Carl (b. 1791 a. 1830-1831) | musicisti, piano teacher |
| Delibes, Leo (b. 1836) | choriste mineur, composer |
| Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters (b. 1739) | composer, Komponist |
| Donizetti, Gaetano [Domenico Gaetano Maria] (b. 1797 d. 1848) | composer |
| Dowland, John (b. 1563 d. ?) | composer, lutenist |
| Dufay, Guillaume (b. 1400 d. 1474) | composer |
| Dunstable, John (b. 1390 d. 1453) | composer, musician |
| Duparc, Henri (b. 1848) | composer, compositeur |
| Durante, Francisco Pasquale (b. 1684 d. 1755) | composer |
| Dussek, Jan Ladislav (b. 1760 d. 1812) | piano, composer |
| Dvorak, Antonin (b. 1841) | composer, compositore |
| Fibich, Zdenek [Zdenko] (b. 1850 d. 1900) | composer, compositore |
| Field, John (b. 1782 d. 1837) | composer, compositore |
| Flotow, Friedrich (b. 1812) | composer, compositor |
| Franck, Cesar Auguste (b. 1822) | composer, compositore |
| Franz, Robert (b. 1815 d. 1892) | composer |
| Frescobaldi, Girolamo (b. 1583 d. 1643) | composer, compositore |
| Froberger, Johann Jacob (b. 1626 d. 1667) | composer, compositore |
| Gabrieli, Andrea (b. 1510) | composer, compositore |
| Gabrieli, Giovanni (b. -1556 d. 1612) | composer, compositore |
| Gade, Niels Wilhelm (b. 1817) | composer, Komponist |
| Galuppi, Baldassare (b. 1706 d. 1785) | composer, compositore |
| Geminiani, Francesco (Xaverio) (b. 1687 d. 1762) | violin, composer |
| Gesualdo, Carlo (b. 1561 d. 1613) | nobleman, composer |
| Gibbons, Orlando (b. 1583 d. 1625) | composer, organ |
| Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (b. 1804 d. 1857) | composer, compositore |
| Gluck, Christoph Willibald (b. 1714) | composer, compositore |
| Goldmark, Karl (b. 1830) | composer, compositore |
| Gombert, Nicolas (b. 1495 d. 1560) | composer, Musiker |
| Gossec, Francois-Joseph (b. 1734 d. 1829 a. 19th century |
composer |
| Goudimel, Claude (b. -1520 d. 1572) | composer, publisher |
| Gounod, Charles (b. 1818) | composer, compositore |
| Graun, Carl Heinrich (b. 1704 d. 1759 a. 1830-1831) | composer |
| Graupner, Johann Christoph (b. 1683 d. 1760) | composer |
| Gretry, Andre-Ernest-Modeste (b. 1741) | composer, compositore |
| Grieg, Edvard (Hagerup) (b. 1843) | composer, compositor |
| Halevy, Fromental [Jacques-Francois-Fromental] (b. 1799 d. 1862) | composer, teacher |
| Hammerschmidt, Andreas (b. 1611 d. 1675) | composer, organ |
| Handel, George Friederic (b. 1685) | composer, compositore |
| Hasse, Johann Adolph (b. 1699 d. 1783) | composer, compositore |
| Hassler, Hans Leo (b. 1564 d. 1612) | Komponist, Dichter |
| Haydn, Josef [Franz Josef] (b. 1732 d. 1809) | composer, Komposition |
| Herold, Ferdinand [Louis Joseph Ferdinand] (b. 1791 d. 1833 a. 19th century |
composer, compositor |
| Hiller, Johann Adam (b. 1728 d. 1804) | composer, compositore |
| Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (b. 1778) | Komponist, musicisti |
| Humperdinck, Engelbert (b. 1854) | composer, compositore |
| Janequin, Clement (b. 1485 d. 1558 a. 1830-1831) | composer |
| Jommelli, Nicolo (b. 1714 d. 1774) | composer |
| Josquin Desprez (b. 1440) | composer, compositore |
| Kalinnikov, Vasily Sergeyevich (b. 1866 d. 1901) | composer |
| Keiser, Reinhard (b. 1674 d. 1739) | composer, Komponist |
| Kuhlau, Friedrich [Daniel Friedrich Rudolph] (b. 1786) | composer, Komponist |
| Kuhnau, Johann (b. 1660 d. 1722) | composer, compositore |
| Lalo, Edouard [Edouard-Victoire-Antoine] (b. 1823) | composer, compositore |
| Lassus, Orlande (b. 1532 d. ?) | composer, compositore |
| Le Sueur, Jean-Francois (b. 1760 d. 1837 a. 1783) | composer, writer on music |
| Leclair, Jean-Marie (b. 1697 d. 1764) | composer, violin |
| Legrenzi, Giovanni (b. 1625 d. 1690) | composer, musicisti |
| Lekeu, Guillaume (Jean Joseph Nicolas) (b. 1870 d. 1894) | composer |
| Leo, Leonardo (Ortensio Salvatore de) (b. 1694) | composer, compositore |
| Leoncavallo, Ruggiero (b. 1858) | composer, compositore |
| Liszt, Franz (b. 1811) | composer, compositore |
| Locatelli, Pietro Antonio (b. 1695) | composer, compositore |
| Locke, Matthew (b. -1622 d. 1677) | composer |
| Loeillet, Jean Baptiste [John of London] (b. 1680 d. 1730) | composer, musicisti |
| Loewe, Carl [Johann Carl Gottfried] (b. 1796 d. 1869) | composer, singer |
| Lortzing, Albert [Gustav Albert] (b. 1801 d. 1851) | composer, Komponist |
| Lully, Jean-Baptiste (b. 1632) | composer, compositore |
| Macdowell, Edward (Alexander) (b. 1860 d. 1908) | composer, piano |
| Machaut, Guillaume (b. 1300 d. 1377) | poet, composer |
| Mahler, Gustav (b. 1860) | composer, Dirigent |
| Marcello, Benedetto (b. 1686) | composer, compositore |
| Marenzio, Luca (b. 1553 d. 1599) | composer, musicisti |
| Martini, Giovanni Battista (b. 1706 d. ?) | compositore, musicisti |
| Massenet, Jules (Emile Frederic) (b. 1842 d. 1912) | composer, compositore |
| Mehul, Etienne-Nicolas (b. 1763 d. 1817 a. 19th century |
composer |
| Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix [Jakob Ludwig Felix] (b. 1809) | composer, compositore |
| Meyerbeer, Giacomo (b. 1791) | composer, compositore |
| Moniuszko, Stanislaw (b. 1819) | composer |
| Monsigny, Pierre-Alexandre (b. 1729 d. 1817 a. 19th century |
composer, Komponist |
| Monte, Philippe (b. 1521 d. 1603) | composer, Domherr |
| Monteverdi, Claudio (Giovanni Antonio) (b. 1567 d. 1643) | composer, compositore |
| Morales, Cristobal (b. 1500 d. 1553) | compositor, maestro |
| Morley, Thomas (b. 1557) | composer, editor |
| Moszkowski, Moritz (b. 1854) | compositore, Dirigent |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (b. 1756 d. 1791) | composer |
| Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (b. 1839 d. 1881) | composer, compositore |
| Nardini, Pietro (b. 1722 d. 1793) | compositore, violin |
| Nicolai, Otto [Carl Otto Ehrenfried] (b. 1810 d. 1849) | composer, conductor |
| Obrecht, Jacob (b. >1450 d. 1505) | composer |
| Ockeghem, Johannes (b. 1410 d. 1497) | composer, Komposition |
| Offenbach, Jacques (b. 1819) | author, composer |
| Pachelbel, Johann (b. 1653 d. 1706) | composer, organ |
| Paganini, Niccolo (b. 1782 d. 1840) | compositore, musicisti |
| Paisiello, Giovanni (b. 1740) | composer, compositore |
| Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi (a. 19th century |
composer, compositore |
| Pedrell, Felipe (b. 1841 d. 1922) | composer, compositor |
| Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (b. 1710) | composer, compositor |
| Peri, Jacopo (b. 1561 d. 1633) | composer, singer |
| Philidor, Francois-Andre Danican (b. 1726 d. 1795) | chess player, composer |
| Piccinni, Niccolo [Vito Niccolo Marcello Antonio Giacomo] (b. 1728 d. 1800) | composer, compositore |
| Ponchielli, Amilcare (b. 1834) | composer, compositore |
| Purcell, Henry (b. 1659 d. 1695) | composer, organ |
| Raff, Joachim [Joseph Joachim] (b. 1822 d. ?) | composer, teacher |
| Rameau, Jean-Philippe (b. 1683 d. 1764) | bagpipes, composer |
| Reyer, Ernest [Louis-Etienne-Ernest] (b. 1823) | composer, critic |
| Rheinberger, Joseph (Gabriel) (b. 1839 d. 1901) | composer, organ |
| Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich (b. 1844 d. 1908) | complet., composer |
| Rode, Pierre [Jacques Pierre Joseph] (b. 1774 d. 1830 a. 19th century |
Komponist, violin |
| Rossini, Gioachino (Antonio) (b. 1792 d. 1868) | composer, compositore |
| Rubinstein, Anton (Grigoryevich) (b. 1829 d. 1894) | compositore, Dirigent |
| Saint-Saens, Camille [Charles Camille] (b. 1835) | composer, compositore |
| Sammartini, Giovanni Battista (b. 1700 d. 1775) | composer, compositore |
| Sarasate, Pablo (Martin Meliton) (b. 1844) | composer, compositore |
| Scarlatti, Alessandro [Pietro Alessandro Gaspari] (b. 1660) | composer, compositore |
| Scarlatti, Domenico [Giuseppe Domenico] (b. 1685) | composer, keyboard teacher |
| Scheidt, Samuel (b. 1587 d. 1654) | composer, organ |
| Schein, Johann Hermann (b. 1586 d. 1630) | composer |
| Schubert, Franz (Peter) (b. 1797) | composer, compositore |
| Schumann, Robert (Alexander) (b. 1810 d. 1856) | composer |
| Schutz, Heinrich (b. 1585 d. 1672) | composer, Komponist |
| Sgambati, Giovanni (b. 1841) | composer, compositore |
| Smetana, Bedrich (b. 1824) | composer, compositore |
| Spohr, Louis (b. 1784 d. 1859) | composer, violin |
| Spontini, Gasparo (Luigi Pacifico) (b. 1774 d. 1851 a. 1820-1842) | opera composer, conductor |
| Stamitz, Johann (Wenzel Anton) (b. 1717 d. 1757) | composer, violin |
| Strauss, Johann (Baptist) (b. 1825 d. 1899) | composer, conductor |
| Sullivan, Arthur (Seymour) (b. 1842) | author, composer |
| Suppe, Franz (von) (b. 1819 d. 1895) | composer, compositore |
| Svendsen, Johan (Severin) (b. 1840 d. 1911) | violin, conductor |
| Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (b. 1562 d. 1621) | composer, musicisti |
| Tallis, Thomas (b. 1505 d. 1585) | composer, gentleman of the Chapel |
| Taneyev, Sergey Ivanovich (b. 1856 d. 1915) | composer |
| Tartini, Giuseppe (b. 1692) | composer, compositore |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (b. 1840 d. 1893) | composer |
| Telemann, Georg Philipp (b. 1681) | composer, compositore |
| Thomas, Ambroise [Charles Louis Ambroise] (b. 1811 a. 19th century |
composer, compositor |
| Torelli, Giuseppe (b. 1658) | composer, musicisti |
| Tosti, Paolo [Francesco Paolo] (b. 1846) | compositore, musicisti |
| Vecchi, Orazio (Tiberio) (b. 1550 d. 1604) | compositore, musicisti |
| Veracini, Francesco Maria (b. 1690 d. 1768) | composer, compositore |
| Verdi, Giuseppe (Fortunio Francesco) (b. 1813 d. 1901) | author, composer |
| Victoria, Tomas Luis (b. 1548 d. 1611) | composer, compositore |
| Vieuxtemps, Henry Francois Joseph (b. 1820 d. 1881) | violin, composer |
| Viotti, Giovanni Battista (b. 1755 d. 1824) | compositore, violin |
| Vitali, Giovanni Battista (b. 1632) | composer, compositore |
| Vitali, Tomaso Antonio (b. 1663 d. 1745) | composer, violin |
| Wagner, Richard [Wilhelm Richard] (b. 1813 d. 1883) | composer |
| Weber, Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) (b. 1786) | composer, compositore |
| Weelkes, Thomas (b. 1578 d. 1640) | composer, musician |
| Wieniawski, Henryk (b. 1835 d. 1880) | compositor, compositore |
| Wilbye, John (b. 1574 d. 1638 a. 1598) | composer, musician |
| Willaert, Adrian (b. 1490 d. 1562) | composer, compositore |
| Wolf, Hugo (Filipp Jakob) (b. 1860) | composer, musicisti |