List of Austrian composers explained

This is an alphabetical list of Austrian composers.

The portraits at right are seven of the most-prominent Austrian composers, as agreed by three published reviews.^{[1] [2] [3]}

A – M

• Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809) Classical-era composer of preludes, fugues and sonatas for the piano
• Elkan Bauer (1852–1942) 20th-century composer; wrote popular waltzes
• Alban Berg (1885–1935) 20th-century composer; member of the Second Viennese School
• Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) composer of nine large-scale symphonies, sacred works and organ works; church organist
• Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772–1807)
• Franz Clement (1780–1842), full name Franz Joseph Clement
• Carl Czerny (1791–1857) composer; student of Ludwig van Beethoven; known for his piano exercises and pedagogy
• Anton Diabelli (1781–1858), also Antonio
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799) Classical-era composer and violinist
• Nico Dostal (1895–1981) – composer, arranger, Kapellmeister
• Anton Eberl (1765–1807)
• Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765–1846)
• Robert Fuchs (1847–1927)
• Johann Fux (1660–1741) composer, influential theorist on Renaissance counterpoint
• Heinz Karl Gruber (born 1943) composer, bassist and singer
• Siegmund von Hausegger (1872–1948)
• Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953) composer of contemporary classical music
• Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) Classical-era composer; composed 104 symphonies, as well as numerous string quartets and other chamber music, operas and sacred works
• Michael Haydn (1737–1806) Classical-era composer; younger brother of Joseph Haydn
• Leopold Hoffman (1738–1793) Classical-era composer
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837) composer and pianist; music bridged the Classical and Romantic periods
• Erich Kleiber (1890–1956)
• Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962) 20th-century violinist and composer
• Nikolaus von Krufft (1779–1818)Classical composer of piano music and lieder
• Josef Labor (1842–1924)
• August Lanner (1835–1855), born Augustin Lanner
• Joseph Franz Karl Lanner (1801–1843) early-Romantic-era dance-music composer; one-time colleague of Johann Strauss I
• Bruno Liberda (born 1953) composer; student of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati; contemporary classical music; first electronic music ever to be performed in the Vienna State Opera
• Gustav Mahler (1860–1911) late-Romantic composer of large-scale and sometimes programmatic symphonies; born in Bohemia in a German-speaking community, a subject of the Habsburg Empire; music director in Vienna in the 1890s and 1900s
• Marianna Martines (1744–1812) – composer, singer and pianist
• Alois Melichar (1896–1976) – composer, arranger and conductor
• Jacques de Menasce (1905–1960) – became an American in 1941
• Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791–1844) son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Leopold Mozart (1719–1787) Classical-era composer, violinist, author of influential treatise on playing the violin
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Classical-era composer of operas, piano concertos, chamber music, symphonies and sacred works; son of Leopold Mozart

N – Z

• Sigismund von Neukomm (1778–1858) born Sigismond Neukomm, after ennoblement as a knight Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm
• Karl von Ordóñez (1734–1786) also Carlo or Carl d'Ordonetz, Ordonnetz, d'Ordóñez, d'Ordonez, Ordoniz
• Kurt Overhoff (1902–1986) composer and conductor
• Leonhard Päminger (1495–1567) also Paminger and Panninger
• Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824) Classical-era composer; inspiration for the Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Johann Baptist Peyer (c.1678–1733) organist and composer
• Ignace Joseph Pleyel (1757 – 1831)
• Walter Rabl (1873–1940) Viennese composer, conductor and teacher of vocal music
• Carl Georg Reutter (1708–1772) Baroque-era court composer
• Emil von Reznicek (1860–1945) born Emil Nikolaus Joseph, Freiherr von Reznicek
• Franz Xaver Richter (1709–1789) Czech František, French François Xavier
• Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623–1680) composer and violinist; first German-speaking composer to publish solo violin and b.c. sonatas in the Italian style (Sonatae unarum fidium seu a violino solo, 1664)
• Franz Schmidt (1874–1939) 20th-century composer of symphonies and operas, cellist and pianist
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951) 20th-century modernist composer; founder of the Second Viennese School; developer of the twelve-tone technique
• Franz Schubert (1797–1828) Classical-/Romantic-era composer; regarded as the first significant lieder writer; composer of many instrumental works as well
• Robert Stolz (1880–1975) conductor and composer of operettas, film music and songs
• Eduard Strauss (1835–1916) dance-music composer; brother of Johann Strauss II
• Johann Strauss I (1804–1849) early-Romantic-era dance-music composer
• Johann Strauss II (1825–1899) Romantic-era composer of waltzes and polkas, wrote The Blue Danube waltz
• Josef Strauss (1827–1870) dance-music composer; brother of Johann Strauss II
• Franz von Suppé (1819–1895) composer of light opera
• Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766–1803) Classical-era composer; student of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Sigismond Thalberg (1812–1871)
• Joseph Umstatt (1711–1762)
• Johann Joseph Vilsmayr (1663–1722)
• Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715–1777) Classical-era composer, harpsichordist, and organist
• Anton Webern (1883–1945) 20th-century composer, member of the Second Viennese School; used the twelve-tone technique in addition to the style known as serialism
• Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885–1974) 20th-century composer, teacher, musicologist; pupil of Arnold Schoenberg and student of Byzantine music
• Erich Zeisl (1905–1959) Modernist Jewish Viennese composer of symphonies, ballets, choral music, operas, and film scores; fled Nazis for America in 1938
• Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843–1922), also spelled as Carl

See also

• Chronological list of Austrian classical composers
• List of Austrians in music
• List of German composers

Notes and References

1. News: Savoring Vienna: Music is everywhere . Annie . Moldafsky . The Milwaukee Journal . 10 February 1985.
2. Book: Intercultural Outreach CultureGuides: Austria . Brigham Young University . 2006.
3. News: Vienna Is One of the Most Civilized Cities in Europe . John . Mariani . HuffPost. 12 January 2015.