List of piano composers explained

This is a list of piano composers.

Renaissance and Baroque periods

Classical period

Romantic period

20th century

width=160 Composer width=6% Born width=6% Died width=80 Nationality width=290 Notable piano worksRemarks
1893 1934 Filipino
1903 1969 German
1957 Uruguayan-American
  • Toccata
  • Sonata No.2
  • Conga
  • Nocturne
1891 1944 Australian
1860 1909 Spanish Iberia
1887 1964 Dutch
1910 1981 American
  • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra op.38 (1962)
  • Nocturne for Piano (Homage to John Field), Op. 33
  • Sonata for Piano (Op. 26, 1949)
1881 1945 Hungarian
1883 1953 English
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 (1910, 1917–1920)
  • Piano Sonata No. 2 (1919)
  • Piano Sonata in E-flat (1921)
  • Piano Sonata No. 3 (1926)
  • Piano Sonata No. 4 (1932)
1877 1943 Swiss
1877 1952 Ukrainian
1884 1961 English
1879 1941 English Late-Romantic, hints of Second Viennese School
1866 1924 Italian Mature works of indeterminate key; Late in career, neoclassical
1883 1947 Italian
1857 1944 French
1875 1911 Lithuanian
  • Piano Sonata in F major
  • Nocturne in C-sharp minor
  • Nocturne in F minor
  • Impromptu in F-sharp minor
1900 1990 American
  • Appalachian Spring
  • Salon Mexico
  • Quiet City
1862 1918 French Impressionist
Bill Evans19291980AmericanJazz
1877 1960 Hungarian
  • Four Rhapsodies, op. 11
1899 1974 American Jazz
1890 1962 Russian
1878 1936 Russian, American
1898 1937 American Jazz-influenced
1916 1983 Argentine Earlier works often integrate Argentine folk themes; later works increasingly abstracted
1865 1936 Russian Romantic
1870 1938 Polish, American
1882 1961 Australian, English, American
1867 1916 Spanish Distinctly Spanish
1864 1956 Russian
1879 1944 French
1903 1989 Ukrainian, American
1874 1954 American
1867 1917 American Ragtime
1904 1987 Russian, Soviet
1903 1978 Soviet, Armenian
1896 1938 Ukrainian
1887 1960 American Ragtime
1905 1951 English
  • Piano Sonata (1928–1929)
  • Suite in 3 Movements (1925)
  • Elegiac Blues (1927)
1895 1963 Cuban
1929 1968 Canadian
  • Concerto Romantique (Concerto de Québec, 1943)
  • Piano Concerto No. 4 (1947)
Romantic
1880 1951 Russian
1875 1937 Finnish
1908 1992 French
1893 1987 Catalan, Spanish
1917 1982 American Jazz
1881 1950 Russian, Soviet
1863 1934 Brazilian Eclectic influences
primarily dance music (tangos, waltzes, polkas, etc.), influenced by African and Argentine styles
1876 1953 German Impressionist and exotic influences
1860 1941 Polish
1887 1982 Curaçao-born
1885 1925 Curaçao-born
1880 1950 Curaçao-born
1878 1951 Finnish
1863 1958 French, Hungarian
1899 1963 French
1887 1953 African American
1891 1953 Russian
1873 1943 Russian Romantic
1875 1937 French Impressionist
sometimes jazz-influenced
1866 1920 Russian Impressionist, Romantic
1857 1935 Austrian Romantic
1879 1940 French
1873 1954 French
1855 1932 Dutch
1866 1925 French Impressionist
Minimalist (precursor)
1907 1991 Turkish Neoclassical, traditional Turkish folksong influence
1870 1958 French Impressionist, Late-Romantic
1874 1951 Austrian, American Serial (mature/late career), Late-Romantic (early career)
1885 1938 American, African-American Ragtime
1872 1915 Russian
  • 10 piano sonatas
Late-Romantic (early); Atonal, Mystical (mature)
1905 1990 Israeli
  • Still Life
  • Pages from the Diary
  • Youth Suite
  • Five Sketches
  • Reflection
Polystylism
1906 1975 Russian, Soviet Post-Romantic; neoclassical; elements of grotesque
1865 1957 Finnish Late-Romantic; post-Romantic
1892 1988 English Neoclassical, neoromantic, postimpressionistic
1884 1954 Chilean
  • Gran concierto en Re Mayor para piano y orquesta
Late-Romantic; post-Romantic
1888 1914 Russian Post-Romantic, modal
1871 1927 Swedish
1864 1949 German
1882 1971 Russian, French, American Post-Romantic (early); Neoclassical (middle); Serial (late career)
1910 1994 Swiss, American Igor Stravinsky son
1897 1992 Norwegian
  • Slåtter og stev fra Siljustøl, Op. 21
  • Sonatinas, Op. 30
Late-Romantic; post-Romantic; neo-classical
1930 1996 Japanese Eclectic, with influences ranging from jazz, popular music, avant-garde procedures, and traditional Japanese music; strongly influenced by Debussy and Messiaen
1905 1982 Estonian
1882 1949 Spanish
1919 2006 Russian Eclectic
1873 1934 Welsh Nationalist
1887 1959 Brazilian
  • Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4
  • Rudepoêma (1921–1926)
1861 1919 Argentine Tango
1899 1978 Bulgarian
1904 1943 American Jazz
1897 1965 American Avant-garde, tone cluster

Contemporary

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Radio Swiss Classic - Music database - Musician.
  2. Web site: Zdeněk Fibich Biography, Works, Videos, Facts, and more.
  3. Web site: Joseph Rheinberger | German composer | Britannica.
  4. Web site: Classical Net - Composers - Rheinberger.
  5. Web site: Ferdinand Ries Society | Biography | Bonn.
  6. Web site: Ferdinand Ries Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.