The Romantic era of Western Classical music spanned the 19th century to the early 20th century, encompassing a variety of musical styles and techniques. Part of the broader Romanticism movement of Europe, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gioachino Rossini and Franz Schubert are often seen as the dominant transitional figures composers from the preceding Classical era. Many composers began to channel nationalistic themes, such as Mikhail Glinka, The Five and Belyayev circle in Russia; Frédéric Chopin in Poland; Carl Maria von Weber and Heinrich Marschner in Germany; Edvard Grieg in Norway; Jean Sibelius in Finland; Giuseppe Verdi in Italy; Carl Nielsen in Denmark; Pablo de Sarasate in Spain; Ralph Vaughan Williams and Edward Elgar in England; Mykola Lysenko in Ukraine; and Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák in what is now the Czech Republic.
A European-wide debate took place, particularly in Germany, on what the ideal course of music was, following Beethoven's death. The New German School—primarily Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner—promoted progressive ideas, in opposition to more conservative composers such as Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann.
Note that this list is purely chronological, and includes a substantial number of composers, especially those born after 1860, whose works cannot be conveniently classified as "Romantic", or those whose early compositions did begin in the Romantic style but later developed beyond it in the 20th century.
| Name | Date born | Date died | Nationality | class=unsortable | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1770 | 1827 | German | composer and pianist, regarded by many as the first Romantic-era composer, most famous for Symphony No. 5 and Für Elise among others | ||
| 1770 | 1841 | Italian | composer for the guitar, wrote concertos and chamber music | ||
| 1770 | 1822 | Swiss | composer, singer, director and violinist | ||
| 1770 | 1831 | German-Austrian | composer and violinist | ||
| 1770 | 1827 | American | composer, conductor and music publisher | ||
| 1770 | 1836 | Czech-French | composer who experimented with irregular time signatures in his keyboard fugues, composed a large number of significant works for wind quintet | ||
| 1770 | 1846 | German | composer and organist | ||
| 1770 | 1839 | Bohemian | composer | ||
| 1770 | 1836 | German | composer and cellist | ||
| 1771 | 1858 | English | musician of German origin | ||
| 1771 | 1839 | Italian | composer | ||
| 1772 | 1806 | German | member of the Prussian royal family, soldier, and composer. At the time of his premature death in the Battle of Saalfeld, he left behind 13 published works, many of which are imbued with a greater expressive depth than the Classical style which was then still prevalent. | ||
| 1772 | 1822 | English | composer, pianist and soprano | ||
| 1772 | 1832 | French | composer and musicographer | ||
| 1772 | 1846 | Bohemian | composer and oboist | ||
| 1772 | 1847 | Dutch-German | composer, best known for writing Wien Neêrlands Bloed, which served as the Dutch national anthem from 1815 to 1932 | ||
| 1773 | 1860 | French | composer, writer and playwright | ||
| 1773 | 1832 | Italian | composer of operas and vocal music | ||
| 1773 | 1830 | Czech | composer | ||
| 1773 | 1820 | Italian | mandolin and guitar virtuoso and composer | ||
| 1774 | 1830 | French | composer and violinist | ||
| 1774 | 1851 | Italian | opera composer and conductor, famous for La vestale | ||
| 1774 | 1850 | Czech | composer and music teacher | ||
| 1774 | 1842 | Danish | composer in the Danish Golden Age | ||
| 1775 | 1842 | German | composer and music publisher | ||
| 1775 | 1834 | French | composer | ||
| 1775 | 1842 | Portuguese | composer, pianist and pedagogue | ||
| 1775 | 1838 | Finnish | composer and clarinet player | ||
| 1775 | 1831 | Scottish | composer of Italian descent, singer, pianist and harpist | ||
| 1775 | 1849 | French | composer and guitarist | ||
| 1776 | 1822 | German | composer, author of fantasy and horror, jurist, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist | ||
| 1776 | 1856 | German | composer and musician | ||
| 1776 | 1856 | German | composer | ||
| 1776 | 1841 | Austrian | composer, musician and conductor | ||
| 1777 | 1839 | German | composer, pianist and piano teacher | ||
| 1778 | 1858 | French | composer and pianist | ||
| 1778 | 1837 | Austrian | composer and pianist, his music bridged the Classical era of music and Romantic era of music | ||
| 1778 | 1858 | Austrian | composer and pianist | ||
| 1778 | 1839 | Spanish | composer for the classical guitar who is credited with elevating the guitar to the level of concert instrument | ||
| 1779 | 1822 | German | composer | ||
| 1779 | 1856 | British | composer and singer | ||
| 1779 | 1826 | German | composer and songwriter | ||
| 1780 | 1849 | Italian | opera composer | ||
| 1780 | 1849 | German | composer and conductor | ||
| 1781 | 1868 | French | composer, horn player and music professor at the Conservatoire de Paris | ||
| 1781 | 1858 | Austrian | composer, music publisher and editor | ||
| 1781 | 1828 | Italian | composer and virtuoso guitarist | ||
| 1781 | 1861 | American | composer | ||
| 1781 | 1863 | German | composer and pianist | ||
| 1781 | 1835 | French | composer, harpist and teacher | ||
| 1782 | 1871 | French | opera composer, noted for La muette de Portici | ||
| 1782 | 1873 | Italian | opera composer | ||
| 1782 | 1837 | Irish | composer and pianist, notable for cultivating the nocturne | ||
| 1782 | 1840 | Italian | composer and virtuoso violinist, wrote the 24 Caprices for violin, five concerti for violin, string quartets and works for violin and guitar | ||
| 1782 | 1828 | Swedish | composer, concert singer, harpsichordist and poet | ||
| 1783 | 1860 | German | composer and cellist | ||
| 1784 | 1855 | Italian | composer and contralto | ||
| 1784 | 1851 | Belgian | composer and instructor | ||
| 1784 | 1841 | Italian | composer | ||
| 1784 | 1853 | Anglo-French | composer | ||
| 1784 | 1838 | German | composer, friend and pupil of Ludwig van Beethoven | ||
| 1784 | 1859 | German | composer, violinist and conductor, renowned for chamber music and compositions for violin and harp | ||
| 1785 | 1859 | German | composer, writer and novelist | ||
| 1785 | 1820 | French | composer and piano teacher | ||
| 1785 | 1858 | French | composer, organist and pianist | ||
| 1785 | 1845 | Spanish | composer and opera singer | ||
| 1785 | 1858 | Austrian | composer of Bohemian ancestry and pianist | ||
| 1785 | 1849 | German | composer, pianist and piano teacher | ||
| 1785 | 1857 | Polish | composer, conductor and pedagogue | ||
| 1786 | 1855 | English | composer | ||
| 1786 | 1832 | German-Danish | composer | ||
| 1786 | 1853 | Italian | composer | ||
| 1786 | 1853 | German | composer, pianist, organist and conductor | ||
| 1786 | 1826 | German | composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant Romantic opera composers | ||
| 1787 | 1851 | Russian | composer, conductor and pianist | ||
| 1787 | 1863 | Austrian | school teacher, church organist and composer, best known for his Christmas carol, Silent Night | ||
| 1787 | 1872 | Italian | opera composer | ||
| 1788 | 1874 | German | composer and pianist | ||
| 1788 | 1867 | Austrian | prolific composer, renowned music theorist, teacher, organist and conductor | ||
| 1789 | 1877 | Romanian | composer of Austrian birth, pianist and singer | ||
| 1789 | 1856 | French | composer and musician | ||
| 1789 | 1826 | German | composer of instrumental music and violinist | ||
| 1789 | 1831 | Polish | composer and virtuoso pianist | ||
| 1790 | 1858 | English | composer and writer | ||
| 1790 | 1864 | English | composer, musicologist, journalist and self-publicist known as "the father of Australian music" | ||
| 1791 | 1857 | Austrian | composer, teacher and pianist | ||
| 1791 | 1833 | French | operatic composer | ||
| 1791 | 1864 | German | composer for grand opera (Il crociato in Egitto, Les Huguenots, L'Africaine) | ||
| 1791 | 1844 | Austrian | composer, pianist, conductor, teacher and the youngest child of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| 1791 | 1853 | Swiss-Italian | composer | ||
| 1791 | 1825 | Czech | composer, pianist and organist | ||
| 1792 | 1844 | American | composer, bugler and violinist | ||
| 1792 | 1868 | Italian | prolific opera composer, best known for The Barber of Seville among other operas | ||
| 1792 | 1833 | Swedish | composer | ||
| 1792 | 1871 | English | composer, teacher and pianist | ||
| 1793 | 1840 | Dutch | composer and pianist | ||
| 1793 | 1832 | German | composer | ||
| 1793 | 1878 | Swedish | composer and singer | ||
| 1794 | 1870 | German | composer | ||
| 1794 | 1870 | Czech | composer and piano virtuoso, head of the Leipzig Conservatory after Felix Mendelssohn | ||
| 1795 | 1861 | German | composer, considered to be the most important composer of German opera between Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner | ||
| 1795 | 1870 | Italian | composer | ||
| 1795 | 1872 | Italian-Greek | composer | ||
| 1795 | 1835 | German | composer and pianist | ||
| 1796 | 1868 | Swedish | composer, little known in his lifetime, but his works, including his four symphonies are better known today | ||
| 1796 | 1869 | German | composer, baritone singer and conductor | ||
| 1796 | 1863 | Swedish | composer, noble, salonist, poet, writer, singer, amateur actress and harpsichordist | ||
| 1796 | 1867 | Italian | composer | ||
| 1796 | 1857 | German | composer, pianist, songwriter and choir conductor | ||
| 1797 | 1845 | Italian | virtuoso on the mandolin and guitar, instrumental composer and author of popular French romances with guitar and piano accompaniments | ||
| 1797 | 1848 | Italian | opera composer, known for Lucia di Lammermoor and L'elisir d'amore among others | ||
| 1797 | 1828 | Austrian | composer, best known for his more than 600 lieder, chamber music, piano works and symphonies | ||
| 1797 | 1848 | German | composer and writer | ||
| 1798 | 1837 | Italian | composer and violin and viola virtuoso | ||
| 1799 | 1847 | English | composer, harpist and organist | ||
| 1799 | 1868 | Swedish | composer and courtier | ||
| 1799 | 1862 | French | composer | ||
| 1799 | 1859 | Swedish | composer and king of Sweden and Norway | ||
| 1799 | 1862 | Russian | composer, musical bureaucrat and rival of Mikhail Glinka |
Repertoire key: B=In Classical Net's basic Timeline of Major Composers 1600–present[1]
| Name | Date born | Date died | Nationality | class=unsortable | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | 1866 | Czech | composer, conductor and violinist | ||
| 1801 | 1835 | Italian | opera composer, known for I Puritani, Norma and La sonnambula among others | ||
| 1801 | 1871 | Ukrainian-Polish | poet of the so-called Ukrainian school, musician-torbanist and composer-songwriter | ||
| 1802 | 1870 | Belgian | composer and violinist | ||
| 1802 | 1880 | French | composer and pianist | ||
| 1802 | 1874 | French | composer, his works are somewhat known for their immense difficulties | ||
| 1802 | 1869 | German | composer and violinist | ||
| 1802 | 1870 | Italian | prolific composer of ballet music | ||
| 1802 | 1885 | Chilean | composer and politic | ||
| 1803 | 1846 | English | composer | ||
| 1803 | 1836 | Swiss | composer, composed over 300 pieces for piano | ||
| 1803 | 1856 | French | composer, best known for his ballet score, Giselle | ||
| 1803 | 1869 | French | composer, famous for his programmatic symphony, Symphonie Fantastique | ||
| 1803 | 1869 | Spanish-Chilean | composer and pianist | ||
| 1803 | 1888 | Austrian | composer and pianist | ||
| 1803 | 1890 | German | composer and conductor, brother of Ignaz Lachner and Vinzenz Lachner | ||
| 1804 | 1875 | French | composer of three symphonies and many chamber works including the earliest known sextet for piano and wind quintet (1852) | ||
| 1804 | 1857 | Russian | nationalist composer whose works include the opera, A Life for the Tsar | ||
| 1804 | 1849 | Austrian | dance music composer, famous for Radetzky March | ||
| 1805 | 1847 | German | composer and pianist, sister of Felix Mendelssohn, mainly known for her vocal compositions and chamber music | ||
| 1805 | 1892 | Austrian | composer, mainly known for being one of Anton Bruckner's masters | ||
| 1805 | 1883 | French | virtuoso guitarist, teacher and composer | ||
| 1806 | 1826 | Spanish | composer who died at nineteen and by which time he had already been nicknamed the "Spanish Mozart" for his Symphony in D and three string quartets | ||
| 1806 | 1856 | Hungarian | composer, known for his guitar pieces | ||
| 1806 | 1874 | German | composer and pianist | ||
| 1807 | 1872 | Italian | cellist, performer and educator at Royal School of Music in Parma who composed cello and piano music | ||
| 1807 | 1895 | German | conductor, composer and organist, a prolific composer, notable for his chamber music such as his string quartets and trios | ||
| 1808 | 1849 | English | harpist and composer | ||
| 1808 | 1870 | Irish | conductor and composer, remembered for his opera, The Bohemian Girl | ||
| 1809 | 1865 | Spanish | composer, best known for La Paloma | ||
| 1809 | 1847 | German | conductor, music-director, composer and pianist, brother of Fanny Mendelssohn, best known for Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream | ||
| 1809 | 1864 | Swedish | composer | ||
| 1810 | 1849 | Polish-French | composer and virtuoso pianist, his works includes nocturnes, ballade, scherzos, etudes and a number of Polish dances such as mazurkas, polonaises and waltzes. | ||
| 1810 | 1893 | Hungarian | composer of grand opera | ||
| 1810 | 1849 | German | opera composer and conductor, best known for The Merry Wives of Windsor | ||
| 1810 | 1836 | German | composer and brother of Friedrich Burgmüller, praised by Robert Schumann | ||
| 1810 | 1856 | German | composer and pianist, husband of Clara Schumann, a significant lieder writer, a prolific composer, wrote many short piano pieces, four symphonies, concerti and chamber music | ||
| 1810 | 1834 | German | composer and pianist | ||
| 1810 | 1873 | German | composer and violinist | ||
| 1811 | 1893 | German | composer, brother of Franz Lachner and Ignaz Lachner | ||
| 1811 | 1886 | Hungarian | composer and virtuoso pianist, one of the most influential and distinguished piano composers of the Romantic era and the rival of Robert Schumann and Clara Schumann, wrote a number of symphonic poems and extended piano technique, best known for his Hungarian Rhapsodies and other solo piano works | ||
| 1811 | 1885 | German | composer, conductor, writer and music-director, close friend of Felix Mendelssohn. Robert Schumann dedicated his Piano Concerto to him in 1845. | ||
| 1811 | 1891 | German | pianist, composer and conductor whose early works received praise from Felix Mendelssohn | ||
| 1811 | 1896 | French | composer, best known for his two operas, Mignon and Hamlet | ||
| 1812 | 1896 | Greek | opera composer and guitarist | ||
| 1812 | 1871 | Austrian | composer and one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era | ||
| 1812 | 1860 | French | conductor and composer of light music, king of promenade concerts in England | ||
| 1812 | 1883 | German | composer of eight symphonies as well as overtures, lieder and numerous chamber works | ||
| 1812 | 1883 | German | composer, chiefly remembered for his opera, Martha | ||
| 1812 | 1898 | Russian-French | composer, known for teaching | ||
| 1812 | 1893 | Austrian | composer | ||
| 1813 | 1869 | Russian | composer | ||
| 1813 | 1873 | Ukrainian | opera composer, singer (baritone), actor and dramatist | ||
| 1813 | 1887 | English | major opera composer, best known for Robin Hood, She Stoops to Conquer and Helvellyn, also known as a teacher | ||
| 1813 | 1888 | Hungarian | composer, highly affected the late Romantic composers | ||
| 1813 | 1883 | German | major opera composer, friend of Franz Liszt, best known for his cycle of four operas, Der Ring des Nibelungen | ||
| 1813 | 1869 | German | composer | ||
| 1813 | 1901 | Italian | major opera composer, best known for Nabucco, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Aida, Otello and Don Carlos | ||
| 1813 | 1888 | French | composer and virtuoso pianist | ||
| 1814 | 1842 | Greek | opera composer and conductor | ||
| 1814 | 1863 | Italian | composer, best known for his operas among which is worth noting Odda di Bernaver and Caterina Howard | ||
| 1814 | 1889 | German | composer and pianist | ||
| 1815 | 1880 | German | composer and pianist | ||
| 1815 | 1891 | German | composer and pianist | ||
| 1815 | 1883 | German | composer, companion of Johannes Brahms | ||
| 1815 | 1842 | Polish | composer and pianist | ||
| 1816 | 1875 | English | composer, conductor and editor | ||
| 1817 | 1907 | French | violinist, composer and teacher | ||
| 1817 | 1863 | French | pianist and composer | ||
| 1817 | 1886 | Hungarian | composer, conductor and teacher | ||
| 1817 | 1890 | Danish | composer, violinist and organist | ||
| 1818 | 1891 | British | pianist, composer and music publisher, best known for his five Concerto Symphoniques | ||
| 1818 | 1893 | French | composer, best known for his two operas, Faust and Roméo et Juliette | ||
| 1818 | 1897 | Italian | violinist, composer and teacher, best known for The Dance of the Goblins | ||
| 1818 | 1869 | Czech | pianist and composer | ||
| 1819 | 1880 | French | opera and operetta composer, known for The Tales of Hoffmann and Orpheus in the Underworld | ||
| 1819 | 1895 | Austrian | composer and conductor, notable for his operetta, Light Cavalry | ||
| 1819 | 1872 | Polish | composer, best known as the Father of Polish National Opera | ||
| 1819 | 1896 | German | composer and pianist, wife of Robert Schumann, one of the leading pianists of the Romantic era | ||
| 1819 | 1854 | Croatian | composer, famous for his first Croatian opera, Love and Malice and his second Croatian opera, Porin |
| Name | Date born | Date died | Nationality | class=unsortable | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820 | 1881 | Belgian | composer and violinist | ||
| 1821 | 1889 | Italian | conductor, composer and double bass virtuoso | ||
| 1821 | 1878 | Croatian | composer | ||
| 1821 | 1854 | Swedish | composer, concert pianist and organist | ||
| 1822 | 1882 | Swiss-born German | composer, best known for eleven symphonies, most of them program music | ||
| 1822 | 1890 | Belgian-born French | composer, noted for his Symphony in D minor, also a significant composer for the organ | ||
| 1822 | 1893 | American | composer, best known for Jingle Bells | ||
| 1822 | 1903 | Italian | composer, violinist and conductor | ||
| 1823 | 1892 | French | composer, remembered for his Symphonie espagnole for violin and orchestra and his Cello Concerto | ||
| 1823 | 1903 | German | composer and pianist, he wrote over 1,000 piano pieces | ||
| 1823 | 1896 | Kazakhstani | composer | ||
| 1824 | 1896 | Austrian | composer of nine large-scale symphonies (one incomplete) and two more unacknowledged | ||
| 1824 | 1874 | Australian | composer | ||
| 1824 | 1884 | Czech | nationalist composer, best known for his cycle of six symphonic poems, Má vlast and his opera, The Bartered Bride | ||
| 1824 | 1910 | German | composer, conductor and pianist, best known for his attachment to classical forms and conducted Gewandhausorchester for nearly 35 years | ||
| 1825 | 1889 | French | composer and virtuoso cornetist, wrote the "Grande méthode complète pour cornet à pistons et de saxhorn" now referred to as the "Trumpeter's Bible" | ||
| 1825 | 1899 | Austrian | composer known as "The Waltz King", son of Austrian dance music composer Johann Strauss I and elder brother of Josef Strauss and Eduard Strauss, best known for Blue Danube Waltz and his opera, Die Fledermaus | ||
| 1825 | 1904 | Dutch | organ composer | ||
| 1826 | 1864 | American | composer and songwriter known as "the father of American music", best known for "Oh! Susanna", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe" and "Beautiful Dreamer" | ||
| 1826 | 1901 | Swedish | opera composer | ||
| 1826 | 1917 | Austrian | composer of ballet music | ||
| 1827 | 1852 | Swedish | composer and the second son of Oscar I of Sweden | ||
| 1827 | 1870 | Austrian | composer and younger brother of Johann Strauss II | ||
| 1828 | 1885 | French | composer of chamber music | ||
| 1828 | 1898 | French | composer | ||
| 1828 | 1883 | German | composer and organist | ||
| 1828 | 1891 | Austrian | composer and mandolinist | ||
| 1829 | 1908 | German | composer | ||
| 1829 | 1892 | Irish-born American | composer and bandleader, best known for his song, When Johnny Comes Marching Home | ||
| 1829 | 1869 | American | composer, famous for performing his own romantic piano works | ||
| 1829 | 1894 | Russian | conductor, composer and pianist | ||
| 1829 | 1896 | Greek | composer, famous for composing the first Greek operas | ||
| 1830 | 1915 | Hungarian | composer | ||
| 1830 | 1894 | German | conductor, composer and virtuoso pianist | ||
| 1830 | 1915 | Polish | pianist, professor and composer | ||
| 1830 | 1889 | Russian | composer, writer and folklorist | ||
| 1831 | 1865 | Serbian | composer | ||
| 1831 | 1906 | Curaçaoan | composer, best known for his mazurkas, waltzes, danzas, tumbas, fantasies and serenades | ||
| 1831 | 1885 | Canadian | opera composer | ||
| 1831 | 1896 | Japanese | composer, known for the Japanese national anthem, Kimigayo | ||
| 1831 | 1907 | Hungarian | composer, violinist, conductor and teacher | ||
| 1832 | 1898 | Italian | mandolin virtuoso, composer and teacher, known for Aubade for Mandolin, Violin and Guitar and Tarantella "Napoli" | ||
| 1832 | 1876 | Swedish | composer, best known for his lieder and choral works | ||
| 1832 | 1914 | Croatian | composer, conductor, director and teacher, best known for his opera, Nikola Šubić Zrinski and his Croatian patriotic song, U boj, u boj | ||
| 1833 | 1858 | English | composer and organist | ||
| 1833 | 1887 | Russian | chemist and nationalist composer, part of the Russian Five, wrote the opera, Prince Igor | ||
| 1833 | 1897 | German | composer, one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period, best known for his four symphonies, Violin Concerto, two piano concertos, and A German Requiem | ||
| 1834 | 1886 | Italian | opera composer, known for La Gioconda | ||
| 1834 | 1861 | Polish | composer | ||
| 1834 | 1858 | German | piano and organ composer, known for Sonata on the 94th Psalm | ||
| 1834 | 1901 | Belgian | composer | ||
| 1835 | 1909 | Italian | mandolinist, violinist, composer and music historian | ||
| 1835 | 1913 | German | composer | ||
| 1835 | 1921 | French | music critic, composer, pianist and an exceptional organist, best known for his biblical opera, Samson et Dalila | ||
| 1835 | 1880 | Polish | composer and violinist, famous for two concertos and character pieces of exceptional difficulty | ||
| 1835 | 1916 | Austrian | composer and younger brother of Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss | ||
| 1835 | 1918 | Russian | army officer, music critic and composer of the Russian Five | ||
| 1835 | 1914 | Slovenian-born Serbian | composer and conductor | ||
| 1836 | 1916 | German | piano, choral, and orchestra composer, in his day known for his 'Tirocinium musicae' and today known for his 'Melody in F major' | ||
| 1836 | 1891 | French | composer, one of the first significant ballet composers since the Baroque music, known for Coppélia, Sylvia, and Lakmé | ||
| 1836 | 1901 | Egyptian | composer and singer | ||
| 1836 | 1896 | Brazilian | opera composer, praised by Franz Liszt and Giuseppe Verdi whose Il Guarany premiered at La Scala in 1870, a first opera ballo for the composer from the New World | ||
| 1836 | 1915 | Swedish | composer, concert pianist and opera singer | ||
| 1837 | 1888 | German | bassoonist, composer and music teacher, famous for his Practical Bassoon School | ||
| 1837 | 1898 | Turkish-Armenian | composer, conductor, public activist and the founder of the first opera institution in the Ottoman Empire | ||
| 1837 | 1915 | French | composer of light music | ||
| 1837 | 1910 | Russian | nationalist composer and the leader of the Russian Five | ||
| 1837 | 1912 | English | composer of songs, church music and organ music, professor at the Trinity College of Music | ||
| 1838 | 1875 | French | composer, best known for his final opera, Carmen | ||
| 1838 | 1920 | German | composer, known for his Violin Concerto No. 1, Scottish Fantasy and Kol Nidrei for cello and orchestra | ||
| 1839 | 1908 | French | pianist, conductor and composer | ||
| 1839 | 1881 | Russian | nationalist composer and the member of the Russian Five, best known for his orchestral tone poem, Night on Bald Mountain and his piano suite, Pictures at an Exhibition | ||
| 1839 | 1916 | Czech | conductor and composer | ||
| 1839 | 1906 | American | first native-born American composer to acquire international fame for his large-scale orchestral music | ||
| 1839 | 1901 | German | composer and organist, born in Liechtenstein, primarily noted for his organ music including 20 sonatas |
| Name | Date born | Date died | Nationality | class=unsortable | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840 | 1893 | Russian | composer, best known for his three ballets, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, the opera Eugene Onegin, Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, 1812 Overture, Piano Concerto No. 1, Violin Concerto and his six symphonies | ||
| 1840 | 1901 | English | composer and organist | ||
| 1840 | 1910 | French | composer | ||
| 1840 | 1911 | Norwegian | composer, conductor and violinist | ||
| 1840 | 1884 | Belgian | pianist, composer and music educator, best known for his piano transcription of the Magic Fire Music from Wagner's Die Walküre | ||
| 1841 | 1894 | French | composer who influenced Maurice Ravel, Les Six, Jean Françaix and many other French composers, known for the opera, L'étoile and the rhapsody, España | ||
| 1841 | 1922 | Spanish | composer of opera, zarzuela and church music who taught and influenced Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados and Manuel de Falla | ||
| 1841 | 1914 | Italian | composer, conductor and pianist | ||
| 1841 | 1904 | Czech | composer, best known for his New World Symphony | ||
| 1841 | 1921 | Italian | composer and mandolin virtuoso | ||
| 1842 | 1918 | Italian | composer and librettist, known as a composer for his opera, Mefistofele | ||
| 1842 | 1924 | Austrian | composer, pianist, organist and teacher | ||
| 1842 | 1912 | Ukrainian | composer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist | ||
| 1842 | 1899 | Austrian | composer, conductor, teacher and editor | ||
| 1842 | 1912 | French | composer, best known for his two operas, Manon and Werther and the Méditation for violin from the opera, Thaïs | ||
| 1842 | 1900 | English | composer, known for his operettas in collaboration with William Schwenck Gilbert | ||
| 1842 | 1891 | Canadian | composer, known for the Canadian national anthem, O Canada | ||
| 1843 | 1902 | French | composer and organist, known for his Divertissement For Doubled Wind Quintet | ||
| 1843 | 1907 | Norwegian | composer, best known for his 1875 incidental music, Peer Gynt and the Piano Concerto in A minor | ||
| 1843 | 1913 | Czech | composer and virtuoso cellist, known for his 40 etudes, 4 concertos and Hungarian Rhapsody for cello and orchestra | ||
| 1844 | 1908 | French | flautist, conductor and instructor, regarded as the founder of the French Flute School | ||
| 1844 | 1908 | Russian | composer and the member of the Russian Five, best known for Flight of the Bumblebee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan | ||
| 1844 | 1895 | Italian | composer, virtuoso mandolinist and teacher, known for his performances and two dances, La cigale polka pour (The Grasshopper Polka) and L'éventail polka-mazurka (The Range Mazurka) | ||
| 1844 | 1908 | Spanish | virtuoso violinist and composer, best known for Zigeunerweisen, Carmen Fantasy and his showpieces for the violin | ||
| 1844 | 1937 | French | composer, known for his works for the organ | ||
| 1844 | 1900 | German | philologist, philosopher, cultural critic, poet and composer | ||
| 1845 | 1902 | Romanian | composer, known for his waltz, Waves of the Danube | ||
| 1845 | 1924 | French | composer, known for his chamber music and his Requiem among other pieces | ||
| 1846 | 1919 | German-born American | opera composer, businessman and impresario | ||
| 1846 | 1912 | American | composer, conductor and music educator | ||
| 1846 | 1907 | Austrian | composer and pianist, famous for his opera, Das goldene Kreuz | ||
| 1846 | 1922 | Italian | opera composer, composed and played for mandolin and guitar | ||
| 1846 | 1890 | Italian | mandolin virtuoso, pianist, composer and music teacher | ||
| 1846 | 1909 | Polish | composer, conductor and teacher | ||
| 1847 | 1927 | Austrian | composer and music teacher | ||
| 1847 | 1935 | Brazilian | composer, pianist, and conductor | ||
| 1847 | 1903 | French | composer of Irish descent | ||
| 1847 | 1917 | German-Polish | composer and music teacher, brother of Xaver Scharwenka | ||
| 1848 | 1933 | French | composer, noted for seventeen melodies | ||
| 1848 | 1918 | English | composer, wrote choral song, Jerusalem | ||
| 1849 | 1895 | French | composer and violinist | ||
| 1849 | 1907 | Italian | flautist and composer, known by flautists for his instructional work, Progress in Flute Playing | ||
| 1850 | 1903 | Italian | mandolinist, violinist, composer and conductor, known for I mandolini a congresso | ||
| 1850 | 1900 | Czech | composer, best known for his two operas, Šárka and The Bride of Messina | ||
| 1850 | 1924 | German-Polish | composer, pianist and music teacher, brother of Philipp Scharwenka | ||
| 1850 | 1906 | French | composer and conductor | ||
| 1851 | 1908 | Austrian | composer | ||
| 1851 | 1931 | Serbian | composer | ||
| 1851 | 1931 | French | composer, teacher of Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud among others | ||
| 1852 | 1909 | Spanish | composer and virtuoso classical guitarist, known as 'the Father of modern classical guitar playing' | ||
| 1852 | 1921 | Swiss | composer | ||
| 1852 | 1924 | Irish | composer | ||
| 1853 | 1883 | Romanian | composer | ||
| 1853 | 1917 | Venezuelan | composer and pianist | ||
| 1853 | 1937 | American | composer and the member of the Second New England School | ||
| 1854 | 1921 | German | opera composer, influenced by Richard Wagner, famous for Hänsel und Gretel | ||
| 1854 | 1928 | Czech | composer, known for his operas Káťa Kabanová and Jenůfa and his orchestral pieces Sinfonietta and Taras Bulba | ||
| 1854 | 1893 | Italian | composer, known for his two operas, Loreley and La Wally | ||
| 1854 | 1925 | German | composer and pianist who wrote prolifically for the piano, also composed a piano concerto and a violin concerto | ||
| 1854 | 1932 | American | composer and conductor known as "The March King", best known for The Stars and Stripes Forever among other marches | ||
| 1854 | 1924 | Dutch | composer | ||
| 1854 | 1931 | American | composer | ||
| 1855 | 1899 | French | composer, influenced by César Franck and Richard Wagner, seen as a bridge from them to Claude Debussy | ||
| 1855 | 1940 | Italian-French | composer and mandolin virtuoso | ||
| 1855 | 1932 | German-Dutch | composer, influenced by Johannes Brahms, close friend to Edvard Grieg | ||
| 1855 | 1914 | Russian | composer, teacher and conductor | ||
| 1855 | 1933 | German | composer and music teacher | ||
| 1856 | 1914 | Serbian | composer | ||
| 1856 | 1885 | American | composer | ||
| 1856 | 1909 | Italian | composer and music teacher | ||
| 1856 | 1909 | American | composer and arranger of Tin Pan Alley, best known for his popular march, American Patrol | ||
| 1856 | 1915 | Russian | composer, pianist and music teacher | ||
| 1856 | 1941 | Norwegian | composer | ||
| 1857 | 1934 | English | composer, wrote oratorios, chamber music, concertos and symphonies, best known for his Enigma Variations, Salut d'Amour, Cello Concerto and his Pomp and Circumstance Marches | ||
| 1857 | 1944 | French | composer and pianist | ||
| 1857 | 1919 | Italian | opera composer, known almost exclusively for Pagliacci | ||
| 1857 | 1922 | American | composer, most famous for composing the march, National Emblem | ||
| 1857 | 1944 | Austrian | composer, pupil of Anton Bruckner | ||
| 1858 | 1924 | Italian | opera composer, known for La bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly | ||
| 1858 | 1937 | Hungarian | violinist, composer and music teacher, also known by his German name Eugen Huber | ||
| 1858 | 1931 | Belgian | composer and virtuoso violinist, known for his solo sonatas for violin | ||
| 1858 | 1884 | Austrian | composer and organist, favorite student of Anton Bruckner and praised by Gustav Mahler | ||
| 1859 | 1922 | Italian | composer, conductor and instrumentalist on xylophone and mandolin, wrote mandolin method. Also, he conducted the first Mexican Typical Orchestra (Orquesta Típica Mexicana) | ||
| 1859 | 1935 | Russian | composer, conductor and teacher | ||
| 1859 | 1924 | Irish-born American | composer, cellist and conductor, best known for his 1903 operetta, Babes in Toyland | ||
| 1859 | 1924 | Russian | composer and pianist | ||
| 1859 | 1883 | Norwegian | composer, brother of Norwegian painter, Oda Krohg |
| Name | Date born | Date died | Nationality | class=unsortable | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | 1909 | Spanish | composer and virtuoso pianist, known for nationalist piano works such as Iberia and a 'set of 12 piano pieces' | ||
| 1860 | 1928 | Swedish | female pianist and composer | ||
| 1860 | 1956 | French | composer, best known for his opera, Louise | ||
| 1860 | 1911 | Austrian | composer, one of the most important late-Romantic/early-Modernist composers, his works include ten innovative large-scale and sometimes programmatic symphonies and many lieder | ||
| 1860 | 1908 | American | composer, best known for his piano concertos and piano suites, his works include his most popular short piece, "To a Wild Rose" | ||
| 1860 | 1903 | Austrian | composer of lieder, influenced by Richard Wagner | ||
| 1860 | 1941 | Polish | pianist and composer | ||
| 1861 | 1906 | Russian | composer, pianist and music teacher | ||
| 1861 | 1917 | Greek | opera composer, widely known for his composition of the "Olympic Hymn" | ||
| 1861 | 1911 | German | composer, pianist and conductor | ||
| 1861 | 1926 | Russian | composer | ||
| 1861 | 1933 | Czech-born Russian | composer, violinist and conductor | ||
| 1862 | 1937 | Armenian | composer, pianist and teacher | ||
| 1862 | 1918 | French | composer, one of the most prominent figures working within the field of Impressionist music, best known for Clair de Lune from Suite bergamasque | ||
| 1862 | 1934 | English | composer, used chromaticism in many of his compositions | ||
| 1862 | 1936 | English | composer of Welsh descent, known for his three comic operas, Merrie England, A Princess of Kensington and Tom Jones | ||
| 1862 | 1952 | Argentine | composer and conductor | ||
| 1862 | 1942 | German | composer, pianist, editor and teacher | ||
| 1863 | 1945 | Italian | opera composer, known for Cavalleria Rusticana | ||
| 1863 | 1919 | American | composer, organist and teacher | ||
| 1863 | 1937 | French | composer, conductor and organist | ||
| 1864 | 1907 | Mexican | composer, works include piano music | ||
| 1864 | 1956 | Russian | composer | ||
| 1864 | 1927 | Japanese | composer and music teacher | ||
| 1864 | 1920 | Brazilian | composer | ||
| 1864 | 1915 | American | composer for banjo, mandolin and guitar | ||
| 1864 | 1955 | French | composer and conductor | ||
| 1864 | 1949 | German | composer, known for Also Sprach Zarathustra (based on the book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche), wrote many symphonic poems, operas and lieder | ||
| 1865 | 1935 | French | composer, known for his piece of program music, The Sorcerer's Apprentice | ||
| 1865 | 1917 | Italian | composer, known for his song, "'O sole mio" | ||
| 1865 | 1903 | English | musician (banjo, mandolin and guitar), wrote method books, more than 1000 compositions | ||
| 1865 | 1942 | Belgian | musician and composer | ||
| 1865 | 1936 | Russian | composer, influenced by Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt | ||
| 1865 | 1914 | French | composer | ||
| 1865 | 1931 | Danish | composer, renowned for his six symphonies and concerti | ||
| 1865 | 1957 | Finnish | composer of seven symphonies and the Violin Concerto in D minor, known also for the symphonic poems include Finlandia, En saga, Lemminkäinen (which includes the Swan of Tuonela), The Oceanides, and Tapiola | ||
| 1866 | 1901 | Russian | composer of two symphonies | ||
| 1866 | 1914 | Swedish | violinist, conductor and composer | ||
| 1866 | 1924 | Italian | composer and pianist, known for his opera, Turandot and his many transcriptions and arrangements of Johann Sebastian Bach | ||
| 1866 | 1950 | Italian | composer, particularly known for his two operas, L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur | ||
| 1866 | 1956 | British | composer, opera singer and teacher | ||
| 1866 | 1920 | Russian | composer and pianist | ||
| 1866 | 1925 | French | composer and pianist, best known for Les Trois Gymnopédies | ||
| 1866 | 1952 | German | composer, older brother of Camillo Schumann; no relation to Robert Schumann | ||
| 1866 | 1939 | Austrian | composer, son of Eduard Strauss | ||
| 1866 | 1909 | Scottish | composer | ||
| 1867 | 1938 | Russian | composer | ||
| 1867 | 1944 | American | composer and pianist | ||
| 1867 | 1948 | Italian | opera composer | ||
| 1867 | 1916 | Spanish | composer and pianist, known for his piano works and chamber music | ||
| 1867 | 1942 | Swedish | composer, wrote symphonies, operas, vocal and piano music | ||
| 1867 | 1950 | French | composer, teacher and writer on music | ||
| c. 1867/1868 | 1917 | American | composer and pianist known as "The Ragtime King", best known for Maple Leaf Rag and The Entertainer among other ragtime compositions | ||
| 1868 | 1924 | Finnish | musician and composer | ||
| 1868 | 1946 | British | composer | ||
| 1868 | 1936 | German | composer | ||
| 1868 | 1916 | Scottish | composer, conductor and teacher, most famous for The Land of the Mountain and the Flood | ||
| 1868 | 1922 | Italian | composer, violinist and conductor, most famous for Csárdás | ||
| 1868 | 1948 | Portuguese | pianist, teacher and composer, most famous for Symphony 'À Pátria', Op. 13 | ||
| 1868 | 1894 | Mexican | composer, known for his song, "Sobre las Olas" | ||
| 1868 | 1933 | Dutch-Austrian | composer | ||
| 1868 | 1941 | Japanese | composer, music educator, conductor and clarinetist, famous for Warship March | ||
| 1868 | 1953 | American | composer, music educator, jazz bandleader and mandolinist | ||
| 1869 | 1930 | German | opera composer, conductor and the son of Richard Wagner | ||
| 1869 | 1940 | Greek | composer of chamber music | ||
| 1869 | 1942 | Russian | composer and violinist | ||
| 1869 | 1937 | French | composer | ||
| 1869 | 1958 | Finnish | composer and conductor | ||
| 1869 | 1954 | American | opera composer, conductor, impresario and teacher, best known for his African-American opera, Voodoo | ||
| 1869 | 1960 | Australian-New Zealand | composer, conductor and teacher | ||
| 1869 | 1956 | American | composer of band music, most famous for The Billboard March | ||
| 1870 | 1938 | Polish | composer, pianist and teacher | ||
| 1870 | 1946 | Polish | composer and pianist | ||
| 1870 | 1954 | Austrian | composer, no relation to the musical Strauss family of Vienna (Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II, Josef Strauss, Eduard Strauss and Johann Strauss III) | ||
| 1870 | 1948 | Hungarian | composer, mainly known for his operettas | ||
| 1870 | 1958 | French | composer | ||
| 1870 | 1931 | Serbian-born Austrian | composer and conductor, founder of the Pittsburg and Toronto symphony orchestras | ||
| 1870 | 1894 | Belgian | composer, known for his violin sonata | ||
| 1870 | 1937 | French | composer and organist, titular organist of Notre-Dame de Paris | ||
| 1870 | 1946 | Japanese | composer, violinist and music teacher | ||
| 1871 | 1940 | American | composer | ||
| 1871 | 1914 | Italian | violinist and composer | ||
| 1871 | 1958 | Italian | futurist composer and artist | ||
| 1871 | 1933 | Georgian | composer, known for the eclectic fusion of Georgian folk songs and stories with 19th century Romantic classical themes. He was the founder of the Georgian Philharmonic Society and later, the head of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire | ||
| 1871 | 1937 | American | composer and conductor, known for the opera, Cleopatra's Night | ||
| 1871 | 1938 | Italian | composer, known for works for choir and for organ | ||
| 1871 | 1927 | Swedish | composer, conductor and pianist | ||
| 1871 | 1942 | Austrian | composer and music teacher, his students include Arnold Schoenberg and Erich Wolfgang Korngold | ||
| 1872 | 1942 | Serbian | composer | ||
| 1872 | 1960 | Swedish | composer, known for Swedish Rhapsody, works include choral music and five symphonies | ||
| 1872 | 1916 | Czech | composer and conductor of military bands, known for Entrance of the Gladiators | ||
| 1872 | 1936 | American | composer, pianist, educator and nephew of Karl Goldmark | ||
| 1872 | 1915 | Russian | composer and pianist, known for his harmonically adventurous piano sonatas and theatrically orchestral works, characteristic period compositions include his Op. 1 to Op. 30 works | ||
| 1872 | 1958 | English | composer, his works include nine symphonies, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and other orchestral poems | ||
| 1872 | 1938 | Italian | composer, performer and teacher, known for Souvenir de Catania, Souvenir de Napoli, Souvenir de Sicile and Angeli e Demoni | ||
| 1872 | 1946 | German | composer, younger brother of Georg Schumann; no relation to Robert Schumann | ||
| 1873 | 1946 | English | composer, conductor and lecturer | ||
| 1873 | 1925 | Austrian | composer of operettas | ||
| 1873 | 1948 | Spanish | prolific orchestral and operatic composer | ||
| 1873 | 1943 | Russian | composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist, wrote three symphonies, four piano concertos, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and solo piano music | ||
| 1873 | 1916 | German | prolific composer, known for his Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart | ||
| 1874 | 1947 | Venezuelan | composer, known for his strikingly beautiful and unabashedly tonal melodies | ||
| 1874 | 1934 | English | composer, best known for his orchestral suite, The Planets | ||
| 1874 | 1954 | American | composer, member of the American Five, best known for The Unanswered Question and his Concord Sonata | ||
| 1874 | 1951 | Austrian-American | composer, whose early works (e.g. Verklärte Nacht) are influenced by Richard Wagner, but subsequently developed atonalism and serialism with such watershed works as Moses und Aron | ||
| 1874 | 1935 | Czech | composer and violinist | ||
| 1874 | 1939 | Austrian | composer, influenced by Anton Bruckner and Johannes Brahms | ||
| 1874 | 1964 | French | composer and pianist | ||
| 1875 | 1956 | Russian | composer | ||
| 1875 | 1965 | Mexican | composer, conductor, violinist and music theorist | ||
| 1875 | 1962 | Austrian | composer and virtuoso violinist, known for his sweet sound, composed short showpieces for the violin | ||
| 1875 | 1935 | German | composer, influenced by Anton Bruckner | ||
| 1875 | 1937 | French | composer, best known for Boléro | ||
| 1875 | 1954 | Italian | composer and pianist | ||
| 1875 | 1959 | English | composer, conductor and pianist | ||
| 1875 | 1912 | English | composer, known for his trilogy of cantatas, The Song of Hiawatha | ||
| 1875 | 1944 | Ukrainian | choral conductor, arranger, composer, ethnographer, writer, musicologist and lecturer | ||
| 1875 | 1911 | Lithuanian | painter and composer | ||
| 1875 | 1956 | French | harpist and composer | ||
| 1876 | 1957 | Polish-American | composer and pianist | ||
| 1876 | 1962 | French | mandolinist and composer, conducted mandolin orchestra | ||
| 1876 | 1951 | American | composer | ||
| 1876 | 1946 | Spanish | composer, best known for The Three-Cornered Hat | ||
| 1876 | 1954 | Belgian | composer, notable students include the two composers, Denise Tolkowsky and Ernest Schuyten | ||
| 1876 | 1909 | Polish | composer, his style is of late-Romantic and nationalist character | ||
| 1876 | 1944 | Italian | futurist composer, poet, and editor | ||
| 1876 | 1940 | Italian | composer, best known for the song, "Fascination" | ||
| 1876 | 1939 | Danish | composer, violinist, conductor and pianist | ||
| 1876 | 1971 | American | composer, painter and the member of the American Five, whose representative Romantic-period work is the lieder Ich fühle deinen Odem | ||
| 1876 | 1948 | Italian | composer and music teacher, known for his comic operas | ||
| 1876 | 1956 | Japanese | performer and prolific composer, known for his works of the Tozan school | ||
| 1877 | 1957 | Serbian | composer and conductor | ||
| 1877 | 1942 | Italian | futurist composer and brother of Luigi Russolo | ||
| 1877 | 1960 | Hungarian | conductor, composer and pianist | ||
| 1877 | 1953 | Dutch | composer and conductor | ||
| 1877 | 1944 | French | composer | ||
| 1877 | 1921 | Ukrainian | composer, choral conductor and teacher, known for his arrangement of the carol "Shchedryk", known in English as "Carol of the Bells" or as "Ring Christmas Bells" | ||
| 1877 | 1952 | Russian | composer and pianist | ||
| 1878 | 1915 | Serbian | composer, conductor, teacher and publisher | ||
| 1878 | 1914 | French | composer, known for his operas and chamber music | ||
| 1878 | 1958 | English | composer, conductor and pianist | ||
| 1878 | 1934 | Austrian | conductor, composer and music teacher, primarily a composer of operas | ||
| 1878 | 1941 | Japanese | composer | ||
| 1879 | 1941 | English | composer, best known as the teacher of Benjamin Britten, characteristic period compositions include Suite for String Orchestra and his Capriccio Nos. 1 and 2 | ||
| 1879 | 1965 | Danish | composer and pianist | ||
| 1879 | 1950 | Swedish | composer, conductor and pianist | ||
| 1879 | 1957 | French | composer, primarily known for Chants d'Auvergne | ||
| 1879 | 1941 | Irish | composer and conductor, best known for An Irish Symphony | ||
| 1879 | 1962 | English | composer, whose Piano Concerto is representative | ||
| 1879 | 1962 | Chilean | composer and pianist | ||
| 1879 | 1964 | Austrian | composer and wife of Gustav Mahler | ||
| 1879 | 1964 | Swedish | composer | ||
| 1879 | 1936 | Italian | composer, known for his three symphonic poems, Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome, and Roman Festivals | ||
| 1879 | 1952 | Austrian | composer | ||
| 1879 | 1970 | English | composer, writer and poet | ||
| 1879 | 1903 | Japanese | composer and pianist | ||
| 1880 | 1951 | Russian | composer and pianist | ||
| 1880 | 1960 | American | neoromantic composer and concert violinist | ||
| 1880 | 1935 | Greek | composer, famous for his song cycles | ||
| 1881 | 1945 | Hungarian | composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist | ||
| 1881 | 1945 | English | composer of marches for band, most famous for Colonel Bogey March | ||
| 1882 | 1971 | Russian | composer, pianist and conductor, best known for his three ballets, The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring and his characteristic Romantic-style compositions include Symphony in E-flat, Scherzo fantastique and Fireworks | ||
| 1883 | 1946 | Russian | composer, whose musical language was influenced by Glazunov and Rimsky-Korsakov's late Romanticism before developing into socialist realism by the late 1920s, characteristic period compositions include his Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 and his Fantaisie dramatique | ||
| 1883 | 1953 | English | composer, poet and author, best known for his orchestral music | ||
| 1883 | 1962 | Greek | composer and founder of the Greek National School of Music | ||
| 1884 | 1954 | Chilean | composer and pianist | ||
| 1884 | 1961 | English | composer and pianist | ||
| 1884 | 1920 | American | composer, known for his musical impressionism | ||
| 1884 | 1974 | Chilean | composer and dentist | ||
| 1885 | 1967 | Greek | composer | ||
| 1885 | 1951 | Greek | composer | ||
| 1885 | 1945 | Japanese | composer | ||
| 1885 | 1957 | Chilean | composer and pianist who serves as the first Chilean impressionist composer | ||
| 1886 | 1965 | Japanese | composer and conductor | ||
| 1887 | 1974 | Swedish | composer and conductor | ||
| 1887 | 1974 | Chilean | composer, painter and musicologist | ||
| 1887 | 1979 | French | composer, pianist and organist | ||
| 1888 | 1971 | Austrian-born American | composer and conductor who emigrated to America and became one of Hollywood's greatest musical composers | ||
| 1888 | 1954 | American | educator, conductor, pianist and composer of classical music | ||
| 1889 | 1972 | Norwegian | composer and conductor | ||
| 1890 | 1949 | Japanese | composer, guitarist and mandolinist | ||
| 1891 | 1953 | Russian | composer, pianist and conductor, best known for his ballet, Romeo and Juliet, his characteristic Romantic works include his Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor and his 4 Etudes | ||
| 1892 | 1974 | French | composer, conductor and teacher | ||
| 1892 | 1972 | American | composer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist, best known for Grand Canyon Suite | ||
| 1892 | 1923 | Egyptian | composer, arranger and singer | ||
| 1893 | 1918 | French | composer and the first female winner of the Prix de Rome prize | ||
| 1893 | 1952 | Danish | composer and organist | ||
| 1893 | 1945 | Japanese | composer | ||
| 1894 | 1956 | Japanese | composer and musician, famous for his koto playing | ||
| 1895 | 1978 | American | composer known as "The Dean of Afro-American Composers" | ||
| 1895 | 1982 | German | composer and music educator, best known for his cantata, Carmina Burana | ||
| 1895 | 1992 | American | composer, conductor and singer | ||
| c. 1895 | 2002 | Ukrainian-American | composer and pianist, though had a reputation as an avant-garde composer during his youth, he has composed characteristic Romantic-period works including Scherzino in B Minor, the piano suite Seeing Russia with Teacher, and 9 Miniatures | ||
| 1896 | 1989 | American | composer and critic | ||
| 1897 | 1965 | American | composer, writer, pianist, publisher, teacher and the husband of Sidney Robertson Cowell | ||
| 1897 | 1957 | Moravian-born American | composer and conductor | ||
| 1898 | 1937 | American | composer and pianist known as "The New York Citizen", best known for Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris as well as his opera, Porgy and Bess | ||
| 1898 | 1941 | American | composer and pianist of Romantic-style works |
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