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Classical Composers (1750 – 1820)

If you are a student of Music History or Composition, here is a more detailed list of composers you should know from this period.

NameBirthDeathNationalityRepresentative Pieces
Abel, Carl Friedrich17231787German27 Pieces for Unaccompanied Viola da Gamba
Symphony No. 3 in D Major
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
 ML410 .B16		17141788GermanDie Israeliten in der Wüste (oratorio)
Flute Concerto in D Minor (flute and string orchestra)
Fantasia in G Minor (keyboard)
Bach, Johann Christian
 ML410 .B15		17351782GermanSinfonia Concertante in A Major (orchestra)
Zanaida (opera)
Piano Sonata in D Major
Beethoven, Ludwig van
 ML410 .B4		17701827GermanSymphonies Nos. 5 & 9
Missa Solemnis (mass)
Pathétique sonata (piano)
Fidelio (opera)
Bagatelle in A Minor (piano)
Berezovsky, Maksym~17451777UkranianDivine Liturgy (esp. Otche Nash) (choir)
Billings, William
 ML410 .B588		17461800AmericanChester (four voices)
Africa (four voices)
Boccherini, Luigi
 ML410 .B66		17431805ItalianCello Concerto in Bb Major
Over 150 String Quintets
Bortniansky, Dmitry17511825RussianDivine Liturgy
Sacred Concerto No. 15 (choir)
Cherubini, Luigi
 ML410 .C5		17601842ItalianRequiem in C Minor (mass)
Medée (opera)
Cimarosa, Domenico17491801ItalianIl matrimonio segreto (opera)
Clementi, Muzio
 ML410 .C64		17521832ItalianGradus ad Parnassum (piano)
Danzi, Franz17631826GermanWind Quintet Op. 67, No. 2 in E Minor
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von17391799AustrianSix String Quartets
6 Symphonies after Ovid’s Metamorphoses (orchestra)
Dussek, Johann Ladislaus17601812CzechPiano Sonata in F# Minor, Op. 61 “Elegie Harmonique”
Sonata in C Minor (harp)
Eberl, Anton17651807AustrianGrand Quintet in G Minor (piano, clarinet, 2 violas, & cello)
Piano Concerto in Eb Major
Field, John
 ML410 .F445		17821837IrishPiano Concerto No. 2
Nocturne No. 1 (piano)
Gluck, Christoph Willibald
 ML410 .G5		17141787GermanOrfeo ed Euridice (opera)
Don Juan (ballet)
Gossec, François Joseph17341829FrenchLe Triomphe de la Republique (opera)
Gavotte (violin and piano)
Haydn, Joseph
 ML410 .H4		17321809 AustrianString Quartet Opus 20 “Sun”
Symphony No. 94 in G Major “The Surprise”
Mass in Time of War
Haydn, Michael17371806AustrianRequiem in C Minor (mass)
Symphony No. 28
Saint Francis Mass in D Minor
Hummel, Johann Nepomuk
 ML410 .H93		17781837AustrianTe Deum (choir and orchestra)
Piano Concerto in A Minor
Serenade en potpourri (No. 1) (chamber ensemble)
Kraus, Joseph Martin17561792SwedishSymphony in D Major (orchestra)
Pantomimes (ballet)
Lesueur, Jean-François17601837FrenchMarche du Sacre de Napoleon 
​Ossian, ou Les bardes (opera)
Martini, Giovanni Battista17061784ItalianRequiem (mass)
Harpsichord Sonata No. 3
Méhul, Étienne17631817FrenchStratonice (opera)
Symphony No. 2 (orchestra)
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
 ML410 .M9		1756 1791AustrianRequiem (mass)
The Magic Flute (opera)
30 Piano Concertos
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (orchestra)
Mysliveček, Josef17371781CzechL’Olimpiade (opera)
Sinfonie Concertante in D Major (orchestra)
Pleyel, Ignaz17571831Austrian/FrenchString Quartets, esp. in A Major
Symphony in D Major (orchestra)
Reicha, Anton17701836Bohemian/FrenchWind Quintets, Op. 88
L’Art de varier (piano)
Salieri, Antonio17501825ItalianFalstaff (opera)
Les Danaïdes (opera)
Schubert, Franz
 ML410 .S3		17971828AustrianSymphony No. 9 in C Major “The Great” (orchestra)
Gretchen am Spinnrade (voice and piano)
Marches militaires (piano 4-hands)
Soler, Antonio17291783SpanishSix Concertos for Two Organs
Fandango (harpsichord)
Sor, Fernando17781839SpanishSerenade in E Major (guitar)
Studies, Op. 60 (guitar)
Stamitz, Carl17451801German/CzechClarinet Concerto No. 11
Symphony in D Minor (orchestra)
Stamitz, Johann17171757CzechOrchestral Trios
Symphony in D Major (orchestra)
Wesley, Samuel17661837EnglishPsalm 42 (choir)
Symphony No. 4 in D Major (orchestra)