Composers
Browse classical music composers across all periods
6,039 composers
BaroqueGeorg Philipp Telemann
1681 - 1767
Nationality: GermanyWorks: 168Recordings: 2,867
Late RomanticGeorges Bizet
1838 - 1875
Nationality: FranceWorks: 42Recordings: 2,491
20th CenturyArnold Schoenberg
1874 - 1951
Nationality: AustriaWorks: 95Recordings: 2,445
RenaissanceClaudio Monteverdi
1567 - 1643
Nationality: ItalyWorks: 232Recordings: 2,393
20th CenturyCarl Orff
1895 - 1982
Nationality: GermanyWorks: 5Recordings: 2,257
20th CenturyOlivier Messiaen
1908 - 1992
Nationality: FranceWorks: 32Recordings: 2,195
Late RomanticRalph Vaughan Williams
1872 - 1958
Nationality: United KingdomWorks: 61Recordings: 1,947
Early RomanticGioachino Rossini
1792 - 1868
Nationality: ItalyWorks: 45Recordings: 1,894
Late RomanticCésar Franck
1822 - 1890
Nationality: BelgiumWorks: 31Recordings: 1,878
Early RomanticNiccolò Paganini
1782 - 1840
Nationality: ItalyWorks: 108Recordings: 1,801
BaroqueHenry Purcell
1659 - 1695
Nationality: United KingdomWorks: 179Recordings: 1,798
ClassicalCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach
1714 - 1788
Nationality: GermanyWorks: 123Recordings: 1,641
BaroqueDietrich Buxtehude
1637 - 1707
Nationality: DenmarkWorks: 98Recordings: 1,621
Late RomanticGustav Holst
1874 - 1934
Nationality: United KingdomWorks: 56Recordings: 1,608
Late RomanticOttorino Respighi
1879 - 1936
Nationality: ItalyWorks: 27Recordings: 1,540
Early RomanticGiuseppe Verdi
1813 - 1901
Nationality: ItalyWorks: 16Recordings: 1,538
20th CenturyPaul Hindemith
1895 - 1963
Nationality: GermanyWorks: 67Recordings: 1,534
Late RomanticNikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
1844 - 1908
Nationality: RussiaWorks: 45Recordings: 1,533
Late RomanticMax Reger
1873 - 1916
Nationality: GermanyWorks: 271Recordings: 1,505
Late RomanticFranz Lehár
1870 - 1948
Nationality: HungaryWorks: 321Recordings: 1,411