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Classical Music Composers
Notable classical music composers throughout history.
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Composer↕ | Born↕ | Died↕ | Country↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippe Verdelot | — | 1,552 | France |
| Wincenty of Kielcza | 1,201 | 1,262 | Poland |
| Johannes Cesaris | 1,301 | 1,401 | France |
| Francesco Landini | 1,335 | 1,397 | Republic of Florence |
| Záviš of Zápy | 1,350 | 1,411 | — |
| John Dunstaple | 1,390 | 1,454 | Kingdom of England |
| Piotr of Grudziądz | 1,392 | 1,480 | Kingdom of Poland |
| Guillaume Dufay | 1,397 | 1,474 | Kingdom of France |
| Johannes Brassart | 1,400 | 1,455 | — |
| Mikołaj Radomski | 1,400 | 1,450 | Poland |
| Johannes Regis | 1,425 | 1,496 | France |
| Antoine Busnois | 1,430 | 1,492 | Kingdom of France |
| Firminus Caron | 1,430 | — | France |
| Heinrich Isaac | 1,450 | 1,517 | County of Flanders |
| Philippe Basiron | 1,450 | 1,491 | France |
| Juan Cornago | 1,450 | 1,500 | Spain |
| Jacobus Barbireau | 1,455 | 1,491 | France |
| Georg Liban | 1,464 | — | Poland |
| Richard Davy | 1,465 | 1,507 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Andrea Antico | 1,470 | 1,540 | Republic of Venice |
| Marchetto Cara | 1,470 | 1,525 | Republic of Venice |
| Antonius Divitis | 1,475 | 1,526 | — |
| Adrian Willaert | 1,480 | 1,562 | County of Flanders |
| Sebastian z Felsztyna | 1,480 | 1,543 | Poland |
| Benedictus Appenzeller | 1,480 | 1,558 | — |
| Noel Bauldeweyn | 1,480 | 1,530 | — |
| Jean Richafort | 1,480 | 1,547 | — |
| Nikolaus Decius | 1,485 | 1,546 | Holy Roman Empire |
| Clément Janequin | 1,485 | 1,558 | France |
| Mikołaj z Chrzanowa | 1,485 | 1,562 | Kingdom of Poland |
| Franciscus Bossinensis | 1,485 | 1,535 | — |
| Marco Antonio Cavazzoni | 1,485 | 1,559 | Republic of Venice |
| Ludwig Senfl | 1,486 | 1,543 | Prince-Bishopric of Basel |
| Nicolaus Cracoviensis | 1,488 | 1,550 | Kingdom of Poland |
| Claudin de Sermisy | 1,490 | 1,562 | France |
| Gregor Peschin | 1,500 | 1,547 | — |
| Francesco Corteccia | 1,502 | 1,571 | — |
| Jacquet de Berchem | 1,505 | 1,565 | France |
| Thomas Crecquillon | 1,505 | 1,557 | Habsburg Netherlands |
| Ghiselin Danckerts | 1,510 | 1,565 | Habsburg Netherlands |
| Girolamo Cavazzoni | 1,510 | 1,577 | — |
| Juan Bermudo | 1,510 | 1,565 | Spain |
| Pierre Certon | 1,515 | 1,572 | France |
| Antonio Scandello | 1,517 | 1,580 | — |
| Wacław of Szamotuły | 1,520 | 1,560 | Kingdom of Poland |
| Ludwig Daser | 1,526 | 1,589 | Germany |
| Elias Ammerbach | 1,530 | 1,597 | Holy Roman Empire |
| Guillaume Costeley | 1,531 | 1,606 | France |
| Mikołaj Gomółka | 1,535 | 1,609 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Marc'Antonio Ingegneri | 1,535 | 1,592 | Republic of Venice |
| Esteban Daza | 1,537 | 1,591 | Spain |
| Ghinolfo Dattari | 1,537 | 1,617 | — |
| Jakub Polak | 1,540 | 1,605 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| William Byrd | 1,543 | 1,623 | Kingdom of England |
| Eustache Du Caurroy | 1,549 | 1,609 | France |
| Tomasz Szadek | 1,550 | 1,612 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Wojciech Długoraj | 1,550 | 1,619 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Francis Cutting | 1,550 | 1,595 | England |
| Girolamo Diruta | 1,554 | 1,610 | — |
| Diomedes Cato | 1,555 | 1,628 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Giovanni Gabrieli | 1,557 | 1,612 | Republic of Venice |
| John Dowland | 1,563 | 1,626 | Kingdom of England |
| Thomas Fritsch | 1,563 | 1,619 | Germany |
| Kryštof Harant | 1,564 | 1,621 | — |
| Thomas Campion | 1,567 | 1,620 | Kingdom of England |
| Adriano Banchieri | 1,568 | 1,634 | — |
| Wincenty Lilius | 1,570 | 1,636 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| John Cooper | 1,570 | 1,626 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Martin Peerson | 1,572 | 1,651 | Kingdom of England |
| Andreas Hakenberger | 1,574 | 1,627 | Germany |
| Stefano Bernardi | 1,577 | 1,637 | Republic of Venice |
| Johann Stobäus | 1,580 | 1,646 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Caterina Assandra | 1,580 | 1,618 | — |
| Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger | 1,580 | 1,651 | Republic of Venice |
| Johann Staden | 1,581 | 1,634 | Germany |
| Gregorio Allegri | 1,582 | 1,652 | Papal States |
| Juan Bautista Comes | 1,582 | 1,643 | Crown of Aragon |
| Orlando Gibbons | 1,583 | 1,625 | Kingdom of England |
| Antoine Boësset | 1,587 | 1,643 | France |
| Adam Jarzębski | 1,590 | 1,648 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Francesco Manelli | 1,594 | 1,667 | — |
| Biagio Marini | 1,594 | 1,663 | Republic of Venice |
| Tarquinio Merula | 1,595 | 1,665 | — |
| Marcin Mielczewski | 1,600 | 1,651 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Franciszek Lilius | 1,600 | 1,657 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Adam of Wągrowiec | 1,600 | 1,629 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Marcin Gremboszewski | 1,600 | 1,655 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Bartłomiej Pękiel | 1,601 | 1,670 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Jacek Różycki | 1,601 | 1,704 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Marco Scacchi | 1,602 | 1,662 | — |
| Heinrich Albert | 1,604 | 1,651 | — |
| Zacharias Zarevutius | 1,605 | 1,667 | — |
| Francesco Sacrati | 1,605 | 1,650 | — |
| William Child | 1,606 | 1,697 | Kingdom of England |
| Leonora Baroni | 1,611 | 1,670 | Papal States |
| Aldegonde Desmoulins | 1,611 | 1,692 | France |
| Francesco Corbetta | 1,615 | 1,681 | — |
| Maurizio Cazzati | 1,616 | 1,678 | Duchy of Mantua |
| Johann Erasmus Kindermann | 1,616 | 1,655 | Holy Roman Empire |
| Kaspar Förster | 1,616 | 1,673 | Germany |
| Henry Cooke | 1,616 | 1,672 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Giuseppe Tricarico | 1,623 | 1,697 | — |
| Dietrich Becker | 1,623 | 1,679 | Germany |
| Jacopo Melani | 1,623 | 1,676 | — |
| Jacques Gallot | 1,625 | 1,690 | France |
| Giovanni Legrenzi | 1,626 | 1,690 | Republic of Venice |
| Robert Cambert | 1,628 | 1,677 | Kingdom of France |
| Gustaf Düben | 1,628 | 1,690 | Sweden |
| Francesco Lucio | 1,628 | 1,658 | Republic of Venice |
| Nikolay Diletsky | 1,630 | 1,690 | Tsardom of Russia |
| Q944492 | 1,631 | 1,702 | France |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully | 1,632 | 1,687 | Kingdom of France |
| Daniel Speer | 1,636 | 1,707 | — |
| Philipp Jakob Rittler | 1,637 | 1,690 | — |
| Pavel Josef Vejvanovský | 1,639 | 1,693 | — |
| Cristoforo Caresana | 1,640 | 1,709 | Republic of Venice |
| Wolfgang Printz | 1,641 | 1,717 | Germany |
| Johann Christoph Bach I | 1,642 | 1,703 | Schwarzburg-Sondershausen |
| Mikuláš Wentzely | 1,643 | 1,722 | — |
| Johann Ambrosius Bach | 1,645 | 1,695 | Germany |
| Andreas Werckmeister | 1,645 | 1,706 | Germany |
| Giovanni Maria Capelli | 1,648 | 1,726 | — |
| Pascal Collasse | 1,649 | 1,709 | France |
| Joachim Neander | 1,650 | 1,680 | Holy Roman Empire |
| Benedykt Cichoszewski | 1,650 | 1,738 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Romanus Weichlein | 1,652 | 1,706 | — |
| Johann Pachelbel | 1,653 | 1,706 | Germany |
| Arcangelo Corelli | 1,653 | 1,713 | Papal States |
| John Abell | 1,653 | 1,724 | Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Michel Richard Delalande | 1,657 | 1,726 | France |
| Jan Ignác František Vojta | 1,657 | 1,701 | — |
| Gaetano Greco | 1,657 | 1,728 | Kingdom of Naples |
| Alessandro Scarlatti | 1,660 | 1,725 | — |
| Gottfried Finger | 1,660 | 1,730 | — |
| Johann Sigismund Kusser | 1,660 | 1,727 | Holy Roman Empire |
| Antonio Martín y Coll | 1,660 | 1,734 | Spain |
| Luigi Mancia | 1,660 | — | — |
| Giuseppe Vignola | 1,662 | 1,712 | — |
| Nicolas Bernier | 1,664 | 1,734 | France |
| Michele Mascitti | 1,664 | 1,760 | France |
| Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre | 1,665 | 1,729 | France |
| Nicolaus Vetter | 1,666 | 1,734 | Germany |
| Johann Heinrich Buttstett | 1,666 | 1,727 | Germany |
| Jean-Féry Rebel | 1,666 | 1,747 | France |
| Kryštof Karel Gayer | 1,668 | 1,734 | — |
| Louis Marchand | 1,669 | 1,732 | France |
| Turlough O'Carolan | 1,670 | 1,738 | Ireland |
| František Ludvík Poppe | 1,670 | 1,730 | — |
| Antoine Forqueray | 1,671 | 1,745 | France |
| Francesco Antonio Bonporti | 1,672 | 1,749 | — |
| Johann Christoph Kridel | 1,672 | 1,733 | — |
| Reinhard Keiser | 1,674 | 1,739 | Germany |
| Pierre-César Abeille | 1,674 | 1,740 | Kingdom of France |
| John Barrett | 1,674 | 1,735 | — |
| Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari | 1,677 | 1,754 | Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
| Antonio Maria Bononcini | 1,677 | 1,726 | Duchy of Modena and Reggio |
| William Croft | 1,678 | 1,727 | Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Jan Dismas Zelenka | 1,679 | 1,745 | Kingdom of Bohemia |
| Pietro Castrucci | 1,679 | 1,752 | — |
| Giuseppe Maria Buini | 1,680 | 1,739 | — |
| Giampaolo De Dominici | 1,680 | 1,758 | — |
| Giuseppe Matteo Alberti | 1,685 | 1,751 | Papal States |
| George Frideric Handel | 1,685 | 1,759 | Holy Roman Empire |
| Gunther Jacob | 1,685 | 1,734 | — |
| Georg Gebel | 1,685 | 1,750 | Germany |
| Andrea Stefano Fiorè | 1,686 | 1,732 | — |
| Johann Balthasar Christian Freisslich | 1,687 | 1,764 | Germany |
| Francesco Barsanti | 1,690 | 1,772 | Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Francesco Ciampi | 1,690 | — | — |
| Martin Berteau | 1,691 | 1,771 | France |
| Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer | 1,692 | 1,766 | Dutch Republic |
| Geminiano Giacomelli | 1,692 | 1,740 | — |
| František Antonín Míča | 1,694 | 1,744 | — |
| Johan Helmich Roman | 1,694 | 1,758 | Swedish Empire |
| Ceslav Vanura | 1,694 | 1,736 | — |
| Václav Haas | 1,694 | 1,768 | — |
| Pietro Locatelli | 1,695 | 1,764 | Republic of Venice |
| Pierre Février | 1,696 | 1,760 | France |
| Jean-Marie Leclair | 1,697 | 1,764 | France |
| Ignác Hubatka | 1,697 | 1,745 | — |
| František Jiránek | 1,698 | 1,778 | — |
| Gaetano Maria Schiassi | 1,698 | 1,754 | — |
| Tomáš Norbert Koutník | 1,698 | 1,775 | — |
| Jakob Adlung | 1,699 | 1,762 | Germany |
| Giuseppe Ferdinando Brivio | 1,699 | 1,758 | — |
| Jakub Wachter | 1,700 | 1,741 | — |
| Francesco Brusa | 1,700 | 1,768 | Republic of Venice |
| Giuseppe Carcani | 1,703 | 1,779 | — |
| František Tůma | 1,704 | 1,774 | — |
| Giovanni Battista Costanzi | 1,704 | 1,778 | — |
| Giovanni Battista Pescetti | 1,704 | 1,766 | Republic of Venice |
| Giovanni Andrea Fioroni | 1,704 | 1,778 | — |
| Anton Habermann | 1,704 | 1,787 | — |
| Henri-Jacques de Croes | 1,705 | 1,786 | Habsburg Netherlands |
| Rinaldo di Capua | 1,705 | 1,780 | — |
| Andrea Basili | 1,705 | 1,777 | — |
| Václav Matyáš Gurecký | 1,705 | 1,743 | — |
| Antonio Pampani | 1,705 | 1,775 | — |
| Andrea Bernasconi | 1,706 | 1,784 | — |
| František Václav Habermann | 1,706 | 1,783 | — |
| Václav Jan Kopřiva | 1,708 | 1,789 | — |
| Egidio Duni | 1,708 | 1,775 | — |
| Franz Benda | 1,709 | 1,786 | Kingdom of Prussia |
| Carlo Cotumacci | 1,709 | 1,785 | — |
| Josef Antonín Gurecký | 1,709 | 1,769 | — |
| Wilhelm Friedemann Bach | 1,710 | 1,784 | Holy Roman Empire |
| Josef Antonín Sehling | 1,710 | 1,756 | — |
| Pietro Pulli | 1,710 | 1,759 | — |
| Nicola Conti | 1,710 | 1,754 | — |
| Jean-Joseph de Mondonville | 1,711 | 1,772 | France |
| Ignaz Holzbauer | 1,711 | 1,783 | — |
| Antonín Gerber | 1,711 | 1,792 | — |
| Lorenz Christoph Mizler | 1,711 | 1,778 | Germany |
| Anton Jiránek | 1,712 | 1,761 | — |
| Silvestr Weltz | 1,712 | 1,774 | — |
| Karel Habermann | 1,712 | 1,766 | — |
| Jan Zach | 1,713 | 1,773 | — |
| Mateusz Zwierzchowski | 1,713 | 1,768 | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
| Johann Georg Benda | 1,713 | 1,752 | — |
| Nivard Sommer | 1,713 | 1,758 | — |
| Christoph Willibald von Gluck | 1,714 | 1,787 | Kingdom of Bohemia |
| Václav Haan | 1,714 | 1,765 | — |
| Johann Friedrich Doles | 1,715 | 1,797 | Germany |
| Antoine Dard | 1,715 | 1,784 | Kingdom of France |
| Václav Vodička | 1,715 | 1,774 | — |
| Jacques Duphly | 1,715 | 1,789 | France |
| Josef Seger | 1,716 | 1,782 | — |
| Jan Tomáš Kuzník | 1,716 | 1,786 | — |
| Johann Stamitz | 1,717 | 1,757 | Electoral Palatinate |
| Pietro Chiarini | 1,717 | 1,765 | — |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg | 1,718 | 1,795 | Germany |
| Josef Schreier | 1,718 | — | Czech Republic |
| Lorenzo Gibelli | 1,718 | 1,812 | — |
| Jan Kasper Pierszynski | 1,718 | 1,758 | Poland |
| Jan Krumlovský | 1,719 | 1,763 | — |
| Mateu Soler i Ramos | 1,720 | 1,799 | — |
| Johann Kirnberger | 1,721 | 1,783 | Germany |
| Anton Neumann | 1,721 | 1,776 | — |
| Pietro Nardini | 1,722 | 1,793 | Grand Duchy of Tuscany |
| Domenico Ferrari | 1,722 | 1,780 | Habsburg monarchy |
| Gregorio Sciroli | 1,722 | 1,781 | — |
| Dismas Hataš | 1,724 | 1,777 | — |
| Jan Adam Galina | 1,724 | 1,773 | — |
| Jiří Ignác Linek | 1,725 | 1,791 | — |
| Georg Simon Loehlein | 1,725 | 1,781 | Germany |
| Karl Kohaut | 1,726 | 1,784 | — |
| Joseph Anton Steffan | 1,726 | 1,797 | — |
| Emerich Václav Petřík | 1,727 | 1,798 | — |
| Johann Gottlieb Goldberg | 1,727 | 1,756 | Kingdom of Prussia |
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