10 Classical Music Composers to Know
Ludwig van Beethoven Beethoven Joseph Haydn Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Mozart classical Classical music Romantic period sonata symphony concerto quartet Symphony No. 9 in D Minor Symphony No. 5 in C Minor Moonlight Sonata Fur Elise Johann Sebastian Bach Bach Baroque era organist pianist Bach revival Brandenburg Concertos The Well-Tempered Clavier Suites for Unaccompanied Cello orchestral suites Mass in B Minor Classical period child prodigy The Marriage of Figaro Elvira Madigan Clarinet Quintet in A Major Johannes Brahms Brahms symphonies concerti chamber music piano choral compositions folk music Symphony No. 3 in F Major Wiegenlied Hungarian Dances Richard Wagner Wagner opera Western music leitmotif The Flying Dutchman The Valkyrie Tannhauser Lohengrin Tristan and Isolde Parsifal The Ring of the Nibelung Claude Debussy Debussy Symbolism Impressionism Clair de lune La Mer Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun Pelleas et Melisande Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky composer ballet Swan Lake Sleeping Beauty The Nutcracker Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor Marche Slave Frederic Chopin Chopin keyboard fingering pedaling Nocturnes Nocturne in C-sharp Minor Heroic Polonaise Haydn string quartet symphony Symphony No. 92 in G Major Emperor Quartet Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major Antonio Vivaldi Vivaldi violinist orchestra The Four Seasons violin concerti Mandolin Concerto in C Major Concerto for Four Violins and Cello in B Minor Concerto for Two Trumpets in C Major
Alicja Zelazko
From the hundreds of classical music composers working in the Western tradition during the last 600 years, we list 10 that are generally regarded as the most essential composers to know, including Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Wagner, and more.
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