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Composers

2,000 composers, ranked by their place in the repertoire

Gioseffo Zarlino

1517–1590
Renaissance Italy

Motets · Madrigals · Masses

6 works · 6 versions
Classical Germany

Sacred cantatas · Ballads · Operas

19 works · 21 versions
A

Martin Agricola

1486–1556
Renaissance Poland

Sacred hymns · Songs · Chorales

4 works · 4 versions
A

Leroy Anderson

1908–1975
Modern United States

Songs · Waltzes · Berceuses

10 works · 11 versions

Pasquale Anfossi

1727–1797
Classical Italy

Operas · Comic operas · Arias

35 works · 38 versions

Francesco Araja

1709–1760
Baroque Italy

Capriccios · Operas · Cantatas

18 works · 19 versions

Jean-Baptiste Arban

1825–1889
Romantic France

Polkas · Quadrilles · Waltzes

184 works · 223 versions

Johann Michael Bach

1648–1694
Baroque Germany

Motets · Chorale preludes · Sonatas

15 works · 20 versions

Antonio Bertali

1605–1669
Baroque Italy

Sonatas · Cantatas · Psalms

13 works · 15 versions

Michel Blavet

1700–1768
Baroque France

Concertos · Suites

2 works · 2 versions
B

Loys Bourgeois

1510–1560
Renaissance France

Psalms · Sacred songs · Chorales

4 works · 8 versions

York Bowen

1884–1961
Early 20th century United Kingdom

Suites · Sonatas · Preludes

48 works · 48 versions

Walter Braunfels

1882–1954
Early 20th century Germany

Operas · Concertos · Sacred oratorios

18 works · 20 versions

Tomás Bretón

1850–1923
Romantic Spain

Quartets · Songs · Symphonies

49 works · 59 versions
C

Dario Castello

1602–1631
Baroque Italy

Sonatas

13 works · 15 versions
C

Eric Coates

1886–1957
Early 20th century United Kingdom

Suites · Songs · Fantasias

29 works · 34 versions

Baude Cordier

1364–
Renaissance France

Chansons · Masses · Rondeaux

10 works · 10 versions

Napoléon Coste

1805–1883
Romantic France

Fantasias · Waltzes · Divertimentos

66 works · 66 versions
C

Giovanni Croce

1557–1609
Renaissance Italy

Motets · Canzonettas · Masses

30 works · 41 versions

William Croft

1678–1727
Baroque United Kingdom

Incidental music · Psalms · Sonatas

14 works · 29 versions

César Cui

1835–1918
Romantic Lithuania

Songs · Operas · Romances

134 works · 201 versions

Charles Dancla

1817–1907
Romantic France

Duets · Studies · Fantasias

88 works · 109 versions
D

Christoph Demantius

1567–1643
Baroque Czechia

Sacred songs · Galliards · Passions

3 works · 3 versions

Felix Draeseke

1835–1913
Romantic Germany

Songs · Symphonies · Preludes

72 works · 78 versions
D

Antonio Draghi

1634–1700
Baroque Italy

Sacred oratorios

2 works · 2 versions

Johannes Eccard

1553–1611
Renaissance Germany

Motets · Chorales · Sacred songs

43 works · 45 versions

Józef Elsner

1769–1854
Romantic Poland

Masses · Quartets · Sacred hymns

37 works · 39 versions
F

Carlo Farina

1604–1639
Baroque Italy

Serenades · Pavans

2 works · 2 versions
F

Mateo Flecha

1481–1553
Renaissance Spain

Secular choruses

1 work · 4 versions
F

Melchior Franck

1579–1639
Baroque Germany

Sacred songs · Motets · Songs

27 works · 28 versions

François Francœur

1698–1787
Classical France

Operas · Sonatas · Divertissements

14 works · 14 versions

Robert Franz

1815–1892
Romantic Germany

Songs · Lieder · Secular choruses

39 works · 42 versions

Julius Fučík

1872–1916
Early 20th century Czechia

Marches · Waltzes · Trios

15 works · 39 versions

Carlos Gardel

1890–1935
Early 20th century France

Tangos · Songs · Incidental music

14 works · 47 versions

Friedrich Gernsheim

1839–1916
Romantic Germany

Lieder · Quartets · Sonatas

69 works · 79 versions

Mikhail Gnesin

1883–1957
Early 20th century Russia

Songs · Sonatas · Variations

41 works · 46 versions

Eugene Goossens

1893–1962
Early 20th century United Kingdom

Songs · Concertos · Dances

49 works · 53 versions
G

Johann Gottlieb Graun

1703–1771
Baroque Germany

Concertos · Sonatas · Sinfonias

193 works · 200 versions

Adolf Friedrich Hesse

1809–1863
Romantic Poland

Preludes · Fantasias · Variations

22 works · 24 versions