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Chronological list of German classical composers

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The following is a chronological list of classical music composers who live in, work in, or are citizens of Germany.

Contents

Medieval

  • Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179)
  • Renaissance

  • Caspar Othmayr (1515–1553)
  • Valentin Haussmann (1560–1614)
  • Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612)
  • Johannes Ghro (1575–1627)
  • Baroque

  • Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
  • Andreas Hakenberger (1574–1627)
  • Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)
  • Samuel Scheidt (1587–1653)
  • Johann Schop (1590–1667)
  • Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706)
  • Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672 or 1673–1751)
  • Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
  • George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688-1758)
  • Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703–1771)
  • Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759)
  • Classical era

  • Johan Agrell (1701–1765)
  • Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702–1762)
  • Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708–c. 1763)
  • Christoph Schaffrath (1709–1763)
  • Wilhelm Friedmann Bach (1710–1784)
  • Frederick II of Prussia (1712–1786)
  • Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780)
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
  • Gottfried August Homilius (1714–1785)
  • Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787)
  • Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774)
  • Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
  • Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795)
  • Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738–1822)
  • Johann Peter Salomon (1745–1815)
  • Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792)
  • Franz Danzi (1763–1826)
  • Simon Mayr (1763–1845)
  • Romantic/Post-romantic

  • Peter Anton Kreusser (1765–1831)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
  • Louis Spohr (1784–1859)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Michael Kalkbrenner (1785–1849)
  • Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
  • Johann Peter Pixis (1788–1874)
  • Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864)
  • Johann Carl Gottfried Löwe (1796–1869)
  • Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
  • Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
  • . Otto Nicolai (1810-1849)

  • Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
  • Ferdinand Hiller (1811–1885)
  • Emilie Mayer (1812–1883)
  • Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
  • Friedrich Robert Volkmann (1815–1883)
  • Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)
  • Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
  • Carl Reinecke (1824–1910)
  • Albert Dietrich (1829–1908)
  • Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
  • Franz Wohlfahrt (1833–1884)
  • Max Bruch (1838–1920)
  • August Friedrich Martin Klughardt (1847–1902)
  • Philipp Scharwenka (1847–1917)
  • Fritz Seitz (1848–1918)
  • Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
  • Paul Klengel (1854–1935)
  • Max Wagenknecht (1857–1922)
  • Julius Klengel (1859–1933)
  • Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
  • Paul Lincke (1866-1946)
  • Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949)
  • Max Reger (1873–1916)
  • Modern/Post-modern/Contemporary

  • Richard Wetz (1875–1935)
  • Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954)
  • Rudi Stephan (1887–1915)
  • Carl Orff (1895–1982)
  • Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
  • Herbert Eimert (1897–1972)
  • Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
  • Werner Egk (1901–1983)
  • Stefan Wolpe (1902–1972)
  • Boris Blacher (1903–1975)
  • Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905–1963)
  • Martin Scherber (1907–1974)
  • Berthold Goldschmidt (1903–1996)
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970)
  • Fritz Geißler (1921–1984)
  • Bertold Hummel (1925–2002)
  • Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012)
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)
  • Helmut Lachenmann (born 1935)
  • Aribert Reimann (born 1936)
  • Michael von Biel (born 1937)
  • Hans-Joachim Hespos (born 1938)
  • Nicolaus A. Huber (born 1938)
  • Johannes Fritsch (1941–2010)
  • Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
  • Hans-Jürgen von Bose (born 1953)
  • Hans Zimmer (born 1957)
  • References

    Chronological list of German classical composers Wikipedia