Find out more about the greatest 18th Century Composers, including Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, George Frideric Handel, Franz Schubert and Gioachino Rossini.
Ludwig van Beethoven16 December 1770, Austrian, German
Composer
George Frideric Handel23 February 1685, German, British
Composer
Joseph Haydn31 March 1732, Austrian
Composer
Gioachino Rossini01 March 1792, Italian
Composer
William Herschel15 November 1738, German, British
Astronomer, Composer
Gaetano Donizetti29 November 1797, Italian
Composer
E. T. A. Hoffmann24 January 1776, Prussian
Author
Niccolo Paganini27 October 1782, Italian
Violinist
William Mason24 January 1829, American
Composer, Pianist
Antonio Salieri18 August 1750, Italian
Composer, Conductor, Educationist, Musicologist,
Frederick William III of Prussia03 August 1770, German
Composer, Politician
Carl Maria von Weber18 November 1786, German
Composer
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach08 March 1714, German
Composer, Pianist, Musicologist, Music theorist
Chevalier de Saint-Georges25 December 1745, French
Composer, Conductor, Fencer, Concertmaster,
Carl Czerny20 February 1791, Austrian
pianist, composer, musicologist, music theorist
Muzio Clementi23 January 1752, Italian
pianist, conductor, composer, musicologist, music
Luigi Boccherini19 February 1743, Italian
Composer, Cellist
Johann Nepomuk Hummel14 September 1778, Austrian, German, Slovak
composer, conductor, pianist, concertmaster
Giacomo Meyerbeer05 September 1791, German
composer, conductor, autobiographer,music director
Fernando Sor14 February 1778, Spanish
guitarist, composer, classical guitarist
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi04 January 1710, Italian
Composer, Organist
Johann van Beethoven14 November 1740, German
Musician, Conductor, Singer, Composer
Louis Spohr05 April 1784, German
Composer, Conductor, Musicologist, Music educator
Domenico Cimarosa17 December 1749, Italian
Composer
Michael Haydn14 September 1737, Austrian
composer, organist, musician
Luigi Cherubini14 September 1760, French, Italian
Composer, Conductor, Musicologist, Music educator,
Anna Magdalena Bach22 September 1701, German
Singer, Composer
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach22 November 1710, German
Composer, Organist, Pianist
Ignatius Sancho1729 AD, British
composer, author, writer, shopkeeper, domestic
Thomas Arne12 March 1710, British
Composer
Johann Stamitz19 June 1717, Czech
Composer
Mauro Giuliani27 July 1781, Italian
Composer, Guitarist, Classical guitarist
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Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle10 May 1760, French
Composer, Poet, Writer, Playwright
Carl Stamitz07 May 1745, German
Composer
Franz Xaver Süssmayr22 July 1766, Austrian
Composer
Bettina von Arnim04 April 1785, German
Writer, Salon-holder, Composer, Novelist
Ignaz Moscheles23 May 1794
Pianist, Conductor, Composer, Educationist,
François-André Danican Philidor07 September 1726, French
Composer, Chess player, Pianist
Therese Malfatti01 January 1792, Austrian
Musician, Pianist, Composer
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf02 November 1739, Austrian
Composer, Conductor
Antonio Soler03 December 1729, Spanish
Composer, Organist, Musicologist, Music theorist,
Ferdinando Carulli09 February 1770, Italian
Composer, Guitarist, Musicologist, Classical
Anton Schindler13 June 1795, German
Conductor, Writer, Musicologist, Music historian,
Joseph Mohr11 December 1792, Austrian
Composer, Writer
Jean Philippe Rameau25 September 1683, French
Composer
Franz Gruber25 November 1787, Austrian
Friedrich Dionysus Weber1766 AD, Austrian
Jiří Antonín Benda30 June 1722, Czech, German
Composer