Find out more about the greatest 19th Century Composers, including Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Jean Sibelius, Giuseppe Verdi and Camille Saint-Saëns
Ludwig van Beethoven16 December 1770, German
Composer
Frédéric Chopin01 March 1810, Polish
Composer
Richard Wagner22 May 1813, German
Composer, conductor, theatre director
Claude Debussy22 August 1862, French
Composer
Franz Liszt22 October 1811, German, Hungarian
Composer, pianist, conductor and teacher
Giuseppe Garibaldi04 July 1807, Italian
Italian Nationalist
Johannes Brahms07 May 1833, German
Composer and pianist
Maurice Ravel07 March 1875, French
Composer
Erik Satie17 May 1866, French
Musician
Giuseppe Verdi10 October 1813, Italian
Composer
Sergei Prokofiev23 April 1891, Ukrainian
Composer and pianist
Giacomo Puccini22 December 1858, Belgian, Italian
Composer
Edward Elgar02 June 1857, British
Composer
John Philip Sousa06 November 1854, American
Conductor, Composer
Camille Saint-Saëns09 October 1835, French
Composer, Organist, Pianist
Jean Sibelius08 December 1865, Finnish
Composer
Georges Bizet25 October 1838, French
Composer
William Herschel15 November 1738, German, British
Astronomer, Composer
Carl Orff10 July 1895, German
Composer
Charles Ives20 October 1874, American
Composer
Anton Bruckner04 September 1824, Austrian
Composer
Vincenzo Bellini03 November 1801, Italian
Opera Composer
Arthur Sullivan13 May 1842, British
Composer
Alban Berg09 February 1885, Austrian
Composer
Paul Hindemith16 November 1895, German
Composer
Nadia Boulanger16 September 1887, French
Musician
Max Bruch06 January 1838, German
Composer and Conductor
Mikhail Glinka01 June 1804, German, Russian
Composer
Ferruccio Busoni01 April 1866, German, Italian
Composer
Hugo Wolf13 March 1860, Slovenian
Composer
Sigmund Romberg29 July 1887, American
Composer
Max Reger19 March 1873, German
Composer
Clara Wieck Schumann13 September 1819, German
Musician & Composer
Bedrich Smetana02 March 1824, Austrian, Czech
Composer
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky17 June 1882, American
Composer
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Adolf von Henselt12 May 1814, German
Composer
Isaac Albeniz29 May 1860, Spanish
Pianist
Gustavus Theodore von Holst21 September 1874, British
Composer
Edgard Varese22 December 1883, American
Composer
Franz Schubert31 January 1797, Austrian
Composer, Pianist
Richard Strauss11 June 1864, German
Composer, Conductor, Librettist, Writer
Irving Berlin11 May 1888, American, Russian
Street artist, Composer, Pianist, Songwriter,
Max Steiner10 May 1888, Austrian, American
Conductor, Composer, Musician, Screenwriter, Film
Jacques Offenbach20 June 1819, German, French
Composer, Cellist, Conductor, Impresario
Jules Massenet12 May 1842, French
Composer, Musicologist, Music educator, University
Clara Schumann13 September 1819, German
Pianist, Composer, Music educator
Jerome Kern27 January 1885, American
Composer, Songwriter, Film score composer, Coin
Alexander Scriabin06 January 1872, Russian
Composer, Pianist, University teacher
Ivor Novello15 January 1893, British
Actor, Playwright, Composer, Writer, Screenwriter,
Fanny Crosby24 March 1820, American
composer, poet, singer, writer, teacher,
Jelly Roll Morton20 October 1890, American
Pianist, Bandleader, Composer, Conductor, Jazz
W. C. Handy16 November 1873, American
Trumpeter, Composer, Songwriter, Autobiographer,
Alexander Borodin12 November 1833, Russian
Composer, Chemist
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor15 August 1875, British
Composer, Pianist, Conductor
Sidney Bechet14 May 1897, American
Composer, Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Jazz musician
Carl Maria von Weber18 November 1786, German
Composer
Houston Stewart Chamberlain09 September 1855, German, British
Racial theorist, Writer, Politician, Philosopher,
Fanny Mendelssohn14 November 1805, German
Composer, Pianist
Erich Wolfgang Korngold29 May 1897, Austrian, Czech, American
Composer, Pianist, Conductor, Film score composer
Fritz Kreisler02 February 1875, Austrian, American
Composer, Violinist
Francisco Tárrega21 November 1852, Spanish
Guitarist, Composer, Classical guitarist, Pianist
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti22 December 1876, Italian
Poet, Writer, Playwright, Composer, Science
Ottorino Respighi09 July 1879, Italian
Composer, Conductor, Musicologist, Music educator,
Cosima Wagner24 December 1837, German
Composer, Writer, Director
Tristan Tzara16 April 1896, French
Art collector, Poet, Writer, Diplomat, Film
Lili Boulanger21 August 1893, French
Composer
Max Brod27 May 1884, Czech, Israeli
Linguist, Composer, Pianist, Novelist, Translator,
Anton Rubinstein28 November 1829, Russian
Composer, Pianist, Conductor, Musicologist, Music
Carl Czerny20 February 1791, Austrian
pianist, composer, musicologist, music theorist
Louis Vierne08 October 1870, French
Composer, Organist, University teacher
Lorenz Hart02 May 1895, American
Lyricist, Composer, Playwright, Songwriter,
Darius Milhaud04 September 1892, French
Classical composer, Conductor, Autobiographer,
Carl Nielsen09 June 1865, Danish
Conductor, Composer, Choreographer,
Henry Cowell11 March 1897, American
Composer, Musicologist, Music theorist, Pianist
Agustín Lara30 October 1897, Mexican
Composer, Singer, Actor, Songwriter
Pablo de Sarasate10 March 1844, Spanish
Composer, Violinist
Giacomo Meyerbeer05 September 1791, German
composer, conductor, autobiographer,music director
Léo Delibes21 February 1836, French
Composer, Musicologist, University teacher
Charles-Valentin Alkan30 November 1813, French
Composer, Pianist, Linguist, Translator, Music
Mily Balakirev31 December 1836, Russian
composer, conductor, educationist, musicologist
Joseph Joachim28 June 1831, Hungarian
Composer, Conductor, Concertmaster, Musicologist,
Alexander Glazunov10 August 1865, Russian
Composer, Choreographer, Conductor, Educationist,
Hanns Eisler06 July 1898, Austrian
Composer, Screenwriter, University teacher, Film
Engelbert Humperdinck01 September 1854, German, Indian
Composer
Charles-Marie Widor21 February 1844, French
Composer, Organist, Music arranger, Music
Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy16 December 1847, French
Military personnel, Spy, Composer
Efrem Zimbalist21 April 1889, American
Composer, Conductor, Music educator, Violinist,
Karol Szymanowski03 October 1882, Polish, Kosovar
Composer, Music educator, University teacher,
Giacomo Balla18 July 1871, Italian
Painter, Sculptor, Composer
Arthur Freed09 September 1894, American
Film producer, Composer, Screenwriter, Actor,
Arthur Honegger10 March 1892, Swiss, French
Composer, Musicologist, Music educator, Film score
Henryk Wieniawski10 July 1835, Polish
Composer, Music educator
Bruno Walter15 September 1876, German
Conductor, Pianist, Composer, Autobiographer,
Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov01 April 1883, Russian
composer, conductor, choir director, music
Luigi Russolo30 April 1885, Italian
Composer, Painter, Artist, Musical instrument
Moritz Moszkowski23 August 1854, Polish
Composer, Pianist, Conductor, Musicologist