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List of Classical-era composers

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This is a list of composers of the Classical music era, roughly from 1730 to 1820. Prominent classicist composers{{Cite web |url=http://www.bhsfestival.sk/en/events/2013-10-10-pkf-prague-philharmonia |title=PKF – Prague Philharmonia {{!}} Bratislava Music Festival |access-date=2021-06-11 |archive-date=2021-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611013341/http://www.bhsfestival.sk/en/events/2013-10-10-pkf-prague-philharmonia/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsound.org.rs/pdf/en/ns32/18.%20Milan%20Milojkovic.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-06-11 |archive-date=2021-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730071009/http://www.newsound.org.rs/pdf/en/ns32/18.%20Milan%20Milojkovic.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/294842347.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-06-11 |archive-date=2021-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611164715/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/294842347.pdf |url-status=live }} include Christoph Willibald Gluck, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Stamitz, Joseph Haydn, Johann Christian Bach, Antonio Salieri, Muzio Clementi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Luigi Boccherini, Ludwig van Beethoven, Niccolò Paganini, Gioachino Rossini and Franz Schubert.

As with the list of Romantic composers, this is a purely chronological catalogue, and includes figures not usually thought of as Classical-period composers, such as Johann Sebastian Bach, and Georg Frideric Handel, as well as figures more often regarded as belonging to the early Romantic era, such as Carl Maria von Weber.

Early Galante era composers – Transition from Baroque to Classical (born before 1710)

Composers in the Baroque/Classical transitional era, sometimes seen as the beginning of the Galante era, include the following listed by their date of birth:

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Early Classical era/Later Galante era composers (born 1710–1730)

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Middle Classical era composers (born 1730–1750)

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Late Classical era composers (born 1750–1770)

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Classical/Romantic transition composers (born 1770–1799)

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Timeline of Classical composers (partial)

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See also

References

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