# List of Romantic composers

Lists of classical composers by era and century :
| Medieval | (500–1400) |
| Renaissance | (1400–1600) |
| Baroque | (1600–1760) |
| Classical | (1730–1820) |
| Romantic | (1815–1910) |
| Modernist | (1890–1950) |
| Postmodernist | (since 1930) |
| 20th century | (1901–1999) |
| 21st century | (since 2000) |
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The Romantic era of Western Classical music spanned the 19th century to the early 20th century, encompassing a variety of musical styles and techniques. Part of the broader Romanticism movement of Europe, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gioachino Rossini and Franz Schubert are often seen as the dominant transitional figures composers from the preceding Classical era. Many composers began to channel nationalistic themes, such as Mikhail Glinka, The Five and Belyayev circle in Russia; Frédéric Chopin in Poland; Carl Maria von Weber and Heinrich Marschner in Germany; Edvard Grieg in Norway; Jean Sibelius in Finland; Giuseppe Verdi in Italy; Carl Nielsen in Denmark; Pablo de Sarasate in Spain; Ralph Vaughan Williams and Edward Elgar in England; Mykola Lysenko in Ukraine; and Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák in what is now the Czech Republic.
A European-wide debate took place, particularly in Germany, on what the ideal course of music was, following Beethoven's death. The New German School—primarily Franz Liszt and Richard Wagner—promoted progressive ideas, in opposition to more conservative composers such as Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann.
Note that this list is purely chronological, and includes a substantial number of composers, especially those born after 1860, whose works cannot be conveniently classified as "Romantic", or those whose early compositions did begin in the Romantic style but later developed beyond it in the 20th century.

## Late Classical/Proto-Romantic (born 1770–1799)

| Name | Date born | Date died | Nationality | Comments |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | 1770 | 1827 | German | Ludwig van Beethovencomposer and pianist, regarded by many as the first Romantic-era composer, most famous for Symphony No. 5 and Für Elise among others |
| Ferdinando Carulli | 1770 | 1841 | Italian | Ferdinando Carullicomposer for the guitar, wrote concertos and chamber music |
| Édouard Du Puy | 1770 | 1822 | Swiss | Édouard Du Puycomposer, singer, director and violinist |
| Peter Hänsel | 1770 | 1831 | German-Austrian | Peter Hänselcomposer and violinist |
| James Hewitt | 1770 | 1827 | American | composer, conductor and music publisher |
| Anton Reicha | 1770 | 1836 | Czech-French | Anton Reichacomposer who experimented with irregular time signatures in his keyboard fugues, composed a large number of significant works for wind quintet |
| Christian Heinrich Rinck | 1770 | 1846 | German | Christian Heinrich Rinckcomposer and organist |
| Jan August Vitásek | 1770 | 1839 | Bohemian | composer |
| Friedrich Witt | 1770 | 1836 | German | composer and cellist |
| Johann Baptist Cramer | 1771 | 1858 | English | Johann Baptist Cramermusician of German origin |
| Ferdinando Paer | 1771 | 1839 | Italian | Ferdinando Paercomposer |
| Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia | 1772 | 1806 | German | Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia member of the Prussian royal family, soldier, and composer. At the time of his premature death in the Battle of Saalfeld, he left behind 13 published works, many of which are imbued with a greater expressive depth than the Classical style which was then still prevalent |
| Maria Frances Parke | 1772 | 1822 | English | composer, pianist and soprano |
| François-Louis Perne | 1772 | 1832 | French | composer and musicographer |
| Josef Triebensee | 1772 | 1846 | Bohemian | composer and oboist |
| Johann Wilhelm Wilms | 1772 | 1847 | Dutch-German | composer, best known for writing Wien Neêrlands Bloed, which served as the Dutch national anthem from 1815 to 1932 |
| Sophie Bawr | 1773 | 1860 | French | composer, writer and playwright |
| Pietro Generali | 1773 | 1832 | Italian | composer of operas and vocal music |
| Wenzel Thomas Matiegka | 1773 | 1830 | Czech | composer |
| Bartolomeo Bortolazzi | 1773 | 1820 | Italian | mandolin and guitar virtuoso and composer |
| Pierre Rode | 1774 | 1830 | French | Pierre Rodecomposer and violinist |
| Gaspare Spontini | 1774 | 1851 | Italian | Gaspare Spontiniopera composer and conductor, famous for La vestale |
| Václav Tomášek | 1774 | 1850 | Czech | Václav Tomášekcomposer and music teacher |
| Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse | 1774 | 1842 | Danish | Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weysecomposer in the Danish Golden Age |
| Johann Anton André | 1775 | 1842 | German | Johann Anton Andrécomposer and music publisher |
| François-Adrien Boieldieu | 1775 | 1834 | French | François-Adrien Boieldieucomposer |
| João Domingos Bomtempo | 1775 | 1842 | Portuguese | João Domingos Bomtempocomposer, pianist and pedagogue |
| Bernhard Crusell | 1775 | 1838 | Finnish | Bernhard Crusellcomposer and clarinet player |
| Sophia Dussek | 1775 | 1831 | Scottish | composer of Italian descent, singer, pianist and harpist |
| François de Fossa | 1775 | 1849 | French | composer and guitarist |
| Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann | 1776 | 1822 | German | composer, author of fantasy and horror, jurist, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist |
| Joseph Küffner | 1776 | 1856 | German | composer and musician |
| Philipp Jakob Riotte | 1776 | 1856 | German | composer |
| Ignaz von Seyfried | 1776 | 1841 | Austrian | composer, musician and conductor |
| Ludwig Berger | 1777 | 1839 | German | composer, pianist and piano teacher |
| Pauline Duchambge | 1778 | 1858 | French | composer and pianist |
| Johann Nepomuk Hummel | 1778 | 1837 | Austrian | Johann Nepomuk Hummelcomposer and pianist, his music bridged the Classical era of music and Romantic era of music |
| Sigismund von Neukomm | 1778 | 1858 | Austrian | composer and pianist |
| Fernando Sor | 1778 | 1839 | Spanish | Fernando Sorcomposer for the classical guitar who is credited with elevating the guitar to the level of concert instrument |
| Rochus Dedler | 1779 | 1822 | German | composer |
| William Knyvett | 1779 | 1856 | British | composer and singer |
| Louise Reichardt | 1779 | 1826 | German | composer and songwriter |
| Luigi Antonio Calegari | 1780 | 1849 | Italian | opera composer |
| Conradin Kreutzer | 1780 | 1849 | German | composer and conductor |
| Louis François Dauprat | 1781 | 1868 | French | composer, horn player and music professor at the Conservatoire de Paris |
| Anton Diabelli | 1781 | 1858 | Austrian | Anton Diabellicomposer, music publisher and editor |
| Mauro Giuliani | 1781 | 1828 | Italian | Mauro Giulianicomposer and virtuoso guitarist |
| Anthony Heinrich | 1781 | 1861 | American | composer |
| Sophie Lebrun | 1781 | 1863 | German | composer and pianist |
| François-Joseph Naderman | 1781 | 1835 | French | François-Joseph Nadermancomposer, harpist and teacher |
| Daniel Auber | 1782 | 1871 | French | opera composer, noted for La muette de Portici |
| Carlo Coccia | 1782 | 1873 | Italian | opera composer |
| John Field | 1782 | 1837 | Irish | John Fieldcomposer and pianist, notable for cultivating the nocturne |
| Niccolò Paganini | 1782 | 1840 | Italian | Niccolò Paganinicomposer and virtuoso violinist, wrote the 24 Caprices for violin, five concerti for violin, string quartets and works for violin and guitar |
| Charlotta Seuerling | 1782 | 1828 | Swedish | composer, concert singer, harpsichordist and poet |
| Friedrich Dotzauer | 1783 | 1860 | German | composer and cellist |
| Teresa Belloc-Giorgi | 1784 | 1855 | Italian | composer and contralto |
| Martin-Joseph Mengal | 1784 | 1851 | Belgian | composer and instructor |
| Francesco Morlacchi | 1784 | 1841 | Italian | composer |
| George Onslow | 1784 | 1853 | Anglo-French | George Onslowcomposer |
| Ferdinand Ries | 1784 | 1838 | German | Ferdinand Riescomposer, friend and pupil of Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Louis Spohr | 1784 | 1859 | German | Louis Spohrcomposer, violinist and conductor, renowned for chamber music and compositions for violin and harp |
| Bettina von Arnim | 1785 | 1859 | German | composer, writer and novelist |
| Marie Bigot | 1785 | 1820 | French | composer and piano teacher |
| Alexandre Pierre François Boëly | 1785 | 1858 | French | composer, organist and pianist |
| Isabella Colbran | 1785 | 1845 | Spanish | composer and opera singer |
| Catherina Cibbini-Kozeluch | 1785 | 1858 | Austrian | composer of Bohemian ancestry and pianist |
| Friedrich Kalkbrenner | 1785 | 1849 | German | Friedrich Kalkbrennercomposer, pianist and piano teacher |
| Karol Kurpiński | 1785 | 1857 | Polish | composer, conductor and pedagogue |
| Henry Bishop | 1786 | 1855 | English | composer |
| Friedrich Kuhlau | 1786 | 1832 | German-Danish | Friedrich Kuhlaucomposer |
| Pietro Raimondi | 1786 | 1853 | Italian | composer |
| Friedrich Schneider | 1786 | 1853 | German | Friedrich Schneidercomposer, pianist, organist and conductor |
| Carl Maria von Weber | 1786 | 1826 | German | Carl Maria von Webercomposer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant Romantic opera composers |
| Alexander Alyabyev | 1787 | 1851 | Russian | composer, conductor and pianist |
| Franz Xaver Gruber | 1787 | 1863 | Austrian | school teacher, church organist and composer, best known for his Christmas carol, Silent Night |
| Michele Carafa | 1787 | 1872 | Italian | opera composer |
| Johann Peter Pixis | 1788 | 1874 | German | composer and pianist |
| Simon Sechter | 1788 | 1867 | Austrian | prolific composer, renowned music theorist, teacher, organist and conductor |
| Elena Asachi | 1789 | 1877 | Romanian | composer of Austrian birth, pianist and singer |
| Nicolas-Charles Bochsa | 1789 | 1856 | French | composer and musician |
| Friedrich Ernst Fesca | 1789 | 1826 | German | Friedrich Ernst Fescacomposer of instrumental music and violinist |
| Maria Szymanowska | 1789 | 1831 | Polish | composer and virtuoso pianist |
| Harriet Browne | 1790 | 1858 | English | composer and writer |
| Isaac Nathan | 1790 | 1864 | English | composer, musicologist, journalist and self-publicist known as "the father of Australian music" |
| Carl Czerny | 1791 | 1857 | Austrian | Carl Czernycomposer, teacher and pianist |
| Ferdinand Hérold | 1791 | 1833 | French | Ferdinand Héroldoperatic composer |
| Giacomo Meyerbeer | 1791 | 1864 | German | Giacomo Meyerbeercomposer for grand opera (Il crociato in Egitto, Les Huguenots, L'Africaine) |
| Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart | 1791 | 1844 | Austrian | Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart composer, pianist, conductor, teacher and the youngest child of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| Carlo Evasio Soliva | 1791 | 1853 | Swiss-Italian | composer |
| Jan Václav Voříšek | 1791 | 1825 | Czech | composer, pianist and organist |
| Francis Johnson | 1792 | 1844 | American | composer, bugler and violinist |
| Gioachino Rossini | 1792 | 1868 | Italian | Gioachino Rossiniprolific opera composer, best known for The Barber of Seville among other operas |
| Hedda Wrangel | 1792 | 1833 | Swedish | composer |
| Cipriani Potter | 1792 | 1871 | English | composer, teacher and pianist |
| Gertrude van den Bergh | 1793 | 1840 | Dutch | composer and pianist |
| Bernhard Klein | 1793 | 1832 | German | composer |
| Caroline Ridderstolpe | 1793 | 1878 | Swedish | composer and singer |
| Princess Amalie of Saxony | 1794 | 1870 | German | composer |
| Ignaz Moscheles | 1794 | 1870 | Czech | Ignaz Moschelescomposer and piano virtuoso, head of the Leipzig Conservatory after Felix Mendelssohn |
| Heinrich Marschner | 1795 | 1861 | German | Heinrich Marschnercomposer, considered to be the most important composer of German opera between Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner |
| Saverio Mercadante | 1795 | 1870 | Italian | Saverio Mercadantecomposer |
| Nikolaos Mantzaros | 1795 | 1872 | Italian-Greek | composer |
| Helene Liebmann | 1795 | 1835 | German | composer and pianist |
| Franz Berwald | 1796 | 1868 | Swedish | composer, little known in his lifetime, but his works, including his four symphonies are better known today |
| Carl Loewe | 1796 | 1869 | German | Carl Loewecomposer, baritone singer and conductor |
| Mathilda d'Orozco | 1796 | 1863 | Swedish | composer, noble, salonist, poet, writer, singer, amateur actress and harpsichordist |
| Giovanni Pacini | 1796 | 1867 | Italian | composer |
| Emilie Zumsteeg | 1796 | 1857 | German | composer, pianist, songwriter and choir conductor |
| Luigi Castellacci | 1797 | 1845 | Italian | virtuoso on the mandolin and guitar, instrumental composer and author of popular French romances with guitar and piano accompaniments |
| Gaetano Donizetti | 1797 | 1848 | Italian | Gaetano Donizettiopera composer, known for Lucia di Lammermoor and L'elisir d'amore among others |
| Franz Schubert | 1797 | 1828 | Austrian | Franz Schubertcomposer, best known for his more than 600 lieder, chamber music, piano works and symphonies |
| Annette von Droste-Hülshoff | 1797 | 1848 | German | composer and writer |
| Antonio Rolla | 1798 | 1837 | Italian | composer and violin and viola virtuoso |
| Olivia Buckley | 1799 | 1847 | English | composer, harpist and organist |
| Marie von Stedingk | 1799 | 1868 | Swedish | composer and courtier |
| Fromental Halévy | 1799 | 1862 | French | Fromental Halévycomposer |
| Oscar I of Sweden | 1799 | 1859 | Swedish | Oscar I of Swedencomposer and king of Sweden and Norway |
| Alexey Verstovsky | 1799 | 1862 | Russian | Alexey Verstovsky composer, musical bureaucrat and rival of Mikhail Glinka |
Repertoire key: B=In Classical Net's basic Timeline of Major Composers 1600–present

## Early Romantic (born 1800–1819)

| Name | Date born | Date died | Nationality | Comments |
| Jan Kalivoda | 1801 | 1866 | Czech | Jan Kalivodacomposer, conductor and violinist |
| Vincenzo Bellini | 1801 | 1835 | Italian | Vincenzo Belliniopera composer, known for I Puritani, Norma and La sonnambula among others |
| Tomasz Padura | 1801 | 1871 | Ukrainian-Polish | Tomasz Padurapoet of the so-called Ukrainian school, musician-torbanist and composer-songwriter |
| Charles Auguste de Bériot | 1802 | 1870 | Belgian | Charles Auguste de Bériotcomposer and violinist |
| Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy | 1802 | 1880 | French | composer and pianist |
| Amédée Méreaux | 1802 | 1874 | French | Amédée Méreauxcomposer, his works are somewhat known for their immense difficulties |
| Bernhard Molique | 1802 | 1869 | German | composer and violinist |
| Cesare Pugni | 1802 | 1870 | Italian | Cesare Pugniprolific composer of ballet music |
| José Zapiola | 1802 | 1885 | Chilean | José Zapiolacomposer and politic |
| Eliza Flower | 1803 | 1846 | English | composer |
| Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich | 1803 | 1836 | Swiss | Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich composer, composed over 300 pieces for piano |
| Adolphe Adam | 1803 | 1856 | French | Adolphe Adamcomposer, best known for his ballet score, Giselle |
| Hector Berlioz | 1803 | 1869 | French | Hector Berliozcomposer, famous for his programmatic symphony, Symphonie Fantastique |
| Isidora Zegers | 1803 | 1869 | Spanish-Chilean | Isidora Zegerscomposer and pianist |
| Henri Herz | 1803 | 1888 | Austrian | composer and pianist |
| Franz Lachner | 1803 | 1890 | German | Franz Lachnercomposer and conductor, brother of Ignaz Lachner and Vinzenz Lachner |
| Louise Farrenc | 1804 | 1875 | French | composer of three symphonies and many chamber works including the earliest known sextet for piano and wind quintet (1852) |
| Mikhail Glinka | 1804 | 1857 | Russian | Mikhail Glinkanationalist composer whose works include the opera, A Life for the Tsar |
| Johann Strauss I | 1804 | 1849 | Austrian | Johann Strauss Idance music composer, famous for Radetzky March |
| Fanny Mendelssohn | 1805 | 1847 | German | composer and pianist, sister of Felix Mendelssohn, mainly known for her vocal compositions and chamber music |
| Leopold von Zenetti | 1805 | 1892 | Austrian | composer, mainly known for being one of Anton Bruckner's masters |
| Napoléon Coste | 1805 | 1883 | French | virtuoso guitarist, teacher and composer |
| Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga | 1806 | 1826 | Spanish | composer who died at nineteen and by which time he had already been nicknamed the "Spanish Mozart" for his Symphony in D and three string quartets |
| Johann Kaspar Mertz | 1806 | 1856 | Hungarian | composer, known for his guitar pieces |
| Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller | 1806 | 1874 | German | composer and pianist |
| Carlo Curti | 1807 | 1872 | Italian | cellist, performer and educator at Royal School of Music in Parma who composed cello and piano music |
| Ignaz Lachner | 1807 | 1895 | German | Ignaz Lachnerconductor, composer and organist, a prolific composer, notable for his chamber music such as his string quartets and trios |
| Elias Parish Alvars | 1808 | 1849 | English | Elias Parish Alvarsharpist and composer |
| Michael William Balfe | 1808 | 1870 | Irish | conductor and composer, remembered for his opera, The Bohemian Girl |
| Sebastián Iradier | 1809 | 1865 | Spanish | composer, best known for La Paloma |
| Felix Mendelssohn | 1809 | 1847 | German | Felix Mendelssohnconductor, music-director, composer and pianist, brother of Fanny Mendelssohn, best known for Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Otto Lindblad | 1809 | 1864 | Swedish | composer |
| Frédéric Chopin | 1810 | 1849 | Polish-French | Frédéric Chopincomposer and virtuoso pianist, his works includes nocturnes, ballade, scherzos, etudes and a number of Polish dances such as mazurkas, polonaises and waltzes. |
| Ferenc Erkel | 1810 | 1893 | Hungarian | composer of grand opera |
| Otto Nicolai | 1810 | 1849 | German | opera composer and conductor, best known for The Merry Wives of Windsor |
| Norbert Burgmüller | 1810 | 1836 | German | composer and brother of Friedrich Burgmüller, praised by Robert Schumann |
| Robert Schumann | 1810 | 1856 | German | Robert Schumanncomposer and pianist, husband of Clara Schumann, a significant lieder writer, a prolific composer, wrote many short piano pieces, four symphonies, concerti and chamber music |
| Ludwig Schuncke | 1810 | 1834 | German | composer and pianist |
| Ferdinand David | 1810 | 1873 | German | composer and violinist |
| Vinzenz Lachner | 1811 | 1893 | German | composer, brother of Franz Lachner and Ignaz Lachner |
| Franz Liszt | 1811 | 1886 | Hungarian | Franz Lisztcomposer and virtuoso pianist, one of the most influential and distinguished piano composers of the Romantic era and the rival of Robert Schumann and Clara Schumann, wrote a number of symphonic poems and extended piano technique, best known for his Hungarian Rhapsodies and other solo piano works |
| Ferdinand Hiller | 1811 | 1885 | German | composer, conductor, writer and music-director, close friend of Felix Mendelssohn. Robert Schumann dedicated his Piano Concerto to him in 1845. |
| Wilhelm Taubert | 1811 | 1891 | German | pianist, composer and conductor whose early works received praise from Felix Mendelssohn |
| Ambroise Thomas | 1811 | 1896 | French | Ambroise Thomascomposer, best known for his two operas, Mignon and Hamlet |
| Spyridon Xyndas | 1812 | 1896 | Greek | opera composer and guitarist |
| Sigismond Thalberg | 1812 | 1871 | Austrian | composer and one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era |
| Louis-Antoine Jullien | 1812 | 1860 | French | conductor and composer of light music, king of promenade concerts in England |
| Emilie Mayer | 1812 | 1883 | German | Emilie Mayercomposer of eight symphonies as well as overtures, lieder and numerous chamber works |
| Friedrich von Flotow | 1812 | 1883 | German | Friedrich von Flotowcomposer, chiefly remembered for his opera, Martha |
| Alexandre Dubuque | 1812 | 1898 | Russian-French | composer, known for teaching |
| Johann Rufinatscha | 1812 | 1893 | Austrian | composer |
| Alexander Dargomyzhsky | 1813 | 1869 | Russian | Alexander Dargomyzhskycomposer |
| Semen Hulak-Artemovsky | 1813 | 1873 | Ukrainian | Semen Hulak-Artemovskyopera composer, singer (baritone), actor and dramatist |
| George Alexander Macfarren | 1813 | 1887 | English | George Alexander Macfarrenmajor opera composer, best known for Robin Hood, She Stoops to Conquer and Helvellyn, also known as a teacher |
| Stephen Heller | 1813 | 1888 | Hungarian | composer, highly affected the late Romantic composers |
| Richard Wagner | 1813 | 1883 | German | Richard Wagnermajor opera composer, friend of Franz Liszt, best known for his cycle of four operas, Der Ring des Nibelungen |
| Ernst Haberbier | 1813 | 1869 | German | composer |
| Giuseppe Verdi | 1813 | 1901 | Italian | Giuseppe Verdimajor opera composer, best known for Nabucco, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Aida, Otello and Don Carlos |
| Charles-Valentin Alkan | 1813 | 1888 | French | composer and virtuoso pianist |
| Antonios Liveralis | 1814 | 1842 | Greek | opera composer and conductor |
| Giuseppe Lillo | 1814 | 1863 | Italian | composer, best known for his operas among which is worth noting Odda di Bernaver and Caterina Howard |
| Adolf von Henselt | 1814 | 1889 | German | composer and pianist |
| Josephine Lang | 1815 | 1880 | German | composer and pianist |
| Ferdinand Praeger | 1815 | 1891 | German | composer and pianist |
| Robert Volkmann | 1815 | 1883 | German | Robert Volkmanncomposer, companion of Johannes Brahms |
| Józef Władysław Krogulski | 1815 | 1842 | Polish | composer and pianist |
| William Sterndale Bennett | 1816 | 1875 | English | composer, conductor and editor |
| Charles Dancla | 1817 | 1907 | French | violinist, composer and teacher |
| Émile Prudent | 1817 | 1863 | French | pianist and composer |
| Károly Thern | 1817 | 1886 | Hungarian | composer, conductor and teacher |
| Niels Gade | 1817 | 1890 | Danish | composer, violinist and organist |
| Henry Litolff | 1818 | 1891 | British | pianist, composer and music publisher, best known for his five Concerto Symphoniques |
| Charles Gounod | 1818 | 1893 | French | Charles Gounodcomposer, best known for his two operas, Faust and Roméo et Juliette |
| Antonio Bazzini | 1818 | 1897 | Italian | violinist, composer and teacher, best known for The Dance of the Goblins |
| Alexander Dreyschock | 1818 | 1869 | Czech | pianist and composer |
| Jacques Offenbach | 1819 | 1880 | French | Jacques Offenbach opera and operetta composer, known for The Tales of Hoffmann and Orpheus in the Underworld |
| Franz von Suppé | 1819 | 1895 | Austrian | Franz von Suppécomposer and conductor, notable for his operetta, Light Cavalry |
| Stanisław Moniuszko | 1819 | 1872 | Polish | composer, best known as the Father of Polish National Opera |
| Clara Schumann | 1819 | 1896 | German | composer and pianist, wife of Robert Schumann, one of the leading pianists of the Romantic era |
| Vatroslav Lisinski | 1819 | 1854 | Croatian | composer, famous for his first Croatian opera, Love and Malice and his second Croatian opera, Porin |

## Middle Romantic (born 1820–1839)

| Name | Date born | Date died | Nationality | Comments |
| Henri Vieuxtemps | 1820 | 1881 | Belgian | Henri Vieuxtempscomposer and violinist |
| Giovanni Bottesini | 1821 | 1889 | Italian | conductor, composer and double bass virtuoso |
| Josip Runjanin | 1821 | 1878 | Croatian | composer |
| Emilie Holmberg | 1821 | 1854 | Swedish | composer, concert pianist and organist |
| Joachim Raff | 1822 | 1882 | Swiss-born German | Joachim Raffcomposer, best known for eleven symphonies, most of them program music |
| César Franck | 1822 | 1890 | Belgian-born French | César Franckcomposer, noted for his Symphony in D minor, also a significant composer for the organ |
| James Lord Pierpont | 1822 | 1893 | American | composer, best known for Jingle Bells |
| Luigi Arditi | 1822 | 1903 | Italian | composer, violinist and conductor |
| Édouard Lalo | 1823 | 1892 | French | Édouard Lalocomposer, remembered for his Symphonie espagnole for violin and orchestra and his Cello Concerto |
| Theodor Kirchner | 1823 | 1903 | German | composer and pianist, he wrote over 1,000 piano pieces |
| Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev | 1823 | 1896 | Kazakhstani | composer |
| Anton Bruckner | 1824 | 1896 | Austrian | Anton Brucknercomposer of nine large-scale symphonies (one incomplete) and two more unacknowledged |
| Frederick Ellard | 1824 | 1874 | Australian | composer |
| Bedřich Smetana | 1824 | 1884 | Czech | Bedřich Smetananationalist composer, best known for his cycle of six symphonic poems, Má vlast and his opera, The Bartered Bride |
| Carl Reinecke | 1824 | 1910 | German | Carl Reineckecomposer, conductor and pianist, best known for his attachment to classical forms and conducted Gewandhausorchester for nearly 35 years |
| Jean-Baptiste Arban | 1825 | 1889 | French | composer and virtuoso cornetist, wrote the "Grande méthode complète pour cornet à pistons et de saxhorn" now referred to as the "Trumpeter's Bible" |
| Johann Strauss II | 1825 | 1899 | Austrian | Johann Strauss IIcomposer known as "The Waltz King", son of Austrian dance music composer Johann Strauss I and elder brother of Josef Strauss and Eduard Strauss, best known for Blue Danube Waltz and his opera, Die Fledermaus |
| Richard Hol | 1825 | 1904 | Dutch | organ composer |
| Stephen Foster | 1826 | 1864 | American | composer and songwriter known as "the father of American music", best known for "Oh! Susanna", "Camptown Races", "Old Folks at Home", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair", "Old Black Joe" and "Beautiful Dreamer" |
| Ivar Hallström | 1826 | 1901 | Swedish | opera composer |
| Ludwig Minkus | 1826 | 1917 | Austrian | composer of ballet music |
| Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland | 1827 | 1852 | Swedish | composer and the second son of Oscar I of Sweden |
| Josef Strauss | 1827 | 1870 | Austrian | composer and younger brother of Johann Strauss II |
| Adolphe Blanc | 1828 | 1885 | French | composer of chamber music |
| Adrien Barthe | 1828 | 1898 | French | composer |
| Eduard Rohde | 1828 | 1883 | German | composer and organist |
| Johann Dubez | 1828 | 1891 | Austrian | composer and mandolinist |
| Jacques Blumenthal | 1829 | 1908 | German | composer |
| Patrick Gilmore | 1829 | 1892 | Irish-born American | composer and bandleader, best known for his song, When Johnny Comes Marching Home |
| Louis Moreau Gottschalk | 1829 | 1869 | American | composer, famous for performing his own romantic piano works |
| Anton Rubinstein | 1829 | 1894 | Russian | Anton Rubinsteinconductor, composer and pianist |
| Pavlos Carrer | 1829 | 1896 | Greek | composer, famous for composing the first Greek operas |
| Karl Goldmark | 1830 | 1915 | Hungarian | Karl Goldmarkcomposer |
| Hans von Bülow | 1830 | 1894 | German | Hans von Bülowconductor, composer and virtuoso pianist |
| Theodor Leschetizky | 1830 | 1915 | Polish | pianist, professor and composer |
| Ivan Larionov | 1830 | 1889 | Russian | composer, writer and folklorist |
| Kornelije Stanković | 1831 | 1865 | Serbian | composer |
| Jan Gerard Palm | 1831 | 1906 | Curaçaoan | composer, best known for his mazurkas, waltzes, danzas, tumbas, fantasies and serenades |
| Célestin Lavigueur | 1831 | 1885 | Canadian | opera composer |
| Hiromori Hayashi | 1831 | 1896 | Japanese | Hiromori Hayashicomposer, known for the Japanese national anthem, Kimigayo |
| Joseph Joachim | 1831 | 1907 | Hungarian | composer, violinist, conductor and teacher |
| Eduardo Mezzacapo | 1832 | 1898 | Italian | mandolin virtuoso, composer and teacher, known for Aubade for Mandolin, Violin and Guitar and Tarantella "Napoli" |
| August Söderman | 1832 | 1876 | Swedish | composer, best known for his lieder and choral works |
| Ivan Zajc | 1832 | 1914 | Croatian | composer, conductor, director and teacher, best known for his opera, Nikola Šubić Zrinski and his Croatian patriotic song, U boj, u boj |
| Francis Edward Bache | 1833 | 1858 | English | composer and organist |
| Alexander Borodin | 1833 | 1887 | Russian | chemist and nationalist composer, part of the Russian Five, wrote the opera, Prince Igor |
| Johannes Brahms | 1833 | 1897 | German | Johannes Brahmscomposer, one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period, best known for his four symphonies, Violin Concerto, two piano concertos, and A German Requiem |
| Amilcare Ponchielli | 1834 | 1886 | Italian | Amilcare Ponchielliopera composer, known for La Gioconda |
| Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska | 1834 | 1861 | Polish | composer |
| Julius Reubke | 1834 | 1858 | German | Julius Reubkepiano and organ composer, known for Sonata on the 94th Psalm |
| Peter Benoit | 1834 | 1901 | Belgian | composer |
| Giuseppe Branzoli | 1835 | 1909 | Italian | mandolinist, violinist, composer and music historian |
| Felix Draeseke | 1835 | 1913 | German | composer |
| Camille Saint-Saëns | 1835 | 1921 | French | Camille Saint-Saënsmusic critic, composer, pianist and an exceptional organist, best known for his biblical opera, Samson et Dalila |
| Henryk Wieniawski | 1835 | 1880 | Polish | Henryk Wieniawskicomposer and violinist, famous for two concertos and character pieces of exceptional difficulty |
| Eduard Strauss | 1835 | 1916 | Austrian | composer and younger brother of Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss |
| César Cui | 1835 | 1918 | Russian | César Cuiarmy officer, music critic and composer of the Russian Five |
| Davorin Jenko | 1835 | 1914 | Slovenian-born Serbian | composer and conductor |
| Friedrich Baumfelder | 1836 | 1916 | German | piano, choral, and orchestra composer, in his day known for his 'Tirocinium musicae' and today known for his 'Melody in F major' |
| Léo Delibes | 1836 | 1891 | French | composer, one of the first significant ballet composers since the Baroque music, known for Coppélia, Sylvia, and Lakmé |
| Abdu al-Hamuli | 1836 | 1901 | Egyptian | Abdu al-Hamulicomposer and singer |
| Antônio Carlos Gomes | 1836 | 1896 | Brazilian | opera composer, praised by Franz Liszt and Giuseppe Verdi whose Il Guarany premiered at La Scala in 1870, a first opera ballo for the composer from the New World |
| Bertha Tammelin | 1836 | 1915 | Swedish | composer, concert pianist and opera singer |
| Julius Weissenborn | 1837 | 1888 | German | bassoonist, composer and music teacher, famous for his Practical Bassoon School |
| Tigran Chukhajian | 1837 | 1898 | Turkish-Armenian | composer, conductor, public activist and the founder of the first opera institution in the Ottoman Empire |
| Émile Waldteufel | 1837 | 1915 | French | Émile Waldteufelcomposer of light music |
| Mily Balakirev | 1837 | 1910 | Russian | Mily Balakirevnationalist composer and the leader of the Russian Five |
| Gordon Saunders | 1837 | 1912 | English | composer of songs, church music and organ music, professor at the Trinity College of Music |
| Georges Bizet | 1838 | 1875 | French | Georges Bizetcomposer, best known for his final opera, Carmen |
| Max Bruch | 1838 | 1920 | German | Max Bruchcomposer, known for his Violin Concerto No. 1, Scottish Fantasy and Kol Nidrei for cello and orchestra |
| Henri Ghys | 1839 | 1908 | French | pianist, conductor and composer |
| Modest Mussorgsky | 1839 | 1881 | Russian | Modest Mussorgskynationalist composer and the member of the Russian Five, best known for his orchestral tone poem, Night on Bald Mountain and his piano suite, Pictures at an Exhibition |
| Eduard Nápravník | 1839 | 1916 | Czech | Eduard Nápravník conductor and composer |
| John Knowles Paine | 1839 | 1906 | American | first native-born American composer to acquire international fame for his large-scale orchestral music |
| Josef Rheinberger | 1839 | 1901 | German | composer and organist, born in Liechtenstein, primarily noted for his organ music including 20 sonatas |

## Late Romantic (born 1840–1859)

| Name | Date born | Date died | Nationality | Comments |
| Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 1840 | 1893 | Russian | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovskycomposer, best known for his three ballets, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty, the opera Eugene Onegin, Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, 1812 Overture, Piano Concerto No. 1, Violin Concerto and his six symphonies |
| John Stainer | 1840 | 1901 | English | composer and organist |
| Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray | 1840 | 1910 | French | composer |
| Johan Svendsen | 1840 | 1911 | Norwegian | composer, conductor and violinist |
| Louis Brassin | 1840 | 1884 | Belgian | pianist, composer and music educator, best known for his piano transcription of the Magic Fire Music from Wagner's Die Walküre |
| Emmanuel Chabrier | 1841 | 1894 | French | Emmanuel Chabrier composer who influenced Maurice Ravel, Les Six, Jean Françaix and many other French composers, known for the opera, L'étoile and the rhapsody, España |
| Felip Pedrell | 1841 | 1922 | Spanish | composer of opera, zarzuela and church music who taught and influenced Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados and Manuel de Falla |
| Giovanni Sgambati | 1841 | 1914 | Italian | composer, conductor and pianist |
| Antonín Dvořák | 1841 | 1904 | Czech | Antonín Dvořákcomposer, best known for his New World Symphony |
| Giuseppe Silvestri | 1841 | 1921 | Italian | composer and mandolin virtuoso |
| Arrigo Boito | 1842 | 1918 | Italian | Arrigo Boitocomposer and librettist, known as a composer for his opera, Mefistofele |
| Josef Labor | 1842 | 1924 | Austrian | Josef Laborcomposer, pianist, organist and teacher |
| Mykola Lysenko | 1842 | 1912 | Ukrainian | Mykola Lysenkocomposer, pianist, conductor and ethnomusicologist |
| Johann Nepomuk Fuchs | 1842 | 1899 | Austrian | composer, conductor, teacher and editor |
| Jules Massenet | 1842 | 1912 | French | Jules Massenetcomposer, best known for his two operas, Manon and Werther and the Méditation for violin from the opera, Thaïs |
| Arthur Sullivan | 1842 | 1900 | English | Arthur Sullivancomposer, known for his operettas in collaboration with William Schwenck Gilbert |
| Calixa Lavallée | 1842 | 1891 | Canadian | composer, known for the Canadian national anthem, O Canada |
| Émile Bernard | 1843 | 1902 | French | composer and organist, known for his Divertissement For Doubled Wind Quintet |
| Edvard Grieg | 1843 | 1907 | Norwegian | Edvard Griegcomposer, best known for his 1875 incidental music, Peer Gynt and the Piano Concerto in A minor |
| David Popper | 1843 | 1913 | Czech | composer and virtuoso cellist, known for his 40 etudes, 4 concertos and Hungarian Rhapsody for cello and orchestra |
| Paul Taffanel | 1844 | 1908 | French | Paul Taffanel flautist, conductor and instructor, regarded as the founder of the French Flute School |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | 1844 | 1908 | Russian | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakovcomposer and the member of the Russian Five, best known for Flight of the Bumblebee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan and his symphonic poem Scheherazade |
| Pietro Armanini | 1844 | 1895 | Italian | composer, virtuoso mandolinist and teacher, known for his performances and two dances, La cigale polka pour (The Grasshopper Polka) and L'éventail polka-mazurka (The Range Mazurka) |
| Pablo de Sarasate | 1844 | 1908 | Spanish | virtuoso violinist and composer, best known for Zigeunerweisen, Carmen Fantasy and his showpieces for the violin |
| Charles-Marie Widor | 1844 | 1937 | French | Charles-Marie Widor composer, known for his works for the organ |
| Friedrich Nietzsche | 1844 | 1900 | German | philologist, philosopher, cultural critic, poet and composer |
| Ion Ivanovici | 1845 | 1902 | Romanian | composer, known for his waltz, Waves of the Danube |
| Gabriel Fauré | 1845 | 1924 | French | Gabriel Faurécomposer, known for his chamber music and his Requiem among other pieces |
| Oscar Hammerstein I | 1846 | 1919 | German-born American | opera composer, businessman and impresario |
| Albert Mando | 1846 | 1912 | American | composer, conductor and music educator |
| Ignaz Brüll | 1846 | 1907 | Austrian | composer and pianist, famous for his opera, Das goldene Kreuz |
| Luigi Denza | 1846 | 1922 | Italian | opera composer, composed and played for mandolin and guitar |
| Ferdinando de Cristofaro | 1846 | 1890 | Italian | mandolin virtuoso, pianist, composer and music teacher |
| Zygmunt Noskowski | 1846 | 1909 | Polish | composer, conductor and teacher |
| Robert Fuchs | 1847 | 1927 | Austrian | composer and music teacher |
| Chiquinha Gonzaga | 1847 | 1935 | Brazilian | composer, pianist, and conductor |
| Augusta Holmès | 1847 | 1903 | French | composer of Irish descent |
| Philipp Scharwenka | 1847 | 1917 | German-Polish | composer and music teacher, brother of Xaver Scharwenka |
| Henri Duparc | 1848 | 1933 | French | composer, noted for seventeen melodies |
| Hubert Parry | 1848 | 1918 | English | Hubert Parrycomposer, wrote choral song, Jerusalem |
| Benjamin Godard | 1849 | 1895 | French | composer and violinist |
| Ernesto Köhler | 1849 | 1907 | Italian | flautist and composer, known by flautists for his instructional work, Progress in Flute Playing |
| Calogero Adolfo Bracco | 1850 | 1903 | Italian | mandolinist, violinist, composer and conductor, known for I mandolini a congresso |
| Zdeněk Fibich | 1850 | 1900 | Czech | Zdeněk Fibich composer, best known for his two operas, Šárka and The Bride of Messina |
| Xaver Scharwenka | 1850 | 1924 | German-Polish | composer, pianist and music teacher, brother of Philipp Scharwenka |
| Alexandre Luigini | 1850 | 1906 | French | composer and conductor |
| Max Josef Beer | 1851 | 1908 | Austrian | composer |
| Josif Marinković | 1851 | 1931 | Serbian | composer |
| Vincent d'Indy | 1851 | 1931 | French | Vincent d'Indycomposer, teacher of Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud among others |
| Francisco Tárrega | 1852 | 1909 | Spanish | composer and virtuoso classical guitarist, known as 'the Father of modern classical guitar playing' |
| Hans Huber | 1852 | 1921 | Swiss | composer |
| Charles Villiers Stanford | 1852 | 1924 | Irish | Charles Villiers Stanfordcomposer |
| Ciprian Porumbescu | 1853 | 1883 | Romanian | composer |
| Teresa Carreño | 1853 | 1917 | Venezuelan | composer and pianist |
| Arthur Foote | 1853 | 1937 | American | Arthur Footecomposer and the member of the Second New England School |
| Engelbert Humperdinck | 1854 | 1921 | German | opera composer, influenced by Richard Wagner, famous for Hänsel und Gretel |
| Leoš Janáček | 1854 | 1928 | Czech | composer, known for his operas Káťa Kabanová and Jenůfa and his orchestral pieces Sinfonietta and Taras Bulba |
| Alfredo Catalani | 1854 | 1893 | Italian | Alfredo Catalanicomposer, known for his two operas, Loreley and La Wally |
| Moritz Moszkowski | 1854 | 1925 | German | composer and pianist who wrote prolifically for the piano, also composed a piano concerto and a violin concerto |
| John Philip Sousa | 1854 | 1932 | American | John Philip Sousacomposer and conductor known as "The March King", best known for The Stars and Stripes Forever among other marches |
| Bernard Zweers | 1854 | 1924 | Dutch | Bernard Zweerscomposer |
| George Whitefield Chadwick | 1854 | 1931 | American | composer |
| Ernest Chausson | 1855 | 1899 | French | Ernest Chaussoncomposer, influenced by César Franck and Richard Wagner, seen as a bridge from them to Claude Debussy |
| Jean Pietrapertosa | 1855 | 1940 | Italian-French | composer and mandolin virtuoso |
| Julius Röntgen | 1855 | 1932 | German-Dutch | composer, influenced by Johannes Brahms, close friend to Edvard Grieg |
| Anatoly Lyadov | 1855 | 1914 | Russian | Anatoly Lyadovcomposer, teacher and conductor |
| Arnold Mendelssohn | 1855 | 1933 | German | composer and music teacher |
| Stevan Mokranjac | 1856 | 1914 | Serbian | composer |
| Jacob J. Sawyer | 1856 | 1885 | American | composer |
| Giuseppe Martucci | 1856 | 1909 | Italian | composer and music teacher |
| Frank White Meacham | 1856 | 1909 | American | composer and arranger of Tin Pan Alley, best known for his popular march, American Patrol |
| Sergei Taneyev | 1856 | 1915 | Russian | Sergei Taneyevcomposer, pianist and music teacher |
| Christian Sinding | 1856 | 1941 | Norwegian | Christian Sindingcomposer |
| Edward Elgar | 1857 | 1934 | English | Edward Elgarcomposer, wrote oratorios, chamber music, concertos and symphonies, best known for his Enigma Variations, Salut d'Amour, Cello Concerto and his Pomp and Circumstance Marches |
| Cécile Chaminade | 1857 | 1944 | French | composer and pianist |
| Ruggero Leoncavallo | 1857 | 1919 | Italian | Ruggero Leoncavalloopera composer, known almost exclusively for Pagliacci |
| Edwin Eugene Bagley | 1857 | 1922 | American | composer, most famous for composing the march, National Emblem |
| Mathilde Kralik | 1857 | 1944 | Austrian | Mathilde Kralikcomposer, pupil of Anton Bruckner |
| Giacomo Puccini | 1858 | 1924 | Italian | Giacomo Pucciniopera composer, known for La bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly |
| Jenő Hubay | 1858 | 1937 | Hungarian | violinist, composer and music teacher, also known by his German name Eugen Huber |
| Eugène Ysaÿe | 1858 | 1931 | Belgian | Eugène Ysaÿecomposer and virtuoso violinist, known for his solo sonatas for violin |
| Hans Rott | 1858 | 1884 | Austrian | Hans Rottcomposer and organist, favorite student of Anton Bruckner and praised by Gustav Mahler |
| Carlo Curti | 1859 | 1922 | Italian | Carlo Curti composer, conductor and instrumentalist on xylophone and mandolin, wrote mandolin method. Also, he conducted the first Mexican Typical Orchestra (Orquesta Típica Mexicana) |
| Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov | 1859 | 1935 | Russian | Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanovcomposer, conductor and teacher |
| Victor Herbert | 1859 | 1924 | Irish-born American | Victor Herbertcomposer, cellist and conductor, best known for his 1903 operetta, Babes in Toyland |
| Sergei Lyapunov | 1859 | 1924 | Russian | Sergei Lyapunovcomposer and pianist |
| Per Lasson | 1859 | 1883 | Norwegian | Per Lassoncomposer, brother of Norwegian painter, Oda Krohg |

## Post Romantic (born 1860–1899)

| Name | Date born | Date died | Nationality | Comments |
| Isaac Albéniz | 1860 | 1909 | Spanish | Isaac Albénizcomposer and virtuoso pianist, known for nationalist piano works such as Iberia and a 'set of 12 piano pieces' |
| Valborg Aulin | 1860 | 1928 | Swedish | Valborg Aulinfemale pianist and composer |
| Gustave Charpentier | 1860 | 1956 | French | Gustave Charpentiercomposer, best known for his opera, Louise |
| Gustav Mahler | 1860 | 1911 | Austrian | Gustav Mahlercomposer, one of the most important late-Romantic/early-Modernist composers, his works include ten innovative large-scale and sometimes programmatic symphonies and many lieder |
| Edward MacDowell | 1860 | 1908 | American | Edward MacDowellcomposer, best known for his piano concertos and piano suites, his works include his most popular short piece, "To a Wild Rose" |
| Hugo Wolf | 1860 | 1903 | Austrian | Hugo Wolfcomposer of lieder, influenced by Richard Wagner |
| Ignacy Jan Paderewski | 1860 | 1941 | Polish | Ignacy Paderewskipianist and composer |
| Anton Arensky | 1861 | 1906 | Russian | Anton Arenskycomposer, pianist and music teacher |
| Spyridon Samaras | 1861 | 1917 | Greek | Spyridon Samarasopera composer, widely known for his composition of the "Olympic Hymn" |
| Wilhelm Berger | 1861 | 1911 | German | Wilhelm Bergercomposer, pianist and conductor |
| Georgy Catoire | 1861 | 1926 | Russian | composer |
| Václav Suk | 1861 | 1933 | Czech-born Russian | Václav Sukcomposer, violinist and conductor |
| Stéphan Elmas | 1862 | 1937 | Armenian | Stéphan Elmascomposer, pianist and teacher |
| Claude Debussy | 1862 | 1918 | French | Claude Debussycomposer, one of the most prominent figures working within the field of Impressionist music, best known for Clair de Lune from Suite bergamasque |
| Frederick Delius | 1862 | 1934 | English | Frederick Deliuscomposer, used chromaticism in many of his compositions |
| Edward German | 1862 | 1936 | English | Edward Germancomposer of Welsh descent, known for his three comic operas, Merrie England, A Princess of Kensington and Tom Jones |
| Alberto Williams | 1862 | 1952 | Argentine | Alberto Williamscomposer and conductor |
| Emil von Sauer | 1862 | 1942 | German | Emil von Sauercomposer, pianist, editor and teacher |
| Pietro Mascagni | 1863 | 1945 | Italian | Pietro Mascagniopera composer, known for Cavalleria Rusticana |
| Horatio Parker | 1863 | 1919 | American | Horatio Parkercomposer, organist and teacher |
| Gabriel Pierné | 1863 | 1937 | French | Gabriel Piernécomposer, conductor and organist |
| Ricardo Castro | 1864 | 1907 | Mexican | Ricardo Castrocomposer, works include piano music |
| Alexander Gretchaninov | 1864 | 1956 | Russian | Alexander Gretchaninovcomposer |
| Sakunosuke Koyama | 1864 | 1927 | Japanese | Sakunosuke Koyamacomposer and music teacher |
| Alberto Nepomuceno | 1864 | 1920 | Brazilian | Alberto Nepomucenocomposer |
| Clarence L. Partee | 1864 | 1915 | American | Clarence L. Parteecomposer for banjo, mandolin and guitar |
| Guy Ropartz | 1864 | 1955 | French | Guy Ropartzcomposer and conductor |
| Richard Strauss | 1864 | 1949 | German | Richard Strausscomposer, known for Also Sprach Zarathustra (based on the book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche), wrote many symphonic poems, operas and lieder |
| Paul Dukas | 1865 | 1935 | French | Paul Dukascomposer, known for his piece of program music, The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
| Eduardo di Capua | 1865 | 1917 | Italian | Eduardo di Capuacomposer, known for his song, "'O sole mio" |
| Herbert J. Ellis | 1865 | 1903 | English | Herbert Ellismusician (banjo, mandolin and guitar), wrote method books, more than 1000 compositions |
| Paul Gilson | 1865 | 1942 | Belgian | Paul Gilsonmusician and composer |
| Alexander Glazunov | 1865 | 1936 | Russian | Alexander Glazunovcomposer, influenced by Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt |
| Albéric Magnard | 1865 | 1914 | French | Albéric Magnardcomposer |
| Carl Nielsen | 1865 | 1931 | Danish | Carl Nielsencomposer, renowned for his six symphonies and concerti |
| Jean Sibelius | 1865 | 1957 | Finnish | Jean Sibeliuscomposer of seven symphonies and the Violin Concerto in D minor, known also for the symphonic poems include Finlandia, En saga, Lemminkäinen (which includes the Swan of Tuonela), The Oceanides, and Tapiola |
| Vasily Kalinnikov | 1866 | 1901 | Russian | Vasily Kalinnikovcomposer of two symphonies |
| Tor Aulin | 1866 | 1914 | Swedish | Tor Aulinviolinist, conductor and composer |
| Ferruccio Busoni | 1866 | 1924 | Italian | Ferruccio Busonicomposer and pianist, known for his opera, Turandot and his many transcriptions and arrangements of Johann Sebastian Bach |
| Francesco Cilea | 1866 | 1950 | Italian | Francesco Cileacomposer, particularly known for his two operas, L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur |
| Amanda Aldridge | 1866 | 1956 | British | Amanda Aldridgecomposer, opera singer and teacher |
| Vladimir Rebikov | 1866 | 1920 | Russian | Vladimir Rebikovcomposer and pianist |
| Erik Satie | 1866 | 1925 | French | Erik Satiecomposer and pianist, best known for Les Trois Gymnopédies |
| Georg Schumann | 1866 | 1952 | German | Georg Schumanncomposer, older brother of Camillo Schumann; no relation to Robert Schumann |
| Johann Strauss III | 1866 | 1939 | Austrian | Johann Strauss IIIcomposer, son of Eduard Strauss |
| Learmont Drysdale | 1866 | 1909 | Scottish | composer |
| Samuel Maykapar | 1867 | 1938 | Russian | Samuel Maykaparcomposer |
| Amy Beach | 1867 | 1944 | American | Amy Beachcomposer and pianist |
| Umberto Giordano | 1867 | 1948 | Italian | Umberto Giordano opera composer |
| Enrique Granados | 1867 | 1916 | Spanish | Enrique Granadoscomposer and pianist, known for his piano works and chamber music |
| Wilhelm Peterson-Berger | 1867 | 1942 | Swedish | Wilhelm Peterson-Bergercomposer, wrote symphonies, operas, vocal and piano music |
| Charles Koechlin | 1867 | 1950 | French | Charles Koechlincomposer, teacher and writer on music |
| Scott Joplin | c. 1867/1868 | 1917 | American | Scott Joplincomposer and pianist known as "The Ragtime King", best known for Maple Leaf Rag and The Entertainer among other ragtime compositions |
| Oskar Merikanto | 1868 | 1924 | Finnish | Oskar Merikanto musician and composer |
| Granville Bantock | 1868 | 1946 | British | composer |
| Hermann Bischoff | 1868 | 1936 | German | composer |
| Hamish MacCunn | 1868 | 1916 | Scottish | composer, conductor and teacher, most famous for The Land of the Mountain and the Flood |
| Vittorio Monti | 1868 | 1922 | Italian | composer, violinist and conductor, most famous for Csárdás |
| José Vianna da Motta | 1868 | 1948 | Portuguese | pianist, teacher and composer, most famous for Symphony 'À Pátria', Op. 13 |
| Juventino Rosas | 1868 | 1894 | Mexican | Juventino Rosascomposer, known for his song, "Sobre las Olas" |
| Jan Brandts Buys | 1868 | 1933 | Dutch-Austrian | composer |
| Tokichi Setoguchi | 1868 | 1941 | Japanese | Tokichi Setoguchicomposer, music educator, conductor and clarinetist, famous for Warship March |
| Seth Weeks | 1868 | 1953 | American | Seth Weekscomposer, music educator, jazz bandleader and mandolinist |
| Siegfried Wagner | 1869 | 1930 | German | opera composer, conductor and the son of Richard Wagner |
| Demetrios Lialios | 1869 | 1940 | Greek | composer of chamber music |
| Julius Conus | 1869 | 1942 | Russian | composer and violinist |
| Albert Roussel | 1869 | 1937 | French | Albert Rousselcomposer |
| Armas Järnefelt | 1869 | 1958 | Finnish | composer and conductor |
| Harry Lawrence Freeman | 1869 | 1954 | American | opera composer, conductor, impresario and teacher, best known for his African-American opera, Voodoo |
| Alfred Hill | 1869 | 1960 | Australian-New Zealand | composer, conductor and teacher |
| John Nicholas Klohr | 1869 | 1956 | American | composer of band music, most famous for The Billboard March |
| Leopold Godowsky | 1870 | 1938 | Polish | composer, pianist and teacher |
| Zygmunt Stojowski | 1870 | 1946 | Polish | composer and pianist |
| Oscar Straus | 1870 | 1954 | Austrian | Oscar Strauscomposer, no relation to the musical Strauss family of Vienna (Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II, Josef Strauss, Eduard Strauss and Johann Strauss III) |
| Franz Lehár | 1870 | 1948 | Hungarian | composer, mainly known for his operettas |
| Florent Schmitt | 1870 | 1958 | French | composer |
| Luigi von Kunits | 1870 | 1931 | Serbian-born Austrian | composer and conductor, founder of the Pittsburg and Toronto symphony orchestras |
| Guillaume Lekeu | 1870 | 1894 | Belgian | composer, known for his violin sonata |
| Louis Vierne | 1870 | 1937 | French | Louis Vierne composer and organist, titular organist of Notre-Dame de Paris |
| Nobu Kōda | 1870 | 1946 | Japanese | Nobu Kōda composer, violinist and music teacher |
| Frederick Converse | 1871 | 1940 | American | composer |
| Alfredo D'Ambrosio | 1871 | 1914 | Italian | violinist and composer |
| Giacomo Balla | 1871 | 1958 | Italian | futurist composer and artist |
| Zacharia Paliashvili | 1871 | 1933 | Georgian | Zacharia Paliashvili composer, known for the eclectic fusion of Georgian folk songs and stories with 19th century Romantic classical themes. He was the founder of the Georgian Philharmonic Society and later, the head of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire |
| Henry Kimball Hadley | 1871 | 1937 | American | composer and conductor, known for the opera, Cleopatra's Night |
| Oreste Ravanello | 1871 | 1938 | Italian | composer, known for works for choir and for organ |
| Wilhelm Stenhammar | 1871 | 1927 | Swedish | Wilhelm Stenhammar composer, conductor and pianist |
| Alexander von Zemlinsky | 1871 | 1942 | Austrian | Alexander von Zemlinsky composer and music teacher, his students include Arnold Schoenberg and Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| Stanislav Binički | 1872 | 1942 | Serbian | composer |
| Hugo Alfvén | 1872 | 1960 | Swedish | Hugo Alfvéncomposer, known for Swedish Rhapsody, works include choral music and five symphonies |
| Julius Fučík | 1872 | 1916 | Czech | Julius Fučíkcomposer and conductor of military bands, known for Entrance of the Gladiators |
| Rubin Goldmark | 1872 | 1936 | American | composer, pianist, educator and nephew of Karl Goldmark |
| Alexander Scriabin | 1872 | 1915 | Russian | Alexander Scriabincomposer and pianist, known for his harmonically adventurous piano sonatas and theatrically orchestral works, characteristic period compositions include his Op. 1 to Op. 30 works |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | 1872 | 1958 | English | Ralph Vaughan Williamscomposer, his works include nine symphonies, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and other orchestral poems |
| Salvator Léonardi | 1872 | 1938 | Italian | composer, performer and teacher, known for Souvenir de Catania, Souvenir de Napoli, Souvenir de Sicile and Angeli e Demoni |
| Camillo Schumann | 1872 | 1946 | German | composer, younger brother of Georg Schumann; no relation to Robert Schumann |
| William Henry Bell | 1873 | 1946 | English | composer, conductor and lecturer |
| Leo Fall | 1873 | 1925 | Austrian | composer of operettas |
| Pascual Marquina Narro | 1873 | 1948 | Spanish | prolific orchestral and operatic composer |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff | 1873 | 1943 | Russian | Sergei Rachmaninoffcomposer, conductor and virtuoso pianist, wrote three symphonies, four piano concertos, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and solo piano music |
| Max Reger | 1873 | 1916 | German | prolific composer, known for his Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart |
| Reynaldo Hahn | 1874 | 1947 | Venezuelan | composer, known for his strikingly beautiful and unabashedly tonal melodies |
| Gustav Holst | 1874 | 1934 | English | Gustav Holstcomposer, best known for his orchestral suite, The Planets |
| Charles Ives | 1874 | 1954 | American | composer, member of the American Five, best known for The Unanswered Question and his Concord Sonata |
| Arnold Schoenberg | 1874 | 1951 | Austrian-American | Arnold Schoenbergcomposer, whose early works (e.g. Verklärte Nacht) are influenced by Richard Wagner, but subsequently developed atonalism and serialism with such watershed works as Moses und Aron |
| Josef Suk | 1874 | 1935 | Czech | Josef Sukcomposer and violinist |
| Franz Schmidt | 1874 | 1939 | Austrian | composer, influenced by Anton Bruckner and Johannes Brahms |
| Eugénie-Victorine-Jeanne Alombert | 1874 | 1964 | French | composer and pianist |
| Reinhold Glière | 1875 | 1956 | Russian | Reinhold Glièrecomposer |
| Julián Carrillo | 1875 | 1965 | Mexican | composer, conductor, violinist and music theorist |
| Fritz Kreisler | 1875 | 1962 | Austrian | composer and virtuoso violinist, known for his sweet sound, composed short showpieces for the violin |
| Richard Wetz | 1875 | 1935 | German | composer, influenced by Anton Bruckner |
| Maurice Ravel | 1875 | 1937 | French | Maurice Ravelcomposer, best known for Boléro |
| Franco Alfano | 1875 | 1954 | Italian | composer and pianist |
| Albert Ketèlbey | 1875 | 1959 | English | composer, conductor and pianist |
| Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | 1875 | 1912 | English | composer, known for his trilogy of cantatas, The Song of Hiawatha |
| Alexander Koshetz | 1875 | 1944 | Ukrainian | Alexander Koshetzchoral conductor, arranger, composer, ethnographer, writer, musicologist and lecturer |
| Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | 1875 | 1911 | Lithuanian | painter and composer |
| Henriette Renié | 1875 | 1956 | French | harpist and composer |
| Josef Hofmann | 1876 | 1957 | Polish-American | Josef Hofmann composer and pianist |
| Edgar Bara | 1876 | 1962 | French | mandolinist and composer, conducted mandolin orchestra |
| John Alden Carpenter | 1876 | 1951 | American | composer |
| Manuel de Falla | 1876 | 1946 | Spanish | Manuel de Fallacomposer, best known for The Three-Cornered Hat |
| Flor Alpaerts | 1876 | 1954 | Belgian | composer, notable students include the two composers, Denise Tolkowsky and Ernest Schuyten |
| Mieczysław Karłowicz | 1876 | 1909 | Polish | Mieczysław Karłowiczcomposer, his style is of late-Romantic and nationalist character |
| Filippo Tommaso Marinetti | 1876 | 1944 | Italian | Filippo Marinettifuturist composer, poet, and editor |
| Fermo Dante Marchetti | 1876 | 1940 | Italian | Fermo Marchetticomposer, best known for the song, "Fascination" |
| Ludolf Nielsen | 1876 | 1939 | Danish | Ludolf Nielsencomposer, violinist, conductor and pianist |
| Carl Ruggles | 1876 | 1971 | American | composer, painter and the member of the American Five, whose representative Romantic-period work is the lieder Ich fühle deinen Odem |
| Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari | 1876 | 1948 | Italian | Ermanno Wolf-Ferraricomposer and music teacher, known for his comic operas |
| Nakao Tozan | 1876 | 1956 | Japanese | Nakao Tozanperformer and prolific composer, known for his works of the Tozan school |
| Petar Krstić | 1877 | 1957 | Serbian | composer and conductor |
| Antonio Russolo | 1877 | 1942 | Italian | futurist composer and brother of Luigi Russolo |
| Ernst von Dohnányi | 1877 | 1960 | Hungarian | Ernst von Dohnányiconductor, composer and pianist |
| Elisabeth Kuyper | 1877 | 1953 | Dutch | Elisabeth Kuypercomposer and conductor |
| Paul Ladmirault | 1877 | 1944 | French | Paul Ladmiraultcomposer |
| Mykola Leontovych | 1877 | 1921 | Ukrainian | Mykola Leontovychcomposer, choral conductor and teacher, known for his arrangement of the carol "Shchedryk", known in English as "Carol of the Bells" or as "Ring Christmas Bells" |
| Sergei Bortkiewicz | 1877 | 1952 | Russian | Sergei Bortkiewiczcomposer and pianist |
| Isidor Bajić | 1878 | 1915 | Serbian | Isidor Bajićcomposer, conductor, teacher and publisher |
| Gabriel Dupont | 1878 | 1914 | French | Gabriel Dupontcomposer, known for his operas and chamber music |
| Joseph Holbrooke | 1878 | 1958 | English | Joseph Holbrookecomposer, conductor and pianist |
| Franz Schreker | 1878 | 1934 | Austrian | Franz Schrekerconductor, composer and music teacher, primarily a composer of operas |
| Teiichi Okano | 1878 | 1941 | Japanese | Teiichi Okanocomposer |
| Frank Bridge | 1879 | 1941 | English | Frank Bridgecomposer, best known as the teacher of Benjamin Britten, characteristic period compositions include Suite for String Orchestra and his Capriccio Nos. 1 and 2 |
| Viggo Brodersen | 1879 | 1965 | Danish | Viggo Brodersencomposer and pianist |
| Adolf Wiklund | 1879 | 1950 | Swedish | Adolf Wiklundcomposer, conductor and pianist |
| Joseph Canteloube | 1879 | 1957 | French | Joseph Canteloubecomposer, primarily known for Chants d'Auvergne |
| Hamilton Harty | 1879 | 1941 | Irish | Hamilton Hartycomposer and conductor, best known for An Irish Symphony |
| John Ireland | 1879 | 1962 | English | composer, whose Piano Concerto is representative |
| Carmela Mackenna | 1879 | 1962 | Chilean | Carmela Mackennacomposer and pianist |
| Alma Mahler | 1879 | 1964 | Austrian | Alma Mahlercomposer and wife of Gustav Mahler |
| Otto Olsson | 1879 | 1964 | Swedish | composer |
| Ottorino Respighi | 1879 | 1936 | Italian | composer, known for his three symphonic poems, Fountains of Rome, Pines of Rome, and Roman Festivals |
| Rudolf Sieczyński | 1879 | 1952 | Austrian | Rudolf Sieczyńskicomposer |
| Cyril Scott | 1879 | 1970 | English | composer, writer and poet |
| Rentarō Taki | 1879 | 1903 | Japanese | Rentarō Takicomposer and pianist |
| Nikolai Medtner | 1880 | 1951 | Russian | Nikolai Medtnercomposer and pianist |
| Clarence Cameron White | 1880 | 1960 | American | neoromantic composer and concert violinist |
| Emilios Riadis | 1880 | 1935 | Greek | composer, famous for his song cycles |
| Béla Bartók | 1881 | 1945 | Hungarian | Béla Bartókcomposer, pianist and ethnomusicologist |
| Kenneth J. Alford | 1881 | 1945 | English | composer of marches for band, most famous for Colonel Bogey March |
| Igor Stravinsky | 1882 | 1971 | Russian | Igor Stravinskycomposer, pianist and conductor, best known for his three ballets, The Firebird, Petrushka and The Rite of Spring and his characteristic Romantic-style compositions include Symphony in E-flat, Scherzo fantastique and Fireworks |
| Maximilian Steinberg | 1883 | 1946 | Russian | Maximilian Steinbergcomposer, whose musical language was influenced by Glazunov and Rimsky-Korsakov's late Romanticism before developing into socialist realism by the late 1920s, characteristic period compositions include his Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 and his Fantaisie dramatique |
| Arnold Bax | 1883 | 1953 | English | Arnold Baxcomposer, poet and author, best known for his orchestral music |
| Manolis Kalomiris | 1883 | 1962 | Greek | Manolis Kalomiriscomposer and founder of the Greek National School of Music |
| Enrique Soro | 1884 | 1954 | Chilean | Enrique Sorocomposer and pianist |
| Edwin York Bowen | 1884 | 1961 | English | York Bowencomposer and pianist |
| Charles Tomlinson Griffes | 1884 | 1920 | American | Charles Tomlinsoncomposer, known for his musical impressionism |
| Alfonso Leng | 1884 | 1974 | Chilean | Alfonso Lengcomposer and dentist |
| Marios Varvoglis | 1885 | 1967 | Greek | Marios Varvogliscomposer |
| Dimitrios Levidis | 1885 | 1951 | Greek | Dimitrios Levidiscomposer |
| Nagayo Motoori | 1885 | 1945 | Japanese | Nagayo Motooricomposer |
| Pedro Humberto Allende | 1885 | 1957 | Chilean | Pedro Humbertocomposer and pianist who serves as the first Chilean impressionist composer |
| Kōsaku Yamada | 1886 | 1965 | Japanese | Kōsaku Yamadacomposer and conductor |
| Kurt Atterberg | 1887 | 1974 | Swedish | Kurt Atterbergcomposer and conductor |
| Carlos Isamitt | 1887 | 1974 | Chilean | Carlos Isamittcomposer, painter and musicologist |
| Nadia Boulanger | 1887 | 1979 | French | Nadia Boulangercomposer, pianist and organist |
| Max Steiner | 1888 | 1971 | Austrian-born American | composer and conductor who emigrated to America and became one of Hollywood's greatest musical composers |
| Philip Greeley Clapp | 1888 | 1954 | American | educator, conductor, pianist and composer of classical music |
| Sverre Jordan | 1889 | 1972 | Norwegian | Sverre Jordancomposer and conductor |
| Morishige Takei | 1890 | 1949 | Japanese | Morishige Takeicomposer, guitarist and mandolinist |
| Sergei Prokofiev | 1891 | 1953 | Russian | Sergei Prokofievcomposer, pianist and conductor, best known for his ballet, Romeo and Juliet, his characteristic Romantic works include his Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor and his 4 Etudes |
| Darius Milhaud | 1892 | 1974 | French | Darius Milhaudcomposer, conductor and teacher |
| Ferde Grofé | 1892 | 1972 | American | Ferde Grofécomposer, arranger, pianist and instrumentalist, best known for Grand Canyon Suite |
| Sayed Darwish | 1892 | 1923 | Egyptian | Sayed Darwishcomposer, arranger and singer |
| Lili Boulanger | 1893 | 1918 | French | Lili Boulangercomposer and the first female winner of the Prix de Rome prize |
| Rued Langgaard | 1893 | 1952 | Danish | Rued Langgaardcomposer and organist |
| Tamezō Narita | 1893 | 1945 | Japanese | Tamezō Naritacomposer |
| Michio Miyagi | 1894 | 1956 | Japanese | Michio Miyagicomposer and musician, famous for his koto playing |
| William Grant Still | 1895 | 1978 | American | William Grant Stillcomposer known as "The Dean of Afro-American Composers" |
| Carl Orff | 1895 | 1982 | German | Carl Orffcomposer and music educator, best known for his cantata, Carmina Burana |
| Eva Jessye | 1895 | 1992 | American | Eva Jessyecomposer, conductor and singer |
| Leo Ornstein | c. 1895 | 2002 | Ukrainian-American | Leo Ornsteincomposer and pianist, though had a reputation as an avant-garde composer during his youth, he has composed characteristic Romantic-period works including Scherzino in B Minor, the piano suite Seeing Russia with Teacher, and 9 Miniatures |
| Virgil Thomson | 1896 | 1989 | American | Virgil Thomsoncomposer and critic |
| Henry Cowell | 1897 | 1965 | American | Henry Cowellcomposer, writer, pianist, publisher, teacher and the husband of Sidney Robertson Cowell |
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold | 1897 | 1957 | Moravian-born American | Erich Wolfgangcomposer and conductor |
| George Gershwin | 1898 | 1937 | American | George Gershwincomposer and pianist known as "The New York Citizen", best known for Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris as well as his opera, Porgy and Bess |
| Mischa Levitzki | 1898 | 1941 | American | Mischa Levitzkicomposer and pianist of Romantic-style works |