List of Romantic-era composers

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Name
Date born
Date died
Nationality
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cells: Isaac Albéniz
1860
1909
Spanish
Isaac Albénizcomposer, known for nationalist piano works such as Iberia and a 'set of 12 piano pieces'.
cells: Valborg Aulin
1860
1928
Swedish
pianist and composer.
cells: Gustave Charpentier
1860
1956
French
Gustave Charpentiercomposer, best known for his opera, Louise.
cells: Gustav Mahler
1860
1911
Austrian
Gustav Mahlercomposer, one of the most important late-Romantic/early-Modernist composers, his works include nine innovative large-scale and sometimes programmatic symphonies and many lieder.
cells: 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".
cells: Hugo Wolf
1860
1903
Austrian
Hugo Wolfcomposer of lieder, influenced by Richard Wagner.
cells: Ignacy Jan Paderewski
1860
1941
Polish
pianist and composer.
cells: Anton Arensky
1861
1906
Russian
composer, pianist and music teacher.
cells: Spyridon Samaras
1861
1917
Greek
opera composer, widely known for his composition of the song, "Olympic Hymn".
cells: Wilhelm Berger
1861
1911
German
composer, pianist and conductor.
cells: Georgy Catoire
1861
1926
Russian
composer.
cells: Václav Suk
1861
1933
Czech-born Russian
composer, violinist and conductor.
cells: 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.
cells: Frederick Delius
1862
1934
English
Frederick Deliuscomposer, used chromaticism in many of his compositions.
cells: 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.
cells: Alberto Williams
1862
1952
Argentine
composer and conductor.
cells: Emil von Sauer
1862
1942
German
composer, pianist, editor and teacher.
cells: Pietro Mascagni
1863
1945
Italian
Pietro Mascagniopera composer, known for Cavalleria Rusticana.
cells: Horatio Parker
1863
1919
American
Horatio Parkercomposer, organist and teacher.
cells: Gabriel Pierné
1863
1937
French
composer, conductor and organist.
cells: Ricardo Castro
1864
1907
Mexican
composer, works include piano music.
cells: Alberto Nepomuceno
1864
1920
Brazilian
Alberto Nepomucenocomposer.
cells: Clarence L. Partee
1864
1915
American
Clarence L. Parteecomposer for banjo, mandolin and guitar.
cells: Guy Ropartz
1864
1955
French
composer and conductor.
cells: Richard Strauss
1864
1949
German
Richard Strausscomposer, known for Also Sprach Zarathustra (based on the book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche), wrote many tone poems, operas and lieder.
cells: Paul Dukas
1865
1935
French
Paul Dukascomposer, known for his piece of program music, The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
cells: Eduardo di Capua
1865
1917
Italian
composer, known for his song, "’O sole mio".
cells: Herbert J. Ellis
1865
1903
English
musician (banjo, mandolin and guitar), wrote method books, more than 1000 compositions.
cells: Paul Gilson
1865
1942
Belgian
musician and composer.
cells: Alexander Glazunov
1865
1936
Russian
Alexander Glazunovcomposer, influenced by Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt.
cells: Albéric Magnard
1865
1914
French
Albéric Magnardcomposer.
cells: Carl Nielsen
1865
1931
Danish
Carl Nielsencomposer, renowned for his six symphonies and concerti.
cells: Jean Sibelius
1865
1957
Finnish
Jean Sibeliuscomposer of seven symphonies and the Violin Concerto in D minor, known also for the symphonic poems En saga, Lemminkäinen (which includes the Swan of Tuonela), Finlandia, The Oceanides, and Tapiola.
cells: Vasily Kalinnikov
1866
1901
Russian
composer of two symphonies.
cells: Tor Aulin
1866
1914
Swedish
violinist, conductor and composer.
cells: Ferruccio Busoni
1866
1924
Italian
Ferruccio Busonicomposer and pianist, known for his opera, Turandot and his many transcriptions and arrangements of Johann Sebastian Bach.
cells: Francesco Cilea
1866
1950
Italian
composer, particularly known for his two operas, L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur.
cells: Vladimir Rebikov
1866
1920
Russian
composer and pianist.
cells: Erik Satie
1866
1925
French
Erik Satiecomposer and pianist, best known for Les Trois Gymnopédies.
cells: Johann Strauss III
1866
1939
Austrian
composer, son of Eduard Strauss.
cells: Learmont Drysdale
1866
1909
Scottish
composer.
cells: Samuel Maykapar
1867
1938
Russian
composer.
cells: Amy Beach
1867
1944
American
Amy Beachcomposer and pianist.
cells: Umberto Giordano
1867
1948
Italian
Umberto Giordanoopera composer.
cells: Enrique Granados
1867
1916
Spanish
Enrique Granadoscomposer and pianist, known for his piano works and chamber music.
cells: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
1867
1942
Swedish
Wilhelm Peterson-Bergercomposer, wrote symphonies, operas, vocal and piano music.
cells: Charles Koechlin
1867
1950
French
composer, teacher and writer on music.
cells: 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.
cells: Granville Bantock
1868
1946
British
composer.
cells: Hermann Bischoff
1868
1936
German
composer.
cells: Hamish MacCunn
1868
1916
Scottish
composer, conductor and teacher.
cells: Vittorio Monti
1868
1922
Italian
composer, violinist and conductor, most famous for Csárdás.
cells: José Vianna da Motta
1868
1948
Portuguese
pianist, teacher and composer, most famous for Symphony ‘À Pátria’, Op. 13.
cells: Juventino Rosas
1868
1894
Mexican
Juventino Rosascomposer, known for his song, "Sobre las Olas".
cells: Jan Brandts Buys
1868
1933
Dutch-Austrian
composer.
cells: Tokichi Setoguchi
1868
1941
Japanese
composer, music educator, conductor and clarinetist, famous for Warship March.
cells: Seth Weeks
1868
1953
American
Seth Weekscomposer, music educator, jazz bandleader and mandolinist.
cells: Demetrios Lialios
1869
1940
Greek
composer of chamber music.
cells: Julius Conus
1869
1942
Russian
composer and violinist.
cells: Albert Roussel
1869
1937
French
Albert Rousselcomposer.
cells: Armas Järnefelt
1869
1958
Finnish
composer and conductor.
cells: Harry Lawrence Freeman
1869
1954
American
opera composer, conductor, impresario and teacher, best known for his African-American opera, Voodoo.
cells: Alfred Hill
1869
1960
Australian-New Zealand
composer, conductor and teacher.
cells: Leopold Godowsky
1870
1938
Polish
composer, pianist and teacher.
cells: Zygmunt Stojowski
1870
1946
Polish
composer and pianist.
cells: Franz Lehár
1870
1948
Hungarian
composer, mainly known for his operettas.
cells: Florent Schmitt
1870
1958
French
composer.
cells: Luigi von Kunits
1870
1931
Serbian-born Austrian
composer and conductor, founder of the Pittsburg and Toronto symphony orchestras.
cells: Guillaume Lekeu
1870
1894
Belgian
composer, known for his violin sonata.
cells: Nobu Kōda
1870
1946
Japanese
composer, violinist and music teacher.
cells: Alfredo D'Ambrosio
1871
1914
Italian
violinist and composer.
cells: Giacomo Balla
1871
1958
Italian
futurist composer and artist.
cells: 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.
cells: Henry Kimball Hadley
1871
1937
American
composer and conductor, known for the opera, Cleopatra's Night.
cells: Oreste Ravanello
1871
1938
Italian
composer, known for works for choir and for organ.
cells: Wilhelm Stenhammar
1871
1927
Swedish
Wilhelm Stenhammarcomposer, conductor and pianist.
cells: Alexander von Zemlinsky
1871
1942
Austrian
Alexander von Zemlinskycomposer and music teacher, his students include Arnold Schoenberg and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
cells: Stanislav Binički
1872
1942
Serbian
composer.
cells: Hugo Alfvén
1872
1960
Swedish
Hugo Alfvéncomposer, known for Swedish Rhapsody, works include choral music and five symphonies.
cells: Julius Fučík
1872
1916
Czech
Julius Fučíkcomposer and conductor of military bands, known for Entrance of the Gladiators.
cells: Rubin Goldmark
1872
1936
American
composer, pianist, educator and nephew of Karl Goldmark.
cells: Alexander Scriabin
1872
1915
Russian
Alexander Scriabincomposer and pianist, known for his harmonically adventurous piano sonatas and theatrically orchestral works.
cells: 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.
cells: Salvator Léonardi
1872
1938
Italian
composer, performer and teacher, known for Souvenir de Catania, Souvenir de Napoli, Souvenir de Sicile and Angeli e Demoni.
cells: William Henry Bell
1873
1946
English
composer, conductor and lecturer.
cells: Leo Fall
1873
1925
Austrian
composer of operettas.
cells: Pascual Marquina Narro
1873
1948
Spanish
prolific orchestral and operatic composer.
cells: 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.
cells: Max Reger
1873
1916
German
prolific composer, known for his Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart.
cells: Reynaldo Hahn
1874
1947
Venezuelan
composer, known for his strikingly beautiful and unabashedly tonal melodies.
cells: Gustav Holst
1874
1934
English
Gustav Holstcomposer, best known for his orchestral suite, The Planets.
cells: Charles Ives
1874
1954
American
composer, member of the American Five, best known for The Unanswered Question and his Concord Sonata.
cells: Arnold Schoenberg
1874
1951
Austrian
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.
cells: Josef Suk
1874
1935
Czech
Josef Sukcomposer and violinist.
cells: Franz Schmidt
1874
1939
Austrian
composer, influenced by Anton Bruckner and Johannes Brahms.
cells: Reinhold Glière
1875
1956
Russian
Reinhold Glièrecomposer.
cells: Julián Carrillo
1875
1965
Mexican
composer, conductor, violinist and music theorist.
cells: Fritz Kreisler
1875
1962
Austrian
composer and virtuoso violinist, known for his sweet sound, composed short showpieces for the violin.
cells: Richard Wetz
1875
1935
German
composer, influenced by Anton Bruckner.
cells: Maurice Ravel
1875
1937
French
Maurice Ravelcomposer, best known for Boléro.
cells: Franco Alfano
1875
1954
Italian
composer and pianist.
cells: Albert Ketèlbey
1875
1959
English
composer, conductor and pianist.
cells: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
1875
1912
English
composer, known for his trilogy of cantatas, The Song of Hiawatha.
cells: Alexander Koshetz
1875
1944
Ukrainian
Alexander Koshetzchoral conductor, arranger, composer, ethnographer, writer, musicologist and lecturer.
cells: Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
1875
1911
Lithuanian
painter and composer.
cells: Henriette Renié
1875
1956
French
harpist and composer.
cells: Edgar Bara
1876
1962
French
mandolinist and composer, conducted mandolin orchestra.
cells: John Alden Carpenter
1876
1951
American
composer.
cells: Manuel de Falla
1876
1946
Spanish
Manuel de Fallacomposer, best known for The Three-Cornered Hat.
cells: Flor Alpaerts
1876
1954
Belgian
composer, notable students include the two composers, Denise Tolkowsky and Ernest Schuyten.
cells: Mieczysław Karłowicz
1876
1909
Polish
Mieczysław Karłowiczcomposer, his style is of late-Romantic and nationalist character.
cells: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
1876
1944
Italian
futurist composer, poet, and editor.
cells: Fermo Dante Marchetti
1876
1940
Italian
composer, best known for the song, "Fascination".
cells: Ludolf Nielsen
1876
1939
Danish
composer, violinist, conductor and pianist.
cells: Carl Ruggles
1876
1971
American
composer, painter and the member of the American Five, best known for his orchestral work, Sun-Treader.
cells: Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari
1876
1948
Italian
Ermanno Wolf-Ferraricomposer and music teacher, known for his comic operas.
cells: Nakao Tozan
1876
1956
Japanese
performer and prolific composer, known for his works of the Tozan school.
cells: Petar Krstić
1877
1957
Serbian
composer and conductor.
cells: Antonio Russolo
1877
1942
Italian
futurist composer and brother of Luigi Russolo.
cells: Ernő Dohnányi
1877
1960
Hungarian
conductor, composer and pianist.
cells: Elisabeth Kuyper
1877
1953
Dutch
composer and conductor.
cells: Paul Ladmirault
1877
1944
French
composer.
cells: 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".
cells: Sergei Bortkiewicz
1877
1952
Ukrainian
Sergei Bortkiewiczcomposer and pianist.
cells: Isidor Bajić
1878
1915
Serbian
composer, conductor, pedagogue and publisher.
cells: Gabriel Dupont
1878
1914
French
Gabriel Dupontcomposer, known for his operas and chamber music.
cells: Joseph Holbrooke
1878
1958
English
composer, conductor and pianist.
cells: Franz Schreker
1878
1934
Austrian
conductor, composer and music teacher, primarily a composer of operas.
cells: Frank Bridge
1879
1941
English
Frank Bridgecomposer, best known as the teacher of Benjamin Britten; compositions include Oration for cello and orchestra, The Sea for orchestra and four string quartets.
cells: Viggo Brodersen
1879
1965
Danish
composer and pianist.
cells: Joseph Canteloube
1879
1957
French
Joseph Canteloubecomposer, primarily known for Chants d'Auvergne.
cells: Hamilton Harty
1879
1941
Irish
composer and conductor, best known for An Irish Symphony.
cells: John Ireland
1879
1962
English
composer, whose Piano Concerto is representative.
cells: Alma Mahler
1879
1964
Austrian
composer and wife of Gustav Mahler.
cells: Otto Olsson
1879
1964
Swedish
composer.
cells: Ottorino Respighi
1879
1936
Italian
composer, known for his three symphonic poems, The Fountains of Rome, The Pines of Rome, and Roman Festivals.
cells: Rudolf Sieczyński
1879
1952
Austrian
Rudolf Sieczyńskicomposer.
cells: Cyril Scott
1879
1970
English
composer, writer and poet.
cells: Rentarō Taki
1879
1903
Japanese
Rentarō Takicomposer and pianist.

Questions about this table:
originalText: the last of the great austrian romantic composers
answer: answerTexts: Gustav Mahler