The Romantic Period (1810s-1890)

Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)

1760

Italian composer, theorist, teacher, and administrator working in Paris. [Requiem in Cm](youtube.com/watch?v=laO7Zi6Zsm8)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

1770

German composer, between Classicism and Romanticism, stablished the heroic topic in orchestral music. [Beethoven Piano Concerto n 5)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS-pFFEvzFY]

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822)

1776

German writer and composer, Writer of the Nutcracker Fable.Symphony in E flat major

NIccolo Paganini (1782-1840)

1782

Italian Violinist and composer, contributed to the history of the violin and its virtuosity, Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

1786

Founder of German Romantic Opera and Conductor. Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)

1792

The most famous composer in early 19th century in Vienna. The Barber Of Seville

Caetano Donizetti (1797-1848)

1797

Prolific composer in all genres. Lucia di Lammermoor -Il dolce suono

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)

1797

Austrian composer, created Lieder genre, many unfinished works. Erlkönig

Vincenzo Bellini (1801-35)

1801

Italian opera composer.Norma Overture

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

1803

French composer, writer, conductor. Leading French musician in his day. Symphonie fantastique

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857)

1804

The father of Russian music. Symphony on Two Russian Themes in D minor

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

1809

Early German romantic composer. variation serieuses op 54

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

1810

Important composer, editor, and critic. Carnaval op. 9

Frederic Francois Chopin (1810-1849)

1810

Polish/French composer and pianist. Chopin Piano Concerto op 21 Larghetto

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

1811

Virtuoso pianist, conductor, and composer.Paganini Etude No. 6

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

1813

Leading Italian composer, become a Italian national hero.Il Trovatore - Anvil Chorus

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)

1813

German composer, writer, musical innovator.{Ride of the Valkiries)[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGU1P6lBW6Q]

Cesar Frank (1822-1890)

1822

French nationalist, composer, teacher, and organist. Panis Angelicus

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)

1824

Austrian composer and organist.

Johann Strauss (1825-1899)

1825

Viennese composer and composer. Die Fledermaus Overture

Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)

1829

Russian composer and pianist. Founder of St Petersburg Conservatory. Symphony No. 2 in C major Op. 42

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

1833

Austrian composer, conductor, and pianist. Symphony 1

Camille Saint Saens (1835-1921)

1835

French composer, organist, pianist, and writer. Symphony no.3

Georges Bizet (1838-1875)

1838

French composer. Carmen

Modest Musorgsky (1839-1881)

1839

One of the Russian Mighty Five. Pictures at an Exhibition - XIV. The Hut on Fowl's Legs

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)

1841

The most famous of Czech composers. New World Symphony

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)

1844

Teacher, conductor, who wrote an orchestral treatise. Scheherazade

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)

1845

French composer, teacher, and keyboardist. [Elegie}(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT2Lull0RlE)

Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski (1840-1893)

1849

Russian composer. Overture 1812

Leos Janacek (1854-1928)

1854

Czech composer and ethnomusicologist.

John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)

1854

American. Leader of the US Marine Band in 1880, The Stars and Stripes Forever

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

1858

Italian opera composer, strove for realism, the most successful opera composer after Verdi.

Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)

1860

Wrote mostly Lieders "Im Frühling" (Mörike)