Notable Composers of the Classical Era

How many notable composers of the Classical era can you name?

The Classical era in music, not to be confused with classical music in general, refers to music written between approximately 1750 and 1830.

Some of the composers here are considered transitional so may be considered early Romantic or late Baroque by some sources.

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Nationality	Birth	Death	Hint/Notable Work	Answer
English	1711	1779	One of the foremost English composers of church music and symphonies.	William Boyce
Bohemian	1714	1787	Orfeo ed Euridice	Christoph Wilibald Gluck
German	1714	1788	One of many sons of a very famous Baroque composer.	Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach
Bohemian	1717	1757	Founded the Mannheim school of symphonists.	Johann Stamitz
German	1723	1787	Renowned player of the viola da gamba. Court composer of Dresden before moving to London where he was employed by Queen Charlotte. A very "able" composer.	Carl Friedrich Abel
Austrian	1732	1809	Surprise Symphony (No. 94)	Franz Joseph Haydn
German	1735	1782	Another son of a very famous Baroque composer	Johann Christian Bach
Austrian	1737	1806	Younger brother of the composer of the Surprise Symphony	Michael Haydn
Austrian	1739	1799	Wrote a number of programmatic symphonies based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses.	Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Italian	1743	1805	Italian born composer who spent much of his career in Spain. Well know for writing string quartets and cello concertos.	Luigi Boccherini
Italian	1750	1825	Made famous by a possibly fictitious rivalry with Mozart.	Antonio Salieri
Italian	1752	1832	Wrote many early works for the piano, sometimes called “the father of the piano.”	Muzio Clementi
Austrian	1756	1791	The Magic Flute	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
German	1756	1792	Moved to Sweden at the age of 21. Sometimes referred to as the Swedish Mozart	Joseph Martin Kraus
Austrian	1757	1831	Also known as a music publisher and a piano maker.	Ignaz Pleyel
Czech	1760	1812	One of the first internationally famous piano virtuosos. Wrote forward-looking music with some early Romantic traits.	Johann Ladislaus Dussek
Italian	1760	1842	Beethoven considered him the greatest living composer of his era. Known for writing operas and sacred music.	Luigi Cherubini
German	1770	1827	Eroica Symphony (No. 3)	Ludwig van Beethoven
Czech	1770	1836	Made many early contributions to the Wind Quintet literature, teacher of Liszt, Berlioz, and Franck	Anton Reicha
Austrian	1778	1837	Contemporary and friend of Beethoven and Schubert	Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Austrian	1781	1858	Beethoven wrote a famous set of variations on a theme written by this composer.	Anton Diabelli
Irish	1782	1837	Famous composer of piano music, was the first to use the term Nocturne as a title for a piano work.	John Field

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