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Composers

426 composers performed by ensembles on OpenConcert. 299 laid out by birth year — the rest, still without confirmed dates, are listed below.

Time is in order, but centuries are shown at different widths to keep the chart readable.

Hildegard von Bingen 1098–11791 performance Guillaume Dufay 1400–1474Medieval2 performances Josquin Des Prez 1450–1521Renaissance1 performance Mateo Flecha (attrib.) 1481–15531 performance Claudin de Sermisy 1490–15622 performances Henry VIII 1491–15472 performances Christopher Tye 1505–15731 performance Thomas Tallis 1505–1585Renaissance1 performance Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 1525–1594Renaissance3 performances William Byrd 1540–1623Renaissance2 performances Tomás Luis de Victoria 1549–1611Renaissance1 performance Giovanni Gabrieli 1555–16121 performance Thomas Morley 1557–16022 performances John Dowland 1563–1626Renaissance2 performances Claudio Monteverdi 1567–1643Renaissance6 performances Adriano Banchieri 1568–16343 performances John Farmer 1570–16012 performances Michael Praetorius 1571–1621Renaissance1 performance John Bennett 1575–16141 performance Thomas Weelkes 1576–16231 performance Girolamo Frescobaldi 1583–1643Baroque2 performances Orlando Gibbons 1583–1625Renaissance1 performance Heinrich Schütz 1585–1672Renaissance2 performances Marc-Antoine Charpentier 1636–1704Baroque3 performances Heinrich Biber 1644–17046 performances Arcangelo Corelli 1653–1713Baroque4 performances Johann Pachelbel 1653–1706Baroque2 performances Marin Marais 1656–1728Baroque1 performance Henry Purcell 1659–1695Baroque10 performances Alessandro Scarlatti 1660–1725Baroque2 performances François Couperin 1668–1733Baroque2 performances Tomaso Albinoni 1671–1751Baroque1 performance Jeremiah Clarke 1674–17071 performance Antonio Vivaldi 1678–1741Baroque20 performances Georg Philipp Telemann 1681–1767Baroque13 performances George Frideric Handel 1685–1759Baroque22 performances Johann Sebastian Bach 1685–1750Baroque32 performances Domenico Zipoli 1688–17261 performance Giuseppe Tartini 1692–1770Baroque1 performance Louis-Claude Daquin 1694–17721 performance Johann Joachim Quantz 1697–17731 performance Giovanni Battista Pergolesi 1710–1736Baroque4 performances Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach 1714–1788Classical8 performances Franz Joseph Haydn 1732–1809Classical12 performances Garrett Colley-Wellesley (Earl of Mornington) 1735–17811 performance Carl Stamitz 1745–1801Classical1 performance Paul Wranitzky 1756–18081 performance Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756–1791Classical48 performances Franz Krommer 1759–18311 performance Luigi Cherubini 1760–1842Early Romantic8 performances Ludwig van Beethoven 1770–1827Early Romantic47 performances Carl Maria von Weber 1786–1826Early Romantic7 performances Franz Gruber 1787–18631 performance Ferdinand Hérold 1791–18331 performance Giacomo Meyerbeer 1791–18642 performances Gioachino Rossini 1792–1868Early Romantic20 performances Robert Lucas Pearsall 1795–18562 performances Franz Schubert 1797–1828Early Romantic12 performances Adolphe Adam 1803–18562 performances Hector Berlioz 1803–1869Romantic12 performances Johann Strauss I 1804–18494 performances Mikhail Glinka 1804–18571 performance Fanny Hensel 1805–18471 performance Henry John Gauntlett 1805–18762 performances Felix Mendelssohn 1809–1847Romantic25 performances I.L. Hatton 1809–18861 performance Otto Nicolai 1810–18494 performances Robert Schumann 1810–1856Romantic1 performance Samuel Sebastian Wesley 1810–18761 performance Franz Liszt 1811–1886Romantic1 performance Giuseppe Verdi 1813–1901Romantic17 performances Richard Wagner 1813–1883Romantic9 performances Charles Gounod 1818–1893Romantic10 performances Michele Novaro 1818–18851 performance Jacques Offenbach 1819–1880Romantic5 performances César Franck 1822–1890Romantic2 performances Edouard Lalo 1823–1892Romantic2 performances Anton Bruckner 1824–1896Romantic12 performances Bedrich Smetana 1824–1884Romantic4 performances Peter Cornelius 1824–18742 performances Johann Strauss II 1825–18998 performances Johann Strauss Jr 1825–1899Romantic1 performance Teodoro Cottrau 1827–18791 performance James James 1832–19021 performance Alexander Borodin 1833–1887Romantic10 performances Johannes Brahms 1833–1897Romantic27 performances Amilcare Ponchielli 1834–18862 performances Camille Saint-Saëns 1835–1921Romantic14 performances Léo Delibes 1836–1891Romantic5 performances Joseph Winner 1837–19181 performance Georges Bizet 1838–1875Romantic17 performances Max Bruch 1838–1920Romantic6 performances Alice Mary Smith 1839–18841 performance Joseph Rheinberger 1839–19011 performance Modest Mussorgsky 1839–1881Romantic7 performances Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840–1893Romantic30 performances Antonín Dvořák 1841–1904Romantic32 performances Emmanuel Chabrier 1841–1894Romantic2 performances Joseph Parry 1841–19031 performance Arthur Sullivan 1842–19003 performances Calixa Lavallée 1842–18911 performance Jules Massenet 1842–1912Romantic2 performances Edvard Grieg 1843–1907Romantic10 performances Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1844–1908Romantic12 performances Gabriel Fauré 1845–1924Late Romantic11 performances Luigi Denza 1846–19221 performance Henri Duparc 1848–19332 performances Hubert Parry 1848–19181 performance John Joseph Woods 1849–19341 performance Charles Villiers Stanford 1852–19241 performance Engelbert Humperdinck 1854–1921Late Romantic1 performance Leoš Janáček 1854–1928Late Romantic1 performance Anatoly Lyadov 1855–19142 performances Marie Cowan 1856–19191 performance Edward Elgar 1857–1934Late Romantic20 performances Giacomo Puccini 1858–1924Late Romantic1 performance Gustav Mahler 1860–1911Late Romantic5 performances Claude Debussy 1862–1918Late Romantic2 performances Edward German 1862–19361 performance Frederick Delius 1862–1934Late Romantic1 performance Pietro Mascagni 1863–1945Late Romantic1 performance Johan Halvorsen 1864–19351 performance Richard Strauss 1864–1949Late Romantic2 performances Alexander Glazunov 1865–1936Late Romantic3 performances Carl Nielsen 1865–1931Late Romantic4 performances Jean Sibelius 1865–1957Late Romanticin copyright20 performances Paul Dukas 1865–1935Late Romantic2 performances Granville Bantock 1868–19461 performance Te Rangi Pai 1868–19161 performance Albert Roussel 1869–1937Late Romantic2 performances Alfred Hill 1869–1960in copyright1 performance Louis Vierne 1870–19375 performances Léon Jessel 1871–19421 performance Aleksandr Scriabin 1872–19151 performance Hugo Alfvén 1872–1960in copyright1 performance Ralph Vaughan Williams 1872–1958Late Romanticin copyright32 performances Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873–1943Late Romantic14 performances Charles Ives 1874–195420th Century2 performances Gustav Holst 1874–1934Late Romantic14 performances Josef Suk 1874–1935Late Romantic1 performance P.H. Tomoana 1874–19461 performance Reynaldo Hahn 1874–19473 performances Albert Ketèlbey 1875–1959in copyright3 performances Maurice Ravel 1875–1937Late Romantic2 performances Reinhold Glière 1875–1956Late Romanticin copyright1 performance Fermo Dante Marchetti 1876–19401 performance Manuel de Falla 1876–194620th Century2 performances Owen Williams 1877–1956in copyright1 performance Roger Quilter 1877–19531 performance André Caplet 1878–19251 performance Rutland Boughton 1878–1960in copyright2 performances Jacob Gade 1879–1963in copyright1 performance Ottorino Respighi 1879–1936Late Romantic11 performances Edgar Bainton 1880–1956in copyright1 performance Ernest Bloch 1880–195920th Centuryin copyright2 performances Béla Bartók 1881–194520th Century2 performances F. S. Kelly 1881–19161 performance Katie Moss 1881–19471 performance Kenneth Alford 1881–19451 performance Richard Hageman 1881–1966in copyright1 performance Igor Stravinsky 1882–197120th Centuryin copyright1 performance Percy Grainger 1882–196120th Centuryin copyright3 performances Zoltán Kodály 1882–196720th Centuryin copyright3 performances Joe Burke 1884–19501 performance May H Brahe 1884–1956in copyright1 performance Ernest Farrar 1885–19183 performances George Butterworth 1885–19161 performance Eric Coates 1886–1957in copyright9 performances Gustaf Nordqvist 1886–19491 performance Rebecca Clarke 1886–1979in copyright2 performances Florence Price 1887–19531 performance Carlos Gardel 1890–19351 performance Ivor Gurney 1890–19372 performances Arthur Bliss 1891–1975in copyright2 performances Cole Porter 1891–1964in copyright2 performances Sergei Prokofiev 1891–195320th Century6 performances Alec Rowley 1892–1958in copyright1 performance Arthur Honegger 1892–195520th Century1 performance Herbert Howells 1892–1983in copyright6 performances William G. James 1892–1977in copyright3 performances Arthur Benjamin 1893–1960in copyright4 performances Lili Boulanger 1893–19181 performance Milton Ager 1893–1979in copyright1 performance E.J. Moeran 1894–19501 performance Carl Orff 1895–198220th Centuryin copyright8 performances Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco 1895–1968in copyright1 performance Paul Hindemith 1895–196320th Centuryin copyright3 performances George Gershwin 1898–193720th Century4 performances Francis Poulenc 1899–196320th Centuryin copyright5 performances Aaron Copland 1900–199020th Centuryin copyright6 performances Eric H Thiman 1900–1975in copyright1 performance George Antheil 1900–195920th Centuryin copyright2 performances Kurt Weill 1900–195020th Century1 performance Frederick Loewe 1901–1988in copyright3 performances Gerald Finzi 1901–1956in copyright6 performances Joaquín Rodrigo 1901–199920th Centuryin copyright1 performance Maurice Duruflé 1902–198620th Centuryin copyright5 performances Richard Rodgers 1902–1979in copyright2 performances William Walton 1902–198320th Centuryin copyright1 performance Aram Khachaturian 1903–197820th Centuryin copyright2 performances Fats Waller 1904–19431 performance John Antill 1904–1986in copyright1 performance Albert Arlen 1905–1993in copyright1 performance Eugène Bozza 1905–1991in copyright1 performance Harold Arlen 1905–1986in copyright1 performance Joseph Kosma 1905–1969in copyright1 performance Michael Tippett 1905–199820th Centuryin copyright1 performance Dmitri Shostakovich 1906–197520th Centuryin copyright6 performances Leroy Anderson 1908–1975in copyright7 performances Olivier Messiaen 1908–199220th Centuryin copyright1 performance Samuel Barber 1910–198120th Centuryin copyright10 performances Jehan Alain 1911–19401 performance Carlos Guastavino 1912–2000in copyright1 performance Woody Guthrie 1912–1967in copyright1 performance Benjamin Britten 1913–197620th Centuryin copyright14 performances Dulcie Holland 1913–2000in copyright1 performance Miriam Hyde 1913–2005in copyright2 performances Bart Howard 1915–2004in copyright1 performance Leonard Bernstein 1918–199020th Centuryin copyright4 performances Sven-Eric Johanson 1919–1997in copyright1 performance Dave Brubeck 1920–2012in copyright1 performance Wilfrid Holland 1920–2005in copyright2 performances Ariel Ramírez 1921–2010in copyright3 performances Astor Piazzolla 1921–199220th Centuryin copyright4 performances Erroll Garner 1921–1977in copyright1 performance Malcolm Arnold 1921–2006Post-Warin copyright2 performances Don Banks 1923–1980in copyright1 performance György Ligeti 1923–2006Post-Warin copyright1 performance Bill Holcombe 1924–2010in copyright1 performance Henry Mancini 1924–1994in copyright2 performances Vladimir Vavilov 1925–1973in copyright1 performance John Dankworth 1927–2010in copyright1 performance John Kander b. 1927in copyright1 performance Ennio Morricone 1928–2020in copyright1 performance Jerry Bock 1928–2010in copyright2 performances Peter Sculthorpe 1929–2014in copyright3 performances John Williams b. 1932in copyright9 performances Rodion Shchedrin b. 1932in copyright1 performance Colin Brumby 1933–2018in copyright3 performances Henryk Górecki 1933–2010Post-Warin copyright2 performances John Barry 1933–2011in copyright1 performance Wang Jianzhong 1933–2016in copyright1 performance Dave Grusin b. 1934in copyright1 performance William Mathias 1934–1992in copyright3 performances Arvo Pärt b. 1935Post-Warin copyright3 performances Bepi De Marzi b. 1935in copyright2 performances Tu'imala Kaho 1939–2023in copyright1 performance Melvyn Cann 1941–2026in copyright1 performance Paul Simon b. 1941in copyright1 performance Morten Lauridsen b. 1943in copyright5 performances Vangelis 1943–2022in copyright1 performance Claude-Michel Schönberg b. 1944in copyright3 performances John Tavener 1944–2013in copyright2 performances Karl Jenkins b. 1944in copyright3 performances Penelope Thwaites b. 1944in copyright2 performances John Rutter b. 1945in copyright16 performances Michel Wackenheim b. 1945in copyright1 performance Howard Shore b. 1946in copyright2 performances Andrew Lloyd Webber b. 1948in copyright4 performances Donna Gartman Schulz b. 1948in copyright2 performances Alan Silvestri b. 1950in copyright3 performances Arturo Márquez b. 1950in copyright1 performance Frank Ferko b. 1950in copyright1 performance Stephen Chatman b. 1950in copyright1 performance Cecilia McDowall b. 1951in copyright1 performance Carl Vine b. 1954in copyright1 performance James Grant b. 1954in copyright1 performance Robert Sheldon b. 1954in copyright1 performance Christopher Gordon b. 1956in copyright3 performances Graeme Koehne b. 1956in copyright4 performances Andrew Ford b. 1957in copyright1 performance Elena Kats-Chernin b. 1957in copyright5 performances Hans Zimmer b. 1957in copyright1 performance Howard Goodall b. 1958in copyright2 performances Neil Finn b. 1958in copyright1 performance Frode Fjellheim b. 1959in copyright1 performance Michael Dooley b. 1959in copyright3 performances Stephen Leek b. 1959in copyright1 performance Andrew Schultz b. 1960in copyright1 performance Mary Finsterer b. 1962in copyright1 performance John Powell b. 1963in copyright2 performances Larry Clark b. 1963in copyright1 performance Ralph Ford b. 1963in copyright1 performance Wendy Hiscocks b. 1963in copyright3 performances Klaus Badelt b. 1967in copyright5 performances Matthew Hindson b. 1968in copyright1 performance Eric Whitacre b. 1970in copyright3 performances Will Todd b. 1970in copyright5 performances Calvin Bowman b. 1972in copyright1 performance Patrick Roszell b. 1976in copyright1 performance Ēriks Ešenvalds b. 1977in copyright1 performance Jenni Brandon b. 1977in copyright1 performance Natalie Williams b. 1977in copyright1 performance Dan Forrest b. 1978in copyright1 performance Ola Gjeilo b. 1978in copyright1 performance Catherine Likhuta b. 1981in copyright1 performance Lachlan Skipworth b. 1982in copyright1 performance Sally Greenaway b. 1984in copyright3 performances William Dooley b. 2005in copyright1 performance

The dashed line marks the Australian public-domain cutoff at 1956 (life + 70 years). Music by composers whose lives extend past it is likely still in copyright. Rules vary by country, and modern arrangements, editions, and recordings carry their own copyrights even when the underlying work is public domain — check before programming.

127 without confirmed dates

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