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Thirty Classical Composers

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DATES  COMPOSER  NATIONALITY  SOME FAMOUS WORKS
c1525-1594  Giovanni da PALESTRINA  Italian  Chamber music, organ works, choral works
1678-1741  Antonio VIVALDI  Italian  The Four Seasons
1685-1750  Johann Sebastian BACH  German  Brandenburg Concertos
1685-1759  George Frederick HANDEL  German  The Messiah
1732-1809  Franz Joseph HAYDN  Austrian  London Symphonies
1756-1791  Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART  Austrian  The Magic Flute
1770-1827  Ludwig van BEETHOVEN  German  Pastoral Symphony
1792-1868  Gioacchino ROSSINI  Italian  The Barber of Seville
1797-1828  Franz SCHUBERT  Austrian  Die Winterreise
1803-1869  Hector BERLIOZ  French  Symphonie Fantastique
1809-1847  Felix MENDELSSOHN  German  A Midsummer Night's Dream
1810-1849  Frederic CHOPIN  Polish  Piano works
1811-1886  Franz LISZT  Hungarian  Les Preludes
1813-1883  Richard WAGNER  German  Das Rheingold
1813-1901  Giuseppe VERDI  Italian  La Traviata
1825-1899  Johann STRAUSS  Austrian  Die Fledermaus
1840-1893  Peter Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY  Russian  Swan Lake
1841-1904  Anton DVORAK  Czech  From the New World
1843-1907  Edvard GRIEG  Norwegian  Peer Gynt
1857-1934  Edward ELGAR  English  Enigma Variations
1858-1924  Giacomo PUCCINI  Italian  La Boheme
1860-1911  Gustav MAHLER  Austrian  Resurrection Symphony
1862-1918  Claude DEBUSSY  French  La Mer
1864-1949  Richard STRAUSS  German  Der Rosenkavalier
1873-1943  Sergei RACHMANINOV  Russian  Piano works
1874-1934  Gustav HOLST  English  The Planets
1875-1937  Maurice RAVEL  French  Bolero
1900-1990  Aaron COPLAND  American  Appalachian Spring
1913-1976  Benjamin BRITTEN  English  Billy Budd
1937 -  Philip GLASS  American  Einstein on the Beach
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