Every tune you ever heard was originally composed by someone. Even the
traditional or folk tunes, passed down over the ages by oral tradition, have
their composers, but we don't know who they were!
In this section you will find information about all the great classical composers,
with lists of some of the best tunes that each composer wrote. Click on
the Composer, at the
left of any row in the list below, to see his/her tunes and movements, or click on First Names to see the works (Opus) by him/her.
| Composer | First Names | Year Born | Year Died | Born in | Style |
| Albeniz | Isaac | 1861 | 1909 | Spain | Impressionist |
| Albinoni | Tomaso | 1671 | 1750 | Italy | Baroque |
| Alfven | Hugo | 1872 | 1960 | Sweden | Modern (Serious) |
| Allegri | Gregorio | 1582 | 1652 | Italy | Renaissance |
| Arne | Thomas | 1710 | 1778 | England | Baroque |
| Bach | Johann Sebastian | 1685 | 1750 | Germany | Baroque |
| Balfe | Michael | 1808 | 1870 | Ireland | Romantic |
| Bantock | Granville | 1868 | 1946 | England | Romantic |
| Beethoven | Ludwig Van | 1770 | 1827 | Germany | Classical |
| Bennet | John | 1569 | 1619 | England | Renaissance |
| Berlioz | Hector | 1803 | 1869 | France | Romantic |
| Bizet | Georges | 1838 | 1875 | France | Romantic |
| Boccherini | Luigi | 1743 | 1805 | Italy | Classical |
| Borodin | Alexander | 1834 | 1887 | Russia | Romantic |
| Brahms | Johannes | 1833 | 1897 | Germany | Romantic |
| Bruch | Max | 1838 | 1920 | Germany | Romantic |
| Bruckner | Anton | 1824 | 1896 | Austria | Romantic |
| Byrd | William | 1543 | 1623 | England | Renaissance |
| Chabrier | Alexis Emmanuel | 1841 | 1894 | France | Impressionist |
| Chopin | Frederick | 1810 | 1849 | Poland | Romantic |
| Clarke | Jeremy | 1674 | 1707 | England | Baroque |
| Copland | Aaron | 1900 | 1990 | USA | Modern (Serious) |
| Corelli | Arcangelo | 1653 | 1713 | Italy | Baroque |
| De Falla | Manuel | 1876 | 1946 | Spain | Impressionist |
| Debussy | Claude | 1862 | 1918 | France | Impressionist |
| Delibes | Leo | 1836 | 1891 | France | Impressionist |
| Delius | Frederick | 1862 | 1934 | England | Impressionist |
| Dibdin | Charles | 1745 | 1814 | England | Romantic |
| Dukas | Paul | 1865 | 1935 | France | Impressionist |
| Durand | Auguste | 1830 | 1909 | France | Romantic |
| Dvorak | Antonin | 1841 | 1904 | Czech Republic | Romantic |
| Elgar | Edward | 1857 | 1934 | England | Romantic |
| Fauré | Gabriel | 1845 | 1924 | France | Romantic |
| Fibich | Zdenko | 1850 | 1900 | Czech Republic | Romantic |
| Field | John | 1782 | 1837 | Ireland | Romantic |
| Foster | Stephen | 1826 | 1864 | USA | Traditional and Timeless |
| Franck | Cesar Auguste | 1822 | 1890 | Belgium | Romantic |
| German | Edward | 1862 | 1936 | England | Romantic |
| Gershwin | George | 1898 | 1937 | USA | Popular Modern |
| Glinka | Mikhail | 1804 | 1857 | Russia | Romantic |
| Gluck | Christoph | 1714 | 1787 | Germany | Baroque |
| Gomersall | Victor | 1944 | 9999 | England | Modern (Serious) |
| Gossec | François | 1734 | 1829 | France | Classical |
| Gounod | Charles Francois | 1818 | 1893 | France | Romantic |
| Grainger | Percy | 1882 | 1961 | Australia | Modern (Serious) |
| Granados | Enrique | 1867 | 1916 | Spain | Romantic |
| Grieg | Edvard Hagerup | 1843 | 1907 | Norway | Romantic |
| Handel | George Frederick | 1685 | 1759 | Germany | Baroque |
| Haydn | Franz Josef | 1732 | 1809 | Austria | Classical |
| Hill | Alfred | 1870 | 1960 | Australia | Romantic |
| Holst | Gustav Theodore | 1874 | 1934 | England | Modern (Serious) |
| Joplin | Scott | 1869 | 1917 | USA | Modern (Serious) |
| Josquin des Prez | Josquin | 1440 | 1521 | Belgium | Renaissance |
| Lassus | Orlande | 1532 | 1594 | Belgium | Renaissance |
| Lavallée | Calixa | 1842 | 1891 | Canada | Romantic |
| Lehár | Franz | 1870 | 1948 | Hungary | Romantic |
| Liszt | Franz | 1811 | 1886 | Hungary | Romantic |
| Mahler | Gustav | 1860 | 1911 | Czech Republic | Romantic |
| Marini | Biagio | 1587 | 1663 | Italy | Baroque |
| Mascagni | Pietro | 1863 | 1945 | Italy | Romantic |
| Massenet | Jules | 1842 | 1912 | France | Romantic |
| McDowell | Edward | 1860 | 1908 | USA | Romantic |
| Mendelssohn | Felix | 1809 | 1847 | Germany | Romantic |
| Meyerbeer | Giacomo | 1791 | 1864 | Germany | Classical |
| Morley | Thomas | 1557 | 1602 | England | Renaissance |
| Moszkowski | Moritz | 1854 | 1925 | Poland | Romantic |
| Mozart | Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756 | 1791 | Austria | Classical |
| Mussorgsky | Modest Petrovitch | 1839 | 1881 | Russia | Romantic |
| Offenbach | Jacques | 1819 | 1880 | Germany | Romantic |
| Pachelbel | Johann | 1653 | 1706 | Germany | Baroque |
| Paderewsky | Ignacy Jan | 1860 | 1941 | Poland | Romantic |
| Palestrina | Giovanni | 1525 | 1594 | Italy | Renaissance |
| Paradies | Pietro Domenico | 1707 | 1791 | Italy | Baroque |
| Ponchielli | Amilcare | 1834 | 1886 | Italy | Romantic |
| Prokofiev | Sergei | 1891 | 1953 | Russia | Modern (Serious) |
| Puccini | Giacomo | 1858 | 1924 | Italy | Modern (Serious) |
| Purcell | Henry | 1659 | 1695 | England | Baroque |
| Rachmaninov | Sergei | 1873 | 1943 | Russia | Romantic |
| Ravel | Maurice Joseph | 1875 | 1937 | France | Modern (Serious) |
| Respighi | Otorino | 1879 | 1936 | Italy | Impressionist |
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Nikolai Andreyevich | 1844 | 1908 | Russia | Romantic |
| Rodrigo | Joaquin | 1901 | 1999 | Spain | Modern (Serious) |
| Rossini | Gioacchino Antonio | 1792 | 1868 | Italy | Romantic |
| Rubenstein | Anton | 1829 | 1894 | Russia | Romantic |
| Saint-Saens | Camille | 1835 | 1921 | France | Romantic |
| Satie | Erik | 1866 | 1925 | France | Modern (Serious) |
| Schubert | Franz Peter | 1797 | 1828 | Austria | Romantic |
| Schumann | Robert | 1810 | 1856 | Germany | Romantic |
| Sibelius | Jean | 1865 | 1957 | Finland | Romantic |
| Sinding | Christian | 1856 | 1941 | Norway | Modern (Serious) |
| Smetana | Bedrich | 1824 | 1884 | Czech Republic | Romantic |
| Sousa | John Philip | 1854 | 1932 | USA | Modern (Serious) |
| Stamitz | Karl | 1745 | 1801 | Germany | Classical |
| Stanford | Charles Villiers | 1852 | 1924 | Ireland | Modern (Serious) |
| Strauss Johann1 | Johann | 1804 | 1849 | Austria | Romantic |
| Strauss Johann2 | Johann | 1825 | 1899 | Austria | Romantic |
| Strauss Richard | Richard | 1864 | 1949 | Germany | Romantic |
| Stravinsky | Igor | 1882 | 1971 | Russia | Modern (Serious) |
| Sullivan | Sir Arthur | 1842 | 1900 | England | Romantic |
| Suppé | Franz von | 1819 | 1895 | Croatia | Romantic |
| Tallis | Thomas | 1505 | 1585 | England | Renaissance |
| Tarrega | Francisco | 1852 | 1909 | Spain | Romantic |
| Tchaikovsky | Peter Ilyich | 1840 | 1893 | Russia | Romantic |
| Telemann | Georg | 1681 | 1767 | Germany | Baroque |
| Various | Unknown or Various | 0 | 3000 | Various Countries | Traditional and Timeless |
| Vaughan Williams | Ralph | 1872 | 1958 | England | Modern (Serious) |
| Verdi | Giuseppe | 1813 | 1901 | Italy | Romantic |
| Villoldo | Angel | 1861 | 1919 | Argentina | Romantic |
| Vivaldi | Antonio | 1678 | 1741 | Italy | Baroque |
| Wagner | Richard | 1813 | 1883 | Germany | Romantic |
| Waldteufel | Emil | 1848 | 1915 | France | Romantic |
| Weber | Carl Maria von | 1786 | 1826 | Germany | Romantic |
| Yradier | Sebastian | 1809 | 1865 | Spain | Romantic |