Google Translator

Sign up for email

For updates

Music Player - 2

Fran's Links

Timeline of Great Composers

Saint Kassia

SAINT KASSIA
810 AD * 865 AD

Hildegard von Bingen

ST. HILDEGARD VON BINGEN
B: 1098  D: 1179

Anne Boleyn

ANNE BOLEYN
c. 1501/07 * May 19, 1536

Thomas Tallis
THOMAS TALLIS
c. 1505 – December 3, 1585

Claudio Monteverdi in 1640 by Bernardo Strozzi

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
May 15, 1567 * November 29, 1643

Francesca Caccini

FRANCESCA CACCINI
September 18, 1587 * 1640

 Barbara Strozzi

BARBARA STROZZI
August 5, 1619 * November 11, 1677

Isabella Leonarda 

ISABELLA LEONARDA
September 6, 1620 * February 25, 1704

Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre

ELIZABETH-CLAUDE JACQUET de la GUERRE
1664-1729

ANTONIO VIVALDI

ANTONIO VIVALDI
March 4, 1678 * July 28, 1741

George Frideric Handel Painting by Balthasar Denner 

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
February 23, 1685 * April 14, 1759

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
March 21, 1685 * July 28, 1750

Domenico Scarlatti painting by Domingo Antonio Velasco 

DOMENICO SCARLATTI
26 October 1685 * 23 July 1757)

Carlos Seixas

José António Carlos de Seixas
June 11, 1704 – August 25, 1742

František Xaver Dušek

FRANTISEK XAVER DUSEK
December 8, 1731 – February 12, 1799

Haydn 

JOSEPH HAYDN 
MARCH 31, 1732 * MAY 31, 1809

Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges 

JOSEPH BOULOGNE,
CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES
December 25, 1745 * June 10, 1799 

Maria Anna Mozart 

MARIA ANNA (NANNERL) MOZART

July 30, 1751 * October 29, 1829

Muzio Clementi

MUZIO CLEMENTI
January 24, 1752 * March 10, 1832

Mozart

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
January 27, 1756 * December 5, 1791

Composer-Franz Danzi 1763-1826

FRANZ IGNAZ DANZI
MAY 15, 1763 * APRIL 13, 1826 

Ludwig van Beethoven 

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
December 16, 1770 * March 26, 1827

Daniel Francois Esprit Auber

DANIEL FRANCOIS ESPRIT AUBER
January 29, 1782 * May 12, 1871

John Field

JOHN FIELD
c 1782 – January 23, 1837 



MARIA SZYMANOWSKA

December 14, 1789 * July 25, 1831

 

Franz Schubert 1797-1828

FRANZ SCHUBERT
January 31, 1797 - November 19, 1828

MIKHAIL IVANOVICH GLINKA
June 1, 1804 * February 15, 1857

Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel

FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL
November 14, 1805 * May 14, 1847

Felix Mendelssohn-1809-1847

FELIX MENDELSSOHN
February 3, 1809 * November 4, 1847

 Frederic Chopin 1810-1849 

FREDERIC CHOPIN
March 1, 1810 * October 17, 1849

Robert Schumann

ROBERT SCHUMANN
June 8, 1810 * July 29, 1856

Franz Liszt 1811-1886

FRANZ LISZT
October 22, 1811 * July 31, 1886

SIGISMOND THALBERG

SIGISMOND THALBERG
January 8, 1812 * April 27, 1871

Richard Wagner 

RICHARD WAGNER
May 22, 1813 * February 13, 1883

Giuseppe Verdi

GIUSEPPE VERDI
October 10, 1813 * January 27, 1901

Clara Wieck Schumann

 CLARA WIECK SCHUMANN
September 13, 1819 * May 20, 1896

Cesar Franck by Pierre Petit 

CESAR FRANCK
December 10, 1822  *   November 8, 1890 

BEDRICH SMETANA
March 2, 1824 * May 12, 1884

Johannes Brahms 

 JOHANNES BRAHMS
May 7, 1833 * April 3, 1897

Camille Saint-Saens

CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
October 9, 1935 * December 16, 1921

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
May 7, 1840 * November 6, 1893

Antonin Dvorak

ANTONIN LEOPOLD DVORAK
September 8, 1841 * May 1, 1904


Composer Jules Massenet
JULES MASSENET
MAY 12, 1842 * AUGUST 13, 1912

Edvard Grieg 1888

EDVARD HAGERUP GRIEG
June 15, 1843 * September 4, 1907 

Charles-Marie Widor 1844-1937

CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR
February 21, 1844 * March 12, 1937

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
March 18, 1844 * June 21, 1908

Gabriel Faure*

GABRIEL FAURE
May 12, 1845  *. November 4, 1924

Francisco Tarrega

FRANCISCO TARREGA
November 21, 1852. *  December 15, 1909

MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI

MORITZ MOSZKOWSKI
August 23, 1854 * March 4, 1925

John Philip Sousa

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
November 6, 1854 * March 6, 1932

Giuseppe Martucci

GIUSEPPE MARTUCCI
JANUARY 6, 1856 * JUNE 1, 1909

Edward Elgar circa 1905 

EDWARD ELGAR
June 2, 1857 * February 23, 1934

Cecile Chaminade Portrait by Guessford

CECILE CHAMINADE
August 8, 1857 * April 13, 1944

 

__________________________

DAME ETHEL MARY SMYTH

April 22, 1858 * May 8, 1944

________________________

 


LAURA VALBORG AULIN
January 9, 1860 * January 11, 1928

Gustav Mahler

GUSTAV MAHLER
July 7, 1860 * May 18, 1911

Claude Debussy

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
August 22, 1862 * March 25, 1918

Carl Nielsen in 1910

CARL NIELSEN
June 9, 1865 * October 1931

Enrique Granados

ENRIQUE GRANADOS
July 27, 1867 * March 24, 1916

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach 

AMY MARCY CHENEY BEACH
September 5, 1867 * January 27, 1944

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
January 6, 1872 * April 27, 1915

Sergei Rachmaninoff

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
April 1, 1873 * March 28, 1943

Arnold Schoenberg photo by Man Ray

ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
September 13, 1874 * July 13, 1951

Gustav Holst

 GUSTAV HOLST
September 21, 1874 * May 25, 1934

Maurice Ravel 

 MAURICE RAVEL
March 7, 1875 * December 28, 1937

ADOLF WIKLUND

ADOLF WIKLUND
June 5, 1879 * April 2, 1950

Ottorino Respighi

OTTORINO RESPIGHI
JULY 9, 1879 * APRIL 18, 1936 

Bela Bartok

BELA BARTOK
March 25, 1881 * September 26, 1945

Composer George Enescu

GEORGE ENESCU
AUGUST 19, 1881 * May 4 1955

Igor Stravinsky

IGOR STRAVINSKY
June 17, 1882 * April 6, 1971

Percy Aldridge Grainger

PERCY ALDRIDGE GRAINGER
July 8, 1882 * February 20, 1961

Heitor Villa-Lobos

HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
March 5, 1887 * November 17, 1959

Florence Beatrice Price (April 9, 1887, Little Rock, Arkansas – June 3, 1953, .... Chicago  

FLORENCE PRICE
April 9, 1887 * June 3, 1953

Nadia Boulanger

NADIA BOULANGER
September 16, 1887 * October 22, 1979

Maximillian Raoul

MAXIMILLIAN RAOUL "MAX" STEINER
May 10, 1888 * December 28, 1971

Charlie Chaplin

CHARLES SPENCER CHAPLIN
April 16, 1889 * December 25, 1977

 Bohuslav-Martinu 

BOHUSLAV MARTINU
December 8, 1890 * August 28, 1959

Sergei Prokofiev

SERGEI PROKOFIEV
April 23, 1891 * March 5, 1953

Germaine Tailleferre 

GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE
April 19, 1892 * November 7, 1983

Darius Milhaud

DARIUS MILHAUD
September 4, 1892  *  June 22, 1974

Lili Boulanger

LILI BOULANGER
August 21, 1893 * March 15, 1918

William Grant Still

WILLIAM GRANT STILL
May 11, 1895 * December 3, 1978

KURT ATTERBERG 

KURT ATTERBERG
December 12, 1887 * February 15, 1974

George Gershwin

GEORGE GERSHWIN
September 26, 1898 * July 11, 1937

Dorothy Howell - 1898-1982

 DOROTHY HOWELL
February 25, 1898 * January 12, 1982

Mitja Nikisch

MITJA NIKISCH
May 21, 1899 * August 5, 1936

Carlos Chavez

CARLOS CHAVEZ
June 13, 1899 * August 2, 1978

Silvestre Revueltas

SILVESTRE REVUELTAS SANCHEZ
December 31, 1899 – October 5, 1940

Aaron Copland 1900-1990

AARON COPLAND
November 14, 1900 * December 2, 1990

Dmitri Shostakovich

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
September 25, 1906 * August 9, 1975

Franz Waxman (born Franz Wachsmann)

FRANZ WAXMAN
December 24, 1906 * February 24, 1967

Samuel Barber

SAMUEL BARBER
March 9, 1910 * January 23, 1981

MARY LOU WILLIAMS
May 8, 1910  *   May 28, 1981

Jose Pablo Moncayo

JOSE PABLO MONCAYO
June 29, 1912 * June 16, 1958

Vítězslava Kaprálová 

VITEZSLAVA KAPRALOVA
January 24, 1915 * June 16, 1940

Leonard Bernstein

LEONARD BERNSTEIN
August 25, 1918 * October 14, 1990

Dave Brubeck 

DAVE BRUBECK
December 6, 1920 * December 5, 2012

Composer Arno Babajanian

 ARNO BABAJANIAN
January 22, 1921 * November 11, 1983

Henry Mancini

HENRY MANCINI
April 16, 1924 * June 14, 1994

Composer-Maurice-Jarre 

MAURICE-ALEXIS JARRE
September 13, 1924 * March 28, 2009

Jerry Goldsmith

JERRY GOLDSMITH
February 10, 1929 * July 21, 2004

John Williams

JOHN WILLIAMS
February 8, 1932

Composer Arvo Pärt

ARVO PART
SEPTEMBER 11, 1935

Philip Glass

PHILIP GLASS
January 31, 1937

Vangelis

VANGELIS
March 29, 1943

Howard Shore

 HOWARD SHORE
October 18, 1946

Klaus Schulze

KLAUS SCHULZE
August 4, 1947

Jean Michel Jarre

 JEAN MICHEL JARRE
August 24, 1948

James Horner

JAMES HORNER
August 14, 1953 * June 22, 2015

Frank Ticheli

FRANK TICHELI
January 21, 1958 

Jennifer Higdon

JENNIFER HIGDON
December 31, 1962

Geoff Zanelli

GEOFF ZANELLI
September 28, 1974

Mohammed Fairouz 

MOHAMMED FAIROUZ
November 1, 1985

 

Flag Counter

Join the email list!

Sign up for email