For composers of classical, orchestral, chamber, art, and related music from the Renaissance to the present day. This includes those who wrote opera, ballet, or film music.
Subcategories 61
- Andriessen Family
- Arne Family
- Bach Family
- Benda Family
- Bentzon Family
- Berkeley Family
- Bononcini Family
- Boulanger Family
- Burgmüller Family
- Caccini Family
- Carulli Family
- Casadesus Family
- Castillo Family
- Chen Family
- Couperin Family
- Devreese Family
- Gabrieli Family
- Garayev Family
- Gruber Family
- Haydn Family
- Hilton Family
- Istvan Family
- Labunski, Felix Roderick
- Lawes Family
- Linley Family
- Lucas Family
- Macfarren Family
- Mahler Family
- Manfredini Family
- Marcello Family
- Marinuzzi Family
- Maros Family
- Mason Family
- Matteis Family
- Matthews Family
- Mazzocchi Family
- Mendelssohn Family
- Mengelberg Family
- Mozart Family
- Newman Family
- Nin Family
- Pachelbel Family
- Sammartini Family
- Scarlatti Family
- Schickele Family
- Schumann Family
- Scriabin Family
- Shaw Family
- Stamitz Family
- Strauss Family
- Tcherepnin Family
- Zhou Family
Related categories 20
Sites 19
- Classical Net: Composers Extensive link collection.
- Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers Includes timelines, birthdays, essays, links, contact information, and gift shop. Search by date or name.
- I Write The Music A music portal for composers.
- Composers of African Descent A brief discography of classical music by African, African American, and African European composers.
- The Madness Behind the Music Contains information about the madness and creativity of some famous composers.
- Classical Music Archives Contains thousands of classical music files in MIDI format as well as live recordings. New contributions are solicited. A search engine is included. Suggests books, links to free sheet music, alphabetical index, featured composers.
- mfiles: Composers Classical, contemporary, and film Composers, with biographies, major works, influences and styles, CD reviews, free sheet music, MIDI and MP3 files.
- What to Listen for in Music Series of Kennedy Center lectures by Dr. Michael Broyles in AU audio format with transcripts. Includes music history with emphasis on classical and romantic composers.
- BigEye Music Center - Classical Composers Information about composers, their life and works.
- Kunst der Fuge / On Classical Thousands of classical music audio files on the fugue, counterpoint and generic classical music. Over 5,000 listed fugues, fugue theories, analyses, reviews, bibliographies, and tools.
- ccm composers-classical-music com Composer biographies and compositions database.
- Boosey & Hawkes: Composers Search for composers biographies and works.
- Conservatory: Classical Music at Humanities Web A carefully edited introduction to the composers, history, culture, and music of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern periods. Detailed with considerable background material, illustrations, and commentary.
- Music History 102: A Guide to Western Composers and their Music Internet Public Library entry categorizes according to musical period, including Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth Century. Includes Real Audio RAM files.
- Classical Net: Composer Master List Short biographies with discography.
- Classical Archives: Composers List of notable composers from the 14th century onward with links to music in MIDI, MP3, WMA formats.
- Musicalics Listings of classical composers with on-site and remote links to biographies, pictures, music listings, various analyses of style and methodology, and forums. Owner Jos Smeets accepts and solicits links and contributions.
- Composers Datebook Two minute program from Minnesota Public Radio and American Composers Forum outlining each day's history. Includes RAM audio, archives, and links.
- Université du Québec: Composers Alphabetical index of names with birth and death dates.