Classical
1750-1910
2,150 items in this era
The canon scales through repertory growth, public venues, and increasing organizational continuity across cities and opera houses.
- Premiere density remains the engine of historical visibility.
- Venue openings surge in the 19th century.
- The modern concert ecosystem starts to look globally connected.
Composers
200 composers from the Classical era, ranked by historical significance.
Ludwig van Beethoven
1770–1827
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1756–1791
Frédéric Chopin
1810–1849
Franz Schubert
1797–1828
Richard Wagner
1813–1883
Franz Liszt
1811–1886
Felix Mendelssohn
1809–1847
Jacques Offenbach
1819–1880
Hector Berlioz
1803–1869
Gaetano Donizetti
1797–1848
Vincenzo Bellini
1801–1835
Carl Maria von Weber
1786–1826
Gioachino Rossini
1792–1868
Fanny Mendelssohn
1805–1847
Antonio Salieri
1750–1825
Maria Anna Mozart
1751–1829
Adrien de La Fage
1801–1862
Alessandro Rolla
1757–1841
Alexander Egorovich Varlamov
1801–1848
Alexander Griboyedov
1795–1829
Alfred Quidant
1815–1893
Ambroise Thomas
1811–1896
Andreas Peter Berggreen
1801–1880
Anne-Marie Krumpholtz
1755–1813
Anton Bernhard Fürstenau
1792–1851
Anton Martin Slomšek
1800–1862
Anton Reicha
1770–1836
Auguste Barbereau
1799–1879
Bartolomeo Bortolazzi
1772–1820
Bonifacio Asioli
1769–1832
Carel Anton Fodor
1768–1846
Carl Linger
1810–1862
Charles Lucas
1808–1869
Corona Schröter
1751–1802
Emil Horneman
1809–1870
Ferdinand Hérold
1791–1833
Ferenc Erkel
1810–1893
Franciszek Lessel
1780–1838
François Adrien Boieldieu
1775–1834
Franz von Suppè
1819–1895
Frédéric Bérat
1801–1855
Giovanni Battista Polledro
1781–1853
Jānis Cimze
1814–1881
Leopold Jansa
1795–1875
Louis Adam
1758–1848
Luigi Cherubini
1760–1842
Manuel Saumell
1817–1870
Martin-Joseph Mengal
1784–1851
Notable Events
Conservatorio del Baraccano is founded or opens
Derived from conservatory opening/inception statements.
Premiere of Il mondo della luna (Baldassare Galuppi)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Theodora (George Frideric Handel)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Il bugiardo
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Ezio (Christoph Willibald von Gluck)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Attilio Regolo (Johann Adolph Hasse)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Alceste (George Frideric Handel)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Il vero amico
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Teatro Comunale opens
Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).
Teatro Comunale opens
Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).
Teatro Rossini opens
Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).
Premiere of The Choice of Hercules (George Frideric Handel)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Il re pastore
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Der krumme Teufel (Joseph Haydn)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Acante et Céphise (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
'Kamennoe zalo' pavilion opens
Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).
Premiere of Jephtha (George Frideric Handel)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Le devin du village (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of La clemenza di Tito (Christoph Willibald von Gluck)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole opens
Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).
Schlosstheater Schwetzingen opens
Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).
Premiere of Silla (Carl Heinrich Graun)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of The Mistress of the Inn
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of The Gamester
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Solimano (Johann Adolph Hasse)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Il figlio delle selve (Ignaz Holzbauer)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Premiere of Titon et l'Aurore (Jean-Joseph de Mondonville)
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
Theater Lübeck opens
Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).
Teatro Carignano opens
Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).
Südlicher Zirkelbau opens
Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).
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