Thu 5 Apr 2007
Have you ever wondered where your favourite composer fits into the
history of music? To find out, check out the classical music timeline
below.
Classical Music Timeline: 1000 A.D. to 1499 A.D.
Composers who were born or died during this period
| 1098 | Hildegard von Bingen born |
| 1197 | Hildegard von Bingen dies |
| 1440 | Josquin des Prez born |
Thu 5 Apr 2007
Classical Music Timeline: 1900 A.D. to Present
Composers who were born or died during this period
| 1900 | Sir Arthur Sullivan dies | Kurt Weill born |
| 1901 | Giuseppe Verdi dies | |
| 1906 | Dmitri Shostakovich born | |
| 1908 | Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov dies | Olivier Messiaen born |
| 1909 | Isaac Albéniz dies | |
| 1910 | Samuel Barber born | |
| 1911 | Gustav Mahler dies | |
| 1912 | Samuel Coleridge-Taylor dies | John Cage born |
| 1913 | Benjamin Britten born | |
| 1917 | Lou Harrison born | |
| 1918 | Leonard Bernstein born | Claude Debussy dies |
| 1924 | Gabriel Fauré dies | Giacomo Puccini dies |
| 1925 | Luciano Berio born | |
| 1926 | Georgi Lvovitch Catoire dies | |
| 1928 | Leos Janacek dies | |
| 1932 | John Corigliano born | |
| 1933 | Henryk Gorecki born | |
| 1934 | Peter Maxwell Davies born | Sir Edward Elgar dies |
| 1935 | Alban Berg dies | |
| 1936 | Ottorino Respighi dies | |
| 1937 | George Gershwin dies | Philip Glass born |
| 1944 | Amy Beach dies | |
| 1945 | Béla Bartók dies | |
| 1949 | Richard Strauss dies | |
| 1950 | Kurt Weill dies | |
| 1953 | Sergey Prokofiev dies | |
| 1961 | Lowell Liebermann born | |
| 1962 | Hanns Eisler dies | |
| 1963 | Francis Poulenc dies | |
| 1964 | Joseph Marx dies | |
| 1965 | Edgard Varèse dies | |
| 1970 | George Frederick McKay dies | |
| 1971 | Igor Stravinsky dies | |
| 1975 | Dmitri Shostakovich dies | |
| 1976 | Benjamin Britten dies | |
| 1981 | Samuel Barber dies | |
| 1982 | Carl Orff dies | |
| 1990 | Leonard Bernstein dies | |
| 1992 | John Cage dies | Olivier Messiaen dies |
| 2003 | Lou Harrison dies | Luciano Berio dies |
Thu 5 Apr 2007
Classical Music Timeline: 1850 A.D. to 1899 A.D.Composers who were born or died during this period.
| 1854 | Leos Janacek born | ||
| 1855 | Ernest Chausson born | ||
| 1856 | Robert Schumann dies | ||
| 1857 | Sir Edward Elgar born | ||
| 1858 | Giacomo Puccini born | ||
| 1860 | Gustav Mahler born | Isaac Albéniz born | |
| 1861 | Georgi Lvovitch Catoire born | ||
| 1862 | Claude Debussy born | ||
| 1864 | Richard Strauss born | ||
| 1867 | Amy Beach born | ||
| 1868 | Gioacchino Rossini dies | ||
| 1869 | Hector Berlioz dies | ||
| 1870 | Michael W. Balfe dies | ||
| 1875 | Samuel Coleridge-Taylor born | Georges Bizet dies | |
| 1879 | Ottorino Respighi born | ||
| 1880 | Jacques Offenbach dies | ||
| 1881 | Béla Bartók born | ||
| 1882 | Joseph Marx born | Igor Stravinsky born | |
| 1883 | Richard Wagner dies | Edgard Varèse born | |
| 1885 | Alban Berg born | ||
| 1886 | Franz Liszt dies | ||
| 1891 | Sergey Prokofiev born | ||
| 1893 | Charles Gounod dies | Pyotr Tchaikovsky dies | |
| 1895 | Carl Orff born | ||
| 1896 | Clara Wieck Schumann dies | Anton Bruckner dies | |
| 1897 | Johannes Brahms dies | ||
| 1898 | Hanns Eisler born | George Gershwin born | |
| 1899 | George Frederick McKay born | Francis Poulenc born | Ernest Chausson dies |
Thu 5 Apr 2007
Classical Music Timeline: 1800 A.D. to 1849 A.D.
Composers who were born or died during this period
| 1801 | Vincenzo Bellini born | |
| 1803 | Hector Berlioz born | |
| 1808 | Michael W. Balfe born | |
| 1809 | Franz Joseph Haydn dies | |
| 1810 | Frederick Chopin born | Robert Schumann born |
| 1811 | Franz Liszt born | |
| 1813 | Giuseppe Verdi born | Richard Wagner born |
| 1818 | Charles Gounod born | |
| 1819 | Jacques Offenbach born | Clara Wieck Schumann born |
| 1824 | Anton Bruckner born | |
| 1827 | Ludwig van Beethoven dies | |
| 1828 | Franz Schubert dies | |
| 1833 | Johannes Brahms born | |
| 1835 | Vincenzo Bellini dies | |
| 1838 | Georges Bizet born | |
| 1840 | Pyotr Tchaikovsky born | |
| 1842 | Sir Arthur Sullivan born | |
| 1844 | Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov born | |
| 1845 | Gabriel Fauré born | |
| 1849 | Frederick Chopin dies |
Thu 5 Apr 2007
Classical Music Timeline: 1700 A.D. to 1799 A.D. Composers who were born or died during this period
| 1714 | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach born |
| 1732 | Franz Joseph Haydn born |
| 1750 | Johann Sebastian Bach dies |
| 1756 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born |
| 1770 | Ludwig van Beethoven born |
| 1788 | Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach dies |
| 1791 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies |
| 1792 | Gioacchino Rossini born |
| 1797 | Franz Schubert born |