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- Carl Georg Reutter (1708–1772), Baroque era court composer
- Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715–1777), Classical composer, harpsichordist, and organist
- Leopold Mozart (1719–1787), Classical era composer
- Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), Classical era composer, wrote 104 symphonies including the "Farewell" Symphony as well as string quartets and other chamber music
- Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809), Classical composer of preludes, fugues, and sonatas for the piano
- Michael Haydn (1737–1806), Classical composer and younger brother of Joseph Haydn
- Leopold Hoffman (1738–1793), Classical composer
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799), Classical era composer and violinist
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) wrote the famous Eine Kleine Nachtmusik serenade, 41 symphonies, and the opera Don Giovanni
- Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824), Classical composer and inspiration for Mozart's "Piano Concerto No 18 in B."
- Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766–1803), Classical era composer and contemporary of Mozart
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837), composer whose music bridged the Classical and Romantic periods
- Carl Czerny (1791–1857), early Romantic composer, known for his piano exercises
- Franz Schubert (1797–1828), Classical/Romantic composer, regarded as the first significant lieder writer
- Johann Strauss I (1804–1849), Early Romantic dance music composer
- Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), Romantic composer of nine large-scale symphonies
- Johann Strauss II (1825–1899), Romantic composer of waltzes and polkas, wrote The Blue Danube waltz
- Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Late Romantic composer of large-scale and sometimes programmatic symphonies
- Franz Schmidt (1874–1939), 20th century composer of symphonies and operas, cellist and pianist
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), 20th century modernist composer, founder of the Second Viennese School, developer of the twelve tone technique
- Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962), 20th century virtuoso violinist and composer
- Anton Webern (1883–1945), 20th century composer, student in the Second Viennese School, used the twelve tone technique in addition to the style known as serialism
- Alban Berg (1885–1935), 20th century composer, student in the Second Viennese School
- Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885-1974), 20th century composer, teacher, musicologist, pupil of Arnold Schoenberg and student of Byzantine music
- Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), early church music composer, wrote sacred works including her morality play with music Ordo Virtutum
- Michael Praetorius (1571–1621), Baroque composer, organist and writer on music
- Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672), Baroque composer and organist
- Samuel Scheidt (1587–1653), Baroque composer, organist and teacher
- Johann Schop (1590–1667), composer of violin music
- Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706), Baroque composer known for his Canon in D major
- Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), Baroque composer with more than 800 credited works
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Baroque composer, known for Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring and many other compositions
- George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), Baroque composer, wrote a significant amount of music for the church including Messiah
- Johan Agrell (1701–1765), Baroque/Classical composer of symphonies
- Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702–1762), organist and composer, a bridge between the Baroque and Classical eras
- Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703–1771), Baroque composer and violinist
- Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759), Baroque composer and tenor singer
- Christoph Schaffrath (1709–1763), chamber music composer, a bridge between the Baroque and Classical eras
- Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780), Baroque composer and organist
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), early Classical era composer
- Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787), early Classical era composer
- Gottfried August Homilius (1714–1785), church music composer, wrote passions, oratorios, and cantatas
- Karl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787), performer on the viola da gamba and Classcial composer
- Carl Reinecke (1824–1910), musician and composer
- Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729-1774)[1], Classical composer of opera buffa
- Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782), 18th century composer in the Galante style
- Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792), Classical composer who moved to Sweden
- Franz Danzi (1763–1826), Classical composer and noted cellist
- Simon Mayr (1763–1845), Classical era opera composer, rarely performed today
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), regarded by many as the first Romantic composer, famous mainly for his nine symphonies and five piano concerti, and other works
- Louis Spohr (1784–1859), Romantic composer of symphonies, operas, and other works
- Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), composer who was a bridge between the Classical and Romantic styles, noted for Der Freischütz
- Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864), Romantic era opera composer, known for Les Huguenots
- Johann Carl Gottfried Löwe (1796–1869), Romantic era composer of lieder
- Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), Romantic composer, known for Wedding March from his music to A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Robert Schumann (1810–1856), Romantic composer, a significant lieder writer, also wrote many short piano pieces
- Richard Wagner (1813–1883), opera composer, made use of chromaticism and atonality, known for Tristan und Isolde as well as the famous four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen
- Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814–1865), violinist and composer, considered by some the greatest violinist of his time after Paganini
- Friedrich Robert Volkmann (1815–1833)
- Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880), Romantic composer and cellist
- Clara Schumann (1819–1896), Romantic composer, wife of Robert and pianist who also wrote piano music, chamber music and songs
- Albert Dietrich (1829–1908), composer and conductor
- Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), Romantic composer, somewhat similar in style to Beethoven, known for his Hungarian Dances and Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn
- Franz Wohlfahrt (1833–1884), Romantic era violin teacher
- Max Bruch (1838–1920), Romantic era composer, today known mostly for his Violin Concerto No. 1
- August Friedrich Martin Klughardt (1847–1902), composer and conductor
- Fritz Seitz (1848–1918), Romantic era violin teacher
- Max Wagenknecht (1857–1922), composer of organ and piano music
- Julius Klengel (1859–1933), cellist and composer
- Richard Strauss (1864–1949), late Romantic composer, known for Also Sprach Zarathustra, based on Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy
- Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949), composer and self-described anti-modernist
- Carl Orff (1895–1982), 20th century modernist composer
- Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), 20th century composer, conductor and theorist, developer of "Gebrauchsmusik"
- Berthold Goldschmidt (1903–1996)
- Hans Zimmer (1957- ), contemporary film score composer (Gladiator) and (Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest)
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