List of Czech composers
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List of about 70 composers born in what is now the Czech Republic or Slovakia.
- Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic (~1600-1676)
- Pavel Josef Vejvanovský (~1640-1693)
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644- 1704) (born in Wartenberg, now Straz pod Ralskem, 50 miles n. of Prague)
- Jan Křtitel Tolar [Johannes Baptista Dolar] (fl Bohemia/Moravia, late 17th century)
- Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745)
- Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský (1684-1742)
- Šimon Brixi (1693-1735)
- František Ignác Tůma (1704-1774)
- Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (born Jan Křtitel Jiří Neruda; approx 1707-1780)
- František Benda (aka Franz Benda; 1709-1786)
- Franz Xaver Richter (born in Moravia, 1709-1789)
- Christoph Willibald Gluck (for whom Czech was the first language) (1714-1787)
- Jan Václav Antonín Stamic (aka, Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz ; 1717-1757)
- Jiří Antonín Benda (aka George Benda; brother of Franz Benda; 1722-1795)
- Frantisek Xaver Pokorny (1729-1794)
- František Brixi (1732-1771)
- Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781)
- Jan Křtitel Vaňhal (1739-1813)
- Wenzel Pichl (1741-1805)
- Karel Stamic (aka Carl Stamitz; son of Jan Stamic; 1745-1801)
- Josef Fiala (1748-1816)
- Antonín Kraft (1749-1820)
- Antonio Rosetti (born Anton Rössler) (circa 1750-1792)
- Pavel Vranický (1756-1808)
- Franz Krommer (1759-1831; born in Moravia as František Kramář)
- Antonín Vranický (1761-1820)
- Jakub Jan Ryba (1765-1815)
- Antonín Rejcha (aka Anton Reicha; 1770-1836)
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
- Pavel Křížkovský (1820-1885)
- Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
- Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
- Josef Labor (1842-1924)
- Zdeněk Fibich (1850-1900)
- Otakar Ševčík (1852-1934)
- Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
- Luke Kadlec (1980-)
- Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)
- Julius Fučík (1872-1916)
- Josef Suk (1874-1935)
- Jan Kubelík (1880-1940)
- Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)
- Otakar Jeremiáš (1892-1962)
- Alois Hába (1893-1973)
- Jaromír Weinberger (1896–1967)
- Jaroslav Ježek (1906–1942)
- Václav Trojan (1907-1983)
- Miloslav Kabeláč (1908-1979)
- Jan Seidel (1908-1998)
- Klement Slavický (1910-1999)
- Rafael Kubelík (1914-1996)
- Jan Hanuš (1915-2004)
- Jiří Pauer (1919-)
- Jan Novák (1921-1984)
- Karel Husa (1921-)
- Ilja Hurník (1922-)
- Zdeněk Liška (1922-1983)
- Viktor Kalabis (1923-2006)
- Jiří Válek (1923-)
- Miloslav Ištvan (1928-1990)
- Antonín Tučapský (1928-)
- Petr Eben (1929-)
- Marek Kopelent (1932-)
- Luboš Fišer (1935-1999)
- Milan Slavický (1947-)
- Vladimír Hirsch (1954-)
- Hanuš Bartoň (1960-)
- Václav Kalous
- Sylvie Bodorová (1954-)
