List of Austrians in music

This is a list of Austrian composers, singers and conductors:

These are articles of the List of Austrians series

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A

• Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, composer and music theorist
• August Wilhelm Ambros, composer (19th century)
• Wolfgang Ambros, singer (Austropop)
• Angelspit, industrial rock group

B

• Paul Badura-Skoda, pianist (born 1927)
• Alban Berg, composer, 1885–1935, born in Vienna
• Walter Berry, bass-baritone, 1929–2000
• Karl Böhm, conductor, 1894–1981
• Norbert Brainin, violinist
• Alfred Brendel, pianist, born 1931
• Anton Bruckner, composer, 1824–1896

C

• Carl Czerny, pianist and composer
• Friedrich Cerha, composer and conductor, born 1926

D

• Johann Nepomuk David, composer 1895–1977
• Anton Diabelli, publisher, editor and composer
• Wolfgang Dimetrik, classical accordionist
• Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer, 1739–1799
• Nico Dostal, composer

E

• Gottfried von Einem, composer 20th century
• Karlheinz Essl, composer and electronic musician, born 1960

F

• Falco, (1957–1998), pop musician
• Rainhard Fendrich, singer
• Christian Fennesz, electronic musician
• Gerhard Friedle better known by the stage name DJ Ötzi, dance pop musician and DJ
• Robert Fuchs, composer and music scientist
• Johann Fux, composer 1660–1741

G

• Bernhard Gál, composer and artist
• Ernest Gold, composer 20th century (winner of the Academy Award)
• Franz Gruber, composer ("Silent Night, Holy Night")
• Gerhard Gruber, pianist and composer
• Heinz Karl Gruber, composer, (1943)
• Friedrich Gulda, pianist and composer, born in 1930 in Vienna

H

• Nikolaus Harnoncourt, famous contemporary conductor, mainly of early music
• Josef Matthias Hauer, composer and music theorist
• Joseph Haydn, author of "Imperial Hymn" now German Hymn
• Michael Haydn, composer (younger brother of Joseph Haydn)
• Hansi Hinterseer, singer, actor, entertainer and former alpine skier.
• Franz Anton Hoffmeister, composer 1754–1812
• Roman Hofstetter, composer
• Wolfgang Holzmair, baritone

J

• Hanns Jelinek, composer (also known as Hanns Elin)
• Udo Jürgens, singer-songwriter
• Walter Jurmann, composer

K

• Franz Kalchmair, opera singer (born 1939)
• Herbert von Karajan, conductor, 1908–1989
• Erich Kleiber, conductor, 1890–1956
• Carlos Kleiber, conductor, son of Erich Kleiber, 1930–2004
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold, composer (born in Brno, Austria-Hungary)
• Fritz Kreisler, violinist and composer
• Ernst Krenek, composer 1900–1991
• Kruder & Dorfmeister, dj and producer duo

L

• György Ligeti, composer (born in Hungary, citizen of Austria), 1923–2006
• Franz Liszt, composer (born in Raiding, then Hungary, now Austria)
• Bill Leeb, of Front Line Assembly. Born in Vienna, but currently lives in Vancouver, Canada.

M

• Gustav Mahler, composer, conductor 1860–1911
• Johann Kaspar Mertz, guitarist and composer, 1806–1856
• Felix Mottl, conductor and composer, 1856–1911
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer & musician, 1756–1791 (born in Salzburg)

O

• Opus, rock band (Life is Life)

P

• Pomassl, electronic musician & sonic artist

R

• Emil von Reznicek, composer (died 1945)
• Marcel Rubin, composer (1905-1995)

S

• Franz Schmidt, composer 1874–1939
• Arnold Schoenberg, composer, 1874–1951
• Franz Schubert, composer & musician, 1797–1828
• Franz von Suppé, composer (born in Split, Austrian Empire 1819)
• Johann Strauss, Sr., composer 1809–1849
• Johann Strauss, Jr., composer 1825–1899
• Josef Strauss, composer 1827–1870
• Heinz Strobl, Composer and Artist, goes by the name of Gandalf
• Hedi Stadlen, Musicologist 1916–2004

V

• Johann Michael Vogl, baritone
• Oliver Vrbancic, pianist (born in Croatia)

W

• Josef Wagner, composer (known for military marches)
• Stefan Weber, Drahdiwaberl
• Anton Webern, composer, 1883–1945
• Felix Weingartner, conductor, composer, pianist
• Egon Joseph Wellesz, composer (pupil of Arnold Schönberg)
• Franz Welser-Möst, conductor (born 1960)
• Hugo Wolf, composer (Slovenien origin)
• Peter Wolf, producer
• Conchita Wurst, singer, winner of the Eurovision song contest 2014

Z

• Joe Zawinul, jazz musician, composer, born in Vienna, 1932
• Erich Zeisl, modernist composer (1905–1959)
• Alexander von Zemlinsky, composer and conductor 1871–1942

See also

• List of Austrians
• Austrian music