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Music: Composers Ranking
Classical Music Composers Ranking prepared by Charles H. Smith
Ranking | Composer/Compositor |
|---|---|
1 | Bach, Johann Sebastian |
2 | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |
3 | Beethoven, Ludwig van |
4 | Schubert, Franz |
5 | Brahms, Johannes |
6 | Wagner, Richard |
7 | Verdi, Giuseppe |
8 | Handel, George Frideric |
9 | Haydn, (Franz) Joseph |
10 | Chopin, Fryderyk |
11 | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich |
12 | Liszt, Franz |
13 | Schumann, Robert |
14 | Debussy, Claude |
15 | Puccini, Giacomo |
16 | Stravinsky, Igor |
17 | Mendelssohn(-Bartholdy), Felix |
18 | Strauss, Richard |
19 | Mahler, Gustav |
20 | Ravel, Maurice |
21 | Dvorak, Antonin |
22 | Vivaldi, Antonio |
23 | Rossini, Gioachino |
24 | Rachmaninov, Sergei |
25 | Bartók, Bela |
26 | Britten, Benjamin |
27 | Shostakovich, Dmitry |
28 | Prokofiev, Sergei |
29 | Berlioz, Hector |
30 | Gershwin, George |
31 | Copland, Aaron |
32 | Fauré, Gabriel |
33 | Grieg, Edvard |
34 | Schoenberg, Arnold |
35 | Telemann, Georg Philipp |
36 | Sibelius, Jean |
37 | Bizet, Georges |
38 | Donizetti, Gaetano |
39 | Vaughan Williams, Ralph |
40 | Purcell, Henry |
41 | Saint-Saëns, (Charles-)Camille |
42 | Weber, Carl Maria von |
43 | Ives, Charles |
44 | Hindemith, Paul |
45 | Elgar, Edward |
46 | Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay |
47 | Bruckner, Anton |
48 | Strauss, Johann Jr. |
49 | Mussorgsky, Modest |
50 | Bernstein, Leonard |
51 | Bellini, Vincenzo |
52 | Franck, Cesar |
53 | Monteverdi, Claudio |
54 | Barber, Samuel |
55 | Poulenc, Francis |
56 | Gounod, Charles |
57 | Massenet, Jules |
58 | Sullivan, Arthur |
59 | Cage, John |
60 | Scriabin, Alexander |
61 | Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel |
62 | Wolf, Hugo |
63 | Messiaen, Oliver |
64 | Janácek, Leos |
65 | Scarlatti, Domenico |
66 | Falla, Manuel de |
67 | Villa-Lobos, Heitor |
68 | Gluck, Christopher W. R. von |
69 | Paganini, Niccolo |
70 | Satie, Erik |
71 | Byrd, William |
72 | Berg, Alban |
73 | Weill, Kurt |
74 | Kodály, Zoltán |
75 | Webern, Anton (von) |
76 | Offenbach, Jacques |
77 | Lasso, Orlando di |
78 | Josquin Desprez |
79 | Borodin, Alexander |
80 | Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da |
81 | Milhaud, Darius |
82 | Reger, Max |
83 | Smetana, Bedrich |
84 | Nielsen, Carl |
85 | Walton, William |
86 | Rameau, Jean-Phillippe |
87 | Albeniz, Isaac |
88 | Holst, Gustav |
89 | Schütz, Heinrich |
90 | Mascagni, Pietro |
91 | Delius, Frederick |
92 | Grainger, Percy |
93 | Martinu, Bohuslav |
94 | Corelli, Arcangelo |
95 | Ligeti, Gyorgy Sandor |
96 | Scarlatti, Alessandro |
97 | Dowland, John |
98 | Piazzolla, Astor |
99 | Meyerbeer, Giacomo |
100 | Buxtehude, Dieterich |
101 | Busoni, Ferruccio |
102 | Glinka, Mikhail |
103 | Orff, Carl |
104 | Lehár, Franz |
105 | Boccherini, Luigi |
106 | Stockhausen, Karlheinz |
107 | Rodrigo, Joaquin |
108 | Couperin, Francois |
109 | Granados, Enrique |
110 | Carter, Elliot |
111 | Pachelbel, Johann |
112 | Joplin, Scott |
113 | Berio, Luciano |
114 | Respighi, Ottorino |
115 | Bloch, Ernest |
116 | Leoncavallo, Ruggero |
117 | Pärt, Arvo |
118 | Honegger, Arthur |
119 | Bach, Johann Christian |
120 | Ginastera, Alberto |
121 | Glazunov, Alexander |
122 | Lully, Jean-Baptiste |
123 | Khachaturian, Aram |
124 | Boulez, Pierre |
125 | Lutoslawski, Witold |
126 | Takemitsu, Toru |
127 | Varèse, Edgard |
128 | Charpentier, Marc-Antoine |
129 | Frescobaldi, Girolamo |
130 | Szymanowksi, Karol |
131 | Hummel, Johann Nepomuk |
132 | Rorem, Ned |
133 | Boito, Arrigo |
134 | Pergolesi, Giovanni |
135 | Albinoni, Tomaso |
136 | Henze, Hans Werner |
137 | Gabrieli, Giovanni |
138 | Schumann, Clara Wieck |
139 | Victoria, Tomás Luis de |
140 | Bruch, Max |
141 | Kreisler, Fritz |
142 | Delibes, (C. P.) Leo |
143 | Cowell, Henry |
144 | Schnittke [Shnitke], Alfred |
145 | Hildegard of Bingen |
146 | Hovhaness, Alan |
147 | Penderecki, Krzystof |
148 | Spohr, Louis [Ludwig] |
149 | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang |
150 | Haydn, (Johann) Michael |
151 | Feldman, Morton |
152 | Glass, Philip |
153 | Sarasate, Pablo de |
154 | Martin, Frank |
155 | Arnold, Malcom |
156 | Clementi, Muzio |
157 | Enescu, George |
158 | Turina, Joaquin |
159 | Tartini, Giuseppe |
160 | Xenakis, Iannis |
161 | Giordano, Umberto |
162 | Tippett, Michael |
163 | Crumb, George |
164 | Cherubini, Luigi |
165 | Machaut, Guillaume de |
166 | Stanford, Charles Villiers |
167 | Chausson, Ernest |
168 | Beach, Amy Marcy |
169 | Ponchielli, Amilcare |
170 | Rubinstein, Anton |
171 | Ibert, Jacques |
172 | Humperdinck, Engelbert |
173 | Reich, Steve |
174 | Dufay, Guillaume |
175 | Wieniawski, Henryk |
176 | Widor, Charles-Marie |
177 | Lalo, Edouard |
178 | Davies, Peter Maxwell |
179 | Thomson, Virgil |
180 | MacDowell, Edward |
181 | Rutter, John |
182 | Gibbons, Orlando |
183 | Bolcom, William |
184 | Chabrier, Emmanuel |
185 | Menotti, Gian Carlo |
186 | Krenek, Ernst |
187 | Dupré, Marcel |
188 | Gottschalk, Louis Moreau |
189 | Roussel, Albert |
190 | Dohnanyi, Ernst von |
191 | Adams, John |
192 | Sweelinck, Jan |
193 | Balakirev, Mily |
194 | Howells, Herbert |
195 | Sor, Fernando |
196 | Gesualdo, Carlo |
197 | Dukas, Paul |
198 | Finzi, Gerald |
199 | Herbert, Victor |
200 | Tavener, John |
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