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watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten composers
for this list we’re sticking to
composers from the Baroque classical and
Romantic periods and excluding 20th
century classical composers number 10
Antonio Vivaldi Baroque though he was a
priest a master of violin and an opera
impresario Vivaldi is known as one of
the Baroque eras greatest composers
blending harmony melody and instrumental
parts the red priests lively and
imaginative musical compositions were
even fit for European monarchs while the
virtuoso violinist also wrote and
produced operas it was his
groundbreaking the Four Seasons that set
the standard for concertos
number nine franz schubert romantic he
may not have lived to see his 32nd
birthday but Schubert’s technical skills
and experimental side were more than
aptly displayed in his six hundred plus
leader or art songs chamber works operas
and more
you
by setting Vilhelm Mueller’s poems to
music Schubert laid the blueprint for
song cycles meanwhile the melodies
harmonies contrasting moods and
orchestration of his symphonies made him
one of the four most romantic composers
still is the smoothness point Ted
Lawrence number eight johannes brahms
romantic
always a perfectionist Brahms rewrote
several of his works after mastering the
baroque and classical writing techniques
of counterpoint and development aside
from his chamber orchestral and vocal
compositions the highly skilled pianist
found recognition for his choral work
and the smaller scale Hungarian dances
thanks to his purist yet innovative
musical approach the romantic composers
many piano concertos string quartets and
symphonies are still performed today
number seven georg friedrich händel
baroque his cantatas and Italian operas
garnered him international fame and a
gig as King George the first official
music maker but after producing the
orchestral movement water music Handel
made his name by writing the first
english-language oratorio Esther and the
popular choral work Messiah add his
anthems concertos orchestral writings
and theatrical works and it’s easy to
see why Honda is considered one of the
baroque best
number six pewter ilyich tchaikovsky
romantic preoccupied with how listeners
experienced his compositions Tchaikovsky
filled his music with heavy
orchestration varied emotional ranges
contrasting timbre tones and
eighteenth-century pastiche style
the first internationally-recognized
Russian composer also combined Western
European techniques with his native
approach in addition to symphonies
concertos operas and his Romeo and
Juliet masterpiece his ballets remain
popular thanks to their full melodies
and carefully crafted dance music number
5 Frederic shall pay romantic though he
moved to Paris the introverted romantic
composer is one of Poland’s most
respected figures the piano child
prodigy turned patriotic poll mostly
wrote highly detailed and technically
challenging piano works
he was also known for writing the first
instrumental ballads and transforming
etudes from teaching material to concert
pieces with his sense of melody and
emotion shall pay expanded his genres of
Nocturne the Viennese Waltz and polish
mazurkas number four Ricard vogner
romantic he forever changed German
operas with his use of light motifs
melody rhythm harmony and orchestration
by writing the libretto and the musical
score he united multiple art forms in
his music dramas most notably in his
epic Ring cycle
though vogner authored some highly
controversial writings he also wrote one
of history’s finest operas and paved the
way for 20th century classical music
with Tristan and Isolda
number three Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
classical
mozart embodied musical elegance grace
and passion already playing keyboard
violin and composing songs by age 5
he later defined piano concertos with
his complex orchestration
by refining the scope and techniques of
Baroque composers Mozart also wrote
exquisitely balanced symphonies operas
sonatas and chamber music the musical
clarity and transparency of his
compositions positioned him as one of
the most significant classical composers
of all time
you
number two Ludwig von Beethoven
classical romantic though we studied
with Haydn and was influenced by Mozart
the virtuoso pianist and incomparable
composer epitomized classical music with
his ambitious and heroic symphonies
concertos and sonatas
however it was his more inventive
profound and personal works crafted amid
his increasing deafness that set the
stage for Romanticism Beethoven’s 9th
has been hailed as one of history’s
finest musical works and remains one of
the world’s most recognisable symphonies
number one johann sebastian bach baroque
while Mozart’s and Beethoven’s rankings
are arguably interchangeable there’s
little doubt as to the identity of
history’s greatest composer believing
musics purpose was the glory of God and
the refreshment of the soul bah
creatively fused other European styles
with his German approach
his deep beautiful and technically
complex works for organ violin cello and
flute were colored with motifs and his
own contrapuntal style with music in his
blood the original father of harmony was
destined to become a highly proficient
multi-instrumentalist and brilliant
baroque composer
today his mass in B minor is considered
one of history’s greatest musical
compositions do you agree or disagree
with our list who is your favorite
composer of all time be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com for more
entertaining top 10s
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten composers
for this list we’re sticking to
composers from the Baroque classical and
Romantic periods and excluding 20th
century classical composers number 10
Antonio Vivaldi Baroque though he was a
priest a master of violin and an opera
impresario Vivaldi is known as one of
the Baroque eras greatest composers
blending harmony melody and instrumental
parts the red priests lively and
imaginative musical compositions were
even fit for European monarchs while the
virtuoso violinist also wrote and
produced operas it was his
groundbreaking the Four Seasons that set
the standard for concertos
number nine franz schubert romantic he
may not have lived to see his 32nd
birthday but Schubert’s technical skills
and experimental side were more than
aptly displayed in his six hundred plus
leader or art songs chamber works operas
and more
you
by setting Vilhelm Mueller’s poems to
music Schubert laid the blueprint for
song cycles meanwhile the melodies
harmonies contrasting moods and
orchestration of his symphonies made him
one of the four most romantic composers
still is the smoothness point Ted
Lawrence number eight johannes brahms
romantic
always a perfectionist Brahms rewrote
several of his works after mastering the
baroque and classical writing techniques
of counterpoint and development aside
from his chamber orchestral and vocal
compositions the highly skilled pianist
found recognition for his choral work
and the smaller scale Hungarian dances
thanks to his purist yet innovative
musical approach the romantic composers
many piano concertos string quartets and
symphonies are still performed today
number seven georg friedrich händel
baroque his cantatas and Italian operas
garnered him international fame and a
gig as King George the first official
music maker but after producing the
orchestral movement water music Handel
made his name by writing the first
english-language oratorio Esther and the
popular choral work Messiah add his
anthems concertos orchestral writings
and theatrical works and it’s easy to
see why Honda is considered one of the
baroque best
number six pewter ilyich tchaikovsky
romantic preoccupied with how listeners
experienced his compositions Tchaikovsky
filled his music with heavy
orchestration varied emotional ranges
contrasting timbre tones and
eighteenth-century pastiche style
the first internationally-recognized
Russian composer also combined Western
European techniques with his native
approach in addition to symphonies
concertos operas and his Romeo and
Juliet masterpiece his ballets remain
popular thanks to their full melodies
and carefully crafted dance music number
5 Frederic shall pay romantic though he
moved to Paris the introverted romantic
composer is one of Poland’s most
respected figures the piano child
prodigy turned patriotic poll mostly
wrote highly detailed and technically
challenging piano works
he was also known for writing the first
instrumental ballads and transforming
etudes from teaching material to concert
pieces with his sense of melody and
emotion shall pay expanded his genres of
Nocturne the Viennese Waltz and polish
mazurkas number four Ricard vogner
romantic he forever changed German
operas with his use of light motifs
melody rhythm harmony and orchestration
by writing the libretto and the musical
score he united multiple art forms in
his music dramas most notably in his
epic Ring cycle
though vogner authored some highly
controversial writings he also wrote one
of history’s finest operas and paved the
way for 20th century classical music
with Tristan and Isolda
number three Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
classical
mozart embodied musical elegance grace
and passion already playing keyboard
violin and composing songs by age 5
he later defined piano concertos with
his complex orchestration
by refining the scope and techniques of
Baroque composers Mozart also wrote
exquisitely balanced symphonies operas
sonatas and chamber music the musical
clarity and transparency of his
compositions positioned him as one of
the most significant classical composers
of all time
you
number two Ludwig von Beethoven
classical romantic though we studied
with Haydn and was influenced by Mozart
the virtuoso pianist and incomparable
composer epitomized classical music with
his ambitious and heroic symphonies
concertos and sonatas
however it was his more inventive
profound and personal works crafted amid
his increasing deafness that set the
stage for Romanticism Beethoven’s 9th
has been hailed as one of history’s
finest musical works and remains one of
the world’s most recognisable symphonies
number one johann sebastian bach baroque
while Mozart’s and Beethoven’s rankings
are arguably interchangeable there’s
little doubt as to the identity of
history’s greatest composer believing
musics purpose was the glory of God and
the refreshment of the soul bah
creatively fused other European styles
with his German approach
his deep beautiful and technically
complex works for organ violin cello and
flute were colored with motifs and his
own contrapuntal style with music in his
blood the original father of harmony was
destined to become a highly proficient
multi-instrumentalist and brilliant
baroque composer
today his mass in B minor is considered
one of history’s greatest musical
compositions do you agree or disagree
with our list who is your favorite
composer of all time be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com for more
entertaining top 10s
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