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| DATES | COMPOSER | NATIONALITY | SOME FAMOUS WORKS |
| c1525-1594 | Giovanni da PALESTRINA | Italian | Chamber music, organ works, choral works |
| 1678-1741 | Antonio VIVALDI | Italian | The Four Seasons |
| 1685-1750 | Johann Sebastian BACH | German | Brandenburg Concertos |
| 1685-1759 | George Frederick HANDEL | German | The Messiah |
| 1732-1809 | Franz Joseph HAYDN | Austrian | London Symphonies |
| 1756-1791 | Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART | Austrian | The Magic Flute |
| 1770-1827 | Ludwig van BEETHOVEN | German | Pastoral Symphony |
| 1792-1868 | Gioacchino ROSSINI | Italian | The Barber of Seville |
| 1797-1828 | Franz SCHUBERT | Austrian | Die Winterreise |
| 1803-1869 | Hector BERLIOZ | French | Symphonie Fantastique |
| 1809-1847 | Felix MENDELSSOHN | German | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| 1810-1849 | Frederic CHOPIN | Polish | Piano works |
| 1811-1886 | Franz LISZT | Hungarian | Les Preludes |
| 1813-1883 | Richard WAGNER | German | Das Rheingold |
| 1813-1901 | Giuseppe VERDI | Italian | La Traviata |
| 1825-1899 | Johann STRAUSS | Austrian | Die Fledermaus |
| 1840-1893 | Peter Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY | Russian | Swan Lake |
| 1841-1904 | Anton DVORAK | Czech | From the New World |
| 1843-1907 | Edvard GRIEG | Norwegian | Peer Gynt |
| 1857-1934 | Edward ELGAR | English | Enigma Variations |
| 1858-1924 | Giacomo PUCCINI | Italian | La Boheme |
| 1860-1911 | Gustav MAHLER | Austrian | Resurrection Symphony |
| 1862-1918 | Claude DEBUSSY | French | La Mer |
| 1864-1949 | Richard STRAUSS | German | Der Rosenkavalier |
| 1873-1943 | Sergei RACHMANINOV | Russian | Piano works |
| 1874-1934 | Gustav HOLST | English | The Planets |
| 1875-1937 | Maurice RAVEL | French | Bolero |
| 1900-1990 | Aaron COPLAND | American | Appalachian Spring |
| 1913-1976 | Benjamin BRITTEN | English | Billy Budd |
| 1937 - | Philip GLASS | American | Einstein on the Beach |
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