Classical

1750-1910

2,150 items in this era

The canon scales through repertory growth, public venues, and increasing organizational continuity across cities and opera houses.

Premiere density remains the engine of historical visibility.
Venue openings surge in the 19th century.
The modern concert ecosystem starts to look globally connected.

Composers

200 composers from the Classical era, ranked by historical significance.

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770–1827

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1756–1791

Frédéric Chopin

1810–1849

Franz Schubert

1797–1828

Richard Wagner

1813–1883

Franz Liszt

1811–1886

Felix Mendelssohn

1809–1847

Jacques Offenbach

1819–1880

Hector Berlioz

1803–1869

Gaetano Donizetti

1797–1848

Vincenzo Bellini

1801–1835

Carl Maria von Weber

1786–1826

Gioachino Rossini

1792–1868

Fanny Mendelssohn

1805–1847

Antonio Salieri

1750–1825

Maria Anna Mozart

1751–1829

Adrien de La Fage

1801–1862

Alessandro Rolla

1757–1841

Alexander Egorovich Varlamov

1801–1848

Alexander Griboyedov

1795–1829

Alfred Quidant

1815–1893

Ambroise Thomas

1811–1896

Andreas Peter Berggreen

1801–1880

Anne-Marie Krumpholtz

1755–1813

Anton Bernhard Fürstenau

1792–1851

Anton Martin Slomšek

1800–1862

Anton Reicha

1770–1836

Auguste Barbereau

1799–1879

Bartolomeo Bortolazzi

1772–1820

Bonifacio Asioli

1769–1832

Carel Anton Fodor

1768–1846

Carl Linger

1810–1862

Charles Lucas

1808–1869

Corona Schröter

1751–1802

Emil Horneman

1809–1870

Ferdinand Hérold

1791–1833

Ferenc Erkel

1810–1893

Franciszek Lessel

1780–1838

François Adrien Boieldieu

1775–1834

Franz von Suppè

1819–1895

Frédéric Bérat

1801–1855

Giovanni Battista Polledro

1781–1853

Jānis Cimze

1814–1881

Leopold Jansa

1795–1875

Louis Adam

1758–1848

Luigi Cherubini

1760–1842

Manuel Saumell

1817–1870

Martin-Joseph Mengal

1784–1851

Notable Events

1750Founded

Conservatorio del Baraccano is founded or opens

Derived from conservatory opening/inception statements.

1750Premiere

Premiere of Il mondo della luna (Baldassare Galuppi)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1750Premiere

Premiere of Theodora (George Frideric Handel)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1750Premiere

Premiere of Il bugiardo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1750Premiere

Premiere of Ezio (Christoph Willibald von Gluck)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1750Premiere

Premiere of Attilio Regolo (Johann Adolph Hasse)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1750Premiere

Premiere of Alceste (George Frideric Handel)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1750Premiere

Premiere of Il vero amico

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1750Venue Opening

Teatro Comunale opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1750Venue Opening

Teatro Comunale opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1750Venue Opening

Teatro Rossini opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1751Premiere

Premiere of The Choice of Hercules (George Frideric Handel)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1751Premiere

Premiere of Il re pastore

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1751Premiere

Premiere of Der krumme Teufel (Joseph Haydn)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1751Premiere

Premiere of Acante et Céphise (Jean-Philippe Rameau)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1751Venue Opening

'Kamennoe zalo' pavilion opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1752Premiere

Premiere of Jephtha (George Frideric Handel)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1752Premiere

Premiere of Le devin du village (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1752Premiere

Premiere of La clemenza di Tito (Christoph Willibald von Gluck)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1752Venue Opening

Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1752Venue Opening

Schlosstheater Schwetzingen opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1753Premiere

Premiere of Silla (Carl Heinrich Graun)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1753Premiere

Premiere of The Mistress of the Inn

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1753Premiere

Premiere of The Gamester

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1753Premiere

Premiere of Solimano (Johann Adolph Hasse)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1753Premiere

Premiere of Il figlio delle selve (Ignaz Holzbauer)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1753Premiere

Premiere of Titon et l'Aurore (Jean-Joseph de Mondonville)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1753Venue Opening

Theater Lübeck opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1753Venue Opening

Teatro Carignano opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1753Venue Opening

Südlicher Zirkelbau opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

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Classical

1750-1910

2,150 items in this era

The canon scales through repertory growth, public venues, and increasing organizational continuity across cities and opera houses.

Premiere density remains the engine of historical visibility.
Venue openings surge in the 19th century.
The modern concert ecosystem starts to look globally connected.

Composers

200 composers from the Classical era, ranked by historical significance.

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770–1827

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1756–1791

Frédéric Chopin

1810–1849

Franz Schubert

1797–1828

Richard Wagner

1813–1883

Franz Liszt

1811–1886

Felix Mendelssohn

1809–1847

Jacques Offenbach

1819–1880

Hector Berlioz

1803–1869

Gaetano Donizetti

1797–1848

Vincenzo Bellini

1801–1835

Carl Maria von Weber

1786–1826

Gioachino Rossini

1792–1868

Fanny Mendelssohn

1805–1847

Antonio Salieri

1750–1825

Maria Anna Mozart

1751–1829

Adrien de La Fage

1801–1862

Alessandro Rolla

1757–1841

Alexander Egorovich Varlamov

1801–1848

Alexander Griboyedov

1795–1829

Alfred Quidant

1815–1893

Ambroise Thomas

1811–1896

Andreas Peter Berggreen

1801–1880

Anne-Marie Krumpholtz

1755–1813

Anton Bernhard Fürstenau

1792–1851

Anton Martin Slomšek

1800–1862

Anton Reicha

1770–1836

Auguste Barbereau

1799–1879

Bartolomeo Bortolazzi

1772–1820

Bonifacio Asioli

1769–1832

Carel Anton Fodor

1768–1846

Carl Linger

1810–1862

Charles Lucas

1808–1869

Corona Schröter

1751–1802

Emil Horneman

1809–1870

Ferdinand Hérold

1791–1833

Ferenc Erkel

1810–1893

Franciszek Lessel

1780–1838

François Adrien Boieldieu

1775–1834

Franz von Suppè

1819–1895

Frédéric Bérat

1801–1855

Giovanni Battista Polledro

1781–1853

Jānis Cimze

1814–1881

Leopold Jansa

1795–1875

Louis Adam

1758–1848

Luigi Cherubini

1760–1842

Manuel Saumell

1817–1870

Martin-Joseph Mengal

1784–1851

Notable Events

1750Founded

Conservatorio del Baraccano is founded or opens

Derived from conservatory opening/inception statements.

1750Premiere

Premiere of Il mondo della luna (Baldassare Galuppi)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1750Premiere

Premiere of Theodora (George Frideric Handel)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1750Premiere

Premiere of Il bugiardo

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1750Premiere

Premiere of Ezio (Christoph Willibald von Gluck)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1750Premiere

Premiere of Attilio Regolo (Johann Adolph Hasse)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1750Premiere

Premiere of Alceste (George Frideric Handel)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1750Premiere

Premiere of Il vero amico

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1750Venue Opening

Teatro Comunale opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1750Venue Opening

Teatro Comunale opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1750Venue Opening

Teatro Rossini opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1751Premiere

Premiere of The Choice of Hercules (George Frideric Handel)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1751Premiere

Premiere of Il re pastore

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1751Premiere

Premiere of Der krumme Teufel (Joseph Haydn)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1751Premiere

Premiere of Acante et Céphise (Jean-Philippe Rameau)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1751Venue Opening

'Kamennoe zalo' pavilion opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1752Premiere

Premiere of Jephtha (George Frideric Handel)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1752Premiere

Premiere of Le devin du village (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1752Premiere

Premiere of La clemenza di Tito (Christoph Willibald von Gluck)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1752Venue Opening

Opéra-Théâtre de Metz Métropole opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1752Venue Opening

Schlosstheater Schwetzingen opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1753Premiere

Premiere of Silla (Carl Heinrich Graun)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1753Premiere

Premiere of The Mistress of the Inn

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1753Premiere

Premiere of The Gamester

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1753Premiere

Premiere of Solimano (Johann Adolph Hasse)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1753Premiere

Premiere of Il figlio delle selve (Ignaz Holzbauer)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1753Premiere

Premiere of Titon et l'Aurore (Jean-Joseph de Mondonville)

Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).

1753Venue Opening

Theater Lübeck opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1753Venue Opening

Teatro Carignano opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

1753Venue Opening

Südlicher Zirkelbau opens

Derived from official opening (P1619) or inception fallback (P571).

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