Essays and Lists

Music History Essays and Composer Lists

• Ancient Music (before 500)
• Medieval (500-1450)
• Renaissance (1450-1600) composer list
• Baroque (1600-1750) composer list
• Classic (1750-1820) composer list
• Romantic (1820-1910) composer list
• Early 20th Century (1910-1950) composer list
• Late 20th Century (1950-2010) composer list
• 21st Century (2010 - Present) composer list
• An Introduction to Opera

Composer Essays

• Barber, Samuel (1910 - 1981), United States, by Alen Hadzovic
• Bretón, Tomás (1850 - 1923), Spain, by Steven G. Estrella
• Caccini, Francesca (1587 - c. 1640), Italy, by Erin Dorothea Salm
• Cage, John (1912 - 1992), United States, by Alen Hadzovic
• Cervantes, Ignacio (1847 - 1905), Cuba, by Glenn Jenks
• Ellington, Duke (1899 - 1974), United States, by Richard V. Duffy
• Gesualdo, Carlo (c. 1560 - 1613), Italy, by Steven G. Estrella
• Husa, Karel (1921 - 2016), Czechoslovakia/United States, by Jordanna Rock-Garden
• Josquin des Prez, (c. 1450 - 1521), Belgium, by Robert L. Hinson, Jr.
• Kay, Ulysses (1917 - 1995), United States, by Paxton Girtmon
• Mitchell, John (1941 - Living), United States, by Victoria Brago
• Onslow, George (1784 - 1853), France, by Baudime Jam
• Schuller, Gunther (1925 - Living), United States, by GM Recordings
• Sousa, John Philip (1854 - 1932), United States, by Steven G. Estrella
• Stravinsky, Igor (1882 - 1971), Russia, by Alen Hadzovic
• Takemitsu, Toru (1930 - 1996), Japan, by Alen Hadzovic
• Work, Julian Cassander (1910 - 1995), United States, by Paxton Girtmon
• Zelenka, Jan Dismas (1679 - 1745), Bohemia, by Eugene Herron

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