Giovanni Croce (c. 1557 – May 15, 1609) stands as a significant figure in the rich tapestry of Italian classical music, particularly within the vibrant[…]

Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868) was the most celebrated Italian opera composer of his generation and one of the central architects of 19th-century bel canto. In a[…]

Émile Waldteufel (1837–1915) was France’s pre-eminent composer of salon and ballroom music in the late 19th century, a Parisian counterpart to the Viennese Strauss circle.[…]

Carlo Gesualdo, the Prince of Venosa, was a man of stark contradictions. A composer of sublime and forward-looking music, he was also a figure of[…]

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788) was the most innovative and widely admired composer between the late Baroque and high Classical eras. His music—restless, expressive, and[…]

Charles-François Gounod (1818–1893) was a French composer whose melodic instinct shaped some of the most enduring works of 19th-century opera and sacred music. Best known[…]

César Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck (1822-1890) was a prominent French Romantic composer, organist, pianist, and music teacher of Belgian birth. His profound influence on[…]

Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade (1857–1944) was a French composer-pianist whose songs, salon miniatures, and orchestral scores made her an international celebrity around 1900. She was[…]

Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804–1857) is widely regarded as the founder of the Russian nationalist school in classical music—the first Russian composer to earn sustained recognition[…]

Luigi Rodolfo Boccherini (February 19, 1743 – May 28, 1805) was an Italian composer and virtuoso cellist of the Classical era. Celebrated for his prolific[…]