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[…]

Joseph Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) was one of the most influential French composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Known for his masterful orchestration,[…]

Leroy Anderson (June 29, 1908 – May 18, 1975) was a celebrated American composer, pianist, and organist, best known for his charming and memorable short[…]

Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (1875–1956) stands as a pivotal figure in the landscape of Russian and Soviet classical music. Born Reinhold Ernest Glier on January 11,[…]

Richard Storrs Willis (1819–1900) was an American composer, music critic, and editor best remembered for “Carol,” the tune most U.S. congregations sing to Edmund Sears’s[…]

Vítězslav Novák (1870–1949) was a central figure of early-20th-century Czech music: a pupil of Antonín Dvořák, a leading proponent of musical nationalism, and a formidable[…]