The best classical composers of all time ranked from best to worst. These classical composers are some of the best musicians in history, and are responsible for some of the greatest works of classical music the world has ever heard. Though these were men of a classical era of music, their concertos, sonatas, and movements are present in everything from rock concerts to blockbuster movies and are some of the most popular classical songs.
These top classical composers have written some of the most relaxing music, the most inspirational music, and the most beautiful music in the world. They are the greatest composers who ever have lived.
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6,4912,935Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dec. at 35 (1756-1791)2
7,0203,184Johann Sebastian Bach
Dec. at 65 (1685-1750)3
6,9913,204Ludwig van Beethoven
Dec. at 57 (1770-1827)4
4,7792,242Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Dec. at 53 (1840-1893)5
3,2801,337Sergei Rachmaninoff
Age: Died at 70 (1873-1943)6
2,8621,822Franz Schubert
Dec. at 31 (1797-1828)7
2,1321,216Giuseppe Verdi
Dec. at 88 (1813-1901)8
4,0642,630Frédéric Chopin
Dec. at 39 (1810-1849)9
2,2571,420Gustav Mahler
Dec. at 51 (1860-1911)10
1,246452Alexander Scriabin
Dec. at 43 (1872-1915)11
2,6461,740Claude Debussy
Dec. at 56 (1862-1918)12
2,6591,746Richard Wagner
Dec. at 70 (1813-1883)13
1,412907Giacomo Puccini
Dec. at 66 (1858-1924)14
2,9011,976Johannes Brahms
Dec. at 64 (1833-1897)15
1,8721,230Igor Stravinsky
Dec. at 89 (1882-1971)16
1,402886Béla Bartók
Dec. at 64 (1881-1945)17
1,146720Anton Bruckner
Dec. at 72 (1824-1896)18
1,5231,003Richard Strauss
Dec. at 85 (1864-1949)19
1,5571,100Maurice Ravel
Dec. at 62 (1875-1937)20
2,0731,493Dmitri Shostakovich
Dec. at 69 (1906-1975)21
1,4151,012Robert Alexander Schumann
Dec. at 46 (1810-1856)22
3,1012,288Antonio Vivaldi
Dec. at 63 (1678-1741)23
1,222784Johann Strauss II
Dec. at 74 (1825-1899)24
2,3441,707Franz Liszt
Dec. at 75 (1811-1886)25
967664Domenico Scarlatti
Dec. at 72 (1685-1757)
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