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18th-century chapelmasters

31 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Andrea LuchesiPerson · Music memorabiliaAndrea Luca Luchesi (also spelled Lucchesi; 23 May 1741 – 21 March 1801) was an Italian composer. He knew Mozart and Beethoven.
Antonio RipaPerson · Music memorabiliaJuan Antonio Ripa Blanque, usually referred to as Antonio Ripa and also known as Antonio Ripa y Blanque, (1721 - 3 November 1795) was a Spanish composer, priest, and choirmaster.
Antonio SalieriPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonio Salieri (18 August 17507 May 1825) was an Italian composer and teacher of the classical period.
Conradin KreutzerPerson · Music memorabiliaConradin Kreutzer or Kreuzer (22 November 1780 – 14 December 1849) was a German composer and conductor.
Ernst Wilhelm WolfPerson · Music memorabiliaErnst Wilhelm Wolf (baptised 25 February 1735 – 29 or 30 November 1792) was a German composer.
Franz BendaPerson · Music memorabiliaFranz Benda (František Benda; c. 22 November 1709 – 7 March 1786) was a Czech violinist and composer.
Franz GläserPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Franz Glaeser by Emil Bærentzen
Franz TeyberPerson · Music memorabiliaFranz Teyber (bapt. 25 August 1758 in Vienna – 21 October 1810 in Wien-Josefstadt, today 8.
Friedrich Heinrich HimmelPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Friedrich Heinrich Himmel
Friedrich SchneiderPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Christian Friedrich Schneider (3 January 1786 in Alt-Waltersdorf – 23 November 1853 in Dessau) was a German pianist, composer, organist, and conductor.
Gennaro MannaPerson · Music memorabiliaGennaro Manna (12 December 1715 - 28 December 1779) was an Italian composer based in Naples. He was a member of the Neapolitan School.
Georg Joseph VoglerPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Joseph Vogler, also known as Abbé Vogler (15 June 1749 – 6 May 1814), was a German composer, organist, teacher and theorist.
Giacomo RustPerson · Music memorabiliaGiacomo Rust or Rusti (1741 in Rome, Italy – 1786 in Barcelona, Spain) was an Italian opera composer, probably of German ancestry.
Giovanni PaciniPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Pacini (11 February 17966 December 1867) was an Italian composer from the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He is best known for his operas.
Ignaz HolzbauerPerson · Music memorabiliaIgnaz Jakob Holzbauer (18 September 1711 – 7 April 1783) was an Austrian composer of symphonies, concertos, operas, and chamber music, and a member of the Mannheim school.
Jan Ladislav DussekPerson · Music memorabiliaJan Ladislav Dussek (baptised Jan Václav Dusík, with surname also written as Duschek or Düssek; 12 February 1760 – 20 March 1812) was a Czech classical period composer and virtuoso pianist.
Jean-Paul-Égide MartiniPerson · Music memorabiliaJean-Paul-Égide Martini, also known as Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini (31 August 1741 – 14 February 1816) was a French composer of German birth during the classical period.
Johan AgrellPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Johan Joachim Agrell by Valentin Daniel Preisler (1754)
Johann Abraham Peter SchulzPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Abraham Peter Schulz (31 March 1747 – 10 June 1800) was a German musician. He is best known as the composer of the melody for Matthias Claudius's poems "Der Mond ist aufgegangen" and…
Johann Baptist GänsbacherPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Baptist Gänsbacher (8 May 1778 in Sterzing – 13 July 1844 in Vienna), was an Austrian musical composer, from the County of Tyrol.
Johann Ernst BachPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Ernst Bach was an organist, composer, chapelmaster and jurist (1722–1777). He was born in Eisenach.
Johann Franz Xaver SterkelPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Franz Xaver Sterkel (3 December 1750 in Würzburg – 12 October 1817 in Würzburg) was a German composer and pianist in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Johann Friedrich ReichardtPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Friedrich Reichardt (25 November 1752 – 27 June 1814) was a German composer, writer and music critic.
Johann Nepomuk HummelPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 177817 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.
Josef MyslivečekPerson · Music memorabiliaJosef Mysliveček (9 March 1737 – 4 February 1781) was a Czech composer. He contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music.
Leopold HofmannPerson · Music memorabiliaLeopold Hofmann (also Ludwig Hoffman, Leopold Hoffman, Leopold Hoffmann; 14 August 1738 – 17 March 1793) was an Austrian composer of classical music.
Louis SpohrPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis Spohr (5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig, was a German composer, violinist and conductor.
Michael UmlaufPerson · Music memorabiliaMichael Umlauf (August 9, 1781 – June 20, 1842), was an Austrian composer, conductor, and violinist. His father, Ignaz Umlauf, was also a notable composer.
Niccolò PaganiniPerson · Music memorabiliaNiccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (27 October 178227 May 1840) was an Italian violinist, guitarist and composer.
Saverio MercadantePerson · Music memorabiliaGiuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante (baptised 17 September 179517 December 1870) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas.
Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst BachPerson · Music memorabiliaWilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, also known as William Bach (24 May 1759 – 25 December 1845) was the eldest son of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach and the only grandson of Johann Sebastian…

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