This is an alphabetical list of Austrian composers.
The portraits at right are seven of the most-prominent Austrian composers, as agreed by three published reviews.
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- Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736âÂÂ1809) Classical-era composer of preludes, fugues and sonatas for the piano
- Elkan Bauer (1852âÂÂ1942) 20th-century composer; wrote popular waltzes
- Alban Berg (1885âÂÂ1935) 20th-century composer; member of the Second Viennese School
- Anton Bruckner (1824âÂÂ1896) composer of nine large-scale symphonies, sacred works and organ works; church organist
- Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772âÂÂ1807)
- Franz Clement (1780âÂÂ1842), full name Franz Joseph Clement
- Carl Czerny (1791âÂÂ1857) composer; student of Ludwig van Beethoven; known for his piano exercises and pedagogy
- Anton Diabelli (1781âÂÂ1858), also Antonio
- Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739âÂÂ1799) Classical-era composer and violinist
- Nico Dostal (1895âÂÂ1981) â composer, arranger, Kapellmeister
- Anton Eberl (1765âÂÂ1807)
- Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765âÂÂ1846)
- Gisela Frankl (1860âÂÂ1935)
- Robert Fuchs (1847âÂÂ1927)
- Johann Fux (1660âÂÂ1741) composer, influential theorist on Renaissance counterpoint
- Heinz Karl Gruber (born 1943) composer, bassist and singer
- Siegmund von Hausegger (1872âÂÂ1948)
- Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953) composer of contemporary classical music
- Joseph Haydn (1732âÂÂ1809) Classical-era composer; composed 104 symphonies, as well as numerous string quartets and other chamber music, operas and sacred works
- Michael Haydn (1737âÂÂ1806) Classical-era composer; younger brother of Joseph Haydn
- Leopold Hoffman (1738âÂÂ1793) Classical-era composer
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778âÂÂ1837) composer and pianist; music bridged the Classical and Romantic periods
- Erich Kleiber (1890âÂÂ1956)
- Fritz Kreisler (1875âÂÂ1962) 20th-century violinist and composer
- Nikolaus von Krufft (1779âÂÂ1818)Classical composer of piano music and lieder
- Josef Labor (1842âÂÂ1924)
- August Lanner (1835âÂÂ1855), born Augustin Lanner
- Joseph Franz Karl Lanner (1801âÂÂ1843) early-Romantic-era dance-music composer; one-time colleague of Johann Strauss I
- Bruno Liberda (born 1953) composer; student of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati; contemporary classical music; first electronic music ever to be performed in the Vienna State Opera
- Gustav Mahler (1860âÂÂ1911) late-Romantic composer of large-scale and sometimes programmatic symphonies; born in Bohemia in a German-speaking community, a subject of the Habsburg Empire; music director in Vienna in the 1890s and 1900s
- Marianna Martines (1744âÂÂ1812) â composer, singer and pianist
- Alois Melichar (1896âÂÂ1976) â composer, arranger and conductor
- Jacques de Menasce (1905âÂÂ1960) â became an American in 1941
- Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791âÂÂ1844) son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Leopold Mozart (1719âÂÂ1787) Classical-era composer, violinist, author of influential treatise on playing the violin
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756âÂÂ1791) Classical-era composer of operas, piano concertos, chamber music, symphonies and sacred works; son of Leopold Mozart
N â Z
- Sigismund von Neukomm (1778âÂÂ1858) born Sigismond Neukomm, after ennoblement as a knight Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm
- Karl von Ordóñez (1734âÂÂ1786) also Carlo or Carl d'Ordonetz, Ordonnetz, d'Ordóñez, d'Ordonez, Ordoniz
- Kurt Overhoff (1902âÂÂ1986) composer and conductor
- Leonhard Päminger (1495âÂÂ1567) also Paminger and Panninger
- Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759âÂÂ1824) Classical-era composer; inspiration for the Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Johann Baptist Peyer (c.1678âÂÂ1733) organist and composer
- Ignace Joseph Pleyel (1757 â 1831)
- Walter Rabl (1873âÂÂ1940) Viennese composer, conductor and teacher of vocal music
- Carl Georg Reutter (1708âÂÂ1772) Baroque-era court composer
- Emil von Reznicek (1860âÂÂ1945) born Emil Nikolaus Joseph, Freiherr von Reznicek
- Franz Xaver Richter (1709âÂÂ1789) Czech FrantiÃ
¡ek, French François Xavier
- Jakob Schgraffer (1799-1859)
- Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623âÂÂ1680) composer and violinist; first German-speaking composer to publish solo violin and b.c. sonatas in the Italian style (Sonatae unarum fidium seu a violino solo, 1664)
- Franz Schmidt (1874âÂÂ1939) 20th-century composer of symphonies and operas, cellist and pianist
- Franz Schneider (1737âÂÂ1812), composer and organist known best for his 47 masses
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874âÂÂ1951) 20th-century modernist composer; founder of the Second Viennese School; developer of the twelve-tone technique
- Franz Schubert (1797âÂÂ1828) Classical/Romantic composer; regarded as the first significant lieder writer; composer of many instrumental works as well
- Robert Stolz (1880âÂÂ1975) conductor and composer of operettas, film music and songs
- Eduard Strauss (1835âÂÂ1916) dance-music composer; brother of Johann Strauss II
- Johann Strauss I (1804âÂÂ1849) early-Romantic-era dance-music composer
- Johann Strauss II (1825âÂÂ1899) Romantic-era composer of waltzes and polkas, wrote The Blue Danube waltz
- Josef Strauss (1827âÂÂ1870) dance-music composer; brother of Johann Strauss II
- Franz von Suppé (1819âÂÂ1895) composer of light opera
- Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766âÂÂ1803) Classical-era composer; student of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Sigismond Thalberg (1812âÂÂ1871)
- Ludwig Thuille (1861âÂÂ1907)
- Joseph Umstatt (1711âÂÂ1762)
- Johann Joseph Vilsmayr (1663âÂÂ1722)
- Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715âÂÂ1777) Classical-era composer, harpsichordist, and organist
- Anton Webern (1883âÂÂ1945) 20th-century composer, member of the Second Viennese School; used the twelve-tone technique in addition to the style known as serialism
- Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885âÂÂ1974) 20th-century composer, teacher, musicologist; pupil of Arnold Schoenberg and student of Byzantine music
- Erich Zeisl (1905âÂÂ1959) Modernist Jewish Viennese composer of symphonies, ballets, choral music, operas, and film scores; fled Nazis for America in 1938
- Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843âÂÂ1922), also spelled as Carl
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