Pietro Mascagni
Pietro Mascagni was born on December 7, 1863, and died on August 2, 1945. He was an Italian composer best known for writing operas. His most famous work, Cavalleria rusticana, was created in 1890 and had a major impact on opera history.
Amilcare Ponchielli
Amilcare Ponchielli was an Italian opera composer born on August 31, 1834, and died on January 16, 1886. He is best known for his opera La Gioconda. He was married to Teresina Brambilla, a soprano.
Christian Sinding
Christian August Sinding was a Norwegian composer who lived from January 11, 1856, to December 3, 1941. He is most famous for his musical piece for piano called Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring), which he wrote in 1896. He was often compared to another Norwegian composer, Edvard Grieg, and was seen as Grieg’s successor.
Johan Svendsen
Johan Severin Svendsen was born on September 30, 1840, and died on June 14, 1911. He was a Norwegian composer, conductor, and violinist. He was born in Christiania, which is now called Oslo, Norway.
Niels Gade
Niels Wilhelm Gade was born on February 22, 1817, and died on December 21, 1890. He was a Danish composer, conductor, violinist, organist, and teacher. Along with Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, he was the most important Danish musician during the time known as the Danish Golden Age.
Hugo Alfvén
Hugo Emil Alfvén (Swedish: [alˈveːn]; 1 May 1872 – 8 May 1960) was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter. He was one of Sweden’s most important composers. His piece “Swedish Rhapsody,” written when he was 31, remains one of the most well-known works in Swedish music.
Zdeněk Fibich
Zdeněk Fibich (Czech pronunciation: [ˈzdɛɲɛk ˈfɪbɪx]), born on December 21, 1850, in Všebořice and died on October 15, 1900, in Prague, was a Czech composer who created classical music. His works include chamber music (such as two string quartets, a piano trio, a piano quartet, and a quintet for piano, strings, and winds), symphonic poems, three symphonies, at least seven operas (including Šárka and The Bride of Messina), melodramas like the three-part series Hippodamia, liturgical music such as a short mass (called a missa brevis), and a large collection of 376 piano pieces titled Moods, Impressions, and Reminiscences from the 1890s. This piano cycle acted like a diary, showing his feelings for a student.
Max Bruch
Max Bruch (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920) was a German composer, violinist, teacher, and conductor. He created more than 200 musical works, including three violin concertos. The first of these concertos is now commonly performed by violinists around the world.
Hugo Wolf
Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf ( / v ɔː l f / ; German: [vɔlf] ; 13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer best known for his art songs, called Lieder. His music showed a strong emotional expression that was unique in late Romantic music. His style was somewhat similar to the Second Viennese School in its use of short, focused phrases but differed greatly in musical techniques.
Anton Bruckner
Joseph Anton Bruckner ( / ˈ b r ʊ k n ər / ; German: [ˈantoːn ˈbʁʊknɐ] ; 4 September 1824 – 11 October 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his symphonies and sacred music, which includes Masses, Te Deum, and motets. His symphonies are considered representative of the final stage of Austro-German Romanticism because of their complex harmonic language, intricate melodies, and long length. Bruckner’s compositions influenced modern musical styles due to their use of clashing sounds, unexpected changes in musical keys, and shifting harmonies.