Austrian Composers Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809) – Classical-era composer of preludes, fugues and sonatas for the piano Elkan Bauer (1852-1942) – 20th-century composer; wrote popular waltzes Alban Berg (1885–1935) – 20th-century composer; member of the Second Viennese School Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) – composer of nine large-scale symphonies, sacred works and organ works; church organist Carl Czerny (1791–1857) – composer; student of Ludwig van Beethoven; known for his piano exercises and pedagogy Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799) – Classical-era composer and violinist Johann Fux (1660–1741) – composer, influential theorist on Renaissance counterpoint Heinz Karl Gruber (born 1943) – composer, bassist and singer Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) – Classical-era composer; composed 104 symphonies, as well as numerous string quartets and other chamber music, operas and sacred works Michael Haydn (1737–1806) – Classical-era composer; younger brother of Joseph Haydn Leopold Hoffman (1738–1793) – Classical-era composer Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837) – composer and pianist; music bridged the Classical and Romantic periods Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962) – 20th-century violinist and composer Joseph Franz Karl Lanner (1801–1843) – 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 (1860–1911) – 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 Jacques de Menasce (1905-1960) became an American in 1941 Leopold Mozart (1719–1787) – Classical-era composer, violinist, author of influential treatise on playing the violin Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) – composer of operas, piano concertos, chamber music, symphonies and sacred works; son of Leopold Mozart Kurt Overhoff (1902–1986) – composer and conductor Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824) – Classical-era composer; inspiration for the Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Walter Rabl (1873–1940) – Viennese composer, conductor and teacher of vocal music Carl Georg Reutter (1708–1772) – Baroque-era court composer Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623–1680) – composer and violinist; first German-speaking composer to publish solo violin and b.c.[clarification needed] sonatas in the Italian style (Sonatae unarum fidium seu a violino solo, 1664) Franz Schmidt (1874–1939) – 20th-century composer of symphonies and operas, cellist and pianist Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951) – 20th-century modernist composer; founder of the Second Viennese School; developer of the twelve-tone technique Franz Schubert (1797–1828) – Classical-/Romantic-era composer; regarded as the first significant lieder writer; composer of many instrumental works as well Robert Stolz (1880–1975) – conductor and composer of operettas, film music and songs Eduard Strauss (1835–1916) – dance-music composer; brother of Johann Strauss II Johann Strauss I (1804–1849) – early-Romantic-era dance-music composer Johann Strauss II (1825–1899) – Romantic-era composer of waltzes and polkas, wrote The Blue Danube waltz Josef Strauss (1827–1870) – dance-music composer; brother of Johann Strauss II Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766–1803) – Classical-era composer; student of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715–1777) – Classical-era composer, harpsichordist, and organist Anton Webern (1883–1945) – 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 (1885–1974) – 20th-century composer, teacher, musicologist; pupil of Arnold Schoenberg and student of Byzantine music Erich Zeisl (1905–1959) – Modernist Jewish Viennese composer of symphonies, ballets, choral music, operas, and film scores; fled Nazis for America in 1938
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