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18th-century German composers

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a Classical composer and musician. He completed more than 800 works in his life—including outstanding examples of most of the genres of his time: symphonies, concertos, chamber music, opera, and choral music.
Frederick II of Prussia
King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 (1712-1786)
Johann Adolph Hasse
German composer, singer and teacher (1699-1783)
Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria
Duke of Bavaria (1727-1777)
Gaspare Spontini
Italian composer and conductor
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf
Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist
Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria
German composer, opera singer and librettist (1724-1780)
Carl Stamitz
German composer of partial Czech ancestry
Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
German princess, composer, editor (1739-1807)
Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth
Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709-1758)
Friedrich Kalkbrenner
German-born French pianist, composer, piano teacher and piano manufacturer (1784-1849)
Conradin Kreutzer
German composer and conductor (1780-1849)
Ferdinand Ries
German composer
Johann Adam Reincken
Dutch/German composer and organist (1643-1722)
Georg Benda
Czech composer
Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia
Prussian princess
Anna Amalia of Prussia
German princess-abbess and composer
Johann Gottlieb Naumann
German composer (1741–1801)
Johann Nikolaus Forkel
German musician, musicologist and music theorist (1749-1818)
Johann Simon Mayr
German composer (1763–1845)
Johann Andreas Stein
German maker of keyboard instruments
Nannette Streicher
German piano maker, composer, music educator, and writer
Johann Schobert
German composer
Johann Peter Salomon
German violinist, composer, conductor and musical impresario; (1745-1815)
Johann Jacob Bach
Oboist, flutist, possibly composer, an older brother of Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg
German composer
Leopold August Abel
Violinist, composer
Jean-Paul-Égide Martini
German composer
Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt
member of the House of Thurn and Taxis (1755-1810)
Lorenz Christoph Mizler
German music historian and polymath (1711-1778)
Bernhard Romberg
German cellist and composer
F.L.Æ. Kunzen
Danish composer
Gottfried Finger
Moravian-German composer and violoncellist
Gottlieb Muffat
Austrian composer and organist
Giovanni Henrico Albicastro
German composer
Friedrich Dotzauer
German composer
Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner
German-born Swedish composer (1759-1833)
Georg Caspar Schürmann
German composer
Andreas Romberg
violinist and composer
Johann Heinrich Rolle
German baroque composer *1785
Joseph Schubert
German composer
Johann Gottfried Schicht
German composer and conductor (1753-1823)
August Eberhard Müller
German composer
Johan Daniel Berlin
Norwegian composer and organist (1714-1787)
Nikolaus Simrock
musician
Johann Georg Benda
Czech violinist and composer
Josef Seger
Czech violinist, composer and organist
Anton Raaff
German opera tenor
Friedrich Witt
German composer and cellist
Johann Valentin Meder
German composer (1649-1719)
Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel
German composer and pianist (1750-1817)
Franz Ignaz Beck
German composer (1734-1809)
Fortunato Chelleri
Italian-German Kapellmeister and composer
Federigo Fiorillo
Italian and French musician and composer
Ignaz Franz
German priest, hymnwriter
Carl Cannabich
German composer
Joseph Schuster
German composer (1748-1812)
Friedrich Dülon
German flautist (1769-1826)
Heinrich Christoph Koch
German musicologist and composer
Johann Christian Fischer
German composer and oboist