List of classical music composers by era

<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2>

<h2 id="medieval-era">Medieval era</h2>
<p><i>See <a href="/facts/List_of_Medieval_composers/l1vvTNYA">List of Medieval composers</a> and <a href="/facts/Medieval_music/AC4d5rCy">Medieval music</a>.</i>
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<h2 id="renaissance-era">Renaissance era</h2>
<p><i>See <a href="/facts/List_of_Renaissance_composers/rN397zsT">List of Renaissance composers</a> and <a href="/facts/Renaissance_music/MvSjNt2G">Renaissance music</a>.</i>
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<h2 id="baroque-era">Baroque era</h2>
<p><i>See <a href="/facts/List_of_Baroque_composers/YuD5CnJu">List of Baroque composers</a> and <a href="/facts/Baroque_music/UgrJnyTq">Baroque music</a>.</i>
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<h2 id="classical-era">Classical era</h2>
<p><i>See <a href="/facts/List_of_Classical_era_composers/ejA0JjfJ">List of Classical era composers</a> and <a href="/facts/Classical_period_(music)/HhEDbzVX">Classical period (music)</a>.</i>
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<h2 id="romantic-era">Romantic era</h2>
<p><i>See <a href="/facts/List_of_Romantic-era_composers/4AIQ7RHV">List of Romantic-era composers</a> and <a href="/facts/Romantic_music/Smlk40jm">Romantic music</a>.</i>
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<h2 id="20th-centurycontemporarymodernpostmodern">20th century/contemporary/modern/postmodern</h2>
<p><i>See <a href="/facts/List_of_20th-century_classical_composers/mTfgF3zB">List of 20th-century classical composers</a> and <a href="/facts/20th-century_classical_music/zcKk0ANX">20th-century classical music</a>.</i>
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<p class="note">See also: <a href="/facts/List_of_modernist_composers/JxLQN2Ar">List of modernist composers</a> and <a href="/facts/List_of_postmodernist_composers/1Fx3SK72">List of postmodernist composers</a></p>
<h2 id="21st-centurypostmodern">21st century/postmodern</h2>
<p class="note">Main articles: <a href="/facts/List_of_21st-century_classical_composers/lrLo133c">List of 21st-century classical composers</a> and <a href="/facts/21st-century_classical_music/XBSghoPk">21st-century classical music</a></p>

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/History_of_music/d1KfwvII">History of music</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_composers_by_name/3fNJS6YP">List of composers by name</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Lists_of_composers/o20nsu34">Lists of composers</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_burial_places_of_classical_musicians/WLceczDw">List of burial places of classical musicians</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Women_in_music/Ip0cGESb">Women in Music</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_best-selling_sheet_music/ho1LDYxN">List of best-selling sheet music</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160311144927/http://composerquiz.sourceforge.net/cmap/">Clickable and searchable version of graphical composers timeline with groups</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"What are the four main eras of classical music?". Classic FM. Retrieved 2025-01-24. <a href="https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/four-eras-classical-music/" target="_blank">https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/four-eras-classical-music/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>School, Greater Toronto Music (2021-07-31). "7 Eras of Classical Music". GTMS. Retrieved 2025-01-24. <a href="https://www.greatertorontomusic.ca/post/7-eras-of-classical-music" target="_blank">https://www.greatertorontomusic.ca/post/7-eras-of-classical-music</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Paavola, Morgan. "Research Guides: Music: Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, & Romantic Composers". libguides.uwrf.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-24. <a href="https://libguides.uwrf.edu/c.php?g=554487&p=10581893" target="_blank">https://libguides.uwrf.edu/c.php?g=554487&p=10581893</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"Musical Periods: The History of Classical Music". Musicnotes. 2018-12-04. Retrieved 2025-01-24. <a href="https://www.musicnotes.com/blog/musical-periods-the-history-of-classical-music/?srsltid=AfmBOopVDY1BKKJNKBdZUr8BoVEQQNYIyUdgp8BWkG5bjAHQFDr4RBrL" target="_blank">https://www.musicnotes.com/blog/musical-periods-the-history-of-classical-music/?srsltid=AfmBOopVDY1BKKJNKBdZUr8BoVEQQNYIyUdgp8BWkG5bjAHQFDr4RBrL</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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