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Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer primarily active during the late Classical and early Romantic periods. He is par...

Symphony Romantic Austrian Chamber

9.3 Excellent

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Johann Strauss II

Johann Strauss II (1825-1899) was an Austrian composer primarily recognized for his contributions to the waltz genre dur...

Romantic Austrian Dance Operetta

9.3 Excellent

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Franz Joseph Haydn

Franz Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer pivotal to the development of the Classical era. His prolific output include...

Symphony String Quartet Classical Austrian

9.2 Excellent

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Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler was an Austrian composer primarily known for his expansive symphonies. His works, spanning from the late R...

Music Symphony Austrian Orchestral

9.1 Excellent

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Anton Bruckner

Anton Bruckner was an Austrian composer primarily known for his expansive symphonies—some of the largest ever written. H...

Symphony Romantic Austrian Sacred

8.7 Great

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Alban Berg

Alban Berg was a significant 20th-century composer primarily known for his intensely expressive works. He developed a un...

Austrian Opera Expressionist Twelve Tone

8.7 Great

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Anton Webern

Anton Webern was an Austrian composer primarily associated with the Expressionist movement and the development of serial...

Austrian Expressionist Twelve Tone Serialist

8.3 Great

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Joseph Haydn

Known as the 'Father of the Symphony' and the 'Father of the String Quartet,' Haydn was the central figure of the Classi...

Classical Composer Symphony Piano Sonata String Quartet

7.8 Good

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Hugo Wolf

Hugo Wolf was an Austrian composer of the late 19th century who is best known for his contributions to the German art so...

German Romantic Austrian Song Cycle

7.8 Good

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Alberto Ginastera

Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983) was an Argentine composer who successfully integrated gaucho and indigenous folk motifs in...

Opera Modern Expressionist Argentinian

7.7 Good

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Wolfgang Rihm

Wolfgang Rihm (1952–2024) was a German composer renowned for his extraordinary productivity and highly expressive, often...

Music German Contemporary Expressionist

7.6 Good

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Luigi Dallapiccola

Luigi Dallapiccola was an Italian composer and pianist who adapted twelve-tone technique to a lyrical musical language s...

Opera Modern Italian Lyrical

7.5 Good

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Frank Martin

Frank Martin (1890-1974) was a Swiss composer whose music combines tonal harmony, contrapuntal writing, and selected ele...

Modern Swiss Chamber Oratorio

7.5 Good

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Georg Friedrich Haas

Georg Friedrich Haas is an Austrian composer whose work frequently explores microtonal tuning, spectral approaches to ha...

Austrian Opera Contemporary Spectral

7.3 Good

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Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) was an Austrian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher whose music links the Classi...

Classical Austrian Concerto Piano

7.0 Good

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Michael Haydn

Michael Haydn (1737-1806) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period and the younger brother of Joseph Haydn. Afte...

Symphony Classical Austrian Chamber

7.0 Good

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Ernst Krenek

Ernst Krenek (1900-1991) was an Austrian-born American composer whose career encompassed opera, orchestral music, chambe...

Austria Opera Modern Jazz

7.0 Good

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Franz Schmidt

Franz Schmidt (1874-1939) was an Austrian composer, cellist, pianist, and teacher whose music extends the late Romantic...

Symphony Austrian Chamber Organ

7.0 Good

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Milton Babbitt

Milton Babbitt was an American composer, theorist, and teacher associated with postwar serialism. His music extended ser...

Modern American Electronic Atonal

6.5 Fair

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Beat Furrer

Beat Furrer is a Swiss-Austrian composer known for contemporary music that explores complex textures, spatial placement,...

Austrian Opera Complex Contemporary

5.8 Mediocre