Composers From The Classical Period

Aguado, Dionisio

( 1784 - 1838 )

Dionisio Aguado was born in Madrid on April 8, 1784. He studied guitar with Miguel Garcia. in 1825, Agaudo visited Paris and became friends with Fernando Sor. Read More

Beethoven, Ludwig van

( 1770 - 1827 )

Ludwig van Beethoven (16 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Read More

Bellini, Vincenzo

( 1801 - 1835 )

Italian composer. Born into a musical family, he was educated at the Naples Conservatory. He wrote his first opera at age 24 and went on to complete nine more before his death at age 33. Read More

Bellman, Carl Michael

( 1740 - 1795 )

Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet. He was known as an entertainer and satirist in the 1760s and achieved fame through court patronage. Read More

Blum, Carl

( 1786 - 1844 )

Carl Wilhelm August Blum was a German singer, stage actor, a producer, a Librettist a composern and a guitar player. Read More

Bobrowicz, Johann Nepomuk von

( 1805 - 1881 )

Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz was a Polish composer and virtuoso guitarist, sometimes known as the 'Chopin of the guitar'. Most of his guitar pieces are in the form of themes and variations. Read More

Boccherini, Luigi

( 1743 - 1805 )

Italian composer. Son of a musician, he received excellent early training and toured widely in Europe as a cellist. Read More

Bornhardt, Johann Heinrich Carl

( 1774 - 1843 )

Johann Heinrich Carl Bornhardt was a German composer, pianist, a guitarist and a music teacher. Read More

Calegari, Francesco

( 1798 - 1850 )

Francesco Calegari his birth is referenced at the end of the XVIII century.Florence was his birthplace. Read More

Call, Leonhard von

( 1779 - 1815 )

Leonhard von Call was an Austrian composer, very popular and productive in Vienna in the period c 1800-1815. Read More

Cano-Curriela, Antonio

( 1811 - 1897 )

Antonio Cano-Curriela Guitarist, teacher and composer. Read More

Capeller, Johann Nepomuk

( 1776 - 1843 )

Johann Nepomuk Capeller,flutist of the Bavarian court orchestra. Capeller invented the extra D q hole and key, which is still in constant use on every flute of modern construction. Read More

Carcassi, Matteo

( 1792 - 1853 )

Matteo Carcassi was a famous guitarist and composer. Carcassi started playing music on the piano, but learnt guitar when still a child. Read More

Carulli, Ferdinando

( 1770 - 1841 )

Carulli, Ferdinando , Naples Feb 1770 - Paris 17 Feb 1841 Italian guitarist,composer and teacher. Read More

Chopin, Frederic

( 1810 - 1849 )

Chopin, Frederic 1810–49, composer for the piano, b. near Warsaw, Polish-French composer. Read More