Chronological list of Austrian classical composers

The following is a chronological list of classical music composers who live in, work in, or are citizens of Austria.

Baroque

• Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1623–1680)
• Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644–1704)
• Georg Reutter (1656–1738)
• Johann Joseph Fux (1660–1741)
• Johann Joseph Vilsmayr (1663–1722)
• Wenzel Ludwig von Radolt (1667–1716)
• Johann Georg Reinhardt (1676-1742)
• Gregor Joseph Werner (1693–1766)
• Joseph Balthasar Hochreither (1669–1731)
• Georg Joseph Donberger (1707–1768)
• Carl Georg Reutter (1708–1772)

Classical era

• Joseph Riepel (1709–1782)
• Franz Xaver Richter (1709–1789)
• Johann Adam Scheibl (1710–1773)
• Ignaz Jacob Holzbauer (1711–1783)
• Josephus Johannes Baptizta Bon (1711–1788)
• Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715–1777)
• Johann Georg Zechner (1716–1778)
• Georg Matthias Monn (1717–1750)
• Wenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763)
• Leopold Mozart (1719–1787)
• Josef Starzer (1726–1787)
• Karl Kohaut (1726–1784)
• Franz Aspelmayr (1728–1786)
• Franz Joseph Aumann (1728–1797)
• Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774)
• Anton Johann Albrechtsberger (1729–17??)
• Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
• Karl von Ordóñez (1734–1786)
• Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809)
• Michael Haydn (1737–1806)
• Leopold Hoffman (1738–1793)
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799)
• Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739–1813)
• Franz Xaver Widerhofer (1742–1799)
• Joseph Diettenhofer (1743–1799)
• Marianne von Martinez (1744–1812)
• Franz Paul Rigler (1747–1796)
• Maximilian Johann Karl Stadler (1748–1833)
• Johann Michael Malzat (1749–1787)
• Johannes Matthias Sperger (1750–1812)
• Ferdinand August Kauer (1751–1831)
• Johann Baptist Holzer (1753–1818)
• Joseph Preindl (1753–1823)
• Johann Baptist Schenk (1753–1836)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
• Franz Grill (1756–1793)
• Ignace Joseph Pleyel (1757–1831)
• Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824)
• Joseph Alois Holzmann (1762–1815)
• Franz Xaver Gerl (1764–1827)
• Johann Georg Distler (1765–1799)
• Anton Eberl (1765–1807)
• Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765—1846)
• Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766–1803)
• Joseph Weigl (1766–1846)
• Wenzel Müller (1767–1835)

Romantic

• Ignaz von Seyfried (1776–1841)
• Johann Baptist Gänsbacher (1778–1844)
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837)
• Anton Diabelli (1781-1858)
• Ignaz Aßmayer (1790–1862)
• Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
• Franz Xaver Mozart (1791–1844)
• Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
• Joseph Franz Karl Lanner (1801–1843)
• Johann Strauss I (1804–1849)
• Johann Baptist Krall (1803–1883)
• Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
• Johann Strauss II (1825–1899)
• Josef Strauss (1827–1870)
• Eduard Strauss (1835–1916)
• August Lanner (1835–1855)
• Elkan Bauer (1852–1942)
• Hans Rott (1858–1884)
• Hugo Wolf (1860-1903)
• Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
• Johann Strauss III (1866–1939)

Modern/Contemporary

• Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942)
• Walter Rabl (1873–1940)
• Franz Schmidt (1874–1939)
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
• Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
• Franz Schreker (1878–1934)
• Robert Stolz (1880–1975)
• Anton Webern (1883–1945)
• Alban Berg (1885–1935)
• Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885–1974)
• Ernst Krenek (1900–1991)
• Theodor Berger (1905–1992)
• Erich Zeisl (1905–1959)
• Friedrich Cerha (born 1926)
• Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953)
• Beat Furrer (born 1954)
• Bernard Lang (born 1957)
• Olga Neuwirth (born 1968)
• Klaus Lang (born 1971)