Chronological list of Austrian classical composers

The following is a chronological list of Austrian classical composers: that is, those 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)
 * Joseph Balthasar Hochreither (1669–1731)
 * Johann Georg Reinhardt (1676–1742)
 * Johann Baptist Peyer (c.1678–1733)
 * Gregor Joseph Werner (1693–1766)
 * Leopold Strach (1699–1755)
 * Carl Georg Reutter (1708–1772)

Classical era

 * Joseph Riepel (1709–1782)
 * Franz Xaver Richter (1709–1789)
 * Vigilius Blasius Faitelli (1710–1768)
 * Ignaz Jacob Holzbauer (1711–1783)
 * Josephus Johannes Baptizta Bon (1711–1788)
 * Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715–1777)
 * Georg Matthias Monn (1717–1750)
 * Wenzel Raimund Birck (1718–1763)
 * Leopold Mozart (1719–1787)
 * Joseph Friebert (1724–1799)
 * Josef Starzer (1726–1787)
 * Karl Kohaut (1726–1784)
 * Franz Aspelmayr (1728–1786)
 * Franz Kreibich (1728–1797)
 * Franz Joseph Aumann (1728–1797)
 * Florian Johann Deller (1729–1773)
 * Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774)
 * Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
 * Christoph Sonnleithner (1734–1786)
 * Karl von Ordóñez (1734–1786)
 * Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809)
 * Johann Michael Haydn (1737–1806)
 * Leopold Hoffman (1738–1793)
 * Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799)
 * Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739–1813)
 * Edmund Angerer (1740–1794)
 * Anton Zimmermann (1741–1781)
 * Marianne von Martinez (1744–1812)
 * Ignaz Umlauf (1746–1796)
 * Franz Paul Rigler (1747–1796)
 * Stefan Paluselli (1748–1805)
 * Maximilian Johann Karl Stadler (1748–1833)
 * Johannes Matthias Sperger (1750–1812)
 * Ferdinand August Kauer (1751–1831)
 * Johann Baptist Schenk (1753–1836)
 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
 * Franz Grill (1756–1793)
 * Anton Teyber (1756–1822)
 * Ignace Joseph Pleyel (1757–1831)
 * Franz Teyber (1758–1810)
 * Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820)
 * Joseph Gelinek (1758–1825)
 * Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824)
 * Jakob Haibel (1762–1826)
 * Franz Xaver Gerl (1764–1827)
 * Anton Eberl (1765–1807)
 * Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765–1846)
 * Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766–1803)
 * Joseph Weigl (1766–1846)
 * Leonhard von Call (1767–1815)
 * Wenzel Müller (1767–1835)
 * Johann Baptist Henneberg (1768–1822)
 * Nikolaus von Krufft (1779–1818)

Romantic

 * Johann Georg Lickl (1769–1843)
 * Ignaz von Seyfried (1776–1841)
 * Franz Weiss (1778–1830)
 * Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837)
 * Johann Baptist Gänsbacher (1778–1844)
 * Sigismond von Neukomm (1778–1858)
 * Franz Clement (1780–1842)
 * Michael Umlauf (1781–1842)
 * Anton Diabelli (1781–1858)
 * Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg (1783–1839)
 * Tobias Haslinger (1787–1842)
 * Joseph Mayseder (1789–1863)
 * 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 Emil Titl (1809–1882)
 * Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
 * Johann Strauss II (1825–1899)
 * Josef Strauss (1827–1870)
 * Eduard Strauss (1835–1916)
 * August Lanner (1835–1855)
 * Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (1842–1899)
 * Carl Michael Ziehrer (1843–1922)
 * Robert Fuchs (1847–1927)
 * Elkan Bauer (1852–1942)
 * Johann Pehel (1852–1926)
 * Hans Rott (1858–1884)
 * Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)
 * Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
 * Johann Strauss III (1866–1939)

Modern/Contemporary

 * Oscar Straus (1870–1954)
 * 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)
 * Joseph Marx (1882–1964)
 * 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 (1926–2023)
 * Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953)
 * Beat Furrer (born 1954)
 * Bernard Lang (born 1957)
 * Lukas Ligeti (born 1965)
 * Olga Neuwirth (born 1968)
 * Klaus Lang (born 1971)