Composer for the Beginner

This great list of composers on Spotify will hopefully make it even easier to find the music that you’re interested in, and make it easier to track down high-quality recordings you are after. There are still so many composers and pieces it would be almost impossible to listen all of them, but for getting started and developing your tastes this list should a good starter.

B

 

• • Bach

 

• • Bartók

 

• • Beethoven

 

• • Berg

 

• • Berlioz

 

• • Brahms

 

• • Britten

 

C

 

• • Chopin

 

D

 

• • Debussy

 

• • Dvořák

 

E

 

• • Elgar

 

G

 

• • Gershwin

 

• • Grieg

 

H

 

• • Handel

 

• • Haydn

 

I

 

• • Ives

 

J

 

• • Janáček

 

L

 

• • Liszt

 

M

 

• • Mahler

 

• • Mendelssohn

 

• • Messiaen

 

• • Mozart

 

P

 

• • Poulenc

 

• • Prokofiev

 

• • Puccini

 

R

 

• • Rachmaninoff

 

• • Ravel

 

S

 

• • Saint-Saëns

 

• • Scarlatti

 

• • Schoenberg

 

• • Schubert

 

• • Schumann

 

• • Shostakovich

 

• • Sibelius

 

• • Strauss (J)

 

• • Strauss (R)

 

• • Stravinsky

 

T

 

• • Tchaikovsky

 

W

 

• • Vaughan Williams

 

• • Verdi

 

• • Vivaldi

 

• • Wagner