Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

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1. Johann Sebastian Bach

   Author of The Well-Tempered Clavier: Books I and II, Complete, Keyboard Music, Complete Preludes and Fugues for Organ

2. Ludwig van Beethoven

   Author of Ludwig Van Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 1 (Nos. 1-15), Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9 in Full Score, Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major: Op. 73 ("Emperor") (Dover Miniature Scores)

3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

   Author of Die Zauberflote, Later Symphonies (Nos. 35-41) in Full Score, Overtures/Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth

4. Frédéric Chopin

   Author of Complete Preludes and Etudes for Solo Piano, Nocturnes and Polonaises, Waltzes and Scherzos

5. Gustav Mahler

   Author of Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 in Full Score (Dover Orchestral Scores), Symphonies Nos. 5 and 6 in Full Score, Symphonie Nr. 2 c-moll - 'Resurrection' [sound recording]

6. Johannes Brahms

   Author of Complete Symphonies (Vienna Gesellschaft Der Musikfreunde Edition), Complete Shorter Works for Solo Piano, Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op.98

7. Franz Schubert

   Author of Complete Sonatas for Pianoforte Solo, String Quintet in C major D956 [Recording], Quintet in A major, op. 114 [Sound recording] (Trout)

8. Claude Debussy

   Author of Piano Music 1888-1905, Complete Preludes, Books 1 and 2, Etudes, Children's Corner, Images Book II, and Other Works for Piano

9. Richard Wagner

   Author of Die Walküre, Das Rheingold, Tannhäuser

10. Giuseppe Verdi

    Author of Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, La forza del destino

11. Béla Bartók

    Author of Bela Bartok Mikrokosmos Volume 1, Mikrokosmos (153 Progressive Piano Pieces) Volume 2, Mikrokosmos: Progressive Piano Pieces, Vol. IV: Piano Solo

12. Robert Schumann

    Author of Dichterliebe: An Authoritative Score (Critical Scores), Piano Music of Robert Schumann, Series I, Complete Symphonies in Full Score

13. Joseph Haydn

    Author of Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2, Eleven Late String Quartets, Opp. 74, 76 and 77, Complete, Symphony No. 104 (Dover Miniature Scores)

14. Felix Mendelssohn

    Author of Violin Concerto in E Minor (Dover Miniature Scores), Complete Works for Pianoforte Solo, Vol. 2, Chamber Works for Piano and Strings

15. Georg Friedrich Händel

    Author of Water music [sound recording], Complete Concerti Grossi, Great Organ Concerti, Opp. 4 and 7, in Full Score

16. Igor Stravinsky

    Author of The Rite of Spring in Full Score, Petrushka in Full Score: Original Version, The Firebird in Full Score (Original 1910 Version)

17. Richard Strauss

    Author of Tone Poems in Full Score, Series 2: Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche, also Sprach Zarathustra and Ein Heldenleben, Tone Poems in Full Score, Series 1: Don Juan, Tod Und Verklarung, & Don Quixote, Salome in Full Score

18. Hector Berlioz

    Author of Treatise on Instrumentation, Symphonie Fantastique and Harold in Italy in Full Score, Harold in Italy

19. Walt Disney

    Author of Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and the seven dwarfs [videorecording], Pinocchio [video recording]

20. Peter Jackson

    Author of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [film - 2001], The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers [film]