Georg Friedrich Händel (1685–1759)

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1. Georg Friedrich Händel

   Author of Water music [sound recording], Israel in Egypt, Esther

2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

   Author of Die Zauberflote, Idomeneo, Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 - 4 [recording]

3. Johann Sebastian Bach

   Author of The Well-Tempered Clavier: Books I and II, Complete, The Six Brandenburg Concertos and the Four Orchestral Suites in Full Score (Dover Orchestral Scores), Eleven Great Cantatas

4. 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)

5. Giuseppe Verdi

   Author of La Traviata, Rigoletto, Macbeth

6. Gustav Mahler

   Author of Symphonie Nr. 2 c-moll - 'Resurrection' [sound recording], Symphony No. 9 in D major [sound recording], Symphony No. 7 [CD]

7. Johannes Brahms

   Author of German Requiem in Full Score, Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op.98, Symphony No. 2

8. Felix Mendelssohn

   Author of Elijah: An Oratorio for Piano & Vocal Score, A Midsummer Night's Dream Incidental Music, Saint Paul An Oratorio In Vocal Score

9. Franz Schubert

   Author of Die Schone Mullerin, String Quintet in C major D956 [Recording], Symphony no. 9 in C "the Great" (CD music)

10. Richard Wagner

    Author of Die Walküre, Das Rheingold, Tannhäuser

11. Joseph Haydn

    Author of The Creation, Die Schöpfung [sound recording] (The creation) Text by Gottfried van Swieten

12. Claudio Monteverdi

    Author of L'incoronazione di Poppea, L'Orfeo, Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria

13. Richard Strauss

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

14. Gabriel Fauré

    Author of Requiem

15. Giacomo Puccini

    Author of Madama Butterfly, La Boheme, Turandot

16. Gioacchino Rossini

    Author of Il Barbiere di Siviglia, L'Italiana in Algeri, Stabat mater

17. The Beatles

    Author of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Abbey Road, Magical Mystery Tour

18. Hildegard van Bingen

    Author of Vision : the music of Hildegard von Bingen [CD], A Feather on the breath of God [sound recording] : sequences and hymns, Voice of the blood

19. Gaetano Donizetti

    Author of Lucia di Lammermoor, L'elisir d'amore, Don Pasquale

20. Benjamin Britten

    Author of Peter Grimes, War Requiem, Billy Budd