American romantic era composers biography

Name Date born Date died Nationality Comments Ludwig van BeethovenGerman

composer and pianist, regarded by many as the first Romantic-era composer, most famous for Symphony No.

5 and Für Elise among others Ferdinando CarulliItalian

composer for the guitar, wrote concertos and chamber musicÉdouard Du PuySwiss

composer, singer, director and violinist Peter HänselGerman-Austrian

composer and violinist James HewittAmericancomposer, conductor and music publisher Anton ReichaCzech-French

composer who experimented with irregular time signatures in his keyboard fugues, composed a large number of significant works for wind quintetChristian Heinrich RinckGerman

composer and organist Jan August VitásekBohemiancomposer Friedrich WittGermancomposer and cellist Johann Baptist CramerEnglish

musician of German origin Ferdinando