Here are some of the great composers throughout history.   Have a listen!

 

Pre-Bach/Renaissance mostly Vocal Music in Counterpoint.

Palestrina, Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Gabrieli, Thomas Tallis, Hildegard von Bingen

 

Bach & The Baroque

J.S. Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi, Buxtehude

 

The Classical Style

W.A. Mozart, F.J. Haydn, L.V. Beethoven

 

Pre-Romantic

Schubert, Weber, Hummel

 

The Romantics

Paganini, Chopin, Liszt, Alkan, Berlioz, Brahms, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Wagner

 

Fin de Siecle (Late Romanticism)

Richard Strauss, Mahler, Rachmaninoff, Godowsky

 

France, Spain & Russia

Franck, Satie, Poulenc, Albeniz, Granados, De Falla, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Balakirev, Medtner, Catoire

 

Impressionism/Modernism

Debussy, Ravel, Scriabin, Busoni, Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Bartok, Leo Ornstein, Schoenberg, Berg, Webern

 

20th Century

Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Charles Ives, John Cage, Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Toru Takemitsu

 

21st Century

Arvo Pårt, John Adams, Philip Glass, Salvatore Sciarrino, Michael Finnissey, John Corigliano, Danny Elfman, Marc-Andre Hamelin

 

Jazz

Blues, Swing, Be-Bop, Modal, Free, Rock

Louis Armstrong, Trumpet, Voice.  Fats Waller, Piano, Voice.  Art Tatum, Piano.  Django Reinhardt, Guitar.  George Gershwin, Composer.  Duke Ellington, Composer.  Billie Holiday, Voice.  Ella Fitzgerald, Voice.  Sarah Vaughn, Voice.  Bud Powell, Piano.  Charlie Parker, Alto Sax.  Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpet.  Thelonius Monk, Piano, Composer.  Charles Mingus, Bass, Composer.  Gil Evans, Composer/Arranger.  Miles Davis, Trumpet.  John Coltrane, Tenor & Soprano Sax.  Bill Evans, Piano.  Jimmy Smith, Organ.  Oscar Peterson, Piano.  Ornette Coleman, Saxophone.  Cecil Taylor, Piano.  Jimi Hendrix, Electric Guitar.  Quincy Jones, Composer/Arranger/Producer.