German composers. Romantic composers.

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Composers that were born in Germany, or gained the German nationality.

Romanticism was characterised by idealising the expression of the emotions of the composer. The notion of the suffering artist stems form this period. The romantic era starts around 1800, and goes on some way into the twentieth century. In the first half of the twentieth century the ever more complex romantic music competed with the new forms and sound of the then modernistic composers.

Group members

• Abt, Franz (1819–1885)
• Aiblinger, Johann Kaspar (1779–1867)
• Bargiel, Woldemar (1828–1897)
• Biehl, Albert (1836–1899)
• Bohm, Carl (1844–1920)
• Brahms, Johannes (1833–1897)
• Bruch, Max (1838–1920)
• Burgmüller, Norbert (1810–1836)
• Claussmann, Aloÿs (1850–1926)
• Dietrich, Albert Hermann (1829–1908)
• Dorn, Heinrich (Ludwig Egmont) (1804–1892)
• Draeseke, Felix (1835–1913)
• Fährmann, Hans (1860–1940)
• Fesca, Friedrich Ernst (1789–1826)
• Franz, Robert (1815–1892)
• Goldschmidt, Otto (1829–1907)
• Götz|Goetz, Hermann (1840–1876)
• Gouvy, Louis Theodore (1819–1898)
• Gurlitt, Cornelius (1820–1901)
• Haberbier, Ernst (1813–1869)
• Hansel, Peter (1770–1831)
• Hauptmann, Moritz (1792–1868)
• Hiller, Ferdinand (1811–1885)
• Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm (Amadeus) (1776–1822)
• Humperdinck, Engelbert (1854–1921)
• Jenner, Gustav Uwe (1865–1920)
• Kalkbrenner, Friedrich Wilhelm Michael (1785–1849)
• Kalliwoda, Johann Wenzel (1801–1866)
• Kiel, Friedrich (1821–1885)
• Kirchner, Theodor (1823–1903)
• Klengel, Julius (1859–1933)
• Kreutzer, Konradin (1780–1849)
• Kuhlau, Friedrich Daniel Rudolf (1786–1832)
• Kullak, Theodor (1818–1882)
• Lachner, Franz (1803–1890)
• Lachner, Vincenz (1811–1893)
• Lang, Josephine (1815–1880)
• Lenz, Max (1887–)
• Lewandowski, Louis (Lazarus) (1821–1894)
• Lichner, Heinrich R. (1829–1898)
• Lincke, Paul (1866–1946)
• Lortzing, Gustav Albert (1801–1851)
• Marschner, Heinrich (1795–1861)
• Mayer, Emilie (1821–1883)
• Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809–1847)
• Mendelssohn|Hensel, Fanny Cécile (1805–1847)
• Merkel, Gustav Adolf (1827–1885)
• Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1791–1864)
• Molique, Wilhelm Bernhard (1802–1869)
• Nicolai, Otto (1810–1849)
• Nietzsche, Friedrich (1844–1900)
• Offenbach, Jacques (1819–1880)
• Pieczonka, Albert (1828–1912)
• Pixis, Johann Peter (1788–1874)
• Posse, Wilhelm (1852–1925)
• Preyer, Carl Adolph (1863–1947)
• Reger, Max (1873–1916)
• Reinecke, Carl (1824–1910)
• Reissiger, Friedrich August (1809–1883)
• Rieding, Oskar (1840–1918)
• Ries, Ferdinand (1784–1838)
• Rietz, Julius (1812–1877)
• Ritter, August Gottfried (1811–1885)
• Ritter, Karl (1830–)
• Romberg, Andreas Jakob (1767–1821)
• Röntgen, Julius (1855–1932)
• Schindelmeisser, Louis (1811–1864)
• Schröder (2), Hermann (1843–1909)
• Schubert, Franz Anton (1808–1878)
• Schumann, Clara (1819–1896)
• Schumann, Robert (1810–1856)
• Schuncke, Ludwig (1810–1834)
• Seitz, Fritz (Friedrich) (1848–1918)
• Silcher, Friedrich (1789–1860)
• Spohr, Louis (1784–1859)
• Staehle, Hugo (1826–1848)
• Strauss, Franz (1822–1905)
• Strauss, Richard (1864–1949)
• Volkmann, Robert (1815–1883)
• von Flotow, Friedrich (1812–1883)
• von Henselt, Adolf (1814–1889)
• von Schellendorf, Hans Bronsart (1830–1913)
• von Schillings, Max (1868–1933)
• von Weber, Carl Maria (1786–1826)
• Wagner, Richard (1813–1883)
• Wallnöfer, Adolf (1854–1946)
• Zabel, Albert Heinrich (1834–1910)

Sheet music

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Jost Ribary - Unvergessen, Vol. 3
By Jost Ribary. For Clarinet. Jost Ribary - Unvergessen, Vol. 3 King of Swiss Folkdance Composers. For 1 or 2 melody instruments, esp. Clarinet. Text language German. Level: Advanced. 60 pages. Published by Melodie Edition.

Jost Ribary - Unvergessen, Vol. 2
By Jost Ribary. For Clarinet. Jost Ribary - Unvergessen, Vol. 2 King of Swiss Folkdance Composers. For 1 or 2 melody instruments, esp. Clarinet. Text language German. Level: Advanced. 60 pages. Published by Melodie Edition.

Jost Ribary - Unvergessen, Vol. 1
By Jost Ribary. For Clarinet. Jost Ribary - Unvergessen, Vol. 1 King of Swiss Folkdance Composers. For 1 or 2 melody instruments, esp. Clarinet. Text language German. Level: Advanced. 60 pages. Published by Melodie Edition.

Great Masters - Piano, Vol. 1
By Bodenmann/Bolliger. For Piano. The Great Masters, Their Lives and Work (Die Grossen Meister in Bild, Wort und Ton) Vol. 1 Includes vinyl 33 1/3 demonstration record. Biographies and pieces by four composers. Text language English, German. Level: Beginner. Published by Melodie Edition.

The Great Composers, Vol. 2
By Bodenmann/Bolliger. For Accordion. The Great Composers (Von Meister zu Meister) Vol. 2 Includes vinyl 33 1/3 demonstration record. Text language English, German. Level: Beginner. Published by Melodie Edition.

Operatic Anthology - Volume 2
(Celebrated Arias Selected From Operas By Old And Modern Composers In Five Volumes) Compiled by Kurt Adler. Songbook (two copies needed for performance) for voice (Mezzo-Soprano, Alto) and piano. Text language English, Cyrilic*, Russian (Phonetic)*, French*, Italian*, German*. 277 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.