Composers
Meet the people behind the music: a short life story for each, why their pieces are worth your time, and every piece of theirs you can play here.
Johann Sebastian Bach23 piecesGerman composer and organist, 1685–1750
Carl Czerny21 piecesAustrian piano teacher and composer, 1791–1857- Friedrich Burgmüller18 piecesGerman-born French composer and piano teacher, 1806–1874
Louis Köhler17 piecesGerman piano teacher and composer, 1820–1886
Robert Schumann15 piecesGerman composer and music critic, 1810–1856
Scott Joplin11 piecesAmerican composer and pianist, 1868–1917
George Frideric Handel10 piecesGerman-born English composer, 1685–1759
Ludwig van Beethoven9 piecesGerman composer and pianist, 1770–1827
Frédéric Chopin8 piecesPolish composer and pianist, 1810–1849
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart8 piecesAustrian composer, 1756–1791- Edvard Grieg5 piecesNorwegian composer, 1843–1907
Erik Satie5 piecesFrench composer, 1866–1925- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky5 piecesComposer, 1840–1893
Felix Mendelssohn4 piecesGerman composer, pianist and conductor, 1809–1847
John Philip Sousa4 piecesAmerican bandmaster and composer, 1854–1932