Great Composers Timeline

  • Feb 3, 1525

    Palestrina is born

    Italian
  • Period: Feb 3, 1525 to

    Great Musical Composers

  • May 15, 1567

    Monteverdi is born

    Italian
  • Palestrina dies

    Italian
  • Lully is born

    French
  • Monteverdi dies

    Italian
  • Vivaldi is born

    Italian
  • Handel is born

    German
  • Bach is born

    German
  • Lully dies

    French
  • Vivaldi dies

    Italian
  • Bach dies

    German
  • Mozart is born

    Austrian
  • Handel dies

    German
  • Beethoven is born

    German
  • Mozart dies

    Austrian
  • Rossini is born

    Italian
  • Chopin is born

    Polish
  • Beethoven dies

    German
  • Tchaikovsky is born

    Russian
  • Chopin dies

    Polish
  • Puccini is born

    Italian
  • Debussy is born

    French
  • Strauss is born

    German
  • Rossini dies

    Italian
  • Holst is born

    English
  • Bartok is born

    Hungarian
  • Stravinsky is born

    Russian
  • Prokofiev is born

    Russian
  • Cole Porter is born

    American
  • Tchaikovsky dies

    Russian
  • Gershwin is born

    American
  • Duke Ellington is born

    American
  • Count Basie is born

    American
  • John Cage is born

    American
  • Britten is born

    English
  • Debussy dies

    French
  • Puccini dies

    Italian
  • Stockhausen

    German
  • Holst dies

    English
  • Gershwin dies

    American
  • Bob Marley is born

    Jamaican
  • Bartok dies

    Hungarian
  • Strauss dies

    German
  • Prokofiev dies

    Russian
  • Cole Porter dies

    American
  • Stravinsky dies

    Russian
  • Duke Ellington dies

    American
  • Britten dies

    English
  • Bob Marley dies

    Jamaican
  • Count Basie dies

    American
  • John Cage dies

    American
  • Stockhausen dies

    German