20+ Top Late Romantic Composers

NOTE:  Near the end of the list, many transitioned from romanticism to 20th century modernism

   German/Austrian:    Brahms, Bruckner, Mahler, R. Strauss 
   French:    Saint-Saëns, Franck, Chabrier, Fauré, Chausson, Satie 
   Russian:   Balakirev, Mussorgsky, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff 
   Spanish:   Albéniz, Granados    Czech:  Smetana, Dvorak     Norwegian:  Greig    American:  Beach

César Franck  (1822 - 1890)  Belgian-born, French

Anton Bruckner  (1824 - 1896)  Austrian - Symphony & sacred music composer


Bedřich Smetana  (1824 - 1884)  Czech - First Czech classical music


Johann Strauss II  (1825 - 1899)  Austrian -  Known for his waltzes

Alexander Borodin  (1833 - 1887)  Russian, one of the Russian Five

Johannes Brahms  (1833 - 1897)  German


Camille Saint-Saëns  (1835 - 1921)  French


Modest Mussorgsky (1839 - 1881)  Russian, one of the Russian Five 


Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky  (1840 - 1893)  Russian


Emmanuel Chabrier  (1841 - 1894 French)


Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904)  Czech


Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)  Norwegian


Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov  (1844 - 1908)  Russian, one of the Russian Five 


Gabriel Fauré  (1845 - 1924)  French


Ernest Chausson  (1855 - 1899)  French


Edward Elgar  (1857 - 1934)  English


Isaac Albéniz  (1860 - 1909)  Spanish  (known for his piano music)


Gustav Mahler  (1860 - 1911)  Austrian  -  Symphonies and Lieder


Richard Strauss  (1864 - 1949)  German  -  Primarily opera and symphonic poems


Erik Satie  (1866 - 1925)  French  -  Modernist


Amy Beach  (1867 - 1944)  American  -  First internationally known American female composer


Enrique Granados  (1867 - 1916)  Spanish  (known for his piano music)


Sergei Rachmaninoff  (1873 - 1943)  Russian  -  Composer / virtuoso pianist