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{{Short description|Austrian composer (1736–1809)}} Albrechtsberger was a mentor to several important composers, most notably [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], whom he instructed in counterpoint ...

{{short description|Austrian composer (1804–1849)}} ...'' or '''the Father''' ({{langx|de|Johann Strauß Vater|links=no}}), was an Austrian composer of the [[Romantic music|Romantic Period]]. He was famous for his [ ...

{{short description|Musical ensemble of four string players}} [[File:Fitzwilliam Quartet.jpg|thumb|The [[Fitzwilliam Quartet]]|upright=1.3]] ...

{{Short description|Austrian composer, cellist and pianist}} ...[Vienna Philharmonic]] and brother-in-law of [[Gustav Mahler]]). Among the composers were [[Walter Bricht]] (his favourite student), [[Theodor Berger]], [[Marce ...

{{Short description|Austrian pianist (1882–1951)}} '''Artur Schnabel''' (17 April 1882 – 15 August 1951) was an Austrian-born classical pianist, composer and [[Pedagogy|pedagogue]]. Schnabel was k ...

{{short description|Austrian composer (1885–1935)}} ...ban Berg|small ''oeuvre'']], he is remembered as one of the most important composers of the 20th century for his expressive style encompassing "entire worlds of ...

...of instrumental music were the [[sonata]], [[Trio (music)|trio]], [[string quartet]], [[quintet]], [[symphony]] (performed by an orchestra), and the solo [[co ...hese elements on the spot. In the Classical era, it became more common for composers to indicate where they wanted performers to play ornaments such as trills o ...

* [[String section|Strings]] ...appears in the third movement of Dvořák's [[String Quintet No. 3 (Dvořák)|String Quintet No. 3 in E{{music|flat}} major]] and his [[Humoresques (Dvořák)|Hum ...

...ttps://web.archive.org/web/20130904212746/http://sinfinimusic.com/uk/learn/composers/arvo-paert/ |archivedate=4 September 2013}}</ref> ...ize in a competition of 1,200 works, awarded by the all-''Union Society of Composers'', indicating the Soviet regime's inability to agree on what was permissibl ...

| birth_place = [[Nelahozeves]], Austrian Empire ...He first won a prize in 1874, with [[Johannes Brahms]] on the jury of the Austrian State Competition. In 1877, after his third win, Brahms recommended Dvořák ...

{{Short description|Austrian composer (1797–1828)}} ...4 in D minor]] (''Death and the Maiden''); the [[String Quintet (Schubert)|String Quintet in C major]]; the [[Impromptus (Schubert)|Impromptus]] for solo pia ...

| birth_place = [[Hukvaldy]], [[Margraviate of Moravia|Moravia]], Austrian Empire ...tic Mass]]'', the rhapsody ''[[Taras Bulba (rhapsody)|Taras Bulba]]'', two string quartets, and other chamber works. Many of Janáček's later works were influ ...

{{short description|Austrian composer (1732–1809)}} ...e led him to be called "Father of the [[Symphony]]", "Father of the String quartet" and "Father of [[Sonata form]]".{{sfn|Rosen|1997|pp=43–54}}{{sfn|Webster|F ...

{{Short description|Austrian composer (1824–1896)}} | birth_place = [[Ansfelden]], [[Austrian Empire]] ...

...[[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (1770–1827),<ref name="egg" /> as well as modern composers such as [[Dmitri Shostakovich]] (1906–1975) and [[Paul Hindemith]] (1895–19 ...when the fugue's subject requires a tonal answer. In the fugues of earlier composers (notably [[Dieterich Buxtehude|Buxtehude]] and [[Pachelbel]]), middle entri ...

...composers, attempting as well to preserve performances of works by banned composers such as Mahler and [[Felix Mendelssohn]]. Further, Strauss insisted on usin ...arly show Brahms' influence, including the [[Piano Quartet (Strauss)|Piano Quartet in C minor]], Op. 13 (1883–84), ''[[Wandrers Sturmlied]]'' (1884) and ''[[B ...

...rsaw Autumn]] festival. His ''Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima'' for [[string orchestra]] and the choral work ''St. Luke Passion'' have received popular ...hima and Nagasaki|atomic bombing of Hiroshima]]), written in 1960 for 52 [[string instrument]]s. In it, he makes use of extended instrumental techniques (for ...

...] (from 1962 until his death), as well as chairman of the [[RSFSR Union of Composers]] (1960–1968). Over the course of his career, he earned several important [ ...each for piano, violin, and cello). His chamber works include 15 [[string quartet]]s, a [[piano quintet]], and two [[piano trio]]s. His solo piano works incl ...

...arted to publish their concertos. A few decades later, [[Venice|Venetian]] composers, such as [[Antonio Vivaldi]], had written hundreds of [[violin concerto]]s, ...at is without soloist. During the 20th century concertos appeared by major composers for orchestral instruments which had been neglected in the 19th century suc ...

...> (using the [[scientific pitch notation]] system), though some German and Austrian oboes are capable of playing one or two half-steps lower. ...econd movement was reconstructed in the late 20th century). Numerous other composers including [[Johann Christian Bach]], [[Johann Christian Fischer]], [[Jan An ...