The Most Famous

Composers from Austria

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This page contains a list of the greatest Austrians Composers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,451 Composers, 64 of which were born in Austria. This makes Austria the birth place of the 7th most number of Composers behind United Kingdom and Russia.

Top 10 Composers

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Austrians Composers of all time. This list of famous Austrians Composers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Austrians Composers.

  1. #1
    Photo of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    1756 - 1791

    HPI 95.37222 langs

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is most famous for being a prolific composer of classical music.

  2. #2
    Photo of Joseph Haydn

    Joseph Haydn

    1732 - 1809

    HPI 88.30130 langs

    Joseph Haydn is most famous for his symphonies, string quartets, and other instrumental music.

  3. #3
    Photo of Franz Schubert

    Franz Schubert

    1797 - 1828

    HPI 87.80137 langs

    Franz Schubert is most famous for his Lieder, which are songs for voice and piano, and for his symphonies.

  4. #4
    Photo of Johann Strauss II

    Johann Strauss II

    1825 - 1899

    HPI 84.6481 langs

    Johann Strauss II is most famous for his waltzes, polkas, and other dance pieces.

  5. #5
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    Johann Strauss I

    1804 - 1849

    HPI 80.3456 langs

    Johann Strauss I is most famous for his waltzes, such as "The Blue Danube" and "Tales from the Vienna Woods."

  6. #6
    Photo of Anton Bruckner

    Anton Bruckner

    1824 - 1896

    HPI 79.8580 langs

    Anton Bruckner is most famous for his symphonies, which are in a Romantic style.

  7. #7
    Photo of Arnold Schoenberg

    Arnold Schoenberg

    1874 - 1951

    HPI 79.6173 langs

    Arnold Schoenberg is most famous for being the father of atonal music.

  8. #8
    Photo of Anton Webern

    Anton Webern

    1883 - 1945

    HPI 78.6754 langs

    Anton Webern is most famous for his use of twelve-tone serialism in his compositions.

  9. #9
    Photo of Alban Berg

    Alban Berg

    1885 - 1935

    HPI 76.2655 langs

    Alban Berg is most famous for his opera Lulu.

  10. #10
    Photo of Carl Czerny

    Carl Czerny

    1791 - 1857

    HPI 75.6548 langs

    Czerny is most famous for his piano studies.

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Austrians Composers grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

Overlapping Lives

Which Composers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Composers since 1700.

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