Composers' Dates By nefthimiou Period: 1098 to 1179 Bingen, Hildegard von Period: 1150 to 1201 Léonin 1200 Pérotin Notre Dame school of polyphony. Ars Antiqua style Period: 1213 to 1239 d'Arras, Moniot Period: 1291 to 1361 Vitry, Phillippe de Period: 1300 to 1377 Machaut, Guillaume de Period: 1390 to 1453 Dunstable, John Period: 1397 to 1474 Du Fay, Guillaume Period: 1410 to 1497 Ockeghem, Johannes Period: 1450 to 1521 Desprez, Josquin Period: 1525 to 1594 Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da Period: 1567 to 1643 Monteverdi, Claudio Period: 1659 to 1695 Purcell, Henry Period: 1678 to 1741 Vivaldi, Antonio Period: 1685 to 1759 Handel, George Frideric Period: Mar 31, 1685 to Jul 28, 1750 Bach, Johann Sebastian Period: Mar 31, 1732 to May 31, 1809 Haydn, Joseph Period: Jan 27, 1756 to Dec 5, 1791 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Period: 1770 to Mar 26, 1827 Beethovan, Ludwig van Period: Nov 18, 1786 to Jun 5, 1826 von Weber, Carl Maria Period: Dec 11, 1803 to Mar 8, 1869 Berlioz, Hector Period: Feb 2, 1809 to Nov 4, 1847 Mendelssohn, Felix Period: Mar 1, 1810 to Oct 17, 1849 Chopin, Frederic Period: Jun 8, 1810 to Jun 29, 1856 Schumann, Robert Period: Oct 22, 1811 to Jul 31, 1886 Liszt, Franz Period: May 22, 1813 to Feb 13, 1883 Wagner, Richard Period: Sep 13, 1819 to May 20, 1896 Schumann, Clara Period: Sep 4, 1824 to Oct 11, 1896 Bruckner, Anton Period: May 7, 1833 to Apr 3, 1897 Brahms, Johannes Period: Nov 12, 1833 to Feb 27, 1887 Borodin, Alexander Period: Jan 2, 1835 to May 29, 1910 Balakirev, Mily Period: Oct 9, 1835 to Dec 16, 1921 Saint-Saëns, Camille Period: Mar 21, 1839 to Mar 28, 1881 Mussorgsky, Modest Period: May 7, 1840 to Nov 6, 1893 Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich Period: Jun 15, 1843 to Sep 4, 1907 Grieg, Edvard Period: Mar 18, 1844 to Jun 21, 1908 Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai Period: May 12, 1845 to Nov 4, 1924 Faure, Gabriel Period: Dec 22, 1858 to Nov 29, 1924 Puccini, Giacomo Period: Jul 7, 1860 to May 18, 1911 Mahler, Gustav Period: Aug 22, 1862 to Mar 25, 1918 Debussy, Claude Period: Jun 11, 1864 to Sep 8, 1949 Strauss, Richard Period: Dec 8, 1865 to Sep 20, 1957 Sibelius, Jean Period: Apr 1, 1873 to Mar 28, 1943 Rachmaninoff, Sergei Period: Mar 7, 1875 to Dec 28, 1937 Ravel, Maurice