Periods and Composers Who Worked in Them By scha144 Period: Jan 1, 1650 to Jan 1, 1750 Baroque Period Feb 23, 1685 George Frideric Handel, Born. Mar 21, 1685 Johann Sebastian Bach, Born. Mar 31, 1732 Franz Joseph Haydn, Born. Period: Jan 1, 1750 to Jan 1, 1830 Classical Period Jul 28, 1750 Johann Sebastian Bach, Died. Jan 27, 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Born Apr 14, 1759 George Frideric Handel, Died. Dec 17, 1770 Ludwig van Beethoven, Born. Dec 5, 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Died. Dec 11, 1803 Hector Berlioz, Born. May 31, 1809 Franz Joseph Haydn, Died. May 22, 1813 Richard Wagner, Born. Period: Jan 1, 1820 to Jan 1, 1900 Romantic Period Mar 26, 1827 Ludwig van Beethoven, Died. May 7, 1833 Johannes Brahms, Born. Jul 7, 1860 Gustav Mahler, Born. Mar 8, 1869 Hector Berlioz, Died. Sep 13, 1874 Arnold Schoenberg, Born. Jun 17, 1882 Igor Stravinsky, Born. Feb 13, 1883 Richard Wagner, Died. Apr 3, 1897 Johannes Brahms, Died. Period: Jan 1, 1900 to May 31, 2011 20th Century Music Sep 12, 1906 Dimitri Shostakovich, Born. May 18, 1911 Gustav Mahler, Died. Jul 13, 1951 Arnold Shoenberg, Died. Apr 6, 1971 Igor Stravinsky, Died. Aug 9, 1975 Dimitri Shostakovich, Died.