List of Austrian composers

A – M

• Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Classical-era composer of preludes, fugues and sonatas for the piano
• Elkan Bauer 20th-century composer; wrote popular waltzes
• Alban Berg 20th-century composer; member of the Second Viennese School
• Anton Bruckner composer of nine large-scale symphonies, sacred works and organ works; church organist
• Antonio Casimir Cartellieri
• Franz Clement, full name Franz Joseph Clement
• Carl Czerny composer; student of Ludwig van Beethoven; known for his piano exercises and pedagogy
• Anton Diabelli, also Antonio
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf Classical-era composer and violinist
• Nico Dostal – composer, arranger, Kapellmeister
• Anton Eberl
• Joseph Leopold Eybler
• Gisela Frankl
• Robert Fuchs
• Johann Fux composer, influential theorist on Renaissance counterpoint
• Heinz Karl Gruber composer, bassist and singer
• Siegmund von Hausegger
• Georg Friedrich Haas composer of contemporary classical music
• Joseph Haydn Classical-era composer; symphonies by Joseph Haydn|composed 104 symphonies], as well as numerous string quartets and other chamber music, operas and sacred works
• Michael Haydn Classical-era composer; younger brother of Joseph Haydn
• Leopold Hoffman Classical-era composer
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel composer and pianist; music bridged the Classical and Romantic periods
• Erich Kleiber
• Fritz Kreisler 20th-century violinist and composer
• Nikolaus von Krufft Classical composer of piano music and lieder
• Josef Labor
• August Lanner, born Augustin Lanner
• Joseph [Franz Karl Lanner] early-Romantic-era dance-music composer; one-time colleague of Johann Strauss I
• Bruno Liberda composer; student of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati; contemporary classical music; first electronic music ever to be performed in the Vienna State Opera
• Gustav Mahler late-Romantic composer of large-scale and sometimes programmatic symphonies; born in Bohemia in a German-speaking community, a subject of the Habsburg Empire; music director in Vienna in the 1890s and 1900s
• Marianna Martines – composer, singer and pianist
• Alois Melichar – composer, arranger and conductor
• Jacques de Menasce – became an American in 1941
• Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Leopold Mozart Classical-era composer, violinist, author of influential treatise on playing the violin
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Classical-era composer of operas, piano concertos, chamber music, symphonies and sacred works; son of Leopold Mozart

N – Z

• Sigismund von Neukomm born Sigismond Neukomm, after ennoblement as a knight Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm
• Karl von Ordóñez also Carlo or Carl d'Ordonetz, Ordonnetz, d'Ordóñez, d'Ordonez, Ordoniz
• Kurt Overhoff composer and conductor
• Leonhard Päminger also Paminger and Panninger
• Maria Theresa von Paradis Classical-era composer; inspiration for the Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Johann Baptist Peyer organist and composer
• Ignace Joseph Pleyel
• Walter Rabl Viennese composer, conductor and teacher of vocal music
• Carl Georg Reutter Baroque-era court composer
• Emil von Reznicek born Emil Nikolaus Joseph, Freiherr von Reznicek
• Franz Xaver Richter Czech František, French François Xavier
• Jakob Schgraffer
• Johann Heinrich Schmelzer composer and violinist; first German-speaking composer to publish solo violin and b.c. sonatas in the Italian style
• Franz Schmidt 20th-century composer of symphonies and operas, cellist and pianist
• Franz Schneider, composer and organist known best for his 47 masses
• Arnold Schoenberg 20th-century modernist composer; founder of the Second Viennese School; developer of the twelve-tone technique
• Franz Schubert Classical/Romantic composer; regarded as the first significant lieder writer; composer of many instrumental works as well
• Robert Stolz conductor and composer of operettas, film music and songs
• Eduard Strauss dance-music composer; brother of Johann Strauss II
• Johann Strauss I early-Romantic-era dance-music composer
• Johann Strauss II Romantic-era composer of waltzes and polkas, wrote The Blue Danube waltz
• Josef Strauss dance-music composer; brother of Johann Strauss II
• Franz von Suppé composer of light opera
• Franz Xaver Süssmayr Classical-era composer; student of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Sigismond Thalberg
• Ludwig Thuille
• Joseph Umstatt
• Johann Joseph Vilsmayr
• Georg Christoph Wagenseil Classical-era composer, harpsichordist, and organist
• Anton Webern 20th-century composer, member of the Second Viennese School; used the twelve-tone technique in addition to the style known as serialism
• Egon Joseph Wellesz 20th-century composer, teacher, musicologist; pupil of Arnold Schoenberg and student of Byzantine music
• Erich Zeisl Modernist Jewish Viennese composer of symphonies, ballets, choral music, operas, and film scores; fled Nazis for America in 1938
• Karl Michael Ziehrer, also spelled as ''Carl''