Top 15 Greatest Composers Of All Time. The Arts When FlameHorse sent this list in, I was rather surprised to find that after two and a half years, we have not features a list of greatest composers! We have had influential composers, composers you didn’t know, and composers who died odd deaths. So, filling in the gap we now present the greatest composers ever. The father of the modern symphony and the inventor of the string quartet. He wrote 340 hours of music, more than any other composer. His symphonies, though, leave a lot to be desired, as he himself said on his deathbed, “I have just figured out how to use the winds.” He invented the string quartet when only three members of an ensemble were able to attend a recital. Also an outstanding opera, oratorio and mass composer, although his operas were intended for Count Esterhazy’s personal opera house.
George Frederick Handel Born in Germany, but traveled Europe and settled in England, as the king’s court composer. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Italy’s greatest opera composer. Hindustani Classical Music. Gamelan Music. Arab Classical Music. Turkish Classical Music. I'm just realizing, at 20 years of age, that I enjoy classical music. Classical Music Starter Guide. Audiences hate modern classical music because their brains cannot cope.