If you are looking for music of famous composers what you can use for royality free here is a list. In this list the classical music composers are in order by the date of their passing. Is it important because once a copyright is created, protection generally lasts for 75 years after the death of the author Published or Registered Before January 1, 1978.
Be careful thinking that a lot of music is now in the public domain. A piece of classical music may be in the public domain, but the certain good quality record of that musical work is likely not in the public domain and is still protected under copyright.
The really first phonograph recording ever made in 1860 but musicians picked up this technology from 1890 so performances to look for after this date.
Here is a record made over 125 years ago the daisy bell composed in 1892 the composer Harry Dacre deceased in 1922 the singer Edward M. Favor died in 1932.
This is the collection of 30 most popular songs and melodies recorded between 1890-1899 you can use these records without issue.
Till the present records made before 1945 played AND composed by artists who passed before the year of 1945 - let say finish of Second World War.
You can find composers plays their own music from this era also artists plays classical music from below listed composers.
This list have over 450 known artist lived and composed between 1500 and 1945 in time order
by their death.
| Name of Composer | Date of Passing |
| LA RUE, Pierre de (Born 1460) | 11/20/1518 |
| DES PREZ, Josquin (Born 1440) | 08/27/1521 |
| CABEZON, Antonio de (Born 1510) | 03/26/1566 |
| BAKFARK, Bálint (Born 1507) | 08/15/1576 |
| TALLIS, Thomas (Born 1505) | 11/23/1585 |
| PALESTRINA, Giovanni Perluigi (Born 1525) | 02/02/1594 |
| LASSUS, Roland de (Born 1532) | 06/14/1594 |
| CABEZON, Hernando de (Born 9/07/1541) | 10/01/1602 |
| MERULO, Claudio (Born 4/08/1533) | 05/04/1604 |
| GABRIELI, Giovanni (Born 1553) | 08/12/1612 |
| GESAULDO, Don Carlo (Born 1560) | 09/08/1613 |
| SOTO DE LANGA, Francesco (Born 1534) | 09/25/1619 |
| SWEELINCK, Jan Pieterszoon (Born 1562) | 10/16/1621 |
| BYRD, William (Born 1543) | 07/04/1623 |
| GIBBONS, Orlando (Born 12/25/1583) | 06/05/1625 |
| DOWLAND, John (Born 1563) | 02/20/1626 |
| BULL, John (Born 1562) | 03/12/1628 |
| BRADE, William (Born 1560) | 02/26/1630 |
| SCHEIN, Johann Hermann (Born 1/20/1586) | 11/19/1630 |
| FARNABY, Giles (Born 1565) | 11/25/1640 |
| FRESCOBALDI, Girolamo (Born 9/09/1583) | 03/01/1643 |
| MONTEVERDI, Claudio Giovanni Antonio (Born 5/15/1567) | 11/29/1643 |
| TRABACI, Giovanni Maria (Born 1575) | 12/31/1647 |
| FORD, Thomas (Born 1580) | 11/17/1648 |
| ROSSI, Luigi (Born 1598) | 02/19/1653 |
| SCHEIDT, Samuel (Born 11/03/1587) | 03/24/1654 |
| CORREA DE ARAUXO, Francisco (Born 1576) | 10/31/1654 |
| TOMKINS, Thomas (Born 1572) | 06/09/1656 |
| COUPERIN, Louis (Born 1626) | 08/26/1661 |
| MERCULA, Tarquinio (Born 1594) | 12/10/1665 |
| FROBERGER, Johann Jakob (Born 5/18/1616) | 05/07/1667 |
| SIMPSON, Christopher (Born 1615) | 07/29/1669 |
| SCHUTZ, Heinrich (Born 10/08/1585) | 11/01/1672 |
| JENKINS, John (Born 1592) | 10/26/1678 |
| REUSNER, Esaias (Born 4/29/1636) | 05/01/1679 |
| BRUNA, Pablo (Born 6/22/1611) | 06/27/1679 |
| UCCELLINI, Marco (Born 1603) | 09/10/1680 |
| STRADELLA, Alessandro (Born 1642) | 02/25/1682 |
| DUMONT, Henri (Born 1610) | 05/08/1684 |
| LULLY, Jean-Baptiste (Born 11/28/1632) | 03/22/1687 |
| D'ANGLEBERT, Jean-Henri (Born 4/1/1629) | 04/23/1691 |
| KERLL, Johann Caspar (Born 4/03/1627) | 02/13/1693 |
| PURCELL, Henry (Born 1659) | 11/21/1695 |
| SOLA, Andres de (Born 11/30/1634) | 04/21/1696 |
| LAMBERT, Michel (Born 1610) | 06/29/1696 |
| BRUHNS, Nikolaus (Born 1665) | 03/29/1697 |
| MUFFAT, Georg (Born 6/01/1653) | 02/23/1704 |
| CHARPENTIER, Marc-Antoine (Born 1644) | 02/24/1704 |
| BIBER, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (Born 8/12/1644) | 05/03/1704 |
| PACHELBEL, Johann (Born 9/01/1653) | 03/09/1706 |
| BUXTEHUDE, Dietrich (Born 1637) | 05/09/1707 |
| CLARKE, Jeremiah (Born 1674) | 12/01/1707 |
| BLOW, John (Born 2/23/1648) | 10/01/1708 |
| TORELLI, Giuseppe (Born 4/22/1658) | 02/08/1709 |
| PASQUINI, Bernardo (Born 12/07/1637) | 11/21/1710 |
| CABANILLES, Juan Bautista Jose (Born 9/04/1644) | 04/29/1712 |
| ZACHOW, Friederich Wilhelm (Born 11/14/1663) | 08/07/1712 |
| CORELLI, Arcangelo (Born 2/17/1653) | 01/08/1713 |
| DURON, Sebastian (Born 4/19/1660) | 08/03/1716 |
| WALTHER, Johann Jacob (Born 1650) | 11/02/1717 |
| KUHNAU, Johann (Born 4/06/1660) | 06/05/1722 |
| REINCKEN, Jan Adam (Born 4/23/1623) | 11/24/1722 |
| SCARLATTI, Alessandro (Born 5/02/1660) | 10/22/1725 |
| DELALANDE, Michel-Richard (Born 12/15/1657) | 06/18/1726 |
| MARAIS, Marin (Born 5/31/1656) | 08/15/1728 |
| HEINICHEN, Johann David (Born 4/17/1683) | 07/16/1729 |
| LOEILLET, Jean-Baptiste (Born 11/18/1680) | 07/19/1730 |
| BOHM, Georg (Born 9/02/1661) | 05/18/1733 |
| COUPERIN, François (Born 11/10/1668) | 09/11/1733 |
| PERGOLESI, Giovanni Battista (Born 1/04/1710) | 03/16/1736 |
| CALDARA, Antonio (Born 1670) | 12/26/1736 |
| MONTECLAIR, Michel Pignolet de (Born 12/04/1667) | 09/22/1737 |
| DANDRIEU, Jean-François (Born 1682) | 01/17/1738 |
| MOURET, Jean-Joseph (Born 4/11/1682) | 12/20/1738 |
| MARCELLO, Benedetto (Born 8/09/1686) | 07/24/1739 |
| LUBECK, Vincenz (Born 9/29/1654) | 02/09/1740 |
| FIOCCO, Joseph-Hector (Born 1/20/1703) | 06/22/1741 |
| VIVALDI, Antonio Lucio (Born 3/04/1678) | 07/28/1741 |
| REINHARDT, Johann Georg (Born 1676) | 01/06/1742 |
| SEIXAS, Jose Antonio Carlos de (Born 6/11/1704) | 08/25/1742 |
| CAMPRA, Andre (Born 12/04/1660) | 06/14/1744 |
| ZELENKA, Jan Dismas (Born 10/16/1679) | 12/22/1745 |
| FISCHER, Johann Caspar Ferdinand (Born 1665) | 08/27/1746 |
| BARRIERE, Jean (Born 1705) | 06/06/1747 |
| BONONCINI, Giovanni (Born 7/18/1670) | 07/09/1747 |
| BONPORTI, Francesco Antonio (Born 6/11/1672) | 12/19/1748 |
| DESTOUCHES, Andre-Cardinal (Born 4/06/1672) | 02/07/1749 |
| STOLZEL, Gottfried Heinrich (Born 1/13/1690) | 11/27/1749 |
| ALBINONI, Tomaso (Born 6/08/1671) | 01/17/1750 |
| BACH, Johann Sebastian (Born 3/21/1685) | 07/28/1750 |
| MONN, Georg Matthias (Born 4/09/1717) | 10/03/1750 |
| SAMMARTINI, Giuseppe (Born 1/06/1695) | 11/01/1750 |
| DURANTE, Francesco (Born 3/31/1684) | 09/30/1755 |
| BOISMORTIER, Joseph Bodin de (Born 12/23/1689) | 10/28/1755 |
| PISENDEL, Johann Georg (Born 12/26/1678) | 11/25/1755 |
| GREENE, Maurice (Born 8/12/1696) | 12/01/1755 |
| GOLDBERG, Johann Gottlieb (Born 3/14/1727) | 04/13/1756 |
| STAMITZ, Johann Wenzel Anton (Born 6/19/1717) | 03/27/1757 |
| SCARLATTI, Giuseppe Domenico (Born 10/26/1685) | 07/23/1757 |
| ROMAN, Johan Helmich (Born 10/26/1694) | 11/20/1758 |
| FASCH, Johann Friedrich (Born 4/15/1688) | 12/05/1758 |
| HANDEL, George Frideric (Born 2/23/1685) | 04/14/1759 |
| ALTNIKOL, Johann Christoph (Born 12/24/1719) | 07/25/1759 |
| GRAUN, Carl Heinrich (Born 5/07/1704) | 08/08/1759 |
| GRAUPNER, Christoph (Born 1/13/1683) | 05/10/1760 |
| HOTTETERRE, Jacques (Born 9/29/1674) | 07/16/1762 |
| GEMINIANI, Francesco Xaverio (Born 12/05/1687) | 09/17/1762 |
| LOCATELLI, Pietro-Antonio (Born 9/03/1695) | 03/30/1764 |
| RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe (Born 9/25/1683) | 09/12/1764 |
| LECLAIR, Jean Marie I'aine (Born 5/10/1697) | 10/22/1764 |
| TELEMANN, Georg Philipp (Born 3/14/1681) | 06/25/1767 |
| SCHOBERT, Johann (Born 1740) | 08/28/1767 |
| PORPORA, Nicola Antonio (Born 8/17/1686) | 03/03/1768 |
| TARTINI, Giuseppe (Born 4/08/1692) | 02/26/1770 |
| AVISON, Charles (Born 2/16/1709) | 05/09/1770 |
| MUFFAT, Gottlieb Theophil (Born 4/25/1690) | 12/09/1770 |
| BRIXI, Franz Xaver (Born 1/02/1732) | 10/14/1771 |
| GRAUN, Johann Gottlieb (Born 1703) | 10/27/1771 |
| DAQUIN, Louis-Claude (Born 7/04/1694) | 06/15/1772 |
| QUANTZ, Johann Joachim (Born 1/30/1697) | 07/12/1773 |
| AGRICOLA, Johann Friedrich (Born 1/04/1720) | 12/02/1774 |
| SAMMARTINI, Giovanni Battista (Born 1701) | 01/15/1775 |
| SCHEIBE, Johann Adolph (Born 5/03/1708) | 04/22/1776 |
| WAGENSEIL, Georg Christoph (Born 1/29/1715) | 03/01/1777 |
| BACH, Johann Ernst (Born 1/28/1722) | 09/01/1777 |
| ARNE, Thomas Augustine (Born 3/12/1710) | 03/05/1778 |
| HAMAL, Jean-Noel (Born 12/23/1709) | 11/26/1778 |
| BOYCE, William (Born 9/11/1711) | 02/07/1779 |
| KREBS, Johann Ludwig (Born 10/10/1713) | 01/02/1780 |
| MYSLIVECEK, Josef (Born 3/09/1737) | 02/04/1781 |
| BACH, Johann Christian (Born 9/05/1735) | 01/01/1782 |
| HOLZBAUER, Ignaz Jakob (Born 9/17/1711) | 04/07/1783 |
| KIRNBERGER, Johann Philipp (Born 4/24/1721) | 07/27/1783 |
| HASSE, Johann Adolph (Born 3/25/1699) | 12/16/1783 |
| SOLER, Padre Antonio F. Javier Jose (Born 12/03/1729) | 12/20/1783 |
| BACH, Wilhelm Friedemann (Born 11/22/1710) | 07/01/1784 |
| GALUPPI, Baldassare (Born 10/18/1706) | 01/03/1785 |
| HOMILIUS, Gottfried August (Born 2/02/1714) | 06/05/1785 |
| BENDA, František (Born 11/22/1709) | 03/07/1786 |
| STANLEY, John (Born 1/17/1712) | 05/19/1786 |
| FREDERICH The Great (Born 1/24/1712) | 08/17/1786 |
| MOZART, Johann Georg Leopold (Born 11/14/1719) | 05/28/1787 |
| ABEL, Carl Friedrich (Born 12/22/1723) | 06/20/1787 |
| MUTHEL, Johann Gottfried (Born 1/17/1728) | 07/14/1788 |
| SCHROETER, Johann Samuel (Born 1752) | 11/01/1788 |
| BACH, Carl Philipp Emanuel (Born 3/08/1714) | 12/14/1788 |
| COUPERIN, Armand-Louis (Born 2/25/1727) | 02/02/1789 |
| DUPHLY, Jacques (Born 1/12/1715) | 07/15/1789 |
| RICHTER, Franz Xaver (Born 12/01/1709) | 09/12/1789 |
| BOND, Capel (Born 1730) | 02/14/1790 |
| KRUMPHOLTZ, Johann Baptist (Born 5/08/1742) | 02/19/1790 |
| FRANKLIN, Benjamin (Born 1/17/1706) | 04/17/1790 |
| LEBRUN, Ludwig August (Born 5/02/1752) | 12/16/1790 |
| PARADISI, Pietro Domenico (Born 1707) | 08/25/1791 |
| MOZART, Johannes C. Wolfgangus T. (b 1/27/1756) | 12/05/1791 |
| ROSETTI, Francesco Antonio (Born 1750) | 06/30/1792 |
| KRAUS, Joseph Martin (Born 6/20/1756) | 12/15/1792 |
| NARDINI, Pietro (Born 4/12/1722) | 05/07/1793 |
| POKORNY, Franz Xaver (Born 12/20/1728) | 07/02/1794 |
| BACH, Johann Christoph Friedrich (Born 6/21/1732) | 01/26/1795 |
| BENDA, Jiri Antonín (Born 6/30/1722) | 11/06/1795 |
| GIARDINI, Felice de' (Born 4/12/1716) | 06/08/1796 |
| STAMITZ, Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk (Born 11/27/1750) | 10/27/1796 |
| DUSEK, František Xaver (Born 12/08/1731) | 02/12/1799 |
| DITTERSDORF, Karl Ditters von (Born 11/02/1739) | 10/24/1799 |
| CIMAROSA, Domenico (Born 12/17/1749) | 01/11/1801 |
| ALTENBURG, Johann Ernst (Born 6/15/1734) | 05/14/1801 |
| NAUMANN, Johann Gottlieb (Born 4/17/1741) | 10/23/1801 |
| STAMITZ, Carl Philipp (Born 5/08/1745) | 11/09/1801 |
| DEVIENNE, François (Born 1/31/1759) | 09/05/1803 |
| SUSSMAYR, Franz Xaver (Born 1766) | 09/17/1803 |
| ROLLIG, Karl Leopold (Born 1735) | 03/04/1804 |
| BOCCHERINI, Luigi (Born 2/19/1743) | 05/28/1805 |
| CHRISTIAN, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (Born 11/18/1772) | 08/09/1806 |
| HAYDN, Johann Michael (Born 9/14/1737) | 08/10/1806 |
| VRANICKY, Pavel (Born 12/30/1756) | 09/26/1808 |
| ALBRECHTSBERGER, Johann Georg (Born 2/03/1736) | 03/07/1809 |
| HAYDN, Franz Joseph (Born 3/31/1732) | 05/31/1809 |
| HOFFMEISTER, Franz Anton (Born 5/12/1754) | 02/09/1812 |
| DUSSEK, Jan Ladislav (Born 2/12/1760) | 03/20/1812 |
| SPERGER, Johann Matthias (Born 3/23/1750) | 05/13/1812 |
| VANHAL, Jan Krtitel (Born 5/12/1739) | 08/20/1813 |
| GRETRY, Andre-Ernest-Modeste (Born 2/08/1741) | 09/24/1813 |
| REICHARDT, Johann Friedrich (Born 11/25/1752) | 06/27/1814 |
| SALOMAN, Johann Peter (Born 2/20/1745) | 11/25/1815 |
| PAISIELLO, Giovanni (Born 5/09/1740) | 06/05/1816 |
| TAUSCH, Franz Wilhelm (Born 12/26/1762) | 02/09/1817 |
| MEHUL, Etienne-Nicolas (Born 6/22/1763) | 10/18/1817 |
| KNECHTL, Justin Heinrich (Born 9/30/1752) | 12/01/1817 |
| KOZELUH, Leopold Jan Antonín (Born 6/26/1747) | 05/07/1818 |
| VRANICKY, Antonín (Born 6/13/1761) | 08/06/1820 |
| ROMBERG, Andreas Jacob (Born 4/27/1767) | 11/10/1821 |
| HOFFMANN, Ernst Theodor Amadeus (Born 1/24/1776) | 06/25/1822 |
| BREVAL, Jean-Baptiste Sebastien (Born 11/06/1753) | 03/18/1823 |
| VIOTTI, Giovanni Battista (Born 5/12/1755) | 03/03/1824 |
| SALIERI, Antonio (Born 8/18/1750) | 05/07/1825 |
| VORISEK, Jan Vaclav Hugo (Born 5/11/1791) | 11/19/1825 |
| CAMBINI, Giuseppe Maria Gioachino (Born 1746) | 12/29/1825 |
| ARRIAGA, Juan Crisostomo Jacobo Antonio de (Born 1/27/1806) | 01/17/1826 |
| DANZI, Franz (Born 6/15/1763) | 04/13/1826 |
| WEBER, Carl Maria F. Ernst, Freiherr von (Born 11/18/1786) | 06/05/1826 |
| BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (Born 12/15/1770) | 03/26/1827 |
| SCHUBERT, Franz Peter (Born 1/31/1797) | 11/19/1828 |
| GOSSEC, François-Joseph (Born 1/17/1734) | 02/16/1829 |
| GIULIANI, Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo (Born 7/27/1781) | 05/08/1829 |
| KREUTZER, Rodolphe (Born 11/16/1766) | 01/06/1831 |
| KROMMER, Franz Vincenz (Born 1759) | 01/08/1831 |
| HANSEL, Peter (Born 11/29/1770) | 09/18/1831 |
| PLEYEL, Ignaz Joseph (Born 6/18/1757) | 11/14/1831 |
| CLEMENTI, Muzio (Born 1/23/1753) | 03/10/1832 |
| KUHLAU, Daniel Friedrich Rudolph (Born 9/11/1786) | 03/12/1832 |
| BOIELDIEU, François-Adrien (Born 12/16/1775) | 10/08/1834 |
| SCHUNCKE, Ludwig (Born 12/21/1810) | 12/07/1834 |
| BELLINI, Vincenzo (Born 11/03/1801) | 09/23/1835 |
| WITT, Friedrich (Born 11/08/1770) | 01/03/1836 |
| REICHA, Anton (Born 2/26/1770) | 05/28/1836 |
| FIELD, John (Born 7/26/1782) | 01/23/1837 |
| WESLEY, Samuel (Born 2/24/1766) | 10/11/1837 |
| HUMMEL, Johann Nepomuk (Born 11/14/1778) | 10/17/1837 |
| RIES, Ferdinand (Born 1/29/1784) | 01/13/1838 |
| BUSBY, Thomas (Born 1775) | 05/28/1838 |
| CRUSELL, Bernhard Henrik (Born 10/15/1775) | 07/28/1838 |
| SOR, Fernando (Born 2/13/1778) | 07/10/1839 |
| PAGANINI, Niccolo (Born 10/27/1782) | 05/27/1840 |
| CARULLI, Ferdinando (Born 2/20/1770) | 02/17/1841 |
| CHERUBINI, Maria Luigi Carlo Z. Salvatore (Born 9/14/1760) | 03/15/1842 |
| LANNER, Joseph Franz Karl (Born 4/12/1801) | 04/14/1843 |
| MOZART, Franz Xaver (Born 7/26/1791) | 07/29/1844 |
| DRAGONETTI, Domenico (Born 4/07/1763) | 04/16/1846 |
| HENSEL, Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn (Born 11/14/1805) | 05/14/1847 |
| MENDELSSOHN, Jacob Ludwig Felix (Born 2/03/1809) | 11/04/1847 |
| CROTCH, William (Born 7/05/1775) | 12/29/1847 |
| DONIZETTI, Gaetano (Born 11/29/1797) | 04/08/1848 |
| NICOLAI, Carl Otto Ehrenfried (Born 6/09/1810) | 05/11/1849 |
| FOSSA, François de Paule J. Raymond de (Born 8/31/1775) | 06/03/1849 |
| KALKBRENNER, Friedrich Wilhelm Michael (Born 11/08/1785) | 06/10/1849 |
| STRAUSS, Johann I (Born 3/14/1804) | 09/25/1849 |
| CHOPIN, Frederic (Born 3/01/1810) | 10/17/1849 |
| KREUTZER, Conradin (Born 11/22/1780) | 12/14/1849 |
| GYROWETZ, Adalbert (Born 2/19/1763) | 03/19/1850 |
| TOMASEK, Vaclav Jan Krtitel (Born 4/17/1774) | 04/03/1850 |
| ONSLOW, Andre Georges Louis (Born 7/27/1784) | 10/03/1853 |
| SCHUMANN, Robert Alexander (Born 6/08/1810) | 07/29/1856 |
| LINDPAINTNER, Peter Joseph von (Born 12/09/1791) | 08/21/1856 |
| GLINKA, Mikhail Ivanovich (Born 6/01/1804) | 02/15/1857 |
| CZERNY, Carl (Born 2/20/1791) | 07/15/1857 |
| NEUKOMM, Sigismund Ritter von (Born 7/10/1778) | 04/03/1858 |
| DIABELLI, Anton (Born 9/05/1781) | 04/08/1858 |
| CRAMER, John Baptist (Born 2/24/1771) | 04/16/1858 |
| SPOHR, Ludwig (Born 4/05/1784) | 10/22/1859 |
| REISSIGER, Carl Gottlieb (Born 1/31/1798) | 11/07/1859 |
| SILCHER, Friedrich (Born 6/27/1789) | 08/26/1860 |
| MARSCHNER, Heinrich August (Born 8/16/1795) | 12/14/1861 |
| FOSTER, Stephen Collins (Born 7/04/1826) | 01/13/1864 |
| ERNST, Heinrich Wilhelm (Born 5/06/1814) | 10/08/1865 |
| SERVAIS, Adrien-François (Born 6/06/1807) | 11/26/1866 |
| KALLIWODA, Johann Wenzel (Born 2/21/1801) | 12/03/1866 |
| BERWALD, Franz Adolf (Born 7/23/1796) | 04/03/1868 |
| DAUPRAT, Louis-François (Born 5/24/1781) | 07/16/1868 |
| ROSSINI, Gioachino Antonio (Born 2/29/1792) | 11/13/1868 |
| DARGOMYZHSKY, Alexander (Born 2/14/1813) | 01/17/1869 |
| BERLIOZ, Louis-Hector (Born 12/11/1803) | 03/08/1869 |
| MOLIQUE, Wilhelm Bernard (Born 10/07/1802) | 05/10/1869 |
| GOTTSCHALK, Louis Moreau (Born 5/08/1829) | 12/18/1869 |
| MOSCHELES, Isaak-Ignaz (Born 5/23/1794) | 03/10/1870 |
| BERIOT, Charles-Auguste de (Born 2/20/1802) | 04/08/1870 |
| STRAUSS, Josef (Born 8/22/1827) | 07/21/1870 |
| MOSONYI, Mihaly (Born 9/02/1814) | 10/31/1870 |
| MERCADANTE, Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele (Born 9/17/1795) | 12/17/1870 |
| FETIS, François-Joseph (Born 3/25/1784) | 03/26/1871 |
| THALBERG, Sigismond (Born 1/08/1812) | 04/27/1871 |
| AUBER, Daniel-François-Esprit (Born 1/29/1782) | 05/12/1871 |
| TAUSIG, Karl (Born 11/04/1841) | 07/17/1871 |
| POTTER, Philip Cipriani Hambly (Born 10/02/1792) | 09/26/1871 |
| MONIUSZKO, Stanislaw (Born 5/05/1819) | 06/04/1872 |
| CASTILLON, Alexis Vicomte de (Born 12/13/1838) | 03/05/1873 |
| BENNETT, Sir William Sterndale (Born 4/13/1816) | 02/01/1875 |
| BIZET, Georges Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold (Born 10/25/1838) | 06/03/1875 |
| WESLEY, Samuel Sebastian (Born 8/14/1810) | 04/19/1876 |
| BERTINI, Henri-Jerome (Born 10/28/1798) | 10/01/1876 |
| GOETZ, Hermann (Born 12/07/1840) | 12/03/1876 |
| RIETZ, Julius (Born 12/28/1812) | 09/12/1877 |
| HEISE, Peter Arnold (Born 2/11/1830) | 09/12/1879 |
| WIENIAWSKI, Henryk (Born 7/10/1835) | 03/31/1880 |
| OFFENBACH, Jacques (Born 6/20/1819) | 10/05/1880 |
| MUSSORGSKY, Modest Petrovich (Born 3/21/1839) | 03/28/1881 |
| VIEUXTEMPS, Henri (Born 2/17/1820) | 06/06/1881 |
| RAFF, Josef Joachim (Born 5/27/1822) | 06/24/1882 |
| WAGNER, Wilhelm Richard (Born 5/22/1813) | 02/13/1883 |
| DOPPLER, Albert Franz (Born 10/16/1821) | 07/27/1883 |
| VOLKMANN, Friedrich Robert (Born 4/06/1815) | 10/29/1883 |
| SMETANA, Bedřich Friedrich (Born 3/02/1824) | 05/12/1884 |
| BRASSIN, Louis (Born 6/24/1840) | 05/17/1884 |
| HILLER, Ferdinand (Born 10/24/1811) | 05/10/1885 |
| PONCHIELLI, Amilcare (Born 8/31/1834) | 01/16/1886 |
| LISZT, Franz (Born 10/22/1811) | 07/31/1886 |
| BORODIN, Alexander Porfirievich (Born 11/12/1833) | 02/27/1887 |
| HELLER, Stephen (Born 5/15/1813) | 01/14/1888 |
| ALKAN, Charles-Henri Valentin (Born 11/30/1813) | 03/29/1888 |
| BOTTESINI, Giovanni (Born 12/22/1821) | 07/07/1889 |
| HENSELT, Adolph von (Born 5/09/1814) | 10/10/1889 |
| LACHNER, Franz (Born 4/02/1803) | 01/20/1890 |
| FRANCK, Cesar-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-H. (Born 12/10/1822) | 11/08/1890 |
| GADE, Niels Wilhelm (Born 2/22/1817) | 12/21/1890 |
| DELIBES, Clement-Philibert-Leo (Born 2/21/1836) | 01/16/1891 |
| LITOLFF, Henry Charles (Born 2/06/1818) | 08/06/1891 |
| LALO, Edouard-Victoire-Antoine (Born 1/27/1823) | 04/22/1892 |
| LACHNER, Vincenz (Born 7/19/1811) | 01/22/1893 |
| ERKEL, Ferenc (Born 11/07/1810) | 06/15/1893 |
| GOUNOD, Charles François (Born 6/17/1818) | 10/18/1893 |
| TCHAIKOVSKY, Piotr Ilyich (Born 5/07/1840) | 11/06/1893 |
| LEKEU, Guillaume (Born 1/20/1870) | 01/21/1894 |
| CHABRIER, Alexis-Emmanuel (Born 1/18/1841) | 09/13/1894 |
| RUBINSTEIN, Anton (Born 11/28/1829) | 11/20/1894 |
| GODARD, Benjamin Louis Paul (Born 8/18/1849) | 01/10/1895 |
| SUPPE, Franz von (Born 4/18/1819) | 05/21/1895 |
| SCHUMANN, Clara Wieck (Born 9/13/1819) | 05/20/1896 |
| BRUCKNER, Anton Joseph (Born 9/04/1824) | 09/11/1896 |
| BRAHMS, Johannes (Born 5/07/1833) | 04/03/1897 |
| STRAUSS, Johann II (Born 10/25/1825) | 06/03/1899 |
| CHAUSSON, Amedee-Ernest (Born 1/20/1855) | 06/10/1899 |
| HARTMANN, Johann Peter Emilius (Born 5/14/1805) | 03/10/1900 |
| NIETZSCHE, Friedrich (Born 10/15/1844) | 08/25/1900 |
| HERZOGENBERG, Heinrich von (Born 6/10/1843) | 10/09/1900 |
| FIBICH, Zdeněk (Born 12/21/1850) | 10/15/1900 |
| SULLIVAN, Sir Arthur Seymour (Born 5/13/1842) | 11/22/1900 |
| KALINNIKOV, Vasily Sergeyevich (Born 1/13/1866) | 01/11/1901 |
| VERDI, Giuseppe Fortunino Frencesco (Born 10/09/1813) | 01/27/1901 |
| RHEINBERGER, Josef Gabriel (Born 3/17/1839) | 11/25/1901 |
| IVANOVICI, Iosif (Born 1845) | 09/29/1902 |
| WOLF, Hugo (Born 3/13/1860) | 02/22/1903 |
| DVORAK, Antonín (Born 9/08/1841) | 05/01/1904 |
| CERVANTES, Ignatio (Born 7/31/1847) | 04/29/1905 |
| ARENSKY, Anton Stepanovich (Born 7/12/1861) | 02/25/1906 |
| PAINE, John Knowles (Born 1/09/1839) | 04/25/1906 |
| HURLSTONE, William Yeates (Born 1/07/1876) | 05/30/1906 |
| JOACHIM, Joseph (Born 6/28/1831) | 08/15/1907 |
| GRIEG, Edvard Hagerup (Born 6/15/1843) | 09/04/1907 |
| MACDOWELL, Edward Alexander (Born 12/18/1860) | 01/23/1908 |
| RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Nikolai (Born 3/18/1844) | 06/21/1908 |
| SARASATE, Pablo Martin Meliton de (Born 3/10/1844) | 09/20/1908 |
| KARLOWICZ, Mieczysław (Born 12/11/1876) | 02/08/1909 |
| ALBENIZ, Isaac (Born 5/29/1860) | 05/18/1909 |
| MARTUCCI, Giuseppe (Born 1/06/1856) | 06/01/1909 |
| BUCK, Dudley (Born 3/10/1839) | 10/06/1909 |
| ZABEL, Albert Heinrich (Born 2/22/1834) | 02/16/1910 |
| REINECKE, Carl Heinrich Carsten (Born 6/23/1824) | 03/10/1910 |
| BALAKIREV, Mili Alexeyevich (Born 1/02/1837) | 05/29/1910 |
| GUILMANT, Felix Alexandre (Born 3/12/1837) | 03/29/1911 |
| CIURLIONIS, Mikolajus Konstantinas (Born 10/04/1875) | 04/10/1911 |
| MAHLER, Gustav (Born 7/07/1860) | 05/18/1911 |
| GILBERT, Sir William Schwenck (Born 11/18/1836) | 05/29/1911 |
| SVENDSEN, Johan Severin (Born 9/30/1840) | 06/14/1911 |
| BLOCKX, Jan (Born 1/25/1851) | 05/26/1912 |
| MASSENET, Jules-Emile-Frederic (Born 5/12/1842) | 08/13/1912 |
| COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, Samuel (Born 8/15/1875) | 09/01/1912 |
| THOMAS, John (Born 3/01/1826) | 03/19/1913 |
| BRONSART VON SCHELLENDORF, Hans (Born 2/11/1830) | 11/03/1913 |
| LIADOV, Anatoli (Born 5/10/1855) | 08/28/1914 |
| MAGNARD, Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic (Born 6/09/1865) | 09/03/1914 |
| GOLDMARK, Karl (Born 5/18/1830) | 01/02/1915 |
| WALDTEUFEL, Charles-Emile (Born 12/09/1837) | 02/12/1915 |
| SCRIABIN, Alexander Nikolaevich (Born 1/06/1872) | 04/27/1915 |
| TANEYEV, Sergei Ivanovich (Born 11/25/1856) | 06/19/1915 |
| GRANADOS, Enrique (Born 7/27/1867) | 03/24/1916 |
| REGER, Max (Born 3/19/1873) | 05/11/1916 |
| MACCUNN, Hamish (Born 3/22/1868) | 08/02/1916 |
| BUTTERWORTH, George Sainton Kaye (Born 7/12/1885) | 08/05/1916 |
| STRAUSS, Eduard (Born 3/15/1835) | 12/28/1916 |
| CARRENO, Maria Teresa (Born 12/22/1853) | 06/12/1917 |
| TANEYEV, Alexander Sergeievich (Born 1/17/1850) | 02/07/1918 |
| BOULANGER, Juliette Marie Olga Lili (Born 8/21/1893) | 03/15/1918 |
| YSAYE, Theophile (Born 3/22/1865) | 03/24/1918 |
| DEBUSSY, Achille-Claude (Born 8/22/1862) | 03/25/1918 |
| CUI, Cesar (Born 1/18/1835) | 03/26/1918 |
| PARRY, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings (Born 2/27/1848) | 10/07/1918 |
| LECOCQ, Charles (Born 6/03/1832) | 10/24/1918 |
| PARKER, Horatio William (Born 9/15/1863) | 12/18/1919 |
| GRIFFES, Charles Tomlinson (Born 9/17/1884) | 04/08/1920 |
| BRUCH, Max (Born 1/06/1838) | 10/02/1920 |
| SEVERAC, Deodat de (Born 7/20/1872) | 03/24/1921 |
| HUMPERDINCK, Engelbert (Born 9/01/1854) | 07/27/1921 |
| SAINT-SAENS, Charles-Camille (Born 10/09/1835) | 12/16/1921 |
| HUBER, Hans (Born 6/28/1852) | 12/25/1921 |
| ZIEHRER, Carl Michael (Born 5/02/1843) | 11/14/1922 |
| HAMERIK, Asger (Born 4/08/1843) | 07/13/1923 |
| STANFORD, Sir Charles Villiers (Born 9/30/1852) | 03/29/1924 |
| BUSONI, Ferruccio Dante M. Benvenuto (Born 4/01/1866) | 07/27/1924 |
| FAURE, Gabriel-Urbain (Born 5/12/1845) | 11/04/1924 |
| LIAPUNOV, Sergei Mikhailovich (Born 11/30/1859) | 11/08/1924 |
| PUCCINI, Giacomo (Born 12/22/1858) | 11/29/1924 |
| SCHARWENKA, Franz Xaver (Born 1/06/1850) | 12/08/1924 |
| MOSZKOWSKI, Moritz (Born 8/23/1854) | 03/04/1925 |
| SATIE, Erik Alfred-Leslie (Born 5/17/1866) | 07/01/1925 |
| FUCHS, Robert (Born 2/15/1847) | 02/19/1927 |
| STENHAMMAR, Wilhelm (Born 2/07/1871) | 11/20/1927 |
| GILBERT, Henry Franklin Belknap (Born 9/26/1868) | 05/19/1928 |
| JANACEK, Leos (Born 7/03/1854) | 08/12/1928 |
| MESSAGER, Andre-Charles-Prosper (Born 12/30/1853) | 02/24/1929 |
| WAGNER, Siegfried (Born 6/06/1869) | 08/25/1930 |
| WARLOCK, Peter (Born 10/30/1894) | 12/17/1930 |
| BLUMENFELD, Felix (Born 4/18/1863) | 01/21/1931 |
| CHADWICK, George Whitefield (Born 11/13/1854) | 04/04/1931 |
| YSAYE, Eugene (Born 6/16/1858) | 05/12/1931 |
| NIELSEN, Carl August (Born 6/09/1865) | 10/03/1931 |
| D'INDY, Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent (Born 3/27/1851) | 12/02/1931 |
| D'ALBERT, Eugene Francis Charles (Born 4/10/1864) | 03/03/1932 |
| SOUSA, John Philip (Born 11/06/1854) | 03/06/1932 |
| SCHILLINGS, Max von (Born 4/19/1868) | 07/24/1933 |
| ELGAR, Sir Edward William (Born 6/02/1857) | 02/23/1934 |
| SCHREKER, Franz (Born 3/23/1878) | 03/21/1934 |
| HOLST, Gustav Theodore (Born 9/21/1874) | 05/25/1934 |
| DELIUS, Frederick (Fritz) Theodor Albert (Born 1/29/1862) | 06/10/1934 |
| IPPOLITOV-IVANOV, Mikhail Mihaylovich (Born 11/19/1859) | 01/28/1935 |
| DUKAS, Paul (Born 10/01/1865) | 05/17/1935 |
| LOEFFLER, Charles Martin Tornow (Born 1/30/1861) | 05/19/1935 |
| SUK, Josef (Born 1/04/1874) | 05/29/1935 |
| COWEN, Sir Frederic Hymen (Born 2/29/1852) | 10/06/1935 |
| HALVORSEN, Johan (Born 3/15/1864) | 12/04/1935 |
| BERG, Alban (Born 2/09/1885) | 12/24/1935 |
| GLAZUNOV, Alexander Konstantinovich (Born 8/10/1865) | 03/21/1936 |
| RESPIGHI, Ottorino (Born 7/09/1879) | 04/18/1936 |
| DIEPENBROCK, Alphons (Born 9/02/1862) | 04/24/1936 |
| GERMAN, Sir Edward (Born 2/17/1862) | 11/11/1936 |
| HUBAY, Jenő (Born 9/15/1858) | 03/12/1937 |
| WIDOR, Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert (Born 2/21/1844) | 03/12/1937 |
| FOOTE, Arthur William (Born 3/05/1853) | 04/08/1937 |
| ARTZIBUSHEV, Nikolai (Born 3/07/1858) | 04/15/1937 |
| VIERNE, Louis (Born 10/08/1870) | 06/02/1937 |
| GERSHWIN, George (Born 9/26/1898) | 07/11/1937 |
| PIERNE, Henri-Constant-Gabriel (Born 8/16/1863) | 07/17/1937 |
| ROUSSEL, Albert Charles Paul Marie (Born 4/05/1869) | 08/23/1937 |
| HADLEY, Henry Kimball (Born 12/20/1871) | 09/06/1937 |
| BOECK, August de (Born 5/09/1865) | 10/09/1937 |
| RAVEL, Joseph Maurice (Born 3/07/1875) | 12/28/1937 |
| GODOWSKY, Leopold (Born 2/13/1870) | 11/21/1938 |
| SCHMIDT, Franz (Born 12/22/1874) | 02/11/1939 |
| ALAIN, Jehan (Born 2/03/1911) | 06/20/1940 |
| BRIDGE, Frank (Born 2/26/1879) | 01/10/1941 |
| HARTY, Sir Herbert Hamilton (Born 12/04/1879) | 02/19/1941 |
| PADEREWSKI, Ignacy Jan (Born 11/18/1860) | 06/29/1941 |
| GAUBERT, Philippe (Born 7/03/1879) | 07/08/1941 |
| SINDING, Johann Christian (Born 1/11/1856) | 12/03/1941 |
| ZEMLINSKY, Alexander von (Born 10/14/1871) | 03/15/1942 |
| GILSON, Paul (Born 6/15/1865) | 04/03/1942 |
| SCHULHOFF, Ervin (Born 6/08/1894) | 08/18/1942 |
| RACHMANINOV, Sergei Vasilievitch (Born 4/01/1873) | 03/28/1943 |
| CHAMINADE, Cecile (Born 8/08/1857) | 04/13/1944 |
| BEACH, Amy Marcy Cheney (Born 9/05/1867) | 12/27/1944 |
| REZNICEK, Emil Nikolaus von (Born 5/04/1860) | 08/02/1945 |
| BARTOK, Béla (Born 3/25/1881) | 09/25/1945 |
In some case the copyright close at 70 years and for further reference here are the list of composers passed between 1946-1975
| Name of Composer | Date of Passing |
| DUNHILL, Thomas Frederick (Born 2/01/1877) | 03/13/1946 |
| BANTOCK, Sir Granville Ransome (Born 8/07/1868) | 10/16/1946 |
| STOJOWSKI, Sigismond (Born 5/14/1869) | 11/05/1946 |
| FALLA, Manuel De (Born 11/23/1876) | 11/14/1946 |
| HAHN, Reynaldo (Born 8/09/1874) | 01/28/1947 |
| MADETOYA, Leevi (Born 2/17/1887) | 10/06/1947 |
| WOLF-FERRARI, Ermanno (Born 1/12/1876) | 01/21/1948 |
| FRIEDMAN, Ignaz (Born 2/14/1882) | 01/26/1948 |
| PONCE, Manuel Maria (Born 12/08/1882) | 04/24/1948 |
| WIHTOL, Joseph (Born 7/26/1863) | 04/24/1948 |
| HUE, Georges-Adolphe (Born 5/06/1858) | 06/07/1948 |
| TURINA, Joaquín (Born 12/09/1882) | 01/14/1949 |
| DINICU, Grigoras (Born 4/03/1889) | 03/28/1949 |
| PFITZNER, Hans Erich (Born 5/05/1869) | 05/22/1949 |
| NOVAK, Vítězslav (Born 12/05/1870) | 07/18/1949 |
| STRAUSS, Richard (Born 6/11/1864) | 09/08/1949 |
| RABAUD, Henri (Born 11/10/1873) | 09/11/1949 |
| WEILL, Kurt (Born 3/02/1900) | 04/03/1950 |
| GARDINER, Henry Balfour (Born 11/07/1877) | 06/28/1950 |
| MIASKOVSKY, Nicolai Yakovlevich (Born 4/20/1881) | 08/08/1950 |
| CILEA, Francesco (Born 7/23/1866) | 11/20/1950 |
| MOERAN, Ernest John (Born 12/31/1894) | 12/01/1950 |
| CARPENTER, John Alden (Born 2/28/1876) | 04/26/1951 |
| FOERSTER, Josef Bohuslav (Born 12/30/1859) | 05/29/1951 |
| SCHOENBERG, Arnold Franz Walter (Born 9/13/1874) | 07/13/1951 |
| SCHNABEL, Artur (Born 4/17/1882) | 08/15/1951 |
| MEDTNER, Nicolai Karlovich (Born 1/05/1880) | 11/13/1951 |
| LANGGAARD, Rued Immanuel (Born 7/28/1893) | 07/10/1952 |
| BORTKIEWICZ, Sergei (Born 2/28/1877) | 10/25/1952 |
| Prokofieff, Serge Sergeyevich (Born 4/27/1891) | 03/05/1953 |
| JONGEN, Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph (Born 12/14/1873) | 07/12/1953 |
| QUILTER, Roger (Born 11/01/1877) | 09/21/1953 |
| BAX, Sir Arnold Edward Trevor (Born 11/08/1883) | 10/03/1953 |
| MASON, Daniel Gregory (Born 11/20/1873) | 12/04/1953 |
| IVES, Charles Edward (Born 10/20/1874) | 05/19/1954 |
| FÜRTWANGLER, Wilhelm (Born 1/25/1886) | 11/30/1954 |
| ENESCO, Georges (Born 8/19/1881) | 05/04/1955 |
| ROPARTZ, Joseph Guy Marie (Born 6/15/1864) | 11/22/1955 |
| HONEGGER, Arthur Oscar (Born 3/10/1892) | 11/27/1955 |
| GRETCHANINOV, Alexander Tikhonovich (Born 10/25/1864) | 01/03/1956 |
| GLIERE, Reinhold (Born 1/11/1875) | 06/23/1956 |
| FINZI, Gerald (Born 7/14/1901) | 09/27/1956 |
| SIBELIUS, Jean (Johan) Julius Christian (Born 12/08/1865) | 09/20/1957 |
| KORNGOLD, Erich Wolfgang (Born 5/29/1897) | 11/29/1957 |
| HOLBROOKE, Josef (Born 7/05/1878) | 08/05/1958 |
| VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ralph (Born 10/12/1872) | 08/26/1958 |
| KILPINEN, Yrjo (Born 2/04/1892) | 03/02/1959 |
| MARSICK, Armand (Born 9/20/1877) | 04/30/1959 |
| BLOCH, Ernest (Born 7/24/1880) | 07/15/1959 |
| MARTINU, Bohuslav (Born 12/08/1890) | 08/28/1959 |
| VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor (Born 3/05/1887) | 11/17/1959 |
| BOUGHTON, Rutland (Born 1/23/1878) | 01/24/1960 |
| DOHNANYI, Ernst von (Born 7/27/1877) | 02/09/1960 |
| ALFVEN, Hugo (Born 5/01/1872) | 05/08/1960 |
| SEIBER, Matyas (Born 5/04/1905) | 09/24/1960 |
| GRAINGER, Percy Aldridge (Born 7/08/1882) | 02/20/1961 |
| IBERT, Jacques (Born 8/15/1890) | 02/05/1962 |
| IRELAND, John (Born 8/13/1879) | 06/12/1962 |
| GOOSSENS, Sir Eugene (Born 5/26/1893) | 06/13/1962 |
| EISLER, Hanns (Born 7/07/1898) | 09/06/1962 |
| POULENC, Francis (Born 1/07/1899) | 01/30/1963 |
| LAJTHA, Laszlo (Born 6/30/1892) | 02/16/1963 |
| CONSTANTINESCU, Paul (Born 7/13/1909) | 12/20/1963 |
| HINDEMITH, Paul (Born 11/16/1895) | 12/28/1963 |
| DYSON, Sir George (Born 5/28/1883) | 09/28/1964 |
| MEULEMANS, Arthur (Born 5/19/1884) | 06/29/1966 |
| TAYLOR, Joseph Deems (Born 12/22/1885) | 07/03/1966 |
| PORTER, Quincy (Born 2/07/1897) | 11/12/1966 |
| KODALY, Zóltan (Born 12/16/1882) | 03/06/1967 |
| CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, Mario (Born 4/03/1895) | 03/16/1968 |
| ELLER, Heino (Born 3/07/1887) | 06/16/1970 |
| ZIMMERMANN, Bernd Alois (Born 3/20/1918) | 08/10/1970 |
| STRAVINSKY, Igor (Born 6/17/1882) | 04/06/1971 |
| RAWSTHORNE, Alan (Born 5/02/1905) | 07/24/1971 |
| GROFE, Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von (Born 3/27/1892) | 04/03/1972 |
| BRIAN, Havergal (Born 1/29/1876) | 11/28/1972 |
| APOSTEL, Hans Erich (Born 1/22/1901) | 11/30/1972 |
| FRANKEL, Benjamin (Born 1/31/1906) | 02/12/1973 |
| MALIPIERO, Gian Francesco (Born 3/18/1882) | 08/01/1973 |
| ATTERBERG, Kurt (Born 12/12/1887) | 02/15/1974 |
| ELLINGTON, Edward Kennedy "Duke" (Born 4/29/1899) | 05/24/1974 |
| MILHAUD, Darius (Born 9/04/1892) | 06/22/1974 |
| BLISS, Sir Arthur Edward Drummond (Born 8/02/1891) | 03/27/1975 |
| SHOSTAKOVICH, Dimitri (Born 9/25/1906) | 08/09/1975 |
| HERRMANN, Bernard (Born 6/29/1911) | 12/24/1975 |
Some cases the record in excellent condition: noiseless high quality Debussy plays his own piece
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