[{"n": "Johann Sebastian Bach", "u": "/e/great-composers/johann-sebastian-bach/", "s": "Master of counterpoint and Baroque composition"}, {"n": "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "u": "/e/great-composers/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/", "s": "Classical composer and child prodigy who completed over 800 works."}, {"n": "Ludwig van Beethoven", "u": "/e/great-composers/ludwig-van-beethoven/", "s": "German composer whose work bridged Classical and Romantic eras."}, {"n": "Frederic Chopin", "u": "/e/great-composers/frederic-chopin/", "s": "Polish composer and pianist of the early Romantic period."}, {"n": "Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky", "u": "/e/great-composers/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/", "s": "The Romantic-era Russian behind Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and the 1812 Overture."}, {"n": "Johannes Brahms", "u": "/e/great-composers/johannes-brahms/", "s": "German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period."}, {"n": "Joseph Haydn", "u": "/e/great-composers/joseph-haydn/", "s": "Father of the Symphony and String Quartet"}, {"n": "George Frideric Handel", "u": "/e/great-composers/george-frideric-handel/", "s": "German-British Baroque composer known for operas, oratorios, and anthems."}, {"n": "Antonio Vivaldi", "u": "/e/great-composers/antonio-vivaldi/", "s": "Baroque composer, violinist, and impresario of Venice."}, {"n": "Richard Wagner", "u": "/e/great-composers/richard-wagner/", "s": "German composer who revolutionized opera through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk."}, {"n": "Giuseppe Verdi", "u": "/e/great-composers/giuseppe-verdi/", "s": "Italian composer best known for his operas."}, {"n": "Claude Debussy", "u": "/e/great-composers/claude-debussy/", "s": "French composer who rejected the term Impressionist but shaped modern music."}, {"n": "Igor Stravinsky", "u": "/e/great-composers/igor-stravinsky/", "s": "Russian composer whose ballets for Diaghilev reshaped twentieth-century classical music."}, {"n": "Sergei Rachmaninoff", "u": "/e/great-composers/sergei-rachmaninoff/", "s": "Russian composer and pianist, last great Romantic in Russian classical music."}, {"n": "Franz Liszt", "u": "/e/great-composers/franz-liszt/", "s": "Hungarian composer and pianist of the Romantic period."}, {"n": "Gustav Mahler", "u": "/e/great-composers/gustav-mahler/", "s": "Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer and conductor"}, {"n": "Antonin Dvorak", "u": "/e/great-composers/antonin-dvorak/", "s": "Czech composer who blended folk music with symphonic tradition."}, {"n": "Maurice Ravel", "u": "/e/great-composers/maurice-ravel/", "s": "French composer known for Boléro and masterful orchestration."}, {"n": "Robert Schumann", "u": "/e/great-composers/robert-schumann/", "s": "German Romantic composer, pianist, and music critic."}, {"n": "Felix Mendelssohn", "u": "/e/great-composers/felix-mendelssohn/", "s": "German Romantic composer who revived Bach and wrote the 'Wedding March'."}, {"n": "Erik Satie", "u": "/e/great-composers/erik-satie/", "s": "Alistair McGowan's long-standing passion for Erik Satie led to a BBC Radio 4 play and a stage show."}]