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| 1034 | Mozartia | Named in honor of the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart {1756-1791}. (M 837) |
| 1059 | Mussorgskia | Named in honor of the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky {1839–1881}. (M 837) |
| 1405 | Sibelius | Named in honor of the great Finnish composer Jean Sibelius (1865–1957). (M 3928) |
| 1814 | Bach | The German composer, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). (M 3935) |
| 1815 | Beethoven | The German composer, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827). (M 3935) |
| 1818 | Brahms | The German composer, Johannes Brahms (1833–1897). (M 3935) |
| 2047 | Smetana | Named for the great Czech national composer Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884) who wrote songs, piano piece |
| 2055 | Dvorak | Named for Antonin Dvořák (1841–1904), the great Czech composer who wrote in virtually all the musica |
| 2073 | Janacek | Named for the Moravian musician Leos Janáček (1854–1928), the leading Czech composer of the early tw |
| 2205 | Glinka | Named for Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1804-1857), celebrated composer and the acknowledged founder of |
| 2266 | Tchaikovsky | Named in memory of the celebrated Russian composer Petr Il’ich Chajkovskij (1840–1893). (M 7782) |
| 2523 | Ryba | Named for Jakub Jan Ryba (1765–1815), Czech baroque composer, author of the famous Czech Christmas M |
| 2669 | Shostakovich | Named in memory of Dmitrij Dmitrievich Shostakovich (1906–1975), outstanding twentieth-century Sovie |
| 3081 | Martinůboh | Named in memory of the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959), known in the musical world as th |
| 3195 | Fedchenko | Named for the family of scientists, including Aleksej Pavlovich Fedchenko (1844–1873), outstanding R |
| 3590 | Holst | Named for English composer Gustav Holst (1874–1934). One of Holst’s best-known and most popular comp |
| 3592 | Nedbal | Named in memory of the Czech composer and conductor Oskar Nedbal (1874–1930). (M 16443) |
| 3784 | Chopin | Named in memory of the great composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849). (M 13179) |
| 3826 | Handel | Named for the illustrious composer Georg Friedrich Handel (1685–1759). Although his greatest works w |
| 3910 | Liszt | Named in memory of Franz Liszt (1811–1886), legendary master of the piano and a courageous fighter f |
| 3917 | Franz Schubert | Named for the great composer Franz Schubert (1797–1828). (M 14208) |
| 3941 | Haydn | Named for the great composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809). (M 14208) |
| 3954 | Mendelssohn | Named for the celebrated composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–1847). (M 14209) |
| 3955 | Bruckner | Named for the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), chiefly known for his nine monumental sy |
| 3975 | Verdi | Named for the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901), renowned the world over for his brilliant |
| 3992 | Wagner | Named for the composer Richard Wagner (1813–1883), the founder of modern music-drama, known for both |
| 4003 | Schumann | Named for the famous romanticist Robert Schumann (1810–1856), born in Zwickau, not far from Tautenbu |
| 4040 | Purcell | Named for Henry Purcell (1659–1695), English composer, a prolific and immensely gifted writer of man |
| 4079 | Britten | Named for Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), English composer. Best known for his operas and other vocal |
| 4087 | Part | Named for Arvo Pärt (1935– ), Estonian-born composer. Until 1968, Pärt composed mainly serially. Sin |
| 4132 | Bartok | Named for the great composer Bela Bartók (1881–1945). Bartók was influenced by the melodic lines and |
| 4134 | Schutz | Named in memory of Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672), the greatest German composer of the seventeenth cent |
| 4330 | Vivaldi | Named for the great Italian violin virtuoso and baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi (1680–1743). (M 160 |
| 4345 | Rachmaninoff | Named in memory of the composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), considered to be the la |
| 4382 | Stravinsky | Named in memory of the famous composer Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), known for his very versatile mus |
| 4406 | Mahler | Named in honor of the great Austrian composer, conductor and opera-director Gustav Mahler (1860– 191 |
| 4429 | Chinmoy | Named in honor of Sri Chinmoy, Bengali poet, artist and philosopher, preacher of peace, who travels |
| 4492 | Debussy | Named in memory of Claude Debussy (1862–1918), famous French impressionistic composer, known particu |
| 4515 | Khrennikov | Named in honor of well-known Soviet composer Tikhon Nikolaevich Khrennikov (b. 1913), who wrote many |
| 4527 | Schoenberg | Named for Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951), Austrian composer. One of the twentieth century’s seminal co |
| 4528 | Berg | Named for Alban Berg (1885–1935), Austrian composer. A pupil of Arnold Schönberg {see planet (4527) |
| 4532 | Copland | Named in memory of American composer Aaron Copland (1900–1990). Although his earliest works show the |
| 4534 | Rimskij-Korsakov | Named in honor of Nikolaj Andreevich Rimskij-Korsakov (1844–1908), famous Russian composer. (M 23352 |
| 4546 | Franck | Named in memory of the great Belgian composer César Franck (1822–1890), well known for his piano and |
| 4559 | Strauss | Named in memory of the Austrian composer Johann Strauss (1825–1899), who represented Viennese dance |
| 4579 | Puccini | Named in memory of the Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), whose magnificent operas La Boh |
| 4625 | Shchedrin | Named for the outstanding Russian composer Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin. (M 22247) |
| 4727 | Ravel | Named for the French composer Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), a significant representative of impressioni |
| 4734 | Rameau | Named for Jean Philippe Rameau (1683–1764), the greatest French composer of the eighteenth century. |
| 4802 | Khatchaturian | Named in memory of the Armenian composer Aram Khatchaturian (1903–1978), well known for his ballets |
| 4818 | Elgar | Named for Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934), English composer. Arguably the progenitor of the English mus |
| 4850 | Palestrina | Named for the famous Italian Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525?–1594). His |
| 4889 | Praetorius | Named for Michael Praetorius (1571–1621), outstanding German composer and musical writer of the earl |
| 4918 | Rostropovich | Named in honor of Mstislav Leopol’dovich Rostropovich (1927– ), outstanding Russian musician and ped |
| 4972 | Pachelbel | Named for the composer Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706) of Nürnberg, an important representative of the |
| 5004 | Bruch | Named for the German composer Max Bruch (1838–1920), particularly well known for his grandiose first |
| 5063 | Monteverdi | Named in memory of Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643), with Schütz {see planet (4134)} the greatest mus |
| 5078 | Solovjev-Sedoj | Named in memory of Vasilij Pavlovich Solovjev-Sedoj (1907–1979), distinguished composer, author of a |
| 5157 | Hindemith | Named in memory of the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), whose extensive creations encompa |
| 5177 | Hugowolf | Named in memory of the Austrian composer Hugo Wolf (1860–1903), the creator of more than 200 songs f |
| 5203 | Pavarotti | Named in honor of Luciano Pavarotti (1935– ), world-famous Italian opera singer. (M 22830) |
| 5210 | Saint-Saens | Named in memory of the French composer Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), whose extensive musi |
| 6480 | Scarlatti | Named in memory of the great Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757). He spent the first hal |
| 6549 | Skryabin | Named in memory of the Russian composer Alexandr Nikolaevich Skryabin (1872–1915). Though one of the |
| 6777 | Balakirev | Named in memory of the famous Russian composer and pianist Milij Alekseevich Balakirev (1837–1910). |
| 6780 | Borodin | Named in memory of the famous Russian composer Alexandr Porfirevich Borodin (1833–1887). After studi |
| 6798 | Couperin | Named for the French family that produced a succession of musicians from the early seventeenth to th |
| 7624 | Gluck | Named of the German composer Ritter Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714–1787). After studying in Pra |
| 7625 | Louisspohr | Named for the German composer and violinist Louis Spohr (1784–1859). At the age of 15 he became a vi |
| 7903 | Albinoni | Named for the Italian composer Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1750). Although he considered himself an amateu |
| 8181 | Rossini | Named in memory of the famous Italian composer Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792–1868). (M 34627) |
| 8249 | Gershwin | American composer George Gershwin (1898-1937) was also an accomplished pianist. In his compositions |
| 8877 | Rentaro | Named in memory of Rentaro Taki (1879-1903), gifted Japanese composer. After he finished his schooli |
| 9438 | Satie | Erik Satie (1866-1925), French composer and pianist, is best known for his solo piano pieces, includ |
| 9912 | Donizetti | The Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848) wrote symphonies, church and chamber music. Afte |
| 9913 | Humperdinck | Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) was first assistant to Richard Wagner. Later he traveled througho |
| 10055 | Silcher | Named in memory of the German composer of popular songs Philipp Friedrich Silcher (1789–1860), music |
| 10095 | Carlloewe | Named in memory of the German composer Johann Carl Friedrich Loewe (1796–1869), born in Löbejün, nea |
| 10116 | Robertfranz | Named in memory of Robert Franz (1815–1892), German composer of songs. An organist in his native cit |
| 10820 | Offenbach | Jacob (Jacques) Offenbach (1819-1880) was a German-French composer who created the “opérette”, or op |
| 10875 | Veracini | Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1768), born in Florence, studied violin with his uncle, Antonio Verac |
| 11050 | Messiaën | Oliver Messiaën (1908-1992) was organist at Ste. Trinité in Paris, as well as a composer and teacher |
| 11289 | Frescobaldi | Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1644) was an Italian organist and composer. He has left us with numerous |
| 11325 | Slavický | Klement Slavický (1910-1999) was an outstanding Czech composer, whose personal musical expression wa |
| 11530 | d'Indy | Composer Vincent d´Indy (1851-1931) attempted to reform French symphonic and dramatic music. His be |
| 11899 | Weill | The German-American composer Kurt Weill (1900-1950) was born in Dessau. The Dreigroschenoper |
| 15808 | Zelter | Composer Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1834) set Goethe's poems to music and wrote songs for male choi |
| 16590 | Brunowalter | Berlin-born Bruno Walter (1876-1962; originally B. W. Schlesinger), great German-American conductor, |
| 17509 | Ikumadan | Conductor Ikuma Dan (1924-2001), grandson of financier Takuma Dan, was a leading member of the Art A |
| 20200 | Donbacky | Don Backy is the artistic name of the Italian singer and composer Aldo Caponi (b. 1939). Among his |
| 21125 | Orff | German composer Carl Orff (1895-1982), best known for his Carmina burana, developed music-ped |
| 69288 | Berlioz | Composer and critic Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) is known largely for his dramatic Symphonie fantas |