This year our Ten Things column each month is alternating between composers and artists a century at a time from pre-1500 to 20th century. As always, there’s no guarantee you will have heard of them all!

Ten Composers Born in 19th Century

1. Bedrich Smetena
2. Leoš Janacek
   

   

3. Jean Sibelius
4. Claude Debussy
5. Sergei Prokofiev
6. Carl Orff
7. Richard Wagner
8. Maurice Ravel
9. Igor Stravinsky
10. Erik Satie