| Name | Year of birth | Year of death | Nationality | Notable 20th-century works | Remarks |
|---|
| Charles Dancla | 1817 | 1907 | French | Solo de concours no.
7, Op. 224 | Romanticism |
| Luigi Arditi | 1822 | 1903 | Italian |
| Theodor Kirchner | 1823 | 1903 | German |
| Carl Reinecke | 1824 | 1910 | German | Trio for piano, clarinet and horn in B♭, Op. 274; String Quartet No. 5, Op. 287 | Romanticism |
| Richard Hol | 1825 | 1904 | Dutch | Organ music | Romanticism |
| Ludwig Minkus | 1826 | 1917 | Austrian |
| Morten Eskesen | 1826 | 1913 | Danish |
| François-Auguste Gevaert | 1828 | 1908 | Belgian | Romanticism |
| Clémence de Grandval | 1828 | 1907 | French |
| James Cutler Dunn Parker | 1828 | 1916 | American | Romanticism |
| Jacques Blumenthal | 1829 | 1908 | German | Romanticism |
| Karl Goldmark | 1830 | 1915 | Hungarian | Ein Wintermärchen; Aus Jugendtagen |
| Karl Klindworth | 1830 | 1916 | German |
| Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff | 1830 | 1913 | German |