Old Composers — They lived past 85. William Wieland
Oldest to YoungestAlphabetical List
almost 98 Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 – 1999)

almost 96 Gian Carlo Menotti (1911 – 2007)

95 François-Joseph Gossec (1734 – 1829)

93 Charles-Marie Widor (1844 – 1937)

almost 92 Jean Sibelius (1865 – 1957)

90 Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990)

almost 89 Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971)

almost 87 Carl Orff (1895 – 1982)

87 Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901)

86 Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921)

86 Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 – 1767)

 Aaron Copland — Fanfare for the Common Man (1942), Appalachian Spring (1944), Symphony No. 3 (1946)

François-Joseph Gossec — French composer of operas, string quartets, symphonies, and choral works

Gian Carlo Menotti — Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951)

Carl Orff — Carmina Burana (1937)

Joaquín Rodrigo — Concierto de Aranjuez (1939)

Camille Saint-Saëns — Danse macabre (1874), Le carnaval des animaux (1886), "Organ" Symphony 3 (1886)

Jean Sibelius — Finlandia (1899/1900), Symphony No. 2 (1902), Violin Concerto (1904/1905)

Igor Stravinsky — The Firebird (1910), Petrushka (1911), The Rite of Spring (1913)

Georg Philipp Telemann — one of the most prolific composers in history

Giuseppe Verdi — Rigoletto (1851), Aida (1871), Requiem Mass (1874), Otello (1887), Falstaff (1893)

Charles-Marie Widor — Symphony for Organ No. 5 (1879)