Structured timeline of classical composers and styles

[alch]

Hi! At last I finished designing a structured timeline of composers and styles:
http://composerquiz.sourceforge.net/cmap/
I am ready for your comments and please tell me if something is wrong! I will correct it.
On this timeline composers are grouped into colored areas, which identify styles. Some areas overlap, which means that some composers worked in several styles.  This visualisation is meant to help studying and structuring composers and styles.
The start and the end of composer rectangle is the start and end of his life. Composer color shows his country (please see the legend in the timeline for colors). Bold font shows more well-known composers. Most styles have a thick colored line at their top, which shows the main interval when the style was active.
Click on composer, style or period to know more and listen to composer works.

And by the way, here is a similar clickable timeline of music genres:
http://classclass.sourceforge.net
http://classclass.sourceforge.net/graph2.htm

[71 dB]

Wow, that must have taken some time!

I think your "Baroque" section is rather pathetic compared to more modern sections, even M.-A. Charpentier and A. Scarlatti are missing! You have Pachelbel, but not Weckmann, Tunder, Kuhnau, Bruhns, Schieferdecker. No Fasch or Graupner. Maybe all of these composers are less important in music history than Yann Tiersen! 

[calyptorhynchus]

Very impressive!

1. Weiss wrote for the lute, not the guitar.
2. In the C20 you are missing several of my favourite composers: Havergal Brian, Robert Simpson, Holmboe, David Diamond, Norgard, David Matthews....

[Madiel]

Great effort!

Nothing like this can ever be 'complete' to everyone's satisfaction. You're always going to have to decide which names to include and which not to include.

About the only thing I would say is that I wouldn't group Denmark with Germany/Austria but separate from Finland and Norway. Culturally, Denmark is a Scandinavian country. Indeed it ruled Norway for much of its history.

[Sean]

Well done; I remember doing a similar thing at one time and found the process informative.

To widen the idea today I have a list of composers in chronological order who I've got to know music by...

https://app.box.com/s/ye0kfdxqdcr7k6gibahj3z80466oimki

Best, Sean