Table 1.

Name of the composer, year of birth and death and number of the pieces analysed. The list is in chronological order from top to bottom.

composer	birth–death	number of pieces
Palestrina	1525–1594	21
Bach	1685–1750	63
Haydn	1732–1809	48
Mozart	1756–1791	36
Beethoven	1780–1827	63
Dvorak	1841–1904	25
Shostakovich	1906–1975	48