The symphony originated in Europe in the 16th century. You can calculate how many years it is (about 500 years)...
I don’t know the specific number of people, and there is no conclusion in the history of symphony... I will list a few famous ones~ and their characteristics.
Strauss Family: The music has rich themes and various techniques. The performance is basically in the form of large works (overture, waltz, march, polka, etc.), easy to understand, beautiful melody, elegant and gorgeous, and majestic. So beautiful.
Bach: simple and elegant, friendly and natural, smooth rhythm, beautiful melody, clear, transparent, euphemistic and beautiful, unique in classical music.
Classical music school: Haydn (the father of symphony), Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms.
Mozart: The melody is so beautiful, and it is always filled with a kind of youthful vitality that infects you all the time.
Beethoven: His works are great but too solemn, and the ideas and philosophies given to them are not easy to accept.
Brahms: Reserved, restrained, and extraordinary. I like his works very much, but there are not many songs for beginners. His violin concerto is one of the four major violin concertos in the world, and his symphony No. 2 4 is very nice, and his Hungarian Dance No. 5 is the best.
Romantic music and national music: Wagner, Liszt, Bertrand, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Dvo?ák, Bizet, Tchaikovsky , Chopin, Smetana, Bruckner, etc.
There are too many~ I won’t introduce them one by one...
My little talent is limited and I only know so much...