List of 20th century classical composers
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Composers of 20th century classical music include:
A
- Michael Abels (born 1962)
- Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930)
- John Coolidge Adams (born 1947)
- John Luther Adams (born 1953)
- Richard Addinsell (1904 - 1977)
- Ahn Eak-tae (1906 - 1965)
- Franco Alfano (1975 - 1954)
- Hugo Alfvén (1872 - 1960)
- Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
- Charles Amirkhanian (born 1945)
- Beth Anderson (born 1950)
- Louis Andriessen (born 1939)
- Jurriaan Andriessen (1925 - 1996)
- George Antheil (1900 - 1959)
- Denis ApIvor (1916 - 2004)
- Malcolm Arnold (born 1921)
- Robert Ashley (born 1930)
- Kurt Atterberg (1887 - 1974)
- Georges Auric (1899 - 1983)
- Larry Austin (born 1930)
B
- Milton Babbitt (born 1916)
- Leonardo Balada (born 1933)
- Granville Bantock (1968 - 1946)
- Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
- Clarence Barlow (born ca. 1945)
- Jean Barraqué (1928 - 1973)
- Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
- Arnold Bax (1883 - 1953)
- Amy Beach (1867 - 1944)
- David Bedford (born 1937)
- David Behrman (born 1937)
- Derek Bell (1935 - 2002)
- Barbara Benary (born 1946)
- Juraj Benes (1940 - 2004)
- George Benjamin (born 1960)
- Richard Rodney Bennett (born 1936)
- Alban Berg (1885 - 1935)
- Arthur Berger (1912 - 2003)
- Wilhelm Peterson Berger (1867 - 1942)
- William Bergsma (1921 - 1994)
- Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003)
- Lennox Berkeley (1903 - 1989)
- Bart Berman (born 1938)
- Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
- Danilo Bestagno
- Gilbert Biberian (born 1944)
- Franz Biebl (1906–2001)
- Ronald Binge (1910 - 1969)
- Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934)
- Marcel Bitsch (born 1921)
- Easley Blackwood (born 1933)
- Arthur Bliss (1891 - 1975)
- Marc Blitzstein (1905 - 1964)
- Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959)
- William Bolcom (born 1938)
- Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918)
- Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979)
- Pierre Boulez (born 1925)
- Paul Bowles (1910 - 1999)
- Eugène Bozza (1905 - 1991)
- Joly Braga Santos (1924 - 1988)
- Glenn Branca (born 1948)
- Henry Brant (born 1913)
- Anthony Braxton (born 1945)
- Havergal Brian (1876 - 1972)
- Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- Max Brod (1884 - 1968)
- Earle Brown (1926 - 2002)
- Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954)
- Gavin Bryars (born 1943)
- Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955)
- Diana Burrell (born 1948)
- Alan Bush (1900 - 1995)
- Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924)
- Sylvano Bussotti (born 1931)
- George Butterworth (1885 - 1916)
C
- John Cage (1912 - 1992)
- Joseph Canteloube (1879 - 1957)
- André Caplet (1878 - 1925)
- Cornelius Cardew (1936 - 1981)
- Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
- John Alden Carpenter (1876 - 1951)
- Elliott Carter (born 1908)
- Tristram Cary (born 1925)
- Alfredo Casella (1883 - 1847)
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968)
- Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944)
- John Barnes Chance (1932 - 1972)
- Gustave Charpentier (1860 - 1956)
- Rhys Chatham (born 1952)
- Carlos Chávez (1899 - 1978)
- Mary Ellen Childs (born 1957)
- Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
- Heinz Chur (born 1948)
- Francesco Cilea (1866 - 1950)
- Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis (1875 - 1911)
- Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979)
- Eric Coates (1886 - 1957)
- Gloria Coates (born 1938)
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875 - 1912)
- Cecil Coles (1888 - 1918)
- Nicolas Collins (born 1954)
- Justin Connolly (born 1933)
- Edgar Cook (1880 - 1953)
- Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
- John Corigliano (born 1938)
- Henry Cowell (1897 - 1965)
- Ruth Crawford-Seeger (1901 - 1953)
- Paul Creston (1906 - 1985)
- George Crumb (born 1929)
- Alvin Curran (born 1938)
D
- Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975)
- Richard Danielpour (born 1956)
- Ivor Darreg (1917 - 1994)
- Gábor Darvas (1911 - 1985)
- Shaun Davey (born about 1950)
- Johann Nepomuk David (1895 - 1977)
- Mario Davidovsky (born 1934)
- Peter Maxwell Davies (born 1934)
- Walford Davies (1869 - 1944)
- Carl Davis (born 1936)
- Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
- Richard deCosta (born 1971)
- Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934)
- Edison Denisov (1929 - 1996)
- David Diamond (born 1915)
- Paul Dirmeikis (born 1954)
- Stephen Dodgson (born 1924)
- Ernö Dohnányi (1877 - 1960)
- Daniel Dorff (born 1956)
- Felix Draeseke (1835 - 1913)
- Arnold Dreyblatt (born 1953)
- Madeleine Dring (1923 - 1977)
- John W Duarte (1919 - 2004)
- William Duckworth (born 1943)
- Paul Dukas (1865 - 1935)
- Tan Dun (born 1957)
- Marcel Dupré (1886 - 1971)
- Joël-François Durand (born 1954)
- Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986)
- Pascal Dusapin (born 1955)
- Henri Dutilleux (born 1916)
- Roland Dyens (born 1955)
E
- Ross Edwards (born 1943)
- Henry Eichheim (1870 - 1942)
- Gottfried von Einem (1918 - 1996)
- Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955)
- Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962)
- Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
- JAK Ellis
- George Enescu (1881 - 1955)
- Robert Erickson (1917 - 1997)
- Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906 - 1972)
- Alvin Etler (1913 - 1973)
- Pierre Even (born 1946)
F
- Manuel De Falla (1876 - 1946)
- Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
- Morton Feldman (1926 - 1987)
- Eric Fenby (1906 - 1997)
- Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
- Luc Ferrari (born 1929)
- Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)
- Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat (born 1922)
- David First (born 1953)
- Graham Fitkin (born 1963)
- Antony le Fleming
- Carlisle Floyd (born 1926)
- Henry Flynt (born 1940)
- Lukas Foss (born 1922)
- Jean Françaix (1912 - 1997)
- Benjamin Frankel (1906 - 1973)
- Peter Racine Fricker (1920 - 1990)
- Johannes Fritsch (born 1941)
- Julius Fučík (1872 - 1916)
- Ellen Fullman (born 1957)
G
- Kenneth Gaburo (1926 - 1993)
- Raymond Gallois-Montbrun (born 1918)
- Kyle Gann (born 1955)
- John Gardner (born 1917)
- Peter Garland (born 1952)
- Evren Genis (born 1978)
- Roberto Gerhardt (1896 - 1970)
- Edward German (1862 - 1936)
- George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
- Stefano Gervasoni (born 1962)
- Vittorio Giannini (1903 - 1966)
- Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960)
- Jon Gibson (born 1940)
- Paul Gilson (1865 - 1942)
- Alberto Ginastera (1916 - 1983)
- Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
- Ruth Gipps (1921 - 1999)
- Janice Giteck (born 1946)
- Philip Glass (born 1937)
- Leopold Godowsky (1870 - 1938)
- Heiner Goebbels (born 1952)
- Alexander Goehr (born 1932)
- Walter Goehr (1903 - 1960)
- Carl Goldmark (1830 - 1915)
- Rubin Goldmark (1872 - 1936)
- Berthold Goldschmidt (1903 - 1996)
- Evgeny Golubev (1910 - 1988)
- Henryk Górecki (born 1933)
- Annie Gosfield (born 1960)
- Morton Gould (1913 - 1996)
- Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
- Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916)
- Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920)
- Gérard Grisey (1946 - 1998)
- Eivind Groven (1901 - 1977)
- Camargo Guarnieri (1907 - 1993)
- Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
- Henry Gwiazda (born 1952)
H
- Jeremy Haladyna
- Howard Hanson (1896 - 1981)
- Lou Harrison (1917 - 2003)
- Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905 - 1963)
- Hamilton Harty (1879-1941)
- Josef Matthias Hauer (1883 - 1959)
- Jake Heggie
- Pierre Henry
- Hans Werner Henze (born 1926)
- Bernard Herrmann (1911 - 1975)
- Willy Hess
- Lejaren Hiller (1924 - 1994)
- Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963)
- Leslie Hogan
- Vagn Holmboe (1909 - 1996)
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- Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
- Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
- Antony Hopkins (born 1921)
- Sarah Hopkins (born 1958)
- Mark-David Hosale
- Eleanor Hovda
- Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000)
- Dobri Hristov (1875 - 1941)
- Hans Ulrich Humpert
- Jerry Hunt (1943 - 1993)
- Philippe Hurel (born 1955)
I
- Jacques Ibert (1890 - 1962)
- John Ireland (1883 - 1962)
- Charles Ives (1874 - 1954)
J
- Gordon Jacob (1895 - 1984)
- Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928)
- Leroy Jenkins (born 1932)
- Tom Johnson (born 1939)
- Ben Johnston (born 1926)
- André Jolivet (1905 - 1974)
K
- Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904 - 1987)
- Mauricio Kagel (born 1931)
- Giya Kancheli (born 1935)
- Shigeru Kan-no (born 1959)
- Nikolai Kapustin (born 1937)
- Nicolas Kaviani (born 1977)
- Aaron Jay Kernis (born 1960)
- Aram Khachaturian (1903 - 1978)
- Tikhon Khrennikov (born 1913)
- Gideon Klein (1919 - 1945)
- Phil Kline
- Oliver Knussen (born 1952)
- Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967)
- Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950)
- Joonas Kokkonen (1921 - 1996)
- William Kraft (born 1923)
- Ernst Krenek (1900 - 1991)
- Andreas Kunstein (born 1967)
- Ladislav Kupkovic (born 1936)
L
- Joan LaBarbara (born 1947)
- Juan Sebastian Lach (born 1970)
- Helmut Lachenmann (born 1935)
- Constant Lambert (1905 - 1951)
- Eastwood Lane (1879 - 1951)
- David Lang (born 1957)
- Paul Lansky (born 1944)
- Lars-Erik Larsson (1908 - 1986)
- Morten Lauridsen (born 1943)
- Elodie Lauten
- Mary Jane Leach (born 1949)
- Anne Lebaron (born 1953)
- Jón Leifs (1899 - 1968)
- Wadada Leo Smith (born 1941)
- Philippe Leroux (born 1959)
- György Ligeti (born 1923)
- Douglas Lilburn (1915 - 2001)
- Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
- Alvin Lucier (born 1931)
- Witold Lutoslawski (1913 - 1994)
- Elisabeth Lutyens (1906 - 1983)
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M
- François-Bernard Mâche (born 1935)
- James Macmillan (born 1959)
- Elizabeth Maconchy (1907 - 1994)
- Bruno Maderna (1920 - 1973)
- David Mahler (born 1944)
- Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
- Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882 - 1973)
- Philippe Manoury (born 1952)
- Daniel Gregory Mason (1873 - 1953)
- Bunita Marcus (born 1952)
- Ingram Marshall (born 1942)
- Frank Martin (1890 - 1974)
- Bohuslav Martinu (1890 - 1959)
- Steve Martland (born 1959)
- Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945)
- David Maslanka (born 1943)
- Colin Matthews (born 1946)
- David Matthews (born 1943)
- Nicholas Maw (born 1935)
- Peter Maxwell Davies (born 1934)
- Colin McPhee (1900 - 1964)
- Peter Mennin (1923 - 1983)
- Gian-Carlo Menotti (born 1911)
- Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)
- Francisco Mignone (1897 - 1986)
- Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974)
- Roscoe Mitchell (born 1940)
- Luca Miti (born 1957)
- Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950)
- Federico Mompou (1893 - 1987)
- Meredith Monk (born 1942)
- Douglas Stuart Moore (1893 - 1969)
- Gordon Mumma (born 1935)
- Tristan Murail (born 1947)
- Nikolai Myaskovsky (1851 - 1950)
N
- Conlon Nancarrow (1912 - 1997)
- Onute Narbutaite (born 1956)
- Vaclav Nelhybel (1919 - 1996)
- Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931)
- Arne Nordheim (born 1931)
- Luigi Nono (1924 - 1990)
- Michael Nyman (born 1944)
O
- Sergio Roberto de Oliveira
- Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
- Daphne Oram
- Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
- Sean Ó Riada (1931 - 1971)
- Willson Osborne (1906 - 1979)
P
- Paul Panhuysen
- Andrzej Panufnik (1914 - 1991)
- Roxanna Panufnik
- Carlos Paredes
- Charles Hubert Parry (1848 - 1918)
- Arvo Pärt (born 1935)
- Harry Partch (1901 - 1974)
- Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933)
- Scott Perry
- Allan Pettersson (1911 - 1980)
- Astor Piazzolla (1921 - 1992)
- Walter Piston (1894 - 1976)
- Larry Polansky (born 1954)
- Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
- Simon Proctor
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
R
- Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943)
- Eliane Radigue (born 1932)
- Priaulx Rainier (1903 - 1986)
- Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 1947)
- Einojuhani Rautavaara (born 1928)
- Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
- Alan Rawsthorne (1905 - 1971)
- Alfred Reed (born 1921)
- Steve Reich (born 1936)
- Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936)
- Silvestre Revueltas (1899 - 1940)
- Roger Reynolds (born 1934)
- Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
- Terry Riley (born 1935)
- George Rochberg (born 1918)
- Dirk (,) Rodney (1936-1968?)
- Joaquin Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)
- Ernesto Rodrigues (born 1959)
- Ned Rorem (born 1923)
- David Rosenboom (born 1947)
- Nino Rota (1911 - 1979)
- Mikel Rouse (born 1957)
- Albert Roussel (1869 - 1937)
- Edmund Rubbra (1901 - 1986)
- Dane Rudhyar (1895 - 1985)
- Carl Ruggles (1876 - 1971)
- John Rutter (born 1945)
- Frederic Rzewski (born 1938)
S
- Tolibjon Sadikov (1907 - 1957)
- Oskar Sala
- Aulis Sallinen (born 1935)
- Vadim Salmanov (1912 - 1978)
- Erik Satie (1866 - 1925)
- Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907 - 1991)
- Giacinto Scelsi (1905 - 1988)
- Franz Schmidt (1874 - 1939)
- Florent Schmitt (1870 - 1958)
- Alfred Schnittke (1934 - 1998)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951)
- Franz Schreker (1878 - 1934)
- Erwin Schulhoff (1894 - 1942)
- Gunther Schuller (born 1925)
- William Schuman (1910- 1992)
- Wolfgang von Schweinitz (born 1953)
- Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)
- Peter Sculthorpe (born 1929)
- Roger Sessions (1896 - 1985)
- Harold Shapero (born 1929)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
- Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
- Roberto Sierra (born 1953)
- Robert Simpson (1921 - 1997)
- Ezra Sims (born 1928)
- Alvin Singleton (born 1940)
- Nikos Skalkottas (1904 - 1949)
- Reginald Smith Brindle (1917 - 2003)
- Juan Maria Solare (born 1966)
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892 - 1988)
- Fela Sowande (1905-1987)
- Bernadette Speach (born 1948)
- Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)
- Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)
- Robert Steadman (born 1965)
- Rudi Stephan (1887 - 1915)
- Bernard Stevens (1916 - 1983)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen (born 1928)
- Carl Stone (born 1953)
- Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
- Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
- Steven Stucky (born 1949)
- Morton Subotnick (born 1933)
- Giles Swayne (born 1946)
- Karol Szymanowski (1882 - 1937)
T
- Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996)
- Germaine Tailleferre (1892 - 1983)
- John Tavener (born 1944)
- Robert Taylor (born 1931)
- Richard Teitelbaum (born 1939)
- James Tenney (born 1934)
- Avet Terterian (1929 - 1994)
- Mikis Theodorakis (born 1925)
- Virgil Thomson (1896 - 1989)
- Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998)
- Tomita
- Michael Torke (born 1961)
- Joan Tower (born 1938)
- David Del Tredici (born 1937)
- Eduard Tubin (1905 - 1982)
- David Tudor (1926 - 1996)
- Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960)
- Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 1959)
- Geirr Tveitt (1908 - 1981)
- 'Blue' Gene Tyranny (born 1945)
U
- İlhan Usmanbaş (born 1923)
- Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911-1990)
V
- Moisei Vainberg (1919 - 1996)
- Edgar Varèse (1883 - 1965)
- Peteris Vasks (born 1946)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
- Jasna Velickovic
- Matthijs Vermeulen (1888 - 1967)
- Lois V. Vierk (born 1951)
- Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959)
- Ezequiel Viñao (born 1960)
W
- David Ward-Steinman (born 1936)
- Anton Webern (1883 - 1945)
- Kurt Weill (1900 - 1950)
- Egon Joseph Wellesz (1885 - 1974)
- Frank Wigglesworth
- John Williams (born 1932)
- Malcolm Williamson (1931 - 2003)
- Dag Wirén (1905 - 1986)
- Daniel James Wolf (born 1961)
- Julia Wolfe (born 1958)
- Christian Wolff (born 1934)
- Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876 - 1948)
- Stefan Wolpe (1902 - 1972)
- Charles Wuorinen (born 1938)
X
- Iannis Xenakis (1922 - 2001)
Y
- La Monte Young (born 1935)
- Isang Yun (1917 - 1995)
Z
- Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
- Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871 - 1942)
- Hans Zender (born 1936)
- Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918 - 1970)
- Evan Ziporyn (born 1959)
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)
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See also
External links
- The Living Composers Project (http://www.composers21.com/?)da:Liste over klassiske komponister fra det 20. århundrede