Contemporary Composers - Continued ...
Here are more
links to just some of the many creative artists
composing exciting musical works worldwide.
And even more composers can be found at
Composer Collective and Associations, Composers in Selected States,
Award Winning Composers, Film Composers and our main Composers Page.
composing exciting musical works worldwide.
And even more composers can be found at
Composer Collective and Associations, Composers in Selected States,
Award Winning Composers, Film Composers and our main Composers Page.
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Thomas Adès (1971- ), English ---------------------- Wikipedia
Kalevi Aho (1949- ), Finnish composers website Wikipedia
William Alwyn (1905-1985), English composer website Wikipedia
Louis Andriessen (1939- ), Dutch composer website Wikipedia
George Antheil (1900-1959), American composer website Wikipedia
Malcolm Arnold (1921- ), British composer website Wikipedia
Robert Ashley (1930- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Daniel Asia (1953- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Larry Austin (1930- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Leonardo Balada (1933- ), Spanish composer website Wikipedia
Arnold Bax (1883-1953), English composer website Wikipedia
David Behrman (1937- ), American -------------------- Wikipedia
Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981), American composer website Wikipedia
William Bergsma (1921-1994), American composer website Wikipedia
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989), English composer website Wikipedia
Harrison Birtwistle (1934- ), English composer website Wikipedia
Arthur Bliss (1891-1975), English composer website Wikipedia
Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964), American composer website Wikipedia
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), Swiss-American composer website Wikipedia
William Bolcom (1938- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Lili Boulanger (1893-1918), French composer website Wikipedia
Pierre Boulez (1925- ), French composer website Wikipedia
Eugene Bozza (1905-1991), French composer website Wikipedia
Henry Brandt (1913-2008), American composer website Wikipedia
Havergal Brian (1876-1972), English composer website Wikipedia
Frank Bridge (1879-1941), English composer website Wikipedia
Earle Brown (1926-2002), American composer website Wikipedia
Gavin Bryars (1943- ), English composer website Wikipedia
Alan Bush (1900-1996), English composer website Wikipedia
Geoffrey Bush (1920-1998), English publisher website Wikipedia
Sylvano Bussotti (1931- ), Italian composer website Wikipedia
Max Butting (1888-1976), German ------------------------- Wikipedia
John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951), American -------------------- Wikipedia
Alfredo Casella (1883-1947), Italian ---------------------- Wikipedia
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968), Italian-American -------------------- Wikipedia
Carlos Chavez (1899-1978), Mexican composer website Wikipedia
Chou Wen-chung (1923- ), Chinese-American composer website Wikipedia
Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979), American composer website Wikipedia
Eric Coates (1886-1957), English ---------------------- Wikipedia
Roque Cordero (1917- ), Panamanian -------------------- Wikipedia
Ruth Crawford (Seeger) (1901-1953), American composer website Wikipedia
Paul Creston (1906-1985), American --------------------- Wikipedia
Alvin Curran (1938- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Ingolf Dahl (1912-1970), German-Swiss-American --------------------- Wikipedia
Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975), Italian ---------------------- Wikipedia
Mario Davidovsky (1934- ), Argentine-American ---------------------- Wikipedia
Anthony Davis (1951- ), American ----------------------- Wikipedia
Frederick Delius (1862-1934), English composer website Wikipedia
David Del Tredici (1937- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Edison Denisov (1929- ), Soviet --------------------- Wikipedia
Paul Dessau (1894-1979), German -------------------- Wikipedia
David Diamond (1915-2005), American composer website Wikipedia
Hugo Distler (1908-1942), German -------------------- Wikipedia
Jacob Druckman (1928-1996), American --------------------- Wikipedia
Du Mingxin (1928- ), Chinese --------------------- Wikipedia
Pierre Max Dubois (1930-1995), French ---------------------- Wikipedia
Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986), French composer website Wikipedia
Henri Dutilleux (1916- ), French composer website Wikipedia
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Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996), Austrian composer website Wikipedia
Hanns Eisler (1898-1962), German composer website Wikipedia
Danny Elfman (1953- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Heino Eller (1887-1970), Estonian -------------------------- Wikipedia
Georges Enescu (1881-1955), Rumanian composer website Wikipedia
Donald Erb (1927-2008), American -------------------------- Wikipedia
Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000), Hungarian composer website Wikipedia
Howard Ferguson (1908-1999, British ---------------------- Wikipedia
Brian Ferneyhough (1943- ), English --------------------- Wikipedia
Luc Ferrari (1929-2005), French composer website Wikipedia
Irving Fine (1914-1962), American composer website Wikipedia
Vivian Fine (1913-2000), American composer website Wikipedia
Ross Lee Finney (1906-1997), American ------------------- Wikipedia
Michael Finnissy (1946- ), English composer website Wikipedia
Nicolas Flagello (1928-1994), American composer website Wikipedia
Lukas Foss (1922-2009),American ---------------------- Wikipedia
Jean Francaix (1912-1997), French composer website Wikipedia
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Harald Genzmer (1909-2007), German ------------------------ Wikipedia
Robert Gerhard (1896-1970), Catalonian ----------------------- Wikipedia
Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966), American ----------------------- Wikipedia
Miriam Gideon (1906-1996), American ----------------------- Wikipedia
Jerry Goldsmith (1929 - 2004), American composer website Wikipedia
Morton Gould (1913-1996), American ------------------------ Wikipedia
Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884-1920), American ------------------------ Wikipedia
Pietro Grossi (1917-2002), Italian composer website Wikipedia
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Alois Hába (1893-1973), Czech composer website Wikipedia
Alexei Haieff (1914-1994), Russian-American -------------------- Wikipedia
Adolphus Hailstork (1941- ), American --------------------- Wikipedia
Ernesto Halffter (1905-1989), Spanish composer website Wikipedia
Iain Hamilton (1922- ), Scottish ----------------------- Wikipedia
Howard Hansen (1896-1981), American ----------------------- Wikipedia
Roy Harris (1898-1979), American composer website Wikipedia
Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-1963), German publisher website Wikipedia
Stephen Hartke (1952- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (1919-1993), Polish --------------------- Wikipedia
Josef Matthias Hauer (1883-1959), Austrian composer website Wikipedia
Robert Helps (1928-2001), American composer website Wikipedia
Mikko Heiniö (1948- ), Finnish composer website Wikipedia
Karl Henning (1960- ), American composer website ----------------------
Pierre Henry (1927- ), French ----------------------- Wikipedia
Hans Werner Henze (1926- ), German publisher website Wikipedia
Lejaren Hiller (1924-1994), American ---------------------- Wikipedia
Alun Hoddinott (1929-2008), Welsh ---------------------- Wikipedia
Lee Hoiby (1926- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Vagn Holmboe (1909-1996), Danish publisher website Wikipedia
Katherine Hoover (1937- ), American composer website publisher website
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000), Armenian-American composer website Wikipedia
Lee Hyla (1952- ), American composer website Wikipedia
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Andrew Imbrie (1921-2007), American ----------------------- Wikipedia
John Ireland (1879-1962), English composer website Wikipedia
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Gordon Jacob (1895-1984), English composer website Wikipedia
Betsy Jolas (1926- ), French composer website Wikipedia
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Dimitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987), Soviet-Russian --------------------- Wikipedia
Mauricio Kagel (1931-2008), German-Argentine composer website Wikipedia
Giya Kancheli (1935- ), Soviet-Georgian composer website Wikipedia
Kent Kennan (1913-2003), American ------------------------ Wikipedia
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978), Soviet-Russian composer website Wikipedia
Tikhon Khrennikov (1913-2007), Soviet composer website Wikipedia
Leon Kirchner (1919-2009), American publisher website Wikipedia
Oliver Knussen (1952- ), Scottich publisher website Wikipedia
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950), French ---------------------- Wikipedia
Gottfried Koenig (1926- ), German-Dutch composer website Wikipedia
Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996), Finnish composer website Wikipedia
Barbara Kolb (1939- ), American publisher website Wikipedia
Leo Kraft (1922- ), American composer website Wikipedia
William Kraft (1923- ), American publisher website Wikipedia
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991), Austrian-American composer website Wikipedia
Gail Kubik (1914-1984), American ---------------------- Wikipedia
Gyorgy Kurtag (1926- ), Hungarian --------------------- Wikipedia
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Ezra Laderman (1924- ), American ----------------------- Wikipedia
Laszlo Lajtha (1892-1963), Hungarian composer website Wikipedia
John La Montaine (1920- ), Amercian composer website Wikipedia
Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986), Swedish ---------------------- Wikipedia
Henri Lazarof (1932- ), Bulgarian-American ---------------------- Wikipedia
John Anthony Lennon (1950- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Lowell Liebermann (1961- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Peter Lieberson (1946- ), American publisher website Wikipedia
Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935), American --------------------- Wikipedia
Alvin Lucier (1931- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Otto Luening (1900-1996), American ------------------------ Wikipedia
Elizabeth Lutyens (1906-1983), English ----------------------- Wikipedia
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James Macmillan (1959- ), Scottish ---------------------- Wikipedia
Bruno Maderna (1920-1973), Italian ------------------------ Wikipedia
Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973), Italian ----------------------- Wikipedia
Frank Martin (1890-1974), Swiss composer website Wikipedia
Donald Martino (1931-2005), American composer website Wikipedia
Siegfried Matthus (1934- ), Austrian composer website Wikipedia
Nicholas Maw (1935- ), English ------------------------- Wikipedia
Peter Maxwell Davies (1934- ), British ------------------------- Wikipedia
William Mayer (1925- ), American publisher website ----------------
Colin McPhee (1900-1964), Canadian ----------------------- Wikipedia
Tilo Medek (1940-2006), German composer website Wikipedia
Peter Mennin (1923-1983), American ------------------------ Wikipedia
Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881-1950), Russian-Soviet composer website Wikipedia
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974), French ----------------------- Wikipedia
Federico Mompou (1893-1987), Spanish ----------------------- Wikipedia
Meredith Monk (1942- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Xavier Montsalvatge (1911-2002), Spanish composer website Wikipedia
Douglas Moore (1893-1969), American ----------------------- Wikipedia
Robert Moran (1937- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Lawrence Moss (1927- ), American ------------------------ Wikipedia
Nico Muhly (1981- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Gordon Mumma (1935- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Thea Musgrave (1928- ), Scottish composer website Wikipedia
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Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997), American composer website Wikipedia
Václav Nelhýbel (1919-1996), Czech-American composer website Wikipedia
Luigi Nono (1924-1990), Italian composer website Wikipedia
Per Nørgård (1932- ), Danish composer website Wikipedia
Ib Nørholm (1931- ), Danish composer website Wikipedia
Gösta Nystroem (1890-1966), Swedish ------------------------ Wikipedia
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Carl Orff (1895-1982), German composer website Wikipedia
Pauline Oliveros (1932- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Julian Orbon (1925-1991), Spanish-Cuban ------------------------- Wikipedia
Leo Ornstein (1892-2002), Russian-American composer website Wikipedia
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Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991), Polish composer website Wikipedia
Flor Peeters (1903-1986), Belgian composer website Wikipedia
George Perle (1915-2009), American composer website Wikipedia
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987), American composer website Wikipedia
Goffredo Petrassi (1904- ), Italian -------------------------- Wikipedia
(Gustav) Allan Pettersson (1911-1980), Swedish composer website Wikipedia
Tobias Picker (1954- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Willem Pijper (1894-1947), Dutch composer website Wikipedia
Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006), American composer website Wikipedia
Walter Piston (1894-1976), American composer's publisher website Wikipedia
Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968), Italian ------------------------- Wikipedia
Seppo Pohjola (1965- ) finnish music info centre -------------------------
Manuel Ponce (1882-1948), Mexican composer website [inactive: 9/29/08] Wikipedia
Marcel Poot (1901-1988), Belgian composer website Wikipedia
Quincy Porter (1897-1966), American ------------------------- Wikipedia
Henri Pousseur (1929- ), Belgian composer website [in french] Wikipedia
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Bernard Rands (1934- ), English-American composer website Wikipedia
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928- ), Finnish composer website Wikipedia
Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971), English composer website Wikipedia
Karel Reiner (1910-1979), Czech --------------------------- Wikipedia
Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936), Italian -------------------------- Wikipedia
Roger Reynolds (1934- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Wallingford Riegger (1885-1961), American ------------------------ Wikipedia
Vittorio Rieti (1898-1994), Italian -------------------------- Wikipedia
Wolfgang Rihm (1952- ), German ------------------------ Wikipedia
George Rochberg (1918-2005), American ------------------------ Wikipedia
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999), Spanish composer website Wikipedia
Ned Rorem (1923- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Hilding Rosenberg (1892-1985), Swedish ----------------------- Wikipedia
Edmund Rubbra (1901-1896), English ------------------------ Wikipedia
Poul Ruders (1949- ), Danish composer website Wikipedia
Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985), American composer website Wikipedia
Carl Ruggles (1876-1971), American ------------------------ Wikipedia
Frederic Rzewski (1938- ), American ---------------------- Wikipedia
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Kaija Saariaho (1952- ), Finnish composer website Wikipedia
Harald Saeverud (1897-1992), Norwegian -------------------- Wikipedia
Henri Sauguet (1901-1989), French ---------------------- Wikipedia
Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988) , Italian --------------------- Wikipedia
R. Murray Schafer (1933- ), Canadian composer website Wikipedia
Pierre Schaeffer (1910-1995), French composer website Wikipedia
Lalo Schifrin (1932- ), Argentine-American composer website Wikipedia
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958), French --------------------- Wikipedia
Erwin Schulhoff (1894-1942), Czech composer website Wikipedia
Gunther Schuller (1925- ), American publisher website Wikipedia
Joseph Schwantner (1943- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Cyril Scott (1879-1970), English composer website Wikipedia
Peter Sculthorpe (1929- ), Australian composer website Wikipedia
Humphrey Searle (1915-1982), English composer website Wikipedia
Leif Segerstam (1944- ), Finnish composer website Wikipedia
Matyas Seiber (1905-1960), Hungarian-English composer website Wikipedia
Harold Shapero (1920- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Ralph Shapey (1921-2002), American publisher website Wikipedia
Rodion Shchedrin (1932- ), Soviet composer website Wikipedia
Elie Siegmeister (1909-1991), American composer website Wikipedia
Roberto Sierra (1953- ), Puerto Rican composer website Wikipedia
Alvin Singleton (1940- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Harry Somers (1925-1999), Canadian composer website Wikipedia
Kaikhosru Sorabji (1892-1988) English composer website Wikipedia
Leo Sowerby (1895-1968), American ------------------------ Wikipedia
Robert Starer (1924-2001), American composer website Wikipedia
William Grant Still (1895-1978), American composer website Wikipedia
Richard Strauss (1864-1949), German composer website Wikipedia
Morton Subotnick (1933- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Carlos Surinach (1915-1997), Spanish-American publisher website Wikipedia
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937), Polish composer website Wikipedia
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Germaine Taillefere (1892-1983), French ------------------------ Wikipedia
Josef Tal (1910-2008), Israeli ------------------------ Wikipedia
Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986), Polish ----------------------- Wikipedia
Alexande Tcherepnin (1899-1977), Russian composer website Wikipedia
Mikis Theodorakis (1925- ), Greek composer website Wikipedia
Christopher Theofanidis (1967- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Augusta Read Thomas (1964- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Randall Thompson (1899-1984), American -------------------------- Wikipedia
Francis Thorne (1922- ), American -------------------------- Wikipedia
Dimitri Tiomkin (1894-1979), Ukranian-American composer website Wikipedia
Michael Tippett (1905-1998), English -------------------------- Wikipedia
Ernst Toch (1887-1964), Austrian-American ----------------------- Wikipedia
Henri Tomasi (1901-1971), French composer website Wikipedia
Michael Torke (1961- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Lester Trimble (1920-1987), American ---------------------- Wikipedia
Eduard Tubin (1905-1982), Estonian-Swedish composer website Wikipedia
David Tudor (1926-1996), American composer website Wikipedia
Joaquin Turina (1882-1949), Spanish composer website Wikipedia
Mark-Anthony Turnage (1960- ), English composer website Wikipedia
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Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911-1990), Russian-American ------------------------ Wikipedia
Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006), Soviet --------------------------- Wikipedia
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David Van Vactor (1906-1994) publisher website Wikipedia
Pēteris Vasks (1946- ), Latvian composer website Wikipedia
Kevin Volans (1949- ), American composer website Wikipedia
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George Walker (1922- ), American ---------------------- Wikipedia
Jaromir Weinberger (1896-1967), Czech ------------------------ Wikipedia
Judith Weir (1954- ), Scottish -------------------------- Wikipedia
Hugo Weisgall (1912-1997), American ---------------------- Wikipedia
Egon Wellesz (1885 - 1974), Austrian ---------------------- Wikipedia
Richard Wernick (1934- ) ---------------------- Wikipedia
Alec Wilder (1907-1980), American composer website Wikipedia
Malcolm Williamson (1931 - 2003), Australian --------------------- Wikipedia
Christian Wolff (1934- ), American composer website Wikipedia
Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972), German/Jewish/American composer website Wikipedia
Charles Wuorinen (1938- ), American composer website Wikipedia
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La Monte Young (1935- ), American composer website Wikipedia
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Frank Zappa (1940-1993), American composer website Wikipedia
Zhou Long (1953- ), Chinese ----------------------- Wikipedia
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970), German ---------------------- Wikipedia
John Zorn (1953- ), American ---------------------- Wikipedia
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