Composer

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NameNationalityDate of BirthDate of Death
Aaron Copland American November 14, 1900 February 2, 1990
Alan Hovhaness American March 8, 1911 June 21, 2000
Alban Berg Austrian February 9, 1885 December 24, 1935
Alex North American December 4, 1910 September 8, 1991
Alexander Borodin Russian 1833 1887
Alexander Scriabin Russian January 6, 1872 April 27, 1915
Alfred Newman American March 17, 1900 February 17, 1970
Alfred Schnittke Russian November 24, 1934 August 3, 1998
Alun Hoddinott Welsh August 11, 1929 March 12, 2008
Andre Boucourechliev French July 28, 1925 November 13, 1997
Andrew Law American 1749 1821
Andrew Lloyd Webber British March 22, 1948
Anne Boyd Australian October 10, 1946
Anne Dudley English May 7, 1956
Antal Dorati Hungarian April 9, 1906 November 13, 1988
Anthony Davis American February 20, 1951
Antonin Dvorak Czechoslovakian September 8, 1841 May 1, 1904
Arnold Schoenberg Austrian September 13, 1874 July 13, 1951
Arthur Berger American May 15, 1912 October 7, 2003
Arthur Honegger Swiss March 10, 1892 November 27, 1955
Arthur Schwartz American November 25, 1900 September 3, 1984
Arthur Sullivan British May 13, 1842 November 22, 1900
Arvo Part Estonian September 11, 1935
Aulis Sallinen Finnish April 9, 1935
Barbara Kolb American February 10, 1939
Bart Howard American June 1, 1915 February 21, 2004
Bela Bartok Hungarian March 25, 1881 September 26, 1945
Benedetto Marcello Italian 1686 1739
Benjamin Britten English November 22, 1913 December 4, 1976
Bernard Herrmann American June 29, 1911 December 24, 1975
Beth Anderson American
Big Bill Broonzy American June 26, 1893 August 15, 1958
Billy Strayhorn American November 29, 1915 May 31, 1967
Brian Ferneyhough British January 16, 1943
Bruno Walter German September 15, 1876 February 17, 1962
Burt Bacharach American May 12, 1928
Burton Lane American February 2, 1912 January 5, 1997
Carl Davis American October 28, 1936
Carl Maria von Weber German November 18, 1786 June 5, 1826
Carl Orff German July 10, 1895 March 29, 1982
Carlisle Floyd American June 11, 1926
Carter Burwell American November 19, 1955
Charles Gounod French June 17, 1818 October 18, 1893
Charles Ives American October 20, 1874 May 19, 1954
Claude Debussy French August 22, 1862 March 25, 1918
Claudio Monteverdi Italian May 15, 1567 November 29, 1643
Cole Porter American June 9, 1893 October 15, 1964
Cy Coleman American June 14, 1929 November 18, 2004
Darius Milhaud French September 4, 1892 June 22, 1974
David Amram American November 17, 1930
David Baker American
David Del Tredici American March 16, 1937
Dimitri Mitropoulos Greek March 1, 1896 November 2, 1960
Dimitri Shostakovich Russian September 25, 1906 August 9, 1975
Earle Brown American December 26, 1926 July 2, 2002
Edgard Varese American December 22, 1883 November 6, 1965
Edvard Grieg Norwegian June 15, 1843 September 4, 1907
Edward Elgar British June 2, 1857 February 23, 1934
Elliott Carter American December 11, 1908
Elmer Bernstein American April 4, 1922 August 18, 2004
Ennio Morricone Italian November 10, 1928
Erich Wolfgang Korngold Austrian May 29, 1897 November 29, 1957
Erik Satie French May 17, 1866 July 1, 1925
Eubie Blake American February 7, 1883 February 12, 1983
Eugene Chadbourne American January 4, 1951
Felix Mendelssohn German February 3, 1809 November 4, 1847
Florent Schmitt French September 28, 1870 August 17, 1958
Franz Lehar Austrian April 30, 1870 October 24, 1948
Franz Liszt Hungarian October 22, 1811 July 31, 1886
Franz Schubert Austrian January 31, 1797 November 19, 1828
Fred Frith English February 17, 1949
Frederic Chopin Polish March 1, 1810 October 17, 1849
Frederick Delius English January 29, 1862 June 10, 1934
Frederick Loewe American June 10, 1904 1988
Fritz Kreisler Austrian February 2, 1875 January 29, 1962
Gavin Bryars English January 16, 1943
George Antheil American June 8, 1900 February 12, 1959
George Crumb American October 24, 1929
George Gershwin American September 26, 1898 July 11, 1937
George Lloyd English June 28, 1913 July 3, 1998
George Szell Hungarian June 7, 1897 July 29, 1970
Georges Bizet French October 25, 1838 June 3, 1875
Gerald Finzi British July 14, 1901 September 27, 1956
Giacomo Meyerbeer German September 5, 1791 May 2, 1864
Giacomo Puccini Italian December 22, 1858 November 29, 1924
Gian Carlo Menotti Italian July 7, 1911 February 1, 2007
Gioachino Rossini Italian February 29, 1792 November 13, 1868
Giuseppe Verdi Italian October 10, 1813 January 27, 1901
Gunther Schuller American November 22, 1925
Gustav Mahler Austrian July 7, 1860 May 18, 1911
Gyorgy Ligeti Hungarian May 28, 1923 June 12, 2006
Hanns Eisler German July 6, 1898 September 6, 1962
Harold Budd American May 24, 1936
Harrison Birtwistle British July 15, 1934
Harry Warren American December 24, 1893 September 22, 1981
Hector Berlioz French December 11, 1803 March 8, 1869
Hoagy Carmichael American November 22, 1899 December 27, 1981
Igor Stravinsky Russian June 17, 1882 April 6, 1971
Irving Caesar American July 4, 1895 December 18, 1996
Jacques Ibert French August 15, 1890 February 5, 1962
James Tenney American August 10, 1934
Jay Livingston American March 28, 1915 October 17, 2001
Jean Philippe Rameau French September 25, 1683 September 12, 1764
Jean Sibelius Finnish December 8, 1865 September 20, 1957
Jerry Goldsmith American February 10, 1929 July 21, 2004
Jerry Herman American July 10, 1933
Jerry Hunt American November 30, 1943
Jimmy Webb American August 15, 1946
Johann Nepomuk Hummel Austrian November 14, 1778 October 17, 1837
Johannes Brahms German May 7, 1833 April 3, 1897
Johannes Sebastian Bach
John Barry British November 3, 1933
John Cage American September 5, 1912 August 12, 1992
John Corigliano American February 16, 1938
John Powell American
John Williams American February 8, 1932
John Zorn American September 2, 1953
Jonathan Larson American February 4, 1960 January 25, 1996
Joseph Haydn Austrian March 31, 1732 May 31, 1809
Joseph Parry Welsh 1841 1903
Jules Massenet French May 12, 1842 August 13, 1912
Karl Amadeus Hartmann German August 2, 1905 December 5, 1963
Karlheinz Stockhausen German August 22, 1928 December 5, 2007
Keith Jarrett American May 8, 1945
Kevin Ayers English August 16, 1944
Klaus Schulze German August 4, 1947
Kurt Weill German March 2, 1900 April 3, 1950
La Monte Young American October 14, 1935
Landon Ronald English 1873 1938
Leo Delibes French February 21, 1836 January 16, 1891
Leo Ornstein American December 2, 1892 February 24, 2002
Leo Robin American April 6, 1900 December 29, 1984
Leonard Bernstein American August 25, 1918 October 14, 1990
Lou Harrison American May 14, 1917 February 2, 2003
Luc Ferrari French February 5, 1929 August 22, 2005
Luciano Berio Italian October 24, 1925 May 27, 2003
Ludwig van Beethoven German December 17, 1770 March 26, 1827
Lukas Foss German August 15, 1922
Malcolm Arnold English October 21, 1921
Malcolm Williamson Australian November 21, 1931 March 2, 2003
Marvin Hamlisch American June 2, 1944
Maurice Jarre French September 13, 1924
Maurice Ravel French March 7, 1875 December 28, 1937
Max Reger German March 19, 1873 May 11, 1916
Meredith Monk American November 20, 1942
Michael Nyman British March 23, 1944
Michael Tippett English January 2, 1905 January 8, 1998
Michael Torke American September 21, 1961
Michel Legrand French February 24, 1932
Mikhail Glinka Russian May 20, 1804 February 15, 1857
Milton Babbitt American May 10, 1916
Modest Mussorgsky Russian 1839 1881
Morton Feldman American January 12, 1926 September 3, 1987
Ned Rorem American October 23, 1923
Nobuo Uematsu Japanese March 21, 1959
Olivier Messiaen French December 10, 1908 April 27, 1992
Orlando Gibbons English December 25, 1583 June 5, 1625
Oscar Levant American December 27, 1906 August 14, 1972
Paul Bowles American December 30, 1910 November 18, 1999
Peter Maxwell Davies English September 8, 1934
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