American Composer
| Name | Date of Birth | Date of Death |
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| Aaron Copland |
November 14, 1900 |
February 2, 1990 |
| Alan Hovhaness |
March 8, 1911 |
June 21, 2000 |
| Alex North |
December 4, 1910 |
September 8, 1991 |
| Alfred Newman |
March 17, 1900 |
February 17, 1970 |
| Andrew Law |
1749 |
1821 |
| Anthony Davis |
February 20, 1951 |
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| Arthur Berger |
May 15, 1912 |
October 7, 2003 |
| Arthur Schwartz |
November 25, 1900 |
September 3, 1984 |
| Barbara Kolb |
February 10, 1939 |
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| Bart Howard |
June 1, 1915 |
February 21, 2004 |
| Bernard Herrmann |
June 29, 1911 |
December 24, 1975 |
| Beth Anderson |
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| Big Bill Broonzy |
June 26, 1893 |
August 15, 1958 |
| Billy Strayhorn |
November 29, 1915 |
May 31, 1967 |
| Burt Bacharach |
May 12, 1928 |
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| Burton Lane |
February 2, 1912 |
January 5, 1997 |
| Carl Davis |
October 28, 1936 |
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| Carlisle Floyd |
June 11, 1926 |
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| Carter Burwell |
November 19, 1955 |
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| Charles Ives |
October 20, 1874 |
May 19, 1954 |
| Cole Porter |
June 9, 1893 |
October 15, 1964 |
| Cy Coleman |
June 14, 1929 |
November 18, 2004 |
| David Amram |
November 17, 1930 |
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| David Baker |
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| David Del Tredici |
March 16, 1937 |
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| Earle Brown |
December 26, 1926 |
July 2, 2002 |
| Edgard Varese |
December 22, 1883 |
November 6, 1965 |
| Elliott Carter |
December 11, 1908 |
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| Elmer Bernstein |
April 4, 1922 |
August 18, 2004 |
| Eubie Blake |
February 7, 1883 |
February 12, 1983 |
| Eugene Chadbourne |
January 4, 1951 |
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| Frederick Loewe |
June 10, 1904 |
1988 |
| George Antheil |
June 8, 1900 |
February 12, 1959 |
| George Crumb |
October 24, 1929 |
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| George Gershwin |
September 26, 1898 |
July 11, 1937 |
| Gunther Schuller |
November 22, 1925 |
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| Harold Budd |
May 24, 1936 |
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| Harry Warren |
December 24, 1893 |
September 22, 1981 |
| Hoagy Carmichael |
November 22, 1899 |
December 27, 1981 |
| Irving Caesar |
July 4, 1895 |
December 18, 1996 |
| James Tenney |
August 10, 1934 |
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| Jay Livingston |
March 28, 1915 |
October 17, 2001 |
| Jerry Goldsmith |
February 10, 1929 |
July 21, 2004 |
| Jerry Herman |
July 10, 1933 |
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| Jerry Hunt |
November 30, 1943 |
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| Jimmy Webb |
August 15, 1946 |
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| John Cage |
September 5, 1912 |
August 12, 1992 |
| John Corigliano |
February 16, 1938 |
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| John Powell |
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| John Williams |
February 8, 1932 |
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| John Zorn |
September 2, 1953 |
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| Jonathan Larson |
February 4, 1960 |
January 25, 1996 |
| Keith Jarrett |
May 8, 1945 |
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| La Monte Young |
October 14, 1935 |
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| Leo Ornstein |
December 2, 1892 |
February 24, 2002 |
| Leo Robin |
April 6, 1900 |
December 29, 1984 |
| Leonard Bernstein |
August 25, 1918 |
October 14, 1990 |
| Lou Harrison |
May 14, 1917 |
February 2, 2003 |
| Marvin Hamlisch |
June 2, 1944 |
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| Meredith Monk |
November 20, 1942 |
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| Michael Torke |
September 21, 1961 |
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| Milton Babbitt |
May 10, 1916 |
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| Morton Feldman |
January 12, 1926 |
September 3, 1987 |
| Ned Rorem |
October 23, 1923 |
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| Oscar Levant |
December 27, 1906 |
August 14, 1972 |
| Paul Bowles |
December 30, 1910 |
November 18, 1999 |
| Philip Glass |
January 31, 1937 |
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| Richard Hovey |
1864 |
1900 |
| Richard Rodgers |
June 28, 1902 |
December 30, 1979 |
| Robert Ashley |
March 28, 1930 |
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| Roger Sessions |
December 28, 1896 |
March 16, 1985 |
| Roscoe Mitchell |
August 3, 1940 |
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| Samuel Barber |
March 9, 1910 |
January 23, 1981 |
| Sigmund Romberg |
July 29, 1887 |
November 9, 1951 |
| Stephen Sondheim |
March 22, 1930 |
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| Steve Reich |
October 3, 1936 |
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| Terry Riley |
June 24, 1935 |
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| Virgil Thomson |
November 25, 1896 |
September 30, 1989 |
| Walter Piston |
January 20, 1894 |
November 12, 1976 |
| William Billings |
October 7, 1746 |
September 26, 1800 |
| William Bolcom |
May 26, 1938 |
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