Usuário(a):Feliciomendes/p18

Name	Yeares	Nationality	Notable works	Remarks
Vincent d'Indy	1851–1931	French	Symphony on a French Mountain Air; Ishtar
Charles Villiers Stanford	1852–1924	Irish	7 symphonies	Romanticism
Ciprian Porumbescu	1853–1883	Romanian	Balada for violin, "Serenada"
Moritz Moszkowski	1854–1925	German-Polish-Jewish	Many groups of short piano pieces
Leoš Janáček	1854–1928	Czech	Sinfonietta; Taras Bulba; operas; 2 string quartets	folk-influenced
Christian Sinding	1856–1941	Norwegian	The Rustle of Spring	Romanticism
Edward Elgar	1857–1934	British	Symphony No. 1 and No. 2; Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto; The Dream of Gerontius (oratorio); Enigma Variations; Pomp and Circumstance Marches	Romanticism
Cécile Chaminade	1857–1944	French	Concertino for FLUTE
Giacomo Puccini	1858–1924	Italian	La bohème (opera); Tosca (opera); Madama Butterfly (opera)	Romanticism
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov	1859–1935	Russian	Caucasian Sketches
Isaac Albéniz	1860–1909	Spanish	Suite española	Romanticism
Gustav Mahler	1860–1911	Austrian	Symphony No. 1, No. 5, No. 6, and No. 9; Das Lied von der Erde; Kindertotenlieder	Romanticism
Ignacy Jan Paderewski	1860–1941	Polish	Piano works (He was also a noted concert pianist)	Also Prime Minister of Poland (1919)
Gustave Charpentier	1860–1956	French	Louise (opera)
Claude Debussy	1862–1918	French	Clair de lune; Syrinx; La Mer; Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; Préludes	Impressionism
Frederick Delius	1862–1934	British	The Walk to the Paradise Garden from A Village Romeo and Juliet (opera); On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring	Impressionism
Pietro Mascagni	1863–1945	Italian	Cavalleria rusticana (opera)	Romanticism
Eugen d'Albert	1864–1932	Russian	Tiefland (opera)	Romanticism
Richard Strauss	1864–1949	German	Alpine Symphony; Also sprach Zarathustra; Till Eulenspiegel; Der Rosenkavalier (opera); Oboe Concerto, Salome (opera); Ein Heldenleben	Romanticism
Guy Ropartz	1864–1955	French		Impressionism
Alexander Gretchaninov	1864–1956	Russian	5 symphonies; Passion Week	Romanticism, later Neo-classicism
Albéric Magnard	1865–1914	French	Guercoeur (opera), 4 Symphonies, String Quartet	Called the "French Bruckner"
Eduardo di Capua	1865–1917	Italian
Carl Nielsen	1865–1931	Danish	Symphony No. 2, No. 4, and No. 5; Masquerade (opera); Clarinet Concerto Flute Concerto	father of Danish classical music
Paul Dukas	1865–1935	French	The Sorcerer's Apprentice; La Péri (ballet)
Alexander Glazunov	1865–1936	Russian	Symphony No. 4 and No. 5; The Seasons; Violin Concerto; Saxophone Concerto	Romanticism
Jean Sibelius	1865–1957	Finnish	Symphony No. 1, No. 2, No. 5, and No. 7; Violin Concerto; The Swan of Tuonela; Finlandia	father of Finnish classical music
Ferruccio Busoni	1866–1924	Italian	Fantasia Contrappuntistica; Turandot Suite; Piano Concerto
Erik Satie	1866–1925	French	Gymnopédies; Gnossiennes; Vexations; other piano music	Minimalism, avant-garde
Enrique Granados	1867–1916	Spanish
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger	1867–1942	Swedish	5 symphonies; Frösöblomster	Romantic nationalism
Amy Beach	1867–1944	American
Umberto Giordano	1867–1948	Italian	Andrea Chénier (opera)	Verismo
Charles Koechlin	1867–1950	French
Oskar Merikanto	1868–1924	Finnish
José Vianna da Motta	1868–1948	Portuguese
Albert Roussel	1869–1937	French	Symphony No. 3 and No. 4; Bacchus et Ariane (ballet)	Neo-classicism
Hans Pfitzner	1869–1949	German	Palestrina (opera)
Louis Vierne	1870–1937	French		Organist at Notre Dame Cathederal.
Leopold Godowsky	1870–1938	Polish
Charles Tournemire	1870–1939	French	8 symphonies, organ music
Franz Lehár	1870–1948	Hungarian	operettas
Vítězslav Novák	1870–1949	Czech
Florent Schmitt	1870–1958	French
Alfred Hill	1870–1960	Australian
Wilhelm Stenhammar	1871–1927	Swedish	Symphony #2; 6 String Quartets; piano music	Romanticism
Alexander von Zemlinsky	1871–1942	Austrian	Lyric Symphony and other orchestral works; operas	Romanticism; mentor of Arnold Schoenberg; also conductor
Alexander Scriabin	1872–1915	Russian	The Poem of Ecstasy; Prometheus: The Poem of Fire; 10 piano sonatas	Mysticism
Ralph Vaughan Williams	1872–1958	British	A Sea Symphony; A London Symphony; Sinfonia Antartica; Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves	folk-influenced
Hugo Alfvén	1872–1960	Swedish	Symphony No. 4: From the Outermost Skerries; Midsummer Vigil	Romanticism
Max Reger	1873–1916	German	organ music	Romanticism
Sergei Rachmaninoff	1873–1943	Russian	Piano Concerto No. 2 and No. 3; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Symphony No. 2; Prelude in C-sharp minor	Romanticism; also a formidable pianist
Nikolai Tcherepnin	1873–1945	Russian		father of Alexander Tcherepnin
Joseph Jongen	1873–1953	Belgian	Symphonie Concertante for organ and orchestra
Jean Roger-Ducasse	1873–1954	French
Gustav Holst	1874–1934	British	The Planets; Beni Mora; Egdon Heath
Josef Suk	1874–1935	Czech	Asrael Symphony; A Winter's Tale
Franz Schmidt	1874–1939	Austrian	The Book with Seven Seals (oratorio); 4 Symphonies
Arnold Schoenberg	1874–1951	Austrian	Gurre-Lieder; Verklärte Nacht; Variations for Orchestra; Pierrot Lunaire; Five Pieces for Orchestra	Romanticism, later Expressionism and Serialism; founder of the Second Viennese School
Charles Ives	1874–1954	American	The Unanswered Question; Central Park in the Dark; Variations on America; Three Places in New England; Concord Sonata	Avant-garde, folk-influenced
Erkki Melartin	1875–1937	Finnish
Maurice Ravel	1875–1937	French	Daphnis et Chloé; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Rapsodie espagnole; Tzigane; Piano Concerto; Bolero; piano music	Impressionism, Neo-classicism
Reinhold Glière	1875–1956	Russian	Symphony No. 3: Ilya Muromets	Romanticism
Albert Ketèlbey	1875–1959	British	In a Persian Market
Julián Carrillo	1875–1965	Mexican	13th sound	Microtonal music
Mieczysław Karłowicz	1876–1909	Polish	Stanislaw i Anna Oswiecimovie, op. 12; Lithuanian Rhapsody, op.11; Symphony in E Minor, op. 7; Serenade for Strings, op. 2, in C Major; Violin Concerto, op. 8, in A Major	Romanticism
Manuel de Falla	1876–1946	Spanish	The Three-Cornered Hat; Nights in the Gardens of Spain	Impressionism, Neo-classicism
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari	1876–1948	Italian	Several comic operas
Carl Ruggles	1876–1971	American	Sun-Treader	Also successful painter
Havergal Brian	1876–1972	British	more than 30 symphonies, including the Gothic Symphony
Sigfrid Karg-Elert	1877–1933	German		organ and harmonium works
Ernő Dohnányi	1877–1960	Hungarian	Variations on a Nursery Tune	Romanticism
Franz Schreker	1878–1934	Austrian	Several operas
Joseph Holbrooke	1878–1958	British
Jean Cras	1879–1932	French
Ottorino Respighi	1879–1936	Italian	The Fountains of Rome; The Pines of Rome	Impressionism, Neo-Baroque
Frank Bridge	1879–1941	British	Enter Spring; The Sea	Impressionism, later Expressionism; mentor of Benjamin Britten
Hamilton Harty	1879–1941	Irish	An Irish Symphony; With the Wild Geese
Joseph Canteloube	1879–1957	French	Chants d'Auvergne
John Ireland	1879–1962	British	Piano Concerto in E flat
Cyril Scott	1879–1970	British	4 Symphonies; much piano music	Also writer of prose and poetry
Nikolay Medtner	1880–1951	Russian	3 piano concertos	Romanticism
Ernest Bloch	1880–1959	Swiss	Schelomo; Suite hébraïque
Ildebrando Pizzetti	1880–1968	Italian	Assassinio nella cattedrale and other operas; orchestral and chamber music
Jan van Gilse	1881–1944	Dutch	Thijl, 5 symphonies
Mykola Roslavets	1881–1944	Russian
Béla Bartók	1881–1945	Hungarian	Concerto for Orchestra; The Miraculous Mandarin; Piano Concerto No. 3; Viola Concerto; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion	Neo-classicism, folk-influenced
Nikolay Myaskovsky	1881–1950	Russian	27 symphonies	Romanticism; father of the Russian symphony
George Enescu	1881–1955	Romanian	Romanian Rhapsody No. 1, Sonata no. 3 for Violin and Piano ("In the Romanian Popular Style"), Oedip ,Cantabile et Presto pour flauto et piano,Opera OEDIP,	folk-influenced; father of Romanian classical music
Karol Szymanowski	1882–1937	Polish	Symphony No. 3 and No. 4; Violin Concerto No. 1 and No. 2	Impressionism, later folk-influenced
Manuel Maria Ponce	1882–1948	Mexican	Concierto del sur for guitar and orchestra, guitar and piano pieces, songs (especially "Estrellita"), and folk-song arrangements
Joaquin Turina	1882–1949	Spanish
Percy Grainger	1882–1961	Australian	Country Gardens, Irish Tune from County Derry, Lincolnshire Posy	folksong-influenced, mostly piano solo & wind band
Zoltán Kodály	1882–1967	Hungarian	Háry János; Dances of Galanta	folk-influenced
Geoffrey O'Hara	1882–1967	Canadian
Igor Stravinsky	1882–1971	Russian	The Rite of Spring; The Firebird; Petrushka; Pulcinella; The Soldier's Tale; Symphony of Psalms; Symphonies of Wind Instruments	Neo-classicism, Neo-Baroque, later Serialism
Gian Francesco Malipiero	1882–1973	Italian	11 symphonies
Anton Webern	1883–1945	Austrian	Symphony; Passacaglia; Six Pieces for Orchestra	Serialism; pupil of Arnold Schoenberg
Alfredo Casella	1883–1947	Italian
Arnold Bax	1883–1953	British	Symphony No. 2, No. 3, and No. 6; Tintagel	Romanticism, Impressionism
Manolis Kalomiris	1883–1962	Greek
George Dyson	1883–1964	British	Symphony in G major; sacred choral works
Edgard Varèse	1883–1965	French	Amériques; Ionisation; Arcana; Density 21.5	Musique concrète, Electronic music
Charles Griffes	1884–1920	American	White Peacock, The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan	impressionism
Ture Rangström	1884–1947	Swedish	4 symphonies; 3 operas
Louis Gruenberg	1884–1964	Russian	Violin Concerto; 5 symphonies; The Emperor Jones (opera)
George Butterworth	1885–1916	British
Alban Berg	1885–1935	Austrian	Violin Concerto; Wozzeck; Lyric Suite	Serialism, Romanticism; pupil of Arnold Schoenberg
Wallingford Riegger	1885–1961	American	Symphony #3
Egon Wellesz	1885–1974	Austrian	9 symphonies
Joseph Achron	1886–1943	Russian	"Hebrew Melody"
Othmar Schoeck	1886–1957	Swiss	Penthesilea and other operas and vocal music
Jesús Guridi	1886–1961	Spanish	Sinfonia pirenaica
Marcel Dupré	1886–1971	French	organ music
Paul Paray	1886–1979	French	Mass for the 500th Anniversary of the Death of Joan of Arc	Also noted conductor
Leevi Madetoja	1887–1947	Finnish
Heitor Villa-Lobos	1887–1959	Brazilian	Bachianas brasileiras; guitar music	Neo-classicism, folk-influenced
Ernst Toch	1887–1964	German	7 symphonies
Kurt Atterberg	1887–1974	Swedish	Symphony No. 6: Dollarsymphony
Nadia Boulanger	1887–1979	French		mentor of many composers
Matthijs Vermeulen	1888–1967	Dutch	7 symphonies
Grigoras Dinicu	1889–1949	Romanian	mostly for violin and piano, Hora staccato
Vladimir Shcherbachov	1889–1952	Russian
Luís de Freitas Branco	1890–1955	Portuguese	4 symphonies
Bohuslav Martinů	1890–1959	Czech	Symphonies Nos. 3 and 6; Gilgamesh (oratorio); chamber music	neoclassicism, folk-influenced
Jacques Ibert	1890–1962	French	Escales; Bacchanale; Flute Concerto	neoclassicism
Gösta Nystroem	1890–1966	Swedish
Frank Martin	1890–1974	Swiss	Ballade for flute and piano
Sergei Prokofiev	1891–1953	Russian	Romeo and Juliet (ballet); The Love for Three Oranges (opera); Classical Symphony; Symphony No. 5 and No. 6; Violin Concerto No. 1 and No. 2; Piano Concerto No. 2 and No. 3; Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kijé; 9 piano sonatas; Peter and the Wolf	neoclassicism
Mihail Jora	1891–1971	Romanian
Arthur Bliss	1891–1975	British	A Colour Symphony
Marcel Grandjany	1891–1975	French	Pieces for harp; [Headed Harp Dept at Fontainbleau & Juilliard)	Noted harpist and teacher
Arthur Honegger	1892–1955	Swiss	Symphony No. 3: Liturgique; Pacific 231; Les Misérables (film music)	neoclassicism
László Lajtha	1892–1963	Hungarian	9 symphonies
Ferde Grofé	1892–1972	American	Grand Canyon Suite
Darius Milhaud	1892–1974	French	La Création du Monde; Le Bœuf sur le toit	jazz-influenced, neoclassical
Hendrik Andriessen	1892–1981	Dutch		father of Louis Andriessen
Herbert Howells	1892–1983	British	Hymnus paradisi
Germaine Tailleferre	1892–1983	French
Hilding Rosenberg	1892–1985	Swedish	8 symphonies; Violin Concerto
Kaikhosru Sorabji	1892–1988	British	Opus Clavicembalisticum	neoclassical, new age
Rued Langgaard	1893–1952	Danish	16 symphonies
Arthur Benjamin	1893–1960	Australian	Jamaican Rhumba, operas, film scores, chamber works
Douglas Moore	1893–1969	American	The Ballad of Baby Doe (opera), The Devil and Daniel Webster (folk opera)	Pulitzer Prize winner
Alois Hába	1893–1973	Czech	Matka (opera)	microtonal
Jean Absil	1893–1974	Belgian
Federico Mompou	1893–1987	Spanish	piano music
Leo Ornstein	1893–2002	American	Wild Mens Dance, Suicide in an Airplane, 5 piano sonatas, Piano Quintet, 3 String Quartets	Avant-garde
Erwin Schulhoff	1894–1942	Czech	6 symphonies
Willem Pijper	1894–1947	Dutch	3 symphonies; Six Adagios; Piano Concerto	atonal
Ernest John Moeran	1894–1950	British	Symphony in G minor	folk-influenced
Sabin Dragoi	1894–1968	Romanian	Piano Concerto
Walter Piston	1894–1976	American	The Incredible Flutist (ballet); Symphony No. 2 and No. 6	Neo-classicism
Robert Russell Bennett	1894–1981	American	Broadway arrangements; pieces for band
Paul Hindemith	1895–1963	German	Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes of Weber; Mathis der Maler (opera); Ludus Tonalis; chamber music; Flute Sonata	Neo-Baroque, neoclassicism
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco	1895–1968	Italian	guitar music
Borys Lyatoshynsky	1895–1968	Ukrainian	5 symphonies
Leo Sowerby	1895–1968	American	Choral music; Organ works; 5 symphonies; Chamber works	Pulitzer Prize winner; organist & choirmaster
Johann Nepomuk David	1895–1977	Austrian	8 symphonies	neoclassical
Carl Orff	1895–1982	German	Carmina Burana
Gordon Jacob	1895–1984	British
Roberto Gerhard	1896–1970	Spanish	4 symphonies
Howard Hanson	1896–1981	American	7 symphonies	Romanticism
Roger Sessions	1896–1985	American	9 symphonies	serialism
Virgil Thomson	1896–1989	American	Four Saints in Three Acts, The Mother of Us All; Louisiana Story; also noted critic	folk-influenced, eclectic
Oscar Lorenzo Fernández	1897–1948	Brazilian	"Batuque" from Malazarte (opera), two symphonies	nationalism
Erich Wolfgang Korngold	1897–1957	Austrian	Violin Concerto; film music
Henry Cowell	1897–1965	American		eclectic, experimental
Gaspar Cassado	1897–1966	Spanish	Toccata, Requiebros
Quincy Porter	1897–1966	American
Alexandre Tansman	1897–1986	Polish
George Gershwin	1898–1937	American	Rhapsody in Blue; Piano Concerto; An American in Paris; Porgy and Bess (opera)	jazz-influenced
Lev Knipper	1898–1974	Russian
Roy Harris	1898–1979	American	Symphony No. 3
Alexander Abramsky	1898–1985	Russian	1941 piano concerto	folk music-influenced
Vittorio Rieti	1898–1994	Italian
Silvestre Revueltas	1899–1940	Mexican	Sensemayá
Francis Poulenc	1899–1963	French	Babar the Elephant;Flute Sonata Stabat Mater; chamber music	neoclassicism
George Frederick McKay	1899–1970	American
Alexander Tcherepnin	1899–1977	Russian		son of Nikolai Tcherepnin
Carlos Chávez	1899–1978	Mexican	6 symphonies	folk-music influenced
Georges Auric	1899–1983	French
Randall Thompson	1899–1984	American	Alleluia; The Testament of Freedom; other choral works; 3 Symphonies; 2 String Quartets
Kurt Weill	1900–1950	German	Symphony No. 2; musicals	neoclassical
George Antheil	1900–1959	American	Ballet mécanique; Symphony No. 4	Avant-garde, later neoclassical
Uuno Klami	1900–1961	Finnish	Sea Pictures; Kalevala Suite
Colin McPhee	1900–1964	Canadian	Tabuh-Tabuhan: Toccata for Orchestra	folk-influenced
Alexander Mosolov	1900–1973	Russian	Iron Foundry	Avant-garde
Aaron Copland	1900–1990	American	Appalachian Spring (ballet); Billy the Kid (ballet); Rodeo (ballet); Fanfare for the Common Man; Clarinet Concerto	neoclassical, Folk music influence, jazz influence, early twelve-tone, later serialism
Ernst Krenek	1900–1991	Austrian	Jonny spielt auf, Karl V, Lamentatio Jeremiae prophetae	neoclassical, twelve-tone, later serial, neoromantic, eclectic
Alan Bush	1900–1995	British
Gerald Finzi	1901–1956	British	Cello Concerto; songs	neoromantic
Henri Tomasi	1901–1971	French
Harry Partch	1901–1974	American	Daphne of the Dunes, Revelation in the Courthouse Park	microtonal, just intonation, self-built instruments
Edmund Rubbra	1901–1986	British	11 symphonies; Violin Concerto
Henri Sauguet	1901–1989	French	4 symphonies
Joaquín Rodrigo	1901–1999	Spanish	Concierto de Aranjuez; guitar music	neoclassical, folk music influence
Vissarion Shebalin	1902–1963	Russian
Stefan Wolpe	1902–1972	German		serial
John Vincent	1902–1977	American	Consort for Piano and Strings	neoclassical
William Walton	1902–1983	British	Symphony No. 1; Violin Concerto; Viola Concerto; Variations on a Theme by Hindemith; Belshazzar's Feast (oratorio)	avant-garde (early), neoromantic, neoclassical
Maurice Duruflé	1902–1986	French	Requiem; organ music
Mario Pilati	1903–1938	Italian	Piedigrotta (opera)
Vittorio Giannini	1903–1966	Italian	operas, symphonic & band works	neoclassical
Vernon Duke	1903–1969	Russian		jazz-influenced
Boris Blacher	1903–1975	German
Luis H. Salgado	1903–1977	Ecuadorian	Sanjuanito futurista; Eunice (opera); Cumandá (opera); 9 symphonies	folk-influenced/modernist
Aram Khachaturian	1903–1978	Armenian	Gayane (ballet, contains the famous Sabre Dance); Spartacus (ballet); concertos
Priaulx Rainier	1903–1986	South African / British	Ploërmel, Quanta, String Trio
Ervin Nyíregyházi	1903–1987	Hungarian	Also pianist; hand-double in Hollywood films of piano playing	Romanticism
Lennox Berkeley	1903–1989	British	4 symphonies	neoclassical, later serial
Nikolaos Skalkottas	1904–1949	Greek	twelve-tone, folk music influence
Gavriil Popov	1904–1972	Russian	Chamber Symphony; Symphony No. 1
Luigi Dallapiccola	1904–1975	Italian	Il prigioniero and other operas	12-Tone
Dmitri Kabalevsky	1904–1987	Russian	The Comedians
Goffredo Petrassi	1904–2003	Italian
Walter Leigh	1905–1942	British	Concertino for Harpsichord and Strings; Agincourt; Jolly Roger; Music for Strings	neoclassical
Constant Lambert	1905–1951	British	The Rio Grande	popular music influence, jazz influence
Karl Amadeus Hartmann	1905–1963	German	8 symphonies
Alan Rawsthorne	1905–1971	British	3 symphonies; concertos; Symphonic Studies	neoclassical
André Jolivet	1905–1974	French
Eduard Tubin	1905–1982	Estonian	11 symphonies
William Alwyn	1905–1985	British	5 symphonies; Lyra Angelica; Elizabethan Dances	neoromantic
Giacinto Scelsi	1905–1988	Italian	Quattro pezzi chiascuno su una nota sola	unclassifiable
Michael Tippett	1905–1998	British	The Midsummer Marriage; 4 symphonies; A Child of Our Time (oratorio)
Benjamin Frankel	1906–1973	British
Dmitri Shostakovich	1906–1975	Russian	Symphony No. 5, No. 7, No. 9, and No. 10; Violin Concerto No. 1; Cello Concerto No. 1; Festive Overture; String Quartet No. 8; Piano Quintet; Romance from The Gadfly Suite	neoclassical, neoromantic
Grace Williams	1906–1977	Welsh
Klaus Egge	1906–1979	Norwegian
Armando José Fernandes	1906-1983	Portuguese
Jānis Ivanovs	1906–1983	Latvian	21 symphonies	neoromantic
Elisabeth Lutyens	1906–1983	British
Alexander Moyzes	1906–1984	Slovakian	12 symphonies
Paul Creston	1906–1985	American	6 symphonies	neoclassical
Fernando Lopes-Graça	1906-1994	Portuguese
Louise Talma	1906–1996	American
Hisato Ohzawa	1907–1953	Japanese
Martin Scherber	1907–1974	German
Henk Badings	1907–1987	Dutch
Ahmet Adnan Saygun	1907–1991	Turkish	5 symphonies
Camargo Guarnieri	1907–1993	Brazilian
Elizabeth Maconchy	1907–1994	British
Miklós Rózsa	1907–1995	Hungarian	concertos; Ben-Hur (film music); Spellbound (film music)	folk-influenced
Elliott Carter	1908–	American	Variations for Orchestra; A Symphony of Three Orchestras; 5 string quartets	neoclassical (early), modernist
Leroy Anderson	1908–1975	American	Sleigh Ride; Blue Tango; Jazz Pizzicato; Irish Suite; Suites of Carols
Geirr Tveitt	1908–1981	Norwegian	6 piano concertos	folk-influenced
Lars-Erik Larsson	1908–1986	Swedish	3 symphonies
Olivier Messiaen	1908–1992	French	Turangalila Symphony; Quartet for the End of Time; Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus; Saint François d'Assise (opera)	mysticism, post-impressionist
Herman David Koppel	1908–1998	Danish	13 symphonies	neoclassical
Paul Constantinescu	1909–1963	Romanian	Violin Concerto,Piano Concerto,Choir,Movie Music,Chamber Music,Opera
Elie Siegmeister	1909–1991	American	9 Operas; 8 Symphonies; Western Suite (premiered by Toscanini); song cycles	Americana-influenced; also author
Vagn Holmboe	1909–1996	Danish	13 symphonies	Neo-classicism
Ljubica Marić	1909–2003	Serb	Sounds of Space,Ostinato Super Thema Octoicha,Threshold of Dream	post-modern
H. Owen Reed	1910–	American	La Fiesta Mexicana	folk-influenced
Samuel Barber	1910–1981	American	Adagio for Strings; Violin Concerto; Symphony in One Movement; Vanessa (opera)	Romanticism; 2 Pulitzer Prizes
William Schuman	1910–1992	American	Symphonies; ballets; band pieces; chamber works; New England Triptych	Pulitzer Prize (1st awarded for music); President of Juilliard; 1st President of Lincoln Center; Guest on What's My Line (TV Quiz Show)
Pierre Schaeffer	1910–1995	French		Musique concrète
Rolf Liebermann	1910–1999	Swiss	Leonore 40/45 (opera); Concerto for Jazzband and Symphony Orchestra	Also noted opera administrator
Jehan Alain	1911–1940	French	Organ music
Nino Rota	1911–1979	Italian	Vocal, orchestral and chamber music, The Godfather (film score), Romeo & Juliet (film score), 8 1/2 (film score)
Allan Pettersson	1911–1980	Swedish	17 symphonies	Neo-romanticism
Alan Hovhaness	1911–2000	American	67 numbered symphonies including Mysterious Mountain; And God Created Great Whales (taped whale sounds and orchestra); Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints	Mysticism
Robert McBride	1911–2007	American	Mexican Rhapsody, Farewell to Yesterday (film score), The Man with My Face (film score)	Jazz and Popular music influences
Gian Carlo Menotti	1911–2007	Italian	operas including The Medium, The Consul and Amahl and the Night Visitors; concerti	Librettist; 2 Pulitzer Prizes
José Pablo Moncayo	1912–1958	Mexican	Huapango
Igor Markevitch	1912–1983	Ukrainian		Also noted conductor
Peggy Glanville-Hicks	1912–1990	Australian	Etruscan Concerto; The Transposed Heads (opera); Nausicaa (opera)
John Cage	1912–1992	American	4'33"; Sonatas and Interludes	Aleatoric music, Extended technique, Prepared Piano
Daniel Jones	1912–1993	Welsh
Jean Françaix	1912–1997	French
Conlon Nancarrow	1912–1997	American-Mexican	Studies for player-piano
Carlos Guastavino	1912–2000	Argentine
Xavier Montsalvatge	1912–2002	Spanish
Constantin Silvestri	1913–1969	Romanian
Benjamin Britten	1913–1976	British	Sinfonia da Requiem; Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; War Requiem; Cello Symphony; Peter Grimes (opera)	Neo-classicism
Peggy Stuart Coolidge	1913–1981	American	Spirituals in Sunshine and Shadow, New England Autumn	folk- and blues-influenced
Maurice Ohana	1913–1992	French
Witold Lutosławski	1913–1994	Polish	Concerto for Orchestra; Musique funebre; Jeux vénitiens; Preludes and a Fugue; Symphony No. 2 and Symphony No. 3	Neo-classicism, folk-influenced, later Aleatoric music
Morton Gould	1913–1996	American	Concert music; Film & TV scores	Also noted conductor; Pulitzer Prize winner
George Lloyd	1913–1998	British	12 symphonies; 7 Concerti; 4 works for Brass Band
Henry Brant	1913–2008	Canadian-American	Orbits, Verticals Ascending, Angels and Devils	spatial music; Pulitzer Prize Winner
Irving Fine	1914–1963	American		serial
Andrzej Panufnik	1914–1991	Polish	10 symphonies
Harold Truscott	1914–1992	British
Wilfrid Mellers	1914–2008	British
Earl Wild	1915–	American	"Sonata 2000"; Doo-Dah Variations; numerous piano transcriptions	also a concert pianist
Vincent Persichetti	1915–1987	American	Symphonies & band works; 25 Parables for solo instruments; vocal & chamber works	neoclassicism; noted teacher
Douglas Lilburn	1915–2001	New Zealand	3 symphonies; Aotearoa
John Serry, Sr.	1915–2003	American	American Rhapsody; Concerto For Free Bass Accordion; Processional For Organ	Classical music, Jazz, Popular music, Liturgical music
Robert Strassburg	1915–2003	American	Lost, Chelm; Leaves of Grass	Opera, Classical music Liturgical music, Film scores
David Diamond	1915–2005	American	11 symphonies; 10 String Quartets and other Chamber works	neoclassicism
Milton Babbitt	1916–	American	Composition for Four Instruments; six string quartets; Philomel	serialism, electronic music
Henri Dutilleux	1916–	French	2 symphonies; Tout un Monde Lointain; The Shadows of Time; Timbres, espace, mouvement	Neo-impressionism
Alberto Ginastera	1916–1983	Argentine	Panambi (ballet); Malambo; 2 piano concertos; 3 piano sonatas
Einar Englund	1916–1999	Finnish	Symphony No. 2
John Gardner	1917–	British	3 symphonies; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Dinu Lipatti	1917–1950	Romanian	Piano Works
Isang Yun	1917–1995	Korean-German	5 symphonies; much chamber music	Korean-influenced
Lou Harrison	1917–2003	American	Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra; Piano Concerto; 4 symphonies; much gamelan music	Asian-influences; varied tunings
Richard Arnell	1917–2009	British	6 symphonies
Bernd Alois Zimmermann	1918–1970	German	Die Soldaten; Musique pour les soupers du Roi Ubi; Tratto; Tempus loquendi	serialism, musical quotation, collage, electronic music, jazz-influenced, eclectic
Gara Garayev	1918–1982	Azerbaijani
Leonard Bernstein	1918–1990	American	West Side Story (musical); Chichester Psalms; Candide; Serenade; Mass; 3 symphonies	jazz and popular music influence; Significant Conductor in US and Europe
Gottfried von Einem	1918–1996	Austrian	operas	eclectic
Liviu Comes	1918–2004	Romanian	choral
George Rochberg	1918–2005	American	6 symphonies; 7 string quartets	serialism, later neo-romanticism
Jacob Avshalomov	1919–	American	Orchestra works; Choral works	son of Aaron Avshalomov; also noted conductor
Mieczyslaw Weinberg	1919–1996	Polish	22 symphonies; 17 string quartets
Galina Ustvolskaya	1919–2006	Russian
Leon Kirchner	1919–2009	American	Piano music; String Quartets	Pulitzer Prize Winner
Harold Shapero	1920–	American	Symphony for Classical Orchestra	Recordings conducted by Leonard Bernstein and Andre Previn
Bruno Maderna	1920–1973	Italian	Satyricon (opera)	avant-garde, electronic music
Peter Racine Fricker	1920–1990	British
Geoffrey Bush	1920–1998	British
Earl Kim	1920–1998	Korean-American
Chaya Arbel	1921–	Israeli
Karel Husa	1921–	Czech-American	Music for Prague 1968; Music for Band, Orchestra, Chamber Ensembles	Pulitzer Prize
Astor Piazzolla	1921–1992	Argentine	tangos
Joonas Kokkonen	1921–1996	Finnish
Robert Simpson	1921–1997	British	11 symphonies; 15 string quartets	also author; producer with BBC
Božidar Kantušer	1921–1999	American/Slovenian
Ralph Shapey	1921–2002	American
Malcolm Arnold	1921–2006	British	Symphony No. 5 and No. 7; English Dances; film music
Andrew Imbrie	1921–2007	American		serialism, neoclassicism
Kazimierz Serocki	1922–1981	Polish
Iain Hamilton	1922–2000	Scottish	Chamber & Orchestral works; operas & vocal works
Iannis Xenakis	1922–2001	Greek	Metastasis	avant-garde, Stochastic
Raffaello de Banfield	1922–2008	British
Chou Wen-chung	1923–	Chinese/American	Landscapes	student of Edgar Varese
Ned Rorem	1923–	American	Our Town (opera); Air Music; 3 numbered symphonies; over 400 songs	Pulitzer Prize winner
Simeon ten Holt	1923–	Dutch	Canto Ostinato	minimalism
Peter Mennin	1923–1983	American	9 symphonies
Karel Goeyvaerts	1923–1993	Belgian	Aquarius (opera)	neoclassicism, serialism, minimalism, postminimalism, mysticism, electronic music
György Ligeti	1923–2006	Hungarian	Atmosphères, Musica ricercata, Lux Aeterna	avant-garde, micropolyphony
Benjamin Lees	1924–	American	Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
Joly Braga Santos	1924–1988	Portuguese	6 symphonies
Luigi Nono	1924–1990	Italian		Avant-garde
Pierre Boulez	1925–	French	Le marteau sans maître; ...explosante-fixe...	Avant-garde, serialism, aleatory; Also noted conductor
Aldo Clementi	1925–	Italian
Andrei Yakovlevich Eshpai	1925–	Russian
Gunther Schuller	1925–	American		jazz influence; Third Stream; also horn player and author; President of Eastman School of Music; Pulitzer Prize winner
Mikis Theodorakis	1925–	Greek	Film scores including Zorba the Greek; Song cycles, symphonic works	Arrested and exiled 1967-74
Julián Orbón	1925–1991	Spanish/Cuban	Three Symphonic Versions
Boris Tchaikovsky	1925–1996	Russian	4 symphonies
Luciano Berio	1925–2003	Italian	Sequenza; Sinfonia	Avant-garde
Teo Macero	1925–2008	American	One and Three Quarters	microtonal, jazz influenced
Carlisle Floyd	1926–	American	Susannah (opera)
Hans Werner Henze	1926–	German	Ondine (ballet); 10 symphonies; 3 violin concertos
Lee Hoiby	1926–	American	Vocal music, operas, songs	Also pianist
György Kurtág	1926–	Hungarian
Morton Feldman	1926–1987	American
Earle Brown	1926–2002	American		Open Form; Graphic Notation
John Joubert	1927–	British
Franco Donatoni	1927–2000	Italian
Donald Erb	1927–2008	American	Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra; Concerto for Violin and Orchestra	jazz-influenced, aleatory, electronic music, eclectic
Ennio Morricone	1928–	Italian
Thea Musgrave	1928–	Scottish
Einojuhani Rautavaara	1928–	Finnish	Cantus Arcticus; Symphony No. 7: Angel of Light; Piano Concerto No. 3: The Gift of Dreams	Mysticism
Tadeusz Baird	1928–1981	Polish
Nicolas Flagello	1928–1994	American		neo-classicism
Jacob Druckman	1928–1996	American	Windows and other orchestral works; String Quartet #3	Pulitzer Prize winner
Robert Helps	1928–2001	American		Also notable pianist
David Farquhar	1928–2007	New-Zealander	A Unicorn for Christmas, Ring Round the Moon	neo-classicism
Karlheinz Stockhausen	1928–2007	German	Gruppen; Kontakte; Hymnen; Stimmung; Mantra; Tierkreis; Licht	Avant-garde, electronic music, serialism, aleatory, world music, intuitive music, formula composition
Antonio Braga	1929–	Italian
George Crumb	1929–	American	Ancient Voices of Children, Black Angels	Extended technique, Numerology
Frédéric Devreese	1929–	Belgian
Jerry Goldsmith	1929–	American		Film and Concert composer
André Previn	1929–	German/American	A Streetcar Named Desire (opera)	also a conductor & pianist
Josef Anton Riedl	1929–	German
Bogusław Schaeffer	1929–	Polish
Peter Sculthorpe	1929–	Australian	Requiem; Kakadu; Earth Cry; Piano Concerto; 17 string quartets	world music
Kenneth Leighton	1929–1988	British
Theo Bruins	1929–1993	Dutch
Edison Denisov	1929–1996	Russian
Alun Hoddinott	1929–2008	Welsh
Henri Pousseur	1929–2009	Belgian	Scambi; Votre Faust; Trois visages à Liège; Couleurs croisées	serialism, aleatory, eclectic, electronic music, world music, popular music influence
Cristóbal Halffter	1930–	Spanish	Líneas y puntos; Don Quixote	avant-garde, eclectic, electronic music
Theo Loevendie	1930–	Dutch
Stephen Sondheim	1930–	American	Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; A Little Night Music and other operas/operettas
William P. Perry	1930–	American	musicals; more than 300 silent film scores; Trumpet Concerto	Also TV Producer and pianist
Tōru Takemitsu	1930–1996	Japanese	A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden; Toward the Sea	Neo-impressionism
Sofia Gubaidulina	1931–	Russian	Offertorium
Derek Holman	1931–	Canadian
André Laporte	1931–	Belgian	Das Schloss	eclectic
Arne Nordheim	1931–	Norwegian	Epitaffio; The Tempest (ballet); Magma	many works include electronics
Ib Nørholm	1931–	Danish
Makoto Shinohara	1931–	Japanese	Fragmente	electronic music, influence of traditional Japanese music
Malcolm Williamson	1931–2003	Australian	Mass of Christ the King; The Dawn is at Hand; 7 numbered symphonies; cassations	Master of the Queen's Music (1975–2003)
Mauricio Kagel	1931–2008	Argentine	Staatstheater
Alexander Goehr	1932–	British (German born)	Behold the Sun Romanza for cello and orchestra	twelve-tone, later modal, eclectic
Wojciech Kilar	1932–	Polish	Krzesany; Dracula (film music)	holy minimalism
Richard Meale	1932–	Australian	Voss	avant-garde
Per Nørgård	1932–	Danish	7 symphonies; Voyage into the Golden Screen
Rodion Shchedrin	1932–	Russian	2 Symphonies and other orchestral works; The Carmen Ballet and other ballets; 6 piano concertos; solo piano works
Gilles Tremblay	1932–	Canadian	Sonorisation du Pavillion du Québec; Fleuves	electronic music, serialism
John Williams	1932–	American	Jaws (film music); Star Wars (film music)
Niccolò Castiglioni	1932–1996	Italian
M. William Karlins	1932–2005	American	Works for Saxophone; works for Double Bass
Leonardo Balada	1933–	Spanish-American	6 symphonies; 6 operas; various concertos	Avant-garde, later folk-influenced
Henryk Górecki	1933–	Polish	Symphony of Sorrowful Songs	holy minimalism
Krzysztof Penderecki	1933–	Polish	Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; St. Luke Passion; A Polish Requiem; Symphony No. 2: Christmas	avant-garde, extended technique, later neo-romanticism
Yves Prin	1933–	French		Neo-impressionism
Bo Linde	1933–1970	Swedish		neo-romanticism
Harrison Birtwistle	1934–	British	The Mask of Orpheus
Peter Maxwell Davies	1934–	British	Eight Songs for a Mad King; 8 symphonies	Master of the Queen's Music (2004–)
Christian Wolff	1934–	American
William Mathias	1934–1992	Welsh	3 symphonies, Concerto for Harp
Alfred Schnittke	1934–1998	Russian	10 symphonies, cello sonata, piano quintet,	polystylism, music for films
Giya Kancheli	1935–	Georgian	7 symphonies	holy minimalism
Helmut Lachenmann	1935–	German	Schwankungen am Rand; Gran Torso; Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (opera)	extended technique
François-Bernard Mâche	1935–	French
Nicholas Maw	1935–	British	Odyssey; The World in the Evening
Arvo Pärt	1935–	Estonian	Tabula Rasa; Fratres; Summa; Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten	holy minimalism
Terry Riley	1935–	American	In C	minimalism
Aulis Sallinen	1935–	Finnish	8 symphonies; The King Goes Forth to France (opera)
La Monte Young	1935–	American	The Well-Tuned Piano	minimalism, microtonal music, improvisation, Asian-music influence
Peter Schat	1935–2003	Dutch
Gilbert Amy	1936–	French		serialism, film music, electronic music; also a noted conductor
Richard Rodney Bennett	1936–	British		Also pianist
Frans Geysen	1936–	Belgian	Periferisch-Diagonaal-Concentrisch; Twee orgels	twelve-tone technique, minimalism, atonal
Steve Reich	1936–	American	Piano Phase; Music for 18 Musicians	minimalism; Pulitzer Prize Winner
Aribert Reimann	1936–	German	Vocal Music & Operas
Robert Suderburg	1936–	American	Concerto, Within the Mirror of Time, for piano and orchestra; Chamber Music VII ("Ceremonies")
Cornelius Cardew	1936–1981	British	Treatise; The Great Learning	serialism, improvisation, aleatory
Osvaldas Balakauskas	1937–	Lithuanian	5 symphonies; concertos
Azio Corghi	1937–	Italian	Divara – Wasser und Blut (opera)
Jean-Louis Petit	1937–	French
David Del Tredici	1937–	American	Child Alice; Final Alice	Pulitzer Prize Winner
Philip Glass	1937–	American	Violin Concerto; operas; 8 symphonies	minimalism
Walter Hekster	1937–	Dutch
Nikolai Kapustin	1937–	Russian
Bo Nilsson	1937–	Swedish
Valentin Silvestrov	1937–	Ukrainian	Symphony No. 5
Yehuda Yannay	1937–	American-Israeli	"At the End of the Parade" ; "Radiant Inner Light";Piano Concerto	extended techniques; multimedia; postmodern
Mesias Maiguashca	1938-	Ecuadorian	F-Melodies; Ayayayayay	electronic music; spectralism
Bart Berman	1938–	Dutch-Israeli
William Bolcom	1938–	American	Songs of Experience; Songs of Innocence	Pulitzer Prize Winner
Gloria Coates	1938–	American	Music on Open Strings; 15 symphonies
John Corigliano	1938–	American	Symphony No. 2; A Dylan Thomas Trilogy; The Red Violin (film music)	polystylism
Alvin Curran	1938–	American	For Cornelius; Songs and Views From the Magnetic Garden; Inner Cities
John Harbison	1938–	American	The Great Gatsby (opera)	Pulitzer Prize Winner
Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee	1938–	American
Frederic Rzewski	1938–	American	The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
Joan Tower	1938–	American	Petroushskates; Concerto for Orchestra; Sequoia; Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman	Pianist with Da Capo Chamber Players
Jan Vriend	1938–	Dutch
Charles Wuorinen	1938–	American	Time's Encomium; 8 symphonies; chamber music	twelve-tone technique, serialism; Pulitzer Prize Winner
Gregory Short	1938–1998	American
Louis Andriessen	1939–	Dutch		minimalism
Wendy Carlos (Originally Walter Carlos)	1939–	American	Switched-On Bach (Moog Synthesizer)	Electronic music (original and transcriptions)
Jonathan Harvey	1939–	British	Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco; Advaya; Bhakti; Wheel of Emptiness	spectralism
Heinz Holliger	1939–	Swiss	Schneewittchen (opera)	Also notable oboist
John McCabe	1939–	British	Chagall Windows; symphonies; ballets; string quartets	Also notable pianist (Haydn, British composers)
Tomas Svoboda	1939–	Czech
Boris Tishchenko	1939–	Russian	7 symphonies
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich	1939–	American	5 symphonies; Concertos; Chamber Music	Pulitzer Prize winner (1st woman to win)
Octavian Nemescu	1940–	Romanian	orchestral, chamber, choral, electroacoustic, multimedia, metamusic, imaginary, and ritual works
Frank Zappa	1940–1993	American	The Yellow Shark	also an electric guitarist
Jorge Peixinho	1940–1995	Portuguese		electronic music
Konrad Boehmer	1941–	Dutch (born in Germany)	Aspekt, Apocalipsis cum figuris, Doktor Faustus (opera)	serialism, jazz and rock music influence, electronic music
Paul Alan Levi	1941–	American
Emmanuel Nunes	1941–	Portuguese	Machina Mundi; Quodlibet	electronic music
Stephen Albert	1941–1992	American	Symphony No. 1: Riverrun	Pulitzer Prize winner
Jon Lord	1942–	British	Concerto for Group and Orchestra; Durham Concerto	member of Deep Purple
Paul McCartney	1942–	British	Ecce Cor Meum	member of Beatles
John McGuire	1942–	American	Pulse Music III; A Capella	electronic music, fusion of serialism and minimalism, postminimalism
Tomás Marco	1942–	Spanish	Concierto del agua, for guitar and orchestra; 5 symphonies; String Quartet No. 3 ("Anatomía fractal de los ángeles"); Ojos verdes de luna	avant-garde, neoclassical, folk-music influence, eclectic
Jonathan Kramer	1942–2004	American		postmodernism
Horaţiu Rădulescu	1942–2008	Romanian/French	six string quartets	spectralism
Gavin Bryars	1943–	British
Margriet Ehlen	1943–	Dutch
Brian Ferneyhough	1943–	British	Etudes Transcendantales	New Complexity
Rolf Gehlhaar	1943–	American	Sub rosa; Five German Dances	electronic music, sound installations
Robin Holloway	1943–	British
Bill McGlaughlin	1943–	American	Remembering Icarus; Walt Whitman's Dream
Krzysztof Meyer	1943–	Polish	12 string quartets
Joseph Schwantner	1943–	American	Aftertones of Infinity; A Sudden Rainbow	Pulitzer Prize Winner
Roger Smalley	1943–	Australian (born British)	Pulses; 2 piano concertos	serialism, eclectic
Bill Hopkins	1943–1981	British	En Attendant; Sensation
Ivan Tcherepnin	1943–1998	Russian		son of Alexander Tcherepnin
Dennis Eberhard	1943–2005	American
Peter Eötvös	1944–	Hungarian	Love and Other Demons (opera)	eclectic, extended technique, electronic music, folk-music influence
York Höller	1944–	German	Schwarze Halbinseln; Der Meister und Margarita (opera)	electronic music, serialism, Gestalt composition
Karl Jenkins	1944–	Welsh	The Armed Man; Adiemus
Pehr Henrik Nordgren	1944–	Finnish
Michael Nyman	1944–	British	The Piano (film music)	Minimalism
Leif Segerstam	1944–	Finnish	more than 150 symphonies	also a conductor
John Tavener	1944–	British		Holy minimalism
Luca Lombardi	1945–	Italian
Keith Jarrett	1945–	American		also a jazz pianist
John Rutter	1945–	British	choral music
Barry Schrader	1945–	American		electro-acoustic
Michael Finnissy	1946–	British		New Complexity
Ulrich Leyendecker	1946–	German	5 symphonies
Robert Xavier Rodriguez	1946–	American
Pēteris Vasks	1946–	Latvian
Gérard Grisey	1946–1998	French	Transitoires; Modulations	spectral music
John Coolidge Adams	1947–	American	Harmonielehre; Nixon in China (opera); Shaker Loops, Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Violin Concerto	Post-minimalism
John Hilliard	1947–	American
Tristan Murail	1947–	French	Gondwana	spectral music
Karl Aage Rasmussen	1947–	Danish
Emil Tabakov	1947–	Bulgarian
Paul Patterson	1947–	British
Michael Berkeley	1948–	British		son of Lennox Berkeley
Andrew Lloyd Webber	1948–	British	Cats (musical); Phantom of the Opera (musical)
Claude Vivier	1948–1983	Canadian	Kopernikus: Rituel de la Mort (opera)	spectral music, Asian-music influence
Kalevi Aho	1949–	Finnish	14 symphonies
Daniel Catan	1949–	Mexican	Florencia en el Amazonas (opera); Rappaccini's Daughter (opera)	Neo-impressionism
Dan Locklair	1949–	American
Christopher Rouse	1949–	American	Requiem; Karolju; Phantasmata; Gorgon; Oboe Concerto; 2 symphonies	Pulitzer Prize winner
Poul Ruders	1949–	Danish
Steven Stucky	1949–	American	Son et Lumière; Concerto for Orchestra No. 2; Rhapsodies; August 4, 1964	Pulitzer Prize winner
Kevin Volans	1949–	South African	Hunting Gathering
Arturo Márquez	1950–	Mexican	Danzón no. 2
William Sweeney	1950–	Scottish		folk-influenced
António Pinho Vargas	1951-	Portuguese	OS DIAS LEVANTADOS (1998) opera 8 singers
Lorenzo Ferrero	1951–	Italian
Michael Rosenzweig	1951–	South African	Symphony in One Movement; String Quartet No. 2
Doina Rotaru	1951–	Romanian	Concerto for clarinet and orchestra (1984), "Florilegium", concerto for flute and flutes orchestra (1996), "Wings of Light" for 24 flutists (2000)	Modern
George Tsontakis	1951–	American
Oliver Knussen	1952–	British	Symphony No. 2; Where the Wild Things Are (opera)
Philippe Manoury	1952–	French	60th Parallel (opera)
Dominic Muldowney	1952–	British
Alla Pavlova	1952–	Russian
Wolfgang Rihm	1952–	German	12 string quartets; Die Eroberung von Mexico (opera)	New Simplicity, expressionism
Kaija Saariaho	1952–	Finnish	Orion
Peter-Jan Wagemans	1952–	Dutch
John Luther Adams	1953–	American	Various pieces inspired by Alaskan landscapes	not to be confused with John Coolidge Adams
Violeta Dinescu	1953–	Romanian	Der 35. Mai (children's opera)	also a professor
Peter Scott Lewis	1953–	American
Wim Mertens	1953–	Belgian	The belly of an architect (incl. Struggle for pleasure), Maximizing the audience	Minimalism
Roberto Sierra	1953–	Puerto Rican	Missa Latina
James Wood	1953–	British	Stoicheia, Ho shang Yao	Microtonality, percussion, voice
Takashi Yoshimatsu	1953–	Japanese	Symphony No. 2
John Zorn	1953–	American		avant-garde
Michael Daugherty	1954–	American	UFO
Paul Dirmeikis	1954–	American	Message laisse á Pondichéry le 18 novembre 1973	eclectic
Elliot Goldenthal	1954–	American
Arturo Rodas	1954–	Franco-Ecuadorian	Arcaica for orchestra; 24.5 Preludes for piano; El Árbol de los Pájaros (The birds tree): instrumental, electroacoustics, multimedia	avant-garde, polystylism
Pawel Szymanski	1954–	Polish
Kyle Gann	1955–	American		Just intonation
Toshio Hosokawa	1955–	Japanese	Circulating Ocean	Neo-impressionism
Michael Obst	1955–	German	Solaris (opera)	electronic music
Bright Sheng	1955–	Chinese	The Silver River (opera)	folk-influenced
Dror Elimelech	1956–	Israeli
Michael Gordon	1956–	American
Philip Grange	1956–	British
Jouni Kaipainen	1956–	Finnish
Graham Koehne	1956–	Australian	Inflight Entertainment (oboe concerto); Tivoli Dances
Tan Dun	1957–	Chinese	Water Passion after St. Matthew; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (film music)	Extended technique, folk-influenced
David Lang	1957–	American	The Little Match Girl Passion
Paul Moravec	1957–	American	Spiritdance; Chamber Symphony; Tempest Fantasy; The Time Gallery	Pulitzer Prize winner
Oscar van Dillen	1958–	Dutch
Magnus Lindberg	1958–	Finnish	Kraft; Clarinet Concerto
Esa-Pekka Salonen	1958–	Finnish	LA Variations; Insomnia;	also a conductor
Thomas Simaku	1958–	Albanian composer
Davide Zannoni	1958–	Italian
James MacMillan	1959–	British	The Sacrifice (opera); Veni veni Emmanuel (percussion concerto); The Confession of Isobel Gowdie; St. John Passion; 3 symphonies
Shigeru Kan-no	1959–	Japanese	Play Station Cycles; Simulation Cycles; 2 Violin Concertos; 3 Piano Concertos; 6 Chamber Symphonies; 6 Concerto Grossi; 7 Operas	also a conductor
Erkki-Sven Tüür	1959–	Estonian	6 symphonies; Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto; Searching for Roots
George Benjamin	1960–	British	Sudden Time; Antara
Osvaldo Golijov	1960–	Argentine		Mysticism
Nigel Clarke	1960–	British
Alexander Shchetynsky	1960–	Ukrainian
Mark-Anthony Turnage	1960–	British	Greek (opera); From All Sides (ballet); Mambo, Blue and Tarantella (violin concerto); From the Wreckage (trumpet concerto); Fractured Lines (percussion concerto); Five Views of a Mouth (flute concerto); A Fast Stomp
Unsuk Chin	1961–	South Korean	Alice in Wonderland (opera); Violin Concerto; snagS&Snarls
Jake Heggie	1961–	American	Dead Man Walking (opera); art songs
Hanna Kulenty	1961–	Polish	Ad Unum, Breathe, The Mother of Black Winged-Dreams (opera), Trumpet Concerto, String Quartet No.4
Erica Muhl	1961–	American	Consolation
Michael Torke	1961–	American	Javelin; Rapture (percussion concerto); Ecstatic Orange
Roman Turovsky	1961–	Ukranian/American	Tombeau for Omelyan Kovch	historicist-Baroque
Isabel Soveral	1961—	Portuguese
Eurico Carrapatoso	1962-	Portuguese
Graham Waterhouse	1962–	British	Quintet for Piccolo and String Quartet, Chieftain's Salute, Gestural Variations	also a cellist
Jennifer Higdon	1962–	American
Alexander Kaloian	1962–	Armenian
Andersen Viana	1962–	Brazilian
Edson Zampronha	1963–	Brazilian	Lamenti, Recycling Collaging Sampling, Concert for Piano N.1, Modelagem X-a
Luca Belcastro	1964–	Italian
Boris Böhmann	1964–	German		also a conductor
Richard Rijnvos	1964–	Dutch	Block Beuys
Georgia Spiropoulos	1965–	Greek	Klama, for mixed choir & live electronics	Avant-garde
Mats Wendt	1965–	Swedish	Eddan – The Invincible Sword of the Elf-Smith
Roberto Carnevale	1966–	Italian	Linae (1992–1995)
Juan J. Colomer	1966–	Spanish	La complicidad del espectro
John Psathas	1966–	New Zealand	music for the Olympic – Athens 2004 for full orchestra and choir
Andreas Kunstein	1967–	Dutch
Salvatore Di Vittorio	1967–	Italian
Olga Neuwirth	1968–	Austrian	Lost Highway	avant-garde
Roxanna Panufnik	1968–	British		daughter of Andrzej Panufnik
Pierre Kolp	1969–	Belgian		avant-garde
Daniel Felsenfeld	1970–	American	Insomnia Redux
Fazil Say	1970–	Turkish
Michel van der Aa	1970–	Dutch	After Life (opera)
Thomas Adès	1971–	British	Powder Her Face (opera); Asyla; The Tempest (opera); Traced Overhead
Michael Hersch	1971–	American	Symphony No. 1; Fracta; Arraché
Pawel Mykietyn	1971–	Polish
Hiba Kawas	1972–	Lebanese
André Ristic	1972–	Canadian
Lera Auerbach	1973–	Russian
J. Ryan Garber	1973–	American	Parabolisms; Resonances
Svitlana Azarova	1976–	Ukrainian Dutch	Beyond Context (chamber orchestra)
Jimmy Lopez	1978–	Peruvian	Fiesta! (orchestra)
Mehdi Hosseini	1979–	Iranian	Symphony of Monody; Baluch
William Barton	1981–	Australian	Kalkadungu (jointly composed with Matthew Hudson)
Edward Manukyan	1981–	Armenian	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
Nico Muhly	1981–	American	Mothertongue
Richard Zarou	1981–	American	"In From the Rain"
Gilad Hochman	1982–	Israeli	"Slightly Disturbed", monodrama for clarinet, violin and cello
Alexander MacDonald	1987–	Canadian	Quatre Esquisses Canadiennes pour clarinette et piano