List of 20th-century classical composers by name
Composers of 20th century classical music include:
- Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930)
- John Adams (born 1947)
- Hugo Alfven
- Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
- Beth Anderson (born 1950)
- Louis Andriessen (born 1939)
- George Antheil (1900 - 1959)
- Malcolm Arnold (born 1921)
- Robert Ashley (born 1930)
- Larry Austin (born 1930)
- Milton Babbitt (born 1916)
- Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
- Clarence Barlow (born ca. 1945)
- Jean Barraqué (1928 - 1973)
- Béla Bartók, (1881 - 1945)
- Arnold Bax (1883 - 1953)
- David Bedford (born 1937)
- David Behrman (born 1937)
- Barbara Benary (born 1946)
- George Benjamin
- Alban Berg (1885 - 1935)
- Bart Berman (born 1938)
- Wilhelm Peterson Berger
- Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003)
- Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989)
- Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
- Ronald Binge (1910 - 1969)
- Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934)
- Easley Blackwood (born 1933)
- Arthur Bliss (1891 - 1975)
- Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959)
- William Bolcom (born 1938)
- Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918)
- Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979)
- Pierre Boulez (born 1925)
- Joly Braga Santos (1924-1988)
- Glenn Branca (born 1948)
- Henry Brant (born 1913)
- Anthony Braxton (born 1945)
- Havergal Brian
- Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)
- Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
- Earle Brown (born 1926)
- Gavin Bryars (born 1943)
- Diana Burrell (born 1948)
- Alan Bush (1900-1995)
- George Butterworth (1885-1916)
- John Cage (1912-1992)
- Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981)
- Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
- Elliott Carter (born 1908)
- Carlos Chavez (1899-1978)
- Mary Ellen Childs (born 1957)
- Heinz Chur (born 1948)
- Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis (1875-1911)
- Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979)
- Eric Coates (1886 - 1957)
- Gloria Coates (born 1938)
- Cecil Coles (1888 - 1918)
- Justin Connolly (born 1933)
- Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
- John Corigliano (born 1938)
- Paul Creston (1906 - 1985)
- George Crumb (born 1929)
- Alvin Curran (born 1938)
- Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975)
- Mario Davidovsky (born 1934)
- Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
- Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934)
- Edison Denisov (1929-1996)
- David Diamond (born 1915)
- Arnold Dreyblatt (born 1953)
- Madeleine Dring
- William Duckworth (born 1943)
- Marcel Dupré
- Joël-François Durand (born 1954)
- Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986)
- Pascal Dusapin (born 1955)
- Henri Dutilleux (born 1916)
- Ross Edwards (born 1943)
- Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962)
- Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
- JAK Ellis
- Georges Enesco (1881 - 1955)
- Manuel De Falla (1876 - 1946)
- Morton Feldman (1926 - 1987)
- Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
- Luc Ferrari (born 1929)
- Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)
- Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat, (born 1922)
- David First (born 1953)
- Carlisle Floyd, (born 1926)
- Peter Racine Fricker (born 1920)
- Johannes Fritsch, (born 1941)
- Patrick Frye III (born 1957)
- Henry Flynt
- Ellen Fullman (born 1957)
- Kenneth Gaburo (1926-1993)
- Kyle Gann (born 1955)
- Peter Garland (born 1952)
- Roberto Gerhardt
- George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
- Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960)
- Jon Gibson (born 1940)
- Paul Gilson (1965 - 1942)
- Alberto Ginastera (1916 - 1983)
- Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
- Janice Giteck (born 1946)
- Philip Glass (born 1937)
- Leopold Godowsky (1870 - 1938)
- Heiner Goebbels (born 1952)
- Alexander Goehr
- Carl Goldmark (1830 - 1915)
- Henryk Górecki (born 1933)
- Annie Gosfield
- Morton Gould (1913 - 1996)
- Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
- Enrique Granados (1827 - 1916)
- Charles Tomlinson Griffes, (1884-1920)
- Gérard Grisey (1946 - 1998)
- Carmago Guarnieri (1907 - 1993)
- Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
- Henry Gwiazda
- Jeremy Haladyna
- Howard Hanson (1896 - 1981)
- Lou Harrison (1917-2003)
- Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905 - 1963)
- Jake Heggie
- Pieter Hellendaal
- Hans Werner Henze (born 1926)
- Bernard Herrmann (1911 - 1975)
- Lejaren Hiller (1924-1994)
- Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963)
- Leslie Hogan
- Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
- Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
- Sarah Hopkins (born 1958)
- Mark-David Hosale
- Eleanor Hovda
- Alan Hovhaness, (1911-2000)
- Hans Ulrich Humpert
- Jerry Hunt, (1943-1993)
- Philippe Hurel
- Jacques Ibert
- John Ireland, (1883-1887)
- Charles Ives (1874 - 1954)
- Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928)
- Leroy Jenkins (born 1932)
- Tom Johnson (born 1939)
- Ben Johnston (born 1926)
- Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
- Mauricio Kagel (born 1931)
- Giya Kancheli (born 1935)
- Nicolas Kaviani (1977 - )
- Aram Khachaturian, (1903-1978)
- Tikhon Khrennikov, (1913-?)
- Phil Kline
- Oliver Knussen (born 1952)
- Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967)
- William Kraft
- Ladislav Kupkovic (born 1936)
- Joan LaBarbara (born 1947)
- Juan Sebastian Lach
- Helmut Lachenmann (1935 - )
- Constant Lambert
- Eastwood Lane (1879 - 1951)
- Paul Lansky (born 1944)
- Mary Jane Leach (born 1949)
- Anne Lebaron (born 1953)
- Wadada Leo Smith (born 1941)
- David Lang
- Lars-Erik Larsson
- Elodie Lauten (born
- Jón Leifs (1899-1968)
- Philippe Leroux
- György Ligeti, (born 1923)
- Douglas Lilburn, (1915-2001)
- Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
- Alvin Lucier (born 1931)
- Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)
- Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983)
- James Macmillan
- Elizabeth Maconchy
- David Mahler (born 1944)
- Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
- Philippe Manoury (born 1952)
- Bunita Marcus
- Ingram Marshall (born 1942)
- Frank Martin (1890 - 1974)
- Steve Martland
- Colin Matthews (born 1946)
- David Matthews (born 1943)
- Peter Maxwell Davies (born 1934)
- Bohuslav Martinu (1890 - 1959)
- Nicholas Maw
- Colin McPhee (1900-1964)
- Gian-Carlo Menotti (born 1911)
- Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)
- Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974)
- Roscoe Mitchell (born 1940)
- Luca Miti, (born 1957)
- Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950)
- Meredith Monk (born 1942)
- Gordon Mumma (born 1935)
- Tristan Murail
- Conlon Nancarrow (1912 - 1997)
- Vaclav Nelhybel (1919 - 1996)
- Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931)
- Luigi Nono (1924 - 1990)
- Michael Nyman (born 1944)
- Sergio Roberto de Oliveira
- Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
- Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
- Paul Panhuysen
- Andrzej Panufnik
- Roxanna Panufnik
- Carlos Paredes
- Charles Hubert Parry
- Arvo Pärt, (born 1935)
- Harry Partch, (1901-1974)
- Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933)
- Scott Perry
- Alan Pettersson
- Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
- Walter Piston (1894-1976)
- Larry Polansky (born 1954)
- Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
- Simon Proctor
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
- Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
- Eliane Radigue (born 1932)
- Priaulx Rainier (1903-1986)
- Einojuhani Rautavaara
- Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
- Alan Rawsthorne
- 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)
- Joaquin Rodrigo
- Ned Rorem (born 1923)
- David Rosenboom (born 1947)
- Nino Rota (1911 - 1979)
- Mikel Rouse (born 1957)
- Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
- Edmund Rubbra
- Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985)
- Carl Ruggles (1876-1971)
- John Rutter (born 1945)
- Frederic Rzewski (born 1938)
- Tolibjon Sadikov (1907-1957)
- Aulis Sallinen (born 1935)
- Vadim Salmanov (1912-1978)
- Erik Satie (1866-1925)
- Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988)
- Florent Schmidt
- Franz Schmidt (1874 - 1939)
- Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
- Gunther Schuller (born 1925)
- William Schuman (1910-1992)
- Peter Sculthorpe (born 1929)
- Roger Sessions (1896-1985)
- Harold Shapero (born 1929)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
- Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
- Robert Simpson (1921-1997)
- Ezra Sims (born 1928)
- Alvin Singleton (born 1940)
- Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949)
- Juan Maria Solare (born 1966)
- Bernadette Speach (born 1948)
- Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Rudi Stephan (1887-1915)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen (born 1928)
- Carl Stone (born 1953)
- Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
- Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
- Morton Subotnick (born 1933)
- Giles Swayne (born 1946)
- Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
- Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
- Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
- John Tavener (born 1944)
- Robert Taylor (born 1931)
- Richard Teitelbaum (born 1939)
- James Tenney (born 1934)
- Mikis Theodorakis (born 1925)
- John Thompson
- Virgil Thomson (1896 - 1989)
- Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998)
- 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)
- İlhan Usmanbaş, (born 1923)
- Moisei Vainberg (1919 - 1996)
- Edgar Varese, (1883 - 1965)
- Peteris Vask (born 1946)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
- Jasna Velickovic
- Lois V. Vierk (born 1951)
- Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
- David Ward-Steinman (born 1936)
- Justin Weaver (born 1978)
- Anton Webern (1883-1945)
- Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
- Malcolm Williamson (1931 - 2003)
- Dag Wirén
- Julia Wolfe
- Christian Wolff (born 1934)
- Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948)
- Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972)
- Charles Wuorinen (born 1938)
- Iannis Xenakis (1922 - 2001)
- La Monte Young (born 1935)
- Isang Yun (1917-1995)
- Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
- Alexander von Zemlinsky
- Hans Zender (born 1936)
- Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970)
- Evan Ziporyn
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)
See also: contemporary music
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