Wikipedia: List of 20th century classical composers

List of 20th century classical composers
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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)