European composers today
A biographical and critical guide
A biographical and critical guide
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| Absil, Jean (b. 1893 d. 1974) | composer |
| Albert, Eugen (b. 1864 d. 1932) | composer, compositore |
| Alfano, Franco (b. 1875) | composer, compositore |
| Alfven, Hugo (b. 1872 d. 1960) | composer, conductor |
| Andriessen, Hendrik (b. 1892 d. 1981 a. 1949-1957) | composer, organ |
| Antheil, George Johann Carl (b. 1900 d. 1959) | composer, musicisti |
| Arnold, Malcolm (b. 1921) | composer, conductor |
| Atterberg, Kurt (Magnus) (b. 1887 d. 1974) | composer, Dirigent |
| Aubert, Louis-Francois-Marie (b. 1877 d. 1968) | musicien, piano |
| Auric, Georges (b. 1899 d. 1983) | composer, piano |
| Babbitt, Milton (Byron) (b. 1916) | composer |
| Badings, Henk (b. 1907 d. 1987) | composer |
| Bantock, Granville (b. 1868 d. 1946) | composer, professor |
| Barber, Samuel (b. 1910 d. 1981) | baritone, composer |
| Barraud, Henry (b. 1900) | composer |
| Bartok, Bela (b. 1881 a. 1939) | composer, compositeur |
| Bassett, Leslie Raymond (b. 1923) | composer, teacher |
| Bauer, Marion (b. 1887 d. 1955) | composer, teacher |
| Bax, Arnold (Edward Trevor) (b. 1883 d. 1953) | composer, musicisti |
| Beck, Conrad Arthur (b. 1901 d. 1989) | composer, Komponist |
| Ben Haim, Paul (b. 1897 d. 1984) | composer, piano |
| Benjamin, Arthur (Leslie) (b. 1893 d. 1960) | composer, musicisti |
| Bennett, Richard Rodney (b. 1936) | composer, horn |
| Bennett, Robert Russell (b. 1894 d. 1981) | arranger, composer |
| Berg, Alban (Maria Johannes) (b. 1885) | composer, compositore |
| Bergsma, William Laurence (b. 1921) | composer, teacher |
| Berio, Luciano (b. 1925) | composer, direttore d'orchestra |
| Bernstein, Leonard (b. 1918 d. 1990) | composer, conductor |
| Blacher, Boris (b. 1903) | composer, Dirigent |
| Blackwood, Easley Rutland (b. 1933) | composer, piano |
| Bliss, Arthur (b. 1891 d. 1975) | composer, professor |
| Blitzstein, Marc (b. 1905 d. 1964) | author, cast |
| Bloch, Ernest (b. 1880) | composer, compositore |
| Blomdahl, Karl-Birger (b. 1916 d. 1968) | composer, Komponist |
| Boulez, Pierre (b. 1925) | composer, conductor |
| Brant, Henry Dreyfus (b. 1913) | composer |
| Britten, Benjamin [Eduard Benjamin] (b. 1913) | composer, Komponist |
| Burkhard, Willy (b. 1900 d. 1955) | composer, Komposition |
| Busoni, Ferruccio (b. 1866) | composer, compositore |
| Cadman, Charles Wakefield (b. 1881 d. 1946) | composer, piano |
| Cage, John (b. 1912 d. 1992) | composer, direttore d'orchestra |
| Carpenter, John Alden (b. 1876 d. 1951) | composer |
| Carter, Elliott (Cook) (b. 1908) | composer, Komposition |
| Casella, Alfredo (b. 1883) | composer, compositore |
| Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario (b. 1895) | composer, compositore |
| Chadwick, George Whitefield (b. 1854 d. 1931) | composer, teacher |
| Charpentier, Gustave (b. 1860) | composer, compositore |
| Chavez y Ramirez, Carlos (Antonio de Padua) (b. 1899) | composer, conductor |
| Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (b. 1875 d. 1912) | composer |
| Converse, Frederick Shepherd (b. 1871 d. 1940) | composer, teacher |
| Copland, Aaron (b. 1900) | composer, Dirigent |
| Cowell, Henry (Dixon) (b. 1897 d. 1965) | composer, Komposition |
| Creston, Paul (b. 1906 d. 1985) | composer, musicisti |
| Dallapiccola, Luigi (b. 1904) | composer, compositore |
| Debussy, Claude (b. 1862) | composer, compositore |
| Delius, Frederick (Theodore Albert) (b. 1862 d. 1934) | composer, musician |
| Dello Joio, Norman (b. 1913) | composer, piano |
| Dohnanyi, Erno (d. 1960) | direttore, Dirigent |
| Dresden, Sem (b. 1881 d. 1957 a. 1937-1948) | composer, teacher |
| Dukas, Paul (b. 1865) | composer, compositeur |
| Dutilleux, Henri (b. 1916 a. 19th century |
composer, musicisti |
| Egk, Werner (b. 1901 d. 1983) | composer, conductor |
| Elgar, Edward (William) (b. 1857) | composer, compositore |
| Enescu, George (b. 1881) | composer, conductor |
| Falla, Manuel (b. 1876 d. ?) | composer, compositore |
| Faure, Gabriel (Urbain) (b. 1845) | composer, compositore |
| Fine, Irving Gifford (b. 1914 d. 1962) | composer, piano |
| Finney, Ross Lee (b. 1906) | composer |
| Floyd, Carlisle (b. 1926) | composer, music educator |
| Foote, Arthur William (b. 1853 d. 1937) | composer |
| Fortner, Wolfgang (b. 1907 d. 1987) | composer, Dirigent |
| Foss, Lukas (b. 1922 a. 1937) | composer, conductor |
| Francaix, Jean (b. 1912) | composer, conductor |
| Gershwin, George (b. 1898) | author, cast |
| Giannini, Vittorio (b. 1903 d. 1966) | composer |
| Gideon, Miriam (b. 1906) | composer, music educator |
| Gilbert, Henry Franklin Belknap (b. 1868 d. 1928) | composer |
| Gilson, Paul (b. 1865 d. 1942) | composer |
| Ginastera, Alberto Evaristo (b. 1916) | composer, musicisti |
| Giordano, Umberto (b. 1867) | composer, compositore |
| Glanville-Hicks, Peggy (b. 1912 d. 1990) | composer |
| Glazunov, Alexander (b. 1865 d. 1936) | composer, compositore |
| Glier, Reyngold Moritesevich (b. 1874 d. 1956) | composer |
| Gould, Morton (b. 1913) | composer, conductor |
| Grainger, Percy (Aldridge) (b. 1882 d. 1961) | composer, Klavier |
| Granados, Enrique (b. 1867 d. 1916) | composer, compositore |
| Grechaninov, Alexander Tikhonovich (b. 1864 d. 1956) | composer, compositore |
| Griffes, Charles Tomlinson (b. 1884 d. 1920) | composer, musicisti |
| Gruenberg, Louis (b. 1884 d. 1964) | composer, compositore |
| Guarnieri, Camargo Mozart (b. 1907 d. 1993) | composer, conductor |
| Haieff, Alexei (b. 1914 a. 1931) | composer |
| Hanson, Howard (Harold) (b. 1896 d. 1981) | composer, conductor |
| Harris, Roy (b. 1898 d. 1979) | composer, musicisti |
| Henze, Hans Werner (b. 1926) | composer, direttore d'orchestre |
| Hindemith, Paul (b. 1895) | composer, compositeur |
| Holst, Gustav [Gustavus Theodore von] (b. 1874 d. 1934) | composer, librettista |
| Honegger, Arthur (b. 1892) | composer, compositore |
| Hovhaness, Alan (b. 1911) | composer, piano |
| Ibert, Jacques (Francois Antoine) (b. 1890) | composer, compositore |
| Indy, Vincent [Paul Marie Theodore Vincent] (b. 1851 d. 1931) | composer, theorist |
| Ireland, John (Nicholson) (b. 1879 d. 1962) | composer, piano |
| Ives, Charles Edward (b. 1874 d. 1954) | composer, Komposition |
| Janacek, Leos (b. 1854) | composer, compositore |
| Jolivet, Andre (b. 1905 d. 1974) | composer, Komposition |
| Jongen, Joseph (Marie Alphonse Nicolas) (b. 1873) | composer, compositore |
| Juon, Paul (b. 1872 d. 1940) | composer, compositeur |
| Kabalevsky, Dmitry Borisovich (b. 1904 d. 1987) | arranger, composer |
| Khachaturian, Aram Il'yich (b. 1903 d. 1978) | composer |
| Kirchner, Leon (b. 1919) | composer, piano |
| Kodaly, Zoltan (b. 1882) | composer, compositore |
| Krenek, Ernst (b. 1900) | composer, compositeur |
| Lees, Benjamin (b. 1924) | composer |
| Liebermann, Rolf (b. 1910) | composer, Direttore Hamburgische Staatsoper |
| Loeffler, Charles Martin (b. 1861 d. 1935) | composer, violin |
| Lopatnikoff, Nikolai L'vovich (b. 1903 d. 1976 a. 1939) | composer, piano |
| Lutoslawski, Witold (b. 1913) | composer, conductor |
| Lyadov, Anatol Konstantinovich (b. 1855 d. 1914) | composer, compositore |
| Malipiero, Gian Francesco (b. 1882) | composer, compositore |
| Martin, Frank (b. 1890) | composer, conductor |
| Martinon, Jean (Franisque-Etienne) (b. 1910 d. 1976) | conductor, direttore d'orchestre |
| Martinu, Bohuslav (Jan) (b. 1890) | composer, Komponist |
| Mascagni, Pietro (b. 1863) | composer, compositore |
| Medtner, Nikolay Karlovich (b. 1880 d. 1951) | composer, piano |
| Mennin, Peter (b. 1923 d. 1983) | composer, teacher |
| Menotti, Gian Carlo (b. 1911) | composer, conductor |
| Messiaen, Olivier (Eugene Prosper Charles) (b. 1908 d. 1992) | composer, Komposition |
| Mignone, Francisco (Paulo) (b. 1897 d. 1986) | composer, Dirigent |
| Milhaud, Darius (b. 1892) | composer, compositore |
| Montemezzi, Italo (b. 1875) | composer, compositore |
| Moore, Douglas Stuart (b. 1893 d. 1969) | composer, teacher |
| Myaskovsky, Nikolay Yakovlevich (d. 1950) | composer |
| Nabokov, Nicolas (b. 1903 d. 1978) | composer, musicisti |
| Nielsen, Carl (August) (b. 1865 d. 1931) | composer |
| Nono, Luigi (b. 1924 d. 1990) | composer, direttore |
| Novak, Vitezslav (Augustin Rudolf) (b. 1870 d. 1949) | composer, Komponist |
| Nystroem, Gosta (b. 1890) | composer, Komponist |
| Orff, Carl (b. 1895) | arranger, composer |
| Panufnik, Andrzej (b. 1914 d. 1991) | composer, conductor |
| Parker, Horatio (William) (b. 1863 d. 1919) | composer, music educator |
| Penderecki, Krzysztof (b. 1933) | composer, conductor |
| Persichetti, Vincent (b. 1915 d. 1987) | composer, piano |
| Petrassi, Goffredo (b. 1904) | composer, conferenziere |
| Pfitzner, Hans (Erich) (b. 1869) | composer, Dirigent |
| Pierne, Gabriel [Henri Constant Gabriel] (b. 1863 d. 1937) | chef d'orchestre, composer |
| Pijper, Willem (b. 1894 d. 1947) | composer, musicisti |
| Piston, Walter (Hamor) (b. 1894 d. 1976) | composer, musicisti |
| Pizzetti, Ildebrando (b. 1880) | composer, compositore |
| Poot, Marcel (b. 1901) | composer, teacher |
| Porter, Quincy [William Quincy] (b. 1897 d. 1966) | cello, composer |
| Poulenc, Francis (Jean Marcel) (b. 1899) | composer, compositore |
| Prokofiev, Sergey (Sergeyevich) | composer, compositore |
| Puccini, Giacomo (b. 1858) | author, composer |
| Rabaud, Henri Benjamin (b. 1873) | chef d'orchestre, composer |
| Rachmaninov, Sergey (Vasilyevich) (b. 1873 a. 1936) | composer, compositore |
| Ravel, Maurice [Joseph Maurice] (b. 1875 d. 1937) | composer, compositeur |
| Rawsthorne, Alan (b. 1905 d. 1971) | composer, conductor |
| Read, Gardner (b. 1913) | writer, composer |
| Reger, Max [Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian] (b. 1873 a. 1904) | composer, compositeur |
| Respighi, Ottorino (b. 1879) | composer, compositore |
| Revueltas, Silvestre (b. 1899) | composer, director |
| Riegger, Wallingford (b. 1885 d. 1961) | composer |
| Riisager, Knudage (b. 1897 d. 1974) | composer, Komponist |
| Rivier, Jean (b. 1896) | composer, musicisti |
| Rorem, Ned (b. 1923) | composer, musicisti |
| Rosenberg, Hilding (Constatin) (b. 1892 d. 1985) | composer, conductor |
| Roussel, Albert (Charles Paul Marie) (b. 1869) | composer, compositore |
| Ruggles, Carl (Sprague) (b. 1876 d. 1971) | cast, composer |
| Saeverud, Harald (Sigurd Johan) (b. 1897) | composer |
| Satie, Erik (Alfred Leslie) (b. 1866 d. 1925) | composer, compositeur |
| Sauguet, Henri Pierre (b. 1901 a. 1933) | composer, conductor |
| Schmitt, Florent (b. 1870 d. 1958) | composer |
| Schoenberg, Arnold (Franz Walter) (b. 1874 d. 1951) | composer |
| Schreker, Franz (b. 1878 d. 1934) | composer, Dirigent |
| Schuller, Gunther Alexander (b. 1925) | composer, conductor |
| Schuman, William (Howard) (b. 1910 d. 1992) | composer, conductor |
| Scott, Cyril (Meir) (b. 1879 d. 1970) | cast, choreographer |
| Sessions, Roger (Huntington) (b. 1896 d. 1985) | composer, piano |
| Shepherd, Arthur (b. 1880 d. 1958) | composer, piano |
| Shostakovich, Dmitriy (Dmitriyevich) (b. 1906 d. 1975) | arrangiatore, composer |
| Sibelius, Jean (Julius Christian) (b. 1865) | composer, compositore |
| Siegmeister, Elie (b. 1909 d. 1991) | composer, dance arranger |
| Sinding, Christian (August) (b. 1856) | composer |
| Skilton, Charles Sanford (b. 1868 d. 1941) | composer, musician |
| Sowerby, Leo (b. 1895 d. 1968) | composer, Klavier |
| Still, William Grant (b. 1895 d. 1978) | arranger, composer |
| Stockhausen, Karlheinz (b. 1928) | composer, conductor |
| Strauss, Richard (Georg) (b. 1864 d. 1949) | composer, conductor |
| Stravinsky, Igor (Fyodorovich) (b. 1882 d. 1971) | composer, compositore |
| Suk, Josef (b. 1874) | composer, compositore |
| Sutermeister, Heinrich (b. 1910) | composer, Komponist |
| Sydeman, William (Jay) (b. 1928) | composer |
| Szymanowski, Karol (Maciej) (b. 1882) | composer, compositeur |
| Tansman, Alexandre (b. 1897 d. 1986) | composer, compositore |
| Taylor, Deems [Joseph Deems] (b. 1885 d. 1966) | cast, composer |
| Tcherepnin, Alexander (Nikolayevich) (b. 1899 d. 1977) | composer, orchestra |
| Thompson, Randall (b. 1899 d. 1984) | composer, musicisti |
| Thomson, Virgil (Garnett) (b. 1896 d. 1989) | composer, musicisti |
| Tippett, Michael (Kemp) (b. 1905) | composer, Dirigent |
| Toch, Ernst (b. 1887 d. 1964) | composer, compositore |
| Tommasini, Vincenzo (b. 1878) | composer, compositore |
| Turina, Joaquin (b. 1882) | composer, compositore |
| Varese, Edgard [Edgar] (Victor Achille Charles) (b. 1883 d. 1965) | composer, fire sirens |
| Vaughan Williams, Ralph (b. 1872 d. 1958) | composer, compositore |
| Villa-Lobos, Heitor (b. 1887) | composer, compositore |
| Walton, William (Turner) (b. 1902 d. 1983) | composer, compositore |
| Ward, Robert (Eugene) (b. 1917) | composer, teacher |
| Webern, Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm von) (b. 1883) | composer, Dirigent |
| Weill, Kurt (Julian) (b. 1900 d. 1950) | author, composer |
| Weinberger, Jaromir (b. 1896 d. 1967) | composer, Komponist |
| Weisgall, Hugo (David) (b. 1912) | composer |
| Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno (b. 1876) | composer, direttore d'orchestre |
| Zador, Eugene [Jeno] (b. 1894 d. 1977) | composer |