Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction by Eric Salzman

Early 20th CENTURY

• Ciurlionis, Mikolajus Konstantinas (1875 - 1911), Lithuania
• Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875 - 1912), United Kingdom
• Velasquez, Glauco (1884 - 1914), Brazil
• Stanchinsky, Alexei Vladimirovieh (1888 - 1914), Russia
• Scriabin, Alexander (1872 - 1915), Russia
• Reger, Max (1873 - 1916), Germany
• Boulanger, Lili (1893 - 1918), France
• Caplet, Andre (1878 - 1925), France
• Karg-Elert, Sigfrid (1877 - 1933), Germany
• Schreker, Franz (1878 - 1934), Monaco
• Holst, Gustav (1874 - 1934), United Kingdom
• Suk, Josef (1874 - 1935), Czechoslovakia
• Berg, Alban (1885 - 1935), Austria
• Respighi, Ottorino (1879 - 1936), Italy
• Szymanowski, Karol (1882 - 1937), Ukraine
• Gershwin, George (1898 - 1937), United States
• Ravel, Maurice (1875 - 1937), France
• Schmidt, Franz (1874 - 1939), Hungary/Austria
• Tovey, Donald Francis (1875 - 1940), United Kingdom
• Kapralova, Vitezslava (1915 - 1940), Czechoslovakia
• Bridge, Frank (1879 - 1941), United Kingdom
• Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873 - 1943), Russia
• Dett, Robert Nathaniel (1882 - 1943), Canada/United States
• Grovlez, Gabriel (1879 - 1944), France
• Tcherepnin, Nikolai (1873 - 1945), Russia
• Webern, Anton von (1883 - 1945), Austria
• Bartók, Béla (1881 - 1945), Hungary
• Kern, Jerome (1885 - 1945), United States
• Falla, Manuel de (1876 - 1946), Spain
• Casella, Alfredo (1883 - 1947), Italy
• Alonso, Francisco (1887 - 1948), Spain
• Rabaud, Henri (1873 - 1949), France
• Dinicu, Grigoras (1889 - 1949), Romania
• Miaskovsky, Nikolai Yakovlevich (1881 - 1950), Russia
• Weill, Kurt (1900 - 1950), Germany
• Moeran, Ernest John (1894 - 1950), United Kingdom
• Medtner, Nikolai Karlovich (1880 - 1951), Russia
• Schoenberg, Arnold (1874 - 1951), Austria
• Zamecnik, John Stepan (1872 - 1953), United States
• Prokofiev, Sergei (1891 - 1953), Russia
• Price, Florence (1887 - 1953), United States
• Quilter, Roger (1877 - 1953), United Kingdom
• Bax, Arnold (1883 - 1953), United Kingdom
• Roger-ducasse, Jean (1873 - 1954), France
• Furtwängler, Wilhelm (1886 - 1954), Germany
• Ives, Charles (1874 - 1954), United States
• Enescu, George (1881 - 1955), Romania
• Honegger, Arthur (1892 - 1955), France
• Vasilenko, Sergei (1872 - 1956), Russia
• Gliere, Reinhold (1875 - 1956), Russia
• Canteloube, Marie Joseph de Calaret (1879 - 1957), France
• Coates, Eric (1886 - 1957), United Kingdom
• Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897 - 1957), Austria
• Holbrooke, Joseph (1878 - 1958), United Kingdom
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872 - 1958), United Kingdom
• Bloch, Ernest (1880 - 1959), Switzerland
• Wood, Haydn (1882 - 1959), United Kingdom
• Mayerl, Billy (1902 - 1959), United Kingdom
• Martinu, Bohuslav (1890 - 1959), Czechoslovakia
• Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887 - 1959), Brazil
• Ketelbey, Albert (1875 - 1959), United Kingdom
• Gibbs, Cecil Armstrong (1889 - 1960), United Kingdom
• Dohnányi, Ernö (1877 - 1960), Hungary
• Benjamin, Arthur (1893 - 1960), Australia
• Alfvén, Hugo Emil (1872 - 1960), Sweden
• Grainger, Percy (1882 - 1961), Australia
• Delage, Maurice (1879 - 1961), France
• Riegger, Wallingford (1885 - 1961), United States
• Guridi, Jesús (1886 - 1961), Spain
• Kreisler, Fritz (1875 - 1962), Austria
• Ibert, Jacques (1890 - 1962), France
• Ireland, John (1879 - 1962), United Kingdom
• Eisler, Hanns (1898 - 1962), Germany
• Joyce, Archibald (1873 - 1963), United Kingdom
• Lajtha, Laszlo (1892 - 1963), Hungary
• Poulenc, Francis (1899 - 1963), France
• Lecuona, Ernesto (1896 - 1963), Cuba
• Hindemith, Paul (1895 - 1963), Germany
• Toch, Ernst (1887 - 1964), Austria
• Varèse, Edgar (1883 - 1965), France/United States
• Cowell, Henry (1897 - 1965), United States
• Castillo, Ricardo (1894 - 1966), Guatemala
• Lawes, Henry (1882 - 1967), United Kingdom
• Kodály, Zoltán (1882 - 1967), Hungary
• Pizzetti, Ildebrando (1880 - 1968), Italy
• Labate, Bruno (1883 - 1968), Italy/United States of America
• Aubert, Louis François Marie (1877 - 1968), France
• Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario (1895 - 1968), Italy
• Sowerby, Leo (1895 - 1968), United States
• Moore, Douglas (1893 - 1969), United States
• Scott, Cyril (1879 - 1970), United Kingdom
• Stravinsky, Igor (1882 - 1971), Russia
• Dupré, Marcel (1886 - 1971), France
• Ruggles, Carl (1876 - 1971), United States
• Devreese, Godfried (1893 - 1972), Belgium
• Grofé, Ferde (1892 - 1972), United States
• Wolpe, Stefan (1902 - 1972), Austria
• Brian, Havergal (1876 - 1972), United Kingdom
• Malipiero, Gian Francesco (1882 - 1973), Italy
• Sentenat, César Pérez (1896 - 1973), Cuba
• Curzon, Frederic (1899 - 1973), United Kingdom
• Atterberg, Kurt (1887 - 1974), Sweden
• Ellington, Duke (1899 - 1974), United States
• Milhaud, Darius (1892 - 1974), France
• Partch, Harry (1901 - 1974), United States
• Blacher, Boris (1903 - 1975), Germany
• Bliss, Arthur (1891 - 1975), United Kingdom
• Anderson, Leroy (1908 - 1975), United States
• Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906 - 1975), Russia
• Herrmann, Bernard (1911 - 1975), United States
• Piston, Walter (1894 - 1976), United States
• Gesensway, Louis (1906 - 1976), Latvia/USA
• Britten, Benjamin (1913 - 1976), United Kingdom
• Tcherepnin, Alexander (1899 - 1977), Russia
• Addinsell, Richard (1904 - 1977), United Kingdom
• Khachaturian, Aram Il'yich (1903 - 1978), Armenia
• Chavez, Carlos (1899 - 1978), Mexico
• Still, William Grant (1895 - 1978), United States
• Durey, Louis (1888 - 1979), France
• Binge, Ronald (1910 - 1979), United Kingdom
• Harris, Roy (1898 - 1979), United States
• Boulanger, Nadia (1887 - 1979), France
• Barber, Samuel (1910 - 1981), United States
• Hanson, Howard (1896 - 1981), United States
• Torroba, Federico Moreno (1891 - 1982), Spain
• Orff, Carl (1895 - 1982), Germany
• Tubin, Eduard (1905 - 1982), Estonia
• Stevens, Bernard (1916 - 1983), United Kingdom
• Walton, William (1902 - 1983), United Kingdom
• Mennin, Peter (1923 - 1983), United States
• Ginastera, Alberto (1916 - 1983), Argentina
• Auric, Georges (1899 - 1983), France
• Tailleferre, Germaine (1892 - 1983), France
• Le Flem, Paul (1881 - 1984), France
• Kubik, Gail (1914 - 1984), United States
• Thompson, Randall (1899 - 1984), United States
• Moyzes, Alexander (1906 - 1984), Hungary
• Ridout, Godfrey (1918 - 1984), Canada
• Sessions, Roger (1896 - 1985), United States
• Tansman, Alexandre (1897 - 1986), Poland
• Rubbra, Edmund (1901 - 1986), United Kingdom
• Arlen, Harold (1905 - 1986), United States
• Peeters, Flor (1903 - 1986), Belgium
• Kabalevsky, Dmitry Borisovich (1904 - 1987), Russia
• Persichetti, Vincent (1915 - 1987), United States
• Feldman, Morton (1926 - 1987), United States
• Sorozabal, Pablo (1897 - 1988), Spain
• Thomson, Virgil (1896 - 1989), United States
• Torch, Sydney (1908 - 1990), United Kingdom
• Ussachevsky, Vladimir (1911 - 1990), Russia
• Nono, Luigi (1924 - 1990), Italy
• Bernstein, Leonard (1918 - 1990), United States
• Copland, Aaron (1900 - 1990), United States
• Warren, Elinor Remick (1900 - 1991), United States
• Krenek, Ernst (1900 - 1991), Austria
• Truscott, Harold (1914 - 1992), United Kingdom
• Schuman, William (1910 - 1992), United States
• Messiaen, Olivier (1908 - 1992), France
• Piazzolla, Astor (1921 - 1992), Argentina
• Cage, John (1912 - 1992), United States
• Guarneri, Carmago (1907 - 1993), Brazil
• Lloveras, Guillermo Venegas (1915 - 1993), United States
• Salter, Hans (1896 - 1994), Austria
• Lutoslawski, Witold (1913 - 1994), Poland
• Kay, Ulysses (1917 - 1995), United States
• Victory, Gerard (1921 - 1995), Ireland
• Work, Julian Cassander (1910 - 1995), United States
• Maes, Jef (1905 - 1996), Belgium
• Gould, Morton (1913 - 1996), United States
• Einem, Gottfried von (1918 - 1996), Austria
• Fampas, Dimitris (1921 - 1996), Greece
• Powell, Melvin (1923 - 1998), United States
• Tippett, Michael (1905 - 1998), United Kingdom
• Gipps, Ruth (1921 - 1999), United Kingdom
• Somers, Harry (1925 - 1999), Canada
• Rodrigo, Joaquín (1901 - 1999), Spain
• Hovhaness, Alan (1911 - 2000), United States
• Guastavino, Carlos (1912 - 2000), Argentina
• Xenakis, Iannis (1922 - 2001), Romania
• Ornstein, Leo (1893 - 2002), Ukraine/United States
• Montsalvatge, Xavier (1912 - 2002), Spain
• Rosenthal, Manuel (1904 - Living), France
• Nin-Culmell, Joaquín María (1908 - 2004), Cuba
• Carter, Elliot (1908 - Living), United States
• Menotti, Gian Carlo (1911 - Living), Italy
• Brant, Henry (1913 - Living), Canada/United States
• Dello Joio, Norman (1913 - Living), United States
• Fine, Vivian (1913 - Living), United States
• Hyde, Miriam Beatrice (1913 - Living), Australia
• Perle, George (1915 - Living), United States
• Babbitt, Milton (1916 - Living), United States
• Farnon, Robert (1917 - Living), Canada
• Ward, Robert (1917 - Living), United States
• Kirchner, Leon (1919 - Living), United States
• Husa, Karel (1921 - Living), Czechoslovakia/United States
• Foss, Lukas (1922 - Living), Germany
• Walker, George (1922 - Living), United States
• Bassett, Leslie (1923 - Living), United States
• Ligeti, György (1923 - Living), Hungary/Austria
• Pinkham, Daniel (1923 - Living), United States
• Rorem, Ned (1923 - Living), United States
• Duncan, Trevor (1924 - Living), United Kingdom
• Tomlinson, Ernest (1924 - Living), United Kingdom
• Berio, Luciano (1925 - Living), Italy
• Boulez, Pierre (1925 - Living), France
• Schuller, Gunther (1925 - Living), United States
• Henze, Hans-Werner (1926 - Living), Germany
• Argento, Dominick (1927 - Living), United States
• Peterson, Wayne (1927 - Living), United States
• Adler, Samuel (1928 - Living), Germany/United States
• Stevenson, Ronald (1928 - Living), United Kingdom
• Stockhausen, Karlheinz (1928 - Living), Germany
• Crumb, George (1929 - Living), United States
• Devreese, Frederic (1929 - Living), Belgium
• Sculthorpe, Peter (1929 - Living), Australia