20th Century Composers (Deceased) List

Name
Birthyear
Birthplace
Deathyear
Deathplace
Nationality
Other places where the composer has lived
Significant Works
Addinsell, Richard
1904
London, England
1977
London, EnglandBritish   Warsaw Concerto, Film Score: Dangerous Moonlight (1941) included Warsaw Concerto
Albert, Stephen
1941
New York City, NY, United States
1992
 American (U.S.)   River Run
Alexander, Jeff
1910
Seattle, WA, United States
1989
 American (U.S.)    
Alfvén, Hugo Emil
1872
 
1960
      
Alwyn, William
1905
Northampton, England
1985
 British    
Amfitheatrof, Daniele
1901
St. Petersburg, Russia
1983
 Russian    
Anderson, Leroy
1908
Cambridge, MA, United States
1975
Woodbury, CT, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   The Syncopated Clock, Sleigh Ride, The Typewriter, Blue Tango
Antheil, George
1900
Trenton, NJ, United States
1959
 American (U.S.)    
Antich, Francisco
 
 
Deceased
      
Arlen, Harold
1905
Buffalo, NY, United States
1986
New York, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Over the Rainbow (Song from The Wizard of Oz)
Atterberg, Kurt
1887
Göteborg, Sweden
1974
Stockholm, SwedenSwedish   Fanal, Symphony No. 6
Aubert, Louis François Marie
1877
Paramé (Ill-et-Vilaine), France
1968
Paris, FranceFrench   The Blue Forest
Auric, Georges
1899
Lodève, France
1983
Paris, FranceFrench   Film score: Moulin Rouge (1952)
Axt, William
1882
New York City, NY, United States
1959
 American (U.S.)   Silent film scores including The Big Parade (1925), Ben-Hur (1926) and Don Juan (1926)
Bacewicz, Grazyna
1909
 
1969
      
Badings, Henk
1907
 
1987
      
Bantock, Granville
1868
London, England
1946
London, EnglandBritish   Pilgrim's Progress
Barber, Samuel
1910
West Chester, PA, United States
1981
New York, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   The School for Scandal Overture (1932), Adagio for Strings (1936), Vanessa (1958), Piano Concerto No. 1 (Op. 38, 1962), Antony and Cleopatra (1966)
Bartók, Béla
1881
Nagyszentmiklos, Romania (then Hungary)
1945
New York, NY, United StatesHungarian   6 String Quartets (1908-39), Allegro barbaro (1911), Microkosmos (6 books, 1926-39), Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (1936), Concerto for Orchestra (1943)
Bauer, Marion
1897
 
1955
      
Bax, Arnold
1883
London, England
1953
Cork, IrelandBritish   Seven Symphonies, Garden of Fand, Tintagel, Film Score: Oliver Twist (1948)
Beach, Amy
1867
Henniker, NH, United States
1944
New York, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Cabildo
Bella, Ján Levoslav
1843
Lipto-Szentmiklés, Hungary
1936
Bratislava, HungaryHungarian   Sonata Piece for Piano Sonatina, Four Little Pieces Variations Op. 9 and 21, String Quartet Op. 25, String Quintet in D Minor
Benjamin, Arthur
1893
Sydney, Australia
1960
London, EnglandAustralian   Four operas, film scores: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935) and a symphony
Berg, Alban
1885
Vienna, Austria
1935
Vienna, AustriaAustrian   String Quartet (1910), Wozzeck (1917-22), Lyric Suite (1928), Violin Concerto (1935), Lulu (Unfinished-1935)
Bergsma, William
1921
Oakland, CA, United States
1994
 American (U.S.)    
Berio, Luciano
1925
Oneglia, Italy
2003
Rome, ItalyItalianUnited States  Circles (1960), Sequenza III (1966), Sinfonia (1968), Recital I (1972), Cries of London (1974), Coro (1977)
Berkeley, Lennox
1903
 
1989
      
Bernstein, Leonard
1918
Lawrence, MA, United States
1990
New York, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Jeremiah Symphony (1942), On the Town (1944), Candide (1956), West Side Story (1957), Mass (1971)
Binge, Ronald
1910
Derby, England
1979
Ringwood, EnglandBritish   A Scottish Rhapsody, The Whispering Valley Trade Winds Concerto for Alto Saxophone, Saturday Symphony
Blacher, Boris
1903
Niu-chang, China
1975
Berlin, GermanyGerman   Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Bliss, Arthur
1891
London, England
1975
London, EnglandBritish   Christopher Columbus
Blitzstein, Marc
1905
 
1964
      
Bloch, Ernest
1880
Geneva, Switzerland
1959
Portland, OR, United StatesSwissBelgium  Macbeth (1909), Schelomo (1916), 5 string quartets (1916-56), Concerto Grosso No. 1 (1925), Voice in the Wilderness (1936)
Blomdahl, Karl-Birger
1916
 
1968
      
Boulanger, Lili
1893
Paris, France
1918
Mézy, FranceFrench   Sicilienne and Marche gaie, Poème symphonique
Boulanger, Nadia
1887
Paris, France
1979
Paris, FranceFrench   Les heures claires (1912)
Bradshaw, Merrill
1929
 
2000
 American (U.S.)    
Brian, Havergal
1876
Staffordshire, England
1972
Sussex, EnglandBritish    
Bridge, Frank
1879
Brighton, England
1941
Eastbourne, EnglandBritish   Lament, The Christmas Rose
Britten, Benjamin
1913
Lowestoft, England
1976
Aldeburgh, EnglandBritishUnited States  Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge (1937), Serenade (Op. 31, 1943), Peter Grimes (1945), Billy Budd (1951), War Requiem (1961)
Brown, Earle
1926
 
2002
 American (U.S.)    
Bush, Geoffrey
1920
 
1998
 British    
Busoni, Ferruccio
1866
Empoli, Italy
1924
Berlin, GermanyGerman/ItalianAustria  Piano Concerto (1904), Elegies (1907), Arlecchino (1916), Doktor Faust (unfinished, 1924)
Cage, John
1912
Los Angeles, CA, United States
1992
New York, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Sonatas and Interludes (1946-48), Music of Changes (1951), Imaginary Landscape V (1952), 4:33 (1952), Fontana Mix (1958)
Canal, Marguerite
1890
 
1978
      
Canteloube, Marie Joseph de Calaret
1879
Annonay, France
1957
Paris, FranceFrench   Le Mas, Vercingétorix
Caplet, André
1878
Le Havre, France
1925
Neuilly-sur-Seine, FranceFrench    
Cardew, Cornelius
1936
 
1981
 British   Treatise, The Tiger's Mind, The Great Learning, Boolavogue
Carpenter, John Alden
1876
 
1951
      
Casadesus, Robert
1899
Paris, France
1972
Paris, FranceFrench    
Casella, Alfredo
1883
 
1947
 Italian    
Cassadó, Gaspar
1897
 
1966
 Spanish    
Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
1895
Florence, Italy
1968
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesItalian   Guitar Concerto #1 in D (1939), Sacred Service (1943), Lots of film music (much of it uncredited) including And Then There Were None (1945) and The Loves of Carmen (1948)
Castillo, Ricardo
1894
 
1996
 Guatemalan    
Chaminade, Cécile
1857
 
1944
      
Chavarri, Eduardo López
 
 
Deceased
      
Chávez, Carlos
1899
Mexico City, Mexico
1978
Mexico City, MexicoMexican   Sinfonía de Antigona (Symphony No. 1, 1933), Sinfonía india (Symphony No. 2, 1935), Xochipilli: An Imagined Aztec Music (1940), Symphonies Nos. 4 (1953) and 5 (1953)
Churchill, Frank
1901
 
1942
     Film scores: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938), Dumbo (1941) Bambi (1942)
Cilea, Francesco
1866
Palmi, Italy
1950
Varazza, ItalyItalian    
Clarke, Rebecca
1886
 
1979
      
Coates, Eric
1886
Hucknall, England
1957
Chichester, EnglandBritish    
Collins, Anthony
1893
Hastings, England
1963
 British    
Copland, Aaron
1900
New York City, NY, United States
1990
New York, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Piano Variations (1930), Rodeo (1942), A Lincoln Portrait (1942), Fanfare for the Common Man (1942), Appalachian Spring (1944), Symphony No. 3 (1946)
Coppola, Carmine
1910
New York City, NY, United States
1991
 American (U.S.)    
Cowell, Henry
1897
Menlo Park, CA, United States
1965
Shady, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Quartet Romantic (1917), The Aeolian Harp (1923), The Banshee (1925), The United Quartet (1936), Hymns and Fuguing Tunes (1943-63)
Crawford, Ruth (Seeger)
1901
 
1953
 American (U.S.)    
Creston, Paul
1906
 
1985
      
Curzon, Frederic
1899
 
1973
 British    
Dallapiccola, Luigi
1904
 
1975
 Italian   Il prigionero (1944-48), Job (1950), Christmas Concerto (1956), Ulisse (1968)
David, Johann Nepomuk
1895
 
1977
      
Debussy, Claude
1862
St. Germain-en-Laye, France
1918
Paris, FranceFrench   Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun (1894), Pelleas et Melisande (1902), La Mer (1905), Preludes for Piano (1909-10, 1912-13), Jeux (1913)
Delage, Maurice
1879
Paris, France
1961
Paris, FranceFrench   Ballade, Rose d'octobre, L'Alouette, Haï-Kaïs, Homage à Manuel de Falla, Schumann, String Quartet
Delerue, Georges
1925
Roubaix, France
1992
 French   Film Score: Agnes of God (1985)
Delius, Frederick
1862
Bradford, England
1934
Grez-sur-Loing, FranceBritishUnited States GermanyA Village Romeo and Juliet (1901), Sea Drift (1904), Brigg Fair (1907), A Mass of Life (1908), On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (1912)
Denisov, Edison
1929
Tomsk (Siberia), Soviet Union
1996
 Russian    
Dett, Robert Nathaniel
1882
Drummondsville (Ontario), Canada
1943
Battle Creek, MI, United StatesCanadian    
Deutsch, Adolph
1897
England
1980
 British   Film Scores: The Maltese Falcon (1941), Some Like It Hot (1959)
Devreese, Godfried
1893
 
1972
 Belgian    
d'Indy, Vincent
1851
 
1931
      
Dohnányi, Ernst von (Ernö)
1877
Pozsony (now Bratislava), Slovakia (then Hungary)
1960
New York, NY, United StatesHungarian   Variations on a Nursery Song for piano and orchestra
Dolan, Robert Emmett
1906
Hartford, CT, United States
1972
 American (U.S.)   Film Score: The Great Gatsby (1949)
Dragon, Carmen
1914
Antioch, CA, United States
1984
 American (U.S.)   Film Score: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Druckman, Jacob
1928
 
1996
      
Dupré, Marcel
1886
Rouen, France
1971
Meudon, FranceFrench    
Durey, Louis
1888
Paris, France
1979
St. Tropez, FranceFrench    
Duruflé, Maurice
1902
 
1986
      
Eimert, Herbert
1897
 
1972
      
Einem, Gottfried von
1918
Bern, Switzerland
1996
Oberduernbach, AustriaAustrian    
Eisler, Hanns
1898
Leipzig, Germany
1962
Berlin, GermanyGermanUnited States AustriaDie Massnahme (Op. 20, 1930), Die Mutter (Op. 25, 1931), Fourteen Ways of Describing the Rain (1940), Chamber Symphony (1940), Rhapsody for large orchestra (1949).
Ellington, Edward Kennedy (Duke)
1899
Washington, DC, United States
1974
New York, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Jazz standards, including Creole Love Call (1928), Sophisticated Lady (1933), Ko-Ko (1939), Black, Brown and Beige (1945), Mood Indigo (1959), Film Score: Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Elston, Arnold
1907
 
1971
 American (U.S.)    
Elwell, Herbert
1898
 
1974
 American (U.S.)    
Enescu, Georges
1881
Liveni-Virnav, Romania
1955
Paris, FranceRomanian    
Falla, Manuel de
1876
Cadiz, Spain
1946
Alta Gracia, ArgentinaSpanishFrance  El Amor brujo (1915), El Sombrero de tres picos (1919), El Retablo de maese Pedro (1922), Harpsichord Concerto (1926)
Feldman, Morton
1926
New York City, NY, United States
1987
Buffalo, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Projection Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (1950-51), Piece for Four Pianos (1957), The Viola in My Life I-III (1970-71), The Rothko Chapel (1972)
Fielding, Jerry
1922
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
1980
 American (U.S.)    
Fine, Irving
1913
 
1962
      
Fine, Vivian
1913
Chicago, IL, United States
2000
Bennington, VT, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)    
Finzi, Gerald
1901
 
1956
      
Foerster, Josef Bohuslav
1859
 
1951
      
Foote, Arthur
1853
 
1937
 American (U.S.)    
Fortner, Wolfgang
1907
 
1987
      
Françaix, Jean
1912
 
1997
      
Frankel, Benjamin
1906
London, England
1973
 British    
Frazzi, Vito
 
 
Deceased
      
Friedhofer, Hugo
1902
San Francisco, CA, United States
1981
 American (U.S.)   Film Score: The Best Years of Our Lifes (1946), The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Furtwängler, Wilhelm
1886
Berlin, Germany
1954
Ebersteinburg, GermanyGerman    
Gallon, Noël
1891
 
1966
 French    
Gerhard, Roberto
1896
Spain
1970
 SpanishEngland   
Gershwin, George
1898
Brooklyn, NY, United States
1937
Beverly Hills, CA, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Rhapsody in Blue (1924), Piano Concerto in F (1925), An American in Paris (1928), Porgy and Bess (1935), Various popular songs for Broadway
Gibbs, Cecil Armstrong
1889
Great Baddow, England
1960
Chelmsford, EnglandBritish    
Gilson, Paul
1865
Brussels, Belgium
1942
Brussels, BelgiumBelgian    
Ginastera, Alberto
1916
Buenos Aires, Argentina
1983
Geneva, SwitzerlandArgentine   Estancia (1941), Piano Sonata (1952), String Quartet No. 2 (1958), Don Rodrigo (1964)
Giordano, Umberto
1867
Foggia, Italy
1948
Milan, ItalyItalian    
Gipps, Ruth
1921
Bexhill-on-Sea, England
1999
Eastbourne, EnglandBritish   Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Op 55, Symphony No 3 Op 57
Glanville-Hicks, Peggy
1912
 
1990
      
Glière, Reinhold
1875
Kiev, Russia
1956
Moscow, RussiaRussian    
Goldschmidt, Berthold
1903
 
1996
      
Golubev, Yevgeny (or various spellings)
 
 
Deceased
 Russian    
Gomá, Enrique
 
 
Deceased
      
Gould, Morton
1913
 
1996
 American (U.S.)   Fall River Legend, West Point Symphony, Jekyll and Hyde Variations, Stringmusic
Grainger, Percy
1882
Melbourne, Australia
1961
White Plains, NY, United StatesAustralian   Handel in the Strand, Irish Tune from County Derry, Molly on the Shore, Country Gardens, The Warriors, A Lincolnshire Posy
Grechaninov, Alexander
1864
Moscow, Russia
1956
New York, NY, United StatesRussian    
Green, John
1908
New York City, NY, United States
1989
      
Griffes, Charles Tomlinson
1884
 
1920
      
Grofé, Ferde
1892
New York City, NY, United States
1972
Santa Monica, CA, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Grand Canyon Suite, orchestrator of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
Grovlez, Gabriel
1879
Lille, France
1944
Paris, FranceFrench   Psyché, Coeur de rubis, Le Marquis de Carabas, London Voluntaries, Le Reposoir des amants, La Vengeance des fleurs
Gruenberg, Louis
1884
Brest-Litovsk, Russia
1964
 Russian    
Guarneri, Carmago
1907
São Paulo, Brazil
1993
São Paulo, BrazilBrazilian    
Guastavino, Carlos
1912
Santa Fe Province, Argentina
2000
Santa Fe Province, ArgentinaArgentineEngland  Romance del Plata (Sonatina), Tres Romances, La Siesta Las Presencias
Gui, Vittorio
1885
 
1975
 Italian    
Hába, Alois
1893
 
1973
 Czech    
Hageman, Richard
1882
Leeuwarden, Holland
1966
      
Hanson, Howard
1896
Wahoo, NE, United States
1981
Rochester, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Symphony Nos. 2 (1930) and 4 (1943), The Merry Mount (1933)
Harline, Leigh
1907
Salt Lake City, UT, United States
1969
 American (U.S.)   Film Scores: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938), Pinocchio (1940)
Harling, W. Franke
1887
London, England
1958
 British    
Harris, Roy
1898
Near Chandler (Lincoln County), OK, United States
1979
Santa Monica, CA, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1935), 10 Symphonies, esp. Symphony #3 (1939), Kentucky Spring (1949)
Hartmann, Karl Amadeus
1905
 
1963
      
Harty, Hamilton
1879
 
1941
      
Hatley, Marvin
1905
Reed, OK, United States
1986
 American (U.S.)    
Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman
1919
 
1994
      
Hauer, Josef Matthias
1883
 
1959
      
Hayasaka, Fumio
1914
Minagi, Japan
1955
 Japanese   Film Score: The Seven Samurai (1954)
Heiden, Bernard
1910
 
2000
 German    
Heindorf, Ray
1908
Haverstraw, NY, United States
1980
 American (U.S.)    
Herrmann, Bernard
1911
New York City, NY, United States
1975
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Film Scores: Citizen Kane (1941), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Vertigo (1958), North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960)
Herschkowitz, Philip (or various spellings)
1906
Rumania
1989
 RumanianSoviet Union Austria 
Heymann, Werner R.
1896
Königsberg, Germany
1950
 German    
Hill, Alfred
1870
Melbourne, Australia
1960
Sydney, AustraliaAustralian    
Hiller, Lejaren
1924
 
1994
      
Hindemith, Paul
1895
Hanau, Germany
1963
Frankfurt, GermanyGermanUnited States SwitzerlandKammermusik Nos. 1-7 (1922-1927), Das Marienleben (1923), Cardillac (1926), Mathis der Maler (1935), Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber (1943)
Holbrooke, Joseph
1878
Croydon, England
1958
London, EnglandBritish    
Hollander, Frederick
1896
England
1976
 British    
Holmboe, Vagn
1909
 
1996
      
Holst, Gustav
1874
Cheltenham, England
1934
London, EnglandBritish   Savitri (1908), St. Paul's Suite (1913), The Planets (1917)
Honegger, Arthur
1892
Le Havre, France
1955
Paris, FranceSwissSwitzerland  Le roi David (1921), Pacific 231 (1923), Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher (1935)
Hopekirk, Helen
1856
 
1945
      
Hopkins, Kenyon
1912
 
1983
      
Hovhaness, Alan
1911
Somerville, MA, United States
2000
Seattle, WA, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   And God Created Whales
Howe, Mary
1882
 
1964
      
Howells, Herbert
1892
 
1983
      
Hüe, Georges Adolphe
1858
 
1948
 French    
Ibert, Jacques
1890
Paris, France
1962
Paris, FranceFrench   Escales (1922), Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1934)
Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail
1859
 
1935
      
Ireland, John
1879
Inglewood, England
1962
Washington, EnglandBritish    
Ishii, Maki
1936
 
2003
 Japanese    
Ives, Charles
1874
Danbury, CT, United States
1954
New York, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Four Symphonies (1898, 1902, 1904, 1916), A Symphony: New England Holidays (1913), Three Places in New England (1914), Piano Sonata No.2 (Concord, 1915)
Jacob, Gordon
1895
 
1984
 British    
Janácek, Leoš
1854
Hukvaldy (Moravia), Czechoslovakia
1928
Ostava, CzechoslovakiaCzech   Jenufa (1894-1903), Katya Kabanová (1919-21), The Cunning Little Vixen (1924), Glagolitic Mass (1926), Sinfonietta (1926), From the House of the Dead (1927-28)
Janssen, Werner
1899
New York City, NY, United States
1990
 American (U.S.)    
Jaques-Dalcroze, Emile
1865
 
1950
      
Jolivet, André
1905
 
1974
      
Jongen, Joseph
1873
 
1953
      
Joyce, Archibald
1873
 
1963
 British    
Kabalevsky, Dmitri Borisovich (Kabalewsky)
1904
St. Petersburg, Russia
1987
Moscow, RussiaRussian   Colas Breugnon (1938), The Comedians (1940), Cello Concerto Nos. 1 (1948-1949) and 2 (1964), Requiem (1963)
Kaminski, Joseph
1903
Odessa, Russia
1972
Tel-Aviv, IsraelRussian    
Kaper, Bronislau
1902
Warsaw, Poland
1983
 Polish   Film Scores: Lili (1953), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Kaplan, Sol
1913
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Deceased
 American (U.S.)    
Kapralova, Vitezslava
1915
Brno, Czechoslovakia
1940
Montpellier, FranceCzech    
Karas, Anton
1906
Vienna, Austria
1985
 Austrian    
Karg-Elert, Sigfrid
1877
Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany
1933
Leipzig, GermanyGerman    
Kay, Ulysses
1917
Tucson, AZ, United States
1995
Englewood, NJ, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)Italy (Fulbright and Prix de Rome)  Forever Free, Herald, Chariots, Five Winds, Markings
Kern, Jerome
1885
New York City, NY, United States
1945
New York, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Broadway musicals such as Showboat and Roberta
Ketelbey, Albert
1875
Birmingham, England
1959
Wight, EnglandBritish   In a Persian Market, In a Chinese Temple Garden, In a Monastery Garden
Khatchaturian, Aram Il'yich
1903
Tiflis, Russia
1978
Moscow, Soviet UnionArmenian   Violin Concerto (1940), Gayane (Ballet-esp. Sabre Dance, 1942), Spartacus (1954)
Kim, Earl
1920
Dinuba, CA, United States
1998
 American (U.S.)    
Kiyose, Yasuji
1900
 
1981
 Japanese   Shakuhachi Sanjusokyoku - 1964 (Shakuhachi trio, 1964), Nihon Gakki no Tame no Shijusokyoku (Quartet for Japanese instruments, 1965), Shakuhachi - Koto Gojusokyoku (Quintet for 2 shakuhachi and 2 koto, 1965)
Klein, Gideon
1919
 
1945
      
Knorr, Ernst-Lothar von
1896
 
1973
 German    
Kodály, Zoltán
1882
Kecskemét, Hungary
1967
Budapest, HungaryHungarian   Psalmus hungaricus (1923), Háry János (1925-26), Dances of Galánta (1933)
Koechlin, Charles
1867
 
1950
 French    
Korndorf, Nikolai S.
1947
 
2001
 Russian/Canadian    
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
1897
Bruno, Austria
1957
Hollywood, CA, United StatesAustrian   Film Scores: Captain Blood (1935), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Kosma, Joseph
1905
Budapest, Hungary
1969
 Hungarian    
Kreisler, Fritz
1875
Vienna, Austria
1962
New York, NY, United StatesAustrian    
Krenek, Ernst
1900
Vienna, Austria
1991
Palm Springs, CA, United StatesAustrian   Jonny spielt auf (1926), Sestina (1957), From Three Make Seven (1961), Fibonacci mobile (1964)
Kubik, Gail
1914
South Coffeyville, OK, United States
1984
Covina, CA, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Symphony Concertante, A Mirror for the Sky, In Praise of Johnny Appleseed, Gerald McBoing Boing
Labate, Bruno
1883
 
1968
 Italian/American (U.S.)    
Lajtha, Laszlo
1892
 
1963
 Hungarian    
Lambert, Constant
1905
 
1951
      
Lang, Margaret Ruthven
1867
 
1971
      
Lange, Arthur
1889
Philadelphia, PA, United States
1956
 American (U.S.)    
Larsson, Lars-Erik
1908
 
1986
 Swedish    
Lauber, Joseph
1864
 
1952
      
Lava, William
1911
St. Paul, MN, United States
1971
 American (U.S.)    
Lawes, Henry
1882
 
1967
 British    
Le Flem, Paul
1881
 
1984
 French    
Lecuona, Ernesto
1896
Guanabacoa, Cuba
1963
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary IslandsCubanUnited States  Two Zarzuelas (a musical/dramatic form), Malagueña, Andalucía, Rapsodia negra
Lehár, Franz
1870
Komorn, Hungary
1948
Bad Ischl, AustriaHungarian   The Merry Widow
Levant, Oscar
1906
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
1972
 American (U.S.)    
Liebermann, Rolf
1910
 
1999
 Swiss    
Lloveras, Guillermo Venegas
1915
Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
1993
Quebradillas, Puerto RicoPuerto Rican (U.S.)    
Loeffler, Charles Martin
1861
 
1935
      
Loesser, Frank
1910
 
1969
 American (U.S.)    
Luening, Otto
1900
 
1996
      
Lutoslawski, Witold
1913
Warsaw, Poland
1994
Warsaw, PolandPolish   Concerto for Orchestra (1954), Funeral Music (1958), Jeux vénitiens (1961), String Quartet (1964)
Lutyens, Elizabeth
1906
London, England
1983
 British    
Maderna, Bruno
1920
 
1973
      
Maes, Jef
1905
Antwerp, Belgium
1996
 Belgian    
Mahler, Gustav
1860
Kalischt, Bohemia
1911
Vienna, AustriaBohemian/AustrianUnited States  10 Symphonies (10th unfinished, 1892-1911), Kindertotenlieder (1904), Das Lied von der Erde (1908)
Mahler-Werfel, Alma
1879
 
1964
      
Malipiero, Gian Francesco
1882
 
1973
 Italian    
Mancini, Henry
1924
Cleveland, OH, United States
1994
Beverly Hills, CA, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Film Scores: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), The Pink Panther (1964), Victor/Victoria (1982)
Manookin, Robert P.
1918
Salt Lake City, UT, United States
1997
Orem, UT, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)    
Maros, Rudolf
1917
 
1982
 Turkish    
Martin, Frank
1890
Geneva, Switzerland
1974
Naarden, NetherlandsSwiss   Mass for Double Chorus (1926), Sechs Monologe aus Jedermann (1943), Petite symphonie concertante (1945)
Martinu, Bohuslav
1890
Policka, Czechoslovakia
1959
Basel, SwitzerlandCzechFrance United StatesJulietta (1938), Double Concerto (1939), Symphony No. 6 (1953)
Mascagni, Pietro
1863
 
1945
      
Mayerl, Billy
1902
 
1959
 British    
Medtner, Nikolai Karlovich
1880
 
1951
 Russian    
Mellnäs, Arne
1933
 
2002
 Swedish    
Mendelssohn, Arnold
1855
 
1933
     König David, Salomo
Mennin, Peter
1923
Erie, PA, United States
1983
New York, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)    
Messiaen, Olivier
1908
Avignon, France
1992
Paris, FranceFrench   Quatuor pour la fin du temps (1941), Turangalîla-Symphonie (1948), Mode de valeurs et d'intensités (1949), Oiseaux exotiques (1956), Chronochromie (1960)
Miaskovsky, Nikolai Yakovlevich
1881
Novogeorgyevsk, Russia
1950
Moscow, RussiaRussian   Nevermore, Alastor
Michelet, Michel
1899
Kiev, Russia
Deceased
 Russian    
Milhaud, Darius
1892
Aix-en-Provence, France
1974
Geneva, SwitzerlandFrenchUnited States  Le boeuf sur le toit (1919), La création du monde (1923), Le Train bleu (1924), Christophe Colomb (1928)
Miyagi, Michio
1895
 
1956
 Japanese    
Mockridge, Cyril J.
1896
England
1979
 British   Film Scores: Miracle on 34th Street (1947), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
Moeran, Ernest John
1894
Heston (Middlesex), England
1950
Kenmare (County Kerry), IrelandBritish   Violin Concerto, Orchestral Rhapsodies from 2 pieces for Small Orchestra, Serenade in G Major
Mompou, Federico
1893
 
1987
      
Montemezzi, Italo
1875
 
1952
      
Montsalvatge, Xavier
1912
Gerona, Spain
2002
Barcelona, SpainSpanish   Sinfonía de réquiem
Moore, Douglas
1893
Cutchoque, NY, United States
1969
Greenport, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   The Headless Horseman, The Devil and Daniel Webster, Giants in the Earth, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Wings of the Dove, The Greenfield Christmas Tree
Moross, Jerome
1913
Brooklyn, NY, United States
1983
 American (U.S.)    
Moyzes, Alexander
1906
Klastor pod Znievom, Middle Slovakia
1984
Bratislava, Slovak RepublicHungarian   Gemer and Pohronie Dances, Down the Vah
Murray, Lyn
1909
Pacific Palisades, CA, United States
1989
 American (U.S.)    
Nancarrow, Conlon
1912
 
1997
      
Nelson, Oliver
1932
St. Louis, MO, United States
1975
 American (U.S.)    
Newman, Alfred
1901
New Haven, CT, United States
1970
 American (U.S.)   Film Scores: The Grapes of Wrath (1940), The Song of Bernadette (1943), The Robe (1953), How the West Was Won (1963)
Newman, Lionel
1916
New Haven, CT, United States
1989
 American (U.S.)   Film Score: There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
Nielsen, Carl
1865
Norre-Lyndelse, Denmark
1931
Copenhagen, DenmarkDanish   Six Symphonies (1892-1925), Saul og David (1901), Maskarade (1906), Woodwind Quintet (1922)
Nono, Luigi
1924
Venice, Italy
1990
Venice, ItalyItalian   Il canto sospeso (1956), Intolleranza 1960 (1961), Ein Gespenst geht um in der Welt (1971), Al gran sole carico d'amore (1975)
Nordgren, Eric
1913
Sireköping, Sweden
1992
 Swedish    
North, Alex
1910
Chester, PA, United States
1991
 American (U.S.)   Film Scores: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Spartacus (1960), Cleopatra (1964)
Novak, Vitezslav
1870
 
1949
 Czech    
Orff, Carl
1895
Munich, Germany
1982
Munich, GermanyGerman   Carmina Burana (1937), Der Mond (1937-38), Die Kluge (1943)
Ornstein, Leo
1893
Kremenchug, Ukraine
2002
Green Bay, WI, United StatesUkranian   Evening Song of the Cossack, Lysistrata Suite, Some New York Scenes, Piano Sonatas 7 and 8
Paderewski, Ignace Jan
1860
 
1941
      
Palmgren, Selim
1878
 
1951
 Finish    
Panufnik, Andrezej
1914
 
1991
      
Partch, Harry
1901
Oakland, CA, United States
1974
San Diego, CA, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Li Po Songs (1930-33), Oedipus (1951), And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell on Petaluma (1964), Delusion of the Fury (1966)
Peeters, Flor
1903
Thielen, Belgium
1986
Antwerp, BelgiumBelgian    
Peiko, Nikolai 
1916
Moscow, Soviet Union
1995
 Russian    
Pepping, Ernst
1901
 
1981
      
Persichetti, Vincent
1915
Philadelphia, PA, United States
1987
Philadelphia, PA, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   The Sybl, Symphony for Band (no. 6), Psalm, Divertimento, 9 Symphonies
Pettersson, Allan
1911
 
1980
      
Pfitzner, Hans
1869
Moscow, Russia
1949
Salzburg, AustriaGermanGermany  Palestrina (1915), Von deutscher Seele (1921), Das dunkle Reich (1929)
Piazzolla, Astor
1921
Mar del Plata, Argentina
1992
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaArgentineUnited States  Five Tango Sensations, Exile of Gardel, Sur
Pijper, Willem
1894
 
1947
      
Pirchner, Werner
1940
 
2001
 Austrian    
Piston, Walter
1894
Rockland, ME, United States
1976
Belmont, MA, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   The Incredible Flutist (1938), Symphony No. 3 (1947), Symphony No. 7 (1960)
Pizzetti, Ildebrando
1880
 
1968
 Italian    
Plumb, Edward
1907
Streator, IL, United States
1958
 American (U.S.)   Film Scores: Bambi (1942), Saludos Amigos (1943), The Three Caballeros (1944)
Ponce, Manuel
1882
 
1948
      
Porter, Quincy
1897
 
1966
 American (U.S.)    
Poston, Elizabeth
1905
 
1987
      
Poulenc, Francis
1899
Paris, France
1963
Paris, FranceFrench   Stabat Mater (1950), Les dialogues des Carmélites (1956), La voix humaine (1958), Gloria (1959)
Powell, Melvin
1923
 
1998
 American (U.S.)   Duplicates: A Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Previn, Charles
1888
Brooklyn, NY, United States
1973
 American (U.S.)    
Price, Florence
1887
Little Rock, AR, United States
1953
Chicago, IL, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Symphony in E Minor
Prokofiev, Sergei (Sergey)
1891
Soutzovka, Ukraine
1953
Moscow, RussiaRussianFrance  Symphony No. 1 (Classical, 1917), The Love for Three Oranges (1921), Peter and the Wolf (1936), Romeo and Juliet (1938), Alexander Nevsky (1939), War and Peace (1943)
Pryor, Arthur
1870
 
1942
 American (U.S.)    
Quilter, Roger
1877
Hove (Sussex), England
1953
London, EnglandBritish   O Mistress Mine, Op. 6 No. 2, Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, Op. 3, I Arise from Dreams of Thee, Op. 29, Go, Lovely Rose, from Five English Love Lyrics Op. 24
Rabaud, Henri
1873
 
1949
 French    
Rachmaninov, Sergei (Sergey)
1873
Novgorod, Russia
1943
Beverly Hills, CA, United StatesRussian   Symphony No. 1 (1897), Piano Concerto Nos. 2 (1901) and 3 (1909), Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Op. 43, 1934)
Rainier, Priaulx
1903
 
1986
      
Rakov, Nikolai
1908
 
1990
 Russian    
Ravel, Maurice
1875
Ciboure (Basses-Pyrénées), France
1937
Paris, FranceFrench   Rapsodie espagnole (1908), Daphnis et Chloé (1912), Le tombeau de Couperin (1917), La Valse (1920), Boléro (1928), Piano Concerto for Left Hand (1930)
Reger, Max
1873
Brand (Upper Palatinate), Germany
1916
Leipzig, GermanyGerman   Symphonic Fantasy and Fugue for Organ, Op. 57 (1910), Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 132 (1914)
Respighi, Ottorino
1879
Bologna, Italy
1936
Rome, ItalyItalian   Fontane di Roma (1916), Antiche Arie e danze per liuto Nos. 1 (1917), 2 (1924) and 3 (1932), Pini di Roma (1924), Rossiniana (1925)
Revueltas, Silvestre
1899
 
1940
     String Quartet No. 1
Riddle, Nelson
1921
Hackensack, NJ, United States
1985
 American (U.S.)    
Ridout, Godfrey
1918
Toronto, Canada
1984
Toronto, CanadaCanadian   Ballade for Viola and String Orchestra
Riegger, Wallingford
1885
 
1961
      
Robertson, Leroy
1896
 
1971
 American (U.S.)    
Rodgers, Richard
1902
 
1979
 American (U.S.)   Broadway Musicals: Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The Sound of Music
Rodrigo, Joaquín
1901
Valencia, Spain
1999
Madrid, SpainSpanishFrance  Concierto de Aranjuez (1939), Fantasia para un gentilhombre (1954), Concierto madrigal (1966), Concierto andaluz (1967)
Roemheld, Heinz
1901
Milwaukee, WI, United States
1985
 American (U.S.)    
Roger-ducasse, Jean
1873
 
1954
 French    
Romberg, Sigmund
1887
 
1951
      
Ropartz, Joseph-Guy
1864
Guingamp (Côtes-du-Nord), France
1955
Lanloup, FranceFrench   5 symphonies, Requiem
Rota, Nino
1911
Milan, Italy
1979
 Italian   Film Scores: Romeo and Juliet (1968), The Godfather (1972)
Roussel, Albert
1869
Tourcoing, France
1937
Royan, FranceFrench   Le festin de l'araignée (1913), Bachus et Ariane (1931)
Roxburgh, David John
1951
 
2001
 Canadian    
Rózsa, Miklos
1907
Budapest, Hungary
1995
 Hungarian   Film Scores: Thief of Bagdad (1940), Spellbound (1945), A Double Life (1947), Ben-Hur (1959)
Rubbra, Edmund
1901
 
1986
 British    
Ruggles, Carl
1876
Marion, MA, United States
1971
Bennington, VT, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Sun Treader, Angels
Russolo, Luigi
1885
 
1947
 Italian   A Meeting of Motorcars and Aeroplanes, The Wakening of a Great City
Salter, Hans J.
1896
Vienna, Austria
1994
 Austrian    
Satie, Erik
1866
Honfleur, France
1925
Paris, FranceFrench   Troi gymnopédies (1888), Trois gnossiennes (1889-97), Vexations (1893), Parade (1916-17), Socrate (1917-18)
Sauguet, Henri
1901
 
1989
      
Sawtell, Paul
1906
Poland
1970
 Polish    
Schat, Peter
1935
 
2003
 Dutch    
Schick, Philippina
1893
 
1970
      
Schmidt, Franz
1874
Pressburg (Pozsony - now Bratislava), Hungary (now Slovakia)
1939
Vienna, AustriaHungarian/Austrian   Notre Dame, Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln, Four symphonies, organ works, and many chamber works
Schmitt, Florent
1870
 
1958
      
Schnittke, Alfred
1934
Engels, Soviet Union
1998
Hamburg, GermanyRussian   Concerto Grosso No. 1 (1977), Symphony No. 1 (1988), Historia von D. Johann Fausten (1995). 9 symphonies, 6 concerti grossi, 4 violin concertos, 2 cello concertos, concertos for piano and a triple concerto for violin, viola and cello, as well as 4 string quartets and much other chamber music, ballet scores, choral and vocal works. More than 60 film scores.
Schoeck, Othmar
1886
 
1957
      
Schoenberg, Arnold
1874
Vienna, Austria
1951
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAustrianGermany  Verklärte Nacht (1899), Pierrot lunaire (1912), Five Piano Pieces (Op. 23, 1923), Variations for Orchestra (1928), Moses und Aron (unfinished-1932)
Schreker, Franz
1878
Monaco
1934
Berlin, GermanyMonacoAustria  Der ferne Klang (1912)
Schulhoff, Ervin
1894
 
1942
      
Schuman, William
1910
New York City, NY, United States
1992
New York, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Secular Cantata No. 2, A Free Song
Scott, Cyril
1879
 
1970
 British    
Searle, Humphrey
1915
 
1982
      
Seeger, Charles
1886
Mexico City, Mexico
1979
 American (U.S.)    
Seiber, Mátyás
1905
 
1960
      
Sentenat, César Pérez
1896
 
1973
 Cuban   Suite cubana
Sessions, Roger
1896
Brooklyn, NY, United States
1985
Princeton, NJ, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)Germany  The Black Maskers (1923), Nine Symphonies (1927-1978), When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom'd (1970), Concerto for Orchestra (1981)
Shebalin, Vissarion
1902
 
1963
 Russian    
Shepherd, Arthur
1880
 
1958
      
Shifrin, Seymour
1926
 
1979
 American (U.S.)    
Shilkret, Nathaniel
1895
New York City, NY, United States
1982
 American (U.S.)    
Shostakovich, Dmitri (Dimitry)
1906
St. Petersburg, Russia
1975
Moscow, RussiaRussian   Fifteen symphonies (1925-71), Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk (1932)
Sibelius, Jean
1865
Hämeenlinna, Finland
1957
Järvenpää, FinlandFinnish   Finlandia (Op. 26, 1899), Symphony Nos. 1 (1899), 4 (1911) and 7 (1924), String Quartet (
Voces intimae
1889
New York City, NY, United States
1954
 American (U.S.)   Film Score: The Jazz Singer (1927)
Simpson, Robert
1921
 
1997
      
Skalkottas, Nikos
1904
 
1949
      
Skinner, Frank
1898
Meredosia, IL, United States
1968
 American (U.S.)    
Skryabin, Alexander (Scriabin)
1872
Moscow, Russia
1915
Moscow, RussiaRussian   10 sonatas for piano (1892-1913), Piano Concerto (1896), Symphony No. 4 (Le poéme de l'extase, 1908), Symphony No. 5 (Prométhée, 1908-10)
Smith, Paul J.
1906
Calumet, MI, United States
1985
 American (U.S.)   Film Scores: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938), Pinocchio (1940), Cinderella (1950), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Smyth, Ethel
1858
 
1944
      
Snell, David
1897
Milwaukee, WI, United States
1967
 American (U.S.)    
Somers, Harry
1925
Toronto, Canada
1999
Toronto, CanadaCanadian   Louis Riel
Sowerby, Leo
1895
Grand Rapids, MI, United States
1968
Port Clinton, OH, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   The Canticle of the Sun
Stein, Herman
1915
Philadelphia, PA, United States
1985
 American (U.S.)    
Stein, Ronald
1930
St. Louis, MO, United States
1988
 American (U.S.)    
Steiner, Max
1888
Vienna, Austria
1971
 Austrian   Film Scores: King Kong (1933), Gone with the Wind (1939), Casablanca (1943)
Stenhammar, Wilhelm
1871
 
1927
      
Stephens, Evan
1854
Pencader (Carmarthenshire), South Wales
1930
      
Stevens, Bernard
1916
London, England
1983
Essex, EnglandBritish   Symphony of Liberation
Stevens, Halsey
1908
 
1989
      
Stevens, Leith
1909
Mount Moriah, MO, United States
1970
 American (U.S.)    
Still, William Grant
1895
Woodville, MS, United States
1978
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Afro-American Symphony, Suite for Violin and Piano, The Three Visions, Troubled Island, Sahdji, Danzas de Panama, Africa, The Peaceful Land
Stothart, Herbert
1885
Milwaukee, WI, United States
1949
 American (U.S.)   Film Score: The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Strauss, Oscar
1870
Vienna, Austria
1954
Bad Ischl, AustriaAustrian    
Strauss, Richard
1864
Munich, Germany
1949
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyGerman   Tod und Verklärung (1889), Ein Heldenleben (1898), Salome (1905), Elektra(1908), Der Rosenkavalier (1910), Ariadne auf Naxos (1912)
Stravinsky, Igor
1882
Oranienbaum, Russia
1971
New York, NY, United StatesRussianFrance  L'oiseau de feu (1910), Petrushka (1911), Le sacre du printemps (1913), L'histoire du soldat (1918), Pulcinella (1919), Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920), Oedipus rex (1927), Symphony of Psalms (1930), Dumbarton Oaks (1938), The Rake's Progress (1951)
Suk, Josef
1874
Krecovice, Czechoslovakia
1935
Benesov, CzechoslovakiaCzech    
Sutermeister, Heinrich
1910
 
1995
 German    
Sutherland, Margaret
1897
 
1984
      
Szymanowski, Karol
1882
Tymoshovka, Ukraine
1937
Lausanne, SwitzerlandPolishGermany  Violin Concerto No. 1 (1916), Piano Sonata No. 3 (1917), King Roger (1926), Stabat mater (1926)
Tailleferre, Germaine
1892
Parc-Saint-Maur, France
1983
Paris, FranceFrench   Petite Suite
Takemitsu, Toru
1930
Tokyo, Japan
1996
Tokyo, JapanJapanese   Requiem for Strings (1957), Water Music (1960), ARC I (1963), Kwaidan (1964), November Steps (1967)
Tansman, Alexandre (Aleksander)
1897
 
1986
 Polish    
Tcherepnin, Alexander
1899
St. Petersburg, Russia
1977
Paris, FranceRussian    
Tcherepnin, Ivan
1943
Paris, France
1998
 FrenchUnited States   
Tcherepnin, Nikolai
1873
 
1945
 Russian    
Thompson, Randall
1899
New York City, NY, United States
1984
Boston, MA, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Symphony No. 2 (he wrote 3 symphonies)
Thomson, Virgil Garnett
1896
Kansas City, MO, United States
1989
New York, NY, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Variations and Fugue on Sunday School Tunes (1926), Symphony on a Hymn Tune (1928), Four Saints in Three Acts (1927-28,33), The Mother of Us All (1947)
Tiomkin, Dimitri
1894
St. Petersburg, Russia
1979
 Russian   Film Scores: High Noon (1952), Dial M for Murder (1954), The High and the Mighty (1954), Giant (1956)
Tippett, Michael
1905
London, England
1998
London, EnglandBritish   Concerto for Double String Orchestra (1939), A Child of Our Time (1941), Symphony Nos. 1 (1945) and 3 (1972), Four operas
Toch, Ernst
1887
Vienna, Austria
1964
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAustrian   Symphony No. 3, Op. 75
Tomasi, Henri
1910
 
1971
 French    
Tommasini, Vincenzo
1878
 
1950
 Italian    
Torch, Sydney
1908
 
1990
 British    
Tournemire, Charles
1870
 
1939
 French    
Tovey, Donald Francis
1875
 
1940
 English    
Truscott, Harold
1914
 
1992
 British    
Tubin, Eduard
1905
Torila, Estonia
1982
Stockholm, SwedenEstonian    
Turina, Joaquin
1882
 
1949
      
Ullmann, Victor
1898
 
1944
      
Ussachevsky, Vladimir
1911
Hailar, Manchuria
1990
New York, NY, United StatesRussian    
Varèse, Edgard
1883
Paris, France
1965
New York, NY, United StatesFrench   Amériques (1921), Ionisation (1931), Density 21.5 (1936), Déserts (1954), Poème électronique (1958)
Vasilenko, Sergei
1872
Moscow, Russia
1956
Moscow, RussiaRussian   Chinese Suite, Op. 60, No. 1, Hindu Suite, Op. 42, Christopher Columbus
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
1872
Down Ampney, England
1958
London, EnglandBritish   A Sea Symphony (1909), Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis (1910), Symphony No. 3 (Pastoral, 1916-21), Job (1930), The Pilgrim's Progress (1949)
Victory, Gerard
1921
Dublin, Ireland
1995
 Irish   Ultima Rerum
Vierne, Louis
1870
 
1937
      
Villa-Lobos, Heitor
1887
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1959
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilBrazilianFrance  14 Chôros (1920-29), Nonet (1923), Rude-poema (1926), 9 Bachianas Brasilieras (1930-45)
Vitols, Jazeps
1863
 
1948
 Latvian    
Vorlová, Sláva
1894
 
1973
      
Wallace, Oliver
1887
England
1963
 American (U.S.)   Film Scores: Dumbo, Cinderella (1950), Peter Pan (1953), Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Walton, William Turner
1902
Oldham, England
1983
Ischia, EnglandBritish   Façade (1922), Viola Concerto (1929), Belshazzar's Feast (1931), Symphony No. 1 (1935), Film Scores: Henry V (1945), Hamlet (1948)
Ward, Edward
1896
St. Louis, MO, United States
1971
 American (U.S.)    
Warlock, Peter
1894
 
1930
      
Warren, Elinor Remick
1900
Los Angeles, CA, United States
1991
Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   The Legend of King Arthur
Waxman, Franz
1906
Königshutte, Germany
1967
 German   Film Scores: Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Rebecca (1940), Sunset Boulevard (1950), A Place in the Sun (1951)
Webb, Roy
1888
New York City, NY, United States
1982
 American (U.S)   Film Score: Notorious (1946)
Webern, Anton von
1883
Vienna, Austria
1945
Mittersill, AustriaAustrian   Passacaglia (Op. 1, 1908), Five Movements for String Quartet (Op. 5, 1909), Five Pieces for Orchestra (Op. 10, 1913), Piano Variations (Op. 27, 1936)
Weill, Kurt
1900
Dessau, Germany
1950
New York, NY, United StatesGermanFrance  Der Protagonist (Op. 14, 1926), Mahagonny-Songspiel (1927), Die Dreigroschenoper (1928), Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (1929), Die sieben Todsünden (1933)
Weinberger, Jaromír
1896
 
1967
      
Weisgall, Hugo
1912
 
1997
      
Wellesz, Egon
1885
Vienna, Austria
1974
 AustrianEngland   
Willan, Healey
1880
 
1968
      
Williams, Grace
1906
 
1977
      
Wolfes, Felix
1892
Hanover, Germany
1971
 German    
Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno
1876
 
1948
      
Wolpe, Stefan
1902
Berlin, Germany
1972
New York, NY, United StatesAustrian   The Man From Midian
Wood, Haydn
1882
 
1959
 British   Roses of Picardy
Work, Julian Cassander
1910
Nashville, TN, United States
1995
Tolland, MA, United StatesAmerican (U.S.)   Portrait of the Bible
Xenakis, Iannis
1922
Braïla, Romania
2001
Paris, FranceGreekGreece  Metastasis (1954), Achoripsis (1958), Stratégie (1962), Herma (1964), Medea (1967)
Young, Victor
1900
Chicago, IL, United States
1956
 American (U.S.)    
Ysaÿe, Eugène
1858
 
1931
 Belgian    
Yun, Isang
1917
 
1995
      
Zamecnik, John Stepan
1872
Cleveland, OH, United States
1953
Los Angeles, CA, United States    Silent films composer.
Zandonai, Ricardo
1883
 
1944
      
Zappa, Frank
1940
 
1993
      
Zemlinsky, Alexander von
1871
Vienna, Austria
1942
Larchmont, NY, United StatesAustrian    
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois
1918
 
1970
      

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