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This is a list of composers of 20th-century classical music, sortable by name, year of birth, year of death, nationality, notable works, and remarks. It includes only composers of significant fame and importance. The style of the composer's music is given where possible, bearing in mind that some defy simple classification.
This is a list of classical music composers by era. [1] [2] [3] [4] With the exception of the overview, the Modernist era has been combined with the Postmodern ...
Gustav Holst and Ralph Vaughan Williams walking in the Malvern Hills, September 1921. The English Pastoral School, [1] sometimes called the English Nationalist School [2] or by detractors the Cow Pat School, [3] is an informal designation for a group of English composers of classical music working during the early to mid 20th century, who sought to build a distinctively English style of music ...
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:20th-century Black British composers and Category:20th-century British women composers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
List of classical music concerts with an unruly audience response; List of French haute-contre roles; List of historical opera characters; List of Innsbruck Festival of Early Music productions; List of musical items in Claudio Monteverdi's L'Orfeo; List of performances of French grand operas at the Paris Opéra; List of premieres at the ...
In the early part of the 20th century, many composers wrote music which was an extension of 19th-century Romantic music, and traditional instrumental groupings such as the orchestra and string quartet remained the most typical. Traditional forms such as the symphony and concerto remained in use.
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky [a] [b] (17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music.
Debussy c. 1900 by Atelier Nadar Achille Claude Debussy [n 1] was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born to a family of modest means and little cultural involvement, Debussy showed enough musical talent to be admitted at the ...