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View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; General ... of American composers of classical music. Baroque. John Tufts (1689 ...
José Bragato. 1915–2017. 101. Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist [25] Slim Bryant. 1908–2010. 101. American country music singer-songwriter [26] Charles Burrell.
Leonard Bernstein (/ ˈbɜːrnstaɪn / BURN-styne; [ 1 ] born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first American-born conductor to receive international acclaim.
George Gershwin (/ ˈɡɜːrʃ.wɪn /; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs " Swanee " (1919) and ...
Battles/wars. World War I. Signature. Irving Berlin (born Israel Beilin; Yiddish: ישראל ביילין; [ 1 ] May 11, 1888 [ 2 ] – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and songwriter. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received numerous honors including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, and a Tony ...
Juilliard School of Music also became part of the Lincoln Center complex. American classical music is music written in the United States in the Classical music tradition, which originated in Europe. In many cases, beginning in the 18th century, it has been influenced by American folk music styles; and from the 20th century to the present day it ...
John Knowles Paine. John Knowles Paine (January 9, 1839 – April 25, 1906) was the first American-born composer to achieve fame for large-scale orchestral music. The senior member of a group of composers collectively known as the Boston Six, Paine was one of those responsible for the first significant body of concert music by composers from the United States.
H. Leslie Adams (born 1932) John Adams (born 1947) John Luther Adams (born 1953) Samuel Adler (born 1928) Bruce Adolphe (born 1955) Milton Adolphus (1913–1988) Miguel del Águila (born 1957) Howard E. Akers (1913–1984) Stephen Albert (1941–1992)