During 2011 the Australia

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n radio station ABC Classic FM

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 is holding a Classic 100 Twentieth Century countdown.

Voting for the countdown was held between 1 October 2011 and 23 October 2011, with each listener permitted to vote for up to 10 pieces of music that were "composed since 1900".

The broadcasting of the results of the countdown began on 26 November 2011 and will conclude on 3 December 2011 (with the top-ranked works being played live by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

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 in concert).

Countdown results

The results of countdown are as follows:

Rank	Composer	Work	Genre	Completed
100	Adams, John	The Chairman Dances The Chairman Dances The Chairman Dances is a 1985 composition by John Adams. Subtitled Foxtrot for Orchestra, the piece lasts about 13 minutes. The piece was composed on commission from the Milwaukee Symphony, and is described by Adams as an "out take" from Act III of the opera he was working on at the time, Nixon in...	Orchestral	1985
99	Ramírez, Ariel	Misa Criolla	Choral, mass	1964
98	Prokofiev, Sergei	Lieutenant Kijé Lieutenant Kijé (Prokofiev) Lieutenant Kijé is the score composed by Sergei Prokofiev for the 1934 Soviet film Lieutenant Kijé directed by Aleksandr Faintsimmer based on the novel of the same title by Yury Tynyanov.-Suite from Lieutenant Kijé:...	Symphonic suite	1933
97	Addinsell, Richard	Warsaw Concerto Warsaw Concerto The Warsaw Concerto is a single-movement piano concerto written for the 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight . It was written by British composer Richard Addinsell...	Concerto for piano	1941
96	Shostakovich, Dmitri	Symphony No. 10 Symphony No. 10 (Shostakovich) The Symphony No. 10 in E minor by Dmitri Shostakovich was premiered by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under Yevgeny Mravinsky on 17 December 1953, following the death of Joseph Stalin in March that year...  in E minor	Symphony	1953
95	Tavener, John	Song for Athene Song for Athene "Song for Athene" is a musical composition by British composer John Tavener with lyrics by Mother Thekla, an Orthodox nun, which is intended to be sung a cappella by a four-part choir...	Choral, a cappella A cappella A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...  (four-part)	1993
94	Sibelius, Jean	Symphony No. 7 Symphony No. 7 (Sibelius) The Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105, was the final published symphony of Jean Sibelius. Completed in 1924, the Seventh is notable for being a one-movement symphony, in contrast to the standard symphonic formula of four movements...  in C major	Symphony	1924
93	Elgar, Edward	Violin Concerto Violin Concerto (Elgar) Edward Elgar's Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61, is one of his longest orchestral compositions, and the last of his works to gain immediate popular success....  in B minor	Concerto for violin	1910
92	Britten, Benjamin	Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings The Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings is a song cycle written in 1943 by the English composer Benjamin Britten, scored for tenor accompanied by a solo horn and a small string orchestra...	Song cycle	1943
91	Lloyd Webber, Andrew	Requiem Requiem (Webber) Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem is a requiem mass written in memory of the composer's father, William Lloyd Webber, who died in 1982. Many thought it a surprising turn for such a populist composer as Lloyd Webber to produce a piece of "serious" music, being his first and to date only full-blown...  (Pie Jesu)	Choral, mass	1985
90	Shore, Howard	Lord of the Rings score	Film soundtrack	2001
89	Lehár, Franz	The Merry Widow The Merry Widow The Merry Widow is an operetta by the Austro–Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality by finding her the right husband – on an 1861 comedy play,...	Operetta	1905
88	Elgar, Edward	The Dream of Gerontius The Dream of Gerontius The Dream of Gerontius, popularly called just Gerontius, is a work for voices and orchestra in two parts composed by Edward Elgar in 1900, to text from the poem by John Henry Newman. It relates the journey of a pious man's soul from his deathbed to his judgment before God and settling into Purgatory...	Choral and orchestra	1900
87	O'Boyle, Sean	Concerto for Didgeridoo	Concerto for didgeridoo	2003?
86	Williams, Ralph Vaughan	Sir John in Love Sir John in Love Sir John in Love is an opera in four acts by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. The libretto, by the composer himself, is based on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor. Vaughan Williams originally titled his opera The Fat Knight... , (fantasia on Greensleeves Greensleeves "Greensleeves" is a traditional English folk song and tune, a ground of the form called a romanesca.A broadside ballad by this name was registered at the London Stationer's Company in September 1580 as "A New Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves". It then appears in the surviving A Handful of... )	Orchestral, fantasia	1929
85	Weill, Kurt	The Threepenny Opera The Threepenny Opera The Threepenny Opera is a musical by German dramatist Bertolt Brecht and composer Kurt Weill, in collaboration with translator Elisabeth Hauptmann and set designer Caspar Neher. It was adapted from an 18th-century English ballad opera, John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, and offers a Marxist critique...	Musical	1928
84	Villa-Lobos, Heitor	Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5	Orchestral, suite, with voice	1938
83	Ravel, Maurice	Daphnis et Chloé Daphnis et Chloé Daphnis et Chloé is a ballet with music by Maurice Ravel. Ravel described it as a "symphonie choréographique" . The scenario was adapted by Michel Fokine from an eponymous romance by the Greek writer Longus thought to date from around the 2nd century AD...	Ballet score	1912
82	Glass, Philip	Akhnaten Akhnaten (opera) Akhnaten is an opera in three acts based on the life and religious convictions of the pharaoh Akhenaten , written by the American minimalist composer Philip Glass in 1983. Akhnaten had its world premiere on March 24, 1984 at the Stuttgart State Opera, under the German title Echnaton...	Opera	1983
81	Messiaen, Olivier	Turangalîla-Symphonie Turangalîla-Symphonie The Turangalîla-Symphonie is a large-scale piece of orchestral music by Olivier Messiaen. It was written from 1946 to 1948, on a commission by Serge Koussevitzky for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The premiere was given by that orchestra on December 2, 1949, conducted by Leonard Bernstein in Boston...	Orchestral, with piano	1948
80	Grainger, Percy	Irish tune from County Derry Londonderry Air Londonderry Air is an air that originated from County Londonderry in Ireland. It is popular among the Irish diaspora and is very well known throughout the world. The tune is played as the victory anthem of Northern Ireland at the Commonwealth Games. "Danny Boy" is a popular set of lyrics to the...	Folksong adaptation	1911
79	Barber, Samuel	Violin Concerto Violin concerto (Barber) Samuel Barber completed his Violin Concerto, Op. 14, in 1939. It is a work in three movements, lasting about 22 minutes.-History:In 1939 Philadelphia industrialist Samuel Simeon Fels commissioned Barber to write a violin concerto for Fels' ward, Iso Briselli, a graduate from the Curtis Institute...	Concerto for violin	1939
78	Elgar, Edward	Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 1 (Elgar) Sir Edward Elgar's Symphony No. 1 in A-flat major, Op. 55 is one of his two completed symphonies. The first performance was given by the Hallé Orchestra conducted by Hans Richter in Manchester, England, on 3 December 1908. It was widely known that Elgar had been planning a symphony for more than...  in A-flat major	Symphony	1908
77	Gershwin, George	Concerto in F Concerto in F (Gershwin) Concerto in F is a composition by George Gershwin for solo piano and orchestra which is closer in form to a traditional concerto than the earlier jazz-influenced Rhapsody in Blue...	Concerto for piano	1925
76	Bernstein, Leonard	Candide Candide (operetta) Candide is an operetta with music composed by Leonard Bernstein, based on the novella of the same name by Voltaire. The operetta was first performed in 1956 with a libretto by Lillian Hellman; but since 1974 it has been generally performed with a book by Hugh Wheeler which is more faithful to...	Operetta	1956
75	Strauss, Richard	An Alpine Symphony	Symphonic poem	1915
74	Korngold, Erich Wolfgang	Violin Concerto Violin Concerto (Korngold) Erich Wolfgang Korngold composed his Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, in 1945.-Instrumentation:Working in the lush, lyrical idiom reminiscent of fin de siècle Vienna, Korngold scored the concerto for elaborate instrumental forces...  in D major	Concerto for violin	1945
73	Mahler, Gustav	Symphony No. 6 Symphony No. 6 (Mahler) The Symphony No. 6 in A minor by Gustav Mahler, sometimes referred to as the Tragische , was composed between 1903 and 1904 . The work's first performance was in Essen, on May 27, 1906, conducted by the composer.The tragic, even nihilistic ending of No...  in A minor (Tragic)	Symphony	1904
72	Gershwin, George	An American in Paris An American in Paris An American in Paris is a symphonic tone poem by the American composer George Gershwin, written in 1928. Inspired by the time Gershwin had spent in Paris, it evokes the sights and energy of the French capital in the 1920s. It is one of Gershwin's best-known compositions.Gershwin composed the piece...	Symphonic poem	1928
71	Britten, Benjamin	The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34, is a musical composition by Benjamin Britten in 1946 with a subtitle "Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell"...	Orchestral, with narrator	1946
70	Britten, Benjamin	A Ceremony of Carols A Ceremony of Carols A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28, is a choral piece by Benjamin Britten, scored for three-part treble chorus, solo voices, and harp. Written for Christmas, it consists of eleven movements, with text from The English Galaxy of Shorter Poems, by Gerald Bullett; it is in Middle English...	Choral	1942
69	Rachmaninoff, Sergei	All-Night Vigil	Choral, a cappella	1915
68	Jenkins, Karl	The Armed Man The Armed Man The Armed Man is a Mass by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, subtitled "A Mass for Peace". The piece was commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum for the Millennium celebrations, and to mark the museum's move from London to Leeds, and it was dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis...	Choral, mass	1999
67	Debussy, Claude	Preludes, Book 1*	Piano	1910
66	Mahler, Gustav	Symphony No. 9 Symphony No. 9 (Mahler) The Symphony No. 9 by Gustav Mahler was written between 1909 and 1910, and was the last symphony that he completed.Though the work is often described as being in the key of D major, the tonal scheme of the symphony as whole is progressive...	Symphony	1910
65	Parry, Sir Hubert	Jerusalem	Choral, hymn	1916
64	Respighi, Ottorino	Pines of Rome	Symphonic poem	1924
63	Schoenberg, Arnold	Transfigured Night Verklärte Nacht Verklärte Nacht , Op. 4, is a string sextet in one movement composed by Arnold Schoenberg in 1899 and his earliest important work...	String sextet	1899
62	Ravel, Maurice	Piano Concerto in G major	Concerto for piano	1931
61	Mahler, Gustav	Symphony No. 4 Symphony No. 4 (Mahler) The Symphony No. 4 by Gustav Mahler was written between 1899 and 1901, though it incorporates a song originally written in 1892. The song, "Das himmlische Leben", presents a child's vision of Heaven. It is sung by a soprano in the work's fourth and last movement...	Symphony	1901
60	Shostakovich, Dmitri	Symphony No. 7 Symphony No. 7 (Shostakovich) Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 dedicated to the city of Leningrad was completed on 27 December 1941. In its time, the symphony was extremely popular in both Russia and the West as a symbol of resistance and defiance to Nazi totalitarianism and militarism...  (Leningrad)	Symphony	1941
59	Britten, Benjamin	War Requiem War Requiem The War Requiem, Op. 66 is a large-scale, non-liturgical setting of the Requiem Mass composed by Benjamin Britten mostly in 1961 and completed January 1962. Interspersed with the traditional Latin texts, in telling juxtaposition, are settings of Wilfred Owen poems... (Dies irae)	Choral, mass	1962
58	Mahler, Gustav	Symphony No. 8 Symphony No. 8 (Mahler) The Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major by Gustav Mahler is one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire. Because it requires huge instrumental and vocal forces it is frequently called the "Symphony of a Thousand", although the work is often performed with fewer than a...  (Symphony of a Thousand)	Symphony	1906
57	Prokofiev, Sergei	Symphony No. 1 Symphony No. 1 (Prokofiev) Sergei Prokofiev began work on his Symphony No. 1 in D major in 1916, but wrote most of it in 1917, finishing work on September 10. It is written in loose imitation of the style of Haydn , and is widely known as the Classical Symphony, a name given to it by the composer...  (The Classical)	Symphony	1917
56	Pärt, Arvo	Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten is a short canon in A minor, written in 1977 by the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt for string orchestra and bell. The work is an early example of Pärt's tintinnabuli style, which he based on his reactions to early chant music...	String orchestra, with bell	1977
55	Canteloube, Joseph	Songs of the Auvergne Chants d'Auvergne Chants d'Auvergne is a collection of folk songs from the Auvergne region of France arranged for soprano voice and orchestra or piano by Joseph Canteloube between 1923–1930. The songs are in the local language, Occitan...	Choral, folk songs	1930
54	Ravel, Maurice	Pavane for a Dead Princess Pavane pour une infante défunte Pavane pour une infante défunte is a well-known piece written for solo piano by the French composer Maurice Ravel in 1899 when he was studying composition at the Conservatoire de Paris under Gabriel Fauré. Ravel also published an orchestrated version of the Pavane in 1910...	Orchestral	1910
53	Respighi, Ottorino	Ancient Airs and Dances Ancient Airs and Dances Ancient Airs and Dances is a set of three suites composed by Italian composer Ottorino Respighi.- Suite No. 1 :Suite No. 1 was composed in 1917... *	Orchestral, suite	1923
52	Puccini, Giacomo	Turandot Turandot Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni.Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot...	Opera	1924
51	Sculthorpe, Peter	Kakadu	Orchestral	1988
50	Britten, Benjamin	Four Sea Interludes (from Peter Grimes Peter Grimes Peter Grimes is an opera by Benjamin Britten, with a libretto adapted by Montagu Slater from the Peter Grimes section of George Crabbe's poem The Borough... )	Orchestral, suite	1945
49	Edwards, Ross	Dawn Mantras	Choral	1999
48	Shostakovich, Dmitri	The Gadfly Suite The Gadfly Suite The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a, is a suite for orchestra arranged from the composition by Dmitri Shostakovich for the 1955 Soviet film The Gadfly, based on the novel of the same name by Ethel Lilian Voynich .The Suite known as Op...	Orchestral, suite	1955
47	Stravinsky, Igor	Petrushka	Ballet score	1911
46	Sculthorpe, Peter	Small Town	Ensemble	1976
45	Edwards, Ross	Violin Concerto (Maninyas)	Concerto for Violin	1988
44	Rachmaninoff, Sergei	Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 is a music piece by Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff, created in 1906–07. The premiere was conducted by the composer himself in St. Petersburg on 8 February 1908. Its duration is approximately 60 minutes when performed uncut; cut performances can be as...	Symphony	1907
43	Glass, Philip	Violin Concerto No. 1 Violin Concerto No. 1 (Glass) Philip Glass's Violin Concerto No. 1 was commissioned by the American Composers Orchestra for soloist Paul Zukofsky and premiered in New York City on 5 April 1987. The work was composed with Glass's late father in mind. The piece quickly became one of Glass's most popular works...	Concerto for violin	1987
42	Bartók, Béla	Concerto for Orchestra Concerto for Orchestra (Bartók) Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123, is a five-movement musical work for orchestra composed by Béla Bartók in 1943. It is one of his best-known, most popular and most accessible works. The score is inscribed "15 August – 8 October 1943", and it premiered on December 1, 1944 in Boston Symphony...	Concerto for various instruments	1943
41	Messiaen, Olivier	Quartet for the End of Time Quatuor pour la fin du temps Quatuor pour la fin du temps, also known by its English title Quartet for the End of Time, is a piece of chamber music by the French composer Olivier Messiaen. It was premiered in 1941...	Chamber	1941
40	Strauss, Richard	Der Rosenkavalier Der Rosenkavalier Der Rosenkavalier is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from the novel Les amours du chevalier de Faublas by Louvet de Couvrai and Molière’s comedy Monsieur de Pourceaugnac... (The Knight of the Rose)	Opera, comic	1911
39	Kats-Chernin, Elena	Wild Swans Wild Swans (ballet) Wild Swans is a ballet by Soviet-born Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin.The story is based on The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen, and tells the tale of Eliza, a princess whose wicked-witch stepmother has changed Eliza's eleven brothers into swans...	Ballet score	2002
38	Prokofiev, Sergei	Peter and the Wolf Peter and the Wolf Peter and the Wolf , Op. 67, is a composition written by Sergei Prokofiev in 1936 in the USSR. It is a children's story , spoken by a narrator accompanied by the orchestra....	Orchestral, with narrator	1936
37	Ravel, Maurice	String Quartet in F major	Chamber, string quartet	1903
36	Morricone, Ennio	The Mission The Mission (soundtrack) The Mission is the soundtrack from the film of the same name , composed, orchestrated, conducted and produced by Ennio Morricone. The work combines liturgical chorales, native drumming, and Spanish-influenced guitars, often in the same track, in an attempt to capture the varying cultures depicted...	Film soundtrack	1986
35	Stravinsky, Igor	The Firebird The Firebird The Firebird is a 1910 ballet created by the composer Igor Stravinsky and choreographer Michel Fokine. The ballet is based on Russian folk tales of the magical glowing bird of the same name that is both a blessing and a curse to its captor.... (suite)	Ballet score	1910
34	Debussy, Claude	La mer La Mer (Debussy) La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre , or simply La mer , is an orchestral composition by the French composer Claude Debussy. It was started in 1903 in France and completed in 1905 on the English Channel coast in Eastbourne... (The sea)	Orchestral	1905
33	Mahler, Gustav	Das Lied von der Erde Das Lied von der Erde Das Lied von der Erde is a large-scale work for two vocal soloists and orchestra by the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler... (The Song of the Earth)	Orchestral, with voice	1909
32	Copland, Aaron	Fanfare for the Common Man Fanfare for the Common Man Fanfare for the Common Man is a 20th-century American classical music work by American composer Aaron Copland. The piece was written in 1942 for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra under conductor Eugene Goossens. It was inspired in part by a famous speech made earlier in the same year where vice...	Fanfare, brass and percussion	1942
31	Shostakovich, Dmitri	Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 5 (Shostakovich) The Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47, by Dmitri Shostakovich is a work for orchestra composed between April and July 1937. Its first performance was on November 21, 1937, in Leningrad by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra under Yevgeny Mravinsky...  in D minor	Symphony	1937
30	Sibelius, Jean	Symphony No. 5 Symphony No. 5 (Sibelius) Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 is a major work for orchestra in three movements by Jean Sibelius.-History:Sibelius was commissioned to write this symphony by the Finnish government in honor of his 50th birthday, which had been declared a national holiday. The symphony was originally...  in E-flat major	Symphony	1915
29	Westlake, Nigel	Antarctica	Film soundtrack, suite	1992
28	Puccini, Giacomo	Tosca Tosca Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900...	Opera	1900
27	Sibelius, Jean	Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 2 (Sibelius) Jean Sibelius's Symphony No. 2 in D major, Opus 43 was started in Winter 1900 in Rapallo, Italy, and finished in 1902 in Finland. It was first performed by the Helsinki Philharmonic Society on 8 March 1902, with the composer conducting...  in D major	Symphony	1902
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* Works broadcast:

• 67: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
  La fille aux cheveux de lin
  La fille aux cheveux de lin is a musical composition by French composer Claude Debussy. It is the eighth number from the composer's Préludes, Book I . The title is in French and translates roughly to "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair". The piece is 39 bars long and has a running time of about two and...
  
  and The Sunken Cathedral
  La cathédrale engloutie
  La cathédrale engloutie is a prelude written by the French composer Claude Debussy for solo piano. It was published in 1910 as the tenth prelude in Debussy’s first of two volumes of twelve piano preludes each...
  
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• 53: Suite 2.

Programming

For more information about the works broadcast (including performers and recording details), see ABC Classic FM's programming notes:

• Day 1: Numbers 100 to 88
• Day 2: Numbers 87 to 78
• Day 3: Numbers 77 to 66
• Day 4: Numbers 65 to 55
• Day 5: Numbers 54 to 41
• Day 6: Numbers 40 to 29
• Day 7: Numbers 28 to 19
• Day 8: Numbers 18 to 1

By composer

The following composers were featured in the countdown:

Composer	Nationality	Works in countdown
Adams, John	American	1
Addinsell, Richard Richard Addinsell Richard Stewart Addinsell was a British composer, best known for film music, primarily his Warsaw Concerto, composed for the 1941 film Dangerous Moonlight .-Life:...	British	1
Barber, Samuel Samuel Barber Samuel Osborne Barber II was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. His Adagio for Strings is his most popular composition and widely considered a masterpiece of modern classical music...	American	1
	Hungarian	1
Bernstein, Leonard Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...	American	1
Britten, Benjamin Benjamin Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...	British	5
Canteloube, Joseph Joseph Canteloube Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret was a French composer, musicologist, and author best known for his collections of orchestrated folksongs from the Auvergne region.-Biography:...	French	1
Copland, Aaron Aaron Copland Aaron Copland was an American composer, composition teacher, writer, and later in his career a conductor of his own and other American music. He was instrumental in forging a distinctly American style of composition, and is often referred to as "the Dean of American Composers"...	American	1
Debussy, Claude Claude Debussy Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...	French	2
Edwards, Ross Ross Edwards (composer) Ross Edwards is an Australian composer of a wide variety of music including orchestral and chamber music, choral music, children's music, opera and film music. He is not to be confused with a British up and coming singer-songwriter of the same name.-Life:Ross Edwards was born in Sydney...	Australian	2
Elgar, Edward Edward Elgar Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet OM, GCVO was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos...	British	3
Gershwin, George George Gershwin George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...	American	2
Glass, Philip Philip Glass Philip Glass is an American composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public .His music is often described as minimalist, along with...	American	2
Grainger, Percy Percy Grainger George Percy Aldridge Grainger , known as Percy Grainger, was an Australian-born composer, arranger and pianist. In the course of a long and innovative career he played a prominent role in the revival of interest in British folk music in the early years of the 20th century. He also made many...	Australian	1
Jenkins, Karl Karl Jenkins -Other works:*Adiemus: Live — live versions of Adiemus music*Palladio *Eloise *Imagined Oceans *The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace...	British	1
Kats-Chernin, Elena Elena Kats-Chernin Elena Kats-Chernin is an Australian composer.Elena Kats-Chernin was born in Tashkent , and migrated to Australia in 1975.-Europe:...	Australian	1
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang Erich Wolfgang Korngold Erich Wolfgang Korngold was an Austro-Hungarian film and romantic music composer. While his compositional style was considered well out of vogue at the time he died, his music has more recently undergone a reevaluation and a gradual reawakening of interest...	Austro-Hungarian	1
Lehár, Franz Franz Lehár Franz Lehár was an Austrian-Hungarian composer. He is mainly known for his operettas of which the most successful and best known is The Merry Widow .-Biography:...	Austro-Hungarian	1
Lloyd Webber, Andrew Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...	British	1
Mahler, Gustav Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler was a late-Romantic Austrian composer and one of the leading conductors of his generation. He was born in the village of Kalischt, Bohemia, in what was then Austria-Hungary, now Kaliště in the Czech Republic...	Austrian	5
Messiaen, Olivier Olivier Messiaen Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex ; harmonically and melodically it is based on modes of limited transposition, which he abstracted from his early compositions and improvisations...	French	2
Morricone, Ennio Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...	Italian	1
O'Boyle, Sean Sean O'Boyle (composer) Sean O'Boyle is an Australian composer and conductor.His River Symphony was performed by the Queensland Orchestra and released on ABC Classics in 2007 on a CD that also included Concerto for Didgeridoo composed with and recorded by William Barton...	Australian	1
Parry, Sir Hubert Hubert Parry Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet was an English composer, teacher and historian of music.Parry's first major works appeared in 1880. As a composer he is best known for the choral song "Jerusalem", the coronation anthem "I was glad" and the hymn tune "Repton", which sets the words...	British	1
	Estonian	1
Prokofiev, Sergei Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor who mastered numerous musical genres and is regarded as one of the major composers of the 20th century...	Russian	3
Puccini, Giacomo Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...	Italian	2
Rachmaninoff, Sergei	Russian	2
Ramírez, Ariel Ariel Ramirez Ariel Ramírez was an Argentine composer, pianist and music director. He was considered "a chief exponent of Argentine folk music" and noted for his "iconic" musical compositions....	Argentine	1
Ravel, Maurice Maurice Ravel Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...	French	4
Respighi, Ottorino Ottorino Respighi Ottorino Respighi was an Italian composer, musicologist and conductor. He is best known for his orchestral "Roman trilogy": Fountains of Rome ; Pines of Rome ; and Roman Festivals...	Italian	2
Schoenberg, Arnold Arnold Schoenberg Arnold Schoenberg was an Austrian composer, associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School...	Austrian	1
Sculthorpe, Peter Peter Sculthorpe Peter Joshua Sculthorpe AO OBE is an Australian composer. Much of his music has resulted from an interest in the music of Australia's neighbours as well as from the impulse to bring together aspects of native Australian music with that of the heritage of the West...	Australian	2
Shore, Howard Howard Shore Howard Leslie Shore is a Canadian composer, notable for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, for which he won three Academy Awards. He is also a consistent collaborator with director David Cronenberg,...	Canadian	1
Shostakovich, Dmitri Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....	Russian	4
Sibelius, Jean	Finnish	3
Strauss, Richard Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till...	German	2
Stravinsky, Igor Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....	Russian	2
Tavener, John John Tavener Sir John Tavener is a British composer, best known for such religious, minimal works as "The Whale", and "Funeral Ikos"...	British	1
Vaughan Williams, Ralph Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams OM was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song: this activity both influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, beginning in 1904, in which he included many...	British	1
Villa-Lobos, Heitor Heitor Villa-Lobos Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...	Brazilian	1
Weill, Kurt Kurt Weill Kurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht...	German	1
Westlake, Nigel Nigel Westlake -Biography:Nigel Westlake's career in music has spanned more than 3 decades.He studied the clarinet with his father, Donald Westlake and subsequently left school early to pursue a performance career in music.Nigel toured Australia and the world playing with ballet companies, a circus troupe,...	Australian	1