List of composers for the classical guitar (chronological)
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This is a list of composers for the classical guitar in chronological order. For a list in alphabetical order see List of composers for the classical guitar and For a list by nationality see List of composers for the classical guitar (nationality).
1830s
- Arcas, Julian Gavino LacalJulián ArcasJulián Arcas was a Spanish classical guitarist and composer. He was born in Almería and died in Malaga Spain.During the decade 1860–70 he performed all over Europe. He even performed for the Duke of Wellington and the Duke of Cambridge in 1862...
(1832–1882) (Spain) - Cui, Cesar AntonowichCésar CuiCésar Antonovich Cui was a Russian of French and Lithuanian descent. His profession was as an army officer and a teacher of fortifications; his avocational life has particular significance in the history of music, in that he was a composer and music critic; in this sideline he is known as a...
(1835–1918) (Russia) - Saint-Saëns, CamilleCamille Saint-SaënsCharles-Camille Saint-Saëns was a French Late-Romantic composer, organist, conductor, and pianist. He is known especially for The Carnival of the Animals, Danse macabre, Samson and Delilah, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1, Havanaise, Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, and his Symphony...
(1835–1921) (France) - Bizet, GeorgesGeorges BizetGeorges Bizet formally Alexandre César Léopold Bizet, was a French composer, mainly of operas. In a career cut short by his early death, he achieved few successes before his final work, Carmen, became one of the most popular and frequently performed works in the entire opera repertory.During a...
(1838–1875) (France) - Mussorgsky, Modest PetrovichModest MussorgskyModest Petrovich Mussorgsky was a Russian composer, one of the group known as 'The Five'. He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period...
(1839–1881) (Russia)
1850s
- Tarrega, FranciscoFrancisco TárregaFrancisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea was an influential Spanish composer and guitarist of the Romantic period.-Biography:Tárrega was born on 21 November 1852, in Vila-real, Castelló, Spain...
(1852–1909) (Spain) - Liadov, Anatoli (Konstantinovich)Anatoly Konstantinovich LyadovAnatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov or Liadov was a Russian composer, teacher and conductor.- Biography :Lyadov was born in St. Petersburg into a family of eminent Russian musicians. He was taught informally by his conductor father from 1860 to 1868, and then in 1870 entered the St. Petersburg...
(1855–1914) (Russia)
1860s
- Albeniz, Isaac Manuel FIsaac AlbénizIsaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual was a Spanish Catalan pianist and composer best known for his piano works based on folk music idioms .-Life:Born in Camprodon, province of Girona, to Ángel Albéniz and his wife Dolors Pascual, Albéniz...
(1860–1909) (Spain) - Nazareth, ErnestoErnesto NazarethErnesto Júlio de Nazareth was a Brazilian composer and pianist, especially noted for his creative tango and Choro compositions.Ernesto Nazareth was born in Rio de Janeiro, one of five children. His mother, Carolina da Cunha gave him his first piano lessons...
(1863–1934) (Brazil) - Di Capua, EduardoEduardo di CapuaEduardo di Capua was an Italian singer and songwriter.-Biography:He was born in Naples in 1865. Together with the poet Giovanni Capurro, di Capua wrote the song "'O Sole Mio", which has since been recorded by many singers, both classical and popular...
(1864–1917) (Italy) - Sibelius, JeanJean SibeliusJean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...
(1865–1957) (Finland) - Satie, ErikErik SatieÉric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde...
(1866–1925) (France) - Drdla, FrantišekFrantisek DrdlaFrantišek Alois Drdla was a prominent Czech concert violinist and composer of light music.-Biography:Drdla was born in 1868 in Žďár nad Sázavou, in what is now the Czech Republic...
(1868–1944) (BohemiaBohemiaBohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
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1880s
- Borges, RaúlRaul BorgesRaúl Borges Requena was a renowned Venezuelan pedagogue, guitarist and composer, mentor of several generations of Venezuelan guitarists.- External links :* * *...
(1882–1967) (VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
) - Ponce, Manuel Maria (1882–1948) (Mexico)
- Grainger, PercyPercy GraingerGeorge 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...
(1882–1961) (Australia, USA) - Turina, JoaquinJoaquín TurinaJoaquín Turina was a Spanish composer of classical music.-Biography:Turina was born in Seville but his origins were in northern Italy . He studied in Seville as well as in Madrid...
(1882–1949) (Spain) - Webern, Anton (Friedrich Wilhelm)Anton WebernAnton Webern was an Austrian composer and conductor. He was a member of the Second Viennese School. As a student and significant follower of Arnold Schoenberg, he became one of the best-known exponents of the twelve-tone technique; in addition, his innovations regarding schematic organization of...
(1883–1945) (Austria) - Barrios, Agustin (Mangore)Agustín BarriosAgustín Pío Barrios , an eminent Paraguayan guitarist and composer, was born in the department of Misiones, Paraguay and died in San Salvador, El Salvador...
(1885–1944) (ParaguayParaguayParaguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
) - Kern, JeromeJerome KernJerome David Kern was an American composer of musical theatre and popular music. One of the most important American theatre composers of the early 20th century, he wrote more than 700 songs, used in over 100 stage works, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A...
(1885–1945) (USA) - Pujol, EmilioEmilio PujolEmili Pujol Vilarrubí was a composer and the leading twentieth century musicologist and classical guitar teacher.- Biography :...
(1886–1980) (Spain) - Villa-Lobos, HeitorHeitor Villa-LobosHeitor 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...
(1887–1959) (Brazil) - Borges, RaulRaul BorgesRaúl Borges Requena was a renowned Venezuelan pedagogue, guitarist and composer, mentor of several generations of Venezuelan guitarists.- External links :* * *...
(1888–1967) (VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
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1890
- Ibert, JacquesJacques IbertJacques François Antoine Ibert was a French composer. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and won its top prize, the Prix de Rome at his first attempt, despite studies interrupted by his service in World War I.Ibert pursued a successful composing career,...
(1890–1962) (France) - Martin, FrankFrank Martin (composer)Frank Martin was a Swiss composer, who lived a large part of his life in the Netherlands.-Childhood and youth:...
(1890–1974) (Switzerland, Netherlands)
1891
- Porter, ColeCole PorterCole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre...
(1891–1964) (USA) - Torroba, Federico MorenoFederico Moreno TorrobaFederico Moreno Torroba was a Spanish composer, born in Madrid.-Biography:Moreno Torroba is often associated with the zarzuela, a traditional Spanish musical form. Directing several opera companies, Moreno Torroba helped introduce the zarzuela to international audiences...
(1891–1982) (Spain)
1893
- Ansil, JeanJean AbsilJean Absil was a Belgian modernist music composer, organist, and professor at the Brussels Conservatory.- Biography :...
(1893–1974) (Belgium) - Mompou, FedericoFederico MompouFrederic Mompou i Dencausse was a Catalan Spanish composer and pianist. He is best known for his solo piano music and his songs.-Life:...
(1893–1987) (Spain) - Segovia, AndrésAndrés SegoviaAndrés Torres Segovia, 1st Marquis of Salobreña , known as Andrés Segovia, was a virtuoso Spanish classical guitarist from Linares, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain...
(1893–1987) (Spain)
1896
- Gerhard, RobertoRoberto GerhardRobert Gerhard i Ottenwaelder was a Catalan Spanish composer and musical scholar and writer, generally known outside Catalonia as Robert Gerhard.-Life:...
(1896–1970) (Spain, UK) - Sainz de la Maza, ReginoRegino Sainz de la MazaRegino Sainz de la Maza y Ruiz was a Spanish classical guitarist.At age ten, he got his first guitar and started his musical studies with Santiago Landache , José Nicolás Quesada , and Eugenio Rodríguez Pascual...
(1896–1981) (Spain) - Thompson, VirgilVirgil ThomsonVirgil Thomson was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music...
(1896–1989) (USA)
1897
- Cassadó. GasparGaspar CassadóGaspar Cassadó i Moreu was a Spanish cellist and composer of the early 20th century. He was born in Barcelona to a church musician father and began taking cello lessons at age seven. When he was nine, he played in a recital where Pablo Casals was in the audience; Casals immediately offered to...
(1897–1966) (Spain) - Tansman, AlexandreAlexandre TansmanAlexandre Tansman was a Polish-born composer and virtuoso pianist. He spent his early years in his native Poland, but lived in France for most of his life...
(1897–1986) (Poland, France)
1898
- Gershwin, GeorgeGeorge GershwinGeorge Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known...
(1898–1937) (USA) - PixinguinhaPixinguinhaAlfredo da Rocha Viana, Jr., better known as Pixinguinha was a composer, arranger, flautist and saxophonist born in Rio de Janeiro. Pixinguinha is considered one of the greatest Brazilian composers of popular music, particularly within the genre of music known as choro...
(1898–1973) (Brazil)
1899
- García Lorca, FedericoFederico García LorcaFederico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads...
(1899–1936) (Spain) - Poulenc, FrancisFrancis PoulencFrancis Jean Marcel Poulenc was a French composer and a member of the French group Les six. He composed solo piano music, chamber music, oratorio, choral music, opera, ballet music, and orchestral music...
(1899–1963) (France) - Chavez, CarlosCarlos ChávezCarlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures. Of his six Symphonies, his Symphony No...
(1899–1978) (Mexico) - Auric, GeorgesGeorges AuricGeorges Auric was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault. He was a child prodigy and at age 15 he had his first compositions published. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Georges Caussade, and under the composer Vincent d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum...
(1899–1983) (France)
1900
- Escobar, Pablo (ParaguayParaguayParaguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
) - Luening, Otto (Clarence) (USA)
- Fillipi, Amadeo de (Italy), (USA)
- Roldan, Amadeo (1900–1939) (CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
) - Matos Rodriguez, G H (1900–1948) (UruguayUruguayUruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
) - Rodriguez, G H Matos (1900–1948) (UruguayUruguayUruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
) - Burkhard, Willy (1900–1955) (Switzerland)
- Haug, Hans (1900–1967) (Switzerland)
- Gomez Crespo, Jorge (1900–1971) (ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
) - Friessnegg, Karl (1900–1981) (Austria)
- Reutter, Hermann (1900–1985) (Germany)
- Halffter, Rodolfo (1900–1987) (Spain)
- Krenek, ErnstErnst KrenekErnst Krenek was an Austrian of Czech origin and, from 1945, American composer. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including Music Here and Now , a study of Johannes Ockeghem , and Horizons Circled: Reflections on my Music...
(1900–1991) (Austria), (USA)
1901
- Apostel, Hans ErichHans Erich ApostelHans Erich Apostel was a German-born Austrian composer of classical music....
(1901–1972) (Germany), (Austria) - Bautista, Julian (1901–1961) (Spain)
- Jelinek, HannsHanns JelinekHanns Jelinek was an Austrian composer of Czech descent who is also known under the pseudonym Hanns Elin....
(1901–1969) (Austria) - Rodrigo, JoaquínJoaquín RodrigoJoaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquis of the Gardens of Aranjuez , commonly known as Joaquín Rodrigo, was a composer of classical music and a virtuoso pianist. Despite being nearly blind from an early age, he achieved great success...
(1901–1999) (Spain) - Rosetta, Giuseppe (1901–1985) (Italy)
- Sauguet, Henri (1901–1989) (France)
- Tomasi, Henri (Fredien) (1901–1971) (France)
1902
- Giuranna, E Barabara (Italy)
- Grimm, Friedrich Karl (Germany)
- Mortari, Virgillo (Italy)
- Takacs, Jeno (1902–2005) (Austria)
- Jose, Antonio (Martinez Palacios) (1902–1936) (Spain)
- Savio, Isaias (1902–1977) (UruguayUruguayUruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
), (Brazil) - Burkhart, Franz (1902–1978) (Austria)
- Rodriguez Albert, Rafael (1902–1979) (Spain)
- Kaufmann, Armin (1902–1980) (Austria)
- Marckhl, Erich (1902–1980) (Austria)
- Walton, William (Turner)William WaltonSir William Turner Walton OM was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera...
(1902–1983) (UK)
1903
- Kaufhaus, Johann A (AlgeriaAlgeriaAlgeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
) - Pitfield, Thomas (Baron) (UK)
- Fleury, Abel (1903–1958) (ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
) - Barroso, Ary (1903–1964) (Brazil)
- Wagner-Regeny, Rudolf (1903–1969) (Russia), (Germany)
- Khachaturian, AramAram KhachaturianAram Ilyich Khachaturian was a prominent Soviet composer. Khachaturian's works were often influenced by classical Russian music and Armenian folk music...
(1903–1978) (Russia) - Sainz de la Maza, Eduardo (1903–1982) (Spain)
- Kadosa, Pal (1903–1983) (Hungary)
- Hallnas, (Johan) Hilding (1903–1984) (Sweden)
- Berkeley, LennoxLennox BerkeleySir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley was an English composer.- Biography :He was born in Oxford, England, and educated at the Dragon School, Gresham's School and Merton College, Oxford...
(1903–1989) (UK)
1904
- Hugon, Georges (France)
- Petrassi, Goffredo (Italy)
- Schaller, Erwin (Austria)
- Miller, Alton 'Glenn'Glenn MillerAlton Glenn Miller was an American jazz musician , arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known "Big Bands"...
(1904–1944) (USA) - Kabalevsky, Dmitri Borisovich (1904–1987) (Russia)
- Meester, Louis de (1904–1987) (Belgium)
- Santorsola, Guido (1904–1994) (Italy, UruguayUruguayUruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
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1905
- Carmmarota, Carlo (Italy)
- Defossez, Rene (Belgium)
- Maes, Jef (Belgium)
- Rubin, Marcel (Austria)
- Sandi, Luis (Mexico)
- Seiber, Matyas (1905–1960) (Hungary,UK)
- Rawsthorne, AlanAlan RawsthorneAlan Rawsthorne was a British composer. He was born in Haslingden, Lancashire, and is buried in Thaxted churchyard in Essex.-Career:...
(1905–1971) (UK) - Gargiulo, Terenzio (1905–1972) (Italy)
- Jolivet, Andre (1905–1974) (France)
- Pizzini, Carlo Alberto (1905–1981) (Italy)
- Komter, Jan Marten (1905–1984) (Netherlands)
- Soares de Souza, Francisco (1905–1986) (Brazil)
- Muñoz Molleda, Jose (1905–1988) (Spain)
- Scelsi, Giacinto (1905–1988) (Italy)
- Halffter, Ernesto (1905–1989) (Spain)
- Bozza, Eugene (1905–1991) (France)
- Tippett, MichaelMichael TippettSir Michael Kemp Tippett OM CH CBE was an English composer.In his long career he produced a large body of work, including five operas, three large-scale choral works, four symphonies, five string quartets, four piano sonatas, concertos and concertante works, song cycles and incidental music...
(1905–1998) (UK) - Farkas, FerencFerenc FarkasFerenc Farkas was a Hungarian composer.Farkas began his studies in composition at the Budapest Academy of Music , where his teachers were Leo Weiner and Albert Siklós. He later studied with Ottorino Respighi in Rome...
(1905–2000) (Hungary)
1906
- Garcia Ascot, Rosa (Spain)
- Homs, Joaquin (Spain)
- Pittaluga, Gustavo (Spain)
- Lutyens, Elisabeth (1906–1984) (UK)
- Gnattali, Radames (1906–1988) (Brazil)
- Papandopulo, Boris (1906–1991) (Croatia)
- Lopes-Graca, Fernando (1906–1994) (Portugal)
1907
- Anido, Maria Luisa (ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
) - Bialas, Gunther (Germany)
- Desportes, Yvonne (Berthe) (France)
- Guarnieri, (Mozart) CamargoCamargo GuarnieriMozart Camargo Guarnieri was a Brazilian composer.-Name:He was registered at birth as Mozart Guarnieri, but when he began a musical career, he decided his first name was too pretentious and subject to puns. Thus he adopted his mother's maiden name Camargo as a middle name, and thenceforth signed...
(1907–1993) (Brazil) - Fried, WalterWalter FriedWalter J. Fried was an American violinist and conductor. He served as both music director and as concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra between 1911 and 1925 and was also one of Dallas's leading violin teachers during that period.-Early life and musical education:Fried was born in San...
(Germany) - Hartig, Heinz (Friedrich) (1907–1969) (Germany)
- Segula, Jakob (1907–1982) (Slovenia)
- Badings, Henk (1907–1987) (Netherlands)
- Rozsa, MiklosMiklós RózsaMiklós Rózsa was a Hungarian-born composer trained in Germany , and active in France , England , and the United States , with extensive sojourns in Italy from 1953...
(1907–1995) (Hungary), (USA)
1908
- Anderson, LeroyLeroy AndersonLeroy Anderson was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler...
(1908–1975) (USA) - Asencio, Vincente (1908–1979) (Spain)
- Bosmans, Arturo (Brazil)
- Carter, Elliott CookElliott CarterElliott Cook Carter, Jr. is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer born and living in New York City. He studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in the 1930s, and then returned to the United States. After a neoclassical phase, he went on to write atonal, rhythmically complex music...
(USA) - Frumerie, Gunnar deGunnar de FrumeriePer Gunnar Fredrik de Frumerie was a Swedish composer and pianist. He was the son of architect Gustaf de Frumerie and Maria Helleday....
(1908–1987) (Sweden) - Guyun (V Gonzalez Rubiera) (1908–1987) (CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
) - Mairants, Ivor (Poland,UK)
- Margola, Franco (Italy)
- Nin-Culmell, JoaquinJoaquin Nin-CulmellJoaquín Maria Nin-Culmell was Cuban-Spanish composer and an internationally known concert pianist, emeritus professor of music at the University of California, Berkeley.-Early life:...
(Spain) - Yupanqui, Atahualpa (1908–1992) (ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
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1909
- Genzmer, Harald (Germany)
- Worschech, Romain (France)
- Usher, Terry (1909–1969) (UK)
- Berg, Gunnar (1909–1989) (Denmark)
- Uhl, Alfred (1909–1992) (Austria)
- Strasfogel, Ignace (1909–1994) (Poland)
- Holmboe, Vagn (1909–1996) (Denmark)
- Putilin, Ivan (1909–1997) (Russia, Finland)
1910
- Beccuti, Roberto (1910–1974) (Italy)
- Binge, Ronald (UK)
- Constant, Franz (Belgium)
- Galindo, BlasBlas Galindo-Biography:Born in San Gabriel, Jalisco, Galindo studied intermittently from 1931 to 1944 at the National Conservatory in Mexico City, under Carlos Chávez, Candelario Huizar, José Rolón, and Manuel Rodríguez Vizcarra...
(1910–1993) (Mexico) - Joachim, Otto (1910–2010) (Germany, Canada)
- Koch, Erland von (Sweden)
- Konietzny, Heinrich (1910–1983) (Germany)
- Paubon, Pierre (France)
- Porrino, Ennio (1910–1959) (Italy)
- Solares, Enrique (GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
) - Stravinsky, SoulimaSoulima StravinskySviatoslav Soulima Stravinsky was a Swiss-American pianist, composer and musicologist of Russian and Ukrainian descent...
(1910–1994) (Switzerland, USA) - Walker, Luise (Austria)
1911
- Ardevol, Jose (1911–1981) (CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
) - Bartolozzi, Bruno (1911–1980) (Italy)
- Bergman, Erik Valdemar (Finland)
- Degni, Vicenzo (Italy)
- Doerr, Charles (France)
- Gerhard, Fr Ch (Germany)
- Gomez, Vincente (Spain)
- Hovhaness, Alan (Vaness Scott)Alan HovhanessAlan Hovhaness was an Armenian-American composer.His music is accessible to the lay listener and often evokes a mood of mystery or contemplation...
(USA) - Putz, Eduard (Germany)
- Sergidis, Andreas (Greece)
- Werdin, Eberhard (1911–1991) (Germany)
- Zuccheri, Luciano (1911–1981) (Italy)
1912
- Ameller, Andre (1912–1990) (France)
- Azpiazu, Jose de (1912–1986) (Spain)
- Bellow, Alexander (1912–1976) (Russia, USA)
- Françaix, JeanJean FrançaixJean René Désiré Françaix was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator, known for his prolific output and vibrant style.-Life:...
(1912–1997) (France) - Gonzaga, Luis (1912–1989) (Brazil)
- Guastavino, CarlosCarlos GuastavinoCarlos Guastavino was an Argentine composer.Carlos Guastavino was born in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. He studied music in Santa Fe with Esperanza Lothringer and Dominga Iaffei, and in Buenos Aires with Athos Palma...
(1912–2000) (ArgentineArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
) - Hess, Ernst (1912–1968) (Switzerland)
- Ivanov-Kramskoy, Alexander (1912–1973) (Russia)
- Norman, Theodore (1912–1997) (Canada, USA)
- Opitz, Erich (Germany)
- Sabicas (Campos, Agustin Castellon) (1912–1990) (Spain, USA)
- Strategier, Herman (1912–1988) (Netherlands)
- Viozzi, Giulio (1912–1984) (Italy)
1913
- Bettinelli, Bruno (Italy)
- Bresgen, Cesar (1913–1988) (Italy, Germany)
- Britten, BenjaminBenjamin BrittenEdward 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...
(1913–1976) (UK) - Lutoslawski, Witold (1913–1994) (Poland)
- Maghini, Ruggero (1913–1977) (Italy)
- Nieman, Alfred (UK)
- Ramon y Rivera, Luis Felipe (VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
) - Read, Gardner (USA)
- Romero, CeledonioCeledonio RomeroCeledonio Romero was a guitarist, composer and poet, perhaps best known as the founder of The Romeros guitar quartet....
(1913–1996) (Cuba, USA) - Toffoletti, Massimo (Italy)
- Urban, Stepan (1913–1974) (Czechoslovakia)
- Weinzweig, John (Jacob) (Canada)
1914
- Ayala, HectorHector AyalaHéctor Ayala was an Argentine guitarist and composer.Ayala was born in Concordia in the province of Entre Rios. He started his career as a guitarist in Buenos Aires and made his debut in 1936 accompanying tango and folk singers...
(1914–1989) (Argentina) - Flothuis, Marius (Netherlands)
- Groot, Cor de (Netherlands)
- Guastavino, Carlos (Argentina)
- Ifukube, Akira (Japan)
- Kukuck, Felicitas (Germany)
- Lasala, Angel (Argentina)
- Lunden, Lennart (1914–1966) (Sweden)
- Malipiero, Riccardo (Italy)
- Mellers, Wilfred (UK)
- Ohana, Maurice (1914–1992) (Spain, France)
- Ryterband, Roman (1914–1979) (Poland, USA)
- Silva, Jesus (1914–1996) (Mexico, USA)
- Teuchert, Heinz (Germany)
1915
- Bardwell, William (UK)
- Castellanos, Evencio (Venezuela)
- Cisneros, Jose R (Venezuela)
- Diamond, DavidDavid Diamond (composer)David Leo Diamond was an American composer of classical music.-Life and career:He was born in Rochester, New York and studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Eastman School of Music under Bernard Rogers, also receiving lessons from Roger Sessions in New York City and Nadia Boulanger in...
(1915–2005) (USA) - Garoto (Annibal Augusto Sardinha) (1915–1955) (Brazil)
- Legley, Victor (Belgium)
- Lilburn, Douglas Gordon (New Zealand)
- Neumann, Friedrich (1915–1989) (Austria)
- Peraldo Bert, Nilo (Italy)
- Persichetti, VincentVincent PersichettiVincent Ludwig Persichetti was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, Persichetti was a native of Philadelphia...
(Ludwig) (1915–1987) (USA) - Prek, Stanko (Slovenia)
- Saenz, Pedro (Spain, Argentina)
- Sardinha, Annibal Garoto (1915–1955) (Brazil)
- Searle, Humphrey (1915–1982) (UK)
- Surinach, CarlosCarlos SurinachCarlos Surinach was a Catalan Spanish-born composer and conductor.He was born in Barcelona, where he held conducting posts at the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona and the Gran Teatre del Liceu...
(1915–1997) (Spain, USA) - Venegas Lloveras, Guillermo (1915–1993) (Puerto Rico)
- Wissmer, Pierre (1915–1992) (Switzerland, France)
1916
- ApIvor, DenisDenis ApIvorDenis ApIvor was a British composer. He belonged to the generation of modernists that included Humphrey Searle and Elisabeth Lutyens....
(Ireland, UK) - Asins Arbo, Miguel (Spain)
- Babbitt, Milton (Byron)Milton BabbittMilton Byron Babbitt was an American composer, music theorist, and teacher. He is particularly noted for his serial and electronic music.-Biography:...
(1916–2011) (USA) - Ginastera, AlbertoAlberto GinasteraAlberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered one of the most important Latin American classical composers.- Biography :...
(1916–1983) (Argentina, Switzerland) - Harris, Albert (USA)
- Pastor, Segundo (Spain)
- Reis, Dilermando (1916–1977) (Brazil)
- Stevens, Bernard (1916–1983) (UK)
1917
- Abloniz, Miguel (EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
, Italy) - Almeida, LaurindoLaurindo AlmeidaLaurindo Almeida was a Brazilian virtuoso guitaristand composer who made many recordings of enduring impact in classical, jazz and Latin genres...
(1917–1995) (Brazil, USA) - Arnell, RichardRichard ArnellRichard Anthony Sayer Arnell was an English composer of classical music. Arnell composed in all the established genres for the concert stage, and his list of works includes six completed symphonies and six string quartets.-Biography:Arnell was born in Hampstead, London...
(UK) - Calbi, Otello (Italy)
- Cordero, Roque (Panama)
- Demillac, Francis Paul ) (France)
- Erdmann, Dietrich (Germany)
- Galan, Natalio (1917–1985) (CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
) - Harrison, LouLou HarrisonLou Silver Harrison was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and K. P. H. Notoprojo Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 – February 2, 2003) was an American composer. He was a student of Henry Cowell, Arnold Schoenberg, and K. P. H. Notoprojo Lou Silver Harrison...
(USA) - Lauro, AntonioAntonio LauroAntonio Lauro was a Venezuelan musician, considered to be one of the foremost South American composers for the Guitar in the 20th century.- Biography :Antonio Lauro was born in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela...
(1917–1986) (Venezuela) - Smith-Brindle, Reginald (UK)
- Yun, Isang (1917–1996) (Korea, Germany)
- Zbinden, Julien-François (Switzerland)
1918
- Alfonso, Nicolas (Spain)
- Baur, JürgJürg BaurJürg Baur was a German composer of classical music.-Education:Baur was born in Düsseldorf, where he achieved early recognition as a composer at the age of 18, when his First String Quartet was premiered at the Düsseldorf Hindenburg Secondary School by the then-famous Prisca Quartet...
(1918–2010) (Germany) - Bernstein, LeonardLeonard BernsteinLeonard 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...
(1918–1990) (USA) - Carlevaro, Abel (1918–2001) (Uruguay)
- Einem, Gottfried von (1918–1996) (Austria)
- Gramatges, Harold (Cuba)
- Kubizek, Augustin (Austria)
- Lutzemberger, Cesare (Italy)
- Miliaressis, Gerassimos (Greece)
- Neumann, Ulrik (Sweden)
- Orsolino, Federico (Italy)
- Pires De Campos, Lina (Brazil)
- Salvador, Matilde (Spain)
- Zimmermann, Bernd Alois (1918–1970) (Germany)
1919
- Carreno, Innocente (born 1919) (Venezuela)
- Duarte, John W.John W. DuarteJohn William Duarte was a British composer, guitarist and writer.Duarte was born in Sheffield, England, but lived in Manchester from the age of 6...
(1919–2004) (UK) - Grau, Eduardo (Spain)
- Haubenstock-Ramati, Roman (1919–1994) (Poland)
- Orrega-Salas, Juan (ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
) - Santoro, Claudio (1919–1989) (Brazil)
- Sommerfeldt, Oistein (1919–1994) (Norway)
- Sugar, Rezső (1919–1988) (Hungary)
- Suter, Robert (Switzerland)
- Tsukatani, Akihiro (Japan)
- Vlad, Roman (Romania,Italy)
1920
- Brubeck, Dave (USA)
- Chailly, Luciano (Italy)
- Fetler, Paul (USA)
- Flores Mendez, Guillermo (Mexico)
- Kont, Paul (Austria)
- Kostal, Arnost (Czechoslovakia)
- Kovats, Barna (Hungary)
- Rovenstrunck, Bernhard (Germany)
- Shiraishi, Akio (Japan)
- Ulian, Alberto (Uruguay)
- Maderna, Bruno (1920–1973) (Italy,Germany)
- Fricker, Peter Racine (1920–1990) (UK, USA)
1921
- Arnold, MalcolmMalcolm ArnoldSir Malcolm Henry Arnold, CBE was an English composer and symphonist.Malcolm Arnold began his career playing trumpet professionally, but by age thirty his life was devoted to composition. He was ranked with Benjamin Britten as one of the most sought-after composers in Britain...
(1921–2006) (UK) - Burghauser, Jarmil (Czechoslovakia)
- Fampas, Dimitris (1921–1997) (Greece)
- Friedel, Kurt Joachim (Germany)
- Mersson, Boris (Switzerland)
- Novak, Jan (1921–1984) (CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
) - Peruzzi, Aurelio (Italy)
- Piazzolla, AstorÁstor PiazzollaÁstor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. His oeuvre revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incorporating elements from jazz and classical music...
(1921–1992) (Argentina) - Raffman, Relly (1921–1988) (USA)
- Ramirez, ArielAriel RamirezAriel 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....
(Argentina) - Ramovs, Primoz (Slovenia)
- Riethmuller, Heinrich (Germany)
- Ritchie, John (New Zealand)
- Schibler, Armin (1921–1986) (Switzerland)
1922
- Alemann, Eduardo A (Argentina)
- Asriel, Andre (Austria)
- Bibalo, Antonio (Norway)
- Boda, John (USA)
- Bonfa, Luiz (Brazil)
- Eastwood, Thomas (Hugh) (UK)
- Feldbusch, Eric (Belgium)
- Foss, LukasLukas FossLukas Foss was a German-born American composer, conductor, and pianist.-Music career:He was born Lukas Fuchs in Berlin, Germany in 1922. His father was the philosopher and scholar Martin Fuchs...
(Germany), (USA) - Gartenlaub, Odette (France)
- Julia, Bernardo (Spain)
- Lancen, Serge (Jean Mathieu) (France)
- Mindlin, Adolfo (France)
- Patachich, Ivan (Hungary)
- Petit, Pierre (France)
- Tenzi, Massimo (Italy)
- Togni, Camillo (Italy)
- Wildberger, Jacques (Switzerland)
- Wusthoff, Klaus (Germany)
- Olsen, Poul Rovsing (1922–1982) (Denmark)
1923
- Azevedo, Waldyr (1923–1980) (Brazil)
- Bassett, Leslie (USA)
- Falu, Eduardo (Argentina)
- Gangi, Mario (Italy)
- Heiller, Anton (1923–1979) (Austria)
- Jolas, Betsy (USA)
- Kalabis, Viktor (Czechoslovakia)
- Martinez Zarate, Jorge (1923–1993) (Argentina)
- Mittergradnegger, Gunther (Austria)
- Pratesi, Mira (Italy)
- Riera, RodrigoRodrigo RieraRodrigo Riera , was a Venezuelan guitarist and composer. He wrote a vital and important body of works for the guitar, inspired by and dedicated to the rich music legacy of his region in the Lara state in Western Venezuela, displaying a loving nationalism that led him to be associated with the work...
(1923–1999) (Venezuela) - Rorem, NedNed RoremNed Rorem is a Pulitzer prize-winning American composer and diarist. He is best known and most praised for his song settings.-Life:...
(USA) - Vecchia, Wolfgango dalla (Italy)
- Zehm, Friedrich (Germany)
1924
- Ballif, Claude (France)
- Becker, Gunther (Germany)
- Beraldo, Primo (Italy)
- Borup-Jorgensen, Axel (Denmark)
- Coco, Julian B (Netherlands Antilles)
- Dodgson, Stephen (UK)
- Erbse, Heimo (Germany)
- Gabus, Monique (France)
- Huber, Klaus (Switzerland)
- Jorgensen, Axel Borup (Denmark)
- Kounadis, Arghyris P (Greece)
- Miroglio, Francis (France)
- Richer, Jeannine (France)
- Stiles, Frank (UK)
- Starer, Robert (Austria, USA)
- Schurmann, Gerhard (Java, USA)
- Camps, Pompeyo (1924–1947) (Argentina)
- Presti, Ida (1924–1967) (France)
1925
- Baumann, Herbert (Karl) (Germany)
- Becerra-Schmidt, Gustavo (Chile)
- Berio, Luciano (Italy)
- Boulez, Pierre (France)
- Chaynes, Charles (France)
- Clementi, Aldo (1925–2011) (Italy)
- David, Thomas Christian (Austria)
- Feld, Jindrich (Czechoslovakia)
- Jirmal, Jiri (Czechoslovakia)
- Klebe, Giselher (Wolfgang) (Germany)
- Kotonaki, Wlodzimierz (Poland)
- Sierra-Fortuny, Jose Maria (Spain)
- Somers, Harry (Canada)
- Theodorakis, Mikis (Greece)
- Weiner, Stanley (USA)
- Yocoh, Yuquijiro (Japan)
- Vega, Aurelio de la (CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, USA) - Constant, Marius (Romania, France)
- Orbon (de Soto), Julian (1925–1991) (Spain, USA)
- Delerue, Georges (1925–1992) (France)
- Hadjidakis, Manos (1925–1996) (Greece)
- Hummel, Bertold (1925–2002) (Germany)
1926
- Byrd, Charlie (USA)
- Carlstedt, Jan (Sweden)
- Casterede, Jacques (France)
- Ezaki, Kejiro (Japan)
- Glasser, Stanley (South Africa)
- Henze, Hans Werner (Germany)
- Leeuw, Ton de (Netherlands)
- Morel, François (Canada)
- Mronski, Stanislaw (Poland)
- Wills, Arthur (UK)
- Ziffrin, Marilyn J (USA)
- Kohn, Karl (Georg) (Austria, USA)
- Riera, Rodrigo (1926–1999) (Venezuela)
1927
- Argento, Dominick (USA)
- Bondon, Jacques (France)
- Dagosto, Sylvain (France)
- Donatoni, Franco (Italy)
- Fellagara, Vittorio (Italy)
- Grandis, Renato de (Italy)
- Heer, Hans de (Netherlands)
- Moracon, Guy (France)
- Nardelli, Mario (Croatia)
- Whettam, Graham (1927–2007) (UK) music
- Wilson, Thomas (UK)
- Jobim, Antonio Carlos (1927–1994) (Brazil)
- Yepes, Narcisco (1927–1997) (Spain)
1928
- Adler, SamuelSamuel Adler (composer)Samuel Hans Adler is an American composer and conductor.-Biography:Adler was born to a Jewish family in Mannheim, Germany, the son of Hugo Chaim Adler, a cantor and composer, and Selma Adler. The family fled to the United States in 1939, where Hugo became the cantor of Temple Emanuel in...
(Germany, USA) - Bellucci, Giacomo (Italy)
- Beyer, Franck Michael (Germany)
- Charlton, Andrew (USA)
- Farquhar, David (Andross) (New Zealand)
- Krieger, Edino (Brazil)
- Mamlok, Ursula (USA)
- Morricone, Ennio (Italy)
- Musgrave, Thea (UK)
- Parfrey, Raymond (UK)
- Rautavaara, EinojuhaniEinojuhani RautavaaraEinojuhani Rautavaara is a Finnish composer of contemporary classical music, and is one of the most notable Finnish composers after Jean Sibelius.-Life:...
(Finland) - Rougeron, Philippe (France)
- Teed, Roy (Norman) (UK)
- Teixeira, Nicanor (Brazil)
- Truhlar, Jan (born 1928-2007) (Czechoslovakia)
- Tucapsky, Antonin (Czechoslovakia,UK)
- Vercken, François (France)
- Visser, Dick (Netherlands)
- Walters, Gareth (UK)
- Winters, Geoffrey (UK)
1929
- Capoianu, Dumitru (Romania)
- Crawley, Clifford (UK)
- Drabble, Lawrence (UK)
- Eben, Petr (Czechoslovakia)
- Hand, Colin (UK)
- Hoddinott, Alun (UK)
- Kolz, Ernst (Germany)
- Kucera, Vaclav (Czechoslovakia)
- Lu, Zhao Xuan (Taiwan ROC)
- Mamangakis, Nikos (Greece)
- Mestres-Quadreny, Josep (Maria) (Spain)
- Nielsen, Tage (Denmark)
- Nogueira, Paulinho (Brazil)
- Reinbothe, Helmut (Germany)
- Sculthorpe, Peter (Australia)
- Stadlmair, HansHans StadlmairHans Stadlmair is an Austrian conductor and composer. He conducted the Münchener Kammerorchester for almost four decades.-Professional career:...
(Austria) - Turok, Paul (USA)
- Wanek, Friedrich (Germany)
- Previn, Andre (Germany, USA)
- Nord, Frederick (UK, USA)
- Bredemeyer, Reiner (1929–1996) (Colombia)
- Denisov, Edison (1929–1996) (Russia)
- Lagoya, Alexandre (1929–1999) (Egypt, France)
1930
- Arrigo, Girolamo (Italy)
- Baervoets, Raymond (Belgium)
- Blanchard, Harold (USA)
- Bolling, ClaudeClaude BollingClaude Bolling , is a renowned French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor.He was born in Cannes, studied at the Nice Conservatory, then in Paris. A child prodigy, by age 14 he was playing jazz piano professionally, with Lionel Hampton, Roy Eldridge, and Kenny Clarke...
(France) - Buss, Fritz (Germany-South Africa)
- Castillo, Manuel (Spain)
- Dubois, Pierre Max (France)
- Halffter, (Jimenez) Cristobal (Spain)
- Heider, Werner (Germany)
- Langford, Gordon (UK)
- Linde, Hans Martin (Germany)
- Obrovska, Jana (1930–1987) (Czechoslovakia)
- Roe, Betty (UK)
- Santos, Enrique (Mexico)
- Staak, Pieter van der (Netherlands)
- Takemitsu, ToruToru Takemitsuwas a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Largely self-taught, Takemitsu possessed consummate skill in the subtle manipulation of instrumental and orchestral timbre...
(1930–1996) (Japan) - Thorlaksson, Eythor (Iceland)
- Tsilicas, Jorge (Argentina)
1931
- Barkauskas, Vytautas (Lithuania)
- Barnes, Milton (Canada)
- Benguerel, Xavier (Spain)
- Bussotti, Sylvano (Italy)
- Camilleri, Charles (Malta)
- Company, Alvaro (Italy)
- Guinjoan, Joan (Spain)
- Humel, Gerald (USA)
- Kagel, Mauricio (Argentina)
- Kalmar, Laszlo (Hungary)
- Kelterborn, Rudolf (Switzerland)
- Matsudaire, Yoriaki (Japan)
- Morel, Jorge (Argentina)
- Mosso, Carlo (Italy)
- Norholm, Ib (Denmark)
- Srebotnjak, Alojz (Slovenia)
- White, Michael (USA)
1932
- Angulo, Heitor (Cuba)
- Belaubre, Louis Noel (France)
- Bellisario, Angelo (Italy)
- Blyton, Carey (UK)
- Cerf, Jacques (Switzerland)
- Defaye, Jean Michel (France)
- Helguera, Juan (Mexico)
- Klein, Lothar (Canada)
- Leduc, Jacques (Belgium)
- Lemeland, Aubert (France)
- Norgard, Per (Denmark)
- Suzuki, Ivao (Japan)
- Tera de Marez, Oyens (Netherlands)
- Tisne, Antoine (France)
- Stroe, Aurel (Romania-France)
1933
- Abril, Anton Garcia (Spain)
- Berti, Oscar (Venezuela)
- Breguet, Jacques (France)
- Chiereghin, Sergio (Italy)
- Correggia, Enrico (Italy)
- Dallinger, Fridolin (Austria)
- Dorward, David (UK)
- Fonseca, Carlos Alberto (Brazil)
- Garcia Abril, Anton (Spain)
- Hara, Hiroshi (Japan)
- Hinojosa, Javier (Mexico)
- Kocsar, Miklos (Hungary)
- Linke, Norbert (Germany)
- Miyoshi, Akira (Japan)
- Pilsl, Fritz (Germany)
- Rus, Ljudmil (Slovenia)
- Schafer, R Murray (Canada)
- Sorrentino, Giovanni (Italy)
- Thiago de Mello, Gaudencio (Brazil)
- Vandermaesbrugge, Max (Belgium)
- Sander, Peter (Hungary,UK)
- Chobanian, Loris (Iraq, USA)
- Balada, Leonardo (Spain, USA)
- Behrend, Siegfried (1933–1990) (Germany)
- Kratochwil, Heinz (1933–1995) (Austria)
1934
- Ancelin, Pierre (France)
- Bois, Rob du (Netherlands)
- Durko, Zsolt (Hungary)
- Farinas, Carlos (Cuba)
- Gunsenheimer, Gustav (Germany)
- Hunt, Oliver (UK)
- Kelly, Bryan (UK)
- Ladron, Raul de Guevara (Mexico)
- Marti, Heinz (Germany)
- Maxwell Davies, Peter (UK)
- Prieto, Claudio (Spain)
- Procaccini, Teresa (Italy)
- Sitsky, Larry (Australia)
- Steffens, Walter (Germany)
- Taranu, Cornel (Romania)
- Yoghourtjian, James (USA)
- Myers, Stanley (1934–1993) (UK)
- Ruiz-Pipo, Antonio (1934–1997) (Spain, France)
1935
- Blanquer, Amando (Spain)
- Brenet, Thirhse (France)
- Keinemann, Karl Heinz (Germany)
- Lachenmann, Helmut (Germany)
- Lambro, Philip (USA)
- Lorentzen, Bent (Denmark)
- Magen, Eli (IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
) - Maw, (John) Nicholas (UK)
- Riley, Terry (USA)
- Roland, Claude-Robert (Belgium)
- Sari, Josef (Hungary)
- Smirnov, Yurii Alekseevic (Russia)
- Vaillant, Raymond (France)
- Velázquez, Leonardo (Mexico)
- Kaplan, Jose Alberto (Argentina-Brazil)
- Jurkowski, Edmund (1935–1989) (Ukraine,Poland)
1936
- Amy, Gilbert (France)
- Bauer, Jerzy (Poland)
- Bennett, Richard Rodney (UK)
- Blaha, Ivo (Czechoslovakia)
- Boesmans, Philippe (Belgium)
- Braun, Peter Michael (Germany)
- Danner, Peter (USA)
- Dohl, Friedhelm (Germany)
- Franceries, Marc (France)
- Gaudibert, Eric (France)
- Hirayoshi, TakekuniTakekuni Hirayoshiwas a Japanese classical composer.Takekuni Hirayoshi graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts Department of Music in 1961 and completed his graduate work there in 1967. He studied with Yoshio Hasegawa and Yoshiho Ikuma . He was the 1969 recipient of the Otaka Award...
(Japan) - Kropfreiter, Augustus Franz (Austria)
- Meranger, Paul (France)
- Ratz, Martin (Germany)
- Sulpizi, Fernando (Italy)
- Tamas, Janos (Hungary)
- Urbanner, Erich (Austria)
- Cardew, Cornelius (1936–1981) (UK)
1937
- Applebaum, Edward (USA)
- Baden-Powell, Roberto (Brazil)
- Bedford, David (UK)
- Carhart, David (UK)
- Del Tredici, David (USA)
- Drogoz, Philippe (France)
- Hekster, Walter (Netherlands)
- Hoch, Peter (Germany)
- Lehmann, Hans Ulrich (Switzerland)
- Lerich, Pierre (France)
- Maldonado, Raul (Argentina)
- Petit, Jean-Louis (France)
- Philba, Nicole (France)
- Plaza, Juan B (Spain)
- Powell, Baden (Brazil)
- Riehm, Rolf (Germany)
- Sandro, Raimondo di (Italy)
- Searle, Leslie (USA)
- Xarhakos, Stavros (Greece)
- Ewers, Juergen (1937–1965) (Germany)
1938
- Baksa, Robert (USA)
- Blake, Howard (UK)
- Bolcom, WilliamWilliam BolcomWilliam Elden Bolcom is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, two Grammy Awards, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. Bolcom taught composition at the University of Michigan from 1973–2008...
(USA) - Corigliano, JohnJohn CoriglianoJohn Corigliano is an American composer of classical music and a teacher of music. He is a distinguished professor of music at Lehman College in the City University of New York.-Biography:...
(USA) - Hespos, Hans Joachim (Germany)
- Hetu, Jacques (Joseph Bobert) (Canada)
- Panin, Piotr (Russia)
- Shevchenko, Anatoly (Ukraine)
- Stoker, Richard (UK)
- Takahashi, Yuji (Japan)
- Tesar, Milan (Czechoslovakia)
- Tower, JoanJoan TowerJoan Tower is a Grammy-winning contemporary American composer, concert pianist and conductor. Lauded by the New Yorker as "one of the most successful woman composers of all time", her bold and energetic compositions have been performed in concert halls around the world...
(USA) - Vasquez, Edmundo (Chile,France)
1939
- Andriessen, LouisLouis AndriessenLouis Andriessen is a Dutch composer and pianist based in Amsterdam. He teaches composition at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague...
(Netherlands) - Bosman, Lance (UK)
- Brouwer, LeoLeo BrouwerJuan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida is a Cuban composer, conductor and guitarist. He is the grandson of Cuban composer Ernestina Lecuona Casado.-Biography:...
(Cuba) - Chiti, Gian PaoloGian Paolo ChitiGian Paolo Chiti is an Italian composer and pianist.After beginning his studies in piano, violin and composition at the age of four, he made a series of appearances as a child prodigy before entering the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, Italy's most important music school, at the age...
(Italy) - Fink, Michael (USA)
- Hellerman, William (USA)
- Holecek, Josef (Czechoslovakia,Sweden)
- Kolb, Barbara (USA)
- Leguay, Jean Pierre (France)
- Lester, Bryan (UK)
- Manneke, Daan (Netherlands)
- McCabe, John (UK)
- Meier, Jost (Germany)
- Nobre, Marlos (Brazil)
- Tacuchian, Ricardo (Brazil)
- Wettstein, Peter (Germany)
1940
- Benham, Patrick (UK)
- Carfagna, CarloCarlo CarfagnaCarlo Carfagna is an Italian classical guitarist, author of many musical publications.His musical education takes place at the Conservatory of Rome and Naples , under the guidance of Mario Gangi , which subsequently will be teaching colleague for many years at Santa Cecilia.-Transcriptions and...
(Italy) - Castet, François (France)
- Cavazzoli, Germano (Italy)
- Medek, Tilo (Germany)
- Noda, Teruyuki (Japan)
- Northcott, Bayan (UK)
- Otero, Francisco (Spain)
- Santos, Turibio (Brazil)
- Skinger, Jim (USA)
- Summerfield, Maurice (UK)
- Towner, RalphRalph TownerRalph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...
(USA) - Villa Roja, Jesus (Spain)
- Villa-Rojo, Jesus (Spain)
- Oort, Bob (Netherlands,Australia)
- Schwartz, Francis (USA, Puerto Rico)
- Lennon, JohnJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
(1940–1980) (UK, USA) - Zappa, FrankFrank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
(1940–1993) (USA)
1941
- Bartoli, Rene (France)
- Bracali, Gianpaulo (Italy)
- Burgon, Geoffrey (UK)
- Cherubito, Miguel A (Argentina)
- Cimma, Pier Luigi (Italy)
- Corea, Chick (USA)
- Cruz de Castro, Carlos (Spain)
- Curtis-Smith, Curtis (USA)
- Diamond, Neil (USA)
- Geddes, John Maxwell (UK)
- Gilardino, Angelo (Italy)
- Hallgrimsson, Haflidi (Iceland)
- Lazaro, Jose (Spain)
- Lejet, Edith (France)
- Man, Roderik de (Netherlands)
- Middleton, Owen (USA)
- Miteran, Alain (France)
- Rekhin, Igor (Russia)
- Sacchetti, Arturo (Italy)
- Segula, Tomaz (Slovenia)
- Stahmer, Klaus Hinrich (Germany)
- Williams, John (Australia) (UK)
- Generaux, Roger (1941–1978) (France)
- Pearson, Robin J (1941–1983) (UK)
1942
- Alcazar, Miguel (Mexico)
- Antunes, Jorge de Freitas (Brazil)
- Bernstein, David S (USA)
- Bračanin, PhilipPhilip BračaninPhilip Bračanin is an Australian composer and musicologist. He graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1962 with bachelors degrees in mathematics and music. He pursued graduate studies at the same school in musicology and composition, earning an MA in 1968 and a PhD in 1970...
(Australia) - Grunhagen, Norbert (Germany)
- King, Carole (USA)
- Marco, Tomas (Spain)
- Marshall, Nicholas (UK)
- McCartney, Paul (UK)
- Purser, John (UK)
- Ramos, Toninho (Brazil)
- Ravinale, Irma (Italy)
- Sandstrom, Sven-David (born 1942) (Sweden)
- Shekov, Ivan (Bulgaria)
- Steinke, Greg (USA)
- Vinay, Vittorio (Italy)
1943
- Buck, Ole (Denmark)
- Fernandez Alvez, Gabriel (Spain)
- Ferneyhough, Brian (UK)
- Gammie, Ian (UK)
- Gavarone, Gerard (France)
- Heinze, Walter (1943–2005) (Argentina)
- Jung, Helge (Germany)
- Lauber, AnneAnne LauberAnne Lauber is a Canadian composer, conductor, and music educator of Swiss birth. A member of the Canadian League of Composers and an associate of the Canadian Music Centre, she has been commissioned to write works by the Quebec Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the Canadian...
(Switzerland, Canada) - Leon, Tania (Cuba)
- Lotz, Hans Georg (Germany)
- MacCombie, Bruce (USA)
- Margola, Manuel (Italy)
- Prado, Almeida (Brazil)
- Riley, Dennis (USA)
- Schwantner, JosephJoseph SchwantnerJoseph C. Schwantner is a Pulitzer Prize winning American composer and educator and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was awarded the 1970 Charles Ives Prize....
(USA) - Summaria, Davide (Italy)
- Vogelin, Fritz (Germany)
- Vvgelin, Fritz (Switzerland)
- Walker, Timothy (South Africa, UK)
1944
- Albright, William (USA)
- Croucher, Terence (UK)
- Dillon, James (Shaun Hamilton) (UK)
- Doidge, Spencer Ernest (USA)
- Freidlin, Jan (Russia)
- Kilvington, Chris (UK)
- Leclercq, Norbert (Belgium)
- Mourat, Jean Maurice (France)
- Nordgren, Pehr Henrik (Finland)
- Owen, Jerry (USA)
- Shackelford, Rudy (USA)
- Szordikowski, Bruno (Germany)
- Tapajós, Sebastião (Brazil)
- Tavener, John (Kenneth) (UK)
- Zaradin, John (UK)
- Barbosa-Lima, Carlos (Brazil, USA)
- Biberian, Gilbert (Turkey, UK)
1945
- Arran, John (UK)
- Berry, Jacques Andre (France)
- Clapton, Eric (UK)
- Criswick, Mary (UK)
- Fulkerson, James (Orville) (USA)
- Klatzow, Peter (South Africa)
- Lajarrige, Marc (France)
- Lind, Ekard (Germany)
- Lombardi, Luca (Italy)
- Lovelady, William (UK)
- Marshall, Ingram (USA)
- Rak, Stepan (Czechoslovakia)
- Stover, Richard 'Rico' (USA)
- Strizich, Robert (USA)
- Teschner, Hans Joachim (Germany)
- Muro, Juan Antonio (Spain, Finland)
1946
- Alexander, Allan (USA)
- Bosco, Gilberto (Italy)
- Chaviano, Flores (Cuba)
- Cordero, Ernesto (Puerto Rico)
- Curi, Antonio (Italy)
- Darias, Javier (Spain)
- Galindo, Jose Antonio (Spain)
- Garcia Laborda, Jose Maria (Spain)
- Soban, Primoz (Slovenia)
- Stranz, Ulrich (Germany)
- Swayne, Giles (Oliver Cairnes) (UK)
- Tsiatas, T (Greece)
- Vasks, Peteris (LatviaLatviaLatvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
) - Weed (UK)
- Nicolau, Dimitri (Greece, Italy)
- Marton, Eugen Mihai (Romania, Germany)
- Platts, Kenneth (1946–1989) (UK)
1947
- Amador, Efrain (Cuba)
- Bosseur, Jean-Yves (France)
- Brubeck, Darius (USA,South Africa)
- Bujtas, Jozsef (Hungary)
- Buller, Alan (UK)
- Carroll, David (UK)
- Cecconi, Raffaele (Italy)
- Dawson, Doug (USA) bio
- Domeniconi, CarloCarlo DomeniconiCarlo Domeniconi is an Italian guitarist and composer known as a concert artist in both the classical and jazz idioms. Born in Cesena, Italy, he received his first instruction with Carmen Lenzi Mozzani at the age of 13...
(Italy) - Gismonti, EgbertoEgberto GismontiEgberto Gismonti Amin is a Brazilian composer, guitarist and pianist.Gismonti began his formal music studies at the age of six on piano. After studying classical music for 15 years, he went to Paris to study orchestration and analysis with Nadia Boulanger and the composer Jean Barraqué, a disciple...
(Brazil) - Gore, Dennis (UK)
- Habe, Tomaz (Slovenia)
- Hamel, Peter Michael (Germany)
- Hand, Frederick (USA)
- Hewitt, David (UK,South Africa)
- Jakola, Arto (Finland)
- Mills, John (UK)
- Monti, Alessio (Italy)
- Muhatdinov, Sharif (Russia)
- Murail, Tristan (France)
- Nordstroem, Hans-Henrik (Denmark)
- Paco de Lucia (Spain)
- Pairman, David (UK)
- Qualey, David Ernest (USA)
- Rechberger, Herman (Austria, Finland)
- Regan, Michael (UK)
- Richmond, Lewis A (USA)
- Rollin, Robert (USA)
- Royal, Timothy (UK)
- Skempton, Howard (UK)
- Strajnar, Ales (Slovenia)
- White, Richard (USA)
1948
- Berkeley, Michael (UK)
- Billet, Jean Pierre (France)
- Brown, Ken (USA)
- Cooper, James Medary (USA)
- Engel, Claude (France)
- Falu, Juan (Argentina)
- Ferguson, JimJim FergusonJim Ferguson is an American guitarist, composer, music educator, author, and music journalist/editor.Born in Dayton, Ohio, Jim Ferguson began his early music education playing the trombone at age 7, and then after eight years of study, switched to the guitar at age 15...
(USA) - Hodel, Brian (USA)
- Labrouve, Jorge (Spain)
- Lendle, Wolfgang (Germany)
- Lloyd Webber, Andrew (UK)
- McGuire, Edward (UK)
- Miranda, Ronaldo (Brazil)
- Polkki, Vesa Eljas Einari (Finland)
- Prato, Juan Carlos (Argentina)
- Schlutz, Wolfgang (Germany)
- Selby, Philip (UK)
- Stimpson, Michael (UK)
- Tamez, Gerardo (Mexico)
- Watkins, Michael Blake (UK)
- Zaidel-Rudolph, Jeanne (South Africa)
- Torok, Alan (Austria,Canada)
- Linneman, Maria (Netherlands,UK)
- Vivier, Claude (1948–1983) (Canada)
1949
- Araujo, Francisco (Brazil)
- Bonell, Carlos (UK)
- Campana, Jose Luis (Argentina)
- Cardoso, Jorge (Argentina) (Spain)
- Cavalcanti, Nestor de Hollanda (Brazil)
- Cody, Judith (USA)
- Downs, Colin (UK)
- Feuerstein, Robert (Canada)
- Fouillaud, Patrice (France)
- Garcia, Gerald (Hong Kong) (UK)
- Hartog, Cees (Netherlands)
- Iznaola, Ricardo (Cuba, USA)
- Jamieson, Douglas (Canada)
- King, David (UK)
- Koch-Raphael, Erwin (Germany)
- Lawrence, Alan (UK)
- Madureira, Antonio (Brazil)
- Marsh, Steve (UK)
- Martinez III, Frank P. (USA)
- McKinnon, Claude (Canada)
- Mojzis, Vojtech (Czechoslovakia)
- Nuttall, Peter (UK)
- Paulus, Stephen (Harrison) (USA)
- Prodigo, Sergio (Italy)
- Radic', Theo (USA)
- Rouse, Christopher (USA)
- Ruders, PoulPoul RudersPoul Ruders is a Danish composer.Ruders trained as an organist, and studied orchestration with Karl Aage Rasmussen. Ruders's first compositions date from the mid-1960s...
(Denmark) - Rudi, Rafet (KosovoKosovoKosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
) - Tamulionis, Jonas (Lithuania)
- Tosic, Vladimir (Yugoslavia)
- Trojahn, Manfred (Germany)
- Weiss, Harald (Germany)
- Wessman, Harri (Kristian) (Finland)
1950
- Andriopoulos, Ilias (Greece)
- Bellinati, Paulo (Brazil)
- Boehm, Roland (Germany)
- Boudounis, Evangelos (Greece)
- Bournet, Pascal (France)
- Breznikar, Joseph (USA)
- Brule, Pierre Marcel (Canada)
- Buchrainer, Michael (Austria)
- Coinel, Robert (France)
- Compton, John (UK)
- Del Forno, Anton (Italy)
- Dumond, Arnaud (France)
- Edlund, Mikael (Sweden)
- Farrell, Terrence (USA)
- Gagnon, Claude (Canada)
- Hein, Douglas M (USA)
- Larsen, Libby (USA)
- Lemaigre, Philippe (Belgium)
- Lennon, John Anthony (USA)
- Martin Llado, Miguel A (Spain)
- Mazis, Spyros (Greece)
- Nightingale, Daniel (USA)
- Oliver, Stephen (UK)
- Pearson, Stephen Funk (USA)
- Putz, Friedrich (Germany)
- Rebours, Gerard (France)
- Roberts, William (Canada)
- Vojtisek,Martin (Czechoslovakia)
- Jackman, Richard Miles (Australia) (Germany)
- Alandia C, Edgar (Bolivia-Italy)
- Burgos, Francisco J (Ecuador, USA)
- Giorginakis, Kiriakos (1950–1989) (Greece)
1951
- Anderson, John (UK)
- Battenstein, Thomas (Germany)
- Bensa, Olivier (France)
- Blake, Michael (South Africa)
- Cooperman, Larry Steward (USA)
- Cote, Rolland (Canada)
- Cottam, David (UK)
- Dams, Norbert (Germany)
- Frost, Donald (USA)
- Gasser, Luis (Spain)
- Henriquez, Josep (Spain)
- Hochweber, Jorg (Switzerland)
- Johanson, Bryan (USA)
- Kinast, Rainer (Germany)
- Kleynjans, Francis (France)
- Lambert, Richard (UK)
- Nickerson, Joe (USA)
- O'Toole, Michael (Ireland)
- Piris, Bernard (France)
- Platz, Robert H P (Germany)
- Samama, Leo (Netherlands)
- Sting-Sumner, Gordon (UK)
- Ware, Peter (Canada)
- Whitworth, John (USA)
- Wilson, James (USA)
1952
- Assad, SergioSergio AssadSérgio Assad is a Brazilian guitarist, composer, and arranger who often performs with his brother in the guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad, commonly referred to as Assad Brothers or Duo Assad.-Biography:...
(Brazil) - Bons, Joel (Netherlands)
- Cauvin, Philippe (France)
- Dellacasa, Giancarlo (Italy)
- Diederichs, Yann (Germany)
- Fernandez, Eduardo (Uruguay)
- Flechtner, Gunter (Germany)
- Garcia de Leon, Ernesto (Mexico)
- Gefors, Hans (born 1952)Sweden)
- Haug, Halvor (born 1952)Norway)
- Iiriti, Mauro (Italy)
- Lahav, Naftali (Israel)
- Lawall, George (Germany)
- Marcussen, Kjell (Norway)
- Merlin, Jose Luis (Argentina)
- Penicaud, Eric (France)
- Sidney, Anthony (Italy)
- Smoot, Richard Jordan (USA)
- Turina, Jose Luis (Spain)
- Vafiadou Katherin (Greece)
- Wallace, Frank (USA)
1953
- Andes, Marc (France)
- Arca, Paulo (Italy)
- Asia, Daniel (USA)
- Bridges, Ben (USA)
- Cortes, Juan Manuel (Spain)
- Dinescu, VioletaVioleta DinescuVioleta Dinescu is a Romanian composer, pianist and professor, living in Germany since 1982.-Romania:Violeta Dinescu began her studies of music in 1972 at the conservatory Ciprian Porumbescu in Bucharest, composition with Myriam Marbe. In 1978 she received her master's degree, with distinction...
(Romania, Germany) - Fraioli, Vincent (USA)
- Gerber, Heinz (Germany)
- Hasted, Derek (UK)
- Henke, Matthias (Germany)
- Hradecky, Emil (Czechoslovakia)
- Hvlszky, Adriana (Romania, Germany)
- Karjalainen, Kari (Finland)
- King, John (USA)
- Leisner, David (USA)
- Lewis, Peter Scott (USA)
- Machado, Celso (Brazil)
- Moreno, Juan Antonio (Spain)
- Narvaez, Jose-Luis (France)
- Nieminen, Kai (Finland)
- Norton, Christopher (New Zealand)
- Saxton, Robert (UK)
- Sierra, Roberto (Puerto Rico)
- Snijders, Herman (Netherlands Antilles)
- Solomons, David Warin (UK)
- Steptoe, Roger (Guy) (UK)
- Szekely, Katalin (Hungary)
- Torrent, Jaume (Spain)
- Tosi, Daniel (France)
- Vink, Peter (Netherlands)
- Zenamon, Jaime Mirtenbaum (Bolivia)
1954
- Angulo, Eduardo (Mexico)
- Arenstein, Colin (UK)
- Beaser, Robert (USA)
- Belini, Kemel (Cyprus)
- Bombardelli, Umberto (Italy)
- Bowers, Timothy (UK)
- Caceres, German (El Salvador)
- Coulanges, Amos (Haiti)
- D'Arros, Yves (France)
- Encinar, Jose Ramon (Spain)
- Fallen, Jeff (USA)
- Gianfreda, Massimo (Italy)
- Haubensak, Edu (Finland)
- Hojsgaard, Erik (Denmark)
- Hollos, Mate (Hungary)
- Houghton, Philip (Australia)
- Le Gars, Marc (France)
- Major, John (USA)
- Masala, Roberto (Italy)
- Meijering, Chiel (Netherlands)
- Nockalls, Martin (UK)
- Nunn, Ruth (UK)
- Ratkowski, Torsten (Germany)
- Renault, Jean Marc (France)
- Salas, Manuel R (Spain)
- Schlosberg, Benoit (France)
- Schneider, Gunther (Austria)
- Steele, Jeffry Hamilton (USA)
- Suilamo, Harri (Finland)
- Viblom, Lars (Sweden)
- Gonzalez-Medina, Enrique (Mexico, USA)
1955
- Alonso, Avelino (Spain)
- Altmeier-Mort, Peter (Australia)
- Becker, Holmer (Germany)
- Carcache, Manuel (El Salvador)
- Carde, Eric Reyes (Puerto Rico)
- Charlton, Richard ((Australia)
- D'Angelo, Nuccio (Italy)
- Denhoff, Michael (Germany)
- Drozd, Gerard (Poland)
- Echecopar, Javier (Peru)
- Elderkin, Stephen (Canada)
- Erding-Swiridoff, Susanne (Germany)
- Espinosa Garay, Leandro (Mexico)
- Gasparini, Luigi (Italy)
- Gast, Wolfgang (Germany)
- Graham, James Paul (Canada)
- Hest, Rowy van (Netherlands)
- Luiz, Nonato (Brazil)
- Montes, Alfonso (Venezuela)
- Pagan, Juan (Spain)
- Pope, Martin (UK)
- Shaked, Yuval (Germany)
- Smekens, Wouter (Belgium)
- Verdery, Benjamin (USA)
- Wanders, Bob (Netherlands)
- Xifaras, Peter (USA)
- Young, Kenneth (New Zealand)
- Boyer, Daniel (Canada, France)
- Meijering, Cord (Germany, Netherlands)
- Dyens, Roland (TunisiaTunisiaTunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
, France) - Kinsey, Avril (UK, South Africa)
- Bogdanovic, Dusan (Yugoslavia, USA)
1956
- Benati, Chiaro (Italy)
- Caggiono, Felice (Italy)
- Camargo Fernandes, Marcelo de (Brazil)
- Casablancas, Benet (Spain)
- Chandler, Hugh (USA)
- Danner, Wilfried Maria (Germany)
- Di Marino, Roberto (Italy)
- Erni, Michael (Germany)
- Fetherolf, David (USA)
- Fujii, Keigo (Japan)
- Glise, Anthony (USA, France)
- Gregory, Paul (UK)
- Hahn, David (USA) page
- Hubler, Klaus Karl (Germany)
- Koshkin, Nikita (Russia)
- Krouse, Ian (USA)
- Lieske, Wulfin (Germany)
- Lindsey-Clark, Vincent (UK)
- Martin, Eduardo (Cuba)
- Martins, Vasco Jorge Coelho Oliveira (Cape Verde Islands)
- Mas, Jean Luc (France)
- Nogatz, Hubertus (Germany)
- Olshanskij, Anatoli (Russia)
- Pearce, John (USA)
- Primosch, James (USA)
- Robinson, Andrea (New Zealand)
- Salonen, Veli (Finland)
- Schindler, Klaus (Germany)
- Schwenkglenks, Juergen (Germany)
- Ugoletti, Paolo (Italy)
- Williams, Adrian (UK)
- Willis, Rex (USA)
- Zukerwar, Haim D (Uruguay)
1957
- Benedetti, Fred M (USA)
- Bentley, Jane (UK)
- Brun, Patrick (France)
- Bruni Lamanna, HumbertoHumberto Bruni LamannaHumberto Bruni Lamanna, descendent from an Italian family, is a Classical Guitar Concert Artist.-Musical Studies:...
(Venezuela) - Cabee, Jean-Pierre (France)
- Carastathis, Aris (Canada)
- Cavallone, Franco (Italy)
- Chadwick, Roland (Australia)
- Chassain, Olivier (France)
- Dropsie, Adriaan (Netherlands)
- Durville, Philippe (France)
- El-Salamouny, Ahmed (Germany)
- Giacometti, Antonio (Italy)
- Grossnick, Horst (Germany)
- Gulikers, Frans (Netherlands)
- Hill, Frank (Germany) page
- Marchelie, Erik (France)
- Mosca, Luigi (Italy)
- Newling, Graham (UK)
- Pujol, Maximo Diego (Argentina)
- Raillard, Georges (Switzerland)
- Ritter Navarro, Jorge (Mexico)
- Rodés Gubern, Eduard (Spain)
- Rougier, Thierry (France)
- Ruoff, Axel D (Germany)
- Schedl, Gerhard (Austria)
- Schiffman, Harold (USA)
- Schlee, Thomas Daniel (Austria)
- Schneider, Gary M (USA)
- Shiels, Andrew (Ireland)
- Tan, DunTan DunTan Dun is a Chinese contemporary classical composer, most widely known for his scores for the movies Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero.-Early life in China:...
(China)
1958
- Gutierrez, Miguel Angel (Spain)
- Kirschbaum, Christoph (Germany)
- Kozlov, Viktor (Russia)
- Kruisbrink, Annette (Netherlands)
- Lentini, James (USA)
- Louis, Kurt (USA)
- Nikolopoulos, Angelos (Greece)
- Paamino, Cristobal (Ecuador)
- Sprague, Frank Lee (USA)
- Tejedor, Pere Soto (Spain)
- Tommis, Colin (UK)
- York, Andrew (USA)
1959
- Barrett, Richard (UK)
- Brotons, Salvador (Spain)
- Condin, Wolfgang (Germany)
- Delpriora, Mark (USA)
- DiPalma, Mark (USA)
- Dojcinovic, Uros (Yugoslavia)
- Dunser, Richard ( Austria)
- Francis, John (USA)
- Harting-Ware, Lynn (Canada)
- Harvey, David (UK)
- Houghton, Mark (UK)
- Izarra, Adina (Venezuela)
- Shigeru, Kan-no (Japan)
- Kanaris, Leonidas (Greece)
- Krylov, Andrei http://krylovmusic.googlepages.com/ (Russia)
- Langer, Michael (Austria)
- Leroux, Philippe (France)
- Molina, Luis Manuel (Cuba)
- Truppe, Gerry (Netherlands)
1960
- Cano, Cesar (Spain)
- Capyrin, DmitriDmitri CapyrinDmitri Capyrin is a Russian composer of contemporary classical music. He graduated from Lviv Conservatory in 1984. He lives in Moscow and works as a freelance composer...
(Russia) - Carmona, Carlos AlfredoCarlos CarmonaCarlos Emilio Carmona Tello is a professional Chilean footballer who started his career as a centre midfielder in Coquimbo Unido and has already captained Chile's U-20 and U-23 sides...
(Argentina) - Corbett, Sidney USA(Germany)
- Flores, Eduardo (Ecuador)
- Glanert, Detlev (Germany)
- Hajdu, Georg (Germany)
- Hubner, Tilman (Germany)
- Kernis, Aaron JayAaron Jay KernisAaron Jay Kernis is an American composer and professor at the Yale School of Music.-Biography:Aaron Jay Kernis is Jewish, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied at the Manhattan School of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory, and Yale University .,Notable works include the...
(USA) - Jurg Kindle (Switzerland)
- Morscheck, Peter (Germany)
- Persch, Ralf (Germany)
- Pessina, Carlo (Italy)
- Ritchie, Anthony (New Zealand)
- Shchetynsky, AlexanderAlexander ShchetynskyAlexander Shchetynsky is a Ukrainian composer. Born on 22 June 1960 in Kharkiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union. His work list includes compositions in various forms ranging from solo instrumental to orchestral, choral pieces and operas....
(Ukraine) - Sinesi, Quique (Argentina)
- Skinner, Tony (UK)
- Vitiello, Frederic (France)
- Vonderau, Christof (Germany)
- Zamani, Adil (Turkey)
1961
- Brvder, Alois (Germany)
- Dovgopol, Dmitri (Russia)
- Enriquez, Claudio 'Pino' (Argentina)
- Farago, Bela (Hungary)
- Fontana, Fabio (Italy)
- Hudson, Roger (USA)
- Masini, Fabio (Italy)
- Moyano, Ricardo (Argentina)
- Oehring, Helmut (Germany)
- Sayage, Richard F. (USA)
- Sfogli, Corrando (Italy)
- Steidl, Pavel (Czechoslovakia)
- Koudelak, Leon (Czechoslovakia)
- Yamashita, Kazuhito (Japan)
1962
- Anderson, WilliamWilliam Anderson (guitarist)William Anderson is an American guitarist and composer.Anderson studied the guitar with Allen Krantz, Christoph Harlan and David Starobin, and composition with Frank Brickle...
(USA) - Bravo, Enrique (Venezuela)
- Burgmann, Chris (Germany)
- Coronel, Marcelo (Argentina)
- Eotvos, Jozsef (Hungary)
- Kampela, Arthur (Brazil)
- Koch, Gareth (Australia)
- Marquez, Nessa (USA)
- Xatzistayrou, Aris (Greece)
- Roux, Patrick (France,Canada)
1964
- Boutros, Laurent (France)
- Budasz, Rogerio (born 1964)Brazil)
- Chung, Il Ryun (Korea)
- Eythorsson, Sveinn (Iceland)
- Ferrer, Edgar R (Argentina)
- Foudoulis, Yorgos (Greece)
- Head, Brian (USA)
- Kiselev, Oleg (Russia)
- Levin, Stefan (Sweden)
- Maggio, Robert (USA)
- Mollberg, Jonas (Sweden)
- Paraskevas, Apostolos (Greece)
- Schlunz, Annette (Germany)
1965
- Clerch, Joaquin (Cuba)
- Houtsma (Madera), Jorge (Netherlands)
- McPherson, Gordon (UK)
- Muthspiel, Wolfgang (Austria)
- Rathmell, Robert Jennings (USA)
- Rupert, Chris (Canada)
1966
- Grosskopf, Giovanni (Italy)
- Kristianto, Jubing (Indonesia)
- Onna, Peter van (Netherlands)
- Pierre, Alain (Belgium)
- Spurway, Jason (UK)
- Warnecke, Ulrich Uhland (Germany)
1967
- Alessio, Lino (USA)
- Bielawa, Bruce (USA)
- Brown, James Peter (Canada)
- Charnofsky, Jordan (USA)
- Graf, Richard (born 1967)Austria)
- Kurjata, Tomasz (Poland)
1968
- Betancourt, Rodolfo (Venezuela)
- Johnson, Timothy Ernest (USA)
- Budos, Marian (Slovak-Australia)
1970s
- Milovanov, Dmitri (Russia)
- Chizaris, Constantinos (Greece)
- Ourkouzounov, Atanas (Bulgaria)
- Rivera, Carlos Rafael (USA)
- Rivera, Carlos Rafael (USA)
- Albertz, Sef (Venezuela-Germany)
- Chen, Biao (China)
- Navok, Lior (Israel)
- Navok, Lior (Israel)
- Sasseville, Pascal (Canada)
- De Faria, Alexandre (Brazil)
- De Voe, Donald (USA)
- Elliott, Mark Alan (USA)
- Scartabello, Peter (USA)
- Lenz, Richard (Netherlands-Australia)
- Maddock, Andrew (USA)
- Yeprem, Sefa (Turkey)
- Gaquere, Boris (Belgium)
- Hirschelman, Evan (USA)
- Sammoutis, Evis (Cyprus)
- Tomi RäisänenTomi RäisänenTomi Räisänen is a Finnish composer.- Biography :Räisänen studied composition from 2000 to 2006 at the Sibelius Academy under Erkki Jokinen graduating as the master of music. Before entering the Sibelius Academy he read music at the University of Helsinki studying musicology and composition under...
(Finland)
1980s
- Gunenc, Cem B. (Turkey)
- Laferney, Michael Sean (USA)
- Christofi, George P (Cyprus)
- Theobalds, Matthew J (UK)
- Moazen, Bagher (Canada)
- Flippin, Thomas (USA)
- Burcéva, Arina (USA)
- Ruiz, Hermelindo (Puerto Rico)
Reference/External links
- http://musicated.com/CGCL