If you wish to be generally familiar with classical music, here is a short list of composers you should know from this period.
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Nationality |
Music Online (Alexander Street Press) & Naxos |
Media |
1910 |
1981 |
American |
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1881 |
1945 |
Hungarian |
Naxos | ||
1918 |
1990 |
American |
Naxos | ||
1912 |
1992 |
American |
Naxos | ||
1900 |
1990 |
American |
Naxos | ||
1862 |
1918 |
French |
Naxos | ||
1898 |
1937 |
American |
Naxos | ||
1882 |
1961 |
Australian-American |
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1895 |
1963 |
German |
Naxos | ||
1874 |
1934 |
English |
Naxos | ||
1874 |
1954 |
American |
Naxos | ||
1908 |
1992 |
French |
Naxos | ||
1895 |
1982 |
German |
Naxos | ||
1891 |
1953 |
Russian |
Naxos | ||
1874 |
1951 |
Austrian-American |
Naxos | ||
1864 |
1949 |
German |
Naxos | ||
1882 |
1971 |
Russian |
Naxos | ||
1883 |
1965 |
French-American |
Naxos |
If you are a student of Music History or Composition, here are additional composers you should know from this period.
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Nationality |
Music Online (Alexander Street Press) & Naxos |
Media |
1900 |
1959 |
American |
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1916 |
2011 |
American |
Naxos | ||
1885 |
1935 |
Austrian |
Naxos | ||
1925 |
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French |
Naxos | ||
1913 |
1976 |
English |
Naxos | ||
1908 |
2012 |
American |
Naxos | ||
1926 |
2000 |
American |
Naxos | |
|
1897 |
1965 |
American |
Naxos | ||
1899 |
1974 |
American |
Naxos | ||
1926 |
1987 |
American |
Naxos | CDs/DVDs Scores |
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1922 |
2009 |
German-American |
Naxos | Scores | |
1916 |
1983 |
Argentine |
Naxos | ||
1913 |
1996 |
American |
Naxos | ||
1896 |
1981 |
American |
|
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1926 |
2012 |
German |
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1892 |
1955 |
Swiss / French |
Naxos | ||
1911 |
2000 |
Armenian-American |
Naxos | ||
1921 |
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Czech-American |
Naxos | ||
1854 |
1928 |
Czech |
Naxos | ||
1870 |
1948 |
Austro-Hungarian |
Naxos | ||
1900 |
1996 |
German-American |
Naxos | Scores | |
1913 |
1994 |
Polish |
Naxos |
If you are a student of Music History or Composition, here are additional composers you should know from this period.
Name |
Birth |
Death |
Nationality |
Music Online (Alexander Street Press) & Naxos |
Media |
1929 |
1997 |
Japanese |
Scores | ||
1911 |
2007 |
Italian-American |
Naxos | ||
1892 |
1974 |
French |
Naxos | ||
1924 |
1990 |
Italian |
Naxos | Scores | |
1915 |
1987 |
American |
Naxos | ||
|
1923 |
2006 |
American |
Naxos | |
1899 |
1963 |
French |
Naxos | ||
Rachmaninoff (Racmaninov, Rachmaninov), Sergei (Serge; Sergey) |
1873 |
1943 |
Russian |
Naxos | |
1879 |
1936 |
Italian |
Naxos | ||
1918 |
2005 |
American |
Naxos | ||
1910 |
1992 |
American |
Naxos | ||
1872 |
1915 |
Russian |
Naxos | Scores | |
1901 |
1953 |
American |
Naxos | Scores | |
1896 |
1985 |
American |
Naxos | ||
1906 |
1975 |
Russian |
Naxos | ||
1930 |
1996 |
Japanese |
Naxos | ||
1905 |
1998 |
English |
Naxos | ||
1911 |
1990 |
Russian-American |
Naxos | CDs/DVDs |
|
1887 |
1959 |
Brazilian |
Naxos | ||
1883 |
1945 |
Austrian |
Naxos | CDs/DVDs Scores |