Category: Famous Composers of the 20th Century

Categories: Famous People of the 20th Century | Composers

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Наум (Лурья) Lourie 14 May 1892 Propoisk, Bykhov, Mogilev, Russian Empire - 12 Oct 1966

Արամ Խաչատրյան 06 Jun 1903 Тифлис, Тифлисский уезд, Тифлисская губернія, Российская империя - 01 May 1978

徹 (武滿) 武満 08 Oct 1930 日本東京府 - 20 Feb 1996

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Samuel Barber 09 Mar 1910 West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States - 23 Jan 1981

Béla Győző János Bartók 25 Mar 1881 Nagy-Szent-Miklós, Torontál, Hungary - 26 Sep 1945

Lennox Berkeley 12 May 1903 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 26 Dec 1989

George Butterworth 12 Jul 1885 Paddington, London, England - 05 Aug 1916

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Elliott Carter 11 Dec 1908 New York City, USA - 05 Nov 2012

Alan (Chakmakjian) Hovhaness 08 Mar 1911 Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States - 21 Jun 2000

Eric Coates 27 Aug 1886 Hucknall, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom - 21 Dec 1957

Aaron Copland 14 Nov 1900 Brooklyn, New York, USA - 02 Dec 1990

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Thomas Dorsey 01 Jul 1899 Villa Rica, Carroll, Georgia, United States - 23 Jan 1993

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Marcus Frankel 24 Apr 1881 Vienna, Austria - 29 Apr 1961

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George Grainger 08 Jul 1882 North Brighton, Victoria, Australia - 20 Feb 1961

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Richard Hageman 09 Jul 1881 Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland - 06 Mar 1966

H cont.

Cristóbal Halffter 24 Mar 1930 Madrid, Provincia de Madrid, Madrid, Spain - 23 May 2021

Ernesto Halffter 16 Jan 1905 Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Spain - 05 Jul 1989

Rodolfo Halffter 30 Jan 1900 Madrid, Provincia de Madrid, Madrid, Spain - 14 Oct 1987

Victor Herbert 01 Feb 1859 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland - 26 May 1924

Maximillian (Herman) Herrmann 29 Jun 1911 Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 24 Dec 1975

Friendrich Hollaender 18 Oct 1896 London, England - 18 Jan 1976

Sidney Homer 09 Dec 1864 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA - 10 Jul 1953

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Zoltán Vilmos Kodály 16 Dec 1882 Kecskemét, Hungary - 06 Mar 1967

Gail Kubik 15 Sep 1914 South Coffeyville, Nowata, Oklahoma, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika - 20 Jul 1984

Ladislav Kubík 26 Aug 1946 Prag, Böhmen, Tschechoslowakei - 27 Oct 2017

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Enrico Mancini 16 Apr 1924 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States - 14 Jun 1994

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Estelle Philleo 02 Sep 1881 Ohio, United States - 20 Mar 1936

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Joaquín Rodrigo 22 Nov 1901 Sagunto, Provincia de València, Valenciana, Spain - 06 Jul 1999

David Rose 15 Jun 1910 London, England - 23 Aug 1990

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Giovanni Rota 03 Dec 1911 Milano, Lombardia, Italia - 10 Apr 1979

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Éric Satie 17 May 1866 Honfleur, Calvados, France - 01 Jul 1925

Francis Scott 21 Jul 1921 Fargo, Cass, North Dakota, United States - 05 Oct 1995

Dmitri Shostakovich 25 Sep 1906 Saint Petersburg Russia - 09 Aug 1975

John Sousa 06 Nov 1854 Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 06 Mar 1932

Bernhard Stavenhagen 24 Nov 1862 Greiz, Reuß ältere Linie, Deutschland - 25 Dec 1914

Igor Stravinsky 17 Jun 1882 Oranienbaum, Petergof, Saint Petersburg, Russia - 06 Apr 1971

Karel Svoboda 19 Dec 1938 Prag, Tschechoslowakei - 28 Jan 2007

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Albert Trahern Aug 1871 Kansas, United States - 04 Jan 1946

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Ralph Vaughan Williams 12 Oct 1872 Down Ampney, Gloucestershire, England - 26 Aug 1958

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William Walton 29 Mar 1902 Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - abt 08 Mar 1983

John Williams 1930s

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