Periods
Modern
c. 1900–
From modernism and new harmonic languages through the avant-garde to living composers.
Dmitri Shostakovich1906–1975 · 20th Century
Arvo Pärtb. 1935 · Post-War
Leonard Bernstein1918–1990 · 20th Century
Sergei Prokofiev1891–1953 · 20th Century
Philip Glassb. 1937 · Post-War
William Walton1902–1983 · 20th Century
Carl Orff1895–1982 · 20th Century
Samuel Barber1910–1981 · 20th Century
Aram Khachaturian1903–1978 · 20th Century
Francis Poulenc1899–1963 · 20th Century
John Adamsb. 1947 · 21st Century
Pierre Boulez1925–2016 · Post-War
George Gershwin1898–1937 · 20th Century
Astor Piazzolla1921–1992 · 20th Century
Luciano Berio1925–2003 · Post-War
Joaquín Rodrigo1901–1999 · 20th Century
Igor Stravinsky1882–1971 · 20th Century
Aaron Copland1900–1990 · 20th Century
Alban Berg1885–1935 · 20th Century
Benjamin Britten1913–1976 · 20th Century
Arnold Schoenberg1874–1951 · 20th Century
Béla Bartók1881–1945 · 20th Century
Steve Reichb. 1936 · Post-War
Henryk Górecki1933–2010 · Post-War
Manuel de Falla1876–1946 · 20th Century
Heitor Villa-Lobos1887–1959 · 20th Century
Erich Wolfgang Korngold1897–1957 · 20th Century
Malcolm Arnold1921–2006 · Post-War
John Cage1912–1992 · Post-War
Paul Hindemith1895–1963 · 20th Century
Alberto Ginastera1916–1983 · 20th Century
Krzysztof Penderecki1933–2020 · Post-War
Jacques Ibert1890–1962 · 20th Century
John Coriglianob. 1938 · 21st Century
Kurt Weill1900–1950 · 20th Century
Percy Grainger1882–1961 · 20th Century
Alfred Schnittke1934–1998 · Post-War
György Ligeti1923–2006 · Post-War
Maurice Duruflé1902–1986 · 20th Century
Olivier Messiaen1908–1992 · 20th Century
Thomas Adèsb. 1971 · 21st Century
William Schuman1910–1992 · 20th Century
Ernest Bloch1880–1959 · 20th Century
Toru Takemitsu1930–1996 · Post-War
Darius Milhaud1892–1974 · 20th Century
Dmitry Kabalevsky1904–1987 · 20th Century
Morton Gould1913–1996 · Post-War
Zoltán Kodály1882–1967 · 20th Century
Bohuslav Martinů1890–1959 · 20th Century
Einojuhani Rautavaara1928–2016 · Post-War
Howard Hanson1896–1981 · 20th Century
Charles Ives1874–1954 · 20th Century
Anton Webern1883–1945 · 20th Century
Francisco Mignone1897–1986 · 20th Century
Karlheinz Stockhausen1928–2007 · Post-War
Iannis Xenakis1922–2001 · Post-War
Arthur Honegger1892–1955 · 20th Century
Carlos Chávez1899–1978 · 20th Century
Henri Dutilleux1916–2013 · Post-War
Arnold Bax1883–1953 · 20th Century
Camargo Guarnieri1907–1993 · 20th Century
George Crumb1929–2022 · Post-War
Hans Werner Henze1926–2012 · Post-War
Michael Tippett1905–1998 · 20th Century
Sofia Gubaidulinab. 1931 · Post-War
Edgard Varèse1883–1965 · 20th Century
Elliott Carter1908–2012 · Post-War
Ernest Moeran1894–1950 · 20th Century
Fernando Lopes-Graça1906–1994 · 20th Century
Ned Roremb. 1923 · Post-War
Michael Daughertyb. 1954 · 21st Century
George Antheil1900–1959 · 20th Century
Milton Babbitt1916–2011 · Post-War
Wolfgang Rihmb. 1952 · Post-War
Harrison Birtwistleb. 1934 · Post-War
Roy Harris1898–1979 · 20th Century
Luigi Nono1924–1990 · Post-War
Vagn Holmboe1909–1996 · 20th Century
Joly Braga Santos1924–1988 · 20th Century
Witold Lutoslawski1913–1994 · Post-War