10 centuries of classical music Composers (Oceania)

Lilburn or Williamson? Hough or Mackerras? It is difficult for inquiring minds to tackle such abundant fields as classical music and opera, covering 10 centuries of history: there are thousands of composers. Making a selection of musicians, such as a “top 10” for example, is a difficult and subjective exercise. A musical selection is often the expression of personal preferences or artistic opinions, very interesting but also very different according to critics or musicologists, or simply influenced by the context: will an English composer not be instinctively privileged by an English critic?

For example: in France, Charles Gounod, a 19th century French composer, is more easily mentioned than the Norwegian Edvard Grieg, who is more recognized in the world.

Timeline of classical music composers in Oceania

Whoever wants to discover classical music or opera does not always have an experienced music lover, an expert or an educator at his or her side to support and guide him or her in these fields. So : Lilburn (New Zealand composer) or Williamson (Australian composer) ? Holley (Australian composer) or Carr (New Zealand composer) ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular composers around the world, for those living or having lived en Oceania, . And this objectively, and for the first time (soClassiQ exclusivity).

Composers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:

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Timeline :

Composers Conductors Lyrical singers Performers Worldwide Europe North America South America Asia Oceania Africa 2021

This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages (from 1400), or eras : medieval music, renaissance, baroque music (Bach...), classical period (Mozart...), romantic music (Beethoven...), XXth (Stravinsky), or across continents (with ).

Top 10 classical musiccomposers in Oceania

Who are these greatest composers, the most famous in Oceania? The works of these musician have shaped the history of classical music and lyric art. There are those you probably know, or at least by name and the others.

Here are these 10 classical music composers, renowned artists from around the world:

Curious to know their most emblematic works? Just a click away to discover them.

The selections of musicians (classical music composers) proposed by soClassiQ are based exclusively on algorithms. The same applies to their works, the performers, the lyrical singers, les orchestras, the conductors and the venues : opera houses, concert halls or festivals.

What about the others? 25, 50 or more?

Summarizing to 10 musician names such a wide and diverse field may seem extreme or too simplistic for those who know classical music and lyrical art well, for those who can easily name 50 or more classical music composers. Lentz, Howard, Sculthorpe, Heuberger, Grainger, Mahler, Bittner...

At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 18000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers, in Oceania, widely recognized around the world:

Note:

This selection may include highly reputed artists and musicians who have occasionally devoted themselves to classical music and not exclusively.
It may also include composers who have been or are concert performers, some more renowned for their careers than for the work they have left behind.

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Alfio10 centuries of classical music
age 41 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer

Zane Banks10 centuries of classical music
age 34 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Don Banks10 centuries of classical music
1923-1980 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Alison Bauld10 centuries of classical music
age 76 (20th century)
Composer

Arthur Benjamin10 centuries of classical music
1893-1960 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Julius Bittner10 centuries of classical music
1874-1939 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Jack Body10 centuries of classical music
1944-2015 (20th century)
Composer

Brenton Broadstock10 centuries of classical music
age 67 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Dorothy Quita Buchanan10 centuries of classical music
age 75 (20th century)
Composer

Edwin Carr10 centuries of classical music
1926-2003 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Deborah Cheetham10 centuries of classical music
age 55 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer

Ian Cresswell10 centuries of classical music
age 52 (20th century)
Composer

Peter Dawson10 centuries of classical music
1882-1961 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer

Brett Dean10 centuries of classical music
age 58 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Matthew Dewey10 centuries of classical music
age 35 (20th century)
Composer

Lance Dossor10 centuries of classical music
1916-2005 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

George Dreyfus10 centuries of classical music
age 92 (20th century)
Composer

Ross Edwards10 centuries of classical music
age 76 (20th century)
Composer

Peggy Glanville-Hicks10 centuries of classical music
1912-1990 (20th century)
Composer

Ron Grainer10 centuries of classical music
1922-1981 (20th century)
Composer

Percy Grainger10 centuries of classical music
1882-1961 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Maria Grenfell10 centuries of classical music
age 51 (20th century)
Composer

David Griffiths10 centuries of classical music
age 70 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer

Eric Gross10 centuries of classical music
1926-2011 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

H
 Don Harper10 centuries of classical music  
1921-1999 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Fiona Joy Hawkins10 centuries of classical music  
age 56 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Moya Henderson10 centuries of classical music  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Richard Heuberger10 centuries of classical music  
1850-1914 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 
 Clytie Hine10 centuries of classical music  
1887-1983 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
 David Hobson10 centuries of classical music  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Alan Holley10 centuries of classical music  
age 66 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Stephen Hough10 centuries of classical music  
age 58 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Leslie Howard10 centuries of classical music  
age 72 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

Alan John10 centuries of classical music
age 62 (20th century)
Composer

Elena Kats-Chernin10 centuries of classical music
age 62 (20th century)
Composer

Don Kay10 centuries of classical music
age 87 (20th century)
Composer

Nigel Keay10 centuries of classical music
age 65 (20th century)
Composer

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Paul Kildea10 centuries of classical music
age 70 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Constantine Koukias10 centuries of classical music
age 54 (20th century)
Composer

Michael Lampard10 centuries of classical music
age 34 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer

John Lanchbery10 centuries of classical music
1923-2003 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Georges Lentz10 centuries of classical music
age 54 (20th century)
Composer

Douglas Lilburn10 centuries of classical music
1915-2001 (20th century)
Composer

Liza Lim10 centuries of classical music
age 54 (20th century)
Composer

Charles Mackerras10 centuries of classical music
1925-2010 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Gustav Mahler10 centuries of classical music
1860-1911 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Richard Meale10 centuries of classical music
1932-2009 (20th century)
Composer

Kate Miller-Heidke10 centuries of classical music
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer

Richard Mills10 centuries of classical music
age 70 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Jonathan Mills10 centuries of classical music
age 57 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Ian Munro10 centuries of classical music
age 57 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Isaac Nathan10 centuries of classical music
1790-1864 (Romantic)
Composer

James Penberthy10 centuries of classical music
1917-1999 (20th century)
Composer

Alessandro Poglietti10 centuries of classical music
1700c-1683 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Andrew Schultz10 centuries of classical music
age 60 (20th century)
Composer

Peter Sculthorpe10 centuries of classical music
1929-2014 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Larry Sitsky10 centuries of classical music
age 86 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Robert Stolz10 centuries of classical music
1880-1975 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Richard Strauss10 centuries of classical music
1864-1949 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Franz von Suppè10 centuries of classical music
1819-1895 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer

Margaret Sutherland10 centuries of classical music
1897-1984 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Peter Tahourdin10 centuries of classical music
1928-2009 (20th century)
Composer

Georg Tintner10 centuries of classical music
1917-1999 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Lindsay Vickery10 centuries of classical music
age 55 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Carl Vine10 centuries of classical music
age 65 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Felix Werder10 centuries of classical music
1922-2012 (20th century)
Composer

Martin Wesley-Smith10 centuries of classical music
1945-2019 (20th century)
Composer

Gillian Whitehead10 centuries of classical music
age 79 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Sally Whitwell10 centuries of classical music
age 46 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Phillip Wilcher10 centuries of classical music
age 62 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Michael F. Williams10 centuries of classical music
age 58 (20th century)
Composer

John Williams10 centuries of classical music
age 79 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Malcolm Williamson10 centuries of classical music
1931-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

John Young10 centuries of classical music
age 58 (20th century)
Composer

Some composers to be celebrated very soon

Next month, more than 40 important artists and musicians will be honoured. In November 2020 some of them may celebrate a special anniversary. For others, amateurs and enthusiasts will celebrate the bicentenary of their birth or the fiftieth anniversary of their death for example. Among them, some famous composers:

on 8, César Franck (1822-1890), 130th anniversary (Death),
on 12, Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010), 10th anniversary (Death),
on 14, Aaron Copland (1900-1990), 120th anniversary (Birth),
on 18, Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), 160th anniversary (Birth),
on 22, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784), 310th anniversary (Birth),
...

There are others to discover. And it is not too late to focus on the October 2020 celebrations (30+).

Always good opportunities to discover or deepen, (re)listen, explore the vastness and diversity of classical music...

10 centuries of classical music Composers (Oceania)

Timeline of classical music composers in Oceania

Top 10 classical musiccomposers in Oceania

What about the others? 25, 50 or more?

Some composers to be celebrated very soon

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