10 centuries of classical music Composers (Oceania)
Howard or Holley? Williams or Sculthorpe? 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 : Howard (Australian musician) or Holley (Australian composer) ? Dean (Australian composer, conductor) or Wilcher (Australian musician, 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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Nathan ComposersConductorsLyrical singersPerformers 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. Grainer, Strauss, Mackerras, Heuberger, Lilburn, Carr, Suppé...
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.
Zane Banks10 centuries of classical music
age 35 (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 68 (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 56 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Ian Cresswell10 centuries of classical music
age 53 (20th century)
Composer
Peter Dawson10 centuries of classical music
1882-1961 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Brett Dean10 centuries of classical music
age 59 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Matthew Dewey10 centuries of classical music
age 36 (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
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 52 (20th century)
Composer
David Griffiths10 centuries of classical music
age 71 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Eric Gross10 centuries of classical music
1926-2011 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
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 60 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Alan Holley10 centuries of classical music
age 66 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Stephen Hough10 centuries of classical music
age 59 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Leslie Howard10 centuries of classical music
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Elena Kats-Chernin10 centuries of classical music
age 63 (20th century)
Composer
Don Kay10 centuries of classical music
age 87 (20th century)
Composer
Nigel Keay10 centuries of classical music
age 66 (20th century)
Composer
Paul Kildea10 centuries of classical music
age 71 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Constantine Koukias10 centuries of classical music
age 55 (20th century)
Composer
Michael Lampard10 centuries of classical music
age 35 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
John Lanchbery10 centuries of classical music
1923-2003 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Georges Lentz10 centuries of classical music
age 55 (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
MasterpiecesComplete works
Richard Meale10 centuries of classical music
1932-2009 (20th century)
Composer
Kate Miller-Heidke10 centuries of classical music
age 39 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Richard Mills10 centuries of classical music
age 71 (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
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
MasterpiecesComplete works
Franz von Suppé10 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 56 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Carl Vine10 centuries of classical music
age 66 (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 47 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Phillip Wilcher10 centuries of classical music
age 62 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Michael F. Williams10 centuries of classical music
age 59 (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 February 2021 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 4, Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), 20th anniversary (Death),
on 8, André Grétry (1741-1813), 280th anniversary (Birth),
on 15, Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), 450th anniversary (Birth),
on 20, Percy Grainger (1882-1961), 60th anniversary (Death),
on 21, Carl Czerny (1791-1857), 230th anniversary (Birth),
...
There are others to discover. And it is not too late to focus on the January 2021 celebrations (40+).
Always good opportunities to discover or deepen, (re)listen, explore the vastness and diversity of classical music...
See also...
Timelines : Composers
- 10 centuries of classical music
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The beginnings of classical music, 1000 ... 1500
- The rise of classical music, 1500 ... 2000
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- Medieval * Renaissance * Baroque * Classical * Romantic * XXe
- Romantic : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- XXe : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1400 - 1500 : The 15th-century classical music composers
- 1500 - 1600 : The 16th-century classical music composers
- 1600 - 1700 : The 17th-century classical music composers + ( 1600 - 1650 ) + ( 1650 - 1700 )
- 1700 - 1800 : The 18th-century classical music composers + ( 1700 - 1750 ) + ( 1750 - 1800 )
- 1800 - 1900 : The 19th-century classical music composers
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1800 - 1850 : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1850 - 1900 : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1900 - 2000 : The 20th-century classical music composers
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1900 - 1950 : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- 1950 - 2000 : Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
Indexes
- All composers : by era * by country
- by alphabetical order : A * B * C * D * E * F * G * H * I * J * K * L * M * N * O * P * Q * R * S * T * U * V * W * X * Y * Z
- Young artists (Composers)
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Last update : 2021-01-01