10 centuries of classical music (Oceania)
Benjamin or Lentz? 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 : Benjamin (Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher) or Lentz (Luxembourg / Australian composer) ? Strauss (German composer and orchestra director (1864–1949)) or Carr (New Zealand composer (1926-2003)) ? 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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ComposersConductorsLyrical singersPerformers 2024
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. Dean, Stolz, Mackerras, Bittner, Grainger, Lim, Lilburn...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 19000 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 Banks 10 centuries of classical music
age 38 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Don Banks 10 centuries of classical music
1923-1980 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Alison Bauld 10 centuries of classical music
age 79 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Arthur Benjamin 10 centuries of classical music
1893-1960 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Julius Bittner 10 centuries of classical music
1874-1939 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Jack Body 10 centuries of classical music
1944-2015 (20th century)
Composer
Brenton Broadstock 10 centuries of classical music
age 71 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Edwin Carr 10 centuries of classical music
1926-2003 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon 10 centuries of classical music
age 59 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Ian Cresswell 10 centuries of classical music
age 56 (20th century)
Composer
Olivia Bettina Davies 10 centuries of classical music
age 36 (20th century)
Composer
Peter Dawson 10 centuries of classical music
1882-1961 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Brett Dean 10 centuries of classical music
age 62 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Matthew Dewey 10 centuries of classical music
age 39 (20th century)
Composer
Lance Dossor 10 centuries of classical music
1916-2005 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Bryan Drake 10 centuries of classical music
1925-2001 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
George Dreyfus 10 centuries of classical music
age 95 (20th century)
Composer
Ross Edwards 10 centuries of classical music
age 80 (20th century)
Composer
Tecwyn Evans 10 centuries of classical music
age 52 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Lisa Gerrard 10 centuries of classical music
age 62 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
William G. James 10 centuries of classical music
1892-1977 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Peggy Glanville-Hicks 10 centuries of classical music
1912-1990 (20th century)
Composer
Ron Grainer 10 centuries of classical music
1922-1981 (20th century)
Composer
Percy Grainger 10 centuries of classical music
1882-1961 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Maria Grenfell 10 centuries of classical music
age 55 (20th century)
Composer
David Griffiths 10 centuries of classical music
age 74 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Eric Gross 10 centuries of classical music
1926-2011 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Don Harper 10 centuries of classical music
1921-1999 (20th century)
Composer
Fiona Joy Hawkins 10 centuries of classical music
age 60 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Moya Henderson 10 centuries of classical music
age 82 (20th century)
Composer
Richard Heuberger 10 centuries of classical music
1850-1914 (Romantic)
Composer
Mirrie Hill 10 centuries of classical music
1889-1986 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Clytie Hine 10 centuries of classical music
1887-1983 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer
David Hobson 10 centuries of classical music
age 63 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Alan Holley 10 centuries of classical music
age 69 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Stephen Hough 10 centuries of classical music
age 62 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Leslie Howard 10 centuries of classical music
age 75 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Elena Kats-Chernin 10 centuries of classical music
age 66 (20th century)
Composer
Don Kay 10 centuries of classical music
age 91 (20th century)
Composer
Nigel Keay 10 centuries of classical music
age 69 (20th century)
Composer
John Kennedy 10 centuries of classical music
1922-1980 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Paul Kildea 10 centuries of classical music
age 59 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Constantine Koukias 10 centuries of classical music
age 58 (20th century)
Composer
Michael Lampard 10 centuries of classical music
age 38 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
John Lanchbery 10 centuries of classical music
1923-2003 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Georges Lentz 10 centuries of classical music
age 58 (20th century)
Composer
Douglas Lilburn 10 centuries of classical music
1915-2001 (20th century)
Composer
Liza Lim 10 centuries of classical music
age 57 (20th century)
Composer
Charles Mackerras 10 centuries of classical music
1925-2010 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Gustav Mahler 10 centuries of classical music
1860-1911 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Richard Meale 10 centuries of classical music
1932-2009 (20th century)
Composer
Kate Miller-Heidke 10 centuries of classical music
age 42 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer
Richard Mills 10 centuries of classical music
age 74 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Jonathan Mills 10 centuries of classical music
age 60 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Ian Munro 10 centuries of classical music
age 60 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Gemma Peacocke 10 centuries of classical music
age 39 (20th century)
Composer
James Penberthy 10 centuries of classical music
1917-1999 (20th century)
Composer
Alessandro Poglietti 10 centuries of classical music
1620c-1683 (Baroque)
Performer & Composer
John Psathas 10 centuries of classical music
age 58 (20th century)
Composer
Andrew Schultz 10 centuries of classical music
age 63 (20th century)
Composer
Peter Sculthorpe 10 centuries of classical music
1929-2014 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Larry Sitsky 10 centuries of classical music
age 89 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Robert Stolz 10 centuries of classical music
1880-1975 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Richard Strauss 10 centuries of classical music
1864-1949 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Franz von Suppé 10 centuries of classical music
1819-1895 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer
Margaret Sutherland 10 centuries of classical music
1897-1984 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Peter Tahourdin 10 centuries of classical music
1928-2009 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Georg Tintner 10 centuries of classical music
1917-1999 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer
Lindsay Vickery 10 centuries of classical music
age 59 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Carl Vine 10 centuries of classical music
age 69 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Felix Werder 10 centuries of classical music
1922-2012 (20th century)
Composer
Martin Wesley-Smith 10 centuries of classical music
1945-2019 (20th century)
Composer
Gillian Whitehead 10 centuries of classical music
age 82 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Sally Whitwell 10 centuries of classical music
age 50 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Phillip Wilcher 10 centuries of classical music
age 65 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Wanda Wiłkomirska 10 centuries of classical music
1929-2018 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
John Williams 10 centuries of classical music
age 82 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Malcolm Williamson 10 centuries of classical music
1931-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Alberto Zelman 10 centuries of classical music
1832-1907 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
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
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Last update : 2024-03-10