The 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)

Verdi or Dvořák? Williams or Satie? 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, between 1900 and 1950

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 : Verdi (Italian opera composer (1813-1901)) or Dvořák (Czech composer) ? Ravel (French composer) or Morricone (Italian composer, orchestrator and conductor (1928-2020)) ? 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 between 1900 and 1950. 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 :

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

Top 10 classical musiccomposers for the years 1900-1950

Who are these greatest composers, the most famous over the 1900-1950 era? 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. Mahler, Mascagni, Prokofiev, Elgar, Bernstein, Pärt, Sibelius...

At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 18000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers for the years 1900-1950, 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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  Evald AavThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1900-1939 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Claudio AbbadoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1933-2014 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Paul AbrahamThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1892-1960 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  John Coolidge AdamsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Theodor W. AdornoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1903-1969 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Jehan AlainThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1911-1940 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Isaac AlbénizThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1860-1909 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Géza AndaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1921-1976 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Ernest AnsermetThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1883-1969 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Anton ArenskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1861-1906 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Martha ArgerichThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Vladimir AshkenazyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Leopold von AuerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1845-1930 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

B
  Mily BalakirevThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1837-1910 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Samuel BarberThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1910-1981 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  John BarryThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1933-2011 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Béla BartókThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1881-1945 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Amy BeachThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1867-1944 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Alban BergThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1885-1935 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Luciano BerioThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1925-2003 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Leonard BernsteinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1918-1990 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Lili BoulangerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1893-1918 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Nadia BoulangerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1887-1979 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Pierre BoulezThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1925-2016 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Julian BreamThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1933-2020 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Benjamin BrittenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1913-1976 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Max BruchThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1838-1920 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Ferruccio BusoniThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1866-1924 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

John CageThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1912-1992 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Pau CasalsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1876-1973 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Alfredo CasellaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1883-1947 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Sergiu CelibidacheThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1912-1996 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Francesco CileaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1866-1950 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Mikalojus Konstantinas ČiurlionisThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1875-1911 (Romantic)
Composer

Aaron CoplandThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1900-1990 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Henry CowellThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1897-1965 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Georges CziffraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1921-1994 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

D
  Eugen d'd'AlbertThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1864-1932 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Luigi DallapiccolaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1904-1975 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Peter Maxwell DaviesThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1934-2016 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Claude DebussyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1862-1918 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Frederick DeliusThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1862-1934 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Ernő von DohnányiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1877-1960 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Paul DukasThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1865-1935 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Marcel DupréThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1886-1971 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Henri DutilleuxThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1916-2013 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Antonín DvořákThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1841-1904 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 

Edward ElgarThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1857-1934 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

George EnescuThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1881-1955 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Manuel de FallaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1876-1946 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Gabriel FauréThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1845-1924 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer

Morton FeldmanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1926-1987 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Julius FučíkThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1872-1916 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer

Wilhelm FurtwänglerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1886-1954 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

G
  Carlos GardelThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1890-1935 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
  John Eliot GardinerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  George GershwinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1898-1937 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Alberto GinasteraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1916-1983 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Umberto GiordanoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1867-1948 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Philip GlassThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Alexander GlazunovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1865-1936 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Reinhold GlièreThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1874-1956 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Jerry GoldsmithThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1929-2004 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Henryk GoreckiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1933-2010 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Glenn GouldThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1932-1982 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Percy GraingerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1882-1961 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Enrique GranadosThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1867-1916 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Edvard GriegThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1843-1907 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Sofia GubaidulinaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 88 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

H
  Uzeyir HajibeyovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1885-1948 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Nikolaus HarnoncourtThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1929-2016 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Karl Amadeus HartmannThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1905-1963 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Bernard HerrmannThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1911-1975 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Paul HindemithThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1895-1963 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Gustav HolstThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1874-1934 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Arthur HoneggerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1892-1955 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Vladimir HorowitzThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1903-1989 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Engelbert HumperdinckThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1854-1921 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor & Composer 

Jacques IbertThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1890-1962 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Charles IvesThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1874-1954 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Leoš JanáčekThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1854-1928 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Joseph JoachimThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1831-1907 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Scott JoplinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1868-1917 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer

K
  Dmitri KabalevskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1904-1986 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Vasily KalinnikovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1866-1900 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 
  Emmerich KálmánThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1882-1953 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Gia KancheliThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1935-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Aram KhachaturianThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1903-1978 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Wojciech KilarThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1932-2013 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Otto KlempererThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1885-1973 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Zoltán KodályThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1882-1967 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Erich Wolfgang KorngoldThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1897-1957 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Fritz KreislerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1875-1962 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Jan KubelíkThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1880-1940 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Rafael KubelíkThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1914-1996 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

L
  Alicia de LarrochaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1923-2009 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Franz LehárThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1870-1948 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Ruggero LeoncavalloThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1857-1919 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Gustav LeonhardtThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1928-2012 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  György LigetiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1923-2006 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

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Dinu LipattiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1917-1950 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Leonardo De de LorenzoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1875-1962 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Paco de LucíaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1947-2014 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Witold LutosławskiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1913-1994 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

M
  Lorin MaazelThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1930-2014 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Edward MacDowellThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1860-1908 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Muslim MagomayevThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1942-2008 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Composer 
  Gustav MahlerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1860-1911 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Gian Francesco MalipieroThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1882-1973 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Henry ManciniThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1924-1994 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Neville MarrinerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1924-2016 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Bohuslav MartinůThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1890-1959 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Pietro MascagniThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1863-1945 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Jules MassenetThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1842-1912 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Willem MengelbergThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1871-1951 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Olivier MessiaenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1908-1992 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Darius MilhaudThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1892-1974 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Dimitri MitropoulosThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1896-1960 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Stevan Stojanović MokranjacThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1856-1914 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Ennio MorriconeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1928-2020 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Moritz MoszkowskiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1854-1925 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Nikolai MyaskovskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1881-1950 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Carl NielsenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1865-1931 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Luigi NonoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1924-1990 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Carl OrffThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1895-1982 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

P
  Ignacy Jan PaderewskiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1860-1941 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Arvo PärtThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 85 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Harry PartchThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1901-1974 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Krzysztof PendereckiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1933-2020 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Astor PiazzollaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1921-1992 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Maurizio PolliniThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Francis PoulencThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1899-1963 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  André PrevinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1929-2019 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Sergei ProkofievThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1891-1953 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Giacomo PucciniThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1858-1924 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 

R
  Sergei RachmaninoffThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1873-1943 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Einojuhani RautavaaraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1928-2016 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Maurice RavelThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1875-1937 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Max RegerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1873-1916 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Carl ReineckeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1824-1910 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Ottorino RespighiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1879-1936 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Karl RichterThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1926-1981 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Sviatoslav RichterThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1915-1997 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  André RieuThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 71 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1844-1908 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Joaquín RodrigoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1901-1999 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Mstislav RostropovichThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1927-2007 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Nino RotaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1911-1979 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Albert RousselThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1869-1937 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Gennady RozhdestvenskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1931-2018 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Miklós RózsaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1907-1995 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

S
  Camille Saint-SaënsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1835-1921 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Pablo de SarasateThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1844-1908 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Erik SatieThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1866-1925 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Jordi SavallThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Artur SchnabelThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1882-1951 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Alfred SchnittkeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1934-1998 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Arnold SchoenbergThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1874-1951 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Alexander ScriabinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1872-1915 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Rodion ShchedrinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 87 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Howard ShoreThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Dmitri ShostakovichThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1906-1975 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Jean SibeliusThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1865-1957 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Christian SindingThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1856-1941 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 
  Georg SoltiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1912-1997 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Charles Villiers StanfordThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1852-1924 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 
  Karlheinz StockhausenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1925-2007 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Leopold StokowskiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1882-1977 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Eduard StraussThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1835-1916 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Richard StraussThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1864-1949 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Igor StravinskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1882-1971 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Josef SukThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1874-1935 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Arthur SullivanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1842-1900 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Johan SvendsenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1840-1911 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Georgy SviridovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1915-1998 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Władysław SzpilmanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1911-2000 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Karol SzymanowskiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1882-1937 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

Sergei Ivanovich TaneyevThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1856-1915 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer

Francisco TárregaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1852-1909 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer

Mikis TheodorakisThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
age 95 (20th century)
Composer

Andrés Segovia TorresThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1893-1987 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Arturo ToscaniniThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1867-1957 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Viktor UllmannThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1898-1944 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Edgard VarèseThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1883-1965 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Giuseppe VerdiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1813-1901 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Pauline ViardotThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1821-1910 (Romantic)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer

Louis VierneThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1870-1937 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Heitor Villa-LobosThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1887-1959 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

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  Émile WaldteufelThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1837-1915 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Bruno WalterThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1876-1962 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  William WaltonThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1902-1983 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Anton WebernThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1883-1945 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Kurt WeillThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1900-1950 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Charles-Marie WidorThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1844-1937 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Ralph Vaughan WilliamsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1872-1958 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  John WilliamsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 88 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Hugo WolfThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1860-1903 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 

Iannis XenakisThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1922-2001 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Narciso YepesThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1927-1997 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Eugène YsaÿeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1858-1931 (Romantic)
Conductor, Performer & 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...

The 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)

Timeline of classical music composers, between 1900 and 1950

Top 10 classical musiccomposers for the years 1900-1950

What about the others? 25, 50 or more?

Some composers to be celebrated very soon

See also...

Timelines : Composers

Indexes

Other timelines

Commemorations 2020, 2021, ...