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

Shore or Adorno? Glass or Bartók? 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 in North America

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 : Shore (Canadian composer notable for his film scores) or Adorno (German sociologist, philosopher and musicologist) ? Copland (American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor) or Williams (American composer, conductor and pianist) ? 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 North America, 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 in North America for the years 1900-1950

Who are these greatest composers, the most famous over the 1900-1950 era in North America? 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. Maazel, Bernstein, Abraham, Stravinsky, Horowitz, Hindemith, Rózsa...

At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 18000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers for the years 1900-1950, in North America, 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.

A
  Paul AbrahamThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1892-1960 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Muhal Richard AbramsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1930-2017 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Maurice AbravanelThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1903-1993 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  John Coolidge AdamsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Samuel AdlerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 92 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Theodor W. AdornoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1903-1969 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Daniele AmfitheatrofThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1901-1983 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Leroy AndersonThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1908-1975 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  George AntheilThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1900-1959 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Dominick ArgentoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1927-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Desi ArnazThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1917-1986 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Aaron AvshalomovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1894-1965 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 

B
  Milton BabbittThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1916-2011 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Angelo BadalamentiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
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 
 Robert Russell BennettThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1894-1981 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Cathy BerberianThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1925-1983 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Elmer BernsteinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1922-2004 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Leonard BernsteinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1918-1990 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Diane BishThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Marc BlitzsteinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1905-1964 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Ernest BlochThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1880-1959 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Jerry BockThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1928-2010 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  William BolcomThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Victor BorgeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1909-2000 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Paul BowlesThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1910-1999 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Glenn BrancaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1948-2018 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Henry BrantThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1913-2008 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Bruce BroughtonThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 75 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Leo BrouwerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1939-2003 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Earle BrownThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1926-2002 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Adolf BuschThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1891-1952 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

C
  John CageThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1912-1992 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Hoagy CarmichaelThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1899-1981 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  John Alden CarpenterThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1876-1951 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Julián CarrilloThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1875-1965 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Elliott CarterThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1908-2012 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Mario Castelnuovo-TedescoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1895-1968 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Ricardo CastroThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1864-1907 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Ignacio CervantesThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1847-1905 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  George Whitefield ChadwickThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1854-1931 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 
 Claude ChampagneThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1891-1965 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Carlos ChávezThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1899-1978 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Gloria CoatesThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  George M. CohanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1878-1942 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Composer 
 Salvador ContrerasThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1910-1982 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Aaron CoplandThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1900-1990 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Anton CoppolaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1917-2020 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Carmine CoppolaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1910-1991 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  John CoriglianoThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Henry CowellThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1897-1965 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  George CrumbThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 90 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

Walter DamroschThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1862-1950 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Bella DavidovichThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
age 92 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Carl DavisThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
age 83 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

David DiamondThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1915-2005 (20th century)
Composer

Antal DorátiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1906-1988 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Jacob DruckmanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1928-1996 (20th century)
Composer

Vernon DukeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1903-1969 (20th century)
Composer

Julian EdwardsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1855-1910 (Romantic)
Performer & Composer

Alfred EinsteinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1880-1952 (20th century)
Composer

Hanns EislerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1898-1962 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Percy FaithThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1908-1976 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

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

Arthur FiedlerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1894-1979 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Carlisle FloydThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
age 94 (20th century)
Composer

Lukas FossThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1922-2009 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

David FosterThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
age 70 (20th century)
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer

Rudolf FrimlThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1879-1972 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

G
  Ivan GalamianThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1903-1981 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  George GershwinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1898-1937 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Philip GlassThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Leopold GodowskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1870-1938 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Jerry GoldsmithThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1929-2004 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Morton GouldThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1913-1996 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, 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 
 Marcel GrandjanyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1891-1975 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Alexander GretchaninovThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1864-1956 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Charles GriffesThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1884-1920 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

H
  Henry Kimball HadleyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1871-1937 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Marvin HamlischThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1944-2012 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  W. C. HandyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1873-1958 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Howard HansonThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1896-1981 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Roy HarrisThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1898-1979 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Lou HarrisonThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1917-2003 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Skitch HendersonThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1918-2005 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Victor HerbertThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1859-1924 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & 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 
  Josef HofmannThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1876-1957 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Vladimir HorowitzThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1903-1989 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Alan HovhanessThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1911-2000 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Karel HusaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1921-2016 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

Eugene IstominThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1925-2003 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

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

Byron JanisThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
age 92 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

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Norman Dello JoioThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1913-2008 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

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

K
  Emmerich KálmánThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1882-1953 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Jānis KalniņšThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1904-2000 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Jerome KernThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1885-1945 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Leon KirchnerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1919-2009 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Erich Wolfgang KorngoldThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1897-1957 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Serge KoussevitzkyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1874-1951 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Louis KrasnerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1903-1995 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Fritz KreislerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1875-1962 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Ernst KrenekThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1900-1991 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 

L
 Agustín LaraThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1897-1970 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
  Morten LauridsenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Ernesto LecuonaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1896-1963 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Michel LegrandThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1932-2019 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Oscar LevantThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1906-1972 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Charles Martin LoefflerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1861-1935 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Frank LoesserThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1910-1969 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
 Frederick LoeweThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1901-1988 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Otto LueningThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1900-1996 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Arkady LuxemburgThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 81 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

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

Alma MahlerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1879-1964 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Henry ManciniThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1924-1994 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Bohuslav MartinůThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1890-1959 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Eduardo MataThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1942-1995 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Dimitri MitropoulosThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1896-1960 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Meredith MonkThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
age 77 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Composer

Conlon NancarrowThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1912-1997 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Randy NewmanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
age 76 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer

Joaquín Nin-CulmellThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1908-2004 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Ervin NyiregyháziThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1903-1987 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Garrick OhlssonThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
age 72 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

P
  Ignacy Jan PaderewskiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1860-1941 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  John Knowles PaineThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1839-1906 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 
 Jean Papineau-CoutureThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1916-2000 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Horatio ParkerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1863-1919 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 
  Harry PartchThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1901-1974 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Gregor PiatigorskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1903-1976 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Walter PistonThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1894-1976 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Manuel PonceThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1886-1948 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  André PrevinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1929-2019 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Carlos PueblaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1917-1989 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 

R
  Sergei RachmaninoffThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1873-1943 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Steve ReichThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 83 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Fritz ReinerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1888-1963 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Silvestre RevueltasThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1899-1940 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Wallingford RieggerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1885-1961 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Terry RileyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 85 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 George RochbergThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1918-2005 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Richard RodgersThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1902-1979 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Bernard RogersThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1893-1968 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Sigmund RombergThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1887-1951 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Miklós RózsaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1907-1995 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Carl RugglesThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1876-1971 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Frederic RzewskiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

S
  Curt SachsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1881-1959 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Lalo SchifrinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 88 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Thomas SchippersThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1930-1977 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Arnold SchoenbergThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1874-1951 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Gunther SchullerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1925-2015 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 William SchumanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1910-1992 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Ruth Crawford SeegerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1901-1953 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Roger SessionsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1896-1985 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Howard ShoreThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 73 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Alexander SilotiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1863-1945 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Leonard SlatkinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 76 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Nicolas SlonimskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1894-1995 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Stephen SondheimThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 90 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  John Philip SousaThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1854-1932 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Max SteinerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1888-1971 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Jim SteinmanThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
age 72 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
 Eduard SteuermannThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1892-1964 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Fritz StiedryThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1883-1968 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  William Grant StillThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1895-1978 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Igor StravinskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1882-1971 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Frank Van der StuckenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1858-1929 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Zoltán SzékelyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1903-2001 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  George SzellThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1897-1970 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Albert SzirmaiThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)  
1880-1967 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

Ivan TcherepninThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1943-1998 (20th century)
Composer

Alexander TcherepninThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1899-1977 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Michael Tilson ThomasThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
age 75 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Randall ThompsonThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1899-1984 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Virgil ThomsonThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1896-1989 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

Dimitri TiomkinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1894-1979 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

David TudorThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1926-1996 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Alexander UninskyThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1910-1972 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Claude VivierThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1948-1983 (20th century)
Composer

Kurt WeillThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1900-1950 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Jaromír WeinbergerThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1896-1967 (20th century)
Composer

Chou Wen-chungThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1923-2019 (20th century)
Composer

Earl WildThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1915-2010 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

John WilliamsThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
age 88 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Paul WittgensteinThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1887-1961 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Stefan WolpeThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1902-1972 (20th century)
Composer

Charles WuorinenThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1938-2020 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

La Monte YoungThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
age 84 (20th century)
Composer

Efrem ZimbalistThe 20th-century classical music composers (1900-1950)
1889-1985 (20th century)
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) North America

Timeline of classical music composers, between 1900 and 1950 in North America

Top 10 classical musiccomposers in North America 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, ...