The 20th-century classical music composers Europe

Mahler or Strauss? Ravel or Stravinsky? 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 2000+ in Europe

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 : Mahler (Austrian late-Romantic composer) or Strauss (German composer and orchestra director) ? Rostropovich (Russian cellist and conductor) or Elgar (English 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 Europe, between 1900 and 2000+. 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 Europe for the years 1900-2000+

Who are these greatest composers, the most famous over the 1900-2000+ era in Europe? 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. Rachmaninoff, Albéniz, Saint-Saëns, Mascagni, Verdi, Scriabin, Sibelius...

At this time, soClassiQ has listed more than 18000 composers. So here is a selection of some composers for the years 1900-2000+, in Europe, 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  
1900-1939 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Claudio AbbadoThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1933-2014 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Paul AbrahamThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1892-1960 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Theodor W. AdornoThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1903-1969 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Jehan AlainThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1911-1940 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Isaac AlbénizThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1860-1909 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Géza AndaThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1921-1976 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Ernest AnsermetThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1883-1969 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Anton ArenskyThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1861-1906 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Vladimir AshkenazyThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 82 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Leopold von AuerThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1845-1930 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

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  Grażyna BacewiczThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1909-1969 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Mily BalakirevThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1837-1910 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  John BarryThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1933-2011 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Béla BartókThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1881-1945 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Alban BergThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1885-1935 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Luciano BerioThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1925-2003 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Andrea BocelliThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 61 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Victor BorgeThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1909-2000 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Lili BoulangerThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1893-1918 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Nadia BoulangerThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1887-1979 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Pierre BoulezThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1925-2016 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Sarah BrightmanThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 59 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer & Composer 
  Benjamin BrittenThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1913-1976 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Max BruchThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1838-1920 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Ferruccio BusoniThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1866-1924 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

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

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

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

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

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

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  Eugen d'd'AlbertThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1864-1932 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Luigi DallapiccolaThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1904-1975 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Peter Maxwell DaviesThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1934-2016 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Claude DebussyThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1862-1918 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Frederick DeliusThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1862-1934 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Vincent d'IndyThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1851-1931 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
 Ramin DjawadiThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 45 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Ernő von DohnányiThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1877-1960 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Antal DorátiThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1906-1988 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Paul DukasThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1865-1935 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Marcel DupréThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1886-1971 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Henri DutilleuxThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1916-2013 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Antonín DvořákThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1841-1904 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 

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

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

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

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

Zdeněk FibichThe 20th-century classical music composers
1850-1900 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer

Dietrich Fischer-DieskauThe 20th-century classical music composers
1925-2012 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer

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

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

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  John Eliot GardinerThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 77 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Umberto GiordanoThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1867-1948 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Alexander GlazunovThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1865-1936 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Reinhold GlièreThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1874-1956 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Karl GoldmarkThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1830-1915 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Henryk GoreckiThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1933-2010 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Enrique GranadosThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1867-1916 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Edvard GriegThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1843-1907 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Sofia GubaidulinaThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 88 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

Nikolaus HarnoncourtThe 20th-century classical music composers
1929-2016 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Karl Amadeus HartmannThe 20th-century classical music composers
1905-1963 (20th century)
Composer

Paul HindemithThe 20th-century classical music composers
1895-1963 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Gustav HolstThe 20th-century classical music composers
1874-1934 (20th century)
Performer & Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Arthur HoneggerThe 20th-century classical music composers
1892-1955 (20th century)
Composer
Masterpieces Complete works

Vladimir HorowitzThe 20th-century classical music composers
1903-1989 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Engelbert HumperdinckThe 20th-century classical music composers
1854-1921 (Romantic)
Conductor & Composer

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

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

Émile Jaques-DalcrozeThe 20th-century classical music composers
1865-1950 (20th century)
Composer

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

André JolivetThe 20th-century classical music composers
1905-1974 (20th century)
Composer

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  Dmitri KabalevskyThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1904-1986 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Vasily KalinnikovThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1866-1900 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 
  Emmerich KálmánThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1882-1953 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
 Gia KancheliThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1935-2019 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Aram KhachaturianThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1903-1978 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Wojciech KilarThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1932-2013 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Erich KleiberThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1890-1956 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Otto KlempererThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1885-1973 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Zoltán KodályThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1882-1967 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Erich Wolfgang KorngoldThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1897-1957 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Jason KouchakThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 51 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Fritz KreislerThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1875-1962 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Jan KubelíkThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1880-1940 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Rafael KubelíkThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1914-1996 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

L
  Alicia de LarrochaThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1923-2009 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Michel LegrandThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1932-2019 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Franz LehárThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1870-1948 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Ruggero LeoncavalloThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1857-1919 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Gustav LeonhardtThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1928-2012 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  György LigetiThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1923-2006 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Dinu LipattiThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1917-1950 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Leonardo De de LorenzoThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1875-1962 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Paco de LucíaThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1947-2014 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Witold LutosławskiThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1913-1994 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

Yo-Yo MaThe 20th-century classical music composers
age 64 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Peter MachajdíkThe 20th-century classical music composers
age 59 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Muslim MagomayevThe 20th-century classical music composers
1942-2008 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Composer

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  Gustav MahlerThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1860-1911 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Gian Francesco MalipieroThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1882-1973 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Clint MansellThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 57 (20th century)
                        
Lyrical singer, Performer & Composer 
  Neville MarrinerThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1924-2016 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Bohuslav MartinůThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1890-1959 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Pietro MascagniThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1863-1945 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Jules MassenetThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1842-1912 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Willem MengelbergThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1871-1951 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Olivier MessiaenThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1908-1992 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Darius MilhaudThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1892-1974 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Dimitri MitropoulosThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1896-1960 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Stevan Stojanović MokranjacThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1856-1914 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Ennio MorriconeThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 91 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Moritz MoszkowskiThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1854-1925 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Nikolai MyaskovskyThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1881-1950 (20th century)
                        
Composer 

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

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

Michael NymanThe 20th-century classical music composers
age 76 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

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

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  Ignacy Jan PaderewskiThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1860-1941 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Andrzej PanufnikThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1914-1991 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Arvo PärtThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 84 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Krzysztof PendereckiThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1933-2020 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Maurizio PolliniThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  David PopperThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1843-1913 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Francis PoulencThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1899-1963 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Zbigniew PreisnerThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 65 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  André PrevinThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1929-2019 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Sergei ProkofievThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1891-1953 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Giacomo PucciniThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1858-1924 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 

R
  Sergei RachmaninoffThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1873-1943 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Einojuhani RautavaaraThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1928-2016 (20th century)
                        
Composer 
  Maurice RavelThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1875-1937 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Max RegerThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1873-1916 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Carl ReineckeThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1824-1910 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Ottorino RespighiThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1879-1936 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Karl RichterThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1926-1981 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Sviatoslav RichterThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1915-1997 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  André RieuThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 70 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1844-1908 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Joaquín RodrigoThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1901-1999 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Mstislav RostropovichThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1927-2007 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Nino RotaThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1911-1979 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Albert RousselThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1869-1937 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
 Miklós RózsaThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1907-1995 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 

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  Camille Saint-SaënsThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1835-1921 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Esa-Pekka SalonenThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 61 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Pablo de SarasateThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1844-1908 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Erik SatieThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1866-1925 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Jordi SavallThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 78 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Fazıl SayThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 50 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Artur SchnabelThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1882-1951 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Alfred SchnittkeThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1934-1998 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Arnold SchoenbergThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1874-1951 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Alexander ScriabinThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1872-1915 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Rodion ShchedrinThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 87 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Dmitri ShostakovichThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1906-1975 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Jean SibeliusThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1865-1957 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Christian SindingThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1856-1941 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 
  Georg SoltiThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1912-1997 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Charles Villiers StanfordThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1852-1924 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 
  Karlheinz StockhausenThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1928-2007 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Leopold StokowskiThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1882-1977 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Robert StolzThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1880-1975 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Oscar StrausThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1870-1954 (20th century)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Eduard StraussThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1835-1916 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Richard StraussThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1864-1949 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Igor StravinskyThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1882-1971 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
MasterpiecesComplete works 
  Josef SukThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1874-1935 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Arthur SullivanThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1842-1900 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Johan SvendsenThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1840-1911 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor & Composer 
  Georgy SviridovThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1915-1998 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Karol SzymanowskiThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1882-1937 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 

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

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

Mikis TheodorakisThe 20th-century classical music composers
age 94 (20th century)
Composer

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

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

Eduard TubinThe 20th-century classical music composers
1905-1982 (20th century)
Conductor & Composer

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

Vanessa Vanessa-MaeThe 20th-century classical music composers
age 41 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

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

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

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

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

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  Émile WaldteufelThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1837-1915 (Romantic)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Bruno WalterThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1876-1962 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  William WaltonThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1902-1983 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Andrew Lloyd WebberThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 72 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Anton WebernThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1883-1945 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Kurt WeillThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1900-1950 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Charles-Marie WidorThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1844-1937 (Romantic)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  John WilliamsThe 20th-century classical music composers  
age 79 (20th century)
                        
Performer & Composer 
  Ralph Vaughan WilliamsThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1872-1958 (20th century)
                        
Conductor, Performer & Composer 
  Hugo WolfThe 20th-century classical music composers  
1860-1903 (Romantic)
                        
Composer 

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

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

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

Krystian ZimermanThe 20th-century classical music composers
age 63 (20th century)
Conductor, Performer & Composer

Hans ZimmerThe 20th-century classical music composers
age 62 (20th century)
Performer & Composer

Some composers to be celebrated very soon

Next month, more than 40 important artists and musicians will be honoured. In July 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 6, Władysław Szpilman (1911-2000), 20th anniversary (Death),
on 7, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), 160th anniversary (Birth),
on 15, Leopold von Auer (1845-1930), 90th anniversary (Death),
on 24, Ernest Bloch (1880-1959), 140th anniversary (Birth),
on 28, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), 270th anniversary (Death),
...

There are others to discover. And it is not too late to focus on the June 2020 celebrations (20+).

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

The 20th-century classical music composers Europe

Timeline of classical music composers, between 1900 and 2000+ in Europe

Top 10 classical musiccomposers in Europe for the years 1900-2000+

What about the others? 25, 50 or more?

Some composers to be celebrated very soon

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Timelines : Composers

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