The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950) Europe
Ludwig or Rubinstein? Kogan or Barenboim? It is difficult for inquiring minds to tackle a field as large and diverse as classical music, covering 10 centuries of history: there are uncountable numbers of classical music performers in the world. 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 performer/musician not be instinctively privileged by an English critic?
For example: in Canada, Marc-André Hamelin, a Quebec pianist and composer, is at least as popular as the German violinist Anne-Sofie Mutter, who is more internationally renowned.
Timeline of classical musicians, between 1900 and 1950 in Europe
Whoever wants to discover classical music 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 this field. So : Ludwig (German mezzo-soprano (1928-2021)) or Rubinstein (Polish-American classical pianist (1887-1982)) ? Szeryng (Polish-Mexican violinist) or Heifetz (Russian-American violinist (1901–1987)) ? However, the knowledge available about musicians is enormous. It was processed to select the 10, 25, 50... most popular performers around the world, for those living or having lived en Europe, between 1900 and 1950. And this objectively, and for the first time (soclassiq exclusivity).
Performers rendered as a timeline to bring a little perspective:
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ComposersConductorsLyrical singersPerformersT 2024
This timeline is interactive to navigate through the ages or across continents (with ).
Why are all these composers included in this timeline?
Many composers have also been concert performers or conductors, although their fame is associated with their work today. On the other hand, some conductors such as Arturo Toscanini, Georg Solti ... or musicians such as Martha Argerich, Vladimir Horowitz, Glenn Gould ... have also composed. Itzhak Perlman, David Oïstrakh... very well known as concert performers, have also conducted orchestras. Others, such as Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, William Christie ..., are renowned as much for their careers as composers, conductors and performers.
Top 10 classical musicians in Europe for the years 1900-1950
Who are these greatest performers, the most famous over the 1900-1950 era in Europe? The carreer of these musician has marked the history of classical music. There are those you probably know, or at least by name and the others.
Here are these 10 performers, renowned artists from around the world:
The musicians and artists who also composed were removed from this ranking.
The selections of musicians (performers) proposed by soclassiq are based exclusively on algorithms. The same applies to the composers, their works, 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 well, for those who can easily name 50 or more classical music performers. Muti, Mravinsky, Scotto, Menuhin, Callas, Milstein, Pré...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 13000 performers. So here is a selection of some performers for the years 1900-1950, 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 performers who have been or are composers, some more renowned for the work they have left than for their careers as musicians.
Claudio Abbado The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1933-2014 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Salvatore Accardo The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 82 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Theodor W. Adorno The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1903-1969 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Jehan Alain The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1911-1940 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Isaac Albéniz The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1860-1909 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Géza Anda The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1921-1976 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Ernest Ansermet The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1883-1969 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Anton Arensky The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1861-1906 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Vladimir Ashkenazy The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 86 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Leopold von Auer The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1845-1930 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Paul Badura-Skoda The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1927-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Mily Balakirev The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1836-1910 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
John Barbirolli The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1899-1970 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Daniel Barenboim The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 81 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
John Barry The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1933-2011 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Béla Bartók The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1881-1945 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1920-1995 (20th century)
Performer
Alban Berg The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1885-1935 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Luciano Berio The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1925-2003 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
İdil Biret The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 82 (20th century)
Performer
Nadia Boulanger The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1887-1979 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Pierre Boulez The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1925-2016 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Julian Bream The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1933-2020 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Alfred Brendel The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 93 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Benjamin Britten The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1913-1976 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Ferruccio Busoni The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1866-1924 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Maria Callas The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1923-1977 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Pau Casals The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1876-1973 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Alfredo Casella The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1883-1947 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Cécile Chaminade The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1857-1944 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Boris Christoff The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1914-1993 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Francesco Cilea The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1866-1950 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Alfred Cortot The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1877-1962 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
György Cziffra The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1921-1994 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Eugen d'd'Albert The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1864-1932 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Luigi Dallapiccola The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1904-1975 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Peter Maxwell Davies The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1934-2016 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Claude Debussy The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1862-1918 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Frederick Delius The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1862-1934 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Leonardo de De Lorenzo The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1875-1962 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Ernő von Dohnányi The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1877-1960 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Paul Dukas The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1865-1935 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Marcel Dupré The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1886-1971 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Antonín Dvořák The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1841-1904 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
George Enescu The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1881-1955 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Manuel de Falla The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1876-1946 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Gabriel Fauré The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1845-1924 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1925-2012 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Lyrical singer & Performer
Wilhelm Furtwängler The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1886-1954 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
James Galway The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 84 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
John Eliot Gardiner The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 80 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Emil Gilels The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1916-1985 (20th century)
Performer
Ivry Gitlis The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1922-2020 (20th century)
Performer
Alexander Glazunov The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1865-1936 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Sofiä Ğobäydullinä The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 92 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Henryk Górecki The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1933-2010 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Enrique Granados The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1867-1916 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Edvard Grieg The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1843-1907 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Edita Gruberová The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1946-2021 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Ida Haendel The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1928-2020 (20th century)
Performer
Bernard Haitink The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1929-2021 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Uzeyir Hajibeyov The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1885-1948 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Johan Halvorsen The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1864-1935 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Nikolaus Harnoncourt The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1929-2016 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Clara Haskil The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1895-1960 (20th century)
Performer
Jascha Heifetz The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1901-1987 (20th century)
Performer
Paul Hindemith The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1895-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Gustav Holst The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1874-1934 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Arthur Honegger The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1892-1955 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Vladimir Horowitz The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1903-1989 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Jacques Ibert The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1890-1962 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Leoš Janáček The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1854-1928 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Mariss Jansons The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1943-2019 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Joseph Joachim The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1831-1907 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Dmitri Kabalevsky The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1904-1986 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Nikolai Kapustin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1937-2020 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Rudolf Kempe The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1910-1976 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Aram Khachaturian The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1903-1978 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Wojciech Kilar The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1932-2013 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Zoltán Kodály The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1882-1967 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Leonid Kogan The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1924-1982 (20th century)
Performer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1897-1957 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Fritz Kreisler The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1875-1962 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Gidon Kremer The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 77 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Rafael Kubelík The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1914-1996 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
György Kurtág The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 98 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Wanda Landowska The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1879-1959 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Alicia de Larrocha The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1923-2009 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Ruggero Leoncavallo The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1857-1919 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Gustav Leonhardt The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1928-2012 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Mykola Leontovych The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1877-1921 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Borys Liatoshynsky The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1895-1968 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
György Ligeti The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1923-2006 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Dinu Lipatti The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1917-1950 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Victoria de los Ángeles The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1923-2005 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Paco de Lucía The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1947-2014 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Christa Ludwig The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1928-2021 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Radu Lupu The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1945-2022 (20th century)
Performer
Witold Lutosławski The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1913-1994 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Mykola Lysenko The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1842-1912 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Gustav Mahler The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1860-1911 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Mischa Maisky The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 76 (20th century)
Performer
Neville Marriner The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1924-2016 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Bohuslav Martinů The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1890-1959 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Jules Massenet The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1842-1912 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Yehudi Menuhin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1916-1999 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Olivier Messiaen The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1908-1992 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Darius Milhaud The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1892-1974 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Nathan Milstein The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1902-1992 (20th century)
Performer
Dimitri Mitropoulos The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1896-1960 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Ennio Morricone The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1928-2020 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Moritz Moszkowski The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1854-1925 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Yevgeny Mravinsky The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1903-1988 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Riccardo Muti The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 83 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Nikolai Myaskovsky The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1881-1950 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Heinrich Neuhaus The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1888-1964 (20th century)
Performer
Carl Nielsen The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1865-1931 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Arthur Nikisch The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1855-1922 (Romantic)
Conductor & Performer
Luigi Nono The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1924-1990 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
David Oistrakh The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1908-1974 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Carl Orff The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1895-1982 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Eugene Ormandy The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1899-1985 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Ignacy Jan Paderewski The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1860-1941 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Arvo Pärt The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 88 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Krzysztof Penderecki The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1933-2020 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Maria João Pires The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 79 (20th century)
Performer
Maurizio Pollini The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 82 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Francis Poulenc The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1899-1963 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Jacqueline du Pré The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1945-1987 (20th century)
Performer
André Previn The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1929-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Sergei Prokofiev The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1891-1953 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Giacomo Puccini The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1858-1924 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Sergei Rachmaninoff The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1873-1943 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Jean-Pierre Rampal The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1922-2000 (20th century)
Performer
Maurice Ravel The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1875-1937 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Max Reger The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1873-1916 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Carl Reinecke The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1824-1910 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Ottorino Respighi The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1879-1936 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Karl Richter The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1926-1981 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Sviatoslav Richter The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1915-1997 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
André Rieu The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 74 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1844-1908 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Clara Rockmore The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1911-1998 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Joaquín Rodrigo The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1901-1999 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Mstislav Rostropovich The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1927-2007 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Nino Rota The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1911-1979 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Albert Roussel The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1869-1937 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Gennady Rozhdestvensky The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1931-2018 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Miklós Rózsa The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1907-1995 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Arthur Rubinstein The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1887-1982 (20th century)
Performer
Camille Saint-Saëns The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1835-1921 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Pablo de Sarasate The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1844-1908 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Erik Satie The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1866-1925 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Jordi Savall The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 82 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Wolfgang Sawallisch The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1923-2013 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Artur Schnabel The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1882-1951 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Alfred Schnittke The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1934-1998 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Arnold Schoenberg The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1874-1951 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Klaus Schulze The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1947-2022 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1915-2006 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Renata Scotto The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1933-2023 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Alexander Scriabin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1872-1915 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Andrés Segovia Torres The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1893-1987 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Rodion Shchedrin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 91 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Dmitri Shostakovich The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1906-1975 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Jean Sibelius The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1865-1957 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Giuseppe Sinopoli The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1946-2001 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Georg Solti The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1912-1997 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Charles Villiers Stanford The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1852-1924 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Karlheinz Stockhausen The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1928-2007 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Leopold Stokowski The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1882-1977 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Richard Strauss The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1864-1949 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Igor Stravinsky The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1882-1971 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Josef Suk The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1874-1935 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Arthur Sullivan The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1842-1900 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Johan Svendsen The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1840-1911 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Georgy Sviridov The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1915-1998 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Valentyn Sylvestrov The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 86 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
George Szell The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1897-1970 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Henryk Szeryng The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1918-1988 (20th century)
Performer
Władysław Szpilman The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1911-2000 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Karol Szymanowski The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1882-1937 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1856-1915 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Francisco Tárrega The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1852-1909 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Arturo Toscanini The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1867-1957 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Ralph Vaughan Williams The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1872-1958 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Giuseppe Verdi The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1813-1901 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Pauline Viardot The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1821-1910 (Romantic)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Louis Vierne The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1870-1937 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Galina Vishnevskaya The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1926-2012 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Pancho Vladigerov The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1899-1978 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Émile Waldteufel The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1837-1915 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Bruno Walter The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1876-1962 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
William Walton The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1902-1983 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Anton Webern The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1883-1945 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Kurt Weill The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1900-1950 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Charles-Marie Widor The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1844-1937 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Iannis Xenakis The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1922-2001 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Narciso Yepes The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1927-1997 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Eugène Ysaÿe The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1858-1931 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
See also...
Timelines : Performers
- The great classical music performers
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 20th-century performers [II.] (1950 - 2000)
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 20th-century performers [I.] (1900 - 1950)
- Europe * North America * South America * Asia * Oceania * Africa
- The great 19th-century performers (1850 - 1900)
Indexes
- All performers : by instrument * by country
- by alphabetical order : A * B * C * D * E * F * G * H * I * J * K * L * M * N * O * P * Q * R * S * T * U * V * W * X * Y * Z
- Young artists (Performers)
Other timelines
- Composers : 10 centuries of classical music
- The great classical music conductors
- The great lyrical singers
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