The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950) North America
Arrau or Battle? Sills or Liberace? 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 North America
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 : Arrau (Chilean pianist (1903-1991)) or Battle (American opera singer) ? Cliburn (American pianist) or Serkin (Bohemian-born American pianist) ? 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 North America, 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 North America for the years 1900-1950
Who are these greatest performers, the most famous over the 1900-1950 era in North America? 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. Stade, Lehmann, Stern, Perlman, Szigeti, Milstein, Callas...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 13000 performers. So here is a selection of some performers 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 performers who have been or are composers, some more renowned for the work they have left than for their careers as musicians.
John Adams The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 77 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Samuel Adler The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 96 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Theodor W. Adorno The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1903-1969 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Marian Anderson The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1897-1993 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
George Antheil The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1900-1959 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Desi Arnaz The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1917-1986 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Lyrical singer & Performer
Claudio Arrau The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1903-1991 (20th century)
Performer
Leopold von Auer The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1845-1930 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Emanuel Ax The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 74 (20th century)
Performer
Milton Babbitt The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1916-2011 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Angelo Badalamenti The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1937-2022 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Samuel Barber The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1910-1981 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
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
Kathleen Battle The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 75 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Amy Beach The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1867-1944 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Cathy Berberian The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1925-1983 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Elmer Bernstein The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1922-2004 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Leonard Bernstein The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1918-1990 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Malcolm Bilson The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 88 (20th century)
Performer
Ernest Bloch The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1880-1959 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
William Bolcom The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 85 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Jorge Bolet The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1914-1990 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Victor Borge The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1909-2000 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Paul Bowles The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1910-1999 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Glenn Branca The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1948-2018 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Bruce Broughton The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 79 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Leo Brouwer The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1939-2003 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Adolf Busch The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1891-1952 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
John Cage The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1912-1992 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Maria Callas The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1923-1977 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Kitty Carlisle The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1910-2007 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Hoagy Carmichael The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1899-1981 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Elliott Carter The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1908-2012 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1895-1968 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
George Whitefield Chadwick The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1854-1931 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Carlos Chávez The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1899-1978 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
William Christie The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 79 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Van Cliburn The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1934-2013 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Sergiu Comissiona The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1928-2005 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Aaron Copland The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1900-1990 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Carmine Coppola The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1910-1991 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
John Corigliano The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 86 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Henry Cowell The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1897-1965 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
George Crumb The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1929-2022 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Walter Damrosch The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1862-1950 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Bella Davidovich The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 95 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Dennis Russell Davies The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 79 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Carl Davis The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1936-2023 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Norman Dello Joio The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1913-2008 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Deanna Durbin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1921-2013 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Nelson Eddy The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1901-1967 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Hanns Eisler The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1898-1962 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Mischa Elman The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1891-1967 (20th century)
Performer
Morton Feldman The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1926-1987 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Arthur Fiedler The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1894-1979 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Leon Fleisher The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1928-2020 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Lukas Foss The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1922-2009 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
David Foster The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 74 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Florence Foster Jenkins The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1868-1944 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Ivan Galamian The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1903-1981 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
George Gershwin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1898-1937 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Philip Glass The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 87 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Alma Gluck The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1884-1938 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Leopold Godowsky The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1870-1938 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Szymon Goldberg The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1909-1993 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Jerry Goldsmith The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1929-2004 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Morton Gould The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1913-1996 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Glenn Gould The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1932-1982 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Percy Grainger The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1882-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
William Grant Still The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1895-1978 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Kathryn Grayson The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1922-2010 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Alexander Gretchaninov The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1864-1956 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
W. C. Handy The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1873-1958 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Howard Hanson The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1896-1981 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Lynn Harrell The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1944-2020 (20th century)
Performer
Roy Harris The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1898-1979 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Jascha Heifetz The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1901-1987 (20th century)
Performer
Barbara Hendricks The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 75 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Victor Herbert The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1859-1924 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Paul Hindemith The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1895-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Josef Hofmann The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1876-1957 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Vladimir Horowitz The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1903-1989 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Mieczysław Horszowski The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1892-1993 (20th century)
Performer
Alan Hovhaness The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1911-2000 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Karel Husa The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1921-2016 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Eugene Istomin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1925-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Charles Ives The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1874-1954 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Byron Janis The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 95 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Scott Joplin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1868-1917 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Julius Katchen The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1926-1969 (20th century)
Performer
Gershon Kingsley The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1922-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Alexander Kipnis The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1891-1978 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Ralph Kirkpatrick The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1911-1984 (20th century)
Performer
Werner Klemperer The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1920-2000 (20th century)
Conductor, Lyrical singer & Performer
Erich Wolfgang Korngold The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1897-1957 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Serge Koussevitzky The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1874-1951 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Stephen Kovacevich The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 83 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Fritz Kreisler The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1875-1962 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Erich Kunzel The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1935-2009 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Mario Lanza The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1921-1959 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Morten Lauridsen The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 81 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Ernesto Lecuona The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1896-1963 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Michel Legrand The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1932-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Lyrical singer & Performer
Lotte Lehmann The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1888-1976 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
James Levine The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1943-2021 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Liberace The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1919-1987 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Frederick Loewe The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1901-1988 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Arkady Luxemburg The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 84 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Lorin Maazel The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1930-2014 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Jeanette MacDonald The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1903-1965 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Edward MacDowell The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1860-1908 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Alma Mahler The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1879-1964 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Henry Mancini The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1924-1994 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Charles Martin Loeffler The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1861-1935 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Bohuslav Martinů The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1890-1959 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Zubin Mehta The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 87 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Yehudi Menuhin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1916-1999 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Robert Merrill The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1917-2004 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Zinka Milanov The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1906-1989 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
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
Grace Moore The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1898-1947 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Conlon Nancarrow The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1912-1997 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Randy Newman The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 80 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor, Lyrical singer & Performer
Marni Nixon The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1930-2016 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Garrick Ohlsson The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 75 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
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
John Knowles Paine The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1839-1906 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Horatio Parker The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1863-1919 (Romantic)
Composer & Performer
Murray Perahia The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 76 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Itzhak Perlman The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 78 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Roberta Peters The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1930-2017 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Gregor Piatigorsky The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1903-1976 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Walter Piston The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1894-1976 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Manuel Ponce The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1886-1948 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Rosa Ponselle The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1897-1981 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Menahem Pressler The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1923-2023 (20th century)
Performer
André Previn The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1929-2019 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Michael Rabin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1936-1972 (20th century)
Performer
Sergei Rachmaninoff The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1873-1943 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Steve Reich The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 87 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Fritz Reiner The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1888-1963 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Regina Resnik The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1922-2013 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Silvestre Revueltas The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1899-1940 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Ruggiero Ricci The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1918-2012 (20th century)
Performer
Terry Riley The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 88 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
George Rochberg The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1918-2005 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Clara Rockmore The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1911-1998 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Richard Rodgers The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1902-1979 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Sigmund Romberg The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1887-1951 (20th century)
Composer & 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
Robert Russell Bennett The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1894-1981 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Frederic Rzewski The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1938-2021 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Lalo Schifrin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 91 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Alexander Schneider The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1908-1993 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Arnold Schoenberg The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1874-1951 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Gunther Schuller The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1925-2015 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
William Schuman The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1910-1992 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Elisabeth Schumann The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1888-1952 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Renata Scotto The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1933-2023 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Rudolf Serkin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1903-1991 (20th century)
Performer
Howard Shore The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 77 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Beverly Sills The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1929-2007 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Alexander Siloti The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1863-1945 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Leonard Slatkin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 79 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Nicolas Slonimsky The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1894-1995 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Stephen Sondheim The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1930-2021 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
John Philip Sousa The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1854-1932 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Frederica von Stade The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 78 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
János Starker The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1924-2013 (20th century)
Performer
Max Steiner The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1888-1971 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Jim Steinman The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1947-2021 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Isaac Stern The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1920-2001 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Eduard Steuermann The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1892-1964 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Igor Stravinsky The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1882-1971 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
George Szell The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1897-1970 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Joseph Szigeti The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1892-1973 (20th century)
Performer
Alexander Tcherepnin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1899-1977 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Theodore Thomas The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1835-1905 (Romantic)
Conductor & Performer
Randall Thompson The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1899-1984 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Michael Tilson Thomas The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 79 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Dimitri Tiomkin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1894-1979 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Roman Totenberg The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1911-2012 (20th century)
Performer
David Tudor The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1926-1996 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Rosalyn Tureck The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1914-2003 (20th century)
Performer
Frank Van der Stucken The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1858-1929 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Alfred Wallenstein The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1898-1983 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Leonard Warren The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1911-1960 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Kurt Weill The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1900-1950 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Jaromír Weinberger The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1896-1967 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Camilla Wicks The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1928-2020 (20th century)
Performer
John Williams The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 92 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Paul Wittgenstein The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1887-1961 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Charles Wuorinen The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1938-2020 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
La Monte Young The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 88 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Efrem Zimbalist The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1889-1985 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
David Zinman The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 87 (20th century)
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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Last update : 2024-03-10