Tuckwell or Vogt? Brain or Helfgott? 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 Oceania
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 : Tuckwell (Australian horn player) or Vogt (Australian classical and jazz flautist) ? Loveday (New Zealand violinist (1928-2016)) or Chapman (singer) ? 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 Oceania, 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 ).
Composers are not 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 Oceania for the years 1900-1950
Who are these greatest performers, the most famous over the 1900-1950 era in Oceania? 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. Hooke, Bonynge, Kanawa, Major, Concannon, Buckman, Williams...
At this time, soclassiq has listed more than 13000 performers. So here is a selection of some performers for the years 1900-1950, in Oceania, 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.
Don Banks The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1923-1980 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Alison Bauld The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 79 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Arthur Benjamin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1893-1960 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Julius Bittner The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1874-1939 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Richard Bonynge The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 93 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Gary Brain The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1943-2015 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Rosina Buckman The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1881-1948 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Edwin Carr The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1926-2003 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Janice Chapman The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 85 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Gertrude Concannon The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1899-1978 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Edward Harold Davies The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1867-1947 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Lance Dossor The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1916-2005 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Bryan Drake The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1925-2001 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
William G. James The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1892-1977 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Percy Grainger The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1882-1961 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Eric Gross The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1926-2011 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
David Helfgott The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 76 (20th century)
Performer
Mirrie Hill The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1889-1986 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Clytie Hine The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1887-1983 (20th century)
Composer, Lyrical singer & Performer
Emelie Hooke The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1912-1974 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
John Hopkins The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1927-2013 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Leslie Howard The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 75 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Kiri Te Kanawa The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 79 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
John Kennedy The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1922-1980 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Charles Mackerras The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1925-2010 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
Gustav Mahler The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1860-1911 (Romantic)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Malvina Major The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 80 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
Vera Moore The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1896-1997 (20th century)
Performer
Dorothy Quita Buchanan The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 78 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Peter Sculthorpe The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1929-2014 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Larry Sitsky The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 89 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Richard Strauss The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1864-1949 (20th century)
Composer, Conductor & Performer
MasterpiecesComplete works
Margaret Sutherland The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1897-1984 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Peter Tahourdin The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1928-2009 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Barry Tuckwell The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1931-2020 (20th century)
Conductor & Performer
Gillian Whitehead The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 82 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Wanda Wiłkomirska The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1929-2018 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Harold Williams The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1893-1976 (20th century)
Lyrical singer & Performer
John Williams The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
age 82 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Malcolm Williamson The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1931-2003 (20th century)
Composer & Performer
Alberto Zelman The great 20th-century performers (1900-1950)
1832-1907 (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
Commemorations 2024, 2025, ...
Last update : 2023-11-24