2Oth CENTURY COMPOSERS IN BIRTHDAY ORDER
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Camille Saint-Saëns 1835-1921 France	Max Bruch 1838-1920 Germany	Antonin Dvorák 1841-1904 Bohemia	Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov 1844-1908 Russia	Gabriel Fauré 1845-1924 France
Leos Janácek 1854-1928 Moravia	Sir Edward Elgar 1857-1934 England	Gustav Mahler 1860-1911 Bohemia	Claude Debussy 1862-1918 France	Frederick Delius 1862-1934 England
Richard Strauss 1864-1949 Germany	Paul Dukas 1865-1935 France	Carl Nielsen 1865-1931 Denmark	Jean Sibelius 1865-1957 Finland	Eric Satie 1866-1925 France
Enrique Granados 1867-1916 Spain	Albert Roussel 1869-1937 France	Alexander Zemlinsky 1871-1942 Austria	Ralfe Vaughan Williams 1872-1958 England	Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873-1943 Russia
Arnold Schoenberg 1873-1943 Austria	Gustav Holst 1874 1934 England	Charles Ives 1874-1954 USA	Maurice Ravel 1875-1937 France	Manuel de Falla 1876-1946 Spain
Franz Schreker 1878-1934 Austria	Ottorino Respighi 1879-1936 Italy	Béla Bartók 1881-1945 Hungary	Zoltán Kodály 1882-1967 Hungary	Manuel Maria Ponce 1882-1948 Mexico
Igor Stravinsky 1882-1971 Russia	Karol Szymanowski 1882-1937 Germany	Edgar Varese 1883-1965 France	Anton von Webern 1883-1945 Austria	Arnold Bax 1883-1953 England
Alban Berg 1885-1935 Austria	Heitor Villa-Lobos 1887-1955 Brazil	Frank Martin 1890-1974 Switzerland	Bohuslav Martinu 1890-1959 Bohemia	Sir Arthur Bliss 1891-1975 England
Serge Prokofiev 1891-1953 Russia	Arthur Honegger 1892-1955 France	Darius Milhaud 1892-1974 France	Herbert Howells 1892-1983 England	Lili Boulanger 1893-1918 France
Paul Hindemith 1895-1963 Germany	Carlos Cháves 1899-1978 Mexico	Francis Poulenc 1899-1963 France	Silvestre Revueltas 1899-1940 Mexico	Aaron Copeland 1900-1990 USA
Gerald Finzi 1901-1956 England	Joaquin Rodrigo 1901-1999 Spain	Sir William Walton 1902-1983 England	Sir Lennox Berkeley 1903 1989 England	William Alwyn 1905-1985 England
Sir Malcolm Tippet 1905-1998 England	Dimitri Shostakovich 1906-1975 Russia	Geirr Tveitt 1908-1981 Norway	Elliott Carter 1908 USA	Olivier Messiaen 1908-1992 France
Samuel Barber 1910-1981 USA	Benjamin Britten 1913-1976 England	Witold Lutoslawski 1913-1994 Poland	Alberto Ginastera 1916-1983 Argentina	Anton Piazzolla 1921-1992 Argentina
Sir Malcolm Arnold 1921-2006 England	Gyorgy Ligeti 1923-2006 Hungary	Pierre Boulez 1925 France	Einojuhani Rautavaara 1928 Finland	Thea Musgrave 1928 England
Toro Takemitsu 1930-1996 Japan	Krysztof Penderecki 1933 Poland	Sir Harrison Birtwistle 1934 England	Alfred Shnittke 1934-1998 Russia	Arvo Part 1935 Estonia
Steve Reich 1936 USA	Philip Glass 1937 USA	Lois Andreissen 1939 Holland	John Adams 1947 USA	Mark-Anthony Turnage 1960 England
Thomas Ades 1971 England
20th century composers in birthday order - a few recommendations   Saint-Saëns, Camille 1835-1921 French Danse Macabre  Bruch, Max 1838-1920 German Violin Concerto No.1 Dvorák, Antonin 1841-1904 Bohemian Violin Concerto No.1 Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay 1844-1908 Russian Capriccio Espagnol, Scheherazade Fauré, Gabriel 1845-1924 French Suite Masques et Bergamasques Janácek, Leos 1854-1928 Czech Sinfonietta, Sonata for Violin & Piano, Taras Bulba, String Quartets 1 & 2 Elgar, Edward 1857-1934 English Cello Concerto, Introduction & Allegro for Strings, Dream of Gerontius, Lighter Music Mahler, Gustav 1860-1911 Austrian Symphony No. 1,4,5 Debussy, Claude* 1862-1918 French Prélude al'apres-midi d'un faune, Images, La Mer, all his piano music Delius, Frederick 1862-1934 English In a Summer Garden Strauss, Richard 1864-1949 German Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Metamorphosis, Death and Transfiguration Dukas, Paul 1865-1935 French Sourcerer's apprentice Nielsen, Carl 1865-1931 Danish Clarinet Concerto Sibelius, Jean 1865-1957 Finnish Symphony No. 5, Violin Concerto in D, Karelia Suite Satie, Eric 1866-1925 French Relache, Parade, Sports et Divertissements Granados, Enrique  1867-1916  Spanish  Spanish danses for guitar  Roussel, Albert 1869-1937 French The Spider's Feast Zemlinsky, Alexander 1871-1942 Austrian Lyric Symphony Vaughan Williams, Ralph 1872-1958 English Fantasie on a theme by Thomas Tallis, Serenade to Music, Symphony No.6 Rachmaninoff, Sergei 1873-1943 Russian American Piano Conc. No.2, Corelli Variations, Rhapsody on Theme of Paganini Holst, Gustav  1874-1934 English  Planet Suite  Schoenberg, Arnold* 1874-1943 Russian/ American Etwartung, Verklärte Nacht, Variations for Orchestra Ives, Charles 1874-1954 American Three Places in New England Ravel, Maurice 1875-1937 French Le Tombeau de Couperin, Gaspard de la Nuit, Daphnes et Chloé, Piano Trio, String Quartets Falla, Manuel de 1876-1946 Spanish Three Cornered Hat, Harpsichord Concerto Schreker, Franz 1878-1934 Austrian Prelude to Drama Respighi, Ottorino 1879-1936 Italian The Birds, The Fountains of Rome Bartók, Béla 1881-1945 Hungarian Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, Piano Conc. No.3, Concerto for Orchestra, String Quartets Kodály, Zoltán 1882-1967 Hungarian Háry János Suite, Dances of Galanta Ponce, Manuel Maria 1882-1948 Mexican Cuatro Danzas Mexicanas Stravinsky, Igor * 1882-1971 Russian/ American L'Histoire du Soldat, Pétrouchka, Firebird, Rite of Spring, Symphony of Psalms, Violin Conc. Dumbarton Oaks Szymanowski, Karol 1882-1937 Polish Violin Concerti, Symphonies Varese, Edgar * 1883-1965 French Amerique, Arcana, Ionisation Bax, Arnold 1883-1953 English Tintagel, Introduction & Allegro, Nonet  Berg, Alban 1885-1935 Austrian Violin Concerto, Three Pieces for Orchestra Villa-lobos, Heitor 1887-1959 Brazilian Prole Do Bebe No.1, Bachanianas Brazileiras Martin, Frank 1890-1974 Swiss Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion & Strings Prokofiev, Serge 1891-1953 Russian Love of Three Oranges, Piano Sonata No.6, Lieutenant Kije, Violin Concertos, Piano Concertos Bliss, Sir Arthur 1891-1975 English Piano Concerto, Colour Symphony  Honegger, Arthur 1892-1955 Swiss Pacific 231, Rugby Milhaud, Darius 1892-1974 French Scaramouche, Boeuf sur le Toit Boulanger, Lili 1893-1918 French Fauste et Helene, Psaume Hindemith, Paul 1895-1963 German Mathis der Maler Chavez, Carlos 1899-1978 Mexican Sinfonia de Antigona, La Hija de Colquide Poulenc, Francis 1899-1963 French Concerto in D Minor for 2 Pianos and Orchestra, All solo piano music Revueltas, Silvestre 1899-1940 Mexico La Noche de los Mayas Copeland, Aaron 1900-1990 American Appalachian Spring, Rodeo Finzi, Gerald 1901-1956 English Clarinet Concerto, Cello Concerto Rodrigo, Joaquin 1901- 1975 Spanish Concerto de Aranjeuz, Sones en la giralda, solo piano works Walton, William 1902-1983 English Symphony No.1 (Previn) Violin Concerto No.1, Belshazzar's Feast Berkeley, Lennox 1903-1989 English Serenade for Strings, piano works Alwyn, William 1905-1985 English Symphony no.5, Conc for Harp & String, Piano Concs Tippett, Malcolm 1905-1998 English Fantasia Concertante, Rose Lake, Concerto for Double String Orchestra Shostakovich, Dmitri 1906-1975 Russian Violin, Piano & Cello Concertos, Preludes & Fugues for Piano Tveitt, Geirr 1908-1981 Norwegian Piano Concs, 100 Hardanger Tunes Barber, Samuel 1910_1981 American Adagio for Strings Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976 English Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Peter Grimes, War Requiem, Sinfonia de Requiem Cage, John * 1912-1992 American Amores, Concerto for Piano Ginastera, Alberto  1916-1983  Argentinian  Piano Sonata No.1, Estancia   Lutoslawski, Witold 1913-1994 Polish Cello Concerto, Concerto for Orchestra Arnold, Sir Malcolm 1921-2006 English Sinfonietta No.5, Symph No.5, Bridge over River Kwai theme Sommer, Vladimir 1921-1997 Czech String Quartet Ligeti, Gyorgy 1923-2006 Hungarian Requiem, Double Concerto, 2001: A Space Odyssey Rautavaara, Einojuhani 1928 Finland Piano concertos Musgrave, Thea 1928 Scotland Two's Company Takemitsu, Toro 1930-1996 Japanese From me flows what you call time Penderecki, Krzysztof 1933 Poland Threnody for victims of Hiroshima, St Luke's Passion Schnittke, Alfred 1934-1998 Russia Cello Conc No.1, Conc Grosso, Str Qu No.3 Part, Arvo 1935 Estonian Cantus in memory of Benjamin Britten Reich, Steve 1936 American Three Movements, The four sections, Malett instruments Bryers, Gavin 1943 English Cello Concerto  Bryers, John  1947 English  Cello concerto Adams, John 1947 American Chairman Dances, Symphonic Dances Turnage, Mark-Anthony 1960 English Drowned Out, Kai, Momentum Ades, Thomas  1971  English  Century Rolls, Dr Atomic Symphony      Reference: Pimlico Dictionary of Twentieth Century Composers - Mark Morris Reference: The Companion to 20th Century Music - Norman Lebrecht Chicago Symphony Orchestra Timeline All Classical web site  Link to main web site