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Most Famous Contemporary Composers
Name Quick Bio Detail Bio History and Music
Barber Samuel 1910-1981 America schirmer.com
pbs.org
guildmusic.com
Hearts Ease Bio
n/a
Bartók Béla 1881-1945 Hungary Classical Music Pages
boosey.com
naxos.com
Hearts Ease Bio
n/a
Britten Benjamin 1913-1976 England caltech.edu
boosey.com
Classical Music Pages
emory.edu
naxos.com
Hearts Ease Bio
n/a
Copland Aaron 1900-1990 America boosey.com
Copland page
naxos.com
usf.edu
Hearts Ease Bio
n/a
Gershwin George 1898-1937 America Classical Music Pages
naxos.com
Gershwin Fan page
Hearts Ease Bio
n/a
Kabalevsky Dmitri 1904-1987 Russia boosey.com
Kabalevsky page
n/a
Prokofiev Sergei 1891-1953 Russia mit.edu
Classical Music Pages
baylor.edu
Hearts Ease Bio
n/a
Stravinsky Igor 1882-1971 Russia Prokofiev home page
boosey.com
Internet Public Library
Classical Music Pages
caltech.edu
Hearts Ease Bio
n/a
Vaughan Williams Ralph 1872-1958 England The RVW Society
boosey.com
Classical Music Pages
stainer.co.uk
Hearts Ease Bio
n/a

Contemporary Period Composers A to B
Name Quick Bio Detail Bio
Adams John 1947- America John Adams home page
boosey.com
schirmer.com
Anchron Joseph n/a n/a n/a
Amlin Martin n/a n/a bu.edu
Artunian Alexander n/a n/a n/a
Babbitt Milton Byron 1916- America Hearts Ease Bio
Babbitt page
Bacon Ernst 1898-1990 America The Ernst Bacon Society
Hearts Ease Bio
Barat (/Romantic) J. E. n/a n/a n/a
Bassett Leslie 1923- America Bassett page
amc.net
Berg Alban 1885-1935 Austria Classical Music Pages
emory.edu
Berg page
naxos.com
Hearts Ease Bio
Berio Luciano 1925- emory.edu
Berio page
Bernstein Leonard 1918-1990 America Leonard Bernstein home page
Bernstein page
boosey.com
Hearts Ease Bio
emory.edu
Beyer Emil n/a n/a n/a
Bilotti Anton n/a n/a n/a
Birtwistle Harrison 1934- England boosey.com
Birtwistle page
Hearts Ease Bio
ua.edu
Block (/Neo-Romantic) Ernest 1880-1959 Switzerland schirmer.com
naxos.com
Boulez Pierre 1925- France Classical Music Pages
emory.edu
Hearts Ease Bio
Burton Eldon n/a n/a n/a
Bush Geoffrey 1920-1998 England n/a
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