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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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Contemporary I to Q

Contemporary R to Z

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