Famous Composers

Author	Nationality	Year
Franz Schubert	Austrian	1797 - 1828
Fred Frith	English	1949
Frederic Chopin	Polish	1810 - 1849
Fritz Kreisler	Austrian	1875 - 1962
Gavin Bryars	English	1943
George Crumb	American	1929 - 2022
George Szell	Hungarian	1897 - 1970
Georges Bizet	French	1838 - 1875
Gerald Finzi	British	1901 - 1956
Giacomo Meyerbeer	German	1791 - 1864
Giacomo Puccini	Italian	1858 - 1924
Gian Carlo Menotti	Italian	1911 - 2007
Gioachino Rossini	Italian	1792 - 1868
Giuseppe Verdi	Italian	1813 - 1901
Gunther Schuller	American	1925 - 2015
Gustav Mahler	Austrian	1860 - 1911
Gyorgy Ligeti	Hungarian	1923 - 2006
Hanns Eisler	German	1898 - 1962
Harold Budd	American	1936 - 2020
Harrison Birtwistle	British	1934
Hector Berlioz	French	1803 - 1869
Hoagy Carmichael	American	1899 - 1981
Igor Stravinsky	Russian	1882 - 1971
James Tenney	American	1934
Jay Livingston	American	1915 - 2001
Jean Philippe Rameau	French	1683 - 1764
Jean-Michel Jarre	French	1948
Jerry Goldsmith	American	1929 - 2004
Jerry Hunt	American	1943
Johann Nepomuk Hummel	Austrian	1778 - 1837
Johannes Brahms	German	1833 - 1897
Johannes Sebastian Bach	German	1685 - 1750
John Barry	British	1933 - 2011
John Cage	American	1912 - 1992
John Corigliano	American	1938
John Powell	American	1963
John Williams	American	1932
John Zorn	American	1953
Joseph Haydn	Austrian	1732 - 1809
Joseph Parry	Welsh	1841 - 1903
Karl Amadeus Hartmann	German	1905 - 1963
Karlheinz Stockhausen	German	1928 - 2007
Keith Jarrett	American	1945
Kevin Ayers	English	1944 - 2013
Klaus Schulze	German	1947
Kurt Weill	German	1900 - 1950
La Monte Young	American	1935
Leo Ornstein	American	1892 - 2002
Leo Robin	American	1900 - 1984
Leonard Bernstein	American	1918 - 1990

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