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POST-WAR MODERNIST  (c.1950 - c.2000)


ASIA
   

Australia
 
   
John Antill
     1904–1986  w, w
ballet Corroboree  [esp. Suite]  (1944)
orchestral Symphony on a City  (1959)

Japan
 
   
Keiko Abe
     b.1937  w
solo+orch Prism Rhapsody II, for one or two marimbas [also version for wind ensemble]  (1989)
solo Dream of the Cherry Blossoms, for marimba solo  (1984)
Variations on Japanese Children's Songs
, for marimba solo  (1981)
Toshi Ichiyanagi
     1933
   
Maki Ishii *
     1936–2003
   
Tōru Takemitsu
     1930–1996
   

BRITAIN
 
   
William Alwyn
     1905–1985  w, w
opera Miss Julie  (1976)
orchestral Derby Day Overture  (1960)
Six Elizabethan Dances  (1957)
The Magic Island
  (1952)
Sinfonietta
, for strings  (1970)
Symphony No. 1
  (1949)
Symphony No. 2
  (1953)
Symphony No. 3  (1956)
Symphony No. 4  (1959)
Symphony No. 5 "Hydriotaphia"
  (1973)
solo+orch Lyra Angelica, for harp and strings  (1954)
Oboe Concerto, for strings  (1944)
Piano Concerto No. 1  (1930)
Piano Concerto No. 2  (1960)
chamber Clarinet Sonata  (1962)
Flute Concerto, with eight instruments  (1980)
Flute Sonata  (1948)
Naiades: Fantasy-Sonata, for flute and harp  (1971)
piano Fantasy-Waltzes  (1956)
Sonata alla toccata
  (1946)
film Desert Victory  (1943)
The History of Mr Polly
  (1949)
A Night to Remember 
(1958)
Odd Man Out
  (1947)
Malcolm Arnold
    
1921–2006  w, w, w
orchestral Beckus the Dandipratt, overture, op.5  (1943)
Four Cornish Dances, op.91  (1966)
Four English Dances, Set 1, op.27  (1950)
Four English Dances, Set 2, op.33  (1951)
Four Irish Dances, op.126  (1986)
Four Scottish Dances, op.59  (1957)
A Grand, Grand Overture, op.57  (1956)
The Padstow Lifeboat, march, op.94  (1967)
Sarabande and Polka, from the ballet 'Solitaire'  (1956)

Symphony No. 1
, op. 22  (1949)
Symphony No. 2, op.40  (1953)
Symphony No. 3, op.63  (1957)
Symphony No. 4, op.71  (1960)
Symphony No. 5, op.74  (1961)
Symphony No. 6, op.95  (1967)
Symphony No. 7, op.113  (1973)
Symphony No. 8
, op.124  (1978)
Symphony No. 9
, op.128  (1986)
Tam O'Shanter, overture, op.51  (1955)
solo+orch Clarinet Concerto No. 1, op.20, with strings  (1948)
Clarinet Concerto No. 2, op.115  (1974)
Guitar Concerto, op.67  (1959)
Oboe Concerto, op.39, for strings  (1952)
chamber Brass Quintet No. 1, op.73  (1961)
Clarinet Sonatina, op.29  (1951)
Divertimento, op.37, for flute, oboe and clarinet  (1953)
Fantasy for Horn Solo, op.88  (1966)
Three Shanties, op.4, for wind quintet  (1943)
film The Belles of St Trinian's  (1957)
The Bridge on the River Kwai  (1957)
Hobson's Choice  (1954)
Richard Rodney Bennett
     1936–
     (settled in USA)
opera The Mines of Sulphur  (1963)
choral Five Carols  [esp. 2. Out of your sleep]  (1967)
chamber Six Tunes for the Instruction of Singing Birds, for flute solo  (1981)
piano Barcarolle  (1993)
guitar Five Impromptus  (1974)
Guitar Sonata  (1983)
film Four Weddings and a Funeral  (1994)
Murder on the Orient Express
  (1974)
Lennox Berkeley
     1903–1989
opera A Dinner Engagement, op.45  (1954)
Ruth
, op.50  (1956)
orchestral Divertimento, op.18  (1943)
Mont Juic Suite, op.9  [with Benjamin Britten]  (1937)
Serenade for Strings, op.12  (1939)
Symphony No. 1
, op.16  (1940)
Symphony No. 2, op.51  (1958)
Symphony No. 3, op.74  (1969)
Symphony No. 4, op.94  (1978)
choral The Lord is my shepherd, op.91/1, with organ  (1975)
Missa brevis, op.57, with organ  (1960)
solo vocal Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila, op.27, for contralto and strings  (1947)
Five Poems of W.H. Auden, op.53, with piano  (1958)
chamber Recorder Sonatina, op.13  [or for flute]  (1940)
Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano, op.44  (1953)
piano Six Preludes, op.23  (1945)
guitar Sonatina, op.52/1  (1957)
Theme and Variations, op.77  (1970)
Harrison Birtwistle
     1934–
   
Benjamin Britten
     1913–1976
opera Albert Herring, op.39  (1947)
The Beggar's Opera, op.43, after John Gay  (1948)
Billy Budd, op.50  (1951)
The Burning Fiery Furnace, op.77, church parable  (1968)
Curlew River, op.71, church parable  (1964)
Death in Venice
, op.88  (1973)
Gloriana, op.53  [esp. Choral Dances]  (1953)
Let's Make an Opera, op.45  [including The Little Sweep]  (1949)
A Midsummer Night's Dream, op.64  (1960)
Noye's Fludde, op.59, mystery play  (1958)
Owen Wingrave, op.85  (1971)
Paul Bunyan, op.17  (1941)
Peter Grimes, op.33  [esp. Four Sea Interludes]  (1945)
The Prodigal Son, op.81, church parable  (1968)
The Rape of Lucretia, op.37  (1946)
The Turn of the Screw, op.54  (1954)
ballet The Prince of the Pagodas, op.57  [esp. Suite]  (1956)
orchestral Matinées musicales, op.24, after Rossini  (1941)
Mont Juic Suite
, op.12  [with Lennox Berkeley]  (1937)
Prelude and Fugue, op.29, for strings  (1943)
Simple Symphony
, op.4, for strings  (1934)
Sinfonia da Requiem, op.20  (1940)
Sinfonietta, op.1, for chamber orchestra  (1932)
Soir
ées musicales, op.9, after Rossini  (1936)
Suite on English Folk Tunes, op.90 "A time there was"  (1974)
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op.10, for strings  (1937)
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34  (1946)
solo+orch Quatre Chansons françaises, for soprano/tenor  (1928)
Diversions
, op.21, for piano left-hand  (1940)
Les Illuminations
, op.18, for soprano/tenor and strings  (1939)
Nocturne, op.60, for tenor  (1958)
Our Hunting Fathers, op.8, for soprano/tenor  (1936)
Phaedra, op.93, for mezzo-soprano  (1976)
Piano Concerto in D major, op.13  (1938)
Scottish Ballad, op.26, for two pianos  (1941)
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, op.31  (1943)
Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, op.68  (1963)
Violin Concerto in D minor, op.15  (1939)
Young Apollo, for piano and strings  (1939)
choral+orch Ballad of Heroes, op.14, with tenor/soprano solo  (1939)
Cantata misericordium
, op.69, with TBar soli  (1963)
Psalm 150
, op.67  (1962)
Saint Nicolas, op.42, with tenor solo  (1948)
Spring Symphony, op.44, with SAT soli  (1949)
War Requiem, op.66, with STBar soli  (1962)
choral A.M.D.G.  (1939)
Antiphon
, op.56b, with organ  (1955)
The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
, for men's chorus and piano  (1943)
A Boy Was Born, op.3  (1933)
A Ceremony of Carols, op.28, for treble voices and harp  (1942)
Chorale on an Old French Carol  (1944)
Festival Te Deum, op.32, with organ  (1945)
Five Flower Songs, op.47  (1950)
Friday Afternoons, op.7, for treble voices  (1935)
The Golden Vanity, op.78, for boys' chorus and piano  (1966)
Hymn of St Columba
  (1962)
Hymn to St Cecilia, op.27  (1942)
Hymn to St Peter, op.56a, with organ  (1955)
Hymn to the Virgin  (1930)
Julbiate Deo in C major  (1961)
Jubilate Deo in E-flat major  (1934)
Missa brevis in D major, op.63, for treble voices and organ  (1959)
A New Year Carol
Rejoice in the Lamb, op.30, with organ  (1943)
Sacred and Profane, op.91  (1975)
The Sycamore Tree  (1930)
Te Deum in C major  (1934)
solo vocal Canticle No. 1, "My beloved is mine", op.40, for soprano/tenor and piano  (1947)
Canticle No. 2, "Abraham and Isaac", op.51, for countertenor, tenor and piano  (1952)
Canticle No. 3, "Still falls the rain", op.55, for tenor, horn and piano  (1954)
Canticle No. 4, "The Journey of the Magi", op.86, for countertenor, tenor, baritone and piano  (1971)
Canticle No. 5, "The Death of St Narcissus", op.89, for tenor and harp  (1974)
A Charm of Lullabies, op.41, for mezzo-soprano  (1947)
Six Hölderlin Fragments, op.61, for tenor and piano  (1958)
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne
, op.35, for tenor/soprano  (1945)
7 Folksongs, Volume 1  [esp. 1. The Salley Gardens; 6. Ash Grove; 7. Oliver Cromwell]  (1943)
8 Folksongs, Volume 2  (by 1946)
7 Folksongs, Volume 3  [esp. 1. The Plough Boy; 5. The Foggy, Foggy Dew; 6. O Waly, Waly]  (1947)
10 Folksongs, Volume 4  (1960)
5 Folksongs, Volume 5
  (1961)
6 Folksongs, Volume 6
  (1961)
On This Island, op.11  (1937)
The Poet's Echo, for soprano  (1965)
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, op.22, for tenor  (1940)
Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, op.74, for baritone  (1965)
Winter Words, op.52, for soprano/tenor  (1953)
chamber Cello Sonata in C major, op.65  (1960)
Three Divertimenti, for string quartet  (1936)
Elegy, for viola solo  (1930)
Fanfare for St Edmundsbury, for three trumpets  (1959)
Lachrymae, op.48, for viola and piano/strings  (1950)
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, op.49, for oboe solo  (1951)
Phantasy Quartet, op.2, for oboe and string trio  (1932)
String Quartet No. 1 in D major, op.25  (1941)
String Quartet No. 2 in C major, op.36  (1945)
String Quartet No. 3, op.94  (1975)
Suite for Cello Solo No. 1, op.72  (1964)
Suite for Cello Solo No. 2, op.80  (1967)
Suite for Cello Solo No. 3, op.87  (1971)
Suite for Harp, op.83  (1969)
Suite for Violin and Piano, op.6  (1935)
Tema Sacher, for cello solo  (1976)
Temporal Variations, for oboe and piano  (1936)
piano Holiday Diary, op.5  (1934)
Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca, op.23/1, for two pianos  (1940)
Mazurka elegaica, op.23/3, for two pianos  (1941)
guitar Nocturnal after John Dowland, for guitar, op.70  (1963)
film Night Mail  (1936)
Peter Maxwell Davies
     1934–
opera Eight Songs for a Mad King, monodrama for baritone solo  (1969)
The Lighthouse  (1980)
The Martyrdom of St Magnus  (1976)
ballet Caroline Mathilde  (1991)
orchestral Antarctic Symphony  [Symphony No. 8]  (2000)
Sinfonia
  (1962)
Symphony No. 1  (1977)
Worldes Blis  (1969)
solo+orch An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise, with bagpipes solo  (1985)
A Spell for Green Corn: The MacDonald Dances, for violin  (1993)
Violin Concerto  (1985)
choral+orch Job  (1997)
O magnum mysterium  (1960)
chamber Ave maris stella  (1975)
Trumpet Sonata  (1955)
John Duarte *
     1919–2004
   
Robert Farnon *
     1917–2005
   
Brian Ferneyhough
     1943–
   
John Gardner *
     1917–
   
Alexander Goehr *
     1932–
   
Michael Head *
     1900–1976
   
Alun Hoddinott *
     1929–2008
   
Joseph Horovitz *
     1926–
     (born in Austria)
   
Francis Jackson *
     1917–
   
John Joubert *
     1927
     (born in South Africa)
   
Oliver Knussen
     1952–
   
Kenneth Leighton
     1929–1988
solo+orch Cello Concerto, op.31  (1956)
Oboe Concerto, op.23  (1953)
choral Three Carols, op.25  [esp. 2. Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child]  (1948)
Crucifixus pro nobis, op.38, with organ  (1961)
Give me the wings of faith
, with organ  (1962)
Solus ad victimam, with organ
Te Deum laudamus, with organ  (1966)
chamber String Quartet No. 1, op.32  (1956)
String Quartet No. 2, op.33  (1957)
piano Fantasia contrappuntistica, op.24, "Homage to Bach"  (1956)
Piano Sonata
, op.64  (1972)
organ Paean  (1966)
George Lloyd
     1913–1998
opera Iernin  (1934)
orchestral Symphony No. 4, "Arctic"  (1946)
Symphony No. 11  (1985)
solo+orch Piano Concerto No. 1, "Scapegoat"  (1963)
band Symphony No. 10, "November Journeys"  (1982)
choral+orch Pervigilium Veneris, with ST soli  [Vigil of Venus]  (1980)
piano The Road Through Samarkand  (1972)
William Lloyd Webber *
     1914–1982
   
Elizabeth Maconchy *
     1907–1994
   
William Mathias
     1934–1992
   
Thea Musgrave *
     1928–
     (settled in USA)
   
Elizabeth Poston *
     1905–1987
   
Alan Rawsthorne
     1905–1971
   
Alan Ridout *
     1934–1996
   
Edmund Rubbra
     1901–1986
   
Humphrey Searle *
     1915–1982
   
Robert Simpson
     1921–1997
   
Michael Tippett
     1905–1998
opera The Ice Break  (1976)
King Priam
  (1961)
The Knot Garden  [esp. Songs for Dov]  (1970)
The Midsummer Marriage  [esp. Ritual Dances]  (1952)
New Year  (1988)
orchestral Concerto for Double String Orchestra  (1939)
Concerto for Orchestra  (1963)
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli, for strings  (1953)
Little Music, for strings  (1946)
Praeludium, for brass, bells and percussion  (1962)
The Rose Lake  (1993)
Suite in D  (1948)
Symphony No. 1  (1945)
Symphony No. 2  (1957)
Symphony No. 4
  (1977)
solo+orch Byzantium, for soprano  (1990)
Piano Concerto
  (1955)
Symphony No. 3, with soprano solo  (1972)
Triple Concerto, for violin, viola and cello  (1979)
choral+orch A Child of Our Time, with SATB soli  (1941)
Crown of the Year  (1958)
The Mask of Time, with SATB soli  (1982)
The Vision of St Augustine, with baritone solo  (1965)
choral Dance, clarion air  (1952)
Four Songs from the British Isles  (1956)
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis  (1961)
Music  (1960)
Plebs angelica  (1943)
The Weeping Babe  (1944)
solo vocal Boyhood's End, cantata  (1943)
The Heart's Assurance, for tenor and piano  (1951)
Songs for Achilles, with guitar  (1961)
Songs for Ariel  (1961)
chamber Sonata for Four Horns  (1955)
String Quartet No. 1  (1935)
String Quartet No. 2  (1942)
String Quartet No. 3  (1946)
String Quartet No. 4  (1978)
String Quartet No. 5  (1991)
piano Piano Sonata No. 1  (1937)
Piano Sonata No. 2  (1962)
Piano Sonata No. 3  (1973)
Piano Sonata No. 4  (1984)
guitar The Blue Guitar  (1983)
Malcolm Williamson *
     1931–2003
     (born in Australia)
   
Peter Wishart *
     1921–1984
   

BULGARIA
 
   
Pancho Vladigerov
     1899–1978
   

CANADA
 
   
Srul Irving Glick
     1934–2002
   
Claude Vivier
     1948–1983
   

CZECH REPUBLIC
 
   
Petr Eben
     1929–
   
Karel Husa
     1921–
     (settled in USA)
   

FRANCE
 
   
Pierre Boulez
     1925–
   
Eugène Bozza
     1905–1991
   
Jacques Castérède
     1926–
   
Jean-Michel Damase *
     1928–
   
Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur
     1908–2002
   
Jeanne Demessieux *
     1921–1968
   
Maurice Duruflé
     1902–1986
choral Quatre motets sur des thèmes gregoriens, op.10  [esp. 1. Ubi caritas]  (1960)
Messe "Cum jubilo", op.11, for baritone solo, men's chorus, and organ/orchestra  (1966/70)
Notre père, op.14  (1977)
Requiem, op.9, with mezzo-soprano and baritone soli, and organ/orchestra  (1947/50)
organ Fugue sur le thème du Carillon des heures de la Cathédrales de Soissons, op.12  (1962)
Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié, sur le thème du "Veni creator", op.4  (1930)
Prélude et fugue sur le nom d'Alain, op.7  (1942)
Prélude sur l'Introït de l'Épiphanie, op.13  (1961)
Scherzo, op.2  (1926)
Suite, op.5  (1935)
Henri Dutilleux
     1916–
orchestral Métaboles  (1964)
Mystère de l'instant, for strings, percussion and cimbalom  (1989)
The Shadows of Time, with children's voices  (1997)
Symphony No. 1  (1951)
Symphony No. 2, "Le double"  (1959)
Timbre, espaces, mouvement, ou "La nuit étoilée"  (1978/91)
solo+orch L'arbre des songes, for violin  (1985)
Correspondances, song-cycle for soprano and orchestra  (2003)
Sur le même accord, nocturne for violin  (2002)
Tout un monde lointain, for cello  (1970)
solo vocal Deux sonnets de Jean Cassou, for baritone and piano/orchestra  (1954)
chamber Ainsi la nuit, for string quartet  (1976)
Choral, cadence et fugato, for trombone and piano  (1950)
Les citations, for oboe, harpsichord, doublebass and percussion  (1991)
Sonata, for oboe and piano  (1947)
Sonatina, for flute and piano  (1943)
Strophes sur le nom de Sacher, for cello solo  (1982)
piano Figures de résonance, for two pianos  (1970)
Piano Sonata  (1948)
Trois préludes  (1973/88)
Pierre Max Dubois
     1930–1995
   
Jean Françaix
     1912–1997
   
André Jolivet
     1905–1974
  Ascèses, for solo flute
Jean Langlais
     1907–1991
   
Gaston Gilbert Litaize *
     1909–1991
   
Maurice Ohana *
     1913–1992
     (born in Morocco)
   
Olivier Messiaen
     1908–1992
  Turangalila Symphony
Quartet for the end of time
Pierre Sancan
     1916–
   
Henri Sauguet
     1901–1989
   
Pierre Villette
     1926–1998
   
Iannis Xenakis
     1922–2001 [Greek]
   

GERMANY / AUSTRIA
 
   
Max Georg Baumann *
     1917–1999
   
Franz Biebl
     1906–2001
   
Boris Blacher
     1903–1975
     (born in China)
   
Paul Dessau *
     1894–1979
   
Gottfried von Einem
     1918–1996
   
Wolfgang Fortner *
     1907–1987
   
Harald Genzmer *
     1909–2007
   
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
     1905–1963
opera Simplicius simplicissimus  (1935/57)
orchestral Symphony No. 2, "Adagio for large orchestra"  (1946)
Symphony No. 3  (1949)
Symphony No. 4, for strings  (1948)
Symphony No. 5, "Symphonie concertante"  (1950)
Symphony No. 6  (1953)
Symphony No. 7  (1958)
Symphony No. 8  (1962)
solo+orch Concerto funèbre, for violin and strings  (1939/59)
Gesansszene, for baritone solo  (1963)
Symphony No. 1, "Versuch eines Requiems", for contralto solo  (1936/50)
chamber String Quartet No. 1, "Carillon"  (1933)
String Quartet No. 2  (1946)
piano Piano Sonata No. 2, "27 April 1945"  (1945)
Hans Werner Henze
     1926–
  Sonata solo vn
Serenade vc solo
Mauricio Kagel
     1931–
     (born in Argentina)
   
Karlheinz Stockhausen
     1928–2007
   
Isang Yun *
     1917–1995
     (born in Korea)
   
Bernd Alois Zimmermann
     1918–1970
  Sonata solo vn

GREECE
 
   
Mikis Theodorakis
     1925–
   

HUNGARY
 
   
Lajos Bárdos *
     1899–1986
   
Ferenc Farkas *
     1905–2000
   
Frigyes Hidas *
     1928–2007
   
György Kurtág
     1926–
   
György Ligeti
     1923–2006
opera Le grand macabre
concerto Cello Concerto
Hamburg Concerto, for horn
Piano Concerto
Violin Concerto
orchestral Atmosphères
Lontano
choral Lux aeterna
Morning
Night
Requiem
solo vocal Aventures
Nouvelles aventures
chamber Bagatelles, for wind quintet
Horn Trio, "Hommage à Brahms", for hn.vn.pf
Sonata for Cello Solo
String Quartet No. 1, "Métamorphoses nocturnes"
String Quartet No. 2
keyboard Continuum, for harpsichord
Études, for piano, Book 1
Études, for piano, Book 2
Études, for piano, Book 3
Musica ricercata, for piano
Three Pieces, for two pianos
Miklós Rózsa
     1907–1995
   
Sándor Veress
     1907–1992
   

ITALY
 
   
Luciano Berio
     1925–2003
  Sequenza VIII for solo vn
Sequenza I for flute solo
Piano Sonata
Sylvano Bussotti *
     1931–
   
Niccolò Castiglioni *
     1932–1996
   
Luigi Dallapiccola
     1904–1975
   
Franco Donatoni *
     1927–2000
   
Bruno Maderna
     1920–1973
   
Luigi Nono
     1924–1990
   
Goffredo Petrassi
     1904–2003
   
Nino Rota
     1911–1979
   
Giacinto Scelsi
     1905–1988
   

LATIN AMERICA
 
   
Leo Brouwer
     1939–
     (Cuba)
   
Antonio Estévez
     1916–1988
     (Venezuela)
choral+orch La cantata criolla ("Florentino, el que cantó al diablo")  (1954)
choral Mata del anima sola
Alberto Ginastera
     1916–1983
     (Argentina)
   
Radamés Gnattali
     1906–1988
     (Brazil)
   
Camargo Guarnieri
     1907–1993
     (Brazil)
   
Carlos Guastavino
     1912–2000
     (Argentina)
   
Rodolfo Halffter
     1900–1987
   
Conlon Nancarrow
     1912–1997
     (USA/Mexico)
   
Julián Orbón *
     1925–1991
     (Spain/Cuba/Mexico/USA)
   
Ariel Ramirez
     1921–
     (Argentina)
   

NETHERLANDS
 
   
Louis Andriessen
     b. 1939  w, w
opera Rosa - A Horse Drama  (1994)
Writing to Vermeer  (1999)
various De Materie, for voices and ensemble  [esp. De Stijl]  (1988)
De Staat, for voices and ensemble  (1974)
De Tijd, for female singers and ensemble  (1981)
Henk Badings
     1907–1987
choral
chamber
Trois chansons bretonnes, with piano
Ballade, for flute and harp
Rudolf Escher
     1912–1980
   
Jan Koetsier *
     1911–2006
     (settled in Germany)
   
Flor Peeters
     1903–1986
     (Belgium)
   
Henri Pousseur
     1929–
     (Belgium)
   

POLAND
 
   
Grażyna Bacewicz
     1909–1969
chamber String Quartet No. 4
Violin Sonata No. 4
Henryk Górecki
     1933–
  Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"
Wojciech Kilar
     1932–
   
Witold Lutosławski
     1913–1994
  Cello Concerto
Concerto for Orchestra
Sacher Variations vc solo
Andrzej Panufnik
     1914–1991
     (settled in Britain)
   
Krzysztof Penderecki
     1933–
   

RUSSIA / USSR
 
   
Fikret Amirov *
     1922–1984  w
     (Azerbaijan)
opera Sevil  (1953)
orchestral Kurd Afshari  (1949)
Shur
  (1946)
chamber Six Pieces, for flute and piano
Alexander Arutiunian
     b. 1920  w, w
     (Armenia)
solo+orch Trumpet Concerto in A-flat major  (1950)
Tuba Concerto
Violin Concerto  (1988)
chamber Armenian Scenes  (1984)
Arno Babadjanyan *
     1921
–1983
     (Armenia)
   
Edison Denisov
     1929
–1996
   
Sofia Gubaidulina
     1931–
   
Giya Kancheli
     1935–
     (Georgia)
   
Alfred Schnittke
     1934–1998
  A Paganini solo vn
Rodion Shchedrin
     1932–
   
Dmitri Shostakovich
     1906–1975
opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District, op.29  [rev. as Katerina Izmaylova, op.114]
ballet Bolt, op.27
symphony Symphony No. 1 in F minor, op.10
Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, op.14, "To October"
Symphony No. 3
in E-flat major, op.20, "The First of May"
Symphony No. 4 in C minor, op.43
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, op.47
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, op.54
Symphony No. 7
in C major, op.60, "Leningrad"
Symphony No. 8
in C minor, op.65
Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, op.70
Symphony No. 10
in E minor, op.93
Symphony No. 11 in G minor, op.103, "The Year 1905"
Symphony No. 12
in D minor, op.112, "The Year 1917"
Symphony No. 13 in B-flat minor, op.113, "Babi Yar"
Symphony No. 14
in G minor, op.135, for soprano, bass, strings and percussion
Symphony No. 15 in A major, op.141
concerto Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, op.107
Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major, op.126
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, op.35
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, op.102
Violin Concerto No. 1
in A minor, op.77/99
Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp minor, op.129
orchestral Chamber Symphony in C minor, op.110a
Festive Overture, op.96
Tahiti Trot, op.16, "Tea for Two"
choral+orch The Execution of Stepan Razin, op.119
Song of the Forests, op.81
solo vocal Five Satires, op.109
From Jewish Folk Poetry, op.79
Seven Songs, for soprano, violin, cello and piano, op.127
Suite on Poems of Michelangelo Buonarroti, op.145
chamber Cello Sonata in D minor, op.40
Piano Quintet
in G minor, op.57
Piano Trio No. 2
in E minor, op.67
String Quartet No. 1 in C major, op.49
String Quartet No. 2 in A major, op.68
String Quartet No. 3 in F major, op.73
String Quartet No. 4 in D major, op.83
String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat major, op.92
String Quartet No. 6 in G major, op.101
String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, op.108
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, op.110
String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat major, op.117
String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat major, op.118
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, op.122
String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major, op.133
String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, op.138
String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp major, op.142
String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, op.144
Viola Sonata, op.147
Violin Sonata, op.134
piano Fantastic Dances, op.5
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, op.61
Twenty-Four Preludes, op.34
Twenty-Four Preludes and Fugues, op.87

Prelude No. 10 in C-sharp minor

organ: Passacaglia from Lady Macbeth

film The Gadfly, op.97  [esp. Romance]
Hamlet, op.32/116
King Lear, op.58/137
Georgy Sviridov
     1915–1998
   
Otar Taktakishvili
     1924–1989
     (Georgia)
   
Boris Tchaikovsky
     1925
1996
   
Galina Ustvolskaya
     1919–2006
   
Mieczysław Weinberg
     1919–1996
   

SCANDINAVIA
   

Baltic States
 
   
Lepo Sumera *
     1950–2000
     (Estonia)
   
Eduard Tubin
     1905–1982
     (Estonia/Sweden)
   

Denmark
 
   
Niels Viggo Bentzon
     1919–2000
   
Vagn Holmboe
     1909–1996
   
Per Nørgård
     1928–
   

Finland
 
   
Erik Bergman *
     1911–2006
   
Einar Englund *
     1916–1999
   
Joonas Kokkonen
     1921–1996
   
Einojuhani Rautavaara
     1928–
   
Aulis Sallinen
     1935–
   

Iceland
 
   
Jón Leifs
     1899–1968
   

Norway
 
   
Egil Hovland
     1924–
   
Johan Kvandal
     1919–1999
   
Knut Nystedt
     1915–
   
Harald Saeverud
     1897–1992
   

Sweden
 
   
Erland von Koch
     1910–
   
Ingvar Lidholm
     1921–
   
Allan Pettersson
     1911–1980
   
Hilding Rosenberg
     1892–1985
   
Dag Wirén
     1905–1986
   

SPAIN
 
   
Vicente Asencio
     1908–1979  w
orchestral Danzas valencianas  (1963)
guitar Colletici íntim  (1965)
Elegía: Hommage à Manuel de Falla  (1946)
Suite valenciana  (1971)
Roberto Gerhard
     1896–1970
     (settled in Britain)
   
Francisco Guerrero
     1951
–1997
   
Cristóbal Halffter
     1930–
   
Ernesto Halffter
     1905
–1989
   
Xavier Montsalvatge
     1912–2002
   
Joaquín Rodrigo
     1901–1999
  Concierto de Aranjuez
Pablo Sorozábal
     1897–1988
   

SWITZERLAND
 
   
René Gerber *
     1908–
   

UNITED STATES
 
   
H. Leslie Adams *
     b. 1932  w
opera Blake  (1986)
choral  
solo vocal Five Millay Songs  [esp. 2. Branch by branch]  (1960)
Nightsongs, six songs  (1961)
The Wider View, six songs  (1988)
piano Etudes
David Amram *
     b. 1930  w
opera The Final Ingredient
orchestral Horn Concerto
Theme and Variations on "Red River Valley"
, for flute and strings  (1992)
choral Shir L'erev Shabbat  (1965)
film The Manchurian Candidate  (1962)
Leroy Anderson
     1908–1975  w, w
orchestral Belle of the Ball  (1951)
Blue Tango  (1951)
Bugler's Holiday
  (1954)
A Christmas Festival
  (1950)
Fiddle Faddle
  (1947)
Forgotten Dreams
  (1954)
Jazz Pizzicato
  (1938)
Plink, Plank, Plunk
  (1951)
Sleigh Ride  (1948)
The Syncopated Clock  (1945)
A Trumpeter's Lullaby  (1945)
The Typewriter  (1950)
The Waltzing Cat  (1950)
solo+orch Piano Concerto in C major  (1953)
Dominick Argento
     b. 1927  w, w
opera Casanova's Homecoming  (1984)
The Dream of Valentino
  (1993)
The Masque of Angels  [esp. Gloria, Sanctus]  (1963)
Miss Havisham's Wedding Night
, monodrama for soprano  (1981)
Postcard from Morocco
  (1971)
A Water-Bird Talk, monodrama for baritone  (1976)
solo+orch Casa Guidi, for mezzo-soprano  (1983)
Songs about Spring, for soprano  (1960)
choral+orch Jonah and the Whale, oratorio  (1973)
Te Deum: Verba Domini cum verbis populi  (1987)
choral Easter Day  (1989)
I Hate and I Love, with percussion  (1981)
A Nation of Cowslips  (1968)
Sonnet 64  (2002)
Spirituals and Swedish Chorales  (1994)
To God "In Memoriam M.B.", with trumpet  (1994)
Walden Pond, with three cellos and harp  (1996)
solo vocal The Andrée Expedition, for baritone  (1980)
From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, for mezzo-soprano  (1975)
Letters from Composers, with guitar  (1968)
Six Elizabethan Songs, with chamber ensemble  (1962)
To be Sung upon the Water, with clarinet, bass clarinet and piano  (1973)
Milton Babbitt
     1916–
solo vocal Philomel, for soprano and tape  (1964)
Leonardo Balada *
     1933–
     (born in Spain)
   
Leslie Bassett *
     1923–
   
Irwin Bazelon *
     1922–1995
   
Leonard Bernstein
     1918–1990
  Chichester Psalms
John Biggs *
     1932–
   
Paul Bowles *
     1910–1999
     (settled in Morocco)
   
John Cage
     1912–1992
   
Elliott Carter
     1908–
   
George Crumb
     1929–
  Sonata solo vc
Ingolf Dahl *
     1912–1970
     (born in Germany)
   
Norman Dello Joio
     1913–2008
opera The Triumph of St Joan  (1955/58)
ballet Diversion of Angels  (1949)
orchestral Air, for strings  (1967)
Air Power
  (1957)
Homage to Haydn
  (1968)
Meditations on Ecclesiastes
  (1956)
The Triumph of St Joan Symphony
  (1951)
Variations, Chaconne and Finale  (1947)
solo+orch Concertante for Clarinet and Orchestra  (1952)
band Scenes from the Louvre  (1966)
Songs of Abelard, with baritone voice solo  (1969)
Variations on a Medieval Tune  (1963)
choral A Jubilant Song, for chorus and piano  (1945)
Songs of Walt Whitman, for chorus and piano/orchestra  (1966)
solo vocal  
chamber Sonata for Trumpet and Piano  (1980)
Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano
  (1944)
Variations and Capriccio
, for violin and piano  (1948)
piano Piano Sonata No. 1  (1943)
Piano Sonata No. 2
  (1944)
Piano Sonata No. 3  (1948)
Suite for Piano  (1941)
David Diamond
     1915–2005
symphony Symphony No. 4  (1945)
Emma Lou Diemer *
     1927
   
Jacob Druckman *
     1928
–1996
   
Morton Feldman
     1926–1987
   
Irving Fine
     1914–1962
   
Nicolas Flagello *
     1928–1994
   
Carlisle Floyd
     1926–
   
Lukas Foss
     1922–
   
Miriam Gideon *
     1906–1996
   
Don Gillis *
     1912–1978
   
Philip Glass
     1937–
   
Morton Gould
     1913–1996
   
Jester Hairston *
     1901
–2000
   
Lou Harrison
     1917–2003
   
Bernhard Heiden *
     1910–2000
     (born in Germany)
   
Robert Helps *
     1928–2001
   
Bernard Herrmann
     1911–1975
   
Vladimir Horowitz
     1903–1989
     (born in Ukraine)
   
Alan Hovhaness
     1911–2000
   
Karel Husa
     1921–
   
Andrew Imbrie *
     1921
–2007
   
Leon Kirchner
     1919–
   
Meyer Kupferman
     1926–2003
   
Ezra Laderman *
     1924–
   
Henri Lazarof *
     1932–
     (born in Bulgaria)
   
Benjamin Lees *
     1924–
   
Otto Luening *
     1900
–1996
   
Donald Martino *
     1931
–2005
   
Peter Mennin *
     1923
–1983
   
Gian Carlo Menotti
     1911–2007
     (born in Italy)
opera Amahl and the Night Visitors  (1951)
Amelia al ballo  (1937)
The Consul  (1950)
Goya  (1986)
The Medium  (1945)
The Old Maid and the Thief  (1939)
The Saint of Bleecker Street  (1954)
The Telephone  (1946)
ballet The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore  (1956)
orchestral Apocalisse  (1951)
solo+orch Piano Concerto  (1945)
Violin Concerto  (1952)
choral+orch The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi  (1963)
Missa O Pulchritudo, with SATB soli  (1979)
solo vocal Canti della lontananza  (1967)
Douglas Moore
     1893
–1969
   
Georg Perle
     1915
   
Vincent Persichetti
     1915
–1987
   
Daniel Pinkham *
     1923
–2006
   
Gardner Read *
     1913
–2005
   
Alfred Reed *
     1921
–2005
   
Steve Reich
     1936–
   
Terry Riley
     1935
   
George Rochberg
     1918
–2005
   
Ned Rorem
     1923–
opera Miss Julie  (1965)
Our Town  (2006)
orchestral Symphony No. 3  (1958)
solo+orch Violin Concerto  (1984)
choral Seven Motets for the Church Year  (1986)
solo vocal Alleluia, song with piano  (1946)
As Adam early in the morning, song with piano  (1957)
Early in the morning, song with piano  (1955)
I am Rose, song with piano  (1955)
Little Elegy, song with piano  (1949)
The Nightingale, song with piano  (1951)
O you whom I often and silently some, song with piano  (1957)
See how they love me, song with piano  (1956)
Ten Nantucket Songs  (1979)
chamber Eleven Studies for Eleven Players  (1960)
piano Piano Sonata No. 2  (1949)
William Schuman
     1910–1992
opera The Mighty Casey  (1953)
ballet Judith  (1949)
Night Journey  (1947)
orchestral American Festival Overture  (1939)
In Praise of Shahn  (1969)
New England Triptych
  (1956)
Orchestration of Ives: Variations on 'America'  (1963)
Symphony No. 3
  (1941)
Symphony No. 4  (1942)
Symphony for Strings  [Symphony No. 5]  (1943)
Symphony No. 6  (1948)
Symphony No. 7  (1960)
Symphony No. 8  (1962)
Symphony No. 9, "Le fosse ardeatine"  (1968)
Symphony No. 10, "American Muse"  (1975)
solo+orch Piano Concerto  (1943)
A Song of Orpheus, for cello  (1961)
Three Colloquies, for horn  (1979)
Violin Concerto  (1947)
band American Hymn  [also version for brass quintet]  (1981)
George Washington Bridge  (1952)
choral Carols of Death  (1958)
Mail-Order Madrigals  (1971)
Perceptions  (1983)
solo vocal Orpheus with His Lute  [also choral version]  (1944)
Roger Sessions
     1896–1985
   
Ralph Shapey *
     1921–2002
   
Elie Siegmeister *
     1909–1991
   
Leo Sowerby
     1895–1968
   
Robert Starer *
     1924–2001
   
Halsey Stevens *
     1908–1989
   
Louise Talma *
     1906–1996
   
Randall Thompson
     1899–1984
symphony Symphony No. 2 in E minor
choral Alleluia
Frostiana, with piano/orchestra
The Last Words of David, with piano/orchestra
The Peaceable Kingdom
Robert Ward *
     1917
   
Franz Waxman
     1906–1967
     (born in Germany)
   
Charles Wuorinen
     1938
   

* = strong candidate for deletion


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