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  1. Sep 4, 2023 · 8. Benjamin Britten. England had produced few composers of international renown since the Baroque period, but the 20th century saw the emergence of Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Benjamin Britten, who all wrote seminal works. Britten was particularly noted for his vocal writing.

    • Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) (The Art Archive/Alamy)
    • Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) (Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
    • George Gershwin (1898-1937) (enato Toppo/Getty Images)
    • Duke Ellington (1899-1974) (Keystone/Getty Images)
  2. This is a list of composers of 20th-century classical music, sortable by name, year of birth, year of death, nationality, notable works, and remarks. It includes only composers of significant fame and importance. The style of the composer's music is given where possible, bearing in mind that some defy simple classification.

    • Milton Byron Babbitt. He was a mathematician, music theorist, educator, and composer who was a prominent supporter of serialism and electronic music. Born in Philadelphia, Babbitt first studied music in New York City, where he was exposed to and inspired by the Second Viennese School and Arnold Schoenberg's 12-tone technique.
    • Samuel Barber. An American composer and songwriter of the 20th-century, Samuel Barber's works reflected European Romantic tradition. An early bloomer, he composed his first piece at 7-years old and his first opera at 10-years old.
    • Bela Bartok. Bela Bartok was a Hungarian teacher, composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. His mother was his first piano teacher. Later on, he studied at the Hungarian Academy of Music in Budapest.
    • Alban Berg. An Austrian composer and teacher who adapted the atonal style, it is no surprise that Alban Berg was a student of Arnold Schoenberg. While Berg's early works reflected Schoenberg's influence, his originality and creativity became more evident in his later works, especially in his two operas "Lulu" and "Wozzeck".
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    • Claude Debussy: Pelléas Et Mélisande (1902) Pelléas Et Mélisande was the only opera impressionist composer Debussy wrote. With his librettist, the Belgian poet and playwright Maurice Maeterlinck, the composer explored the human psyche and supernatural themes in the piece.
    • Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6 (1904) Gustav Mahler composed his sixth symphony at a prosperous time in his life, after he’d married the Austrian-American composer, author, and socialite Alma Schindler, and had his second child.
    • Lili Boulanger: Faust et Hélène (1912) Lili Boulanger was the sister of the famous pedagogue Nadia Boulanger, and the first female composer to win the Prix de Rome composition prize.
    • Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring (1913) Russian composer Igor Stravinsky’s crowning masterpiece was penned in the 20th century. The Rite of Spring is a ballet composed by Stravinsky for Sergei’s Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes company.
  4. t. e. 20th-century classical music is art music that was written between the years 1901 and 2000, inclusive. Musical style diverged during the 20th century as it never had previously, so this century was without a dominant style. Modernism, impressionism, and post-romanticism can all be traced to the decades before the turn of the 20th century ...

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