Style and period of music

Periods of European art music

Early
Medieval

(5001400)

Renaissance

(14001600)

Baroque

(16001760)
Common practice

Baroque

(16001760)

Classical

(17501830)

Romantic

(18151910)
Modern and contemporary

20th-century

(19002000)

Contemporary

(1975present)

21st-century

(2000present)

Renaissance:
1. Thomas Tallis (1510-1585)
2. Josquin Des Prez (1440-1521

3. Pierre de La Rue (1460-1518)

4. Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

5. William Byrd (1543-1623)

6. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1526-1594)

7. Orlando de Lassus (1530-1594)

8. Giovanni Gabrieli (1553-1612)

Baroque:

Composers of the baroque era include:

Johann Sebastian Bach,
George Frideric Handel,
Alessandro Scarlatti,
Antonio Vivaldi,
Jean-Baptiste Lully,
Arcangelo Corelli,

Claudio Monteverdi,
Jean-Philippe Rameau and
Henry Purcell.

Classical:
The Classical period falls between the Baroque and the Romantic periods. The
best known composers from this period are:
Joseph Haydn,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Ludwig van Beethoven, and
Franz Schubert;
other notable names include Luigi Boccherini, Muzio Clementi, Antonio Soler,
Antonio Salieri, Franois Joseph Gossec, Johann Stamitz, Carl Friedrich Abel,
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Christoph Willibald Gluck.

Romantic:
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)
Chopin, Frederic (1810-1901)

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1809-1847)

Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893)
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)
Verdi, Guiseppi (1813-1901)

20th century:
Igor Stravinsky
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2.
Bela Bartok
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3.
Dmitri Shostakovich
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4.
Debussy
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5.
Maurice Ravel
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6.
Sergei Prokofiev
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7.

Aaron Copland
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8.
Benjamin Britten
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9.
Pierre Boulez
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10.
Paul Hindemith
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11.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
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12.
Arnold Schoenberg
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13.
Danny Elfman
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14.
Sergei Rachmaninov
Arvo Prt
Contemporary :

Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930)

John Adams (born 1947)

Hugo Alfven

Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)

Beth Anderson (born 1950)

Louis Andriessen (born 1939)

George Antheil (1900 - 1959)

Malcolm Arnold (born 1921)

Robert Ashley (born 1930)

Larry Austin (born 1930)

Milton Babbitt (born 1916)

Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)

Clarence Barlow (born ca. 1945)

Jean Barraqu (1928 - 1973)

Bla Bartk, (1881 - 1945)

Arnold Bax (1883 - 1953)

David Bedford (born 1937)

David Behrman (born 1937)

Barbara Benary (born 1946)

George Benjamin

Alban Berg (1885 - 1935)

Bart Berman (born 1938)

Wilhelm Peterson Berger

Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003)

Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989)

Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)

Ronald Binge (1910 - 1969)

Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934)

Easley Blackwood (born 1933)

Arthur Bliss (1891 - 1975)

Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959)

William Bolcom (born 1938)

Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918)

Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979)

Pierre Boulez (born 1925)

Joly Braga Santos (1924-1988)

Glenn Branca (born 1948)

Henry Brant (born 1913)

Anthony Braxton (born 1945)

Havergal Brian

Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)

Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)

Earle Brown (born 1926)

Gavin Bryars (born 1943)

Diana Burrell (born 1948)

Alan Bush (1900-1995)

George Butterworth (1885-1916)

John Cage (1912-1992)

Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981)

Wendy Carlos (born 1939)

Elliott Carter (born 1908)

Carlos Chavez (1899-1978)

Mary Ellen Childs (born 1957)

Heinz Chur (born 1948)

Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis (1875-1911)

Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979)

Eric Coates (1886 - 1957)

Gloria Coates (born 1938)

Cecil Coles (1888 - 1918)

Justin Connolly (born 1933)

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)

John Corigliano (born 1938)

Paul Creston (1906 - 1985)

George Crumb (born 1929)

Alvin Curran (born 1938)

Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975)

Mario Davidovsky (born 1934)

Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)

Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934)

Edison Denisov (1929-1996)

David Diamond (born 1915)

Arnold Dreyblatt (born 1953)

Madeleine Dring

William Duckworth (born 1943)

Marcel Dupr

Jol-Franois Durand (born 1954)

Maurice Durufl (1902 - 1986)

Pascal Dusapin (born 1955)

Henri Dutilleux (born 1916)

Ross Edwards (born 1943)

Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962)

Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

JAK Ellis

Georges Enesco (1881 - 1955)

Manuel De Falla (1876 - 1946)

Morton Feldman (1926 - 1987)

Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)

Luc Ferrari (born 1929)

Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)

Erturul Ouz Frat, (born 1922)

David First (born 1953)

Carlisle Floyd, (born 1926)

Peter Racine Fricker (born 1920)

Johannes Fritsch, (born 1941)

Patrick Frye III (born 1957)

Henry Flynt

Ellen Fullman (born 1957)

Kenneth Gaburo (1926-1993)

Kyle Gann (born 1955)

Peter Garland (born 1952)

Roberto Gerhardt

George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)

Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960)

Jon Gibson (born 1940)

Paul Gilson (1965 - 1942)

Alberto Ginastera (1916 - 1983)

Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)

Janice Giteck (born 1946)

Philip Glass (born 1937)

Leopold Godowsky (1870 - 1938)

Heiner Goebbels (born 1952)

Alexander Goehr

Carl Goldmark (1830 - 1915)

Henryk Grecki (born 1933)

Annie Gosfield

Morton Gould (1913 - 1996)

Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)

Enrique Granados (1827 - 1916)

Charles Tomlinson Griffes, (1884-1920)

Grard Grisey (1946 - 1998)

Carmago Guarnieri (1907 - 1993)

Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)

Henry Gwiazda

Jeremy Haladyna

Howard Hanson (1896 - 1981)

Lou Harrison (1917-2003)

Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905 - 1963)

Jake Heggie

Pieter Hellendaal

Hans Werner Henze (born 1926)

Bernard Herrmann (1911 - 1975)

Lejaren Hiller (1924-1994)

Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963)

Leslie Hogan

Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)

Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)

Sarah Hopkins (born 1958)

Mark-David Hosale

Eleanor Hovda

Alan Hovhaness, (1911-2000)

Hans Ulrich Humpert

Jerry Hunt, (1943-1993)

Philippe Hurel

Jacques Ibert

John Ireland, (1883-1887)

Charles Ives (1874 - 1954)

Leos Jancek (1854 - 1928)

Leroy Jenkins (born 1932)

Tom Johnson (born 1939)

Ben Johnston (born 1926)

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)

Mauricio Kagel (born 1931)

Giya Kancheli (born 1935)

Nicolas Kaviani (1977 - )

Aram Khachaturian, (1903-1978)

Tikhon Khrennikov, (1913-?)

Phil Kline

Oliver Knussen (born 1952)

Zoltn Kodly (1882 - 1967)

William Kraft

Ladislav Kupkovic (born 1936)

Joan LaBarbara (born 1947)

Juan Sebastian Lach

Helmut Lachenmann (1935 - )

Constant Lambert

Eastwood Lane (1879 - 1951)

Paul Lansky (born 1944)

Mary Jane Leach (born 1949)

Anne Lebaron (born 1953)

Wadada Leo Smith (born 1941)

David Lang

Lars-Erik Larsson

Elodie Lauten (born

Jn Leifs (1899-1968)

Philippe Leroux

Gyrgy Ligeti, (born 1923)

Douglas Lilburn, (1915-2001)

Annea Lockwood (born 1939)

Alvin Lucier (born 1931)

Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)

Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983)

James Macmillan

Elizabeth Maconchy

David Mahler (born 1944)

Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)

Philippe Manoury (born 1952)

Bunita Marcus

Ingram Marshall (born 1942)

Frank Martin (1890 - 1974)

Steve Martland

Colin Matthews (born 1946)

David Matthews (born 1943)

Peter Maxwell Davies (born 1934)

Bohuslav Martinu (1890 - 1959)

Nicholas Maw

Colin McPhee (1900-1964)

Gian-Carlo Menotti (born 1911)

Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)

Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974)

Roscoe Mitchell (born 1940)

Luca Miti, (born 1957)

Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950)

Meredith Monk (born 1942)

Gordon Mumma (born 1935)

Tristan Murail

Conlon Nancarrow (1912 - 1997)

Vaclav Nelhybel (1919 - 1996)

Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931)

Luigi Nono (1924 - 1990)

Michael Nyman (born 1944)

Sergio Roberto de Oliveira

Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)

Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)

Paul Panhuysen

Andrzej Panufnik

Roxanna Panufnik

Carlos Paredes

Charles Hubert Parry

Arvo Prt, (born 1935)

Harry Partch, (1901-1974)

Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933)

Scott Perry

Alan Pettersson

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)

Walter Piston (1894-1976)

Larry Polansky (born 1954)

Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)

Simon Proctor

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

Eliane Radigue (born 1932)

Priaulx Rainier (1903-1986)

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Alan Rawsthorne

Steve Reich (born 1936)

Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)

Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940)

Roger Reynolds (born 1934)

Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)

Terry Riley (born 1935)

George Rochberg (born 1918)

Joaquin Rodrigo

Ned Rorem (born 1923)

David Rosenboom (born 1947)

Nino Rota (1911 - 1979)

Mikel Rouse (born 1957)

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)

Edmund Rubbra

Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985)

Carl Ruggles (1876-1971)

John Rutter (born 1945)

Frederic Rzewski (born 1938)

Tolibjon Sadikov (1907-1957)

Aulis Sallinen (born 1935)

Vadim Salmanov (1912-1978)

Erik Satie (1866-1925)

Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988)

Florent Schmidt

Franz Schmidt (1874 - 1939)

Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

Gunther Schuller (born 1925)

William Schuman (1910-1992)

Peter Sculthorpe (born 1929)

Roger Sessions (1896-1985)

Harold Shapero (born 1929)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

Robert Simpson (1921-1997)

Ezra Sims (born 1928)

Alvin Singleton (born 1940)

Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949)

Juan Maria Solare (born 1966)

Bernadette Speach (born 1948)

Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)

Charles Villiers Stanford

Rudi Stephan (1887-1915)

Karlheinz Stockhausen (born 1928)

Carl Stone (born 1953)

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Morton Subotnick (born 1933)

Giles Swayne (born 1946)

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)

Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996)

Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)

John Tavener (born 1944)

Robert Taylor (born 1931)

Richard Teitelbaum (born 1939)

James Tenney (born 1934)

Mikis Theodorakis (born 1925)

John Thompson

Virgil Thomson (1896 - 1989)

Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998)

Michael Torke (born 1961)

Joan Tower (born 1938)

David Del Tredici (born 1937)

Eduard Tubin (1905-1982)

David Tudor (1926-1996)

Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960)

Erkki-Sven Tr (born 1959)

Geirr Tveitt (1908 - 1981)

'Blue' Gene Tyranny (born 1945)

lhan Usmanba, (born 1923)

Moisei Vainberg (1919 - 1996)

Edgar Varese, (1883 - 1965)

Peteris Vask (born 1946)

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Jasna Velickovic

Lois V. Vierk (born 1951)

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)

David Ward-Steinman (born 1936)

Justin Weaver (born 1978)

Anton Webern (1883-1945)

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)

Malcolm Williamson (1931 - 2003)

Dag Wirn

Julia Wolfe

Christian Wolff (born 1934)

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948)

Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972)

Charles Wuorinen (born 1938)

Iannis Xenakis (1922 - 2001)

La Monte Young (born 1935)

Isang Yun (1917-1995)

Frank Zappa (1940-1993)

Alexander von Zemlinsky

Hans Zender (born 1936)

Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970)

Evan Ziporyn

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)

21st century :
omposers as Weir, LeFanu, Sofia Gubaidulina, Pauline Oliveros,Meredith Monk, Maryanne Amacher, Kaija
Saariaho and Joan Towermany of whom are only now becoming recognised as important. The trend continues with
such people as Panufnik, Davies, Hall, Onut Narbutait, Julia Wolfe, Jennifer Higdon, Olga Neuwirth and many
others joining the ranks.