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Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer primarily active during the late Classical and early Romantic periods. He is par...

Symphony Romantic Austrian Chamber

9.3 Excellent

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Alfred Garrievich Schnittke

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke was a significant Russian composer of the late 20th century. He is known for his innovative...

Symphony Russian Contemporary Chamber

8.9 Great

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Alban Berg

Alban Berg was a significant 20th-century composer primarily known for his intensely expressive works. He developed a un...

Austrian Opera Expressionist Twelve Tone

8.7 Great

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Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten was a prominent 20th-century composer known primarily for his operas and choral works. His compositions...

Opera Modern Chamber English

8.7 Great

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Caroline Shaw

Caroline Shaw is an American composer, singer, and violinist awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2013 for her a capp...

American Contemporary Vocal Chamber

8.5 Great

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György Kurtág

György Kurtág is a prominent contemporary composer born in 1926. He creates highly structured, short musical pieces ofte...

Hungarian Contemporary Chamber Miniaturist

8.4 Great

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Kaija Saariaho

Kaija Saariaho was a Finnish composer (1952–2023) celebrated for her innovative approach to opera and music. Her composi...

Opera Contemporary Electronics Spectral

8.2 Great

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Howard Shore

Howard Shore is a prominent composer recognized primarily for his extensive orchestral scores, notably including the cri...

Music Opera Contemporary Canadian

8.2 Great

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George Benjamin

George Benjamin is a British composer and conductor born in 1960. He studied composition with Olivier Messiaen and Alexa...

Music Opera Contemporary Orchestral

7.8 Good

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Missy Mazzoli

Missy Mazzoli is an American composer recognized for her contributions to contemporary classical music, particularly in...

Opera American Contemporary Accessible

7.8 Good

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Jörg Widmann

Jörg Widmann is a German composer, clarinetist, and conductor born in 1973. His catalog includes orchestral, chamber, vo...

German Opera Contemporary Chamber

7.4 Good

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Georg Friedrich Haas

Georg Friedrich Haas is an Austrian composer whose work frequently explores microtonal tuning, spectral approaches to ha...

Austrian Opera Contemporary Spectral

7.3 Good

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Zhou Long

Zhou Long is a Chinese-American composer born in 1953 whose output includes opera, orchestral music, chamber works, and...

Opera Contemporary Chamber Cross Cultural

7.1 Good

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Aulis Sallinen

Aulis Sallinen (born 1935) is a Finnish composer whose catalogue includes seven operas, eight symphonies, concertos, cha...

Symphony Opera Contemporary Chamber

6.8 Fair

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Charles Wuorinen

Charles Wuorinen was an American composer, conductor, and pianist who lived from 1938 to 2020. His music often uses seri...

Complex American Contemporary Serial

6.6 Fair

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Pawel Mykietyn

Paweł Mykietyn is a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. His output includes chamber music, orchestral works...

Opera Polish Contemporary Film

6.4 Fair

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Luca Francesconi

Luca Francesconi is an Italian composer of contemporary classical music, born in Milan in 1956. He studied with Azio Cor...

Music Opera Italian Contemporary

5.9 Mediocre

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Marco Stroppa

Marco Stroppa is an Italian composer whose work includes contemporary acoustic music, electronic music, and computer-ass...

Italian Complex Contemporary Electronic

5.7 Mediocre

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David T. Little

David T. Little is an American contemporary composer whose work includes opera, chamber music, and music that draws on r...

Opera American Contemporary Chamber

5.4 Mediocre

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Enno Poppe

Enno Poppe is a German composer and conductor associated with contemporary classical music. His works include music for...

German Complex Contemporary Chamber

4.9 Poor