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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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Saariaho Kaija

Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho (1952-2023) was notable for her distinctive use of spectral music and electronics, notab...

Opera Contemporary Electronic Spectral

8.8 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 and singer who became the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 20...

American Contemporary Vocal Chamber

8.5 Great

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György Kurtág

György Kurtág (b. 1926) is a Hungarian composer celebrated for his intensely concentrated miniatures and chamber works i...

Hungarian Contemporary Chamber Miniaturist

8.4 Great

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Kaija Saariaho

Finnish composer (1952–2023) known for spectralist-influenced works including the opera L'Amour de loin, premiered at Sa...

Opera Contemporary Electronics Spectral

8.2 Great

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Howard Shore

Canadian composer (born 1946) best known for his Academy Award-winning score for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (200...

Opera Contemporary Canadian Film

8.2 Great

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Charles Stanford

Charles Villiers Stanford was an Irish composer who profoundly shaped the late 19th-century English Musical Renaissance...

Romantic Opera Chamber Choral

8.2 Great

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George Benjamin

British composer (born 1960) whose opera Written on Skin (2012) has been widely performed and acclaimed internationally.

Opera Contemporary Orchestral Chamber

7.8 Good

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Missy Mazzoli

Missy Mazzoli is an American composer noted for her dramatic operas and was the first woman commissioned by the Metropol...

Opera American Contemporary Accessible

7.8 Good

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Jörg Widmann

Born in 1973, German composer and clarinetist Jörg Widmann is recognized for his contemporary works, notably his Jagged...

German Opera Contemporary Chamber

7.4 Good

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Georg Friedrich Haas

Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas is renowned for his microtonal music, particularly his large-scale orchestral wor...

Austrian Opera Contemporary Spectral

7.3 Good

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Aulis Sallinen

Aulis Sallinen is a leading Finnish contemporary composer celebrated for his operas and symphonies, notably the acclaime...

Symphony Opera Contemporary Chamber

6.8 Fair

16

Charles Wuorinen

Charles Wuorinen was a prolific American composer and Pulitzer Prize winner known for his complex, serialist composition...

Complex American Contemporary Serial

6.6 Fair

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Pawel Mykietyn

Polish composer Pawel Mykietyn is a prominent contemporary classical figure, recognized for his distinct use of microton...

Opera Polish Contemporary Film

6.4 Fair

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Luca Francesconi

Italian composer Luca Francesconi is prominent in contemporary classical music, recognized for his complex orchestral wo...

Opera Italian Contemporary Orchestral

5.9 Mediocre

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David T. Little

American composer David T. Little is known for his genre-crossing contemporary works, particularly the heavy metal-influ...

Opera American Contemporary Chamber

5.4 Mediocre

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Enno Poppe

German composer Enno Poppe is notable for his intricate electronic and instrumental music, directing the Berlin ensemble...

German Complex Contemporary Chamber

4.9 Poor