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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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John Corigliano

John Corigliano is an acclaimed American composer of symphonic and film music who won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for his Sy...

Opera American Contemporary Film

8.1 Great

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William Bolcom

William Bolcom is an American composer and pianist who won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for his Twelve New Etudes for Piano a...

Opera American Contemporary Piano

8.1 Great

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George Crumb

George Crumb was an American avant-garde composer noted for his unusual timbres and extended techniques, winning the 196...

American Contemporary Chamber Mystical

8.0 Great

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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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Michael Giacchino

American composer who won the Academy Award for Best Original Score for Pixar's Up (2009) and scored the Mission: Imposs...

Television American Contemporary Film

7.7 Good

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Danny Elfman

American composer known for his dark, quirky film scores, including Batman (1989) and Edward Scissorhands, often collabo...

American Contemporary TV Film

7.5 Good

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Jennifer Higdon

Jennifer Higdon is a prominent American composer of contemporary classical music who won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for her...

American Contemporary Accessible Orchestral

7.5 Good

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Andrew Norman

Andrew Norman is an American composer recognized for his complex, architecture-inspired orchestral works like his Pulitz...

Complex American Contemporary Innovative

7.4 Good

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George Walker

American composer George Walker was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1996, notably for...

American Contemporary Orchestral Piano

7.4 Good

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Joan Tower

Born in 1938, American composer Joan Tower is widely recognized for her orchestral works, particularly her notable conce...

American Contemporary Orchestral Chamber

7.3 Good

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David Lang

David Lang is an American composer and Bang on a Can co-founder who won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for his choral piece The...

American Contemporary Minimalist Choral

7.1 Good

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Julia Wolfe

Julia Wolfe is an American composer and Bang on a Can co-founder whose Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio Anthracite Fields...

American Contemporary Choral Downtown

7.0 Good

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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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Peter Lieberson

American composer Peter Lieberson is celebrated for his lyrical, Buddhist-inspired orchestral works, particularly his ac...

American Contemporary Vocal Orchestral

6.5 Fair

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Mason Bates

American composer Mason Bates is notable for blending classical orchestration with electronic music, winning a Grammy fo...

American Contemporary Accessible Electronic

6.5 Fair

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Nico Muhly

Nico Muhly is an American contemporary classical composer known for his versatile output, including chamber operas and p...

Opera American Contemporary Orchestral

6.4 Fair

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Augusta Read Thomas

Augusta Read Thomas is an American composer known for her lyrical, vibrant orchestral works and her tenure as the Chicag...

American Contemporary Lyrical Orchestral

6.3 Fair

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Kevin Puts

American composer Kevin Puts won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his acclaimed debut opera *Silent Night*, notable...

Opera American Contemporary Orchestral

6.2 Fair

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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