Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg

male, deceased (1951)
comment on devient solitaire, atonalité et sérialisme, école de vienne, Berlin 1901-1903, mahler, première symphonie de chambre 1906…Composer for pipe organ, Composer for violin, Viennese composer, Composer for piano, Modernistcomposer
Arnold Schoenberg (the anglicized form of Schönberg - Schoenberg changed the spelling officially when he left Germany and re-converted to Judaism i...
Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland

male, deceased (1990)
Death from respiratory failure, LGBT, pianist, Classical musician, Congressional Gold Medal recipient, film score composer…composer, Modernistcomposer, Classical composer, American composer
Aaron Copland was an American composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American...
Charles Ives

Charles Ives

male, deceased (1954)
American, american style, American tunes, Charles Edward Ives, Classical musician, Classical composer…composer, Modernistcomposer
Charles Edward Ives was an American composer of classical music. He is widely regarded as one of the first American classical composers of...
Ruth Crawford Seeger

Ruth Crawford Seeger

female, deceased (1953)
atonal, Adolf Weidig, string quartet, folk music, composer, Modernistcomposer…Classical composer, modernist
Ruth Crawford Seeger (July 3, 1901 in East Liverpool, Ohio - November 18, 1953 in Chevy Chase, Maryland), born Ruth Porter Crawford, was a...
Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy

male, deceased (1918)
Colorectal cancer death, symbolism, Romantic music, Impressionist music, modernist music, Classical composer…composer, Opera composer, Modernistcomposer
Achille-Claude Debussy (August 22, 1862 - March 25, 1918) was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel he is considered the most prominent...
Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

male, deceased (1971)
buried at Isola di San Michele, fugue, Cosmopolitan, From Saint Petersburg, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Russian-American…Opera composer, composer, Modernistcomposer, Classical composer, Neoclassical composer
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian composer, considered by many in both the West and his native land to be the most influential composer of...
Henry Cowell

Henry Cowell

male, deceased (1965)
LGBT, American, pianist, Modernistcomposer, music theory, Classical composer…composer
Henry Cowell was an American composer, musical theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario. His contribution to the world of music was...
Anton Webern

Anton Webern

male, deceased (1945)
death by firearm in Austria, Conductor, Twelve-tone technique, Classical composer, Austrian, Modernistcomposer…composer
Anton Webern (December 3, 1883 - September 15, 1945) was an Austrian composer and conductor. He was a member of the so called Second Viennese...
Alexander Scriabin

Alexander Scriabin

male, deceased (1915)
Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin, Skryabin, death by sepsis, Scriabine, Synesthesia, Classical pianist…Modernistcomposer, Classical composer, composer, Romantic composer
Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин, "Aleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin"; sometimes transliterated as Skryabin...