David Diamond

David Diamond

male, deceased (2005)
death by myocardial infarction, string orchestra, harmonies, chromatic, tonality, musical mode…tonal
David Leo Diamond (July 9 1915 - June 13 2005) was an American composer of classical music. He was born in Rochester, New York and studied at the...
Gene Tyranny

Gene Tyranny

male, 64 years old
Mills College, On the Other Ocean, The Prime Movers, Cheap Imitation, Strange Angels, Perfect Lives…tonal
<s></s>'Blue' Gene Tyranny (born Robert Sheff in 1945 in San Antonio, Texas) is an avant-garde composer and pianist. He studied piano with Meta...
Egon Wellesz

Egon Wellesz

male, deceased (1974)
Jewish, tonal, osnabruck, Octet, buried at the Zentralfriedhof, Piano Concerto
Egon Joseph Wellesz (October 21 1885 - November 9 1974) Austrian composer, teacher and musicologist, pupil of Arnold Schoenberg and student of...
Paul Creston

Paul Creston

male, deceased (1985)
musician, rhapsody, rhythm, Italian-American, European classical music, tonality…tonal
Paul Creston (born Giuseppe Guttoveggio October 10, 1906 in New York City - died August 24, 1985 in San Diego, California) was an American composer...
Ralph Shapey

Ralph Shapey

male, deceased (2002)
University of Chicago, Conductor, MacArthur Fellow, composer, Modernist composer, University of Chicago faculty…tonal
Ralph Shapey (March 12, 1921 - June 13, 2002) was an American composer and conductor. He is well-known for his work as a composition professor at...
Stephen Paulus

Stephen Paulus

male, 60 years old
The New York Times, University of Minnesota alumni, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, melodic, National Endowment for the Arts, Guggenheim Foundation…tonal
Stephen Paulus (born August 24 1949 in Summit, New Jersey) is an American composer, best known for his operas and choral music. His most well-known...
Dieter Schnebel

Dieter Schnebel

male, 79 years old
tonality, cycle, atonality, Maulwerke, musical ensemble, pitches…tonal
Dieter Schnebel emphasizes the idea of musical space, with several large gaps in the piece, as well as bizarre vocal experiments. Other stylistic...
Rodion Shchedrin

Rodion Shchedrin

male, 77 years old
piano concertos, Russian State Prize, soviet, Berlin Academy of Arts, Soviet composer, Not Only Love…tonal
Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (born December 16, 1932) is a Russian composer. He has been the chairman of the Union of Russian Composers since...
Marion Bauer

Marion Bauer

female, deceased (1955)
Jewish, musical analysis, musical form, Impressionist music, Paris Conservatory, Conservatoire de Paris…tonal
Marion Bauer (b. Walla Walla, Washington, August 15 1882; d. South Hadley, Massachusetts, August 9 1955) was an American composer. The daughter of...
Peter Mennin

Peter Mennin

male, deceased (1983)
Pennsylvania musician, the juilliard school, Peabody Conservatory, Italian-American, tonality, musician…tonal
Peter Mennin (born Mennini) (May 17 1923, Erie, Pennsylvania - June 17 1983, New York City) was an American composer and teacher. He directed the...