CORDA DB
Documented composer catalogue

Post-War classical music composers

Explore Post-War composers through dates, works, historical events, places and documented sources in CORDA DB.

Composers

27
  1. Elliott Carter1908–2012 · Post-War0 dated works
  2. John Cage1912–1992 · Post-War1 dated works
  3. Morton Gould1913–1996 · Post-War1 dated works
  4. Witold Lutoslawski1913–1994 · Post-War0 dated works
  5. Henri Dutilleux1916–2013 · Post-War0 dated works
  6. Milton Babbitt1916–2011 · Post-War0 dated works
  7. Malcolm Arnold1921–2006 · Post-War0 dated works
  8. Iannis Xenakis1922–2001 · Post-War0 dated works
  9. György Ligeti1923–2006 · Post-War0 dated works
  10. Ned Rorem1923–Unknown · Post-War0 dated works
  11. Luigi Nono1924–1990 · Post-War0 dated works
  12. Luciano Berio1925–2003 · Post-War0 dated works
  13. Pierre Boulez1925–2016 · Post-War2 dated works
  14. Hans Werner Henze1926–2012 · Post-War0 dated works
  15. Einojuhani Rautavaara1928–2016 · Post-War0 dated works
  16. Karlheinz Stockhausen1928–2007 · Post-War0 dated works
  17. George Crumb1929–2022 · Post-War0 dated works
  18. Toru Takemitsu1930–1996 · Post-War0 dated works
  19. Sofia Gubaidulina1931–Unknown · Post-War0 dated works
  20. Henryk Górecki1933–2010 · Post-War0 dated works
  21. Krzysztof Penderecki1933–2020 · Post-War0 dated works
  22. Alfred Schnittke1934–1998 · Post-War0 dated works
  23. Harrison Birtwistle1934–Unknown · Post-War0 dated works
  24. Arvo Pärt1935–Unknown · Post-War0 dated works
  25. Steve Reich1936–Unknown · Post-War0 dated works
  26. Philip Glass1937–Unknown · Post-War0 dated works
  27. Wolfgang Rihm1952–Unknown · Post-War0 dated works

How to use the composer index

The index orders canonical composer records chronologically and connects each identity to historical periods, dated works, life events, places and authority identifiers. Period labels are controlled CORDA DB classifications and may overlap when a composer belongs to more than one historical context.