CORDA DB
Documented composer catalogue

Classical music composers

Browse classical music composers by chronology, historical period and geographical relationships in the documented CORDA DB catalogue.

Composers

220
  1. Leonard Bernstein1918–1990 · Modernism and 20th Century1 dated works
  2. Astor Piazzolla1921–1992 · Modernism and 20th Century0 dated works
  3. Malcolm Arnold1921–2006 · Post-War0 dated works
  4. Iannis Xenakis1922–2001 · Post-War0 dated works
  5. György Ligeti1923–2006 · Post-War0 dated works
  6. Ned Rorem1923–Unknown · Post-War0 dated works
  7. Joly Braga Santos1924–1988 · Modernism and 20th Century0 dated works
  8. Luigi Nono1924–1990 · Post-War0 dated works
  9. Luciano Berio1925–2003 · Post-War0 dated works
  10. Pierre Boulez1925–2016 · Post-War2 dated works
  11. Hans Werner Henze1926–2012 · Post-War0 dated works
  12. Einojuhani Rautavaara1928–2016 · Post-War0 dated works
  13. Karlheinz Stockhausen1928–2007 · Post-War0 dated works
  14. George Crumb1929–2022 · Post-War0 dated works
  15. Toru Takemitsu1930–1996 · Post-War0 dated works
  16. Sofia Gubaidulina1931–Unknown · Post-War0 dated works
  17. Henryk Górecki1933–2010 · Post-War0 dated works
  18. Krzysztof Penderecki1933–2020 · Post-War0 dated works
  19. Alfred Schnittke1934–1998 · Post-War0 dated works
  20. Harrison Birtwistle1934–Unknown · Post-War0 dated works
  21. Arvo Pärt1935–Unknown · Post-War0 dated works
  22. Steve Reich1936–Unknown · Post-War0 dated works
  23. Philip Glass1937–Unknown · Post-War0 dated works
  24. John Corigliano1938–Unknown · Contemporary Classical0 dated works
  25. John Adams1947–Unknown · Contemporary Classical0 dated works
  26. Wolfgang Rihm1952–Unknown · Post-War0 dated works
  27. Michael Daugherty1954–Unknown · Contemporary Classical0 dated works
  28. Thomas Adès1971–Unknown · Contemporary Classical0 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.