Contemporary Composers

Musicians and Composers of the Twentieth Century ebook from the Los Angeles County Public Library. Use the barcode number on the back of your Manhattan Beach Public Library Card to login. If you don't have your own library card, you can use the MCHS ID #. Ask at the library or email Mrs. Sullivan for the ID #.

Biography in Context from the Los Angeles County Public Library. 

Gale Virtual Reference Library form the Los Angeles County Public Library.

ABC-CLIO Databases

For music, try youtube.com and spotify.com

List of Composers
ADAMS, John 1947- (http://www.earbox.com/)
ANTHEIL, George 1900-1959 (http://www.paristransatlantic.com/antheil/mainpage/home.html)
BABBITT, Milton 1916- 
BARBER, Samuel 1910-1981
BARTOK, Bela 1881-1945
BERG, Alban 1885-1935
BERIO, Luciano 1925-2003
BERNSTEIN, Leonard 1918-1990 (http://www.leonardbernstein.com/)
BLOCH, Ernest 1880-1959
BOULEZ, Pierre 1925-
BRITTEN, Benjamin 1913-1976
BRYARS, Gavin 1943- (http://www.gavinbryars.com/)
CAGE, John 1912-1992 (http://www.johncage.info/)
CARTER, Elliott 1908-
COPLAND, Aaron 1900-1990 (http://www.coplandhouse.org/info.asp?pb=55&id=1)
CRUMB, George 1929- (http://www.georgecrumb.net/)
DEL TREDICI, David 1937- (http://www.daviddeltredici.com/
DURUFLE, Maurice 1902-1986
DUTILLEUX, Henri 1916-
ELGAR, Edward 1857-1934 (http://www.elgar.org/)
ENESCO, Georges 1881-1955
FAURE, Gabriel 1845-1924
FELDMAN, Morton 1926-1987
FERNEYHOUGH, Brian 1943-
FINZI, Gerald 1901-1956 (http://www.geraldfinzi.org/)
FOSS, Lukas 1922-
GERSHWIN, George 1898-1937 (http://www.gershwin.com/)
GINASTERA, Alberto 1916-1983
GLASS, Philip 1937- (http://www.philipglass.com/)
GORECKI, Henryk Mikolaj 1933-
GUBAIDULINA, Sof'ia Asgatovna 1931-
HARBISON, John 1938-
HENZE, Hans Werner 1926-
HINDEMITH, Paul 1895-1963 (http://www.hindemith.org/)
HOLST, Gustav 1874-1934
HONEGGER, Arthur 1892-1955 (http://arthur-honegger.com/)
HOVHANESS, Alan 1911-2000 (http://www.hovhaness.com/)
IVES, Charles 1874-1954 (http://www.charlesives.org/)
JANACEK, Leos 1854-1928
KODALY, Zoltan 1882-1967
KORNGOLD, Erich Wolfgang 1897-1957 (http://www.korngold-society.org/)
LIGETI, György 1923-
LUTOSLAWSKI, Witold 1913-1994
MENOTTI, Gian Carlo 1911-
MESSIAEN, Olivier 1908-1992
MILHAUD, Darius 1892-1974
MUNDRY, Isabel 1963-
NONO, Luigi 1924-1990
ORFF, Carl 1895-1982 (http://www.orff.de/index.php?id=1625&L=1)
PÄRT, Arvo 1935- (http://www.arvopart.info/)
PARTCH, Harry 1901-1974 (http://www.corporeal.com/cm_main.html)
PENDERECKI, Krzysztof 1933-
PIAZZOLLA, Astor 1921-1992 (http://www.piazzolla.org/)
PISTON, Walter 1894-1976
POULENC, Francis 1899-1963
PROKOF'EV, Sergei 1891-1953 (http://www.prokofiev.org/)
RAUTAVAARA, Einojuhani 1928-
REICH, Steve 1936- (http://www.stevereich.com/)
RILEY, Terry 1935-
ROUSE, Christopher 1949- (http://www.christopherrouse.com/)
SCHNITTKE, Alfred 1934-1998
SCHOENBERG, Arnold 1874-1951 (http://www.schoenberg.at/default_e.htm)
SCHULLER, Gunther 1925-
SESSIONS, Roger 1896-1985 (http://www.uncwil.edu/music/sessionssociety/)
SHENG, Bright 1955-
SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitrii Dmitrievich 1906-1975 (http://www.shostakovich.org/)
STOCKHAUSEN, Karlheinz 1928- (http://www.stockhausen.org/)
STRAVINSKY, Igor 1882-1971
SZYMANOWSKI, Karol 1882-1937
TAILLEFERRE, Germaine 1892-1983
TAKEMITSU, Toru 1930-1996
VARESE, Edgard 1883-1965
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ralph 1872-1958 (http://www.rvwsociety.com/)
VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor 1887-1959
WEBERN, Anton 1883-1945 (http://www.antonwebern.com/)
WEILL, Kurt 1900-1950 (http://www.kwf.org/)
WOLPE, Stefan 1902-1972 (http://www.wolpe.org/)
XENAKIS, Iannis 1922-2001 (http://www.iannis-xenakis.org/english/)
ZORN, John