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NameNationalityBornDiedFlourishedEra(s)
Sebastian Virdung German c. 1465 Renaissance
Nicolas Hotman c. 1610 1663 Baroque
Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 1750 Baroque, Classical-era
Carlo Zuccari 1703 1792 Baroque, Classical-era
William Shield 1748 1829 Classical-era
Federigo Fiorillo 1755 c. 1823 Classical-era
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 1791 Classical-era
Alessandro Rolla 1757 1841 Classical-era
Johann Andreas Amon 1763 1825 Classical-era
Joachim Nicolas Eggert 1779 1813 Classical-era
Niccolò Paganini Italian 1782 1840 Classical-era, Romantic-era
Franz Berwald Swedish 1796 1868 Classical-era, Romantic-era
Antonio Rolla Italian 1798 1837 Classical-era, Romantic-era
Johann Strauss I Austrian 1804 1849 Romantic-era
Édouard Lalo French 1823 1892 Romantic-era
Adolphe Blanc French 1828 1885 Romantic-era
Antonín Dvořák Czech 1841 1904 20th-century, Romantic-era
Hans Sitt Czech 1850 1922 20th-century
Gerard von Brucken Fock Dutch 1859 1935 20th-century
Fini Henriques Danish 1867 1940 20th-century
Albert Seitz French 1872 1937 20th-century
Oskar Nedbal Czech 1874 1930 20th-century
Conrado del Campo Spanish 1878 1953 20th-century
Frank Bridge English 1879 1941 20th-century, Romantic-era
Hamilton Harty Irish 1879 1941 20th-century, Romantic-era
Ottorino Respighi Italian 1879 1936 20th-century, Romantic-era
Eric Coates English 1886 1957 20th-century
Rebecca Clarke English 1886 1979 20th-century
Emil Bohnke German 1888 1928 20th-century
Molnár Antal Hungarian 1890 1983
Philip Sainton British-French 1891 1967 20th-century
August Baeyens Belgian 1895 1966 20th-century
Bjarne Brustad Norwegian 1895 1978 20th-century
Paul Hindemith German 1895 1963 20th-century
Quincy Porter American 1897 1966 20th-century
Carlton Cooley American 1898 1981 20th-century
Grigori Gamburg Russian 1900 1967 20th-century
Harry Partch American 1901 1974 20th-century
Lillian Fuchs American 1901 1995 20th-century
Országh Tivadar Hungarian 1901 1963
Serly Tibor Hungarian 1901 1978
Erkki Aaltonen Finnish 1910 1990 20th-century
Otto Joachim German-born Canadian 1910 2010 20th-century, 21st-century
Allan Pettersson Swedish 1911 1980 20th-century
Harutyun Hanesyan Armenian 1911 1987 20th-century
Ernest van der Eyken Belgian 1913 2010 20th-century, 21st-century
Gyula Dávid Hungarian 1913 1977 20th-century
Dimitris Dragatakis Greek 1914 2001 20th-century
Ebbe Grims-land Swedish 1915 2015 20th-century, 21st-century
Ian Parrott Anglo-Welsh 1916 2012 21st-century
William Presser American 1916 2004 21st-century
Arie Van de Moortel Belgian 1918 1976 20th-century
Ingvar Lidholm Swedish 1921 2017 20th-century, 21st-century
Jan Tausinger Czech 1921 1980 20th-century
Varga Tibor Hungarian 1921 2003
Paul Angerer Austrian 1927 2017 20th-century, 21st-century
Fyodor Druzhinin Russian 1932 2007 21st-century
Alain Bancquart French 1934 2022 20th-century, 21st-century
Carlo Martelli English 1935 21st-century
Herbert Blendinger German-Austrian 1936 2020 20th-century, 21st-century
Sheila Nelson English 1936 2020 20th-century, 21st-century
Johannes Fritsch German 1941 2010 20th-century, 21st-century
John Cale Welsh 1942 20th-century, 21st-century
Volker David Kirchner German 1942 2020 20th-century, 21st-century
Leif Segerstam Finnish 1944 2024 20th-century, 21st-century
Atar Arad Israeli-American 1945 21st-century
Ig Henneman Dutch 1945 21st-century
Michael Kugel Russian 1946 21st-century
Diana Burrell English 1948 20th-century, 21st-century
Jolyon Brettingham Smith English 1949 2008 20th-century, 21st-century
Simon Rowland-Jones English 1950 21st-century
Nigel Keay New Zealander 1955 21st-century
Harold Levin American 1956 21st-century
Sally Beamish British 1956 20th-century, 21st-century
Paul Coletti Scottish 1959 21st-century
Jocelyn Pook British 1960 21st-century
Brett Dean Australian 1961 21st-century
Maria Newman American 1962 21st-century
Roberto Molinelli Italian 1963 21st-century
Clara Petrozzi Peruvian 1965 21st-century
Katia Tiutiunnik Australian 1967 21st-century
Ralph Farris American 1970 21st-century
Kenji Bunch American 1973 21st-century
Matthew Jones British 1974 21st-century
Scott Slapin American 1974 21st-century
Lev Zhurbin Russian 1978 21st-century
Matthew Barnson American 1979 21st-century
Tornyai Péter Hungarian 1987
Alma Deutscher English 2005 21st-century