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Sequinha Abreu (1937-1989) – Greece
Samuel Adler (1928- ) – USA
Dénes Agay (1911-2007) – USA
William Albright (1944-1998) – USA
Dennis Alexander (1947- ) – USA
George Antheil (1900-1959) – USA
Violet Archer (1913-2000) – Canada
Georges Auric (1899-1983) – France
Stanley Babin (1932-2010) – Israel
Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) – Poland
Ernst Bacon (1898-1990) – USA
Henk Badings (1907-1987) – Netherlands
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) – USA
Béla Bartók (1881-1945) – Hungary
Leslie Bassett (1923-2016) – USA
Stanley Bate (1911-1959) – England
Marion Bauer (1897-1955) – USA
Katherine Beard (1926-1990) – USA
Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960) – Australia
Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012) – England
Paul Ben Haim (1897-1984) – Israel
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) – England
Seymour Bernstein (1927-2026) – USA
Boris Blacher (1877-1943) – Germany
Emile Blanchet (1877-1943) – Switzerland
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) – Switzerland/USA
Melody Bober (1946- ) – USA
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) – England
Timothy Brown – USA
Dave Brubeck (1920-2012) – USA
Christopher Brubeck (1952- ) – USA
Geoffrey Bush (1920-1998) – England
John Cage (1912-1992) – USA
Alfredo Casella (1882-1947) – Italy
Carlos Chavez (1899-1978) – Mexico
Tudor Ciortea (1903-1982) – Romania
Paul Constantinescu (1909-1963) – Romania
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) – USA
John Corigliano (1938- ) – USA
Henry Cowell (1897-1965) – USA
Paul Creston (1906-1985) – USA
George Crumb (1929-2022) – USA
David Del Tredici (1937-2023) – USA
Maurice Dela (1919-1978) – Canada
Noman Dello Joio (1913-2008) – USA
David Diamond (1915-2005) – USA
Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960) – Hungary/USA
Sabin Dragoi (1894-1968) – Romania
V. Dubliansky
Stephen Duro (1939- ) – England
Bill Evans (1929-1980) – USA
Randall Faber (1954- ) – USA
Nancy Faber (1955- ) – USA
Richard Felciano (1930-2026) – USA
Howard Ferguson (1908-1999) – England
Irving Fine (1914-1963) – USA
Rosa Lee Finney (1906-1997) – USA
Robert Fleming (1921-1976) – Canada
Jean Françaix (1912-1997) – France
Katherine Freiberger (1927-2025) – USA
Anis Fuleihan (1901-1970) – Cyprus/USA
Pierre Gallant (1951- ) – Canada
Harald Genzmer (1909-2007) – Germany
Jon George – USA
George Gershwin (1898-1937) – USA
William Gillock (1917-1993) – USA
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) – Argentina
David Carr Glover (1925-1988) – USA
Margaret Goldston (1932-2003) – USA
Morton Gould (1913-1996) – USA
Percy Grainger (1882-1961) – Australia/USA
Alexander Grechaninov (1864-1956) – Russia
Elliot Griffis (1893-1968) – USA
Howard Hanson (1896-1981) – USA
Roy Harris (1898-1979) – USA
Lou Harrison (1917-2003) – USA
Charles Haubiel (1902-1978) – USA
Jack Hawes (1916-2004) – England
Derek Healey (1936- ) – England
Robert Helps (1928-2001) – USA
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) – Germany
Takekuni Hirayoshi (1936-1998) – Japan
Joe Hisaishi (1950- ) – Japan
Lee Hoiby (1926-2011) – USA
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) – USA
Claudette Hudelson (1933-2013) – USA
Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) – France
Charles Ives (1874-1954) – USA
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) – Czech Republic
Hanns Jelinek (1901-1969) – Austria
Scott Joplin (1869-1917) – USA
Mihail Jora (1891-1971) – Romania
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) – Russia
Pál Kadosa (1903-1983) – Hungary
Ulysses Kay (1917-1995) – USA
Kent Kennan (1913-2003) – USA
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978) – Russia
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967) – Hungary
Karl Kohn (1926-2024) – Austria/USA
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991) – Austria/USA
John La Montaine (1920-2013) – USA
Phillip Lambro (1935-2015) – USA
Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963) – Cuba
Benjamin Lees (1924-2010) – USA
Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994) – Poland
Martin Mailman (1932-2000) – USA
Frank Martin (1890-1974) – Switzerland
Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) – Czechoslovakia
Kirke Mechem (1925- ) – USA
Nicholai Medtner (1879-1951) – Russia
Peter Mennin (1923-1983) – USA
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007) – Italy
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) – France
Gérard Meunier (1928- ) – France
Martha Mier (1936- ) – USA
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) – France
Beatrice Miller (1923-2015) – USA
Akira Miyoshi (1933-2013) – Japan
Federico Mompou (1893-1987) – Spain
Douglas Moore (1893-1969) – USA
François Morel (1926-2018) – Canada
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010) – USA
Yoshinao Nakada (1923-2000) – Japan
Martian Negrea (1903-1975) – Romania
Joaquín Nin-Culmell (1908-2004) – Cuba/USA
Christopher Norton (1953- ) – England
Kevin R. Olson (1971- ) – USA
Leo Ornstein (1892-2002) – Russia/USA
Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991) – Poland
Flor Peeters (1903-1986) – Belgium
Barbara Pentland (1912-2000) – Canada
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) – USA
Alexander Peskanov (1955- ) – Russia/USA
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992) – Argentina
Octavio Pinto (1890-1950) – Brazil
Eduard Poldini (1869-1957) – Hungary
Manuel Ponce (1882-1948) – Mexico
Marcel Poot (1901-1988) – Belgium
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) – France
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) – Russia
Michael Proksch (1958- ) – Germany
Sam Raphling (1910-1988) – USA
Wallingford Riegger (1885-1961) – USA
Vittorio Rieti (1898-1994) – Italy/USA
Eugénie Rocherolle (1939-2025) – USA
Catherine Rollin (1952- ) – USA
Ned Rorem (1923-2022 ) - USA
BJ Rosco (1932- ) – USA
Alec Rowley (1892-1958) – England
Beryl Rubinstein (1898-1952) – USA
Vladimir Sapozhnikov (1945-2026) – Russia
Fazil Say (1970- ) – Turkey
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) – Austria
Gunther Schuller (1925-2015) – USA
William Schumann (1910-1992) – USA
Cyril Scott (1879-1970) – England
Mátyás Seiber (1905-1960) – Hungary/England
Roger Sessions (1896-1985) – USA
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) – Russia
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) – Finland
Elie Siegmeister (1909-1992) – USA
Constantin Silvestri (1913-1969) – Romania
Robert Starer (1924-2001) – USA
Halsey Stevens (1908-1998) – USA
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) – Russia/USA
Soulima Stravinsky (1910-1994) – Switzerland/USA
Marko Tajcevic (1900-1984) – Serbia
Jenö Takács (1902-2005) – Hungary
Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986) – Poland/France
Antonio Tauriello (1931-2011) – Argentina
Alexander Tcherepnin (1899-1977) – Russia/USA
Nicolai Tcherepnin (1873-1945) – Russia
Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) – USA
Ernst Toch (1887-1964) – Austria
Sigismund Toduta (1908-1973) – Romania
Hans Peter Türk (1940- ) – Hungary
Zeno Vancea (1900-1990) – Romania
Robert Vandall (1944-2017) – USA
Michael Valenti (1942- ) – USA
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) – Brazil
Donald Waxman (1925- ) – USA
Anton von Webern (1883-1945) – Austria
Leo Weiner (1885-1960) – Hungary
John Williams (1932 - ) – USA
Akira Yuyama (1932- ) – Japan
Harold Zabrack (1928-1995) – USA
Julien-François Zbinden (1917- 2021) Switzerland