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Chronologically


Kalinnikov Vasili (1866, Russia)
Vaughan Williams (1872, UK)
Brian Havergal (1876, UK)
Miaskovsky Nikolai (1881, Russia)
Schnabel Artur (1882, Austria)
Varese Edgar (1883, France)
Griffes Charles (1884, USA)
Martinu Bohuslav (1890, Czech)
Nystroem Gosta (1890, Sweden)
Lajtha Laszlo (1892, Hungary)
Rosenberg Hilding (1892, Sweden)
Howells Herbert (1892, UK)
Langgaard Rued (1893, Denmark)
Boulanger Lili (1893, France)
Ornstein Leo (1893, Russia)
Moore Douglas (1893, USA)
Schulhoff Erwin (1894, Czech)
Avshalomoff Aaron (1895, USA)
Gerhard Roberto (1896, Spain)
Hanson Howard (1896, USA)
Riisager Knudage (1897, Denmark)
Tansman Alexander (1897, Poland)
Harris Roy (1898, USA)
Leifs Jon (1899, Island)
Tcherepnin Alexander (1899, Russia)
Klami Uuno (1900, Finland)
Luening Otto (1900, USA)
Sauguet Henri (1901, France)
Partch Harry (1901, USA)
Wolpe Stefan (1902, Germany)
Goldschmidt Berthold (1903, UK)
Dallapiccola Luigi (1904, Italy)
Petrassi Goffredo (1904, Italy)
Jolivet Andre (1905, France)
Hartmann Karl (1905, Germany)
Scelsi Giacinto (1905, Italy)
Tubin Edcuard (1905, Sweden)
Tippett Michael (1905, UK)
Blitzstein Marc (1905, USA)
Shostakovich Dmitri (1906, Russia)
Langlais Jean (1907, France)
Fortner Wolfgang (1907, Germany)
Messiaen Olivier (1908, France)
Anderson Leroy (1908, USA)
Carter Elliott (1908, USA)
Holmboe Vagn (1909, Denmark)
Maric Ljubica (1909, Serbia)
Schaeffer Pierre (1910, France)
Barber Samuel (1910, USA)
Schuman William (1910, USA)
Menotti Giancarlo (1911, Italy)
Rota Italy (1911, Italy)
Pettersson Allan (1911, Sweden)
Hovhaness Alan (1911, USA)
Ussachevsky Vladimir (1911, USA)
Marttinen Tauno (1912, Finland)
Markevitch Igor (1912, Russia)
Cage John (1912, USA)
Lutoslawski Witold (1913, Poland)
Britten Benjamin (1913, UK)
Perle George (1915, USA)
Ginastera Alberto (1916, Argentina)
Dutilleux Henri (1916, France)
Babbitt Milton (1916, USA)
Yun Isang (1917, Korea)
Harrison Lou (1917, USA)
Zimmermann Bernd (1918, Germany)
Bernstein Leonard (1918, USA)
Rochberg George (1918, USA)
Keller Wilhelm (1920, Germany)
Lundquist Torbjorn (1920, Sweden)
Mirzoyan Edvard (1921, Armenia)
Husa Karel (1921, Czech)
Simpson Robert (1921, UK)
Imbrie Andrew (1921, USA)
Xenakis Iannis (1922, Greece)
Foss Lukas (1922, USA)
Goeyvaerts Karel (1923, Belgium)
Ligeti Gyorgy (1923, Hungary)
Blumenfeld Harold (1923, USA)
Mennin Peter (1923, USA)
Starer Robert (1924, Austria)
Nono Luigi (1924, Italy)
Hovland Egil (1924, Norway)
Braga Santos Joly (1924, Portugal)
Hiller Lejaren (1924, USA)
Boulez Pierre (1925, France)
Theodorakis Mikis (1925, Greece)
Berio Luciano (1925, Italy)
Clementi Aldo (1925, Italy)
Eshpai Andrei (1925, Russia)
Korte Oldrich (1926, Czech)
Henze Hans (1926, Germany)
Kurtag Gyorgy (1926, Hungary)
Brown Earle (1926, USA)
Feldman Morton (1926, USA)
Johnston Ben (1926, USA)
Kupferman Meyer (1926, USA)
Korngold Erich (1927, Austria)
Henry Pierre (1927, France)
Maxfield Richard (1927, USA)
Rautavaara Einojuhani (1928, Finland)
Barraque Jean (1928, France)
Stockhausen Karlheinz (1928, Germany)
Lendvay Kamillo (1928, Hungary)
Morricone Ennio (1928, Italy)
Adler Samuel (1928, USA)
Flagello Nicolas (1928, USA)
Terterian Avet (1929, Armenia)
Pousseur Henri (1929, Belgium)
Mayuzumi Toshiro (1929, Japan)
Crumb George (1929, USA)
Yannatos James (1929, USA)
Minoru Miki (1930, Japan)
Takemitsu Toru (1930, Japan)
Ashley Robert (1930, USA)
Austin Larry (1930, USA)
Davison John (1930, USA)
Kagel Mauricio (1931, Argentina)
Norholm Ib (1931, Denmark)
Bussotti Sylvano (1931, Italy)
Camilleri Charles (1931, Malta)
Gubaidulina Sofia (1931, Russia)
Benguerel Xavier (1931, Spain)
Martino Donald (1931, USA)
Norgaard Per (1932, Denmark)
Shchedrin Rodion (1932, Russia)
Oliveros Pauline (1932, USA)
Gotkovsky Ida (1933, France)
Gorecki Henryk (1933, Poland)
Penderecki Krzysztof (1933, Poland)
Subotnick Morton (1933, USA)
Matthus Siegfried (1934, Germany)
Schnittke Alfred (1934, Russia)
Birtwistle Harrison (1934, UK)
Davies Peter Maxwell (1934, UK)
Roussakis Nicolas (1934, USA)
Wolff Christian (1934, USA)
Part Arvo (1935, Estonia)
Kancheli Giya (1935, Georgia)
Mumma Gordon (1935, USA)
Riley Terry (1935, USA)
Oliveira Jocy (1936, Brazil)
Reich Steve (1936, USA)
Balakauskas Osvaldas (1937, Lithuania)
Silvestrov Valentin (1937, Ukrainia)
Del Tredici (1937, USA)
Glass Philip (1937, USA)
Moran Robert (1937, USA)
Beveridge Thomas (1938, USA)
Bolcom William (1938, USA)
Coates Gloria (1938, USA)
Corigliano John (1938, USA)
Harbison John (1938, USA)
Wuorinen Charles (1938, USA)
Bachorek Milan (1939, Czech)
Andriessen Louis (1939, Holland)
Zwilich Ellen (1939, USA)
Stankovich Yevhen (1942, Ukrainia)
Dodge Charles (1942, USA)
Monk Meredith (1942, USA)
Gruber Heinz (1943, Germany)
Ikebe Shin-ichiro (1943, Japan)
Ferneyhough Brian (1943, UK)
Holloway Robin (1943, UK)
Matthews David (1943, UK)
Maslanka David (1943, USA)
Nordgren PehrHenrik (1944, Denmark)
Corcoran Frank (1944, Ireland)
Nyman Michael (1944, UK)
Tavener John (1944, UK)
Rutter John (1945, UK)
Vasks Peteris (1946, Latvia)
Finnissy Michael (1946, UK)
Sciarrino Salvatore (1947, Italy)
Korndorf Nikolai (1947, Russia)
Eliasson Anders (1947, Sweden)
Adams John (1947, USA)
Branca Glenn (1948, USA)
Ruders Poul (1949, Denmark)
Aho Kalevi (1949, Finland)
Rouse Christopher (1949, USA)
Rutti Carl (1949, USA)
Sumera Lepo (1950, Estonia)
Haimo Ethan (1950, USA)
Saariaho Kaija (1952, Finland)
Chamouard Philippe (1952, France)
Knussen Olivier (1952, UK)
Einhorn Richard (1952, USA)
Nishimura Akira (1953, Japan)
Asia Daniel (1953, USA)
Chambers Wendy (1953, USA)
Machover Tod (1953, USA)
Mason Benedict (1954, UK)
Kaipainen Jouni (1956, Finland)
Gordon Michael (1956, USA)
Mackey Steven (1956, USA)
Currier Sebastian (1959, USA)
Dalbavie Marc-Andre (1961, France)
Liebermann Lowell (1961, USA)
Torke Michael (1961, USA)
Thomas Ades (1971, UK)

By country


Ginastera Alberto (1916, Argentina)
Kagel Mauricio (1931, Argentina)
Mirzoyan Edvard (1921, Armenia)
Terterian Avet (1929, Armenia)
Schnabel Artur (1882, Austria)
Starer Robert (1924, Austria)
Korngold Erich (1927, Austria)
Goeyvaerts Karel (1923, Belgium)
Pousseur Henri (1929, Belgium)
Oliveira Jocy (1936, Brazil)
Martinu Bohuslav (1890, Czech)
Schulhoff Erwin (1894, Czech)
Husa Karel (1921, Czech)
Korte Oldrich (1926, Czech)
Bachorek Milan (1939, Czech)
Langgaard Rued (1893, Denmark)
Riisager Knudage (1897, Denmark)
Holmboe Vagn (1909, Denmark)
Norholm Ib (1931, Denmark)
Norgaard Per (1932, Denmark)
Nordgren PehrHenrik (1944, Denmark)
Ruders Poul (1949, Denmark)
Part Arvo (1935, Estonia)
Sumera Lepo (1950, Estonia)
Klami Uuno (1900, Finland)
Marttinen Tauno (1912, Finland)
Rautavaara Einojuhani (1928, Finland)
Aho Kalevi (1949, Finland)
Saariaho Kaija (1952, Finland)
Kaipainen Jouni (1956, Finland)
Varese Edgar (1883, France)
Boulanger Lili (1893, France)
Sauguet Henri (1901, France)
Jolivet Andre (1905, France)
Langlais Jean (1907, France)
Messiaen Olivier (1908, France)
Schaeffer Pierre (1910, France)
Dutilleux Henri (1916, France)
Boulez Pierre (1925, France)
Henry Pierre (1927, France)
Barraque Jean (1928, France)
Gotkovsky Ida (1933, France)
Chamouard Philippe (1952, France)
Dalbavie Marc-Andre (1961, France)
Kancheli Giya (1935, Georgia)
Wolpe Stefan (1902, Germany)
Hartmann Karl (1905, Germany)
Fortner Wolfgang (1907, Germany)
Zimmermann Bernd (1918, Germany)
Keller Wilhelm (1920, Germany)
Henze Hans (1926, Germany)
Stockhausen Karlheinz (1928, Germany)
Matthus Siegfried (1934, Germany)
Gruber Heinz (1943, Germany)
Xenakis Iannis (1922, Greece)
Theodorakis Mikis (1925, Greece)
Andriessen Louis (1939, Holland)
Lajtha Laszlo (1892, Hungary)
Ligeti Gyorgy (1923, Hungary)
Kurtag Gyorgy (1926, Hungary)
Lendvay Kamillo (1928, Hungary)
Corcoran Frank (1944, Ireland)
Leifs Jon (1899, Island)
Dallapiccola Luigi (1904, Italy)
Petrassi Goffredo (1904, Italy)
Scelsi Giacinto (1905, Italy)
Menotti Giancarlo (1911, Italy)
Rota Italy (1911, Italy)
Nono Luigi (1924, Italy)
Berio Luciano (1925, Italy)
Clementi Aldo (1925, Italy)
Morricone Ennio (1928, Italy)
Bussotti Sylvano (1931, Italy)
Sciarrino Salvatore (1947, Italy)
Mayuzumi Toshiro (1929, Japan)
Minoru Miki (1930, Japan)
Takemitsu Toru (1930, Japan)
Ikebe Shin-ichiro (1943, Japan)
Nishimura Akira (1953, Japan)
Yun Isang (1917, Korea)
Vasks Peteris (1946, Latvia)
Balakauskas Osvaldas (1937, Lithuania)
Camilleri Charles (1931, Malta)
Hovland Egil (1924, Norway)
Tansman Alexander (1897, Poland)
Lutoslawski Witold (1913, Poland)
Gorecki Henryk (1933, Poland)
Penderecki Krzysztof (1933, Poland)
Braga Santos Joly (1924, Portugal)
Kalinnikov Vasili (1866, Russia)
Miaskovsky Nikolai (1881, Russia)
Ornstein Leo (1893, Russia)
Tcherepnin Alexander (1899, Russia)
Shostakovich Dmitri (1906, Russia)
Markevitch Igor (1912, Russia)
Eshpai Andrei (1925, Russia)
Gubaidulina Sofia (1931, Russia)
Shchedrin Rodion (1932, Russia)
Schnittke Alfred (1934, Russia)
Korndorf Nikolai (1947, Russia)
Maric Ljubica (1909, Serbia)
Gerhard Roberto (1896, Spain)
Benguerel Xavier (1931, Spain)
Nystroem Gosta (1890, Sweden)
Rosenberg Hilding (1892, Sweden)
Tubin Edcuard (1905, Sweden)
Pettersson Allan (1911, Sweden)
Lundquist Torbjorn (1920, Sweden)
Eliasson Anders (1947, Sweden)
Vaughan Williams (1872, UK)
Brian Havergal (1876, UK)
Howells Herbert (1892, UK)
Goldschmidt Berthold (1903, UK)
Tippett Michael (1905, UK)
Britten Benjamin (1913, UK)
Simpson Robert (1921, UK)
Birtwistle Harrison (1934, UK)
Davies Peter Maxwell (1934, UK)
Ferneyhough Brian (1943, UK)
Holloway Robin (1943, UK)
Matthews David (1943, UK)
Nyman Michael (1944, UK)
Tavener John (1944, UK)
Rutter John (1945, UK)
Finnissy Michael (1946, UK)
Knussen Olivier (1952, UK)
Mason Benedict (1954, UK)
Thomas Ades (1971, UK)
Silvestrov Valentin (1937, Ukrainia)
Stankovich Yevhen (1942, Ukrainia)
Griffes Charles (1884, USA)
Moore Douglas (1893, USA)
Avshalomoff Aaron (1895, USA)
Hanson Howard (1896, USA)
Harris Roy (1898, USA)
Luening Otto (1900, USA)
Partch Harry (1901, USA)
Blitzstein Marc (1905, USA)
Anderson Leroy (1908, USA)
Carter Elliott (1908, USA)
Barber Samuel (1910, USA)
Schuman William (1910, USA)
Hovhaness Alan (1911, USA)
Ussachevsky Vladimir (1911, USA)
Cage John (1912, USA)
Perle George (1915, USA)
Babbitt Milton (1916, USA)
Harrison Lou (1917, USA)
Bernstein Leonard (1918, USA)
Rochberg George (1918, USA)
Imbrie Andrew (1921, USA)
Foss Lukas (1922, USA)
Blumenfeld Harold (1923, USA)
Mennin Peter (1923, USA)
Hiller Lejaren (1924, USA)
Brown Earle (1926, USA)
Feldman Morton (1926, USA)
Johnston Ben (1926, USA)
Kupferman Meyer (1926, USA)
Maxfield Richard (1927, USA)
Adler Samuel (1928, USA)
Flagello Nicolas (1928, USA)
Crumb George (1929, USA)
Yannatos James (1929, USA)
Ashley Robert (1930, USA)
Austin Larry (1930, USA)
Davison John (1930, USA)
Martino Donald (1931, USA)
Oliveros Pauline (1932, USA)
Subotnick Morton (1933, USA)
Roussakis Nicolas (1934, USA)
Wolff Christian (1934, USA)
Mumma Gordon (1935, USA)
Riley Terry (1935, USA)
Reich Steve (1936, USA)
Del Tredici (1937, USA)
Glass Philip (1937, USA)
Moran Robert (1937, USA)
Beveridge Thomas (1938, USA)
Bolcom William (1938, USA)
Coates Gloria (1938, USA)
Corigliano John (1938, USA)
Harbison John (1938, USA)
Wuorinen Charles (1938, USA)
Zwilich Ellen (1939, USA)
Dodge Charles (1942, USA)
Monk Meredith (1942, USA)
Maslanka David (1943, USA)
Adams John (1947, USA)
Branca Glenn (1948, USA)
Rouse Christopher (1949, USA)
Rutti Carl (1949, USA)
Haimo Ethan (1950, USA)
Einhorn Richard (1952, USA)
Asia Daniel (1953, USA)
Chambers Wendy (1953, USA)
Machover Tod (1953, USA)
Gordon Michael (1956, USA)
Mackey Steven (1956, USA)
Currier Sebastian (1959, USA)
Liebermann Lowell (1961, USA)
Torke Michael (1961, USA)
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