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20th-century classical music artists

14 published 20th-century classical music artists, led by Igor Stravinsky, Ludovico Einaudi and Jean Sibelius.

At a glance

14 published 20th-century classical music artists; 1,190 studio albums have verified cover art.

Published artists0 tier 1 · 8 tier 2 · 6 tier 3
14
Release groups
1,895
Studio albums
1,602
Albums with cover artverified Cover Art Archive
1,190
Timeline events
1,649
Monthly listenerssum across artists
8.2M
Average career spanfirst to last dated release
52.5 years
Full biographies
12
Biography words
71,176

When they started

Debut decade from each artist's earliest dated release. Most debuts fell in the 1980s (4 artists).

Artists by debut decade
DecadeArtists
1930s1
1940s1
1950s3
1960s2
1970s1
1980s4
1990s1
1 artists have no dated release or formation year and are not plotted.

Where they come from

Countries with the most 20th-century classical music artists. United States leads with 4.

Often paired with

Genres that share artists with 20th-century classical music. The most shared is opera, with 9 artists in both.

Covers from 20th-century classical music

1,190 studio albums have verified cover art. The 12 shown come from the most famous artists.

Leaders

Igor Stravinsky has the most release groups (300); Igor Stravinsky the longest career (78 years); Andrei Eshpai the most awards (35).

Most prolific

Most prolific, by number of release groups
Artistrelease groups
Igor Stravinsky300
John Cage287
Jean Sibelius261
Arnold Schoenberg251
Karlheinz Stockhausen202

Longest careers

first to last dated release

Longest careers, by number of years
Artistyears
Igor Stravinsky78
John Cage75
Nino Rota69
Arnold Schoenberg66
Karlheinz Stockhausen64

Most decorated

Most decorated, by number of awards
Artistawards
Andrei Eshpai35
Igor Stravinsky30
Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky16
Jean Sibelius14
Alfred Schnittke7

Most famous 20th-century classical music artists

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

France · Person · born 1882

opera, symphony, chamber music, 20th-century classical music

166 wikis

Ludovico Einaudi

Ludovico Einaudi

Italy · Person · born 1955

operatic pop, neoclassical new-age music, 20th-century classical music, minimalist music

8.2M listeners · 47 wikis

Jean Sibelius

Jean Sibelius

Finland · Person · born 1865

classical music, opera, symphony, 20th-century classical music, art song, incidental music

105 wikis

Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg

Austria · Person · born 1874

classical music, opera, 20th-century classical music, serialism, atonality, twelve-tone technique, Expressionism

85 wikis

John Cage

John Cage

United States · Person · born 1912

electronic music, classical music, opera, experimental music, avant-garde music, musique concrète, 20th-century classical music, performance art, aleatoric music

76 wikis

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Germany · Person · born 1928

electronic music, opera, experimental music, musique concrète, chamber music, 20th-century classical music, serialism, aleatoric music

63 wikis

Nino Rota

Nino Rota

Kingdom of Italy · Person · born 1911

classical music, opera, symphony, 20th-century classical music

52 wikis

Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky

Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky

Russian Empire · Person · born 1904

classical music, opera, symphony, chamber music, 20th-century classical music, incidental music

51 wikis

Alfred Schnittke

Alfred Schnittke

Soviet Union · Person · born 1934

opera, art music, symphony, 20th-century classical music

43 wikis

Glenn Branca

Glenn Branca

United States · Person · born 1948

experimental music, avant-garde music, symphony, 20th-century classical music, noise music, minimalist music, no wave, totalism, sound art

27 wikis

Andrei Eshpai

Andrei Eshpai

Soviet Union · Person · born 1925

opera, symphony, 20th-century classical music, ballet, song, cantata, concert

22 wikis

Christian Wolff

Christian Wolff

United States · Person · born 1934

experimental music, 20th-century classical music

17 wikis

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