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532 composers, ranked by their place in the repertoire

Claude Debussy

1862–1918
Early 20th century France

Songs · Suites · Chansons

107 works · 339 versions

Igor Stravinsky

1882–1971
Early 20th century Russia

Songs · Ballets · Concertos

109 works · 144 versions

Maurice Ravel

1875–1937
Early 20th century France

Songs · Cantatas · Fugues

83 works · 191 versions

Arnold Schoenberg

1874–1951
Early 20th century Austria

Lieder · Quartets · Songs

73 works · 93 versions

Béla Bartók

1881–1945
Early 20th century Romania

Folksongs · Concertos · Sonatas

80 works · 167 versions

Richard Strauss

1864–1949
Early 20th century Germany

Lieder · Operas · Songs

127 works · 247 versions

Sergey Prokofiev

1891–1953
Early 20th century Ukraine

Sonatas · Suites · Songs

116 works · 160 versions

Alban Berg

1885–1935
Early 20th century Austria

Songs · Lieder · Variations

27 works · 32 versions

Leoš Janáček

1854–1928
Early 20th century Czechia

Operas · Songs · Dances

50 works · 63 versions

Sergei Rachmaninoff

1873–1943
Early 20th century Russia

Romances · Songs · Preludes

80 works · 157 versions

Aleksandr Scriabin

1872–1915
Early 20th century Russia

Preludes · Sonatas · Waltzes

91 works · 118 versions

Anton Webern

1883–1945
Early 20th century Austria

Lieder · Quartets · Cantatas

43 works · 47 versions

Charles Ives

1874–1954
Early 20th century United States

Studies · Marches · Sonatas

67 works · 69 versions

Jean Sibelius

1865–1957
Early 20th century Finland

Songs · Suites · Symphonic poems

128 works · 179 versions

George Gershwin

1898–1937
Early 20th century United States

Songs · Musicals · Operas

57 works · 106 versions

Paul Hindemith

1895–1963
Early 20th century Germany

Sonatas · Concertos · Motets

186 works · 206 versions

Giacomo Puccini

1858–1924
Early 20th century Italy

Operas · Lyric operas · Songs

25 works · 59 versions

Edward Elgar

1857–1934
Early 20th century United Kingdom

Songs · Secular choruses · Marches

193 works · 469 versions

Zoltán Kodály

1882–1967
Early 20th century Hungary

Songs · Dances · Sonatas

48 works · 50 versions
Early 20th century United Kingdom

Songs · Folksongs · Symphonies

165 works · 213 versions

Erik Satie

1866–1925
Early 20th century France

Songs · Preludes · Waltzes

84 works · 151 versions

Kurt Weill

1900–1950
Early 20th century Germany

Operas · Songs · Cantatas

26 works · 33 versions

Manuel de Falla

1876–1946
Early 20th century Spain

Operas · Suites · Serenades

23 works · 74 versions

Francis Poulenc

1899–1963
Early 20th century France

Songs · Melodies · Sonatas

130 works · 163 versions

Heitor Villa-Lobos

1887–1959
Early 20th century Brazil

Quartets · Songs · Chorinhos

124 works · 142 versions

Carl Nielsen

1865–1931
Early 20th century Denmark

Songs · Secular choruses · Incidental music

379 works · 582 versions

Edgard Varèse

1883–1965
Early 20th century France

Songs · Secular choruses

11 works · 11 versions

Ferruccio Busoni

1866–1924
Early 20th century Italy

Sonatas · Fantasias · Concertos

92 works · 101 versions
Early 20th century Czechia

Incidental music · Operas · Lieder

54 works · 67 versions

Darius Milhaud

1892–1974
Early 20th century France

Songs · Suites · Sonatas

193 works · 210 versions

Max Reger

1873–1916
Early 20th century Germany

Lieder · Songs · Sonatas

271 works · 373 versions

George Enescu

1881–1955
Early 20th century Romania

Sonatas · Suites · Symphonies

47 works · 53 versions

Karol Szymanowski

1882–1937
Early 20th century Ukraine

Songs · Sonatas · Lieder

59 works · 68 versions

Bohuslav Martinů

1890–1959
Early 20th century Czechia

Concertos · Sonatas · Quartets

152 works · 156 versions

Ottorino Respighi

1879–1936
Early 20th century Italy

Songs · Concertos · Suites

69 works · 98 versions

Frederick Delius

1862–1934
Early 20th century United Kingdom

Songs · Secular choruses · Sonatas

61 works · 75 versions

Gustav Holst

1874–1934
Early 20th century United Kingdom

Suites · Sacred choruses · Songs

72 works · 130 versions

Arthur Honegger

1892–1955
Early 20th century France

Sonatas · Songs · Symphonies

73 works · 88 versions

Henry Cowell

1897–1965
Early 20th century United States

Symphonies · Concertos · Sacred hymns

114 works · 121 versions

Frank Martin

1890–1974
Early 20th century Switzerland

Concertos · Songs · Studies

40 works · 44 versions

Eugène Ysaÿe

1858–1931
Early 20th century Belgium

Symphonic poems · Sonatas · Concertos

32 works · 49 versions

Ernest Bloch

1880–1959
Early 20th century Switzerland

Suites · Symphonies · Quartets

84 works · 93 versions

Ernő Dohnányi

1877–1960
Early 20th century Slovakia

Concertos · Quartets · Variations

51 works · 59 versions

Hanns Eisler

1898–1962
Early 20th century Germany

Lieder · Songs · Incidental music

132 works · 134 versions

Enrique Granados

1867–1916
Early 20th century Spain

Waltzes · Dances · Marches

32 works · 82 versions

John Philip Sousa

1854–1932
Early 20th century United States

Marches · Operas · Songs

152 works · 281 versions

Albert Roussel

1869–1937
Early 20th century France

Suites · Melodies · Songs

71 works · 89 versions
Early 20th century Austria

Songs · Operas · Quartets

29 works · 31 versions