Modern composers. English composers.

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It is sometimes hard to tell when to call a composer modern, as opposed to Romantic. In general you can say that the Moder Eara in music started around the year 1900. However, many composers continued to write pieces in a romantic fashion long after that.

Composers that were born in England, or gained the English nationality.

Group members

• Addinsell, Richard (1904–1977)
• Alwyn, William (1905–1985)
• Arditti, David (1964–)
• Arnold, Malcolm (1921–2006)
• Bainton, Edgar Leslie (1880–1956)
• Barlow, David (1927–1975)
• Barnard, Keith (1950–)
• Bate, Stanley Richard (1911–1959)
• Bax, Arnold (1883–1953)
• Bayliss, Colin (1948–)
• Beamish, Sally (1956–)
• Bedford, David (1937–)
• Benjamin, George (1960–)
• Berkeley, Lennox (1903–1989)
• Berkeley, Michael (1948–)
• Binge, Ronald (1910–1979)
• Bingham, Judith (1952–)
• Birtwistle, Harrison (1934–)
• Bliss, Arthur (1891–1975)
• Bochmann, Christopher (1950–)
• Boughton, Rutland (1878–1960)
• Bourgeois, Derek (1941–)
• Bousted, Donald (1957–)
• Bower, Neville (1934–2007)
• Brian, William Havergal (1876–1972)
• Bridge, Frank (1879–1941)
• Britten, Benjamin (1913–1976)
• Brown, James (1923–2004)
• Brown, Stephen (1948–)
• Bush, Alan (1900–1995)
• Butterworth, Arthur (1923–)
• Butterworth, George (1885–1916)
• Camilleri, William (1958–)
• Campkin, Alexander (1984–)
• Cardew, Cornelius (1936–1981)
• Child, Peter (1953–)
• Clarke, Rebecca (1886–1979)
• Coates, Eric (1886–1957)
• Conway, Tarot (1974–)
• Cooper, Walter Thomas Gaze (1895–1981)
• Crosse, Gordon (1937–)
• Dale, Benjamin (1885–1943)
• Dodgson, Stephen (1924–)
• Dring, Madeleine Winefride Isabelle (1923–1977)
• Dulay, Arthur (1891–1971)
• Dyson, George (1883–1964)
• Edlin, Paul Max (1963–)
• Edwards, Michael (1968–)
• Ellis, David (1933–)
• Evans, Francois (1965–)
• Farnon, Robert John (1917–2005)
• FeBland, Jonathan (1960–)
• Ferneyhough, Brian (1943–)
• Finnissy, Michael (1946–)
• Finzi, Gerald (1901–1956)
• Fitkin, Graham (1963–)
• Foulds, John Herbert (1880–1939)
• Fricker, Peter Racine (1920–1990)
• Frith, Fred (1949–)
• Gardiner, Henry Balfour (1877–1950)
• Gardner, John Linton (1917–)
• Gibbs, Cecil Armstrong (1889–1960)
• Gipps, Ruth (1921–1999)
• Goddard, Philip (1942–)
• Goehr, Alexander (1932–)
• Golightly, David Frederick (1948–)
• Goossens, Eugene (1893–1962)
• Gould, Mark (1969–)
• Grey, Geoffrey (1934–)
• Gundry, Inglis (1905–2000)
• Gurney, Ivor (1890–1937)
• Hadley, Patrick (1899–1973)
• Hall, Richard (1903–1982)
• Harris, Elisa (1976–)
• Harrison, Julius (1885–1963)
• Harvey, Jonathan (1939–)
• Hasted, Derek (1953–)
• Head, Micheal (Dewar) (1900–1976)
• Headington, Christopher (1930–1996)
• Hedges, Anthony (1931–)
• Hoffman, Marcus (1979–)
• Holbrooke, Joseph (Josef) (1878–1958)
• Hopkins, Bill (G.W.) (1943–1981)
• Howells, Herbert Norman (1892–1983)
• Ireland, John (1879–1962)
• Jacob, Gordon (1895–1984)
• Josephs, Wilfred (1927–1997)
• Ketelby, Albert William (1875–1959)
• Kings, Steven (1962–)
• Knight, Tim (1959–)
• Kruse, Bjørn (1946–)
• Ladd, Andrew (1960–)
• Lambert, Constant (1905–1951)
• Lanchbery, John (1923–2003)
• LeFanu, Nicola (1947–)
• Leigh, Walter (1905–1942)
• Leighton, Kenneth (1929–1988)
• Lloyd, George (1913–1998)
• Lutyens, Elisabeth (1906–1983)
• Maconchy, Elizabeth (1907–1994)
• Marshall, Graham George (1938–)
• Martin, Phillip Neil (1979–)
• Matthews, Colin (1946–)
• Matthews, David (1943–)
• Maw, Nicholas (1935–)
• Maxwell Davies, Peter (1934–)
• McCabe, John (1939–)
• McCartney, Sir Paul (1942–)
• Milford, Robin (1903–1959)
• Moeran, Ernest John (1894–1950)
• Montgomery, Bruce (1921–1978)
• Moody, Ivan (1964–)
• Nyman, Michael (1944–)
• Ogdon, John Andrew Howard (1937–1989)
• Oldham, Arthur (1926–2003)
• Panufnik, Roxanna (1968–)
• Patterson, Paul (1947–)
• Payne, Anthony (1936–)
• Phelps, Dan (1981–)
• Pitts, Antony (1969–)
• Pitts, John (1976–)
• Plowman, Michael (1965–)
• Poole, Geoffrey (1949–)
• Quilter, Roger (1877–1953)
• Rands, Bernard (1934–)
• Rawsthorne, Alan (1905–1971)
• Raynor, John (1909–1970)
• Ridout, Alan (1934–1996)
• Rutter, John (1945–)
• Sanders, John Dered (1933–2003)
• Savaskan, Sinan Carter (1954–)
• Scott, Cyril (1879–1970)
• Searle, Humphrey (1915–1982)
• Simaku, Thomas (1958–)
• Simpson, Nicholas (1958–)
• Simpson, Robert (1921–1997)
• Skempton, Howard (1947–)
• Solomons, David Warin (1953–)
• Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji (1892–1988)
• Squire, William Henry (1871–1963)
• Staples, Tom (1986–)
• Stevens, Bernard (1916–1983)
• Still, Robert (1910–1971)
• Sumsion, Herbert (1899–1995)
• Swayne, Giles (1946–)
• Swinstead, Felix (1880–1959)
• Tahourdin, Peter Richard (1928–)
• Tate, Phyllis (Margaret) (1911–1987)
• Tavener, John (1944–)
• Tippett, Michael (1905–1998)
• Tomlinson|Alan Perry, Ernest (1924–)
• Tovey, Bramwell (1953–)
• Tovey, Donald Francis (1875–1940)
• Turnage, Marc Anthony (1960–)
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872–1958)
• Venables, Ian (1955–)
• Walling, Elizabeth Olivia (1981–)
• Walton, William (1902–1983)
• Warlock, Peter (1894–1930)
• Watson, Stephen (1955–)
• Whettam, Graham (1927–2007)
• Whitlock, Percy (1903–1946)
• Wilkins, Margaret Lucy (1939–)
• Willan, Healey (1880–1968)
• Williams, Adrian (1956–)
• Wilson, Graham John (1980–)
• Wood, Haydn (1882–1959)
• Wood, Hugh (1932–)

Sheet music

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Operatic Anthology - Volume 2
(Celebrated Arias Selected From Operas By Old And Modern Composers In Five Volumes) Compiled by Kurt Adler. Songbook (two copies needed for performance) for voice (Mezzo-Soprano, Alto) and piano. Text language English, Cyrilic*, Russian (Phonetic)*, French*, Italian*, German*. 277 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.

Music Book For Guitar, Vol. 3
By Pino Guerra. For Guitar. Music Book For Guitar (Spielheft for Gitarre) Vol. 3 Modern pieces for solo guitar by Pino Guerra. Text language English, German. Level: Beginner. Published by Melodie Edition.

Music Book For Guitar, Vol. 1
By Pino Guerra. For Guitar. Music Book For Guitar (Spielheft for Gitarre) Vol. 1 Modern pieces for solo guitar by Pino Guerra. Text language English, German. Level: Beginner. Published by Melodie Edition.

Czerny - Level 1 / Pop Swing..(CD)
By Herwig Peychaer. For Piano. Czerny Pop Swing Folk - Level 1 The Modern Collection of Studies, with Play-Along CD. Text language English, German. Level: Beginner. Published by Melodie Edition.

Czerny - Level 2 / Pop Swing..(CD)
By Herwig Peychaer. For Piano. Czerny Pop Swing Folk - Level 2 The Modern Collection of Studies, with Play-Along CD. Text language English, German. Level: Beginner. Published by Melodie Edition.

Czerny - Level 3 / Pop Swing..(CD)
By Herwig Peychaer. For Piano. Czerny Pop Swing Folk - Level 3 The Modern Collection of Studies, with Play-Along CD. Text language English, German. Level: Beginner. Published by Melodie Edition.