Modern composers. German 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 Germany, or gained the German nationality.


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(1814) Ludwig van Beethoven: Premiere of Fidelio (final version), in Vienna, Austria, with Beethoven conducting.
(1971) Gottfried von Einem: Premiere of Der Besuch der Alten Dame, in Vienna, Austria.
(1988) Gottfried von Einem: Premiere of Symphony no. 4, in Vienna, Austria.
(1989) Peter Wallin: First performance of "Don´t ever do that again!!!", in Helsingborg, Sweden.
(2002) Peter Wallin: First performance of "Peace Song", in Billund, Denmark.

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