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.

Group members

• Adler, Samuel (1928–)
• Adorno, Theodor Wiesengrund (1903–1969)
• Apostel, Hans Erich (1901–1972)
• Berger, Jean (1909–2002)
• Biebl, Franz Xaver (1906–2001)
• Blumenthaler, Volker (1951–)
• Boehmer, Konrad (1941–)
• Boehm|Bohm, Carl (Karl) (1928–)
• Bottenberg, Wolfgang (1930–)
• Braunfels, Walter (1882–1954)
• Bröder, Alois (1961–)
• Brun|Brün, Herbert (1918–2000)
• Buechner, Margaret (1922–1998)
• Butting, Max (1888–1977)
• Chur, Heinz (1948–)
• Dahl, Ingolf (1912–1970)
• Denhoff, Michael (1955–)
• Dessau, Paul (1894–1979)
• Distler, Hugo (1908–1942)
• Drischner, Max (1891–1971)
• Eggert, Moritz (1965–)
• Egk, Werner (1901–1983)
• Eichberg, Søren Nils (1973–)
• Eisler, Hanns (1898–1962)
• Ernst, Siegrid (1929–)
• Even, Pierre (1946–)
• Everhartz, Jury (1971–)
• Fleischmann, Aloys (1910–1992)
• Fortner, Wolfgang (1907–1987)
• Foss, Lukas (1922–)
• Furtwängler, Wilhelm (1886–1954)
• Gees, Michael (1953–)
• Genzmer, Harald (1909–)
• Glandien, Lutz (1954–)
• Glanert, Detlev (1960–)
• Glaser, Werner Wolf (1910–2006)
• Goebbels, Heiner (1952–)
• Goehr, Alexander (1932–)
• Goldschmidt, Berthold (1903–1996)
• Gronostay, Walter (1906–1937)
• Gutchë, Gene (1907–2000)
• Hakenberg, Stefan (1960–)
• Hartmann, Karl Amadeus (1905–1963)
• Haus, Karl (1928–)
• Heiden, Bernhard (1910–2000)
• Heller, Barbara (1936–)
• Henze, Hans Werner (1926–)
• Hespos, Hans-Joachim (1938–)
• Hill, Frank (1957–)
• Hindemith, Paul (1895–1963)
• Hoffnung, Gerard (1925–1959)
• Hofmann, Wolfgang (1922–2003)
• Höller, Karl (1907–1987)
• Hummel, Bertold (1925–2002)
• Kahn, Erich Itor (1905–1956)
• Kaminsky, Heinrich (1886–1946)
• Karg-Elert, Sigfrid (1877–1933)
• Klemperer, Otto (1885–1973)
• Kochan, Hans Günther (–)
• Kolp, Pierre (1969–)
• Konietzny, Heinrich (1910–1983)
• Korte, Oswald (–)
• Kröll, Georg (1934–)
• Lachenmann, Helmut (1935–)
• Linde, Hans-Martin (1930–)
• Loeffler, Charles Martin (1861–1935)
• Maciejewski, Roman (1910–1998)
• Marx, Karl (1897–1985)
• Maute, Matthias (1963–)
• Meijering, Cord (1955–)
• Mengelberg, Rudolf (1892–1959)
• Mundry, Isabel (1963–)
• Nin Culmell, Joaquín (1908–2004)
• Orff, Carl (1895–1982)
• Pepping, Ernst (1901–1981)
• Pintscher, Matthias (1971–)
• Poos, Heinrich (1928–)
• Raphael, Günter (1903–1960)
• Reda, Siegfried (1916–1968)
• Reimann, Aribert (1936–)
• Reizenstein, Franz (1911–1968)
• Reutter, Hermann (1900–1985)
• Riehm, Rolf (1937–)
• Rihm, Wolfgang (1952–)
• Rummel, Walter (1887–1953)
• Samuel, Gerhard (1924–2008)
• Schenker, Friedrich (1942–)
• Scherber, Martin (1907–1974)
• Scherchen, Hermann (1891–1966)
• Schröder (1), Hermann (1904–1984)
• Schultz, Wolfgang-Andreas (1948–)
• Schwake, Gregor (1892–1967)
• Seidl, Hermann (1958–)
• Stephan, Rudi (1887–1915)
• Stockhausen, Karlheinz (1928–2007)
• Üner, Kubilay (1965–)
• Unger, Hermann (1886–1958)
• von Bose, Hans-Jürgen (1953–)
• Wagner, Siegfried (1869–1930)
• Wagner, Werner (1927–2002)
• Weber, Reinhold (1927–)
• Weill, Kurt (1900–1950)
• Weyrauch, Johannes (1897–1977)
• Wieruszowski, Lili (1899–1970)
• Wolf, Hanns (1894–1968)
• Wollmann, Thorsten (1966–)
• Wolpe, Stefan (1902–1972)
• Zender, Hans (1936–)
• Zimmermann, Bernd Alois (1918–1970)
• Zimmermann, Udo (1943–)

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.

David Popper: Im Walde
(for Violoncello and Piano) Composed by David Popper (1843-1913), edited by Martin Rummel. Score; Single Part for cello and piano. First modern edition of the complete suite; Two cello parts, one with Popper’s fingering and bowing and one modified for the modern cello; With helpful performance tips by the editor. Published by Baerenreiter-Ausgaben (German import).

Anleitung zur Singkunst
Reprint der Ausgabe Berlin 1757 mit neu gesetzten, modern geschl!sselten Notenbeispielen. By Agricola, Johann Friedrich. Edited by Seedorf, Thomas. (paperbound). Published by Baerenreiter-Verlag (German import).

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.

Versuch !ber die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen
Erster und zweiter Teil. Reprint der 1. Auflage Berlin 1753 und 1762. Mit modern geschl!sselten Notenbeispielen und einem ausf!hrlichen Register. By Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Edited by Horn, Wolfgang. (paperbound). Published by Baerenreiter-Verlag (German import).