Percussionists. Modern composers. Italian composers. Conductors.

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Composers who also play percussion instruments and as such performed their own or other composer's compositions.


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 Italy, or gained the Italian nationality.


A listing of composers that have also been conductors as part of their professional career.


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(1825) Gioachino [Gioacchino] Rossini: Premiere of Il Viaggio a Reims, in Paris, France.
(1899) Edward Elgar: Premiere of the Enigma Variations op. 36, in London, England.
(1926) George Antheil: Premiere of Ballet Mécanique, in Paris, France.
(1926) Karol Szymanowski: Premiere of King Roger, in Warsaw, Poland.
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