Composer |
Born |
Died |
Nationality |
Notable works for piano |
Remarks |
Agnew, RoyRoy Agnew |
1891 |
1944 |
Australian |
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Akimenko, TheodoreTheodore Akimenko (ru) |
1876 |
1945 |
Russian, Ukrainian |
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Arnold, MalcolmMalcolm Arnold |
1921 |
2006 |
English |
- Sonata for Piano (1942)
- Variations on a Ukrainian Folk Song, Op. 9
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Andriessen, WillemWillem Andriessen |
1887 |
1964 |
Dutch |
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Bartók, BélaBéla Bartók |
1881 |
1945 |
Hungarian |
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Folksong-influenced, Centric, Modal, Polymodal/Polytonal |
Bax, ArnoldArnold Bax |
1883 |
1953 |
English |
- Piano Sonata No. 1 (1910, 1917–1920)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 (1919)
- Piano Sonata in E-flat (1921)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 (1926)
- Piano Sonata No. 4 (1932)
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Romantic, Impressionist |
Bowen, YorkYork Bowen |
1884 |
1961 |
English |
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Romantic |
Bridge, FrankFrank Bridge |
1879 |
1941 |
English |
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Late-Romantic, hints of Second Viennese School |
Busoni, FerruccioFerruccio Busoni |
1866 |
1924 |
Italian |
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Mature works of indeterminate key; Late in career, neoclassical |
Casella, AlfredoAlfredo Casella |
1883 |
1947 |
Italian |
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Chaminade, CécileCécile Chaminade |
1857 |
1944 |
French |
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Čiurlionis, Mikalojus KonstantinasMikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis |
1875 |
1911 |
Lithuanian |
- Piano Sonata in F major
- Nocturne in C-sharp minor
- Nocturne in F minor
- Impromptu in F-sharp minor
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Debussy, ClaudeClaude Debussy |
1862 |
1918 |
French |
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Impressionist |
Ellington, DukeDuke Ellington |
1899 |
1974 |
American |
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Jazz |
Feinberg, SamuilSamuil Feinberg |
1890 |
1962 |
Russian |
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Gabrilowitsch, OssipOssip Gabrilowitsch |
1878 |
1936 |
Russian, American |
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Gershwin, GeorgeGeorge Gershwin |
1898 |
1937 |
American |
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Jazz-influenced |
Ginastera, AlbertoAlberto Ginastera |
1916 |
1983 |
Argentine |
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Earlier works often integrate Argentine folk themes; later works increasingly abstracted |
Glazunov, AlexanderAlexander Glazunov |
1865 |
1936 |
Russian |
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Romantic |
Godowsky, LeopoldLeopold Godowsky |
1870 |
1938 |
Polish, American |
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Grainger, PercyPercy Grainger |
1882 |
1961 |
Australian, English, American |
|
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Granados, EnriqueEnrique Granados |
1867 |
1916 |
Spanish |
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Distinctly Spanish |
Joplin, ScottScott Joplin |
1867 |
1917 |
American |
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Ragtime |
Kabalevsky, DmitriDmitri Kabalevsky |
1904 |
1987 |
Russian, Soviet |
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Khachaturian, AramAram Khachaturian |
1903 |
1978 |
Soviet, Armenian |
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Kosenko, ViktorViktor Kosenko |
1896 |
1938 |
Ukrainian |
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Lamb, JosephJoseph Lamb |
1887 |
1960 |
American |
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Ragtime |
Lambert, ConstantConstant Lambert |
1905 |
1951 |
English |
- Piano Sonata (1928–1929)
- Suite in 3 Movements (1925)
- Elegiac Blues (1927)
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Lecuona, ErnestoErnesto Lecuona |
1895 |
1963 |
Cuban |
|
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Medtner, NikolaiNikolai Medtner |
1880 |
1951 |
Russian |
|
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Melartin, ErkkiErkki Melartin |
1875 |
1937 |
Finnish |
|
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Messiaen, OlivierOlivier Messiaen |
1906 |
1992 |
French |
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Mompou, FedericoFederico Mompou |
1893 |
1987 |
Catalan, Spanish |
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Monk, TheloniousThelonious Monk |
1917 |
1982 |
American |
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Jazz |
Myaskovsky, NikolaiNikolai Myaskovsky |
1881 |
1950 |
Russian, Soviet |
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Nazareth, ErnestoErnesto Nazareth |
1863 |
1934 |
Brazilian |
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Eclectic influences; primarily dance music (tangos, waltzes, polkas, etc.), influenced by African and Argentine styles |
Niemann, WalterWalter Niemann |
1876 |
1953 |
German |
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Impressionist and exotic influences |
Paderewski, Ignacy JanIgnacy Jan Paderewski |
1860 |
1941 |
Polish |
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Palm, JacoboJacobo Palm |
1887 |
1982 |
Curaçao-born |
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Palm, JohnJohn Palm |
1885 |
1925 |
Curaçao-born |
|
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Palm, RudolphRudolph Palm |
1880 |
1950 |
Curaçao-born |
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Palmgren, SelimSelim Palmgren |
1878 |
1951 |
Finnish |
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Philipp, IsidorIsidor Philipp |
1863 |
1958 |
French, Hungarian |
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Poulenc, FrancisFrancis Poulenc |
1899 |
1963 |
French |
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Prokofiev, SergeiSergei Prokofiev |
1891 |
1953 |
Russian |
|
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Rachmaninoff, SergeiSergei Rachmaninoff |
1873 |
1943 |
Russian |
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Romantic |
Ravel, MauriceMaurice Ravel |
1875 |
1937 |
French |
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Impressionist; sometimes jazz-influenced |
Rebikov, VladimirVladimir Rebikov |
1866 |
1920 |
Russian |
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Impressionist, Romantic |
Rhené-Baton, EmmanuelEmmanuel Rhené-Baton |
1879 |
1940 |
French |
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Roger-Ducasse, JeanJean Roger-Ducasse |
1873 |
1954 |
French |
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Satie, ErikErik Satie |
1866 |
1925 |
French |
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Impressionist; Minimalist (precursor) |
Saygun, Ahmed AdnanAhmed Adnan Saygun |
1907 |
1991 |
Turkish |
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Neoclassical, traditional Turkish folksong influence |
Schmitt, FlorentFlorent Schmitt |
1870 |
1958 |
French |
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Impressionist, Late-Romantic |
Schoenberg, ArnoldArnold Schoenberg |
1874 |
1951 |
Austrian, American |
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Serial (mature/late career), Late-Romantic (early career) |
Scott, JamesJames Scott |
1885 |
1938 |
American, African-American |
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Ragtime |
Scriabin, AlexanderAlexander Scriabin |
1872 |
1915 |
Russian |
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Late-Romantic (early); Atonal, Mystical (mature) |
Shostakovich, DmitriDmitri Shostakovich |
1906 |
1975 |
Russian, Soviet |
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Post-Romantic; neoclassical; elements of grotesque |
Sibelius, JeanJean Sibelius |
1865 |
1957 |
Finnish |
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Late-Romantic; post-Romantic |
Sorabji, Kaikhosru ShapurjiKaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji |
1892 |
1988 |
English |
- Opus clavicembalisticum
- Études transcendantes (100)
- Sequentia cyclica super "Dies irae" ex Missa pro defunctis
- Piano Symphony No. 2
- "Gulistān"—Nocturne for Piano
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Neoclassical, neoromantic, postimpressionistic |
Stanchinsky, AlexeiAlexei Stanchinsky |
1888 |
1914 |
Russian |
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Post-Romantic, modal |
Stenhammar, WilhelmWilhelm Stenhammar |
1871 |
1927 |
Swedish |
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Strauss, RichardRichard Strauss |
1864 |
1949 |
German |
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Stravinsky, IgorIgor Stravinsky |
1882 |
1971 |
Russian, French, American |
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Post-Romantic (early); Neoclassical (middle); Serial (late career) |
Stravinsky, SoulimaSoulima Stravinsky |
1910 |
1994 |
Swiss, American |
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Takemitsu, TōruTōru Takemitsu |
1930 |
1996 |
Japanese |
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Eclectic, with influences ranging from jazz, popular music, avant-garde procedures, and traditional Japanese music; strongly influenced by Debussy and Messiaen |
Turina, JoaquinJoaquin Turina |
1882 |
1949 |
Spanish |
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Ustvolskaya, GalinaGalina Ustvolskaya |
1919 |
2006 |
Russian |
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Eclectic |
Villa-Lobos, HeitorHeitor Villa-Lobos |
1887 |
1959 |
Brazilian |
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Villoldo, AngelÁngel Villoldo |
1861 |
1919 |
Argentine |
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Tango |
Vladigerov, PanchoPancho Vladigerov |
1899 |
1978 |
Bulgarian |
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