1.
Igor Stravinsky
52 points - added 3 years ago by zblsmith -
2.
Sergei Rachmaninov
43 points - added 3 years ago by zblsmith -
3.
Dmitri Shostakovich
35 points - added 3 years ago by zblsmith -
4.
Sergei Prokofiev
21 points - added 3 years ago by zblsmith -
5.
Bela Bartok
16 points - added 3 years ago by zblsmith -
6.
George Gershwin
11 points - added 11 months ago by guest -
7.
György Ligeti
Widely considered to be the best post-war composer. Innovative AND traditional.
10 points - added 5 months ago by guest -
8.
Debussy
Big influence on Ravel and other impressionists and expressionists. Big influence on movie music.
10 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
9.
Olivier Messiaen
9 points - added 11 months ago by guest -
10.
Arnold Schoenberg
9 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
11.
Charles Ives
8 points - added 11 months ago by guest -
12.
Gérard Grisey
7 points - added 5 months ago by guest -
13.
Morton Feldman
7 points - added 5 months ago by guest -
14.
Iannis Xenakis
7 points - added 5 months ago by guest -
15.
Sofia Gubaidulina
7 points - added 5 months ago by guest -
16.
Henri Dutilleux
7 points - added 5 months ago by guest -
17.
Witold Lutosławski
7 points - added 5 months ago by guest -
18.
George Crumb
5 points - added 5 months ago by guest -
19.
Aaron Copland
1 point - added 3 years ago by zblsmith -
20.
Hans Zimmer
0 points - added 4 months ago by guest -
21.
Ennio Morricone
0 points - added 4 months ago by guest -
22.
John Williams
Movie scores
0 points - added 4 months ago by guest -
23.
Alban Berg
0 points - added 5 months ago by guest -
24.
Edgard Varèse
0 points - added 5 months ago by guest -
25.
Alfred Schnittke
0 points - added 5 months ago by guest -
26.
Leoš Janáček
0 points - added 5 months ago by guest -
27.
Benjamin Britten
-1 point - added 3 years ago by zblsmith -
28.
Maurice Ravel
-1 point - added 3 years ago by zblsmith -
29.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
-1 point - added 3 years ago by zblsmith -
30.
Arvo Pärt
-2 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
31.
Danny Elfman
-2 points - added 2 years ago by guest -
32.
Paul Hindemith
-2 points - added 3 years ago by zblsmith -
33.
Erik Satie
-3 points - added 11 months ago by guest -
34.
Pierre Boulez
-5 points - added 1 year ago by guest -
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