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Composers who lived and worked in the early 20th century, and whose music had an influence on music of the 20th century.

Impressionism

Composers who compose in an impressionistic style, a musical style that has been compared to "the dissolving of the surface in Impressionist painting through the use of numerous individual brush strokes." (Twentieth Century Music, by Robert P. Morgan)

Les Six

Les Six were a group of French composers. They had met at the Paris Conservatoire and became close friends. They were: Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Darius Milhaud (1892-1974), Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), Georges Auric (1899-1983), Germaine Tailleferre(1892-1983) and Louis Durey (1888-1979). They originally gave concerts together under the name "Les Nouveaux Jeunes" (The New Young People), but later changed their name to Les Six.

Resources

Information about composers and music of the early 20th century.

Second Viennese School

List of members of the School and information about them as a group. Please do not submit individual composer sites to this category.
Movement started by Arnold Schönberg and continued by his students Alban Berg and Anton Webern.

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