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Lists of composers by philosophical stance: Postmodernist composers

Canada

• John Oswald (born 1953)

Estonia

• Arvo Pärt (born 1935)

Finland

• Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023)

France

• Pierre Boulez (1925–2016)
• René Leibowitz (1913–1972)
• Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)

Germany

• Hans-Jürgen von Bose (born 1953)
• Hans-Christian von Dadelsen (born 1948)
• Heiner Goebbels (born 1952)
• Wilhelm Killmayer (1927–2017)
• Detlev Müller-Siemens (born 1957)
• Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)

Greece

• Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)

Hungary

• György Ligeti (1923–2006)

Italy

• Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
• Aldo Clementi (1925–2011)
• Luigi Nono (1924–1990)

Norway

• Marcus Paus (born 1979)

Poland

• Henryk Górecki (1933–2010)
• Zygmunt Krauze (born 1938)

United Kingdom

• Thomas Adès (born 1971)
• Harrison Birtwistle (1934–2022)
• Cornelius Cardew (1936–1981)
• Brian Eno (born 1948)
• Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
• John Tavener (1944–2013)

United States

• John Adams (born 1947)
• Robert Ashley (1930–2014)
• William Bolcom (born 1938)
• Henry Brant (1913–2008)
• Earle Brown (1926–2002)
• John Cage (1912–1992)
• John Corigliano (born 1938)
• Morton Feldman (1926–1987)
• Philip Glass (born 1937)

See also

• Modernism
• Postmodernism

Sources

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