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Born January 25, 1913 • Warsaw • Poland
Died February 7, 1994 (aged 81) • Warsaw • Poland
Awards And Honors Grammy Award (1986)
Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki
Polish composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez
French composer and conductor
Schuller, Gunther
Gunther Schuller
American composer
Luciano Berio
Luciano Berio
Italian composer
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg
American composer
Anton von Webern, 1940.
Anton Webern
Austrian composer
Alban Berg
Austrian composer
John Cage
John Cage
American composer
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett
British composer
Sessions
Roger Sessions
American composer
Foss, 1969
Lukas Foss
American composer
Goffredo Petrassi
Italian musician
Wallingford Riegger
American composer
Frank Martin
Swiss composer
John Adams
John Adams
American composer and conductor
Marvin Hamlisch.
Marvin Hamlisch
American composer, pianist, and conductor
Osvaldo Golijov
Osvaldo Golijov
Argentine composer
Elliott Carter
American composer