List of Piano Composers - 20th Century

20th Century

Composer Birth year Death year Nationality Style(s) Notable piano pieces
Agnew, Roy 1891 1944 Australian
Akimenko, Theodore (ru) 1876 1945 Russian, Ukrainian IMSLP
Andriessen, Willem 1887 1964 Dutch
Bartók, Béla 1881 1945 Hungarian Folksong-influenced, Centric, Modal, Polymodal/Polytonal
  • Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105
  • Out of Doors, Sz. 81, BB 89
  • Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56, BB 68
  • Allegro barbaro, Sz. 49, BB 63
Bax, Arnold 1883 1953 English Romantic, Impressionist IMSLP
Bowen, York 1884 1961 English Romantic
Bridge, Frank 1879 1941 English late-Romantic, hints of Second Viennese School
Busoni, Ferruccio 1866 1924 Italian Mature works of indeterminate key; Late in career, neo-classical
  • Fantasia contrappuntistica
Casella, Alfredo 1883 1947 Italian
Chaminade, Cécile 1857 1944 French
Debussy, Claude 1862 1918 French Impressionist
  • Études, L 136
  • Préludes (L 117 and L 123)
  • Suite bergamasque, L 75
  • Deux arabesques, L 66
Gershwin, George 1898 1937 American Jazz
  • Three Preludes
  • George Gershwin's Songbook
Ginastera, Alberto 1916 1983 Argentine Earlier works often integrate Argentine folk themes; later works increasingly abstracted
Glazunov, Alexander 1865 1936 Russian Romantic
Grainger, Percy 1882 1961 Australian, English, American
Granados, Enrique 1867 1916 Spanish Distinctly Spanish
Joplin, Scott 1867 1917 American Ragtime
Kabalevsky, Dmitri 1904 1987 Russian, Soviet
Khachaturian, Aram 1903 1978 Soviet, Armenian
Lamb, Joseph 1887 1960 American Ragtime
Lecuona, Ernesto 1895 1963 Cuban
Medtner, Nikolai 1880 1951 Russian
Melartin, Erkki 1875 1937 Finnish
Mompou, Federico 1893 1987 Catalan, Spanish
Myaskovsky, Nikolai 1881 1950 Russian, Soviet
Nazareth, Ernesto 1863 1934 Brazilian Eclectic influences; primarily dance music (tangos, waltzes, polkas, etc.), influenced by African and Argentine styles
Niemann, Walter 1876 1953 German Impressionist and exotic influences
Paderewski, Ignacy Jan 1860 1941 Polish
Palm, Jacobo 1887 1982 Curaçao-born
Palm, John 1885 1925 Curaçao-born
Palm, Rudolph 1880 1950 Curaçao-born
Palmgren, Selim 1878 1951 Finnish
Philipp, Isidor 1863 1858 French, Hungarian
Poulenc, Francis 1899 1963 French
Prokofiev, Sergei 1891 1953 Russian
  • The War Sonatas
    • Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
    • Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major, Op. 83
    • Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84
  • Visions fugitives, Op. 22
  • Toccata in D minor, Op. 11
Rachmaninov, Sergei 1873 1943 Russian Romantic
Ravel, Maurice 1875 1937 French Impressionist; Sometimes jazz-influenced
  • Gaspard de la nuit
  • Le tombeau de Couperin
  • Jeux d'eau
Rebikov, Vladimir 1866 1920 Russian Impressionist, Romantic
Rhené-Baton, Emmanuel 1879 1940 French
Roger-Ducasse, Jean 1873 1954 French
Satie, Erik 1866 1925 French Impressionist; Minimalist (precursor)
Saygun, Ahmed Adnan 1907 1991 Turkish Neoclassical, traditional Turkish folksong influence
Schmitt, Florent 1870 1958 French Impressionist, Late-Romantic
Schoenberg, Arnold 1874 1951 Austrian, American Serial (mature/late career), Late-Romantic (early career)
  • Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 11
  • Fünf Klavierstücke, Op. 23
  • Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19
  • Suite für Klavier, Op. 25
Scott, James 1885 1938 American, African-American Ragtime
Scriabin, Alexander 1872 1915 Russian Late-Romantic (early); Atonal, Mystical (mature)
  • 10 piano sonatas
Shostakovich, Dmitri 1906 1975 Russian, Soviet post-Romantic; neo-classical; elements of grotesque
  • 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87;
  • 2 sonatas, Opp. 12 and 61;
  • 24 Preludes, Op. 34
Sibelius, Jean 1865 1957 Finnish late-Romantic; post-Romantic
  • Sonata in F major, Op. 12
  • Three Sonatinas, Op. 67
Sorabji, Kaikhosru Shapurji 1892 1988 English Neoclassical, neoromantic, postimpressionistic
  • Opus clavicembalisticum
  • Études transcendantes (100)
  • Sequentia cyclica super "Dies irae" ex Missa pro defunctis
  • Piano Symphony No. 2
  • "Gulistān"—Nocturne for Piano
Stanchinsky, Aleskei 1888 1914 Russian post-Romantic, modal
Strauss, Richard 1864 1949 German
Stravinsky, Igor 1882 1971 Russian, French, American Post-Romantic (early); Neoclassical (middle); Serial (late)
  • Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor
  • Quatre études, Op. 7
  • Piano-Rag-Music
  • Trois mouvements de Petrouchka
Stravinsky, Soulima 1910 1994 Swiss, American
Takemitsu, Tōru 1930 1996 Japanese Eclectic, with influences ranging from jazz, popular music, avant-garde procedures, and traditional Japanese music; strongly influenced by Debussy and Messiaen
Turina, Joaquín 1882 1949 Spanish
Ustvolskaya, Galina 1919 2006 Russian Eclectic
Villa-Lobos, Heitor 1887 1959 Brazilian
Villoldo, Ángel Gregorio 1861 1919 Argentine Tango

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