Russia/Soviet Union
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) (Gagné 2012, 178)
- Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915) (Gagné 2012, 178)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
- Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) (Ashby 2004a, 3; Ashby 2004b, 351)
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