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- George Antheil (1900–1959)
- Milton Babbitt (1916–2011) (Ashby 2004a, 8; Bauer 2004, 121)
- John J. Becker (1886–1961)
- John Cage (1912–1992) (Bernstein 2002, passim; Williams 2002, 241) (Also described as a postmodern composer)
- Aaron Copland (1900–1990) (Gagné 2012, 178)
- Henry Cowell (1897–1965)
- Ruth Crawford-Seeger (1901–1953) (Ashby 2004a, 3)
- George Crumb (born 1929) (Petersen 2010, 311, 313)
- Vernon Duke (1903–1969) (Holden 2010, 296)
- Philip Glass (born 1937) (Schwarz 1990, 247) (Also described as a postmodern composer)
- Lou Harrison (1917–2003)
- Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975) (Ashby 2004a, 8)
- Charles Ives (1874–1954) (Also described as a postmodern composer)
- Leon Kirchner (1919–2009)
- Donald Martino (1931–2005) (Ashby 2004a, 3)
- Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997)
- Ezra Pound (1885–1972) (Gagné 2012, 211)
- Lou Reed (born 1942) (Ashby 2004a, 8)
- Steve Reich (born 1936) (Schwarz 1990, 247, 271 ) (Also described as a postmodern composer)
- Wallingford Riegger (1885–1961)
- Dane Rudhyar (1895–1985) (Gagné 2012, 178)
- Carl Ruggles (1876–1971)
- Charles Seeger (1886–1979)
- Roger Sessions (1896–1985)
- Virgil Thomson (1896–1989)
- Edgard Varèse (1883–1965)
- Brian Wilson (born 1942) (Ashby 2004a, 8)
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