Approaching a Canon
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Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Anton Friedrich Wilhelm von Webern
Nationality: Austrian
Born: December 3, 1883, Vienna Died: September 15, 1945, Mittersill (age 61)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Joseph Maurice Ravel
Nationality: French
Born: March 7, 1875, Ciboure, Basses-Pyrénées Died: December 28, 1937, Paris (age 62)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky [Strawinsky]
Nationality: Russian
Born: June 17, 1882, Oranienbaum Died: April 6, 1971, New York (age 88)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Nationality: American
Born: October 20, 1874, Danbury, CT Died: May 19, 1954, New York, NY (age 79)
Johann Hummel (1778-1837)
Johann [Jan] Nepomuk Hummel
Nationality: Austrian
Born: November 14, 1778, Pressburg (now Bratislava) Died: October 17, 1837, Weimar (age 58)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Carl August Nielsen
Nationality: Danish
Born: June 9, 1865, Sortelung, Funen Died: October 3, 1931, Copenhagen (age 66)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Pyotr [Peter] Ilyich [Il'yich] Tchaikovsky
Nationality: Russian
Born: May 7, 1840, Kamsko-Votkinsk Died: November 6, 1893, St. Petersburg (age 53)
Elliott Carter (1908-2012)
Elliott Cook Carter Jr.
Nationality: American
Born: December 11, 1908, New York Died: November 5, 2012, New York (age 103)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Nationality: French
Born: August 22, 1862, St. Germain-en-Laye Died: March 25, 1918, Paris (age 55)
Leoš Janáček (1854-1928)
Nationality: Czech
Born: July 3, 1854, Hukvaldy, Moravia Died: August 12, 1928, Moravská Ostrava (age 74)
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
Alexander [Aleksandr] Konstantinovich Glazunov
Nationality: Russian | Soviet
Born: August 10, 1865, St. Petersburg Died: March 21, 1936, Paris (age 70)
George Enescu (1881-1955)
George [Georges] Enescu [Enesco]
Nationality: Romanian
Born: August 19, 1881, Liveni Vîrnav, Romania Died: May 3, 1955, Paris, France (age 73)
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
Nationality: Swiss | American
Born: July 24, 1880, Geneva Died: July 15, 1959, Portland, OR (age 79)
César Franck (1822-1890)
César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck
Nationality: French | Belgian
Born: December 10, 1822, Liège Died: November 8, 1890, Paris (age 67)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Nationality: French
Born: January 7, 1899, Paris Died: January 30, 1963, Paris (age 64)
Franz Danzi (1763-1826)
Franz Ignaz Danzi
Nationality: German
Baptized: June 15, 1763, Schwetzingen Died: April 13, 1826, Karlsruhe (age 62)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Edvard Hagerup Grieg
Nationality: Norwegian
Born: January 15, 1843, Bergen Died: September 4, 1907, Bergen (age 64)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Nationality: Finnish
Born: December 8, 1865, Hämeenlinna Died: September 20, 1957, Järvenpää (age 91)
Ernő Dohnányi (1877-1960)
Ernő [Ernst] [von] Dohnányi
Nationality: Hungarian
Born: July 27, 1877, Pozsony (now Bratislava) Died: February 9, 1960, New York (age 82)
Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Nationality: Hungarian
Born: December 16, 1882, Kecskemét Died: March 6, 1967, Budapest (age 84)