CAC Composers by Birth Year

Here are the 321 composers whose work was performed at the August 17, 2012 through September 13, 2024 event programs. Composers are sorted by year of birth. For each composer, pieces are listed in catalogue number order if there is a widely used catalogue (e.g., Köchel for Mozart, BWV for J. S. Bach, Deutsch for Schubert, Hoboken for Joseph Haydn) or else in opus number order (e.g., Beethoven, Brahms).

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Recordings of 33 CAC performances are on the web and are denoted by “🎥”.

• Landini, Francesco (c. 1325–1397)
• Corelli, Arcangelo (1653–1713)
• Purcell, Henry (1659–1695)
• Watts, Isaac (1674–1748)
• Vivaldi, Antonio (1678–1741)
• Bach, J. S. (1685–1750)
• Handel, George Frideric (1685–1759)
• Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714–1788)
• Haydn, Joseph (1732–1809)
• Smith, John Stafford (1750–1836)
• Mozart, W. A. (1756–1791) 🎥
• Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770–1827) 🎥
• Crusell, Bernhard Henrik (1775–1838)
• Hoffmann, E. T. A. (1776–1822)
• Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778–1837)
• Paganini, Niccolò (1782–1840) 🎥
• Weber, Carl Maria von (1786–1826)
• Gruber, Franz Xaver (1787–1863)
• Maurer, Ludwig Wilhelm (1789–1878) 🎥
• Rossini, Gioachino (1792–1868)
• Kummer, Friedrich August (1797–1879)
• Schubert, Franz (1797–1828)
• Bellini, Vincenzo (1801–1835)
• Adam, Adolphe (1803–1856)
• Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804–1857)
• Mendelssohn, Felix (1809–1847)
• Chopin, Frédéric (1810–1849)
• Schumann, Robert (1810–1856)
• Verdi, Giuseppe (1813–1901)
• Wagner, Richard (1813–1883)
• Gade, Niels (1817–1890) 🎥
• Schumann, Clara (1819–1896)
• Bottesini, Giovanni (1821–1889)
• Doppler, Franz (1821–1883)
• Smetana, Bedřich (1824–1884)
• Borodin, Aleksandr (1833–1887)
• Brahms, Johannes (1833–1897) 🎥
• Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835–1921)
• Lalliet, Théodore (1837–1892)
• Bizet, Georges (1838–1875)
• Bruch, Max (1838–1920)
• Tchaikovsky, Pyotr (1840–1893) 🎥
• Dvořák, Antonín (1841–1904)
• Massenet, Jules (1842–1912)
• Grieg, Edvard (1843–1907)
• Sarasate, Pablo de (1844–1908)
• Fauré, Gabriel (1845–1924)
• Weatherly, Frederic (1848–1929) 🎥
• Janáček, Leoš (1854–1928)
• Moszkowski, Moritz (1854–1925)
• Sousa, John Philip (1854–1932)
• Elgar, Edward (1857–1934)
• Puccini, Giacomo (1858–1924)
• Smyth, Ethel (1858–1944)
• Herbert, Victor (1859–1924)
• Klengel, Julius (1859–1933)
• Mahler, Gustav (1860–1911)
• Arensky, Anton (1861–1906) 🎥
• Villoldo, Ángel (1861–1919)
• Debussy, Claude (1862–1918) 🎥
• Halvorsen, Johan (1864–1935)
• Macpherson, Christina (1864–1936)
• Strauss, Richard (1864–1949)
• Glazunov, Alexander (1865–1936) 🎥
• Sibelius, Jean (1865–1957)
• Zemlinsky, Alexander von (1871–1942)
• Alfvén, Hugo (1872–1960)
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872–1958)
• Jongen, Joseph (1873–1953)
• Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873–1943)
• Hahn, Reynaldo (1874–1947)
• Holst, Gustav (1874–1934)
• Schoenberg, Arnold (1874–1951) 🎥
• Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875–1912)
• Glière, Reinhold (1875–1956)
• Piazzolla, Fritz Kreisler/Astor (1875–1962)
• Ravel, Maurice (1875–1937)
• Dohnányi, Ernst von (1877–1960)
• Leontovych, Mykola (1877–1921)
• Bridge, Frank (1879–1941) 🎥
• Respighi, Ottorino (1879–1936)
• Cahuzac, Louis (1880–1960)
• Rose, Vincent (1880–1944)
• Bartók, Béla (1881–1945)
• Enescu, George (1881–1955)
• Kelly, Frederick Septimus (1881–1916) 🎥
• Weigl, Karl (1881–1949)
• Ponce, Manuel (1882–1948)
• Stravinsky, Igor (1882–1971)
• Szymanowski, Karol (1882–1937)
• Turina, Joaquín (1882–1949)
• Bax, Arnold (1883–1953)
• Monaco, James V. (1885–1945)
• Satie, Erik (1886–1925)
• Atterberg, Kurt (1887–1974)
• Price, Florence (1887–1953)
• Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887–1959)
• Berlin, Irving (1888–1989)
• Greco, Vicente (1888–1924)
• David, Lee (1891–1978)
• Porter, Cole (1891–1964)
• Prokofiev, Sergei (1891–1953) 🎥
• Milhaud, Darius (1892–1974)
• Warren, Harry (1893–1981)
• Robinson, Willard (1894–1968)
• Schulhoff, Erwin (1894–1942)
• Warlock, Peter (1894–1930)
• Delfino, Enrique (1895–1967)
• Brown, Nacio Herb (1896–1964)
• Hanson, Howard (1896–1981)
• Korngold, Erich Wolfgang (1897–1957)
• Rodriguez, Matos (1897–1948)
• Gershwin, George (1898–1937) 🎥
• Ballard, Pat (1899–1960)
• Carmichael, Hoagy (1899–1981)
• Ellington, Duke (1899–1974)
• Poulenc, Francis (1899–1963)
• Copland, Aaron (1900–1990)
• Manone, Wingy (1900–1982)
• Smit, Leo (1900–1943)
• Churchill, Frank (1901–1942)
• Alter, Louis (1902–1980)
• Rodgers, Richard (1902–1979)
• Barroso, Ary (1903–1964)
• Kabalevski, Dimitri (1904–1987)
• Bozza, Eugène (1905–1991)
• Kosma, Joseph (1905–1969)
• Styne, Jule (1905–1994)
• Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906–1975)
• Dean, Eddie (1907–1999)
• Siqueira, José (1907–1985)
• Grappelli, Stéphane (1908–1997)
• Green, John Waldo (1908–1989)
• Green, Johnny (1908–1989)
• Messiaen, Olivier (1908–1992)
• Bacewicz, Grażyna (1909–1969)
• Marroquín, José Sabre (1909–1995)
• Barber, Samuel (1910–1981)
• Golubev, Evgeny (1910–1988) 🎥
• Esperón, Manuel (1911–2011)
• Suessdorf, Karl (1911–1982)
• David, Mack, et al. (1912–1993)
• Françaix, Jean (1912–1997)
• Lane/trad., Burton (1912–1997)
• Montsalvatge, Xavier (1912–2002)
• Morales, Noro (1912–1964)
• Britten, Benjamin (1913–1976)
• Bruns, George (1914–1983)
• King, Pee Wee (1914–2000)
• Drake, Molly (1915–1993)
• Shulman, Alan (1915–2002)
• Strayhorn, Billy (1915–1967)
• Viseur, Gus (1915–1974)
• Ginastera, Alberto (1916–1983) 🎥
• Betti, Henri (1917–2005) 🎥
• Gillespie, Dizzy (1917–1993)
• Monk, Thelonius (1917–1982)
• Bernstein, Leonard (1918–1990)
• Mores, Mariano (1918–2016)
• Hagen, Earle (1919–2008)
• Cory, George (1920–1978)
• Piazzolla, Astor (1921–1992)
• Brito, Ernesto Duarte (1922–1988)
• Walker, George (1922–2018)
• Ligeti, György (1923–2006)
• Converse, Connie (1924–1974)
• Dorham, Kenny (1924–1972)
• Mancini, Henry (1924–1994)
• Akutagawa, Yasushi (1925–1989)
• Peterson, Oscar (1925–2007)
• Castérède, Jacques (1926–2014)
• Floyd, Carlisle (1926–2021)
• Fuentes, Rubén (1926–2022)
• Thornton, Big Mama (1926–1984)
• Umiliani, Piero (1926–2001)
• Jobim, Antônio Carlos (1927–1994)
• Foster, Frank (1928–2011)
• Plaza, Julián (1928–2003)
• Brel, Jacques (1929–1978)
• Crumb, George (1929–2022)
• Previn, André (1929–2019)
• Bolling, Claude (1930–2020)
• Charles, Ray (1930–2004)
• Sondheim, Stephen (1930–2021)
• Gubaidulina, Sofia (b. 1931)
• Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor (1932–2004)
• Williams, John (b. 1932) 🎥
• Cohen, Leonard (1934–2016)
• Milton, Little (1934–2005)
• Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935)
• Riley, Terry (b. 1935)
• Schickele, Peter (1935–2024)
• Orbison, Roy (1936–1988)
• Reich, Steve (b. 1936) 🎥
• Dale, Dick (1937–2019)
• Bolcom, William (b. 1938)
• Corigliano, John (b. 1938)
• Harbison, John (b. 1938)
• Collins, Judy (b. 1939)
• Corea, Chick (1941–2021)
• Gaudio, Bob (b. 1942) 🎥
• McCartney, Paul (b. 1942)
• Mitchell, Joni (b. 1943)
• Hamlisch, Marvin (1944–2012) 🎥
• Rutter, John (b. 1945)
• Mercury, Freddie (1946–1991)
• Webb, Jimmy (b. 1946)
• Adams, John (b. 1947)
• John, Elton (b. 1947)
• Schoenfield, Paul (1947–2024)
• Drake, Nick (1948–1974)
• Bacon, Michael (b. 1949)
• Márquez, Arturo (b. 1950)
• Vinitsky, Alexander (b. 1950)
• Wonder, Stevie (b. 1950)
• Rich, Richard (b. 1951)
• ter Veldhuis, Jacob (b. 1951)
• Friesen, Eugene (b. 1952)
• Yoshimatsu, Takashi (b. 1953)
• Ewazen, Eric (b. 1954)
• Roberts, Christopher (b. 1956)
• Bacon, Kevin (b. 1958)
• Fleck, Béla (b. 1958)
• Summer, Mark (b. 1958)
• Uebayashi, Yuko (b. 1958)
• Sade (b. 1959)
• Golijov, Osvaldo (b. 1960)
• Kondo, Koji (b. 1961)
• Vignieri, Thomas (b. 1961)
• Schwendinger, Laura (b. 1962)
• Sollima, Giovanni (b. 1962)
• Girard, François, director (b. 1963)
• Clarke, Ian (b. 1964)
• Washington, Charles G. (b. 1965)
• Jenkins, Dan (b. 1966)
• Mellits, Marc (b. 1966)
• Hakase, Taro (b. 1968)
• Hetzler, Mark (b. 1968)
• Hu, Ching-chu (b. 1969)
• Stephenson, James M., III (b. 1969)
• Coleman, Valerie (b. 1970)
• Roumain, Daniel Bernard (b. 1970)
• Puts, Kevin (b. 1972)
• Bunch, Kenji (b. 1973)
• Possetti, Sonia (b. 1973)
• Kelly, Mike (b. 1974)
• Fung, Vivian (b. 1975)
• Szewczyk, Piotr (b. 1977)
• Gjeilo, Ola (b. 1978)
• Wijeratne, Dinuk (b. 1978)
• Lomax, Mark, II (b. 1979)
• Michaelson, Ingrid (b. 1979)
• Rida, Flo (b. 1979)
• Omura, Tomoko (b. 1980)
• Montgomery, Jessie (b. 1981)
• Shaw, Caroline (b. 1982)
• Kittel, Jeremy (b. 1984)
• Anick, Jason (b. 1985)
• Mars, Bruno (b. 1985)
• Wong, Cory (b. 1985)
• Athayde, Kyle (b. 1987)
• Martinez, Rick (b. 1987)
• Sandé, Emeli (b. 1987)
• Zaleski, Glenn (b. 1987)
• Casarrubios, Andrea (b. 1988)
• Henderson, Josh (b. 1988) 🎥
• Lo Marie (b. 1988)
• Barbash, Eddie (b. 1989)
• Kutz, Jason (b. 1989)
• Lewis, Ethan (b. 1989)
• Swift, Taylor (b. 1989)
• Aucoin, Matthew (b. 1990) 🎥
• Corby, Matt (b. 1990)
• Emond, Daniel (b. 1990)
• Ferris, Ben (b. 1990) 🎥
• Saunders, Richard (b. 1990)
• Greenberg, Jay (b. 1991)
• Lovato, Demi (b. 1992)
• Mollá, Ricardo (b. 1992)
• Price, Kyle (b. 1992)
• Shank, Brian (b. 1992) 🎥
• Tucker, Akshaya Avril (b. 1992)
• Grande, Ariana (b. 1993)
• Collier, Jacob (b. 1994)
• Lipa, Dua (b. 1995)
• Mietus, John (b. 1997)
• DuBois, Aaron (b. 1999)
• Benjamin, Eddie (b. 2002)
• unknown 🎥
• Alkali
• Astral Mixtape
• Broadnax/Paul/Wonder
• Cara Samantha
• Cook/Steele
• Daft Punk
• Eagles
• Earth, Wind & Fire
• Empire Wild
• Frigg
• Goo Goo Dolls
• Jackson, Yes/Michael
• Lennon–McCartney
• Masser/Goffin
• Miller/Murden
• New Orleans Rhythm Kings
• Shannon, Ronnie
• Sherman Brothers
• Sigman/Hilliard
• Silk Sonic
• Steele/Cook
• Steele/Cook/Marshall
• The Neighbourhood
• The Script
• Treesearch
• unknown
• Walk the Moon
• Wong&Lopez
• Wong&Musselman
• Wong&Nelson
• Wong&Stratton
• Yes/Michael Jackson