CAC Composers by Birth Year

Here are the 263 composers whose work was performed at the August 17, 2012 through August 26, 2023 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 28 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Elgar, Edward (1857–1934)
• Puccini, Giacomo (1858–1924)
• 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)
• Schoenberg, Arnold (1874–1951) 🎥
• Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875–1912)
• Glière, Reinhold (1875–1956)
• Ravel, Maurice (1875–1937)
• Dohnányi, Ernst von (1877–1960)
• Leontovych, Mykola (1877–1921)
• Bridge, Frank (1879–1941) 🎥
• Respighi, Ottorino (1879–1936)
• 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)
• Gershwin, Ira (1896–1983)
• 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)
• 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)
• Styne, Jule (1905–1994)
• Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906–1975)
• Grappelli, Stéphane (1908–1997)
• Green, John Waldo (1908–1989)
• Messiaen, Olivier (1908–1992)
• Bacewicz, Grażyna (1909–1969)
• 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)
• 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)
• Mancini, Henry (1924–1994)
• Akutagawa, Yasushi (1925–1989)
• Fuentes, Rubén (1926–2022)
• Umiliani, Piero (1926–2001)
• Jobim, Antônio Carlos (1927–1994)
• Foster, Frank (1928–2011)
• Plaza, Julián (1928–2003)
• Brel, Jacques (1929–1978)
• Previn, André (1929–2019)
• Sondheim, Stephen (1930–2021)
• Gubaidulina, Sofia (b. 1931)
• Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor (1932–2004)
• Williams, John (b. 1932) 🎥
• Cohen, Leonard (1934–2016)
• Pärt, Arvo (b. 1935)
• Riley, Terry (b. 1935)
• 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)
• John, Elton (b. 1947)
• Schoenfeld, Paul (b. 1947)
• Drake, Nick (1948–1974)
• Bacon, Michael (b. 1949)
• Vinitsky, Alexander (b. 1950)
• Wonder, Stevie (b. 1950)
• Friesen, Eugene (b. 1952)
• Yoshimatsu, Takashi (b. 1953)
• Ewazen, Eric (b. 1954)
• Roberts, Christopher (b. 1956)
• Bacon, Kevin (b. 1958)
• Summer, Mark (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)
• 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)
• Omura, Tomoko (b. 1980)
• Montgomery, Jessie (b. 1981)
• Shaw, Caroline (b. 1982)
• Kittel, Jeremy (b. 1984)
• Anick, Jason (b. 1985)
• Mars, Bruno (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)
• 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)
• Price, Kyle Barrett (b. 1992)
• Shank, Brian (b. 1992) 🎥
• Grande, Ariana (b. 1993)
• Collier, Jacob (b. 1994)
• Lipa, Dua (b. 1995)
• Mietus, John (b. 1997)
• unknown 🎥
• Alkali
• Cara Samantha
• Eagles
• Earth, Wind & Fire
• Empire Wild
• Frigg
• Goo Goo Dolls
• Lennon–McCartney
• Lewis, Ethan
• Lomax, Mark, II
• Sherman Brothers
• Silk Sonic
• The Neighbourhood
• The Script
• Treesearch
• unknown
• Walk the Moon