Béla Bartók (1881–1945)

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1. Béla Bartók

   Author of Bela Bartok Mikrokosmos Volume 1, Mikrokosmos (153 Progressive Piano Pieces) Volume 2, Mikrokosmos: Progressive Piano Pieces, Vol. IV: Piano Solo

2. Gustav Mahler

   Author of Symphony No. 8 In Full Score, Symphony No. 5 (Dover Miniature Scores), Symphonie Nr. 2 c-moll - 'Resurrection' [sound recording]

3. Ludwig van Beethoven

   Author of Ludwig Van Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas Volume 1 (Nos. 1-15), Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9 in Full Score, Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major: Op. 73 ("Emperor") (Dover Miniature Scores)

4. Johann Sebastian Bach

   Author of The Well-Tempered Clavier: Books I and II, Complete, St. Matthew Passion in Full Score, The Six Brandenburg Concertos and the Four Orchestral Suites in Full Score (Dover Orchestral Scores)

5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

   Author of Le Nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte, Later Symphonies (Nos. 35-41) in Full Score

6. Igor Stravinsky

   Author of The Rite of Spring in Full Score, Petrushka in Full Score: Original Version, The Firebird in Full Score (Original 1910 Version)

7. Frédéric Chopin

   Author of Nocturnes, Complete Preludes and Etudes for Solo Piano, Waltzes and Scherzos

8. Claude Debussy

   Author of Piano Music 1888-1905, Prelude to "the Afternoon of a Faun": An Authoritative Score Mallarme's Poem, Backgrounds and Scores, Criticism and Anal, Children's Corner

9. Richard Wagner

   Author of Tristan und Isolde, Götterdämmerung, Parsifal

10. Johannes Brahms

    Author of German Requiem in Full Score, Complete Symphonies (Vienna Gesellschaft Der Musikfreunde Edition), Symphony No.4 in E minor, Op.98

11. Philip Glass

    Author of Satyagraha opera in three acts, Hydrogen jukebox [sound recording], Kronos Quartet performs Philip Glass [sound recording]

12. Joseph Haydn

    Author of Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2, Eleven Late String Quartets, Opp. 74, 76 and 77, Complete, London Symphonies : Nos. 99-104 in Full Score

13. Felix Mendelssohn

    Author of Songs without words for the piano [score], Violin Concerto in E Minor (Dover Miniature Scores), A Midsummer Night's Dream Incidental Music

14. Franz Schubert

    Author of Symphony in B Minor (Critical Scores), Symphony no. 9 in C "the Great" (CD music)

15. Giuseppe Verdi

    Author of La Traviata, Falstaff, Don Carlo [recording]

16. Gioacchino Rossini

    Author of Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Il Barbiere di Siviglia [Recording], La Cenerentola [sound recording]

17. Georg Friedrich Händel

    Author of Water music [sound recording], Wassermusik-Suite/Feuerwerksmusik

18. Pierre Boulez

    Author of Orientations: Collected Writings, Boulez on Music Today, Le Marteau sans Maitre

19. Hector Berlioz

    Author of Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 (Episode in the Life of an Artist) (Dover Miniature Scores), Les Troyens (The Trojans) [recording]

20. Olivier Messiaen

    Author of Quartet for the End of Time