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Tailleferre, Germaine [1892-1983] (France)	French composer and the only female member of the famous Group Les Six. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Takemitsu, Toru [1930-1996] (Japan)	Takemitsu is among the most important composers in Japanese music history and was also the first Japanese composer fully recognized worldwide. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Taneyev, Sergei [1856-1915] (Russia/Soviet)	Russian composer who is famous for his friendship with Tchaikovsky and his fastidious and diligent craftsmanship with an unrivaled technique. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Tansman, Alexandre [1897-1986] (Poland)	Prolific composer and virtuoso pianist. He spent his early years in his native Poland, but lived in France for most of his life. His music is primarily neoclassical, drawing on his Polish and Jewish heritage as well as his French musical influences. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Tapray, Jean-Francois [1737?-1819?] (France)	French composer of the 18th century. His works are mainly for harpsichord or piano. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich [1840-1893] (Russia/Soviet)	Tchaikovsky was a dominant figure in 19th century Russian music and known both in and outside Russia as its greatest musical talent. Three of his symphonies, along with two of his concertos, his three ballets, the Romeo and Juliet fantasy-overture, the 1812 Overture, the Marche Slave and two of his operas, retain their popularity. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Tcherepnin, Alexander [1899-1977] (Russia/Soviet)	Russian-born composer and pianist. His father, Nikolay Tcherepnin, (pupil of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) and his son, Ivan Tcherepnin, (a member of the Harvard University faculty) were also composers. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Telemann, Georg Philippe [1681-1767] (Germany/Austria)	German Baroque music composer. While in the present day Bach is generally thought of as the greater composer, Telemann was more widely renowned for his musical abilities during his lifetime. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Thomson, Virgil [1896-1989] (America)	American composer and critic from Kansas City, Missouri. He was instrumental in the development of the 'American Sound' in classical music. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Tippett, Michael [1905-1998] (Britain)	One of the foremost English composers of the 20th century. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Torelli, Giuseppe [1658-1709] (Italy)	Italian composer, who ranks with Arcangelo Corelli among the developers of the Baroque concerto and concerto grosso. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Turina, Joaquin [1882-1949] (Spain)	Spanish composer of classical music. Much of his work shows the influence of traditional Andalusian music. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Vaughan Williams, Ralph [1872-1958] (Britain)	English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song; this also influenced his original compositions. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Verdi, Giuseppe [1813-1901] (Italy)	Verdi was one of the most influential composers of Italian opera in the 19th century. His works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world and, transcending the boundaries of the genre, some of his themes have long since taken root in popular culture - such as 'La donna ? mobile' from Rigoletto and 'Libiamo ne' lieti calici' (The Drinking Song) from La traviata. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Vierne, Louis [1870-1937] (France)	Renowned French organist and composer. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Villa-Lobos, Heitor [1887-1959] (Brazil)	Brazilian composer, described as 'the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music'. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Vivaldi, Antonio [1678-1741] (Italy)	Venetian priest and Baroque music compose. The Four Seasons, a series of four violin concerti, is his best-known work and a highly popular Baroque piece. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Wagner, Richard [1813-1883] (Germany/Austria)	German composer, primarily known for his operas (or 'music dramas', as they were later called). He pioneered advances in musical language, such as extreme chromaticism and quickly shifting tonal centres, which greatly influenced the development of European classical music. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Walton, William [1902-1983] (Britain)	British composer whose style was influenced by the works of Stravinsky and Prokofiev as well as jazz music, and is characterized by rhythmic vitality, bittersweet harmony, sweeping Romantic melody and brilliant orchestration. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Warlock, Peter [1894-1930] (Britain)	Peter Warlock was a pseudonym of Philip Arnold Heseltine, an Anglo-Welsh composer and music critic. Although he used his own name when writing as a music critic, he composed under the pseudonym 'Peter Warlock' and is now better known by this name. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Weber, Carl Maria von [1786-1826] (Germany/Austria)	German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school. His works, especially his operas Der Freisch?tz, Euryanthe and Oberon greatly influenced the development of the Romantic opera in Germany. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Webern, Anton [1883-1945] (Germany/Austria)	Austrian composer and conductor. He was a member of the Second Viennese School. As a student and significant follower of Arnold Schoenberg, he became one of the best-known proponents of the twelve-tone technique; in addition, his innovations regarding schematic organization of pitch, rhythm and dynamics were formative in the musical technique later known as total serialism. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Weill, Kurt [1900-1950] (Germany/Austria)	German, and in his later years American, composer active from the 1920s until his death. He was a leading composer for the stage. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Weiner, Leo [1885-1960] (Hungary)	One of the leading Hungarian music educators of the first half of the twentieth century and a composer. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Wieniawski, Henryk [1835-1880] (Poland)	Polish violinist and composer who wrote some of the most important works in the violin repertoire, including two extremely difficult violin concertos ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Wiren, Dag [1905-1986] (Sweden)	Swedish composer whose most famous work is his Serenade for Strings ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Wolf, Hugo [1860-1903] (Germany/Austria)	Austrian composer of Slovene origin, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno [1876-1948] (Italy)	Italian composer and teacher. He is best known for his comic operas. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Yoshimatsu, Takashi [1953-] (Japan)	Contemporary Japanese composer of classical music. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Zemlinsky, Alexander [1872-1942] (Germany/Austria)	Austrian composer and a brother in law of Schoenberg. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]
Zimmermann, Bernd Alois [1918-1970] (Germany/Austria)	Post-WWII West German composer. He is perhaps best known for his opera Die Soldaten which is regarded as one of the most important operas of the 20th century. ...read more on Wikipedia [String works by this composer]

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