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David Horne
David Horne
Scottish composer, pianist and teacher
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Erkki-Sven Tüür
Erkki-Sven Tüür
Estonian composer
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Osvaldas Balakauskas
Osvaldas Balakauskas
Lithuanian composer and diplomat
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Eduard Tubin
Eduard Tubin
Estonian composer and conductor
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Peter Racine Fricker
Peter Racine Fricker
English composer
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Lewis Spratlan
Lewis Spratlan
American music academic and composer of contemporary classical music
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Rodion Shchedrin
Rodion Shchedrin
Russian composer
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Otomar Kvěch
Otomar Kvěch
Czech music educator, composer and university educator
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Oliver Knussen
Oliver Knussen
British composer and conductor
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Stephen Dodgson
Stephen Dodgson
British composer
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Frank Martin
Frank Martin
Swiss composer (1890-1974)
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Ruth Gipps
Ruth Gipps
English composer, oboist, pianist and impresario
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Alun Hoddinott
Alun Hoddinott
Welsh composer
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Malcolm Williamson
Malcolm Williamson
Australian composer
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Gregory Rose
Gregory Rose
British composer and music director
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Christopher Rouse
Christopher Rouse
American composer
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Joseph Marx
Joseph Marx
Austrian composer, teacher and critic
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Nicholas Maw
Nicholas Maw
British composer
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Grace Williams
Grace Williams
Welsh composer (1906-1977)
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Ragnar Søderlind
Ragnar Søderlind
Norwegian composer
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Hendrik Andriessen
Hendrik Andriessen
Dutch composer, organist and music educator
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Julian Anderson
Julian Anderson
British composer and teacher of composition
Stephen Paulus
American composer

Stephen Paulus

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American composer
Genres
Awards Received
Guggenheim Fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

Stephen Paulus (August 24, 1949 – October 19, 2014) was a Grammy winning American composer, best known for his operas and choral music. His best-known piece is his 1982 opera The Postman Always Rings Twice, one of several operas he composed for the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, which prompted The New York Times to call him "a young man on the road to big things". His style is essentially tonal, and melodic and romantic by nature. He received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Guggenheim Foundation and won the prestigious Kennedy Center Friedheim Prize. He was commissioned by such notable organizations as the Minnesota Opera, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, the American Composers Orchestra, the Dale Warland Singers, the Harvard Glee Club and the New York Choral Society. Paulus was a passionate advocate for the works and careers of his colleagues. He co-founded the American Composers Forum in 1973, the largest composer service organization in the U.S., and served as the Symphony and Concert Representative on the ASCAP Board of Directors from 1990 until his death (from complications following a stroke in July 2013) in 2014.