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* [[Claude Debussy]] (1862 - 1918)
* [[Claude Debussy]] (1862 - 1918)
Four modern-day composers are:
* [[John Williams]]
* [[John Williams]]
* [[Yanni]] (New Age composer)
* [[Yanni]] (New Age composer)
* Peter Sculthorpe (1929 - )
* Peter Sculthorpe (1929 - )
* Trent Reznor (1965 - )
Composers are usually more interested in the actual music than fame or fortune, as opposed to many modern day musicians. This quote by Ludvig Van Beethoven shows the respect that composers in general have for the music they write:
Composers are usually more interested in the actual music than fame or fortune, as opposed to many modern day musicians. This quote by Ludvig Van Beethoven shows the respect that composers in general have for the music they write:
<blockquote>"Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend."
<blockquote>"Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend."
-- Ludwig van Beethoven, quoted by Bettina von Arnin, letter to Goethe, 1810</blockquote>
-- Ludwig van Beethoven, quoted by Bettina von Arnin, letter to Goethe, 1810</blockquote>
However, this attitude did not always prevail during the 20th century, when many composers, such as Milton Babbit, Pierre Boulez, and John Cage, wrote music that was deliberately unlistenable. <ref>Babbit, Milton [http://www.palestrant.com/babbitt.html "Who Cares if You Listen?"]</ref> This trend was generally associated with the destructive, atheistic forms of so-called "modern" art.
== See also ==
== See also ==
* http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mn200/music/composers.html
* http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mn200/music/composers.html
* http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/composer
* http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/composer
== References ==
<references/>
[[category:musical terms]]
[[category:musical terms]]
[[Category:Composers]]
[[Category:Composers]]