Seeking Recommendations for Modern Classical Composers?

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Florestan

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July 29, 2025, 10:05:21 AM
As for living composers, I heartily recommend Karl Henning.
"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy

steve ridgway

#21
July 29, 2025, 10:32:14 AM
Quote from: Florestan on July 29, 2025, 10:05:21 AMAs for living composers, I heartily recommend Karl Henning.

Yes, Karl's composed a lot and it's very varied 8) .

Cato

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July 29, 2025, 10:33:13 AM
Quote from: Florestan on July 29, 2025, 10:05:21 AMAs for living composers, I heartily recommend Karl Henning.


Amen!  😇

And here are some examples why!






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aukhawk

#23
March 13, 2026, 05:55:54 AM
If GMG has a fault, it is that many of its contributors like to avoid the obvious, and instead lean towards the esoteric.  This thread so far is a prime example. 
It is hard to believe it has got this far without mention of Dmitri Shostakovich, or Charles Ives.

Of course in stylistic terms both those are firmly rooted in 19thC tradition - and so too was Mahler, although most of his output - his 4th Symphony and everything after that - was completed in the 20thC.  Other date 'edge cases' such as Sibelius and Debussy have already been cited, perhaps because stylistically they are decidedly more 'modern'.
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