Dictionary of Music - Birding America

452 tyrolienneOTHER COMPOSERS FROM 1900 ON (continued)Composer Country Musical StyleBright Sheng (1955– ) China–U.S. Blends Chinese and Western elements.Elie Siegmeister (1909–1991) United States Folk idioms, jazz, woven into largely romantic style; eightoperas, eight symphonies, choral works, song cycles.Nikos Skalkottas (1904–1949) Greece Serial music, folk idioms; mainly instrumental.Roger Smalley (1943– ) Great Britain– Electronic, live electronic, rock elements; later moreAustralia traditional styles.Charles Strouse (1928– ) United States Classically trained; musical comedies; piano concertos,ballets, choral music, chamber works, opera. Showsinfluence of American popular music.Morton Subotnick (1933– ) United States Electronic, live electronic; computer music.Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937) Poland First romantic, then impressionist, atonal. Operas, ballets,symphonies, song cycles, many chamber and piano works.Louise Talma (1906–1996) United States First neoclassic, later serial; song cycles, choral music, alsoinstrumental works.Tan Dun (1957– ) China-U.S. Combines Chinese and Western idioms and instruments;blends live music with film and field recordings of Asianmusic; operas, instrumental music, film music.Joan Tower (1938– ) United States Atonal, experimental; many short instrumental works, alsoopera.Joaquín Turina (1882–1949) Spain Impressionist, folk idioms.Mark-Anthony Turnage (1960– ) Great Britain Influence of jazz and rock; some improvisation; opera,theater works, much instrumental music.Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911–1990) United States Electronic pioneer.Judith Weir (1954– ) Great Britain Shows influence of numerous folk traditions (Scots bagpipes,Chinese theater, etc.); somewhat tonal, heterophony, narrativequality but not program music; theater music, opera,instrumental and much vocal music.Hugo Weisgall (1912–1997) United States Atonal; operas, vocal music.Egon Wellesz (1885–1974) Austria–Great Expressionist, romantic.BritainStefan Wolpe (1902–1972) Germany-U.S. First tonal with jazz elements; later highly individualisticserial; influential teacher.LaMonte Young (1935– ) United States Minimalist, electronic; elements of jazz, blues, Indian music;novel or older tunings.Alexander Zemlinsky (1871–1942) AustriaLate romantic, tonal; opera conductor; symphonies, stringquartets, opera.Bernd Alois Zimmermann Germany Atonal, quotation; theater and film music, opera.(1918–1970)