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20th-century composers

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Farid al-Atrash
Syrian-Egyptian singer, composer and musician (1910-1974)
Chao Yuen Ren
Chinese-American linguist and educator (1892–1982)
Antal Doráti
Hungarian-born conductor and composer
Lili Kraus
Hungarian born English classical pianist (1903–1986)
Aurlus Mabélé
Congolese singer and composer
Jón Leifs
Icelandic composer and conductor (1899-1968)
Ismail Marzuki
Indonesian composer of patriotic songs (1914–1958)
Titiek Puspa
Indonesian singer and songwriter
Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
Uruguayan musician, pianist, journalist, and tango composer
Rigoberto López Pérez
Nicaraguan poet, music composer and assassin of Anastasio Somoza García (1929–1956)
Samuel Cohen
Moldovan composer; composer of the Israeli National Anthem (1870–1940)
Aleksi Machavariani
Georgian musician (1913-1995)
İsmail Hakkı Bey
Turkish composer and musician (1865–1927)
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
Ethiopian composer, pianist, and nun (1923-2023)
Rosalina Abejo
Filipina composer and conductor (1922–1991)
Ğäziz Älmöxämmädev
Russian opera singer (1895-1938)
Veselin Stoyanov
Bulgarian composer (1902–1969)
Khaled Habib
Algerian musician
Per Asplin
Norwegian actor and musician (1928–1996)
Filip Kutev
Bulgarian composer
Nicanor Abelardo
Filipino composer (1893–1934)
Blaoui Houari
Algerian singer (1926–2017)
Dimitar Nenov
Bulgarian architect and composer (1901– 1953)
Axali Doëseb
Namibian composer
Jonče Hristovski
Macedonian musician
Sembiin Gonchigsumlaa
Mongolian musician (1919–1991)
Rosita Melo
Argentine musician and writer
Fodéba Keita
Guinean entertainer and politician (1921-1969)
Ephraim Amu
musicologist, composer and teacher (1899–1995)
Agustín Barboza
Paraguayan musician (1913–1998)
Todor Skalovski
Macedonian composer, choir and orchestra conductor (1909–2004)
Nelson Cavaquinho
Brazilian singer and composer of samba (1911–1986)
Joan Massià
Spanish-Catalan violinist, composer and music pedague (1890-1969)
Kamel Messaoudi
musician (1961-1998)
Parashkev Hadjiev
Bulgarian composer (1912–1992)
Vlado Milošević
Yugoslavian and Serbian composer and musicologist (1901–1990)
Irfan Ljubijankić
Bosniak musician, diplomat and politician (1952-1995)
Byambasuren Sharav
Composer and musician (1952–2019)
Ilona Kabos
(1893-1973) classical pianist
Lucho Bermúdez
Colombian musician
Einar Fagstad
musician (1899–1961)
Federico García Vigil
Uruguayan conductor and composer (1941-2020)
Umar Dimayev
Soviet singer (1908–1972)
Luis Antonio Escobar
Colombian composer (1925–1993)
Ghulam Haider
Indian-Pakistani composer
Tomaž Pengov
Slovenian poet, singer-songwriter
Gabriel Asaad
Assyrian musician (1907–1997)
Stepan Njaga
Moldavian conductor (1900–1951)
Sergio Vargas
Dominican Republic musician
Joaquín Zamacois
Chilean-Spanish music theorist, music teacher and composer (1894-1976)
Erika Büsch
Uruguayan singer and composer
Lorenc Antoni
Kosovo Albanian composer, conductor, and ethnomusicologist (1909-1991)
Robin Ghosh
Pakistani and Bangladeshi composer (1939-2016)
Guido Santórsola
Brazilian-Uruguayan composer
Allan Gray
Polish composer
Houcine Slaoui
Moroccan singer and composer
Mauricio Cardozo Ocampo
Paraguayan musician
María de Baratta
Salvadorean composer
Khemchand Prakash
Indian composer
Kurken Alemshah
Turkish composer of Armenian ancestry (1907–1947)