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Cornelius Cardew
English composer
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Howard Skempton
British composer and accordionist
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Tania Chen
British musician
3
AMM
British free improvisation group
4
John Tilbury
English pianist
5
Eddie Prévost
Drummer/percussionist/writer/publisher
6
Gavin Bryars
British musician
7
Harold Budd
American musician
8
Alvin Curran
American musician and composer
9
Audrey Riley
British musician
10
Erik Satie
French composer and pianist
11
David Jackman
British musician
12
John Cage
American avant-garde composer (1912-1992)
13
Yūji Takahashi
Japanese musician
14
Derek Bailey
British guitarist
15
Christian Wolff
American composer
16
Peter Dickinson
British composer
17
Michael Nyman
English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist
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Steve Beresford
English musician
19
Wim Mertens
Flemish Belgian composer, countertenor vocalist, pianist, guitarist, and musicologist
20
Django Bates
British musician
21
Francis Poulenc
French composer and pianist (1899-1963)
22
Brett Dean
Australian composer, conductor
23
Philip Glass
American composer and pianist
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Mark Simpson
British composer and clarinettist
25
Joanna MacGregor
British musician
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Leroy Anderson
American composer (1908-1975)
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Holly Cole
Canadian jazz and pop singer
