Saint-Saëns, (Charles-)Camille (1835-1921) French; mainly Paris-based
Style/Period:  Late French Romantic (Neoclassical)
Genre Profile:  222---2321---2222---222---12---220
Quantity of Work Produced:  extensive
Best Known For:  significant contributor to most main genres
Notable Works:   . . . Fantaisie in E flat [org] (1857) . . . Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso in A minor [vln & orch.] Op.28 (1863) . . . Piano Conc. #2 in G minor Op.22 (1868) . . . Cello Conc. #1 in A minor Op.33 (1872) . . . Sonata for Cello & Piano #1 in C minor Op.32 (1872) . . . Danse Macabre in G minor [orch.] Op.40 (1874) . . . Piano Conc. #4 in C minor Op.44 (1875) . . . Samson et Dalilah [opera] Op.47 (1877) . . . Violin Conc. #3 in B minor Op.61 (1880) . . . Septet in E flat [pf, trumpet & strings] Op.65 (1881) . . . Sonata for Violin & Piano #1 in D minor Op.75 (1885) . . . Carnival of the Animals [11 instrs.] (1886), incl. 'The Swan' . . . Sym. #3 in C minor 'Organ' Op.78 (1886) . . . Havanaise in E [vln & orch.] Op.83 (1887) . . . Piano Conc. #5 in F 'Egyptian' Op.103 (1896) . . . Sonata for Clarinet & Piano in E flat Op.167 (1921) . . . Sonata for Bassoon & Piano in G Op.168 (1921)
Musical Influences:  Berlioz; Chopin; LISZT; Mendelssohn; --Mozart; Rossini; +Sarasate; Wagner; North African & Middle Eastern music
Has Influenced:  FAURÉ; Ravel

Salieri, Antonio (1750-1825) Italian; mainly Vienna-based from c1781
Style/Period:  Classical
Best Known For:  operas---concs.
Musical Influences:  -Fux; Gluck; Italian opera
Has Influenced:  Beethoven; Cherubini; Hummel; Liszt; Schubert

Sallinen, Aulis (1935-) Finnish
Style/Period:  Neoromantic
Best Known For:  syms.---orchestral pcs---chamber music
Notable Work:  . . . String Quartet #3 Op.19 (1969)
Musical Influences:  KOKKONEN; [A Merikanto]; Sibelius

Sammartini, Giovanni Battista (1700/1 - 1775) Italian; Milan-based
Style/Period:  Pre-Classical
Best Known For:  syms.---concs.---chamber music
Musical Influences:  Vivaldi
Has Influenced:  JC Bach; Boccherini; GLUCK; J Haydn; Mozart

Sarasate, Pablo de (1844-1908) Spanish
Style/Period:  Late Romantic
Genre Profile:  000---0200---0012---000---00---000
Quantity of Work Produced:  modest
Best Known For:  violin (w/piano, w/orch.)
Notable Works:  . . . Zigeunerweisen [vln & orch.] Op.20 no.1 (1878) . . . Danzas Españolas [vln & pf] Opp. 21/22/23/26 (p1878-82) . . . Concert Fantasy on Carmen [vln & orch.] Op.25 (1883?)
Musical Influences:  -Paganini; folksong
Has Influenced:  -Bruch; -Lalo; -Saint-Saëns

Satie, Erik (1866-1925) French; Paris-based from 1878
Style/Period:  Impressionist (Neoclassical)
Genre Profile:  022---0000---1002---300---21---120
Quantity of Work Produced:  considerable
Best Known Work:  . . . 3 Gymnopédies [pf] (1888; orch. arr. 1896) . . . 3 Pieces in the Shape of a Pear [pf 4 hands] (1890-1903) . . . Sports et Divertissements [suite of 20 short pcs for pf] (1914) . . . Parade [ballet] (1915-7) . . . Socrate [secular cantata/oratorio for 1 or more vv & pf/chamber orch.] (1918)
Musical Influences:  CHABRIER; Debussy; Indy; +Roussel; Gregorian chant; Medieval & ancient music; ragtime; jazz
Has Influenced:  Alain; Cage; -Debussy; Diamond; +Kagel; Koechlin; Milhaud; Mompou; POULENC; Ravel; Tailleferre; THOMSON; 'New Age' music

Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725) Italian; Rome & Naples-based from 1672
Style/Period:  Late Italian Baroque (Neapolitan school)
Genre Profile:  000---0002---2110---010---03---230
Quantity of Work Produced:  immense
Best Known For:  operas---secular cantatas---motets---sacred oratorios---masses---songs
Notable Works:  . . . secular chamber cantatas [mainly for 1 or 2 vv & 1-3 instrs.] (c1680-1725) . . . Il Tigrane [opera] (1715)
Musical Influences:  CARISSIMI; Cavalli; Corelli; [G Legrenzi]; -Monteverdi; --Palestrina; Pasquini; [-L Rossi]; Stradella
Has Influenced:  Geminiani; HANDEL; HASSE; Pergolesi; D Scarlatti; Vivaldi

Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757) Italian-Spanish; Naples, Rome & Venice-based to c1719; thereafter in Portugal & Spain
Style/Period:  Pre-Classical
Genre Profile:  020---0000---0020---030---01---220
Quantity of Work Produced:  extensive
Best Known For:  keyboard sonatas---secular cantatas---sacred vocal music
Notable Works:  . . . 555+ harpsichord sonatas (1738-57), notably: K9 in D/D minor, K11 in C minor, K87 in B minor, K141 in D minor, K146 in G, K159 in C, K175 in A minor, K208 in A, K209 in A, K322 in A, K380 in E
Musical Influences:  Corelli; [F Gasparini]; Pasquini; Rameau; A Scarlatti; guitar music; ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE & SPANISH POPULAR MUSIC; ITALIAN, PORTUGUESE & SPANISH FOLK MUSIC
Has Influenced:  Clementi; +++Falla; SOLER

Scelsi, Giacinto (1905-88) Italian; Rome-based from 1951
Style/Period:  European Avant-garde (texture music)/Mystical
Best Known For:  chamber music---works for solo player---orchestral pcs
Musical Influences:  Schoenberg; Scriabin; African & Asian music

Scheidemann, Heinrich (c1596-1663) German; mainly Hamburg-based from c1604
Style/Period:  Early German Baroque
Best Known For:  solo organ
Musical Influences:  SWEELINCK
Has Influenced:  Buxtehude; Weckmann

Scheidt, Samuel (1587-1654) German; Halle-based
Style/Period:  Early German Baroque
Genre Profile:  [not used]
Quantity of Work Produced:  extensive
Best Known For:  solo organ---sacred vocal music (motets, concertatos)---chamber music
Notable Works:  . . . Tabulatura Nova [3 vol. collection of works for keyb, espec. org] (p1624)
Musical Influences:  Frescobaldi; SWEELINCK; Italian, English & Netherlandish music
Has Influenced:  Buxtehude; [A Krieger]

Schein, Johann Hermann (1586-1630) German; Dresden & Leipzig-based from 1593
Style/Period:  Early German Baroque
Best Known For:  sacred & secular vocal music (cantatas, madrigals, motets, etc.)---brass (chamber ensemble)
Musical Influences:  G Gabrieli; Monteverdi

Schnittke [Shnitke], Alfred (1934-98) Russian; mainly Moscow-based from 1948
Style/Period:  highly varied, at times employing Neoclassical, Neoromantic, Serial & Expressionist approaches
Genre Profile:  222---2202---2222---212---22---220
Quantity of Work Produced:  considerable
Best Known For:  concs. & concerti grossi---chamber music---string instrs. (chamber combs., w/orch.)---syms.
Notable Works:  . . . In Memoriam [orch. arr.] (1972-8) . . . Concerto Grosso #1 [2 vlns, hpschd, pf & string orch.] (1977) . . . Suite in the Old Style [vln & pf] (1977) . . . Sonata for Cello & Piano (1978) . . . String Quartet #3 (1983) . . . Viola Conc. (1985) . . . Cello Conc. #1 (1985-6)
Musical Influences:  ---JS Bach; -Mahler; Prokofiev; Shostakovich; Stravinsky; ---Baroque music; Russian Orthodox Church music

Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951) Austrian-American; mainly Vienna-based to 1933; U.S.-based thereafter, mainly in Los Angeles
Style/Period:  Late German Romantic to 1909; German Expressionist 1909-1922; Serial (Second Viennese school) thereafter
Genre Profile:  202---2202---2222---210---02---230
Quantity of Work Produced:  considerable
Best Known For:  orchestral pcs---chamber music---songs & song cycles---dramatic vocal music---operas
Notable Works:  . . . songs [solo v & pf] (1893-1933) . . . String Sextet 'Transfigured Night' Op.4 (1899; string orch. arr. 1917, r1943) . . . Gurrelieder [secular cantata for narr., 5 solo vv, choruses & orch.] (1900-3, r1910-1) . . . Pelleas und Melisande [sym. poem after the Maeterlinck play] Op.5 (1903) . . . Chamber Sym. #1 in E [15 instrs.] Op.9 (1906; full orch. arr. 1922, r1935) . . . String Quartet #2 in F sharp minor [with solo v] Op.10 (1907-8) . . . 5 Orchestral Pieces Op.16 (1909, r1949) . . . Pierrot Lunaire [song cycle for speaker & 8 instrs. 'chamber ensemble'] Op.21 (1912) . . . 5 Piano Pieces Op.23 (1920 & 1923) . . . Variations for Orch. Op.31 (1926-8) . . . Moses und Aron [opera] (1930-2) . . . Violin Conc. Op.36 (1935-6) . . . String Quartet #4 Op.37 (1936) . . . Piano Conc. Op.42 (1942) . . . Theme & Variations [in band & orch. arrs.] Op.43 (1943) . . . String Trio Op.45 (1946)
Musical Influences:  ---JS Bach; --Beethoven; Brahms; Busoni; Dukas; Mahler; --Mozart; Reger; R Strauss; Wagner; Wolf; Zemlinsky
Has Influenced:  BABBITT; Bartók; BERG; Bliss; Blitzstein; Boulez; Britten; Cage; Carter; Casella; Copland; Dallapiccola; Davies; GERHARD; Ginastera; HÁBA; Harrison; Henze; Honegger; -Janácek; Kagel; Karg-Elert; [L Kirchner]; KRENEK; Martin; Nono; Pärt; Penderecki; Piston; Powell; Ravel; Riegger; Rochberg; Scelsi; Schuller; Sessions; [N SKALKOTTAS]; Stravinsky; Takemitsu; Varèse; WEBERN; Weill; [E Wellesz]; Wuorinen; -Zemlinsky

Schreker, Franz (1878-1934) Austrian; Vienna-based 1892-1920, Berlin-based thereafter
Style/Period:  Late German Romantic (German Expressionist)
Best Known For:  operas---songs---orchestral pcs
Musical Influences:  Brahms; Debussy; Wagner; Wolf
Has Influenced:  Berg; Hába; Krenek

Schubert, Franz (1797-1828) Austrian; Vienna-based
Style/Period:  Post-Classical (Viennese school)
Genre Profile:  322---0200---3333---301---02---330
Quantity of Work Produced:  immense
Best Known For:  songs & song cycles---chamber music---syms.---solo piano---masses---choral music
Notable Works:  . . . Gretchen am Spinnrade [song for v & pf] D118 (1814) . . . Mass #2 in G [3 solo vv, chorus & string orch.] D167 (1815) . . . Erlkönig [song for v & pf] D328 (1815) . . . Sym. #3 in D D200 (1815) . . . Sym. #4 in C minor 'Tragic' D417 (1816) . . . Sym. #5 in B flat D485 (1816) . . . Sym. #6 in C 'Little C Major' D589 (1817-8) . . . Quintet for Piano & Strings in A 'Trout' D667 (1819) . . . Mass #5 in A flat [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] D678 (1819-22) . . . String Quartet #12 in C minor 'Quartettsatz' D703 (c1820) . . . Sym. #8 in B minor 'Unfinished' D759 (1822) . . . Fantasie in C 'Wandererfantasie' [pf] D760 (1822) . . . Die Schöne Mullerin [song cycle for solo v & pf] D795 (1823) . . . 6 Moments Musicaux [pf] D780 (1823-8) . . . Over. to (the Chézy play) Rosamunde [orch.] D797 (1823) . . . Octet in F [strings & winds] D803 (1824) . . . String Quartet #13 in A minor D804 (1824) . . . String Quartet #14 in D minor 'Death & the Maiden' D810 (1824) . . . Sonata for Arpeggione & Piano in A minor [now usually played on vc & pf] D821 (1824) . . . Ave Maria (Ellens Gesang III) [religious song for solo v & pf] D839 (1825) . . . Sym. #9 'Great C Major' D944 (1825?-8) . . . String Quartet #15 in G D887 (1826) . . . Piano Sonata #18 in G D894 (1826) . . . Piano Trio #1 in B flat D898 (1827-8?) . . . 8 impromptus [pf] D899 & D935 (1827) . . . Die Winterreise [songs for solo v & pf] D911 (1827) . . . Fantasie in C [vln & pf] D934 (1827) . . . Piano Trio #2 in E flat D929 (1827-8?) . . . Fantasie in F minor [pf 4 hands] D940 (1828) . . . Mass #6 in E flat [4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] D950 (1828) . . . String Quintet in C D956 (1828) . . . Schwanengesang [songs for solo v & pf] D957 (1828) . . . Piano Sonata #19 in C minor D958 (1828) . . . Piano Sonata #20 in A D959 (1828) . . . Piano Sonata #21 in B flat D960 (1828)
Musical Influences:  BEETHOVEN; -Gluck; J Haydn; -Mozart; Rossini; Salieri
Has Influenced:  +Brahms; Bruckner; +Dvorák; FRANZ; ++Krenek; Liszt; ++Mahler; R Schumann; +Sullivan; ++Wolf

Schuller, Gunther (1925-) American
Style/Period:  Post-Schoenbergian Serial
Best Known For:  winds (chamber combs. & ensemble, w/orch.)---chamber music---orchestral pcs---concs.
Musical Influences:  Babbitt; Berg; Messiaen; Schoenberg; -Scriabin; Stravinsky; Varèse; Webern; JAZZ; POPULAR SONG

Schuman, William (1910-92) American; New York-based
Style/Period:  Neoromantic (Neoclassical)
Genre Profile:  212---1210---2211---101---21---220
Quantity of Work Produced:  considerable
Best Known For:  orchestral pcs---syms.---choral/choral-orchestral music
Notable Works:  . . . American Festival Over. [concert over. for orch.] (1939) . . . Sym. #3 (1941) . . . New England Triptych [orch.] (1956)
Musical Influences:  HARRIS; ---Medieval, Renaissance & Baroque music

Schumann, Clara Wieck (1819-96) German
Style/Period:  Early German Romantic
Best Known For:  piano (solo, chamber combs., w/orch.); lieder
Notable Works:  . . . Piano Conc. in A minor Op.7 (1835-6) . . . Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (before 1846) . . . 3 Romances [vln & pf] Op.22 (1853)
Musical Influences:  Beethoven; +Brahms; R Schumann
Has Influenced:  Brahms; -R Schumann

Schumann, Robert (1810-56) German
Style/Period:  Early German Romantic
Genre Profile:  322---3302---2222---310---01---230
Quantity of Work Produced:  extensive
Best Known For:  piano (solo, chamber combs., w/orch.)---syms.---songs & song cycles
Notable Works:  . . . Carnaval [pf suite] Op.9 (1833-5) . . . Piano Sonata #2 in G minor Op.22 (1833-8) . . . 12 Symphonic Etudes [pf] Op.13 (1834-7) . . . Phantasie in C [pf] Op.17 (1836-8) . . . 8 Phantasiestücke [pf] Op.12 (1837) . . . Kinderszenen [pf suite] Op.15 (1838) . . . Kreisleriana [8 fantasies for pf] Op.16 (1838) . . . Arabeske in C [pf] Op.18 (1838) . . . Romance #2 in F sharp [pf] Op.28 no.2 (1839) . . . Myrthen [songs for solo v & pf] Op.25 (1840) . . . Liederkreis [songs for solo v & pf] Op.39 (1840) . . . Frauenliebe und Leben [song cycle for solo v & pf] Op.42 (1840) . . . Dichterliebe [song cycle for solo v & pf] Op.48 (1840) . . . Sym. #1 in B flat 'Spring' Op.38 (1841) . . . Piano Conc. in A minor Op.54 1841 & 1845) . . . Sym. #4 in D minor Op.120 (1841 & 1851) . . . Piano Quintet in E flat Op.44 (1842) . . . Piano Quartet in E flat Op.47 (1842) . . . Sym. #2 in C Op.61 (1845-6) . . . Piano Trio #1 in D minor Op.63 (1847) . . . Over. to Manfred in E flat minor (from the incidental music to Byron's poem) [orch.] Op.115 (1848-9) . . . Adagio & Allegro in A flat [horn (or vln or vc) & pf] Op.70 (1849) . . . 8 Phantasiestücke [cl (or vln or vc) & pf] Op.73 (1849) . . . 3 Romances [oboe (or vln or cl) & pf] Op.94 (1849) . . . Sym. #3 in E flat 'Rhenish' Op.97 (1850) . . . Cello Conc. in A minor Op.129 (1850)
Musical Influences:  --JS Bach; Beethoven; Hummel; Mendelssohn; Paganini; Schubert; +C Schumann; Weber
Has Influenced:  Balakirev; Borodin; BRAHMS; Bruch; ++Butterworth; ++Chávez; Cui; +Elgar; Fibich; FRANZ; Gade; Goldmark; ++Grainger; +Granados; Grieg; Lalo; Liszt; +MacDowell; +Medtner; Mussorgsky; +Novák; Parry; ++Persichetti; +PFITZNER; +Reger; REINECKE; Rubinstein; -C Schumann; Sinding; Smetana; Stanford; Svendsen; Tchaikovsky; +WOLF

Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672) German; intermittently Dresden-based from 1615
Style/Period:  Early German Baroque
Genre Profile:  [not used]
Quantity of Work Produced:  immense
Best Known For:  sacred vocal music (requiem masses, magnificats, passions, motets, sacred concertatos, etc.)
Notable Works:  . . . Psalmen Davids... [vv & 1 to several instrs.] SWV22-47 (p1619) . . . Symphoniae Sacrae (3 vols.) [vv & instrs.] SWV257-76, SWV341-67 & 398-418 (p1629/1647/1650) . . . Musicalische Exequien [funeral music for v or vv & basso-continuo] SWV279-81 (1636) . . . The Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ on the Cross [oratorio for 5vv, 5 instrs. & basso-continuo] SWV478 (1645) . . . Historia, der Freuden-... 'Christmas Oratorio' [vv, choruses & orch.] SWV435 (1664)
Musical Influences:  G GABRIELI; [A Grandi]; Marenzio; MONTEVERDI; Palestrina
Has Influenced:  +JS Bach; +++Brahms; Buxtehude; -Praetorius; WECKMANN

Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915) Russian; Moscow-based to 1903
Style/Period:  Late Russian Romantic to c1902; Mystical thereafter
Genre Profile:  202---2000---0102---300---00---010
Quantity of Work Produced:  considerable
Best Known For:  solo piano---symphonic poems/syms.
Notable Works:  . . . Piano Etude in C sharp minor Op.2 no.1 (1887-9) . . . 10 piano sonatas (1892-1913) . . . Piano Etude in D sharp minor Op.8 no.12 (1894) . . . Sym. #2 in C minor Op.29 (1901) . . . Sym. #3 'Divine Poem' Op.43 (1902-4) . . . Poem of Ecstasy [sym. poem] Op.54 (1907) . . . Prometheus: The Poem of Fire [sym. poem for pf, chorus & orch.] Op.60 (1908-10)
Musical Influences:  Arensky; -CHOPIN; Debussy; Liszt; Taneyev; Tchaikovsky; WAGNER; music & color
Has Influenced:  Bridge; Copland; Crawford; Glière; Griffes; Kabalevsky; Karg-Elert; -Loeffler; Messiaen; Miaskovsky; Prokofiev; Scelsi; +Schuller; Stravinsky; Szymanowski

Seeger, Ruth Crawford (see under 'Crawford Seeger')

Senfl, Ludwig (c1486 - 1542/3) Swiss-German; Munich-based from 1523
Style/Period:  Middle German Renaissance
Best Known For:  lieder---motets---masses
Musical Influences:  ISAAC; JOSQUIN
Has Influenced:  16th Century German music

Sessions, Roger (1896-1985) American; Princeton-based for many years
Style/Period:  Neoclassical to c1950; Post-Schoenbergian Serial thereafter
Genre Profile:  222---1102---1202---212---02---220
Quantity of Work Produced:  modest
Best Known For:  syms.---solo piano---orchestral pcs---concs.
Notable Works:  . . . The Black Maskers (incidental music to the Andreyev play) (1923; orch. suite 1928) . . . Sym. #2 (1946)
Musical Influences:  Bloch; Schoenberg; Stravinsky
Has Influenced:  Babbitt; Diamond; Finney; HARBISON; [L Kirchner]; Zwilich

Shchedrin, Rodion (1932-) Russian; Moscow-based
Style/Period:  Neoromantic (Socialist Realist)
Best Known For:  ballets---concs.---orchestral pcs
Notable Work:  . . . The Carmen Ballet (after Bizet) [strings & perc.] (1968)
Musical Influences:  ---JS Bach; Miaskovsky; --Mussorgsky; Prokofiev; Shostakovich; Stravinsky; --Tchaikovsky; folk music

Sheppard [Shepherd], John (c1515 - 1559/60) British; London-based from c1550
Style/Period:  Middle English Renaissance
Best Known For:  church music (motets, masses, services, anthems, etc.)
Musical Influences:  TAVERNER; plainchant

Shostakovich, Dmitry (1906-75) Russian; mainly St. Petersburg & Moscow-based
Style/Period:  Neoromantic (Socialist Realist; Expressionist before 1934)
Genre Profile:  322---2202---2322---200---22---020
Quantity of Work Produced:  extensive
Best Known For:  syms.---concs.---string quartets---stage works---piano (solo, chamber combs., w/orch.)
Notable Works:  . . . Sym. #1 in F minor Op.10 (1924-5) . . . Orchestral Suite from (the ballet) The Golden Age Op.22a (1930) . . . Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District [opera] Op.29 (1930-2, r1956) . . . Conc. for Piano, Trumpet & String Orch. in C minor Op.35 (1933) . . . Sonata for Cello & Piano in D minor Op.40 (1934) . . . Sym. #5 in D minor Op.47 (1937) . . . Sym. #6 in B minor Op.54 (1939) . . . Piano Quintet in G minor Op.57 (1940) . . . Sym. #7 in C 'Leningrad' Op.60 (1941) . . . Sym. #8 in C minor Op.65 (1943) . . . Piano Trio #2 in E minor Op.67 (1944) . . . Sym. #9 in E flat Op.70 (1945) . . . String Quartet #3 in F Op.73 (1946) . . . Violin Conc. #1 in A minor Op.77 (1947-8, r1955 as Op.99) . . . Sym. #10 in E minor Op.93 (1953) . . . Piano Conc. #2 in F Op.102 (1957) . . . Cello Conc. #1 in E flat Op.107 (1959) . . . String Quartet #8 in C minor Op.110 (1960) . . . Sym. #15 in A Op.141 (1971)
Musical Influences:  ---JS Bach; --Beethoven; --Borodin; +Britten; Glazunov; Hindemith; MAHLER; --Mussorgsky; Prokofiev; Rimsky-Korsakov; Stravinsky; -Tchaikovsky
Has Influenced:  -Khachaturian; Pärt; Penderecki; Schnittke; Shchedrin

Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957) Finnish
Style/Period:  Late Romantic (& Finnish Nationalist to c1900)
Genre Profile:  323---0322---2212---210---01---120
Quantity of Work Produced:  extensive
Best Known For:  syms.---symphonic poems---incidental music---songs---Violin Conc. in D minor
Notable Works:  . . . songs [solo v & pf] (1888-1920) . . . En Saga [orch.] Op.9 (1892, r1902) . . . Karelia Suite (from the incidental music to Karelia) [orch.] Op.11 (1893, r1897 & 1900) . . . The Swan of Tuonela (from the sym. poem 'The Legends') [orch.] Op.22 no.3 (1893, r1897 & 1900) . . . Sym. #1 in E minor Op.39 (1899) . . . Finlandia [sym. poem] Op.26 (1899, r1900) . . . Sym. #2 in D Op.43 (1901-2) . . . Violin Conc. in D minor Op.47 (1903, r1905) . . . Valse Triste (from the incidental music to the Jarnefelt drama Kuolema) [orch.] Op.44 no.1 (1904) . . . Sym. #3 in C Op.52 (1907) . . . String Quartet in D minor 'Intimate Voices' Op.56 (1909) . . . Sym. #4 in A minor Op.63 (1911) . . . Sym. #5 in E flat Op.82 (1915, r1916 & 1919) . . . Sym. #6 in D minor Op.104 (1923) . . . Sym. #7 in C Op.105 (1924) . . . Tapiola [sym. poem] Op.112 (1926)
Musical Influences:  --Beethoven; Berlioz; Borodin; Bruckner; +Busoni; Grieg; Tchaikovsky; Wagner; Finnish folk music
Has Influenced:  Alwyn; Arnold; Bax; Bergman; Davies; HANSON; Harris; Holmboe; Kokkonen; Larsson; Moeran; Sallinen; Tippett; Vaughan Williams; Walton

Sinding, Christian (1856-1941) Norwegian
Style/Period:  Late German Romantic
Best Known For:  piano (solo, chamber combs., w/orch.)---songs
Notable Work:  . . . Rustle of Spring [pf] Op.32 no.3 (1896)
Musical Influences:  Liszt; R Schumann; +R Strauss; Wagner

Smetana, Bedrich (1824-84) Bohemian; mainly Prague-based from 1838
Style/Period:  Czech Nationalist (Romantic; New German school)
Genre Profile:  113---0000---0222---210---03---120
Quantity of Work Produced:  considerable
Best Known For:  operas---orchestral pcs---string quartets---piano (solo, chamber combs.)
Notable Works:  . . . Piano Trio in G minor (1855, r1857) . . . The Bartered Bride [opera] (1863-6, r1869-70) . . . Over. & Dances to (the opera) The Bartered Bride [orch.] (1863-6) . . . The Moldau (from the suite of 6 sym. poems 'Má Vlast') [orch.] (1874) . . . String Quartet #1 in E minor 'From My Life' (1876) . . . 2 Duets for Violin & Piano 'From the Homeland' (1880)
Musical Influences:  Berlioz; Chopin; Liszt; Mendelssohn; R Schumann; Wagner; folksong
Has Influenced:  Dvorák; Janácek

Soler (Ramos), (Padre) Antonio (1729-83) Spanish (Catalan)
Style/Period:  Pre-Classical
Genre Profile:  000---0000---1002---020---00---220
Quantity of Work Produced:  considerable
Best Known For:  keyboard sonatas---chamber music
Notable Work:  . . . Fandango in D minor (d?)
Musical Influences:  D SCARLATTI; Spanish folk music

Sor, Fernando (1778-1839) Spanish (Catalan); Paris & London-based from 1813
Style/Period:  Post-Classical
Genre Profile:  000---0100---0002---203---21---120
Quantity of Work Produced:  considerable
Best Known For:  guitar (solo, chamber combs.)---songs
Notable Works:  . . . Introduction & Variations on a Theme by Mozart [guitar] Op.9 (c1815) . . . Sonata in C 'Grand Sonata II' [guitar] Op.25 (p1826)
Musical Influences:  J Haydn; [F Moretti]; Mozart; Italian opera; Spanish popular music & song
Has Influenced:  Barrios; Tárrega

Sowerby, Leo (1895-1968) American; mainly Chicago-based from 1909
Style/Period:  Neoromantic
Best Known For:  solo organ---anthems
Musical Influences:  -Franck; American folk music; jazz; blues; church music
Has Influenced:  Rorem

Spohr, Louis [Ludwig] (1784-1859) German
Style/Period:  Early German Romantic (Biedermeier)
Genre Profile:  221---0222---2222---102---02---220
Quantity of Work Produced:  extensive
Best Known For:  chamber music---concs.---violin (chamber combs., w/orch.)---operas---syms.---harp (solo, w/violin)
Notable Works:  . . . Sonata for Violin & Harp in E flat Op.113 (1806) . . . Clarinet Conc. #1 in C minor Op.26 (1808) . . . Nonet in F [winds & strings] Op.31 (1813) . . . Violin Conc. #8 in A minor Op.47 (1816) . . . Die letzten Dinge [oratorio for 4 solo vv, chorus & orch.] (1825-6)
Musical Influences:  Beethoven; Cherubini; MOZART; [JPJ Rode]; Viotti
Has Influenced:  Berwald; Brahms; Goldmark; JPE Hartmann; Mendelssohn; Wagner

Spontini, Gaspare (1774-1851) Italian; mainly Paris & Berlin-based from 1803
Style/Period:  Post-Classical
Best Known For:  operas
Musical Influences:  Cherubini; GLUCK; Méhul; Mozart; +Rossini
Has Influenced:  Berlioz; -Cherubini; Meyerbeer; Rossini; Wagner; Weber

Stamitz, Johann [Jan] (1717-57) Bohemian-German; Mannheim-based from c1742
Style/Period:  Pre-Classical (Mannheim school)
Best Known For:  syms.---concs.---orchestral trios
Musical Influences:  Jommelli
Has Influenced:  Boccherini; Mozart; K Stamitz

Stamitz, K[C]arl (1745-1801) German; Mannheim & then Paris-based to 1777 w/several associations thereafter
Style/Period:  Pre-Classical (Mannheim school)
Best Known For:  concs.---syms. & sinfonies concertantes---chamber music
Notable Work:  . . . Flute Conc. in G Op.29 (c1777)
Musical Influences:  J Stamitz

Stanford, Charles Villiers (1852-1924) Irish; Dublin-based to 1870, Cambridge & then London-based thereafter
Style/Period:  Late (post-Brahmsian) Romantic
Genre Profile:  222---2220---2222---220---02---220
Quantity of Work Produced:  extensive
Best Known For:  sacred & secular vocal, choral & choral-orchestral music---syms.---songs
Notable Work:  . . . Clarinet Conc. in A minor Op.80 (1902)
Musical Influences:  ---JS Bach; BRAHMS; [J Joachim]; -Mendelssohn; R Schumann; Wagner; Irish folk music
Has Influenced:  Bliss; Bridge; Britten; Butterworth; Coleridge-Taylor; Holst; Howells; Ireland; Vaughan Williams

Stenhammar, (Karl) Wilhelm (Eugen) (1871-1927) Swedish; Stockholm & Goteborg-based
Style/Period:  Late (post-Brahmsian) Romantic
Best Known For:  orchestral pcs---concs.---choral-orchestral music---songs---syms.
Notable Works:  . . . Serenade in F [orch.] Op.31 (1911-13) . . . Sym. #2 in G minor Op.34 (1911-5)
Musical Influences:  --Beethoven; Brahms; Bruckner; Wagner; Renaissance polyphony

Still, William Grant (1895-1978) American
Style/Period:  Neoromantic/Nationalist (African-American)
Best Known For:  syms.---orchestral pcs---chamber music---operas---solo piano
Notable Works:  . . . Sym. #1 'Afro-American' (1930) . . . Summerland [pf (& other arrs.)] (1936)
Musical Influences:  Coleridge-Taylor; jazz; American folksong; American popular song

Stockhausen, Karlheinz (1928-2007) German
Style/Period:  European Avant-garde (Mystical after 1968)
Genre Profile:  022---0011---2222---202---02---02x
Quantity of Work Produced:  considerable
Best Known For:  magnetic tape-based pcs---chamber music---operas---orchestral pcs---solo piano---piccolo/flute (solo, chamber combs.)---aleatory music
Notable Works:  . . . Klavierstücke I- [continuing series of solo pf works] (1952-) . . . Kontra-Punkte [for 10 instrs.] (1952, r1953) . . . Gruppen [for 3 orchs.] (1955-7) . . . Kontakte [pf, perc & electronic sounds on 4 track tape] (1959-60) . . . Licht [continuing series of operas, one for each day of the week] (1978-)
Musical Influences:  Cage; Martin; Messiaen; Varèse; Webern; chance events; electronic music; East Asian music
Has Influenced:  -Berio; Brouwer; Holliger; -Ligeti; -Maderna; [B Nilsson]; [H Pousseur]

Stradella, Alessandro (1639-82) Italian
Style/Period:  Middle Italian Baroque
Best Known For:  concerti grossi/chamber music, espec. w/violin---operas & other stage works---cantatas
Musical Influences:  +Corelli
Has Influenced:  Corelli; A Scarlatti

Strauss, Johann Jr. (1825-99) Austrian; Vienna-based
Style/Period:  Viennese Light Classical
Genre Profile:  003---0100---0012---200---23---120
Quantity of Work Produced:  extensive
Best Known For:  orchestral waltzes, marches, quadrilles & polkas---operettas
Notable Works:  . . . On the Beautiful Blue Danube [waltz for orch.] Op.314 (1867) . . . Tales of the Vienna Woods [waltz for orch.] Op.325 (1868) . . . Die Fledermaus [operetta] (1874) . . . Der Zigeunerbaron [operetta] (1885) . . . The Emperor's Waltz [waltz for orch.] Op.437 (1889)
Musical Influences:  Liszt; OFFENBACH; J Strauss Sr.; Wagner
Has Influenced:  Lehár; R Strauss

Strauss, Johann Sr. (1804-49) Austrian; Vienna-based
Style/Period:  Viennese Light Classical
Best Known For:  orchestral waltzes, marches, quadrilles, polkas & galops
Notable Work:  . . . Radetzky March [march for orch.] Op.228 (1848)
Musical Influences:  folksong; Viennese light orchestral dance music
Has Influenced:  J Strauss Jr.; Suppé

Strauss, Josef (1827-70) Austrian; Vienna-based
Style/Period:  Viennese Light Classical
Best Known For:  orchestral waltzes & polkas
Musical Influences:  Berlioz; Liszt; Wagner

Strauss, Richard (1864-1949) German
Style/Period:  Late (post-Wagnerian) German Romantic (Neoclassical after 1910)
Genre Profile:  223---2232---0212---111---23---13x
Quantity of Work Produced:  extensive
Best Known For:  symphonic poems---operas---lieder---wind concs.---orchestration
Notable Works:  . . . songs [solo v & pf] (1870-1942) . . . Sonata for Cello & Piano in F Op.6 (1880-3) . . . Horn Conc. #1 in E flat Op.11 (1882-3) . . . Sonata for Violin & Piano in E flat Op.18 (1887) . . . Don Juan [sym. poem] Op.20 (1888-9) . . . Death & Transfiguration [sym. poem] Op.24 (1888-9) . . . Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks [sym. poem] Op.28 (1894-5) . . . Thus Spake Zarathustra [sym. poem] Op.30 (1895-6) . . . Don Quixote [sym. poem in the form of variations for vc & orch.] Op.35 (1896-7) . . . A Hero's Life [sym. poem] Op.40 (1897-8) . . . Salome [opera] Op.54 (1903-5), incl. 'Dance of the Seven Veils' [orch.] . . . Elektra [opera] Op.58 (1906-8) . . . Der Rosenkavalier [opera] Op.59 (1909-10) . . . Ariadne auf Naxos [opera] Op.60 (1911-2, r1916) . . . Ein Alpensinfonie Op.64 (1911-5) . . . Die Frau ohne Schatten [opera] Op.65 (1914-8) . . . Horn Conc. #2 in E flat (1942) . . . Metamorphosen [string orch.] (1945) . . . Oboe Conc. in D (1945, r1948) . . . Four Last Songs [solo v & orch.] (1948)
Musical Influences:  Berlioz; Brahms; Liszt; --Mozart; J Strauss Jr.; Wagner
Has Influenced:  Bartók; Bax; Bloch; Casella; Castelnuovo-Tedesco; Dukas; Griffes; -Herbert; Hindemith; Holst; Honegger; KORNGOLD; Lehár; Prokofiev; -Puccini; Ravel; Reger; RESPIGHI; Ruggles; Schoenberg; -Sinding; Suk; Szymanowski; Varèse; Villa-Lobos; [E Wellesz]; Wolf-Ferrari; Zemlinsky

Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971) Russian-French-American; Paris-based 1911-39, U.S.-based thereafter
Style/Period:  Russian Nationalist (Impressionist) to 1924; French Neoclassical 1924-1951; Post-Webernian Serial thereafter
Genre Profile:  232---2222---2222---202---32---220
Quantity of Work Produced:  extensive
Best Known For:  significant or important contributor to most main genres; pre-eminent 20th Century composer of ballets
Notable Works:  . . . The Firebird [ballet] (1909-10; Suite #2 for reduced orch. 1919, r1945) . . . Petrushka [ballet] (1910-1, r1946) . . . The Rite of Spring [ballet] (1911-3, r1940s) . . . The Wedding [ballet for 4 solo vv, 4 pf, perc ensemble & chorus] (1914-7, r1921-3) . . . The Soldier's Tale [ballet for narr., spoken vv & ensemble of 7 instrs.] (1918) . . . Pulcinella [ballet after Pergolesi for 3 solo vv & chamber orch.] (1919-20; suite for chamber orch. c1922, r1947) . . . Symphonies of Wind Instruments [23 instrs.] (1920, r1945-7) . . . 3 Movements from Petrushka [pf] (1921) . . . Octet [wind instrs.] (1922-3, r1952) . . . Oedipus Rex [secular opera-oratorio] (1926-7, r1948) . . . Apollon Musagète [ballet for string orch.] (1927-8, r1947) . . . The Fairy's Kiss [ballet] (1928, r1950) . . . Symphony of Psalms [sacred text for chorus & orch.] (1930, r1948) . . . Violin Conc. in D (1931) . . . The Card Party [ballet] (1936) . . . Conc. in E flat 'Dumbarton Oaks' [chamber orch.] (1937-8) . . . Symphony in C (1939-40) . . . Sym. in Three Movements (1942-5) . . . Mass [mixed chorus & double wind quintet (10 instrs.)] (1944-8) . . . Conc. in D [string orch.] (1946) . . . Orpheus [ballet] (1947) . . . The Rake's Progress [opera] (1948-51) . . . Agon [ballet] (1953-4 & 1956-7) . . . Movements [pf & orch.] (1958-9)
Musical Influences:  ---JS Bach; Borodin; Debussy; Dukas; ---Gesualdo; Glazunov; -Glinka; ---Machaut; --Mozart; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV; Schoenberg; Scriabin; Tchaikovsky; +Webern; Renaissance, Baroque & Classical music; ragtime; jazz
Has Influenced:  [G ANTHEIL]; Barber; -Bartók; Berio; Berkeley; Bernstein; [H Birtwistle]; Bliss; Blitzstein; Boulez; Britten; Carter; Casella; Chávez; Copland; Creston; Diamond; Dutilleux; [W Egk]; -Falla; Fine; [W Fortner]; Foss; Françaix; Ginastera; KA Hartmann; Henze; Hindemith; Holmboe; -Holst; Husa; Ibert; -Ireland; [L Kirchner]; KRAFT; Krenek; Lambert; Ligeti; Lutoslawski; Malipiero; MARTINU; McPhee; Menotti; Messiaen; Nancarrow; ORFF; Petrassi; Piston; POULENC; Powell; Prokofiev; -Puccini; -Ravel; Reich; Rochberg; Rodrigo; -Roussel; Schuller; Sessions; Shchedrin; Shostakovich; [N Skalkottas]; Szymanowski; Tavener; Thomson; Tippett; Varèse; Villa-Lobos; Walton; Weill; Wuorinen; [BA Zimmermann]

Suk, Josef (1874-1935) Bohemian; Prague-based from c1885
Style/Period:  Late (post-Wagnerian) Czech Romantic
Genre Profile:  222---0200---2222---200---00---120
Quantity of Work Produced:  modest
Best Known For:  symphonic & orchestral pcs---solo piano---chamber music
Notable Works:  . . . Serenade in E flat [string orch.] Op.6 (1892) . . . Asrael Symphony Op.27 (1905-6) . . . Things Lived & Dreamt [pf suite] Op.30 (1909)
Musical Influences:  DVORÁK; R Strauss; Tchaikovsky; French Impressionists
Has Influenced:  Martinu

Sullivan, Arthur (1842-1900) British; London-based
Style/Period:  Middle English Romantic/English Light Classical
Genre Profile:  122---0000---0101---100---23---220
Quantity of Work Produced:  extensive
Best Known For:  operettas---orchestral pcs---songs & song cycles---church music
Notable Works:  . . . H.M.S. Pinafore [operetta] (1878) . . . The Pirates of Penzeance [operetta] (1879) . . . The Mikado [operetta] (1885) . . . The Yeomen of the Guard [operetta] (1888)
Musical Influences:  Mendelssohn; Offenbach; -Schubert
Has Influenced:  Holst

Suppé, Franz von (1819-95) Belgian-Austrian; Vienna-based from 1835
Style/Period:  Viennese Light Classical
Genre Profile:  131---0000---0100---000---03---210
Quantity of Work Produced:  extensive
Best Known For:  operettas & operetta overs.
Notable Works:  . . . Over. to (the operetta) Poet & Peasant [orch.] (1846) . . . Over. to (the operetta) The Light Cavalry [orch.] (1866) . . . Boccaccio [operetta] (1879)
Musical Influences:  Halévy; OFFENBACH; J Strauss Sr.

Svendsen, Johan (1840-1911) Norwegian
Style/Period:  Norwegian Nationalist (Romantic)
Best Known For:  syms.---concs.---orchestral pcs
Musical Influences:  +Grieg; Mendelssohn; R Schumann; folk music
Has Influenced:  Nielsen

Sweelinck, Jan (1562-1621) Dutch; Amsterdam-based
Style/Period:  Late Dutch Renaissance
Genre Profile:  [not used]
Quantity of Work Produced:  extensive
Best Known For:  solo keyboard, espec. organ---sacred vocal music (motets, etc.)
Musical Influences:  Bull; Byrd; Cabezón; A Gabrieli; G Gabrieli; Philips
Has Influenced:  ++JS Bach; +Buxtehude; SCHEIDEMANN; SCHEIDT

Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937) Polish
Style/Period:  Impressionist to 1924; Polish Nationalist (Neoclassical) thereafter
Genre Profile:  201---2200---0202---200---22---220
Quantity of Work Produced:  considerable
Best Known For:  syms.---violin (w/piano, w/orch.)---songs---vocal/choral-orchestral music---operas---piano (solo, chamber combs.)
Notable Works:  . . . Sonata for Violin & Piano in D minor Op.9 (1904) . . . Sym. #2 in B flat Op.19 (1909-10) . . . 3 Myths [vln & pf] Op.30 (1915) . . . Nocturne & Tarantella [vln & pf] Op.28 (1915) . . . Violin Conc. #1 Op.35 (1916) . . . King Roger [opera] Op.46 (1918-24) . . . Stabat Mater [3 solo vv, chorus & orch.] Op.53 (1925-6) . . . Sym. #4 'Symphonie Concertante' [pf & orch.] Op.60 (1932)
Musical Influences:  Bartók; Brahms; --Chopin; Debussy; Ravel; Reger; Scriabin; R Strauss; Stravinsky; Wagner; Persian & Arabian music; Polish folk music
Has Influenced:  Lutoslawski

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