CCC - The First Fifty

 I started the Consonant Classical Challenge  to show that the characterization of modern music as ugly and unlistenable was simply unfair. When I began, I knew of several living composers that fit the list. Soon enough, though, it became a challenge for me to keep finding composers for the survey. It's a challenge I've enjoyed, and I've discovered a lot of great music along  the way (which I've shared with you in this series). I've found fifty living composers who -- each in their own way -- have made use of classical music traditions to create works that connect rather than break with the past. Beginning next week, I'll see if I can find at least fifty more...

01 Lowell Liebermann	26 Richard Danielpour
02 Arnold Rosner	27 Jack Jarrett
03 Jennifer Higdon	28 Samuel Zyman
04 Bechara El-Khoury	29 Michael Abels
05 Michael Torke	30 David Del Tredici
06 Michael Daugherty	31 John Tavener
07 John Corgliano	32 Valentin Silvestrov
08 Joan Tower	33 Tarik O'Regan
09 John Adams	34 Beata Moon
10 Jau Greenberg	35 Nico Muhly
11 Christopher Theofanidis	36 William Duckworth
12 Robert Ward	37 Judith Zaimont
13 Adolphus Hailstork	38 George Walkerb
14 Eric Ewazen	39 Thomas Oboe Lee
15 Walter Ross	40 Judd Greenstein
16 Samuel Adler	41 Paul Moravec
17 Einojuhani Rautavaara	42 John Joubert
18 Max Richter<	43 peteris Vasks
19 Avner Dorman	44 Juan Orrego-Salas
20 Carl Vine	45 Leo Brouwer
21 Eric Whitacre	46 Kenneth Fuchs
22 John Rutter	47 Larysa Kuzmenko
23 Christopher Rouse	48 Crt Sojar Voglar
24 Peter Schulthorpe	49 Ester Mati
25 Kevin Puts	50 Dobrinka Tabakova