The Living Composers Project

As of 30 March 2023, the Living Composers Project contains information about 4670 composers from 99 countries, with a total of more than 300,000 works. The project is the result of thousands of hours of work contributed voluntarily by curator Dan Albertson over the past 20 years, in consultation with various colleagues throughout the world.

Distribution of composers by country:

USA (1448) 31%, UK (444) 10%, Germany (399) 9%, Canada (323) 7%, France (230) 5%, Italy (228) 5%, The Netherlands (136) 3%, Australia (118) 3%, Austria (116) 2%, Switzerland (107) 2%, Spain (105) 2%, Belgium (84) 2%, Sweden (76) 2%, Poland (75) 2%, Argentina (70) 1%, Russia (68) 1%, China (67) 1%, Finland (65) 1%, Japan (59) 1%, Greece (55) 1%, Israel (52) 1%, Ireland (51) 1%, Denmark (50) 1%, Mexico (50) 1%, New Zealand (43) 1%, Norway (40) 1%, Portugal (39) 1%, Brazil (38) 1%, Hungary (34) 1%, Lithuania (34) 1%, Romania (34) 1%, Latvia (32) 1%, Ukraine (31) 1%, Czech Republic (27) 1%, Armenia (24) 1%, South Africa (24) 1%, Turkey (24) 1%, South Korea (23) 0%, Estonia (22) 0%, Iceland (21) 0%, Bulgaria (16) 0%, Slovakia (16) 0%, Chile (14) 0%, Iran (14) 0%, The Philippines (14) 0%, Colombia (13) 0%, Serbia (13) 0%, Slovenia (13) 0%, Taiwan (13) 0%, Venezuela (13) 0%, Cuba (12) 0%, Georgia (11) 0%, Belarus (10) 0%, Cyprus (10) 0%, Egypt (10) 0%, Malaysia (10) 0%, Uruguay (10) 0%, Azerbaijan (9) 0%, Peru (9) 0%, Singapore (9) 0%, Uzbekistan (9) 0%, Lebanon (8) 0%, Luxembourg (8) 0%, Indonesia (7) 0%, Costa Rica (6) 0%, Croatia (6) 0%, Ecuador (6) 0%, Macedonia (6) 0%, Jordan (5) 0%, Vietnam (5) 0%, Thailand (4) 0%, Albania (3) 0%, India (3) 0%, Kazakhstan (3) 0%, Malta (3) 0%, Paraguay (3) 0%, Tajikistan (3) 0%, Bolivia (2) 0%, Dominican Republic (2) 0%, El Salvador (2) 0%, Iraq (2) 0%, Kosovo (2) 0%, Liechtenstein (2) 0%, Moldova (2) 0%, Mongolia (2) 0%, Palestine (2) 0%, Panama (2) 0%, Syria (2) 0%, Turkmenistan (2) 0%, Algeria (1) 0%, Cambodia (1) 0%, Cape Verde (1) 0%, Congo [Kinshasa] (1) 0%, Guatemala (1) 0%, Jamaica (1) 0%, Montenegro (1) 0%, Morocco (1) 0%, Nigeria (1) 0%, The Sudan (1) 0%


tlcp-w300s

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  • 4670 composers

  • 99 countries

  • more than 300,000 works




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DOCUMENTS

THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT

  • Dan Albertson / The Living Composers Project & The Villa of Composers (PDF)



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LINKS

THE LIVING COMPOSERS PROJECT

  • The Living Composers Project website [Link]


In 2014, the Villa of Composers and the Living Composers Project (LCP) signed an agreement for a long-term partnership, with the aims of:

  • listing living or recently deceased composers of written music,

  • publishing the catalogues of works by these composers,

  • creating sustainable links between composers, specifically with regard to the philosophy and offers of the Villa of Composers.


The LCP and the Villa of Composers embarked on their partnership in 2015.

In association with their partnership and shared missions, it should be noted that:

  • the Villa of Composers keeps a digital copy of the LCP database and is authorised to access the database and make publications using the data;

  • the Villa will publish a list of LCP composers on its website based on existing LCP catalogues;

  • the Villa may send out information, in coordination with the LCP's curator, for the attention of listed composers.


This process is currently underway and will be announced on both websites once it is fully up and running.

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