You Mean They’re Not Dead?

I wrote a post like this a while ago, but having found that Stockhausen is dead, it’s time to redo the list. Basically, what I did was go through the Wikipedia list of 20th Century composers, click on the ones that I recognised, and checked their age. Qualification is 80 years.

1. Elliott Carter – 99 years 3 months
2. Norman Dello Joio – 95 years 1 month
3. Wilfrid Mellers – 93 years 10 months
4. Milton Babbitt – 91 years 10 months
5. Harold Shapero – 87 years 10 months
6. Lukas Foss – 85 years 7 months
7. Serge Nigg – 83 years 8 months
8. Pierre Boulez – 82 years 11 months
9. Tristram Cary – 82 years 10 months
10. Ben Johnston – 82 years 0 months