The Komponisten der Gegenwart (KDG) is a music encyclopedia in the German language about composers of the 20th and 21st century.
[1][2] Hanns-Werner Heister and Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer founded the encyclopaedia Komponisten der Gegenwart (KDG) in 1992 and since then publish it in the publishing house edition text + kritik [de].
[3] In alphabetical order, the articles are divided into biographies and work overviews.
In the presentation of the works, and particular aesthetics and compositional technique are reflected historically as well as musically-analytically.
In addition, more than 200 composers are covered in more detail, with lists of works, selected discographies, bibliographies and music charts.