Generación del 51

Generación del 51 is a designation for one of a series of "generations" of Spanish composers, identifying a group born between 1924 and 1938.

Members of this group of composers from the Basque and Castilian-speaking regions of Spain include: In their earlier works, members of this generation tended toward the avant-garde, with post-Webernian serialism evident in the work of Halffter and Luis de Pablo in particular. By the end of the 1970s a mellowing of their language becomes apparent, and during the 1980s many of them began to turn to tonality of one sort or another.
 * Carmelo Alonso Bernaola (1929–2002)
 * (1925–2002)
 * Ángel Arteaga (1928–1984)
 * Cristóbal Halffter (1930–2021)
 * (1928–2008)
 * Agustín Bertomeu (born 1929)
 * (1935–2005)
 * (1925–1985)
 * (1930–2005)
 * Juan José Falcón Sanabria (born 1936)
 * Antón García Abril (1933–2021)
 * (born 1929)
 * Juan Hidalgo (1927–2018)
 * (1937–2005)
 * Luis de Pablo (1930–2021)
 * Claudio Prieto (1934–2015)

The Catalan members of this generation are associated with the reforming and renewing tendencies that emerged after the post-Civil War isolation: Soler's compositional palette involves serial techniques, and he is particularly noted for his dramatic music.
 * (1931–2017)
 * Joan Guinjoan (1931–2019)
 * Josep Mestres Quadreny (1929–2021)
 * Josep Soler i Sardà (1935-2022)