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The Death Star placed ninth in a 2008 20th Century Fox poll of the most popular movie weapons. It is also recognizable outside of the "Star Wars" context. 
 The band named itself in honour of the 20th century French composer Olivier Messiaen.  
  Alexander Abramsky (1898–1985), composer, most well known work is his piano concerto which premiered in 1941. Joseph Yulyevich Achron (1886–1943), was a composer of Jewish origin. He later settled in USA. His most famous work is the "Hebrew Melody" for violin and orchestra. Iosif Andriasov (1933–2000), Moscow born, Armenian composer of three symphonies, who rejected the Lenin Prize by stating: "By accepting a reward from criminals, one becomes an accomplice to the criminals." Emigrated to the US in 1979. Anton Arensky (1861–1906), Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 32, is his most famous work. Alexander Arkhangelsky (1846–1924), composer of church music and conductor. Sasha Argov (1914–95), Russian-born Israeli composer  Nikolai Artsybushev (1858-1937), composer and music publisher  Lera Auerbach (born 1973) 21st-century composer of opera, ballet, symphonic works and chamber music. Revol Samoilovich Bunin (1924–1976), was a student of Shostakovich, he went on to compose 9 symphonies and several concertos. Georgy Catoire (1861–1926), was a Russian composer of French heritage. Yury G. Chernavsky (born 1947), 20th- and 21st-century composer, works in Russia, West Europe and US (Hollywood), writes music mostly in R&B, Pop and Rock music styles  Pavel Chesnokov (1877–1944), choral composer and conductor. He composed over five hundred choral works. Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813–1869). Edison Denisov (1929–1996) was a Russian composer of so-called "Underground" — "Anti-Collectivist", "alternative" or "nonconformist" works in the Soviet music. Leonid Desyatnikov (born 1955), notable composer of opera and film scores. Victor Ewald (1860–1935), composer of four famous brass quintets. Ossip Gabrilowitsch (1878–1936), Russian composer of Jewish background who lived many years in the United States, famous for piano miniatures such as the "Caprice Burlesque". German Galynin (1922-1966), studied under Dmitri Shostakovich and Nikolai Myaskovsky. Valery Gavrilin (1939–1999) 20th-century composer of chamber, vocal, choral and ballet music. Michael L. Geller (1937–2007), 20th- and 21st-century composer and viola player, lived and worked in Russia, The Netherlands and Israel  Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936), late Romantic composer influenced by Johannes Brahms, Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt, one of the few composers ever to write a saxophone concerto  Reinhold Glière (1875–1956), composer who wrote pieces in a romantic style well into the 20th century  Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857), one of the first significant Russian composers  Alexander Gedike (1877–1957), composer and pianist, won the Rubinstein Prize for Composition at the young age of 23. Nicolai Golovanov (1891–1951), also a foremost conductor  Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956), late Romantic, student of Rimsky-Korsakov, member of the "new Russian choral school"  Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931), Russian composer of half Tartar ethnicity. Alexander Ilyinsky (1859–1919), composer known for the opera "The Fountain of Bakhchisaray", orchestral suites, and a symphony  Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859–1935), Romantic composer, noted for his orchestral suite "Caucasian Sketches"  Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904–1987), 20th-century composer  Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901), Romantic composer who lived a short life due to illness. Most famous for his first symphony. Nikolai Kapustin (born 1937), 20th-century composer and pianist, who uses jazz idioms set amid formal classical structures in his compositions. Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948), 20th- and 21st-century composer, writes mostly theatrical music and jazz Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978), composer of "Sabre Dance". His music is often used in TV and movie soundtracks. Yuri Khanon (born 1965), 20th- and 21st-century composer-ideologist of opera, ballet, symphonic works and chamber music, laureate of the European Film Awards (1988)  (1909–1955)  Alexander Kopylov (1854–1911), composer of four quartets, a symphony, also a member of the Belyayev circle  Yevgeny Kostitsyn (born 1963), 21st-century composer, originator of synchronous and Cubist music  Andrei Krylov (born 1961), 20th and 21st-century composer, wrote mostly works for classical guitar, flute and keyboards  Boris Ledkovsky (1894—1975), Russian-American composer of Church music  Dmitry Lubensky (born 1979), 21st-century composer of film scores and cartoons  Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914), known for "The Enchanted Lake", "Baba Yaga", and the "Eight Russian Folksongs". Sergei Lyapunov (1859–1924), composer and pianist, member of the Belyayev circle. Vladimir Martynov (born 1946), 20th- and 21st-century composer  Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951), 20th-century composer and pianist  Alexander Mosolov (1900–1973), avant-garde composer of the early Soviet era, best known for Iron Foundry from the ballet "Steel". Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950), 20th-century composer and teacher of Polish birth, composer of 27 symphonies, 13 string quartets and other works  Vyacheslav Nagovitsin (born 1939), 20th-century composer and violinist, works in Russia. Nikolai Obukhov (1892–1954) known for his religious mysticism and electronic instrument, the "croix sonore"; worked mainly in France. Alla Pavlova (born 1952), 20th- and 21st-century composer. Recognized mostly for her symphonic compositions. Gavriil Popov (1904–1972), was a Soviet Russian composer of modernist bent who ran afoul of Soviet authorities. Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953), 20th century neoclassical composer, known for his symphonies (particularly #1 "Classical Symphony and #5), ballets, five piano concertos and six operas. Two of his best known pieces are "Peter and the Wolf" and "Romeo and Juliet". Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), late Romantic virtuoso pianist and composer, known for "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" and four popular piano concertos  Vladimir Rebikov (1866–1920), late Romantic 20th-century composer and pianist. Nikolai Roslavets (1881–1944), was a convinced modernist and cosmopolitan thinker; his music was officially suppressed from 1930 onwards. Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894), pianist, composer and conductor. As a pianist he was regarded as a rival of Franz Liszt. Particularly known for his piano music. Adrian Schaposhnikov (1888–1967), 20th-century composer. Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Romantic, known for his harmonically adventurous piano sonatas and theatrical orchestral works  Julian Scriabin (1908–1919), son of Alexander Scriabin and a composer himself. Drowned at the young age of 11. Vladimir Shainsky (born 1925), 20th- and 21st-century composer, wrote mostly works for children and popular songs. Yuri Shaporin Rodion Shchedrin (b. December 16, 1932), the chairman of the Union of Russian Composers from 1973 until 1990, best known for his Concerto for Orchestra No. 1 "Naughty Limericks". Vladimir Shcherbachov (1889–1952)  Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998) composer, wrote 9 symphonies, 6 Concerto Grosso, 4 Violin Concertos, and many other works in various genres. Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), 20th-century composer, wrote fifteen symphonies and is especially noted for his fifth symphony. Nikolay Sokolov (1859–1922), composer of chamber and choral music, member of the Belyayev circle  Maximilian Steinberg (1883–1946), 20th-century composer and pedagogue, born in what is now Lithuania  Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), 20th century primitivist, neoclassical and jazz composer, known for his early ballet "The Rite of Spring"  Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998), a 20th-century neoromantic composer of mostly vocal and choral music, most famous for his orchestral suite 'The Snowstorm'. Alexander Taneyev (1850–1918), Romantic era nationalist composer. Sergei Taneyev (1856–1915), Romantic composer, oriented towards classical forms and the central European tradition  Boris Tchaikovsky (1925–1996), part of the second generation of Russian composers, following in the steps of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (to whom he was not related). Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), influential Romantic composer, famous for his ballets ("The Nutcracker", "Swan Lake"), his "Romeo and Juliet Overture–Fantasy", "1812 Overture" and his later symphonies (#4#6)  Alexander Tcherepnin (1899–1977), composer and pianist, invented his own harmonic languages, including the "Tcherepnin scale". Nikolai Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (1873–1945), father of Alexander Tcherepnin, he wrote in an exotically spiced late Romantic idiom, most famous for his ballets 'Narcissus and Echo' and 'The Pavilion of Armide'. *  Galina Ustvolskaya (1919–2006) Soviet avant-garde composer, Shostakovich's most notable student. Vladimir Vavilov (1925–1973) guitarist, lutenist and composer of the famous "Ave Maria" which he falsely attributed to Giulio Caccini. Alexander Zhurbin (born 1945), 20th- and 21st-century composer, primarily of musical theatre, film, popular song, and symphonic works.  
20th-century French literature is literature written in French from 1900 to 1999. For literature made after 1999, see the article Contemporary French literature. Many of the developments in French literature in this period parallel changes in the visual arts. For more on this, see French art of the 20th century. 
There is a small but recognizable community of French people in Madagascar, of whom the vast majority are born in Madagascar and are descended from former settlers and colonists from France who settled in Madagascar during the 19th and 20th centuries. They constitute a minority ethnic group of Madagascar. 