List of composers by name

This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically sorted by surname, then by other names. The list is by no means complete. It is not limited by classifications such as genre or time period — however it includes only music composers of significant fame, notability or importance who also have current Wikipedia biographies. For lists of music composers by other classifications, see Lists of composers.

A

• Michel van der Aa (born 1970)
• Juhan Aavik (1884–1982)
• Joseph Abaco (dall'Abaco) (1710–1805)
• Antonio Maria Abbatini (c. 1595–1680)
• Gamal Abdel-Rahim (1924–1988)
• Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah (born 1962)
• Keiko Abe (born 1937)
• Clamor Heinrich Abel (1634–1696)
• Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787)
• Ludwig Abel (1835–1895)
• John Abell (1653–after 1724)
• Johann Joseph Abert (1832–1915)
• Girolamo Abos (1715–1760)
• Paul Abraham (1892–1960)
• Hans Abrahamsen (born 1952)
• Alexander Abramsky (1898–1985)
• Kornél Ábrányi (1822–1903)
• Antón García Abril (born 1933)
• Jean Absil (1893–1974)
• Franz Abt (1819–1885)
• Henry Abyngdon (c. 1418–1497)
• Filippo Acciaiuoli (1637–1700)
• Jean-Baptiste Accolay (1833–1900)
• Joseph Achron (1886–1943)
• Adam de la Halle (c. 1237?–1288)
• Adolphe Adam (1803–1856)
• Mark Adamo (born 1962)
• H. Leslie Adams (born 1932)
• John Adams (born 1947)
• John Luther Adams (born 1953)
• Thomas Adams (1785–1858)
• Ella Adayevskaya (Elisabeth Schultz-Adaïewsky) (1846–1926)
• Richard Addinsell (1904–1977)
• John Addison (c. 1765–1844)
• John Addison (1920–1998)
• Thomas Adès (born 1971)
• Samuel Adler (born 1928)
• Anton Cajetan Adlgasser (1729–1777)
• Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969)
• Emmanuel Adriaenssen (c. 1554–1604)
• John Adson (c. 1587–1640)
• Josina van Aerssen (1733–1797)
• Nikolay Afanas'yev (1820–1898)
• Zeca Afonso (1929–1987)
• Agostino Agazzari (1578–1640)
• Klaus Ager (born 1946)
• François d'Agincourt (1684–1758)
• Lejla Agolli (born 1950)
• Lodovico Agostini (1534–1590)
• Paolo Agostino (c. 1583–1629)
• Johan Agrell (1701–1765)
• Alexander Agricola (c. 1446–1506)
• Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774)
• Martin Agricola (1486–1556)
• Dionisio Aguado (1784–1849)
• Graciela Agudela (born 1945)
• Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia (1561–1627)
• Johann Georg Ahle (1651–1706)
• Johann Rudolf Ahle (1625–1673)
• Jacob Niclas Ahlström (1805–1857)
• Kalevi Aho (born 1949)
• Ahn Eak-tai (1906–1965)
• Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565–1628)
• Bartholomäus Aich (17th cent)
• Necil Kazım Akses (1908–1999)
• Jehan Alain (1911–1940)
• Pierre Alamire (Peter van den Hove) (c. 1470–1536)
• Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909)
• Mateo Pérez de Albéniz (1755–1831)
• Pirro Albergati (1663–1735)
• Eugen d'Albert (1864–1932)
• Heinrich Albert (1604–1651)
• Stephen Albert (1941–1992)
• Domenico Alberti (c. 1710–1740)
• Gasparo Alberti (c. 1489–c. 1560)
• Giuseppe Matteo Alberti (1685–1751)
• Innocentio Alberti (c. 1535–1615)
• Johann Friedrich Alberti (1642–1710)
• Ignazio Albertini (1644–1685)
• Joachim Albertini (1748–1812)
• Henrico Albicastro (von Weissenburg) (c. 1660–after 1730)
• Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751)
• Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809)
• Nilo Alcala (born 1978)
• José Bernardo Alcedo (1788–1878)
• Giuseppe Aldrovandini (1671–1707)
• Vittoria Aleotti (c. 1575–after 1620)
• Alfonso X of Castile (1221–1284)
• Franco Alfano (1875–1954)
• Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960)
• Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947)
• Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
• Siegfried Alkan (1858–1941)
• Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652)
• Steve Allen (1921–2000)
• Richard Allison (1560/1570?–1610?)
• Francisco António de Almeida (c. 1702–1755)
• João Pedro de Almeida Mota (1744–1817)
• Eduardo Alonso-Crespo (born 1956)
• Birgitte Alsted (born 1942)
• Michael Altenburg (1584–1640)
• Johann Christoph Altnickol (1720–1759)
• Miguel Álvarez-Fernández (born 1979)
• Elias Parish Alvars (1808–1849)
• William Alwyn (1905–1985)
• Alexander Alyabyev (1787–1851)
• Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
• Filippo Amadei (c. 1665–c. 1725)
• Amalia Catharina, Countess of Erbach (1640–1697)
• Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870)
• Joan Albert Amargós (born 1950)
• August Wilhelm Ambros (1816–1876)
• Marco Ambrosini (born 1964)
• Sandro de America (born 1945)
• Jean-Claude Amiot (born 1939)
• Charles Amirkhanian (born 1945)
• Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach (c. 1530–1597)
• Ammiya (c. 1400 BC)
• Cataldo Amodei (c. 1650–c. 1695)
• Gilbert Amy (born 1936)
• Juan de Anchieta (1462–1523)
• Joachim Andersen (1847–1909)
• Beth Anderson (born 1950)
• Julian Anderson (born 1967)
• Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
• Leroy Anderson (1908–1975)
• T. J. Anderson (born 1928)
• Johann André (1741–1799)
• Johann Anton André (1775–1842)
• Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
• Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981)
• Jurriaan Andriessen (1925–1996)
• Louis Andriessen (born 1939)
• Willem Andriessen (1887–1964)
• François Andrieu (14th cent.)
• José Escolástico Andrino (1817–1862)
• Felice Anerio (1560–1614)
• Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c. 1567–1630)
• Pasquale Anfossi (1727–1797)
• Giovanni Animuccia (c. 1520–1571)
• Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691)
• Anna Amalia (Princess of Prussia) (1723–1787)
• Anna Amalia (Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) (1739–1807)
• Conrad Ansorge (1862–1930)
• John Antes (1740–1811)
• George Antheil (1900–1959)
• Andrea Antico (c. 1480–after 1538)
• Antonello da Caserta (late 14th – early 15th cent.)
• Antonio da Cividale (fl. 1392–1421)
• Georges Aperghis (born 1945)
• Denis ApIvor (1916–2004)
• Giuseppe Apolloni (1822–1889)
• Hans Erich Apostel (1901–1972)
• Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938)
• Benedictus Appenzeller (1480/1488–after 1558)
• Thomas Appleby (c. 1488?–1563/1564)
• Francesco Araja (1709–after 1762)
• Juan de Araujo (1646–1712)
• Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825–1889)
• Chaya Arbel (1921–2007)
• Jacques Arcadelt (1507?–1568)
• Frederic Archer (1838–1901)
• Violet Archer (1913–2000)
• Luigi Arditi (1822–1903)
• Bülent Arel (1919–1990)
• Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
• Dominick Argento (born 1927)
• Attilio Ariosti (1666–1729)
• Albert Arlen (1905–1993)
• Andreas Armsdorff (1670–1699)
• Gheorghi Arnaoudov (born 1957)
• Desi Arnaz (1917–1986)
• Michael Arne (1740/1741–1786)
• Thomas Arne (1710–1778)
• Richard Arnell (1917–2009)
• Blaž Arnič (1901–1970)
• Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006)
• Samuel Arnold (1740–1802)
• Yuri Karlovich Arnold (1811–1898)
• Robert Sterling Arnold (1905–2003)
• Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806–1826)
• Emilio Arrieta (1823–1894)
• Claude Arrieu (1903–1990)
• Alexander Arutiunian (born 1920)
• Boris Asafyev (1884–1949)
• Joseph Ascher (1829–1869)
• Thomas Ashwell (c. 1478–after 1513)
• Robert Ashley (born 1930)
• Daniel Asia (born 1953)
• Gianmatteo Asola (c. 1532–1609)
• Franz Asplmayr (1728–1786)
• Caterina Assandra (c. 1590–after 1618)
• Charles d'Assoucy (1605–1677)
• Ignaz Assmayer (born 1790)
• Edwin Astley (1922–1998)
• Hugh Aston (Hugh Ashton) (c. 1485–1558)
• Emanuele d'Astorga (1681–1736)
• Athenaeus son of Athenaeus (fl. 138–28 BC)
• Chet Atkins (1924–2001)
• Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974)
• Thomas Attwood (1765–1838)
• Daniel Auber (1782–1871)
• Jacques Aubert (1689–1753)
• Edmond Audran (1842–1901)
• Leopold Auer (1845–1930)
• Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
• Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter (1665–1742)
• Pietro Auletta (c. 1698–1771)
• Georges Auric (1899–1983)
• Larry Austin (born 1930)
• Charles Avison (1709–1770)
• Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961)
• Slavko Avsenik (born 1929)
• Aaron Avshalomov (1894–1965)
• Jacob Avshalomov (born 1919)
• Daniel Ayala Pérez (1906–1975)
• Frederick Ayres (1876–1926)
• Svitlana Azarova (born 1976)
• Filippo Azzaiolo (fl. 1557–1569)

B

• Kees van Baaren (1906–1970)
• Arno Babajanian (born 1921)
• William Babell (1689/1690–1723)
• Stanley Babin (born 1932)
• Milton Babbitt (1916–2011)
• Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
• Heinrich Bach (1615–1692)
• Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749)
• Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782)
• Johann Christoph Bach (1642–1703)
• Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795)
• Johann Ludwig Bach (1677–1731)
• Johann Michael Bach (1648–1694)
• Johann Nicolaus Bach (1669–1753)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
• Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)
• Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759–1845)
• Burt Bacharach (born 1928)
• Francis Edward Bache (1833–1858)
• Daniel Bacheler (1572–1619)
• Sven-Erik Bäck (1919–1994)
• Agathe Backer-Grøndahl (1847–1907)
• Ernst Bacon (1898–1990)
• Rosa Giacinta Badalla (c. 1660–c. 1710)
• Carlo Agostino Badia (1672–1738)
• Henk Badings (1907–1987)
• Heinrich Baermann (1784–1847)
• Carlos Baguer (Carles Baguer) (1768–1808)
• Junsang Bahk (born 1937)
• Edgar Bainton (1880–1956)
• Tadeusz Baird (1928–1981)
• David Baker (born 1931)
• Bálint Bakfark (Valentin Bakfark) (1526/1530–1576)
• Leonardo Balada (born 1933)
• Osvaldas Balakauskas (born 1937)
• Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
• Claude Balbastre (1724–1799)
• Pietro Baldassare (c. 1683–after 1768)
• João José Baldi (1770–1816)
• Michael William Balfe (1808–1870)
• Hank Ballard (1936–2003)
• Robert Ballard (c. 1575–1645)
• Puchi Balseiro (1926–2007)
• Thomas Baltzar (c. 1631–1663)
• Troy Banarzi (born 1972)
• Adriano Banchieri (1568–1634)
• Gilbert Banester (Banaster) (c. 1430–1487)
• Raffaello de Banfield (1922–2008)
• Don Banks (1923–1980)
• Granville Bantock (1868–1946)
• Bartolomeo Barbarino (c. 1568–1617 or later)
• Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
• Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823–1894)
• Jacobus Barbireau (1455–1491)
• Stephen Mark Barchan (born 1982)
• Jason Bare (born 1975)
• Woldemar Bargiel (1828–1897)
• Antonino Barges (fl. 1547–1565)
• Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924)
• Alexandre Barjansky (1883–1961)
• Clarence Barlow (born 1945)
• Wayne Barlow (1912–1996)
• Joseph Barnby (1838–1896)
• Ethel Barns (1874–1948)
• Ernst Gottlieb Baron (1696–1760)
• Leonora Baroni (1611–1670)
• Jean Barraqué (1928–1973)
• Henry Barraud (1900–1997)
• Richard Barrett (born 1959)
• Jean Barrière (1707–1747)
• Agustín Barrios (1885–1944)
• Gerald Barry (born 1952)
• Francesco Barsanti (1690–1772)
• Richard Barth (1850–1908)
• François Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808)
• Dave Bartholomew (born 1920)
• Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
• Angelo Michele Bartolotti (c. 1615–1696)
• Count Basie (1904–1984)
• Adrien Basin (fl. from 1457; died after 1498)
• Philippe Basiron (c. 1449–1491)
• Giovanni Battista Bassani (c. 1650–1716)
• Giovanni Bassano (c. 1558–1617)
• John Baston (born c. 1683; fl. 1708–1739)
• Josquin Baston (fl. 1542–1563)
• Stanley Bate (1911–1959)
• Jonathan Battishill (1738–1801)
• Giorgio Battistelli (born 1953)
• Marion Bauer (1882–1955)
• Noel Bauldeweyn (c. 1480–after 1513)
• Friedrich Baumfelder (1836–1916)
• Jürg Baur (1918–2010)
• Arnold Bax (1883–1953)
• Nisar Bazmi (1925–2007)
• François Bazin (1816–1878)
• Cyprian Bazylik (c. 1535–c. 1600)
• Antonio Bazzini (1818–1897)
• Amy Beach (1867–1944)
• Robert Beadell (1925–1994)
• Sally Beamish (born 1956)
• David Beard (born 1962)
• Robert Beaser (born 1954)
• Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet Charpentier (1734–1794)
• Franz Ignaz Beck (1734–1809)
• Jeremy Beck (born 1960)
• Dietrich Becker (c. 1623–c. 1679)
• John J. Becker (1886–1961)
• Max Beckschäfer (born 1952)
• John Beckwith (born 1927)
• David Bedford (born 1937)
• Joseph Beer (1908–1987)
• Jack Beeson (1921–2010)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
• Anđelka Bego-Šimunić (born 1941)
• Franz Behr (1837–1898)
• David Behrman (born 1937)
• Bix Beiderbecke (1903–1931)
• Luca Belcastro (born 1964)
• Supply Belcher (1751–1836)
• Laurent Belissen (1693–1762)
• Ján Levoslav Bella (1843–1936)
• Vincenzo Bellavere (c. 1540/1541–1587)
• Giulio Belli (c. 1560–1621 or later)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)
• Antonia Bembo (c. 1640–1720)
• Ralph Benatzky (1884–1957)
• Franz Benda (1709–1786)
• Felix Benda (1708–1768)
• Georg Benda (Jiří Antonín) (1722–1795)
• Franz Bendel (1833–1874)
• Karel Bendl (1838–1897)
• Julius Benedict (born 1804)
• Juraj Beneš (1940–2004)
• Orazio Benevoli (1605–1672)
• Paul Ben-Haim (1897–1984)
• Arthur Benjamin (1893–1960)
• George Benjamin (born 1960)
• John Bennet (c. 1575–after 1614)
• John Bennett (c. 1735–1784)
• Richard Rodney Bennett (born 1936)
• Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981)
• William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875)
• Peter Benoit (1834–1901)
• Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919–2000)
• Angelo Berardi (c. 1636–1694)
• Jacquet de Berchem (c. 1505–1567)
• Maxim Berezovsky (c. 1745–1777)
• Alban Berg (1885–1935)
• Gunnar Berg (1909–1989)
• Natanael Berg (1879–1957)
• Petar Bergamo (born 1930)
• Arthur Berger (1925–2003)
• Jonathan Berger (born 1954)
• Ludwig Berger (1777–1839)
• Andreas Peter Berggreen (1801–1880)
• Erik Bergman (1911–2006)
• William Bergsma (1921–1994)
• Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
• Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802–1870)
• Charles-Wilfrid de Bériot (1833–1914)
• Irving Berlin (1888–1989)
• Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
• Lennox Berkeley (1903–1989)
• Michael Berkeley (born 1948)
• Bart Berman (born 1938)
• Derek Bermel (born 1967)
• Juan Bermudo (c. 1510–after 1559)
• Ercole Bernabei (1622–1687)
• Stefano Bernardi (c. 1577–1637)
• Lord Berners (Gerald Tyrwhitt) (1883–1950)
• Nicolas Bernier (1664–1734)
• Christoph Bernhard (1628–1692)
• Elmer Bernstein (born 1922)
• Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
• Antonio Bertali (1605–1669)
• Toussaint Bertin de la Doué (c. 1680–1743)
• Henri Bertini (1798–1876)
• Henri Montan Berton (1767–1844)
• Pierre Montan Berton (1727–1780)
• Georg von Bertouch (1668–1743)
• Anthoine de Bertrand (c. 1530/40–c. 1581)
• Franz Berwald (1796–1868)
• Alessandro Besozzi (1702–1775)
• Johanna Beyer (1888–1944)
• Sandeep Bhagwati (born 1963)
• Vishal Bhardwaj (born 1960)
• Francesco Bianchi (1752–1810)
• Frederick Bianchi (born 1954)
• Carl Heinrich Biber (1681–1749)
• Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644–1704)
• Michael von Biel (born 1939)
• Marie Bigot (1786–1820)
• William Billings (1746–1800)
• Gilles Binchois (Gilles de Bins) (c. 1400–1460)
• Ronald Binge (1910–1979)
• Judith Bingham (born 1952)
• Seth Bingham (1882–1972)
• Stanislav Binički (1872–1942)
• Antonio Bioni (1698–1739)
• Wenzel Raimund Birck (Pirck) (1718–1763)
• Arthur H. Bird (1856–1923)
• Johann Adam Birkenstock (1687–1733)
• Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934)
• Hermann Bischoff (1868–1936)
• Henry Rowley Bishop (1786–1855)
• Marcel Bitsch (born 1921)
• Georges Bizet (1838–1875)
• Boris Blacher (1903–1975)
• Richard Blackford (born 1954)
• Easley Blackwood, Jr. (born 1933)
• Eubie Blake (1883–1983)
• William Burdine Blake, Sr. (1852–1938)
• Adolphe Blanc (1828–1885)
• Emile-Robert Blanchet (1877–1943)
• Frédéric Blasius (Matthäus Blasius) (1758–1829)
• Michel Blavet (1700–1768)
• Herbert Blendinger (born 1936)
• Arthur Bliss (1891–1975)
• Marc Blitzstein (1905–1964)
• Augustyn Bloch (1929–2006)
• Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
• Vilém Blodek (1834–1874)
• Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916–1968)
• John Blow (1649–1708)
• Felix Blumenfeld (1863–1931)
• Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
• Nicolas Bochsa (1789–1856)
• Philipp Friedrich Böddecker (1607–1683)
• Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1775)
• Sebastian Bodinus (c. 1700–1759)
• Sylvie Bodorová (born 1954)
• Jack Body (born 1944)
• August de Boeck (1865–1937)
• Konrad Boehmer (born 1941)
• Jorge Boehringer (born 1975)
• Léon Boëllmann (1862–1897)
• Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785–1858)
• Antoine Boësset (1586–1643)
• Jean-Baptiste Boësset (1614–1685)
• Georg Böhm (1661–1733)
• Emil Bohnke (1888–1928)
• Francois-Adrien Boieldieu (1775–1834)
• Rob du Bois (born 1934)
• Arrigo Boito (1842–1918)
• William Bolcom (born 1938)
• Claude Bolling (born 1930)
• Bartolomeo da Bologna (fl. 1405–1427)
• Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799)
• Ginés de Boluda (c. 1545–after 1604)
• João Domingos Bomtempo (1775–1842)
• Anna Bon (di Venezia) (c. 1739–after 1767)
• Capel Bond (1730–1790)
• Emmanuel Bondeville (1898–1987)
• Margaret Bonds (1913–1972)
• Severo Bonini (1582–1663)
• Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937)
• Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677–1726)
• Giovanni Battista Bononcini (1670–1747)
• Giovanni Maria Bononcini (1642–1678)
• Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672–1749)
• Francis Boott (1813–1904)
• David Borden (born 1938)
• Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892–1971)
• Benjamin Boretz (born 1934)
• Alexander Borodin (1833–1887)
• Hakon Børresen (1876–1954)
• Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877–1952)
• Dmitry Bortniansky (1751–1825)
• Daniel Börtz (born 1943)
• Michel Bosc (born 1963)
• Cornelis Boscoop (before 1531–1573)
• Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952)
• Jean-Yves Bosseur (born 1947)
• Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925)
• Franciscus Bossinensis (fl. 1509–1511)
• Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889)
• Linda Bouchard (born 1957)
• André Boucourechliev (1925–1997)
• Rutland Boughton (1878–1960)
• Lili Boulanger (1883–1918)
• Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
• Pierre Boulez (born 1925)
• Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510/1515–1559)
• Josse Boutmy (1697–1779)
• François Bouvard (c. 1684–1760)
• Guillaume Bouzignac (before 1592–after 1641)
• Fritz Bovet (fl. 1845–1888)
• York Bowen (1884–1961)
• Paul Bowles (1910–1999)
• Christian Ludwig Boxberg (1670–1729)
• William Boyce (1711–1779)
• Brian Boydell (1917–2000)
• Martin Boykan (born 1931)
• Simon Boyleau (fl. c. 1544–after 1586)
• Jacques Boyvin (1649–1706)
• Eugène Bozza (1905–1991)
• Jean Braconnier (dit Lourdault) (fl. from 1478; died 1512)
• William Brade (1560–1630)
• Antonio Braga (1929–2009)
• Antônio Francisco Braga (1868–1945)
• Cristina Braga (born 1966)
• May Brahe (1884–1956)
• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
• Edvard Fliflet Bræin (1924–1976)
• Caspar Joseph Brambach (1833–1902)
• Jan Brandts Buys (1868–1933)
• Henry Brant (1913–2008)
• Johannes Brassart (c. 1400/1405–1455)
• Louis Brassin (1840–1884)
• Walter Braunfels (1882–1954)
• Johannes Bernardus van Bree (1801–1857)
• Goran Bregović (born 1950)
• Joseph Carl Breil (1870–1926)
• Jacques Brel (1929–1978)
• Jan Josef Ignác Brentner (1689–1742)
• Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (c. 1690–1758)
• Tomás Bretón (1850–1923)
• Jean-Baptiste Bréval (1753–1823)
• Giovanni Battista Brevi (c. 1650–1725)
• Pierre de Bréville (1861–1949)
• Havergal Brian (1876–1972)
• Walter Bricht (1904–1970)
• Frank Bridge (1879–1941)
• Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626–1712)
• Lou Briel (born 1962)
• Roger Briggs (born 1952)
• Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824)
• Antonio Brioschi (fl. c. 1725–1750)
• Michael Brimer (born 1933)
• George Frederick Bristow (1825–1898)
• Estêvão de Brito (1575–1641)
• Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
• Frantisek Brixi (1732–1771)
• Šimon Brixi (1693–1735)
• Brenton Broadstock (born 1952)
• Howard Brockway (1870–1951)
• Riccardo Broschi (c. 1698–1756)
• Sébastien de Brossard (1655–1730)
• Leo Brouwer (born 1939)
• Earle Brown (1926–2002)
• James Francis Brown (born 1969)
• John Browne (fl. c. 1480–1505)
• Dave Brubeck (born 1920)
• Rudolf Brucci (1917–2002)
• Max Bruch (1838–1920)
• Arnold von Bruck (c. 1500–1554)
• Gerard von Brucken Fock (1859–1935)
• Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
• David Bruce (born 1970)
• Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697)
• Theo Bruins (1929–1993)
• Colin Brumby (born 1933)
• Antoine Brumel (c. 1460–1512/1513)
• Albert E. Brumley (1905–1977)
• Herbert Brün (1918–2000)
• Pablo Bruna (1611–1679)
• Arnold Brunckhorst (1670–1725)
• Alfred Bruneau (1857–1934)
• Antonio Brunelli (1577–1630)
• Gaetano Brunetti (1744–1798)
• Karl Gottfried Brunotte (born 1958)
• Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954)
• Joanna Bruzdowicz (born 1943)
• Gavin Bryars (born 1943)
• Mark Bucci (1924–2002)
• Hans Buchner (1483–1538)
• Dudley Buck (1839–1909)
• Ole Buck (born 1945)
• Boudewijn Buckinx (born 1945)
• Harold Budd (born 1936)
• Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin (1690–1768)
• John Bull (1562/1563–1628)
• Benedictus Buns (1642–1716)
• Giovanni Battista Buonamente (c. 1595–1642)
• Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806–1874)
• Norbert Burgmüller (1810–1836)
• Geoffrey Burgon (1941–2010)
• Willy Burkhard (1900–1955)
• Harry Burleigh (1866–1949)
• R D Burman (1939–1994)
• S D Burman (1906–1975)
• Charles Burney (1726–1814)
• Diana Burrell (born 1948)
• Alan Bush (1900–1995)
• Geoffrey Bush (1920–1998)
• Antoine Busnois (Busnoys) (c. 1430–1492)
• Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
• Henri Büsser (1872–1973)
• Sylvano Bussotti (born 1931)
• Pieter Bustijn (c. 1649–1729)
• Nigel Butterley (born 1935)
• Arthur Butterworth (born 1923)
• George Butterworth (1885–1916)
• Johann Heinrich Buttstett (1666–1727)
• Jacques Buus (c. 1500–1565)
• Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707)
• William Byrd (c. 1540–1623)
• Byttering (fl. c. 1410–1420)

C

• Juan Cabanilles (1644–1712)
• Antonio de Cabezón (c. 1510–1566)
• Hernando de Cabezón (1541–1602)
• Facundo Cabral (born 1937)
• Francesca Caccini (1587–c. 1640)
• Giulio Caccini (1551–1618)
• Settimia Caccini (1591–1638)
• Pierre Cadéac (fl. 1538–1556)
• Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881–1946)
• Pasquale Cafaro (1715/1716–1787)
• John Cage (1912–1992)
• Gioseppe Caimo (c. 1545–1584)
• Louis de Caix d'Hervelois (c. 1670–c. 1760)
• Antonio Caldara (1671–1736)
• Maria Cattarina Calegari (1644–1675)
• John Baptiste Calkin (1827–1905)
• Joseph Callaerts (1838–1901)
• Robert Cambert (c. 1628–1677)
• Giuseppe Cambini (1746–c. 1825)
• Charles Camilleri (born 1931)
• Michel Camilo (born 1954)
• Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751–1827)
• Fabio Campana (1819–1882)
• Thomas Campion (1567–1620)
• Carlo Antonio Campioni (1720–1788)
• André Campra (1660–1744)
• Amélie-Julie Candeille (1767–1834)
• Cornelius Canis (de Hondt) (c. 1500/1510–1561)
• Christian Cannabich (1731–1798)
• Joseph Canteloube (1879–1957)
• Vincenzo Capirola (1474–after 1548)
• André Caplet (1878–1925)
• Samuel Capricornus (1628–1665)
• Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi (1755–1818)
• Marchetto Cara (c. 1465–1525)
• Michele Carafa (1787–1872)
• Matteo Carcassi (1792–1853)
• Cornelius Cardew (1936–1981)
• Manuel Cardoso (1566–1650)
• Cristoforo Caresana (c.1640–1709)
• Henry Carey (1687–1743)
• Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674)
• Robert Carl (born 1954)
• Bruce Carlson (born 1944)
• Mark Carlson (born 1952)
• Hoagy Carmichael (1899–1981)
• John Carmichael (born 1930)
• Roberto Carnevale (born 1966)
• Turlough Carolan (1670–1738)
• Firminus Caron (fl. c. 1460–c. 1475)
• Fabrizio Caroso (c. 1527/1535–after 1600)
• John Alden Carpenter (1876–1951)
• Carpentras (Elzéar Genet) (c. 1470–1548)
• Benjamin Carr (1768–1831)
• Edwin Carr (1926–2003)
• António Carreira (fl. 1551–1589)
• James P. Carrell (1787–1854)
• Julián Carrillo (1875–1965)
• Andrew Carter (born 1939)
• Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772–1807)
• Elliott Carter (born 1908)
• Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
• João de Sousa Carvalho (1745–c. 1799)
• Robert Carver (c. 1484/1487–c. 1570)
• Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003)
• Tristram Cary (1925–2008)
• Benet Casablancas (born 1956)
• Henri Casadesus (1879–1947)
• Marius Casadesus (1892–1981)
• Robert Casadesus (1899–1972)
• Robert-Guillaume Casadesus (1878–1940)
• Romeo Cascarino (1922–2002)
• Giovanni da Cascia (14th cent.)
• Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)
• John Casken (born 1949)
• Gaspar Cassadó (1897–1966)
• Bellerofonte Castaldi (c. 1581–1649)
• Rafael Antonio Castellanos (c. 1725–1791)
• Dario Castello (c. 1590–c. 1658)
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)
• Niccolò Castiglioni (1932–1996)
• Alexis de Castillon (1838–1873)
• Juan José Castro (1895–1968)
• Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544–1566/1583)
• Alfredo Catalani (1854–1893)
• Daniel Catán (born 1949)
• Diomedes Cato (c. 1560/1565–1618)
• Georgy Catoire (1861–1926)
• Eduard Caudella (1841–1924)
• Emilio de' Cavalieri (c. 1550–1602)
• Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676)
• Girolamo Cavazzoni (c. 1525–after 1577)
• Maurizio Cazzati (1616–1678)
• Rodrigo de Ceballos (c. 1525/1530–1581)
• Carlo Cecere (1706–1761)
• Francesco Cellavenia (fl. 1538–1563)
• Joan Cererols (1618–1680)
• Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský (1684–1742)
• Pierre Certon (fl. from 1529; died 1572)
• Ignacio Cervantes (1847–1905)
• Giacobbe Cervetto (c. 1682–1783)
• Johannes Cesaris (fl. c. 1406–1417)
• Sulpitia Cesis (born 1577; fl. 1619)
• Antonio Cesti (1623–1669)
• Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894)
• George Whitefield Chadwick (1854–1931)
• Ippolito Chamaterò (c. 1535/1540–after 1592)
• Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
• Claude Champagne (1891–1965)
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (1601/1602–1672)
• Nicolas Champion (c. 1475–1533)
• Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
• Stephen Chatman (born 1950)
• Lambert Chaumont (c. 1635–1712)
• Ernest Chausson (1855–1899)
• Carlos Chávez (1899–1978)
• Charles Chaynes (born 1925)
• Nicolas Chédeville (1705–1782)
• Fortunato Chelleri (1690–1757)
• Chen Yi (born 1953)
• Ch'eng Mao-yün (1900–1957)
• Yury Chernavsky (born 1947)
• Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842)
• Pavel Chesnokov (1877–1944)
• Paul Chihara (born 1938)
• Thomas Chilcot (c. 1707–1766)
• Bob Chilcott (born 1955)
• William Child (1606–1697)
• Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
• Edmund Chipp (1823–1886)
• Erik Chisholm (1904–1965)
• Gian Paolo Chiti (born 1939)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
• Hedwige Chrétien (1859–1944)
• Henning Christiansen (1932–2008)
• Jani Christou (1926–1970)
• Andreas Chyliński (c. 1590–after 1635)
• Cesare Ciardi (1818–1877)
• Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911)
• Johannes Ciconia (c. 1370–1412)
• Ippolito Ciera (fl. 1546–1561)
• Antonio Cifra (1584–1629)
• Francesco Cilea (1866–1950)
• Giovanni Paolo Cima (c. 1570–after 1622)
• Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)
• Milo Cipra (1906–1985)
• Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724–1808)
• Avery Claflin (1898–1979)
• Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari (1677–1754)
• Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674–1707)
• Kenny Clarke (1914–1985)
• Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979)
• Johnny Clegg (born 1953)
• Jacob Clemens non Papa (c. 1510/1515–c. 1555)
• Aldo Clementi (1925–2011)
• Muzio Clementi (1752–1832)
• Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749)
• Pierre Clereau (fl. 1539–1570)
• Nycasius de Clibano (fl. 1457–1497)
• Jheronimus de Clibano (c. 1459–1503)
• Frederic Cliffe (1857–1931)
• Albert Coates (1882–1953)
• Eric Coates (1886–1957)
• Gloria Coates (born 1938)
• Gioacchino Cocchi (1720–1804)
• Julian Cochran (born 1974)
• Adrianus Petit Coclico (1499–after 1562)
• Martín Codax (fl. c. 1240–1270)
• Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (c. 1555–c. 1635)
• Louis Coerne (1870–1922)
• Robert Cogan (born 1930)
• George M. Cohan (1878–1942)
• James Cohn (born 1928)
• Gautier de Coincy (1177–1236)
• Cy Coleman (born 1929)
• Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903–1998)
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)
• Cecil Coles (1888–1918)
• François Colin de Blamont (1690–1760)
• Lelio Colista (1629–1680)
• Pascal Collasse (1649–1709)
• Lawrance Collingwood (1887–1982)
• Edward Joseph Collins (1886–1951)
• Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637–1695)
• Russ Columbo (born 1908)
• Joan Baptista Comes (1568–1643)
• Loyset Compère (c. 1445–1518)
• Graziella Concas (born 1970)
• Edward T. Cone (1917–2004)
• Giovanni Battista Conforti (fl. 1550–1570)
• Zez Confrey (1895–1971)
• Justin Connolly (born 1933)
• August Conradi (1821–1873)
• Marius Constant (1925–2004)
• Paul Constantinescu (1909–1963)
• Sylvia Constantinidis (born 1962)
• David Conte (born 1955)
• Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1681–1732)
• Charles Crozat Converse (1832–1918)
• Frederick Converse (1871–1940)
• Girolamo Conversi (fl. 1572–1575)
• Will Marion Cook (1869–1944)
• Arnold Cooke (1906–2005)
• Benjamin Cooke (1734–1793)
• Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
• Carmine Coppola (1910–1991)
• John Coprario (John Cooper) (c. 1575–1626)
• William Corbett (1680–1748)
• Francesco Corbetta (c. 1615–1681)
• Frederick Corder (1852–1932)
• Baude Cordier (fl. c. 1400?)
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
• Azio Corghi (born 1937)
• Miguel Ángel Coria (born 1937)
• John Corigliano (born 1938)
• Johannes Cornago (Juan Cornago) (c. 1400–after 1475)
• Peter Cornelius (1824–1874)
• Peeter Cornet (c. 1570/1580–1633)
• William Cornysh the younger (1465?–1523)
• Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1584–1654)
• Manuel Correia (c. 1600–1653)
• Gaspard Corrette (c. 1670–before 1733)
• Michel Corrette (1707–1795)
• Francesco Corteccia (1502–1571)
• Ramiro Cortés (1933–1984)
• Napoléon Coste (1805–1883)
• Guillaume Costeley (c. 1530–1606)
• Phil Coulter (born 1942)
• Armand-Louis Couperin (1727–1789)
• François Couperin (1668–1773)
• Louis Couperin (c. 1626–1661)
• Joachim Thibault de Courville (fl. from c. 1567; died 1581)
• Noël Coward (1899–1973)
• Henry Cowell (1897–1965)
• Frederic Cowen (1852–1935)
• Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (1602–c. 1678)
• Franz Cramer (1772–1848)
• Johann Baptist Cramer (1771–1858)
• Wilhelm Cramer (1746–1799)
• Jean Cras (1879–1932)
• John Craton (born 1953)
• Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953)
• Thomas Crecquillon (c. 1505/1515–1557)
• Noah Creshevsky (born 1945)
• Lyell Cresswell (born 1944)
• Paul Creston (1906–1985)
• William Crotch (1775–1847)
• William Croft (1678–1727)
• Johann Crüger (1598–1662)
• David Crumb (born 1962)
• George Crumb (born 1929)
• Bernhard Crusell (1775–1838)
• César Cui (1835–1918)
• Conrad Cummings (born 1948)
• Alvin Curran (born 1938)
• Sebastian Currier (born 1959)
• Joe Cutler (born 1968)
• Chaya Czernowin (born 1957)
• Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
• Holger Czukay (born 1938)

D

• Harry Dacre (1860–1922)
• Ingolf Dahl (1912–1970)
• Nicolas Dalayrac (1753–1809)
• Marc-André Dalbavie (born 1961)
• Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949)
• Lucio Dalla (born 1943)
• Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675–1742)
• Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–1975)
• Burkhard Dallwitz (born 1959)
• Joan Ambrosio Dalza (fl. 1508)
• Didier van Damme (born 1929)
• Walter Damrosch (1862–1950)
• Ghiselin Danckerts (c. 1510–c. 1565)
• Charles Dancla (1817–1907)
• Georges Dandelot (1895–1975)
• Jean-François Dandrieu (c. 1682–1738)
• Daniel Danielis (1635–1696)
• Richard Danielpour (born 1956)
• Alexandre Danilevsky (born 1957)
• Hart Pease Danks (1834–1903)
• John Dankworth (born 1927)
• Franz Danzi (1763–1826)
• Louis-Claude Daquin (1763–1826)
• Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813–1869)
• Michael Daugherty (born 1954)
• Louis François Dauprat (1781–1868)
• Antoine Dauvergne (1713–1797)
• Félicien-César David (1810–1876)
• Ferdinand David (1810–1873)
• Johann Nepomuk David (1895–1977)
• Padre Davide da Bergamo (Felice Moretti) (1791–1863)
• Mario Davidovsky (born 1934)
• Hugh Davies (1943–2005)
• Peter Maxwell Davies (born 1934)
• Walford Davies (1869–1941)
• Carl Davis (born 1936)
• Don Davis (born 1957)
• Ananias Davisson (1780–1857)
• Richard Davy (c. 1465–1538?)
• Karl Davydov (Carl Davidoff) (1838–1889)
• Arthur De Greef (1862–1940)
• Reginald De Koven (1859–1920)
• Jon Deak (born 1943)
• Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
• Michel Decoust (born 1936)
• Edmond Dédé (1827–1903)
• Elliot Del Borgo (born 1938)
• David Del Tredici (born 1937)
• Michel Richard Delalande (de Lalande) (1657–1726)
• Claire Delbos (1906–1959)
• Lex van Delden (1919–1988)
• Léo Delibes (1836–1891)
• Frederick Delius (1862–1934)
• Azzolino Della Ciaja (1671–1755)
• Michielina Della Pietà (fl. c. 1701–1744)
• Norman Dello Joio (1913–2008)
• Giuseppe Demachi (1732–c. 1791)
• Christoph Demantius (1567–1643)
• Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
• Edison Denisov (1929–1996)
• Fabrizio Dentice (1539?–1581)
• Scipione Dentice (1560–1635)
• Luigi Denza (1846–1922)
• Mary Dering (1629–1704)
• Richard Dering (c. 1580–1630)
• Alfred Desenclos (1912–1971)
• Henri Desmarest (1661–1741)
• Paul Dessau (1894–1979)
• Josef Dessauer (1798–1876)
• André Cardinal Destouches (1672–1749)
• Max Deutsch (1892–1982)
• François Devienne (1759–1803)
• Frédéric Devreese (born 1929)
• James Di Pasquale (born 1941)
• Salvatore Di Vittorio (born 1967)
• Anton Diabelli (1781–1858)
• David Diamond (1915–2005)
• Alphons Diepenbrock (1862–1921)
• Bernard van Dieren (1887–1936)
• Albert Christoph Dies (1755–1822)
• Albert Dietrich (1829–1908)
• Charles Dieupart (c. 1670–c. 1740)
• Rudi Martinus van Dijk (1932–2003)
• Muttusvami Dikshitar (1775–1835)
• James Dillon (born 1950)
• Lawrence Dillon (born 1959)
• Violeta Dinescu (born 1953)
• Grigoras Dinicu (1889–1949)
• Paul Dirmeikis (born 1954)
• Girolamo Diruta (c. 1554–after 1610)
• Hugo Distler (1908–1942)
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799)
• Antonius Divitis (Anthonius Rycke) (c. 1470–c. 1530)
• Steve Dobrogosz (born 1956)
• Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807–1867)
• Stephen Dodgson (born 1924)
• Theodor Döhler (1814–1856)
• Ernő Dohnányi (Ernst von Dohnányi) (1877–1960)
• Johannes Baptista Dolar (Jan Křtitel Tolar) (c. 1620–1673)
• Johann Friedrich Doles (1715–1797)
• Charles Dollé (fl. 1735–1755; d. after 1755)
• Petrus de Domarto (fl. 1445–1455)
• František Domažlický (1913–1997)
• Carlo Domeniconi (born 1947)
• Jakob van Domselaer (1890–1960)
• Ignazio Donati (c. 1575–1638)
• Baldassare Donato (1529?–1603)
• Franco Donatoni (1927–2000)
• Stefano Donaudy (1879–1925)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)
• Jakob Dont (1815–1888)
• Cornelis Dopper (1870–1939)
• Árpád Doppler (1857–1927)
• Franz Doppler (1821–1883)
• Karl Doppler (1825–1900)
• Nicolao Dorati (c. 1513–1593)
• Gustave Doret (1866–1943)
• Daniel Dorff (born 1956)
• Avner Dorman (born 1975)
• Louis-Antoine Dornel (c. 1685–c. 1765)
• Nico Dostal (1895–1981)
• Friedrich Dotzauer (1783–1860)
• Celius Dougherty (1902–1986)
• James Douglas (born 1932)
• Roy Douglas (born 1907)
• John Thomas Douglass (1847–1886)
• John Dowland (1563–1626)
• Robert Dowland (c. 1591–1641)
• John W. Downey (1927–2004)
• Patrick Doyle (born 1953)
• Felix Draeseke (1835–1913)
• George Draga (1835–2008)
• Antonio Draghi (c. 1634–1700)
• Giovanni Battista Draghi (c. 1640–1708)
• Domenico Dragonetti (1763–1846)
• Giovanni Dragoni (c. 1540–1598)
• Deborah Drattell (born 1956)
• Sem Dresden (1881–1957)
• Adam Drese (c. 1620–1701)
• Johann Samuel Drese (c. 1644–1716)
• Johann Wilhelm Drese (1677–1745)
• Paul Dresher (born 1951)
• Erwin Dressel (1909–1972)
• Cornelius Heinrich Dretzel (1697–1775)
• Alexander Dreyschock (1818–1869)
• Riccardo Drigo (1846–1930)
• Madeleine Dring (1923–1977)
• Jacob Druckman (1928–1996)
• Georg Druschetzky (1745–1819)
• Du Mingxin (born 1928)
• Eustache Du Caurroy (1549–1609)
• Henri Du Mont (1610–1684)
• Édouard Du Puy (1770–1822)
• John W. Duarte (1919–2004)
• Leonora Duarte (1610–1678)
• Andreas Düben (1597–1662)
• Gustav Düben (1628–1690)
• Pierre Max Dubois (1930–1995)
• Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)
• William Duckworth (born 1943)
• Jörg Duda (born 1968)
• Henry Bate Dudley (1745–1824)
• François Dufault (1604–1670)
• Guillaume Dufay (Du Fay) (1397–1474)
• Arthur Duff (1899–1956)
• Paul Dukas (1865–1935)
• John Woods Duke (1899–1984)
• Vernon Duke (Vladimir Dukelsky) (1903–1969)
• Friedrich Dülon (1768–1826)
• Pierre Dumage (c. 1674–1751)
• Isaak Dunayevsky (1900–1955)
• Thomas Dunhill (1877–1946)
• Egidio Duni (1708–1775)
• John Dunstaple (Dunstable) (c. 1390–1453)
• Henri Duparc (1848–1933)
• Jacques Duphly (1715–1789)
• Jean-Louis Duport (1749–1819)
• Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
• Albert Dupuis (1877–1967)
• Sylvain Dupuis (1856–1931)
• Francesco Durante (1684–1755)
• Louis Durey (1888–1979)
• Sebastián Durón (1660–1716)
• Lucien Durosoir (1878–1955)
• Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
• Pascal Dusapin (born 1955)
• František Xaver Dušek (1731–1799)
• Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760–1812)
• Sophia Dussek (1775–1847)
• Henri Dutilleux (born 1916)
• Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
• George Dyson (1883–1964)

E

• Brian Easdale (1909–1995)
• Michael East (1580–1648)
• John Eaton (born 1935)
• Petr Eben (born 1929)
• Dennis Eberhard (1943–2005)
• Anton Eberl (1765–1807)
• Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702–1762)
• Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro (c. 1420–after 1484)
• Henry Eccles (1670–1742)
• John Eccles (1668–1735)
• Johann Gottfried Eckard (1735–1809)
• Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901–1974)
• Jean-Frédéric Edelmann (1749–1794)
• Ross Edwards (born 1943)
• Cecil Effinger (1914–1990)
• Klaus Egge (1906–1979)
• Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779–1813)
• Werner Egk (1901–1983)
• Margriet Ehlen (born 1943)
• Henry Eichheim (1870–1942)
• Ernst Eichner (1740–1777)
• Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955)
• Gottfried von Einem (1918–1996)
• Hanns Eisler (1898–1962)
• Danny Elfman (born 1953)
• Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
• Anders Eliasson (born 1947)
• Dror Elimelech (born 1956)
• Elisabeth Sophie, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1613–1676)
• Heino Eller (1887–1970)
• Rosalind Ellicott (1857–1924)
• Don Ellis (1934–1978)
• Eloy d'Amerval (fl. 1455–1508)
• Jean-Claude Éloy (born 1938)
• Luther Orlando Emerson (1820–1915)
• Simon Emmerson (born 1950)
• Juan del Encina (1468–c. 1529)
• George Enescu (1881–1955)
• Einar Englund (1916–1999)
• August Enna (1859–1939)
• Péter Eötvös (born 1944)
• Donald Erb (1927–2008)
• Christian Erbach (1568/1573–1635)
• Heimo Erbse (1924–2005)
• Eduard Erdmann (1896–1958)
• Robert Erickson (1917–1997)
• Carsten Bo Eriksen (born 1973)
• Ferenc Erkel (1810–1893)
• Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906–1972)
• Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger (1868–1943)
• Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657–1714)
• Gustav Ernesaks (1908–1993)
• Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812?–1865)
• Iván Erőd (born 1936)
• Pasquale Errichelli (1730–1785)
• Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie (1732–1781)
• Thierry Escaich (born 1965)
• Pedro de Escobar (c. 1465–after 1535)
• Bartolomé de Escobedo (c. 1505–1563)
• Pozzi Escot (born 1933)
• Rudolf Escher (1912–1980)
• Andrei Eshpai (born 1925)
• Karlheinz Essl (born 1960)
• João Rodrigues Esteves (1700–1751)
• Paschal de l'Estocart (1539?–after 1584)
• Julio Estrada (born 1943)
• Alvin Etler (1913–1973)
• Franco Evangelisti (1926–1980)
• Ralph Evans (born 1953)
• Victor Ewald (1860–1935)
• Eric Ewazen (born 1954)
• Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765–1846)
• Jacob van Eyck (c. 1590–1657)
• Ernest van der Eyken (1913–2010)

F

• Martinus Fabri (fl. 1395–1400)
• Giacomo Facco (1676–1753)
• Francesco Nicola Fago (1677–1745)
• Blair Fairchild (1877–1933)
• Mohammed Fairouz (born 1985)
• Richard Faith (born 1926)
• Rolande Falcinelli (1920–1996)
• Adam Falckenhagen (1697–1754)
• Andrea Falconieri (1585/1586–1656)
• Leo Fall (1873–1925)
• Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
• Michelangelo Falvetti (1642–1692)
• Guido Alberto Fano (1875–1961)
• Philip Michael Faraday (1875–1944)
• Giuseppe Farinelli (1769–1836)
• Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000)
• John Farmer (c. 1570–c. 1601)
• Giles Farnaby (c. 1565–1640)
• Ciarán Farrell (born 1969)
• Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
• Arthur Farwell (1872–1952)
• Giovanni Battista Fasolo (c. 1598–c. 1664/1665)
• Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736–1800)
• Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758)
• Guillaume Faugues (Fagus) (fl. c. 1460–1475)
• Sanford Faulkner (1806–1874)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
• Robert Fayrfax (1464–1521)
• Reinhard Febel (born 1952)
• Johannes Fedé (Jean Sohier) (c. 1415–c. 1477)
• Samuil Feinberg (1890–1962)
• Jindřich Feld (1925–2007)
• Morton Feldman (1926–1987)
• Eric Fenby (1906–1997)
• George Fenton (born 1950)
• Francesco Feo (1691–1761)
• Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608–1657)
• Howard Ferguson (1908–1999)
• Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755–1802)
• Gaspar Fernandes (1566–1629)
• Oscar Lorenzo Fernández (1897–1948)
• Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
• John Fernström (1897–1961)
• Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder (Il Padre) (1543–1588)
• Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger (c. 1570–1628)
• Domenico Ferrabosco (1513–1574)
• Benedetto Ferrari (c. 1603–1681)
• Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921)
• Luc Ferrari (1929–2005)
• Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951)
• Giovanni Ferretti (c. 1540–after 1609)
• Pierre-Octave Ferroud (1900–1936)
• Frederic Ernest Fesca (1789–1826)
• Willem de Fesch (1687–1761)
• Costanzo Festa (c. 1485/1490–1545)
• Sebastiano Festa (c. 1490/1495–1524)
• Michael Christian Festing (1705–1752)
• Richard Festinger (born 1948)
• François-Joseph Fétis (1784–1871)
• Antoine de Févin (c. 1470–1511/1512)
• Robert de Févin (fl. before 1500–c. 1515)
• Pierre Février (1696–1760)
• Josef Fiala (1748–1816)
• Zdeněk Fibich (1850–1900)
• John Field (1782–1837)
• Giulio Fiesco (fl. 1550–1570)
• Arkady Filippenko (1912–1983)
• Henry Fillmore (1881–1956)
• Anton Fils (1733–1760)
• Heinrich Finck (1444/1445–1527)
• Hermann Finck (1527–1558)
• Irving Fine (1914–1963)
• Vivian Fine (1913–2000)
• Gottfried Finger (1660–1730)
• Ross Lee Finney (1906–1997)
• Michael Finnissy (born 1946)
• Aldo Finzi (1897–1945)
• Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
• Jean-Joseph Fiocco (1686–1746)
• Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703–1741)
• Pietro Antonio Fiocco (1654–1714)
• Nicola Fiorenza (after 1700–1764)
• Valentino Fioravanti (1764–1837)
• Paolo da Firenze (Paolo Tenorista) (c. 1355–c. 1436)
• Elena Firsova (born 1950)
• C. P. First (born 1960)
• Johann Fischer (1646–1716)
• Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656–1746)
• Domenico Fischietti (c. 1725–c. 1810)
• Emmanuel Fisher (1921–2001)
• William Arms Fisher (1861–1948)
• Graham Fitkin (born 1963)
• Nicolas Flagello (1928–1994)
• Mateo Flecha the elder (1481–1553)
• Pietro Floridia (1860–1932)
• Friedrich von Flotow (1812–1883)
• Carlisle Floyd (born 1926)
• Carel Anton Fodor (1768–1846)
• Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859–1951)
• Francesco Foggia (1603–1688)
• Giacomo Fogliano (da Moderna) (1468–1548)
• Yevstigney Fomin (1761–1800)
• Pierre Fontaine (c. 1380–c. 1450)
• Giovanni Battista Fontana (c. 1571–c. 1630)
• Alfonso Fontanelli (1557–1622)
• Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930)
• Arthur Foote (1853–1937)
• Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749–1818)
• Thomas Ford (1580–1648)
• Carlo Forlivesi (born 1971)
• Antoine Forqueray (1671–1745)
• Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (1699–1782)
• Nicolas Formé (1567–1638)
• Emanuel Aloys Förster (1748–1823)
• Georg Forster (c. 1510–1568)
• Kaspar Förster (the younger) (1616–1673)
• Cecil Forsyth (1870–1941)
• Malcolm Forsyth (born 1936)
• Wesley Octavius Forsyth (1859–1937)
• Wolfgang Fortner (1907–1987)
• Johann Philipp Förtsch (1652–1732)
• Lukas Foss (1922–2009)
• François de Fossa (1775–1849)
• David Foster (born 1949)
• Stephen Foster (1826–1864)
• Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694–1772)
• John Foulds (1880–1939)
• Frederick A. Fox (born 1931)
• Jean Françaix (1912–1997)
• Petronio Franceschini (1651–1680)
• Alberto Franchetti (1860–1942)
• Carlo Franchi (c. 1743–after 1779)
• Auguste Franchomme (1808–1884)
• Jan Francisci (1691–1758)
• César Franck (1822–1890)
• Eduard Franck (1817–1893)
• Johann Wolfgang Franck (1644–1710)
• Melchior Franck (c. 1579–1639)
• Richard Franck (1858–1938)
• Hernando Franco (1532–1585)
• François Francoeur (1698–1787)
• Gabriela Lena Frank (born 1972)
• Benjamin Frankel (1906–1973)
• Ferdinand Fränzl (1767–1833)
• Ignaz Fränzl (1736–1811)
• Harry Lawrence Freeman (1869–1954)
• Luís de Freitas Branco (1890–1955)
• Johan Henrik Freithoff (1713–1767)
• Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
• Jehan Fresneau (fl. 1468–1505)
• Peter Racine Fricker (1920–1990)
• Géza Frid (1904–1989)
• Rudolf Friml (1879–1972)
• Johannes Fritsch (1941–2010)
• Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667)
• William Henry Fry (1813–1864)
• Walter Frye (fl. c. 1443?–c. 1474?)
• Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (1842–1899)
• Kenneth Fuchs (born 1956)
• Robert Fuchs (1847–1927)
• Julius Fučík (1872–1916)
• Miguel de Fuenllana (fl. 1553–1578)
• Adam von Fulda (c. 1445–1505)
• Friedrich Funcke (1642–1699)
• Joseph Funk (1778–1862)
• Beat Furrer (born 1954)
• Anton Bernhard Fürstenau (1792–1852)
• Johann Joseph Fux (1660–1741)

G

• Charles H. Gabriel (1856–1932)
• Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1533?–1585)
• Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1557–1612)
• Domenico Gabrielli (1651/1659–1690)
• Axel Gade (1860–1921)
• Jacob Gade (1879–1963)
• Niels Gade (1817–1890)
• Franchinus Gaffurius (1451–1522)
• Marco da Gagliano (1582–1643)
• Bernhard Gál (born 1971)
• Hans Gál (1890–1987)
• Cristóbal Galán (c. 1630–1684)
• Nancy Galbraith (born 1951)
• Michelagnolo Galilei (1575–1631)
• Vincenzo Galilei (c. 1520?–1591)
• Blas Galindo (1910–1993)
• Jack Gallagher (born 1947)
• Johann Ernst Galliard (1687–1749)
• Jacques Gallot (c. 1625–1696)
• Jacobus Gallus (Jacob Handl) (1550–1591)
• Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785)
• Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765)
• Michael Gandolfi (born 1956)
• Kyle Gann (born 1955)
• Louis Ganne (1862–1923)
• Gara Garayev (1918–1982)
• J. Ryan Garber (born 1973)
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767–1830)
• Carlos Gardel (1887–1935)
• Henry Balfour Gardiner (1877–1950)
• John Gardner (born 1917)
• Zoltán Gárdonyi (born 1906)
• Zsolt Gárdonyi (born 1946)
• Giuseppe Gariboldi (1833–1905)
• Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (1886–1962)
• John Garth (1721–1810)
• Mathieu Gascongne (fl. 1517–1518)
• Francesco Gasparini (1661–1727)
• Quirino Gasparini (1721–1778)
• Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774)
• Stanislao Gastaldon (1861–1939)
• Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (c. 1554–1609)
• Crawford Gates (born 1921)
• Luigi Gatti (1740–1817)
• Philippe Gaubert (1879–1941)
• Denis Gaultier (1603–1672)
• Ennemond Gaultier (1575–1651)
• Jacques Gaultier (c. 1592–after 1652)
• Pierre Gaultier (1599–1681)
• Pierre Gaveaux (1761–1825)
• Daniel E. Gawthrop (born 1949)
• Noel Gay (1898–1954)
• Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743–1818)
• Georg Gebel (1709–1753)
• Christian Geist (c. 1650–1711)
• Michael L. Geller (1937–2007)
• Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762)
• Pietro Generali (1773–1832)
• Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633–1694)
• Steven Gerber (born 1948)
• Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970)
• Hans Gerle (c. 1500–1570)
• Edward German (1862–1936)
• Friedrich Gernsheim (1839–1916)
• Jhan Gero (fl. 1540–1555)
• George Gershwin (1898–1937)
• Georg Gerson (1790–1825)
• Charles-Hubert Gervais (1671–1744)
• Claude Gervaise (fl. 1540–1560)
• Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613)
• Frans Geysen (born 1936)
• Giorgio Federico Ghedini (1892–1965)
• Géry de Ghersem (1573/1575–1630)
• Johannes Ghiselin (Verbonnet) (fl. 1491–1507)
• Michael Giacchino (born 1967)
• Geminiano Giacomelli (Jacomelli) (1692–1740)
• Vittorio Giannini (1903–1966)
• Christopher Gibbons (1615–1676)
• Ellis Gibbons (1573–1603)
• Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)
• Armstrong Gibbs (1889–1960)
• Joseph Gibbs (1699–1788)
• Miriam Gideon (1906–1996)
• Nicolas Gigault (c. 1627–1707)
• Eugène Gigout (1844–1925)
• Angelo Gilardino (born 1941)
• Jean Gilbert (1879–1942)
• William Gilchrist (1846–1916)
• Jean Gilles (1668–1705)
• Don Gillis (1912–1978)
• Patrick Gilmore (1829–1892)
• Jan van Gilse (1881–1944)
• Paul Gilson (1865–1942)
• Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983)
• Giuseppe Giordani (Giordanello) (1751–1798)
• Tommaso Giordani (c. 1738–1806)
• Umberto Giordano (1867–1948)
• Giovanni Giorgi (fl. from 1719; d. 1762)
• Ruth Gipps (1921–1999)
• Janice Giteck (born 1946)
• Mauro Giuliani (1781–1828)
• Lodovico Giustini (1685–1743)
• Simon Gjoni (1926–1991)
• Detlev Glanert (born 1960)
• Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
• Louis Glass (1864–1936)
• Philip Glass (born 1937)
• Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)
• Frederick Grant Gleason (1848–1903)
• Jackie Gleason (1916–1987)
• Reinhold Glière (1874–1956)
• Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)
• Andrew Glover (born 1962)
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
• Pietro Gnocchi (1689–1775)
• Henri Gobbi (1842–1920)
• Benjamin Godard (1849–1895)
• Félix Godefroid (1818–1897)
• Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938)
• Alexander Godunov (1949–1995)
• Roger Goeb (1914–1997)
• Alexander Goedicke (1877–1957)
• Alexander Goehr (born 1932)
• Lucien Goethals (born 1931)
• Hermann Goetz (1840–1876)
• Walter Goetze (1883–1961)
• Karel Goeyvaerts (1923–1993)
• Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727–1756)
• Edwin Franko Goldman (1878–1956)
• Károly Goldmark (1830–1915)
• Rubin Goldmark (1872–1936)
• Otto Goldschmidt (1829–1907)
• Osvaldo Golijov (born 1960)
• Jani Golob (born 1948)
• Evgeny Golubev (1910–1988)
• Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495–c. 1560)
• Julia Gomelskaya (born 1964)
• Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836–1896)
• Mikołaj Gomółka (c. 1535–1609?)
• Fernando González Casellas (1925–1998)
• Howard Goodall (born 1958)
• Isador Goodman (1909–1982)
• Eugene Goossens (1893–1962)
• Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (c. 1665/1667–1734)
• Michael Gordon (born 1956)
• Henryk Górecki (1933–2010)
• John Goss (1800–1880)
• François-Joseph Gossec (1734–1829)
• Ralf Gothóni (born 1946)
• Jakov Gotovac (1895–1982)
• Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869)
• Claude Goudimel (1514/1520–1572)
• Glenn Gould (1932–1982)
• Morton Gould (1913–1996)
• Charles Gounod (1818–1893)
• Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819–1898)
• Jacques de Gouy (c. 1610–after 1650)
• Louis Grabu (fl. 1665–1693)
• Kraig Grady (born 1952)
• Paul Graener (1872–1944)
• Friedrich Hartmann Graf (1727–1795)
• Filippo Gragnani (1768–1820)
• Percy Grainger (1882–1961)
• Ron Grainer (1922–1981)
• Enrique Granados (1867–1916)
• Giovanni Battista Granata (1620/1621–1687)
• Alessandro Grandi (1586–1630)
• Philip Grange (born 1956)
• Bruno Granichstaedten (1879–1944)
• Stéphane Grappelli (1908–1997)
• Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759)
• Johann Gottlieb Graun (c. 1702–1771)
• Christoph Graupner (1683–1760)
• Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (fl. from 1705)
• Gaetano Greco (c. 1657–c. 1728)
• Adolph Green (1914–2002)
• Jay Greenberg (born 1991)
• Maurice Greene (1696–1755)
• Harry Gregson-Williams (born 1961)
• Nicolas Grenon (c. 1375–1456)
• Mark Gresham (born 1956)
• Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick (1755–1799)
• Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956)
• André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741–1813)
• Lucile Grétry (1772–1790)
• Geoffrey Grey (born 1934)
• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
• Charles Griffes (1884–1920)
• Nicolas de Grigny (1672–1703)
• Giovanni Battista Grillo (d. 1622)
• Grimace (14th century)
• Maria Margherita Grimani (born before 1700; fl. 1713–1718)
• Albert Grisar (1808–1869)
• Gérard Grisey (1946–1998)
• Ferde Grofé (1892–1972)
• Cor de Groot (1914–1993)
• Carlo Grossi (c. 1634–1688)
• Estienne Grossin (fl. 1418–1421)
• Eivind Groven (1901–1977)
• Heinz Karl Gruber (born 1943)
• Louis Gruenberg (1884–1964)
• Gioseffo Guami (Gioseffo da Lucca) (1542–1611)
• Camargo Guarnieri (1907–1993)
• Carlos Guastavino (1912–2000)
• Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
• Pierre Guédron (c. 1570–c. 1620)
• Francisco Guerau (1649–1717/1722)
• Francisco Guerrero (1528–1599)
• Francisco Guerrero Marín (1951–1997)
• Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (1728–1804)
• Jean-Adam Guilain (c. 1680–after 1739)
• Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705–1770)
• Jean Guillou (born 1930)
• Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)
• Cornelius Gurlitt (1820–1901)
• Manfred Gurlitt (1890–1973)
• Ivor Gurney (1890–1937)
• Mark Gustavson (born 1959)
• Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c. 1590–1664)
• Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763–1850)

H

• Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953)
• Pavel Haas (1899–1944)
• Alois Hába (1893–1973)
• Carolus Hacquart (c. 1640–1701?)
• Henry Kimball Hadley (1871–1937)
• Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner (1759–1833)
• Richard Hageman (1881–1966)
• Bernhard Joachim Hagen (1720–1787)
• Daron Hagen (born 1961)
• Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947)
• Jakob Haibel (1762–1826)
• Alexei Haieff (1914–1994)
• Adolphus Hailstork (born 1941)
• Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885–1948)
• Fromental Halévy (1799–1862)
• Cristóbal Halffter (born 1930)
• Ernesto Halffter (1905–1989)
• Roger Lee Hall (born 1942)
• Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935)
• Marc-André Hamelin (born 1961)
• Gordon Hamilton (born 1982)
• Iain Hamilton (1922–2000)
• Marvin Hamlisch (born 1944)
• Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854)
• Franz Xaver Hammer (1741–1817)
• Jan Hammer (born 1948)
• Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611/1612–1675)
• Albert Hammond (born 1942)
• George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
• W. C. Handy (1873–1958)
• Johann Nicolaus Hanff (1663–1711)
• Ronald Hanmer (1917–1994)
• James Hannigan (born 1971)
• Charles-Louis Hanon (1819–1900)
• Peter Hänsel (1770–1831)
• Howard Hanson (1896–1981)
• Kazuko Hara (born 1935)
• John Harbison (born 1938)
• Mike Harding (born 1944)
• Miina Härma (1864–1941)
• Don Harper (1921–1999)
• Don L. Harper
• Kevin F. Harris (born 1965)
• Richard Harris (born 1968)
• Roy Harris (1898–1979)
• Victor Harris (1869–1943)
• Julius Harrison (1885–1963)
• Lou Harrison (1917–2003)
• John Hartford (1937–2001)
• Stephen Hartke (born 1952)
• Walter Hartley (born 1927)
• Hamilton Harty (1879–1941)
• Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805–1900)
• Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905–1963)
• Jonathan Harvey (born 1939)
• Richard Harvey (born 1953)
• Basil Harwood (1859–1949)
• Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783)
• Peter Hasse (c. 1585–1640)
• Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612)
• Josef Matthias Hauer (1883–1959)
• Moritz Hauptmann (1792–1868)
• Siegmund von Hausegger (1872–1948)
• William Haute (Hawte) (c. 1430–1497)
• Patrick Hawes (born 1958)
• Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
• Michael Haydn (1737–1806)
• Philip Hayes (1738–1797)
• William Hayes (1708–1777)
• Hayne van Ghizeghem (c. 1445–after 1476)
• Hubert Klyne Headley (1906–1996)
• John Hebden (1712–1765)
• Jake Heggie (born 1961)
• Johann David Heinichen (1683–1729)
• Paavo Heininen (born 1938)
• Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781–1861)
• Peter Arnold Heise (1830–1879)
• Walter Hekster (born 1937)
• Pieter Hellendaal (1721–1799)
• Barbara Heller (born 1936)
• Lupus Hellinck (c. 1494–1541)
• Robert Helps (1928–2001)
• Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901–1947)
• Fletcher Henderson (1897–1952)
• Moya Henderson (born 1941)
• Hans Henkemans (1913–1995)
• Fini Henriques (1867–1940)
• Henry VIII, King of England (1491–1547)
• Pierre Henry (born 1927)
• Adolf von Henselt (1814–1889)
• Hans Werner Henze (born 1926)
• Victor Herbert (1859–1924)
• Johann Andreas Herbst (1588–1666)
• Ferdinand Hérold (1791–1833)
• Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975)
• Michael Hersch (born 1971)
• William Herschel (1738–1822)
• Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727–1789)
• Hervé (Florimond Ronger) (1825–1892)
• Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843–1900)
• Hans-Joachim Hespos (born 1938)
• Nigel Hess (born 1953)
• Kurt Hessenberg (1908–1994)
• Jacques Hétu (1938–2010)
• Richard Heuberger (1850–1914)
• James Hewitt (1770–1827)
• Juan Hidalgo (1614–1685)
• Frigyes Hidas (1928–2007)
• Hans Uwe Hielscher (born 1945)
• Jennifer Higdon (born 1962)
• Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
• Henry Hiles (1826–1904)
• Alfred Hill (1870–1960)
• Edward Burlingame Hill (1872–1960)
• Ferdinand Hiller (1811–1885)
• Johann Adam Hiller (1728–1804)
• Lejaren Hiller (1924–1994)
• Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (1765–1814)
• Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
• Matthew Hindson (born 1968)
• Vladimír Hirsch (born 1954)
• Joe Hisaishi (born 1950)
• Emil Hlobil (1901–1987)
• Alun Hoddinott (1929–2008)
• Andreas Hofer (1629–1684)
• Paul Hofhaimer (1459–1537)
• Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776–1822)
• Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812)
• Romanus Hoffstetter (1742–1815)
• Leopold Hofmann (1738–1793)
• Lee Hoiby (1926–2011)
• Anthony Holborne (c. 1545–1602)
• Joseph Holbrooke (1878–1958)
• Karl Höller (1907–1987)
• York Höller (born 1944)
• Heinz Holliger (born 1939)
• Robin Holloway (born 1943)
• Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996)
• Alfred Holmes (1837–1876)
• Augusta Holmès (1847–1903)
• Henry Holmes (1839–1905)
• John Holmes (fl. from 1599; died 1629)
• William Henry Holmes (1812–1885)
• Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
• Simeon ten Holt (born 1923)
• Simon Holt (born 1958)
• Ignaz Holzbauer (1711–1783)
• Adriana Hölszky (born 1953)
• Gottfried August Homilius (1714–1785)
• Sidney Homer (1864?–1953)
• Arthur Honegger (1892–1955)
• James Hook (1746–1827)
• Bill Hopkins (1943–1981)
• James Horner (born 1953)
• William Horwood (fl. 1459–1484; died 1484)
• Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955)
• Hoste da Reggio (Bartolomeo Torresano) (c. 1520–1569)
• John Hothby (Johannes Ottobi) (c. 1430–1487)
• Nicolas Hotman (c. 1610–1663)
• Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1674–1763)
• Joachim van den Hove (c. 1567–1620)
• Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000)
• Stephen Hough (born 1961)
• Joseph E. Howard (1867–1961)
• Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)
• Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
• Leonid Hrabovsky (born 1935)
• Huang Ruo (born 1976)
• Jenő Hubay (1858–1937)
• Hans Huber (1852–1921)
• Jiří Hudec (1923–1996)
• Robert Hughes (1912–2007)
• Tobias Hume (c. 1569–1645)
• Pelham Humfrey (1647–1674)
• Bertold Hummel (1925–2002)
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837)
• Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921)
• Richard Hundley (born 1931)
• Jean Huré (1877–1930)
• Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch (1691–1765)
• William Hurlstone (1876–1906)
• Lukas Hurník (born 1967)
• Karel Husa (born 1921)
• Henry Holden Huss (1862–1953)
• Jenő Huszka (1875–1960)
• Anselm Hüttenbrenner (1794–1868)
• Albert Huybrechts (1899–1938)
• Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687)
• Ketil Hvoslef (born 1939)
• Jason Kao Hwang (born 1957)
• Richard Hygons (c. 1435–c. 1509)

I

• Jacques Ibert (1890–1962)
• Akira Ifukube (1916–2006)
• Ilayaraaja (born 1943)
• Márton Illés (born 1975)
• Andrew Imbrie (born 1921)
• Sigismondo d'India (c. 1582–1629)
• Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931)
• Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535/1536–1592)
• Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859–1935)
• John Ireland (1879–1962)
• Juan Francés de Iribarren (1699–1767)
• Miguel de Irízar (1635–1684)
• Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450/1455–1517)
• Nicolas Isouard (1775–1818)
• Jānis Ivanovs (1906–1983)
• Volodymyr Ivasiuk (1949–1979)
• Charles Ives (1874–1954)
• Simon Ives (1600–1662)
• Jean Eichelberger Ivey (born 1923)

J

• Steve Jablonsky (born 1970)
• Francis Jackson (born 1917)
• Tony Jackson (1876–1921)
• Gordon Jacob (1895–1984)
• Frederick Jacobi (1891–1952)
• Victor Jacobi (Jakabfi Viktor) (1883–1921)
• Jens Bjerre Jacobsen (1903–1986)
• Jacquet de Mantua (Jachet de Mantoue) (1483–1559)
• Salomon Jadassohn (1831–1902)
• Hyacinthe Jadin (1776–1800)
• Louis-Emmanuel Jadin (1768–1853)
• Alfred Jaëll (1832–1882)
• Stephen Jaffe (born 1954)
• Edward Jakobowski (1858–1927)
• Prenkë Jakova (1917–1969)
• Philip James (1890–1975)
• Jan z Lublina (fl. 1537–1548)
• Leoš Janáček (1852–1928)
• Clément Janequin (c. 1485–1558)
• Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708–1763)
• Leopold Jansa (1795–1875)
• Guus Janssen (born 1951)
• Antonius Janue (fl. c. 1460)
• Jean Japart (fl. c. 1474–1481)
• Armas Järnefelt (1869–1958)
• Georg Jarno (1868–1920)
• Ivan Mane Jarnović (Giornovichi) (1747–1804)
• Jean Michel Jarre (born 1948)
• Maurice Jarre (1924–2009)
• Michael Jarrell (born 1958)
• Adam Jarzębski (c. 1590–c. 1648)
• Maurice Jaubert (1900–1940)
• Harris Jayaraj (born 1975)
• Johannes Jeep (1581/1582–1644)
• George Jeffreys (c. 1610–1685)
• Sándor Jemnitz (1890–1963)
• John Jenkins (1592–1678)
• Karl Jenkins (born 1944)
• Davorin Jenko (1835–1914)
• Thomas Jennefelt (born 1954)
• Gustav Jenner (1865–1920)
• Leon Jessel (1871–1942)
• Maistre Jhan (c. 1485–1538)
• Joseph Joachim (1831–1907)
• João IV (John IV of Portugal) (1603–1656)
• Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994)
• Gunnar Johansen (1906–1991)
• Alan John (born 1958)
• David C. Johnson (born 1940)
• David Earle Johnson (died 1998)
• David N. Johnson (1922–1987)
• John Johnson (fl. 1579–1594)
• Laurie Johnson (born 1927)
• Robert Johnson (c. 1583–c. 1633)
• Tom Johnson (born 1939)
• Ben Johnston (born 1926)
• Betsy Jolas (born 1926)
• André Jolivet (1905–1974)
• Niccolò Jommelli (1714–1774)
• Jens Joneleit (born 1968)
• Daniel Jones (1912–1993)
• Edwin Arthur Jones (1853–1911)
• Richard Jones (late 17th century–1744)
• Ron Jones (born 1954)
• Samuel Jones (born 1935)
• Joseph Jongen (1873–1953)
• Scott Joplin (c. 1868–1917)
• Mihail Jora (1891–1971)
• Victoria Jordanova (born 1952)
• Jens Josef (born 1967)
• Bradley Joseph (born 1965)
• Wilfred Josephs (1927–1997)
• Josquin des Prez (c. 1450/1455–1521)
• John Joubert (born 1927)
• Gilles Joye (c. 1424/1425–1483)
• Hans Judenkünig (Judenkönig) (c. 1445/1450–1526)
• Gilles Jullien (c. 1651/1653–1703)
• Louis Antoine Jullien (1812–1860)
• Paul Juon (1872–1940)

K

• Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904–1987)
• Miloslav Kabeláč (1908–1979)
• Mauricio Kagel (1931–2008)
• Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901)
• Jan Kalivoda (Kalliwoda) (1801–1866)
• Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1785–1849)
• Emmerich Kálmán (1882–1953)
• Alexander Kaloian (born 1962)
• Manolis Kalomiris (1883–1962)
• Antonín Kammel (1730–1788)
• Shigeru Kan-no (born 1959)
• Giya Kancheli (born 1935)
• Yoko Kanno (born 1964)
• Božidar Kantušer (1921–1999)
• Artur Kapp (1878–1952)
• Eugen Kapp (1908–1996)
• Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)
• Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger (Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger) (c. 1580–1651)
• Nikolai Kapustin (born 1937)
• Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877–1933)
• Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909)
• Laura Karpman (born 1959)
• Leonard Kastle (1929–2011)
• Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
• Rudolf Kattnigg (1895–1955)
• Georgy L'vovich Katuar (1861–1926)
• Georg Katzer (born 1935)
• Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1679–1735)
• Hiba Kawas (born 1972)
• Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948)
• Richard Kearns (born 1952)
• Reinhard Keiser (1674–1739)
• David Kellner (1670–1748)
• Johann Christoph Kellner (1736–1803)
• Johann Peter Kellner (1705–1772)
• Joannes Florentius a Kempis (1635–after 1711)
• Nicolaus à Kempis (c. 1600–1676)
• Martin Kennedy (born 1978)
• Abraham van den Kerckhoven (c. 1618–c. 1701)
• Jacobus de Kerle (1531/1532–1591)
• Johann Caspar Kerll (1627–1693)
• Jerome Kern (1885–1945)
• Aaron Jay Kernis (born 1960)
• Albert Ketèlbey (1875–1959)
• Tristan Keuris (1946–1996)
• Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978)
• Ivan Khandoshkin (1747–1804)
• Yuri Khanon (born 1965)
• Tikhon Khrennikov (1913–2007)
• Aldine Silliman Kieffer (1840–1904)
• Friedrich Kiel (1821–1885)
• Wilhelm Kienzl (1857–1941)
• Wojciech Kilar (born 1932)
• Wilhelm Killmayer (born 1927)
• Earl Kim (1920–1998)
• Johann Erasmus Kindermann (1616–1655)
• Carole King (born 1942)
• Karl King (1891–1971)
• Leon Kirchner (1919–2009)
• Theodor Kirchner (1823–1903)
• Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721–1783)
• Don Kirshner (born 1934)
• Caspar Kittel (1603–1639)
• Johann Christian Kittel (1732–1809)
• Uuno Klami (1900–1961)
• Giselher Klebe (1925–2009)
• Leonhard Kleber (c. 1495–1556)
• Bernhard Klein (1793–1832)
• Richard Rudolf Klein (1921–2011)
• Julius Klengel (1859–1933)
• Paul Klengel (1854–1935)
• Josef Klička (1855–1937)
• August Klughardt (1847–1902)
• Alexander Knaifel (born 1943)
• Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752–1817)
• Andreas Kneller (1649–1724)
• Edward Knight (born 1961)
• Lev Knipper (1898–1974)
• Charles Knox (born 1929)
• Sebastian Knüpfer (1633–1676)
• Oliver Knussen (born 1952)
• Marcelo Koc (1918–2006)
• Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967)
• Charles Koechlin (1867–1950)
• Graeme Koehne (born 1956)
• Hans von Koessler (János Koessler) (1853–1926)
• Jan Koetsier (1911–2006)
• Karl Kohaut (1726–1784)
• Erland von Koch (1910–2009)
• Günter Kochan (1930–2009)
• Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877)
• Ernesto Köhler (1849–1907)
• Ellis B. Kohs (1916–2000)
• Joonas Kokkonen (1921–1996)
• Walter Kollo (1878–1940)
• Pierre Kolp (born 1969)
• Koji Kondo (born 1960)
• Servaes de Koninck (c. 1654–c. 1701)
• Václav Jan Kopřiva (Urtica) (1708–1789)
• Nikolai Korndorf (1947–2001)
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
• Viktor Kosenko (1896–1938)
• Hans Kotter (c. 1485–1541)
• Leopold Kozeluch (1747–1818)
• Marjan Kozina (1907–1965)
• Antonín Kraft (c. 1749–1820)
• William Kraft (born 1923)
• Mathilde Kralik (1857–1944)
• Hans Krása (1899–1944)
• Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792)
• Jaroslav Krček (born 1939)
• Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780)
• Johann Tobias Krebs (1690–1762)
• Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
• Ernst Krenek (1900–1991)
• Franz Krenn (1818–1897)
• Conradin Kreutzer (1780–1849)
• Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766–1831)
• Adam Krieger (1634–1666)
• Johann Philipp Krieger (1649–1725)
• Johann Krieger (1651–1735)
• Rohan Kriwaczek (born 1968)
• Franz Krommer (1759–1831)
• Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz (1742–1790)
• Gail Kubik (1914–1984)
• Jan Křtitel Kuchař (1751–1829)
• Joseph Küffner (1776–1856)
• Friedrich Kuhlau (1786–1832)
• Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722)
• Gerd Kühr (born 1952)
• August Kühnel (1645–c. 1700)
• Jarosław Kukulski (born 1944)
• Theodor Kullak (1818–1882)
• Eduard Künneke (1885–1953)
• Andreas Kunstein (born 1967)
• Friedrich Ludwig Aemilius Kunzen (1761–1817)
• Robert Kurka (1921–1957)
• György Kurtág (born 1926)
• Johann Sigismund Kusser (1660–1727)
• Larysa Kuzmenko (born 1956)
• Otomar Kvěch (born 1950)

L

• Michel de La Barre (c. 1675–1745)
• Louis de La Coste (c. 1675–c. 1750)
• Adrien de La Fage (1801–1862)
• Nicolas de La Grotte (1530–c. 1600)
• Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1659–1729)
• George de La Hèle (1547–1586)
• Alfred La Liberté (1882–1952)
• John La Montaine (born 1920)
• Pierre de La Rue (c. 1452–1518)
• Théodore Labarre (1805–1870)
• Marcel Labey (1875–1968)
• Helmut Lachenmann (born 1935)
• Franz Paul Lachner (1803–1890)
• Ignaz Lachner (1807–1895)
• Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith (1746–1820)
• Louis Lacombe (1818–1884)
• Paul Lacome (1838–1920)
• Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède (1756–1825)
• Ezra Laderman (born 1924)
• Paul-Émile Ladmirault (1877–1944)
• Lori Laitman (born 1955)
• László Lajtha (1892–1963)
• Édouard Lalo (1823–1892)
• José Ángel Lamas (1775–1814)
• Joseph Lamb (1887–1960)
• Walter Lambe (c. 1450–after 1504)
• Charles Lucien Lambert (1828–1896)
• Constant Lambert (1905–1951)
• Michel Lambert (1610–1696)
• Joan Lamote de Grignon (1872–1949)
• Ricard Lamote de Grignon (1899–1962)
• John Frederick Lampe (1703–1751)
• John Lanchbery (1923–2003)
• Siegfried Landau (born 1921)
• Stefano Landi (1586/1587–1639)
• Francesco Landini (c. 1325/1335–1397)
• Marcel Landowski (1915–1999)
• Guillaume Landré (1905–1968)
• Benjamin Johnson Lang (1837–1909)
• Bernhard Lang (born 1957)
• David Lang (born 1957)
• Hans Lang (born 1908)
• István Láng (born 1933)
• Klaus Lang (born 1971)
• Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867–1972)
• Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850–1926)
• Rued Langgaard (1893–1952)
• Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
• Nicholas Lanier (1588–1666)
• Colinet de Lannoy (fl. from 1476; died c. 1497)
• Daniel Lanois (born 1951)
• Paul Lansky (born 1944)
• Arnold de Lantins (fl. 1423–1432)
• Hugo de Lantins (fl. c. 1420–1430)
• Raimond Lap (born 1959)
• André Laporte (born 1931)
• Isidore de Lara (1858–1935)
• Thomas Larcher (born 1963)
• Patrick Larley (born 1951)
• Libby Larsen (born 1950)
• Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986)
• Eduard Lassen (1830–1904)
• Orlande de Lassus (c. 1532–1594)
• William P. Latham (1917–2004)
• Gaetano Latilla (1711–1788)
• Jean de Latre (Delattre) (c. 1505/1510–1569)
• Felice Lattuada (1882–1962)
• Ken Lauber (born 1941)
• Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner (1676–1754)
• Armas Launis (1884–1959)
• Morten Lauridsen (born 1943)
• Franz Lauska (1764–1825)
• Elodie Lauten (born 1950)
• Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (1909–1987)
• Calixa Lavallée (1842–1891)
• Lewis Henry Lavenu (1818–1859)
• Mario Lavista (born 1943)
• Marc Lavry (1903–1967)
• Henry Lawes (1595–1662)
• William Lawes (1602–1645)
• Donald Lawrence
• Francesco de Layolle (1492–c. 1540)
• Filip Lazăr (1894–1936)
• Henri Lazarof (born 1932)
• Sylvio Lazzari (1857–1944)
• Paul Le Flem (1881–1984)
• Dorian Le Gallienne (1915–1963)
• Claude Le Jeune (1528/1530–1600)
• Gaspard Le Roux (c. 1660–1707)
• Adrian Le Roy (c. 1520–1598)
• Jean-François Le Sueur (Lesueur) (1760–1837)
• Nicolas Lebègue (1631–1702)
• Firmin Lebel (fl. from c. 1540; died 1573)
• Francesca Lebrun (Franziska Danzi) (1756–1791)
• Ludwig August Lebrun (1752–1790)
• Paul-Henri-Joseph Lebrun (1863–1920)
• Jean-Marie Leclair (l'aîné) (1697–1764)
• Jean-Marie Leclair the younger (1703–1777)
• Alexandre Charles Lecocq (1832–1918)
• Ernesto Lecuona (1895–1963)
• George Alexander Lee (1802–1851)
• Noël Lee (born 1924)
• Thomas Oboe Lee (born 1945)
• Benjamin Lees (1924–2010)
• Ton de Leeuw (1926–1996)
• Nicola Frances LeFanu (born 1947)
• Charles Édouard Lefebvre (1843–1917)
• Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817–1869)
• Jean-Xavier Lefèvre (1763–1829)
• Victor Legley (1915–1994)
• Luigi Legnani (1790–1877)
• Guillaume Legrant (Lemarcherier) (fl. 1405–1449)
• Johannes Legrant (fl. c. 1420–1440)
• Giovanni Legrenzi (1626–1690)
• Joseph Legros (1739–1793)
• Franz Lehár (1870–1948)
• Liza Lehmann (1862–1918)
• Leonard J. Lehrman (born 1949)
• Jerry Leiber (born 1933)
• René Leibowitz (1913–1972)
• Jón Leifs (1899–1968)
• Walter Leigh (1905–1942)
• Kenneth Leighton (1929–1988)
• William Leighton (c. 1565–1622)
• Guillaume Lekeu (1870–1894)
• Edwin Lemare (1866–1934)
• Lorenz Lemlin (c. 1495–after 1549)
• Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823–1881)
• Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1751–1796)
• Erwin Lendvai (1882–1949)
• Kamilló Lendvay (born 1928)
• Alfonso Leng (1894–1974)
• Nicholas Lens (born 1957)
• James Lentini (born 1958)
• Stefano Lentini (born 1974)
• Georges Lentz (born 1965)
• Leonardo Leo (1694–1744)
• Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
• Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857–1919)
• Franco Leoni (1864–1949)
• Léonin (fl. 1150s–1201)
• Mykola Leontovych (1877–1921)
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640–1705)
• Wassili Leps (1870–1942)
• Fred Lerdahl (born 1943)
• Xavier Leroux (1863–1919)
• Theodor Leschetizky (1830–1915)
• Henry Leslie (1822–1896)
• Franciszek Lessel (1780–1838)
• Oscar Levant (1906–1972)
• Richard Leveridge (1670–1758)
• Marvin David Levy (born 1932)
• David Lewin (1933–2003)
• Frank Lewin (born 1925)
• Andrew Lewis (born 1936)
• Jeffrey Lewis (born 1942)
• Georg Dietrich Leyding (1664–1710)
• Jean Lhéritier (L'Heritier; Lirithier) (c. 1480–after 1551)
• Fran Lhotka (1883–1962)
• Reginaldus Libert (fl. c. 1425–1435)
• Johann Georg Lickl (1769–1843)
• Christian Joseph Lidarti (1730–1793)
• Jorge Liderman (1957–2008)
• Ingvar Lidholm (born 1921)
• Lowell Liebermann (born 1961)
• Peter Lieberson (1946–2011)
• Rolf Liebermann (1910–1999)
• Clement Liebert (fl. 1433–1454)
• Thurlow Lieurance (1878–1963)
• György Ligeti (1923–2006)
• Douglas Lilburn (1915–2001)
• Ingemar Liljefors (1906–1981)
• Ruben Liljefors (1871–1936)
• Giuseppe Lillo (1814–1863)
• Liza Lim (born 1966)
• Johannes de Limburgia (Johannes Vinandi) (fl. 1408?–1431)
• Limenius (fl. 128 BC)
• Paul Lincke (1866–1946)
• Magnus Lindberg (born 1958)
• Nils Lindberg (born 1933)
• Oskar Lindberg (1887–1955)
• Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801–1878)
• Otto Lindblad (1809–1864)
• Bo Linde (1933–1970)
• Hans-Martin Linde (born 1930)
• Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner (1791–1856)
• Jukka Linkola (born 1955)
• Thomas Linley the elder (1733–1795)
• Thomas Linley the younger (1756–1778)
• George Linley (1798–1865)
• George Linstead (1908–1974)
• Guy de Lioncourt (1885–1961)
• Karol Lipiński (1790–1861)
• Marijan Lipovšek (1910–1995)
• Vatroslav Lisinski (1819–1854)
• Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760–1836)
• Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
• Gaston Litaize (1909–1991)
• Antonio de Literes (1673–1747)
• Henry Charles Litolff (1818–1891)
• Giulio Litta (1822–1891)
• Ricardo Llorca (born 1962)
• George Lloyd (1913–1998)
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948)
• William Lloyd Webber (1914–1982)
• Johann Christian Lobe (1797–1881)
• Alonso Lobo (1555–1617)
• Duarte Lobo (c. 1565–1646)
• Elias Álvares Lôbo (1834–1901)
• Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764)
• Matthew Locke (c. 1621–1677)
• Dan Locklair (born 1949)
• Normand Lockwood (born 1906)
• Edward Loder (1813–1865)
• Charles Martin Loeffler (1861–1935)
• Jacques Loeillet (1685–1748)
• Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Ghent (1688–c. 1720)
• Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London (1680–1730)
• Frank Loesser (1910–1969)
• Theo Loevendie (born 1930)
• Carl Loewe (1796–1869)
• Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698–c. 1764)
• Martin Lohse (born 1971)
• Otto Lohse (1858–1925)
• Hannibal Lokumbe (Marvin Peterson) (born 1948)
• Antonio Lolli (1725–1802)
• Ruth Lomon (born 1930)
• Alessandro Longo (1864–1945)
• Paolo Longo (born 1967)
• Antoine de Longueval (fl. 1498–1525)
• Harvey Worthington Loomis (1865–1930)
• Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906–1994)
• Francisco Lopez Capillas (c. 1615–1673)
• Esteban López Morago (c. 1575–after 1630)
• Jimmy Lopez (born 1978)
• Richard Loqueville (fl. from 1410; died 1418)
• Bent Lorentzen (born 1935)
• Paolo Lorenzani (1640–1713)
• Oscar Lorenzo Fernândez (1897–1948)
• Albert Lortzing (1801–1851)
• Johann Anton Losy (Logy) (c. 1650–1721)
• Mark Lothar (born 1902)
• Antonio Lotti (c. 1667–1740)
• Ivana Loudová (born 1941)
• Alexina Louie (born 1949)
• Arthur Lourié (1892–1966)
• Samuel Lover (1797–1868)
• Adriano Lualdi (1885–1971)
• Bertram Luard-Selby (1853–1918)
• Vincent Lübeck (1654–1740)
• Charles Lucas (1808–1869)
• Clarence Lucas (1866–1947)
• Leighton Lucas (1903–1982)
• Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born 1960)
• Andrea Luchesi (1741–1801)
• Alvin Lucier (born 1931)
• Nicholas Ludford (c. 1490–1557)
• Otto Luening (1900–1996)
• Alexandre Luigini (1850–1906)
• Ivan Lukačić (c. 1587–1648)
• Zdeněk Lukáš (1928–2007)
• Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier (1662–1700)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)
• Jean-Louis Lully (1667–1688)
• Louis Lully (1664–1734)
• Hans Christian Lumbye (1810–1874)
• Johannes Lupi (c. 1506–1539)
• Ambrose Lupo (fl. from 1539; died 1591)
• Thomas Lupo (1571–1627)
• Filippo de Lurano (c. 1470–after 1520)
• Vicente Lusitano (fl. c. 1551–1561)
• Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994)
• Elizabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)
• Wilhelm Meyer Lutz (1829–1903)
• Arkady Luxemburg (born 1939)
• Carolus Luython (1557–1620)
• Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545?–1607)
• Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov (1798–1870)
• Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914)
• Sergei Lyapunov (1859–1924)
• Borys Lyatoshynsky (1895–1968)
• Ralph Lyford (1882–1927)
• Mykola Vitaliiovych Lysenko (1842–1912)
• Stanyslav Lyudkevych (1879–1979)

M

• Ma Sicong (1912–1987)
• Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916)
• Edward MacDowell (1860–1908)
• Teo Macero (1925–2008)
• Manuel Machado (c. 1590–1646)
• Sergio Machado (born 1963)
• Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377)
• François-Bernard Mâche (born 1935)
• Le Sieur de Machy (d. after 1692)
• Alexander Mackenzie (1847–1935)
• John Mackey (born 1973)
• James MacMillan (born 1959)
• Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994)
• Robin Maconie (born 1942)
• Giovanni de Macque (c. 1549–1614)
• Bruno Maderna (1920–1973)
• Filipe da Madre de Deus (c. 1630–c. 1688 or later)
• Jef Maes (1905–1996)
• Filipe de Magalhães (c. 1571–1652)
• Frederik Magle (born 1977)
• Albéric Magnard (1865–1914)
• Désiré Magnus (1828–1884)
• Janet Maguire (born 1927)
• Ernst Mahle (born 1929)
• Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
• Mesías Maiguashca (born 1938)
• Jean Maillard (c. 1515?–c. 1570)
• Aimé Maillart (1817–1871)
• Martin Mailman (1932–2000)
• Giorgio Mainerio (c. 1535–1582)
• Philipp Maintz (born 1977)
• Gian Francesco de Majo (1732–1770)
• Giuseppe de Majo (1697–1771)
• Kiril Makedonski (1925–1984)
• Andreas Makris (1930–2005)
• Malcourt (fl. c. 1470–1480)
• Pierre van Maldere (1729–1768)
• Paul de Maleingreau (1887–1956)
• Dmitry Malikov (born 1970)
• Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973)
• Riccardo Malipiero (1914–2003)
• Otto Malling (1848–1915)
• Gui Mallon (born 1953)
• Pierre de Manchicourt (c. 1510–1564)
• Francesco Mancini (1672–1737)
• Henry Mancini (1924–1994)
• Francesco Manelli (1594–1667)
• Francesco Manfredini (1684–1762)
• Franco Mannino (1924–2005)
• Philippe Manoury (born 1952)
• Tigran Mansurian (born 1939)
• Paul Manz (1919–2009)
• Marco Marazzoli (c. 1602–1662)
• Marin Marais (1656–1728)
• Roland Marais (c. 1685–c. 1750)
• Alessandro Marcello (1669–1747)
• Benedetto Marcello (1686–1739)
• Louis Marchand (1669–1732)
• Filippo Marchetti (1831–1902)
• Christian Marclay (born 1955)
• Catya Maré
• Luca Marenzio (c. 1553–1599)
• Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria (Electress of Saxony) (1724–1780)
• José Marín (1618–1699)
• Biagio Marini (1594–1663)
• Igor Markevitch (1912–1983)
• Miklós Maros (born 1943)
• Heinrich Marschner (1795–1861)
• John Marsh (1752–1828)
• Henri Marteau (1874–1934)
• Frank Martin (1890–1974)
• Philip Martin (born 1947)
• Vicente Martin y Soler (1754–1806)
• Marianne von Martínez (1744–1812)
• Giovanni Battista Martini (Padre Martini) (1706–1784)
• Jean Paul Egide Martini (1741–1816)
• Johannes Martini (c. 1430/1440–1497)
• Donald Martino (1931–2005)
• Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)
• Steve Martland (born 1959)
• Giuseppe Martucci (1856–1909)
• Joseph Marx (1882–1964)
• Karl Marx (1897–1985)
• Eduard Marxsen (1806–1887)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945)
• David Maslanka (born 1943)
• Daniel Gregory Mason (1873–1953)
• William Mason (1829–1908)
• Paola Massarenghi (born 1565; fl. 1585)
• Jean-Baptiste Masse (c. 1700–c. 1757)
• Victor Massé (1822–1884)
• Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
• Gérard Masson (born 1936)
• Lovro von Matačić (1899–1985)
• Johannes Matelart (Ioanne Matelart) (before 1538–1607)
• William Mathias (1934–1992)
• Yoritsune Matsudaira (1907–2001)
• Teizo Matsumura (1929–2007)
• Nicola Matteis (fl. c. 1670–1698; d. after 1713)
• Matteo da Perugia (fl. 1400–1416)
• Johann Mattheson (1681–1764)
• Colin Matthews (born 1964)
• Siegfried Matthus (born 1934)
• Peter Matz (1928–2002)
• Rudolf Mauersberger (1889–1971)
• John Henry Maunder (1858–1920)
• Nicholas Maw (1935–2009)
• Colin Mawby (born 1936)
• Ascanio Mayone (1565–1627)
• Johann Simon Mayr (1763–1845)
• Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929–1997)
• Jacques Féréol Mazas (1782–1849)
• Domenico Mazzocchi (1592–1665)
• Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597–1646)
• Giovanni Mazzuoli (Giovanni degli Organi) (c. 1360–1426)
• John McCabe (born 1939)
• John Blackwood McEwen (1868–1948)
• John McGuire (born 1942)
• Rod McKuen (born 1933)
• Frank McNamara
• Richard Meale (1932–2009)
• Kirke Mechem (born 1925)
• Johann Valentin Meder (1649–1719)
• Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951)
• Étienne Méhul (1763–1817)
• Johan de Meij (born 1953)
• Alessandro Melani (1639–1703)
• Jacopo Melani (1623–1676)
• Erkki Melartin (1875–1937)
• Diogo Dias Melgás (1638–1700)
• Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
• Manuel Mendes (c. 1547–1605)
• Martin-Joseph Mengal (1784–1851)
• Peter Mennin (1923–1983)
• Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)
• Sophie Menter (1846–1918)
• John Merbecke (c. 1505–c. 1585)
• Saverio Mercadante (1795–1870)
• Aarre Merikanto (1893–1958)
• Oskar Merikanto (1868–1924)
• Maceo Merriweather (1905–1953)
• Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806–1856)
• Tarquinio Merula (1594/1595–1665)
• Claudio Merulo (1533–1604)
• René Mesangeau (fl. 1567–1638)
• André Messager (1853–1929)
• Guilielmus Messaus (1589–1640)
• Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
• Ludwig Mestler (1891–1959)
• Edgar Meyer (born 1960)
• Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905–1988)
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864)
• Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic (c. 1600–1676)
• Richard Mico (1590–1661)
• Wilhelm Middelschulte (1863–1943)
• Marcin Mielczewski (c. 1600–1651)
• Francisco Mignone (1897–1986)
• Marcel Mihalovici (1898–1985)
• Minoru Miki (1930–2011)
• Mikołaj z Krakowa (Nicolaus Cracoviensis) (first half of 16th century)
• Luis de Milán (c. 1500–after 1560)
• Francesco da Milano (1497–1543)
• Robin Milford (1903–1959)
• Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
• Carl Millöcker (1842–1899)
• Nicolas Millot (fl. 1559–1589)
• Richard Mills (born 1949)
• Georgi Minchev (born 1936)
• Ludwig Minkus (1826–1917)
• Ambrogio Minoja (1752–1825)
• Guillaume Minoret (c. 1650–1717/1720)
• Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896–1960)
• Dary John Mizelle (born 1940)
• Hajime Mizoguchi (born 1960)
• Eric Moe (born 1954)
• Ernest John Moeran (1894–1950)
• Stevan Mokranjac (born 1856)
• Bernhard Molique (1802–1869)
• Simone Molinaro (c. 1570–after 1633)
• John Christopher Moller (1755–1803)
• Johann Melchior Molter (1696–1765)
• Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny (1762–1842)
• Federico Mompou (1893–1987)
• José Pablo Moncayo (1912–1958)
• Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711–1772)
• Stanisław Moniuszko (1819–1872)
• Meredith Monk (born 1942)
• Thelonious Monk (1917–1982)
• Georg Matthias Monn (1717–1750)
• Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729–1817)
• Ricardo Montaner (born 1957)
• Philippe de Monte (1521–1603)
• Michel Pignolet de Montéclair (1667–1737)
• Italo Montemezzi (1875–1952)
• José Ángel Montero (1832–1881)
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
• Vittorio Monti (1868–1922)
• Xavier Montsalvatge (1912–2002)
• Douglas Moore (1893–1969)
• Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500–1553)
• Robert Moran (born 1937)
• Paul Moravec (born 1957)
• Jean-Baptiste Moreau (1656–1733)
• Justin Morgan (1747–1798)
• Jean-Baptiste Morin (1677–1745)
• Francesco Morlacchi (1784–1841)
• Thomas Morley (1557/1558–1602)
• Giorgio Moroder (born 1940)
• Jerome Moross (1913–1983)
• Steve Morse (born 1954)
• Ennio Morricone (born 1928)
• Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941)
• Robert Morton (c. 1430–1479)
• Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870)
• Alexander Mosolov (1900–1973)
• Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
• Felix Mottl (1856–1911)
• Pierre Moulu (c. 1484–c. 1550)
• Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682–1738)
• Georges Moustaki (born 1934)
• Charles Mouton (1626–1710)
• Jean Mouton (Jehan de Hollingue) (c. 1459–1522)
• Franz Xaver Mozart (1791–1844)
• Leopold Mozart (1719–1787)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
• Jean-Baptiste Moyne (1751–1796)
• Robert Muczynski (1929–2010)
• Alonso Mudarra (c. 1510–1580)
• Georg Muffat (1653–1704)
• Gottlieb Muffat (1690–1770)
• Nico Muhly (b. 1981)
• Dominic Muldowney (born 1952)
• August Eberhard Müller (1767–1817)
• Wenzel Müller (1767–1835)
• Jan Müller-Wieland (born 1966)
• Gráinne Mulvey (born 1966)
• John Mundy (c. 1555–1630)
• William Mundy (c. 1528–c. 1591)
• Tristan Murail (born 1947)
• Santiago de Murcia (1673–1739)
• Gilles Mureau (Mureue) (c. 1450–1512)
• Franz Xaver Murschhauser (1663–1738)
• Roberto Musci (born 1956)
• Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
• Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728–1788)
• Gordon Mumma (born 1935)
• Ian Munro (born 1963)
• Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950)
• Josef Mysliveček (1737–1781)

N

• François Joseph Naderman (1781–1835)
• Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997)
• Giovanni Bernardino Nanino (c. 1560–1623)
• Eduard Nápravník (1839–1916)
• Pietro Nardini (1722–1793)
• James Nares (1715–1783)
• Isaac Nathan (c. 1792–1864)
• Jacques-Christophe Naudot (c. 1690–1762)
• Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741–1801)
• Juan Francisco de Navas (c. 1650–1719)
• Ernesto Nazareth (1863–1934)
• José de Nebra (1702–1768)
• Oskar Nedbal (1874–1930)
• Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748–1798)
• Cesare Negri (c. 1535–c. 1605)
• Marcantonio Negri (d. 1624)
• Sarah Nemtsov (born 1980)
• Alberto Nepomuceno (1864–1920)
• Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (c. 1707–c. 1780)
• Viktor Nessler (1841–1890)
• Sigismund Neukomm (1778–1858)
• Georg Neumark (1621–1681)
• Chris Newman (born 1958)
• Sydney Nicholson (1875–1947)
• Edmund Nick (1891–1973)
• Otto Nicolai (1810–1849)
• Louis Niedermeyer (1802–1861)
• Carl Nielsen (1865–1931)
• Ludolf Nielsen (1876–1939)
• Joy Nilo (born 1970)
• Alessandro Nini (1805–1880)
• Ninot le Petit (fl.c. 1500–1520?)
• Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (1632–1714)
• Yuji Nomi (born 1958)
• Luigi Nono (1924–1990)
• Anthoni van Noordt (c. 1619–1675)
• Rikard Nordraak (1842–1866)
• Per Nørgård (born 1932)
• Ib Nørholm (born 1931)
• Serge Noskov (born 1956)
• Vítězslav Novák (1870–1949)
• Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
• Vincent Novello (1781–1861)
• Franz Nikolaus Novotny (1743–1773)
• Johannes Nucius (c. 1556–1620)
• Patrick Nunn (born 1969)
• Ervin Nyíregyházi (1903–1987)
• Michael Nyman (born 1944)
• Knut Nystedt (born 1915)

O

• Jacob Obrecht (c. 1457/1458–1505)
• Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1410/1425–1497)
• Martin O'Donnell (born 1955)
• Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)
• Will Ogdon (born 1921)
• Tale Ognenovski (born 1922)
• Maurice Ohana (1913–1992)
• Mike Oldfield (born 1953)
• Carolina Oliphant (1766–1845)
• Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
• Otto Olsson (1879–1964)
• George Onslow (1784–1853)
• Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863–1943)
• Chris Opperman (born 1978)
• Mathilda d'Orozco (1796–1863)
• Julián Orbón (1925–1991)
• Karl von Ordoñez (1734–1786)
• Cecilie Ore (born 1954)
• Carl Orff (1895–1982)
• Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676–1760)
• Leo Ornstein (1893–2002)
• Aniceto Ortega (1825–1875)
• Marbrianus de Orto (c. 1460–1529)
• Alex Otterlei
• Georg Österreich (1664–1735)
• Willy Ostijn (1913–1993)
• Henrique Oswald (1852–1931)
• James Oswald (1711–1769)
• Hans Otte (1926–2007)
• Willem van Otterloo (1907–1978)
• Frederick Ouseley (1825–1889)
• Morfydd Owen (1891–1918)
• Etienne Ozi (1754–1813)

P

• Luis de Pablo (born 1930)
• Charles Theodore Pachelbel (1690–1750)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706)
• Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel (c. 1685–1764)
• Giovanni Pacini (1796–1867)
• Fredrik Pacius (1809–1891)
• Cornelis Thymenszoon Padbrué (c. 1592–1670)
• Martijn Padding (born 1956)
• Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941)
• Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c. 1590–1664)
• Ferdinando Paer (1771–1839)
• Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)
• John Knowles Paine (1839–1906)
• James Paisible (Jacques Paisible) (c. 1656–1721)
• Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816)
• Zakaria Paliashvili (1871–1933)
• Benedetto Pallavicino (c. 1551–1601)
• Carlo Pallavicino (c. 1630–1688)
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525–1594)
• Jan Gerard Palm (1831–1906)
• Rudolph Palm (1880–1950)
• John Palm (1885–1925)
• Jacobo Palm (1887–1982)
• Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (c. 1630?–1669/1670)
• Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991)
• Roxanna Panufnik (born 1968)
• Jorma Panula (born 1930)
• Gérard Pape (born 1955)
• Salvatore Pappalardo (1817–1884)
• Domenico Paradies (Paradisi) (1707–1791)
• Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824)
• Paul Paray (1886–1979)
• Claudio Pari (1574–after 1619)
• Maria Hester Park (1775–1822)
• Horatio William Parker (1863–1919)
• Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848–1918)
• Arvo Pärt (born 1935)
• Harry Partch (1901–1974)
• Thomas Pasatieri (born 1945)
• Vasily Pashkevich (1742–1797)
• Marc'Antonio Pasqualini (1614–1691)
• Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710)
• Pierre Passereau (fl. 1509–1547)
• Georg von Pasterwitz (1730–1803)
• Robert Paterson (born 1970)
• Carlos Patiño (1600–1675)
• Paul Patterson (born 1947)
• Paul I Esterházy of Galántha (1635–1713)
• Jiří Pauer (1919–2007)
• Stephen Paulus (born 1947)
• Conrad Paumann (c. 1410–1473)
• Alla Pavlova (born 1952)
• Juan Carlos Paz (1901–1972)
• Mogens Pedersøn (c. 1583–1623)
• Carlo Pedini (born 1956)
• Carlo Pedrotti (1817–1893)
• Martin Peerson (1571/1573–1651)
• Flor Peeters (1903–1986)
• Dora Pejačević (1885–1923)
• Bartłomiej Pękiel (d. c. 1670)
• Georgs Pelēcis (born 1947)
• Jorge Peña Hen (1928–1973)
• Francisco de Peñalosa (c. 1470–1528)
• James Penberthy (1917–1999)
• Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933)
• Tomaž Pengov
• Ernst Pepping (1901–1981)
• Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667–1752)
• Davide Perez (1711–1778)
• Juan Pérez de Gijón (fl. c. 1460–1500)
• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
• Jacopo Peri (1561–1633)
• George Perle (1915–2009)
• François-Louis Perne (1772–1832)
• Lorenzo Perosi (1872–1956)
• Pérotin (fl. 1190–1220)
• William P. Perry (born 1930)
• Giuseppe Persiani (1799–1869)
• Vincent Persichetti (1915–1987)
• Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661–1756)
• Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c. 1704–c. 1766)
• Michele Pesenti (c. 1470–after 1524)
• Oto Pestner (born 1956)
• Johann Friedrich Peter (1746–1813)
• Norbert Walter Peters (born 1954)
• David Petersen (c. 1651–1737)
• Wilhelm Petersen (1890–1957)
• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867–1942)
• Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003)
• Errico Petrella (1813–1877)
• Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)
• Allan Pettersson (1911–1980)
• Christian Petzold (1677–1733)
• Paul Peuerl (1570–1625)
• Andreas Pevernage (1542/1543–1591)
• Johann Christoph Pez (1664–1716)
• Johann Christoph Pezel (1639–1694)
• Augustin Pfleger (1635–1686)
• Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949)
• P. Q. Phan (born 1962)
• Barrington Pheloung (born 1956)
• Anne Danican Philidor (1681–1728)
• François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795)
• Philippe le Chancelier (c. 1160/1170–1236)
• Michel Philippot (1925–1996)
• Art Phillips (born 1955)
• Peter Philips (c. 1560–1628)
• Dominique Phinot (c.  1510–c.  1556)
• Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822–1901)
• Polo Piatti (born 1954)
• Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
• Giovanni Picchi (1571/1572–1643)
• Alessandro Piccinini (1566–1638)
• Niccolò Piccinni (1728–1800)
• Václav Pichl (1741–1804)
• Tobias Picker (born 1954)
• Johann Gottfried Piefke (1815–1884)
• Gabriel Pierné (1863–1937)
• Maestro Piero (before 1300–c. 1350)
• Willem Pijper (1894–1947)
• Francis Pilkington (c. 1565–1638)
• Daniel Pinkham (1923–2006)
• Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720–1795)
• George Pinto (1785–1806)
• Matthias Pintscher (born 1971)
• Matthaeus Pipelare (c. 1450–c. 1515)
• Bernardo Pisano (1490–1548)
• Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755)
• Francesco Antonio Pistocchi (1659–1726)
• Walter Piston (1894–1976)
• Thomas Pitfield (1903–1999)
• Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657–1743)
• Johann Peter Pixis (1788–1874)
• Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968)
• Joan Baptista Pla (c. 1720–1773)
• Robert Planquette (1848–1903)
• Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697–1763)
• Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831)
• John Plummer (c. 1410–c. 1484)
• Ludvík Podéšť (Binovský) (1921–1968)
• Alessandro Poglietti (early 17th century–1683)
• David Pohle (1624–1695)
• František Xaver Pokorný (1729–1794)
• Madame Poldowski (Régine Wieniawski, Irène Wieniawska) (1879–1932)
• Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (c. 1653–1723)
• Ignazio Pollice (fl. 1684–1705)
• Doc Pomus (1925–1991)
• Manuel Ponce (1882–1948)
• Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886)
• Marcel Poot (1901–1988)
• Enno Poppe (born 1969)
• David Popper (1843–1913)
• Nicola Porpora (1686–1768)
• Costanzo Porta (c. 1529–1601)
• Giovanni Porta (c. 1675–1755)
• Cole Porter (1891–1964)
• Quincy Porter (1897–1966)
• Rachel Portman (born 1960)
• Marcos Portugal (1762–1830)
• Isaac Posch (1591?–c. 1623)
• Edouard Potjes (1860–1931)
• Cipriani Potter (1792–1871)
• Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
• Henri Pousseur (born 1929)
• Mel Powell (1923–1998)
• Leonel Power (c. 1370/1385?–1445)
• Gerhard Präsent (born 1957)
• Hieronymus Praetorius (1560–1629)
• Jacob Praetorius (1586–1651)
• Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
• Luca Antonio Predieri (1688–1767)
• Zbigniew Preisner (born 1955)
• Thomas Preston (died after 1559)
• André Previn (born 1929)
• Florence Beatrice Price (1887–1953)
• Maui Dalvanius Prime (1948–2002)
• Alfred Prinz (born 1930)
• Johannes Prioris (c. 1460?–c. 1514)
• Giovanni Priuli (c. 1575–1626)
• Simon Proctor (born 1959)
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
• Francesco Provenzale (1624–1704)
• John Psathas (born 1966)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
• Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798)
• Cesare Pugni (1802–1870)
• Raoul Pugno (1852–1914)
• Puẖiya(na) (c. 1400 BC)
• Joan Pau Pujol (1570–1626)
• Johannes Pullois (fl. from 1443; died 1478)
• Giovanni Punto (Jan Václav Stich) (1746–1803)
• Daniel Purcell (1664–1717)
• Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
• Kevin Puts (born 1972)
• Pycard (Picart) (fl. c. 1410)

Q

• Qu Xiaosong (born 1952)
• Qu Xixian (born 1919)
• Johannes de Quadris (c. 1410–after 1456)
• Paolo Quagliati (c. 1555–1628)
• Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773)
• Joseph Quesnel (1746–1809)
• Roger Quilter (1877–1953)
• Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (1695–1791)
• Lucia Quinciani (born c. 1566; fl. 1611)
• Marcel Quinet (1915–1986)
• Daniel Patrick Quinn (born 1981)
• Manuel José de Quirós (c. 1690?–1765)

R

• Dick Raaijmakers (born 1930)
• Henri Rabaud (1873–1949)
• Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky (born 1945)
• Peer Raben (1940–2007)
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
• Charles Racquet (1597–1664)
• Mikołaj Radomski (Nicolaus de Radom) (fl. c. 1400)
• Jean-Théodore Radoux (1835–1911)
• Horaţiu Rădulescu (1942–2008)
• Joachim Raff (1822–1882)
• Assi Rahbani (1923–1986)
• Mansour Rahbani (1925–2009)
• A. R. Rahman (born 1966)
• Pietro Raimondi (1786–1853)
• Tomi Räisänen (born 1976)
• André Raison (1640s–1719)
• Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 1979)
• Thomas Rajna (born 1928)
• Ľudovít Rajter (Rayter) (1906–2000)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
• Ariel Ramírez (1921–2010)
• Mattio Rampollini (1497–c. 1553)
• Robert Ramsey (1590s–1644)
• Shulamit Ran (born 1949)
• Bernard Rands (born 1934)
• Ture Rangström (1884–1947)
• Günter Raphael (1903–1960)
• Francesco Rasi (1574–1621)
• Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 1947)
• Valentin Rathgeber (1682–1750)
• Hermann Raupach (1728–1778)
• Einojuhani Rautavaara (born 1928)
• Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
• Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1582–c. 1635)
• Alan Rawsthorne (1905–1971)
• Emma Marcy Raymond (1856–1913)
• Fred Raymond (1900–1954)
• Ray Reach (born 1948)
• François Rebel (1701–1775)
• Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747)
• João Lourenço Rebelo (1610–1661)
• John Redford (fl. from 1534; died 1547)
• Hans Redlich (1903–1968)
• Bernd Redmann (born 1965)
• Thomas German Reed (1817–1888)
• William Reed (1859–1945)
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• Francisco de la Torre (fl. 1483–1504)
• Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco (1644–1728)
• José de Torres (1665–1738)
• Federico Moreno Torroba (1891–1982)
• Paolo Tosti (1846–1916)
• Charles Tournemire (1870–1939)
• Allen Toussaint born 1938)
• Donald Francis Tovey (1875–1940)
• Joan Tower (born 1938)
• Geoffrey Toye (1889–1942)
• Antonio Tozzi (1736–1812)
• Giovanni Maria Trabaci (1575–1647)
• Tommaso Traetta (1727–1779)
• Cornel Trăilescu (born 1926)
• Jean Balthasar Tricklir (1750–1813)
• Giacomo Tritto (1733–1824)
• Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c. 1470–after 1534)
• Stephen Truelove (born 1946)
• Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811–1886)
• Frankie Trumbauer (1901–1956)
• Julia Tsenova (1948–2010)
• Eduard Tubin (1905–1982)
• Tui St. George Tucker (1924–2004)
• Erik Tulindberg (1761–1814)
• František Tůma (1704–1774)
• Franz Tunder (1614–1667)
• Joaquín Turina (1882–1949)
• Francesco Turini (1589–1656)
• Daniel Gottlob Türk (1756–1813)
• Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960)
• William Turner (1651–1740)
• Roman Turovsky-Savchuk (born 1961)
• Kalervo Tuukkanen (1909–1979)
• Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 1959)
• Geirr Tveitt (1908–1981)
• Merlijn Twaalfhoven (born 1976)
• Tyagaraja (1767–1847)
• Christopher Tye (c. 1505–c. 1572)
• Georges Tzipine (1907–1987)

U

• Marco Uccellini (1603/1610–1680)
• Martin Andreas Udbye (1820–1889)
• Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959)
• Vincenzo Ugolini (c. 1580–1638)
• Alfred Uhl (1909–1992)
• Viktor Ullmann (1898–1944)
• Chinary Ung (born 1942)
• Benjamin Carl Unseld (1843–1923)
• Erich Urbanner (born 1936)
• Urẖiya (c. 1400 BC)
• Guillermo Uribe Holguín (1880–1971)
• Francesco Usper (Spongia, Sponga) (1561–1641)
• Galina Ustvolskaya (1919–2006)
• Alexander Utendal (1543/1545–1581)
• Francesco Uttini (1723–1795)
• Yolande Uyttenhove (1925–2000)

V

• Nicola Vaccai (1790–1848)
• Pierre Vachon (1731–1803)
• Jacobus Vaet (c.  1529–1567)
• Fartein Valen (1887–1952)
• Antonio Valente (fl. 1565–1580)
• Vincenzo Valente (1855–1921)
• Giovanni Valentini (c. 1582–1649)
• Giuseppe Valentini (1681–1753)
• Jean Vallerand (1915–1944)
• Nicolas Vallet (c. 1583–c. 1642)
• Francesco Antonio Vallotti (1697–1780)
• Francisco Valls (1665–1747)
• David Van Vactor (1906–1994)
• Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739–1813)
• Jules Van Nuffel (1883–1953)
• Komitas Vardapet (1869–1935)
• Edgard Varèse (1883–1965)
• Urbán de Vargas (1606–1656)
• Alexander Egorovich Varlamov (1801–1848)
• Alexander Vladimirovich Varlamov (1904–1990)
• Louis Varney (1844–1908)
• Pēteris Vasks (born 1946)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
• Orazio Vecchi (1550–1605)
• Claudio Veggio (born c. 1510)
• Václav Jindřich Veit (1806–1864)
• Pavel Josef Vejvanovský (c. 1633/1639–1693)
• Caetano Veloso (born 1942)
• Ian Venables (born 1955)
• Gaetano Veneziano (1665–1716)
• Alexander Veprik (1899–1958)
• Antonio Veracini (1659–1745)
• Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768)
• Theo Verbey (born 1959)
• Philippe Verdelot (c. 1480/1485–c. 1530)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
• Cornelis Verdonck (1563–1625)
• Sándor Veress (1907–1992)
• Johannes Verhulst (1816–1891)
• Gaspar de Verlit (1622–1682)
• Pierre Vermont (c. 1495–c. 1533)
• Matthijs Vermeulen (1888–1967)
• Alexey Verstovsky (1799–1862)
• Michael Vetter (born 1943)
• Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560–1627)
• Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
• Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548–1611)
• Gerard Victory (1921–1995)
• Jacobus Vide (fl. 1405?–1433)
• Johann Vierdanck (c. 1605–1646)
• Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
• Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps (1820–1881)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)
• Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824)
• Giulio Viozzi (1912–1984)
• Ezequiel Viñao (born 1960)
• Vincenzo da Rimini (14th cent.)
• Leonardo Vinci (c. 1690–1730)
• Carl Vine (born 1954)
• Param Vir (born 1952)
• Robert de Visée (c. 1650–1732/1733)
• Ivan Vïshnegradsky (1893–1979)
• Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632–1692)
• Jan August Vitásek (1770–1839)
• Philippe de Vitry (1291–1361)
• Franco Vittadini (1884–1948)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
• Amadeo Vives (1871–1932)
• Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani (1638–c. 1693)
• Claude Vivier (1948–1983)
• Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590–1662)
• Roman Vlad (born 1919)
• Pancho Vladigerov (1899–1978)
• Wladimir Vogel (1896–1984)
• Georg Joseph Vogler (1749–1814)
• Johann Caspar Vogler (1696–1763)
• Hans Vogt (1911–1992)
• Robert Voisey (born 1969)
• Kevin Volans (born 1949)
• Robert Volkmann (1815–1883)
• Andrei Volkonsky (1933–2008)
• Alexander Voormolen (1895–1980)
• Andy Vores (born 1956)
• Jan Václav Voříšek (1791–1825)
• Antonín Vranický (Anton Wranitzky) (1761–1820)
• Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1962)
• Jan Vriend (born 1938)
• Klaas de Vries (born 1944)
• Alexander Vustin (born 1943)

W

• Hubert Waelrant (c.  1517–1595)
• Johan Wagenaar (1862–1941)
• Max Wagenknecht (1857–1922)
• Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715–1777)
• Ignatz Waghalter (1881–1949)
• Melinda Wagner (born 1957)
• Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
• Siegfried Wagner (1869–1930)
• Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903–1969)
• Adam z Wągrowca (Adam of Wągrowiec) (d. 1629)
• Émile Waldteufel (1837–1915)
• Ernest Walker (1870–1949)
• George Walker (born 1922)
• William Walker (1808–1875)
• Stewart Wallace (born 1960)
• William Vincent Wallace (1812–1865)
• Joelle Wallach (born 1946)
• Bruno Walter (1876–1962)
• Johann Walter (Blanckenmüller) (1496–1570)
• Walther von der Vogelweide (c. 1170–c. 1230)
• Johann Gottfried Walther (1684–1748)
• Johann Jacob Walther (1650–1704)
• William Walton (1902–1983)
• John Ward (1571–1638)
• Robert Ward (born 1917)
• Peter Warlock (1894–1930)
• Harry Warren (1893–1981)
• Rodney Waschka II (born 1958?)
• Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692–1766)
• Graham Waterhouse (born 1962)
• Niel van der Watt (born 1962)
• Franz Waxman (1906–1967)
• George James Webb (born 1803)
• Jimmy Webb (born 1946)
• Simon Webb
• Samuel Webbe (the elder) (1740–1816)
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948)
• William Lloyd Webber (1914–1982)
• Ben Weber (1916–1979)
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
• Anton Webern (1883–1945)
• Matthias Weckmann (c. 1616–1674)
• Gaspar van Weerbeke (c. 1445–after 1516)
• Thomas Weelkes (1576–1623)
• Joseph Weigl (1766–1846)
• Kurt Weill (1900–1950)
• Mieczysław Weinberg (Moishe Vainberg) (1919–1996)
• Jaromír Weinberger (1896–1967)
• Leo Weiner (1885–1960)
• Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)
• Judith Weir (born 1954)
• Hugo Weisgall (1912–1997)
• Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750)
• Julius Weissenborn (1837–1888)
• Dan Welcher (born 1948)
• John Weldon (1676–1736)
• Egon Wellesz (1885–1974)
• Andreas Werckmeister (1645–1706)
• André Werner (born 1960)
• Gregor Joseph Werner (1693–1766)
• Giaches de Wert (1535–1596)
• Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
• Charles Wesley junior (1757–1834)
• Samuel Wesley (1766–1837)
• Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876)
• Martin Wesley-Smith (born 1945)
• Mark Wessel (1894–1973)
• Peter Westergaard (born 1931)
• Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656–1705)
• Richard Wetz (1875–1935)
• Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774–1842)
• Paul W. Whear (born 1925)
• Scott Wheeler (born 1952)
• Eric Whitacre (born 1970)
• James Whitbourn (born 1963)
• Benjamin Franklin White (1800–1879)
• Julian White (1930–2006)
• Gillian Whitehead (born 1941)
• Percy Whitlock (1903–1946)
• Thomas Whythorne (1528–1595)
• Jörg Widmann (born 1973)
• Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
• Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880)
• Johan Wikmanson (1753–1800)
• John Wilbye (1574–1638)
• Alec Wilder (1907–1980)
• Philip van Wilder (c. 1500–1554)
• Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709–1758)
• Adrian Willaert (c. 1490–1562)
• Healey Willan (1880–1968)
• Grace Williams (1906–1977)
• John Williams (born 1932)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
• Spencer Williams (1889–1965)
• Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003)
• Richard Storrs Willis (1819–1900)
• Meredith Willson (1902–1984)
• Johann Wilhelm Wilms (1772–1847)
• Charles Wilson (born 1931)
• James Wilson (1922–2005)
• Richard Wilson (born 1941)
• Thomas Wilson (1927–2001)
• Heinz Winbeck (born 1946)
• Herbert Windt (1894–1965)
• Peter Winter (1754–1825)
• Dag Ivar Wirén (1905–1986)
• Michael Wise (c. 1647–1687)
• Peter Wishart (1921–1984)
• Christian Friedrich Witt (c. 1660–1717)
• Franz Xaver Witt (1834–1888)
• Friedrich Witt (1770–1836)
• Robert William Witt (1930–1967)
• René Wohlhauser (born 1954)
• Erling Wold (born 1958)
• Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735–1792)
• Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)
• Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948)
• Christian Wolff (born 1934)
• Joseph Wölfl (1773–1812)
• Oswald von Wolkenstein (c. 1376–1445)
• Stefan Wolpe (1902–1972)
• Robert Woodcock (c. 1690–1728)
• Felix Woyrsch (1860–1944)
• Pavel Wranitzky (1756–1808)
• Charles Wuorinen (born 1938)
• Alex Wurman (born 1966)
• Arnold van Wyk (1916–1983)
• Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916–1989)
• Yehudi Wyner (born 1929)

X

• Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)
• Xian Xinghai (1905–1945)
• Xiao Shuxian (1905–1991)
• Spyridon Xyndas (1812–1896)

Y

• Kosaku Yamada (1886–1965)
• Yehuda Yannay (born 1937)
• Yanni (born 1954)
• Christopher Yavelow (born 1950)
• Yitzhak Yedid (born 1971)
• Dwight Yoakam (born 1956)
• Takashi Yoshimatsu (born 1953)
• Michèl Yost (1754–1786)
• Christopher Young (born 1957)
• James Young (born 1949)
• John Young (born 1962)
• La Monte Young (born 1935)
• Polly Young (Maria Barthélemon) (1749–1799)
• Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931)
• Théophile Ysaÿe (1865–1918)
• Sergei Yuferov (1865–after 1906)
• Isang Yun (1917–1995)

Z

• Antonio Zacara da Teramo (c. 1350/1360–c. 1413/1416)
• Jan Zach (1699–1773)
• Nicolaus Zacharie (fl. from 1420; died 1466)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663–1712)
• Judith Lang Zaimont (born 1945)
• Ivan Zajc (1832–1914)
• Giovanni Zamboni (fl. early 18th century)
• Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944)
• Andrea Zani (1696–1757)
• Frank Zappa (1940–1993)
• Nikolai Zaremba (1821–1879)
• Gioseffo Zarlino (1517–1590)
• Isidora Žebeljan (born 1967)
• Kristoffer Zegers (born 1973)
• Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745)
• Władysław Żeleński (1837–1921)
• Carl Zeller (1842–1898)
• Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758–1832)
• Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942)
• Hans Zender (born 1936)
• Juan García de Zéspedes (c. 1619–1678)
• Marc'Antonio Ziani (c. 1653–1715)
• Otakar Zich (1879–1934)
• Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843–1922)
• Mikołaj Zieleński (c. 1560–c. 1620)
• Hermann Zilcher (1881–1948)
• Winfried Zillig (1905–1963)
• Hans Zimmer (born 1957)
• Agnes Zimmermann (1845–1925)
• Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970)
• Heinz Werner Zimmermann (born 1930)
• Margrit Zimmermann (born 1927)
• Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann (1785–1853)
• Udo Zimmermann (born 1943)
• Walter Zimmermann (born 1949)
• Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752–1837)
• Domenico Zipoli (1688–1726)
• Carl Friedrich Zöllner (1800–1860)
• Heinrich Zöllner (1854–1941)
• John Zorn (born 1953)
• Marija Zubova (1749–1799)
• Manuel de Zumaya (c. 1678–1755)
• Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760–1802)
• Ralph Zurmühle (born 1959)
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)

See also

• Lists of composers
• The opera corpus which lists more than 700 opera composers, their dates and works.