List of composers by name

This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically. For lists of music composers by other classifications, see Lists of composers.

Directory A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Keiko Abe (born 1937)
• Girolamo Abos (born 1715)
• Paul Abraham (1892–1960)
• Hans Abrahamsen (born 1952)
• Adolphe Adam (1803–1856)
• John Adams (born 1947)
• Richard Addinsell (1904–1977)
• John Addison (1920–1998)
• Thomas Adès (born 1971)
• Samuel Adler (born 1928)
• Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969)
• Josina van Aerssen (1733-1797)
• Zeca Afonso (1929–1987)
• Klaus Ager (born 1946)
• Janos Agocsi (born 1961)
• Lejla Agolli (born 1950)
• Dionisio Aguado (1784–1849)
• Graciela Agudela (born 1945)
• Kalevi Aho (born 1949)
• Ahn Eak-Tai (1906–1965)
• Gregor Aichinger (c.1565–1628)
• Bartholomäus Aich (17th cent)
• Tauno Aints (born 1975)
• Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909)
• Sef Albertz (born 1971)
• Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751)
• Johann Albrechtsberger (1736–1809)
• Nilo Alcala (born 1978)
• Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960)
• Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
• Siegfried Alkan (1858–1941)
• Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652)
• Steve Allen (1921–2000)
• Jonathan Allentoff
• Robert Allworth (born 1943)
• Miguel Álvarez-Fernández (born 1979)
• William Alwyn (1905–1985)
• Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
• August Wilhelm Ambros (1816–1876)
• Marco Ambrosini (born 1964)
• Sandro de America (born 1945)
• Jean-Claude Amiot (born 1939)
• Charles Amirkhanian (born 1945)
• Ammiya (ca. 1800 BC)
• Gilbert Amy (born 1936)
• Julian Anderson (born 1967)
• Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
• Leroy Anderson (1908–1975)
• Philip Anderson
• Caecilia Andriessen (born 1931)
• Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981)
• Jurriaan Andriessen (1925–1996)
• Louis Andriessen (born 1939)
• Willem Andriessen (1887–1964)
• François Andrieu (14th cent.)
• Pasquale Anfossi (1727–1797)
• Conrad Ansorge (1862–1930)
• Antonello da Caserta (late 14th – early 15th cent.)
• Giuseppe Apolloni (1822–1889)
• Hans Erich Apostel (1901–1972)
• Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825–1889)
• Chaya Arbel (1921–2007)
• Frederic Archer (1838–1901)
• Violet Archer (1913–2000)
• Alexandra Arellano
• Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
• Dominick Argento (born 1927)
• Albert Arlen (1905–1993)
• Desi Arnaz (1917–1986)
• Thomas Arne (1710–1778)
• Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006)
• Robert Sterling Arnold (1905–2003)
• Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806–1826)
• Emilio Arrieta (1823–1894)
• Joseph Ascher (1829–1869)
• Robert Ashley (born 1930)
• Ignaz Assmayer (born 1790)
• Athenaeus son of Athenaeus (fl. 138–28 BC)
• Chet Atkins (1924–2001)
• Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974)
• Daniel Auber (1782–1871)
• Jacques Aubert (1689–1753)
• Edmond Audran (1842–1901)
• Leopold Auer (1845–1930)
• Georges Auric (1899–1983)
• Larry Austin (born 1930)
• Slavko Avsenik (born 1929)
• Vilko Avsenik
• Aaron Avshalomov (1894–1965)
• Jacob Avshalomov (born 1919)
• Svitlana Azarova (born 1976)

B

• William Babell (1689/1690–1723)
• Stanley Babin (born 1932)
• Milton Babbitt (born 1916)
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
• Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782)
• Johann Christoph Bach (1642–1703)
• Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795)
• Johann Michael Bach (1648–1694)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
• Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)
• Burt Bacharach (born 1928)
• Heinrich Baermann (1784–1847)
• Junsang Bahk (born 1937)
• Tadeus Baird (1928–1981)
• David Baker (born 1931)
• Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
• Claude Balbastre (1724–1799)
• Hank Ballard (1936–2003)
• Puchi Balseiro (1926–2007)
• Troy Banarzi (born 1972)
• Adriano Banchieri (c.1557–1634)
• Raffaello de Banfield (1922–2008)
• Don Banks (1923–1980)
• Granville Bantock (1868–1946)
• Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
• Stephen Mark Barchan (born 1982)
• Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924)
• Clarence Barlow (born 1945)
• Jean Barraqué (1928–1973)
• Agustin Barrios (1885–1944)
• Gerald Barry (born 1952)
• Richard Barth (1850–1908)
• Dave Bartholomew (born 1920)
• John Bartlett (fl. 1606–1610)
• Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
• Count Basie (1904–1984)
• Arnold Bax (1883–1945)
• Antonio Bazzini (1818–1897)
• Amy Beach (1867–1944)
• Robert Beadell (1925–1994)
• James Beale (born 1924)
• David Beard (born 1962)
• Betty Beath (born 1932)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
• Franz Behr (1837–1898)
• David Behrman (born 1937)
• Bix Beiderbecke (1903–1931)
• Luca Belcastro (born 1964)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)
• Ralph Benatzky (1884–1957)
• Franz Benda (1709–1786)
• Julius Benedict (born 1804)
• Paul Ben-Haim (1897–1984)
• Arthur Benjamin (1893–1960)
• George Benjamin (born 1960)
• Richard Rodney Bennett (born 1936)
• William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875)
• Peter Benoit (1824–1901)
• Alban Berg (1885–1935)
• Arthur Berger (1925–2003)
• Jonathan Berger (born 1954)
• Erik Bergman (1911–2006)
• William Bergsma (1921–1994)
• Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
• Charles de Beriot (1802–1870)
• Irving Berlin (1888–1989)
• Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
• Bart Berman (born 1938)
• Elmer Bernstein (born 1922)
• Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
• Franz Berwald (1796–1868)
• Frederick Bianchi (born 1954)
• Heinrich Biber (1644–1704)
• Michael von Biel (born 1939)
• Ronald Binge (1910–1979)
• Georges Bizet (1838–1875)
• Eubie Blake (1883–1983)
• Michel Blavet (1700–1768)
• William Burdine Blake, Sr. (1852–1938)
• Arthur Bliss (1891–1975)
• Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
• John Blow (1649–1708)
• Felix Blumenfeld (1863–1931)
• Luigi Boccherini (1703–1805)
• Jack Body (born 1944)
• Konrad Boehmer (born 1941)
• Jorge Boehringer (born 1975)
• Francois-Adrien Boieldieu (1775–1834)
• Rob du Bois (born 1934)
• Joseph de Boismortier (1689–1775)
• William Bolcom (born 1938)
• Claude Bolling (born 1930)
• Alexander Borodin (1833–1887)
• Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877–1952)
• Jean-Yves Bosseur (born 1947)
• Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889)
• André Boucourechliev (1925–1997)
• Lili Boulanger (1883–1918)
• Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
• Pierre Boulez (born 1925)
• Fritz Bovet (fl. 1845–1888)
• York Bowen (1884–1961)
• William Boyce (1711–1779)
• Martin Boykan (born 1931)
• Cristina Braga (born 1966)
• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
• Walter Braunfels (1882–1954)
• Goran Bregović (born 1950)
• Jacques Brel (1929–1978)
• Tomás Bretón (1850–1923)
• Walter Bricht (1904–1970)
• Frank Bridge (1879–1941)
• Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626–1712)
• Lou Briel (born 1962)
• Michael Brimer (born 1933)
• Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
• Frantisek Brixi (1732–1771)
• Brenton Broadstock (born 1952)
• Leo Brouwer (born 1939)
• Earle Brown (1926–2002)
• Max Bruch (1838–1920)
• Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
• Vincenet du Bruecquet (died before 1480)
• Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697)
• Theo Bruins (1929–1993)
• Colin Brumby (born 1933)
• Albert E. Brumley (1905–1977)
• Herbert Brün (1918–2000)
• Arnold Brunckhorst (1675–1725)
• Karl Gottfried Brunotte (born 1958)
• Gavin Bryars (born 1943)
• Boudewijn Buckinx (born 1945)
• Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin (1690–1768)
• Geoffrey Burgon (born 1941)
• Harry Burleigh (1866–1949)
• Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
• Sylvano Bussotti (born 1931)
• James Butt (1929–2003)
• Nigel Butterley (born 1935)
• George Butterworth (1885–1916)
• Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707)
• William Byrd (1540–1623)

C

• Facundo Cabral (born 1937)
• Francesca Caccini (1587–c.1640)
• Giulio Caccini (c.1545–1618)
• Settimia Caccini (1591–1638)
• John Cage (1912–1992)
• Antonio Caldara (1671–1736)
• Charles Camilleri (born 1931)
• Michel Camilo (born 1954)
• Thomas Campion (1567–1620)
• Joseph Canteloube (1894–1957)
• André Caplet (1878–1925)
• Matteo Carcassi (1792–1853)
• Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674)
• Cornelius Cardew (1936–1981)
• Manuel Cardoso (1566–1650)
• Hoagy Carmichael (1899–1981)
• John Carmichael (born 1830)
• Roberto Carnevale (born 1966)
• Turlough Carolan (1670–1738)
• Tizoc Ceballos (born 1979)
• Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938)
• James P. Carrell (1787–1854)
• Elliott Carter (born 1908)
• Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
• Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)
• Niccolò Castiglioni (1932–1996)
• Alfredo Catalani (1854–1893)
• Georgy Catoire (1861–1926)
• Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676)
• Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894)
• Boris Chaikovskii (1925–1996)
• Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (c.1601–1672)
• Philippe le Chancelier (c.1165–1236)
• Graham Chapman (1941–1989)
• Stephen Chatman (born 1950)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
• Ernest Chausson (1855–1919)
• Carlos Chávez (1899–1978)
• Gang Chen (born 1935)
• Ch'eng Mao-yün (1900–1957)
• Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842)
• Pavel Chesnokov (1877–1944)
• Erik Chisholm (1904–1965)
• Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
• Gian Paolo Chiti (born 1939)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)
• Konstadinos Christides (born 1973)
• Jani Christou (1926–1970)
• Azzolino della Ciaja (1671–1755)
• Andrea Cima (fl. 1602–1627)
• Giovanni Battista Cima (1596–c.1675)
• Giovanni Paolo Cima (c.1570–after 1622)
• Tullio Cima (1596–after 1675)
• Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)
• Avery Claflin (died 1979)
• Jeremiah Clarke (1674–1707)
• Kenny Clarke (born 1914)
• Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979)
• Yury Chernavsky (born 1947)
• Johnny Clegg (born 1953)
• Aldo Clementi (born 1925)
• Muzio Clementi (1752–1832)
• Albert Coates (1882–1953)
• Eric Coates (1886–1957)
• Martín Codax (fl.c.1240–70)
• George M. Cohan (1878–1942)
• Gautier de Coincy (1177–1236)
• Sean L. Coleman (born 1951)
• Cy Coleman (born 1929)
• Lawrance Collingwood (1887–1982)
• Russ Columbo (born 1908)
• Graziella Concas (born 1970)
• Will Marion Cook (1869–1944)
• Benjamin Cooke (1734–1793)
• Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
• Carmine Coppola (died 1991)
• Baude Cordier (ca. 1380 – before 1440)
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
• John Corigliano (born 1938)
• Teodoro Cottrau (1827–1879)
• Phil Coulter (born 1942)
• François Couperin (1668–1773)
• Louis Couperin (c.1626–1661)
• Noël Coward (1899–1973)
• Henry Cowell (1897–1965)
• Anna Cramer (1873–1968)
• Carl Friedrich Cramer (1752–1807)
• David Cramer (c.1590–before 1666)
• Franz Cramer (1772–1848)
• Johann Baptist Cramer (1771–1858)
• Wilhelm Cramer (1746–1799)
• Noah Creshevsky (born 1945)
• William Croft (1678–1727)
• George Crumb (born 1929)
• Bernhard Crusell (1775–1838)
• César Cui (1835–1918)
• Alvin Curran (born 1938)
• Joe Cutler (born 1968)
• Ciril Cvetko (1920–1999)
• Carl Czerny (1791–1857)
• Holger Czukay (born 1938)

D

• Harry Dacre (1860–1922)
• Lucio Dalla (born 1943)
• Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675-1742)
• Eugen D'Albert (1864–1932)
• Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–1975)
• Michele Dall'Ongaro (born 1957)
• Burkhard Dallwitz (born 1959)
• Matteo D'Amico (born 1955)
• Jean-Henri D'Anglebert (1629–1691)
• Alexandre Danilevsky (born 1957)
• Hart Pease Danks (1834–1903)
• John Dankworth (born 1927)
• Franz Danzi (1763–1826)
• Louis-Claude Daquin (1763–1826)
• James Dashow (born 1944)
• Mario Davidovsky (born 1934)
• Henry Walford Davies (1869–1941)
• Hugh Davies (1943–2005)
• Peter Maxwell Davies (born 1934)
• Carl Davis (born 1936)
• Don Davis (born 1957)
• William Houston Davis (1914–1987)
• Ananias Davisson (1780–1857)
• Jon Deak (born 1943)
• Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
• Michel Decoust (born 1936)
• Edmond Dédé (1827–1903)
• Michel Richard Delalande (1657–1726)
• Léo Delibes (1836–1891)
• Frederick Delius (1862–1934)
• Martin Della Nina (born 1987)
• Edison Denisov (born 1929)
• Luigi Denza (1846–1922)
• Giuseppe De Rossi (c.1650–1721)
• Fabrizio De Rossi Re (born 1960)
• Paul Dessau (1894–1979)
• Robert de Visée (1650–1725)
• Nico Dezaire (born 1965)
• Anton Diabelli (1781–1858)
• David Diamond (born 1915)
• Denis Mandarino (born 1964)
• Alphons Diepenbrock (1862–1921)
• Albert Christoph Dies (born 1755)
• Lucio Diestro (born 1913)
• M. Arthur Dietz (born 1989)
• Salvatore Di Gesualdo (born 1940)
• James Dillon (born 1950)
• Vincent D'Indy (1851–1931)
• Grigoras Dinicu (1889–1949)
• Paul Dirmeikis (born 1954)
• Muttusvami Dikshitar (1775–1835)
• Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739–1799)
• Ernő Dohnányi (1877–1960)
• Tomaz Domicelj (born 1948)
• Franco Donatoni (1927–2000)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)
• Louis-Antoine Dornel (c.1685–c.1765)
• James Douglas (born 1932)
• Roy Douglas (born 1907)
• John Dowland (1563–1626)
• John W. Downey (1927–2004)
• Riccardo Drigo (1846–1930)
• Guillaume Dufay (1390–c.1474)
• Paul Dukas (1865–1935)
• Isaak Dunayevsky (1900–1955)
• Henri Duparc (1848–1933)
• Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
• Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760–1812)
• Henri Dutilleux (born 1916)
• Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
• David Dzubay (born 1964)

E

• Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901–1974)
• Ross Edwards (born 1943)
• Cecil Effinger (1914–1990)
• Margriet Ehlen (born 1943)
• Hanns Eisler (1898–1962)
• Danny Elfman (born 1953)
• Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
• Dror Elimelech (born 1956)
• David Ellis
• Don Ellis (1934–1978)
• Jean-Claude Éloy (born 1938)
• Luther Orlando Emerson (1820–1915)
• Simon Emmerson (born 1950)
• George Enescu (1881–1955)
• Einar Englund (1916–1999)
• Peter Eötvös (born 1944)
• Iris Erdile (born 1987)
• Carsten Bo Eriksen (born 1973)
• Gustav Ernesaks (1908–1993)
• Karlheinz Essl (born 1960)
• Julio Estrada (born 1943)
• Franco Evangelisti (1926–1980)

F

• Martinus Fabri (d. 1400)
• Leo Fall (1873–1925)
• Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
• Ciaran Farrell (born 1969)
• Giles Farnaby (c.1565–1640)
• Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
• Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758)
• Sanford Faulkner (1806–1874)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
• Stephen Feigenbaum
• Jindrich Feld (1925–2007)
• Morton Feldman (1926–1987)
• George Fenton (born 1950)
• Alejandro R. Feo (born 1970)
• Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
• Luc Ferrari (1929–2005)
• Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951)
• Charles Fernandez (born 1960)
• Zdeněk Fibich (1850–1900)
• John Field (1782–1837)
• Arkady Filippenko (1912–1983)
• Henry Fillmore (1881–1956)
• Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
• Jean-Joseph Fiocco (1686–1746)
• Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703–1741)
• Pietro Antonio Fiocco (1654–1714)
• Emmanuel Fisher (1921–2001)
• William Arms Fisher (1861–1948)
• Friedrich von Flotow (1812–1883)
• Carlisle Floyd (born 1926)
• Sitiveni U. Fonua (1919–2005)
• Thomas Ford (1580–1648)
• Carlo Forlivesi (born 1971)
• Antoine Forqueray (1671–1745)
• Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (1699–1782)
• Cecil Forsyth (1870–1941)
• John Forsyth
• Malcolm Forsyth (born 1936)
• Wesley Octavius Forsyth (1859–1937)
• Lukas Foss (1922–2009)
• François de Fossa (1785–1849)
• David Foster (born 1949)
• Stephen Foster (1826–1864)
• John Foulds (1880–1939)
• Frederick A. Fox (born 1931)
• Jean Françaix (1912–1997)
• Alberto Franchetti (1860–1942)
• César Franck (1822–1890)
• Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
• Géza Frid (1904–1989)
• Rudolf Friml (1879–1972)
• Julius Fucik (1872–1916)
• Joseph Funk (1778–1862)
• Beat Furrer (b.1954)

G

• Andrea Gabrieli (c.1533–1585)
• Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1557–1612)
• Domenico Gabrielli (1651 or 1659–1690)
• Axel Gade (1860–1921)
• Jacob Gade (1879–1963)
• Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817–1890)
• Bernhard Gál (born 1971)
• Hans Gál (1890–1987)
• Blas Galindo (1910–1993)
• Jacobus Gallus (1550–1591)
• Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785)
• Michael Gandolfi (born 1956)
• Kyle Gann (born 1955)
• J. Ryan Garber (born 1973)
• Carlos Gardel (1887–1935)
• Henry Balfour Gardiner (1877–1950)
• Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (1886–1962)
• Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774)
• Crawford Gates (born 1921)
• Denis Gaultier (1603–1672)
• Tomasz Gaworek-Schodrok (born 1965)
• Noel Gay (1898–1954)
• Evren Genis (born 1978)
• Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970)
• George Gershwin (1898–1937)
• Don Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613)
• Frans Geysen (born 1936)
• Michael Giacchino (born 1967)
• Jean Gilbert (1879–1942)
• Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983)
• Umberto Giordano (1867–1948)
• Mauro Giuliani (1781–1828)
• Simon Gjoni (1926–1991)
• Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
• Louis Glass (1864–1936)
• Philip Glass (born 1937)
• Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)
• Jackie Gleason (1916–1987)
• Reinhold Gliere (1874–1956)
• Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)
• Andrew Glover (born 1962)
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
• Edna Gockel-Gussen (1878–1937)
• Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938)
• Alexander Godunov (1949–1995)
• Roger Goeb (1914–1997)
• Alexander Goehr (born 1932)
• Lucien Goethals (born 1931)
• Karel Goeyvaerts (1923–1993)
• Károly Goldmark (1830–1915)
• Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836–1896)
• Isador Goodman (1909–1982)
• Michael Gordon (born 1956)
• Henryk Górecki (born 1933)
• François Joseph Gossec (1734–1829)
• Ralf Gothoni (born 1946)
• Glenn Gould (1932–1982)
• Morton Gould (1913–1996)
• Charles Gounod (1818–1893)
• Fernando Lopes Graça (1906–1994)
• Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882–1961)
• Ron Grainer (1922–1981)
• Enrique Granados (1867–1916)
• Stéphane Grappelli (1908–1997)
• Adolph Green (1914–2002)
• Mark Gresham (born 1956)
• André Grétry (1741–1813)
• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
• Nicolas de Grigny (1672–1703)
• Grimace (14th century)
• Eivind Groven (1901–1977)
• Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé (1892–1972)
• Carlos Guastavino (1912–2000)
• Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
• Guillaume de Machaut (c.1300–1377)

H

• Daron Hagen (born 1961)
• Francis Florentine Hagen (1815–1907)
• Peter Albrecht van Hagen, Jr (c.1780–1837)
• Peter Albrecht van Hagen, Sr (c.1755–1803)
• Joseph Hallman (born 1979)
• Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935)
• Marc-André Hamelin (born 1961)
• Gordon Hamilton (born 1982)
• Marvin Hamlisch (born 1944)
• Jan Hammer (born 1948)
• Albert Hammond (born 1942)
• George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
• W. C. Handy (1873–1958)
• Ronald Hanmer (1917–1994)
• Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854)
• Charles-Louis Hanon (1819–1900)
• Mike Harding (born 1944)
• Don Harper (1921–1999)
• Don L. Harper
• Kevin F. Harris (born 1965)
• Richard Harris (born 1968)
• Roy Harris (1898–1979)
• John Hartford (1937–2001)
• Hamilton Harty (1879–1941)
• Jonathan Harvey (born 1939)
• Richard Harvey (born 1953)
• Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783)
• Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
• Michael Haydn (1737–1806)
• Johann David Heinichen (1683–1729)
• Pieter Hellendaal (1721–1799)
• Hans Werner Henze (born 1926)
• Victor Herbert (1859–1924)
• Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia (c.1563–1627)
• Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975)
• David Graham Hewson (born 1953)
• Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
• Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
• Matthew Hindson (born 1968)
• Joe Hisaishi (born 1950)
• Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776–1822)
• Karl Höller (1907–1987)
• York Höller (born 1944)
• Alfred Holmes (1837–1876)
• Augusta Holmès (1847–1903)
• George Holmes (c.1680–1720)
• Henry Holmes (1839–1905)
• John Holmes (died 1629)
• Thomas Holmes (1606–1638)
• William Henry Holmes (1812–1885)
• Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
• Shahrouz Homavaran
• Gottfried August Homilius (1714–1785)
• Arthur Honegger (1892–1955)
• James Horner (born 1953)
• Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000)
• Stephen Hough (born 1961)
• Joseph E. Howard (1867–1961)
• Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)
• Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
• Ferdinand Huber (died 1863)
• Robert Hughes (1912–2007)
• Tobias Hume (c.1569–1645)
• Bertold Hummel (1925–2002)
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837)
• Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921)
• Lukas Hurník (born 1967)

I

• Jacques Ibert (1890–1962)
• Akira Ifukube (1916–2006)
• Ilayaraaja (born 1943)
• Andrew Imbrie (born 1921)
• John Ireland (1879–1962)
• Heinrich Isaac (c.1450–1517)
• Nicolas Isouard (1775–1818)
• Charles Ives (1874–1954)
• Michael Irslinger (born 1969)
• Volodymyr Ivasiuk (1949–1979)
• Jean Eichelberger Ivey (born 1923)

J

• Steve Jablonsky (born 1970)
• Tony Jackson (1876–1921)
• Alfred Jaëll (1832–1882)
• Lado Jaksa (born 1947)
• Leoš Janáček (1852–1928)
• Jean Michel Jarre (born 1948)
• Harris Jayaraj (born 1975)
• Armas Järnefelt (1869–1958)
• Karl Jenkins (born 1944)
• Joseph Joachim (1831–1907)
• Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994)
• David N. Johnson (1922–1987)
• Laurie Johnson (born 1927)
• M. Zachary Johnson (born 1974)
• Robert Johnson (c.1583–c.1633)
• Niccolò Jommelli (1714–1774)
• Ron Jones (born 1954)
• Scott Joplin (c.1868–1917)
• Victoria Jordanova (born 1952)
• Bradley Joseph (born 1965)
• Josquin des Prez (c. 1450/1455–1521)
• John Joubert (born 1927)

K

• Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904–1987)
• Miloslav Kabeláč (1908–1979)
• Mauricio Kagel (1931–2008)
• Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901)
• Alexander Kaloian (born 1962)
• Shigeru Kan-no (born 1959)
• Yoko Kanno (born 1964)
• Artur Kapp (1878–1952)
• Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)
• Laura Karpman
• Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
• Georgy L'vovich Katuar (1861–1926)
• Hiba Kawas (born 1972)
• Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948)
• Richard Kearns (born 1952)
• Martin Kennedy (born 1978)
• Jerome David Kern (1885–1945)
• Albert Ketèlbey (1875–1959)
• Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978)
• Aldine Silliman Kieffer (1840–1904)
• Carole King (born 1942)
• Karl King (1891–1971)
• William Kinloch
• Leon Kirchner (born 1919)
• Don Kirshner (born 1934)
• Meri von KleinSmid
• Paul August von Klenau (born 1883)
• Edward Knight (born 1961)
• Charles Knox (born 1929)
• Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967)
• Urban Koder (born 1928)
• Karl Kohaut (1726–1784)
• Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877)
• Charles Koechlin (born 1867)
• Ernesto Köhler (1849–1907)
• Pierre Kolp (born 1969)
• Koji Kondo (born 1960)
• Ellis B. Kohs (1916–2000)
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
• Evgeni Kostitsyn (born 1963)
• Jani Kovačič
• Marjan Kozina (1907–1965)
• Alexey Kozlovsky (died 1977)
• William Kraft (born 1923)
• Zygmunt Krause (born 1938)
• Johann Tobias Krebs (died 1762)
• Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
• Ernst Krenek (1900–1991)
• Rohan Kriwaczek (born 1968)
• Jan Křtitel Kuchař (1751–1829)
• Jarosław Kukulski (born 1944)
• Winston Kung
• Giedrius Kuprevičius (born 1944)
• Larysa Kuzmenko (born 1956)

L

• Adolf L'Arronge (1838–1908)
• Jean-Benjamin de La Borde (1734–1794)
• Adrien de La Fage (1801–1862)
• Pierre de La Garde (1717–1792)
• Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1659–1729)
• Michel de La Guerre (1605–1679)
• Pierre-Nicolas La Houssaye (1735–1818)
• John La Montaine (born 1920)
• Ernest La Prade (1889–1969)
• Armando La Rosa Parodi (1904–1977)
• Pasquale La Rotella (1880–1963)
• Fernand de La Tombelle (1854–1928)
• Wesley La Violette (1894–1978)
• Théodore Labarre (1805–1870)
• Marcel Labey (1875–1968)
• Mario Labroca (1896–1973)
• Guido Laccetti (1879–1943)
• Franz Paul Lachner (1803–1890)
• Ignaz Lachner (1807–1895)
• Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith (1746–1820)
• Louis Lacombe (1818–1884)
• Paul Lacome (1838–1920)
• Louis de La Coste (c. 1675–c. 1750)
• Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède (1756–1825)
• Ezra Laderman (born 1924)
• Paul-Émile Ladmirault (1877–1944)
• Ignaz Anton Ladurner (1766–1839)
• Revaz Lagidze (1921-1981)
• Oscar de Lagoanère (1853–1918)
• Théodore Lajarte (1826–1890)
• László Lajtha (1892–1963)
• Szymon Laks (1901–1983)
• Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657–1726)
• Alfred La Liberté (1882–1952)
• Édouard Lalo (1823–1892)
• Constant Lambert (1905–1951)
• Lucien Lambert (1858–1945)
• Juan Bautista Lambert (1884–1945)
• Juan Lamote de Grignon (1872–1949)
• Ricardo Lamote de Grignon y Ribas (1899–1962)
• John Frederick Lampe (1703–1751)
• Giovanni Battista Lampugnani (1706–1786)
• Serge Jean Mathieu Lancen (born 1922)
• John Lanchbery (1923–2003)
• Flavio Carlo Lanciani (1655–1724)
• Siegfried Landau (born 1921)
• Stefano Landi (1587–1639)
• Benedetto Landini (1858–1938)
• Marcel Landowski (1915–1999)
• Willem Louis Frédéric Landré (1874–1948)
• Guillaume Landré (1905–1968)
• Benjamin Johnson Lang
• David Lang (born 1957)
• Hans Lang (born 1908)
• István Láng (born 1933)
• Walter Lang (1896–1966)
• Daniel de Lange (1841–1918)
• Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850–1926)
• Johann August Adolf Langert (1836–1920)
• Rued Langgaard (1893–1952)
• Honoré Langlé (1741–1807)
• Nicholas Lanier (1588–1666)
• Daniel Lanois
• Gesualdo Lanza (1779–1859)
• Francesco Giuseppe Lanza (1750–1812)
• Raimond Lap (born 1959)
• Raoul Laparra (1876–1943)
• André Laporte (born 1931)
• Reinhold Laquai (1894–1957)
• Patrick Larley (born 1951)
• Libby Larsen (born 1950)
• Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986)
• Jean-Louis Laruette (1731–1792)
• Guillaume Lasceux (1740–1831)
• Blas de Laserna (1751–1816)
• Gustav Láska (1847–1928)
• Eduard Lassen (1830–1904)
• Johann Baptist Lasser (1751–1805)
• Orlande de Lassus (c.1532–1594)
• William P. Latham (1917–2004)
• Gaetano Latilla (1711–1788)
• Felice Lattuada (1882–1962)
• Joseph Lauber (1864–1952)
• Ken Lauber
• Armas Launis (1884–1959)
• Edmond Laurens (1852–1925)
• Pietro Paolo Laurenti (1675–1719)
• Filiberto Laurenzi (1620–1685)
• André Lavagne (born 1913)
• Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (1909–1987)
• Calixa Lavallée (1842–1891)
• Louis Henry Lavenu (1818–1819)
• Antoine-Barthélemy de Lavergne (1670–1726)
• Vincenzo Lavigna (1776–1836)
• Mario Lavista (born 1943)
• Dionyssios Lavrangas (1862–1941)
• Marc Lavry (1903–1967)
• William Lawes (1602–1645)
• Donald Lawrence
• Filip Lazăr (1894–1936)
• Martin Lazare (1829–1897)
• Gustav Lazarus (1861–1920)
• Daniel Lazarus (1898–1964)
• Sylvio Lazzari (1857–1944)
• Paul Le Flem (1881–1984)
• Jean-François Le Sueur (1760–1837)
• Aimé(-Ambroise-Simon) Leborne (1797–1866)
• Fernand Leborne (1862–1929)
• Louis-Sébastien Lebrun (1764–1829)
• Ludwig August Lebrun (1752–1790)
• Paul Henri Joseph Lebrun (1863–1920)
• Alexandre Charles Lecocq (1832–1918)
• Ernesto Lecuona (1895–1963)
• Joseph Lederer (1733–1796)
• Jacques Leduc (born 1932)
• Dai-Keong Lee (born 1915)
• George Alexander Lee (1802–1851)
• Benjamin Lees (1924–2010)
• Reinbert de Leeuw (born 1938)
• Ton de Leeuw (1926–1996)
• Nicola Frances LeFanu (born 1947)
• Charles Édouard Lefebvre (1843–1917)
• Joseph Lefèbvre (1761–1822)
• Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817–1869)
• Dorian Le Gallienne (1915–1963)
• Ethel Leginska (1886–1970)
• Victor Legley (born 1915)
• Edouard Legouix (1834–1916)
• Giovanni Legrenzi (1626–1690)
• Joseph Legros (1739–1793)
• Leonard J. Lehrman (born 1949)
• Franz Lehár (1870–1948)
• Jerry Leiber (born 1933)
• René Leibowitz (1913–1972)
• Walter Leigh (1905–1942)
• Kenneth Leighton (1929–1988)
• António da Silva Leite (1759–1833)
• Guillaume Lekeu (1870–1894)
• Jean Eugène Gaston Lemaire (1854–1928)
• Gabriel Lemoyne (1772–1815)
• Erwin Lendvay (1882–1949)
• Kamilló Lendvay (born 1928)
• Charles Lenepveu (1840–1910)
• Alfonso Leng (1894–1974)
• René Lenormand (1846–1932)
• Nicholas Lens
• Leonardo Leo (1694–1744)
• Bayani Mendoza de Leon (born 1942)
• Felipe Padilla de Leon (born 1912)
• Patricia K. Leonard (born 1969)
• Marina Leonardi (born 1970)
• Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857–1919)
• Franco Leoni (1864–1949)
• Léonin (1150s–?1201)
• Kaiser Leopold I (1640–1705)
• Jesús García Leoz (1904–1953)
• Wassili Leps (1870–1942)
• Xavier Leroux (1863–1919)
• Theodor Leschetizky (1830–1915)
• Henry Leslie (1822–1896)
• Wincenty Ferdynand Lessel (1750–1825)
• Wolfgang Lesser (born 1923)
• Omer Letorey (1873–1938)
• Enrico de Leva (1867–1955)
• Charles Levadé (1869–1948)
• Oscar Levant (1906–1972)
• Richard Leveridge (1671–1758)
• William Charles Levey (1837–1894)
• Marvin David Levy (born 1932)
• Michel-Maurice Lévy (1883–1965)
• David Lewin (1933–2003)
• Frank Lewin (born 1925)
• Andrew Lewis (born 1936)
• Jeffrey Lewis (born 1942)
• Salvador Ley (1907–1985)
• Frank Loesser (1910–1969)
• Armando Lopez Leça (1893–1977)
• Fran Lhotka (1883–1962)
• Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski (1913–1987)
• Karl August Freiherr von Lichtenstein (1767–1845)
• Peter Lichtenthal (1780–1853)
• Johann Georg Lickl (1769–1843)
• Aegidius Karl Lickl (1803–1864)
• Christian Joseph Lidarti (1730–1793)
• Jorge Liderman (1957–2008)
• Ingvar Lidholm (born 1921)
• José Lidón (1748–1827)
• Eduard Ludwig Liebe (1819–1900)
• Rolf Liebermann (1910–1999)
• Emil Liepe (1860–1940)
• Thurlow Lieurance (1878–1963)
• György Sándor Ligeti (1923–2006)
• Douglas Lilburn (1915–2001)
• Ingemar (Kristian) Liljefors (1906–1981)
• Ignace Lillen (1897–1964)
• Giuseppe Lillo (1814–1863)
• Jeronymo Francisco de Lima (1743–1822)
• Limenius (fl. 128 BC)
• Armand Marie Ghislain Limnander de Nieuwenhove (1814–1892)
• Paul Lincke (1866–1946)
• Magnus Lindberg (born 1958)
• Nils Lindberg (born 1933)
• Oskar Lindberg (1887–1955)
• Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801–1878)
• 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)
• Josef Lipavský (1772–1810)
• Carl Lipinsky (1790–1861)
• Marijan Lipovsek (1910–1995)
• Grigori Lishin (1854–1888)
• Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760–1836)
• Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
• Henry Charles Litolff (1818–1891)
• Giulio Litta (1822–1891)
• Ferdinando Liuzzi (1884–1940)
• Giovanni Liverati (1772–1846)
• Vicente Lleó (1870–1922)
• George Lloyd (1913–1998)
• Jonathan Lloyd (born 1948)
• David de Lloyd (1883–1948)
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948)
• Ronald Lo Presti (born 1933)
• Johann Christian Lobe (1797–1881)
• Duarte Lôbo (1565–1646)
• Elias Álvares Lôbo (1834–1901)
• Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764)
• Matthew Locke (1621–1677)
• Normand Lockwood (born 1906)
• George Loder (1816–1868)
• Kate Fanny Loder (1825–1904)
• Edward Loder (1813–1865)
• Charles Martin Loeffler (1861–1935)
• Theo Loevendie (born 1930)
• Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe (1796–1869)
• Max Julius Loewengard (1860–1915)
• Mihovil Logar (born 1902)
• Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698–1765)
• Georg Simon Löhlein (1725–1781)
• Johann Löhner (1645–1705)
• Martin Lohse (born 1971)
• Otto Lohse (1858–1925)
• Ruth Lomon (born 1930)
• Carlo Ambrogio Lonati (c.1645–1710)
• Edwin Londra (born 1929)
• Paolo Longo (born 1967)
• Harvey Worthington Loomis (1865–1930)
• Clarence Loomis (1889–1965)
• Nikolai Lopatnikov (1903–1976)
• Fernando Lopes-Graça (born 1906)
• Alfred Lorentz (1872–1931)
• Bent Lorentzen (born 1935)
• Alfred Lorenz (1868–1939)
• Paolo Lorenzani (1640–1713)
• Ausonio de Lorenzi-Fabris (1861–1935)
• Oscar Lorenzo Fernândez (1897–1948)
• Albert Lortzing (1801–1851)
• Mark Lothar (born 1902)
• Antonio Lotti (1667–1740)
• Alexina Louie (born 1949)
• Arthur Lourié (1892–1966)
• Herman Severin Løvenskjold (1815–1870)
• Samuel Lover (1797–1868)
• Hermann Lowtzky (1871–1957)
• Adriano Lualdi (1885–1971)
• Bertram Luard-Selby (1853–1918)
• Giovanni Lucantoni (1825–1902)
• Charles Lucas (1808–1869)
• Clarence Lucas (1866–1947)
• Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born 1960)
• Andrea Lucchesi (1741–1801)
• Francesco Lucio (1628–1658)
• Stepan Lucký (born 1919)
• Gustav Luders (1865–1913)
• Wolfgang Ludewig (born 1926)
• Franz Ludwig (1889–1955)
• August Ludwig (1865–1946)
• Alexandre Luigini (1850–1906)
• Ray Luke (born 1926)
• Zdeněk Lukáš (1928–2007)
• Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier (1650–1700)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully (the younger) (1665–1743)
• Jean-Louis Lully (1667–1688)
• Louis Lully (1664–1734)
• Georg Lumbye (1843–1922)
• Hans Christian Lumbye (1810–1874)
• Pablo Luna y Carné (1880–1942)
• Chibia Luncani (1883–1935)
• Torbjörn Lundquist (born 1920)
• Roberto Lupi (1908–1971)
• Thomas Lupo (1571–1627)
• Gaetano Luporini (1865–1948)
• Charles de Lusse (1723–1774)
• Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994)
• Elizabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)
• Wilhelm Meyer Lutz (1822–1903)
• Friedrich Lux (1820–1895)
• Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c.1545–1607)
• Luigi Luzzi (1828–1876)
• Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov (1798–1870)
• Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914)
• Borys Lyatoshynsky (1895–1968)
• Donald Lybbert (1923–1981)
• Ralph Lyford (1882–1927)
• Mykola Vitaliiovych Lysenko (1842–1912)
• Stanyslav Lyudkevych (1879–1979)
• Monica Lynn

M

Names starting with Mc and Mac

• Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916)
• John McGuire (born 1942)
• Rod McKuen (born 1933)
• James MacMillan (born 1959)
• Frank McNamara

Other names starting with M

• Drake Mabry (born 1950)
• Thomas Mace
• Teo Macero (1925–2008)
• Sergio Machado (born 1963)
• Francesco Mancini (1672–1737)
• Henry Mancini (1924–1994)
• Bruno Maderna (1920–1973)
• Juan Fernández de Madrid (fl. 1480)
• Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
• Mesias Maiguashca (born 1938)
• Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973)
• Otto Malling (1848–1915)
• Gui Mallon (born 1953)
• Paul Manz (born 1919)
• John Marbeck (c.1510–c.1585)
• Alessandro Marcello (1669–1747)
• Benedetto Marcello (1686–1739)
• F. Dante Marchetti (1876–1940)
• Filippo Marchetti (1831–1902)
• Gianni Marchetti
• Lionel Marchetti (born 1967)
• Walter Marchetti (born 1931)
• Christian Marclay (born 1955)
• Catya Maré (composer and violinist)
• Jon Mark
• William J. Marsh (1880–1971)
• Vicente Martin y Soler (died 1806)
• Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)
• Giuseppe Martucci (1856–1909)
• Karl Marx (1897–1985)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945)
• Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
• Gérard Masson (born 1936)
• William Mathias (1934–1992)
• Yoritsune Matsudaira (1907–2001)
• Matteo da Perugia (fl. 1400–1416)
• Peter Matz (1928–2002)
• Ascanio Mayone (1565–1627)
• Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929–1997)
• Jacques Féréol Mazas (1782–1849)
• Michael Mazin (born 1989)
• Spiros Mazis
• Ricardo Medeiros (born 1953)
• Erkki Melartin (1875–1937)
• Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
• Michel Angelo Mendoza (born 1983)
• Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)
• Saverio Mercadante (1795–1870)
• Maceo Merriwether (1805–1953)
• Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
• Ludwig Mestler (1891–1959)
• Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864)
• Ludwig Minkus (1826–1917)
• Behzad Mirkhani (born 1969)
• Dary John Mizelle (born 1940)
• Hajime Mizoguchi (born 1960)
• Stevan Mokranjac (born 1856)
• Pierre des Molins (fl. late 14th cent.)
• Georg Matthias Monn (1717–1750)
• Federico Mompou (1893–1987)
• José Pablo Moncayo (1912–1958)
• Stanisław Moniuszko (1819–1872)
• Meredith Monk (born 1942)
• Thelonious Monk (1917–1982)
• Ricardo Montaner (born 1957)
• Italo Montemezzi (1875–1952)
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
• Thomas Morley (1557 or 1558–1602)
• Giorgio Moroder (born 1940)
• Steve Morse (born 1954)
• Ennio Morricone (born 1928)
• Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941)
• Peter Moss (born 1948)
• Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
• Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682–1738)
• Georges Moustaki (born 1934)
• Charles Mouton (1617–ca. 1699)
• Jean Mouton (ca. 1459–1522)
• Franz Xaver Mozart (1791–1844)
• Leopold Mozart (1719–1787)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
• Jean-Baptiste Moyne (1751–1796)
• Gráinne Mulvey (born 1966)
• John Mundy (c. 1555–1630)
• William Mundy (c. 1528–c. 1591)
• Roberto Musci (born 1956)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
• João Ailton Mutton (J. A. Mutton)
• Gordon Mumma (born 1935)
• Ian Munro (born 1963)
• Neil Myers

N

• Nisar Bazmi (1925–2007)
• V. S. Narasimhan
• Ernesto Nazareth (1863–1934)
• Alberto Nepomuceno (1864–1920)
• Sydney Nicholson (1875–1947)
• Carl Nielsen (1865–1931)
• Joy Nilo (b. 1970)
• Yuji Nomi (born 1958)
• Luigi Nono (1924–1990)
• Rikard Nordraak (1842–1866)
• Per Nørgård (born 1932)
• Vítězslav Novák (1870–1949)
• Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
• Ervin Nyíregyházi (1903–1987)

O

• Jacob Obrecht (1457/1458–1505)
• Eugene O'Brien (born 1945)
• Johannes Ockeghem (c.1410–1497)
• Martin O'Donnell
• Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)
• Will Ogdon (born 1921)
• Tale Ognenovski (born 1922)
• John Okeover (c.1600–c.1663)
• Gonzalo de Olavide y Casenave (1934–2005)
• Mike Oldfield (b. 1953)
• Carolina Oliphant
• Pauline Oliveros
• Otto Olsson (1879–1964)
• Chris Opperman (b. 1978)
• Mathilda d'Orozco (1796–1863)
• Karl von Ordoñez (1734–1786)
• Carl Orff (1895–1982)
• Frederick Ouseley (1825–1889)
• A. A. Owen (b. 1948)
• Morfydd Owen (1891–1918)

P

• Luis de Pablo (born 1930)
• Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706)
• Giovanni Pacini (1796–1867)
• Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941)
• Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c.1590–1664)
• Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)
• José de Paiva Netto (born 1941)
• Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816)
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525–1594)
• Jan Gerard Palm (1831–1906)
• Rudolph Palm (1880–1950)
• John Palm (1885–1925)
• Jacobo Palm (1887–1982)
• Stefan Paluselli (born 1748)
• Siraseth Pantura-Umporn (born 1982)
• Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991)
• Paolo da Firenze (ca. 1355 – after 20 September 1436)
• Gérard Pape (born 1955)
• Paul Paray (1886–1979)
• Park Kyoung Shin (born 1939)
• Horatio William Parker (1863–1919)
• Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848–1918)
• Arvo Pärt (born 1935)
• Osbert Parsley (1511–1585)
• Robert Paterson (born 1970)
• Juan Carlos Paz (1901–1972)
• Carlo Pedini (born 1956)
• Flor Peeters (1903–1986)
• James Penberthy (1917–1999)
• Tomaž Pengov
• Francesco Pennisi (1934–2000)
• Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
• Jacopo Peri (1561–1633)
• Don Lorenzo Perosi (1872–1956)
• Perotin Magister (fl. 1190–1220)
• William Perry (born 1930)
• Oto Pestner (born 1956)
• Norbert Walter Peters (born 1954)
• Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003)
• Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)
• Johann Christoph Pez (1664–1716)
• Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949)
• Philippe de Vitry (1291–1361)
• Michel Philippot (1925–1996)
• Art Phillips (born 1955)
• Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
• Alessandro Piccinini (1566–1638)
• Niccolò Piccinni (1728–1800)
• Johann Gottfried Piefke (1815–1884)
• Willem Pijper (1894–1947)
• Daniel Pinkham (1923–2006)
• Francesco Antonio Pistocchi (1659–1726)
• Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1868)
• Doc Pomus (1925–1991)
• Manuel Ponce (1882–1948)
• Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886)
• Nicola Porpora (1686–1768)
• Cole Porter (1891–1964)
• Quincy Porter (1897–1966)
• Emil Posner (born 1989)
• Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
• Henri Pousseur (born 1929)
• Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
• Austin Pratt
• Zbigniew Preisner (born 1955)
• André Previn (born 1929)
• Maui Dalvanius Prime (1948–2002)
• Peter Pritchard
• Joze Privsek (1937–1998)
• Simon Proctor
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
• Trajko Prokopiev (born 1909)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
• Loisa Puget (born 1810)
• Cesare Pugni (1802–1870)
• Raoul Pugno (1852–1914)
• Puẖiya(na) (ca. 1800 BC)
• Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

Q

• Paolo Quagliati (1555–1628)
• Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773)
• Daniel Patrick Quinn (born 1981)

R

• Joachim Raff (1822–1882)
• A. R. Rahman (born 1966)
• Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky (born 1945)
• Peer Raben (1940–2007)
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
• Rahbani brothers (Assi: 1923–1986, Mansour: born 1925)
• André Raison (1640s–1719)
• Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 1979)
• Einojuhani Rautavaara (born 1928)
• Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
• Thomas Ravenscroft (c.1582–1635)
• Janko Ravnik (1891–1982)
• Fred Raymond (1900–1954)
• Ray Reach (born 1948)
• Hans Redlich (1903–1968)
• Jacob Regnart (c.1540–1599)
• Leon René (1902–1982)
• Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
• Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940)
• Steve Reich (born 1936)
• Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
• Knudåge Riisager (1897–1974)
• Terry Riley (born 1935)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
• André Ristic (born 1972)
• Johnny Rivers (born 1942)
• Curtis Roads
• François Roberday (1624–1680)
• William Smyth Rockstro (1823–1895)
• Arturo Rodas
• Nile Rodgers (born 1952)
• Richard Rodgers (1902–1979)
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999)
• Ernesto Rodrigues (born 1959)
• Philippe Rogier (c. 1561–1596)
• Alexis Roland-Manuel (1891–1966)
• Amadeo Roldán (1900–1939)
• Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951)
• Francisco J. Romero Calonje (born 1879)
• Juventino Rosas (1868–1894)
• Alex Ross-Iver
• Roger Rossi
• Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
• Edmund Rubbra (1901–1986)
• Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894)
• Nikolai Rubinstein (1835–1881)
• John Rutter (born 1945)
• Frederic Rzewski (born 1931)

S

• Mart Saar (1882–1963)
• Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
• Harald Sigurd Johan Sæverud (1897–1992)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
• Ryuichi Sakamoto (born 1952)
• Luis H. Salgado (1903–1977)
• Antonio Salieri (1750–1825)
• Michael Salvatori
• Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c.1701–1775)
• Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750)
• Carlos Sandoval (born 1956)
• Greg Sandow (born 1943)
• Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908)
• Erik Satie (1866–1925)
• Rachel Sauvé (born 1985)
• Matthew Savage (born 1992)
• Serge Saxe
• Alessandro Scarlatti (died 1725)
• Domenico Scarlatti (died 1757)
• Pierre Schaeffer (1910–1995)
• Andrew Schartmann (born 1984)
• Peter Schat (1935–2003)
• Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654)
• Johann Schein (1586–1630)
• Heinrich Schenker (1868–1935)
• Martin Scherber (1907–1974)
• Peter Schickele (born 1935)
• Lalo Schifrin (born 1932)
• Paul de Schlözer (1841/1842–1898)
• Franz Schmidt (1874–1939)
• Gustav Schmidt (died 1882)
• Irmin Schmidt (born 1937)
• Catherine Schneider
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
• Claude-Michel Schönberg (born 1944)
• Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
• Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942)
• Gunther Schuller (born 1925)
• Chester Schultz (born 1945)
• Johannes Schultz (1582–1653)
• Lars Peter Schultz (born 1950)
• Mark Schultz (born 1957)
• Mark Schultz (born 1970)
• Robert Schultz (born 1948)
• Svend Simon Schultz (born 1913)
• Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747–1800)
• Klaus Schulze (born 1947)
• William Schuman (1910–1992)
• Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
• Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
• Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)
• Joseph Schwantner (born 1943)
• Laura Schwendinger (born 1962)
• Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947)
• Gil Scott-Heron (born 1949)
• Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)
• Amy Scurria (born 1973)
• Edmund H. Sears (died 1876)
• John N. Seanow (born 1976)
• Renaud Séchan (born 1952)
• Sholom Secunda (1894–1974)
• Fritz Seitz (1848–1918)
• Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde (c.1580/90–d. after 1638)
• Ramon Sender (born 1934)
• Jacob Senleches (fl. 1382/1383–1395)
• John Serry, Sr. (1915–2003)
• Mojmir Sepe (born 1930)
• Kazimierz Serocki (1922–1981)
• Roger Sessions (1896–1985)
• Doc Severinsen (born 1927)
• Vladimir Shainsky (born 1925)
• Tolib Shakhidi (born 1946)
• Ralph Shapey (1921–2002)
• Alexander Shchetynsky (born 1960)
• Sinyan Shen (born 1949)
• John Sheppard (c.1515–1558)
• Charles Shere (born 1935)
• Jacob Shirley (born 1983)
• Hsueh-Yung Shen (born 1952)
• Bright Sheng (born 1955)
• Gregory Short (1938–1999)
• Sandeep Khurana
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
• Obadiah Shuttleworth (died 1734)
• Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
• Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni (died 1892)
• Andrej Sifrer
• Ezra Sims (born 1928)
• Marijn Simons (born 1982)
• Dudley Simpson (born 1922)
• Thomas Simpson (1582–1628)
• Larry Sitsky (born 1934)
• Fredrik Sixten (born 1962)
• Todor Skalovski (1909–2004)
• Filip Skutela (born 1984)
• Thomas Sleeper (born 1956)
• Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995)
• Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884)
• John Stafford Smith (1750–1836)
• William Smith (1603–1645)
• William O. Smith (born 1926)
• Adi Smolar (born 1959)
• William Smythe (c.1550–1600)
• Randall Snyder (born 1944)
• Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov (1859–1922)
• Solage (fl. late 14th century, d. probably after 1403)
• Juan María Solare (born 1966)
• Giovanni Sollima (born 1962)
• S. P. Somtow (born 1952)
• Stephen Sondheim (born 1930)
• Abhay Rustum Sopori
• Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916)
• John Philip Sousa (1854–1932)
• Benjamin Speed (born 1979)
• Francesco Spinacino (fl.1507)
• Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965)
• Louis Spohr (1784–1859)
• Gaspare Spontini (1774–1851)
• Alojz Srebotnjak (born 1931)
• Michael Staley (born 1951)
• Camille-Marie Stamaty
• Johann Stamitz (died 1757)
• Jack Stamp (born 1954)
• John Stainer (1840–1901)
• John Stanley (1712–1786)
• Arno Starck (1886–1960)
• Maria Frederica von Stedingk (1799–1868)
• Agostino Steffani (1653–1728)
• Johnathan Joseph Stegeman (born 1979)
• Max Steiner (1888–1971)
• Jim Steinman (born 1948)
• Conrad Steinmann (born 1951)
• William Grant Still (1895–1978)
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)
• Kurt-Heinz Stolze (1926–1970)
• Nathaniel Stookey (born 1970)
• Bernardo Storace (fl. mid-17th century)
• Herbert Stothart (1885–1949)
• Johann Strauss I (1804–1849)
• Johann Strauss II (1825–1899)
• Josef Strauss (1827–1870)
• Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
• Soulima Stravinsky (1910–1994)
• Nicholas Strogers (fl. 1560–1575)
• Josef Suk (1874–1935)
• Stjepan Šulek (1914–1986)
• Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)
• Carlos Surinach (1915–1997)
• Tielman Susato (c.1510/15–after 1570)
• William Sweeney (born 1950)
• Władysław Szpilman (1911–2000)
• Henryk Szulc (died 1903)
• Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937)

T

• Pierre Tabart (1645–c.1699)
• Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
• Walter Taieb (born 1973)
• Yuji Takahashi (born 1938)
• Thomas Tallis (c.1505–1585)
• Louise Talma (1906–1996)
• Alexander Taneyev (1850–1918)
• Sergei Taneyev (1856–1915)
• Bertha Tammelin (1836–1915)
• Tapšiẖuni (ca. 1800 BC)
• Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770)
• Matias Tavil (born 1988)
• Boris Tchaikovsky (1925–1996)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
• Alexander Tcherepnin (born 1899)
• Ivan Tcherepnin (1943–1998)
• Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873–1946)
• Serge Tcherepnin (born 1941)
• Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
• Alec Templeton (1909–1963)
• James Tenney (1934–2006)
• Eduard Terenyi (born 1935)
• Mikis Theodorakis (born 1925)
• John Tesh (born 1952)
• Daniel Theaker (born 1967)
• Károly Thern (1817–1886)
• David Bennett Thomas (born 1969)
• Robert Scott Thompson (born 1959)
• César Thomson (1857–1931)
• Phil Thurston (born 1978)
• Dimitri Tiomkin (1894–1979)
• Michael Tippett (1905–1998)
• Swathi Tirunal
• Rudolf Tobias (1873–1918)
• Ernst Toch (1887–1964)
• Spencer Stuart Topel
• Michael Torke (born 1961)
• Mel Tormé (1925–1999)
• Allen Toussaint born 1938)
• Giovanni Maria Trabaci (1575–1647)
• Stephen Truelove (born 1946)
• Hristo Tsanoff (born 1947)
• Julia Tsenova (1948–2010)
• Eduard Tubin (1905–1982)
• Tui St. George Tucker (1924–2004)
• Thomas Tudway (c.1650–1726)
• Roman Turovsky-Savchuk (born 1961)
• Tyāgarāja (died 1848)
• Christopher Tye (c.1505–c.1572)
• Georges Tzipine (1907–1987)

U

• Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959)
• Benjamin Carl Unseld (1843–1923)
• Urẖiya (ca. 1800 BC)
• Horacio Uribe (born 1970)
• Guillermo Uribe Holguín (1880–1971)

V

• David Van Vactor (1906–1994)
• Alexander Egorovich Varlamov (1801–1848)
• Alexander Vladimirovich Varlamov (1904-1990)
• Andersen Viana (born 1962)
• Fartein Valen (1887–1952)
• Didier van Damme (born 1929)
• Michael van der Aa (born 1970)
• Pierre van Maldere (1729–1768)
• Grigory Vasilyevich (1915–1998)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
• Gopala Pillai Vidwan
• Caetano Veloso (born 1942)
• Aleksey Verstovsky
• Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
• Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611)
• Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps (1820–1881)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)
• Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824)
• Ezequiel Viñao (born 1960)
• Ivan Vïshnegradsky (1893–1979)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
• Amadeo Vives (1871–1932)
• Wladimir Vogel (1896–1984)
• Robert Voisey (born 1969)
• Antonín Vranický (1761–1820)
• Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1962)
• Jan Vriend (born 1938)
• Klaas de Vries (born 1944)
• Anne van Schothorst (born 1974)

W

• Max Wagenknecht (1857–1922)
• Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
• Ernest Walker (1870–1949)
• William Walker (1808–1875)
• Walther von der Vogelweide (c.1170–c.1230)
• William Walton (1902–1983)
• Rodney Waschka II
• Unico Wilhelm Wassenaer
• Niel van der Watt (born 1962)
• George James Webb (born 1803)
• Jimmy Webb (born 1946)
• Simon Webb
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948)
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
• Anton Webern (1883–1945)
• Thomas Weelkes (1576–1623)
• Paul Wehage (born 1963)
• Qu Wei (born 1917)
• Johann Weichmann (born 1620)
• Kurt Weill (1900–1950)
• Judith Weir (born 1954)
• Hugo Weisgall (1912–1997)
• Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750)
• Julius Weissenborn (1837–1888)
• Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
• Charles Wesley junior (1757–1834)
• Martin Wesley-Smith (born 1945)
• Mark Wessel (1894–1973)
• Peter Westergaard (born 1931)
• Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656–1705)
• Paul W. Whear (born 1925)
• Benjamin Franklin White (1800–1879)
• Julian White (1930–2006)
• Thomas Whythorne (1528–1595)
• Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
• Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880)
• Philip van Wilder (c.1500–1554)
• John Williams (born 1932)
• Spencer Williams (1889–1965)
• Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003)
• René Wohlhauser (born 1954)
• Stefan Wolpe (1902–1972)
• Pavel Wranitzky (1756–1808)
• Christopher Wright (born 1954)
• Charles Wuorinen (born 1938)
• Alex Wurman (born 1966)

X

• Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)
• Qu Xiaosong (born 1952)
• Qu Xixian (born 1919)

Y

• Yehuda Yannay (born 1937)
• Yitzhak Yedid (born 1971)
• Paul Yang
• Yanni (born 1954)
• Dwight Yoakam (born 1956)
• Matthew Yoakum (born 1980)
• Takashi Yoshimatsu (born 1953)
• Albert Young
• Christopher Young (born 1957)
• James Young (born 1949)
• John Young (born 1962)
• La Monte Young (born 1935)
• Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931)
• Théophile Ysaÿe (1865–1918)
• Julian Yu

Z

• Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944)
• Amilcare Zanella (1873–1949)
• Frank Zappa (1940–1993)
• Nikolai Zaremba (1821–1879)
• Gioseffo Zarlino (1517–1590)
• Mercedes Zavala (born 1963)
• Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri
• Kristoffer Zegers (born 1973)
• Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745)
• Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942)
• Deco Zgur
• Hans Zimmer (born 1957)
• Agnes Zimmermann (1845–1925)
• Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970)
• Heinz Werner Zimmermann (born 1930)
• Johann Zimmermann (1741–1781)
• Louis Zimmermann (1873–1954)
• Margrit Zimmermann (born 1927)
• Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann (1785–1853)
• Udo Zimmermann (born 1943)
• Walter Zimmermann (born 1949)
• Domenico Zipoli (1688–1726)
• John Zorn (born 1953)
• Zulkifli Mohamed Amin (born 1983)
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)

See also

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