List of American composers

The following is a partial list of U.S. composers.

For a more complete list, see Category:American composers

A

• John Coolidge Adams (1947-), minimalist
• Dwight Ashley (1959-)
• Trey Azagthoth (George Emmanuel III) 1965
• Rod Abernethy (1953-) video games, film and tv

B

• Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
• Amy Beach
• Supply Belcher
• Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989), known for his work in Broadway musicals
• Elmer Bernstein
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990), also conductor and pianist, composed the music for West Side Story
• William Billings
• Phillip Bimstein

C

• John Cage (1912 - 1992), experimental composer known for the "silent" 4'33"
• John Alden Carpenter
• Elliott Carter
• Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990), works include tonal music, film scores and Fanfare for the Common Man
• Henry Cowell (1897 - 1965)

D E F G

• David Diamond
• James DiPasquale
• Abraham Ellstein
• Danny Elfman
• Stephen Foster
• J. Ryan Garber
• Daniel Gee
• George Gershwin (1898 – 1937), classical, Broadway and jazz composer
• Michael Giacchino
• Philip Glass
• Jason Graves video games, film, tv

H I J

• Roy Harris
• Walter Hartley
• Samuel Hazo
• Silvio Hein (1879 - 1928)
• Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781 - 1861)
• Bernard Herrmann
• Michael Hersch
• William Icari
• Charles Ives
• Edwin Arthur Jones
• Scott Joplin (1867 – 1917), ragtime musician and composer
• Bradley Joseph (born 1965]

L M N O

• William P. Latham (1917 - 2006)
• Edward MacDowell
• Daniel Gregory Mason (1873 - 1953)
• Anne McGinty (1945-)
• Edgar Meyer
• Richard Meyer
• Undine Smith Moore
• Justin Morgan
• Carli Muñoz
• Mark O'Connor

P Q R

• John Knowles Paine
• Horatio Parker
• Walter Piston
• Cole Porter
• Key Poulan
• Alfred Reed
• Steve Reich
• Curtis Roads

S T U

• John Serry, Sr.
• Alex Shapiro
• Ralph Shapey
• Robert W. Smith
• John Philip Sousa
• William Grant Still
• James Swearingen
• Kevin Ure [1]

V W X Y Z

• Ezequiel Viñao
• Harry Warren (tunes on page)
• Eric Whitacre
• John Williams
• Frank Zappa