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.
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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- Marcel Landowski (1915–1999)
- Willem Louis Frédéric Landré (1874–1948)
- Guillaume Landré (1905–1968)
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- 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)
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- Daniel Lanois
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- Francesco Giuseppe Lanza (1750–1812)
- Raimond Lap (born 1959)
- Raoul Laparra (1876–1943)
- André Laporte (born 1931)
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- Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986)
- Jean-Louis Laruette (1731–1792)
- Guillaume Lasceux (1740–1831)
- Blas de Laserna (1751–1816)
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- Johann Baptist Lasser (1751–1805)
- Orlande de Lassus (c.1532–1594)
- William P. Latham (1917–2004)
- Gaetano Latilla (1711–1788)
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- 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)
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- Donald Lawrence
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- 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
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- 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.