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This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically sorted by surname, then by other names. The list of composers is by no means complete. It is not limited by classifications such as genre or time period; however, it includes only music composers of significant fame, notability or importance who also have current Wikipedia articles. For lists of music composers by other classifications, see lists of composers.
This list is not for arrangers or lyricists (see list of music arrangers and lyricists), unless they are also composers. Likewise, songwriters are listed separately, for example in a list of singer-songwriters and list of Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees.
A
[edit]- Michel van der Aa (born 1970)
- Thorvald Aagaard (1877–1937)
- Truid Aagesen (fl. 1593–1625)
- Heikki Aaltoila (1905–1992)
- Juhan Aavik (1884–1982)
- Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675–1742)
- Joseph Abaco (dall'Abaco) (1710–1805)
- Antonio Maria Abbatini (c. 1595 – 1680)
- Gamal Abdel-Rahim (1924–1988)
- Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah (born 1962)
- Behzad Abdi (born 1973)
- Keiko Abe (born 1937)
- Mary Anne à Beckett (1817–1863)
- Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991)
- Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787)
- Clamor Heinrich Abel (1634–1696)
- Ludwig Abel (1835–1895)
- Mark Abel (born 1948)
- Michael Abels (born 1962)
- Peter Abelard (1079–1142)
- Nicanor Abelardo (1893–1934)
- David Abell (died c.1576)
- John Abell (1653 – after 1724)
- Walter Abendroth (1896–1973)
- Jan Håkan Åberg (1916–2012)
- Lasse Åberg (born 1940)
- Johann Joseph Abert (1832–1915)
- 4th Earl of Abingdon (Willoughby Bertie) (1740–1799)
- Peter Ablinger (born 1959)
- Lora Aborn (1907–2005)
- Girolamo Abos (1715–1760)
- Paul Abraham (1892–1960)
- Maurice Abrahams (1883–1931)
- Mahdyar Aghajani (born 1989)
- Hans Abrahamsen (born 1952)
- Harriett Abrams (1758–1821)
- Alexander Abramsky (1898–1985)
- Kornél Ábrányi (1822–1903)
- Zequinha de Abreu (1880–1935)
- Ayoob Tarish Absi (born 1942)
- Jean Absil (1893–1974)
- Franz Abt (1819–1885)
- Henry Abyngdon (c. 1418 – 1497)
- Filippo Acciaiuoli (1637–1700)
- Jean-Baptiste Accolay (1833–1900)
- Joseph Achron (1886–1943)
- Dieter Acker (1940–2006)
- Marcial del Adalid (1826–1881)
- Adolphe Adam (1803–1856)
- Mark Adamo (born 1962)
- Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. (1889–1987)
- H. Leslie Adams (born 1932)
- John Adams (born 1947)
- John Luther Adams (born 1953)
- Stephen Adams (Michael Maybrick) (1841–1913)
- Thomas Adams (1785–1858)
- Ella Adayevskaya (Elisabeth Schultz-Adaïewsky) (1846–1926)
- Richard Addinsell (1904–1977)
- John Addison (c. 1765 – 1844)
- John Addison (1920–1998)
- Thomas Adès (born 1971)
- Vasif Adigezalov (1935–2006)
- Hugo Adler (1894–1955)
- Lawrence Cecil Adler (1914–2001)
- Samuel Adler (born 1928)
- Anton Cajetan Adlgasser (1729–1777)
- Bruce Adolphe (born 1955)
- Olle Adolphson (1934–2004)
- Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969)
- Emmanuel Adriaenssen (c. 1554 – 1604)
- John Adson (c. 1587 – 1640)
- Josina van Aerssen (1733–1797)
- Nikolay Afanas'yev (1820–1898)
- Zeca Afonso (1929–1987)
- Agostino Agazzari (1578–1640)
- Klaus Ager (born 1946)
- Milton Ager (1893–1979)
- François d'Agincourt (1684–1758)
- Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720–1795)
- Lejla Agolli (born 1950)
- Lodovico Agostini (1534–1590)
- Paolo Agostino (c. 1583 – 1629)
- Johan Agrell (1701–1765)
- Alexander Agricola (c. 1446 – 1506)
- Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774)
- Martin Agricola (1486–1556)
- Dionisio Aguado (1784–1849)
- Graciela Agudelo (1945–2018)
- Ernani Aguiar (born 1950)
- Miguel del Águila (born 1957)
- Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia (1561–1627)
- Eden Ahbez (1908–1995)
- Johann Georg Ahle (1651–1706)
- Johann Rudolph Ahle (1625–1673)
- Countess Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755–1810)
- Jacob Niclas Ahlström (1805–1857)
- Ahn Eak-tai (1906–1965)
- Oscar Ahnfelt (1813–1882)
- Kalevi Aho (born 1949)
- Sieglinde Ahrens (born 1936)
- Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565 – 1628)
- Bartholomäus Aich (17th century)
- Karl Stefan Aichelburg (1782–1817)
- John Akar (1927–1975)
- Doris Akers (1923–1995)
- Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
- Necil Kazım Akses (1908–1999)
- Yasushi Akutagawa (1925–1989)
- Jehan Alain (1911–1940)
- Alamanda de Castelnau (fl. second half of 12th century)
- Pierre Alamire (Peter van den Hove) (c. 1470 – 1536)
- Johannes Alanus (fl. late 14th or early 15th century)
- Jean-Delphin Alard (1815–1888)
- Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909)
- Mateo Pérez de Albéniz (1755–1831)
- Pedro Albéniz y Basanta (1795–1855)
- Pedro Alberch Vila (1517–1582)
- Petur Alberg (1885–1940)
- Eleanor Alberga (born 1949)
- Pirro Albergati (1663–1735)
- Eugen d'Albert (1864–1932)
- Heinrich Albert (1604–1651)
- Stephen Albert (1941–1992)
- Thomas Albert (born 1948)
- Domenico Alberti (c. 1710 – 1740)
- Gasparo Alberti (c. 1489 – c. 1560)
- Giuseppe Matteo Alberti (1685–1751)
- Innocentio Alberti (c. 1535 – 1615)
- Johann Friedrich Alberti (1642–1710)
- Ignazio Albertini (1644–1685)
- Joachim Albertini (1748–1812)
- Henrico Albicastro (von Weissenburg) (c.1660 – after 1730)
- Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751)
- Charles Albrecht (1817–1895)
- Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809)
- William Albright (1944–1998)
- Mark Alburger (1957–2023)
- Nilo Alcala (born 1978)
- Macedonio Alcalá (1831–1869)
- Luna Alcalay (1928–2012)
- José Bernardo Alcedo (1788–1878)
- Michael Alcorn (born 1962)
- Amancio Jacinto Alcorta (1805–1862)
- Casimiro Alcorta (1840–1913)
- Henry Aldrich (1647–1710)
- Amanda Ira Aldridge (1866–1956)
- Robert Aldridge (born 1954)
- Giuseppe Aldrovandini (1671–1707)
- Vittoria Aleotti (c.1575 – after 1620)
- Leni Alexander (1924–2005)
- Liana Alexandra (1947–2011)
- Franco Alfano (1875–1954)
- Alfonso X of Castile (1221–1284)
- Kenneth J. Alford (1881–1945)
- Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960)
- Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869)
- Francesc Alió (1862–1908)
- Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947)
- Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
- Siegfried Alkan (1858–1941)
- Esther Allan (1914–1985)
- Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652)
- Steve Allen (1921–2000)
- Pedro Humberto Allende (1885–1959)
- Juan Allende-Blin (born 1928)
- Kristi Allik (born 1952)
- Richard Allison (1560/1570?–1610?)
- Frances Allitsen (1848–1912)
- Francisco António de Almeida (c. 1702 – 1755)
- João Pedro de Almeida Mota (1744–1817)
- Laurindo Almeida (1917–1995)
- Atso Almila (born 1953)
- Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793–1866)
- Eyvind Alnæs (1872–1932)
- Daniel Alomía Robles (1871–1942)
- Francisco Alonso (1887–1948)
- Eduardo Alonso-Crespo (born 1956)
- Yardena Alotin (1930–1994)
- Birgitte Alsted (born 1942)
- Johann Ernst Altenburg (1734–1801)
- Michael Altenburg (1584–1640)
- Martha Alter (1904–1976)
- Johann Christoph Altnickol (1720–1759)
- Fermín María Álvarez (1833–1898)
- Javier Álvarez (1956–2023)
- Antonio Álvarez Alonso (1867–1903)
- Miguel Álvarez-Fernández (born 1979)
- Elias Parish Alvars (1808–1849)
- Maria de Alvear (born 1960)
- Berta Alves de Sousa (1906–1997)
- William Alwyn (1905–1985)
- Alexander Alyabyev (1787–1851)
- Maryanne Amacher (1938–2009)
- Filippo Amadei (c. 1665 – c. 1725)
- Gaetano Amadeo (1824–1893)
- Amalia Catharina, Countess of Erbach (1640–1697)
- Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870)
- Amaradeva (1927–2016)
- Joan Albert Amargós (born 1950)
- Miguel de Ambiela (1655–1733)
- August Wilhelm Ambros (1816–1876)
- Marco Ambrosini (born 1964)
- Hermann Ambrosius (1897–1983)
- Bjarne Amdahl (1903–1968)
- René Amengual (1911–1954)
- Sahba Aminikia (born 1981)
- Jean-Claude Amiot (born 1939)
- Emanuel Amiran-Pougatchov (1909–1993)
- Charles Amirkhanian (born 1945)
- Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach (c. 1530 – 1597)
- Ammiya (c.1400 BC)
- John Amner (1579–1641)
- Cataldo Amodei (1649 – 1693)
- David Amram (born 1930)
- Gilbert Amy (born 1936)
- Juan de Anchieta (1462–1523)
- Solange Ancona (1943–2019)
- Jean Ancot (1776–1848)
- Laura Andel (born 1968)
- Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 1947)
- Avril Anderson (born 1953)
- Beth Anderson (born 1950)
- Johann Andreas Amon (1763–1825)
- Fritz Andersen (1829–1910)
- Joachim Andersen (1847–1909)
- Julian Anderson (born 1967)
- Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
- Leroy Anderson (1908–1975)
- T. J. Anderson (born 1928)
- Tom Anderson (1910–1991)
- Rafael Andia (born 1942)
- Ruth Anderson (1928–2019)
- Johann André (1741–1799)
- Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
- Kerry Andrew (born 1978)
- Annamacharya (1408–1503)
- Johann Anton André (1775–1842)
- Andrea da Firenze (died 1415)
- Saint Andrew of Crete (c. 650–712, 726 or 740)
- Iosif Andriasov (1933–2000)
- Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981)
- Jurriaan Andriessen (1925–1996)
- Louis Andriessen (1939–2021)
- Willem Andriessen (1887–1964)
- F. Andrieu (fl. late 14th century)[1]
- José Escolástico Andrino (1817–1862)
- Felice Anerio (1560–1614)
- Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c. 1567 – 1630)
- Pasquale Anfossi (1727–1797)
- Gasparo Angiolini (1731–1803)
- Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691)
- Giovanni Animuccia (c. 1520 – 1571)
- Anna Amalia (Princess of Prussia) (1723–1787)
- Anna Amalia (Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) (1739–1807)
- Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876 – after 1913)
- Caroline Ansink (born 1959)
- Conrad Ansorge (1862–1930)
- Elizabeth Anspach (1750–1828)
- John Antes (1740–1811)
- George Antheil (1900–1959)
- Andrea Antico (c.1480 – after 1538)
- John Antill (1904–1986)
- Antonello da Caserta (late 14th – early 15th century)
- Antonio da Cividale (fl. 1392–1421)
- Antonio José Martínez Palacios (1902–1936)
- Theodore Antoniou (1935–2018)
- Giovanni D'Anzi (1906–1974)
- Yoshino Aoki (born 1971)
- Georges Aperghis (born 1945)
- Aphex Twin (born 1971)
- Denis ApIvor (1916–2004)
- Giuseppe Apolloni (1822–1889)
- Hans Erich Apostel (1901–1972)
- Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938)
- Benedictus Appenzeller (1480/1488–after 1558)
- Adelaide Orsola Appignani (1807–1884)
- Louis Applebaum (1918–2000)
- Mark Applebaum (born 1967)
- Thomas Appleby (c.1488?–1563/1564)
- Mary Jeanne van Appledorn (1927–2014)
- Garbis Aprikian (1926–2024)
- Francesco Araja (1709 – after 1762)
- Jesús Arámbarri (1902–1960)
- Pedro Aranaz (1742–1821)
- Juan Arañés (died 1649)
- Juan de Araujo (1646–1712)
- Izabella Arazova (born 1936)
- Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825–1889)
- Chaya Arbel (1921–2007)
- Jacques Arcadelt (1507?–1568)
- Julián Arcas (1832–1882)
- Frederic Archer (1838–1901)
- Malcolm Archer (born 1952)
- Violet Archer (1913–2000)
- José Ardévol (1911–1981)
- Luigi Arditi (1822–1903)
- Sven Arefeldt (1908–1956)
- Bülent Arel (1919–1990)
- Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
- Paolo Aretino (1508–1584)
- Isabel Aretz (1913–2005)
- Dominick Argento (1927–2019)
- Anneli Arho (born 1951)
- Nick Ariondo (born 1949)
- Attilio Ariosti (1666–1729)
- Rodolfo Arizaga (1926–1985)
- Cecilia Arizti (1856–1930)
- Marian Arkwright (1863–1922)
- Albert Arlen (1905–1993)
- Harold Arlen (1905–1986)
- Walter Arlen (1920–2023)
- Jacques Armand (Olof Thiel) (1892–1978)
- Pietro Armanini (1844–1895)
- Elinor Armer (born 1939)
- Andreas Armsdorff (1670–1699)
- Gheorghi Arnaoudov (born 1957)
- Leo Arnaud (1904–1991)
- Desi Arnaz (1917–1986)
- Michael Arne (1740/1741–1786)
- Thomas Arne (1710–1778)
- Richard Arnell (1917–2009)
- Blaž Arnič (1901–1970)
- Carl Arnold (1794–1873)
- Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006)
- Samuel Arnold (1740–1802)
- Yuri Karlovich Arnold (1811–1898)
- Robert Sterling Arnold (1905–2003)
- Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806–1826)
- Emilio Arrieta (1823–1894)
- Claude Arrieu (1903–1990)
- Nikolai Artsybushev (1858–1937)
- Giovanni Artusi (c. 1540 – 1613)
- Vyacheslav Artyomov (born 1940)
- Alexander Arutiunian (1920–2012)
- Elena Asachi (1789–1877)
- Boris Asafyev (1884–1949)
- Joseph Ascher (1829–1869)
- Leo Ascher (1880–1942)
- Vicente Asencio (1908–1979)
- Thomas Ashwell (c.1478 – after 1513)
- Robert Ashley (1930–2014)
- Nils Henrik Asheim (born 1960)
- Daniel Asia (born 1953)
- Gianmatteo Asola (c. 1532 – 1609)
- Franz Asplmayr (1728–1786)
- Caterina Assandra (c.1590 – after 1618)
- Charles d'Assoucy (1605–1677)
- Ignaz Assmayer (1790–1862)
- Edwin Astley (1922–1998)
- Fèlix Astol i Artés (1813–1901)
- Hugh Aston (Hugh Ashton) (c. 1485 – 1558)
- Peter Aston (1938–2013)
- Emanuele d'Astorga (1680–1757)
- Athenaeus son of Athenaeus (fl. 138 BC–28 BC)
- Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917)
- Chet Atkins (1924–2001)
- Ivor Atkins (1869–1953)
- Pierre Attaingnant (c.1494–late 1551 or 1552)
- Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974)
- Thomas Attwood (1765–1838)
- Daniel Auber (1782–1871)
- Jacques Aubert (1689–1753)
- Louis Aubert (1877–1968)
- Tony Aubin (1907–1981)
- René Aubry (born 1956)
- Edmond Audran (1842–1901)
- Leopold Auer (1845–1930)
- Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
- Marianna Auenbrugger (1759–1782)
- Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820)
- May Aufderheide (1888–1972)
- Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter (1665–1742)
- Rafał Augustyn (born 1951)
- Pietro Auletta (c. 1698 – 1771)
- Tor Aulin (1866–1914)
- Valborg Aulin (1860–1928)
- Georges Auric (1899–1983)
- Dorothea Austin (1921–2011)
- Elizabeth R. Austin (born 1938)
- Frederic Austin (1872–1952)
- Larry Austin (1930–2018)
- Charles Avison (1709–1770)
- Giuseppe Avitrano (c. 1670 – 1756)
- Pedro António Avondano (1714–1782)
- Ana-Maria Avram (1961–2017)
- Slavko Avsenik (1929–2015)
- Aaron Avshalomov (1894–1965)
- Jacob Avshalomov (1919–2013)
- Daniel Ayala Pérez (1906–1975)
- Héctor Ayala (1914–1990)
- Nat Ayer (1887–1952)
- Richard Ayleward (1626–1669)
- Florence Aylward (1862–1950)
- Frederick Ayres (1876–1926)
- Artemi Ayvazyan (1902–1975)
- Azalais de Porcairagues (fl. mid-12th century)
- Svitlana Azarova (born 1976)
- Filippo Azzaiolo (fl. 1557–1569)
B
[edit]- Heidi Baader-Nobs (born 1940)
- Øystein Baadsvik (born 1966)
- Kees van Baaren (1906–1970)
- Arno Babajanian (1921–1983)
- Milton Babbitt (1916–2011)
- William Babell (1689/1690–1723)
- Stanley Babin (1932–2010)
- Luis Enríquez Bacalov (1933–2017)
- Salvador Bacarisse (1898–1963)
- Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
- Erik Bach (born 1946)
- Georg Christoph Bach (1642–1697)
- Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724–1763)
- Heinrich Bach (1615–1692)
- Jan Bach (1937–2020)
- Carlos Berlanga (1959–2002)
- Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749)
- Johann Bernhard Bach (the younger) (1700–1743)
- Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782)
- Johann Christoph Bach (1642–1703)
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795)
- Johann Ernst Bach (1722–1777)
- Johann Lorenz Bach (1695–1773)
- Johann Ludwig Bach (1677–1731)
- Johann Michael Bach (1648–1694)
- Johann Nicolaus Bach (1669–1753)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
- Maria Bach (1896–1978)
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)
- Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759–1845)
- Burt Bacharach (1928–2023)
- Francis Edward Bache (1833–1858)
- Daniel Bacheler (1572–1619)
- Alfred Bachelet (1864–1944)
- Sven-Erik Bäck (1919–1994)
- Agathe Backer-Grøndahl (1847–1907)
- Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl (1885–1959)
- Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen (1768 – c. 1830)
- Ernst Bacon (1898–1990)
- Nicolas Bacri (born 1961)
- Rosa Giacinta Badalla (c. 1660 – c. 1710)
- Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834–1861)
- Klaus Badelt (born 1967)
- Baden Powell (1937–2000)
- Carlo Agostino Badia (1672–1738)
- Maya Badian (born 1945)
- Henk Badings (1907–1987)
- Heinrich Baermann (1784–1847)
- Vera Baeva (1930–2017)
- Carlos Baguer (Carles Baguer) (1768–1808)
- Junsang Bahk (born 1937)
- Judith Margaret Bailey (born 1941)
- Pierre Baillot (1771–1842)
- Colette Bailly (born 1930)
- Simon Bainbridge (1952–2021)
- William Baines (1899–1922)
- Giuseppe Baini (1775–1844)
- Edgar Bainton (1880–1956)
- Tadeusz Baird (1928–1981)
- Edward Bairstow (1874–1946)
- Claude Baker (born 1948)
- David Baker (1931–2016)
- George C. Baker (born 1951)
- Bálint Bakfark (Valentin Bakfark) (1526/1530–1576)
- Ruth Bakke (born 1947)
- Leonardo Balada (born 1933)
- Osvaldas Balakauskas (born 1937)
- Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
- Andrei Melitonovich Balanchivadze (1906–1992)
- Meliton Balanchivadze (1862–1937)
- Sergey Balasanian (1902–1982)
- Giovanna Bruna Baldacci (1886 – after 1910)
- Claude Balbastre (1724–1799)
- Pietro Baldassare (c. 1683 – after 1768)
- João José Baldi (1770–1816)
- Michael William Balfe (1808–1870)
- Jean Balissat (1936–2007)
- Hank Ballard (1936–2003)
- Robert Ballard (c. 1575 – 1645)
- Carl Christian Nicolaj Balle (1806–1855)
- Louis Balleron (1869-1916)
- Esther Ballou (1915–1973)
- Ernő Balogh (1897–1989)
- Puchi Balseiro (1926–2007)
- Thomas Baltzar (c. 1631 – 1663)
- Adriano Banchieri (1568–1634)
- Gilbert Banester (Banaster) (c. 1430 – 1487)
- Raffaello de Banfield (1922–2008)
- John Banister (c. 1625 – 1679)
- Don Banks (1923–1980)
- Tommy Banks (1936–2018)
- Tony Banks (born 1950)
- Granville Bantock (1868–1946)
- Seymour Barab (1921–2014)
- Krešimir Baranović (1894–1975)
- Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758)
- Bartolomeo Barbarino (c. 1568 – 1617 or later)
- Helmut Barbe (1927–2021)
- Emanuele Barbella (1718–1777)
- Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
- Mansi Barberis (1899–1986)
- Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823–1894)
- Jacobus Barbireau (1455–1491)
- Cacilda Borges Barbosa (1914–2010)
- Josef Bardanashvili (born 1948)
- Agustín Bardi (1884–1941)
- Jason Bare (born 1975)
- Woldemar Bargiel (1828–1897)
- Zbigniew Bargielski (born 1937)
- Antonino Barges (fl. 1547–1565)
- Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924)
- Alexandre Barjansky (1883–1961)
- Vytautas Barkauskas (1931–2020)
- Warren Barker (1923–2006)
- Elaine Barkin (1932–2023)
- Clarence Barlow (1945–2023)
- Wayne Barlow (1912–1996)
- Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869)
- Joseph Barnby (1838–1896)
- Christian Barnekow (1837–1913)
- Milton Barnes (1931–2001)
- Carol Barnett (born 1949)
- Charles Lloyd Barnhouse (1865–1929)
- Ethel Barns (1874–1948)
- Ernst Gottlieb Baron (1696–1760)
- Leonora Baroni (1611–1670)
- Jean Barraqué (1928–1973)
- Carmen Barradas (1888–1963)
- Elsa Barraine (1910–1999)
- Henry Barraud (1900–1997)
- Richard Barrett (born 1959)
- Gisèle Barreau (born 1948)
- Françoise Barrière (1944–2019)
- Jean Barrière (1707–1747)
- Agustín Barrios (1885–1944)
- Ángel Barrios (1882–1964)
- Bebe Barron (1925–2008)
- José Barros (1915–2007)
- Gerald Barry (born 1952)
- John Barry (1933–2011)
- Francesco Barsanti (1690–1772)
- Richard Barth (1850–1908)
- Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (c. 1769 – 1840)
- François-Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808)
- Maria Barthélemon (1749–1799)
- Riccardo Barthelemy (1869–1937)
- Johan Bartholdy (1853–1904)
- Dave Bartholomew (1918–2019)
- Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
- Bartolino da Padova (fl. c. 1365–c. 1405)
- Angelo Michele Bartolotti (c. 1615 – 1696)
- Carin Bartosch Edström (born 1965)
- Count Basie (1904–1984)
- Adriana Basile (c. 1580 – c. 1640)
- Adrien Basin (fl. from 1457; died after 1498)
- Philippe Basiron (c. 1449 – 1491)
- Veniamin Basner (1925–1996)
- Francesco Maria Bassani (c. 1650 – c. 1700)
- Giovanni Battista Bassani (c. 1650 – 1716)
- Orazio Bassani (c. 1570 – 1615)
- Giovanni Bassano (c. 1558 – 1617)
- Leslie Bassett (1923–2016)
- Luigi Bassi (1833–1871)
- John Baston (born c. 1683; fl. 1708–1739)
- Josquin Baston (fl. 1542–1563)
- Stanley Bate (1911–1959)
- Thomas Bateson (c. 1570 – 1630)
- Hubert Bath (1883–1945)
- Dennis Báthory-Kitsz (born 1949)
- Rhené-Baton (1879–1940)
- Adrian Batten (c. 1591 – c. 1637)
- Jonathan Battishill (1738–1801)
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- Marion Bauer (1882–1955)
- Alison Bauld (born 1944)
- Noel Bauldeweyn (c. 1480 – after 1513)
- Kārlis Baumanis (1835–1905)
- Friedrich Baumfelder (1836–1916)
- Jürg Baur (1918–2010)
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- Arnold Bax (1883–1953)
- Christabel Baxendale (1886 – after 1953)
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- Cyprian Bazylik (c. 1535 – c. 1600)
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- Robert Beadell (1925–1994)
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- Pierre Beauchamp (1631–1705)
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- Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier (1734–1794)
- Jack Beaver (1900–1963)
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- Giuseppe Becce (1877–1973)
- Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (1925–2010)
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- Jeremy Beck (born 1960)
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- Dietrich Becker (c. 1623 – c. 1679)
- Hugo Becker (1863–1941)
- Jean Becker (1833–1884)
- John J. Becker (1886–1961)
- Walter Beckett (1914–1996)
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- Ján Levoslav Bella (1843–1936)
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- Antonio de Cabezón (c. 1510 – 1566)
- Hernando de Cabezón (1541–1602)
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- Don Davis (born 1957)
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- Sem Dresden (1881–1957)
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- Johann Wilhelm Drese (1677–1745)
- Paul Dresher (born 1951)
- Erwin Dressel (1909–1972)
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- Anton Eberl (1765–1807)
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- Henry Eccles (1670–1742)
- John Eccles (1668–1735)
- Johann Gottfried Eckard (1735–1809)
- Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901–1974)
- Jean-Frédéric Edelmann (1749–1794)
- Lotten Edholm (1839–1930)
- Lars Edlund (1922–2013)
- Ross Edwards (born 1943)
- Cecil Effinger (1914–1990)
- Klaus Egge (1906–1979)
- Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779–1813)
- Werner Egk (1901–1983)
- Margriet Ehlen (born 1943)
- Heinrich Ehrlich (1822–1899)
- Henry Eichheim (1870–1942)
- Ernst Eichner (1740–1777)
- Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955)
- Gottfried von Einem (1918–1996)
- Hanns Eisler (1898–1962)
- Danny Elfman (born 1953)
- Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
- Anders Eliasson (1947–2013)
- Dror Elimelech (born 1956)
- Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg (1613–1676)
- Heino Eller (1887–1970)
- Rosalind Ellicott (1857–1924)
- Duke Ellington (1899–1975)
- Don Ellis (1934–1978)
- Vivian Ellis (1903–1996)
- Eloy d'Amerval (fl. 1455–1508)
- Jean-Claude Éloy (born 1938)
- Mohamed El-Qasabgi (1892–1966)
- Luther Orlando Emerson (1820–1915)
- Maurice Emmanuel (1862–1938)
- Simon Emmerson (born 1950)
- Juan del Encina (1468 – c. 1529)
- George Enescu (1881–1955)
- Einar Englund (1916–1999)
- August Enna (1859–1939)
- Péter Eötvös (born 1944)
- Donald Erb (1927–2008)
- Christian Erbach (1568/1573–1635)
- Heimo Erbse (1924–2005)
- Eduard Erdmann (1896–1958)
- Robert Erickson (1917–1997)
- Carsten Bo Eriksen (born 1973)
- Ferenc Erkel (1810–1893)
- Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906–1972)
- Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger (1868–1943)
- Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657–1714)
- Gustav Ernesaks (1908–1993)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812?–1865)
- Iván Erőd (1936–2019)
- Pasquale Errichelli (1730–1785)
- Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie (1732–1781)
- Thierry Escaich (born 1965)
- Pedro de Escobar (c. 1465 – after 1535)
- Bartolomé de Escobedo (c. 1505 – 1563)
- Pozzi Escot (born 1933)
- Rudolf Escher (1912–1980)
- Andrei Eshpai (1925–2015)
- Michele Esposito (1855–1929)
- Karlheinz Essl (born 1960)
- João Rodrigues Esteves (1700–1751)
- Paschal de l'Estocart (1539?–after 1584)
- Julio Estrada (born 1943)
- Alvin Etler (1913–1973)
- José Evangelista (1943–2023)
- Franco Evangelisti (1926–1980)
- Ralph Evans (born 1953)
- Victor Ewald (1860–1935)
- Eric Ewazen (born 1954)
- Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765–1846)
- Jacob van Eyck (c. 1590 – 1657)
- Ernest van der Eyken (1913–2010)
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[edit]- Martinus Fabri (fl. 1395–1400)
- Giacomo Facco (1676–1753)
- Michelangelo Faggioli (1666–1733)
- Francesco Nicola Fago (1677–1745)
- Philipp Fahrbach Jr. (1843–1894)
- Philipp Fahrbach Sr. (1815–1885)
- Blair Fairchild (1877–1933)
- Mohammed Fairouz (born 1985)
- Richard Faith (1926–2021)
- Rolande Falcinelli (1920–1996)
- Adam Falckenhagen (1697–1754)
- Michele Falco (c. 1688 – after 1732)
- Andrea Falconieri (1585/1586–1656)
- Leo Fall (1873–1925)
- Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
- Michelangelo Falvetti (1642–1692)
- Guido Alberto Fano (1875–1961)
- Philip Michael Faraday (1875–1944)
- Hormoz Farhat (1928–2021)
- Giuseppe Farinelli (1769–1836)
- Iain Farrington (born 1977)
- Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000)
- John Farmer (c. 1570 – c. 1601)
- Giles Farnaby (c. 1565 – 1640)
- Gareth Farr (born 1968)
- Ernest Farrar (1885–1918)
- Ciarán Farrell (born 1969)
- Eibhlís Farrell (born 1953)
- Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
- Arthur Farwell (1872–1952)
- Giovanni Battista Fasolo (c. 1598 – c. 1664/1665)
- Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736–1800)
- Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758)
- Guillaume Faugues (Fagus) (fl. c. 1460–1475)
- Sandford C. Faulkner (1803–1874)
- Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
- Robert Fayrfax (1464–1521)
- Reinhard Febel (born 1952)
- Johannes Fedé (Jean Sohier) (c. 1415 – c. 1477)
- Samuil Feinberg (1890–1962)
- Jindřich Feld (1925–2007)
- Morton Feldman (1926–1987)
- Eric Fenby (1906–1997)
- Philippe Fénelon (born 1952)
- George Fenton (born 1950)
- Francesco Feo (1691–1761)
- Louis Ferdinand (1772–1806)
- Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608–1657)
- Howard Ferguson (1908–1999)
- Stephen Ferguson
- Frank Ferko (born 1950)
- Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755–1802)
- Gaspar Fernandes (1566–1629)
- Agustín Fernández (born 1958)
- Oscar Lorenzo Fernández (1897–1948)
- Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
- John Fernström (1897–1961)
- Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder (Il Padre) (1543–1588)
- Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger (c. 1570 – 1628)
- Domenico Ferrabosco (1513–1574)
- Benedetto Ferrari (c. 1603 – 1681)
- Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921)
- Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari (1763–1842)
- Luc Ferrari (1929–2005)
- Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951)
- Giovanni Ferretti (c. 1540 – after 1609)
- Pierre-Octave Ferroud (1900–1936)
- Frederic Ernest Fesca (1789–1826)
- Willem de Fesch (1687–1761)
- Costanzo Festa (c. 1485/1490–1545)
- Sebastiano Festa (c. 1490/1495–1524)
- Michael Christian Festing (1705–1752)
- Richard Festinger (born 1948)
- François-Joseph Fétis (1784–1871)
- Antoine de Févin (c. 1470 – 1511/1512)
- Robert de Févin (fl. before 1500–c. 1515)
- Pierre Février (1696–1760)
- Josef Fiala (1748–1816)
- Zdeněk Fibich (1850–1900)
- Jacobo Ficher (1896–1978)
- John Field (1782–1837)
- Alexander von Fielitz (1860–1930)
- Giulio Fiesco (fl. 1550–1570)
- Siegfried Fietz (born 1946)
- Juan de Dios Filiberto (1885–1964)
- Arkady Filippenko (1912–1983)
- Henry Fillmore (1881–1956)
- Anton Fils (1733–1760)
- Heinrich Finck (1444/1445–1527)
- Hermann Finck (1527–1558)
- Irving Fine (1914–1963)
- Vivian Fine (1913–2000)
- Gottfried Finger (1660–1730)
- Ross Lee Finney (1906–1997)
- Michael Finnissy (born 1946)
- Aldo Finzi (1897–1945)
- Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
- Jean-Joseph Fiocco (1686–1746)
- Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703–1741)
- Pietro Antonio Fiocco (1654–1714)
- Valentino Fioravanti (1764–1837)
- Nicola Fiorenza (after 1700–1764)
- Federigo Fiorillo (1755 – c. 1823)
- Paolo da Firenze (Paolo Tenorista) (c. 1355 – c. 1436)
- Elena Firsova (born 1950)
- C. P. First (born 1960)
- Johann Fischer (1646–1716)
- Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656–1746)
- Domenico Fischietti (c. 1725 – c. 1810)
- Emmanuel Fisher (1921–2001)
- William Arms Fisher (1861–1948)
- Graham Fitkin (born 1963)
- Nicolas Flagello (1928–1994)
- Mateo Flecha the elder (1481–1553)
- Aloys Fleischmann (1910–1992)
- Aloys Fleischmann (Senior) (1880–1964)
- Étienne-Joseph Floquet (1748–1785)
- Pietro Floridia (1860–1932)
- Friedrich von Flotow (1812–1883)
- Carlisle Floyd (1926–2021)
- Dave Flynn (born 1977)
- William Foden (1860–1947)
- Carel Anton Fodor (1768–1846)
- Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859–1951)
- Francesco Foggia (1603–1688)
- Giacomo Fogliano (da Moderna) (1468–1548)
- Yevstigney Fomin (1761–1800)
- Pierre Fontaine (c. 1380 – c. 1450)
- Giovanni Battista Fontana (c. 1571 – c. 1630)
- Alfonso Fontanelli (1557–1622)
- Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930)
- Martin Fondse (born 1967)
- Arthur Foote (1853–1937)
- Jean Kurt Forest (1909–1975)
- Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749–1818)
- Thomas Ford (1580–1648)
- Carlo Forlivesi (born 1971)
- Antoine Forqueray (1671–1745)
- Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (1699–1782)
- Nicolas Formé (1567–1638)
- Emanuel Aloys Förster (1748–1823)
- Georg Forster (c. 1510 – 1568)
- Kaspar Förster (the younger) (1616–1673)
- Cecil Forsyth (1870–1941)
- Malcolm Forsyth (1936–2011)
- Wesley Octavius Forsyth (1859–1937)
- Wolfgang Fortner (1907–1987)
- Johann Philipp Förtsch (1652–1732)
- Lukas Foss (1922–2009)
- François de Fossa (1775–1849)
- David Foster (born 1949)
- Stephen Foster (1826–1864)
- Pierre-Claude Foucquet (1694–1772)
- John Foulds (1880–1939)
- Frederick A. Fox (1931–2011)
- Jean Françaix (1912–1997)
- Petronio Franceschini (1651–1680)
- Alberto Franchetti (1860–1942)
- Carlo Franchi (c. 1743 – after 1779)
- Auguste Franchomme (1808–1884)
- Jan Francisci (1691–1758)
- Magister Franciscus (fl. 1370–80)[5]
- César Franck (1822–1890)
- Eduard Franck (1817–1893)
- Johann Wolfgang Franck (1644–1710)
- Melchior Franck (c. 1579 – 1639)
- Richard Franck (1858–1938)
- Hernando Franco (1532–1585)
- François Francoeur (1698–1787)
- Massimiliano Frani (born 1967)
- Gabriela Lena Frank (born 1972)
- Benjamin Frankel (1906–1973)
- Ferdinand Fränzl (1767–1833)
- Ignaz Fränzl (1736–1811)
- Harry Lawrence Freeman (1869–1954)
- Luís de Freitas Branco (1890–1955)
- Johan Henrik Freithoff (1713–1767)
- Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
- Jehan Fresneau (fl. 1468–1505)
- Peter Racine Fricker (1920–1990)
- Géza Frid (1904–1989)
- Rudolf Friml (1879–1972)
- Johannes Fritsch (1941–2010)
- Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667)
- Johannes Frederik Fröhlich (1806–1860)
- David Froom (1951–2022)
- William Henry Fry (1813–1864)
- Walter Frye (fl. c. 1443?–c. 1474?)
- Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (1842–1899)
- Kenneth Fuchs (born 1956)
- Robert Fuchs (1847–1927)
- Julius Fučík (1872–1916)
- Miguel de Fuenllana (fl. 1553–1578)
- Adam von Fulda (Adam of Fulda) (c. 1445 – 1505)
- Friedrich Funcke (1642–1699)
- Joseph Funk (1778–1862)
- Beat Furrer (born 1954)
- Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954)
- Anton Bernhard Fürstenau (1792–1852)
- Johann Joseph Fux (1660–1741)
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[edit]- Pierre Gabaye (1930–2000)
- Charles H. Gabriel (1856–1932)
- Thomas Gabriel (born 1957)
- Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1533?–1585)
- Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1557 – 1612)
- Domenico Gabrielli (1651/1659–1690)
- Ossip Gabrilowitsch (1878–1936)
- Axel Gade (1860–1921)
- Jacob Gade (1879–1963)
- Niels Gade (1817–1890)
- Franchinus Gaffurius (1451–1522)
- Marco da Gagliano (1582–1643)
- Wenzel Gährich (1794–1864)
- Bernhard Gál (born 1971)
- Hans Gál (1890–1987)
- Cristóbal Galán (c. 1630 – 1684)
- Nancy Galbraith (born 1951)
- Michelagnolo Galilei (1575–1631)
- Vincenzo Galilei (c. 1520?–1591)
- Blas Galindo (1910–1993)
- Jack Gallagher (born 1947)
- Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg (1783–1839)
- Johann Ernst Galliard (1687–1749)
- Jacques Gallot (c. 1625 – 1696)
- Jacobus Gallus (Jacob Handl) (1550–1591)
- Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785)
- German Galynin (1922–1966)
- Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765)
- John Gamble (fl. from 1641, died 1687)
- Michael Gandolfi (born 1956)
- Kyle Gann (born 1955)
- Louis Ganne (1862–1923)
- Gara Garayev (1918–1982)
- J. Ryan Garber (born 1973)
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767–1830)
- Antón García Abril (1933–2021)
- Carlos Gardel (1890–1935)
- Henry Balfour Gardiner (1877–1950)
- John Gardner (1917–2011)
- Zoltán Gárdonyi (1906–1986)
- Zsolt Gárdonyi (born 1946)
- Roopam Garg (born 1995)
- Giuseppe Gariboldi (1833–1905)
- Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (1886–1962)
- John Garth (1721–1810)
- Mathieu Gascongne (fl. 1517–1518)
- Francesco Gasparini (1661–1727)
- Quirino Gasparini (1721–1778)
- Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774)
- Stanislao Gastaldon (1861–1939)
- Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (c. 1554 – 1609)
- Crawford Gates (1921–2018)
- Luigi Gatti (1740–1817)
- Philippe Gaubert (1879–1941)
- Denis Gaultier (1603–1672)
- Ennemond Gaultier (1575–1651)
- Jacques Gaultier (c. 1592 – after 1652)
- Pierre Gaultier (1599–1681)
- Pierre Gaveaux (1761–1825)
- Daniel E. Gawthrop (born 1949)
- Noel Gay (1898–1954)
- Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743–1818)
- Thomas Augustine Geary (1775–1801)
- Georg Gebel (1709–1753)
- John Maxwell Geddes (1941–2017)
- Siegfried Geißler (1929–2014)
- Christian Geist (c. 1650 – 1711)
- Joseph Gelinek (1758–1825)
- Michael L. Geller (1937–2007)
- Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762)
- Pietro Generali (1773–1832)
- Augusto Gentile (1891–1932)
- Harald Genzmer (1909–2007)
- Jean-Nicolas Geoffroy (1633–1694)
- Steven Gerber (1948–2015)
- Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970)
- Hans Gerle (c. 1500 – 1570)
- Edward German (1862–1936)
- Friedrich Gernsheim (1839–1916)
- Jhan Gero (fl. 1540–1555)
- Karl Ludwig Gerok (1906–1975)
- George Gershwin (1898–1937)
- Georg Gerson (1790–1825)
- Charles-Hubert Gervais (1671–1744)
- Claude Gervaise (fl. 1540–1560)
- Bartholomäus Gesius (1562–1613)
- Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613)
- Gordon Getty (born 1933)
- Frans Geysen (born 1936)
- Giorgio Federico Ghedini (1892–1965)
- Géry de Ghersem (1573/1575–1630)
- Johannes Ghiselin (Verbonnet) (fl. 1491–1507)
- Michael Giacchino (born 1967)
- Geminiano Giacomelli (Jacomelli) (1692–1740)
- Vittorio Giannini (1903–1966)
- Remo Giazotto (1910–1998)
- Christopher Gibbons (1615–1676)
- Ellis Gibbons (1573–1603)
- Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)
- Armstrong Gibbs (1889–1960)
- Joseph Gibbs (1699–1788)
- Sarah Gibson (1988–2024)
- Miriam Gideon (1906–1996)
- Michael Gielen (1927–2019)
- Nicolas Gigault (c. 1627 – 1707)
- Eugène Gigout (1844–1925)
- Angelo Gilardino (1941–2022)
- Anthony Gilbert (1934–2023)
- Jean Gilbert (1879–1942)
- William Gilchrist (1846–1916)
- Jean Gilles (1668–1705)
- Don Gillis (1912–1978)
- Patrick Gilmore (1829–1892)
- Jan van Gilse (1881–1944)
- Paul Gilson (1865–1942)
- Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983)
- Giuseppe Giordani (Giordanello) (1751–1798)
- Tommaso Giordani (c. 1738 – 1806)
- Umberto Giordano (1867–1948)
- Giovanni Giorgi (fl. from 1719; d. 1762)
- Ruth Gipps (1921–1999)
- Janice Giteck (born 1946)
- Mauro Giuliani (1781–1828)
- Lodovico Giustini (1685–1743)
- Simon Gjoni (1926–1991)
- Detlev Glanert (born 1960)
- Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
- Louis Glass (1864–1936)
- Philip Glass (born 1937)
- Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)
- Frederick Grant Gleason (1848–1903)
- Jackie Gleason (1916–1987)
- Reinhold Glière (1874–1956)
- Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)
- Vinko Globokar (born 1934)
- John William Glover (1815–1899)
- Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
- Mikhail Gnessin (1883–1957)
- Pietro Gnocchi (1689–1775)
- Henri Gobbi (1842–1920)
- Godard (fl. 1536 – c. 1560)[6]
- Benjamin Godard (1849–1895)
- Félix Godefroid (1818–1897)
- Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938)
- Alexander Godunov (1949–1995)
- Roger Goeb (1914–1997)
- Alexander Goedicke (1877–1957)
- Alexander Goehr (1932–2024)
- Lucien Goethals (1931–2006)
- Hermann Goetz (1840–1876)
- Walter Goetze (1883–1961)
- Karel Goeyvaerts (1923–1993)
- Ernest Gold (1921–1999)
- Murray Gold (born 1969)
- Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727–1756)
- Alexander Goldenweiser (1875–1961)
- Edwin Franko Goldman (1878–1956)
- Károly Goldmark (1830–1915)
- Rubin Goldmark (1872–1936)
- Berthold Goldschmidt (1903–1996)
- Otto Goldschmidt (1829–1907)
- Jerry Goldsmith (1929–2004)
- Osvaldo Golijov (born 1960)
- Jani Golob (born 1948)
- Evgeny Golubev (1910–1988)
- Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495 – c. 1560)
- Julia Gomelskaya (1964–2016)
- Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836–1896)
- Mikołaj Gomółka (c. 1535 – 1609?)
- Fernando González Casellas (1925–1998)
- Howard Goodall (born 1958)
- Isador Goodman (1909–1982)
- Ron Goodwin (1925–2003)
- Eugene Goossens (1893–1962)
- Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (c. 1665/1667–1734)
- Ludwig Göransson (born 1984)
- Michael Gordon (born 1956)
- Peter Gordon (born 1951)
- Henryk Górecki (1933–2010)
- John Goss (1800–1880)
- François-Joseph Gossec (1734–1829)
- Ralf Gothóni (born 1946)
- Jakov Gotovac (1895–1982)
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869)
- Clytus Gottwald (1925–2023)
- Claude Goudimel (1514/1520–1572)
- Glenn Gould (1932–1982)
- Morton Gould (1913–1996)
- Charles Gounod (1818–1893)
- Théodore Gouvy (1819–1898)
- Jacques de Gouy (c. 1610 – after 1650)
- Johann Grabbe (1585–1655)
- Louis Grabu (fl. 1665–1693)
- Kraig Grady (born 1952)
- Paul Graener (1872–1944)
- Christian Ernst Graf (1723–1804)
- Friedrich Hartmann Graf (1727–1795)
- Filippo Gragnani (1768–1820)
- Kenny Graham (1924–1997)
- Percy Grainger (1882–1961)
- Ron Grainer (1922–1981)
- Enrique Granados (1867–1916)
- Giovanni Battista Granata (1620/1621–1687)
- Alessandro Grandi (1586–1630)
- Philip Grange (born 1956)
- Bruno Granichstaedten (1879–1944)
- Donald Grantham (born 1947)
- Stéphane Grappelli (1908–1997)
- Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759)
- Johann Gottlieb Graun (c. 1702 – 1771)
- Christoph Graupner (1683–1760)
- Steve Gray (1944–2008)
- Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (fl. from 1705)
- Gaetano Greco (c. 1657 – c. 1728)
- Vicente Greco (1888–1924)
- Adolph Green (1914–2002)
- Jay Greenberg (born 1991)
- Maurice Greene (1696–1755)
- Harry Gregson-Williams (born 1961)
- Rupert Gregson-Williams (born 1966)
- Eduard Grell (1800–1886)
- Nicolas Grenon (c. 1375 – 1456)
- Mark Gresham (born 1956)
- Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick (1755–1799)
- Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956)
- André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741–1813)
- Lucile Grétry (1772–1790)
- Geoffrey Grey (born 1934)
- Deirdre Gribbin (born 1967)
- Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
- John Griesbach (1798–1875)
- Peter Griesbacher (1864–1933)
- Charles Griffes (1884–1920)
- Nicolas de Grigny (1672–1703)
- Franz Grill (c. 1756 – 1793)
- Giovanni Battista Grillo (died 1622)
- Grimace (fl. mid-to-late 14th century)[7]
- Maria Margherita Grimani (born before 1700; fl. 1713–1718)
- Albert Grisar (1808–1869)
- Gérard Grisey (1946–1998)
- Ferde Grofé (1892–1972)
- Olaus Andreas Grøndahl (1847–1923)
- Cor de Groot (1914–1993)
- Carlo Grossi (c. 1634 – 1688)
- Estienne Grossin (fl. 1418–1421)
- Dietrich Ewald von Grotthuß (1751–1786)
- Eivind Groven (1901–1977)
- Franz Xaver Gruber (1787–1863)
- Heinz Karl Gruber (born 1943)
- Louis Gruenberg (1884–1964)
- Gioseffo Guami (Gioseffo da Lucca) (1542–1611)
- Camargo Guarnieri (1907–1993)
- Carlos Guastavino (1912–2000)
- Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
- Hildur Guðnadóttir (born 1982)
- Pierre Guédron (c. 1570 – c. 1620)
- Francisco Guerau (1649–1717/1722)
- Wellington Guernsey (1817–1885)
- Francisco Guerrero (1528–1599)
- Francisco Guerrero Marín (1951–1997)
- Christopher Guest (born 1948)
- Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (1728–1804)
- Edward Guglielmino (born 1983)
- Jean-Adam Guilain (c. 1680 – after 1739)
- Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705–1770)
- Jean Guillou (1930–2019)
- Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)
- Ernest Guiraud (1837–1892)
- Friedrich Gulda (1930–2000)
- Adam Gumpelzhaimer (1559–1625)
- Gustav Gunsenheimer (born 1934)
- Jesús Guridi (1886–1961)
- Cornelius Gurlitt (1820–1901)
- Manfred Gurlitt (1890–1973)
- Ivor Gurney (1890–1937)
- Mark Gustavson (born 1959)
- Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c. 1590 – 1664)
- Adolphe Gutmann (1819–1882)
- Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763–1850)
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[edit]- Johannes Haarklou (1847–1925)
- Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953)
- Joseph Haas (1879–1960)
- Pavel Haas (1899–1944)
- Alois Hába (1893–1973)
- Carolus Hacquart (c. 1640 – 1701?)
- Henry Kimball Hadley (1871–1937)
- Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner (1759–1833)
- Richard Hageman (1881–1966)
- Bernhard Joachim Hagen (1720–1787)
- Daron Hagen (born 1961)
- Konrad Hagius (c. 1550 – 1616)
- Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947)
- Jakob Haibel (1762–1826)
- Alexei Haieff (1914–1994)
- Adolphus Hailstork (born 1941)
- Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885–1948)
- Darko Hajsek (born 1959)
- Kimmo Hakola (born 1958)
- Fromental Halévy (1799–1862)
- Cristóbal Halffter (1930–2021)
- Ernesto Halffter (1905–1989)
- Roger Lee Hall (born 1942)
- Adam de la Halle (c. 1237?–1288)
- Sylvia Hallett (born 1953)
- Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935)
- Henri-Guillaume Hamal (1685–1752)
- Bengt Hambraeus (1928–2000)
- Marc-André Hamelin (born 1961)
- Gordon Hamilton (born 1982)
- Iain Hamilton (1922–2000)
- Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012)
- Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854)
- Franz Xaver Hammer (1741–1817)
- Jan Hammer (born 1948)
- Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611/1612–1675)
- Albert Hammond (born 1942)
- George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
- W. C. Handy (1873–1958)
- Johann Nicolaus Hanff (1663–1711)
- Ronald Hanmer (1917–1994)
- James Hannigan (born 1971)
- Charles-Louis Hanon (1819–1900)
- Peter Hänsel (1770–1831)
- Howard Hanson (1896–1981)
- Kazuko Hara (1935–2014)
- John Harbison (born 1938)
- Carl Hardebeck (1869–1945)
- Mike Harding (born 1944)
- Edward W. Hardy (born 1992)
- Miina Härma (1864–1941)
- Don Harper (1921–1999)
- Richard Harris (born 1968)
- Roy Harris (1898–1979)
- Victor Harris (1869–1943)
- William Henry Harris (1883–1973)
- Julius Harrison (1885–1963)
- Lou Harrison (1917–2003)
- John Hartford (1937–2001)
- Stephen Hartke (born 1952)
- Walter Hartley (1927–2016)
- Hamilton Harty (1879–1941)
- Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805–1900)
- Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905–1963)
- Jonathan Harvey (1939–2012)
- Richard Harvey (born 1953)
- Basil Harwood (1859–1949)
- Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783)
- Peter Hasse (c. 1585 – 1640)
- Alphonse Hasselmans (1845–1912)
- Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612)
- Dismas Hataš (1724–1777)
- Lucien Haudebert (1877–1963)
- Josef Matthias Hauer (1883–1959)
- Moritz Hauptmann (1792–1868)
- Siegmund von Hausegger (1872–1948)
- Valentin Haussmann (died c. 1611)
- William Haute (Hawte) (c. 1430 – 1497)
- Patrick Hawes (born 1958)
- Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
- Michael Haydn (1737–1806)
- Philip Hayes (1738–1797)
- William Hayes (1708–1777)
- Hayne van Ghizeghem (c. 1445 – after 1476)
- Ronnie Hazlehurst (1928–2007)
- Hubert Klyne Headley (1906–1996)
- John Hebden (1712–1765)
- Jake Heggie (born 1961)
- Johann David Heinichen (1683–1729)
- Paavo Heininen (1938–2022)
- Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781–1861)
- Peter Arnold Heise (1830–1879)
- Steve Heitzeg (born 1959)
- Walter Hekster (1937–2012)
- Pieter Hellendaal (1721–1799)
- Barbara Heller (born 1936)
- Stephen Heller (1813–1888)
- Lupus Hellinck (c. 1494 – 1541)
- Robert Helps (1928–2001)
- Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901–1947)
- Fletcher Henderson (1897–1952)
- Moya Henderson (born 1941)
- Hans Henkemans (1913–1995)
- Swan Hennessy (1866–1929)
- Fini Henriques (1867–1940)
- Henry VIII, King of England (1491–1547)
- Pierre Henry (1927–2017)
- Adolf von Henselt (1814–1889)
- Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012)
- Victor Herbert (1859–1924)
- Johann Andreas Herbst (1588–1666)
- Ferdinand Hérold (1791–1833)
- Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975)
- Philippe Hersant (born 1948)
- Michael Hersch (born 1971)
- William Herschel (1738–1822)
- Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727–1789)
- Hervé (Florimond Ronger) (1825–1892)
- Arthur Hervey (1855–1922)
- Heinrich von Herzogenberg (1843–1900)
- Hans-Joachim Hespos (1938–2022)
- Ernst Hess (1912–1968)
- Jean-Chrisostome Hess (1816–1900)
- Nigel Hess (born 1953)
- Kurt Hessenberg (1908–1994)
- Jacques Hétu (1938–2010)
- Richard Heuberger (1850–1914)
- James Hewitt (1770–1827)
- Juan Hidalgo (1614–1685)
- Frigyes Hidas (1928–2007)
- Hans Uwe Hielscher (born 1945)
- Jennifer Higdon (born 1962)
- Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
- Henry Hiles (1826–1904)
- Alfred Hill (1870–1960)
- Edward Burlingame Hill (1872–1960)
- Ferdinand Hiller (1811–1885)
- Johann Adam Hiller (1728–1804)
- Lejaren Hiller (1924–1994)
- Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (1765–1814)
- Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
- Matthew Hindson (born 1968)
- Alistair Hinton (born 1950)
- Yoshihisa Hirano (born 1971)
- Rozalie Hirs (born 1965)
- Joe Hisaishi (born 1950)
- Franz Hitz (1828–1891)
- Emil Hlobil (1901–1987)
- Christopher Hobbs (born 1950)
- Gilad Hochman (born 1982)
- Alun Hoddinott (1929–2008)
- Léonard de Hodémont (c. 1575 – 1639)
- Andreas Hofer (1629–1684)
- Paul Hofhaimer (1459–1537)
- Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776–1822)
- Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812)
- Romanus Hoffstetter (1742–1815)
- Leopold Hofmann (1738–1793)
- Lee Hoiby (1926–2011)
- Anthony Holborne (c. 1545 – 1602)
- Joseph Holbrooke (1878–1958)
- Theodore Holland (1878–1947)
- Karl Höller (1907–1987)
- York Höller (born 1944)
- Alan Holley (1954–current)
- Heinz Holliger (born 1939)
- Robin Holloway (born 1943)
- Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996)
- Alfred Holmes (1837–1876)
- Augusta Holmès (1847–1903)
- Henry Holmes (1839–1905)
- John Holmes (fl. from 1599; died 1629)
- William Henry Holmes (1812–1885)
- Michael Holohan (born 1956)
- Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
- Simeon ten Holt (1923–2012)
- Simon Holt (born 1958)
- Bo Holten (born 1948)
- Ignaz Holzbauer (1711–1783)
- Adriana Hölszky (born 1953)
- Gottfried August Homilius (1714–1785)
- Sidney Homer (c. 1864 – 1953)
- Arthur Honegger (1892–1955)
- James Hook (1746–1827)
- Bill Hopkins (1943–1981)
- Hal Hopson (born 1933)
- Felix Horetzky (1796–1870)
- James Horner (1953–2015)
- William Horwood (fl. 1459–1484; died 1484)
- Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955)
- Mansoor Hosseini (born 1967)
- Hoste da Reggio (Bartolomeo Torresano) (c. 1520–1569)
- John Hothby (Johannes Ottobi) (c. 1430 – 1487)
- Nicolas Hotman (c. 1610 – 1663)
- Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1674–1763)
- Stephen Hough (born 1961)
- Joachim van den Hove (c. 1567 – 1620)
- Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000)
- Joseph E. Howard (1867–1961)
- Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)
- Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
- Leonid Hrabovsky (born 1935)
- Tyzen Hsiao (1938–2015)
- Huang Ruo (born 1976)
- Jenő Hubay (1858–1937)
- Jean Hubeau (1917–1992)
- Hans Huber (1852–1921)
- Thaddäus Huber (1742–1798)
- Hucbald (c. 850–930)[8]
- Jiří Hudec (1923–1996)
- Herbert Hughes (1882–1937)
- Robert Hughes (1912–2007)
- Johannes Alfred Hultman (1861–1942)
- Tobias Hume (c. 1569 – 1645)
- Pelham Humfrey (1647–1674)
- Bertold Hummel (1925–2002)
- Ferdinand Hummel (1855–1928)
- Franz Hummel (1939–2022)
- Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837)
- Joseph Friedrich Hummel (1841–1919)
- Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921)
- Richard Hundley (1931–2018)
- Jean Huré (1877–1930)
- Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch (1691–1765)
- William Hurlstone (1876–1906)
- Lukas Hurník (born 1967)
- Karel Husa (1921–2016)
- Henry Holden Huss (1862–1953)
- Jenő Huszka (1875–1960)
- Anselm Hüttenbrenner (1794–1868)
- Albert Huybrechts (1899–1938)
- Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687)
- Jason Kao Hwang (born 1957)
- Richard Hygons (c. 1435 – c. 1509)
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[edit]- Jacques Ibert (1890–1962)
- Alois Ickstadt (born 1930)
- Airat Ichmouratov (born 1973)
- Akira Ifukube (1916–2006)
- Ilayaraaja (born 1943)
- Márton Illés (born 1975)
- Andrew Imbrie (1921–2007)
- Sigismondo d'India (c. 1582 – 1629)
- Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931)
- Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535/1536–1592)
- Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859–1935)
- Francis Ireland (1721–1784)
- John Ireland (1879–1962)
- Juan Francés de Iribarren (1699–1767)
- Miguel de Irízar (1635–1684)
- Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450/1455–1517)
- Sigurd Islandsmoen (1881–1964)
- Nicolas Isouard (1775–1818)
- Jānis Ivanovs (1906–1983)
- Volodymyr Ivasiuk (1949–1979)
- Charles Ives (1874–1954)
- Simon Ives (1600–1662)
- Jean Eichelberger Ivey (1923–2010)
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[edit]- Steve Jablonsky (born 1970)
- Francis Jackson (1917–2022)
- Michael Jackson (1958–2009)
- Robin Jackson (born 1979)
- Tony Jackson (1876–1921)
- William Jackson (1730–1803)
- Gordon Jacob (1895–1984)
- Frederick Jacobi (1891–1952)
- Victor Jacobi (Jakabfi Viktor) (1883–1921)
- Jens Bjerre Jacobsen (1903–1986)
- Jacquet de Mantua (Jachet de Mantoue) (1483–1559)
- Salomon Jadassohn (1831–1902)
- Hyacinthe Jadin (1776–1800)
- Louis-Emmanuel Jadin (1768–1853)
- Alfred Jaëll (1832–1882)
- Stephen Jaffe (born 1954)
- Edward Jakobowski (1858–1927)
- Prenkë Jakova (1917–1969)
- Philip James (1890–1975)
- Jan z Lublina (fl. 1537–1548)
- Leoš Janáček (1852–1928)
- Clément Janequin (c. 1485 – 1558)
- Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708–1763)
- Leopold Jansa (1795–1875)
- Guus Janssen (born 1951)
- Peter Janssens (1934–1998)
- Antonius Janue (fl. c. 1460)
- Jean Japart (fl. c. 1474–1481)
- Armas Järnefelt (1869–1958)
- Georg Jarno (1868–1920)
- Ivan Mane Jarnović (Giornovichi) (1747–1804)
- Jean Michel Jarre (born 1948)
- Maurice Jarre (1924–2009)
- Michael Jarrell (born 1958)
- Adam Jarzębski (c. 1590 – c. 1648)
- Maurice Jaubert (1900–1940)
- Harris Jayaraj (born 1975)
- Johannes Jeep (1581/1582–1644)
- George Jeffreys (c. 1610 – 1685)
- Jehan de Lescurel(fl. early 14th century)[9]
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- John Jenkins (1592–1678)
- Karl Jenkins (born 1944)
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- Thomas Jennefelt (born 1954)
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- David Jennings (born 1972)
- Leon Jessel (1871–1942)
- Willem Jeths (born 1959)
- Maistre Jhan (c. 1485 – 1538)
- František Jiránek (1698–1778)
- Joseph Joachim (1831–1907)
- João IV (John IV of Portugal) (1603–1656)
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- Gunnar Johansen (1906–1991)
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- David Earle Johnson (died 1998)
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- Robert Johnson (c. 1583 – c. 1633)
- Tom Johnson (born 1939)
- Ben Johnston (1926–2019)
- Fergus Johnston (born 1959)
- Jim Johnston (born 1959)
- Betsy Jolas (born 1926)
- André Jolivet (1905–1974)
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- Daniel Jones (1912–1993)
- Edwin Arthur Jones (1853–1911)
- Quincy Jones (1933–2024)
- Richard Jones (late 17th century – 1744)
- Robert Jones (c. 1577 – 1617)
- Ron Jones (born 1954)
- Samuel Jones (born 1935)
- Joseph Jongen (1873–1953)
- Scott Joplin (c. 1868 – 1917)
- Mihail Jora (1891–1971)
- Jens Josef (born 1967)
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- Gilles Jullien (c. 1651/1653–1703)
- Louis Antoine Jullien (1812–1860)
- Junkie XL (born 1967)
- Paul Juon (1872–1940)
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[edit]- Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904–1987)
- Miloslav Kabeláč (1908–1979)
- Jeronimas Kačinskas (1907–2005)
- Camara Kambon (born 1973)
- Bert Kaempfert (1924–1980)
- Mauricio Kagel (1931–2008)
- Yuki Kajiura (born 1965)
- Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901)
- Johannes Kalitzke (born 1959)
- Jan Kalivoda (Kalliwoda) (1801–1866)
- Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1785–1849)
- Emmerich Kálmán (1882–1953)
- Manolis Kalomiris (1883–1962)
- Antonín Kammel (1730–1788)
- Shigeru Kan-no (born 1959)
- Giya Kancheli (1935–2019)
- John Kander (born 1927)
- Yoko Kanno (born 1964)
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- Božidar Kantušer (1921–1999)
- Artur Kapp (1878–1952)
- Eugen Kapp (1908–1996)
- Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)
- Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger (c. 1580 – 1651)
- Nikolai Kapustin (1937–2020)
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- Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909)
- Kjell Karlsen (1931–2020)
- Kjell Mørk Karlsen (Born 1947)
- Jurgis Karnavičius (1884–1941)
- Laura Karpman (born 1959)
- Leonard Kastle (1929–2011)
- Jean-Georges Kastner (1810–1867)
- Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
- Rudolf Kattnigg (1895–1955)
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- Georg Katzer (1935–2019)
- Hugo Kauder (1888–1972)
- Georg Friedrich Kauffmann (1679–1735)
- Hiba Kawas (born 1972)
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- Johann Christoph Kellner (1736–1803)
- Johann Peter Kellner (1705–1772)
- Michael Kelly (1762–1826)
- T. C. Kelly (1917–1985)
- Hugh Kellyk (fl. c. 1480)
- Joannes Florentius a Kempis (1635 – after 1711)
- Nicolaus à Kempis (c. 1600 – 1676)
- Martin Kennedy (born 1978)
- Vincent Kennedy (born 1962)
- Abraham van den Kerckhoven (c. 1618 – c. 1701)
- Jacobus de Kerle (1531/1532–1591)
- Johann Caspar Kerll (1627–1693)
- Jerome Kern (1885–1945)
- Aaron Jay Kernis (born 1960)
- Albert Ketèlbey (1875–1959)
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- Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978)
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- Uuno Klami (1900–1961)
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- Julian Klemczyński (1807/1810–1851)
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- Friedrich Klose (1862–1942)
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- Ellis B. Kohs (1916–2000)
- Joonas Kokkonen (1921–1996)
- Walter Kollo (1878–1940)
- Pierre Kolp (born 1969)
- Karel Komzák I (1823–1893)
- Karel Komzák II (1850–1905)
- Koji Kondo (born 1961)
- Johann Balthasar König (1691–1758)
- Servaes de Koninck (c. 1654 – c. 1701)
- Marek Kopelent (1932–2023)
- Anders Koppel (born 1947)
- Herman David Koppel (1908–1998)
- Karel Blažej Kopřiva (1756–1785)
- Václav Jan Kopřiva (Urtica) (1708–1789)
- Nikolai Korndorf (1947–2001)
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957)
- Viktor Kosenko (1896–1938)
- Hans Kotter (c. 1485 – 1541)
- Jason Kouchak (born 1967)
- Serge Koussevitzky (1874–1951)
- Leopold Kozeluch (1747–1818)
- Marjan Kozina (1907–1965)
- Pylyp Kozytskiy (1893–1960)
- Antonín Kraft (c. 1749 – 1820)
- William Kraft (1923–2022)
- Mathilde Kralik (1857–1944)
- Hans Krása (1899–1944)
- Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792)
- Veronika Krausas (born 1962)
- Jaroslav Krček (born 1939)
- Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780)
- Johann Tobias Krebs (1690–1762)
- Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
- Ernst Krenek (1900–1991)
- Franz Krenn (1818–1897)
- Conradin Kreutzer (1780–1849)
- Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766–1831)
- Adam Krieger (1634–1666)
- Johann Philipp Krieger (1649–1725)
- Johann Krieger (1651–1735)
- Rohan Kriwaczek (born 1968)
- Franz Krommer (1759–1831)
- Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz (1742–1790)
- Gail Kubik (1914–1984)
- Jan Křtitel Kuchař (1751–1829)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810–1882)
- Joseph Küffner (1776–1856)
- Hans Kugelmann (died 1542)
- Friedrich Kuhlau (1786–1832)
- Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722)
- Gerd Kühr (born 1952)
- August Kühnel (1645 – c. 1700)
- Jarosław Kukulski (1944–2010)
- Theodor Kullak (1818–1882)
- Eduard Künneke (1885–1953)
- Andreas Kunstein (born 1967)
- Friedrich Ludwig Aemilius Kunzen (1761–1817)
- Robert Kurka (1921–1957)
- Karol Kurpiński (1785–1857)
- György Kurtág (born 1926)
- Siegfried Kurz (1930–2023)
- Johann Sigismund Kusser (1660–1727)
- Toivo Kuula (1883–1918)
- Elisabeth Kuyper (1877–1953)
- Larysa Kuzmenko (born 1956)
- Otomar Kvěch (1950–2018)
- Kashan Admani (born 1979)
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[edit]- Michel de La Barre (c. 1675 – 1745)
- Louis de La Coste (c. 1675 – c. 1750)
- Adrien de La Fage (1801–1862)
- Nicolas de La Grotte (1530 – c. 1600)
- Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1659–1729)
- George de La Hèle (1547–1586)
- Alfred La Liberté (1882–1952)
- John La Montaine (1920–2013)
- Frank La Rocca (born 1951)
- Pierre de La Rue (c. 1452 – 1518)
- Théodore Labarre (1805–1870)
- Marcel Labey (1875–1968)
- Helmut Lachenmann (born 1935)
- Carl Lachmund (1853–1928)
- Franz Paul Lachner (1803–1890)
- Ignaz Lachner (1807–1895)
- Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith (1746–1820)
- Louis Lacombe (1818–1884)
- Paul Lacome (1838–1920)
- Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède (1756–1825)
- Ezra Laderman (1924–2015)
- Paul Ladmirault (1877–1944)
- Lori Laitman (born 1955)
- László Lajtha (1892–1963)
- Édouard Lalo (1823–1892)
- José Ángel Lamas (1775–1814)
- Joseph Lamb (1887–1960)
- Walter Lambe (c. 1450 – after 1504)
- Charles Lucien Lambert (1828–1896)
- Constant Lambert (1905–1951)
- Michel Lambert (1610–1696)
- Joan Lamote de Grignon (1872–1949)
- Ricard Lamote de Grignon (1899–1962)
- Georges Lamothe (1842–1894)
- John Frederick Lampe (1703–1751)
- John Lanchbery (1923–2003)
- Siegfried Landau (1921–2007)
- Stefano Landi (1586/1587–1639)
- Francesco Landini (c. 1325/1335–1397)
- Marcel Landowski (1915–1999)
- Guillaume Landré (1905–1968)
- Lutz Landwehr von Pragenau (born 1963)
- Benjamin Johnson Lang (1837–1909)
- Bernhard Lang (born 1957)
- David Lang (born 1957)
- Hans Lang (1897–1968)
- Hans Lang (1908–1992)
- István Láng (1933–2023)
- Klaus Lang (born 1971)
- Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867–1972)
- Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850–1926)
- Rued Langgaard (1893–1952)
- Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
- Honoré Langlé (1741–1807)
- Nicholas Lanier (1588–1666)
- Joseph Lanner (1801–1843)
- Colinet de Lannoy (fl. from 1476; died c. 1497)
- Daniel Lanois (born 1951)
- Paul Lansky (born 1944)
- Arnold de Lantins (fl. 1423–1432)
- Hugo de Lantins (fl. c. 1420–1430)
- André Laporte (born 1931)
- Isidore de Lara (1858–1935)
- Thomas Larcher (born 1963)
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- Manuel Mendes (c. 1547 – 1605)
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- Richard Mico (1590–1661)
- Wilhelm Middelschulte (1863–1943)
- Marcin Mielczewski (c. 1600 – 1651)
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- Marcel Mihalovici (1898–1985)
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- Mikołaj z Krakowa (Nicolaus Cracoviensis) (first half of 16th century)
- Luis de Milán (c. 1500 – after 1560)
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- Gordon Mumma (born 1935)
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- Josef Mysliveček (1737–1781)
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[edit]- François Joseph Naderman (1781–1835)
- Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997)
- Giovanni Bernardino Nanino (c. 1560 – 1623)
- Eduard Nápravník (1839–1916)
- Pietro Nardini (1722–1793)
- Peter Nardone (born 1965)
- James Nares (1715–1783)
- Pascual Marquina Narro (1873–1948)
- Luis de Narváez (fl. 1526–1549)
- Ugo Nastrucci (born 1953)
- Isaac Nathan (c. 1792 – 1864)
- Jacques-Christophe Naudot (c. 1690 – 1762)
- Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741–1801)
- Juan Francisco de Navas (c. 1650 – 1719)
- Lior Navok (born 1971)
- Ernesto Nazareth (1863–1934)
- Charles Neate (1784–1877)
- Ivan Nebesnyy (born 1971)
- José de Nebra (1702–1768)
- Oskar Nedbal (1874–1930)
- Alicia Adelaide Needham (1863–1945)
- Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748–1798)
- Cesare Negri (c. 1535 – c. 1605)
- Marcantonio Negri (died 1624)
- Havelock Nelson (1917–1996)
- Sidney Nelson (1800–1862)
- Andreas Nemetz (1799–1846)
- Sarah Nemtsov (born 1980)
- Alberto Nepomuceno (1864–1920)
- Franz Xaver Neruda (1843–1915)
- Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (c. 1707 – c. 1780)
- Viktor Nessler (1841–1890)
- Sigismund Neukomm (1778–1858)
- Wilhelm Neuland (1806–1889)
- Georg Neumark (1621–1681)
- Gösta Neuwirth (born 1937)
- Olga Neuwirth (born 1968)
- William Newark (c. 1450 – 1509)
- Alfred Newman (1900–1970)
- Chris Newman (born 1958)
- David Newman (born 1954)
- Randy Newman (born 1943)
- Thomas Newman (born 1955)
- Phill Niblock (born 1933)
- Ailís Ní Ríain (born 1974)
- Christoph Nichelmann (1717–1762)
- Sydney Nicholson (1875–1947)
- Edmund Nick (1891–1973)
- Otto Nicolai (1810–1849)
- Louis Niedermeyer (1802–1861)
- Carl Nielsen (1865–1931)
- Ludolf Nielsen (1876–1939)
- Tage Nielsen (1929–2003)
- Joy Nilo (born 1970)
- Anders Nilsson (born 1954)
- Alessandro Nini (1805–1880)
- Ninot le Petit (fl. c. 1500–1520)
- Tomohito Nishiura (born 1973)
- Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (1632–1714)
- Thomas Tertius Noble (1867–1953)
- Yuji Nomi (born 1958)
- Luigi Nono (1924–1990)
- Anthoni van Noordt (c. 1619 – 1675)
- Erik Norby (1936–2007)
- Arne Nordheim (1931–2010)
- Rikard Nordraak (1842–1866)
- Per Nørgård (born 1932)
- Ib Nørholm (1931–2019)
- Andrew Norman (born 1979)
- Ludvig Norman (1831–1885)
- Thomas Norris (1741–1790)
- Serge Noskov (born 1956)
- Notker the Stammerer(c. 840–912)[12]
- Vítězslav Novák (1870–1949)
- Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
- Vincent Novello (1781–1861)
- Franz Nikolaus Novotny (1743–1773)
- Johannes Nucius (c. 1556 – 1620)
- Francisco Núñez (born 1965)
- Patrick Nunn (born 1969)
- Johann Abraham Nüske (1796–1865)
- Ervin Nyiregyházi (1903–1987)
- Michael Nyman (born 1944)
- Knut Nystedt (1915–2014)
- Gösta Nystroem (1890–1966)
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[edit]- Charles Oberthür (1819–1895)
- Jacob Obrecht (c. 1457/1458–1505)
- Vincent O'Brien (1878–1948)
- Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1410/1425–1497)
- Martin O'Donnell (born 1955)
- Robert O'Dwyer (1862–1949)
- Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)
- Will Ogdon (1921–2013)
- Tale Ognenovski (1922–2012)
- Maurice Ohana (1913–1992)
- Kane O'Hara (c. 1711 – 1782)
- Hisato Ohzawa (1907–1953)
- George O'Kelly (1831–1914)
- Joseph O'Kelly (1828–1885)
- Mike Oldfield (born 1953)
- Arthur Oldham (1926–2003)
- Arthur O'Leary (1834–1919)
- Jane O'Leary (born 1946)
- Carolina Oliphant (1766–1845)
- Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016)
- María Teresa Oller (1920–2018)
- Max d'Ollone (1875–1959)
- Otto Olsson (1879–1964)
- George Onslow (1784–1853)
- Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863–1943)
- Chris Opperman (born 1978)
- Mathilda d'Orozco (1796–1863)
- Julián Orbón (1925–1991)
- Karl von Ordoñez (1734–1786)
- Cecilie Ore (born 1954)
- Tarik O'Regan (born 1978)
- Ignatius de Orellana (1860–1931)
- Carl Orff (1895–1982)
- Seán Ó Riada (1931–1971)
- Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676–1760)
- Leo Ornstein (1893–2002)
- Aniceto Ortega (1825–1875)
- Léon Orthel (1905–1985)
- Marbrianus de Orto (c. 1460 – 1529)
- Riz Ortolani (1931–2014)
- George Alexander Osborne (1806–1893)
- Alex Otterlei (born 1968)
- Georg Österreich (1664–1735)
- Willy Ostijn (1913–1993)
- Henrique Oswald (1852–1931)
- James Oswald (1711–1769)
- Hans Otte (1926–2007)
- Willem van Otterloo (1907–1978)
- Otto (fl. 18th century)
- Cristóbal Oudrid (1825–1877)
- Frederick Ouseley (1825–1889)
- Morfydd Owen (1891–1918)
- Etienne Ozi (1754–1813)
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[edit]- Luis de Pablo (1930–2021)
- Charles Theodore Pachelbel (1690–1750)
- Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706)
- Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel (c. 1685 – 1764)
- Giovanni Pacini (1796–1867)
- Fredrik Pacius (1809–1891)
- Cornelis Thymenszoon Padbrué (c. 1592 – 1670)
- Martijn Padding (born 1956)
- Else Marie Pade (1924–2016)
- Steen Pade (born 1956)
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941)
- Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c. 1590 – 1664)
- Ferdinando Paer (1771–1839)
- Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)
- John Knowles Paine (1839–1906)
- James Paisible (Jacques Paisible) (c. 1656 – 1721)
- Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816)
- Eudenice V. Palaruan (born 1968)
- Antonio Palella (1692–1761)
- Charlemagne Palestine (born c. 1947)
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525 - 1594)
- Zakaria Paliashvili (1871–1933)
- Benedetto Pallavicino (c. 1551 – 1601)
- Carlo Pallavicino (c. 1630 – 1688)
- Jan Gerard Palm (1831–1906)
- Rudolph Palm (1880–1950)
- John Palm (1885–1925)
- Jacobo Palm (1887–1982)
- Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer (1882–1957)
- Selim Palmgren (1878–1951)
- Matteo Palotta (c. 1688 – 1758)
- Leonhard Päminger (1495–1567)
- Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (1624–1687)
- Roxanna Panufnik (born 1968)
- Jorma Panula (born 1930)
- Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Vangelis) (1943–2022)
- Gérard Pape (born 1955)
- Salvatore Pappalardo (1817–1884)
- Désiré Pâque (1867–1939)
- Domenico Paradies (Paradisi) (1707–1791)
- Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824)
- Paul Paray (1886–1979)
- Claudio Pari (1574 – after 1619)
- Maria Hester Park (1775–1822)
- Horatio William Parker (1863–1919)
- Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848–1918)
- Michael Parsons (born 1938)
- Robert Parsons (c. 1535 – 1572)
- Arvo Pärt (born 1935)
- Harry Partch (1901–1974)
- Thomas Pasatieri (born 1945)
- Vasily Pashkevich (1742–1797)
- Marc'Antonio Pasqualini (1614–1691)
- Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710)
- Pierre Passereau (fl. 1509–1547)
- Georg von Pasterwitz (1730–1803)
- Robert Paterson (born 1970)
- Carlos Patiño (1600–1675)
- Annie Patterson (1868–1934)
- Paul Patterson (born 1947)
- Paul I Esterházy of Galántha (1635–1713)
- Jiří Pauer (1919–2007)
- Stephen Paulus (1949–2014)
- Conrad Paumann (c. 1410 – 1473)
- Alla Pavlova (born 1952)
- Anthony Payne (1936–2021)
- Juan Carlos Paz (1901–1972)
- Robert Lucas de Pearsall (1795–1856)
- Johnny Pearson (1925–2011)
- Mogens Pedersøn (c. 1583 – 1623)
- Carlo Pedini (born 1956)
- Carlos Pedrell (1878–1941)
- Felip Pedrell (1841–1922)
- Teodorico Pedrini (1671–1746)
- Carlo Pedrotti (1817–1893)
- Martin Peerson (1571/1573–1651)
- Flor Peeters (1903–1986)
- Dora Pejačević (1885–1923)
- Bartłomiej Pękiel (died c. 1670)
- Georgs Pelēcis (born 1947)
- Josef Pembaur (1848–1923)
- Jorge Peña Hen (1928–1973)
- Francisco de Peñalosa (c. 1470 – 1528)
- James Penberthy (1917–1999)
- Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020)
- Tomaž Pengov (1949–2014)
- Kevin Penkin (born 1992)
- David Pentecost (born 1940)
- Ernst Pepping (1901–1981)
- Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667–1752)
- Davide Perez (1711–1778)
- Juan Pérez de Gijón (fl. c. 1460–1500)
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
- Jacopo Peri (1561–1633)
- Scott Perkins (born 1980)
- George Perle (1915–2009)
- François-Louis Perne (1772–1832)
- Lorenzo Perosi (1872–1956)
- Pérotin (fl. 1190–1220)
- George Perry (1793–1862)
- William P. Perry (born 1930)
- Giuseppe Persiani (1799–1869)
- Vincent Persichetti (1915–1987)
- Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661–1756)
- Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c. 1704 – c. 1766)
- Michele Pesenti (c. 1470 – after 1524)
- Oto Pestner (born 1956)
- Emile Pessard (1843–1917)
- Johann Friedrich Peter (1746–1813)
- Norbert Walter Peters (born 1954)
- David Petersen (c. 1651 – 1737)
- Wilhelm Petersen (1890–1957)
- Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867–1942)
- Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003)
- Errico Petrella (1813–1877)
- Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)
- Allan Pettersson (1911–1980)
- Christian Petzold (1677–1733)
- Paul Peuerl (1570–1625)
- Andreas Pevernage (1542/1543–1591)
- Johann Christoph Pez (1664–1716)
- Johann Christoph Pezel (1639–1694)
- Georges Pfeiffer (1835–1908)
- Augustin Pfleger (1635–1686)
- Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949)
- Ferdinand Pfohl (1862–1949)
- P. Q. Phan (born 1962)
- Barrington Pheloung (1954–2019)
- Anne Danican Philidor (1681–1728)
- François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795)
- Philippe le Chancelier (c. 1160/1170–1236)
- Michel Philippot (1925–1996)
- Art Phillips (born 1955)
- Peter Philips (c. 1560 – 1628)
- Dominique Phinot (c. 1510 – c. 1556)
- Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822–1901)
- Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
- Giovanni Picchi (1571/1572–1643)
- Alessandro Piccinini (1566–1638)
- Niccolò Piccinni (1728–1800)
- Václav Pichl (1741–1804)
- John Pickard (born 1963)
- Tobias Picker (born 1954)
- Johann Gottfried Piefke (1815–1884)
- Gabriel Pierné (1863–1937)
- Maestro Piero (before 1300–c. 1350)
- Willem Pijper (1894–1947)
- Auguste Pilati (1810–1877)
- Mario Pilati (1903–1938)
- Francis Pilkington (c. 1565 – 1638)
- Daniel Pinkham (1923–2006)
- Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720–1795)
- George Pinto (1785–1806)
- Matthias Pintscher (born 1971)
- Nicola Piovani (born 1946)
- Matthaeus Pipelare (c. 1450 – c. 1515)
- Bernardo Pisano (1490–1548)
- Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755)
- Francesco Antonio Pistocchi (1659–1726)
- Walter Piston (1894–1976)
- Thomas Pitfield (1903–1999)
- Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657–1743)
- Johann Peter Pixis (1788–1874)
- Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968)
- Joan Baptista Pla (c. 1720 – 1773)
- Robert Planquette (1848–1903)
- Peter Planyavsky (born 1947)
- Pietro Platania (1828–1907)
- Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697–1763)
- Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831)
- John Plummer (c. 1410 – c. 1484)
- Ludvík Podéšť (Binovský) (1921–1968)
- Alessandro Poglietti (early 17th century–1683)
- David Pohle (1624–1695)
- František Xaver Pokorný (1729–1794)
- Madame Poldowski (Régine Wieniawski, Irène Wieniawska) (1879–1932)
- Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (c. 1653 – 1723)
- Giovanni Battista Polledro (1781–1853)
- Ignazio Pollice (fl. 1684–1705)
- Francesco Pollini (1762–1846)
- Doc Pomus (1925–1991)
- Manuel Ponce (1882–1948)
- Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886)
- Marcel Poot (1901–1988)
- Enno Poppe (born 1969)
- David Popper (1843–1913)
- Nicola Porpora (1686–1768)
- Costanzo Porta (c. 1529 – 1601)
- Giovanni Porta (c. 1675 – 1755)
- Cole Porter (1891–1964)
- Quincy Porter (1897–1966)
- Rachel Portman (born 1960)
- Marcos Portugal (1762–1830)
- Isaac Posch (1591?–c. 1623)
- Edouard Potjes (1860–1931)
- A. J. Potter (1918–1980)
- Cipriani Potter (1792–1871)
- Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
- Henri Pousseur (1929–2009)
- Jonathan Powell (born 1969)
- Mel Powell (1923–1998)
- Leonel Power (c. 1370/1385?–1445)
- Gerhard Präsent (born 1957)
- Ferdinand Praeger (1815–1891)
- Hieronymus Praetorius (1560–1629)
- Jacob Praetorius (1586–1651)
- Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
- Luca Antonio Predieri (1688–1767)
- Zbigniew Preisner (born 1955)
- Thomas Preston (died after 1559)
- André Previn (1929–2019)
- Florence Beatrice Price (1887–1953)
- Maui Dalvanius Prime (1948–2002)
- Alfred Prinz (1930–2014)
- Johannes Prioris (c. 1460?–c. 1514)
- Deborah Pritchard (born 1977)
- Gene Pritsker (born 1971)
- Giovanni Priuli (c. 1575 – 1626)
- Simon Proctor (born 1959)
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
- Frank Proto (born 1941)
- Francesco Provenzale (1624–1704)
- John Psathas (born 1966)
- Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
- Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798)
- Cesare Pugni (1802–1870)
- Raoul Pugno (1852–1914)
- Puẖiya (Puẖiyana) (c. 1400 BC)
- Joan Pau Pujol (1570–1626)
- Johannes Pullois (fl. from 1443; died 1478)
- Giovanni Punto (Jan Václav Stich) (1746–1803)
- Daniel Purcell (1664–1717)
- Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
- Kevin Puts (born 1972)
- Veli-Matti Puumala (born 1965)
- Pycard (Picart) (fl. c. 1410)
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[edit]- Qu Xiaosong (born 1952)
- Qu Xixian (1919–2008)
- Johannes de Quadris (c. 1410 – after 1456)
- Paolo Quagliati (c. 1555 – 1628)
- Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773)
- Joseph Quesnel (1746–1809)
- Alfred Quidant (1815–1893)
- Roger Quilter (1877–1953)
- Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (1695–1791)
- Lucia Quinciani (born c. 1566; fl. 1611)
- Marcel Quinet (1915–1986)
- Daniel Patrick Quinn (born 1981)
- Manuel Quiroga (1892–1961)
- Manuel José de Quirós (c. 1690?–1765)
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[edit]- Dick Raaijmakers (1930–2013)
- Damodar Raao (born 1977)
- François Rabbath (born 1931)
- Henri Rabaud (1873–1949)
- Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky (born 1945)
- Folke Rabe (1935–2017)
- Peer Raben (1940–2007)
- Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
- Charles Racquet (1597–1664)
- Mikołaj Radomski (Nicolaus de Radom) (fl. c. 1400)
- Jean-Théodore Radoux (1835–1911)
- Horațiu Rădulescu (1942–2008)
- Joachim Raff (1822–1882)
- Assi Rahbani (1923–1986)
- Mansour Rahbani (1925–2009)
- Alexander Rahbari (born 1948)
- A. R. Rahman (born 1966)
- Pietro Raimondi (1786–1853)
- Ralph Rainger (1901–1942)
- Tomi Räisänen (born 1976)
- André Raison (1640s–1719)
- Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 1979)
- Thomas Rajna (1928–2021)
- Ľudovít Rajter (Rayter) (1906–2000)
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
- Ariel Ramírez (1921–2010)
- Mattio Rampollini (1497 – c. 1553)
- Robert Ramsey (1590s–1644)
- Shulamit Ran (born 1949)
- Bernard Rands (born 1934)
- Ture Rangström (1884–1947)
- György Ránki (1907–1992)
- Günter Raphael (1903–1960)
- Andreas Raselius (c. 1563 – 1602)
- Francesco Rasi (1574–1621)
- Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 1947)
- Valentin Rathgeber (1682–1750)
- Hermann Raupach (1728–1778)
- Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928–2016)
- Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
- Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1582 – c. 1635)
- Alan Rawsthorne (1905–1971)
- Emma Marcy Raymond (1856–1913)
- Fred Raymond (1900–1954)
- Ray Reach (born 1948)
- François Rebel (1701–1775)
- Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747)
- João Lourenço Rebelo (1610–1661)
- John Redford (fl. from 1534; died 1547)
- Hans Redlich (1903–1968)
- Reginald Redman (1892–1972)
- Bernd Redmann (born 1965)
- Thomas German Reed (1817–1888)
- William Reed (1859–1945)
- Emil Reesen (1887–1964)
- Max Reger (1873–1916)
- Johannes Regis (Jehan Leroy) (c. 1425 – c. 1496)
- Jacob Regnart (c. 1540 – 1599)
- Giulio Regondi (1822–1872)
- Karin Rehnqvist (born 1957)
- Steve Reich (born 1936)
- Anton Reicha (1770–1836)
- Josef Reicha (1752–1795)
- Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814)
- Antonín Reichenauer (c. 1694 – 1730)
- Aribert Reimann (1936–2024)
- Jan Adam Reincken (1643?–1722)
- Alexander Reinagle (1756–1809)
- Carl Reinecke (1824–1910)
- Heinrich Reinhardt (1865–1922)
- Carl Martin Reinthaler (1822–1896)
- Niki Reiser (born 1958)
- Carl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798–1859)
- Sergio Rendine (1954–2023)
- Leon René (1902–1982)
- Dino Residbegovic (born 1975)
- Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
- Julius Reubke (1834–1858)
- Peter Reulein (born 1966)
- Ludwig Wilhelm Reuling (1802–1877)
- Esaias Reusner (1636–1679)
- Georg Reutter (1656–1738)
- Georg Reutter (the younger) (1708–1772)
- Hermann Reutter (1900–1985)
- Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940)
- Cemal Reşit Rey (1904–1985)
- Jean-Baptiste Rey (1734–1810)
- Ernest Reyer (1823–1909)
- Alfred Reynolds (1884–1969)
- Roger Reynolds (born 1934)
- Emil von Reznicek (1860–1945)
- Georg Rhau (Rhaw) (1488–1548)
- Josef Rheinberger (1839–1901)
- Emilios Riadis (1885–1935)
- Federico Ricci (1809–1877)
- Luigi Ricci (1805–1859)
- Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (born c. 1573, fl. 1597)
- Giovanni Battista Riccio (fl. 1609–1621)
- Jean Richafort (c. 1480 – after 1547)
- Ferdinand Tobias Richter (1651–1711)
- Franz Xaver Richter (1709–1789)
- Max Richter (born 1966)
- Frank Ricotti (born 1949)
- Alan Ridout (1934–1996)
- Gottfried Rieger (1764–1855)
- Wallingford Riegger (1885–1961)
- Rolf Riehm (born 1937)
- Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838)
- Vittorio Rieti (1898–1994)
- Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
- Giovanni Antonio Rigatti (c. 1613 – 1648)
- Henri-Joseph Rigel (1741–1799)
- Vincenzo Righini (1756–1812)
- Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
- Knudåge Riisager (1897–1974)
- Richard Rijnvos (born 1964)
- Terry Riley (born 1935)
- Vincenzo da Rimini (14th century)
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
- Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770–1846)
- Diana Ringo (born 1992)
- Philipp Jakob Riotte (1776–1856)
- Alberto da Ripa (Albert de Rippe) (c. 1500 – 1551)
- André Ristic (born 1972)
- Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692–1753)
- August Gottfried Ritter (1811–1885)
- Johnny Rivers (born 1942)
- Jean Rivier (1896–1987)
- Angela Ro Ro (born 1949)
- Curtis Roads (born 1951)
- François Roberday (1624–1680)
- Pierre Robert (c. 1618 – 1699)
- Harry Robertson (1932–1996)
- Joseph Robinson (1815–1898)
- Thomas Robinson (c. 1560 – after 1609)
- George Rochberg (1918–2005)
- August Röckel (1814–1876)
- Arturo Rodas (born 1954)
- Pierre Rode (1774–1830)
- Nile Rodgers (born 1952)
- Richard Rodgers (1902–1979)
- Rocco Rodio (c. 1535 – after 1615)
- Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999)
- Robert Xavier Rodriguez (born 1946)
- José Rogel (1829–1901)
- Jean Roger-Ducasse (1873–1954)
- Francesco Rognoni Taeggio (second half of the 16th century – after 1626)
- Riccardo Rognoni (Richardo Rogniono) (c. 1550 – before 20 April 1620)
- Philippe Rogier (c. 1561 – 1596)
- Jean Rogister (1879–1964)
- Eduard Rohde (1828–1883)
- Alexis Roland-Manuel (1891–1966)
- Amadeo Roldán (1900–1939)
- James Rolfe (born 1961)
- Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841)
- Antonio Rolla (1798–1837)
- Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758)
- Antonius Romanus (fl. c. 1414–1432)
- Andreas Romberg (1767–1821)
- Bernhard Romberg (1767–1841)
- Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951)
- Matheo Romero (c. 1575 – 1647)
- Johann Theodor Römhild (Roemhildt) (1684–1756)
- Julius Röntgen (1855–1932)
- William Michael Rooke (1794–1847)
- Joseph Willard Roosevelt (1918–2008)
- Guy Ropartz (1864–1955)
- Cipriano de Rore (c. 1516 – 1565)
- Ned Rorem (1923–2022)
- Juventino Rosas (1868–1894)
- David Rose (1910–1990)
- Thomas Roseingrave (1688–1766)
- Hilding Rosenberg (1892–1985)
- Jakob Rosenhain (1813–1894)
- Johann Rosenmüller (1619–1684)
- Manuel Rosenthal (1904–2003)
- Antonio Rosetti (Anton Rösler) (c. 1750 – 1792)
- Nikolai Roslavets (1881–1944)
- Arnold Rosner (1945–2013)
- Jerry Ross (1926–1955)
- Philip Rosseter (1567/1568–1623)
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- Giovanni Battista Treviso (fl. 1650s)
- Jean Balthasar Tricklir (1750–1813)
- Joan Trimble (1915–2000)
- Giacomo Tritto (1733–1824)
- Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c. 1470 – after 1534)
- Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811–1886)
- Frankie Trumbauer (1901–1956)
- Harold Truscott (1914–1992)
- Julia Tsenova (1948–2010)
- Eduard Tubin (1905–1982)
- Tui St. George Tucker (1924–2004)
- Henry VIII (1491–1547)
- Erik Tulindberg (1761–1814)
- František Tůma (1704–1774)
- Franz Tunder (1614–1667)
- Joaquín Turina (1882–1949)
- Francesco Turini (1589–1656)
- Daniel Gottlob Türk (1756–1813)
- Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960)
- William Turner (1651–1740)
- Roman Turovsky-Savchuk (born 1961)
- Tuotilo (c. 850–915)[16]
- Marco Tutino (born 1954)
- Kalervo Tuukkanen (1909–1979)
- Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 1959)
- Geirr Tveitt (1908–1981)
- Merlijn Twaalfhoven (born 1976)
- Tyagaraja (1767–1847)
- Christopher Tye (c. 1505 – c. 1572)
- Georges Tzipine (1907–1987)
U
[edit]- Friedrich Christian Hermann Uber (1781–1822)
- Marco Uccellini (1603/1610–1680)
- Martin Andreas Udbye (1820–1889)
- Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959)
- Vincenzo Ugolini (c. 1580 – 1638)
- Alfred Uhl (1909–1992)
- Viktor Ullmann (1898–1944)
- Chinary Ung (born 1942)
- Benjamin Carl Unseld (1843–1923)
- Erich Urbanner (born 1936)
- Urẖiya (c. 1400 BC)
- Guillermo Uribe Holguín (1880–1971)
- Juan de Urrede (c. 1430 – after 1482)
- Anton Urspruch (1850–1907)
- Francesco Usper (Spongia, Sponga) (1561–1641)
- Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911–1990)
- Galina Ustvolskaya (1919–2006)
- Alexander Utendal (1543/1545–1581)
- Francesco Uttini (1723–1795)
- Yolande Uyttenhove (1925–2000)
V
[edit]- Nicola Vaccai (1790–1848)
- Pierre Vachon (1731–1803)
- Jacobus Vaet (c. 1529 – 1567)
- Fartein Valen (1887–1952)
- Antonio Valente (fl. 1565–1580)
- Vincenzo Valente (1855–1921)
- Giovanni Valentini (c. 1582 – 1649)
- Giuseppe Valentini (1681–1753)
- Jehan Vaillant (fl. 1360–1390)[17]
- Jean Vallerand (1915–1944)
- Nicolas Vallet (c. 1583 – c. 1642)
- Francesco Antonio Vallotti (1697–1780)
- Francisco Valls (1665–1747)
- David Van Tieghem (born 1955)
- David Van Vactor (1906–1994)
- Jules Van Nuffel (1883–1953)
- Komitas Vardapet (1869–1935)
- Víctor Varela (born 1955)
- Edgard Varèse (1883–1965)
- Urbán de Vargas (1606–1656)
- Alexander Egorovich Varlamov (1801–1848)
- Alexander Vladimirovich Varlamov (1904–1990)
- Louis Varney (1844–1908)
- Pēteris Vasks (born 1946)
- David Vaughan Thomas (1873–1934)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
- Orazio Vecchi (1550–1605)
- Artemy Vedel (c. 1767 – 1808)
- Claudio Veggio (born c. 1510)
- Václav Jindřich Veit (1806–1864)
- Pavel Josef Vejvanovský (c. 1633/1639–1693)
- Jacob ter Veldhuis (born 1951)
- Caetano Veloso (born 1942)
- Ian Venables (born 1955)
- Gaetano Veneziano (1665–1716)
- Alexander Veprik (1899–1958)
- Antonio Veracini (1659–1745)
- Carl Verbraeken (born 1950)
- Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768)
- Theo Verbey (1959–2019)
- Philippe Verdelot (c. 1480/1485–c. 1530)
- Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
- Cornelis Verdonck (1563–1625)
- Sándor Veress (1907–1992)
- Johannes Verhulst (1816–1891)
- Gaspar de Verlit (1622–1682)
- Pierre Vermont (c. 1495 – c. 1533)
- Matthijs Vermeulen (1888–1967)
- Alexey Verstovsky (1799–1862)
- Michael Vetter (1943–2013)
- Nicolaus Vetter (1666–1734)
- Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560 – 1627)
- Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
- Tomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548 – 1611)
- Gerard Victory (1921–1995)
- Jacobus Vide (fl. 1405?–1433)
- Johann Vierdanck (c. 1605 – 1646)
- Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
- Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps (1820–1881)
- Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)
- Ángel Villoldo (1861–1919)
- Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824)
- Giulio Viozzi (1912–1984)
- Ezequiel Viñao (born 1960)
- Leonardo Vinci (c. 1690 – 1730)
- Carl Vine (born 1954)
- Sophie Viney (born 1974)
- Param Vir (born 1952)
- Frédéric Viret (undated)
- Robert de Visée (c. 1650 – 1732/1733)
- Ivan Vïshnegradsky (1893–1979)
- Giovanni Battista Vitali (1632–1692)
- Tomaso Antonio Vitali (1663–1745)
- Jan August Vitásek (1770–1839)
- Philippe de Vitry (1291–1361)[18]
- Franco Vittadini (1884–1948)
- Jāzeps Vītols (1863–1948)
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
- Amadeo Vives (1871–1932)
- Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani (1638 – c. 1693)
- Claude Vivier (1948–1983)
- Lucrezia Orsina Vizzana (1590–1662)
- Roman Vlad (1919–2013)
- Pancho Vladigerov (1899–1978)
- Wladimir Vogel (1896–1984)
- Georg Joseph Vogler (1749–1814)
- Johann Caspar Vogler (1696–1763)
- Max Vogrich (1852–1916)
- Hans Vogt (1911–1992)
- Robert Voisey (born 1969)
- Kevin Volans (born 1949)
- Franz Volkert (1767–1845)
- Robert Volkmann (1815–1883)
- Andrei Volkonsky (1933–2008)
- Alexander Voormolen (1895–1980)
- Andy Vores (born 1956)
- Jan Václav Voříšek (1791–1825)
- Antonín Vranický (Anton Wranitzky) (1761–1820)
- Jan Vriend (born 1938)
- Klaas de Vries (born 1944)
- Louis Vuillemin (1879–1929)
- Alexander Vustin (1943–2020)
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[edit]- Hubert Waelrant (c. 1517 – 1595)
- Johan Wagenaar (1862–1941)
- Max Wagenknecht (1857–1922)
- Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715–1777)
- Ignatz Waghalter (1881–1949)
- Josef Franz Wagner (1856–1908)
- Melinda Wagner (born 1957)
- Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
- Wolfram Wagner (born 1962)
- Siegfried Wagner (1869–1930)
- Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903–1969)
- Adam z Wągrowca (Adam of Wągrowiec) (died 1629)
- Julian Wagstaff (born 1970)
- Émile Waldteufel (1837–1915)
- Ernest Walker (1870–1949)
- George Walker (1922–2018)
- William Walker (1808–1875)
- Michael Waller (born 1985)
- Anton Wallerstein (1813–1892)
- Stewart Wallace (born 1960)
- William Vincent Wallace (1812–1865)
- Joelle Wallach (born 1946)
- Thomas Attwood Walmisley (1814–1856)
- Craig Walsh (born 1971)
- Jennifer Walshe (born 1974)
- Bruno Walter (1876–1962)
- Ignaz Walter (1755–1822)
- Johann Walter (Blanckenmüller) (1496–1570)
- Walther von der Vogelweide (c. 1170 – c. 1230)
- Johann Gottfried Walther (1684–1748)
- Johann Jakob Walther (1650–1717)
- William Walton (1902–1983)
- Johann Baptist Wanhal (Vaňhal) (1739–1813)
- Johann Wanning (1537–1603)
- John Ward (1571–1638)
- Robert Ward (1917–2013)
- Peter Warlock (1894–1930)
- Henri Warnots (1832–1893)
- Harry Warren (1893–1981)
- Rodney Waschka II (born 1958?)
- Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692–1766)
- Graham Waterhouse (born 1962)
- Niel van der Watt (born 1962)
- Franz Waxman (1906–1967)
- George James Webb (1803–1887)
- Jimmy Webb (born 1946)
- Samuel Webbe (the elder) (1740–1816)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948)
- William Lloyd Webber (1914–1982)
- Julie von Webenau (1813–1887)
- Vilma von Webenau (1875–1953)
- Ben Weber (1916–1979)
- Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
- Anton Webern (1883–1945)
- Matthias Weckmann (c. 1616 – 1674)
- Gaspar van Weerbeke (c. 1445 – after 1516)
- Thomas Weelkes (1576–1623)
- Joseph Weigl (1766–1846)
- Kurt Weill (1900–1950)
- Jacob Weinberg (1879–1956)
- Mieczysław Weinberg (Moishe Vainberg) (1919–1996)
- Jaromír Weinberger (1896–1967)
- Leó Weiner (1885–1960)
- Felix Weingartner (1863–1942)
- Judith Weir (born 1954)
- Hugo Weisgall (1912–1997)
- Manfred Weiss (1935–2023)
- Sylvius Leopold Weiss (1687–1750)
- Michael Weiße (c. 1488 – 1534)
- Julius Weissenborn (1837–1888)
- Dan Welcher (born 1948)
- John Weldon (1676–1736)
- Egon Wellesz (1885–1974)
- Johann Baptist Wendling (1723–1797)
- Andreas Werckmeister (1645–1706)
- André Werner (born 1960)
- Gregor Joseph Werner (1693–1766)
- Richard Wernick (born 1934)
- Giaches de Wert (1535–1596)
- Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
- Charles Wesley junior (1757–1834)
- Samuel Wesley (1766–1837)
- Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876)
- Martin Wesley-Smith (1945–2019)
- Mark Wessel (1894–1973)
- Peter Westergaard (1931–2019)
- Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656–1705)
- Henry Westrop (1812–1879)
- Richard Wetz (1875–1935)
- Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774–1842)
- Paul W. Whear (1925–2021)
- Bill Whelan (born 1950)
- Scott Wheeler (born 1952)
- Eric Whitacre (born 1970)
- James Whitbourn (born 1963)
- Benjamin Franklin White (1800–1879)
- John White (born 1936)
- José Silvestre White Lafitte (1836–1918)
- Gillian Whitehead (born 1941)
- Percy Whitlock (1903–1946)
- Thomas Whythorne (1528–1595)
- Erasmus Widmann (1572–1634)
- Jörg Widmann (born 1973)
- Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
- Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880)
- Johan Wikmanson (1753–1800)
- Mack Wilberg (born 1955)
- Philip Wilby (born 1949)
- John Wilbye (1574–1638)
- Alec Wilder (1907–1980)
- Philip van Wilder (c. 1500 – 1554)
- Johann Hugo von Wilderer (1670–1724)
- Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709–1758)
- Adrian Willaert (c. 1490 – 1562)
- Healey Willan (1880–1968)
- David Willcocks (1919–2015)
- Grace Williams (1906–1977)
- John Williams (born 1932)
- Spencer Williams (1889–1965)
- Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003)
- Richard Storrs Willis (1819–1900)
- Arthur Wills (1926–2020)
- Meredith Willson (1902–1984)
- Johann Wilhelm Wilms (1772–1847)
- Charles Wilson (1931–2019)
- Ian Wilson (born 1964)
- James Wilson (1922–2005)
- John Wilson (1595–1674)
- Richard Wilson (born 1941)
- Sandy Wilson (1924–2014)
- Thomas Wilson (1927–2001)
- August Wiltberger (1850–1928)
- Heinz Winbeck (1946–2019)
- Herbert Windt (1894–1965)
- Peter Winter (1754–1825)
- Austin Wintory (born 1984)
- Dag Ivar Wirén (1905–1986)
- Michael Wise (c. 1647 – 1687)
- Peter Wishart (1921–1984)
- Christian Friedrich Witt (c. 1660 – 1717)
- Franz Xaver Witt (1834–1888)
- Friedrich Witt (1770–1836)
- Robert William Witt (1930–1967)
- Diane Wittry (born 1964)
- René Wohlhauser (born 1954)
- Erling Wold (born 1958)
- Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735–1792)
- Hugo Wolf (1860–1903)
- Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948)
- Christian Wolff (born 1934)
- Joseph Wölfl (1773–1812)
- Joseph Maria Wolfram (1789–1839)
- Oswald von Wolkenstein (c. 1376 – 1445)
- Stefan Wolpe (1902–1972)
- Hyo-Won Woo (born 1974)
- Charles Wood (1866–1926)
- Victoria Wood (1953–2016)
- Robert Woodcock (c. 1690 – 1728)
- Richard Woodward (c. 1743 – 1777)
- John Woolrich (born 1954)
- Felix Woyrsch (1860–1944)
- Pavel Wranitzky (1756–1808)
- Heinz Wunderlich (1919–2012)
- Charles Wuorinen (1938–2020)
- Alex Wurman (born 1966)
- Arnold van Wyk (1916–1983)
- Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916–1989)
- Yehudi Wyner (born 1929)
- Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893–1979)
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[edit]- Haris Xanthoudakis (born 1950)
- Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)
- Xian Xinghai (1905–1945)
- Xiao Shuxian (1905–1991)
- Spyridon Xyndas (1812–1896)
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[edit]- Kosaku Yamada (1886–1965)
- Yehuda Yannay (born 1937)
- Yanni (born 1954)
- Christopher Yavelow (born 1950)
- Yitzhak Yedid (born 1971)
- Dwight Yoakam (born 1956)
- Takashi Yoshimatsu (born 1953)
- Makoto Yoshimori (born 1969)
- Michèl Yost (1754–1786)
- Christopher Young (born 1957)
- James Young (born 1949)
- John Young (born 1962)
- La Monte Young (born 1935)
- Polly Young (Maria Barthélemon) (1749–1799)
- Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931)
- Théophile Ysaÿe (1865–1918)
- Sergei Yuferov (1865 – after 1906)
- Du Yun (born 1977)
- Isang Yun (1917–1995)
- Yoichiro Yoshikawa (born 1957)
Z
[edit]- Zacara da Teramo (c. 1350/1360–c. 1413/1416)
- Jan Zach (1699–1773)
- Nicolaus Zacharie (fl. from 1420; died 1466)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663–1712)
- Judith Lang Zaimont (born 1945)
- Ivan Zajc (1832–1914)
- Giovanni Zamboni (fl. early 18th century)
- Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944)
- Andrea Zani (1696–1757)
- Frank Zappa (1940–1993)
- Nikolai Zaremba (1821–1879)
- Gioseffo Zarlino (1517–1590)
- Aleksander Zarzycki (1834–1895)
- Záviš of Zápy (c. 1350 – c. 1411)
- Isidora Žebeljan (born 1967)
- Kristoffer Zegers (born 1973)
- Friedrich Zehm (1923–2007)
- Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745)
- Władysław Żeleński (1837–1921)
- Carl Zeller (1842–1898)
- Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758–1832)
- Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942)
- Hans Zender (1936–2019)
- Juan García de Zéspedes (c. 1619 – 1678)
- Zhu Jian'er (1922–2017)
- Marc'Antonio Ziani (c. 1653 – 1715)
- Otakar Zich (1879–1934)
- Adrian von Ziegler (born 1989)
- Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843–1922)
- Mikołaj Zieleński (c. 1560 – c. 1620)
- Hermann Zilcher (1881–1948)
- Winfried Zillig (1905–1963)
- Hans Zimmer (born 1957)
- Agnes Zimmermann (1845–1925)
- Anton Zimmermann (1741–1781)
- Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970)
- Heinz Werner Zimmermann (1930–2022)
- Margrit Zimmermann (1927–2020)
- Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann (1785–1853)
- Udo Zimmermann (1943–2021)
- Walter Zimmermann (born 1949)
- Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli (1752–1837)
- Domenico Zipoli (1688–1726)
- Tomislav Zografski (1934–2000)
- Farid Zoland (born 1955)
- Alfred Hans Zoller (1928–2006)
- Carl Friedrich Zöllner (1800–1860)
- Heinrich Zöllner (1854–1941)
- John Zorn (born 1953)
- Valentin Zubiaurre (1837–1914)
- Marija Zubova (1749–1799)
- Carlo Zuccari (1703–1782)
- Jeremy Zuckerman (born 1975)
- Manuel de Zumaya (c. 1678 – 1755)
- Emilie Zumsteeg (1796–1857)
- Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760–1802)
- Ralph Zurmühle (born 1959)
- Bernard Zweers (1854–1924)
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)
- Guglielmo Zuelli (1859–1941)
See also
[edit]- Lists of composers
- List of operas by composer which lists more than 700 opera composers, their dates and works.
References
[edit]- ^ Reaney, Gilbert (2001). "Andrieu, F.". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.00904. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 23 November 2020. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ Robin Bowman; Eleanor F. McCrickard (2001). "Bianchi, Giovanni". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03020.
- ^ Colin Timms (2001). "Bianchi, Giovanni Battista (i)". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03021.
- ^ James L. Jackman (2001). "Donnini, Girolamo". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.08008.
- ^ Günther, Ursula (2001). "Franciscus, Magister". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.10117. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 23 November 2020. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ Frank Dobbins (2001). "Godard [Godart, Goddart]". Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/