List of composers by name
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This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically. For lists of music composers by other classifications, see Lists of composers.
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- Keiko Abe (born 1937)
- Paul Abraham (1892–1960)
- Hans Abrahamsen (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)
- José Afonso
- Janos Agocsi (born 1961)
- Lejla Agolli (1950)
- Dionisio Aguado (1784-1849)
- Graciela Agudela (1945)
- Kalevi Aho (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 (1978)
- Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960)
- Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)
- Siegfried Alkan (1858-1941)
- Gregorio Allegri (1582-1652)
- Steve Allen (1921-2000)
- Robert Allworth (born 1943)
- Miguel Álvarez-Fernández (born 1979)
- William Alwyn (1905-1985)
- Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
- August Wilhelm Ambros (1816-1876)
- Marco Ambrosini (1964- )
- Jean-Claude Amiot (1939- )
- Charles Amirkhanian (born 1945)
- Gilbert Amy (born 1936)
- Julian Anderson
- 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
- Conrad Ansorge
- Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825-1889)
- Frederic Archer (1838-1901)
- Alexandra Arellano
- Giuseppe Apolloni
- Hans Erich Apostel (1901–1972)
- Chaya Arbel
- Anton Arensky (1861-1906]
- Dominick Argento (born 1927)
- Albert Arlen
- Desi Arnaz (1917-1986)
- Thomas Arne (1710-1778)
- Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006)
- Robert Sterling Arnold
- Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806-1826)
- Emilio Arrieta (1823-1894)
- Joseph Ascher (1829-1869)
- Robert Ashley (born 1930)
- Ignaz Assmayer (born 1790)
- Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
- Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974)
- Daniel Auber (1782-1871)
- Jacques Aubert (1689-1753)
- Edmond Audran (1842-1901)
- Georges Auric (1899-1983)
- Larry Austin (born 1930)
- Slavko Avsenik (born 1929)
- Vilko Avsenik
- Aaron Avshalomov (1894–1965)
- Jacob Avshalomov (1919- )
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 (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
- 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 (1932-)
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
- Franz Behr
- David Behrman
- Bix Beiderbecke (1903–1931)
- Luca Belcastro (b. 1964)
- Richard Belcastro (b. 1976)
- 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)
- 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
- Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
- Bart Berman
- Elmer Bernstein (born 1922)
- Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
- Franz Berwald (1796-1868)
- Frederick Bianchi (1954)
- Heinrich Biber (1644-1704)
- Michael von Biel (born 1939)
- Ronald Binge
- Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
- Eubie Blake (1883-1983)
- Michel Blavet (1700-1768)
- William Burdine Blake, Sr.
- 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)
- 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
- Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)
- Pierre Boulez (born 1925)
- Fritz Bovet (fl. 1845–1888)
- (Edwin)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 Bregovic
- Jacques Brel (1929–1978)
- Walter Bricht (1904–1970)
- Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
- Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626-1712)
- Lou Briel
- Michael Brimer
- 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)
- Nicolaus Bruhns (1665-1697
- Theo Bruins
- Colin Brumby (born 1933)
- Albert E. Brumley
- Herbert Brün (1918–2000)
- Arnold Brunckhorst (1675-1725)
- Karl Gottfried Brunotte (born 1958)
- Boudewijn Buckinx (born 1945)
- Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin (1690-1768)
- Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
- Sylvano Bussotti (born 1931)
- James Butt (1929-2003)
- Nigel Butterly (born 1935)
- George Butterworth (1885-1916)
- Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
- William Byrd (1540-1623)
C
- Francesca Caccini (1587–ca. 1640)
- Giulio Caccini (ca. 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
- Roberto Carnevale (born 1966)
- Turlough Carolan
- 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
- Georgy Catoire (1861-1926)
- Francesco Cavalli (1602-1676)
- Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
- Boris Chaikovskii (1925–1996)
- Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
- Jacques Champion (c 1601–1672)
- Philippe le Chancelier (c1165-1236)
- 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 Grigorievich Chesnokov
- Erik Chisholm (1904-1965)
- Gian Paolo Chiti (born 1939)
- Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
- Jani Christou (1926–1970)
- Azzolino della Ciaja (1671-1755)
- Leonardo Ciampa (born 1971)
- Giovanni Paolo Cima (c1570-after 1622)
- Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801)
- Avery Claflin (died 1979)
- Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707)
- Kenny Clarke (born 1914)
- Rebecca Helferich Clarke
- Yury Chernavsky (born 1947)
- Johnny Clegg (born 1953)
- Aldo Clementi (b. 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
- Russ Columbo (born 1908)
- Graziella Concas
- Benjamin Cooke (1734-1793)
- Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
- Carmine Coppola (died 1991)
- Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
- John Corigliano (born 1938)
- Phil Coulter
- François Couperin (1668-1773)
- Noël Coward
- Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
- Noah Creshevsky
- William Croft (1678-1727)
- George Crumb (born 1929)
- Bernhard Crusell (1775-1838)
- César Cui (1835-1918)
- Alvin Curran
- Joe Cutler (born 1968)
- Ciril Cvetko (1920-1999)
- Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
- Holger Czukay (born 1938)
D
- Harry Dacre (1860–1922)
- Alexandre Danilevsky (born 1957)
- Eugen D'Albert (1864-1932)
- Jean-Henri D'Anglebert (1629-1691)
- Matteo D'Amico (born 1955)
- Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975)
- Michele Dall'Ongaro (born 1957)
- Burkhard Dallwitz (born 1959)
- 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)
- Jimmie Davis (1899-2000)
- Ananias Davisson
- Jon Deak
- Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
- Michel Decoust (born 1936)
- Edmond Dede
- François de Fossa (1785-1849)
- 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)
- Luis De Pablo (born 1937)
- Giuseppe De Rossi (1650 ?-1721)
- Fabrizio De Rossi Re (born 1960)
- Paul de Schlözer
- Josquin Desprez (1440 ? -1521)
- Paul Dessau (1894-1979)
- Robert de Visée (1650-1725)
- Anton Diabelli (1781-1858)
- David Diamond (born 1915)
- Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
- Denis Mandarino Brazilian composer (born 1964)
- Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921)
- Albert Christoph Dies (born 1755)
- Lucio Diestro (born 1913)
- Salvatore Di Gesualdo (born 1940)
- James Dillon (born 1950)
- Vincent D'Indy (1851-1931)
- Grigoras Dinicu (1889-1949)
- Paul Dirmeikis (born 1954)
- Muttusvami Dikshitar
- 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
- John Dowland (1563-1626)
- Guillaume Dufay (1390 - ? 1474)
- Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
- Isaak Dunayevsky
- 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)
- Margriet Ehlen, Dutch composer
- Hanns Eisler (1898–1962)
- Danny Elfman
- Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
- David Ellis
- Dror Elimelech
- Jean-Claude Éloy (born 1938)
- Luther Orlando Emerson
- Simon Emmerson (born 1950)
- George Enescu (1881-1955)
- Einar Englund (1916-1999)
- Peter Eötvös (born 1944)
- Iris Erdile (born 1987)
- Carsten Bo Eriksen (1973-)
- Gustav Ernesaks (1908-1993)
- Karlheinz Essl (born 1960)
- Julio Estrada (born 1943)
- Franco Evangelisti (1926–1980)
F
- Leo Fall
- Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
- Ciaran Farrell (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)
- Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
- Luc Ferrari (1929-2005)
- Charles Fernandez (born 1960)
- Zdeněk Fibich (1850–1900)
- John Field (1782-1837)
- Arkady Filippenko (1912-1983)
- Henry Fillmore (1881-1956)
- Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
- 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)
- David Foster
- Stephen Foster (1826-1864)
- John Foulds (1880-1939)
- Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
- Alberto Franchetti
- César Franck (1822-1890)
- Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
- Géza Frid
- Rudolf Friml (1879–1972)
- Julius Fucik (1872-1916)
- Joseph Funk
G
- Andrea Gabrieli (c.1533-1585)
- Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1557-1612)
- Domenico Gabrielli (1651 or 1659–1690)
- Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817–1890)
- Bernhard Gál (born 1971)
- Blas Galindo (1910–1993)
- Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591)
- Michael Gandolfi (born 1956)
- Kyle Gann (born 1955)
- J. Ryan Garber (born 1973)
- Pauline Garcia-Viardot (1821-1910)
- 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 (b. 1936)
- Michael Giacchino (b. 1967)
- Jean Gilbert (1879-1942)
- Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983)
- Umberto Giordano (1867–1948)
- Mauro Giuliani (1781-1828)
- Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
- Louis Glass (1864-1936)
- Philip Glass (born 1937)
- Alexandre Glazunov (1865-1936)
- Jackie Gleason (1916-1987)
- Reinhold Gliere (1874-1956)
- Mikhail Glinka (1804-1957)
- Andrew Glover (b. 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
- Michael Gordon (born 1956)
- François Joseph Gossec (1734–1829)
- Ralf Gothoni (1946-)
- Glenn Gould (1932–1982)
- Morton Gould (1913–1996)
- Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
- Fernando Lopes Graça (1906-1994)
- Ron Grainer (1922–1981)
- Enrique Granados
- Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997)
- Adolph Green (1914-2002)
- Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
- Grimace (14th century)
- Eivind Groven (1901-1977)
- Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé (1892-1972)
- Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000)
- Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377)
H
- Daron Hagen (born 1961)
- Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935)
- Marc-André Hamelin
- Marvin Hamlisch (born 1944)
- Jan Hammer (born 1948)
- Albert Hammond (born 1942)
- George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
- W. C. Handy (1873-1958)
- Ronald Hanmer
- 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 (c1563-1627)
- Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975)
- David Graham Hewson (1953-)
- Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
- Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
- Matthew Hindson (born 1968)
- Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822)
- Karl Höller (1907-1987)
- York Höller (born 1944)
- Gustav Holst (1874- 1934)
- Shahrouz Homavaran
- James Horner (born 1953)
- Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000)
- Stephen Hough (born 1961)
- Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
- Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
- Ferdinand Huber (died 1863)
- Robert Hughes (1912-2007)
- Bertold Hummel (1925 - 2002)
- Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921)
- Lukas Hurník (born 1967)
I
- Jacques Ibert (1890 - 1962)
- Akira Ifukube (1916 - 2006)
- Ilayaraaja (1943 -)
- Andrew Imbrie (born 1921)
- John Ireland (1879 - 1962)
- Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450–1517)
- Nicolas Isouard (1775 - 1818)
- Charles Ives (1874 - 1954)
- Michael Irslinger (1969 -)
- Volodymyr Ivasiuk (1949-1979)
J
- Steve Jablonsky
- Tony Jackson (1876-1921)
- Alfred Jaëll
- Lado Jaksa (born 1947)
- Leoš Janáček
- Jean Michel Jarre (born 1948)
- Karl Jenkins (born 1944)
- Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994)
- David N. Johnson (1922-1987)
- Laurie Johnson (born 1927)
- M. Zachary Johnson (1974-)
- Robert Johnson (c1583-c1633)
- Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774)
- Ron Jones
- Scott Joplin (ca.1868-1917)
- Bradley Joseph (born 1965)
- John Joubert (born 1927)
K
- Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
- Miloslav Kabeláč (1908-1979)
- Mauricio Kagel (born 1931)
- Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901)
- Alexander Kaloian (born 1962)
- 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)
- Jerome David Kern (1885-1945)
- Albert Ketèlbey (1875-1959)
- Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978)
- Aldine Silliman Kieffer
- 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)
- Urban Koder (born 1928)
- Ludwig von Köchel (1800-1877)
- Charles Koechlin (born 1867)
- Ernesto Köhler (1849–1907)
- Pierre Kolp (b. 1969)
- Koji Kondo (b. 1960)
- Ellis B. Kohs (1916-2000)
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Evgeni Kostitsyn (born 1963)
- Jani Kovacic
- Marjan Kozina (1907-1965)
- Alexey Kozlovsky (died 1977)
- William Kraft
- Zygmunt Krause (born 1938)
- Johann Tobias Krebs (died 1762)
- Fritz Kreisler
- Ernst Krenek (1900–1991)
- Rohan Kriwaczek (born 1968)
- Jan Křtitel Kuchař (1751-1829)
- Jarosław Kukulski (born 1944)
- Winston Kung
- Giedrius Kuprevičius (1944)
L
- Adolf L'Arronge (1838-1908)
- Jean-Benjamin(-François) de La Borde (1734-1794)
- (Juste-)Adrien(-Lenoir) 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 (1920-)
- Ernest La Prade (1889-1969)
- Armando La Rosa Parodi (1904-1977)
- Pasquale La Rotella (1880-1963)
- (Antoine Louis Joseph Gueyrand) Fernand (Fouant) de La Tombelle (1854-1928)
- Wesley La Violette (1894-1978)
- Théodore(-François-Joseph) 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(-Jean-Jacques) Lacome (1838-1920)
- Louis de Lacoste (1675-1755)
- Bernard Germain Etienne Médard de la Ville-sur-Illon, Comte de Lacépède (1756-1825)
- Ezra Laderman (1924-)
- Paul-Émile Ladmirault (1877-1944)
- Ignaz Anton Franz Xaver Joseph Ladurner (1766-1839)
- Revaz Il'yich Lagidze (1921-)
- Oscar de Lagoanère (1853-1918)
- Théodore Lajarte (1826-1890)
- László Lajtha (1892-1963)
- Szymon Laks (1901-1983)
- Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726)
- Alfred Laliberté (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 (1922-)
- John Lanchbery (1923-2003)
- Flavio Carlo Lanciani (1655-1724)
- Siegfried Landau (1921-)
- Stefano Landi (1587-1639)
- Benedetto Landini (1858-1938)
- Marcel (François Paul) Landowski (1915-1999)
- Willem Louis Frédéric Landré (1874-1948)
- Guillaume Landré (1905-1968)
- Benjamin Johnson Lang
- David Lang (1957-)
- Hans Lang (1908-)
- István Láng (1933-)
- Walter Lang (1896-1966)
- Daniel de Lange (1841-1918)
- Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850-1926)
- Johann August Adolf Langert (1836-1920)
- Rued Langgaard (1893-1952)
- Honoré (François Marie) Langlé (1741-1807)
- Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666)
- Daniel Lanois
- Gesualdo Lanza (1779-1859)
- Francesco Giuseppe Lanza (1750-1812)
- Raimond Lap (1959-)
- Raoul Laparra (1876-1943)
- André Laporte (born 1931)
- Reinhold Laquai (1894-1957)
- Patrick Larley (born 1951)
- Libby Larsen (1950-)
- Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986)
- Jean-Louis Laruette (1731-1792)
- Guillaume Lasceux (1740-1831)
- Blas de Laserna (1751-1816)
- Gustav Láska (1847-1928)
- Eduard Lassen (1830-1904)
- Johann Baptist Lasser (1751-1805)
- Orlande de Lassus (ca. 1532-1594)
- William P. Latham (1917-2004)
- Gaetano Latilla (1711-1788)
- Felice Lattuada (1882-1962)
- Joseph Lauber (1864-1952)
- Ken Lauber
- Armas Launis (1884-1959)
- Edmond Laurens (1852-1925)
- Pietro Paolo Laurenti (1675-1719)
- Filiberto Laurenzi (1620-1685)
- André Lavagne (1913-)
- Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (1909-1987)
- Calixa Lavallée (1842-1891)
- Louis Henry Lavenu (1818-1819)
- Antoine-Barthélemy de Lavergne (1670-1726)
- Vincenzo Lavigna (1776-1836)
- Mario Lavista (born 1943)
- Dionyssios Lavrangas (1862-1941)
- Marc Lavry (1903-1967)
- William Lawes (1602-1645)
- Donald Lawrence
- Filip Lazar (1894-1936)
- Martin Lazare (1829-1897)
- Gustav Lazarus (1861-1920)
- Daniel Lazarus (1898-1964)
- Sylvio Lazzari (1857-1944)
- Paul Le Flem (1881-1984)
- Jean-François Le Sueur (1760-1837)
- Aimé(-Ambroise-Simon) Leborne (1797-1866)
- Fernand Leborne (1862-1929)
- Paul Henri Joseph Lebrun (1863-1920)
- Louis-Sébastien Lebrun (1764-1829)
- Alexandre Charles Lecocq (1832-1918)
- Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963)
- Joseph Lederer (1733-1796)
- Jacques Leduc (1932-)
- Dai-Keong Lee (1915-)
- George Alexander Lee (1802-1851)
- Benjamin Lees (1924-)
- Reinbert de Leeuw (1938-)
- Ton (Wilhelminus Adrianus) de Leeuw (1926-)
- Nicola Frances LeFanu (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)
- Vic(tor) Legley (1915-)
- Edouard Legouix (1834-1916)
- Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690)
- Joseph Legros (1739-1793)
- Leonard J(ordan) Lehrman (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)
- Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1751-1796)
- Erwin Lendvay (1882-1949)
- Kamilló Lendvay (1928-)
- Charles Lenepveu (1840-1910)
- Alfonso Leng (1894-1974)
- René Lenormand (1846-1932)
- Nicholas Lens
- Leonardo Leo (1694-1744)
- Bayani Mendoza de Leon (1942-)
- Felipe Padilla de Leon (1912-)
- Marina Leonardi (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 (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 (1932-)
- Michel-Maurice Lévy (1883-1965)
- David Lewin (1933–2003)
- Frank Lewin (1925-)
- Andrew Lewis (born 1936)
- 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
- Ingvar (Natanael) Lidholm (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)
- (Carl Emil) Paul Lincke (1866-1946)
- Magnus Lindberg (born 1958)
- Oskar Lindberg (1887-1955)
- Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801-1878)
- (Anders) Bo (Leif) Linde (1933-)
- Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner (1791-1856)
- Jukka Linkola (1955-)
- Thomas Linley (1756-1778)
- George Linley (1798-1865)
- George (Frederick) 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 (Walter Selwyn) Lloyd (1913-)
- Jonathan Lloyd (1948-)
- David de Lloyd (1883-1948)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948-)
- Ronald Lo Presti (1933-)
- Johann Christian Lobe (1797-1881)
- Duarte Lôbo (1565-1646)
- Elias Álvares Lôbo (1834-1901)
- Matthew Locke (1621-1677)
- Normand Lockwood (1906-)
- George Loder (1816-1868)
- Kate Fanny Loder (1825-1904)
- Edward Loder (1813-1865)
- Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935)
- Theo Loevendie (1930-)
- Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe (1796-1869)
- Max Julius Loewengard (1860-1915)
- Mihovil Logar (1902-)
- Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698-1765)
- Georg Simon Löhlein (1725-1781)
- Johann Löhner (1645-1705)
- Martin Lohse (1971-)
- Otto Lohse (1858-1925)
- Ruth Lomon (1930-)
- Carlo Ambrogio (Ambrosio) Lonati (1645-1710)
- Edwin Londra (1929-)
- Paolo Longo (1967-)
- Harvey Worthington Loomis (1865-1930)
- Clarence Loomis (1889-1965)
- Nikolai (Lvovich) Lopatnikov (1903-1976)
- Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906-)
- Alfred Lorentz (1872-1931)
- Bent Lorentzen (1935-)
- Alfred Lorenz (1868-1939)
- Paolo Lorenzani (1640-1713)
- Ausonio de Lorenzi-Fabris (1861-1935)
- Oscar Lorenzo Fernândez (1897-1948)
- (Gustav) Albert Lortzing (1801-1851)
- Mark Lothar (1902-)
- Antonio Lotti (1667-1740)
- 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 (1919-)
- Gustav Luders (1865-1913)
- Wolfgang Ludewig (1926-)
- Franz Ludwig (1889-1955)
- August Ludwig (1865-1946)
- Alexandre-Clément-Léon-Joseph Luigini (1850-1906)
- Ray Luke (1926-)
- Zdeněk Lukáš (1928-2007)
- Ashly Luckose (born 1988)
- 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 (August) Lumbye (1843-1922)
- Pablo Luna y Carné (1880-1942)
- Chibia Luncani (1883-1935)
- Torbjörn (Iwan) Lundquist (1920-)
- Roberto Lupi (1908-1971)
- Thomas Lupo (1571-1627)
- Gaetano Luporini (1865-1948)
- Charles de Lusse (1723-1774)
- Witold Lutosławski (1913 -1994)
- (Agnes) Elizabeth Lutyens (1906-1983)
- Wilhelm Meyer Lutz (1822-1903)
- Friedrich Lux (1820-1895)
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi (ca. 1545-1607)
- Luigi Luzzi (1828-1876)
- Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov (1798-1870)
- Anatoly Lyadov
- Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky (1895-1968)
- Donald Lybbert (1923-1981)
- Ralph Lyford (1882-1927)
- Mykola Vytal'yevych Lysenko (1842-1912)
- Stanislav (Stanislaus) Lyudkevych (1879-1979)
- Monica Lynn
M
Names starting with Mc and Mac
- Matthew McConnell (born 1980)
- Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916)
- John McGuire (born 1942)
- Rod McKuen (born 1933)
- James MacMillan (born 1959)
- Frank McNamara
Other named starting with M
- Drake Mabry (born 1950)
- Thomas Mace
- Teo Macero (1925–2008)
- Sergio Machado (born 1963)
- Bruno Maderna (1920–1973)
- Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
- Gui Mallon (born 1953)
- Paul Manz
- 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
- Jon Mark
- William J. Marsh (1880–1971)
- Vicente Martin y Soler (died 1806)
- Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959)
- Karl Marx
- Pietro Mascagni
- Jules Massenet
- Gérard Masson (born 1936)
- William Mathias (1934–1992)
- Yoritsune Matsudaira (1907-2001)
- Peter Matz (1928-2002)
- Ascanio Mayone (1565-1627)
- Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929–1997)
- Jacques-Fereol Mazas
- Spiros Mazis
- Ricardo Medeiros (born 1953)
- Erkki Melartin
- Fanny Mendelssohn
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Michel Angelo Mendoza (born 1983)
- Gian Carlo Menotti
- Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870)
- Maceo Meriwether
- Olivier Messiaen
- Ludwig Mestler (1891-1959)
- Giacomo Meyerbeer
- Behzad Mirkhani (born 1969)
- Dary John Mizelle
- Stevan Mokranjac (born 1856)
- Pierre des Molins (fl. late 14th cent.)
- Georg Matthias Monn (1717-1750)
- Federico Mompou
- Stanisław Moniuszko (1819-1872)
- Meredith Monk
- Thelonious Monk
- Italo Montemezzi
- Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
- Thomas Morley (1557 or 1558–1602)
- Giorgio Moroder (born 1940)
- Steve Morse
- Ennio Morricone (born 1928)
- Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941)
- Peter Moss
- Jean-Joseph Mouret
- Georges Moustaki
- Moritz Moszkowski
- Franz Xaver Mozart (1791-1844)
- Leopold Mozart
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Gráinne Mulvey (born 1966)
- Roberto Musci (born 1956)
- Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
- João Ailton Mutton (J. A. Mutton)
- Gordon Mumma
- Neil Myers
N
- Nisar Bazmi (1925-2007)
- V. S. Narasimhan
- Ernesto Nazareth
- 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)
- Sir Roger Norrington
- Ivor Novello (1893-1951)
- Ervin Nyíregyházi (1903-1987)
O
- Jacob Obrecht (1457/1458–1505)
- Eugene O'Brien (born 1945)
- Johannes Ockeghem (ca. 1410–1497)
- Martin O'Donnell
- Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
- Will Ogdon (born 1921)
- 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)
- Karl von Ordoñez (1734-1786)
- Carl Orff (1895-1982)
- A. A. Owen (b. 1948)
P
- Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
- Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867)
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski
- Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c1590-1664)
- Niccolò Paganini
- José de Paiva Netto (born 1941)
- Giovanni Paisiello
- 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
- Gérard Pape (born 1955)
- Paul Paray (1886-1979)
- Park Kyoung Shin (born 1939)
- Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
- Arvo Pärt (born 1935)
- Osbert Parsley (1511–1585)
- Robert Paterson (born 1970)
- Carlo Pedini (born 1956)
- Flor Peeters (1903–1986)
- James Penberthy
- Tomaž Pengov
- Francesco Pennisi (1934-2000)
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
- Jacopo Peri
- Don Lorenzo Perosi (1872-1956)
- Perotin Magister (fl.1190-1220)
- William Perry (b. 1930)
- Oto Pestner
- Norbert Walter Peters (born 1954)
- Goffredo Petrassi
- Johann Christoph Pez (1664-1716)
- Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)
- Philippe de Vitry (1291–1361)
- Michel Philippot (1925–1996)
- Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
- Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1638)
- Niccolò Piccinni (1728-1800)
- Johann Gottfried Piefke, (1815-1884)
- Willem Pijper
- Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)
- Francesco Antonio Pistocchi (1659-1726)
- Ildebrando Pizzetti
- Doc Pomus (1925-1991)
- Manuel Ponce (1882-1948)
- Amilcare Ponchielli
- Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
- Cole Porter
- Henri Pousseur (born 1929)
- Michael Praetorius
- 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
- Trajko Prokopiev
- Giacomo Puccini
- Loisa Puget (born 1810)
- Raoul Pugno
- Henry Purcell
Q
- Qu Wei (born 1917)
- Qu Xiao-song (born 1952)
- Qu Xixian (born 1919)
- Paolo Quagliati (1555–1628)
- Johann Joachim Quantz (1697-1773)
- Daniel Patrick Quinn (born 1981)
R
- A. R. Rahman (born 1966)
- Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky (born 1945)
- Peer Raben (1940-2007)
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Rahbani brothers (Assi: 1923-1986, Mansour: 1925-)
- Maurice Ravel
- Thomas Ravenscroft
- Janko Ravnik (1891-1982)
- Fred Raymond (1900-1954)
- Ray Reach
- Hans Redlich (1903-1968)
- Jacob Regnart (1540s-1599)
- Leon René (1902-1982)
- Ottorino Respighi
- Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940)
- Steve Reich
- Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
- Terry Riley
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- André Ristic (born 1972)
- Johnny Rivers (born 1942)
- Curtis Roads
- Nile Rodgers (born 1952)
- Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
- Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)
- Ernesto Rodrigues (born 1959)
- Alexis Roland-Manuel
- Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951)
- Juventino Rosas
- Alex Ross-Iver
- Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
- Nikolai Rubinstein (1835-1881)
- 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)
- Antonio Salieri (1750–1825)
- Michael Salvatori
- Giovanni Battista Sammartini
- Carlos Sandoval (born 1956)
- Greg Sandow (born 1943)
- 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)
- Franz Schmidt (1874-1939)
- Gustav Schmidt (died 1882)
- Irmin Schmidt (born 1937)
- Catherine Schneider
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
- Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
- 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)
- Laura Schwendinger (born 1962)
- Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947)
- Gil Scott-Heron (born 1949)
- Amy Scurria (born 1973)
- Edmund H. Sears (died 1876)
- Renaud Séchan (born 1952)
- Sholom Secunda
- Fritz Seitz
- Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde (ca. 1595–ca. 1638)
- 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 (ca. 1515–1558)
- Charles Shere (born 1935)
- Jacob Shirley (born 1983)
- Hsueh-Yung Shen (born 1952)
- Bright Sheng (born 1955)
- Gregory Short (died 1998)
- 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
- 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)
- Adi Smolar (born 1959)
- 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)
- Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965)
- Gaspare Spontini (1774-1851)
- Alojz Srebotnjak (born 1931)
- Michael Staley (born 1951)
- Camille-Marie Stamaty
- Johann Stamitz (died 1757)
- Jack Stamp (born 1954)
- John Stanley (1712-1786)
- Arno Starck (1886-1960)
- 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
- Nathaniel Stookey (born 1970)
- Bernardo Storace (fl. mid-17th century)
- Johann Strauss I (1804-1849)
- Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
- Josef Strauss
- Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
- Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
- Soulima Stravinsky
- Nicholas Strogers (fl. 1560–1575)
- Stjepan Šulek (1914-1986)
- Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
- Carlos Surinach (1915–1997)
- Tielman Susato (ca. 1510/15–after 1570)
- Władysław Szpilman (1911-2000)
- Henryk Szulc (died 1903)
- Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
T
- Matias Tavil (born 1988)
- Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
- Walter Taieb (born 1973)
- Yuji Takahashi (born 1938)
- Thomas Tallis (circa 1505–1585)
- Louise Talma (1906–1996)
- Alexander Taneyev (1850–1918)
- Sergei Taneyev (1856–1915)
- Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770)
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
- Alexander Tcherepnin (born 1899)
- Ivan Tcherepnin
- Nikolai Tcherepnin
- Serge Tcherepnin
- 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)
- Robert Scott Thompson (born 1959)
- César Thomson
- Phil Thurston (born 1978)
- Dimitri Tiomkin (1894–1979)
- 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)
- Eduard Tubin (1905–1982)
- Roman Turovsky-Savchuk (born 1961)
- Tyāgarāja (died 1848)
- Christopher Tye (c. 1505–c. 1572)
- Georges Tzipine
U
V
- Andersen Viana (1962- )
- Fartein Valen (1887-1952)
- Didier van Damme (1929- )
- Michael van der Aa (1970– )
- Pierre van Maldere (1729-1768)
- Grigory Vasilyevich (1915-1998)
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
- Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
- Gopala Pillai Vidwan
- Caetano Veloso (1942– )
- Aleksey Verstovsky
- Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
- Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824)
- Ezequiel Viñao (born 1960)
- Ivan Vïshnegradsky (1893–1979)
- Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
- Wladimir Vogel (1896–1984)
- Robert Voisey (born 1969)
- Jan Vriend (1938– )
- Klaas de Vries (born 1944)
- Anne van Schothorst (born 1974-)
W
- Max Wagenknecht
- Richard Wagner
- William Walker
- Walther von der Vogelweide (c.1170–c.1230)
- William Walton (1902–1983)
- Rodney Waschka II
- Unico Wilhelm Wassenaer
- Niel van der Watt (1962- )
- George James Webb (born 1803)
- Jimmy Webb (born 1946)
- Simon Webb
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948)
- Carl Maria von Weber
- Anton Webern (1883–1945)
- Thomas Weelkes
- Paul Wehage (born 1963)
- Johann Weichmann (born 1620)
- Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
- Judith Weir
- Hugo Weisgall (1912–1997)
- Sylvius Leopold Weiss
- Julius Weissenborn (1837-1888)
- Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Charles Wesley junior (1757-1834)
- Martin Wesley-Smith (born 1945)
- Peter Westergaard (born 1931)
- Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656-1705)
- Paul W. Whear (born 1925)
- Benjamin Franklin White
- Julian White (1930-2006)
- Thomas Whythorne
- Charles-Marie Widor
- Philip van Wilder (c.1500-1554)
- John Williams (born 1932)
- Spencer Williams (1889-1965)
- Malcolm Williamson
- René Wohlhauser (born 1954)
- Stefan Wolpe (1902–1972)
- Charles Wuorinen (born 1938)
- Alex Wurman (born 1966)
X
- Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)
Y
- Yehuda Yannay (born 1937)
- Yitzhak Yedid (born 1971)
- Paul Yang
- Yanni (born 1954)
- Dwight Yoakum (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)
- Julian Yu
Z
- Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944)
- Amilcare Zanella (1873–1949)
- Frank Zappa (1940–1993)
- Nikolai Zaremba
- Gioseffo Zarlino (1517–1590)
- Mercedes Zavala (born 1963)
- Lorenzo Gaetano Zavateri
- Kristoffer Zegers (born 1973)
- Jan Dismas Zelenka, also known as Johann Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745)
- Alexander von Zemlinsky, (1871–1942)
- Hans Zimmer (born 1957)
- Deco Zgur
- Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970)
- John Zorn (born 1953)
- Zulkifli Mohamed Amin (born 1983)
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)
See also
- The opera corpus which lists more than 400 opera composers, their dates and works.