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 List of composers.

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

[edit] A

Els Aarne (1917-1995), Estonian composer
Evald Aav (1900-1939), Estonian composer
Juhan Aavik (1884-1982), Estonian composer
Petrus Abaelardus (1079-1142)
Zequinha Abreu (1880-1935)
Frank Abbinanti(1949), American composer
Keiko Abe (1937)
Komei Abe (1911-2006), Japanese composer
Rosalina Abejo (1922-1991)
Nilo Alcala (1978) Filipino composer
Chaya Arbel, German-Israeli composer
Karl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787), German composer
Michael Abels (1962), American composer
Muhal Richard Abrams (1930), American composer and pianist
Juan Manuel Abras (1975), Argentinian composer and choirmaster
Jean Absil (1893-1974), Belgium composer
Ella Adajevskaja (1846-1926), Russian composer and pianist
Adolphe Charles Adam (1803-1856), French composer
Bojan Adamic (born 1912)
John Coolidge Adams (1947), American composer
John Luther Adams (1953), American composer
Richard Addinsell (1904-1977), British composer
John Addison (1920-1998), British composer
Thomas Ades (1971), British composer, pianist and choirmaster
Samuel Adler (1928), American composer and choirmaster
José Afonso
Janos Agocsi (born 1961)
Lejla Agolli (1950), Albanian composer
Graciela Agudela (1945)
Kalevi Aho (1949), Finnish composer
Ahn Eak-Tai (1906-1965)
Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565-1628)
Bartholomäus Aich (17.cent), German composer
Tauno Aints (1975) Estonian composer
Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909) link
Sef Albertz (born 1971)
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888), French composer, pianist, and pédalier player
Siegfried Alkan (1858-1941)
Steve Allen (1921-2000)
Miguel Álvarez-Fernández (born 1979), Spanish composer
August Wilhelm Ambros (1816-1876)
Marco Ambrosini (1964- )
Jean-Claude Amiot (1939- )
Julian Anderson
Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
Philip Anderson
Pasquale Anfossi
Frederic Archer (1838-1901)
Alexandra Arellano
Giuseppe Apolloni
Dominick Argento (born 1927)
Desi Arnaz (1917-1986)
Robert Sterling Arnold
Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806-1826)
Emilio Arrieta (1823-1894)
Joseph Ascher (1829-1869)
Robert Ashley (1930)
Ignaz Assmayer (born 1790)
Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
Edmond Audran (1842-1901)
Georges Auric (1899-1983)
Larry Austin (1930)
Slavko Avsenik (born 1929)
Vilko Avsenik
Jacob Avshalomov(1919- )

[edit] B

Stanley Babin (born 1932)
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)
Tadeus Baird (1928-1981)
Mily Balakirev (1837-1910)
Hank Ballard (1936-2003)
Puchi Balseiro (1926-2007)
Troy Banarzi (born 1972)
Adriano Banchieri (c. 1557-1634)
Raffaello de Banfield (1922-2008)
Samuel Barber
Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924)
Gerald Barry
Richard Barth (1850-1908)
Dave Bartholomew
Bela Bartok
David Beard (born 1962)

Ludwig van Beethoven, regarded by many as the first Romantic composer

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), German regarded by many as the first Romantic composer
Luca Belcastro (b. 1964)
Richard Belcastro (b. 1976)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801/1835)
Ralph Benatzky (1884-1957)
Julius Benedict (born 1804)
George Benjamin (born 1960)
Alban Berg
Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
Irving Berlin
Hector Berlioz
Bart Berman, Dutch-Israeli composer
Elmer Bernstein (born 1922)
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Frederick Bianchi (1954)
Ronald Binge
Georges Bizet
Eubie Blake (1883-1983)
William Burdine Blake, Sr.
Arthur Bliss,(1891 - 1975)
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
Luigi Boccherini
Jack Body (born 1944)
Alexander Borodin
Lili Boulanger
Fritz Bovet (fl. 1845-1888)
Cristina Braga (born 1966)
Johannes Brahms
Goran Bregovic
Jacques Brel (1929-1978)
Lou Briel
Walter Bricht (1904-1970)
Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626-1712)
Benjamin Britten
Max Bruch
Anton Bruckner
Theo Bruins
Albert E. Brumley
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
Sylvano Bussotti (born 1931)
James Butt, (1929-2003)
William Byrd (1540-1623)

[edit] C

Giulio Caccini (c.1545 - 1618)
John Cage
Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853)
Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650)
Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981)
Roberto Carnevale (born 1966)
James P. Carrell
Elliot Carter
Ferdinando Carulli
Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)
Niccolò Castiglioni, Italian composer
Alfredo Catalani
Georges Catoire (1861-1926)
Jacques Champion (c 1601 - 1672)
Philippe le Chancelier (c1165-1236)
Graham Chapman (1941-1989)
Ch'eng Mao-yün (1900-1957)
Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842)
Gian Paolo Chiti (born 1939)
Frederic Chopin(1810-1849)
Azzolino della Ciaja (1671-1755)
Leonardo Ciampa (born 1971)
Giovanni Paolo Cima (c1570-after 1622)[1]
Avery Claflin (died 1979)
Jeremiah Clarke
Kenny Clarke (born 1914)
Rebecca Helferich Clarke
Yury Chernavsky (born 1947)
Johnny Clegg (born 1953)
Albert Coates (1882-1953)
Sean L.ColemanBorn 1951
Cy Coleman (born 1929)
Russ Columbo (born 1908)
Graziella Concas
Benjamin Cooke (1734-1793)
Aaron Copland
Carmine Coppola (died 1991)
Hulon crayton
Jack Cunningham
Arcangelo Corelli
Phil Coulter
Noel Coward
Noah Creshevsky
Cesar Cui
Joe Cutler (born 1968)
Ciril Cvetko (1920-1999)

[edit] D

Martin Della Nina Argentinian composer (born 1987)
Alexandre Danilevsky Russian-French composer (born 1957)
Matteo D'Amico (born 1955)
Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975)
Michele Dall'Ongaro (born 1957)
Burkhard Dallwitz (born 1959)
Franz Ignaz Danzi (1763-1826)
James Dashow (born 1944)
Mario Davidovsky (born 1934)
Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)
Peter Maxwell Davies (born 1934)
Jimmie Davis (1899-2000)
Ananias Davisson
Jon Deak
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
Edmond Dede
Martin O'Donnell, Composer for music in the Halo video game series.
Manuel De Falla
Michel Richard Delalande (1657-1726)
Leo Delibes (1836-1891)
Albert Frederick Theodore Delius (1862-1934)
Edison Denisov (born 1929)
Luis De Pablo (born 1937)
Giuseppe De Rossi (1650 ?-1721)
Fabrizio De Rossi Re (born 1960)
Josquin Despres (1440 ? -1521)
Paul Dessau (1894-1979)
Anton Diabelli (1781-1858)
David Diamond (born 1915)
Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
Denis Mandarino Brasilian composer (born 1964)
Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921)
Albert Christoph Dies (born 1755)
Lucio Diestro (born 1913)
Salvatore Di Gesualdo (born 1940)
Paul Dirmeikis (born 1954)
Muttusvami Dikshitar
Tomaz Domicelj (born 1948)
Franco Donatoni (1927-2000)
Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
Louis-Antoine Dornel (c.1685-c.1765)
James Douglas (born 1932)
Guillaume Dufay (1390 ? 1474)
Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
Henry Dutilleux (born 1916)
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
David Dzubay (born 1964)

[edit] E

Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901-1974), Russian-born Canadian composer
Margriet Ehlen, Dutch composer
Sir Edward Elgar
David Ellis
Danny Elfman
Dror Elimelech, Israeli composer
Luther Orlando Emerson
George Enescu (1881-1955)
Gustav Ernesaks (1908-1993)

[edit] F

Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
Ciaran Farrell(1969- )
Giles Farnaby (c. 1565-1640)
Gabriel Fauré
George Fenton (born 1950)
Charles Fernandez (born 1960)
Arkady Filippenko (1912-1983)
Henry Fillmore (1881-1956)
Carlisle Floyd (born 1926)
Sitiveni U. Fonua (1919-2005)
Thomas Ford (1580-1648)
Carlo Forlivesi (born 1971)
David Foster
Stephen Foster (1826-1864)
Alberto Franchetti
César Franck (1822-1890)
Géza Frid
Joseph Funk

[edit] G

Andrea Gabrieli (c.1533-1585)
Giovanni Gabrieli(c.1557-1612)
Bernhard Gál (born 1971)
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)
Noel Gay (1898-1954)
Evren Genis (born 1978)
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Don Carlo Gesualdo
Michael Giacchino (b. 1967)
Jean Gilbert (1879-1942)
Umberto Giordano (1867–1948)
Mauro Giuliani (1781-1828)
Louis Glass (1864-1936)
Philip Glass (born 1937)
Jackie Gleason (1916-1987)
Reinhold Gliere (1874-1956)
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1957)
Andrew Glover (b. 1962)
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938), Polish-American composer
Alexander Godunov (1949-1995)
Károly Goldmark (1830-1915)
Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836-1896)
Michael Gordon (born 1956)
François Joseph Gossec
Glenn Gould (1932-1982)
Morton Gould (1913-1996)
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Fernando Lopes Graça (1906-1994)
Enrique Granados
Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997)
Adolph Green (1914-2002)
Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
Eivind Groven (1901-1977)
Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé (1892-1972)
Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000)
Tomasz Gaworek-Schodrok (born 1965)
Alexandre Glazunov (1865-1936)

[edit] H

Daron Hagen (born 1961)
Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935)
Marvin Hamlisch (born 1944)
Jan Hammer (born 1948)
Albert Hammond (born 1942)
Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
W. C. Handy (1873-1958)
Charles-Louis Hanon (1819-1900)
Richard Harvey (born 1953)
Shahrouz Homavaran
Don Harper (1921-1999)
Don L. Harper
Richard Harris (born 1968)
Kevin F. Harris (born 1965)
John Hartford (1937-2001)
Hamilton Harty
Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783)
Pieter Hellendaal (1721-1799)
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Victor Herbert (1859-1924)
Hans Werner Henze (born 1926)
Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia (c1563-1627)
Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822)
Karl Holler (1907-1987)
Gustav Holst (1874- 1934)
Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000)
Stephen Hough (born 1961)
Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Ferdinand Huber (died 1863)
Bertold Hummel (1925 - 2002)
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921)
Lukas Hurník (born 1967)
David Graham Hewson (1953-)

[edit] I

Jacques Ibert (1890 - 1962)
Akira Ifukube (1916 - 2006)
Ilayaraaja (1943 -)
Andrew Imbrie (born 1921)
John Ireland (1879 - 1962)
Nicolas Isouard (1775 - 1818)
Charles Ives (1874 - 1954)
Michael Irslinger (1969 -)
Volodymyr Ivasiuk (1949-1979)

[edit] J

Steve Jablonsky
Tony Jackson (1876-1921)
Lado Jaksa (born 1947)
Leoš Janáček
Jean Michel Jarre (born 1948)
Karl Jenkins (born 1944)
David N. Johnson (1922-1987)
Robert Johnson (c1583-c1633)
Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774)
Ron Jones
Scott Joplin (ca.1868-1917)
Bradley Joseph (born 1965)
John Joubert (born 1927)

[edit] K

Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Alexander Kaloian (born 1962)
Yoko Kanno (born 1964)
Artur Kapp (1878-1952)
Georgy L'vovich Katuar (1861-1926)
Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948)
Jerome David Kern (1885-1945)
Albert Ketèlbey (1875-1959)
Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)
Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978)
Aldine Silliman Kieffer
Carole King (born 1942)
Karl King (1891-1971)
William Kinloch
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)
Koji Kondo (b. 1960)
Evgeni Kostitsyn (born 1963)
Ellis B. Kohs (1916-2000)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Jani Kovacic
Marjan Kozina (1907-1965)
Alexey Kozlovsky (died 1977)
William Kraft
Johann Tobias Krebs (died 1762)
Fritz Kreisler
Rohan Kriwaczek (born 1968)
Jan Křtitel Kuchař (1751-1829)
Winston Kung
Giedrius Kuprevičius (1944)

[edit] 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)
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 (Louis Frédéric) Landré (1905-1968)
David Lang (1957-)
Hans Lang (1908-)
Walter Lang (1896-1966), Swiss pianist
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)
Reinhold Laquai (1894-1957)
Patrick Larley (born 1951)
Libby Larsen (1950-)
Lars-Erik (Vilner) Larsson (1908-1986)
Jean-Louis Laruette (1731-1792)
Guillaume Lasceux (1740-1831)
Blas de Laserna (1751-1816)
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)
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)
Dionyssios Lavrangas (1862-1941)
Marc Lavry (1903-1967)
William Lawes (1602-1645)
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)
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-)
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
Franco Leoni (1864-1949)
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-)
Frank Lewin (1925-)
Andrew Lewis (born 1936)
Salvador Ley (1907-1985)
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)
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)
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)[2]
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)
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)
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)
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)[3]
Gaetano Luporini (1865-1948)
Charles de Lusse (1723-1774)
(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)
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)
István Láng (1933-)
Gustav Láska (1847-1928)
Michel-Maurice Lévy (1883-1965)
Elias Álvares Lôbo (1834-1901)
Georg Simon Löhlein (1725-1781)
Johann Löhner (1645-1705)
Otto Lohse (1858-1925)
Herman Severin Løvenskjold (1815-1870)

[edit] M

Thomas Mace
Sergio Machado (born 1963) Brazilian composer
James MacMillan (born 1959)
Gustav Mahler
Paul Manz
Spiros Mazis
John Marbeck (c.1510-c.1585)
Alessandro Marcello
Christian Marclay
Vicente Martin y Soler (died 1806)
Pietro Mascagni
Jules Massenet
William Mathias (1934–1992)
Yoritsune Matsudaira (1907-2001), Japanese composer
Peter Matz (1928-2002)
Ascanio Mayone (1565-1627)[4]
Jacques-Fereol Mazas
Rod McKuen (born 1933)
Frank McNamara
Ricardo Medeiros (born 1953)
Erkki Melartin
Fanny Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
Michel Angelo Mendoza (born 1983-present) spanish/english song composer
Giuseppe Mercadante
Saverio Mercadante (born 1795)
Maceo Meriwether
Olivier Messiaen
Ludwig Mestler (1891-1959)
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Behzad Mirkhani (born 1969)
Dary John Mizelle
Stevan Mokranjac (born 1856)
Pierre des Molins [5]
Georg Matthias Monn (1717-1750)
Federico Mompou
Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
Thomas Morley (1557 or 1558 – October 1602)
Giorgio Moroder (born 1940)
Steve Morse
Meredith Monk
Peter Moss English Composer
Jean-Joseph Mouret
Georges Moustaki
Franz Xaver Mozart (1791-1844)
Leopold Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Modest Mussorgsky
Gráinne Mulvey (born 1966)
João Ailton Mutton (J. A. Mutton)
Neil Myers

[edit] N

Nisar Bazmi (1925-2007)
V.S.Narasimhan
Sydney Nicholson (1875-1947)
Carl August Nielsen (1865–1931)
Joy Nilo (b. 1970)
Rikard Nordraak
Ivor Novello (1893-1951)
Ervin Nyíregyházi (1903-1987)

[edit] O

Martin O'Donnell
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
John Okeover (c 1600 - c 1663)
Mike Oldfield (b. 1953)
Carolina Oliphant
Otto Olsson (1879–1964)
Chris Opperman (b. 1978)
Karl von Ordoñez (1734-1786)
Carl Orff (1895-1982)
A. A. Owen (b. 1948)

[edit] P

Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c1590-1664)[6]
Niccolò Paganini
José de Paiva Netto (born 1941), Brazilian composer.
Andrzej Panufnik
Giovanni Paisiello
Stefan Paluselli (born 1748)
Siraseth pantura-umporn (born 1982)
Paul Paray (1886-1979)
Park Kyoung Shin (born 1939)
Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
Arvo Pärt (born 1935)
Carlo Pedini (born 1956)
Tomaz 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)
Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1638)[7]
Niccola 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 Maria Ponce (1882-1948)
Amilcare Ponchielli
Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
Cole Porter
Michael Praetorius
Austin Pratt
Zbigniew Preisner (born 1955)
André Previn (born 1929)
Maui Dalvanius Prime (1948-2002)
Joze Privsek (1937-1998)
Simon Proctor
Sergei Prokofiev
Trajko Prokopiev
Giacomo Puccini
Loisa Puget (born 1810)
Henry Purcell

[edit] Q

[edit] R

Peer Raben (1940-2007) german composer
Sergei Rachmaninoff
GS Rajan [8]
Rahbani brothers (Assi: 1923-1986, Mansour: 1925-)
Keir Ramshaw (born 1985) English composer
Maurice Ravel
Thomas Ravenscroft
Janko Ravnik (1891-1982)
Fred Raymond (1900-1954)
Sam Raymond
Ray Reach
Hans Redlich (1903-1968)
Jacob Regnart (1540s-1599)
Leon René (1902-1982)
Ottorino Respighi
Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Johnny Rivers (born 1942)
Curtis Roads
Mark D. Roberts
Nile Rodgers (born 1952)
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)
Ernesto Rodrigues (born 1959)
Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951)
Jubertino Rosas
Alex Ross-Iver Russian and Georgian composer
Gioacchino Rossini
Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1835-1881)

[edit] S

Mart Saar (1882-1963)
Kaija Saariaho
Harald Sigurd Johan Sæverud (1897–1992)
Camille Saint-Saëns
Ryuichi Sakamoto (born 1942)
Antonio Salieri (died 1825)
Michael Salvatori
Carlos Sandoval (born 1956)
Erik Satie (1866-1925), 20th century modernist composer, known for his ballet Parade and his three Gymnopedies

Selfportrait of Erik Satie. The text reads (translated from French): Project for a bust of Mr. Erik Satie (painted by the same), with a thought: "I came into the world very young, in an age that was very old"
Rachel Sauvé (born 1985)
Michael Salvatori, Composer who worked alongside Martin O'Donnell for the composition of music in the Halo video game series.