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Directory
A
- Petrus Abaelardus (1079-1142)
- Bojan Adamic (born 1912)
- José Afonso
- L.Athira Krishna
- Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565-1628)
- Siegfried Alkan (1858-1941)
- Steve Allen (1921-2000)
- August Wilhelm Ambros (1816-1876)
- Jean-Claude Amiot (1939- )
- Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
- Pasquale Anfossi
- Giuseppe Apolloni
- Desi Arnaz (1917-1986)
- Robert Sterling Arnold
- Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga
- Emilio Arrieta
- Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
- Georges Auric (1899-1983)
- Slavko Avsenik (born 1929)
B
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Johann Christian Bach
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Tadeus Baird
- Mily Balakirev
- Hank Ballard (1936-2003)
- Troy Banarzi (born 1972)
- Adriano Banchieri (c. 1557-1634)
- Samuel Barber
- Stephen Mark Barchan (born 1982)
- Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924)
- Gerald Barry
- Richard Barth (1850-1908)
- Dave Bartholomew
- Bela Bartok
- Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), German regarded by many as the first Romantic composer, famous for Für Elise, "Moonlight" Sonata, and other works
- Ralph Benatzky (1884-1957)
- Julius Benedict (born 1804)
- Alban Berg
- Irving Berlin
- Hector Berlioz
- Elmer Bernstein (born 1922)
- Leonard Bernstein
- Ronald Binge
- Georges Bizet
- Eubie Blake (1883-1983)
- William Burdine Blake, Sr.
- Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
- Luigi Boccherini
- Jack Body (born 1944)
- Alexander Borodin
- Lili Boulanger
- Fritz Bovet (fl. 1845-1888)
- Johannes Brahms
- Goran Bregovic
- Jacques Brel, (1929-1978)
- Walter Bricht, (1904-1970)
- Benjamin Britten
- Max Bruch
- Anton Bruckner
- Albert E. Brumley
- James Butt, (1929-2003)
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)
- Alfredo Catalani
- Jacques Champion (c 1601 - 1672)
- Philippe le Chancelier (c1165-1236)
- Graham Chapman (1941-1989)
- Ch'eng Mao-yün (1900-1957)
- Gian Paolo Chiti (born 1939)
- Frederic Chopin
- Leonardo Ciampa (born 1971)
- Giovanni Paolo Cima (c1570-after 1622)[1]
- Avery Claflin (died 1979)
- Jeremiah Clarke
- Kenny Clarke (born 1914)
- Rebecca Helferich Clarke
- Johnny Clegg (born 1953)
- Albert Coates (1882-1953)
- Cy Coleman (born 1929)
- Russ Columbo (born 1908)
- Graziella Concas
- Aaron Copland
- Carmine Coppola (died 1991)
- Arcangelo Corelli
- Phil Coulter
- Noel Coward
- Cesar Cui
D
- Burkhard Dallwitz (born 1959)
- Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)
- Peter Maxwell Davies
- Jimmie Davis (1899-2000)
- Ananias Davisson
- Claude Debussy
- Michel Richard Delalande
- Leo Delibes
- Anton Diabelli (1781-1858)
- David Diamond
- Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
- Alphons Diepenbrock
- Albert Christoph Dies (born 1755)
- Paul Dirmeikis (born 1954)
- Muttusvami Dikshitar
- Tomaz Domicelj (born 1948)
- Gaetano Donizetti
- Paul Dukas
- Antonín Dvorák
E
- Sir Edward Elgar
- Luther Orlando Emerson
- Gustav Ernesaks (1908-1993)
F
- Ciaran Farrell(1969- )
- Giles Farnaby (c1565-1640)[2]
- Gabriel Fauré
- George Fenton (born 1950)
- Arkady Filippenko (1912-1983)
- Carlisle Floyd (born 1926)
- Thomas Ford (1580-1648)[3]
- David Foster
- Stephen Foster (1826-1864)
- Alberto Franchetti
- Joseph Funk
G
- Andrea Gabrieli
- Giovanni Gabrieli
- Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591)
- Michael Gandolfi
- Kyle Gann (born 1955)
- Pauline Garcia-Viardot (1821-1910)
- Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729-1774)
- Denis Gaultier (died 1672)
- Noel Gay (died 1954)
- George Gershwin
- Don Carlo Gesualdo
- Michael Giacchino
- Jean Gilbert (born 1879)
- Mauro Giuliani
- Louis Glass
- Philip Glass
- Jackie Gleason (1916-1987)
- Reinhold Gliere
- Andrew Glover (b 1962)
- Christoph Willibald Gluck
- Alexander Godunov (1949-1995)
- Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836-1896)
- Michael Gordon
- François Joseph Gossec
- Glenn Gould (1932-1982)
- Morton Gould (1913-1996)
- Charles Gounod
- Fernando Lopes Graça
- Ulf Grahn (born 1942)
- Enrique Granados
- Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997)
- Adolph Green (1914-2002)
- Eivind Groven (1901-1977)
- Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé
- Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000)
- Tomasz Gaworek-Schodrok (born 1965)
- Alexandre Glazunov
H
- Daron Hagen (born 1961)
- Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935)
- Marvin Hamlisch (born 1944)
- Jan Hammer (born 1948)
- Albert Hammond (born 1942)
- George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
- W.C. Handy (1873-1958)
- Barbara Harbach
- Kevin F. Harris (born 1965)
- John Hartford (1937-2001)
- Hamilton Harty
- Johann A. Hasse (died 1783)
- Pieter Hellendaal (1721-1799)
- Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
- Victor Herbert (1859-1924)
- Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179) early church music composer, wrote sacred works including her morality play with music Ordo Virtutum
- Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822)
- Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
- Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
I
- Jacques Ibert (1890 - 1962)
- Akira Ifukube (1916 - 2007)
- Ilayaraaja (1943 -)
- Andrew Imbrie (born 1921)
- John Ireland (1879 - 1962)
- Charles Ives (1874 - 1954)
- Michael Irslinger (1969 -)
J
- Tony Jackson (1876-1921)
- Leoš Janácek
- Robert Johnson (c1583-c1633)
- Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774)
- Scott Joplin (ca.1868-1917)
- Bradley Joseph (born 1965)
K
- Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
- Yoko Kanno (born 1964)
- Artur Kapp (1878-1952)
- Jerome David Kern (1885-1945)
- Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)
- Aldine Silliman Kieffer
- Carole King (born 1942)
- Don Kirshner (born 1934)
- Charles Koechlin (born 1867)
- Evgeni Kostitsyn (born 1963)
- Ellis B. Kohs
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- William Kraft
- Johann Tobias Krebs (died 1762)
- Fritz Kreisler
L
- John Lanchbery (1923 - 2003)
- Daniel Lanois
- Patrick Larley (born 1951)
- Orlande de Lassus (ca. 1532-1594)
- Ernesto Lecuona
- Jerry Leiber (born 1933)
- Alfonso Leng (1894-1974)
- Oscar Levant (1906-1972)
- Primo Levi (1919-1987)
- Andrew Lewis (born 1936)
- Rolf Liebermann (died 1999)
- Douglas Lilburn (1915-2001)
- Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836)
- Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
- Duarte Lôbo (1565-1646)[5]
- Thomas Lupo (1571-1627)[6]
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi (ca. 1545-1607)
M
- Gustav Mahler
- Alessandro Marcello
- Christian Marclay
- Vicente Martin y Soler (died 1806)
- Pietro Mascagni
- Jules Massenet
- Jacques-Fereol Mazas
- Rod McKuen (born 1933)
- Frank McNamara
- Erkki Melartin
- Fanny Mendelssohn
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Saverio Mercadante (born 1795)
- Olivier Messiaen
- Ludwig Mestler (1891-1959)
- Giacomo Meyerbeer
- Behzad Mirkhani (born 1969)
- Stevan Mokranjac (born 1856)
- Federico Mompou
- Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
- Thomas Morley (1557 or 1558 – October 1602)
- Giorgio Moroder (born 1940)
- Steve Morse
- Meredith Monk
- Jean-Joseph Mouret
- Georges Moustaki
- Leopold Mozart
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Modest Mussorgsky
N
- Sydney Nicholson, (1875-1947)
- Rikard Nordraak
- Ivor Novello (1893-1951)
O
- Carolina Oliphant
- Otto Olsson (1879–1964)
- Carl Orff (1895-1982)
P
- Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867)
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski
- Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c1590-1664)[9]
- Niccolò Paganini
- José de Paiva Netto (born 1941), Brazilian composer.
- Andrzej Panufnik
- Giovanni Paisiello
- Paul Paray (1886-1979)
- Arvo Pärt
- Tomaz Pengov
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
- Jacopo Peri
- Don Lorenzo Perosi (1872-1956)
- Perotin Magister (fl.1190-1220)
- Norbert Walter Peters (born 1954)
- Goffredo Petrassi
- Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)
- Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1638)[10]
- Niccola Piccinni, (1728-1800)
- Johann Gottfried Piefke, (1815-1884)
- Willem Pijper
- Daniel Pinkham (1923-2007)
- Ildebrando Pizzetti
- Doc Pomus (1925-1991)
- Amilcare Ponchielli
- Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
- Cole Porter
- Michael Praetorius
- Zbigniew Preisner (born 1955)
- André Previn (born 1929)
- Simon Proctor
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Giacomo Puccini
Q
R
- Rahbani brothers (Assi: 1923-1986, Mansour: 1925-)
- Maurice Ravel
- Thomas Ravenscroft
- Hans Redlich (1903-1968)
- Ottorino Respighi
- Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- Johnny Rivers (born 1942)
- Curtis Roads
- Nile Rodgers (born 1952)
- Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
- Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)
- Ernesto Rodrigues (born 1959)
- Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951)
- Gioacchino Rossini
- Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1835-1881)
S
- Mart Saar (1882-1963)
- Kaija Saariaho
- Camille Saint-Saëns
- Ryuichi Sakamoto (born 1942)
- Antonio Salieri
- Carlos Sandoval (born 1956)
- Adi Sankara (c. 788-820)
- Syama Sastry
- Erik Satie (1866-1925)
- Alessandro Scarlatti
- Domenico Scarlatti
- Pierre Schaeffer (1910-1995)
- Peter Schickele (born 1935)
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Franz Schubert
- Clara Schumann
- Robert Schumann
- Gil Scott-Heron (born 1949)
- Renaud Séchan (born 1952)
- Fritz Seitz
- JOHN SERRY SR (1915 - 2003)
- Tolib Shakhidi, (born 1946)
- Kazimierz Serocki (died 1981)
- Doc Severinsen (born 1927)
- Vladimir Shainsky (born 1925)
- Dmitri Shostakovich
- Jean Sibelius
- Thomas Simpson (1582-1628)[12]
- Les Six (1899-1983)
- Nicolas Slonimsky, (1894-1995)
- Giovanni Sollima
- Stephen Sondheim (born 1930)
- Abhay Rustum Sopori
- Natsume Soseki (1867-1916)
- John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
- Gaspare Spontini
- Johann Stamitz
- John Stanley (1712-1786)
- Agostino Steffani
- Max Steiner (1888-1971)
- Jim Steinman (born 1948)
- William Grant Still
- Johann Strauss I
- Johann Strauss II
- Richard Strauss
- Igor Stravinsky
- Arthur Sullivan
- Wladyslaw Szpilman
- Karol Szymanowski
T
- Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
- Giuseppe Tartini
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Alexander Tcherepnin (born 1899)
- Georg Philipp Telemann
- Mikis Theodorakis
- John Tesh (born 1952)
- Daniel Theaker (born 1967)
- Dimitri Tiomkin (1894-1979)
- Rudolf Tobias (1873-1918)
- Ernst Toch (1887-1964)
- Michael Torke
- Mel Torme (1925-1999)
- Allen Toussaint
- Giovanni Maria Trabaci (1575-1647)[14]
- Eduard Tubin (1905-1982)
- Tyagaraja (died 1848)
U
V
- Didier van Damme (1929-)
- Niel van der Watt (1962- )
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Caetano Veloso
- Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
- Giovanni Viotti
- Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361)
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Walter von der Vogelweide (c1170-c1230)
- Ludwig von Köchel (1800-1877)
W
- Richard Wagner
- William Walker
- George James Webb (born 1803)
- Jimmy Webb (born 1946)
- Simon Webb
- Carl Maria von Weber
- Paul Wehage (born 1963)
- Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
- Judith Weir
- Sylvius Leopold Weiss
- Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656-1705)
- Benjamin Franklin White
- Thomas Whythorne
- Charles-Marie Widor
- John Williams
- Spencer Williams (1889-1965)
- Vaughan Williams
- Alex Wurman (born 1966)
X
Y
Z
- Riccardo Zandonai
- Frank Zappa (died 1993)
- Jan Dismas Zelenka (born 1679)
- Hans Zimmer
- Deco Zgur
- John Zorn