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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

• Benjamin Carl Unseld

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

• Yanni
• Yuji Nomi

Z

• Riccardo Zandonai
• Frank Zappa (died 1993)
• Jan Dismas Zelenka (born 1679)
• Hans Zimmer
• Deco Zgur
• John Zorn