LIST OF 20TH CENTURY CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

Composers of 20th century classical music include:

Contents

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

See also

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A

★ Heikki Aaltoila (1905-1992)

★ Juhan Aavik (1884-1982)

★ Frank Abbinanti (1949- )

★ Keiko Abe (born 1937)

★ Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991)

★ Michael Abels (born 1962)

★ Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930)

★ Juan Manuel Abras (born 1975)

★ Jean Absil (1893-1974)

★ María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui (1873–1957)

★ John Coolidge Adams (born 1947)

★ John Luther Adams (born 1953)

★ Ella Adayevskaya (nee Schultz) (1846–1926)

★ Richard Addinsell (1904 - 1977)

★ Thomas Adès (born 1971)

★ Samuel Adler (born 1928)

★ Lejla Agolli (born 1950)

★ Graciela Agudela (born 1945)

★ Ahn Eak-tae (1906 - 1965)

★ Sieglinda Ahrens (born 1936)

★ Doris Akers (1923–1995)

★ Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)

★ Necil Kazim Akses (1908 - 1999)

★ Jehan-Ariste Alain (1911-1940)

★ Eleanor Alberga (born 1949)

★ Sef Albertz (born 1971)

★ Luna Alcalay (born 1928)

★ Amanda Ira Aldridge (1866–1956)

★ Leni Alexander (born 1924)

★ Liana Alexandra (born 1947)

★ Franco Alfano (1875 - 1954)

★ Hugo Alfvén (1872 - 1960)

★ Hossein Alizadeh (born 1951)

★ Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947)

★ Kristi Allik (born 1952)

★ Frances Allitsen (1849–1912)

★ Yardena Alotin (1930–1994)

★ Birgitte Alsted (born 1942)

★ Martha Alter (1904–1976)

★ Javier Alvarez (born 1956)

★ Maria de Alvear (born 1960)

★ William Alwyn (1905-1985)

★ Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)

★ Charles Amirkhanian (born 1945)

★ Solange Ancona (born 1943)

★ Avril Anderson (born 1953)

★ Beth Anderson (born 1950)

★ Laurie Anderson (born 1955)

★ Ruth Anderson (born 1928)

★ Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)

★ Hendrik Andriessen (1892 - 1981)

★ Jurriaan Andriessen (1925 - 1996)

★ Louis Andriessen (born 1939)

★ Caroline Ansink (born 1959)

★ George Antheil (1900 - 1959)

★ John Antill (1904-1986)

★ Denis ApIvor (1916 - 2004)

★ Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938)

★ Edward Applebaum (born 1937)

★ Izabella Arazova (born 1936)

★ Violet Archer (1913–2000)

★ Bülent Arel (1919 - 1990)

★ Isabel Aretz (born 1913)

★ Anneli Arho (born 1951)

★ Cecilia Arizti (1856–1930)

★ Marian Arkwright (1863–1922)

★ Elinor Armer (born 1939)

★ Georgi Arnaoudov (born 1957)

★ Richard Arnell (born 1917)

★ Blaž Arnič (1901 - 1970)

★ Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)

★ Claude Arrieu (1903 - 1990)

★ Robert Ashley (born 1930)

★ Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917)

★ Kurt Atterberg (1887 - 1974)

★ Lera Auerbach (born 1973)

★ Christopher Auerbach-Brown (born 1970)

★ Valborg Aulin (1860–1928)

★ Georges Auric (1899 - 1983)

★ Larry Austin (born 1930)

★ Daniel Ayala (1906–1975)

★ Florence Aylward (1862–1950)

★ Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961)

★ Svitlana Azarova (born 1976)

B

★ Heidi Baader-Nobs (born 1940)

★ Arno Babadzhanian (1921-1983)

★ Milton Babbitt (born 1916)

★ Konstantin Babić (born 1927)

★ Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)

★ Vytautas Bacevičius (1905-1970)

★ Jan Bach (born 1937)

★ Maria Bach (1896–1978)

★ Sven-Erik Bäck (1919-1994)

★ Carola Backholt (born 1959)

★ Maya Badian (born 1945)

★ Vera Baeva (born 1930)

★ Junsang Bahk (born 1937)

★ Judith Margaret Bailey (born 1941)

★ Regina Harris Baiocchi (born 1956)

★ Feliksas Bajoras (born 1934)

★ Michael J Baker (1949-2000)

★ Ruth Bakke (born 1947)

★ Leonardo Balada (born 1933)

★ Osvaldas Balakauskas (born 1937)

★ Esther Ballou (1915–1973)

★ Eduardas Balsys (1919-1984)

★ Jovan Bandur (1899-1956)

★ Granville Bantock (1868-1946)

★ Krešimir Baranović (1894-1975)

★ Samuel Barber (1910-1981)

★ Mansi Barberis (1899–1986)

★ Cacilda Campos Borges Barbosa (born 1914)

★ Srdjan Barić (born 1927)

★ Elaine Barkin (born 1932)

★ Clarence Barlow (born 1945)

★ Alice Barnett (1886–1975)

★ Carol E Barnett (born 1949)

★ Ethel Barns (born 1948)

★ Varteks Baronijan (born 1933)

★ Elsa Barraine (1910–1999)

★ Jean Barraqué (1928-1973)

★ Gisèle Barreau (born 1948)

★ Natasha Barrett (born 1972)

★ Joyce Howard Barrell (1917–1989)

★ Françoise Barrière (born 1944)

★ Bebe Barron (born 1927)

★ Louis Barron (1920-1989)

★ Béla Bartók (1881-1945)

★ Leslie Bassett (born 1923)

★ Marion Bauer (1882–1955)

★ Alison Bauld (born 1944)

★ Arnold Bax (1883-1953)

★ Amy Beach (1867-1944)

★ Robert Beadell (1925–1994)

★ James Beale (born 1924)

★ Sally Beamish (born 1956)

★ Janet Beat (born 1937)

★ Betty Beath (born 1932)

★ John J. Becker(1886-1961)

★ John Beckwith (born 1927)

★ Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt (1884–1964)

★ David Bedford (born 1937)

★ Norma Beecroft (born 1934)

★ Eve Beglarian (born 1958)

★ Anđelka Bego-Šimunić (born 1941)

★ Jeanne Behrend (1912–1988)

★ David Behrman (born 1937)

★ Jeanne Beijerman-Walraven (1878–1969)

★ Alfonso Belfiore (born 1954)

★ Derek Bell (1935-2002)

★ Barbara Benary (born 1946)

★ Chiara Benati (born 1956)

★ Paul Ben-Haim (1897-1984)

★ Juraj Benes (1940-2004)

★ George Benjamin (born 1960)

★ Richard Rodney Bennett (born 1936)

★ Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)

★ Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919-2000)

★ Ove Benzen (born 1935)

★ Cathy Berberian (1925-1983)

★ Alban Berg (1885-1935)

★ Gunnar Berg (1909-1989)

★ Petar Bergamo (born 1930)

★ Arthur Berger (1912-2003)

★ Jean Berger (1909-2002)

★ William Bergsma (1921-1994)

★ Luciano Berio (1925-2003)

★ Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)

★ Michael Berkeley (born 1948)

★ Christine Berl (born 1943)

★ Bart Berman (born 1938)

★ Lauren Bernofsky (born 1967)

★ Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

★ Charles Roland Berry (born 1957)

★ Dennis Berry (1921-1994)

★ Danilo Bestagno

★ Johanna Beyer (1888–1944)

★ Gillian Bibby (born 1945)

★ Gilbert Biberian (born 1944)

★ Nick Bicat (born 1949)

★ Lycia de Biase Bidart (born 1910)

★ Franz Biebl (1906–2001)

★ Beatriz Bilbao (born 1951)

★ Ronald Binge (1910-1969)

★ Judith Bingham (born 1952)

★ Stanislav Binički(1872-1942)

★ Renate Birnstein (born 1946)

★ Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934)

★ Hermann Bischoff (1868-1936)

★ Roberta Bitgood (born 1908)

★ Marcel Bitsch (born 1921)

★ Erling Bjerno (born 1929)

★ Jens Bjerre (1903-1986)

★ Boris Blacher (1903-1975)

★ Richard Blackford (born 1954)

★ Easley Blackwood (born 1933)

★ Hugh Blair (1864–1932)

★ Susan Morton Blaustein (born 1953)

★ Carla Bley (born 1938)

★ Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)

★ Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964)

★ Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)

★ Patricia Blomfield Holt (born 1910)

★ Sonia Bo (born 1960)

★ Berta Bock (1857–1945)

★ Sylvie Bodorová (born 1954)

★ Ernst Boehe (1880-1938)

★ Ana Bofill Levi (born 1944)

★ Boris Böhmann (born 1964)

★ Michèle Bokanowski (born 1943)

★ William Bolcom (born 1938)

★ Carrie Bond (1862–1946)

★ Victoria Bond (born 1945)

★ Margaret Allison Bonds (1913-1972)

★ Andrée Bonhomme (1905–1982)

★ Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937)

★ Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet (1866–1945)

★ Modesta Bor (1926–1998)

★ David Borden (1938- )

★ Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892–1971)

★ Benjamin Boretz (born 1934)

★ Hakon Börresen (1876-1954)

★ Edith Borroff (born 1925)

★ Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952)

★ Daniel Börtz (born 1943)

★ Maura Bosch (born 1958)

★ Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952)

★ Ljubomir Bošnjaković(1891- )

★ María Enma Botet Dubois (born 1903)

★ Linda Bouchard (born 1957)

★ Rutland Boughton (1878-1960)

★ Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)

★ Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)

★ Pierre Boulez (born 1925)

★ Helen Bowater (born 1952)

★ Paul Bowles (1910-1999)

★ Anne Boyd (born 1946)

★ Ina Boyle (1889–1967)

★ Eugène Bozza (1905-1991)

★ Joly Braga Santos (1924-1988)

★ May Hannah Brahe (1884–1956)

★ Glenn Branca (born 1948)

★ Gena Branscombe (1881–1977)

★ Henry Brant (born 1913)

★ Anthony Braxton (born 1945)

★ Caroline M Breece (born 1977)

★ Thérèse Brenet (born 1935)

★ Havergal Brian (1876-1972)

★ Walter Bricht (1904-1970)

★ Frank Bridge (1879-1941)

★ Dora Bright (1862–1951)

★ Radie Britain (1899–1994)

★ Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

★ Max Brod (1884-1968)

★ Roslyn Brogue (1919–1981)

★ Earle Brown (1926-2002)

★ Rudolf Brucci (1917-2002)

★ David Bruce (born 1970)

★ Theo Bruins (1929-1993)

★ Karl Gottfried Brunotte (born 1958)

★ Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954)

★ Joanna Bruzdowicz (born 1943)

★ Gavin Bryars (born 1943)

★ Dorothy Quita Buchanan (born 1945)

★ Ole Buck (born 1945)

★ Harold Budd (born 1936)

★ Boudewijn Buckinx (born 1945)

★ Nini Bulterijs (1929–1989)

★ Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)

★ Willy Burkhard (1900-1955)

★ Franz Burkhart (1902-1978)

★ Diana Burrell (born 1948)

★ Alan Bush (1900-1995)

★ Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)

★ Sylvano Bussotti (born 1931)

★ Aleksej Butakov(1907-1953)

★ James Butt (born 1929)

★ Nigel Butterley (born 1935)

★ George Butterworth (1885-1916)

C

★ John Cage (1912–1992)

★ Geneviève Calame (1946–1993)

★ Jacques Calonne (born 1930)

★ John Cale (born 1942)

★ Nicola Campogrande (born 1969)

★ Lina Pires de Campos (born 1918)

★ Marguerite Canal (1890–1978)

★ Marta Canales (1893–1986)

★ Edith Canat de Chizy (born 1950)

★ David DeBoor Canfield (born 1950)

★ Joseph Canteloube (1879–1957)

★ Constança Capdeville (1937–1992)

★ André Caplet (1878–1925)

★ Matilde Capuis (born 1913)

★ Cornelius Cardew (1936–1981)

★ Robert Carl (born 1954)

★ Julian Carillo (1875-1965)

★ Wendy Carlos (born 1939)

★ Mary Grant Carmichael (1851–1935)

★ Roberto Carnevale (born 1966)

★ John Alden Carpenter (1876–1951)

★ Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938)

★ Edwin Carr (1926-2003)

★ Julián Carrillo

★ Elliott Carter (born 1908)

★ Dinorá de Carvalho (1904–1980)

★ Sara Carvalho (born 1970)

★ Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003)

★ Tristram Cary (born 1925)

★ Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)

★ John Casken (born 1949)

★ Lola Castegnaro (1900–1979)

★ Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)

★ Graciela Castillo (born before 1945)

★ José María Castro (1892–1964)

★ Juan José Castro (1895–1968)

★ Washington Castro (1909-2004)

★ Eve de Castro-Robinson (born 1956)

★ Eunice Catunda (born 1915)

★ Alejandro García Caturla (1906–1940)

★ Gayane Č'ebotaryan (born 1918)

★ Gabriella Cecchi (born 1944)

★ Monic Cecconi-Botella (born 1936)

★ Julia Cenova (born 1948)

★ Wendy Mae Chambers (born 1953)

★ Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)

★ Claude Champagne (1891–1965)

★ John Barnes Chance (1932–1972)

★ Nancy Laird Chance (born 1931)

★ Theodore Chanler (1902–1961)

★ Janine Charbonnier (born 1926)

★ Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956)

★ Rhys Chatham (born 1952)

★ Carlos Chávez (1899–1978)

★ Gayane Chebotarian (1918–1998)

★ Maria Chefaliady-Taban (1863–1932)

★ Yekaterina Chemberdzhi (born 1960)

★ Chen Shihui (born 1962)

★ Chen Yi (born 1953)

★ Paul Chihara (born 1938)

★ Barney Childs (1926–2000)

★ Mary Ellen Childs (born 1957)

★ Unsuk Chin (born 1961)

★ Geghuni Hovannesi Chitchian (born 1929)

★ Chou Wen-chung (born 1923)

★ Hedwige Chrétien (1859–1944)

★ Jani Christou (1926-1970)

★ Asger Lund Christiansen (1927–1998)

★ Henning Christiansen (born 1932)

★ Tat'yana Chudova (born 1944)

★ Heinz Chur (born 1948)

★ Leonardo Ciampa (born 1971)

★ Suzanne Ciani (born 1946)

★ Francesco Cilea (1866–1950)

★ Maya Ciobanu (born 1952)

★ Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911)

★ Dolores Claman (born 1927)

★ Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979)

★ Laura Clayton (born 1943)

★ Angelo Clematide (born 1954)

★ Aldo Clementi (born 1925)

★ Judith Ann Clingan (born 1945)

★ Adrienne Clostre (born 1921)

★ Eric Coates (1886–1957)

★ Gloria Coates (born 1938)

★ Julian Cochran (born 1974)

★ Robert Cogan (born 1930)

★ Rhoda Coghill (1903–2000)

★ Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (1881–1971)

★ Ulric Cole (1905–1992)

★ Ellen Coleman (1886–1973)

★ Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903–1998)

★ Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)

★ Cecil Coles (1888–1918)

★ Jeanne Colin-De Clerck (born 1924)

★ Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859–1927)

★ Nicolas Collins (born 1954)

★ Graziella Concas (born 1970)

★ Justin Connolly (born 1933)

★ Barry Conyngham (born 1944)

★ Edgar Cook (1880–1953)

★ Arnold Cooke (1906-2005)

★ Francis Judd Cooke (1910–1995)

★ Lindsay Cooper (born 1951)

★ Aaron Copland (1900–1990)

★ John Corigliano (born 1938)

★ Ramiro Cortés (1933–1984)

★ Eleanor Cory (born 1943)

★ Jean Coulthard (1908–2000)

★ Mildred Couper (1887–1974)

★ Henry Cowell (1897–1965)

★ Anna Cramer (1873–1968)

★ Ruth Crawford-Seeger (1901–1953)

★ Paul Creston (1906–1985)

★ Allan J. Cronin (1956- )

★ George Crumb (born 1929)

★ Alvin Curran (born 1938)

★ Marilyn Currier (born 1931)

★ Nathan Currier (born 1960)

★ Sebastian Currier (born 1958)

★ Joe Cutler (born 1968)

★ Chaya Czernowin (born 1957)

D

★ Melanie Ruth Daiken (born 1945)

★ Marc-André Dalbavie (born 1961)

★ Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949)

★ Kathleen Dale (1895–1984)

★ Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–1975)

★ Georges Dandelot (1895–1975)

★ Richard Danielpour (born 1956)

★ Mabel Wheeler Daniels (1877–1971)

★ Ivor Darreg (1917–1994)

★ Gábor Darvas (1911–1985)

★ Shaun Davey (born 1948)

★ Johann Nepomuk David (1895–1977)

★ Mario Davidovsky (born 1934)

★ Tina Davidson (born 1952)

★ Peter Maxwell Davies (born 1934)

★ Carl Davis (born 1936)

★ Harriette Davison (1923–1978)

★ Olga De Blanck Martín (born 1916)

★ Chris DeBlasio (1959–1993)

★ Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

★ Maurice Delage (1879–1961)

★ Claire Delbos (1906–1959)

★ Carmelina Delfin (''c.'' 1900–''after'' 1948)

★ Frederick Delius (1862–1934)

★ Eva Dell'Acqua (1856–1930)

★ Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)

★ Edison Denisov (1929–1996)

★ Marcelle Deschênes (born 1939)

★ Alfred Desenclos (1912–1971)

★ Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993)

★ David Diamond (born 1915)

★ Jody Diamond (born 1953)

★ Hilda Dianda (born 1925)

★ Emma Lou Diemer (born 1927)

★ Consuelo Díez (born 1958)

★ Fannie Charles Dillon (1881–1974)

★ Silvana Di Lotti (born 1942)

★ Violeta Dinescu (born 1953)

★ Grigoraş Dinicu (1889–1949)

★ Paul Dirmeikis (born 1954)

★ Plamen Djurov (born 1949)

★ Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931–2000)

★ Tod Dockstader (born 1932)

★ Stephen Dodgson (born 1924)

★ Ernő Dohnányi (1877–1960)

★ Felicia Donceanu (born 1931)

★ Antal Doráti (1906–1988)

★ Avner Dorman (born 1975)

★ James Douglas (born 1932-)

★ Daniel Dorff (born 1956)

★ Felix Draeseke (1835–1913)

★ Dora Draganova (born 1946)

★ Arnold Dreyblatt (born 1953)

★ George Dreyfus (born 1928)

★ Madeleine Dring (1923–1977)

★ John W Duarte (1919–2004)

★ Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977)

★ William Duckworth (born 1943)

★ Anne Dudley (born 1956)

★ Denis Dufour (born 1953)

★ Hugues Dufourt (born 1943)

★ Paul Dukas (1865–1935)

★ Tan Dun (born 1957)

★ Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)

★ Joël-François Durand (born 1954)

★ Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)

★ Pascal Dusapin (born 1955)

★ Henri Dutilleux (born 1916)

★ Judith Dvorkin (born ''c.'' 1927)

★ Lesya Dychko (born 1939)

★ Roland Dyens (born 1955)

★ George Dyson (1883–1964)

★ Maria Dziewulska (born 1909)

★ David Dzubay (born 1964)

E

★ John Eaton (born 1935)

★ Petr Eben (born 1929)

★ Sixten Eckerberg (1909-1991)

★ Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899-1974)

★ Clara Edwards (1887–1974)

★ Ross Edwards (born 1943)

★ Katharine Emily Eggar (1874–1961)

★ Werner Egk (1901 - 1983)

★ Margriet Ehlen (born 1943)

★ Henry Eichheim (1870 - 1942)

★ Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955)

★ Maija Einfelde (born 1939)

★ Richard Einhorn (born 1952)

★ Gottfried von Einem (1918 - 1996)

★ Karólína Eiríksdóttir (born 1951)

★ Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962)

★ Michelle Ekizian (born 1956)

★ Eleonora Eksanishvili (born 1919)

★ Irina Elcheva (born 1926)

★ Dror Elimelech (born 1956)

★ Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

★ Heino Eller (1887 - 1970)

★ Rosalind Frances Ellicott (1857–1924)

★ David Ellis (born 1933)

★ JAK Ellis

★ Jean-Claude Éloy (born 1938)

★ Kilys Elwyn-Edwards (born 1918)

★ Kateřina Emingerová (1856–1934)

★ George Enescu (1881 - 1955)

★ Sven Einar Englund (1916 - 1999)

★ Brian Eno (born 1948)

★ Peter Eötvös (born 1944)

★ Heimo Erbse (born 1924)

★ Susanne Erding-Swiridoff (born 1955)

★ Robert Erickson (1917 - 1997)

★ Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906 - 1972)

★ Gustav Ernesaks (1908-1993)

★ Siegrid Ernst (born 1929)

★ Pozzi Escot (born 1933)

★ María Escribano (born 1954)

★ Julio Estrada (born 1943)

★ Alvin Etler (1913 - 1973)

★ Pierre Even (born 1946)

★ Robert Evett (1922-1975)

★ Florence Maude Ewart (1864–1949)

F

★ Ciaran Farrell (born 1969)

★ Rolande Falcinelli (born 1920)

★ Manuel De Falla (1876-1946)

★ Evelyn Faltis (1890–1937)

★ Dimitris Fampas (1921-1996)

★ Hormoz Farhat (born 1929)

★ Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000)

★ Eibhlis Farrell (born 1953)

★ Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

★ Sarah Feigin (born 1928)

★ Jindřich Feld (born 1925)

★ Morton Feldman (1926-1987)

★ Eric Fenby (1906-1997)

★ Johanne Amelie Fenger (1836–1913)

★ Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)

★ Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921)

★ Luc Ferrari (born 1929)

★ Beatriz Ferreyra (born 1937)

★ Arkady Filippenko (1912-1983)

★ Vivian Fine (1913–2000)

★ Mary Finsterer (born 1962)

★ Graciane Finzi (born 1945)

★ Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)

★ Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat (born 1922)

★ Elena Firsova (born 1950)

★ David First (born 1953)

★ Helen Fisher (born 1942)

★ Chris Fitkin (19?- )

★ Graham Fitkin (born 1963)

★ Tsippi Fleischer (born 1946)

★ Antony le Fleming

★ Alan Fleming-Baird (born 1972)

★ Carlisle Floyd (born 1926)

★ Henry Flynt (born 1940)

★ Bernard Foccroulle (born 1953)

★ Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870–1946)

★ Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930)

★ Andrew Ford (born 1957)

★ Malcolm Forsyth (born 1936)

★ Wolfgang Fortner (1907-1987)

★ Lukas Foss (born 1922)

★ Jennifer Fowler (born 1939)

★ Erika Fox (born 1936)

★ Arthur Frackenpohl (born 1924)

★ Ludmila Frajt (born 1919)

★ Jean Françaix (1912-1997)

★ Dorothea Anne Franchi (1920–2003)

★ Hedy Frank-Autheried (1902–1979)

★ Benjamin Frankel (1906-1973)

★ Joan Franks Williams (born 1930)

★ Shena Fraser (born 1910)

★ Dorothy Whitson Freed (born 1919)

★ Isadore Freed (1900–1960)

★ Eleanor Everest Freer (1864–1942)

★ Narcisa Freixas (1859–1926)

★ Bertha Frensel Wegener (1874–1953)

★ Peter Racine Fricker (1920 - 1990)

★ Hidas Frigyes (born 1928)

★ Johannes Fritsch (born 1941)

★ Ilsa Fromm-Michaels (1888–1986)

★ Susan Frykberg (born 1954)

★ Lillian Fuchs (1903–1995)

★ Julius Fučík (composer) (1872-1916)

★ Keiko Fujiie (born 1963)

★ Ellen Fullman (born 1957)

★ Biancamaria Furgeri (born 1935)

★ Jessie Furze (1903–1984)

G

★ Kenneth Gaburo (1926 - 1993)

★ Diamanda Galás (born 1955)

★ Blas Galindo Dimás (1910–1993)

★ Guillermo Galindo (born 1960)

★ Rachel Galinne (born 1949)

★ Raymond Gallois-Montbrun (born 1918)

★ Kyle Gann (born 1955)

★ Lee Gannon (born 1960)

★ Tomás Garbizu (1901-1989)

★ Roberto Garcia Morillo (1911 - 2003)

★ John Gardner (born 1917)

★ Kay Gardner (born 1941)

★ Zoltán Gárdonyi (1906 - 1986)

★ Vincenza Garelli della Morea (1859–''after'' 1924)

★ Peter Garland (born 1952)

★ Lūcija Garūta (1902–1977)

★ Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941)

★ Marianne Gary-Schaffhauser (born 1903)

★ Crawford Gates (born 1922]]

★ Koharik Gazarossian (1907–1967)

★ Roberta Geddes-Harvey (1849–1930)

★ Gerda Geertens (born 1955)

★ Rolf Gehlhaar (born 1943)

★ Evren Genis (born 1978)

★ Ada Gentile (born 1947)

★ Roberto Gerhardt (1896 - 1970)

★ Edward German (1862 - 1936)

★ Abbie Gerrish-Jones (1863–1929)

★ George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)

★ Stefano Gervasoni (born 1962)

★ Maura Ghoneim (born 1955)

★ Vittorio Giannini (1903 - 1966)

★ Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960)

★ Jon Gibson (born 1940)

★ Robert Gibson (born 1950)

★ Miriam Gideon (1906–1996)

★ Helen Gifford (born 1935)

★ Paul Gilson (1865 - 1942)

★ Alberto Ginastera (1916 - 1983)

★ Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)

★ Daniel Giorgetti (born 1971)

★ Ruth Gipps (1921 - 1999)

★ Suzanne Giraud (born 1958)

★ Janice Giteck (born 1946)

★ Barbara Giuranna (1898–1998)

★ Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912 - 1990)

★ Philip Glass (born 1937)

★ Helen Glatz (born 1908)

★ Evelyn Glennie (born 1965)

★ Reinhold Glière (1875-1956)

★ Vinko Globokar (born 1934)

★ Radames Gnattali (1906 - 1987)

★ Vladimír Godár (born 1956)

★ Leopold Godowsky (1870 - 1938)

★ Heiner Goebbels (born 1952)

★ Alexander Goehr (born 1932)

★ Walter Goehr (1903 - 1960)

★ Sir Dean Goffin (1916 - 1984)

★ Ronald Gold (born 1953)

★ Carl Goldmark (1830 - 1915)

★ Rubin Goldmark (1872 - 1936)

★ Berthold Goldschmidt (1903 - 1996)

★ Osvaldo Golijov (born 1960)

★ Evgeny Golubev (1910 - 1988)

★ Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935)

★ Eugène Goossens (1893 - 1962)

★ Otar Gordeli (born 1928)

★ Henryk Górecki (born 1933)

★ Annette vande Gorne (born 1946)

★ Annie Gosfield (born 1960)

★ Ida Gotkovsky (born 1933)

★ Glenn Gould (1932 - 1982)

★ Morton Gould (1913 - 1996)

★ Dorothy Gow (1893–1982)

★ Janet Graham (born 1948)

★ Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)

★ Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916)

★ Micki Grant (born 1941)

★ Hector Gratton (1900-1970)

★ Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864 - 1956)

★ María Grever (1885–1951)

★ Mark Gresham (born 1956)

★ Geoffrey Grey (born 1934)

★ Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884 - 1920)

★ Beverly Grigsby (born 1928)

★ Gérard Grisey (1946 - 1998)

★ Thomas Griselle (1891-1955)

★ Ferde Grofé (1892-1972)

★ Eivind Groven (1901 - 1977)

★ Juozas Gruodis (1884-1948)

★ Alejandro Guarello (born 1951)

★ Camargo Guarnieri (1907 - 1993)

★ Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)

★ Emilia Gubitosi (1887–1972)

★ Rosa Guraieb (born 1931)

★ Nazife Güran (1921–1993)

★ Benjamín Gutiérrez Saénz[1]

★ Elizabeth Gyring (1886–1970)

★ Henry Gwiazda (born 1952)

H

★ Alois Hába (1893–1973)

★ Karel Hába (1898–1972)

★ Daron Hagen (born 1961)

★ Helen Eugenia Hagan (1893–1964)

★ Júlia Hajdú (1915–1987)

★ Jeremy Haladyna

★ Pauline Hall (1890–1969)

★ Hans Peter Haller (born 1929)

★ Calvin Hampton (1938–1984)

★ Ann-Elise Hannikainen (born 1946)

★ Howard Hanson (1896–1981)

★ Kazuko Hara (born 1935)

★ John Harbison (born 1938)

★ Guy d'Hardelot (1858–1936)

★ Egil Harder (1917–1997)

★ Halina Harelava (born 1951)

★ R. Ethel Harraden (''fl.'' late 19th century–early 20th century)

★ Richard Harris (born 1968)

★ Roy Harris (1898-1979)

★ Annie Fortescue Harrison (1851–1944)

★ Lou Harrison (1917–2003)

★ Michael Harrison (19?- )

★ Pamela Harrison (1915–1990)

★ Susie Frances Harrison (1859–1935)

★ Stephen Hartke (born 1952)

★ Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905–1963)

★ Hamilton Harty (1879–1941)

★ Jonathan Harvey (born 1939)

★ Irina Hasnaş (born 1954)

★ Jon Hassell (born 1937)

★ Josef Matthias Hauer (1883–1959)

★ Erik Haumann (born 1952)

★ Birgit Havenstein (born 1954)

★ Hanna Havrylets' (born 1958)

★ Diana Pereira Hay (born 1932)

★ Sorrel Hays (born 1941)

★ Marcus Tristan Heathcock (born 1967)

★ Celeste de Longpré Heckscher (1860–1928)

★ Gherry Hedin (ca. 1939–2006)

★ Åse Hedstrøm (born 1950)

★ Jake Heggie (born 1961)

★ Bernhard Heiden (1910-2000)

★ John Heiss (born 1938)

★ Walter Hekster (born 1937)

★ Piers Hellawell (born 1956)

★ Barbara Heller (born 1936)

★ Moya Henderson (born 1941)

★ Ig Henneman (born 1945)

★ Pierre Henry (born 1927)

★ Hans Werner Henze (born 1926)

★ Gisela Hernández (1912–1971)

★ Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975)

★ Fred Hersch (born 1955)

★ Willy Hess

★ Ethel Glenn Hier (1889–1971)

★ Alfred Hill (1870–1960)

★ Mirrie Hill (1892–1986)

★ Lejaren Hiller (1924–1994)

★ Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)

★ Ho Wai-On (born 1946)

★ Tim Hodgkinson (born 1949)

★ Margriet Hoenderdos (born 1952)

★ Leslie Hogan

★ Dulcie Sybil Holland (born 1913)

★ Donald Russell Hollier (born 1934)

★ Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996)

★ Borghild Holmsen (1865–1938)

★ Gustav Holst (1874–1934)

★ Imogen Holst (1907–1984)

★ Adriana Hölszky (born 1953)

★ Richard E Holz (born 1914)

★ Arthur Honegger (1892–1955)

★ Helen Francis Hood (1863–1949)

★ Katherine Hoover (born 1937)

★ Helen Hopekirk (1856–1945)

★ Antony Hopkins (born 1921)

★ Sarah Hopkins (born 1958)

★ Mark-David Hosale

★ Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955)

★ Andre Hossein (1905-1983)

★ Eleanor Hovda (born 1940)

★ Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000)

★ Edgar Hovhannessian (1930-1998)

★ Brian Howard (born 1951)

★ Elgar Howarth (born 1935)

★ Mary Howe (1882–1964)

★ Dorothy Howell (1898–1982)

★ Dobri Hristov (1875–1941)

★ Zhun Huang (born 1926)

★ Nicolaus A. Huber (born 1939)

★ Elaine Hugh-Jones (born 1927)

★ Tonci Huljic (born 1961)

★ Hans Ulrich Humpert

★ Jerry Hunt (1943–1993)

★ Philippe Hurel (born 1955)

★ Brenda Hutchinson (born 1954)

★ Miriam Beatrice Hyde (1913–2005)

I

★ Jacques Ibert (1890 - 1962)

★ Akira Ifukube (1916 - 2006)

★ Ilayaraaja (1943 -)

★ Andrew Imbrie (born 1921)

★ Federico Incardona (1958 - 2006)

★ John Ireland (1883 - 1962)

★ Regina Irman (born 1957)

★ Madeleine Isaksson (born 1956)

★ Charles Ives (1874 - 1954)

★ Jean Eichelberger Ivey (born 1923)

★ Adina Izarra (born 1959)

J

★ Najla Jabor (born 1915)

★ Gabriel Jackson (born 1962)

★ Gordon Jacob (1895 - 1984)

★ Marie Jaëll (1846–1925)

★ Dorothy James (1901–1982)

★ Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928)

★ Viera Janárčeková (born 1941)

★ Natalia Janotha (1856–1932)

★ Armas Järnefelt (1869-1958)

★ Jean Michel Jarre (born 1948)

★ Maurice Jarre (born 1924)

★ Leroy Jenkins (born 1932)

★ Alden Jenks (born 1940)

★ Kerstin Jeppsson (born 1948)

★ Hilda Jerea (1919–1980)

★ Eva Jessye (1885–1992)

★ Marta Jiráčková (born 1932)

★ Theo Jörgensmann (born 1948)

★ David C. Johnson (born 1940)

★ Scott Johnson (born 1952)

★ Tom Johnson (born 1939)

★ Ben Johnston (born 1926)

★ Fergus Johnston (born 1959)

★ Betsy Jolas (born 1926)

★ André Jolivet (1905 - 1974)

★ Axel Borup Jørgensen (born 1924)

★ Bradley Joseph (born 1965)

★ Jane M. Joseph (1894–1929)

★ Maurice Journeau (1898 - 1999)

★ Patricia Jünger (born 1951)

★ Julius Juzeliūnas (1916-2001)

K

★ Miloslav Kabeláč (1908-1979)

★ Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904 - 1987)

★ Mauricio Kagel (born 1931)

★ Erich Itor Kahn (1905-1956)

★ Yuki Kajiura (born 1965)

★ Trisutji Kamal (born 1936)

★ Laura Kaminsky (born 1956)

★ Kikuko Kanai (1911–1986)

★ Giya Kancheli (born 1935)

★ Shigeru Kan-no (born 1959)

★ Yoko Kanno (born 1964)

★ Artur Kapp (1878-1952)

★ Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)

★ Nikolai Kapustin (born 1937)

★ Sirvart Karamanuk (born 1912)

★ Richard Karpen (born 1957)

★ Heino Kaski (1885-1957)

★ Brian E. Katona (born 1976)

★ Nicolas Kaviani (born 1977)

★ Leif Kayser (1919-2001)

★ Nigel Keay (born 1955)

★ David Kechley (born 1947)

★ Gerald Kechley (born ca. 1919)

★ Ralph Edward Kechley (fl. 1940)

★ Robert Kechley (born 1952)

★ Nigel Kennedy (born 1956)

★ Aaron Jay Kernis (born 1960)

★ Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)

★ Karen Khachaturian (born 1920)

★ Tikhon Khrennikov (born 1913)

★ Wojciech Kilar (born 1932)

★ Wilhelm Killmayer (born 1927)

★ Earl Kim (1920-1998)

★ Gideon Klein (1919-1945)

★ Phil Kline

★ Oliver Knussen (born 1952)

★ Günter Kochan (born 1930)

★ Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)

★ Nevit Kodallı (born 1924)

★ Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)

★ Gerard Kockelmans (1925-1965)

★ Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996)

★ Panayiotis Kokoras (born 1974)

★ Leo B. Kopp (1938–1968)

★ Thomas Koppel (1944-2006)

★ Mark Kopytman (born 1929)

★ Peter Jona Korn (19?- )

★ Erich Korngold (1897-1957)

★ Evgeni Kostitsyn (born 1963)

★ William Kraft (born 1923)

★ Jonathan Kramer (1942-2004)

★ Hans Krása (1899-1944)

★ Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)

★ William Kroll (1901-1980)

★ Henry Kucharzyk (born 1953)

★ Gary Kulesha (born 1954)

★ Jos Kunst (1936-1996)

★ Andreas Kunstein (born 1967)

★ Hans Kunstovny (born 1947)

★ Ladislav Kupkovic (born 1936)

★ Bronius Kutavičius (born 1932)

★ Toivo Kuula (1883-1981)

★ Robert Kyr (born 1952)

L

★ Joan LaBarbara (born 1947)

★ Juan Sebastian Lach (born 1970)

★ Helmut Lachenmann (born 1935)

★ Butch Lacy (born 1947)

★ Steve Lacy (born 1934)

★ Ezra Laderman (born 1924)

★ Constant Lambert (1905–1951)

★ Eastwood Lane (1879–1951)

★ David Lang (born 1957)

★ Rued Langgaard (1893-1952)

★ Vanessa Lann (born 1968)

★ Paul Lansky (born 1944)

★ André Laporte (born 1931)

★ Agustin Lara (1900-1969/70)

★ Patrick Larley (born 1951)

★ Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986)

★ William P. Latham (1917–2004)

★ Morten Lauridsen (born 1943)

★ Antonio Lauro (1917-1986)

★ Elodie Lauten

★ Mario Lavista (born 1943)

★ Bo Lawergren (born 1937)

★ Billy Jim Layton (born 1924)

★ Mary Jane Leach (born 1949)

★ Anne Lebaron (born 1953)

★ Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963)

★ Jón Leifs (1899–1968)

★ David Leisner (born 1953)

★ Troy Lennerd (born 1970)

★ Daniel Lentz (born 1942)

★ Georges Lentz (born 1965)

★ Wadada Leo Smith (born 1941)

★ Fred Lerdahl (born 1943)

★ Philippe Leroux (born 1959)

★ György Ligeti (1923–2006)

★ Douglas Lilburn (1915–2001)

★ Magnus Lindberg (born 1958)

★ George Lloyd (1913–1998)

★ Annea Lockwood (born 1939)

★ Theo Loevendie (born 1930)

★ Wendell Logan (born 1940)

★ Ruth Lomon (born 1930)

★ Michel Longtin (born 1946)

★ Fernando Lopes Graça (1906–1994)

★ Alexina Louie (b. 1949)

★ Alvin Lucier (born 1931)

★ Otto Luening (1900–1996)

★ Torbjorn Iwan Lundquist (born 1920)

★ Stanley Lunetta (born 1937)

★ Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994)

★ Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)

M

★ François-Bernard Mâche (born 1935)

★ Steven Mackey (born 1956)

★ Ernest Campbell MacMillan (1893-1973)

★ James MacMillan (born 1959)

★ Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994)

★ Carleton Macy (born 1944)

★ Bruno Maderna (1920–1973)

★ Leevi Madetoja (1887-1947)

★ Ester Mägi (born 1922)

★ Alma Mahler (1879-1964)

★ David Mahler (born 1944)

★ Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)

★ Javier Torres Maldonado (born 1968)

★ Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973)

★ Michio Mamiya (born 1929)

★ Philippe Manoury (born 1952)

★ Bunita Marcus (born 1952)

★ Pierre Mariétan (born 1935)

★ Miklós Maros (born 1943)

★ Ingram Marshall (born 1942)

★ Frank Martin (1890–1974)

★ Donald Martino (1931-2005)

★ Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)

★ Steve Martland (born 1959)

★ Joseph Marx (1882–1964)

★ Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945)

★ Daniel Gregory Mason (1873–1953)

★ David Maslanka (born 1943)

★ Diego Masson (born 1935)

★ Lovro von Matačić (1899-1985)

★ André Mathieu (1929-1968)

★ Yori-aki Matsudaira (born 1931)

★ Yoritsune Matsudaira (1907-2001)

★ Colin Matthews (born 1946)

★ David Matthews (born 1943)

★ Nicholas Maw (born 1935)

★ Andrew McBirnie (born 1971)

★ Harl McDonald (1899-1955)

★ George Frederick McKay (1899–1970)

★ Carl McKinley (1895– )

★ Colin McPhee (1900–1964)

★ Richard Meale (born 1932)

★ Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951)

★ Peter Mennin (1923–1983)

★ Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)

★ Oskar Merikanto (1868-1924)

★ Wim Mertens (born 1953)

★ Parviz Meshkatian (born 1955)

★ Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)

★ Edgar Meyer (born 1960)

★ Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905–1988)

★ Winfried Michel (born 1948)

★ Peter Mieg (1906–1990)

★ Francisco Mignone (1897–1986)

★ Ödön Mihalovich (1842–1929)

★ Minoru Miki (born 1930)

★ Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

★ Peter Milne (1824–1908)

★ Ilhan Mimaroglu (1926- )

★ Christian Minkowitsch (born 1962)

★ Haruki Mino (born 1950)

★ Behzad Mirkhani (born 1969)

★ Roscoe Mitchell (born 1940)

★ Luca Miti (born 1957)

★ Dary John Mizelle (born 1940)

★ Ernest John Moeran (1894–1950)

★ Luis Manuel Molina (born 1958)

★ Andrea Molino (born 1964)

★ Federico Mompou (1893–1987)

★ José Pablo Moncayo (1912–1958)

★ Meredith Monk (born 1942)

★ Jacques-Louis Monod (born 1927)

★ Ivan Moody (born 1964)

★ Douglas Stuart Moore (1893–1969)

★ Oskar Morawetz (born 1917)

★ Henri Mulet (1878-1967)

★ Gordon Mumma (born 1935)

★ Tristan Murail (born 1947)

★ Thea Musgrave (born 1928)

★ John Musto (born 1954)

★ Nikolai Myaskovsky (1851–1950)

N

★ Katsutoshi Nagasawa (born 1923)

★ Yoshinao Nakada (1923-2000)

★ Šarūnas Nakas (born 1962)

★ Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997)

★ Onute Narbutaite (born 1956)

★ Václav Nelhýbel (1919 - 1996)

★ Bill Nelson (born 1948)

★ James Nelson (born 1945)

★ Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931)

★ Lewis J. Nielson (born 1951)

★ John Jacob Niles (1892-1980)

★ Marlos Nobre (born 1939)

★ Arne Nordheim (born 1931)

★ Per Nørgård (born 1932)

★ Ib Nørholm (born 1931)

★ Luigi Nono (1924–1990)

★ Michael Norris (born 1973)

★ Michael Nyman (born 1944)

★ Knut Nystedt (born 1915)

O

★ Kevin O'Connell (born 1958)

★ Bertram Walton O'Donnell (1887–1939)

★ Robert O’Dwyer (1862–1949)

★ Seán Ó Riada (1931–1971)

★ Nicolas Obouhow (1892–1954)

★ Robert Oboussier (1900–1957)

★ Aleksandar Obradović (born 1927)

★ Jana Obrovská (1930–1987)

★ Michael Obst (born 1955)

★ Andrej Očenáš (1911–1995)

★ Siegfried Ochs (1858–1929)

★ Irina Odăgescu-Ţuţuianu (born 1937)

★ Krsto Odak (1888–1965)

★ Karel Odstrčil (1930–1997)

★ Helmut Oehring (born 1961)

★ Gonzalo de Olavide (1934–2005)

★ Kevin Oldham (1960-1993)

★ Sergio Roberto de Oliveira

★ Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)

★ Justice Olsson (born 1949)

★ Daphne Oram

★ Julián Orbón (1925–1991)

★ Carl Orff (1895–1982)

★ Leo Ornstein (1893–2002)

★ Willson Osborne (1906 - 1979)

★ August von Othegraven (1864–1946)

★ Jaime Ovalle (1894-1955)

★ Robert Lee Owens (born 1925)

P

★ José de Paiva Netto (born 1941)

★ Selim Palmgren (1878–1951)

★ Paul Panhuysen

★ Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991)

★ Roxanna Panufnik

★ Evangelos Papathanassiou

★ Carlos Paredes

★ Kyoung Shin Park (born 1939)

★ Charles Hubert Parry (1848–1918)

★ Arvo Pärt (born 1935)

★ Harry Partch (1901–1974)

★ Paul Patterson (born 1947)

★ Anthony Payne (born 1936)

★ Juan Carlos Paz (1901–1972)

★ Bohumil Pazdírek (1839–1919)

★ Kenneth Howard Peacock (born 1922)

★ Carlo Pedini (born 1956)

★ Flor Peeters (1903–1986)

★ James Penberthy (1917–1999)

★ Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933)

★ Francesco Pennisi (1934–2000)

★ Ernst Pepping (1901–1981)

★ Nick Peros (born 1963)

★ George Perle (born 1915)

★ Scott Perry

★ William Perry (born 1930)

★ Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)

★ Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867–1942)

★ Allan Pettersson (1911–1980)

★ Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949)

★ Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992)

★ Henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierné (1863 - 1937)

★ Ernest Pingoud (1887–1942)

★ Daniel Pinkham (1923–2006)

★ Paul A. Pisk (1893–1990)

★ Walter Piston (1894–1976)

★ Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968)

★ Larry Polansky (born 1954)

★ Manuel Maria Ponce (1882-1948)

★ Sanford Ponder

★ Quincy Porter (1897–1966)

★ Francis Pott (born 1957)

★ Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)

★ Henri Pousseur (born 1929)

★ Simon Proctor

★ Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)

★ Miroslav Pudlák (born 1961)

R

★ Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)

★ Ali Rahbari (born 1948)

★ Eliane Radigue (born 1932)

★ Priaulx Rainier (1903–1986)

★ Bernard Rands (born 1934)

★ Ture Rangström (1884–1947)

★ Günter Raphael (1903–1960)

★ Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 1947)

★ Einojuhani Rautavaara (born 1928)

★ Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)

★ Alan Rawsthorne (1905–1971)

★ John Rea (born 1944)

★ Alfred Reed (1921–2005)

★ H. Owen Reed (born 1910)

★ Steve Reich (born 1936)

★ Aribert Reimann (born 1936)

★ Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)

★ Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940)

★ Cemal Resit Rey (1904–1985)

★ Roger Reynolds (born 1934)

★ Godfrey Ridout (1918–1984)

★ Wallingford Riegger (1885–1961)

★ Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)

★ Terry Riley (born 1935)

★ Jeremy Dale Roberts (born 1934)

★ Manuel Rocha Iturbide (born 1963)

★ George Rochberg (1918–2005)

★ Joaquin Rodrigo (1901–1999)

★ Ernesto Rodrigues (born 1959)

★ G H Matos Rodriguez (1900–1948)

★ Robert Xavier Rodriguez (born 1946)

★ Anoushiravan Rohani (born 1939)

★ Shardad Rohani

★ Amadeo Roldán (1900–1939)

★ Ned Rorem (born 1923)

★ Marco Rosano (born 1964)

★ David Rosenboom (born 1947)

★ Nino Rota (1911–1979)

★ Christopher Rouse (born 1949)

★ Mikel Rouse (born 1957)

★ Albert Roussel (1869–1937)

★ Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995)

★ Edmund Rubbra (1901–1986)

★ Poul Ruders (born 1949)

★ Dane Rudhyar (1895–1985)

★ Witold Rudzinski (born 1913)

★ Jeanine Rueff (1922–1999)

★ Carl Ruggles (1876–1971)

★ Antonio Ruiz-Pipo (1934–1997)

★ John Rutter (born 1945)

★ Frederic Rzewski (born 1938)

★ Osmo Tapio Räihälä (born 1964)

S

★ Mart Saar (1882-1963)

★ Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)

★ Tolibjon Sadikov (1907–1957)

★ Eduardo Sainz de la Maza (1903-1982)

★ Oskar Sala (1910–2002)

★ Aulis Sallinen (born 1935)

★ Vadim Salmanov (1912–1978)

★ Erik Satie (1866–1925)

★ Eric Sawyer (born 1962)

★ Fazil Say (born 1970)

★ Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907–1991)

★ Giacinto Scelsi (1905–1988)

★ R Murray Schafer (born 1933)

★ Fritz Schieri (born 1922)

★ Franz Schmidt (1874–1939)

★ Florent Schmitt (1870–1958)

★ Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)

★ Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)

★ Franz Schreker (1878–1934)

★ Hermann Schroeder (1904–1984)

★ Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942)

★ Gunther Schuller (born 1925)

★ William Schuman (1910–1992)

★ Wolfgang von Schweinitz (born 1953)

★ Kurt Schwertsik (born 1935)

★ Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947)

★ Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)

★ Peter Sculthorpe (born 1929)

★ Ramon Sender (1934- )

★ John Serry, Sr. (1915–2003)

★ Roger Sessions (1896–1985)

★ Harold Shapero (born 1929)

★ Alex Shapiro (born 1962)

★ Byambasuren Sharav (born 1952)

★ Tolib Shakhidi (born 1946)

★ Ralph Shapey (1921-2002)

★ Gerald Shapiro (born 1942)

★ Elliott Sharp (born 1951)

★ Hsueh-Yung Shen (born 1952)

★ Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)

★ Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)

★ Elie Siegmeister (1909–1991)

★ Roberto Sierra (born 1953)

★ Aleksandar Simić (born 1973)

★ Marijn simons (born 1982)

★ Robert Simpson (1921–1997)

★ Ezra Sims (born 1928)

★ Alvin Singleton (born 1940)

★ Urmas Sisask (born 1960)

★ Fredrik Sixten (born 1962)

★ Nikos Skalkottas (1904–1949)

★ Lucijan Škerjanc (1900-1973)

★ Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995)

★ Larry Alan Smith (born 1955)

★ Reginald Smith Brindle (1917–2003)

★ Juan Maria Solare (born 1966)

★ Avo Sõmer (born 1934)

★ Harry Somers (1925–1999)

★ Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892–1988)

★ Ann Southam (born 1937)

★ Isabel Soveral (born 1961)

★ Fela Sowande (1905–1987)

★ Bernadette Speach (born 1948)

★ Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)

★ Michael Staley (Born 1951)

★ Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)

★ Robert Steadman (born 1965)

★ Rudi Stephan (1887–1915)

★ Edward Steuermann (1892–1964)

★ Bernard Stevens (1916–1983)

★ Halsey Stevens (1908-1989)

★ William Grant Still (1895-1978)

★ Karlheinz Stockhausen (born 1928)

★ Carl Stone (born 1953)

★ Alan Stout (19?- )

★ Ignace Strasfogel (1909-1994)

★ Richard Strauss (1864–1949)

★ Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)

★ Steven Stucky (born 1949)

★ Angelo Sturiale (born 1970)

★ Paul Sturm (born 1956)

★ Morton Subotnick (born 1933)

★ Eugen Suchoň (1902-1993)

★ Josef Suk (1874–1935)

★ Lepo Sumera (1950-2000 )

★ Howard Swanson (1907–1978)

★ Giles Swayne (born 1946)

★ Wladyslaw Szpilman (1911–2000)

★ Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937)

T

★ Tigran Tahmizyan (born 1961)

★ Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)

★ Toru Takemitsu (1930–1996)

★ Louise Talma (1906–1996)

★ Justinian Tamasuza (born 1951)

★ Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986)

★ John Tavener (born 1944)

★ Deems Taylor (1885–1966)

★ Robert Taylor (born 1931)

★ Alexander Tcherepnin (1899–1977)

★ Ivan Tcherepnin (born 1943)

★ Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873–1945)

★ Serge Tcherepnin (born 1941)

★ Richard Teitelbaum (born 1939)

★ James Tenney (1934–2006)

★ Avet Terterian (1929–1994)

★ Daniel Theaker (born 1967)

★ Mikis Theodorakis (born 1925)

★ Loris Tjeknavorian (born 1937)

★ Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964)

★ Randall Thompson (1899–1984)

★ Virgil Thomson (1896–1989)

★ Francis Thorne (born 1922)

★ Frank Ticheli (born 1958)

★ Luís Tinoco (born 1969)

★ Michael Tippett (1905–1998)

★ Loris Tjeknavorian (born 1937)

★ Rudolf Tobias (1873–1918)

★ Camillo Togni (1922–1993)

★ Isao Tomita (born 1932)

★ Javier Torres Maldonado (born 1968)

★ Federico Moreno Torroba (1891–1982)

★ Michael Torke (born 1961)

★ Marcel Tournier (1879–1951)

★ Joan Tower (born 1938)

★ Max Trapp (1887-1971)

★ David Del Tredici (born 1937)

★ Stephen Truelove (born 1946)

★ Hristo Spasov Tsanoff (born 1947)

★ Eduard Tubin (1905–1982)

★ David Tudor (1926–1996)

★ Joaquin Turina (1882–1949)

★ Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960)

★ Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 1959)

★ Geirr Tveitt (1908–1981)

★ Toby Twining (born 1958)

★ 'Blue' Gene Tyranny (born 1945)

U

★ David Uber (born 1921)

★ Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959)

★ Eckhard Unruh (1921-1996)

★ Ernst Ludwig Uray (1906-1988)

★ Kevin Ure (born 1978)

★ İlhan Usmanbaş (born 1923)

★ Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911-1990)

V

★ Moisei Vainberg (1919 - 1996)

★ Patricia Van Ness (born 1951)

★ Edgard Varèse (1883 - 1965)

★ Peteris Vasks (born 1946)

★ Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

★ John Veale (1922-2006)

★ Jasna Veličković

★ Matthijs Vermeulen (1888 - 1967)

★ Lois V. Vierk (born 1951)

★ Louis Vierne (1873-1937)

★ Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959)

★ Ezequiel Viñao (born 1960)

★ Claude Vivier (1948-1983)

★ Kevin Volans (born 1949)

★ Jan Vriend (born 1938)

★ Klaas de Vries (born 1944)

W

★ Gregg Wager (born 1958)

★ Henry Walford Davies (1869–1944)

★ George Walker (1922- )

★ William Walton (1902–1983)

★ Robert Ward (born 1917)

★ David Ward-Steinman (born 1936)

★ Peter Warlock (1894–1930)

★ Franz Waxman (1906–1967)

★ Anton Webern (1883–1945)

★ Paul Wehage (born 1963)

★ Kurt Weill (1900–1950)

★ Jaromír Weinberger (1896-1967)

★ Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996)

★ John Weinzweig (1913–2006)

★ Judith Weir (born 1954)

★ Egon Wellesz (1885–1974)

★ Felix Werder (born 1922)

★ Richard Wetz (1875-1935)

★ Paul W. Whear (born 1925)

★ Eric Whitacre (born 1970)

★ Gillian Whitehead (born 1941)

★ Healey Willan (1880–1968)

★ Alberto Williams (1862–1952)

★ Clifton Williams (1923–1976)

★ John Williams (born 1932)

★ Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003)

★ Olly Woodrow Wilson (19?- )

★ Dag Wirén (1905–1986)

★ Daniel James Wolf (born 1961)

★ Julia Wolfe (born 1958)

★ Christian Wolff (born 1934)

★ Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948)

★ Stefan Wolpe (1902–1972)

★ Haydn Wood (1882–1959)

★ Charles Wuorinen (born 1938)

X

★ Iannis Xenakis (1922 - 2001)

Y

★ Yitzhak Yedid (born 1971)

★ Jun Yamaguchi (born 1967)

★ Yanni (born 1954)

★ Chen Yi

★ Takashi Yoshimatsu (born 1953)

★ La Monte Young (born 1935)

★ Isang Yun (1917 - 1995)

Z

★ Frank Zappa (1940–1993)

★ Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942)

★ Jaime Mirtenbaum Zenamon (born 1953)

★ Hans Zender (born 1936)

★ Zhou Long (born 1953)

★ Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970)

★ Heinz Werner Zimmermann (born 1930)

★ Udo Zimmermann (born 1943)

★ Walter Zimmerman (born 1949)

★ Evan Ziporyn (born 1959)

★ John Zorn (born 1953)

★ Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)

★ Samuel Zyman (born 1956)

See also

★ Acousmatic art

★ Contemporary music

★ List of 21st century classical composers

External links

★ The Living Composers Project

★ Art of the States: Search by composer American composers