List of Swiss composers

The following is a partial list of Swiss composers.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Johannes Aal (c. 1500–1551)
• Walther Aeschbacher (1901–1969)
• Volkmar Andreae (1879–1962)

B

• Heidi Baader-Nobs (born 1940)
• Jean Balissat (1936–2007)
• Alfred Baum (1904–1993)
• Conrad Beck (1901–1989)
• George Becker (1834–1928
• Mario Beretta (born 1942)
• Artur Beul (1915–2010)
• Emile-Robert Blanchet (1877–1943)
• Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
• Adele Bloesch-Stöcker (1875–1978)
• Caroline Boissier-Butini (1786–1836)
• Guy Bovet (born 1942)
• Charles Samuel Bovy-Lysberg (1821–1873)
• Thüring Bräm (born 1944)
• Fritz Brun (1878–1958)
• Adolf Brunner (1901–1992)
• Paul Burkhard (1911–1977)
• Willy Burkhard (1900–1955)

C

• Geneviève Calame (1946–1993)
• Caroline Charrière (1960–2018)

D

• Jean Daetwyler (1907–1994)
• Roland Dahinden (born 1962)
• Jean-Luc Darbellay (born 1946)
• Alexandre Dénéréaz (1875–1947)
• Caspar Diethelm (1926–1996)
• Gustave Doret (1866–1943)
• Édouard Du Puy (1770–1822)

E

• Will Eisenmann (1906–1992)

F

• Richard Flury (1896–1967)
• Emil Frey (1889–1946)
• Carl Friedemann (1862–1952)
• Gaspard Fritz (1716–1783)
• Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich (1803–1836)
• Huldreich Georg Früh (1903–1945)
• Beat Furrer (born 1954)

G

• Henri Gagnebin (1886–1977)
• Rudolph Ganz (1877–1972)
• Éric Gaudibert (1936–2012)
• Robert Gerhard (1896–1970)
• Johann Melchior Gletle (1626–1683)

H

• Hermann Haller (1914–2002)
• Hans Haug (1900–1967)
• David Philip Hefti (born 1975)
• Friedrich Hegar (1841–1927)
• Robert Hermann (1869–1912)
• Ernst Hess (1912–1968)
• Willy Hess (1906–1997)
• Heinz Holliger (born 1939)
• Arthur Honegger (1892–1955)
• Hans Huber (1852–1921)
• Klaus Huber (1924–2017)

I

• Regina Irman (born 1957)

J

• Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865–1950)
• Michael Jarrell (born 1958)
• Hans Jelmoli (1877–1936)
• Patricia Jünger (born 1951)
• Paul Juon (1872–1940)

K

• Werner Kaegi (1926–2024)
• Nico Kaufmann (1916–1996)
• Max E. Keller (born 1947)
• Rudolf Kelterborn (1931–2021)
• Lothar Kempter (1844–1918)
• Rafael Kubelík (1914–1996)

L

• Hans Ulrich Lehmann (1937–2013)
• Toni Leutwiler (1923–2009)
• Ernst Levy (1895–1981)
• Don Li (born 1971)
• Rolf Liebermann (1910–1999)

M

• Pierre Mariétan (born 1935)
• Frank Martin (1890–1974)
• Peter Mieg (1906–1990)
• Norbert Moret (1921–1998)
• Fabian Müller (born 1964)

N

• Hans Georg Nägeli (1773–1836)
• Louis Niedermeyer (1802–1861)

R

• Joachim Raff (1822–1882)
• Katharina Rosenberger (born 1971)
• Adolf Reichel (born 1816)
• Sandrine Rudaz
• Carl Rütti (born 1949)

S

• Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini (born 1971)
• Armin Schibler (1920–1986)
• Martin Schlumpf (born 1947)
• Erich Schmid (1907–2000)
• Daniel Schnyder (born 1961)
• Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957)
• Marianne Schroeder (born 1949)
• Walter Schulthess (1894–1971)
• Meinrad Schütter (1910–2006)
• Heinrich Schweizer (born 1943)
• Ludwig Senfl (um 1486–1543)
• Fridolin Sicher (1490–1546)
• Marcel Sulzberger (1876–1941)
• Hermann Suter (1870–1926)
• Heinrich Sutermeister (1910–1995)
• Iris Szeghy (born 1956)

T

• János Tamás (1936–1995)[1]

V

• Sándor Veress (1907–1992)
• Wladimir Rudolfowitsch Vogel (1896–1984)

W

• René Wohlhauser (born 1954)
• Luzia von Wyl (born 1985)

Y

• Jing YANG (born 1963)

Z

• Jakob Zeugheer (1803–1865)
• Alberik Zwyssig (1808–1854)
• Adrian von Ziegler (born 1989)
• Walti Zweifel Pattochi von Caslano Ticino (born 1955 Switzerland)

References

• List of Swiss composers in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

External links

• RISM Switzerland
• Schweizer Musikedition
• Schweizerische Landesphonothek
• musinfo-die Datenbank zur Schweizer Musik