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A[edit]
edit- Mary Anne à Beckett (1817–1863)
- Michel van der Aa (born 1970)
- Thorvald Aagaard (1877–1937)
- Truid Aagesen (fl. 1593–1625)
- Heikki Aaltoila (1905–1992)
- Juhan Aavik (1884–1982)
- Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (1675–1742)
- Joseph Abaco (dall'Abaco) (1710–1805)
- Antonio Maria Abbatini (c. 1595–1680)
- Gamal Abdel-Rahim (1924–1988)
- Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah (born 1962)
- Keiko Abe (born 1937)
- Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991)
- Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787)
- Clamor Heinrich Abel (1634–1696)
- Ludwig Abel (1835–1895)
- Mark Abel (born 1948)
- Michael Abels (born 1962)
- Peter Abelard (1079–1142)
- Nicanor Abelardo (1893–1934)
- David Abell (died c. 1576)
- John Abell (1653–after 1724)
- Walter Abendroth (1896–1973)
- Jan Håkan Åberg (born 1916)
- Lasse Åberg (born 1940)
- Johann Joseph Abert (1832–1915)
- 4th Earl of Abingdon (Willoughby Bertie) (1740–1799)
- Peter Ablinger (born 1959)
- Lora Aborn (1907–2005)
- Girolamo Abos (1715–1760)
- Paul Abraham (1892–1960)
- Maurice Abrahams (1883–1931)
- Hans Abrahamsen (born 1952)
- Harriett Abrams (1758–1821)
- Alexander Abramsky (1898–1985)
- Kornél Ábrányi (1822–1903)
- Zequinha de Abreu (1880–1935)
- Ayoob Tarish Absi (born 1942)
- Jean Absil (1893–1974)
- Franz Abt (1819–1885)
- Henry Abyngdon (c. 1418–1497)
- Filippo Acciaiuoli (1637–1700)
- Jean-Baptiste Accolay (1833–1900)
- Joseph Achron (1886–1943)
- Dieter Acker (1940–2006)
- Marcial del Adalid (1826–1881)
- Adolphe Adam (1803–1856)
- Bernat Adam Ferrero [ca] (born 1942)
- Mark Adamo (born 1962)
- Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. (1889–1987)
- H. Leslie Adams (born 1932)
- John Adams (born 1947)
- John Luther Adams (born 1953)
- Stephen Adams (Michael Maybrick) (1841–1913)
- Thomas Adams (1785–1858)
- Ella Adayevskaya (Elisabeth Schultz-Adaïewsky) (1846–1926)
- Richard Addinsell (1904–1977)
- John Addison (c. 1765–1844)
- John Addison (1920–1998)
- Thomas Adès (born 1971)
- Vasif Adigezalov (1935–2006)
- Hugo Adler (1894–1955)
- Lawrence Cecil Adler (1914–2001)
- Samuel Adler (born 1928)
- Anton Cajetan Adlgasser (1729–1777)
- Bruce Adolphe (born 1955)
- Olle Adolphson (1934–2004)
- Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969)
- Emmanuel Adriaenssen (c. 1554–1604)
- John Adson (c. 1587–1640)
- Josina van Aerssen (1733–1797)
- Nikolay Afanas'yev (1820–1898)
- Zeca Afonso (1929–1987)
- Agostino Agazzari (1578–1640)
- Klaus Ager (born 1946)
- Milton Ager (1893–1979)
- François d'Agincourt (1684–1758)
- Maria Teresa Agnesi (1720–1795)
- Lejla Agolli (born 1950)
- Lodovico Agostini (1534–1590)
- Paolo Agostino (c. 1583–1629)
- Johan Agrell (1701–1765)
- Alexander Agricola (c. 1446–1506)
- Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774)
- Martin Agricola (1486–1556)
- Dionisio Aguado (1784–1849)
- Graciela Agudelo (born 1945)
- Ernani Aguiar (born 1950)
- Miguel del Águila (born 1957)
- Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia (1561–1627)
- Eden Ahbez (1908–1995)
- Johann Georg Ahle (1651–1706)
- Johann Rudolph Ahle (1625–1673)
- Countess Maria Theresia Ahlefeldt (1755–1810)
- Jacob Niclas Ahlström (1805–1857)
- Ahn Eak-tai (1906–1965)
- Oscar Ahnfelt (1813–1882)
- Kalevi Aho (born 1949)
- Sieglinde Ahrens (born 1936)
- Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565–1628)
- Bartholomäus Aich (17th century)
- Karl Stefan Aichelburg (1782–1817)
- John Akar (1927–1975)
- Doris Akers (1923–1995)
- Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
- Necil Kazım Akses (1908–1999)
- Yasushi Akutagawa (1925–1989)
- Jehan Alain (1911–1940)
- Alamanda de Castelnau (fl. second half of 12th century)
- Pierre Alamire (Peter van den Hove) (c. 1470–1536)
- Johannes Alanus (fl. late 14th or early 15th century)
- Jean-Delphin Alard (1815–1888)
- Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909)
- Mateo Pérez de Albéniz (1755–1831)
- Pedro Albéniz y Basanta (1795–1855)
- Pedro Alberch Vila (1517–1582)
- Petur Alberg (1885–1940)
- Eleanor Alberga (born 1949)
- Pirro Albergati (1663–1735)
- Sebastián de Albero [es] (1722–1756)
- Eugen d'Albert (1864–1932)
- Heinrich Albert (1604–1651)
- Stephen Albert (1941–1992)
- Thomas Albert (born 1948)
- Domenico Alberti (c. 1710–1740)
- Gasparo Alberti (c. 1489–c. 1560)
- Giuseppe Matteo Alberti (1685–1751)
- Innocentio Alberti (c. 1535–1615)
- Johann Friedrich Alberti (1642–1710)
- Ignazio Albertini (1644–1685)
- Joachim Albertini (1748–1812)
- Henrico Albicastro (von Weissenburg) (c. 1660–after 1730)
- Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751)
- Charles Albrecht (1817–1895)
- Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736–1809)
- William Albright (1944–1998)
- Mark Alburger (born 1957)
- Nilo Alcala (born 1978)
- Macedonio Alcalá (1831–1869)
- Luna Alcalay (1928–2012)
- José Bernardo Alcedo (1788–1878)
- Michael Alcorn (born 1962)
- Amancio Jacinto Alcorta (1805–1862)
- Casimiro Alcorta (1840–1913)
- Henry Aldrich (1647–1710)
- Amanda Ira Aldridge (1866–1956)
- Robert Aldridge (born 1954)
- Giuseppe Aldrovandini (1671–1707)
- Vittoria Aleotti (c. 1575–after 1620)
- Leni Alexander (1924–2005)
- Liana Alexandra (born 1947)
- Franco Alfano (1875–1954)
- Alfonso X of Castile (1221–1284)
- Kenneth J. Alford (1881–1945)
- Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960)
- Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869)
- Francesc Alió (1862–1908)
- Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947)
- Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
- Siegfried Alkan (1858–1941)
- Esther Allan (1914–1985)
- Gregorio Allegri (1582–1652)
- Steve Allen (1921–2000)
- Pedro Humberto Allende (1885–1959)
- Juan Allende-Blin (born 1928)
- Kristi Allik (born 1952)
- Richard Allison (1560/1570?–1610?)
- Frances Allitsen (1848–1912)
- Francisco António de Almeida (c. 1702–1755)
- João Pedro de Almeida Mota (1744–1817)
- Laurindo Almeida (1917–1995)
- Atso Almila (born 1953)
- Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793–1866)
- Eyvind Alnæs (1872–1932)
- Daniel Alomía Robles (1871–1942)
- Francisco Alonso (1887–1948)
- Eduardo Alonso-Crespo (born 1956)
- Yardena Alotin (1930–1994)
- Birgitte Alsted (born 1942)
- Johann Ernst Altenburg (1734–1801)
- Michael Altenburg (1584–1640)
- Martha Alter (1904–1976)
- Johann Christoph Altnickol (1720–1759)
- Fermín María Álvarez (1833–1898)
- Antonio Álvarez Alonso (1867–1903)
- Miguel Álvarez-Fernández (born 1979)
- Elias Parish Alvars (1808–1849)
- Maria de Alvear (born 1960)
- Berta Alves de Sousa (1906–1997)
- William Alwyn (1905–1985)
- Alexander Alyabyev (1787–1851)
- Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
- Filippo Amadei (c. 1665–c. 1725)
- Amalia Catharina, Countess of Erbach (1640–1697)
- Amalie, Princess of Saxony (1794–1870)
- Amaradeva (born 1927)
- Joan Albert Amargós (born 1950)
- Miguel de Ambiela (1655–1733)
- August Wilhelm Ambros (1816–1876)
- Marco Ambrosini (born 1964)
- Hermann Ambrosius [de] (1897–1983)
- Bjarne Amdahl (1903–1968)
- René Amengual (1911–1954)
- Jean-Claude Amiot (born 1939)
- Emanuel Amiran-Pougatchov (1909–1993)
- Charles Amirkhanian (born 1945)
- Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach (c. 1530–1597)
- Ammiya (c. 1400 BC)
- John Amner (1579–1641)
- Cataldo Amodei (c. 1650–c. 1695)
- David Amram (born 1930)
- Gilbert Amy (born 1936)
- Juan de Anchieta (1462–1523)
- Solange Ancona (born 1943)
- Laura Andel (born 1968)
- Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (born 1947)
- Avril Anderson (born 1953)
- Beth Anderson (born 1950)
- Johann Andreas Amon (1763–1825)
- Fritz Andersen (1829–1910)
- Joachim Andersen (1847–1909)
- Julian Anderson (born 1967)
- Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
- Leroy Anderson (1908–1975)
- T. J. Anderson (born 1928)
- Tom Anderson (1910–1991)
- Rafael Andia (born 1942)
- Ruth Anderson (1928–2019)
- Johann André (1741–1799)
- Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
- Kerry Andrew (born 1978)
- Johann Anton André (1775–1842)
- Andrea da Firenze (died 1415)
- Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
- Saint Andrew of Crete (c. 650–712, 726 or 740)
- Iosif Andriasov (1933–2000)
- Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981)
- Jurriaan Andriessen (1925–1996)
- Louis Andriessen (born 1939)
- Willem Andriessen (1887–1964)
- François Andrieu (14th century)
- José Escolástico Andrino (1817–1862)
- Peter Androsch [de] (born 1963)
- Felice Anerio (1560–1614)
- Giovanni Francesco Anerio (c. 1567–1630)
- Pasquale Anfossi (1727–1797)
- Nuccio D'Angelo [it] (born 1955)
- Gasparo Angiolini (1731–1803)
- Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691)
- Giovanni Animuccia (c. 1520–1571)
- Anna Amalia (Princess of Prussia) (1723–1787)
- Anna Amalia (Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach) (1739–1807)
- Lucia Contini Anselmi (1876–after 1913)
- Caroline Ansink (born 1959)
- Conrad Ansorge (1862–1930)
- Elizabeth Anspach (1750–1828)
- John Antes (1740–1811)
- George Antheil (1900–1959)
- Andrea Antico (c. 1480–after 1538)
- John Antill (1904–1986)
- Antonello da Caserta (late 14th – early 15th century)
- Antonio da Cividale (fl. 1392–1421)
- Antonio José Martínez Palacios (1902–1936)
- Theodore Antoniou (born 1935)
- Giovanni D'Anzi (1906–1974)
- Yoshino Aoki (born 1971)
- David August von Apell [de] (1754–1832)
- Georges Aperghis (born 1945)
- Aphex Twin (born 1971)
- Denis ApIvor (1916–2004)
- Giuseppe Apolloni (1822–1889)
- Hans Erich Apostel (1901–1972)
- Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938)
- Benedictus Appenzeller (1480/1488–after 1558)
- Adelaide Orsola Appignani (1807–1884)
- Louis Applebaum (1918–2000)
- Thomas Appleby (c. 1488?–1563/1564)
- Mary Jeanne van Appledorn (born 1927)
- Francesco Araja (1709–after 1762)
- Jesús Arámbarri (1902–1960)
- Pedro Aranaz (1742–1821)
- Juan Arañés (died 1649)
- Juan de Araujo (1646–1712)
- Izabella Arazova (born 1936)
- Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825–1889)
- Chaya Arbel (1921–2007)
- Jacques Arcadelt (1507?–1568)
- Julián Arcas (1832–1882)
- Frederic Archer (1838–1901)
- Malcolm Archer (born 1952)
- Violet Archer (1913–2000)
- José Ardévol (1911–1981)
- Luigi Arditi (1822–1903)
- Sven Arefeldt (1908–1956)
- Bülent Arel (1919–1990)
- Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
- Paolo Aretino (1508–1584)
- Isabel Aretz (1913–2005)
- Dominick Argento (born 1927)
- Anneli Arho (born 1951)
- Attilio Ariosti (1666–1729)
- Rodolfo Arizaga (1926–1985)
- Cecilia Arizti (1856–1930)
- Marian Arkwright (1863–1922)
- Albert Arlen (1905–1993)
- Harold Arlen (1905–1986)
- Jacque Armand [sv] (Olof Thiel) (1892–1978)
- Pietro Armanini (1844–1895)
- Elinor Armer (born 1939)
- Andreas Armsdorff (1670–1699)
- Gheorghi Arnaoudov (born 1957)
- Leo Arnaud (1904–1991)
- Desi Arnaz (1917–1986)
- Michael Arne (1740/1741–1786)
- Thomas Arne (1710–1778)
- Richard Arnell (1917–2009)
- Blaž Arnič (1901–1970)
- Ralf Arnie [de] (1924–2003)
- Ernst Arnold [de] (Ernst Jeschke) (1890–1962)
- Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006)
- Samuel Arnold (1740–1802)
- Yuri Karlovich Arnold (1811–1898)
- Robert Sterling Arnold (1905–2003)
- Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806–1826)
- Emilio Arrieta (1823–1894)
- Claude Arrieu (1903–1990)
- Nikolai Artsybushev (1858–1937)
- Giovanni Artusi (c. 1540–1613)
- Vyacheslav Artyomov (born 1940)
- Alexander Arutiunian (1920–2012)
- Elena Asachi (1789–1877)
- Boris Asafyev (1884–1949)
- Joseph Ascher (1829–1869)
- Leo Ascher (1880–1942)
- Vicente Asencio (1908–1979)
- Thomas Ashwell (c. 1478–after 1513)
- Robert Ashley (born 1930)
- Nils Henrik Asheim (born 1960)
- Daniel Asia (born 1953)
- Gianmatteo Asola (c. 1532–1609)
- Sören Aspelin [sv] (1906–1973)
- Franz Asplmayr (1728–1786)
- Caterina Assandra (c. 1590–after 1618)
- Charles d'Assoucy (1605–1677)
- Ignaz Assmayer (born 1790)
- Edwin Astley (1922–1998)
- Fèlix Astol i Artés (1813–1901)
- Hugh Aston (Hugh Ashton) (c. 1485–1558)
- Emanuele d'Astorga (1680–1757)
- Athenaeus son of Athenaeus (fl. 138 BC–28 BC)
- Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917)
- Chet Atkins (1924–2001)
- Ivor Atkins (1869–1953)
- Pierre Attaingnant (c. 1494–late 1551 or 1552)
- Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974)
- Thomas Attwood (1765–1838)
- Daniel Auber (1782–1871)
- Jacques Aubert (1689–1753)
- Louis Aubert (1877–1968)
- Tony Aubin (1907–1981)
- René Aubry (born 1956)
- Edmond Audran (1842–1901)
- Leopold Auer (1845–1930)
- Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
- Marianna Auenbrugger (1759–1782)
- Josepha Barbara Auernhammer (1758–1820)
- May Aufderheide (1888–1972)
- Benedikt Anton Aufschnaiter (1665–1742)
- Rafał Augustyn (born 1951)
- Pietro Auletta (c. 1698–1771)
- Tor Aulin (1866–1914)
- Valborg Aulin (1860–1928)
- Georges Auric (1899–1983)
- Dorothea Austin (1921–2011)
- Elizabeth R. Austin (born 1938)
- Frederic Austin (1872–1952)
- Larry Austin (born 1930)
- Charles Avison (1709–1770)
- Giuseppe Avitrano (c. 1670–1756)
- Pedro António Avondano (1714–1782)
- Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961)
- Slavko Avsenik (1929–2015)
- Aaron Avshalomov (1894–1965)
- Jacob Avshalomov (1919–2013)
- Daniel Ayala Pérez (1906–1975)
- Héctor Ayala (1914–1990)
- Nat Ayer (1887–1952)
- Florence Aylward (1862–1950)
- Frederick Ayres (1876–1926)
- Artemi Ayvazyan (1902–1975)
- Azalais de Porcairagues (fl. mid-12th century)
- Svitlana Azarova (born 1976)
- Filippo Azzaiolo (fl. 1557–1569)
B[edit]
edit- Heidi Baader-Nobs (born 1940)
- Øystein Baadsvik (born 1966)
- Kees van Baaren (1906–1970)
- Arno Babajanian (born 1921)
- Milton Babbitt (1916–2011)
- William Babell (1689/1690–1723)
- Stanley Babin (1932–2010)
- Luis Enríquez Bacalov (born 1933)
- Salvador Bacarisse (1898–1963)
- Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
- Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
- Erik Bach (born 1946)
- Georg Christoph Bach (1642–1697)
- Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724–1763)
- Heinrich Bach (1615–1692)
- Jan Bach (born 1937)
- Carlos Berlanga (1959–2002)
- Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749)
- Johann Bernhard Bach (the younger) (1700–1743)
- Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782)
- Johann Christoph Bach (1642–1703)
- Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795)
- Johann Ernst Bach (1722–1777)
- Johann Lorenz Bach (1695–1773)
- Johann Ludwig Bach (1677–1731)
- Johann Michael Bach (1648–1694)
- Johann Nicolaus Bach (1669–1753)
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
- Maria Bach (1896–1978)
- Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)
- Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759–1845)
- Burt Bacharach (born 1928)
- Francis Edward Bache (1833–1858)
- Daniel Bacheler (1572–1619)
- Alfred Bachelet (1864–1944)
- Sven-Erik Bäck (1919–1994)
- Agathe Backer-Grøndahl (1847–1907)
- Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl (1885–1959)
- Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen (1768–c. 1830)
- Ernst Bacon (1898–1990)
- Nicolas Bacri (born 1961)
- Rosa Giacinta Badalla (c. 1660–c. 1710)
- Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834–1861)
- Klaus Badelt (born 1967)
- Baden Powell (1937–2000)
- Carlo Agostino Badia (1672–1738)
- Maya Badian (born 1945)
- Henk Badings (1907–1987)
- Heinrich Baermann (1784–1847)
- Vera Baeva (born 1930)
- Carlos Baguer (Carles Baguer) (1768–1808)
- Junsang Bahk (born 1937)
- Judith Margaret Bailey (born 1941)
- Pierre Baillot (1771–1842)
- Colette Bailly (born 1930)
- Giuseppe Baini (1775–1844)
- Edgar Bainton (1880–1956)
- Tadeusz Baird (1928–1981)
- Edward Bairstow (1874–1946)
- Feliksas Bajoras [lt] (born 1934)
- Claude Baker (born 1948)
- David Baker (born 1931)
- George C. Baker (born 1951)
- Bálint Bakfark (Valentin Bakfark) (1526/1530–1576)
- Ruth Bakke (born 1947)
- Leonardo Balada (born 1933)
- Osvaldas Balakauskas (born 1937)
- Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
- Andrei Melitonovich Balanchivadze (1906–1992)
- Meliton Balanchivadze (1862–1937)
- Sergey Balasanian (1902–1982)
- Giovanna Bruna Baldacci (1886–after 1910)
- Claude Balbastre (1724–1799)
- Pietro Baldassare (c. 1683–after 1768)
- João José Baldi (1770–1816)
- Michael William Balfe (1808–1870)
- Jean Balissat (1936–2007)
- Hank Ballard (1936–2003)
- Robert Ballard (c. 1575–1645)
- Carl Christian Nicolaj Balle (1806–1855)
- Esther Ballou (1915–1973)
- Ernő Balogh (1897–1989)
- Puchi Balseiro (1926–2007)
- Thomas Baltzar (c. 1631–1663)
- Troy Banarzi (born 1972)
- Adriano Banchieri (1568–1634)
- Gilbert Banester (Banaster) (c. 1430–1487)
- Raffaello de Banfield (1922–2008)
- John Banister (c. 1625–1679)
- Don Banks (1923–1980)
- Tommy Banks (born 1936)
- Tony Banks (born 1950)
- Harald Banter [de] (born 1930)
- Granville Bantock (1868–1946)
- Seymour Barab (1921–2014)
- Krešimir Baranović (1894–1975)
- Barbara of Portugal (1711–1758)
- Bartolomeo Barbarino (c. 1568–1617 or later)
- Helmut Barbe (born 1927)
- Emanuele Barbella (1718–1777)
- Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
- Mansi Barberis (1899–1986)
- Giulio Cesare Barbetta [it] (1540–1603)
- Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823–1894)
- Jacobus Barbireau (1455–1491)
- Cacilda Borges Barbosa (1914–2010)
- Josef Bardanashvili (born 1948)
- Agustín Bardi (1884–1941)
- Jason Bare (born 1975)
- Woldemar Bargiel (1828–1897)
- Zbigniew Bargielski (born 1937)
- Antonino Barges (fl. 1547–1565)
- Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924)
- Alexandre Barjansky (1883–1961)
- Vytautas Barkauskas (born 1931)
- Warren Barker (1923–2006)
- Elaine Barkin (born 1932)
- Clarence Barlow (born 1945)
- Wayne Barlow (1912–1996)
- Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830–1869)
- Joseph Barnby (1838–1896)
- Christian Barnekow (1837–1913)
- Milton Barnes (1931–2001)
- Alice Barnett (1886–1975)
- Carol Barnett (born 1949)
- Charles Lloyd Barnhouse (1865–1929)
- Ethel Barns (1874–1948)
- Ernst Gottlieb Baron (1696–1760)
- Leonora Baroni (1611–1670)
- Jean Barraqué (1928–1973)
- Carmen Barradas (1888–1963)
- Elsa Barraine (1910–1999)
- Henry Barraud (1900–1997)
- Tomás Barrera Saavedra [es] (1870–1938)
- Richard Barrett (born 1959)
- Gisèle Barreau (born 1948)
- Françoise Barrière (born 1944)
- Jean Barrière (1707–1747)
- Agustín Barrios (1885–1944)
- Ángel Barrios (1882–1964)
- Bebe Barron (born 1927)
- José Barros (1915–2007)
- Gerald Barry (born 1952)
- John Barry (1933–2011)
- Francesco Barsanti (1690–1772)
- Richard Barth (1850–1908)
- Cecilia Maria Barthélemon (c. 1769–1840)
- François Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808)
- Maria Barthélemon (1749–1799)
- Riccardo Barthelemy (1869–1937)
- Johan Bartholdy (1853–1904)
- Dave Bartholomew (born 1920)
- Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
- Bartolino da Padova (fl. c. 1365–c. 1405)
- Angelo Michele Bartolotti (c. 1615–1696)
- Carin Bartosch Edström (born 1965)
- Leonid Bashmakov [fi] (born 1927)
- Count Basie (1904–1984)
- Adriana Basile (c. 1580–c. 1640)
- Adrien Basin (fl. from 1457; died after 1498)
- Philippe Basiron (c. 1449–1491)
- Veniamin Basner (1925–1996)
- Roderich Bass [cs] (1873–1933)
- Francesco Maria Bassani (c. 1650–c. 1700)
- Giovanni Battista Bassani (c. 1650–1716)
- Orazio Bassani (c. 1570–1615)
- Giovanni Bassano (c. 1558–1617)
- Leslie Bassett (born 1923)
- Luigi Bassi (1833–1871)
- John Baston (born c. 1683; fl. 1708–1739)
- Josquin Baston (fl. 1542–1563)
- Stanley Bate (1911–1959)
- Liam Bates (composer) (born 1975)
- Thomas Bateson (c. 1570–1630)
- Hubert Bath (1883–1945)
- Dennis Báthory-Kitsz (born 1949)
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- Eduard Erdmann (1896–1958)
- Robert Erickson (1917–1997)
- Carsten Bo Eriksen (born 1973)
- Ferenc Erkel (1810–1893)
- Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906–1972)
- Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger (1868–1943)
- Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657–1714)
- Gustav Ernesaks (1908–1993)
- Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812?–1865)
- Iván Erőd (born 1936)
- Pasquale Errichelli (1730–1785)
- Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie (1732–1781)
- Thierry Escaich (born 1965)
- Pedro de Escobar (c. 1465–after 1535)
- Bartolomé de Escobedo (c. 1505–1563)
- Pozzi Escot (born 1933)
- Rudolf Escher (1912–1980)
- Andrei Eshpai (born 1925)
- Karlheinz Essl (born 1960)
- João Rodrigues Esteves (1700–1751)
- Paschal de l'Estocart (1539?–after 1584)
- Julio Estrada (born 1943)
- Alvin Etler (1913–1973)
- Franco Evangelisti (1926–1980)
- Ralph Evans (born 1953)
- Victor Ewald (1860–1935)
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- Joseph Leopold Eybler (1765–1846)
- Jacob van Eyck (c. 1590–1657)
- Ernest van der Eyken (1913–2010)
F[edit]
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- Giacomo Facco (1676–1753)
- Michelangelo Faggioli (1666–1733)
- Francesco Nicola Fago (1677–1745)
- Blair Fairchild (1877–1933)
- Mohammed Fairouz (born 1985)
- Richard Faith (born 1926)
- Rolande Falcinelli (1920–1996)
- Adam Falckenhagen (1697–1754)
- Michele Falco (c. 1688–after 1732)
- Andrea Falconieri (1585/1586–1656)
- Leo Fall (1873–1925)
- Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
- Michelangelo Falvetti (1642–1692)
- Guido Alberto Fano (1875–1961)
- Philip Michael Faraday (1875–1944)
- Giuseppe Farinelli (1769–1836)
- Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000)
- John Farmer (c. 1570–c. 1601)
- Giles Farnaby (c. 1565–1640)
- Gareth Farr (born 1968)
- Ernest Farrar (1885–1918)
- Ciarán Farrell (born 1969)
- Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
- Arthur Farwell (1872–1952)
- Giovanni Battista Fasolo (c. 1598–c. 1664/1665)
- Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736–1800)
- Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758)
- Guillaume Faugues (Fagus) (fl. c. 1460–1475)
- Sanford Faulkner (1806–1874)
- Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
- Robert Fayrfax (1464–1521)
- Reinhard Febel (born 1952)
- Johannes Fedé (Jean Sohier) (c. 1415–c. 1477)
- Samuil Feinberg (1890–1962)
- Jindřich Feld (1925–2007)
- Morton Feldman (1926–1987)
- Eric Fenby (1906–1997)
- Philippe Fénelon (born 1952)
- George Fenton (born 1950)
- Francesco Feo (1691–1761)
- Louis Ferdinand (1772–1806)
- Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (1608–1657)
- Howard Ferguson (1908–1999)
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- Frank Ferko (born 1950)
- Giuseppe Ferlendis (1755–1802)
- Gaspar Fernandes (1566–1629)
- Agustín Fernández (born 1958)
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- Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
- John Fernström (1897–1961)
- Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder (Il Padre) (1543–1588)
- Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger (c. 1570–1628)
- Domenico Ferrabosco (1513–1574)
- Benedetto Ferrari (c. 1603–1681)
- Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921)
- Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari (1763–1842)
- Luc Ferrari (1929–2005)
- Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951)
- Giovanni Ferretti (c. 1540–after 1609)
- Pierre-Octave Ferroud (1900–1936)
- Frederic Ernest Fesca (1789–1826)
- Willem de Fesch (1687–1761)
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- Richard Festinger (born 1948)
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- Antoine de Févin (c. 1470–1511/1512)
- Robert de Févin (fl. before 1500–c. 1515)
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- Alexander von Fielitz (1860–1930)
- Giulio Fiesco (fl. 1550–1570)
- Siegfried Fietz (born 1946)
- Juan de Dios Filiberto (1885–1964)
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- Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859–1951)
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- Yevstigney Fomin (1761–1800)
- Pierre Fontaine (c. 1380–c. 1450)
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- Alfonso Fontanelli (1557–1622)
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- Carlo Forlivesi (born 1971)
- Antoine Forqueray (1671–1745)
- Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (1699–1782)
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- Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
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- Johannes Fritsch (1941–2010)
- Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667)
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- David Froom (born 1951)
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- Walter Frye (fl. c. 1443?–c. 1474?)
- Johann Nepomuk Fuchs (1842–1899)
- Kenneth Fuchs (born 1956)
- Robert Fuchs (1847–1927)
- Julius Fučík (1872–1916)
- Miguel de Fuenllana (fl. 1553–1578)
- Adam von Fulda (Adam of Fulda) (c. 1445–1505)
- Friedrich Funcke (1642–1699)
- Joseph Funk (1778–1862)
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- Anton Bernhard Fürstenau (1792–1852)
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G[edit]
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- Charles H. Gabriel (1856–1932)
- Thomas Gabriel (born 1957)
- Andrea Gabrieli (1532/1533?–1585)
- Giovanni Gabrieli (c. 1557–1612)
- Domenico Gabrielli (1651/1659–1690)
- Ossip Gabrilowitsch (1878–1936)
- Axel Gade (1860–1921)
- Jacob Gade (1879–1963)
- Niels Gade (1817–1890)
- Franchinus Gaffurius (1451–1522)
- Marco da Gagliano (1582–1643)
- Wenzel Gährich (1794–1864)
- Bernhard Gál (born 1971)
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- Cristóbal Galán (c. 1630–1684)
- Nancy Galbraith (born 1951)
- Michelagnolo Galilei (1575–1631)
- Vincenzo Galilei (c. 1520?–1591)
- Blas Galindo (1910–1993)
- Jack Gallagher (born 1947)
- Wenzel Robert von Gallenberg (1783–1839)
- Johann Ernst Galliard (1687–1749)
- Jacques Gallot (c. 1625–1696)
- Jacobus Gallus (Jacob Handl) (1550–1591)
- Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785)
- German Galynin (1922–1966)
- Elisabetta de Gambarini (1731–1765)
- John Gamble (fl. from 1641, died 1687)
- Michael Gandolfi (born 1956)
- Kyle Gann (born 1955)
- Louis Ganne (1862–1923)
- Gara Garayev (1918–1982)
- J. Ryan Garber (born 1973)
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767–1830)
- Antón García Abril (born 1933)
- Carlos Gardel (1890–1935)
- Henry Balfour Gardiner (1877–1950)
- John Gardner (born 1917)
- Zoltán Gárdonyi (born 1906)
- Zsolt Gárdonyi (born 1946)
- Giuseppe Gariboldi (1833–1905)
- Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (1886–1962)
- John Garth (1721–1810)
- Mathieu Gascongne (fl. 1517–1518)
- Francesco Gasparini (1661–1727)
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- Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774)
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- Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (c. 1554–1609)
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- Philippe Gaubert (1879–1941)
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- Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743–1818)
- Georg Gebel (1709–1753)
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- Siegfried Geißler (1929–2014)
- Christian Geist (c. 1650–1711)
- Joseph Gelinek (1758–1825)
- Michael L. Geller (1937–2007)
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- Steven Gerber (born 1948)
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- Edward German (1862–1936)
- Friedrich Gernsheim (1839–1916)
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- Karl Ludwig Gerok (1906–1975)
- George Gershwin (1898–1937)
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- Charles-Hubert Gervais (1671–1744)
- Claude Gervaise (fl. 1540–1560)
- Bartholomäus Gesius (1562–1613)
- Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613)
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- Johannes Ghiselin (Verbonnet) (fl. 1491–1507)
- Michael Giacchino (born 1967)
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- Armstrong Gibbs (1889–1960)
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- Don Gillis (1912–1978)
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- Giuseppe Giordani (Giordanello) (1751–1798)
- Tommaso Giordani (c. 1738–1806)
- Umberto Giordano (1867–1948)
- Giovanni Giorgi (fl. from 1719; d. 1762)
- Ruth Gipps (1921–1999)
- Janice Giteck (born 1946)
- Mauro Giuliani (1781–1828)
- Lodovico Giustini (1685–1743)
- Simon Gjoni (1926–1991)
- Detlev Glanert (born 1960)
- Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
- Louis Glass (1864–1936)
- Philip Glass (born 1937)
- Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)
- Frederick Grant Gleason (1848–1903)
- Jackie Gleason (1916–1987)
- Reinhold Glière (1874–1956)
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- Andrew Glover (born 1962)
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- Mikhail Gnessin (1883–1957)
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- Henri Gobbi (1842–1920)
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- Alexander Goldenweiser (1875–1961)
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- Julia Gomelskaya (born 1964)
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- Eugene Goossens (1893–1962)
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- Michael Gordon (born 1956)
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- John Goss (1800–1880)
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- Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869)
- Clytus Gottwald (born 1925)
- Claude Goudimel (1514/1520–1572)
- Glenn Gould (1932–1982)
- Morton Gould (1913–1996)
- Charles Gounod (1818–1893)
- Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819–1898)
- Jacques de Gouy (c. 1610–after 1650)
- Johann Grabbe (1585–1655)
- Louis Grabu (fl. 1665–1693)
- Kraig Grady (born 1952)
- Paul Graener (1872–1944)
- Christian Ernst Graf (1723–1804)
- Friedrich Hartmann Graf (1727–1795)
- Filippo Gragnani (1768–1820)
- Kenny Graham (1924–1997)
- Percy Grainger (1882–1961)
- Ron Grainer (1922–1981)
- Enrique Granados (1867–1916)
- Giovanni Battista Granata (1620/1621–1687)
- Alessandro Grandi (1586–1630)
- Philip Grange (born 1956)
- Bruno Granichstaedten (1879–1944)
- Donald Grantham (born 1947)
- Stéphane Grappelli (1908–1997)
- Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759)
- Johann Gottlieb Graun (c. 1702–1771)
- Christoph Graupner (1683–1760)
- Caterina Benedicta Grazianini (fl. from 1705)
- Gaetano Greco (c. 1657–c. 1728)
- Vicente Greco (1888–1924)
- Adolph Green (1914–2002)
- Jay Greenberg (born 1991)
- Maurice Greene (1696–1755)
- Harry Gregson-Williams (born 1961)
- Eduard Grell (1800–1886)
- Nicolas Grenon (c. 1375–1456)
- Mark Gresham (born 1956)
- Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick (1755–1799)
- Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956)
- André Ernest Modeste Grétry (1741–1813)
- Lucile Grétry (1772–1790)
- Geoffrey Grey (born 1934)
- Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
- Peter Griesbacher (1864–1933)
- Charles Griffes (1884–1920)
- Nicolas de Grigny (1672–1703)
- Franz Grill (c. 1756–1793)
- Giovanni Battista Grillo (died 1622)
- Grimace (14th century)
- Maria Margherita Grimani (born before 1700; fl. 1713–1718)
- Albert Grisar (1808–1869)
- Gérard Grisey (1946–1998)
- Ferde Grofé (1892–1972)
- Olaus Andreas Grøndahl (1847–1923)
- Cor de Groot (1914–1993)
- Carlo Grossi (c. 1634–1688)
- Estienne Grossin (fl. 1418–1421)
- Dietrich Ewald von Grotthuß [de] (1751–1786)
- Eivind Groven (1901–1977)
- Franz Xaver Gruber (1787–1863)
- Heinz Karl Gruber (born 1943)
- Louis Gruenberg (1884–1964)
- Gioseffo Guami (Gioseffo da Lucca) (1542–1611)
- Camargo Guarnieri (1907–1993)
- Carlos Guastavino (1912–2000)
- Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
- Pierre Guédron (c. 1570–c. 1620)
- Francisco Guerau (1649–1717/1722)
- Francisco Guerrero (1528–1599)
- Francisco Guerrero Marín (1951–1997)
- Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (1728–1804)
- Edward Guglielmino (1983)
- Jean-Adam Guilain (c. 1680–after 1739)
- Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705–1770)
- Jean Guillou (born 1930)
- Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)
- Ernest Guiraud (1837–1892)
- Friedrich Gulda (1930–2000)
- Adam Gumpelzhaimer (1559–1625)
- Gustav Gunsenheimer (born 1934)
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- Ivor Gurney (1890–1937)
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- Adolphe Gutmann (1819–1882)
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H[edit]
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- Georg Friedrich Haas (born 1953)
- Joseph Haas (1879–1960)
- Pavel Haas (1899–1944)
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- Carolus Hacquart (c. 1640–1701?)
- Henry Kimball Hadley (1871–1937)
- Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner (1759–1833)
- Richard Hageman (1881–1966)
- Bernhard Joachim Hagen (1720–1787)
- Daron Hagen (born 1961)
- Konrad Hagius (c. 1550–1616)
- Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947)
- Jakob Haibel (1762–1826)
- Alexei Haieff (1914–1994)
- Adolphus Hailstork (born 1941)
- Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885–1948)
- Darko Hajsek (born 1959)
- Kimmo Hakola (born 1958)
- Fromental Halévy (1799–1862)
- Cristóbal Halffter (born 1930)
- Ernesto Halffter (1905–1989)
- Roger Lee Hall (born 1942)
- Adam de la Halle (c. 1237?–1288)
- Sylvia Hallett (born 1953)
- Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935)
- Bengt Hambraeus (1928–2000)
- Marc-André Hamelin (born 1961)
- Gordon Hamilton (born 1982)
- Iain Hamilton (1922–2000)
- Marvin Hamlisch (1944–2012)
- Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854)
- Franz Xaver Hammer (1741–1817)
- Jan Hammer (born 1948)
- Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611/1612–1675)
- Albert Hammond (born 1942)
- George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
- W. C. Handy (1873–1958)
- Johann Nicolaus Hanff (1663–1711)
- Ronald Hanmer (1917–1994)
- James Hannigan (born 1971)
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- Peter Hänsel (1770–1831)
- Howard Hanson (1896–1981)
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- John Harbison (born 1938)
- Mike Harding (born 1944)
- Miina Härma (1864–1941)
- Don Harper (1921–1999)
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- Richard Harris (born 1968)
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- Roy Harris (1898–1979)
- Victor Harris (1869–1943)
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- Stephen Hartke (born 1952)
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- Hamilton Harty (1879–1941)
- Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805–1900)
- Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905–1963)
- Jonathan Harvey (1939–2012)
- Richard Harvey (born 1953)
- Basil Harwood (1859–1949)
- Yukari Hashimoto
- Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783)
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- Hans Leo Hassler (1564–1612)
- Dismas Hataš (1724–1777)
- Josef Matthias Hauer (1883–1959)
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- Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781–1861)
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- Walter Hekster (1937–2012)
- Pieter Hellendaal (1721–1799)
- Barbara Heller (born 1936)
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- Fletcher Henderson (1897–1952)
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I[edit]
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- Sigismondo d'India (c. 1582–1629)
- Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931)
- Marc'Antonio Ingegneri (1535/1536–1592)
- Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859–1935)
- John Ireland (1879–1962)
- Juan Francés de Iribarren (1699–1767)
- Miguel de Irízar (1635–1684)
- Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450/1455–1517)
- Sigurd Islandsmoen (1881–1964)
- Nicolas Isouard (1775–1818)
- Jānis Ivanovs (1906–1983)
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J[edit]
edit- Steve Jablonsky (born 1970)
- Francis Jackson (born 1917)
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- Frederick Jacobi (1891–1952)
- Victor Jacobi (Jakabfi Viktor) (1883–1921)
- Jens Bjerre Jacobsen (1903–1986)
- Jacquet de Mantua (Jachet de Mantoue) (1483–1559)
- Salomon Jadassohn (1831–1902)
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- Leopold Jansa (1795–1875)
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- Antonius Janue (fl. c. 1460)
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- Jean Michel Jarre (born 1948)
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K[edit]
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- Servaes de Koninck (c. 1654–c. 1701)
- Anders Koppel (born 1947)
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- Veronika Krausas (born 1962)
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- Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
- Ernst Krenek (1900–1991)
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- Conradin Kreutzer (1780–1849)
- Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766–1831)
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- Franz Krommer (1759–1831)
- Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz (1742–1790)
- Gail Kubik (1914–1984)
- Jan Křtitel Kuchař (1751–1829)
- Joseph Küffner (1776–1856)
- Friedrich Kuhlau (1786–1832)
- Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722)
- Gerd Kühr (born 1952)
- August Kühnel (1645–c. 1700)
- Jarosław Kukulski (born 1944)
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- Eduard Künneke (1885–1953)
- Andreas Kunstein (born 1967)
- Friedrich Ludwig Aemilius Kunzen (1761–1817)
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L[edit]
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- Louis de La Coste (c. 1675–c. 1750)
- Adrien de La Fage (1801–1862)
- Nicolas de La Grotte (1530–c. 1600)
- Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1659–1729)
- George de La Hèle (1547–1586)
- Alfred La Liberté (1882–1952)
- John La Montaine (1920–2013)
- Frank La Rocca (born 1951)
- Pierre de La Rue (c. 1452–1518)
- Théodore Labarre (1805–1870)
- Marcel Labey (1875–1968)
- Helmut Lachenmann (born 1935)
- Carl Lachmund (1853–1928)
- Franz Paul Lachner (1803–1890)
- Ignaz Lachner (1807–1895)
- Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith (1746–1820)
- Louis Lacombe (1818–1884)
- Paul Lacome (1838–1920)
- Bernard Germain Étienne de la Ville, Comte de Lacépède (1756–1825)
- Ezra Laderman (born 1924)
- Paul-Émile Ladmirault (1877–1944)
- Lori Laitman (born 1955)
- László Lajtha (1892–1963)
- Édouard Lalo (1823–1892)
- José Ángel Lamas (1775–1814)
- Joseph Lamb (1887–1960)
- Walter Lambe (c. 1450–after 1504)
- Charles Lucien Lambert (1828–1896)
- Constant Lambert (1905–1951)
- Michel Lambert (1610–1696)
- Joan Lamote de Grignon (1872–1949)
- Ricard Lamote de Grignon (1899–1962)
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- John Lanchbery (1923–2003)
- Siegfried Landau (born 1921)
- Stefano Landi (1586/1587–1639)
- Francesco Landini (c. 1325/1335–1397)
- Marcel Landowski (1915–1999)
- Guillaume Landré (1905–1968)
- Lutz Landwehr von Pragenau (born 1963)
- Benjamin Johnson Lang (1837–1909)
- Bernhard Lang (born 1957)
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- Hans Lang (1897–1968)
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- Klaus Lang (born 1971)
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- Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850–1926)
- Rued Langgaard (1893–1952)
- Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
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- Nicholas Lanier (1588–1666)
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- Daniel Lanois (born 1951)
- Paul Lansky (born 1944)
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- Mario Lavista (born 1943)
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- Jean-François Le Sueur (Lesueur) (1760–1837)
- Nicolas Lebègue (1631–1702)
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- Francesca Lebrun (Franziska Danzi) (1756–1791)
- Ludwig August Lebrun (1752–1790)
- Paul-Henri-Joseph Lebrun (1863–1920)
- Jean-Marie Leclair (l'aîné) (1697–1764)
- Jean-Marie Leclair the younger (1703–1777)
- Alexandre Charles Lecocq (1832–1918)
- Ernesto Lecuona (1895–1963)
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- Benjamin Lees (1924–2010)
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- Ton de Leeuw (1926–1996)
- Nicola Frances LeFanu (born 1947)
- Charles Édouard Lefebvre (1843–1917)
- Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817–1869)
- Jean-Xavier Lefèvre (1763–1829)
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- Michel Legrand (born 1932)
- Guillaume Legrant (Lemarcherier) (fl. 1405–1449)
- Johannes Legrant (fl. c. 1420–1440)
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- Liza Lehmann (1862–1918)
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- Walter Leigh (1905–1942)
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- William Leighton (c. 1565–1622)
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- Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1751–1796)
- Erwin Lendvai (1882–1949)
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- Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857–1919)
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- Léonin (fl. 1150s–1201)
- Mykola Leontovych (1877–1921)
- Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640–1705)
- Wassili Leps (1870–1942)
- Fred Lerdahl (born 1943)
- Xavier Leroux (1863–1919)
- Theodor Leschetizky (1830–1915)
- Henry Leslie (1822–1896)
- Franciszek Lessel (1780–1838)
- Oscar Levant (1906–1972)
- Richard Leveridge (1670–1758)
- Michaël Lévinas (born 1949)
- Marvin David Levy (born 1932)
- David Lewin (1933–2003)
- Frank Lewin (born 1925)
- Andrew Lewis (born 1936)
- Jeffrey Lewis (born 1942)
- Ignace Leybach (1817–1891)
- Georg Dietrich Leyding (1664–1710)
- Ulrich Leyendecker (born 1946)
- Jean Lhéritier (L'Heritier; Lirithier) (c. 1480–after 1551)
- Fran Lhotka (1883–1962)
- Reginaldus Libert (fl. c. 1425–1435)
- Johann Georg Lickl (1769–1843)
- Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti (1730–1795)
- Jorge Liderman (1957–2008)
- Ingvar Lidholm (1921–2017)
- Lowell Liebermann (born 1961)
- Peter Lieberson (1946–2011)
- Rolf Liebermann (1910–1999)
- Clement Liebert (fl. 1433–1454)
- Thurlow Lieurance (1878–1963)
- György Ligeti (1923–2006)
- Douglas Lilburn (1915–2001)
- Ingemar Liljefors (1906–1981)
- Ruben Liljefors (1871–1936)
- Giuseppe Lillo (1814–1863)
- Liza Lim (born 1966)
- Adrien Limagne (1821–1891)
- Johannes de Limburgia (Johannes Vinandi) (fl. 1408?–1431)
- Limenius (fl. 128 BC)
- Armand Limnander (1814–1892)
- Paul Lincke (1866–1946)
- Magnus Lindberg (born 1958)
- Nils Lindberg (born 1933)
- Oskar Lindberg (1887–1955)
- Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801–1878)
- Otto Lindblad (1809–1864)
- Bo Linde (1933–1970)
- Hans-Martin Linde (born 1930)
- Pär Lindgren (born 1952)
- Eugen Lindner (1858–1915)
- Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner (1791–1856)
- Jukka Linkola (born 1955)
- Thomas Linley the elder (1733–1795)
- Thomas Linley the younger (1756–1778)
- George Linley (1798–1865)
- George Linstead (1908–1974)
- Guy de Lioncourt (1885–1961)
- Karol Lipiński (1790–1861)
- Marijan Lipovšek (1910–1995)
- Vatroslav Lisinski (1819–1854)
- Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760–1836)
- Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
- Gaston Litaize (1909–1991)
- Antonio de Literes (1673–1747)
- Henry Charles Litolff (1818–1891)
- Giulio Litta (1822–1891)
- Ricardo Llorca (born 1962)
- George Lloyd (1913–1998)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948)
- William Lloyd Webber (1914–1982)
- Johann Christian Lobe (1797–1881)
- Alonso Lobo (1555–1617)
- Duarte Lobo (c. 1565–1646)
- Elias Álvares Lôbo (1834–1901)
- Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764)
- Matthew Locke (c. 1621–1677)
- Dan Locklair (born 1949)
- Normand Lockwood (born 1906)
- Edward Loder (1813–1865)
- Charles Martin Loeffler (1861–1935)
- Jacques Loeillet (1685–1748)
- Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Ghent (1688–c. 1720)
- Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London (1680–1730)
- Frank Loesser (1910–1969)
- Theo Loevendie (born 1930)
- Carl Loewe (1796–1869)
- Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698–c. 1764)
- Martin Lohse (born 1971)
- Otto Lohse (1858–1925)
- Hannibal Lokumbe (Marvin Peterson) (born 1948)
- Antonio Lolli (1725–1802)
- Ruth Lomon (born 1930)
- Alessandro Longo (1864–1945)
- Paolo Longo (born 1967)
- Antoine de Longueval (fl. 1498–1525)
- Harvey Worthington Loomis (1865–1930)
- Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906–1994)
- Francisco Lopez Capillas (c. 1615–1673)
- Esteban López Morago (c. 1575–after 1630)
- Jimmy Lopez (born 1978)
- Richard Loqueville (fl. from 1410; died 1418)
- Bent Lorentzen (born 1935)
- Paolo Lorenzani (1640–1713)
- Oscar Lorenzo Fernândez (1897–1948)
- Albert Lortzing (1801–1851)
- Johann Anton Losy (Logy) (c. 1650–1721)
- Mark Lothar (born 1902)
- Antonio Lotti (c. 1667–1740)
- Ivana Loudová (born 1941)
- Alexina Louie (born 1949)
- Arthur Lourié (1892–1966)
- Samuel Lover (1797–1868)
- Adriano Lualdi (1885–1971)
- Bertram Luard-Selby (1853–1918)
- Vincent Lübeck (1654–1740)
- Charles Lucas (1808–1869)
- Clarence Lucas (1866–1947)
- Leighton Lucas (1903–1982)
- Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born 1960)
- Andrea Luchesi (1741–1801)
- Alvin Lucier (born 1931)
- Nicholas Ludford (c. 1490–1557)
- Otto Luening (1900–1996)
- Alexandre Luigini (1850–1906)
- Ivan Lukačić (c. 1587–1648)
- Zdeněk Lukáš (1928–2007)
- Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier (1662–1700)
- Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)
- Jean-Louis Lully (1667–1688)
- Louis Lully (1664–1734)
- Hans Christian Lumbye (1810–1874)
- Johannes Lupi (c. 1506–1539)
- Ambrose Lupo (fl. from 1539; died 1591)
- Thomas Lupo (1571–1627)
- Filippo de Lurano (c. 1470–after 1520)
- Vicente Lusitano (fl. c. 1551–1561)
- Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994)
- Elizabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)
- Wilhelm Meyer Lutz (1829–1903)
- Arkady Luxemburg (born 1939)
- Carolus Luython (1557–1620)
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545?–1607)
- Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov (1798–1870)
- Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914)
- Sergei Lyapunov (1859–1924)
- Boris Lyatoshinsky (1895–1968)
- Ralph Lyford (1882–1927)
- Mykola Vitaliiovych Lysenko (1842–1912)
- Stanyslav Lyudkevych (1879–1979)
M[edit]
edit- Ma Sicong (1912–1987)
- Lorin Maazel (1930–2014)
- Teodulo Mabellini (1817–1897)
- Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916)
- Edward MacDowell (1860–1908)
- José Maceda (1917–2004)
- Teo Macero (1925–2008)
- George Alexander Macfarren (1813–1887)
- Walter Cecil Macfarren (1826–1905)
- Manuel Machado (c. 1590–1646)
- Sergio Machado (born 1963)
- Peter Machajdik (born 1961)
- Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377)
- François-Bernard Mâche (born 1935)
- Le Sieur de Machy (died after 1692)
- Alexander Mackenzie (1847–1935)
- John Mackey (born 1973)
- Steven Mackey (born 1956)
- Kevin MacLeod (born 1972)
- James MacMillan (born 1959)
- Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994)
- Robin Maconie (born 1942)
- Giovanni de Macque (c. 1549–1614)
- Bruno Maderna (1920–1973)
- Leevi Madetoja (1887–1947)
- Filipe da Madre de Deus (c. 1630–c. 1688 or later)
- Jef Maes (1905–1996)
- Filipe de Magalhães (c. 1571–1652)
- Frederik Magle (born 1977)
- Albéric Magnard (1865–1914)
- Désiré Magnus (1828–1884)
- Janet Maguire (born 1927)
- Ernst Mahle (born 1929)
- Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
- Mesías Maiguashca (born 1938)
- Jean Maillard (c. 1515?–c. 1570)
- Aimé Maillart (1817–1871)
- Martin Mailman (1932–2000)
- Giorgio Mainerio (c. 1535–1582)
- Philipp Maintz (born 1977)
- Gian Francesco de Majo (1732–1770)
- Giuseppe de Majo (1697–1771)
- Kiril Makedonski (1925–1984)
- Andreas Makris (1930–2005)
- Malcourt (fl. c. 1470–1480)
- Pierre van Maldere (1729–1768)
- Paul de Maleingreau (1887–1956)
- Dmitry Malikov (born 1970)
- Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973)
- Riccardo Malipiero (1914–2003)
- Otto Malling (1848–1915)
- Gui Mallon (born 1953)
- Pierre de Manchicourt (c. 1510–1564)
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- Francesco Manelli (1594–1667)
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- Franco Mannino (1924–2005)
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- Keith Mansfield (born 1941)
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- Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (born 1963)
- Paul Manz (1919–2009)
- Marco Marazzoli (c. 1602–1662)
- Marin Marais (1656–1728)
- Roland Marais (c. 1685–c. 1750)
- Alessandro Marcello (1669–1747)
- Benedetto Marcello (1686–1739)
- Louis Marchand (1669–1732)
- Filippo Marchetti (1831–1902)
- Anthony Marinelli (born 1959)
- Christian Marclay (born 1955)
- Catya Maré
- Czesław Marek (1891–1985)
- Luca Marenzio (c. 1553–1599)
- Franco Margola (1908–1992)
- Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria (Electress of Saxony) (1724–1780)
- Dario Marianelli (born 1963)
- José Marín (1618–1699)
- Biagio Marini (1594–1663)
- Igor Markevitch (1912–1983)
- Miklós Maros (born 1943)
- Arturo Márquez (born 1950)
- Heinrich Marschner (1795–1861)
- John Marsh (1752–1828)
- Henri Marteau (1874–1934)
- François Martin (1727–1757)
- Frank Martin (1890–1974)
- Philip Martin (born 1947)
- Vicente Martin y Soler (1754–1806)
- Marianna von Martines (1744–1812)
- Giovanni Battista Martini (Padre Martini) (1706–1784)
- Jean Paul Egide Martini (1741–1816)
- Johannes Martini (c. 1430/1440–1497)
- Donald Martino (1931–2005)
- Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)
- Steve Martland (1959–2013)
- Giuseppe Martucci (1856–1909)
- Vladimir Martynov (born 1946)
- Joseph Marx (1882–1964)
- Karl Marx (1897–1985)
- Eduard Marxsen (1806–1887)
- Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945)
- David Maslanka (born 1943)
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- William Mason (1829–1908)
- Paola Massarenghi (born 1565; fl. 1585)
- Jean-Baptiste Masse (c. 1700–c. 1757)
- Victor Massé (1822–1884)
- Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
- Gérard Masson (born 1936)
- Lovro von Matačić (1899–1985)
- Johannes Matelart (Ioanne Matelart) (before 1538–1607)
- William Mathias (1934–1992)
- André Mathieu (1929–1968)
- Yoritsune Matsudaira (1907–2001)
- Teizo Matsumura (1929–2007)
- Nicola Matteis (fl. c. 1670–1698; d. after 1713)
- Matteo da Perugia (fl. 1400–1416)
- Johann Mattheson (1681–1764)
- Colin Matthews (born 1946)
- Siegfried Matthus (born 1934)
- Peter Matz (1928–2002)
- Rudolf Mauersberger (1889–1971)
- John Henry Maunder (1858–1920)
- Nicholas Maw (1935–2009)
- Colin Mawby (1936–2019)
- Frederick May (1911–1985)
- Emilie Mayer (1812–1883)
- John Maynard (c. 1577–c. 1633)
- Ascanio Mayone (1565–1627)
- Rupert Ignaz Mayr (1646–1712)
- Johann Simon Mayr (1763–1845)
- Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929–1997)
- Jacques Féréol Mazas (1782–1849)
- Domenico Mazzocchi (1592–1665)
- Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597–1646)
- Giovanni Mazzuoli (Giovanni degli Organi) (c. 1360–1426)
- John McCabe (born 1939)
- John Blackwood McEwen (1868–1948)
- Peter McGarr (born 1953)
- John McGuire (born 1942)
- Rod McKuen (born 1933)
- Frank McNamara
- Richard Meale (1932–2009)
- Kirke Mechem (born 1925)
- Tilo Medek (1940–2006)
- Johann Valentin Meder (1649–1719)
- Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951)
- Étienne Méhul (1763–1817)
- Johan de Meij (born 1953)
- Alessandro Melani (1639–1703)
- Jacopo Melani (1623–1676)
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- Diogo Dias Melgás (1638–1700)
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- Manuel Mendes (c. 1547–1605)
- Rosendo Mendizábal (1868–1913)
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- Alan Menken (born 1949)
- Peter Mennin (1923–1983)
- Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)
- Sophie Menter (1846–1918)
- John Merbecke (c. 1505–c. 1585)
- Saverio Mercadante (1795–1870)
- Amédée Méreaux (1802–1874)
- Nicolas-Jean Lefroid de Méreaux (1745–1797)
- Aarre Merikanto (1893–1958)
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- Gustav Merkel (1827–1885)
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- Wim Mertens (born 1953)
- Johann Kaspar Mertz (1806–1856)
- Tarquinio Merula (1594/1595–1665)
- Claudio Merulo (1533–1604)
- René Mesangeau (fl. 1567–1638)
- André Messager (1853–1929)
- Guilielmus Messaus (1589–1640)
- Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
- Ludwig Mestler (1891–1959)
- Josep Mestres Quadreny (born 1929)
- Edgar Meyer (born 1960)
- Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905–1988)
- Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864)
- Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic (c. 1600–1676)
- Richard Mico (1590–1661)
- Wilhelm Middelschulte (1863–1943)
- Marcin Mielczewski (c. 1600–1651)
- Oreste Migliaccio (1882–1973)
- Francisco Mignone (1897–1986)
- Marcel Mihalovici (1898–1985)
- Minoru Miki (1930–2011)
- Mikołaj z Krakowa (Nicolaus Cracoviensis) (first half of 16th century)
- Luis de Milán (c. 1500–after 1560)
- Francesco da Milano (1497–1543)
- Carlo Milanuzzi (c. 1590–c. 1647)
- Robin Milford (1903–1959)
- Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
- Glenn Miller (1904–1944)
- Carl Millöcker (1842–1899)
- Nicolas Millot (fl. 1559–1589)
- Richard Mills (born 1949)
- Leon Milo (born 1956)
- Georgi Minchev (born 1936)
- Charles Mingus (1922–1979)
- Ludwig Minkus (1826–1917)
- Ambrogio Minoja (1752–1825)
- Guillaume Minoret (c. 1650–1717/1720)
- Lin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980)
- Franciszek Mirecki (1791–1862)
- Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896–1960)
- Dary John Mizelle (born 1940)
- Hajime Mizoguchi (born 1960)
- Eric Moe (born 1954)
- Ernest John Moeran (1894–1950)
- Joshua Pulomo Mohapeloa (1908–1982)
- Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac (1856–1914)
- Bernhard Molique (1802–1869)
- Simone Molinaro (c. 1570–after 1633)
- John Christopher Moller (1755–1803)
- Johann Melchior Molter (1696–1765)
- Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny (1762–1842)
- Fred Momotenko (born 1970)
- Federico Mompou (1893–1987)
- David Monacchi (born 1970)
- José Pablo Moncayo (1912–1958)
- Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (1711–1772)
- Stanisław Moniuszko (1819–1872)
- Meredith Monk (born 1942)
- Thelonious Monk (1917–1982)
- Georg Matthias Monn (1717–1750)
- Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny (1729–1817)
- Ricardo Montaner (born 1957)
- Philippe de Monte (1521–1603)
- Michel Pignolet de Montéclair (1667–1737)
- Italo Montemezzi (1875–1952)
- José Ángel Montero (1832–1881)
- Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
- Giulio Cesare Monteverdi (1573–1630/31)
- Vittorio Monti (1868–1922)
- Xavier Montsalvatge (1912–2002)
- Douglas Moore (1893–1969)
- Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500–1553)
- Robert Moran (born 1937)
- Paul Moravec (born 1957)
- Jean-Baptiste Moreau (1656–1733)
- Justin Morgan (1747–1798)
- Jean-Baptiste Morin (1677–1745)
- Francesco Morlacchi (1784–1841)
- Thomas Morley (1557/1558–1602)
- Giorgio Moroder (born 1940)
- Jerome Moross (1913–1983)
- Steve Morse (born 1954)
- Ennio Morricone (born 1928)
- Jelly Roll Morton (1890–1941)
- Robert Morton (c. 1430–1479)
- Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870)
- Alexander Mosolov (1900–1973)
- Mihály Mosonyi (1815–1870)
- Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
- Felix Mottl (1856–1911)
- Pierre Moulu (c. 1484–c. 1550)
- Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682–1738)
- Georges Moustaki (born 1934)
- Charles Mouton (1626–1710)
- Jean Mouton (Jehan de Hollingue) (c. 1459–1522)
- Franz Xaver Mozart (1791–1844)
- Leopold Mozart (1719–1787)
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
- Jean-Baptiste Moyne (1751–1796)
- Alexander Moyzes (1906–1984)
- Robert Muczynski (1929–2010)
- Alonso Mudarra (c. 1510–1580)
- Georg Muffat (1653–1704)
- Gottlieb Muffat (1690–1770)
- Nico Muhly (born 1981)
- Dominic Muldowney (born 1952)
- August Eberhard Müller (1767–1817)
- Wenzel Müller (1767–1835)
- Jan Müller-Wieland (born 1966)
- Rexho Mulliqi (1923–1982)
- Gráinne Mulvey (born 1966)
- John Mundy (c. 1555–1630)
- William Mundy (c. 1528–c. 1591)
- Tristan Murail (born 1947)
- Santiago de Murcia (1673–1739)
- Gilles Mureau (Mureue) (c. 1450–1512)
- Franz Xaver Murschhauser (1663–1738)
- Roberto Musci (born 1956)
- Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
- Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
- Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728–1788)
- Gordon Mumma (born 1935)
- Ian Munro (born 1963)
- Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950)
- Stanley Myers (1930–1993)
- Josef Mysliveček (1737–1781)
N[edit]
edit- François Joseph Naderman (1781–1835)
- Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997)
- Giovanni Bernardino Nanino (c. 1560–1623)
- Eduard Nápravník (1839–1916)
- Pietro Nardini (1722–1793)
- Peter Nardone (born 1965)
- James Nares (1715–1783)
- Pascual Marquina Narro (1873–1948)
- Luis de Narváez (fl. 1526–1549)
- Ugo Nastrucci (born 1953)
- Isaac Nathan (c. 1792–1864)
- Jacques-Christophe Naudot (c. 1690–1762)
- Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741–1801)
- Juan Francisco de Navas (c. 1650–1719)
- Lior Navok (born 1971)
- Ernesto Nazareth (1863–1934)
- Charles Neate (1784–1877)
- José de Nebra (1702–1768)
- Oskar Nedbal (1874–1930)
- Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748–1798)
- Cesare Negri (c. 1535–c. 1605)
- Marcantonio Negri (died 1624)
- Sarah Nemtsov (born 1980)
- Alberto Nepomuceno (1864–1920)
- Johann Baptist Georg Neruda (c. 1707–c. 1780)
- Viktor Nessler (1841–1890)
- Sigismund Neukomm (1778–1858)
- Georg Neumark (1621–1681)
- William Newark (c. 1450–1509)
- Alfred Newman (1900–1970)
- Chris Newman (born 1958)
- Christoph Nichelmann (1717–1762)
- Sydney Nicholson (1875–1947)
- Edmund Nick (1891–1973)
- Otto Nicolai (1810–1849)
- Louis Niedermeyer (1802–1861)
- Carl Nielsen (1865–1931)
- Ludolf Nielsen (1876–1939)
- Tage Nielsen (1929–2003)
- Joy Nilo (born 1970)
- Anders Nilsson (born 1954)
- Alessandro Nini (1805–1880)
- Ninot le Petit (fl. c. 1500–1520)
- Tomohito Nishiura (born 1973)
- Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (1632–1714)
- Sten Njurling [sv] (1892–1945)
- Yuji Nomi (born 1958)
- Luigi Nono (1924–1990)
- Anthoni van Noordt (c. 1619–1675)
- Erik Norby (1936–2007)
- Arne Nordheim (1931–2010)
- Rikard Nordraak (1842–1866)
- Per Nørgård (born 1932)
- Ib Nørholm (born 1931)
- Andrew Norman (born 1979)
- Thomas Norris (1741–1790)
- Serge Noskov (born 1956)
- Vítězslav Novák (1870–1949)
- Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
- Vincent Novello (1781–1861)
- Franz Nikolaus Novotny (1743–1773)
- Johannes Nucius (c. 1556–1620)
- Francisco Núñez (born 1965)
- Patrick Nunn (born 1969)
- Ervin Nyiregyházi (1903–1987)
- Michael Nyman (born 1944)
- Knut Nystedt (born 1915)
O[edit]
edit- Jacob Obrecht (c. 1457/1458–1505)
- Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1410/1425–1497)
- Martin O'Donnell (born 1955)
- Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)
- Will Ogdon (born 1921)
- Tale Ognenovski (born 1922)
- Maurice Ohana (1913–1992)
- Hisato Ohzawa (1907–1953)
- Mike Oldfield (born 1953)
- Carolina Oliphant (1766–1845)
- Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
- Max d'Ollone (1875–1959)
- Otto Olsson (1879–1964)
- George Onslow (1784–1853)
- Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863–1943)
- Chris Opperman (born 1978)
- Mathilda d'Orozco (1796–1863)
- Julián Orbón (1925–1991)
- Karl von Ordoñez (1734–1786)
- Cecilie Ore (born 1954)
- Tarik O'Regan (born 1978)
- Carl Orff (1895–1982)
- Giuseppe Maria Orlandini (1676–1760)
- Leo Ornstein (1893–2002)
- Aniceto Ortega (1825–1875)
- Léon Orthel (1905–1985)
- Marbrianus de Orto (c. 1460–1529)
- Riz Ortolani (born 1931)
- Alex Otterlei (born 1968)
- Georg Österreich (1664–1735)
- Willy Ostijn (1913–1993)
- Henrique Oswald (1852–1931)
- James Oswald (1711–1769)
- Hans Otte (1926–2007)
- Willem van Otterloo (1907–1978)
- Cristóbal Oudrid (1825–1877)
- Frederick Ouseley (1825–1889)
- Morfydd Owen (1891–1918)
- Etienne Ozi (1754–1813)
P[edit]
edit- Luis de Pablo (born 1930)
- Charles Theodore Pachelbel (1690–1750)
- Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706)
- Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel (c. 1685–1764)
- Giovanni Pacini (1796–1867)
- Fredrik Pacius (1809–1891)
- Cornelis Thymenszoon Padbrué (c. 1592–1670)
- Martijn Padding (born 1956)
- Else Marie Pade (1924–2016)
- Steen Pade (born 1956)
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941)
- Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c. 1590–1664)
- Ferdinando Paer (1771–1839)
- Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)
- John Knowles Paine (1839–1906)
- James Paisible (Jacques Paisible) (c. 1656–1721)
- Giovanni Paisiello (1740–1816)
- Antonio Palella (1692–1761)
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525–1594)
- Eudenice V. Palaruan (b. 1968)
- Zakaria Paliashvili (1871–1933)
- Benedetto Pallavicino (c. 1551–1601)
- Carlo Pallavicino (c. 1630–1688)
- Jan Gerard Palm (1831–1906)
- Rudolph Palm (1880–1950)
- John Palm (1885–1925)
- Jacobo Palm (1887–1982)
- Selim Palmgren (1878–1951)
- Leonhard Päminger (1495–1567)
- Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli (c. 1630?–1669/1670)
- Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991)
- Roxanna Panufnik (born 1968)
- Jorma Panula (born 1930)
- Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Vangelis) (born 1943)
- Gérard Pape (born 1955)
- Salvatore Pappalardo (1817–1884)
- Domenico Paradies (Paradisi) (1707–1791)
- Maria Theresa von Paradis (1759–1824)
- Paul Paray (1886–1979)
- Claudio Pari (1574–after 1619)
- Maria Hester Park (1775–1822)
- Horatio William Parker (1863–1919)
- Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848–1918)
- Michael Parsons (born 1938)
- Robert Parsons (c. 1535–1572)
- Arvo Pärt (born 1935)
- Harry Partch (1901–1974)
- Thomas Pasatieri (born 1945)
- Vasily Pashkevich (1742–1797)
- Marc'Antonio Pasqualini (1614–1691)
- Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710)
- Pierre Passereau (fl. 1509–1547)
- Georg von Pasterwitz (1730–1803)
- Robert Paterson (born 1970)
- Carlos Patiño (1600–1675)
- Paul Patterson (born 1947)
- Paul I Esterházy of Galántha (1635–1713)
- Jiří Pauer (1919–2007)
- Stephen Paulus (born 1947)
- Conrad Paumann (c. 1410–1473)
- Alla Pavlova (born 1952)
- Anthony Payne (born 1936)
- Juan Carlos Paz (1901–1972)
- Johnny Pearson (1925–2011)
- Mogens Pedersøn (c. 1583–1623)
- Carlo Pedini (born 1956)
- Teodorico Pedrini (1671–1746)
- Carlo Pedrotti (1817–1893)
- Martin Peerson (1571/1573–1651)
- Flor Peeters (1903–1986)
- Dora Pejačević (1885–1923)
- Bartłomiej Pękiel (died c. 1670)
- Georgs Pelēcis (born 1947)
- Jorge Peña Hen (1928–1973)
- Francisco de Peñalosa (c. 1470–1528)
- James Penberthy (1917–1999)
- Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933)
- Tomaž Pengov (born 1949)
- Ernst Pepping (1901–1981)
- Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667–1752)
- Davide Perez (1711–1778)
- Juan Pérez de Gijón (fl. c. 1460–1500)
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
- Jacopo Peri (1561–1633)
- Scott Perkins (born 1980)
- George Perle (1915–2009)
- François-Louis Perne (1772–1832)
- Lorenzo Perosi (1872–1956)
- Pérotin (fl. 1190–1220)
- George Perry (1793–1862)
- William P. Perry (born 1930)
- Giuseppe Persiani (1799–1869)
- Vincent Persichetti (1915–1987)
- Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661–1756)
- Giovanni Battista Pescetti (c. 1704–c. 1766)
- Michele Pesenti (c. 1470–after 1524)
- Oto Pestner (born 1956)
- Emile Pessard (1843–1917)
- Johann Friedrich Peter (1746–1813)
- Norbert Walter Peters (born 1954)
- David Petersen (c. 1651–1737)
- Wilhelm Petersen (1890–1957)
- Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867–1942)
- Goffredo Petrassi (1904–2003)
- Errico Petrella (1813–1877)
- Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965)
- Allan Pettersson (1911–1980)
- Christian Petzold (1677–1733)
- Paul Peuerl (1570–1625)
- Andreas Pevernage (1542/1543–1591)
- Johann Christoph Pez (1664–1716)
- Johann Christoph Pezel (1639–1694)
- Augustin Pfleger (1635–1686)
- Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949)
- Ferdinand Pfohl (1862–1949)
- P. Q. Phan (born 1962)
- Barrington Pheloung (born 1954)
- Anne Danican Philidor (1681–1728)
- François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795)
- Philippe le Chancelier (c. 1160/1170–1236)
- Michel Philippot (1925–1996)
- Art Phillips (born 1955)
- Peter Philips (c. 1560–1628)
- Dominique Phinot (c. 1510–c. 1556)
- Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822–1901)
- Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
- Giovanni Picchi (1571/1572–1643)
- Alessandro Piccinini (1566–1638)
- Niccolò Piccinni (1728–1800)
- Václav Pichl (1741–1804)
- John Pickard (born 1963)
- Tobias Picker (born 1954)
- Johann Gottfried Piefke (1815–1884)
- Gabriel Pierné (1863–1937)
- Maestro Piero (before 1300–c. 1350)
- Willem Pijper (1894–1947)
- Mario Pilati (1903–1938)
- Francis Pilkington (c. 1565–1638)
- Daniel Pinkham (1923–2006)
- Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini (1720–1795)
- George Pinto (1785–1806)
- Matthias Pintscher (born 1971)
- Nicola Piovani (born 1946)
- Matthaeus Pipelare (c. 1450–c. 1515)
- Bernardo Pisano (1490–1548)
- Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755)
- Francesco Antonio Pistocchi (1659–1726)
- Walter Piston (1894–1976)
- Thomas Pitfield (1903–1999)
- Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni (1657–1743)
- Johann Peter Pixis (1788–1874)
- Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968)
- Joan Baptista Pla (c. 1720–1773)
- Robert Planquette (1848–1903)
- Peter Planyavsky (born 1947)
- Pietro Platania (1828–1907)
- Giovanni Benedetto Platti (1697–1763)
- Ignaz Pleyel (1757–1831)
- John Plummer (c. 1410–c. 1484)
- Ludvík Podéšť (Binovský) (1921–1968)
- Alessandro Poglietti (early 17th century–1683)
- David Pohle (1624–1695)
- František Xaver Pokorný (1729–1794)
- Madame Poldowski (Régine Wieniawski, Irène Wieniawska) (1879–1932)
- Carlo Francesco Pollarolo (c. 1653–1723)
- Ignazio Pollice (fl. 1684–1705)
- Doc Pomus (1925–1991)
- Manuel Ponce (1882–1948)
- Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886)
- Marcel Poot (1901–1988)
- Enno Poppe (born 1969)
- David Popper (1843–1913)
- Nicola Porpora (1686–1768)
- Costanzo Porta (c. 1529–1601)
- Giovanni Porta (c. 1675–1755)
- Cole Porter (1891–1964)
- Quincy Porter (1897–1966)
- Rachel Portman (born 1960)
- Marcos Portugal (1762–1830)
- Isaac Posch (1591?–c. 1623)
- Edouard Potjes (1860–1931)
- Cipriani Potter (1792–1871)
- Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
- Henri Pousseur (born 1929)
- Jonathan Powell (born 1969)
- Mel Powell (1923–1998)
- Leonel Power (c. 1370/1385?–1445)
- Gerhard Präsent (born 1957)
- Ferdinand Praeger (1815–1891)
- Hieronymus Praetorius (1560–1629)
- Jacob Praetorius (1586–1651)
- Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
- Luca Antonio Predieri (1688–1767)
- Zbigniew Preisner (born 1955)
- Thomas Preston (died after 1559)
- André Previn (1929–2019)
- Florence Beatrice Price (1887–1953)
- Maui Dalvanius Prime (1948–2002)
- Alfred Prinz (born 1930)
- Johannes Prioris (c. 1460?–c. 1514)
- Giovanni Priuli (c. 1575–1626)
- Simon Proctor (born 1959)
- Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
- Francesco Provenzale (1624–1704)
- Peter Przystaniak [de] (born 1956)
- John Psathas (born 1966)
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- Gaetano Pugnani (1731–1798)
- Cesare Pugni (1802–1870)
- Raoul Pugno (1852–1914)
- Puẖiya (Puẖiyana) (c. 1400 BC)
- Joan Pau Pujol (1570–1626)
- Johannes Pullois (fl. from 1443; died 1478)
- Giovanni Punto (Jan Václav Stich) (1746–1803)
- Daniel Purcell (1664–1717)
- Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
- Kevin Puts (born 1972)
- Veli-Matti Puumala (born 1965)
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Q[edit]
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- Qu Xixian (born 1919)
- Johannes de Quadris (c. 1410–after 1456)
- Paolo Quagliati (c. 1555–1628)
- Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773)
- Joseph Quesnel (1746–1809)
- Alfred Quidant (1815–1893)
- Roger Quilter (1877–1953)
- Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault (1695–1791)
- Lucia Quinciani (born c. 1566; fl. 1611)
- Marcel Quinet (1915–1986)
- Daniel Patrick Quinn (born 1981)
- Manuel Quiroga (1892–1961)
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R[edit]
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- Damodar Raao (born 1977)
- Henri Rabaud (1873–1949)
- Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky (born 1945)
- Folke Rabe (born 1935)
- Peer Raben (1940–2007)
- Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
- Charles Racquet (1597–1664)
- Mikołaj Radomski (Nicolaus de Radom) (fl. c. 1400)
- Jean-Théodore Radoux (1835–1911)
- Horațiu Rădulescu (1942–2008)
- Joachim Raff (1822–1882)
- Assi Rahbani (1923–1986)
- Mansour Rahbani (1925–2009)
- Alexander Rahbari (born 1948)
- A. R. Rahman (born 1966)
- Pietro Raimondi (1786–1853)
- Ralph Rainger (1901–1942)
- Tomi Räisänen (born 1976)
- André Raison (1640s–1719)
- Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 1979)
- Thomas Rajna (born 1928)
- Ľudovít Rajter (Rayter) (1906–2000)
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
- Ariel Ramírez (1921–2010)
- Mattio Rampollini (1497–c. 1553)
- Robert Ramsey (1590s–1644)
- Shulamit Ran (born 1949)
- Bernard Rands (born 1934)
- Ture Rangström (1884–1947)
- György Ránki (1907–1992)
- Günter Raphael (1903–1960)
- Andreas Raselius (c.1563–1602)
- Francesco Rasi (1574–1621)
- Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 1947)
- Valentin Rathgeber (1682–1750)
- Hermann Raupach (1728–1778)
- Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928–2016)
- Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
- Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1582–c. 1635)
- Alan Rawsthorne (1905–1971)
- Emma Marcy Raymond (1856–1913)
- Fred Raymond (1900–1954)
- Ray Reach (born 1948)
- François Rebel (1701–1775)
- Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747)
- João Lourenço Rebelo (1610–1661)
- John Redford (fl. from 1534; died 1547)
- Hans Redlich (1903–1968)
- Bernd Redmann (born 1965)
- Thomas German Reed (1817–1888)
- William Reed (1859–1945)
- Emil Reesen (1887–1964)
- Max Reger (1873–1916)
- Johannes Regis (Jehan Leroy) (c. 1425–c. 1496)
- Jacob Regnart (c. 1540–1599)
- Giulio Regondi (1822–1872)
- Karin Rehnqvist (born 1957)
- Steve Reich (born 1936)
- Anton Reicha (1770–1836)
- Josef Reicha (1752–1795)
- Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814)
- Antonín Reichenauer (c. 1694–1730)
- Aribert Reimann (born 1936)
- Jan Adam Reincken (1643?–1722)
- Alexander Reinagle (1756–1809)
- Carl Reinecke (1824–1910)
- Heinrich Reinhardt (1865–1922)
- Carl Martin Reinthaler (1822–1896)
- Niki Reiser (born 1958)
- Carl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798–1859)
- Sergio Rendine (born 1954)
- Leon René (1902–1982)
- Dino Residbegovic (born 1975)
- Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
- Julius Reubke (1834–1858)
- Peter Reulein (born 1966)
- Esaias Reusner (1636–1679)
- Georg Reutter (1656–1738)
- Georg Reutter (the younger) (1708–1772)
- Hermann Reutter (1900–1985)
- Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940)
- Cemal Reşit Rey (1904–1985)
- Jean-Baptiste Rey (1734–1810)
- Ernest Reyer (1823–1909)
- Alfred Reynolds (1884–1969)
- Roger Reynolds (born 1934)
- Emil von Reznicek (1860–1945)
- Georg Rhau (Rhaw) (1488–1548)
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- Federico Ricci (1809–1877)
- Luigi Ricci (1805–1859)
- Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (born c. 1573, fl. 1597)
- Giovanni Battista Riccio (fl. 1609–1621)
- Jean Richafort (c. 1480–after 1547)
- Ferdinand Tobias Richter (1651–1711)
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- Max Richter (born 1966)
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- Alan Ridout (1934-1996)
- Wallingford Riegger (1885–1961)
- Rolf Riehm (born 1937)
- Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838)
- Vittorio Rieti (1898–1994)
- Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
- Giovanni Antonio Rigatti (c. 1613–1648)
- Henri-Joseph Rigel (1741–1799)
- Vincenzo Righini (1756–1812)
- Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
- Knudåge Riisager (1897–1974)
- Richard Rijnvos (born 1964)
- Terry Riley (born 1935)
- Vincenzo da Rimini (14th century)
- Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
- Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770–1846)
- Philipp Jakob Riotte (1776–1856)
- Alberto da Ripa (Albert de Rippe) (c. 1500–1551)
- André Ristic (born 1972)
- Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692–1753)
- August Gottfried Ritter (1811–1885)
- Johnny Rivers (born 1942)
- Jean Rivier (1896–1987)
- Angela Ro Ro (born 1949)
- Curtis Roads (born 1951)
- François Roberday (1624–1680)
- Pierre Robert (c. 1618–1699)
- Harry Robertson (1932–1996)
- Thomas Robinson (c. 1560–after 1609)
- George Rochberg (1918–2005)
- August Röckel (1814–1876)
- Arturo Rodas (born 1954)
- Pierre Rode (1774–1830)
- Nile Rodgers (born 1952)
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- Rocco Rodio (c. 1535–after 1615)
- Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999)
- Robert Xavier Rodriguez (born 1946)
- Jean Roger-Ducasse (1873–1954)
- Francesco Rognoni Taeggio (second half of the 16th century – after 1626)
- Riccardo Rognoni (Richardo Rogniono) (ca. 1550 – before 20 April 1620)
- Philippe Rogier (c. 1561–1596)
- Jean Rogister (1879–1964)
- Eduard Rohde (1828–1883)
- Alexis Roland-Manuel (1891–1966)
- Amadeo Roldán (1900–1939)
- James Rolfe (born 1961)
- Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841)
- Antonio Rolla (1798–1837)
- Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758)
- Antonius Romanus (fl. c. 1414–1432)
- Andreas Romberg (1767–1821)
- Bernhard Romberg (1767–1841)
- Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951)
- Matheo Romero (c. 1575–1647)
- Johann Theodor Römhild (Roemhildt) (1684–1756)
- Julius Röntgen (1855–1932)
- William Michael Rooke (1794–1847)
- Joseph Willard Roosevelt (1918–2008)
- Guy Ropartz (1864–1955)
- Cipriano de Rore (c. 1516–1565)
- Ned Rorem (born 1923)
- Juventino Rosas (1868–1894)
- David Rose (1910–1990)
- Thomas Roseingrave (1688–1766)
- Hilding Rosenberg (1892–1985)
- Jakob Rosenhain (1813–1894)
- Johann Rosenmüller (1619–1684)
- Manuel Rosenthal (1904–2003)
- Antonio Rosetti (Anton Rösler) (c. 1750–1792)
- Nikolai Roslavets (1881–1944)
- Arnold Rosner (1945–2013)
- Jerry Ross (1926–1955)
- Philip Rosseter (1567/1568–1623)
- Camilla de Rossi (fl. 1707–1710)
- Lauro Rossi (1810–1885)
- Luigi Rossi (c. 1597–1653)
- Michelangelo Rossi (c. 1601–1656)
- Roger Rossi (born 1940)
- Salamone Rossi (c. 1570–1630)
- Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
- Nino Rota (1911–1979)
- Johann Christoph Rothe (1653–1700)
- Hans Rott (1858–1884)
- Christopher Rouse (born 1949)
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
- Albert Roussel (1869–1937)
- Giovanni Rovetta (c. 1596–1668)
- Francesco Rovigo (1540/1541–1597)
- Edwin Roxburgh (born 1937)
- Pancrace Royer (1705–1755)
- Miklós Rózsa (1907–1995)
- Jacek Różycki (c. 1635–1704)
- Edmund Rubbra (1901–1986)
- Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894)
- Nikolai Rubinstein (1835–1881)
- Sharon Ruchman (born 1949)
- Poul Ruders (born 1949)
- Dane Rudhyar (1895–1985)
- Ernst Rudorff (1840–1916)
- Vincenzo Ruffo (c. 1508–1587)
- Giovanni Maria Ruggieri (c. 1665–c. 1725)
- Carl Ruggles (1876–1971)
- Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen (1778–1851)
- Conrad Rupsch (fl. 1520s)
- Claudia Rusca (1593–1676)
- Craig Russell (born 1951)
- Luigi Russolo (1883–1947)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Rust (1739–1796)
- Giacomo Rust (1741–1786)
- Giovanni Marco Rutini (1723–1797)
- John Rutter (born 1945)
- Jakub Jan Ryba (1765–1815)
- Joseph Ryelandt (1870–1965)
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- Mart Saar (1882–1963)
- Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
- Bernardo Sabadini (fl. from 1662; d. 1718)
- Antonio Sacchini (1730–1786)
- Nicholas Sackman (born 1950)
- Francesco Sacrati (1605–1650)
- Shigeaki Saegusa (born 1942)
- Harald Sigurd Johan Sæverud (1897–1992)
- Jacques de Saint-Luc (1616–c. 1710)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
- Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (c. 1640–c. 1700)
- Ryuichi Sakamoto (born 1952)
- Nicola Sala (1713–1801)
- Antonio de Salazar (c. 1650–1715)
- Luis H. Salgado (1903–1977)
- Antonio Salieri (1750–1825)
- Aulis Sallinen (born 1935)
- Erkki Salmenhaara (1941–2002)
- Johann Peter Salomon (1745–1815)
- Esa-Pekka Salonen (born 1958)
- Timothy Salter (born 1942)
- Michael Salvatori (born 1954)
- Spyridon Samaras (1861–1917)
- Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c. 1701–1775)
- Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750)
- Giovanni Felice Sances (c. 1600–1679)
- Carlos Sandoval (born 1956)
- Greg Sandow (born 1943)
- Jan Sandström (born 1954)
- Sven-David Sandström (born 1942)
- Sandrin (Pierre Regnault) (c. 1490–after 1560)
- Ramon Santos (born 1941)
- Gaspar Sanz (1640–1710)
- Lucio D. San Pedro (1913–2002)
- Claudio Saracini (1586–1630)
- Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908)
- Vahram Sargsyan (born 1981)
- Domenico Sarro (1679–1744)
- Giuseppe Sarti (1729–1802)
- Antonio Sartorio (1630–1680)
- Erik Satie (1866–1925)
- Emil von Sauer (1862–1942)
- Henri Sauguet (1901–1989)
- Eugène Sauzay (1809–1901)
- Matthew Savage (born 1992)
- Hiroyuki Sawano (born 1980)
- David Sawer (born 1961)
- Robert Saxton (born 1953)
- Fazıl Say (born 1970)
- Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907–1991)
- Marco Scacchi (c. 1600–1681/1687)
- Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725)
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
- Francesco Scarlatti (1666–c. 1741)
- Giuseppe Scarlatti (1718/1723–1777)
- Pietro Filippo Scarlatti (1679–1750)
- Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini (born 1971)
- Giacinto Scelsi (1905–1988)
- Theodor von Schacht (1748–1823)
- Benedikt Schack (Žák) (1758–1826)
- Pierre Schaeffer (1910–1995)
- R. Murray Schafer (born 1933)
- Christoph Schaffrath (1709–1763)
- Walter Scharf (1910–2003)
- Philipp Scharwenka (1847–1917)
- Xaver Scharwenka (1850–1924)
- Peter Schat (1935–2003)
- Klaus Schedl (born 1966)
- Johann Adolph Scheibe (1708–1776)
- Heinrich Scheidemann (c. 1595–1663)
- Gottfried Scheidt (1593–1661)
- Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654)
- Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630)
- Johann Schelle (1648–1701)
- Johannes Schenck (1660–c. 1712)
- Johann Baptist Schenk (1753–1836)
- Heinrich Schenker (1868–1935)
- Martin Scherber (1907–1974)
- Tona Scherchen (born 1938)
- Sebastian Anton Scherer (1631–1712)
- Peter Schickele (born 1935)
- Lalo Schifrin (born 1932)
- Melchior Schildt (1592/1593–1667)
- Max von Schillings (1868–1933)
- Poul Christian Schindler (1648–1740)
- Iris ter Schiphorst (born 1956)
- Arnolt Schlick (c. 1460–after 1521)
- Louis Schlösser (1800–1886)
- Paul de Schlözer (1841/1842–1898)
- Martin Schlumpf (born 1947)
- Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620–1680)
- Ludwig Schmidseder (1904–1971)
- Franz Schmidt (1874–1939)
- Irmin Schmidt (born 1937)
- Aloys Schmitt (1788–1866)
- Florent Schmitt (1870–1958)
- Joseph Schmitt (1734–1791)
- Artur Schnabel (1882–1951)
- Dieter Schnebel (1930–2018)
- Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
- Johann Schobert (c. 1735?–1767)
- Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
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- Philippus Schoendorff (1558–1617)
- Paul Schoenfield (born 1947)
- Johann Schop (c. 1590–1667)
- Claude-Michel Schönberg (born 1944)
- Carl Siegemund Schönebeck (1758–1806 or after)
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- Franz Schreker (1878–1934)
- Friedrich Schröder (1910–1972)
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- Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
- Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942)
- Julius Schulhoff (Šulhov) (1825–1898)
- Gunther Schuller (born 1925)
- Andrew Schultz (born 1969)
- Johannes Schultz (1582–1653)
- Mark Schultz (born 1970)
- Svend Simon Schultz (born 1913)
- Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747–1800)
- Klaus Schulze (born 1947)
- William Schuman (1910–1992)
- Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
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- Ludwig Schuncke (1810–1834)
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- Joseph Schuster (1748–1812)
- Eduard Schütt (1856–1933)
- Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)
- Joseph Schwantner (born 1943)
- Wolfgang von Schweinitz (born 1953)
- Anton Schweitzer (1735–1787)
- Heinrich Schwemmer (1621–1696)
- Laura Schwendinger (born 1962)
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U[edit]
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V[edit]
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- Stasys Vainiūnas [lt] (1909–1982)
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W[edit]
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- Siegfried Wagner (1869–1930)
- Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903–1969)
- Adam z Wągrowca (Adam of Wągrowiec) (died 1629)
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- Ernest Walker (1870–1949)
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- Craig Walsh (born 1971)
- Bruno Walter (1876–1962)
- Johann Walter (Blanckenmüller) (1496–1570)
- Walther von der Vogelweide (c. 1170–c. 1230)
- Johann Gottfried Walther (1684–1748)
- Johann Jakob Walther (1650–1717)
- William Walton (1902–1983)
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- Rodney Waschka II (born 1958?)
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- William Lloyd Webber (1914–1982)
- Julie von Webenau (1813–1887)
- Vilma von Webenau (1875–1953)
- Ben Weber (1916–1979)
- Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
- Anton Webern (1883–1945)
- Matthias Weckmann (c. 1616–1674)
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- Joseph Weigl (1766–1846)
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