List of 20th-century classical composers by name

This is an indiscriminate list of over 1400 classical composers. Also see:

• List of 20th century classical composers by birth date,
• List of 20th century classical composers by death date.

Composers of 20th century classical music include:

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)
• Alexander Abramsky (1898-1985)
• 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 (née 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)
• Eduardo Alonso-Crespo (born 1956)
• Yardena Alotin (1930–1994)
• Birgitte Alsted (born 1942)
• Martha Alter (1904–1976)
• Javier Álvarez (born 1956)
• Miguel Álvarez-Fernández (born 1979)
• Maria de Alvear (born 1960)
• José María Alvira (1864-1937)
• 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)
• Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
• 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)
• Miguel Azguime (born 1960)

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)
• Richard Barrett (born 1959)
• 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)
• Luca Belcastro (born 1964)
• 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)
• Fred Jonny Berg (born 1973)
• 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 Børresen (1876-1954)
• Edith Borroff (born 1925)
• Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952)
• Daniel Börtz (born 1943)
• Michel Bosc (born 1963)
• 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)
• Brian Boydell (1917-2000)
• Ina Boyle (1889–1967)
• Eugène Bozza (1905-1991)
• Joly Braga Santos (1924-1988)
• Mario Braggiotti (1905-1996)
• May Brahe (1884–1956)
• Glenn Branca (born 1948)
• Gena Branscombe (1881–1977)
• Henry Brant (1913-2008)
• 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)
• Stephen Brown (born 1948)
• 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 Carrillo (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)
• Tizoc Ceballos (born 1979)
• 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 (1932–2008)
• Tat'yana Chudova (born 1944)
• Heinz Chur (born 1948)
• Suzanne Ciani (born 1946)
• Francesco Cilea (1866–1950)
• Maya Ciobanu (born 1952)
• Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911)
• Dolores Claman (born 1927)
• F. R. C. Clarke (1931–2009)
• 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)
• Bill Conti (born 1942)
• Edgar Cook (1880–1953)
• Arnold Cooke (1906-2005)
• Francis Judd Cooke (1910–1995)
• Peggy Stuart Coolidge (1913-1981)
• 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)
• Paul Doornbusch (born 1960)
• 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)
• Dilys 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)
• Keiko Eto (born 1953)
• 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)
• David Farquhar (1928–2007)
• Eibhlis Farrell (born 1953)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
• Sarah Feigin (born 1928)
• Jindřich Feld (born 1925)
• Morton Feldman (1926–1987)
• Daniel Felsenfeld (born 1970)
• Eric Fenby (1906–1997)
• Johanne Amelie Fenger (1836–1913)
• Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
• Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921)
• Luc Ferrari (born 1929)
• Lorenzo Ferrero (born 1951)
• 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)
• Carlo Forlivesi (born 1971)
• Malcolm Forsyth (born 1936)
• Wolfgang Fortner (1907–1987)
• Lukas Foss (1922–2009)
• 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 (1941-2002)
• Zoltán Gárdonyi (1906 - 1986)
• Vincenza Garelli della Morea (1859–after 1924)
• Peter Garland (born 1952)
• Lūcija Garūta (1902–1977)
• Marianne Gary-Schaffhauser (born 1903)
• Crawford Gates (born 1922)
• Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941)
• 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)
• Joe Gilman (born 1962)
• 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)
• Martyn Harry (born 1964)
• 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)
• Fiona Joy Hawkins (born 1964)
• Diana Pereira Hay (born 1932)
• Sorrel Hays (born 1941)
• Christopher Headington (1930-1996)
• Marcus Tristan Heathcock (born 1967)
• Celeste de Longpré Heckscher (1860–1928)
• Gherry Hedin (ca. 1939–2006)
• Åse Hedstrøm (born 1950)
• David Philip Hefti (born 1975)
• 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)
• John S. Hilliard (born 1947)
• Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
• Rozalie Hirs (born 1965)
• 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)
• Sarah Horick (born 1984)
• Mark-David Hosale
• Edward Hosharian (1940-1990)
• Greg Hosharian (born 1977)
• 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)
• Bertold Hummel (1925–2002)
• 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 (1921 – 2007)
• 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)
• David N. Johnson (1922-1987)
• M. Zachary Johnson (born 1974)
• 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)
• Klaus Ib Jørgensen (born 1967)
• 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)
• Alexander Kaloian (born 1962)
• 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)
• Božidar Kantušer (1921-1999)
• 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)
• Hiba Kawas (born 1972)
• 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 (1930–2009)
• Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
• Nevit Kodallı (born 1924)
• Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
• Gerard Kockelmans (1925-1965)
• Jerome Kohl (born 1946)
• Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996)
• Panayiotis Kokoras (born 1974)
• Pierre Kolp (born 1969)
• Thomas Koppel (1944-2006)
• Mark Kopytman (born 1929)
• Peter Jona Korn (19?- )
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
• Evgeni Kostitsyn (born 1963)
• Jamie Kowalski (born 1964)
• 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)
• Marc Lavry (1903 – 1967)
• 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)
• Paul Alan Levi (born 1941)
• Fabien Lévy (born 1968)
• 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)
• Jimmy Lopez (born 1978)
• 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)
• Monica Lynn

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)
• Kenneth G. Mills (1923-2004)
• 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)
• Luigi Morleo (born 1970)
• 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 (1923–2008)
• 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)
• Ron Nelson (born 1929)
• 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)
• Emmanuel Nunes (born 1941)
• Ervin Nyíregyházi (1903-1987)
• Michael Nyman (born 1944)
• Knut Nystedt (born 1915)

O

• Eugene O'Brien (born 1945)
• 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)
• Marco Oppedisano (born 1971)
• Daphne Oram (1925–2003)
• 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)
• Hisato Ohzawa (1907-1953)

P

• Joseph Packales (born 1948)
• 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)
• Soni Petrovski (born 1977)
• 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)

Q

• Roger Quilter (1877-1953)

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)
• Behzad Ranjbaran (born 1955)
• 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 Reşit Rey (1904–1985)
• Roger Reynolds (born 1934)
• Godfrey Ridout (1918–1984)
• Wallingford Riegger (1885–1961)
• Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
• Terry Riley (born 1935)
• André Ristic (born 1972)
• Jeremy Dale Roberts (born 1934)
• Manuel Rocha Iturbide (born 1963)
• George Rochberg (1918–2005)
• Joaquín 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-Pipò (1934–1997)
• John Rutter (born 1945)
• Frederic Rzewski (born 1938)
• Osmo Tapio Räihälä (born 1964)

S

• Mart Saar (1882-1963)
• Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
• Marc Sabat (born 1965)
• 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)
• Martin Scherber (1907-1974
• Fritz Schieri (born 1922)
• Franz Schmidt (1874–1939)
• Florent Schmitt (1870–1958)
• Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
• Barry Schrader (born 1945)
• 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)
• Laura Schwendinger (born 1962)
• 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)
• Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (born 1932)
• Alexander Shchetinsky (born 1960)
• Hsueh-Yung Shen (born 1952)
• Sinyan Shen (born 1949)
• 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)
• Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965)
• Michael Staley (born 1951)
• Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)
• Robert Steadman (born 1965)
• Rudi Stephan (1887–1915)
• Avraham Sternklar (1930-
• Edward Steuermann (1892–1964)
• Bernard Stevens (1916–1983)
• Halsey Stevens (1908-1989)
• William Grant Still (1895-1978)
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007)
• 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)
• Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964)
• Randall Thompson (1899–1984)
• Colin Thomson (born 1987)
• 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)
• Damien Top (born 1963)
• 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)
• Pēteris 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)
• Graham Waterhouse (born 1962)
• Franz Waxman (1906–1967)
• Anton Webern (1883–1945)
• 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)
• Thomas Wilson (1927–2001)
• Olly Wilson (born 1937)
• 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)
• Richard Zarou (born 1981)
• 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