List of composers by name

This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically. For lists of music composers by other classifications, see List of composers.

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A

*Els Aarne (1917-1995)
*Evald Aav (1900-1939)
*Juhan Aavik (1884-1982)
*Petrus Abaelardus (1079-1142)
*Frank Abbinanti (1949)
*Keiko Abe (1937)
*Komei Abe (1911-2006)
*Rosalina Abejo (1922-1991)
*Carl Friedrich Abel (1723-1787)
*Michael Abels (1962)
*Muhal Richard Abrams (1930)
*Juan Manuel Abras (1975)
*Zequinha Abreu (1880-1935)
*Jean Absil (1893-1974)
*Ella Adajevskaja (1846-1926)
*Adolphe Charles Adam (1803-1856)
*Bojan Adamic (born 1912)
*Alexander James Adams (born before 1985)
*H. Leslie Adams (born 1932)
*John Coolidge Adams (born 1947)
*John Luther Adams (born 1953)
*Richard Addinsell (1904-1977)
*John Addison (1920-1998)
*Thomas Ades (born 1971)
*Samuel Adler (born 1928)
*Theodor W. Adorno (1903–1969)
*José Afonso
*Janos Agocsi (born 1961)
*Lejla Agolli (1950)
*Graciela Agudela (1945)
*Kalevi Aho (1949)
*Ahn Eak-Tai (1906-1965)
*Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565-1628)
*Bartholomäus Aich (17th cent)
*Tauno Aints (born 1975)
*Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909)
*Sef Albertz (born 1971)
*Nilo Alcala (1978)
*Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888)
*Siegfried Alkan (1858-1941)
*Steve Allen (1921-2000)
*Miguel Álvarez-Fernández (born 1979)
*Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
*August Wilhelm Ambros (1816-1876)
*Marco Ambrosini (1964- )
*Jean-Claude Amiot (1939- )
*Charles Amirkhanian (born 1945)
*Gilbert Amy (born 1936)
*Julian Anderson
*Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
*Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
*Philip Anderson
*Caecilia Andriessen (born 1931)
*Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981)
*Jurriaan Andriessen (1925–1996)
*Louis Andriessen (born 1939)
*Willem Andriessen (1887–1964)
*Pasquale Anfossi
*Frederic Archer (1838-1901)
*Alexandra Arellano
*Giuseppe Apolloni
*Hans Erich Apostel (1901–1972)
*Chaya Arbel
*Dominick Argento (born 1927)
*Desi Arnaz (1917-1986)
*Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006)
*Robert Sterling Arnold
*Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806-1826)
*Emilio Arrieta (1823-1894)
*Joseph Ascher (1829-1869)
*Robert Ashley (born 1930)
*Ignaz Assmayer (born 1790)
*Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
*Edmond Audran (1842-1901)
*Georges Auric (1899-1983)
*Larry Austin (born 1930)
*Slavko Avsenik (born 1929)
*Vilko Avsenik
*Jacob Avshalomov (1919- )

B

*William Babell (1689/1690–1723)
*Stanley Babin (born 1932)
*Milton Babbitt (born 1916)
*Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)
*Johann Christian Bach (1735-1782)
*Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)
*Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795)
*Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694)
*Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
*Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)
*Junsang Bahk (born 1937)
*Tadeus Baird (1928-1981)
*Mily Balakirev (1837-1910)
*Hank Ballard (1936-2003)
*Puchi Balseiro (1926-2007)
*Troy Banarzi (born 1972)
*Adriano Banchieri (c. 1557-1634)
*Raffaello de Banfield (1922-2008)
*Don Banks (1923–1980)
*Granville Bantock (1868–1946)
*Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
*Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924)
*Clarence Barlow (born 1945)
*Jean Barraqué (1928–1973)
*Gerald Barry (born 1952)
*Richard Barth (1850-1908)
*Dave Bartholomew
*Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
*Robert Beadell (1925–1994)
*James Beale (born 1924)
*David Beard (born 1962)
*Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
*Luca Belcastro (b. 1964)
*Richard Belcastro (b. 1976)
*Vincenzo Bellini (1801/1835)
*Ralph Benatzky (1884-1957)
*Julius Benedict (born 1804)
*George Benjamin (born 1960)
*Alban Berg
*Arthur Berger (1925–2003)
*Jonathan Berger (born 1954)
*Erik Bergman (1911–2006)
*William Bergsma (1921–1994)
*Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
*Irving Berlin
*Hector Berlioz
*Bart Berman
*Elmer Bernstein (born 1922)
*Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
*Frederick Bianchi (1954)
*Michael von Biel (born 1939)
*Ronald Binge
*Georges Bizet
*Eubie Blake (1883-1983)
*William Burdine Blake, Sr.
*Arthur Bliss (1891–1975)
*Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
*Luigi Boccherini
*Jack Body (born 1944)
*Konrad Boehmer (born 1941)
*Alexander Borodin
*Jean-Yves Bosseur (born 1947)
*André Boucourechliev (1925–1997)
*Lili Boulanger
*Pierre Boulez (born 1925)
*Fritz Bovet (fl. 1845–1888)
*Martin Boykan (born 1931)
*Cristina Braga (born 1966)
*Johannes Brahms
*Walter Braunfels (1882–1954)
*Goran Bregovic
*Jacques Brel (1929–1978)
*Lou Briel
*Walter Bricht (1904–1970)
*Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626-1712)
*Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
*Max Bruch (1838-1920)
*Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
*Theo Bruins
*Albert E. Brumley
*Herbert Brün (1918–2000)
*Karl Gottfried Brunotte (born 1958)
*Boudewijn Buckinx (born 1945)
*Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
*Sylvano Bussotti (born 1931)
*James Butt (1929-2003)
*William Byrd (1540-1623)

C

*Francesca Caccini (1587–ca. 1640)
*Giulio Caccini (ca. 1545–1618)
*Settimia Caccini (1591–1638)
*John Cage (1912–1992)
*Thomas Campion (1567–1620)
*Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853)
*Cornelius Cardew (1936–1981)
*Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650)
*Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981)
*Roberto Carnevale (born 1966)
*James P. Carrell (1787–1854)
*Elliott Carter (b. 1908)
*Ferdinando Carulli
*Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)
*Niccolò Castiglioni (1932–1996)
*Alfredo Catalani
*Georges Catoire (1861-1926)
*Boris Chaikovskii (1925–1996)
*Jacques Champion (c 1601 - 1672)
*Philippe le Chancelier (c1165-1236)
*Graham Chapman (1941-1989)
*Stephen Chatman (born 1950)
*Carlos Chávez (1899–1978)
*Ch'eng Mao-yün (1900-1957)
*Luigi Cherubini (1760–1842)
*Gian Paolo Chiti (born 1939)
*Frederic Chopin(1810-1849)
*Jani Christou (1926–1970)
*Azzolino della Ciaja (1671-1755)
*Leonardo Ciampa (born 1971)
*Giovanni Paolo Cima (c1570-after 1622)
*Avery Claflin (died 1979)
*Jeremiah Clarke
*Kenny Clarke (born 1914)
*Rebecca Helferich Clarke
*Yury Chernavsky (born 1947)
*Johnny Clegg (born 1953)
*Aldo Clementi (b. 1925)
*Albert Coates (1882-1953)
*George M. Cohan (1878–1942)
*Sean L.Coleman (born 1951)
*Cy Coleman (born 1929)
*Russ Columbo (born 1908)
*Graziella Concas
*Benjamin Cooke (1734-1793)
*Aaron Copland
*Carmine Coppola (died 1991)
*Jack Cunningham
*Arcangelo Corelli
*Phil Coulter
*Noel Coward
*Noah Creshevsky
*Cesar Cui
*Joe Cutler (born 1968)
*Ciril Cvetko (1920-1999)
*Holger Czukay (born 1938)

D

*Harry Dacre (1860–1922)
*Alexandre Danilevsky (born 1957)
*Matteo D'Amico (born 1955)
*Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975)
*Michele Dall'Ongaro (born 1957)
*Burkhard Dallwitz (born 1959)
*Hart Pease Danks (1834–1903)
*John Dankworth (born 1927)
*Franz Ignaz Danzi (1763-1826)
*James Dashow (born 1944)
*Mario Davidovsky (born 1934)
*Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)
*Hugh Davies (1943–2005)
*Peter Maxwell Davies (born 1934)
*Carl Davis (born 1936)
*Don Davis (born 1957)
*William Houston Davis (1914–1987)
*Jimmie Davis (1899-2000)
*Ananias Davisson
*Jon Deak
*Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
*Michel Decoust (born 1936)
*Edmond Dede
*Michel Richard Delalande (1657-1726)
*Leo Delibes (1836-1891)
*Albert Frederick Theodore Delius (1862-1934)
*Martin Della Nina (born 1987)
*Edison Denisov (born 1929)
*Luigi Denza (1846–1922)
*Luis De Pablo (born 1937)
*Giuseppe De Rossi (1650 ?-1721)
*Fabrizio De Rossi Re (born 1960)
*Josquin Despres (1440 ? -1521)
*Paul Dessau (1894-1979)
*Anton Diabelli (1781-1858)
*David Diamond (born 1915)
*Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
*Denis Mandarino Brasilian composer (born 1964)
*Alphons Diepenbrock (1862-1921)
*Albert Christoph Dies (born 1755)
*Lucio Diestro (born 1913)
*Salvatore Di Gesualdo (born 1940)
*Paul Dirmeikis (born 1954)
*Muttusvami Dikshitar
*Tomaz Domicelj (born 1948)
*Franco Donatoni (1927-2000)
*Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848)
*Louis-Antoine Dornel (c.1685-c.1765)
*James Douglas (born 1932)
*Guillaume Dufay (1390 ? 1474)
*Paul Dukas (1865-1935)
*Henri Dutilleux (born 1916)
*Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
*David Dzubay (born 1964)

E

*Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1901-1974)
*Margriet Ehlen, Dutch composer
*Hanns Eisler (1898–1962)
*Danny Elfman
*Sir Edward Elgar
*David Ellis
*Dror Elimelech
*Jean-Claude Éloy (born 1938)
*Luther Orlando Emerson
*George Enescu (1881-1955)
*Peter Eötvös (born 1944)
*Gustav Ernesaks (1908-1993)
*Karlheinz Essl (born 1960)
*Julio Estrada (born 1943)
*Franco Evangelisti (1926–1980)

F

*Manuel de Falla (1876–1946)
*Ciaran Farrell (1969- )
*Giles Farnaby (c. 1565-1640)
*Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
*Sanford Faulkner (1806–1874)
*Gabriel Fauré
*Stephen Feigenbaum
*George Fenton (born 1950)
*Charles Fernandez (born 1960)
*Zdeněk Fibich (1850–1900)
*Arkady Filippenko (1912-1983)
*Henry Fillmore (1881-1956)
*Carlisle Floyd (born 1926)
*Sitiveni U. Fonua (1919-2005)
*Thomas Ford (1580-1648)
*Carlo Forlivesi (born 1971)
*Cecil Forsyth (1870–1941)
*John Forsyth
*Malcolm Forsyth (born 1936)
*Wesley Octavius Forsyth (1859–1937)
*David Foster
*Stephen Foster (1826-1864)
*Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
*Alberto Franchetti
*César Franck (1822-1890)
*Géza Frid
*Joseph Funk

G

*Andrea Gabrieli (c.1533-1585)
*Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1557-1612)
*Domenico Gabrielli (1651 or 1659–1690)
*Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817–1890)
*Bernhard Gál (born 1971)
*Blas Galindo (1910–1993)
*Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591)
*Michael Gandolfi (born 1956)
*Kyle Gann (born 1955)
*J. Ryan Garber (born 1973)
*Pauline Garcia-Viardot (1821-1910)
*Henry Balfour Gardiner (1877-1950)
*Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (1886-1962)
*Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729-1774)
*Crawford Gates (born 1921)
*Denis Gaultier (1603-1672)
*Tomasz Gaworek-Schodrok (born 1965)
*Noel Gay (1898-1954)
*Evren Genis (born 1978)
*Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970)
*George Gershwin (1898-1937)
*Don Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613)
*Frans Geysen (b. 1936)
*Michael Giacchino (b. 1967)
*Jean Gilbert (1879-1942)
*Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983)
*Umberto Giordano (1867–1948)
*Mauro Giuliani (1781-1828)
*Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
*Louis Glass (1864-1936)
*Philip Glass (born 1937)
*Alexandre Glazunov (1865-1936)
*Jackie Gleason (1916-1987)
*Reinhold Gliere (1874-1956)
*Mikhail Glinka (1804-1957)
*Andrew Glover (b. 1962)
*Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)
*Edna Gockel-Gussen (1878–1937)
*Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938)
*Alexander Godunov (1949-1995)
*Roger Goeb (1914–1997)
*Alexander Goehr (born 1932)
*Lucien Goethals (born 1931)
*Karel Goeyvaerts (1923–1993)
*Károly Goldmark (1830-1915)
*Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836-1896)
*Michael Gordon (born 1956)
*François Joseph Gossec (1734–1829)
*Glenn Gould (1932–1982)
*Morton Gould (1913–1996)
*Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
*Fernando Lopes Graça (1906-1994)
*Ron Grainer (1922–1981)
*Enrique Granados
*Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997)
*Adolph Green (1914-2002)
*Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
*Grimace (14th century)
*Eivind Groven (1901-1977)
*Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé (1892-1972)
*Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000)
*Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377)

H

*Daron Hagen (born 1961)
*Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935)
*Marvin Hamlisch (born 1944)
*Jan Hammer (born 1948)
*Albert Hammond (born 1942)
*Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
*W. C. Handy (1873-1958)
*Charles-Louis Hanon (1819-1900)
*Mike Harding (born 1944)
*Don Harper (1921-1999)
*Don L. Harper
*Kevin F. Harris (born 1965)
*Richard Harris (born 1968)
*John Hartford (1937-2001)
*Hamilton Harty
*Jonathan Harvey (born 1939)
*Richard Harvey (born 1953)
*Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783)
*Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
*Pieter Hellendaal (1721-1799)
*Hans Werner Henze (born 1926)
*Victor Herbert (1859-1924)
*Sebastián Aguilera de Heredia (c1563-1627)
*Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975)
*David Graham Hewson (1953-)
*Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
*Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
*Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822)
*Karl Holler (1907-1987)
*Gustav Holst (1874- 1934)
*Shahrouz Homavaran
*Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000)
*Stephen Hough (born 1961)
*Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
*Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
*Ferdinand Huber (died 1863)
*Bertold Hummel (1925 - 2002)
*Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921)
*Lukas Hurník (born 1967)

I

*Jacques Ibert (1890 - 1962)
*Akira Ifukube (1916 - 2006)
*Ilayaraaja (1943 -)
*Andrew Imbrie (born 1921)
*John Ireland (1879 - 1962)
*Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450–1517)
*Nicolas Isouard (1775 - 1818)
*Charles Ives (1874 - 1954)
*Michael Irslinger (1969 -)
*Volodymyr Ivasiuk (1949-1979)

J

*Steve Jablonsky
*Tony Jackson (1876-1921)
*Lado Jaksa (born 1947)
*Leoš Janáček
*Jean Michel Jarre (born 1948)
*Karl Jenkins (born 1944)
*David N. Johnson (1922-1987)
*Laurie Johnson (born 1927)
*M. Zachary Johnson (1974-)
*Robert Johnson (c1583-c1633)
*Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774)
*Ron Jones
*Scott Joplin (ca.1868-1917)
*Bradley Joseph (born 1965)
*John Joubert (born 1927)

K

*Miloslav Kabeláč (1908-1979)
*Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
*Mauricio Kagel (born 1931)
*Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901)
*Alexander Kaloian (born 1962)
*Yoko Kanno (born 1964)
*Artur Kapp (1878-1952)
*Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)
*Georgy L'vovich Katuar (1861-1926)
*Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948)
*Jerome David Kern (1885-1945)
*Albert Ketèlbey (1875-1959)
*Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978)
*Aldine Silliman Kieffer
*Carole King (born 1942)
*Karl King (1891-1971)
*William Kinloch
*Leon Kirchner (born 1919)
*Don Kirshner (born 1934)
*Meri von KleinSmid
*Paul August von Klenau (born 1883)
*Urban Koder (born 1928)
*Ludwig von Köchel (1800-1877)
*Charles Koechlin (born 1867)
*Ernesto Köhler (1849–1907)
*Koji Kondo (b. 1960)
*Ellis B. Kohs (1916-2000)
*Erich Wolfgang Korngold
*Evgeni Kostitsyn (born 1963)
*Jani Kovacic
*Marjan Kozina (1907-1965)
*Alexey Kozlovsky (died 1977)
*William Kraft
*Zygmunt Krause (born 1938)
*Johann Tobias Krebs (died 1762)
*Fritz Kreisler
*Ernst Krenek (1900–1991)
*Rohan Kriwaczek (born 1968)
*Jan Křtitel Kuchař (1751-1829)
*Winston Kung
*Giedrius Kuprevičius (1944)

L

*Adolf L'Arronge (1838-1908)
*Jean-Benjamin(-François) de La Borde (1734-1794)
*(Juste-)Adrien(-Lenoir) de La Fage (1801-1862)
*Pierre de La Garde (1717-1792)
*Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1659-1729)
*Michel de La Guerre (1605-1679)
*Pierre-Nicolas La Houssaye (1735-1818)
*John La Montaine (1920-)
*Ernest La Prade (1889-1969)
*Armando La Rosa Parodi (1904-1977)
*Pasquale La Rotella (1880-1963)
*(Antoine Louis Joseph Gueyrand) Fernand (Fouant) de La Tombelle (1854-1928)
*Wesley La Violette (1894-1978)
*Théodore(-François-Joseph) Labarre (1805-1870)
*Marcel Labey (1875-1968)
*Mario Labroca (1896-1973)
*Guido Laccetti (1879-1943)
*Franz Paul Lachner (1803-1890)
*Ignaz Lachner (1807-1895)
*Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith (1746-1820)
*Louis Lacombe (1818-1884)
*Paul(-Jean-Jacques) Lacome (1838-1920)
*Louis de Lacoste (1675-1755)
*Bernard Germain Etienne Médard de la Ville-sur-Illon, Comte de Lacépède (1756-1825)
*Ezra Laderman (1924-)
*Paul-Émile Ladmirault (1877-1944)
*Ignaz Anton Franz Xaver Joseph Ladurner (1766-1839)
*Revaz Il'yich Lagidze (1921-)
*Oscar de Lagoanère (1853-1918)
*Théodore Lajarte (1826-1890)
*László Lajtha (1892-1963)
*Szymon Laks (1901-1983)
*Michel-Richard de Lalande (1657-1726)
*Alfred Laliberté (1882-1952)
*Édouard Lalo (1823-1892)
*Constant Lambert (1905–1951)
*Lucien Lambert (1858-1945)
*Juan Bautista Lambert (1884-1945)
*Juan Lamote de Grignon (1872-1949)
*Ricardo Lamote de Grignon y Ribas (1899-1962)
*John Frederick Lampe (1703-1751)
*Giovanni Battista Lampugnani (1706-1786)
*Serge Jean Mathieu Lancen (1922-)
*John Lanchbery (1923-2003)
*Flavio Carlo Lanciani (1655-1724)
*Siegfried Landau (1921-)
*Stefano Landi (1587-1639)
*Benedetto Landini (1858-1938)
*Marcel (François Paul) Landowski (1915-1999)
*Willem Louis Frédéric Landré (1874-1948)
*Guillaume Landré (1905-1968)
*David Lang (1957-)
*Hans Lang (1908-)
*Walter Lang (1896-1966)
*Daniel de Lange (1841-1918)
*Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850-1926)
*Johann August Adolf Langert (1836-1920)
*Rued Langgaard (1893-1952)
*Honoré (François Marie) Langlé (1741-1807)
*Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666)
*Daniel Lanois
*Gesualdo Lanza (1779-1859)
*Francesco Giuseppe Lanza (1750-1812)
*Raimond Lap (1959-)
*Raoul Laparra (1876-1943)
*André Laporte (born 1931)
*Reinhold Laquai (1894-1957)
*Patrick Larley (born 1951)
*Libby Larsen (1950-)
*Lars-Erik (Vilner) Larsson (1908-1986)
*Jean-Louis Laruette (1731-1792)
*Guillaume Lasceux (1740-1831)
*Blas de Laserna (1751-1816)
*Eduard Lassen (1830-1904)
*Johann Baptist Lasser (1751-1805)
*Orlande de Lassus (ca. 1532-1594)
*William P. Latham (1917-2004)
*Gaetano Latilla (1711-1788)
*Felice Lattuada (1882-1962)
*Joseph Lauber (1864-1952)
*Ken Lauber
*Armas Launis (1884-1959)
*Edmond Laurens (1852-1925)
*Pietro Paolo Laurenti (1675-1719)
*Filiberto Laurenzi (1620-1685)
*André Lavagne (1913-)
*Angelo Francesco Lavagnino (1909-1987)
*Calixa Lavallée (1842-1891)
*Louis Henry Lavenu (1818-1819)
*Antoine-Barthélemy de Lavergne (1670-1726)
*Vincenzo Lavigna (1776-1836)
*Mario Lavista (born 1943)
*Dionyssios Lavrangas (1862-1941)
*Marc Lavry (1903-1967)
*William Lawes (1602-1645)
*Donald Lawrence
*Filip Lazar (1894-1936)
*Martin Lazare (1829-1897)
*Gustav Lazarus (1861-1920)
*Daniel Lazarus (1898-1964)
*Sylvio Lazzari (1857-1944)
*Paul Le Flem (1881-1984)
*Jean-François Le Sueur (1760-1837)
*Aimé(-Ambroise-Simon) Leborne (1797-1866)
*Fernand Leborne (1862-1929)
*Paul Henri Joseph Lebrun (1863-1920)
*Louis-Sébastien Lebrun (1764-1829)
*Alexandre Charles Lecocq (1832-1918)
*Ernesto Lecuona (1895-1963)
*Joseph Lederer (1733-1796)
*Jacques Leduc (1932-)
*Dai-Keong Lee (1915-)
*George Alexander Lee (1802-1851)
*Benjamin Lees (1924-)
*Reinbert de Leeuw (1938-)
*Ton (Wilhelminus Adrianus) de Leeuw (1926-)
*Nicola Frances LeFanu (1947-)
*Charles Édouard Lefebvre (1843-1917)
*Joseph Lefèbvre (1761-1822)
*Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817-1869)
*Ethel Leginska (1886-1970)
*Vic(tor) Legley (1915-)
*Edouard Legouix (1834-1916)
*Giovanni Legrenzi (1626-1690)
*Joseph Legros (1739-1793)
*Leonard J(ordan) Lehrman (1949-)
*Franz Lehár (1870-1948)
*Jerry Leiber (born 1933)
*René Leibowitz (1913-1972)
*Walter Leigh (1905-1942)
*Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
*António da Silva Leite (1759-1833)
*Guillaume Lekeu (1870-1894)
*Jean Eugène Gaston Lemaire (1854-1928)
*Gabriel Lemoyne (1772-1815)
*Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1751-1796)
*Erwin Lendvay (1882-1949)
*Kamilló Lendvay (1928-)
*Charles Lenepveu (1840-1910)
*Alfonso Leng (1894-1974)
*René Lenormand (1846-1932)
*Nicholas Lens
*Leonardo Leo (1694-1744)
*Bayani Mendoza de Leon (1942-)
*Felipe Padilla de Leon (1912-)
*Marina Leonardi (1970-)
*Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
*Franco Leoni (1864-1949)
*Léonin (1150s–?1201)
*Kaiser Leopold I (1640-1705)
*Jesús García Leoz (1904-1953)
*Wassili Leps (1870-1942)
*Xavier Leroux (1863-1919)
*Theodor Leschetizky (1830-1915)
*Henry Leslie (1822-1896)
*Wincenty Ferdynand Lessel (1750-1825)
*Wolfgang Lesser (1923-)
*Omer Letorey (1873-1938)
*Enrico de Leva (1867-1955)
*Charles Levadé (1869-1948)
*Oscar Levant (1906-1972)
*Richard Leveridge (1671-1758)
*William Charles Levey (1837-1894)
*Marvin David Levy (1932-)
*David Lewin (1933–2003)
*Frank Lewin (1925-)
*Andrew Lewis (born 1936)
*Salvador Ley (1907-1985)
*Frank Loesser (1910–1969)
*Armando Lopez Leça (1893-1977)
*Fran Lhotka (1883-1962)
*Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski (1913-1987)
*Karl August Freiherr von Lichtenstein (1767-1845)
*Peter Lichtenthal (1780-1853)
*Johann Georg Lickl (1769-1843)
*Aegidius Karl Lickl (1803-1864)
*Christian Joseph Lidarti (1730-1793)
*Ingvar (Natanael) Lidholm (1921-)
*José Lidón (1748-1827)
*Eduard Ludwig Liebe (1819-1900)
*Rolf Liebermann (1910-1999)
*Emil Liepe (1860-1940)
*Thurlow Lieurance (1878-1963)
*György Sándor Ligeti (1923-2006)
*Douglas Lilburn (1915-2001)
*Ingemar (Kristian) Liljefors (1906-1981)
*Ignace Lillen (1897-1964)
*Giuseppe Lillo (1814-1863)
*Jeronymo Francisco de Lima (1743-1822)
*Armand Marie Ghislain Limnander de Nieuwenhove (1814-1892)
*(Carl Emil) Paul Lincke (1866-1946)
*Magnus Lindberg (born 1958)
*Oskar Lindberg (1887-1955)
*Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801-1878)
*(Anders) Bo (Leif) Linde (1933-)
*Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner (1791-1856)
*Jukka Linkola (1955-)
*Thomas Linley (1756-1778)
*George Linley (1798-1865)
*George (Frederick) Linstead (1908-1974)
*Guy de Lioncourt (1885-1961)
*Josef Lipavský (1772-1810)
*Carl Lipinsky (1790-1861)
*Marijan Lipovsek (1910-1995)
*Grigori Lishin (1854-1888)
*Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836)
*Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
*Henry Charles Litolff (1818-1891)
*Giulio Litta (1822-1891)
*Ferdinando Liuzzi (1884-1940)
*Giovanni Liverati (1772-1846)
*Vicente Lleó (1870-1922)
*George (Walter Selwyn) Lloyd (1913-)
*Jonathan Lloyd (1948-)
*David de Lloyd (1883-1948)
*Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948-)
*Ronald Lo Presti (1933-)
*Johann Christian Lobe (1797-1881)
*Duarte Lôbo (1565-1646)
*Matthew Locke (1621-1677)
*Normand Lockwood (1906-)
*George Loder (1816-1868)
*Kate Fanny Loder (1825-1904)
*Edward Loder (1813-1865)
*Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935)
*Theo Loevendie (1930-)
*Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe (1796-1869)
*Max Julius Loewengard (1860-1915)
*Mihovil Logar (1902-)
*Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698-1765)
*Ruth Lomon (1930-)
*Carlo Ambrogio (Ambrosio) Lonati (1645-1710)
*Edwin Londra (1929-)
*Paolo Longo (1967-)
*Harvey Worthington Loomis (1865-1930)
*Clarence Loomis (1889-1965)
*Nikolai (Lvovich) Lopatnikov (1903-1976)
*Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906-)
*Alfred Lorentz (1872-1931)
*Bent Lorentzen (1935-)
*Alfred Lorenz (1868-1939)
*Paolo Lorenzani (1640-1713)
*Ausonio de Lorenzi-Fabris (1861-1935)
*Oscar Lorenzo Fernândez (1897-1948)
*(Gustav) Albert Lortzing (1801-1851)
*Mark Lothar (1902-)
*Antonio Lotti (1667-1740)
*Arthur Lourié (1892-1966)
*Samuel Lover (1797-1868)
*Hermann Lowtzky (1871-1957)
*Adriano Lualdi (1885-1971)
*Bertram Luard-Selby (1853-1918)
*Giovanni Lucantoni (1825-1902)
*Charles Lucas (1808-1869)
*Clarence Lucas (1866-1947)
*Andrea Lucchesi (1741-1801)
*Francesco Lucio (1628-1658)
*Stepan Lucký (1919-)
*Gustav Luders (1865-1913)
*Wolfgang Ludewig (1926-)
*Franz Ludwig (1889-1955)
*August Ludwig (1865-1946)
*Alexandre-Clément-Léon-Joseph Luigini (1850-1906)
*Ray Luke (1926-)
*Zdeněk Lukáš (1928-2007)
*Ashly Luckose (born 1988)
*Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier (1650-1700)
*Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
*Jean-Baptiste Lully (the younger) (1665-1743)
*Jean-Louis Lully (1667-1688)
*Louis Lully (1664-1734)
*Georg (August) Lumbye (1843-1922)
*Pablo Luna y Carné (1880-1942)
*Chibia Luncani (1883-1935)
*Torbjörn (Iwan) Lundquist (1920-)
*Roberto Lupi (1908-1971)
*Thomas Lupo (1571-1627)
*Gaetano Luporini (1865-1948)
*Charles de Lusse (1723-1774)
*Witold Lutoslawski (1913 -1994)
*(Agnes) Elizabeth Lutyens (1906-1983)
*Wilhelm Meyer Lutz (1822-1903)
*Friedrich Lux (1820-1895)
*Luzzasco Luzzaschi (ca. 1545-1607)
*Luigi Luzzi (1828-1876)
*Alexey Fyodorovich Lvov (1798-1870)
*Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky (1895-1968)
*Donald Lybbert (1923-1981)
*Ralph Lyford (1882-1927)
*Mykola Vytal'yevych Lysenko (1842-1912)
*Stanislav (Stanislaus) Lyudkevych (1879-1979)
*István Láng (1933-)
*Gustav Láska (1847-1928)
*Michel-Maurice Lévy (1883-1965)
*Elias Álvares Lôbo (1834-1901)
*Georg Simon Löhlein (1725-1781)
*Johann Löhner (1645-1705)
*Otto Lohse (1858-1925)
*Herman Severin Løvenskjold (1815-1870)
*Monica Lynn

M

*Drake Mabry (born 1950)
*Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916)
*Thomas Mace
*John McGuire (born 1942)
*Sergio Machado (born 1963)
*Rod McKuen (born 1933)
*James MacMillan (born 1959)
*Frank McNamara
*Bruno Maderna (1920–1973)
*Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
*Paul Manz
*Spiros Mazis
*John Marbeck (c.1510-c.1585)
*Alessandro Marcello (1669–1747)
*Benedetto Marcello (1686–1739)
*F. Dante Marchetti (1876–1940)
*Filippo Marchetti (1831–1902)
*Gianni Marchetti
*Lionel Marchetti (born 1967)
*Walter Marchetti (born 1931)
*Christian Marclay
*Jon Mark
*William J. Marsh (1880–1971)
*Vicente Martin y Soler (died 1806)
*Pietro Mascagni
*Jules Massenet
*Gérard Masson (born 1936)
*William Mathias (1934–1992)
*Yoritsune Matsudaira (1907-2001)
*Peter Matz (1928-2002)
*Ascanio Mayone (1565-1627)
*Toshiro Mayuzumi (1929–1997)
*Jacques-Fereol Mazas
*Ricardo Medeiros (born 1953)
*Erkki Melartin
*Fanny Mendelssohn
*Felix Mendelssohn
*Michel Angelo Mendoza (born 1983)
*Giuseppe Mercadante (1795–1870)
*Saverio Mercadante (born 1795)
*Maceo Meriwether
*Olivier Messiaen
*Ludwig Mestler (1891-1959)
*Giacomo Meyerbeer
*Behzad Mirkhani (born 1969)
*Dary John Mizelle
*Stevan Mokranjac (born 1856)
*Pierre des Molins (fl. late 14th cent.)
*Georg Matthias Monn (1717-1750)
*Federico Mompou
*Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
*Meredith Monk
*Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
*Thomas Morley (1557 or 1558–1602)
*Giorgio Moroder (born 1940)
*Steve Morse
*Ennio Morricone (born 1928)
*Peter Moss
*Jean-Joseph Mouret
*Georges Moustaki
*Franz Xaver Mozart (1791-1844)
*Leopold Mozart
*Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
*Gráinne Mulvey (born 1966)
*Roberto Musci (born 1956)
*Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
*João Ailton Mutton (J. A. Mutton)
*Neil Myers

N

*Nisar Bazmi (1925-2007)
*V.S.Narasimhan
*Alberto Nepomuceno (1864-1920)
*Sydney Nicholson (1875-1947)
*Carl Nielsen (1865–1931)
*Joy Nilo (b. 1970)
*Luigi Nono (1924–1990)
*Rikard Nordraak (1842–1866)
*Per Nørgård (born 1932)
*Ivor Novello (1893-1951)
*Ervin Nyíregyházi (1903-1987)

O

*Jacob Obrecht (1457/1458–1505)
*Eugene O'Brien (born 1945)
*Johannes Ockeghem (ca. 1410–1497)
*Martin O'Donnell
*Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880)
*Will Ogdon (born 1921)
*John Okeover (c 1600–c 1663)
*Gonzalo de Olavide y Casenave (1934–2005)
*Mike Oldfield (b. 1953)
*Carolina Oliphant
*Otto Olsson (1879–1964)
*Chris Opperman (b. 1978)
*Karl von Ordoñez (1734-1786)
*Carl Orff (1895-1982)
*A. A. Owen (b. 1948)

P

*Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
*Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867)
*Ignacy Jan Paderewski
*Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c1590-1664)
*Niccolò Paganini
*José de Paiva Netto (born 1941)
*Giovanni Paisiello
*Jan Gerard Palm (1831-1906)
*Rudolph Palm (1880-1950)
*John Palm (1885-1925)
*Jacobo Palm (1887-1982)
*Stefan Paluselli (born 1748)
*Siraseth pantura-umporn (born 1982)
*Andrzej Panufnik
*Gérard Pape (born 1955)
*Paul Paray (1886-1979)
*Park Kyoung Shin (born 1939)
*Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)
*Arvo Pärt (born 1935)
*Osbert Parsley (1511–1585)
*Robert Paterson (born 1970)
*Carlo Pedini (born 1956)
*Flor Peeters (1903–1986)
*Tomaz Pengov
*Francesco Pennisi (1934-2000)
*Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710–1736)
*Jacopo Peri
*Don Lorenzo Perosi (1872-1956)
*Perotin Magister (fl.1190-1220)
*William Perry (b. 1930)
*Oto Pestner
*Norbert Walter Peters (born 1954)
*Goffredo Petrassi
*Johann Christoph Pez (1664-1716)
*Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)
*Philippe de Vitry (1291–1361)
*Michel Philippot (1925–1996)
*Ástor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
*Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1638)
*Niccola Piccinni, (1728-1800)
*Johann Gottfried Piefke, (1815-1884)
*Willem Pijper
*Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)
*Francesco Antonio Pistocchi (1659-1726)
*Ildebrando Pizzetti
*Doc Pomus (1925-1991)
*Manuel Maria Ponce (1882-1948)
*Amilcare Ponchielli
*Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
*Cole Porter
*Henri Pousseur (born 1929)
*Michael Praetorius
*Austin Pratt
*Zbigniew Preisner (born 1955)
*André Previn (born 1929)
*Maui Dalvanius Prime (1948-2002)
*Peter Pritchard
*Joze Privsek (1937-1998)
*Simon Proctor
*Sergei Prokofiev
*Trajko Prokopiev
*Giacomo Puccini
*Loisa Puget (born 1810)
*Henry Purcell

Q

*Qu Wei (born 1917)
*Qu Xiao-song (born 1952)
*Qu Xixian (born 1919)
*Paolo Quagliati (1555–1628)
*Daniel Patrick Quinn (born 1981)

R

*Peer Raben (1940-2007)
*Sergei Rachmaninoff
*GS Rajan
*Rahbani brothers (Assi: 1923-1986, Mansour: 1925-)
*Keir Ramshaw (born 1985)
*Maurice Ravel
*Thomas Ravenscroft
*Janko Ravnik (1891-1982)
*Fred Raymond (1900-1954)
*Sam Raymond
*Ray Reach
*Hans Redlich (1903-1968)
*Jacob Regnart (1540s-1599)
*Leon René (1902-1982)
*Ottorino Respighi
*Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940)
*Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
*Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
*Johnny Rivers (born 1942)
*Curtis Roads
*Mark D. Roberts
*Nile Rodgers (born 1952)
*Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
*Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)
*Ernesto Rodrigues (born 1959)
*Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951)
*Jubertino Rosas
*Alex Ross-Iver
*Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868)
*Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1835-1881)

*Mart Saar (1882–1963)
*Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
*Harald Sigurd Johan Sæverud (1897–1992)
*Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
*Ryuichi Sakamoto (born 1952)
*Antonio Salieri (1750–1825)
*Michael Salvatori
*Carlos Sandoval (born 1956)
*Greg Sandow (born 1943)
*Erik Satie (1866-1925)
*Rachel Sauvé (born 1985)
*Matthew Savage (born 1992)
*Serge Saxe
*Alessandro Scarlatti (died 1725)
*Domenico Scarlatti (died 1757)
*Pierre Schaeffer (1910-1995)
*Andrew Schartmann (born 1984)
*Peter Schat (1935–2003)
*Heinrich Schenker (1868-1935)
*Martin Scherber (1907-1974)
*Peter Schickele (born 1935)
*Lalo Schifrin (born 1932)
*Gustav Schmidt (died 1882)
*Catherine Schneider
*Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
*Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
*Gunther Schuller (born 1925)
*Chester Schultz (born 1945)
*Johannes Schultz (1582–1653)
*Lars Peter Schultz (born 1950)
*Mark Schultz (born 1957)
*Mark Schultz (born 1970)
*Robert Schultz (born 1948)
*Svend Simon Schultz (born 1913)
*Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747-1800)
*Klaus Schulze (born 1947)
*William Schuman (1910–1992)
*Clara Schumann (died 1896)
*Robert Schumann (died 1856)
*Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)
*Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947)
*Gil Scott-Heron (born 1949)
*Amy Scurria (born 1973)
*Edmund H. Sears (died 1876)
*Renaud Séchan (born 1952)
*Fritz Seitz
*Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde (ca. 1595–ca. 1638)
*John Serry, Sr. (1915–2003)
*Mojmir Sepe (born 1930)
*Kazimierz Serocki (1922–1981)
*Roger Sessions (1896–1985)
*Doc Severinsen (born 1927)
*Vladimir Shainsky (born 1925)
*Tolib Shakhidi (born 1946)
*Ralph Shapey (1921–2002)
*Alexander Shchetynsky (born 1960)
*Sinyan Shen (born 1949)
*John Sheppard (ca. 1515–1558)
*Charles Shere (born 1935)
*Jacob Shirley (born 1983)
*Hsueh-Yung Shen (born 1952)
*Bright Sheng (born 1955)
*Gregory Short (died 1998)
*Sandeep Khurana
*Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
*Obadiah Shuttleworth (died 1734)
*Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
*Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni (died 1892)
*Andrej Sifrer
*Ezra Sims (born 1928)
*Marijn Simons (born 1982)
*Thomas Simpson (1582-1628)
*Fredrik Sixten (born 1962)
*Todor Skalovski (1909-2004)
*Filip Skutela (born 1984)
*Thomas Sleeper (born 1956)
*Nicolas Slonimsky, (1894-1995)
*Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884)
*John Stafford Smith (1750–1836)
*Adi Smolar
*Randall Snyder (born 1944)
*Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov (1859-1922)
*Solage (fl. late 14th century, d. probably after 1403)
*Juan María Solare (born 1966)
*Giovanni Sollima
*S. P. Somtow (born 1952)
*Stephen Sondheim (born 1930)
*Abhay Rustum Sopori
*Natsume Sōseki (1867-1916)
*John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
*Benjamin Speed
*Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965)
*Gaspare Spontini
*Alojz Srebotnjak (born 1931)
*Michael Staley (born 1951)
*Johann Stamitz (died 1757)
*Jack Stamp (born 1954)
*John Stanley (1712-1786)
*Arno Starck (1886-1960)
*Agostino Steffani
*Johnathan Joseph Stegeman (born 1979)
*Max Steiner (1888-1971)
*Jim Steinman (born 1948)
*William Grant Still
*Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)
*Nathaniel Stookiey (born 1970)
*Bernardo Storace (fl. mid-17th century)
*Johann Strauss I (1804-1849)
*Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
*Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
*Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
*Nicholas Strogers (fl. 1560–1575)
*Stjepan Sulek (1914-1986)
*Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
*Carlos Surinach (1915–1997)
*Tielman Susato (ca. 1500–1561)
*Władysław Szpilman
*Henryk Szulc (died 1903)
*Karol Szymanowski

T

*Matias Tavil (born 1988)
*Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
*Walter Taieb (born 1973)
*Yuji Takahashi (born 1938)
*Thomas Tallis (circa 1505–1585)
*Louise Talma (1906–1996)
*Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770)
*Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
*Alexander Tcherepnin (born 1899)
*Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
*James Tenney (1934–2006)
*Eduard Terenyi (born 1935)
*Mikis Theodorakis (born 1925)
*John Tesh (born 1952)
*Daniel Theaker (born 1967)
*Robert Scott Thompson (born 1959)
*Phil Thurston (born 1978)
*Dimitri Tiomkin (1894–1979)
*Swathi Tirunal
*Rudolf Tobias (1873–1918)
*Ernst Toch (1887–1964)
*Spencer Stuart Topel
*Michael Torke (born 1961)
*Mel Tormé (1925–1999)
*Allen Toussaint born 1938)
*Giovanni Maria Trabaci (1575–1647)
*Stephen Truelove (born 1946)
*Hristo Tsanoff (born 1947)
*Eduard Tubin (1905–1982)
*Roman Turovsky (born 1961)
*Tyagaraja (died 1848)
*Christopher Tye (c. 1505–c. 1572)

U

*Nobuo Uematsu
*Benjamin Carl Unseld

V

*Fartein Valen (1887-1952)
*Didier van Damme (1929- )
*Michael van der Aa (1970– )
*Pieter van Maldere (1729-1768)
*Grigory Vasilyevich (1915-1998)
*Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
*Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
*Vidwan.Gopala Pillai
*Caetano Veloso (1942– )
*Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
*Giovanni Viotti (1755–1824)
*Ezequiel Viñao (born 1960)
*Ivan Vïshnegradsky (1893–1979)
*Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)
*Wladimir Vogel (1896–1984)
*Robert Voisey (born 1969)
*Jan Vriend (1938– )
*Klaas de Vries (born 1944)
*Anne van Schothorst (born 1974-)

W

*Max Wagenknecht
*Richard Wagner
*William Walker
*Walter von der Vogelweide (c.1170–c.1230)
*William Walton (1902–1983)
*Rodney Waschka II
*Unico Wilhelm Wassenaer
*Niel van der Watt (1962- )
*George James Webb (born 1803)
*Jimmy Webb (born 1946)
*Simon Webb
*Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948)
*Carl Maria von Weber
*Anton Webern (1883–1945)
*Paul Wehage (born 1963)
*Johann Weichmann (born 1620)
*Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
*Judith Weir
*Hugo Weisgall (1912–1997)
*Sylvius Leopold Weiss
*Julius Weissenborn (1837-1888)
*Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
*Charles Wesley junior (1757-1834)
*Martin Wesley-Smith (born 1945)
*Peter Westergaard (born 1931)
*Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656-1705)
*Paul W. Whear (born 1925)
*Benjamin Franklin White
*Julian White (1930-2006)
*Thomas Whythorne
*Charles-Marie Widor
*Philip van Wilder (c.1500-1554)
*John Williams (born 1932)
*Spencer Williams (1889-1965)
*René Wohlhauser (born 1954)
*Stefan Wolpe (1902–1972)
*Charles Wuorinen (born 1938)
*Alex Wurman (born 1966)

X

*Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)

Y

*Yehuda Yannay (born 1937)
*Yitzhak Yedid (born 1971)
*Paul Yang
*Yanni (born 1954)
*Dwight Yoakum (born 1956)
*Matthew Yoakum (born 1980)
*Takashi Yoshimatsu (born 1953)
*Albert Young
*Christopher Young (born 1957)
*James Young (born 1949)
*John Young (born 1962)
*La Monte Young (born 1935)
*Yuji Nomi (born 1958)

Z

*Riccardo Zandonai (1883–1944)
*Amilcare Zanella (1873–1949)
*Frank Zappa (1940–1993)
*Mercedes Zavala (born 1963)
*Kristoffer Zegers (born 1973)
*Jan Dismas Zelenka, also known as Johann Dismas Zelenka (1679–1745)
*Alexander von Zemlinsky, (1871–1942)
*Hans Zimmer (born 1957)
*Deco Zgur
*Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918–1970)
*John Zorn (born 1953)
*Zulkifli Mohamed Amin (born 1983)

ee also

*The opera corpus which lists more than 400 opera composers, their dates and works.