Composers of 20th century classical music include: // Early Medieval composers ( -1150) Adam de St. ... // Transitional composers from the Medieval era (1400-1450) Composers of a transitional period between the late Medieval and early Renaissance eras. ... Composers of the Baroque era, ordered by date of birth: // [edit] Early Baroque era composers (born 1550-1600) Composers of the Early Baroque era include the following figures listed by the probable or proven date of their birth: Giulio Caccini (c. ... This is a list of composers, mostly European, of the Classical music era, roughly from 1740 to 1820. ... The Romantic music era was the predominant music era of the 19th century. ... Composers of 21st century classical music include: Abhay Rustum Sopori Marcello Abbado (born 1926) Keiko Abe (born 1937) Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930) Juan Manuel Abras (born 1975) José Antonio Abreu (born 1939) Anton García Abril (born 1933) Michael Adamis (born 1929) John Adams (born 1947) John Luther Adams... A composer is a person who writes music. ... 20th century classical music, the classical music of the 20th century, was extremely diverse, beginning with the late Romantic style of Sergei Rachmaninoff, Impressionism of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, and continuing through the Neoclassicism of middle-period Igor Stravinsky, and ranging to such distant sound-worlds as the complete...

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• Heikki Aaltoila (1905-1992)
• Juhan Aavik (1884-1982)
• Frank Abbinanti (1949- )
• Kyle Abbot (1950-2004)
• Keiko Abe (born 1937)
• Rosalina Abejo (1922–1991)
• Michael Abels (born 1962)
• Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930)
• Juan Manuel Abras (born 1975)
• Jean Absil (1893-1974)
• María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui (1873–1957)
• John Coolidge Adams (born 1947)
• John Luther Adams (born 1953)
• Ella Adayevskaya (nee Schultz) (1846–1926)
• Richard Addinsell (1904 - 1977)
• Thomas Adès (born 1971)
• Samuel Adler (born 1928)
• Lejla Agolli (born 1950)
• Graciela Agudela (born 1945)
• Ahn Eak-tae (1906 - 1965)
• Sieglinda Ahrens (born 1936)
• Doris Akers (1923–1995)
• Toshiko Akiyoshi (born 1929)
• Necil Kazim Akses (1908 - 1999)
• Jehan-Ariste Alain (1911-1940)
• Eleanor Alberga (born 1949)
• Sef Albertz (born 1971)
• Luna Alcalay (born 1928)
• Amanda Ira Aldridge (1866–1956)
• Leni Alexander (born 1924)
• Liana Alexandra (born 1947)
• Franco Alfano (1875 - 1954)
• Hugo Alfvén (1872 - 1960)
• Hossein Alizadeh (born 1951)
• Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947)
• Kristi Allik (born 1952)
• Frances Allitsen (1849–1912)
• Yardena Alotin (1930–1994)
• Birgitte Alsted (born 1942)
• Martha Alter (1904–1976)
• Javier Alvarez (born 1956)
• Maria de Alvear (born 1960)
• William Alwyn (1905-1985)
• Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
• Charles Amirkhanian (born 1945)
• Solange Ancona (born 1943)
• Avril Anderson (born 1953)
• Beth Anderson (born 1950)
• Laurie Anderson (born 1955)
• Ruth Anderson (born 1928)
• Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
• Hendrik Andriessen (1892 - 1981)
• Jurriaan Andriessen (1925 - 1996)
• Louis Andriessen (born 1939)
• Caroline Ansink (born 1959)
• George Antheil (1900 - 1959)
• John Antill (1904-1986)
• Denis ApIvor (1916 - 2004)
• Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938)
• Edward Applebaum (born 1937)
• Izabella Arazova (born 1936)
• Violet Archer (1913–2000)
• Bülent Arel (1919 - 1990)
• Isabel Aretz (born 1913)
• Anneli Arho (born 1951)
• Cecilia Arizti (1856–1930)
• Marian Arkwright (1863–1922)
• Elinor Armer (born 1939)
• Georgi Arnaoudov (born 1957)
• Richard Arnell (born 1917)
• Blaž Arnič (1901 - 1970)
• Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
• Claude Arrieu (1903 - 1990)
• Robert Ashley (born 1930)
• Esmeralda Athanasiu-Gardeev (1834–1917)
• Kurt Atterberg (1887 - 1974)
• Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
• Christopher Auerbach-Brown (born 1970)
• Valborg Aulin (1860–1928)
• Georges Auric (1899 - 1983)
• Larry Austin (born 1930)
• Daniel Ayala (1906–1975)
• Florence Aylward (1862–1950)
• Ana-Maria Avram (born 1961)
• Svitlana Azarova (born 1976)

Juhan Aavik, Estonian composer (b. ... Kyle Abbot is a fictional villain in DC Comics, first appearing in Detective Comics #743. ... Keiko Abe, born 1937, is a Japanese composer and virtuoso marimba player. ... Rosalina Abejo (July 13, 1922–June 5, 1991) was born in Tagoloan in Misamis Oriental in the Philippines, and died in Fresno, California. ... Michael Abels (born 1962) is an American composer. ... Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930) is a composer, arranger, and jazz pianist. ... Jean Absil (born May 23, 1893 in Bon-Secours; died February 2, 1974 in Brussels) was a Belgian composer, organist, and professor at the Brussels Conservatory. ... For the Alaska-based postminimalist composer, see John Luther Adams. ... John Luther Adams (born 1953) is a composer whose music embodies the landscapes of Alaska, his home since 1978. ... Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (née Schultz) (February 10/22, 1846-July 26, 1926) was a Russian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. ... Richard Addinsell (January 13, 1904 - November 14, 1977) was a British composer, best known for his Warsaw Concerto and film music. ... Thomas Adès (born in London, 1 March 1971) is a British composer. ... Samuel (Sam) Adler (born March 4, 1928) is an American composer and conductor. ... Ahn Eak_tae (1906 December 6 in Pyongyang, Korea - 1965 September 16) was a Korean composer. ... Toshiko Akiyoshi (穐吉 敏子, born December 12, 1929) is a jazz pianist and a composer/arranger. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Franco Alfano (March 8, 1875 – October 27, 1954) was an Italian composer and pianist. ... Hugo Emil Alfvén  listen (May 1, 1872 – May 8, 1960) was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter. ... Hossein Alizadeh, playing Sallaneh. ... Franghiz Ali-Zadeh (born 29 May 1947, Baku) is an Azerbaijani composer and pianist, currently living in Germany. ... Mary Frances Allitsen (Dec 30, 1848-Sep 30, 1912) was an English composer. ... Javier Álvarez (Born in Cuatro Caminos, Madrid, October 7, 1969) is a Spanish singer-songwriter. ... Maria de Alvear (born 1960 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish-German composer living in Germany. ... William Alwyn (November 7, 1905 – September 11, 1985) was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher. ... Maryanne Amacher (born 1943) is an American composer of sound installations. ... Charles Amirkhanian (born Jan. ... Beth Anderson is an American neo-romantic composer. ... Laurie Anderson (born Laura Phillips Anderson, on June 5, 1947, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois) is an American experimental performance artist and musician. ... Ruth Anderson (born March 21, 1928 in Montana) is a composer, orchestrator, and flautist. ... Elfrida Andrée (February 19, 1841, Visby – January 11, 1929, Gothenburg) was a Swedish organist, composer, and conductor. ... Hendrik Andriessen (September 17, 1892, Haarlem - April 12, 1981, Haarlem) was a Dutch composer and organist. ... Jurriaan Hendrik Andriessen (November 15, 1925–August 23, 1996) was a Dutch composer, whose father, Hendrik, brother Louis, and uncle Willem have also been notable composers. ... Louis Andriessen (born June 6, 1939) is a Dutch composer, son of the composer Hendrik Andriessen (1892-1981) and brother of composer Jurriaan Andriessen (1925-1996). ... George Antheil (June 8, 1900 – February 12, 1959) was an American composer and pianist of German and Lutheran descent, born in Trenton, New Jersey. ... 1950 ballet performance of Antills best-known work John Antill OBE, (April 4, 1904–December 29, 1986), was an Australian composer best known for his ballet suite Corroboree. ... Denis ApIvor (April 14, 1916 - May 27, 2004) was a British composer from County Westmeath, Ireland. ... Edward Applebaum (b. ... Violet Archer (April 24, 1913 – February 21, 2000) was a Canadian composer, teacher, pianist, organist, and percussionist. ... Bülent Arel (b. ... Georgi (Gheorghi) Arnaoudov (born 1957) is a Bulgarian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, film, vocal, and piano music. ... Richard Arnell (born September 15, 1917 in Hampstead, London) is an English composer of classical music. ... Blaž Arnič (* 31 January 1901, Luče, Lower Styria, Austria; † 1 February 1970, Ljubljana, Slovenia) was a symphonic composer Arnič grew up on an isolated farmstead near Mount Raduka in the Kamnik Alps. ... Sir Malcolm Arnold Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold, CBE (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. ... Claude Arrieu (November 30, 1903 - March 7, 1990) was a prolific French composer. ... Robert Ashley (born March 28, 1930) is a contemporary composer, best known for his operas and other theatrical works. ... Kurt Magnus Atterberg (December 12, 1887 - February 15, 1974) was a Swedish composer. ... Lera Auerbach (Russian: ; b. ... Christopher Auerbach-Brown (b. ... Laura Valborg Aulin (January 9, 1860, Gävle - January 11, 1928, Örebro) was a Swedish pianist and composer. ... Georges Auric (February 15, 1899 – July 23, 1983) was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. ... Larry Austin (born 12 September 1930 in Duncan, Oklahoma) is a United States composer and the founding editor of the highly influential avant-garde music periodical Source: Exploring new concepts, new materials and their interaction is essential to my work as a composer. ... Daniel Ayala Pérez (born 21 July 1906 in Abalá, Yucatán, died 20 June 1975 in Xalapa, Veracruz) was a Mexican violinist, conductor, and composer. ... Svitlana Azarova (born January 9, 1976 in Ukraine), is a composer of mainly new chamber music. ...

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• Heidi Baader-Nobs (born 1940)
• Arno Babadzhanian (1921-1983)
• Milton Babbitt (born 1916)
• Konstantin Babić (born 1927)
• Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
• Vytautas Bacevičius (1905-1970)
• Jan Bach (born 1937)
• Maria Bach (1896–1978)
• Sven-Erik Bäck (1919-1994)
• Carola Backholt (born 1959)
• Maya Badian (born 1945)
• Vera Baeva (born 1930)
• Junsang Bahk (born 1937)
• Judith Margaret Bailey (born 1941)
• Regina Harris Baiocchi (born 1956)
• Feliksas Bajoras (born 1934)
• Michael J Baker (1949-2000)
• Ruth Bakke (born 1947)
• Leonardo Balada (born 1933)
• Osvaldas Balakauskas (born 1937)
• Esther Ballou (1915–1973)
• Eduardas Balsys (1919-1984)
• Jovan Bandur (1899-1956)
• Granville Bantock (1868-1946)
• Krešimir Baranović (1894-1975)
• Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
• Mansi Barberis (1899–1986)
• Cacilda Campos Borges Barbosa (born 1914)
• Srdjan Barić (born 1927)
• Elaine Barkin (born 1932)
• Clarence Barlow (born 1945)
• Alice Barnett (1886–1975)
• Carol E Barnett (born 1949)
• Ethel Barns (born 1948)
• Varteks Baronijan (born 1933)
• Elsa Barraine (1910–1999)
• Jean Barraqué (1928-1973)
• Gisèle Barreau (born 1948)
• Natasha Barrett (born 1972)
• Joyce Howard Barrell (1917–1989)
• Françoise Barrière (born 1944)
• Bebe Barron (born 1927)
• Louis Barron (1920-1989)
• Béla Bartók (1881-1945)
• Leslie Bassett (born 1923)
• Marion Bauer (1882–1955)
• Alison Bauld (born 1944)
• Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
• Amy Beach (1867-1944)
• Robert Beadell (1925–1994)
• James Beale (born 1924)
• Sally Beamish (born 1956)
• Janet Beat (born 1937)
• Betty Beath (born 1932)
• John J. Becker(1886-1961)
• John Beckwith (born 1927)
• Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt (1884–1964)
• David Bedford (born 1937)
• Norma Beecroft (born 1934)
• Eve Beglarian (born 1958)
• Anđelka Bego-Šimunić (born 1941)
• Jeanne Behrend (1912–1988)
• David Behrman (born 1937)
• Jeanne Beijerman-Walraven (1878–1969)
• Alfonso Belfiore (born 1954)
• Derek Bell (1935-2002)
• Barbara Benary (born 1946)
• Chiara Benati (born 1956)
• Paul Ben-Haim (1897-1984)
• Juraj Benes (1940-2004)
• George Benjamin (born 1960)
• Richard Rodney Bennett (born 1936)
• Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)
• Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919-2000)
• Ove Benzen (born 1935)
• Cathy Berberian (1925-1983)
• Alban Berg (1885-1935)
• Gunnar Berg (1909-1989)
• Petar Bergamo (born 1930)
• Arthur Berger (1912-2003)
• Jean Berger (1909-2002)
• William Bergsma (1921-1994)
• Luciano Berio (1925-2003)
• Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
• Michael Berkeley (born 1948)
• Christine Berl (born 1943)
• Bart Berman (born 1938)
• Lauren Bernofsky (born 1967)
• Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
• Charles Roland Berry (born 1957)
• Dennis Berry (1921-1994)
• Danilo Bestagno
• Johanna Beyer (1888–1944)
• Gillian Bibby (born 1945)
• Gilbert Biberian (born 1944)
• Nick Bicat (born 1949)
• Lycia de Biase Bidart (born 1910)
• Franz Biebl (1906–2001)
• Beatriz Bilbao (born 1951)
• Ronald Binge (1910-1969)
• Judith Bingham (born 1952)
• Stanislav Binički(1872-1942)
• Renate Birnstein (born 1946)
• Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934)
• Hermann Bischoff (1868-1936)
• Roberta Bitgood (born 1908)
• Marcel Bitsch (born 1921)
• Erling Bjerno (born 1929)
• Jens Bjerre (1903-1986)
• Boris Blacher (1903-1975)
• Richard Blackford (born 1954)
• Easley Blackwood (born 1933)
• Hugh Blair (1864–1932)
• Susan Morton Blaustein (born 1953)
• Carla Bley (born 1938)
• Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)
• Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964)
• Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
• Patricia Blomfield Holt (born 1910)
• Sonia Bo (born 1960)
• Berta Bock (1857–1945)
• Sylvie Bodorová (born 1954)
• Ernst Boehe (1880-1938)
• Ana Bofill Levi (born 1944)
• Boris Böhmann (born 1964)
• Michèle Bokanowski (born 1943)
• William Bolcom (born 1938)
• Carrie Bond (1862–1946)
• Victoria Bond (born 1945)
• Margaret Allison Bonds (1913-1972)
• Andrée Bonhomme (1905–1982)
• Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937)
• Henriette van den Boorn-Coclet (1866–1945)
• Modesta Bor (1926–1998)
• David Borden (1938- )
• Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892–1971)
• Benjamin Boretz (born 1934)
• Hakon Börresen (1876-1954)
• Edith Borroff (born 1925)
• Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877-1952)
• Daniel Börtz (born 1943)
• Maura Bosch (born 1958)
• Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952)
• Ljubomir Bošnjaković(1891- )
• María Enma Botet Dubois (born 1903)
• Linda Bouchard (born 1957)
• Rutland Boughton (1878-1960)
• Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)
• Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979)
• Pierre Boulez (born 1925)
• Helen Bowater (born 1952)
• Paul Bowles (1910-1999)
• Anne Boyd (born 1946)
• Ina Boyle (1889–1967)
• Eugène Bozza (1905-1991)
• Joly Braga Santos (1924-1988)
• May Hannah Brahe (1884–1956)
• Glenn Branca (born 1948)
• Gena Branscombe (1881–1977)
• Henry Brant (born 1913)
• Anthony Braxton (born 1945)
• Caroline M Breece (born 1977)
• Thérèse Brenet (born 1935)
• Havergal Brian (1876-1972)
• Walter Bricht (1904-1970)
• Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
• Dora Bright (1862–1951)
• Radie Britain (1899–1994)
• Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
• Max Brod (1884-1968)
• Roslyn Brogue (1919–1981)
• Earle Brown (1926-2002)
• Rudolf Brucci (1917-2002)
• David Bruce (born 1970)
• Theo Bruins (1929-1993)
• Karl Gottfried Brunotte (born 1958)
• Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954)
• Joanna Bruzdowicz (born 1943)
• Gavin Bryars (born 1943)
• Dorothy Quita Buchanan (born 1945)
• Ole Buck (born 1945)
• Harold Budd (born 1936)
• Boudewijn Buckinx (born 1945)
• Nini Bulterijs (1929–1989)
• Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)
• Willy Burkhard (1900-1955)
• Franz Burkhart (1902-1978)
• Diana Burrell (born 1948)
• Alan Bush (1900-1995)
• Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
• Sylvano Bussotti (born 1931)
• Aleksej Butakov(1907-1953)
• James Butt (born 1929)
• Nigel Butterley (born 1935)
• George Butterworth (1885-1916)

Arno Arutyunovich Babadzhanian (Armenian: ; Russian: ; January 22, 1921, Yerevan - November 11, 1983) was a Soviet Armenian composer and pianist, Peoples Artist of the Armenian SSR (1956). ... Milton Byron Babbitt (born May 10, 1916) is an American composer. ... Grażyna Bacewicz (b. ... Jan Bach (born December 11, 1937 in Forrest, Illinois) is an American composer. ... Sven-Erik Bäck (September 16, 1919 – January 10, 1994) was a Swedish composer of classical music. ... Junsang Bahk (born 2 June 1937 in Norumegi, a small village in Gyoung-Buck Province, South Korea) is a celebrated Korean composer, also active in Austria. ... Leonardo Balada (born September 22, 1933 in Barcelona) is a Spanish composer. ... Osvaldas Balakauskas (born 1937 in Miliunai) is a Lithuanian composer of classical music. ... Sir Granville Bantock (August 7, 1868, London - October 16, 1946, London) was a British composer of classical music. ... KreÅ¡imir Baranović (1894 - 1975) was a Croatian composer. ... Samuel Barber, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1944 Samuel Osborne Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer of classical music ranging from orchestral, to opera, choral, and piano music. ... Clarence Barlow (born December 27, 1945) is a composer of classical and electroacoustic works. ... Alice Barnett (May 17, 1846 – April 14, 1901) was an English singer and actress, best known for her performances in contralto roles of the Gilbert and Sullivan operas with the DOyly Carte Opera Company. ... Jean Barraqué (January 17, 1928 – August 17, 1973) was a French composer. ... Natasha Barrett (1972, UK) is a composer and performer of electroacoustic art music. ... Louis (1920–1989) and Bebe Barron (b. ... Louis (1920–1989) and Bebe Barron (b. ... Béla Bartók in 1927 Béla Viktor János Bartók (March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist and collector of Eastern European and Middle Eastern folk music. ... Leslie Bassett (born January 22, 1923) is an American composer of classical music. ... Marion Bauer (b. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Amy Beach Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944) was an American composer and pianist. ... Africanus Horton (1835-1883), also known as James Beale, was a writer and folklorist from Sierra Leone. ... Sally Beamish (born 1956 in London) is a British composer. ... Becker studied at the Cincinnati Conservatory and also received a doctorate in composition from Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in 1923. ... John Beckwith is the name of several people. ... David Vickerman Bedford (born August 4, 1937) is a British composer and musician. ... Eve Beglarian (born July 22, 1958) is a lesbian American composer of Armenian descent. ... AnÄ‘elka Bego-Å imunić (b. ... David Behrman (born 1937) is a USA composer and the producer of Columbia Records Music of Our Time series. ... Derek Bell (October 21, 1935 - October 17, 2002) was an Irish harpist and composer. ... Barbara Benary is an American composer and ethnomusicologist specializing in Indonesian and Indian music. ... Paul Ben-Haim (or Paul Ben-Chaim, in Hebrew  ×¤××•×œ בן חיים‎ ) (1897 – January 14, 1984) was an Israeli composer. ... Juraj Beneš (born March 2, 1940 in Trnava, died October 1, 2004 in Bratislava) was a Slovak composer, teacher, and pianist. ... George Benjamin (born January 31, 1960, London, England) is a British composer of classical music. ... Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (born March 29, 1936) is a British composer. ... For other men named Robert Bennett, see Robert Bennett (disambiguation). ... Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919—2000) was a Danish composer and pianist. ... Cathy Berberian (Attleboro, Massachusetts, July 4, 1928 - Rome, Italy, March 6, 1983) was a composer, mezzo-soprano singer, and vocalist. ... Portrait of Alban Berg by Arnold Schoenberg, c. ... Gunnar Berg (1909–1989) was a Swiss-born Danish composer, and perhaps the leading exponent of serialism in Denmark. ... Petar Bergamo graduated from the Belgrade Music Academy in 1960 where he studied composition with Stanojlo Rajičić. He was an assistant and lecturer in composition and instrumentation at the Belgrade Music Academy from 1965 to 1972. ... Arthur Berger (May 15, 1912 in New York City –- October 7, 2003 in Boston, Massachusetts) was a composer who has been described as a New Mannerist. ... Jean Berger (September 27, 1909 – May 28, 2002) was a German-born pianist, composer, and music educator. ... William Laurence Bergsma (April 1, 1921–March 18, 1994) was an American composer. ... Luciano Berio (October 24, 1925 – May 27, 2003) was an Italian composer. ... Sir Lennox Berkeley (May 12, 1903 - December 26, 1989) was a British composer. ... Michael Berkeley (born 1948) is a British composer. ... Bart Berman (Rotterdam, December 29, 1938) is a Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th century music. ... Dr. Lauren Bernofsky (b. ... Leonard Bernstein in 1971 Leonard Bernstein (IPA pronunciation: )[1] (August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, and pianist. ... Charles Roland Berry was born 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Dennis Berry in 1950 Dennis Alfred Berry (1921–1994) was an English musician, composer, arranger, and producer. ... Danilo Bestagno is an Italian composer, born and currently living in Sanremo, Liguria, Italy, who is experimenting with regaining ancient tastes of classical music putting them in his compositions, completely created and performed with digital synthesizers using midi and sampling techniques. ... Gilbert Biberian (born 1944) is a British guitarist and composer of Greek and Armenian descent. ... Franz Xaver Biebl (1906–2001), one of the most respected figures in German choral music during the latter part of the 20th century was born 1 September 1906 in Pursruck, in the Oberpfalz area of Amberg. ... Ronald Binge (1910 - 1979) was a British composer of light music. His best known compositions are probably Elizabethan Serenade and Sailing By - the latter notably from its use as the music which to this day is played at 0045 each morning, before the Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4. ... Stanislav Binički (1874-1942) was a: composer, conductor, and pedagogue. ... Sir Harrison Paul Birtwistle, CH (born July 15, 1934) is a British composer, widely seen as one of the most significant modern composers from that country. ... Boris Blacher (January 6 (O.S.) / January 19 (N.S.), 1903 - January 30, 1975) was a German composer. ... Simon Holt (born 13 January 1954, London) is a British composer. ... Easley Blackwood {April 21, 1933-) is a professor of music, a composer of music using unusual tunings, and the author of books on music theory. ... Hugh Blair (1864–1932) was an English musician, composer and organist. ... Carla Bley, née Borg, (born May 11, 1936) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and band leader. ... Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, CH, KCVO (August 2, 1891 - March 27, 1975) was a British composer. ... Marc Blitzstein (March 2, 1905 – January 22, 1964) was an American composer. ... Ernest Bloch with children This article is about the composer. ... Boris Böhmann (born July 19, 1964) is an German conductor and composer. ... Michèle Bokanowski is an electroacoustic music composer born August 9, 1943 in Cannes, France, and currently living in Paris, France. ... William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer of chamber, operatic, and symphonic music. ... Mélanie Bonis (January 21, 1858 - March 18, 1937 in Sarcelles) was a French classical composer. ... David Borden was born on December 25, 1938 in Boston, MA. He is an American composer of minimalist music. ... Benjamin Boretz is a twentieth- and twenty-first-century music theorist and composer. ... Sergei Bortkiewicz (February 16, 1877 - October 25, 1952) was a Russian Romantic composer and pianist. ... Henriëtte Hilda Bosmans (6 December 1895 – 2 July 1952) was a Dutch composer. ... Linda Bouchard (born 21 May 1957) is a Canadian composer and conductor. ... Rutland Boughton (1878-1960), a pupil of Charles Villiers Stanford at the Royal College of Music in London, became well known in the early 20th century as a composer of orchestral and choral music. ... Lili Boulanger (Marie-Juliette Olga Lili Boulanger, 21 August 1893–15 March 1918) was a French composer, the younger sister of the noted composer and composition teacher Nadia Boulanger. ... Nadia Boulanger (September 16, 1887 – October 22, 1979) was an influential French composer, conductor, and music professor. ... Pierre Boulez Pierre Boulez (IPA: /pjɛʁ.buˈlÉ›z/) (born March 26, 1925) is a conductor and composer of classical music. ... Paul Frederic Bowles (December 30, 1910 - November 18, 1999), was an American composer, author, and traveler. ... Anne Boyd (born 10th October 1946) is an Australian composer and music educator. ... Eugène Joseph Bozza (April 4, 1905 – September 28, 1991) was a French composer. ... Joly Braga Santos (May 14, 1924-July 18. ... Glenn Branca (born October 6, 1948 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an avant-garde composer and guitarist. ... Henry Brant (born September 15, 1913) is a highly significant California-based composer of art music based on spatialization and limited aleatory. ... Anthony Braxton (born June 4, 1945) is an American composer, multi-reedist and pianist. ... William (Havergal) Brian (January 29, 1876 – November 28, 1972), was a British composer. ... Walter Bricht [1], Walter Bricht, noted pianist, composer and teacher was born in Vienna, Austria on September 9, 1904. ... Frank Bridge (February 26, 1879 – January 10, 1941) was an English composer. ... Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH (November 22, 1913 Lowestoft, Suffolk - December 4, 1976 Aldeburgh, Suffolk) was a British composer, conductor, and pianist. ... Max Brod Max Brod (May 27, 1884 – December 20, 1968) was a German-speaking Jewish author, composer, and journalist. ... Earle Brown (December 26, 1926 – July 2, 2002) was an American composer. ... Rudolf Brucci, composer of Croatian origin, born in Zagreb on March 30th, 1917. ... David Bruce (born 1970) is a British composer. ... Theo Bruins (Arnhem, November 25, 1929 - Haarlem, January 8, 1993) was a Dutch pianist and composer. ... Karl Gottfried Brunotte (born 2 June 1958 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German composer and music philosopher. ... Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954) is an Italian composer. ... Joanna Bruzdowicz (photo by Jörg Tittel) Joanna Bruzdowicz (b. ... Richard Gavin Bryars (born 1943) is an English composer and double bassist. ... Ole Buck (born February 1, 1945 in Copenhagen) is a Danish composer. ... Harold Budd (born May 24, 1936) is an American ambient/avant-garde composer. ... Boudewijn Buckinx (born 28 March 1945 in Lommel) is a Belgian composer. ... Anthony Burgess (February 25, 1917 – November 22, 1993) was a British novelist, critic and composer. ... Willy Burkhard (1900 - 1955) was a Swiss composer. ... Diana Burrell (born 25 October 1948) is an English composer. ... Alan Bush (December 22, 1900 – October 31, 1995) was a British composer and pianist. ... Ferruccio Busoni Ferruccio Busoni (April 1, 1866 – July 27, 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, music teacher and conductor. ... Sylvano Bussotti (born 1931) is an Italian composer of contemporary music. ... James Butt (1929-2003). ... George Sainton Kaye Butterworth (July 12, 1885 - August 5, 1916) was a British composer best known for his settings of A. E. Housmans poems. ...

C

• John Cage (1912–1992)
• Geneviève Calame (1946–1993)
• Jacques Calonne (born 1930)
• John Cale (born 1942)
• Nicola Campogrande (born 1969)
• Lina Pires de Campos (born 1918)
• Marguerite Canal (1890–1978)
• Marta Canales (1893–1986)
• Edith Canat de Chizy (born 1950)
• David DeBoor Canfield (born 1950)
• Joseph Canteloube (1879–1957)
• Constança Capdeville (1937–1992)
• André Caplet (1878–1925)
• Matilde Capuis (born 1913)
• Cornelius Cardew (1936–1981)
• Robert Carl (born 1954)
• Julian Carillo (1875-1965)
• Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
• Mary Grant Carmichael (1851–1935)
• Roberto Carnevale (born 1966)
• John Alden Carpenter (1876–1951)
• Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938)
• Edwin Carr (1926-2003)
• Julián Carrillo
• Elliott Carter (born 1908)
• Dinorá de Carvalho (1904–1980)
• Sara Carvalho (born 1970)
• Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003)
• Tristram Cary (born 1925)
• Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)
• John Casken (born 1949)
• Lola Castegnaro (1900–1979)
• Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)
• Graciela Castillo (born before 1945)
• José María Castro (1892–1964)
• Juan José Castro (1895–1968)
• Washington Castro (1909-2004)
• Eve de Castro-Robinson (born 1956)
• Eunice Catunda (born 1915)
• Alejandro García Caturla (1906–1940)
• Gayane Č'ebotaryan (born 1918)
• Gabriella Cecchi (born 1944)
• Monic Cecconi-Botella (born 1936)
• Julia Cenova (born 1948)
• Wendy Mae Chambers (born 1953)
• Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
• Claude Champagne (1891–1965)
• John Barnes Chance (1932–1972)
• Nancy Laird Chance (born 1931)
• Theodore Chanler (1902–1961)
• Janine Charbonnier (born 1926)
• Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956)
• Rhys Chatham (born 1952)
• Carlos Chávez (1899–1978)
• Gayane Chebotarian (1918–1998)
• Maria Chefaliady-Taban (1863–1932)
• Yekaterina Chemberdzhi (born 1960)
• Chen Shihui (born 1962)
• Chen Yi (born 1953)
• Paul Chihara (born 1938)
• Barney Childs (1926–2000)
• Mary Ellen Childs (born 1957)
• Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
• Geghuni Hovannesi Chitchian (born 1929)
• Chou Wen-chung (born 1923)
• Hedwige Chrétien (1859–1944)
• Jani Christou (1926-1970)
• Asger Lund Christiansen (1927–1998)
• Henning Christiansen (born 1932)
• Tat'yana Chudova (born 1944)
• Heinz Chur (born 1948)
• Leonardo Ciampa (born 1971)
• Suzanne Ciani (born 1946)
• Francesco Cilea (1866–1950)
• Maya Ciobanu (born 1952)
• Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911)
• Dolores Claman (born 1927)
• Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979)
• Laura Clayton (born 1943)
• Angelo Clematide (born 1954)
• Aldo Clementi (born 1925)
• Judith Ann Clingan (born 1945)
• Adrienne Clostre (born 1921)
• Eric Coates (1886–1957)
• Gloria Coates (born 1938)
• Julian Cochran (born 1974)
• Robert Cogan (born 1930)
• Rhoda Coghill (1903–2000)
• Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab (1881–1971)
• Ulric Cole (1905–1992)
• Ellen Coleman (1886–1973)
• Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903–1998)
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)
• Cecil Coles (1888–1918)
• Jeanne Colin-De Clerck (born 1924)
• Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859–1927)
• Nicolas Collins (born 1954)
• Graziella Concas (born 1970)
• Justin Connolly (born 1933)
• Barry Conyngham (born 1944)
• Edgar Cook (1880–1953)
• Arnold Cooke (1906-2005)
• Francis Judd Cooke (1910–1995)
• Lindsay Cooper (born 1951)
• Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
• John Corigliano (born 1938)
• Ramiro Cortés (1933–1984)
• Eleanor Cory (born 1943)
• Jean Coulthard (1908–2000)
• Mildred Couper (1887–1974)
• Henry Cowell (1897–1965)
• Anna Cramer (1873–1968)
• Ruth Crawford-Seeger (1901–1953)
• Paul Creston (1906–1985)
• Allan J. Cronin (1956- )
• George Crumb (born 1929)
• Alvin Curran (born 1938)
• Marilyn Currier (born 1931)
• Nathan Currier (born 1960)
• Sebastian Currier (born 1958)
• Chaya Czernowin (born 1957)

For the Mortal Kombat character, see Johnny Cage. ... Jacques Calonne (born 1930 in Mons) is a Belgian artist, composer, singer, actor, logogramist, and writer. ... John Davies Cale (born March 9, 1942) is a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. ... Nicola Campogrande (Turin, 9 October 1969) is an Italian composer, as well as a music journalist. ... Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1879 - November 4, 1957), was a French composer. ... André Caplet (Le Havre, November 23, 1878 – April 22, 1925 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French composer and conductor now known primarily through his orchestrations of works by Claude Debussy. ... Cornelius Cardew (May 7, 1936 – London, December 13, 1981) was an English avant-garde composer, and founder (with Howard Skempton and Michael Parsons) of the Scratch Orchestra, an experimental performing ensemble. ... Robert Carl is an American Composer born in 1954. ... Wendy Carlos (November 14, 1939 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island) is an American composer and electronic musician. ... Roberto Carenvale is not the pope. ... John Alden Carpenter (February 28, 1876 - April 26, 1951) was a U.S. composer. ... Edwin Carr, Australian athlete. ... Julián Carrillo, 1945. ... Elliott Cook Carter, Jr. ... Sara Carvalho (b. ... Doreen Carwithen was a British composer of classical and film music. ... Tristram Cary (born 14th May 1925) is a British composer living in Australia. ... Alfredo Casella (Turin, July 25, 1883, Rome, March 5, 1947) was an Italian composer. ... John Casken (b. ... Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (April 3, 1895 – March 16, 1968) was an Italian Jewish composer. ... José María Castro Madriz wielded executive power in Costa Rica on two occasions: 1847 to 1849, and the Founder of the Republic of Costa Rica. He was elected head of state in 1847, during the disintegration of the United States of Central America. ... Alejandro García Caturla (1906-1940) was a Cuban composer of contemporary classical music. ... Cécile Chaminade Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade (August 8, 1857 – April 13, 1944) was a French composer and pianist. ... Biography Claude Champagne was born on 27 May 1891, in Montreal and died on 21 December 1965, also in Montreal. ... John Barnes Chance (November 20, 1932–August 16, 1972) was an American composer. ... Gustave Charpentier (June 25, 1860 - February 18, 1956) was a French composer, best known for his opera Louise. ... Rhys Chatham (b. ... Carlos Chávez photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (June 13, 1899 – August 2, 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, teacher, journalist, and the founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. ... Chen Yi (surname Chen, b. ... Paul Seiko Chihara (b. ... Barney Childs (February 13, 1926–January 11, 2000) taught and composed avant-garde music and literature at universities in the United States and United Kingdom. ... Unsuk Chin (born July 14, 1961, Seoul) is a female Korean composer of classical music, based in Berlin, Germany. ... Chou Wen-chung (surname Chou, b. ... Jani Christou, in Greek: Γιαννης Χρηστου, (January 9, 1926 - January 9, 1970), was a Greek composer. ... Heinz Chur (born September 24, 1948) is a German composer of new classical music. ... Leonardo Ciampa (born January 17, 1971 in Orient Heights (East Boston)) is a composer, organist, pianist, and author. ... Suzanne Ciani is a pioneer in electronic music and one of the few women to blaze a trail in the genre. ... Francesco Cilea, (Palmi, near Reggio Calabria, July 26, 1866 - Varazze, near Savona, November 20, 1950) was an Italian opera composer, whose early success was not sustained, as taste in music changed. ... Mikalojus Konstantinas ÄŒiurlionis Kings Fairy Tale (1908-1909) Stillness (1904-1905) Mikalojus Konstantinas ÄŒiurlionis (September 22 [O.S. September 10]]] 1875 in VarÄ—na —April 10 [O.S. March 28] 1911 in Pustelnik near Warsaw) was a Lithuanian painter and composer. ... Dolores Claman (Born: July 6, 1927 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is a Canadian composer and pianist. ... Rebecca Helferich Clarke (Friskin) (August 27, 1886 – October 13, 1979) was an English classical composer and violist best known for her chamber music featuring the viola. ... Aldo Clementi (born 1925 in Catania) is an Italian composer. ... Eric Coates (August 27, 1886 – December 21, 1957) was an English composer of light music and a viola player. ... Gloria Coates (October 10, 1938 in Wausau, Wisconsin) is an American composer who lives in Europe. ... Julian Cochran (born 14 June 1974) is an English-born Australian composer. ... ... A 1912 obituary in the African Methodist Episcopal Church Review Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (August 15, 1875–September 1, 1912) was a black, English composer who achieved such success he was called The Black Mahler. ... Nicolas Collins (born March 26, 1954 in New York City) is an composer of mostly electronic music and former student of Alvin Lucier. ... Graziella Concas (7 January 1970) is an Italian pianist and composer. ... Justin Connolly (born London, 1933) is a British composer and teacher. ... Edgar Thomas Cook CBE DMus(Cantuar) FRCO FRCM was an English organist and composer (18 March 1880 — 5 March 1953). ... Arnold Atkinson Cooke (November 4, 1906 - August 13, 2005), was a British composer. ... Francis Judd Cooke (b. ... Lindsay Cooper (born 3 March 1951) is a British bassoon and oboe player, composer and political activist. ... Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. ... John Corigliano (b. ... Ramiro Cortés (born Dallas, Texas 25 November 1933; died Salt Lake City, Utah 2 July 1984) was an American composer. ... Eleanor Cory, born 1943, is an American composer. ... Jean Coulthard (February 10, 1908 - March 9, 2000) was a Canadian composer and academic. ... Mildred Couper (1887–1974), prominent American composer and pianist, was one of the first musicians to experiment with quarter-tone music. ... Henry Cowell (March 11, 1897 - December 10, 1965) was an American composer, musical theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario. ... Ruth Crawford-Seeger (July 3, 1901 in East Liverpool, Ohio - November 18, 1953 in Chevy Chase, Maryland), born Ruth Porter Crawford, was a modernist composer. ... Paul Creston (born Giuseppe Guttoveggio October 10, 1906 in New York City – died August 24, 1985 in San Diego, California) was an American composer of classical music. ... George Crumb (born October 24, 1929) is an American composer of modern and avant garde music. ... Composer Alvin Curran (born 13 December 1938 in Providence, Rhode Island) is the co-founder, with Frederic Rzewski and Richard Teitelbaum, of Musica Elettronica Viva, and a former student of Elliott Carter. ... Nathan Currier (1960, born Huntingdon, Pennsylvania) is an American composer. ... Sebastian Currier (born March 16, 1959) is an American composer of music for chamber groups and orchestras. ... Biography Czernowin, Chaya Chaya Czernowin (born Dec 07 1957, Haifa) was born and raised in, Israel. ...

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 Désenclos (1912–1971)
• Yvonne Desportes (1907–1993)
• David Diamond (born 1915)
• Jody Diamond (born 1953)
• Hilda Dianda (born 1925)
• Emma Lou Diemer (born 1927)
• Consuelo Díez (born 1958)
• Fannie Charles Dillon (1881–1974)
• Silvana Di Lotti (born 1942)
• Violeta Dinescu (born 1953)
• Grigoraş Dinicu (1889–1949)
• Paul Dirmeikis (born 1954)
• Plamen Djurov (born 1949)
• Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931–2000)
• Tod Dockstader (born 1932)
• Stephen Dodgson (born 1924)
• Ernő Dohnányi (1877–1960)
• Felicia Donceanu (born 1931)
• Antal Doráti (1906–1988)
• Avner Dorman (born 1975)
• James Douglas (born 1932-)
• Daniel Dorff (born 1956)
• Felix Draeseke (1835–1913)
• Dora Draganova (born 1946)
• Arnold Dreyblatt (born 1953)
• George Dreyfus (born 1928)
• Madeleine Dring (1923–1977)
• John W Duarte (1919–2004)
• Shirley Graham Du Bois (1896–1977)
• William Duckworth (born 1943)
• Anne Dudley (born 1956)
• Denis Dufour (born 1953)
• Hugues Dufourt (born 1943)
• Paul Dukas (1865–1935)
• Tan Dun (born 1957)
• Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
• Joël-François Durand (born 1954)
• Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
• Pascal Dusapin (born 1955)
• Henri Dutilleux (born 1916)
• Judith Dvorkin (born c. 1927)
• Lesya Dychko (born 1939)
• Roland Dyens (born 1955)
• George Dyson (1883–1964)
• Maria Dziewulska (born 1909)
• David Dzubay (born 1964)

Nancy Dalberg (1881–1949) was a Danish composer. ... Luigi Dallapiccola (February 3, 1904 – February 19, 1975) was an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions. ... Richard Danielpour (born 28 January 1956 in New York) is an American composer. ... Ivor Darreg (May 5, 1917 - 1994) was a leading proponent of and composer of microtonal or xenharmonic music. ... Gábor Darvas Gábor Darvas (until 1952 Gábor Steinberger) (January 18, 1911 – February 18, 1985) was a Hungarian composer and musicologist. ... Shaun Davey is an Irish composer. ... Johann Nepomuk David (November 30, 1895 – December 22, 1977) was an Austrian symphonist who wrote a number of orchestral works including eight symphonies (of which the fifth has been recorded, as have some other works including a disc of organ music,) several concerti including an organ concerto and two... Mario Davidovsky (born March 4, 1934) is an Argentine-American composer. ... Tina Davidson born in Stockholm, Sweden but grew up in Oneonta, NY and Pittsburgh, is an American composer. ... Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, CBE (b. ... Carl Davis CBE (born October 28, 1936, New York City, United States) is an American conductor and composer who has been living in the UK since 1961. ... Claude Debussy, photo by Félix Nadar, 1908. ... Maurice Delage - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Claire Delbos (1906–1959) was a French violinist and composer, best known as the wife of the composer Olivier Messiaen. ... Frederick Albert Theodore Delius CH (January 29, 1862, – June 10, 1934) was an English composer born in Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England. ... Jeanne Marie-Madeleine Demessieux (February 13, 1921–November 11, 1968), was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue. ... Edison Denisov (April 6, 1929 - November 24, 1996) was a Russian composer from Tomsk, Siberia. ... Marcelle Deschênes is an electroacoustic music composer born March 2, 1939 in Price, Québec, Canada, and currently living in Montréal, Canada. ... David Leo Diamond (July 9, 1915 – June 13, 2005) was an American composer of classical music. ... Jody Diamond is an American composer, performer, writer, publisher, editor, and educator. ... Emma Lou Diemer (born November 24, 1927[1] in Kansas City, Missouri[2]) is an American composer. ... GrigoraÅŸ Dinicu (April 3, 1889 – March 28, 1949) was a Romanian composer and violinist of Roma (gypsy) ethnicity. ... Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | 1954 births | Living classical composers | 20th century classical composers | American composers | Composers stubs ... Tod Dockstader (born May 22, 1932 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American composer of electronic music, and particularly musique concrète. ... Stephen Dodgson (born March 17, 1924) is a British composer. ... ErnÅ‘ Dohnányi, also known as Ernst von Dohnányi or Dohnányi ErnÅ‘ (July 27, 1877 – February 9, 1960) was a Hungarian conductor, composer, and pianist. ... Antal Doráti (April 9, 1906 – November 13, 1988) was a conductor and composer. ... Avner Dorman (born April 14, 1975 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli composer. ... James Douglas can refer to: James Douglas (the Good, the Black) an early-14th century Lord of Douglas and champion of Robert the Bruce James Douglas a mid-19th century governor of Vancouver Island James Buster Douglas, a boxer James Douglas, 4th Duke of Hamilton James Douglas, 4th Earl of... Daniel Dorff (born March 7, 1956 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American composer. ... Felix Draeseke, oil portrait by Robert Sterl (1907) Felix August Bernhard Draeseke (October 7, 1835 – February 26, 1913) was a composer of the New German School admiring Liszt and Wagner. ... Arnold Dreyblatt (b. ... George Dreyfus (born July 22, 1928, Wuppertal, Germany) is a contemporary classical, film and television composer in Australia. ... Madeleine Winefride Isabelle Dring (September 7, 1923 – March 26, 1977) was an English composer and actress. ... John W(illiam) Duarte (1919-2004) was a British composer who mainly wrote for the classical guitar. ... Shirley Graham Du Bois Shirley Graham Du Bois (November 11, 1896 – March 27, 1977) was an American-born author, playwright, composer, and activist for African-American and other causes, as well as spouse of noted African-American thinker, writer, and activist W. E. B. Du Bois. ... William Duckworth (born in 1943) is credited as composer of the first postminimal piece of music, The Time Curve Preludes. ... Anne Dudley (born 7-May-1956) is an orchestral composer and pop musician and was the BBC Concert Orchestras Composer in Association between January 2002 and January 2005. ... Hugues Dufourt is a French composer and philosopher associated with the Spectral school of composition. ... Paul Dukas (October 1, 1865-May 17, 1935) was a Parisian-born French composer and teacher of classical music. ... Tan Dunn (pinyin: Tán Dùn, 譚盾; born August 18, 1957) is a Chinese composer, most widely known as the Grammy and Oscar award winning composer for the soundtracks of the movies Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero. ... Marcel Dupré Marcel Dupré (May 3, 1886–May 30, 1971), was a French organist and composer. ... Joël-François Durand (born 17th September, 1954) is a French composer born in Orléans. ... Maurice Duruflé (January 11, 1902 – June 16, 1986) was a French composer, organist, and pedagogue. ... Pascal Dusapin (29th May, 1955), is a French composer born in Nancy. ... Henri Dutilleux (born January 22, 1916 in Angers, France) is one of the most important French composers of the second half of the 20th century, producing work in the tradition of Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, and Albert Roussel, but in a style distinctly his own. ... Roland Dyens (born 1955) is a French guitarist and composer, born in Tunisia. ... Scientific historian, author of Project Orion: The Atomic Spaceship 1957-1965. ...

E

• John Eaton (born 1935)
• Petr Eben (born 1929)
• Sixten Eckerberg (1909-1991)
• Sophie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899-1974)
• Clara Edwards (1887–1974)
• Ross Edwards (born 1943)
• Katharine Emily Eggar (1874–1961)
• Werner Egk (1901 - 1983)
• Margriet Ehlen (born 1943)
• Henry Eichheim (1870 - 1942)
• Ludovico Einaudi (born 1955)
• Maija Einfelde (born 1939)
• Richard Einhorn (born 1952)
• Gottfried von Einem (1918 - 1996)
• Karólína Eiríksdóttir (born 1951)
• Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962)
• Michelle Ekizian (born 1956)
• Eleonora Eksanishvili (born 1919)
• Irina Elcheva (born 1926)
• Dror Elimelech (born 1956)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Heino Eller (1887 - 1970)
• Rosalind Frances Ellicott (1857–1924)
• David Ellis (born 1933)
• JAK Ellis
• Jean-Claude Éloy (born 1938)
• Kilys Elwyn-Edwards (born 1918)
• Kateřina Emingerová (1856–1934)
• George Enescu (1881 - 1955)
• Sven Einar Englund (1916 - 1999)
• Brian Eno (born 1948)
• Dominique Enon (born 1962)
• Peter Eötvös (born 1944)
• Heimo Erbse (born 1924)
• Susanne Erding-Swiridoff (born 1955)
• Robert Erickson (1917 - 1997)
• Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906 - 1972)
• Gustav Ernesaks (1908-1993)
• Siegrid Ernst (born 1929)
• Pozzi Escot (born 1933)
• María Escribano (born 1954)
• Julio Estrada (born 1943)
• Alvin Etler (1913 - 1973)
• Pierre Even (born 1946)
• Robert Evett (1922-1975)
• Florence Maude Ewart (1864–1949)

John Eaton, (30 March 1935 â€“ ) is an American composer. ... Petr Eben (b. ... Clara Edwards was the character played by actress Hope Summers on The Andy Griffith Show. ... Ross Edwards (born December 1, 1942 , Cottesloe, Western Australia) is a former Western Australian and Australian cricketer. ... Werner Egk (born May 17, 1901 in Auchsesheim near Donauwörth (Germany); died July 10, 1983, Inning), originally Werner Mayer, was a German composer. ... Margriet Ehlen (Heerlen, 28 September 1943) is a Dutch poet and a composer, conductor and educator of classical music. ... Henry Eichheim (January 3, 1870 – August 22, 1942) was an American composer, conductor, violinist, organologist, and ethnomusicologist. ... Ludovico Einaudi Ludovico Einaudi (Born in Turin, 1955) is a modern-day italian composer and pianist particularly noted for the use of developing melodious phrases in his piano compositions. ... Richard Einhorn (born in 1952) is a modern classical composer. ... Gottfried von Einem (1918–) was an Austrian composer living in Germany. ... Hanns Eisler (July 6, 1898 - September 6, 1962) was a German and Austrian composer. ... Dror Elimelech (Israel, 1956) is an Israeli poet, composer and performer of contemporary music. ... Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English Romantic composer. ... Heino Eller (7 March 1887 - 16 June 1970) was an Estonian composer and composition teacher. ... Jean-Claude Éloy (born 15 June 1938 in Mont-Saint-Aignan, near Rouen) is a French composer. ... George Enescu George Enescu (pronunciation in Romanian: ; known in France as Georges Enesco) (August 19, 1881, Liveni – May 4, 1955, Paris) was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher, preeminent Romanian musician of the 20th century, and one of the greatest performers of his time. ... Sven Einar Englund (June 17, 1916–June 27, 1999) was a Finnish composer. ... Brian Eno (pronounced ) (born Brian Peter George St. ... Peter Eötvös (born 1944) is a composer and conductor. ... Robert Erickson (March 7, 1917 in Marquette, Michigan–April 24, 1997 in San Diego, California) was a composer. ... Ulvi Cemal Erkin (March 14, 1906–September 15, 1972) was a Turkish composer. ... Gustav Ernesaks (Peningi, Harjumaa, November 12, 1908 - Tallinn, January 24, 1993) was an Estonian composer. ... [Image:http://julioestrada. ... Alvin Derald Etler (February 19, 1913 _ June 13, 1973) was an American composer and oboist. ... Pierre Even (born 4th December 1946 in Wiesbaden) is a Luxembourg composer. ... Robert Evett was a theatre manager and producer. ...

F

• Ciaran Farrell (born 1969)
• Rolande Falcinelli (born 1920)
• Manuel De Falla (1876-1946)
• Evelyn Faltis (1890–1937)
• Dimitris Fampas (1921-1996)
• Hormoz Farhat (born 1929)
• Ferenc Farkas (1905-2000)
• Eibhlis Farrell (born 1953)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
• Sarah Feigin (born 1928)
• Jindřich Feld (born 1925)
• Morton Feldman (1926-1987)
• Eric Fenby (1906-1997)
• Johanne Amelie Fenger (1836–1913)
• Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
• Gabrielle Ferrari (1851–1921)
• Luc Ferrari (born 1929)
• Beatriz Ferreyra (born 1937)
• Arkady Filippenko (1912-1983)
• Vivian Fine (1913–2000)
• Mary Finsterer (born 1962)
• Graciane Finzi (born 1945)
• Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
• Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat (born 1922)
• Elena Firsova (born 1950)
• David First (born 1953)
• Helen Fisher (born 1942)
• Chris Fitkin (19?- )
• Graham Fitkin (born 1963)
• Tsippi Fleischer (born 1946)
• Antony le Fleming
• Alan Fleming-Baird (born 1972)
• Carlisle Floyd (born 1926)
• Henry Flynt (born 1940)
• Bernard Foccroulle (born 1953)
• Eugénie-Emilie Juliette Folville (1870–1946)
• Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930)
• Andrew Ford (born 1957)
• Malcolm Forsyth (born 1936)
• Wolfgang Fortner (1907-1987)
• Lukas Foss (born 1922)
• Jennifer Fowler (born 1939)
• Erika Fox (born 1936)
• Arthur Frackenpohl (born 1924)
• Ludmila Frajt (born 1919)
• Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
• Dorothea Anne Franchi (1920–2003)
• Hedy Frank-Autheried (1902–1979)
• Benjamin Frankel (1906-1973)
• Joan Franks Williams (born 1930)
• Shena Fraser (born 1910)
• Dorothy Whitson Freed (born 1919)
• Isadore Freed (1900–1960)
• Eleanor Everest Freer (1864–1942)
• Narcisa Freixas (1859–1926)
• Bertha Frensel Wegener (1874–1953)
• Peter Racine Fricker (1920 - 1990)
• Hidas Frigyes (born 1928)
• Johannes Fritsch (born 1941)
• Ilsa Fromm-Michaels (1888–1986)
• Susan Frykberg (born 1954)
• Lillian Fuchs (1903–1995)
• Julius Fučík (composer) (1872-1916)
• Keiko Fujiie (born 1963)
• Ellen Fullman (born 1957)
• Biancamaria Furgeri (born 1935)
• Jessie Furze (1903–1984)

Ciarán at his home in Howth, Co. ... Rolande Falcinelli (February 18, 1920–June 11, 2006, was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue. ... Manuel de Falla y Matheu (November 23, 1876 – November 14, 1946) was a Spanish composer of classical music. ... Hormoz Farhat (Born 1929 Iran) is a renowed Persian musician, composer, researcher and University lecturer. ... Ferenc Farkas (born December 15, 1905 in Nagykanizsa; died October 10, 2000 in Budapest) was a Hungarian composer. ... Gabriel Urbain Fauré (May 12, 1845 – November 4, 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist, and teacher. ... JindÅ™ich Feld (born February 19, 1925) is a Czech composer of classical music. ... Morton Feldman (January 12, 1926 – September 3, 1987) was an American composer, born in New York City. ... Eric Fenby (1906–1997) is best known for transcribing the works of Frederick Delius from 1928 to 1934. ... // Brian John Peter Ferneyhough (born 16 January 1943 in Coventry) is an English composer. ... Luc Ferrari (February 5, 1929 – August 22, 2005) was a French composer, particularly noted for his tape music. ... Arkady Filippenko (1912-1983) was a Ukrainian composer. ... Vivian Fine (28 September 1913 in Chicago, IL - 20 March 2000 in Bennington, VT) was a composer, pianist, and teacher. ... Gerald Raphael Finzi (July 14, 1901 – September 27, 1956) was a British composer, whose popularity has increased considerably in the years since his death. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand the article to establish its notability, citing reliable sources, so as to avoid it being considered... David First (born Aug 20, 1953) is an American composer. ... Helen Fisher is a Liberal Democrat politician in the City of Manchester. ... Graham Fitkin (born 1963) is a British composer. ... Antony le Fleming is an English composer of classical music. ... Alan Fleming-Baird (1972- ) is a composer of music in many media, including concert works for large orchestras. ... Carlisle Floyd (born 1926 in Latta, South Carolina) is an American opera composer. ... Henry Flynt was born in 1940 in Greensboro, NC. He is a philosopher, musician, anti-art activist and exhibited artist, whom unsympathetic reviewers often link to Fluxus. ... Malcolm Forsyth (born 1936) is a Canadian trombonist, composer and was honoured as Canadian Composer of the Year in 1989. ... Wolfgang Fortner (born October 12, 1907 in Leipzig – September 5, 1987 in Heidelberg) was a German composer, composition teacher and conductor. ... Lukas Foss (born Lukas Fuchs, August 15, 1922 in Berlin, Germany) is an American composer and conductor. ... Arthur Frackenpohl is an American-composer and a professor emiritus at the Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam. ... Jean René Désiré Françaix (May 23, 1912 – September 25, 1997) was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator, known for his prolific output and vibrant style. ... Benjamin Frankel (January 31, 1906 – February 12, 1973) was a British composer. ... Peter Racine Fricker (September 5, 1920 - February 1, 1990) was a British composer who lived in the United States for the last thirty years of his life. ... Johannes Fritsch (born July 27, 1941) is a German composer, founder of the Feedback Verlag in Cologne (Köln). ... Lillian Fuchs (1903-1991) was an American violist who taught, composed, and performed music for the viola. ... Portrait of Julius Fučík Julius Ernst Wilhelm Fučík (18 July 1872 – 15 September 1916) was a Czech composer and conductor of military bands. ... Ellen Fullman (born 1957) is a composer. ...

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• Kenneth Gaburo (1926 - 1993)
• Diamanda Galás (born 1955)
• Blas Galindo Dimás (1910–1993)
• Guillermo Galindo (born 1960)
• Rachel Galinne (born 1949)
• Raymond Gallois-Montbrun (born 1918)
• Kyle Gann (born 1955)
• Lee Gannon (born 1960)
• Tomás Garbizu (1901-1989)
• Roberto Garcia Morillo (1911 - 2003)
• John Gardner (born 1917)
• Kay Gardner (born 1941)
• Zoltán Gárdonyi (1906 - 1986)
• Vincenza Garelli della Morea (1859–after 1924)
• Peter Garland (born 1952)
• Lūcija Garūta (1902–1977)
• Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941)
• Marianne Gary-Schaffhauser (born 1903)
• Crawford Gates (born 1922]]
• Koharik Gazarossian (1907–1967)
• Roberta Geddes-Harvey (1849–1930)
• Gerda Geertens (born 1955)
• Rolf Gehlhaar (born 1943)
• Evren Genis (born 1978)
• Ada Gentile (born 1947)
• Roberto Gerhardt (1896 - 1970)
• Edward German (1862 - 1936)
• Abbie Gerrish-Jones (1863–1929)
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Stefano Gervasoni (born 1962)
• Maura Ghoneim (born 1955)
• Vittorio Giannini (1903 - 1966)
• Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960)
• Jon Gibson (born 1940)
• Robert Gibson (born 1950)
• Miriam Gideon (1906–1996)
• Helen Gifford (born 1935)
• Paul Gilson (1865 - 1942)
• Alberto Ginastera (1916 - 1983)
• Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
• Daniel Giorgetti (born 1971)
• Ruth Gipps (1921 - 1999)
• Suzanne Giraud (born 1958)
• Janice Giteck (born 1946)
• Barbara Giuranna (1898–1998)
• Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912 - 1990)
• Philip Glass (born 1937)
• Helen Glatz (born 1908)
• Evelyn Glennie (born 1965)
• Reinhold Glière (1875-1956)
• Vinko Globokar (born 1934)
• 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)
• 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)

Kenneth Gaburo (July 5, 1926 in Somerville, New Jersey; - January 26, 1993 in Iowa City, Iowa) was an American composer. ... Diamanda Galás, pictured in the early 2000s. ... Raymond Gallois-Montbrun (born August 15, 1918 Saigon) is a French composer. ... Kyle Gann (born November 21 1955) is a composer and music critic born in Dallas, Texas. ... Roberto García Morillo was an Argentine composer, musicologist, music professor and music critic. ... John Gardner, CBE (born 1917 in Manchester, England) is an English composer of classical music. ... Kay Gardner, (born 1927), was a municipal politician in Toronto, Ontario. ... Peter Garland (born January 27, 1952) is a composer best known for publishing Soundings Press, one of the few sources of new music scores and articles while in print. ... Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941) was a French musician who was a brilliant performer on the flute, a respected conductor, and a composer, primarily for the flute. ... Rolf Gehlhaar (born 30 December 1943 in Breslau [now WrocÅ‚aw], Poland) is an American composer. ... Evren Genis (who also uses his middle name of Yigit) is a classical music composer. ... Roberto Gerhard (1896-1970) was a composer of classical music. ... Sir Edward German (17 February 1862 - 11 November 1936) was a musician and composer. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Stefano Gervasoni (born 1962) is an Italian composer. ... Vittorio Giannini (October 19, 1903 – November 28, 1966) was an neoromantic American composer of operas, songs, symphonies, and band works. ... Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (August 10, 1889, Great Baddow, Essex - May 12, 1960, Chelmsford) was an English composer. ... Jon Gibson (b. ... Captain Robert L. Gibson is a former American astronaut. ... Miriam Gideon (23 October 1906 - 1996) was a Jewish-American composer. ... Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (Buenos Aires, April 11, 1916 – June 25, 1983 Geneva) was an Argentinian composer of classical music. ... Umberto Giordano Umberto Giordano (August 28, 1867 - November 12, 1948) was an Italian composer, mainly of opera. ... Daniel Giorgetti was born in London and studied piano and composition at the London College of Music with Martin Ellerby, and the Royal College of Music with Edwin Roxburgh. ... Ruth Gipps (February 20, 1921 – February 23, 1999) was a British composer, an oboist and pianist. ... Peggy Glanville-Hicks (December 29, 1912–June 25, 1990) was an Australian composer, born in Melbourne. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Evelyn Glennie on the cover of her greatest hits album. ... Reinhold Moritzovich Glière Reinhold Moritzovich Glière (Russian: , Rejngold Moricevič Glièr) (January 11, 1875 [O.S. 30 December 1874] – June 23, 1956) was a Soviet composer of German descent. ... Vinko Globokar (b. ... Vladimír Godár (b. ... Leopold Godowsky (Leopold Godowski) (February 13, 1870–November 21, 1938) was a famed pianist, composer, and teacher. ... Heiner Goebbels (born August 17, 1952) is a German composer and music director. ... Alexander Goehr (born 10 August 1932 in Berlin) is an English composer and academic. ... Walter Goehr was a German composer, born 1903 in Berlin, died 1960 in Sheffield. ... Sir Dean Goffin (9 July 1916 to 1984), was a composer of brass band and choral music. ... Karl Goldmark (May 18, 1830 - January 2, 1915) was a Jewish composer who was self-taught. ... Rubin Goldmark (August 15, 1872 (New York City) - March 6, 1936 (New York City)) was an American composer, pianist, and educator. ... Berthold Goldschmidt (b. ... Osvaldo Golijov (born in La Plata, Argentina, December 5, 1960) is a composer of classical music . ... Evgeny Golubev (February 16, 1910, Moscow – December 25, 1988, Moscow) (ru: Эвгэний Голуъэв) was a Russian composer. ... Chiquinha Gonzaga at age 18 Chiquinha Gonzaga at age 78 Francisca Edwiges Neves Gonzaga (Rio de Janeiro, October 17, 1847 - Rio de Janeiro, February 28, 1935) Brazilian woman composer. ... Eugène Goossens has been the name of three notable musicians: Eugène Goossens (February 25, 1845, Bruges, Belgium - 30 December 1906, Liverpool, England) was a conductor. ... Otar Gordeli is a composer born in Tbilisi, Georgia on the 18th of November, 1928. ... Henryk Górecki. ... Annie Gosfield (born 1960) is a New York composer who specializes in using detuned or out of tune samples and industrial noises. ... Glenn Gould rehearsing in 1974. ... Morton Gould (December 10, 1913 – February 21, 1996) was an American pianist and composer. ... Percy Aldridge Grainger (8 July 1882 – 20 February 1961) was an Australian-born pianist, composer, and champion of the saxophone and the Concert band. ... Enrique Granados Enrique Costanzo Granados y Campiña (July 27, 1867 – March 24, 1916) was a Spanish pianist and composer of classical music; he is commonly considered to be a representative of musical Nationalism, and as such his music is in a uniquely Spanish style. ... Micki Grant is an American singer (soprano) actress, writer and composer She performed in Having our Say (as Sadie Delaney), Tambourines to Glory and Jericho-Jim Crow, The Gingham Dog and Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope and has received three Tony Award nominations for her writing. ... Alexander Gretchaninoff (October 25, 1864 Moscow, – January 3, 1956 New York) was a Russian Romantic composer, a student of Sergei Taneyev and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov known for his childrens music, and also for his liturgical and other choral music. ... Geoffrey Grey is a British composer born on September 26th 1934, in Gipsy Hill // Geoffrey Grey lived on the edge of Dartmoor until the onset of the second world war, when he was sent to Scotland to live with his paternal grandparents. ... Charles Tomlinson Griffes (Elmira, New York September 17, 1884 – April 8, 1920 in New York City} was an American composer. ... Gérard Grisey (born 1946; died November 11, 1998) was a French composer of contemporary music. ... Ferde Grofé in 1921 as pianist with Paul Whitemans orchestra. ... Eivind Groven (October 8, 1901–February 8, 1977) was a Norwegian microtonal composer and music-theorist. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sofia Gubaidulina in Sortavala 1981 Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina, (Russian София Асгатовна Губайдулина) (born October 24, 1931) is a Russian-Tatar composer of deeply religious music. ... Henry Gwiazda (b. ...

H

• Alois Hába (1893–1973)
• Karel Hába (1898–1972)
• Daron Hagen (born 1961)
• Helen Eugenia Hagan (1893–1964)
• Júlia Hajdú (1915–1987)
• Jeremy Haladyna
• Pauline Hall (1890–1969)
• Hans Peter Haller (born 1929)
• Calvin Hampton (1938–1984)
• Ann-Elise Hannikainen (born 1946)
• Howard Hanson (1896–1981)
• Kazuko Hara (born 1935)
• John Harbison (born 1938)
• Guy d'Hardelot (1858–1936)
• Egil Harder (1917–1997)
• Halina Harelava (born 1951)
• R. Ethel Harraden (fl. late 19th century–early 20th century)
• Richard Harris (born 1968)
• Roy Harris (1898-1979)
• Annie Fortescue Harrison (1851–1944)
• Lou Harrison (1917–2003)
• Michael Harrison (19?- )
• Pamela Harrison (1915–1990)
• Susie Frances Harrison (1859–1935)
• Stephen Hartke (born 1952)
• Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905–1963)
• Hamilton Harty (1879–1941)
• Jonathan Harvey (born 1939)
• Irina Hasnaş (born 1954)
• Jon Hassell (born 1937)
• Josef Matthias Hauer (1883–1959)
• Erik Haumann (born 1952)
• Birgit Havenstein (born 1954)
• Hanna Havrylets' (born 1958)
• Diana Pereira Hay (born 1932)
• Sorrel Hays (born 1941)
• Marcus Tristan Heathcock (born 1967)
• Celeste de Longpré Heckscher (1860–1928)
• Gherry Hedin (ca. 1939–2006)
• Åse Hedstrøm (born 1950)
• Jake Heggie (born 1961)
• Bernhard Heiden (1910-2000)
• John Heiss (born 1938)
• Walter Hekster (born 1937)
• Piers Hellawell (born 1956)
• Barbara Heller (born 1936)
• Moya Henderson (born 1941)
• Ig Henneman (born 1945)
• Pierre Henry (born 1927)
• Hans Werner Henze (born 1926)
• Gisela Hernández (1912–1971)
• Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975)
• Fred Hersch (born 1955)
• Willy Hess
• Ethel Glenn Hier (1889–1971)
• Alfred Hill (1870–1960)
• Mirrie Hill (1892–1986)
• Lejaren Hiller (1924–1994)
• Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
• Ho Wai-On (born 1946)
• Tim Hodgkinson (born 1949)
• Margriet Hoenderdos (born 1952)
• Leslie Hogan
• Dulcie Sybil Holland (born 1913)
• Donald Russell Hollier (born 1934)
• Vagn Holmboe (1909–1996)
• Borghild Holmsen (1865–1938)
• Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
• Imogen Holst (1907–1984)
• Adriana Hölszky (born 1953)
• Richard E Holz (born 1914)
• Arthur Honegger (1892–1955)
• Helen Francis Hood (1863–1949)
• Katherine Hoover (born 1937)
• Helen Hopekirk (1856–1945)
• Antony Hopkins (born 1921)
• Sarah Hopkins (born 1958)
• Mark-David Hosale
• Toshio Hosokawa (born 1955)
• Andre Hossein (1905-1983)
• Eleanor Hovda (born 1940)
• Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000)
• Edgar Hovhannessian (1930-1998)
• Brian Howard (born 1951)
• Elgar Howarth (born 1935)
• Mary Howe (1882–1964)
• Dorothy Howell (1898–1982)
• Dobri Hristov (1875–1941)
• Zhun Huang (born 1926)
• Nicolaus A. Huber (born 1939)
• Elaine Hugh-Jones (born 1927)
• Tonci Huljic (born 1961)
• Hans Ulrich Humpert
• Jerry Hunt (1943–1993)
• Philippe Hurel (born 1955)
• Brenda Hutchinson (born 1954)
• Miriam Beatrice Hyde (1913–2005)

Alois Hába (June 21, 1893 - November 18, 1973) was a Czech composer primarily known for his microtonal compositions, especially using the quarter tone scale, though he used others such as sixth-tones and twelfth-tones. ... Daron Aric Hagen Daron Aric Hagen (born November 4, 1961, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American composer of contemporary classical music and opera. ... (George) Calvin Hampton (born December 31, 1938, Kittanning, PA; died August 5, 1984, Port Charlotte, FL) was a leading American organist and sacred music composer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Kazuko Hara , born 1935) is a prolific Japanese opera composer. ... John Harbison John Harris Harbison (born December 20, 1938 in Orange, New Jersey) is a composer, best known for his operas and large choral works. ... Guy dHardelot (c. ... Richard Harris (born 5 March 1968) is a London-based composer, arranger, transcriber, teacher and pianist. ... Roy Ellsworth Harris (February 12, 1898 – October 1, 1979) was an American classical composer who wrote much music on American subjects and is perhaps best known for his . ... Annie Fortescue Harrison (1850 or 1851-1944) was an English composer of songs and piano pieces. ... Lou Silver Harrison (May 14, 1917 - February 2, 2003) was an American composer. ... Michael Harrison, following a lifelong study of both Western classical and North Indian classical music, has forged “a new harmonic world” (The New York Times). ... Stephen Paul Hartke (born 6 July 1952) is an American composer. ... Karl Amadeus Hartmann (August 2, 1905 Munich – December 5, 1963 Munich) was a German composer. ... Sir (Herbert) Hamilton Harty, conductor, composer and accompanist, was born December 4, 1879 in Hillsborough (Ireland). ... Jonathan Harvey is a British playwright whose work has earned multiple awards. ... Not to be confused with The Libertiness bassist John Hassall Jon Hassell (born March 22, 1937, Memphis, Tennessee) is an American musician and trumpet player. ... Josef Mattias Hauer (March 19, 1883 – September 22, 1959) was an Austrian composer and music theorist. ... Jake Heggie is a American composer and pianist. ... Bernhard Heiden (1910-2000) was a German-American composer and music teacher, who studied under and was heavily influenced by Paul Hindemith. ... Walter Hekster (born March 29, 1937 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch composer, clarinetist and conductor of classical music, specializing in contemporary classical music. ... Moya Henderson (born in Quirindi, New South Wales, on 2 August 1941) is an Australian composer. ... Pierre Henry (born December 9, 1927 in Paris, France) is a French composer, considered a pioneer of the musique concrète genre of electronic music. ... Hans Werner Henze (born July 1, 1926 in Gütersloh, Westphalia, Germany) is a composer well known for his left-wing political beliefs. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Fred Hersch (born October 21, 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a contemporary American jazz pianist who has become a consistent and highly demanded performer on the international jazz scene. ... Willy Hess (1906 - 1997) was a Swiss musicologist, composer, and famous Beethoven scholar. ... Australian composer, conductor and teacher (1870-1960). ... USA composer Lejaren Hiller (February 23, 1924, New York City - January 26, 1994, Buffalo, New York) founded the University of Illinois Experimental Music Studio in the late 1950s and collaborated on the first significant computer music composition, 1957s Illiac Suite, with Leonard Issacson. ... Paul Hindemith aged 28. ... Tim Hodgkinson Tim Hodgkinson (born 1 May 1949) is a British experimental composer and performer, principally on keyboards and reed instruments. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Gustav Holst Gustav Holst (September 21, 1874, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire - May 25, 1934, London) [1] [2] was an English composer and was a music teacher for over 20 years. ... Imogen Holst (April 12, 1907-March 9, 1984) was a British composer and conductor, and the only child of composer Gustav Holst. ... Richard E Holz born 30 October 1914, an American brass band composer, served as Chaplain to the U.S. Air Force in New Guinea, Philippines and Japan. ... Arthur Honegger in 1921. ... Antony Hopkins (born 1921) is an English composer, also known for his books of musical analysis and his radio programs Talking About Music broadcast for many years by the BBC. Not to be confused with actor Sir Anthony Hopkins who has composed some music, including some for the film August... Aminollah (André) Hossein (Persian: امين الله حسين , born 1905 in Samarkand, died 9 August 1983 in Paris) was a celebrated Persian (Iranian) composer of Neo-Romantic music and a tar soloist. ... Eleanor Hovda is a composer from the United States of America. ... Alan Hovhaness with an Indonesian rebab Alan Hovhaness (March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an American composer of Armenian and Scottish descent. ... Brian Christian de Claiborne Howard (13 March 1905 - 15 January 1958) was an English poet, whose work belied a spectacularly precocious start in life; in the end he became more of a journalist, writing for the New Statesman. ... Elgar Howarth is an English conductor and composer. ... Mary Howe (1882-1964), born Mary Carlisle, was an American composer and pianist. ... Dobri Hristov (December 14, 1875 - January 23, 1941), was born in Varna, Bulgaria, three years before the liberation of the country from Ottoman rule (1878). ... Nicolaus A. Huber (born 15 December 1939 in Passau) is a German composer. ... Tonči Huljić is Croatian musician, songwriter and music producer from Split. ... Born in Waco, Texas, in 1943, gay American composer Jerry Hunt, created works using live electronics partly controlled by his ritualistic performance techniques, as he was greatly influenced by the occult. ...

I

• Jacques Ibert (1890 - 1962)
• Akira Ifukube (1916 - 2006)
• Ilayaraaja (1943 -)
• Andrew Imbrie (born 1921)
• Federico Incardona (1958 - 2006)
• John Ireland (1883 - 1962)
• Regina Irman (born 1957)
• Madeleine Isaksson (born 1956)
• Charles Ives (1874 - 1954)
• Jean Eichelberger Ivey (born 1923)
• Adina Izarra (born 1959)

Jacques François Antoine Ibert (August 15, 1890 – February 5, 1962) was a French composer of classical music. ... Akira Ifukube (伊福部 昭 Ifukube Akira, 31 May 1914 – 8 February 2006) was a Japanese composer of classical music and film scores, perhaps best known for his work on the soundtracks of the Godzilla movies. ... Ilaiyaraja ( இைளயராஜா in Tamil) (born June 2, 1943) is an Indian film composer. ... Andrew Imbrie (Born April 6, 1921) is an American composer of classical music. ... John Nicholson Ireland (13 August 1879 – 12 June 1962) was an English composer. ... Charles Edward Ives (October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American composer of classical music. ... Jean Eichelberger Ivey (July 3, 1923 - ? ?, 2001?) American composer Jean Eichelberger Ivey produced an extensive and diverse catalog of works in virtually every medium, including solo, chamber, vocal, orchestral, and electronic music. ...

J

• Najla Jabor (born 1915)
• Gabriel Jackson (born 1962)
• Gordon Jacob (1895 - 1984)
• Marie Jaëll (1846–1925)
• Dorothy James (1901–1982)
• Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928)
• Viera Janárčeková (born 1941)
• Natalia Janotha (1856–1932)
• Armas Järnefelt (1869-1958)
• Jean Michel Jarre (born 1948)
• Maurice Jarre (born 1924)
• Leroy Jenkins (born 1932)
• Alden Jenks (born 1940)
• Kerstin Jeppsson (born 1948)
• Hilda Jerea (1919–1980)
• Eva Jessye (1885–1992)
• Marta Jiráčková (born 1932)
• Theo Jörgensmann (born 1948)
• David C. Johnson (born 1940)
• Scott Johnson (born 1952)
• Tom Johnson (born 1939)
• Ben Johnston (born 1926)
• Fergus Johnston (born 1959)
• Betsy Jolas (born 1926)
• André Jolivet (1905 - 1974)
• Axel Borup Jørgensen (born 1924)
• Bradley Joseph (born 1965)
• Jane M. Joseph (1894–1929)
• Maurice Journeau (1898 - 1999)
• Patricia Jünger (born 1951)
• Julius Juzeliūnas (1916-2001)

Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob (July 5, 1895 – June 8, 1984) was an English composer. ... LeoÅ¡ Janáček in 1928 LeoÅ¡ Janáček ( ; July 3, 1854 in Hukvaldy, Moravia, then Austrian empire – August 12, 1928 in Ostrava, then Czechoslovakia) was a Czech composer. ... Edvard Armas Järnefelt (August 14, 1869, Viipuri –June 23, 1958, Stockholm, Sweden) was a Finnish composer and conductor. ... Jean-Michel André Jarre (born August 24, 1948 in Lyon, France) is a French composer, performer and music producer. ... Maurice Jarre (born in Lyon, France, September 13, 1924) is a French composer of film scores, noted for his use of the Ondes Martenot, and for the scores of many films including a series of David Lean films, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ryans Daughter (1970) and A... This article contains information on the musician Leroy Jenkins. ... Alden Jenks (born 1940 in Michigan) is an American composer. ... Eva Jessye (1895–1992)—the first black woman to receive international distinction as a professional choral conductor—is a notable as a female choral conductor during the Harlem Renaissance. ... Theo Jörgensmann (born 1948 in Bottrop) is a jazz and free-improvising bassett clarinet player and composer. ... David C. Johnson (b. ... Scott Johnson is an author, software developer and entrepreneur most notable for having created and founded Feedster. ... American composer and critic Tom Johnson (born November 18, 1939), is one of the few composers to self-identify as minimalist, in fact, he may have coined the term while serving as the new music critic for the Village Voice. ... Ben Johnston Benjamin Burwell Johnston, Junior (born March 15, 1926 in Macon, Georgia) is a composer of contemporary music in the just intonation system. ... Fergus Johnston (born 1959). ... Betsy Jolas (born August 5, 1926) is a French composer. ... André Jolivet (August 8, 1905 – December 20, 1974) was a French composer. ... Bradley Joseph (born in 1965) is an American composer, pianist, keyboardist, arranger, and recording artist, performing on the international stage for many years with artists such as Yanni and Grammy-winner Sheena Easton, as well as having vast experience with artists from RCA, Epic Records, Warner Bros. ... Maurice Journeau is a french composer born in the Pays Basque in Biarritz on the 17 November 1898. ...

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• Miloslav Kabeláč (1908-1979)
• Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904 - 1987)
• Mauricio Kagel (born 1931)
• Erich Itor Kahn (1905-1956)
• Yuki Kajiura (born 1965)
• Trisutji Kamal (born 1936)
• Laura Kaminsky (born 1956)
• Kikuko Kanai (1911–1986)
• Giya Kancheli (born 1935)
• Shigeru Kan-no (born 1959)
• Yoko Kanno (born 1964)
• Artur Kapp (1878-1952)
• Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915–1940)
• Nikolai Kapustin (born 1937)
• Sirvart Karamanuk (born 1912)
• Richard Karpen (born 1957)
• Heino Kaski (1885-1957)
• Brian E. Katona (born 1976)
• Nicolas Kaviani (born 1977)
• Leif Kayser (1919-2001)
• Nigel Keay (born 1955)
• David Kechley (born 1947)
• Gerald Kechley (born ca. 1919)
• Ralph Edward Kechley (fl. 1940)
• Robert Kechley (born 1952)
• Nigel Kennedy (born 1956)
• Aaron Jay Kernis (born 1960)
• Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
• Karen Khachaturian (born 1920)
• Tikhon Khrennikov (born 1913)
• Wojciech Kilar (born 1932)
• Wilhelm Killmayer (born 1927)
• Earl Kim (1920-1998)
• Gideon Klein (1919-1945)
• Phil Kline
• Oliver Knussen (born 1952)
• Günter Kochan (born 1930)
• Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
• Nevit Kodallı (born 1924)
• Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
• Gerard Kockelmans (1925-1965)
• Joonas Kokkonen (1921-1996)
• Panayiotis Kokoras (born 1974)
• Leo B. Kopp (1938–1968)
• Thomas Koppel (1944-2006)
• Mark Kopytman (born 1929)
• Peter Jona Korn (19?- )
• Erich Korngold (1897-1957)
• Evgeni Kostitsyn (born 1963)
• William Kraft (born 1923)
• Jonathan Kramer (1942-2004)
• Hans Krása (1899-1944)
• Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)
• William Kroll (1901-1980)
• Henry Kucharzyk (born 1953)
• Gary Kulesha (born 1954)
• Jos Kunst (1936-1996)
• Andreas Kunstein (born 1967)
• Hans Kunstovny (born 1947)
• Ladislav Kupkovic (born 1936)
• Bronius Kutavičius (born 1932)
• Toivo Kuula (1883-1981)
• Robert Kyr (born 1952)

Portrait of Miloslav Kabelac Miloslav Kabeláč (1908 – 1979) was a prominent Czech composer and conductor. ... Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky (Russian Дмитрий Борисович Кабалевский) (1904 -1987) was a Soviet composer. ... Mauricio Kagel (born Buenos Aires, December 24, 1931) is an Argentine composer who has lived in Germany for most of his career. ... Yuki Kajiura ), born August 6, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese composer and music producer. ... Giya Kancheli (Georgian: გია ყანჩელი), born August 10, 1935 in Tbilisi, is a Georgian composer resident in Belgium. ... A japanese composer and conductor in Germany. ... Yoko Kanno , born March 19, 1964 in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan) is a composer, arranger and musician best known for her work on the soundtracks for many games, seminal anime films, TV series, live-action movies, and advertisements. ... Artur Kapp Artur Kapp (February 28, 1878 - January 14, 1952) was a notable Estonian composer. ... VítÄ›zslava Kaprálová VítÄ›zslava Kaprálová was born on 24. ... The Russian composer and pianist Nikolai Kapustin [Капустин] (born 1937 in Gorlovka, Ukraine) studied piano with Avrelian Rubakh (pupil of Felix Blumenfeld who also taught Simon Barere and Vladimir Horowitz) and, later, Alexander Goldenweiser at the Moscow Conservatoire. ... Heino Kaski (21 June 1885, Pielisjärvi – 20 September 1957, Helsinki) was a Finnish composer and pianist. ... Biography Nigel Keay was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand in 1955. ... Nigel Kennedy (born December 28, 1956 in Brighton, England) is a violinist and violist. ... Aaron Jay Kernis (born January 15, 1960) is one of the most highly-honored contemporary composers. ... Aram Ilich Khachaturian (Armenian: Ô±Ö€Õ¡Õ´ Ô½Õ¡Õ¹Õ¡Õ¿Ö€ÕµÕ¡Õ¶, Aram Xačatryan; Russian: Аpaм Ильич XaчaÑ‚ypян, Aram Ilič Hačaturjan) (June 6, 1903 – May 1, 1978) was a composer of classical music. ... Karen Khachaturian (born September 19, 1920, Moscow) is an Armenian composer and a nephew of Aram Khachaturian. ... Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (Russian: ) (born June 10 [O.S. May 28] 1913 in Yelets, Orel District - died 14 August 2007 in Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet composer, leader of the Union of Soviet Composers, who was also known for his political activities. ... Photograph of Wojciech Kilar. ... Wilhelm Killmayer (born 1927 in Munich, Germany) is a twentieth century composer of classical music. ... Gideon Klein (December 6, 1919 – c. ... Phil Kline is a composer. ... Oliver Knussen (born June 12, 1952) is a British composer and conductor. ... Zoltán Kodály (IPA: ) (December 16, 1882 – March 6, 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, educator, linguist and philosopher. ... Charles Louis Eugène Koechlin (November 27, 1867-December 31, 1950) was a French composer and teacher. ... Gerard Kockelmans (Meerssen, May 5, 1925 - Beek, September 7, 1965) was a Dutch composer, conductor and music teacher. ... Joonas Kokkonen ( ) (November 21, 1921 – October 1 or 2, 1996) was a Finnish composer. ... Panayiotis Kokoras, Rethymno, Crete 2004 Panayiotis Kokoras (born 1974) is a Greek composer, musician and teacher in music. ... Thomas Koppel (April 27, 1944 – February 25, 2006) was a versatile Danish composer and musician. ... Mark Kopytman was born in 1929 in the former Soviet Union, where he received his early training in piano and music theory and later went on to study medicine. ... Erich Wolfgang Korngold (May 29, 1897 - November 29, 1957) was a composer. ... Evgeni Kostitsyn (b. ... William (Bill) Kraft (born Kasharevsky, 1923) was the principal timpanist, percussionist and composer-in-residence for the Los Angeles Philharmonic during the tenure of conductors Zubin Mehta and Carlo Maria Giulini. ... Jonathan Donald Kramer (December 7, 1942, Hartford, Conn. ... Hans Krása, (November 30, 1899 – October 17, 1944), was a Bohemian composer. ... Ernst Krenek Ernst Krenek (August 23, 1900 – December 22, 1991) was an Austrian-born composer of Czech ancestry; throughout his life he insisted that his name be written Krenek rather than KÅ™enek, and that it should be pronounced as a German word. ... William Kroll (1901-1980) was an American composer and violinist. ... Andreas Kunstein (born June 25, 1967) is a composer who was born in Brühl (Germany). ... Ladislav Karol Kupkovič (born March 17, 1936) is a Slovak composer and conductor. ... Bronius Kutavičius (born 1932) is a Lithuanian composer. ... Picture of Toivo Kuula taken in 1903 Toivo Timoteus Kuula (7 July 1883 - 18 May 1918) was a Finnish conductor and composer. ... Robert Kyr (b. ...

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• Joan LaBarbara (born 1947)
• Juan Sebastian Lach (born 1970)
• Helmut Lachenmann (born 1935)
• Butch Lacy (born 1947)
• Steve Lacy (born 1934)
• Ezra Laderman (born 1924)
• Constant Lambert (1905–1951)
• Eastwood Lane (1879–1951)
• David Lang (born 1957)
• Rued Langgaard (1893-1952)
• Vanessa Lann (born 1968)
• Paul Lansky (born 1944)
• André Laporte (born 1931)
• Agustin Lara (1900-1969/70)
• Patrick Larley (born 1951)
• Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986)
• William P. Latham (1917–2004)
• Morten Lauridsen (born 1943)
• Antonio Lauro (1917-1986)
• Elodie Lauten
• Mario Lavista (born 1943)
• Bo Lawergren (born 1937)
• Billy Jim Layton (born 1924)
• Mary Jane Leach (born 1949)
• Anne Lebaron (born 1953)
• Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963)
• Jón Leifs (1899–1968)
• David Leisner (born 1953)
• Troy Lennerd (born 1970)
• Daniel Lentz (born 1942)
• Georges Lentz (born 1965)
• Wadada Leo Smith (born 1941)
• Fred Lerdahl (born 1943)
• Philippe Leroux (born 1959)
• György Ligeti (1923–2006)
• Douglas Lilburn (1915–2001)
• Magnus Lindberg (born 1958)
• George Lloyd (1913–1998)
• Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
• Theo Loevendie (born 1930)
• Wendell Logan (born 1940)
• Ruth Lomon (born 1930)
• Michel Longtin (born 1946)
• Fernando Lopes Graça (1906–1994)
• Alexina Louie (b. 1949)
• Alvin Lucier (born 1931)
• Otto Luening (1900–1996)
• Torbjorn Iwan Lundquist (born 1920)
• Stanley Lunetta (born 1937)
• Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994)
• Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)

Joan La Barbara (born June 8, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA) is a vocalist and composer associated with contemporary music. ... Mexican composer, born 1970. ... Helmut (Friedrich) Lachenmann (born November 27, 1935) is an important German composer. ... Allen|Henry Red Allen]], George Pops Foster and Zutty Singleton and then with Kansas City jazz players like Buck Clayton, Dicky Wells, and Jimmy Rushing before jumping into the heart of the avant-garde by performing on the debut album of Cecil Taylor, appearing with Taylors groundbreaking quartet at... Ezra Laderman (born June 29, 1924) is an American composer of classical music. ... Leonard Constant Lambert (August 23, 1905 – August 21, 1951) was a British composer and conductor. ... Eastwood Lane (May 22, 1879 - January 22, 1951) was a American composer who wrote piano suites, impressionist pieces, and ballet. ... David Lang (b. ... Rued Langgaard (28 July 1893 Copenhagen - 10 July 1952 in Ribe) was a Danish classical music composer and organist. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Paul Lansky (born 1944) is widely considered one of the original electronic music or computer music composers, and has been producing works from the 1970s up to the present day (see discography, below). ... André Laporte (born 12 July 1931 in Oplinter, near Tienen in Flemish Brabant) is a Belgian composer. ... Agustín Lara. ... Patrick Larley (born 1951) is a British composer. ... Lars-Erik Vilner Larsson (15 May 1908 - 27 December 1986) was an important Swedish composer of the 20th century. ... Morten Lauridsen (born February 27, 1943 in Colfax, Washington) is an American composer with Danish roots. ... Antonio Lauro Antonio Lauro (born August 3, 1917 in Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela, died April 18, 1986 in Caracas) was a Venezuelan composer, considered to be one of the foremost South American composers of the 20th century. ... Elodie Lauten (b. ... Mario Lavista (born April 3, 1943, Mexico City) is a Mexican composer and writer. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Mary Jane Leach is an American composer, [1] who has been a member of the Downtown Ensemble[2] ^ http://www. ... Anne LeBaron (b. ... Ernesto Lecuona (August 6, 1896 - 1963) was a Cuban composer and performer, undoubtedly the greatest and most legendary Cuban musician of his time. ... Jón Leifs (May 1, 1899 - July 30, 1968) was an Icelandic composer. ... David Leisner is a musician who has had a prominent career as a classical guitarist, composer, and a teacher. ... Daniel Lentz (born 1942, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA) is a composer. ... // Georges Lentz is a contemporary classical composer, born in Luxembourg in 1965, and is that countrys best known composer. ... Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith (18 December 1941 in Leland, Mississippi) is a jazz trumpeter. ... Fred Lerdahl, Fritz Reiner Professor of Musical Composition at Columbia University, is a composer and music theorist, best known for his work on pitch space and cognitive constraints on compositional systems or musical grammars. ... György Sándor Ligeti (May 28, 1923 – June 12, 2006) was a Jewish Hungarian composer born in Romania who later became an Austrian citizen. ... Douglas Gordon Lilburn (2 November 1915 - 6 June 2001) was a prolific and influential New Zealand composer. ... Magnus Lindberg (born June 27, 1958) is a Finnish composer. ... George Lloyd (28 June 1913 - 3 July 1998) was an English composer of late-Romantic classical music. ... Annea Lockwood (born July 29, 1939) in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a New Zealand born American composer and teaches electronic music at Vassar College. ... Theo Loevendie (born 1930) is a Dutch composer of classical music. ... A native of Montreal, Canada, Ruth Lomon (b Montreal, 7 Nov 1930) attended le Conservatoire de Quebec and McGill University. ... Fernando Lopes Graça (1906-1994) was a Portuguese composer, certainly the greatest name in Portuguese music at the 20th century, both as a contemporary music composer as a musicologist. ... Alexina Louie (1949-) is a British Columbian composer who has written many pieces for orchestra, as well as for solo piano. ... Alvin Lucier Alvin Lucier (born May 14, 1931) is an American composer of music and sound installations exploring acoustic phenomena, especially resonance, as well as a former member of the Sonic Arts Union along with Robert Ashley, David Behrman, and Gordon Mumma. ... Otto Luening (born June 15, 1900 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; died September 2, 1996 in New York City) was an American composer and an early pioneer of electronic music. ... Witold Lutosławski at his home. ... (Agnes) Elisabeth Lutyens, CBE (July 9, 1906–April 14, 1983) was an English composer, one of the five children of architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. ...

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• François-Bernard Mâche (born 1935)
• Steven Mackey (born 1956)
• Ernest Campbell MacMillan (1893-1973)
• James Macmillan (born 1959)
• Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994)
• Carleton Macy (born 1944)
• Bruno Maderna (1920–1973)
• Leevi Madetoja (1887-1947)
• Ester Mägi (born 1922)
• Alma Mahler (1879-1964)
• David Mahler (born 1944)
• Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
• Javier Torres Maldonado (born 1968)
• Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882–1973)
• Michio Mamiya (born 1929)
• Philippe Manoury (born 1952)
• Bunita Marcus (born 1952)
• Pierre Mariétan (born 1935)
• Miklós Maros (born 1943)
• Ingram Marshall (born 1942)
• Frank Martin (1890–1974)
• Donald Martino (1931-2005)
• Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)
• Steve Martland (born 1959)
• Joseph Marx (1882–1964)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945)
• Daniel Gregory Mason (1873–1953)
• David Maslanka (born 1943)
• Diego Masson (born 1935)
• Lovro von Matačić (1899-1985)
• André Mathieu (1929-1968)
• Yori-aki Matsudaira (born 1931)
• Yoritsune Matsudaira (1907-2001)
• Colin Matthews (born 1946)
• David Matthews (born 1943)
• Nicholas Maw (born 1935)
• Andrew McBirnie (born 1971)
• Harl McDonald (1899-1955)
• George Frederick McKay (1899–1970)
• Carl McKinley (1895– )
• Colin McPhee (1900–1964)
• Richard Meale (born 1932)
• Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951)
• Peter Mennin (1923–1983)
• Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
• Oskar Merikanto (1868-1924)
• Wim Mertens (born 1953)
• Parviz Meshkatian (born 1955)
• Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
• Edgar Meyer (born 1960)
• Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905–1988)
• Winfried Michel (born 1948)
• Peter Mieg (1906–1990)
• Francisco Mignone (1897–1986)
• Ödön Mihalovich (1842–1929)
• Minoru Miki (born 1930)
• Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
• Peter Milne (1824–1908)
• Ilhan Mimaroglu (1926- )
• Christian Minkowitsch (born 1962)
• Haruki Mino (born 1950)
• Behzad Mirkhani (born 1969)
• Roscoe Mitchell (born 1940)
• Luca Miti (born 1957)
• Dary John Mizelle (born 1940)
• Ernest John Moeran (1894–1950)
• Luis Manuel Molina (born 1958)
• Andrea Molino (born 1964)
• Federico Mompou (1893–1987)
• José Pablo Moncayo (1912–1958)
• Meredith Monk (born 1942)
• Jacques-Louis Monod (born 1927)
• Ivan Moody (born 1964)
• Douglas Stuart Moore (1893–1969)
• Oskar Morawetz (born 1917)
• Henri Mulet (1878-1967)
• Gordon Mumma (born 1935)
• Tristan Murail (born 1947)
• Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
• John Musto (born 1954)
• Nikolai Myaskovsky (1851–1950)

François-Bernard Mâche (born April 4, 1935 Clermont-Ferrand) is a French composer of contemporary music. ... Steven Mackey (b. ... Elizabeth Maconchy (1907 - 1994) was an English composer of Irish parentage, most noted for her cycle of thirteen string quartets. ... Bruno Maderna (April 21, 1920 - November 13, 1973) was an Italian-German conductor and composer. ... Leevi Antti Madetoja (February 17, 1887 – October 6, 1947) was a Finnish composer. ... Ester Mägi (born 1922) is an Estonian composer. ... Alma Mahler Alma Maria Mahler-Werfel (née Schindler) (August 31, 1879 – December 11, 1964) was noted in her native Vienna for her beauty and intelligence. ... David Mahler is a hammered dulcimer player from Texas, USA. David won first place in the 2004 Walnut Valley National Hammered Dulcimer Championship held in Winfield, Kansas. ... “Mahler” redirects here. ... Javier Torres Maldonado (born 1968) Mexican composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, vocal and electro-acoustic works. ... Gian Francesco Malipiero (March 18, 1882 - August 1, 1973) Italian composer, musicologist and music editor. ... Philippe Manoury (born June 19, 1952) is a French composer. ... Dr. Bunita Marcus (born May 5, 1952 in Madison, Wisconsin) is a composer, subtle energy healer, and former student of Morton Feldman. ... Pierre Mariétan (born 23 September 1935 in Monthey) is a Swiss composer. ... Ingram Marshall in his Hamden, CT studio. ... CD cover of recordings of Martins cello and violin concertos. ... Donald Martino (May 16, 1931–December 8, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American composer. ... Portrait of Martinů Bohuslav Martinů ( ; December 8, 1890—August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer. ... Steve Martland (b. ... Joseph Marx (b. ... Pietro Mascagni (Livorno December 7, 1863 – Rome August 2, 1945) is one of the most important Italian opera composers of the turn of the 20th century. ... Daniel Gregory Mason (Brookline, Massachusetts, November 20, 1873 - Greenwich, Connecticut, December 4, 1953) was an American composer and music critic. ... David Maslanka . ... Diego Masson (born 21 June 1935 in Tossa de Mar, Spain) is a French conductor, composer, and percussionist. ... Lovro von Matačić (born February 14, 1899 in SuÅ¡ak, died January 4, 1985 in Zagreb) was a Croatian conductor. ... André Mathieu (February 18th 1928 - June 2nd 1968) is a Quebec pianist and composer. ... Yoritsune Matsudaira (Japanese: 松平頼則; surname Matsudaira; b. ... The current version of the article or section is written like an essay. ... David Matthews (born March 9, 1943 is an English composer of mainly orchestral, chamber music, vocal and piano works. ... Nicholas Maw (born 1935) is a British composer. ... Andrew McBirnie (born 1971, Portsmouth) is a British composer and music educator. ... Harl McDonald (July 27, 1899, Boulder, Colorado - March 30, 1955, Princeton, New Jersey) was an American composer, conductor, pianist and teacher. ... George Frederick McKay (June 11, 1899–October 4, 1970) was a prolific modern American composer born in Harrington, Washington. ... Colin McPhee photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1935 Colin McPhee (February 15, 1900 in Montreal or Toronto, Canada - January 7, 1964 in Los Angeles, CA) was a Canadian composer and musicologist. ... Richard Meale (born Sydney 23 August 1932) is one of Australians leading composers. ... Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (Николай Карлович Метнер) (January 5, 1880 – November 13, 1951) was a Russian composer and pianist. ... Peter Mennin (born Mennini) (May 17, 1923, Erie, Pennsylvania – June 17, 1983, New York City) was an American composer and teacher. ... Gian Carlo Menotti, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1944 Gian Carlo Menotti (July 7, 1911 – February 1, 2007) was an Italian-born American composer and librettist who wrote the classic Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors among about two dozen other operas intended to appeal to popular taste. ... Oskar Merikanto (August 5, 1868 - February 17, 1924) was a Finnish musician and composer. ... Wim Mertens Wim Mertens (b. ... Parviz Meshkatian (born 1955 in Neishabour) is a renowned Persian musician, composer, researcher and University lecturer. ... Olivier Messiaen It has been suggested that List of students of Olivier Messiaen be merged into this article or section. ... Edgar Meyer (born November 24, 1960) is a prominent contemporary bassist. ... Ernst Hermann Ludimar Meyer (December 8, 1905 – October 8, 1988) was a German composer and musicologist. ... Winfried Michel (born 1948 in Fulda) is a German recorder player, composer, and editor of music. ... Francisco Paulo Mignone (September 3, 1897–February 2, 1986) is one of the most significant figures in Brazilian classical music, and one of the most significant Brazilian composers after Heitor Villa-Lobos. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (IPA: ) (September 4, 1892 – June 22, 1974) was a French composer and teacher. ... Ilhan Mimaroglu Ilhan Mimaroglu is a musician and composer. ... Behzad Mirkhani is an Iranian guitar master and composer. ... Roscoe Mitchell (born August 3, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African-American composer and jazz saxophonist. ... Luca Miti (born 1957) is an Italian composer and pianist. ... Dary John Mizelle (born June 14, 1940 in Stillwater, Oklahoma) is an American composer. ... Ernest John Moeran (December 31, 1894 - December 1, 1950) was an English composer. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline for Biographies. ... Federico Mompou (April 16, 1893–June 30, 1987) was a Catalan composer. ... José Pablo Moncayo (June 29, 1912- June 15, 1958), Mexican composer of nationalistic classical music. ... Meredith Monk (born November 20, 1942, in Lima, Peru[1]) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer. ... Jacques-Louis Monod (b. ... Ivan Moody, British composer, was born in London in 1964, and studied composition with Brian Dennis at London University and privately with John Tavener. ... Douglas Stuart Moore (August 10, 1893 - July 25, 1969) was an American composer, educator, and author. ... Oskar Morawetz (born January 17, 1917) is a Canadian composer. ... Henri Mulet was a French organist and composer. ... Gordon Mumma (March 30, 1935, in Framingham, Massachusetts) is a composer. ... Tristan Murail (b. ... Thea Musgrave (b. ... Nikolai Myaskovsky (ru: Николай Мясковский) (April 20, 1881 – August 8, 1950) was a Russian composer. ...

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• Katsutoshi Nagasawa (born 1923)
• Yoshinao Nakada (1923-2000)
• Šarūnas Nakas (born 1962)
• Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997)
• Onute Narbutaite (born 1956)
• Václav Nelhýbel (1919 - 1996)
• Bill Nelson (born 1948)
• James Nelson (born 1945)
• Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931)
• Lewis J. Nielson (born 1951)
• John Jacob Niles (1892-1980)
• Marlos Nobre (born 1939)
• Arne Nordheim (born 1931)
• Per Nørgård (born 1932)
• Ib Nørholm (born 1931)
• Luigi Nono (1924–1990)
• Michael Norris (born 1973)
• Michael Nyman (born 1944)
• Knut Nystedt (born 1915)

Conlon Nancarrow (October 27, 1912 - August 10, 1997) was an American composer who took Mexican citizenship in 1955. ... Václav Nelhýbel (September 24, 1919 – March 22, 1996) is a Czech-American composer, mainly of works for student performers. ... Bill Nelson (born William Nelson on 18 December 1948) is a prolific guitarist, songwriter, painter and experimental musician from Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, UK. He currently lives in Selby, Yorkshire, England, UK. // Nelson was educated at the Wakefield College of Art, where he developed an interest in the work of poet... For the author of historical fiction, see James L. Nelson Jimmy Nelson was a Scottish international footballer who played for Cardiff City in the 1920s and captained the famous Wembley Wizards Scotland side of 1928. ... Carl Nielsen Carl August Nielsen (June 9, 1865, Sortelung – October 3, 1931, Copenhagen) was a conductor, violinist, and the most internationally known composer from Denmark. ... John Jacob Niles (Louisville, Kentucky, April 28, 1892 -- Lexington, Kentucky, March 1, 1980) was an American composer, singer, and collector of traditional ballads. ... The Brazilian composer Marlos Nobre was born in Recife, Pernambuco, in February 18, 1939. ... Arne Nordheim (born 20 June 1931) is a Norwegian composer, since 1982 living in the Norwegian States honorary residence, Grotten, next to the Royal Palace in Oslo. ... Per Nørgård (b. ... Ib Nørholm (born January 24, 1931 in Søborg, Copenhagen) is a Danish composer and organist. ... Grave of Nono in the San Michele Cemetery, Venice Luigi Nono (born January 29, 1924 in Venice; died May 8, 1990 in Venice) was an Italian composer of classical music and intellectual, one of the most important composers of the 20th century. ... Michael Nyman (born March 23, 1944) is a British minimalist composer, pianist, librettist and musicologist, perhaps best known for the many scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the British filmmaker Peter Greenaway. ... Knut Nystedt, born September 3, 1915, in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, is an orchestral and choral composer. ...

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• Kevin O'Connell (born 1958)
• Bertram Walton O'Donnell (1887–1939)
• Robert O’Dwyer (1862–1949)
• Seán Ó Riada (1931–1971)
• Nicolas Obouhow (1892–1954)
• Robert Oboussier (1900–1957)
• Aleksandar Obradović (born 1927)
• Jana Obrovská (1930–1987)
• Michael Obst (born 1955)
• Andrej Očenáš (1911–1995)
• Siegfried Ochs (1858–1929)
• Irina Odăgescu-Ţuţuianu (born 1937)
• Krsto Odak (1888–1965)
• Karel Odstrčil (1930–1997)
• Helmut Oehring (born 1961)
• Gonzalo de Olavide (1934–2005)
• Kevin Oldham (1960-1993)
• Sergio Roberto de Oliveira
• Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
• Justice Olsson (born 1949)
• Daphne Oram
• Julián Orbón (1925–1991)
• Carl Orff (1895–1982)
• Leo Ornstein (1893–2002)
• Willson Osborne (1906 - 1979)
• August von Othegraven (1864–1946)
• Jaime Ovalle (1894-1955)
• Robert Lee Owens (born 1925)

Kevin OConnell is the Chief Meterologist of WGRZ-TV. The NBC affiliate in Buffalo, New York. ... Seán Ó Riada C. 1955 Seán Ó Riada (August 1, 1931 - October 3, 1971), born John Reidy, was a composer and bandleader, and perhaps the single most influential figure in the renaissance of traditional Irish music from the 1960s, through his participation in Ceoltóirí Chualann, his compositions, his writings... Aleksandar Obradović (born August 22, 1927 in Bled, Slovenia, SFRY, died 2001 in Belgrade, Serbia) was one of the most significant Serbian 20th century composer and professor at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. ... Gonzalo de Olavide y Casenave (born 28 March 1934 in Madrid, died 4 November 2005) was a Spanish composer. ... Pauline Oliveros (born 1932 in Houston, Texas) is an accordionist and composer who currently resides in Kingston, New York. ... Daphne Oram (December 31, 1925 - January 5, 2003), pioneering British composer and electronic musician. ... Spanish Cuban composer, born in Avilés (Spain) on 7th August 1925 and died in Miami (Florida) on 21st May 1991. ... Carl Orff Carl Orff (July 10, 1895 – March 29, 1982) was a 20th-century German composer, most famous for Carmina Burana (1937). ... Leo Ornstein (c. ... Willson Osborne (1906 – 1979) was an American composer. ... August von Othegraven (born 2 June 1864 in Cologne; died 11 March 1946 in Wermelskirchen) was a German composer and music pedagogue. ...

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• José de Paiva Netto (born 1941)
• Selim Palmgren (1878–1951)
• Paul Panhuysen
• Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991)
• Roxanna Panufnik
• Evangelos Papathanassiou
• Carlos Paredes
• Kyoung Shin Park (born 1939)
• Charles Hubert Parry (1848–1918)
• Arvo Pärt (born 1935)
• Harry Partch (1901–1974)
• Paul Patterson (born 1947)
• Anthony Payne (born 1936)
• Juan Carlos Paz (1901–1972)
• Bohumil Pazdírek (1839–1919)
• Kenneth Howard Peacock (born 1922)
• Carlo Pedini (born 1956)
• Flor Peeters (1903–1986)
• James Penberthy (1917–1999)
• Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933)
• Francesco Pennisi (1934–2000)
• Ernst Pepping (1901–1981)
• Nick Peros (born 1963)
• George Perle (born 1915)
• Scott Perry
• William Perry (born 1930)
• Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867–1942)
• Allan Pettersson (1911–1980)
• Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949)
• Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
• Henri-Constant-Gabriel Pierné (1863 - 1937)
• Ernest Pingoud (1887–1942)
• Daniel Pinkham (1923–2006)
• Paul A. Pisk (1893–1990)
• Walter Piston (1894–1976)
• Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968)
• Larry Polansky (born 1954)
• Manuel Maria Ponce (1882-1948)
• Sanford Ponder
• Quincy Porter (1897–1966)
• Francis Pott (born 1957)
• Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
• Henri Pousseur (born 1929)
• Simon Proctor
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
• Miroslav Pudlák (born 1961)

José Simões de Paiva Netto, writer, journalist, radio broadcaster, composer and poet, was born on March 2, 1941, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ... Selim Palmgren (1878–1951) was a Finnish composer, pianist, and conductor. ... Paul Panhuysen is a composer, visual artist, and the director of Het Apollohuis. ... Sir Andrzej Panufnik (September 24, 1914 - October 27, 1991) was a Polish composer, pianist, and a conductor of classical music. ... Roxanna Panufnik (born 1968) is a British composer of Polish heritage. ... Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou (Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου IPA: ) is a world-renowned Greek composer of electronic, new age and classical music and musical performer, under the artist name Vangelis Papathanassiou (Βαγγέλης Παπαθανασίου) or just Vangelis (a diminutive of Evangelos) [IPA: or ]. He is best known for his Academy Award winning score for the film Chariots... Cover from Guitarra Portuguesa. ... Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (February 27, 1848 – October 7, 1918) was an English composer, probably best known for his setting of William Blakes poem, Jerusalem. ... Arvo Pärt (born September 11, 1935 in Paide), (IPA: ˈɑr̺vÉ” ˈpær̺t) is an Estonian composer, often identified with the school of minimalism and more specifically, that of mystic minimalism or sacred minimalism. He is considered a pioneer of this style, along with contemporaries Henryk Górecki... Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) was an American composer. ... Paul Patterson (born 1947) is a British composer. ... Anthony Payne (born 1936) is an English composer, most famous for composing a symphony published as . ... Carlo Pedini with self-portrait Carlo Pedini (born 19 June 1956 in Perugia) // Biography Carlo Pedini was born in Perugia in 1956 and studied music by himself for a number of years before taking his Diploma at Perugia Conservatory with Fernando Sulpizi, subsequently specialising with Franco Donatoni at Accademia Chigiana... Flor Peeters (July 4, 1903 – July 4, 1986) was a Belgian composer, organist and teacher. ... James Penberthy (3 May 1917 - 29 March 1999) was an Australian composer and journalist. ... Krzysztof Penderecki. ... Ernst Pepping (September 12, 1901 – February 1, 1981) was a German composer of classical music born in Duisburg. ... Nick Peros (born March 17, 1963) is a Canadian classical composer with an extensive catalogue of works that includes symphonic, orchestral, choral, vocal and chamber genres. ... George Perle (born May 6, 1915 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is a composer and musicologist who has studied with Ernst Krenek. ... Secretary of Defense William Perry talks to reporters at Kigali Airport, Rwanda after his arrival to check on status of the relief operation, 1994. ... Vincent Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was a composer and teacher at the Juilliard School whose students included Philip Glass and Thelonious Monk. ... Wilhelm Peterson-Berger Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (born 27 February 1867 in UllÃ¥nger, Ã…ngermanland, Sweden, died 3 December 1942 in Östersund, Sweden) was a Swedish composer. ... Gustav Allan Pettersson (September 19, 1911 – June 20, 1980) was a Swedish composer born in Uppland. ... Hans Pfitzner (May 5, 1869 - May 22, 1949) was a German composer and self-described anti-modernist. ... Ástor Pantaleón Piazzolla (March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992) was an Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player. ... Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné (Metz, 16 August 1863– Ploujean, Finistere, 17 July, 1937) was a French organist and composer. ... Ernest Pingoud (October 14, 1887, Saint Petersburg – June 1, 1942, Helsinki) was a Finnish composer of Alsatian parentage. ... Daniel Rogers Pinkham, Jr. ... Paul Amadeus Pisk (May 16, 1893, Vienna - January 12, 1990, Los Angeles) was an Austria-born composer and musicologist. ... Walter Hamor Piston Jr. ... Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968) was an Italian composer of classical music. ... Larry Polansky is a composer, guitarist, and a professor at Dartmouth. ... Manuel Ponce Manuel María Ponce Cuéllar (8 December 1882 – 24 April 1948) was a distinguished Mexican composer active in the 20th century. ... Quincy Porter (1897–1966) was an American composer and teacher of classical music. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (IPA: ) (January 7, 1899 - January 30, 1963) was a French composer and a member of the French group Les Six. ... Henri Pousseur (Composer Born 1929) Studied at the Academies of Music in Liège and in Brussels. ... Categories: People stubs | Composers | Pianists | Flutists ... Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Russian: , Sergej Sergejevič Prokofijev; April 27 (April 151 O.S.), 1891–March 5, 1953) was a Russian and Soviet composer who mastered numerous musical genres and came to be admired as one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. ...

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• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
• Ali Rahbari (born 1948)
• Eliane Radigue (born 1932)
• Priaulx Rainier (1903–1986)
• Bernard Rands (born 1934)
• Ture Rangström (1884–1947)
• Günter Raphael (1903–1960)
• Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 1947)
• Einojuhani Rautavaara (born 1928)
• Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
• Alan Rawsthorne (1905–1971)
• John Rea (born 1944)
• Alfred Reed (1921–2005)
• H. Owen Reed (born 1910)
• Steve Reich (born 1936)
• Aribert Reimann (born 1936)
• Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
• Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940)
• Cemal Resit Rey (1904–1985)
• Roger Reynolds (born 1934)
• Godfrey Ridout (1918–1984)
• Wallingford Riegger (1885–1961)
• Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
• Terry Riley (born 1935)
• Jeremy Dale Roberts (born 1934)
• Manuel Rocha Iturbide (born 1963)
• George Rochberg (1918–2005)
• Joaquin Rodrigo (1901–1999)
• Ernesto Rodrigues (born 1959)
• G H Matos Rodriguez (1900–1948)
• Robert Xavier Rodriguez (born 1946)
• Anoushiravan Rohani (born 1939)
• Shardad Rohani
• Amadeo Roldán (1900–1939)
• Ned Rorem (born 1923)
• Marco Rosano (born 1964)
• David Rosenboom (born 1947)
• Nino Rota (1911–1979)
• Christopher Rouse (born 1949)
• Mikel Rouse (born 1957)
• Albert Roussel (1869–1937)
• Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995)
• Edmund Rubbra (1901–1986)
• Poul Ruders (born 1949)
• Dane Rudhyar (1895–1985)
• Witold Rudzinski (born 1913)
• Jeanine Rueff (1922–1999)
• Carl Ruggles (1876–1971)
• Antonio Ruiz-Pipo (1934–1997)
• John Rutter (born 1945)
• Frederic Rzewski (born 1938)
• Osmo Tapio Räihälä (born 1964)

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: , Sergej Vasilevič Rakhmaninov, 1 April 1873 (N.S.) or 20 March 1873 (O.S.) – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor, one of the last great champions of the Romantic style of European classical music. ... Alexander (Ali) Rahbari Official Web Site (Persian: علی رهبری) is a Persian (Iranian) composer and conductor born in 1948. ... Eliane Radigue (born 1932) is a French electronic music composer whose work, since the early 1970s, has been almost exclusivly created a single synthesizer, the ARP 2500 modular system and tape. ... Bernard Rands Bernard Rands (b. ... Ture Rangström (30 November 1884 – 11 May 1947) belonged to a new generation of Swedish composers who in the first decade of the 20th century introduced modernism to their compositions. ... Günter Raphael (1903–1960) was a German composer. ... Einojuhani Rautavaara (born October 9, 1928) is a Finnish composer of classical music, probably the best known Finnish composer of his generation. ... Maurice Ravel. ... Alan Rawsthorne (May 2, 1905 – July 24, 1971) was a British composer. ... John Rea (born 1944) is a Montréal based composer and head of the composition department at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University. ... Alfred Reed (January 25, 1921 – September 17, 2005) was one of Americas most prolific and frequently performed composers, with more than two hundred published works for concert band, wind ensemble, orchestra, chorus, and chamber ensemble to his name. ... H. Owen Reed (b. ... Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer. ... Aribert Reimann (born 4 March 1936) is an German opera composer and pianist. ... Elsa and Ottorino Respighi in the 1920s Ottorino Respighi (Bologna, July 9, 1879 - Rome, April 18, 1936) was an Italian composer, musicologist, pianist, violist and violinist. ... Silvestre Revueltas Silvestre Revueltas (December 31, 1899 - October 5, 1940) was a Mexican composer of classical music, violinist and conductor. ... Cemal ReÅŸit Rey (October 25, 1904, Jerusalem - October 7, 1985, Ä°stanbul) is a famous Turkish composer, pianist, script writer and conductor. ... American composer and teacher at the University of California at San Diego Roger Reynolds was born July 18, 1934 in Detroit, Michigan. ... Wallingford Riegger (29 April 1885 - 2 April 1961) was an American music composer, well known for orchestral. ... Wolfgang Rihm (b. ... Terry Riley – (Portrait by Betty Freeman) Terry Riley (born 24 June 1935) is an American composer associated with the minimalist school. ... Jeremy Dale Roberts (b. ... Manuel Rocha Iturbide (born 1963 in Mexico City) is a Mexican composer and sound artist. ... George Rochberg, (July 5, 1918, Paterson, New Jersey – May 29, 2005, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) was an American composer. ... Joaquín Rodrigo (22 November 1901 – 6 July 1999) was a Spanish composer, and virtuoso pianist, of classical music. ... Ernesto Rodrigues Ernesto Rodrigues (born in Lisbon, August 29, 1959) is a Portuguese composer, violinist, violist and electronic musician. ... Anoushiravan Rohani (1939- ) is an Iranian musician. ... Shardad Rohani is a Persian (Iranian) composer, violinist/pianist, and conductor. ... Amadeo Roldán (Jun 12, 1900 in Paris - Mar 7, 1939 in Havana) was a Cuban composer and violinist. ... Ned Rorem (born October 23, 1923) is a noted American composer and diarist. ... David Rosenboom (born September 9, 1947 in Fairfield, Iowa) is an American composer and pioneer in the use of neurofeedback. ... Nino Rota (December 3, 1911 – April 10, 1979) was an Italian composer best known for his work on film scores, notably The Godfather series and the films of Federico Fellini. ... Christopher Rouse (born 15 February 1949 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American composer. ... loud mouth said that sponge bob is propa fit but he cant bum him cos he is a spunge that is gay with ben rouse ben 4 josie ben 4 josie ben 4 josie http://www. ... Albert Roussel was a French composer. ... Miklós Rózsa (IPA: ) or Miklos Rozsa (April 18, 1907 - July 27, 1995) was a Hungarian-American composer, best known for his film scores // Miklós Rózsa was born in Budapest and exposed to classical and folk music through his mother, a classical pianist who had studied with... Edmund Rubbra (23 May 1901–14 February 1986) was a British composer. ... Poul Ruders (born March 27, 1949 in Ringsted) is a Danish composer. ... Dane Rudhyar (born Daniel Chennevière, March 23, 1895, in Paris - died September 13, 1985, in San Francisco) was a modernist composer and humanistic astrologer. ... Witold Rudzinski (1913-) is a world-renowned composer and author. ... American composer Charles Sprague Ruggles (March 11, 1876 - October 24, 1971), better known as Carl, wrote finely-crafted pieces using dissonant counterpoint, a term coined by Charles Seeger to describe Ruggles music. ... John Rutter (born September 24, 1945) is an English composer, choral conductor, editor, arranger and record producer. ... Frederic Anthony Rzewski (born April 13, 1938) is an American composer and virtuoso pianist. ... Osmo Tapio Räihälä (born January 15, 1964) is a Finnish composer of contemporary music. ...

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• Mart Saar (1882-1963)
• Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
• Tolibjon Sadikov (1907–1957)
• Eduardo Sainz de la Maza (1903-1982)
• Oskar Sala (1910–2002)
• Aulis Sallinen (born 1935)
• Vadim Salmanov (1912–1978)
• Erik Satie (1866–1925)
• Eric Sawyer (born 1962)
• Fazil Say (born 1970)
• Ahmet Adnan Saygun (1907–1991)
• Giacinto Scelsi (1905–1988)
• R Murray Schafer (born 1933)
• Fritz Schieri (born 1922)
• Franz Schmidt (1874–1939)
• Florent Schmitt (1870–1958)
• Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
• Franz Schreker (1878–1934)
• Hermann Schroeder (1904–1984)
• Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942)
• Gunther Schuller (born 1925)
• William Schuman (1910–1992)
• Wolfgang von Schweinitz (born 1953)
• Kurt Schwertsik (born 1935)
• Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947)
• Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)
• Peter Sculthorpe (born 1929)
• Ramon Sender (1934- )
• John Serry, Sr. (1915–2003)
• Roger Sessions (1896–1985)
• Harold Shapero (born 1929)
• Alex Shapiro (born 1962)
• Byambasuren Sharav (born 1952)
• Tolib Shakhidi (born 1946)
• Ralph Shapey (1921-2002)
• Gerald Shapiro (born 1942)
• Elliott Sharp (born 1951)
• Hsueh-Yung Shen (born 1952)
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
• Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
• Elie Siegmeister (1909–1991)
• Roberto Sierra (born 1953)
• Aleksandar Simić (born 1973)
• Marijn simons (born 1982)
• Robert Simpson (1921–1997)
• Ezra Sims (born 1928)
• Alvin Singleton (born 1940)
• Urmas Sisask (born 1960)
• Fredrik Sixten (born 1962)
• Nikos Skalkottas (1904–1949)
• Lucijan Škerjanc (1900-1973)
• Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995)
• Larry Alan Smith (born 1955)
• Reginald Smith Brindle (1917–2003)
• Juan Maria Solare (born 1966)
• Avo Sõmer (born 1934)
• Harry Somers (1925–1999)
• Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892–1988)
• Ann Southam (born 1937)
• Isabel Soveral (born 1961)
• Fela Sowande (1905–1987)
• Bernadette Speach (born 1948)
• Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)
• Michael Staley (Born 1951)
• Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)
• Robert Steadman (born 1965)
• Rudi Stephan (1887–1915)
• Edward Steuermann (1892–1964)
• Bernard Stevens (1916–1983)
• Halsey Stevens (1908-1989)
• William Grant Still (1895-1978)
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (born 1928)
• Carl Stone (born 1953)
• Alan Stout (19?- )
• Ignace Strasfogel (1909-1994)
• Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
• Steven Stucky (born 1949)
• Angelo Sturiale (born 1970)
• Paul Sturm (born 1956)
• Morton Subotnick (born 1933)
• Eugen Suchoň (1902-1993)
• Josef Suk (1874–1935)
• Lepo Sumera (1950-2000 )
• Howard Swanson (1907–1978)
• Giles Swayne (born 1946)
• Wladyslaw Szpilman (1911–2000)
• Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937)

Mart Saar (28 August 1882 - 28 October 1963) was an Estonian composer. ... Kaija Saariaho (born October 14, 1952) is a Finnish composer. ... Tolibjon Sadikov (March 14, 1907 - 1957) was among the founders of professional music in Uzbekistan, as well as the composer of musical dramas, quartets, operas, and romances. ... Oskar Sala Oskar Sala (June 18, 1910 - February 26, 2002) was a 20th century German electronic musician and composer. ... Aulis Sallinen (born April 9, 1935) is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer. ... The composer Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov (born in Leningrad on November 4, 1912, died in Leningrad on February 27, 1978) is perhaps best known for his . ... Selfportrait of Erik Satie. ... The music of Eric Sawyer (b. ... Fazil Say (born 1970) is a Turkish pianist and composer. ... Ahmet Adnan Saygun (born in Izmir on September 7, 1907 - Died in Istanbul on January 6, 1991) was a Turkish composer, musicologist and writer on music. ... It has been suggested that List of works by Giacinto Scelsi be merged into this article or section. ... Franz Schmidt (December 22, 1874 – February 11, 1939) was an Austrian composer, cellist and pianist. ... Florent Schmitt (September 28, 1870, Blamont, Meurthe et Moselle – August 17, 1958 Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French composer. ... Alfred Schnittke April 6, 1989, Moscow Alfred Garyevich Schnittke (Russian: Альфре́д Га́рриевич Шни́тке, November 24, 1934 Engels - August 3, 1998 Hamburg) was a Russian and Soviet composer. ... Schoenberg redirects here. ... Franz Schreker (March 23, 1878 – March 21, 1934) was an Austrian composer and conductor. ... Hermann Schroeder (born 26 March 1904 in Bernkastel, died 7 October 1984 in Bad Orb) was a German composer and a catholic church musician. ... Erwin Schulhoff (Prague, June 8, 1894; Wülzburg concentration camp, near Weißenburg, Bavaria, August 18, 1942) was a Czech composer and pianist of German-Jewish origin. ... Gunther Schuller Gunther Schuller (born November 22, 1925) studied at the St. ... William Howard Schuman (August 4, 1910–February 15, 1992) was an American composer and music administrator. ... Kurt Schwertsik (born June 25, 1935) is an Austrian contemporary composer. ... Salvatore Sciarrino, born April 4, 1947, in Palermo. ... Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин, Aleksandr Nikolajevič Skriabin; sometimes transliterated as Skryabin or Scriabine (6 January 1872 [O.S. 26 December 1871]—27 April 1915) was a Russian composer and pianist. ... Peter Horace Sculthorpe AO OBE (born April 29, 1943) is a noted British composer . ... Ramon Sender (born Oct 29, 1934 in Madrid, Spain) is a composer and the co-founder, with Morton Subotnick, of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in 1961. ... The requested page title was invalid, empty, an incorrectly linked inter-language or inter-wiki title, or contained illegal characters. ... Roger Huntington Sessions (28 December 1896 – 16 March 1985) was an American composer, critic and teacher of music. ... Harold Samuel Shapero (born 29 April 1920) is an American composer. ... Alex Shapiro (born January 11, 1962 in New York City) composes acoustic and electroacoustic chamber music favoring combinations of modal harmonies with chromatic ones, and often emphasizing strong pulse and rhythm. ... Tolib Shakhidi Tolib-khon Shakhidi (Толиб-хон Шахиди) is a Russian Composer who was born on 13 March 1946 in the city of Dushanbe, Tajikistan. ... Ralph Shapey Ralph Shapey (March 12, 1921 - June 13, 2002) was an American composer and conductor. ... Gerald Shapiro is an American writer who has published three prize-winning books. ... Elliott Sharp (born 1951) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer who has personified the avant-garde experimental music scene in New York City for over thirty years. ... Dmitri Shostakovich   (Russian: , Dmitrij Dmitrievič Å ostakovič) (September 25 [O.S. September 12] 1906–August 9, 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. ... Johan Julius Christian Jean / Janne Sibelius ( ; December 8, 1865 – September 20, 1957) was a Finnish composer of classical music and one of the most notable composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ... American composer, educator and author, Elie Siegmeister (1909-1991) had a varied musical output that was most often concerned with the development of an authentic American musical vocabulary. ... Roberto Sierra was born in Puerto Rico in 1953. ... www. ... Marijn Simons (25 December 1982) is a 21st century Dutch composer and musician. ... Robert (Wilfred Levick) Simpson (March 2, 1921 - December 21, 1997) was an English musicologist and composer best known for his symphonies and string quartets. ... Ezra Sims (born January 16, 1928 in Birmingham, Alabama) is one of the pioneers in the field of microtonal composition. ... Alvin Singleton (born 1940) is a composer from the United States. ... Urmas Sisask (born September 9, 1960) is an Estonian composer. ... Sven Fredrik Johannes Sixten (oct 21, 1962-) Swedish composer, cathedral organist and conductor. ... Categories: 1901 births | 1949 deaths | 20th century classical composers | Violinists | Greek musicians | Composers stubs ... Nicolas Slonimsky (April 27, 1894 - December 25, 1995) was a Russian-American composer, conductor, music critic, musician, and author. ... Reginald Smith Brindle (1917–2003) was a British composer and writer. ... Juan María Solare (born August 11, 1966) is a composer and pianist. ... Avo Sõmer (born 1934 in Pärnu Estonia) is an American musicologist music theorist, and composer, of Estonian birth. ... Harry Somers, CC (September 11, 1925-March 9, 1999) was the foremost English-Canadian composer of his period. ... Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (August 14, 1892 – October 15, 1988) was a British Parsi composer, music journalist and pianist. ... Ann Southam (born in Winnipeg on 4 February 1937) is a Canadian composer. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Fela Sowande (1905 - 1987) was a Nigerian musician and composer. ... Bernadette Speach (Born Jan 1, 1948 in Syracuse, New York) is an American avant-garde composer. ... American composer Laurie Spiegel was born in Chicago on September 20, 1945. ... Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (September 30, 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Irish composer. ... Robert Steadman (born April 1, 1965) is a British composer of classical music who mostly works in a post-minimalist style but also writes lighter music, including musicals, and compositions for educational purposes. ... Rudi Stephan, born Worms, 29 July 1887, killed in action at Ghodazkow-Wielki near Tarnopol on the Galician Front, 29 September 1915, was a German composer of great promise who shortly before World War I was considered one of the leading talents among his generation. ... Bernard (George) Stevens, born 2 March 1916 in London, died 6 January 1983 in Colchester, England was a significant British composer. ... Halsey Stevens (1908-1989). ... William Grant Still William Grant Still (May 11, 1895 - December 3, 1978) was an African-American classical composer who wrote more than 150 compositions. ... Karlheinz Stockhausen (born August 22, 1928) is a German composer, and one of the most important and controversial composers of the 20th century. ... Carl Stone (born Carl Joseph Stone, February 10, 1953) is an American composer, primarily working in the field of live electronic music. ... Alan Stout studied concurrently at Johns Hopkins University (BS 1954) and the Peabody Conservatory. ... This article is about the German composer of tone-poems and operas. ... Igor Stravinsky. ... Steven Stucky pronounced [stÊŒki] (rhymes with lucky) is a U.S. composer. ... Morton Subotnick (born April 13, 1933) is an American composer of electronic music, best known for his Silver Apples of the Moon, the first electronic work commissioned by a record company, Nonesuch, and composed on the Buchla modular synthesizer which he helped to design. ... Eugen Suchon, Portrait, 1941 Eugen Suchoň (September 25, 1908, Pezinok – August 5, 1993, Bratislava) was one of the greatest Slovak composers of the 20th century. ... Josef Suk (January 4, 1874 - May 29, 1935) was a Czech composer and violinist. ... Lepo Sumera (May 8, 1950 - June 2, 2000) was an Estonian and Soviet composer who studied with Veljo Tormis in his teens and, from 1968, with the renowned Professor Heino Eller at the Estonian Academy of Music (then Tallinn Conservatoire). ... Howard Swanson (1907–1978) was an American composer. ... Giles Swayne (born June 30, 1946) is an English composer. ... Władysław Szpilman Władysław Szpilman (December 5, 1911 – July 6, 2000) was a Polish pianist. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Karol Szymanowski Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Korwin-Szymanowski (October 6, 1882–March 28, 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. ...

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• Tigran Tahmizyan (born 1961)
• Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
• Toru Takemitsu (1930–1996)
• Louise Talma (1906–1996)
• Justinian Tamasuza (born 1951)
• Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986)
• John Tavener (born 1944)
• Deems Taylor (1885–1966)
• Robert Taylor (born 1931)
• Alexander Tcherepnin (1899–1977)
• Ivan Tcherepnin (born 1943)
• Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873–1945)
• Serge Tcherepnin (born 1941)
• Richard Teitelbaum (born 1939)
• James Tenney (1934–2006)
• Avet Terterian (1929–1994)
• Daniel Theaker (born 1967)
• Mikis Theodorakis (born 1925)
• Loris Tjeknavorian (born 1937)
• Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964)
• Randall Thompson (1899–1984)
• Virgil Thomson (1896–1989)
• Francis Thorne (born 1922)
• Frank Ticheli (born 1958)
• Luís Tinoco (born 1969)
• Michael Tippett (1905–1998)
• Loris Tjeknavorian (born 1937)
• Rudolf Tobias (1873–1918)
• Camillo Togni (1922–1993)
• Isao Tomita (born 1932)
• Javier Torres Maldonado (born 1968)
• Federico Moreno Torroba (1891–1982)
• Michael Torke (born 1961)
• Marcel Tournier (1879–1951)
• Joan Tower (born 1938)
• Max Trapp (1887-1971)
• David Del Tredici (born 1937)
• Stephen Truelove (born 1946)
• Hristo Spasov Tsanoff (born 1947)
• Eduard Tubin (1905–1982)
• David Tudor (1926–1996)
• Joaquin Turina (1882–1949)
• Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960)
• Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 1959)
• Geirr Tveitt (1908–1981)
• Toby Twining (born 1958)
• 'Blue' Gene Tyranny (born 1945)

Germaine Tailleferre (April 19, 1892 - November 7, 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the famous Group Les Six. ... Tōru Takemitsu (武満 徹 Takemitsu Tōru, October 8, 1930 - February 20, 1996) was a Japanese composer of music, who explored the compositional principles of Western classical music and his native Japanese tradition both in isolation and in combination. ... Louise Talma (Octoboer 31, 1906 in Arcachon, France - August 13, 1996] in Saratoga Springs, NY) was a composer. ... Alexandre Tansman (June 12, 1897, Łódź–November 15, 1986) was a prolific composer and virtuoso pianist. ... John Tavener should not be confused with the sixteenth-century composer John Taverner. ... Deems Taylor (born Joseph Taylor) (1885 - 1966) was a U.S. composer and music critic. ... Robert Taylor (born 1931) is an American composer. ... Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (January 20, 1899 – September 29, 1977) was a Russian composer, and pianist. ... Ivan Tcherepnin (born Feb 5, 1943 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France - died Apr 11, 1998 in Boston, MA) was a experimental, then later modernist/postmodernist, composer. ... Nikolai Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (15 May [O.S. 3 May] 1873 1873 - 27 June 1945) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. ... Serge (Alexandrovitch) Tcherepnin (born 2 February 1941 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris) is an American composer and electronic-instrument builder of Russian-Chinese origin. ... Richard Teitelbaum (May 19, 1939 in New York, NY) is a composer, keyboardist, and improvisor. ... James Tenney (August 10, 1934 in Silver City, NM) is an American composer and influential music theorist. ... Avet Terterian (also Alfred Roubenovich Terterian or Terteryan) (July 29, 1929 in Baku, Azerbaijan – December 11, 1994 in Yekaterinburg, Russia) was an Armenian composer. ... Daniel George Theaker (born March 30, 1967 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a neoclassical composer, conductor and woodwind instrumentalist. ... Mikis Theodorakis Mikis Theodorakis (Greek: Μίκης Θεοδωράκης) (b. ... Loris Tjeknavorian (also Cheknavarian) (born 1937) is a contemporary Iranian-Armenian composer. ... Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964) is a composer. ... Randall Thompson (April 21, 1899 - July 9, 1984) was an American composer. ... Virgil Thomson, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1947 Virgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 - September 30, 1989) was an American composer from Missouri, whose rural background gave a sense of place in his compositions. ... Frank Ticheli (born Jan 21, 1958 in Monroe, Louisiana) is an American composer of orchestral, choral, chamber, and concert band works. ... Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, O.M. (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1998) was one of the foremost English composers of the 20th century. ... Loris Tjeknavorian (also Cheknavarian) (born 1937) is a contemporary Iranian-Armenian composer. ... Rudolf Tobias (May 29, 1873 Käina–29 October 1918 Berlin) was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. ... Camillo Togni (Gussago, near Brescia 18 October1922 - Brescia, 28 November 1993) was an Italian composer, teacher, and pianist. ... Isao Tomita , born April 22, 1932), is a renowned Japanese electronic music composer. ... Javier Torres Maldonado (born 1968) Mexican composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, vocal and electro-acoustic works. ... Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) was a Spanish composer, born in Madrid. ... American composer Michael Torke (born September 21, 1961 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin), studied at the Eastman School of Music and at Yale University, and writes accessible music influenced by jazz and minimalism. ... Marcel Tournier (1879-1951) was a French harpist, composer, and pedagogue who composed important solo repertory for the harp that expanded the technical and harmonic possibilities of the instrument. ... Joan Tower (born September 6, 1938 in New Rochelle, New York) is a contemporary American composer. ... David Del Tredici, born March 16, 1937 in Cloverdale, California, is a contemporary composer. ... Stephen Nathan Truelove (born 26 September 1946 in Hobart, Oklahoma) is an American composer, teacher, and pianist. ... Eduard Tubin (June 18, 1905 - November 17, 1982) was an Estonian composer and conductor. ... David Eugene Tudor (January 20, 1926 - August 13, 1996) was a pianist and composer of experimental music. ... Joaquín Turina (December 9, 1882 - January 14, 1949) was a Spanish composer of classical music. ... Mark-Anthony Turnage (born June 10, 1960) is an English composer of classical music. ... Erkki-Sven Tüür (born October 16, 1959) is an Estonian composer. ... Geirr (Nils) Tveitt (October 19, 1908–February 1, 1981) was one of Norways most distinguished composers in the 20th century. ... Blue Gene Tyranny (born Robert Sheff in 1945 in San Antonio, Texas) is an avant-garde composer and pianist. ...

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)

Nobuo Uematsu , born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese composer of video game music, and one of the most well-known, prolific, and versatile in the field. ... Eckhard Rabindranath Unruh was a German-American composer, born in Calcutta, India on Nov. ... Vladimir Ussachevsky (Hailar, Manchuria, November 3, 1911 – New York, New York, January 2, 1990) was a composer particularly known for his work in electronic music. ...

V

• Moisei Vainberg (1919 - 1996)
• Patricia Van Ness (born 1951)
• Edgard Varèse (1883 - 1965)
• Peteris Vasks (born 1946)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• John Veale (1922-2006)
• Jasna Veličković
• Matthijs Vermeulen (1888 - 1967)
• Lois V. Vierk (born 1951)
• Louis Vierne (1873-1937)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959)
• Ezequiel Viñao (born 1960)
• Claude Vivier (1948-1983)
• Kevin Volans (born 1949)
• Jan Vriend (born 1938)
• Klaas de Vries (born 1944)

Moisei Vainberg (also and increasingly Mieczyslaw Samuilowicz Weinberg) (December 8, 1919 in Warsaw, Poland – February 26, 1996 in Moscow, Russia) was remarkably prolific Polish and Jewish composer who - after loosing his entire family to Nazis! - had spent most of his life in (during- and post-Soviet) Russia. ... Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (December 22, 1883 – November 6, 1965) was a French-born composer. ... Pēteris Vasks (born April 16, 1946) is a Latvian composer. ... A statue of Ralph Vaughan Williams in Dorking. ... John Douglas Louis Veale (1922 - 2006) was an English classical composer. ... Jasna Veličković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јасна Величковић) (Belgrade, 1974) is a composer and pianist. ... Matthijs Vermeulen (born Van der Meulen) (February 8, 1888 – July 26, 1967), was a Dutch composer and music journalist. ... Lois V. Vierk (born August 4, 1951, Hammond, Indiana) is a post-minimalist or totalist composer who lives in New York City. ... Louis Victor Jules Vierne, (October 8, 1870–June 2, 1937) was a French organist and composer. ... Heitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887 - November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, possibly the best-known classical composer born in South America. ... Ezequiel Viñao (born July 21, 1960) is an Argentine-American composer. ... Claude Vivier (b. ... Kevin Volans is a composer. ... Jan Vriend (born 1938 in Benningbroek) is a Dutch classical music composer, conductor and pianist. ... Klaas de Vries (Terneuzen, July 15, 1944) is a Dutch composer. ...

W

• Gregg Wager (born 1958)
• Henry Walford Davies (1869–1944)
• George Walker (1922- )
• William Walton (1902–1983)
• Robert Ward (born 1917)
• David Ward-Steinman (born 1936)
• Peter Warlock (1894–1930)
• Franz Waxman (1906–1967)
• Anton Webern (1883–1945)
• Paul Wehage (born 1963)
• Kurt Weill (1900–1950)
• Jaromír Weinberger (1896-1967)
• Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996)
• John Weinzweig (1913–2006)
• Judith Weir (born 1954)
• Egon Wellesz (1885–1974)
• Felix Werder (born 1922)
• Richard Wetz (1875-1935)
• Paul W. Whear (born 1925)
• Eric Whitacre (born 1970)
• Gillian Whitehead (born 1941)
• Healey Willan (1880–1968)
• Alberto Williams (1862–1952)
• Clifton Williams (1923–1976)
• John Williams (born 1932)
• Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003)
• Olly Woodrow Wilson (19?- )
• Dag Wirén (1905–1986)
• Daniel James Wolf (born 1961)
• Julia Wolfe (born 1958)
• Christian Wolff (born 1934)
• Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876–1948)
• Stefan Wolpe (1902–1972)
• Haydn Wood (1882–1959)
• Charles Wuorinen (born 1938)

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sir Henry Walford Davies (September 6, 1869 - March 11, 1941) was a British composer, who held the title Master of the Kings Music from 1934 until 1941. ... Several prominent individuals have been named George Walker: Colonel The Reverend George Walker (1645-1690) was an English commander in Ireland. ... Sir William Turner Walton, OM (March 29, 1902–March 8, 1983) was a British composer whose style was influenced by the works of Stravinsky, Sibelius and jazz. ... Robert Ward (born September 13, 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American composer. ... David Ward-Steinman (born November 6, 1936) is an American composer and music professor. ... Peter Warlock was a pseudonym of Philip Arnold Heseltine (October 30, 1894 - December 17, 1930), an Anglo-Welsh composer and music critic. ... Franz Waxman (December 24, 1906, Königshütte, Upper Silesia (now Chorzów, Poland) - February 24, 1967, Los Angeles, California), born Franz Wachsmann, was a German-born Jewish-American composer, known for his bravura Carmen Fantasy for violin and orchestra and for his musical scores for films. ... Anton Webern (December 3, 1883 – September 15, 1945) was an Austrian composer and conductor. ... Paul Wehage (born April 2, 1963 in Grand Forks, ND) is an American composer, conductor, saxophonist and musicologist. ... Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950), born in Dessau, Germany and died in New York City, was a German and in his later years, a German-American composer active from the 1920s until his death. ... Jaromír Weinberger (January 8, 1896, Prague - August 8, 1967, St. ... Mieczysław Weinberg (also Moisey Vainberg; Russian Моисей Самуилович Вайнберг; Polish Mieczysław Wajnberg) (December 8, 1919 in Warsaw, Poland – February 26, 1996 in Moscow, Russia) was a Polish and Soviet composer who lived in the Soviet Union and Russia since before the World War II (1939) and lost most of his family... John Weinzweig (born March 11, 1913) is a Canadian composer of classical music. ... Judith Weir (born 1954) is a British composer. ... Egon Wellesz, Composer Egon Joseph Wellesz (October 21, 1885 – November 9, 1974) Austrian composer, teacher and musicologist, pupil of Arnold Schoenberg and student of Byzantine music. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Richard Wetz (February 26, 1875 — 16 January 1935) was a German late Romantic composer best known for his three symphonies. ... Paul W. Whear (Auburn, Indiana, 13 November 1925) is an American composer, music educator, double-bassist, and conductor. ... Image:Ew-bw-lowres. ... Gillian Karawe Whitehead (born 1941) is a New Zealand composer. ... Healey Willan, CC (October 12, 1880 - February 16, 1968) was a Canadian organist and composer. ... James Clifton Williams Jr. ... This biographical article or section needs additional references for verification. ... Malcolm Benjamin Graham Christopher Williamson CBE, AO (November 21, 1931 – March 2, 2003) was an Australian composer. ... Dag Wirén (October 15, 1905 – April 19, 1986) was a Swedish composer. ... Daniel James Wolf (born September 13, 1961 in Upland, California) is an American composer of serious music and a music scholar. ... Julia Wolfe (born December 18, 1958) is an American composer. ... Christian Wolff (born March 8, 1934) is an American composer of experimental classical music. ... Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (January 12, 1876 - January 21, 1948) was an Italian composer. ... Stefan Wolpe (August 25, 1902 – April 4, 1972) was a German-born composer. ... Haydn Wood Haydn Wood (1882 - 1959) was a 20th century English composer and a respected violinist. ... Charles Wuorinen (born June 9, 1938 in New York City) is an American composer. ...

X

• Iannis Xenakis (1922 - 2001)

Iannis Xenakis Iannis Xenakis (Ιάννης Ξενάκης) (May 29, 1922 Brăila – February 4, 2001 Paris) was a Greek composer and architect who spent much of his life in Paris. ...

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)

Yitzhak Yedid (Hebrew: ) (born September 29, 1971, Jerusalem) is an Israeli composer and pianist. ... Jun Yamaguchi is a Japanese composer of contemporary music. ... Yanni (born Yiannis Chrysomallis, Greek: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης, on November 14, 1954) is a Greek keyboardist and composer. ... Chen Yi (陳儀 pinyin: Ch ; Wade-Giles: Chen I; 1883 - June 18, 1950) was the Chief Executive and Garrison Commander (警備總司令) of Taiwan Province after it was handed over to the Republic of China in 1945 from Japan. ... Takashi Yoshimatsu (born March 18, 1953) is a contemporary Japanese composer of classical music. ... La Monte Young (born October 14, 1935) is an American composer whose eccentric and often hard-to-find works have been included among the most important post World War II avant-garde or experimental music. ... Yun I-sang (1917 September 17 in Tongyeong, Korea - 1995 November 3 in Berlin, Germany) was a Korean composer who had most of his activity in Germany. ...

Z

• Frank Zappa (1940–1993)
• Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871–1942)
• 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)

Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. ... Alexander von Zemlinsky Alexander Zemlinsky or Alexander von Zemlinsky, (October 14, 1871 – March 15, 1942) was an Austrian composer of classical music, conductor, and teacher. ... Hans Zender (born 22 November 1936 in Wiesbaden) is a German conductor and composer. ... Zhou Long (surname Zhou, b. ... Bernd Alois Zimmermann (Bliesheim, March 20, 1918 - Grosskönigsdorf, August 10, 1970) is a German composer. ... Heinz Werner Zimmermann (born 11 August 1930 in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German composer. ... Udo Zimmermann was born in Dresden on October 6, 1943. ... Walter Zimmermann (b. ... Evan Ziporyn Evan Ziporyn is an American composer of post-minimalist music and music for Balinese gamelans. ... John Zorn (born September 2, 1953 in Queens, USA) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. ... Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born April 30, 1939) is an American post-modernist composer. ...

See also

• Acousmatic art
• Contemporary music
• List of 21st century classical composers

// The acousmatic is an art of sound [2]. Acousmatic music (or musique acousmatique) is music which is fixed definitively on a medium and the resulting works can only be heard through that medium. ... In the broadest sense, contemporary music is any music being written in the present day. ... Composers of 21st century classical music include: Abhay Rustum Sopori Marcello Abbado (born 1926) Keiko Abe (born 1937) Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930) Juan Manuel Abras (born 1975) José Antonio Abreu (born 1939) Anton García Abril (born 1933) Michael Adamis (born 1929) John Adams (born 1947) John Luther Adams...

External links

• The Living Composers Project
• Art of the States: Search by composer American composers