The following is a list of Dutch classical composers.

A

• Michel van der Aa
• Peter Adriaansz
• Henk Alkema
• Maarten Altena
• Jan van Amerongen
• Emmanuel Adriaenssen
• Caecilia Andriessen
• Gijs Andriessen
• Hendrik Andriessen
• Jurriaan Andriessen
• Louis Andriessen
• Willem Andriessen
• Dimitris Andrikopoulos
• Peter van Anrooy
• Caroline Ansink
• Jakob Arcadelt
• Arie den Arend
• Rob Ares
• Joseph Ascher

Emmanuel Adriaenssen (born between 1540/55 died 1604) was a Dutch lutenist and influential author of Pratum Musicum (Antwerp, 1584) (reprinted with alterations several times until 1600). ... Gijs Andriessen is a Dutch videographer and composer living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ... 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). ... Joseph Ascher, a composer of salon music, was born in Groningen, the Netherlands, on June 4 1829. ...

B

• Kees van Baaren
• Henk Badings
• Harry Bannink
• Johannes Gijsbertus Bastiaans
• Josquin Baston
• Jan van Beekum
• Daniël Belinfante (1893 — 1945)
• Benedictus à Sancto Josepho
• Wouter van den Berg
• Gilius van Bergeijk
• Bart Berman
• Bernard van Beurden
• Henk Bijvanck
• Quirinus van Blankenburg
• Gerard Boedijn
• Konrad Boehmer
• Meindert Boekel
• Jan Boerman
• Rob du Bois
• Willem Frederik Bon
• Cornelis de Bondt
• Jo van den Booren
• John Borstlap
• Henriëtte Hilda Bosmans
• Cornelis Alijander Brandts
• Willem Breuker
• Herman Broekhuizen
• Theo Bruins
• Ton Bruynèl
• Pieter Bustijn
• Ludwig Felix Brandts Buys
• Henri François Robert Brandts Buys
• Jan Brandts Buys

Kees van Baaren (born 22 October 1906 in Enschede; died 2 September 1970 Oegstgeest) was a Dutch composer and teacher. ... Henk Badings (January 17, 1907 - June 26, 1987) was a Dutch composer. ... Harry Bannink (July 10, 1929 - October 19, 1999) was a Dutch composer, arranger and pianist. ... Josquin Baston was a Dutch contrapuntist of the first half of the sixteenth century. ... Wouter Jan van den Berg was a Dutch piano educator and composer. ... Gilius van Bergeijk (born Den Haag, 7 November 1946) is a Dutch 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. ... Konrad Boehmer is a Dutch composer and writer of German birth (Berlin 1941). ... Willem Breuker (b. ... Theo Bruins (Arnhem, November 25, 1929 - Haarlem, January 8, 1993) was a Dutch pianist and composer. ... Jan Brandts Buys (1868–1933) was a Dutch musician and composer. ...

C

• Jozef Cleber
• Clemens non Papa
• Anna Cramer
• Frank Crijns

Jozef Cleber (June 2, 1916 - May 12, 1999), also known as Jos Cleber or Jozef van Cleber, is a Dutch composer and conductor. ... Jacques Cl ment or Jacob Clemens non Papa (c. ...

D

• Ghiselin Danckerts
• Lex van Delden
• Marc van Delft
• Evrim Demirel
• Patrick van Deurzen
• Alphons Diepenbrock
• Bernhard van Dieren
• Karel van Dijck
• Gijs van Dijk
• Jan van Dijk (composer) (* 1918)
• Rudi Martinus van Dijk
• Oscar van Dillen
• Jakob van Domselaer
• Cornelis Dopper
• Sem Dresden

Ghiselin Danckerts (c. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Alphonsus Johannes Maria Diepenbrock (September 2, 1862 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands - April 5, 1921) was a Dutch composer, essayist and classicist. ... Rudi Martinus van Dijk (27 March 1932, Culemborg - 29 November 2003) was a Dutch composer of classical orchestral, chamber and vocal music, often featuring violin or piano. ... Jakob van Domselaer (1890-1960), a Dutch composer, was born in the town of Nijkerk on April 15, 1890. ... Cornelis [Kees] Dopper (February 7, 1870–1939) was a Dutch composer, conductor and teacher. ...

E

• Gerrit Jan van Eijken
• Margriet Ehlen
• Will Eisma
• Huib Emmer
• Ivo van Emmerik
• Rudolf Escher
• Jacob van Eyck

Margriet Ehlen (Heerlen, 28 September 1943) is a Dutch poet and classical music composer, conductor and educator. ... Huib Emmer (b. ... Ivo van Emmerik (born Amsterdam, 1961) is a Dutch composer. ... Jonkheer Jacob van Eyck (ca. ...

F

• Willem de Fesch
• Amina Figarova
• Eduard Flipse
• Marius Flothuis
• Fré Focke
• Hendrik Focking
• Ron Ford
• Géza Frid

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Eduard Flipse (born 26 February 1896 in Wissenkerke, died 12 September 1973 in Breda) was a Dutch conductor and composer. ...

G

• Jaap Geraedts
• Sander Germanus
• Mathias van den Gheyn
• Jan van Gilse
• Sim Gokkes (1897-1943)
• Rob Goorhuis
• Christiaan Ernst Graf (1723-1804)
• Hugo de Groot

Mathias van den Gheyn (1721-1785) was a Dutch composer. ...

H

• Carel Hacquart
• Micha Hamel
• Anton Havelaar
• Rocco Havelaar
• Gerhardus Havingha
• Walter Hekster
• Pieter Hellendaal
• Oscar van Hemel
• Gerard Hengeveld
• Robert Heppener
• Jonny Heykens
• Klaas ten Holt
• Simeon ten Holt
• Anthon van der Horst
• Joachim van den Hove (ca. 1567 — 1620)
• Bernard Huijbers
• Wouter Hutschenruyter
• Constantijn Huygens

Pieter Hellendaal (1 April 1721 in Rotterdam – 19 April 1799 in Cambridge) was an organist and violinist, and one of the most famous composers of Dutch origin in the 1700s. ... Gerard Hengeveld (1910 - October 28, 2001) was a Dutch classical pianist, music composer and educationalist. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Simeon ten Holt (b. ... Cover of Delitiae Musicae Joachim van den Hove (Antwerp, 1567? - The Hague, 1620) was a Flemish/Dutch composer and a lutenist. ... Constantijn Huygens (September 4, 1596 - March 28, 1687) was a Dutch poet and composer, Secretary to two Princes, and the father of Christiaan Huygens. ...

I

• Jan Ingenhoven

J

• Guus Janssen
• Willem Jeths

K

• Dick Kattenburg (1919 — 1944)
• Bart de Kemp
• Otto Ketting
• Piet Ketting
• Geert van Keulen
• Tristan Keuris
• Jan Kleinbussink
• Gerard Kockelmans
• Jan Koetsier
• Servaas de Konink
• Hans Koolmees
• Rudolf Koumans
• Hans Kox
• Astrid Kruisselbrink
• Ton de Kruyf
• Hanna Kulenty
• Jos Kunst
• Andreas Kunstein
• Elisabeth Kuyper
• Yannis Kyriakides

Tristan Keuris (born Amersfoort, 3 October 1946 - died Amsterdam 15 December 1996) was a Dutch composer. ... Andreas Kunstein (born June 25, 1967) is a composer who was born in Brühl (Germany). ...

L

• Daniel de Lange
• Vanessa Lann
• Reinbert de Leeuw
• Ton de Leeuw
• Bertus van Lier
• Henk van Lijnschooten
• Rick van der Linden
• Theo Loevendie
• Arjen Anthony Lucassen
• Erik van der Luijt

This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Ton de Leeuw (born Rotterdam, 16 November 1926 - died Paris, 31 May 1996) was a Dutch composer. ... Rick van der Linden (Badhoevedorp, August 5, 1946 - Groningen, January 22, 2006) was a Dutch composer and keyboard player. ... Theo Loevendie (born 1930) is a Dutch composer of classical music. ... Arjen Anthony Lucassen Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born April 3, 1960) is a composer and musician from the Netherlands. ... // Erik van der Luijt Erik van der Luijt is a Dutch jazz pianist / keyboard player, arranger, composer, producer and band leader. ...

M

• Florian Magnus Maier
• Roderik de Man
• Daan Manneke
• Gerrit de Marez Oyens
• Tera de Marez Oyens
• Andreas Mehring
• Johan de Meij
• Chiel Meijering
• Karel Mengelberg
• Misha Mengelberg
• Rudolf Mengelberg
• Willem Mengelberg
• Hardy Mertens
• Leo Michielsen
• Philemon Mukarno

Johannes Abraham (Johan) de Meij (born November 23, 1953) is a Dutch conductor, trombonist, and composer. ... Chiel Meijering (b. ... Misha Mengelberg (born June 5, 1935) is a Dutch jazz pianist and composer. ... Willem Mengelberg (March 28, 1871 – March 22, 1951) was a Dutch conductor who was the principal conductor of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1895 to 1945. ...

N

• Mayke Nas
• Jan van Nerijnen
• Anthoni van Noordt
• Jacobus van Noordt
• Sybrandus van Noordt sr
• Sybrandus van Noordt jr

O

• Peter van Onna
• Antoine Oomen
• Christina Viola Oorebeek
• Cornélie van Oosterzee
• León Orthel
• Willem van Otterloo

Willem van Otterloo (December 27, 1907 – July 27, 1978) was a Dutch conductor and composer. ...

P

• Cornelis Thymanszoon Padbrué
• Martijn Padding
• Paul Panhuysen
• Felipe Pérez Santiago
• David Petersen
• Willem Pijper
• Luctor Ponse
• Jan van de Putte

Martijn Padding (born in Amsterdam on April 24, 1956) is a Dutch composer. ... Paul Panhuysen is a composer, visual artist, and the director of Het Apollohuis. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Biography Willem Pijper (1894–1947) is generally considered the most important figure in modern Dutch music. ...

Q

R

• Robin de Raaff
• Dick Raaijmakers
• Ernst Reijseger
• Nico Richter
• Julius Röntgen
• Jan Rokus van Roosendael
• Piet-Jan van Rossum
• Joey Roukens
• David Rowland
• Wim de Ruiter
• Christian Friedrich Ruppe
• Daniel Ruyneman

Ernst Reijseger (born 13 November 1954 in Bussum, Netherlands) is an improvising cellist who started playing at 8, went on to study classical music with Anner Bylsma before turning to jazz and other improvised music in the 1970s. ... Julius Röntgen (b. ... Joey Roukens (born Schiedam, 28 March 1982) is a Dutch composer. ...

S

• Leo Samama
• Arthur Sauer
• Dirk Schäfer
• Peter Schat
• Johan Schenck
• Leander Schlegel
• Kees Schoonenbeek
• Freek Schorer
• Cornelis Schuyt
• Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer
• Lars Skoglund
• Jochem Slothouwer
• Bernard Smilde
• Leo Smit
• Martin Spanjaard (1892 — 1942)
• Harry Sparnaay
• Jo Sporck
• Pieter van der Staak (* 1930)
• Piet Stalmeier
• Joop Stokkermans
• Joep Straesser
• Herman Strategier
• Carel Struycken
• Johannes Maria Suykerbuyk
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Peter Schat (June 5, 1935, in Utrecht - February 10, 2003, in Amsterdam) was a Dutch composer. ... Leo Smit (1900-1943) was a Dutch composer, killed during the Nazi Holocaust. ... Harry Sparnaay (b. ... Pieter van der Staak (May 25, 1930) is a Dutch classical guitar player and composer, mostly of music for guitar. ... Carel Struycken (born July 30, 1948 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands) is a character actor in film, television, and stage. ... Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–October 16, 1621) was a Dutch composer, organist, and pedagogue whose work straddled the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. ...

T

• Willem Tanke
• Paul Termos
• Louis Toebosch
• Edward Top
• Klaas Torstensson
• Gustavo Trujillo
• Calliope Tsoupaki
• Merlijn Twaalfhoven

U

• René Uijlenhoet

V

• Nicolaes Vallet (ca. 1583 — ca. 1645)
• Richard Veenstra (* 1981)
• Jacob ter Veldhuis
• Theo Verbey (* 1959)
• Johannes Verhulst
• Matthijs Vermeulen
• Jan Baptist Verrijt (ca. 1600 — 1650)
• J.J. Viotta
• Giel Vleggaar
• Jan van Vlijmen
• Alexander Voormolen (1895 — 1980)
• Lucas Vis
• Bart Visman
• Jan Vriend (*1938)
• Klaas de Vries (* 1944)
• Willem de Vries Robbé

Richard Veenstra (born in Veendam, June 29, 1981) is a Dutch contemporary composer, mainly focused on electronic dance-music. ... Matthijs Vermeulen (born Van der Meulen) (February 8, 1888 – July 26, 1967), was a Dutch composer and music journalist. ... 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

• Peter-Jan Wagemans
• Diderik Wagenaar
• Johan Wagenaar (1862 — 1941)
• Juan Felipe Waller
• Rosy Wertheim (1888 — 1949)
• Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692 — 1766)
• Paul Christiaan van Westering
• Adrian Willaert
• Barbara Woof
• Sinta Wullur

Diderik Wagenaar is a sandy-haired Dutchman from Utrecht who has lived and worked all his adult life in The Hague. ... Johan Wagenaar (1862 - 1941) was a Dutch composer and organist. ... Count Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (born November 2, 1692, Delden, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands – died November 9, 1766, The Hague) was the composer of the Concerti Armonici, which have been until recently falsely attributed to Giovanni Pergolesi. ... Adrian Willaert (c. ...

X

Y

Z

• Henri Zagwijn (1878 — 1954)
• Jian-Hua Zhuang (* 1959)
• Robert Zuidam
• Bernhard Zweers (1854 — 1924)

Jian-Hua Zhuang (born 1959) is a Chinese-born composer active in the Netherlands. ...

See also

• List of composers
• List of Belgian classical composers