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Composers are generally people who write music. In certain musical genres, such as popular and folk music, the term "songwriter" means someone who authors both music and lyrics, but such a person may also be properly called a "composer." If a songwriter also performs, he or she is called a "singer/songwriter." // Music is an art form consisting of sound and silence expressed through time. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media. ... Folk music can have a number of different meanings, including: Traditional music: The original meaning of the term folk music was synonymous with the term Traditional music, also often including World Music and Roots music; the term Traditional music was given its more specific meaning to distinguish it from the... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ...

By name

• List of composers by name

This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically. ...

By genre

• List of Carnatic composers
• List of Hindustani/ North Indian music composers
• List of classical music composers
• List of major opera composers
• List of musical theatre composers
• List of ragtime composers
• List of soundtrack composers
• List of acousmatic composers

The Carnatic classical music tradition gained impetus in the 15th century through the works of Purandara Dasa, one of the foremost Haridasa Saints of the Vijayanagara Empire, and is also regarded as Karnataka Sangeetha Sampradaya Pitamaha (Patriarch of the Carnatic Music Tradition). ... Hindustani Classical Music is an Indian classical music tradition that took shape in northern India in the 13th and 14th centuries AD from existing religious, folk, and theatrical performance practices. ... This is an alphabetical list of classical music composers sorted by eras. ... This list provides a guide to the most important opera composers, as determined by their presence on a majority of compiled lists of significant opera composers. ... This is a list of notable composers of musicals. ... A list of ragtime composers, including a famous or characteristic composition. ... The following is a list of people who predominantly (or most famously) compose soundtrack music for film (i. ...

By era

• List of Medieval composers
• List of Renaissance composers
• List of Baroque composers
• List of Classical era composers
• List of Romantic composers
• List of modernist composers
• List of 20th century classical composers
• List of 21st century classical composers

// 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. ... Lists of composers by style, time period, or technique: Modernist composers // Russia/Soviet Union Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) Evgeni Kostitsyn (born 1963) Second Viennese school Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Anton Webern (1883-1945) Alban Berg (1885-1935) France... Composers of 20th century classical music include: 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... 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...

By nationality or ethnicity

• List of composers by nationality
• List of composers of African descent
• List of Asian composers
• List of African composers
• List of American composers
• List of Belgian classical composers
• List of British classical composers
• List of Canadian composers
• List of Czech composers
• List of Dutch classical composers
• List of classical composers in East Germany
• List of Filipino composers
• List of Finnish composers
• List of French composers
• List of German and Austrian composers
• List of Hungarian composers
• List of Icelandic composers
• List of Indian composers
• List of Indonesian composers
• List of Iranian composers
• List of Israeli classical composers
• List of Italian composers
• List of Korean classical composers
• List of Polish composers
• List of Portuguese composers
• List of Russian composers
• List of Slovenian composers
• List of South African composers
• List of Spanish composers
• List of Swedish composers

The following is a list of major composers by nationality: // Simon Gjoni (1926–1991), 20th century composer of orchestral and piano pieces Carlos Guastavino (1912–2000), composer of Romantic and folk influenced music Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978), 20th century composer famous for his ballet Gayane see the List of German... Composers of African descent, including African American composers, include: Michael Abels, USA (born 1962) Muhal Richard Abrams, USA (born 1930) Leslie Adams, USA (born 1932) Eleanor Alberga, Jamaica (born 1949) Thomas Jefferson Anderson (TJ), USA (born 1928) William Banfield, USA (born 1961) David Baker, USA (born 1931) Eubie Blake, USA... The following is a partial list of American composers. ... The following is a list of Belgian classical composers. ... The following is a list of people born in the British Isles or of British citizenship who have worked or currently work in the classical music tradition. ... List of Canadian composers, arranged in alphabetical order: Murray Adaskin (1906-2002) Lucio Agostini (1913-1996) Robert Aitken (born 1939) Louis Applebaum (1918-2000) Violet Archer (1913-2000) Paul Anka (born 1941) Michael Conway Baker (born 1937) Gerald Bales (1919-2002) Steve Barakatt (1973- ) John Beckwith (born 1927) Alexander Brott... Hanuš Bartoň (1960) František Benda (1709-1786) František Brixi (1732-1771) Šimon Brixi (1693 - 1735) Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský (1684-1742) Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Petr Eben (1929-) Zdeněk Fibich (1850-1900) Luboš Fišer (1935-1999) Julius Fučík (1872-1916) Alois Hába... The following is a list of Dutch classical composers. ... This list contains famous classical music composers who have lived in East Germany. ... Nilo Alcala Jonas Baes Ryan Cayabyab Robin Estrada Francisco Feliciano Christine Muyco Ramon Pagayon Santos Josefino Chino Toledo This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... This is a list of Finnish composers, organized by date of birth. ... // Guillaume de Machaut (1300–1377) Guillaume Dufay (?1397–1474) Loÿset Compère (c. ... Carl Georg Reutter (1708–1772), Baroque era court composer Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715–1777), Classical composer, harpsichordist, and organist Leopold Mozart (1719–1787), Classical era composer Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), Classical era composer, wrote 104 symphonies including the Farewell Symphony as well as string quartets and other chamber music Johann... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Atli Heimir Sveinsson (1938 - ) Kjartan Ólafsson Sigurður Nordal (1886—1974) Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847 - 1927) Tryggvi M. Baldvinsson (1965 - ) Category: ... List of Indian composers, arranged in alphabetical order: Abhay Rustum Sopori A. R. Rahman Bombay Ravi Bhajan Sopori - Pandit Bhajan Sopori Deva G.Devarajan V.S.Narasimhan Ilayaraaja Jerome Rodrigues Johnson (South Indian composer) Kartik Seshadri M.S Baburaj Rahul Dev Burman Ravi Shankar Raveendran Remo Fernandes Sachin Dev Burman... Famous Indonesian composers (Music of Indonesia): Javanese, Music of Java Pak Cokro Sapto Raharjo (b. ... Traditional Persian Mohammad Reza Lotfi Hossein Alizadeh Hossein Dehlavi Farhad Fakhroddini Fereydun Farzaneh Shahrokh Khajehnuri Ruhollah Khaleqi Sharif Lotfi Alireza Mashayekhi Muhammad-Taqi Masudiyeh Gholamreza Minbashiyan Hossein Nasehi Mostafa Kamal Pourtorab Hasan Riyahi Kiyavash Sahebnasaq Heshmat Sanjari Javad Maroufi Western Classical Lily Afshar Aminollah Hussein Lotfi Mansouri Alexander (Ali) Rahbari... List of Israeli classical composers Claude Abravanel (* 1924) Daniel Akiva (* 1953) Haim Alexander (* 1915) Chaya Arbel (* 1921) Menachem Avidom (1908 - 1995) Eitan Avitsur (* 1941) Tzvi Avni (* 1927) Ayal Adler (* 1968) Yedidiya Admon (1894 - 1982) Gil Aldema (* 1928) Neta Alony (* 1945) Yardena Alotin (1930 - 1994) Muni Amariglio (* 1932) Israel Amidan (1921... Ignazio Albertini (1644-1685) Tomaso Albinoni, (1671-1751) Franco Alfano Gregorio Allegri, (1582-1652) Composer of the famous Miserere, copied from memory on two hearings by the 14-year-old Mozart Pasquale Anfossi, (1727-1797) Giuseppe Apolloni Vincenzo Bellini, (1801-1835) Luciano Berio, (1925-2003) Danilo Bestagno synthesist and composer... The following is a list of Korean composers. ... Disclaimer: Names that cannot be confirmed in Wikipedia database nor through given sources are subject to removal. ... This article is a list of Portuguese composers. ... Russian composers. ... List of Slovenian composers , arranged in alphabetical order: France Ačko - Bojan Adamič - Emil Adamič - Karlo Adamič - Jakob Aljaž - Alojz Ajdič - Milan Apih - Blaž Arnič - Blaženka Arnič-Lemež - Andy Arnol - Hanzi Artač - Vasko Atanasovski - Vitja Avsec - Slavko Avsenik - Slavko Avsenik mlajši - Matija Babnik - Julije Bajamonti - Marko Bajuk - Emerik... // Dawid Engela (1931 - 1967), Modern Lieder and Choral composer Trevor Rabin (1954 - ), contemporary Movie Soundtrack composer Niel van der Watt (1962- ), Modern Choral and Classical music composer Categories: | ... Alonso Mudarra (c. ... Johan Agrell (1701-1765) full name: Johan Joachim Agrell Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) full name: Hugo Emil Alfvén Claude Loyola Allgén (1920-1990) né Klas-Thure Allgén Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974) full name: Kurt Magnus Atterberg Tor Aulin (1866-1914) Sven-Erik Bäck (1919-1994...

By instrument composed for

• List of composers for the classical guitar
• List of organ composers
• List of piano composers
• List of composers and their preferred lyricists
• List of string quartet composers
• List of multi-ethnic composers

The following is a list of composers who have composed original music for the classical guitar. ... The following is a list of notable organ composers, people who wrote for the organ and contributed significantly to the organ repertoire. ... Muzio Clementi Anton Diabelli Franz Joseph Haydn Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Ludwig Van Beethoven Johannes Brahms Frederic Chopin Edvard Grieg Cornelius Gurlitt Franz Liszt Anton Rubinstein Robert Schumann Claude Debussy Albert Ellmenreich Maurice Ravel Erik Satie Bela Bartok Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Rachmaninoff Alexander Scriabin Dmitri Shostakovich Philip Glass Ichiko Hashimoto ... Most (classical) composers had one or a few lyricists with whom they would work preferentially: Bach: Picander Mozart: Da Ponte, Schikaneder Sullivan: Gilbert Puccini: Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Satie: Contamine, Plato (when composing Socrate: Platon savère comme un collaborateur parfait, très doux, jamais importun - Plato shows... // Giovanni Battista Sammartini (ca. ...

Other classifications

• List of Anglican church composers - See also Religious music.
• List of female composers
• List of gay, lesbian or bisexual composers

Composers who have made significant contributions to the repertory of Anglican church music. ... Religious music (also sacred music) is music performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. ... The following is a list of female composers, ordered by birthyear. ...

See also

• List of musicians
• List of songwriters - See also Pop music and Rock music.
• Graphical timeline for classical composers