Classical Composers of Note
A
Aguirre, Sebastián de (late 1600's- 1700's)Albéniz, Isaac (1860-1909)Albinoni, Tomaso (1671-1751)Allegri, Gregorio (1582-1652)
B
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788)Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)Barber, Samuel (1910-1981)Bartók, Béla (1881-1945)Bazzini, Antonio (1818-1897)Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827)Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835)Benjamin, Arthur (1893-1960)Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869)Bizet, Georges (1838-1875)Bloch, Ernest (1880-1959)Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887)Boulanger, Lili (1893-1918)Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897)Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)Bruch, Max (1838-1920)Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896)Busoni, Ferruccio (1866-1924)Byrd, William (c.1540-1623)
C
Canteloube, Joseph (1879-1957)Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario (1895-1968)Chabrier, Emmanuel (1841-1894)Chausson, Ernest (1855-1899)Chopin, Frederic (1810-1849)Clementi, Muzio (1752-1832)Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas (1676-1749)Copland, Aaron (1900-1990)Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713)Couperin, François (1668-1733)Czerny, Carl (1791-1857)
D
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918)
Delibes, Léo (1836–1891)Delius, Frederick (1862-1934)des Prez, Josquin (c. 1450-1521) - or Josquin Desprez - or JosquinDinicu, Grigoras (1889-1949)Dohnányi, Ernst von (1877-1960) or Dohnányi, ErnoDonizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)Drigo, Riccardo (1846-1930)Duruflé, Maurice (1902-1986)Dvořák, Antonín (1841-1904)
E
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934)Enescu, George (1881-1955)
F
Falla, Manuel de (1876-1946)Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)Ferguson, Howard (1908-1999)Franck, César (1822-1890)Frescobaldi, Girolamo (1583-1643)
G
Gershwin, George (1898-1937)Giuliani, Mauro (1781-1829)Glazunov, Alexander (1865-1936)Glinka, Mikhail (1804-1857)Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)Gounod, Charles (1818-1893)Godowsky, Leopold (1870-1938)Granados, Enriqué (1867-1916)Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907)Gruenberg, Louis (1884-1964)
H
Handel, George Frederick (1685-1759)Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809)Hindemith, Paul (1895-1963)Holst, Gustav (1874-1934)Hovhaness, Alan (1911-2000)Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (1778-1837)
J
Janáček, Leoš (1854-1928)
K
Khachaturian, Aram (1903-1978)Korngold, Erich (1897-1957)Kreisler, Fritz (1875-1962)
L
Lalo, Edouard (1823-1892)Ligeti, György (1923-2006)Liszt, Franz (1811-1886)Llobet, Miguel (1878-1938)
M
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911)Malats, Joaquin (1872-1912)Massenet, Jules (1842-1912)Medtner, Nikolai (1880-1951)Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)Messiaen, Olivier 1908-1992)Milan, Luis de (c. 1500-1561)Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974)Monteverdi, Claudio (1567-1643)Moszkowski, Moritz (1854–1925)Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)Mudarra, Alonso de (c. 1510-1580)Mussorgsky, Modest (1839-1881)
N
Nielsen, Carl (1865-1931)
O
Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880)Orff, Carl (1895-1982)
P
Palestrina, Giovanni (c. 1525-1594)Pedrell, Carlos (1878-1941)Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710-1736)Ponce, Manuel (1882-1948)Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963)Prokofiev, Sergei (1891-1953)Puccini, Giacomo (1858-1924)Purcell, Henry (1659-1695)
R
Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1873-1943) - orRachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943) - (Note: he signed his name as Rachmaninoff)Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764)
Ramirez, Ariel (1921–2010)Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937)Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936)Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908)Rossini, Gioachino (1792-1868)Rózsa, Miklós (1907-1995)
S
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835-1921)Sanz, Gaspar (1640-1710)Sarasate, Pablo de (1844-1908)Satie, Erik (1866-1925)Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757)Schubert, Franz (1797-1828)Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)Schütz, Heinrich (1585-1672)Scott, Cyril (1879-1970)Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915)Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957)Sinding, Christian (1856-1941)Smetana, Bedřich (1824-1884)Sor, Fernando (1778-1839)Spohr, Louis (1784-1859)Strauss, Johann (1804-1849)Strauss II, Johann (1825-1899)Strauss, Josef (1827-1870)Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971)Suppe, Franz von (1819-1895)Szymanowski, Karol (1882-1937)
T
Tansman, Alexandre (1897-1986)Tárrega, Francisco (1852-1909)Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich (1840-1893) - orTchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767)Torroba, Federico Moreno (1891-1982)
V
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)Vieuxtemps, Henri (1820-1881)Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887-1959)Visee, Robert de (c. 1655-1733)Vitali, Tomaso (1663-1745)Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741)
W
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)Walton, William (1902-1983)Weber, Carl Maria von (1786-1826)Weiss, Silvius Leopold (1686-1750)Wieniawski, Henryk (1835-1880)
Extended Composer List
A
Abel (1723-1787)Adam de la Halle (1245-1300)Adam, A. (1803-1856)Adams (1947- )Agazzari (1578-1640)Agricola (1446-1506)Ahle (1625-1673)Albéniz (1860-1909)Alberti (1710-1740)Albinoni (1671-1751)Albrechtsberger (1736-1809)Alfvén (1872-1960)Alkan (1813-1888)Alwyn (1905-1985)Andriessen, H. (1892-1981)Andriessen, L. (1939- )Anerio (1560-1614)Anfossi (1727-1797)Animuccia (1500-1571)Antheil (1900-1959)Anthonello (1400)Arcadelt (1505-1568)Arensky (1861-1906)Argento (1927- )Ariosti (1666-1729)Arne (1710-1778)Arnold (1921- )Arriaga (1806-1826)Ashley (1930- )Aston (1485-c. 1558)Astorga (1680-c. 1757)Auber (1782-1871)Auric (1899-1983)Avison (1709-1770)
B Babbitt (1916- )Bacewicz (1909-1969)Bach, C. P. E. (1714-1788)Bach, J. Christian (1735-1782)Bach, J. Christoph (1642-1703)Bach, J. S. (1685-1750)Bach, W. F. (1710-1784)Badings (1907-1987)Balakirev (1837-1910)Balbastre (1727-1799)Balfe (1808-1870)Banchieri (1568-1634)Bantock (1868-1946)Barber (1910-1981)Bartók (1881-1945)Bassani (1657-1716)Bassano (1558-1617)Bax (1883-1953)Beach (1867-1944)Bedyngham ( -1460)Beethoven (1770-1827)Bellini (1801-1835)Benda, F. (1709-1786)Benda, G. (1722-1795)Benet (1420-50)Benevoli (1605-1672)Bennet (1575-1614)Bennett, R. R. (1936- )Bennett, W. S. (1816-1875)Berchem (1505-1565)Berg (1885-1935)Berio (1925- )Berkeley (1903-1989)Berlioz (1803-1869)Bernart de Vent (1135-1195)Bernstein (1918-1990)Bertoni (1725-1813)Berwald (1796-1868)Biber (1644-1704)Billings (1746-1800)Binchois (1400-1460)Birtwhistle (1934- )Bizet (1838-1875)Blacher (1903-1975)Blavet (1700-1768)Bliss (1891-1975)Blitzstein (1905-1964)Bloch (1880-1959)Blomdahl (1916-1968)Blow (1649-1708)Boccherini (1743-1805)Böhm (1661-1733)Boieldieu (1775-1834)Boismortier (1689-1755)Boito (1842-1918)Bolcom (1938- )Bononcini (1670-1747)Borodin (1833-1887)Bottesini (1821-1889)Boulanger (1893-1918)Boulez (1925- )Bourgeois (1510-1560)Boyce (1711-1779)Brade (1560-1630)Brahms (1833-1897)Brant (1913- )Brassart (1420-45)Brian (1876-1972)Bridge (1879-1941)Bristow (1825-1898)Britten (1913-1976)Brown (1926- )Browne (1490)Bruch (1838-1920)Bruck (1500-1554)Bruckner (1824-1896)Bruhns (1665-1697)Brumel (1460-1515)Bryars (1943- )Bull, J. (1562-1628)Bull, O. (1810-1880)Busnois (1430-1492)Busoni (1866-1924)Butterworth (1885-1916)Buus (1500-1565)Buxtehude (1637-1707)Byrd (1543-1623)
C Cabanilles (1644-1712)Cabezón (1510-1566)Caccini, F. (1587-1638)Caccini, G. (1545-1618)Cage (1912-1992)Caldara (1670-1736)Cambert (1627-1677)Cambini (1746-1825)Campion (1567-1620)Campra (1660-1744)Cannabich (1731-1798)Canteloube (1879-1957)Capirola (1474-1550)Cara (1470-1525)Cardoso (1566-1650)Carissimi (1605-1674)Caron (1475)Carpenter (1876-1951)Carpentras (1470-1548)Carter (1908- )Carulli (1770-1841)Carver (1490-1550)Cascia (1340-50)Casella (1883-1947)Castello (1620)Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)Catalani (1854-1893)Cavalieri (1550-1602)Cavalli (1602-1676)Cavazzoni (1490-1560)Cazzati (c. 1620-1677)Certon (d. 1572)Cesaris (fl. c. 1385-c. 1420)Cesti (1623-1669)Chabrier (1841-1894)Chadwick (1854-1931)Chambonnières (c. 1602-1672)Chaminade (1857-1944)Charpentier, G. (1860-1956)Charpentier, M.-A. (c. 1645-1704)Chausson (1855-1899)Chávez (1899-1978)Cherubini (1760-1842)Chopin (1810-1849)Ciconia (c. ?1335-1412)Cilea (1866-1950)Cimarosa (1749-1801)Clarke, J. (c. 1674-1707)Clarke, R. (1886-1979)Clemens (non Papa) (c. 1510-c. 1556)Clementi (1752-1832)Clérembault (1676-1749)Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)Colonna (1637-1695)Compère (c. 1445-1518)Copland (1900-1990)Coppini (c. 1465-1527)Coprario (c. 1575-1626)Cordier (fl. c. 1400)Corelli (1653-1713)Corigliano (1938- )Cornelius (1824-1874)Cornysh (d. 1523)Correa de Arauxo (c. 1576-1654)Corrette (1709-1795)Costeley (c. 1530-1606)Couperin, F. (1668-1733)Couperin, L. (c. 1626-1661)Cowell (1897-1965)Crawford (Seeger) (1901-1953)Crecquillon (c. 1490-1557)Creston (1906-1985)Crüger (1598-1662)Crumb (1929- )Crusell (1775-1838)Cui (1835-1918)Czerny (1791-1857)
D D'Anglebert (1635-1691)Dalayrac (1753-1809)Dall'Abaco (1675-1742)Dallapiccola (1904-1975)Dandrieu (c. 1682-1738)Danzi (1763-1826)Daquin (1694-1772)Dargomïzhsky (1813-1869)David, F. (1810-1876)David, J. N. (1895-1977)Davidovsky (1934- )Davies (1934- )Davy (c. 1465-c. 1507)De Silva (b. c. 1475)Debussy (1862-1918)Degli Antoni (1639-1720)Del Tredici (1937- )Delibes (1836-1891)Delius (1862-1934)Dello Joio (1913- )Dering (c. 1580-1630)Dessau (1894-1979)Diamond (1915-2005)Diepenbrock (1862-1921)Dietrich (c. 1493-1548)Dittersdorf (1739-1799)Dohnányi (1877-1960)Donati (c. 1575-1638)Donato (c. 1525-1603)Donizetti (1797-1848)Dowland (1562-1626)Druckman (1928-1996)Du Caurroy (1549-1609)Dufay (c. 1398-1474)Dukas (1865-1935)Du Mont (1610-1684)Dunstable (c. 1390-c. 1453)Duparc (1848-1933)Duphly (1715-1789)Dupré (1886-1971)Durante (1684-1755)Durey (1888-1979)Duruflé (1902-1986)Dussek (1760-1812)Dutilleux (1916- )Dvorák (1841-1904)
EEccard (1553-1611)Eimert (1897-1972)Einem (1918-1996)Eisler (1898-1962)Elgar (1857-1934)Encina (1468-c. 1530)Enescu (1881-1955)Erkel (1810-1893)Escobar (c. 1465-c. 1536)Eybler (1765-1846)Eyck (c. 1589-1657)
FFalla (1876-1946)Farina (c. 1600-c. 1640)Farnaby (c. 1565-1640)Farrenc (1804-1875)Fasch (1688-1758)Fauré (1845-1924)Fayrfax (1464-1521)Fedé (c. 1415-1477)Feldman (1926- )Ferrabosco (Elder) (1543-1588)Ferrabosco (Younger) (1578-1628)Ferrari (c. 1603-1681)Festa (c. 1490-1545)Févin (c. 1470-c. 1512)Fibich (1850-1900)Field (1782-1837)Finck (c. 1445-1527)Fine (1913-1962)Finzi (1901-1956)Fischer (c. 1662-1746)Flecha (1481-1553)Flotow (1812-1883)Floyd (1926- )Foerster (1859-1951)Fontaine (c. 1390-c. 1450)Fontana (d. c. 1630)Forest (d. 1446)Forqueray (c. 1672-1745)Fortner (1907-1987)Foss (1922- )Foster (1826-1864)Françaix (1912-1997)Francesco (1497-1543)Franck, C. (1822-1890)Franck, M. (c. 1579-1639)Franco (1532-1585)Frauenlob (c. 1255-1318)Frederick II (1712-1786)Frescobaldi (1583-1643)Froberger (1616-1667)Fry (1813-1864)Frye (fl. c. 1450-1475)Fux (1660-1741)
G Gabrieli, A. (c. 1520-1585)Gabrieli, D. (1651-1690)Gabrieli, G. (c. 1553-1612)Gade (1817-1890)Gaffurius (1451-1522)Gagliano (1582-1643)Galilei (c. 1528-1591)Galuppi (1706-1785)Garcia (1767-1830)Gasparini (1668-1727)Gastoldi (c. 1550-1609)Gaultier (1603-1672)Geminiani (1687-1762)Genet (see Carpentras)Gerhard (1896-1970)Gershwin (1898-1937)Gervaise (fl. 1540-60)Gesualdo (c. 1561-1613)Ghiselin (fl. c. 1500)Gibbons (1583-1625)Gilles (1668-1705)Ginastera (1916-1983)Giordani (c. 1733-1806)Giordano (1867-1948)Giuliani (1781-1829)Glass (1937- )Glazunov (1865-1936)Glière (1875-1956)Glinka (1804-1857)Gluck (1714-1787)Goehr (1932- )Goldmark (1830-1915)Goldschmidt (1903-1996)Golijov (1960- )Gombert (c. 1495-c. 1560)Gomes (1836-1896)Górecki (1933- )Gossec (1734-1829)Gottschalk (1829-1869)Goudimel (c. 1515-1572)Gould (1913-1996)Gounod (1818-1893)Grainger (1882-1961)Granados (1867-1916)Grandi (c. 1575-1630)Graun, C. (c. 1703-1759)Graun, J. (c. 1702-1771)Graupner (1683-1760)Graziani (c. 1604-1664)Greene (1696-1755)Grenon (c. 1380-1456)Grétry (1741-1813)Grieg (1843-1907)Griffes (1884-1920)Grofé (1892-1972)Gubaidulina (1931- )Guerrero (1528-1599)Guglielmi (1728-1804)Guillaume IX (1071-1127)
H Hába (1893-1973)Hahn (1874-1947)Halévy (1799-1862)Hammerschmidt (c. 1611-1675)Handel (1685-1759)Handl (1550-1591)Hanson (1896-1981)Harbison (1938- )Harris (1898-1979)Harrison (1917- )Hartmann (1905-1963)Harty (1879-1941)Hasse (1699-1783)Hassler (1564-1612)Hauer (1883-1959)Haydn, J. (1732-1809)Haydn, M. (1737-1806)Hayne van Ghiz. (c. 1445- c. 1485)Heinichen (1683-1729)Heinrich, A. P. (1781-1861)Heinrich von Meissen (see Frauenlob)Heise (1830-1879)Hellinck (c. 1496-1541)Henze (1926- )Herbert (1859-1924)Hérold (1791-1833)Herrmann (1911-1975)Hesdin (d. 1538)Hidalgo (c. 1614-1685)Hildegard (1098-1179)Hiller, J. (1728-1804)Hiller, L. (1924-1994)Hindemith (1895-1963)Hoffmann (1776-1822)Hofhaimer (1459-1537)Holmboe (1909-1996)Holst (1874-1934)Holzbauer (1711-1783)Honegger (1892-1955)Hothby (c. 1410-1487)Hovhaness (1911-2000)Howells (1892-1983)Humfrey (1647-1674)Hummel (1778-1837)Humperdinck (1854-1921)Husa (1921- )
IIbert (1890-1962)India (c. 1582-1629)Indy (1851-1931)Ingegneri (c. 1547-1592)Ippolitiv-Ivanov (1859-1935)Ireland (1879-1962)Isaac (c. 1450-1517)Ives (1874-1954)
J Jacopo da Bologna (fl. c. 1350)Jacquet de la Guerre (c. 1666-1729)Jacquet of Mantua (1483-1559)Janácek (1854-1928)Janequin (c. 1485-c. 1558)Jehannot (d. 1304)Jenkins (1592-1678)Johannes de Limburgia (fl. 1400-40)Jolivet (1905-1974)Jomelli (1714-1774)Jongen (1873-1953)Joplin (1868-1917)Josquin des Prez (c. 1440-1521)Judenkünig (c. 1450-1526)
K Kabalevsky (1904-1987)Kagel (1931- )Kalkbrenner (1785-1849)Kapsberger (c. 1580-1651)Karg-Elert (1877-1933)Keiser (1674-1739)Kerle (c. 1531-1591)Kerll (1627-1693)Kernis (1960- )Khachaturian (1903-1978)Kirchner (1919- )Kirnberger (1721-1783)Klein (1919-1945)Kodaly (1882-1967)Koechlin (1867-1950)Konrad von Würzburg (c. 1225-1287)Korngold (1897-1957)Kozeluch (1747-1818)Krebs (1713-1780)Kreisler (1875-1962)Krenek (1900-1991)Krieger, J. (1652-1735)Krieger, J. P. (1649-1725)Krommer (1759-1831)Kubik (1914-1984)Kuhlau (1786-1832)Kuhnau (1660-1722)Kurtág (1926- )
L La Rue (c. 1460-1518)Lalande (1657-1726)Lalo (1823-1892)Lambe (c. 1450-1499)Lambert (1905-1951)Landi (c. 1587-1639)Landini (c. 1325-1397)Lanier (c. 1588-1666)Lantins, A. (fl. 1420-30)Lantins, H. (fl. 1420-30)Larsson (1908-1986)Lassus (c. 1532-1594)Lauridsen (1943- )Lawes, H. (1596-1662)Lawes, W. (1602-1645)Layolle (1492-c. 1540)Le Jeune (c. 1528-1600)Le Sueur (1760-1837)Lechner (c. 1553-1606)Leclair (1697-1764)Legrant (fl. 1418-56)Legrenzi (1626-1690)Lehár (1870-1948)Lekeu (1870-1894)Leo (1694-1744)Leoncavallo (1858-1919)Léonin (fl. c. 1163-1201)Leopold I (1640-1705)Lhéritier (c. 1480-1553)Liadov (1855-1914)Liapunov (1859-1924)Ligeti (1923- )Linley (1756-1778)Liszt (1811-1886)Lloyd (1913- )Lobo, A. (c. 1555-1617)Lobo, D. (?1565-1646)Locatelli (1695-1764)Locke (c. 1622-1677)Loeffler (c. 1861-1935)Loewe (1796-1869)Lonati (c. 1645-c. 1712)Lorenzo da Firenze (d. c. 1372)Lortzing (1801-1851)Lotti (c. 1667-1740)Lübeck (1654-1740)Ludford (c. 1485-c. 1557)Luening (1900-1996)Lully (1632-1687)Lupi (c. 1506-1539)Lupi Second (fl. c. 1550)Luther (1483-1546)Lutoslawski (1913-1994)Lutyens (1906-1983)Luzzaschi (1545-1607)
M MacDowell (1861-1908)Machaut (c. 1300-1377)Macque (c. 1548-1614)Maderna (1920-1973)Mahler (1860-1911)Mainerio (c. 1535-1582)Malbecque (c. 1400-1465)Malipiero (1882-1973)Manchicourt (c. 1510-1564)Marais (1656-1728)Marazzoli (c. 1602-1662)Marcello, A. (1669-1747)Marcello, B. (1686-1739)Marenzio (c. 1553-1599)Marini (c. 1587-1663)Marschner (1795-1861)Martin (1890-1974)Martin y Soler (1754-1806)Martini, G. B. (1706-1784)Martini, J. (c. 1440-c. 1498)Martinu (1890-1959)Martucci (1856-1909)Mascagni (1863-1945)Mason (1792-1872)Massenet (1842-1912)Matteo (d. 1418)Mattheson (1681-1764)Mauduit (1557-1627)Mayone (c. 1565-1627)Mayr (1763-1845)Mazzocchi (1592-1665)Medtner (1880-1951)Méhul (1763-1817)Mendelssohn, Fanny (1805-1847)Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)Menotti (1911- )Mercadante (1795-1870)Merula (c. 1594-1665)Merulo (1533-1604)Messager (1853-1929)Messiaen (1908-1992)Meyerbeer (1791-1864)Miaskovsky (1881-1950)Milán (c. 1500-c. 1561)Milanuzzi (d. c. 1647)Milhaud (1892-1974)Moeran (1894-1950)Molter (1696-1765)Mompou (1893-1987)Mondonville (1711-1772)Moniuszko (1819-1872)Monk (1942- )Monn (1717-1750)Monsigny (1729-1817)Monte (1521-1603)Montéclair (1667-1737)Montemezzi (1875-1952)Monteverdi (1567-1643)Moore (1893-1969)Morales (c. 1500-1553)Morawetz (1917-2007)Morley (c. 1557-1602)Morricone (1928- )Morton (c. 1430-c. 1476)Moscheles (1794-1870)Moulu (c. 1485-1550)Mouton (c. 1459-1522)Mozart, L. (1719-1787)Mozart, (1756-1791)Mudarra (c. 1510-1580)Muffat, Georg (1653-1704)Muffat, Gottlieb (1690-1770)Mundy (c. 1529-1591)Musgrave (1928- )Mussorgsky (1839-1881)Myslivecek (1737-1781)
N Nancarrow (1912-1997)Nardini (1722-1793)Narváez (fl. 1530-50)Naumann (1741-1801)Neefe (1748-1798)Neidhart (c. 1180-c. 1240)Neusidler (c. 1508-1563)Niccolò da Perugia (fl. c. 1360-75)Nicolai (1810-1849)Nielsen (1865-1931)Nono (1924-1990)Nørgard (1932- )Notker (c. 840-912)Nyman (1944- )
O Obrecht (c. 1450-1505)Ockeghem (c. 1410-1497)Offenbach (1819-1880)Orff (1895-1982)Ortiz (c. 1510-1570)Orto (c. 1460-c. 1514)Oswald von Wolk. (c. 1377-1445)Othmayr (1515-1553)
PPachelbel (1653-1706)Pacini (1796-1867)Paderewski (1860-1941)Padilla (c. 1590-1664)Padovano (1527-c. 1575)Paganini (1782-1840)Paine (1839-1906)Paisiello (1740-1816)Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)Pallavicino (d. 1688)Panufnik (1914-1991)Paolo (d. 1419)Parker (1863-1919)Parry (1848-1918)Parsley (1511-1585)Parsons (c. 1530-1570)Pärt (1935- )Partch (1901-1974)Pasquini (1637-1710)Paumann (c. 1410-1473)Pearsall (1795-1856)Peñalosa (c. 1470-1528)Penderecki (1933- )Pepping (1901-1981)Pepusch (1667-1752)Pergolesi (1710-1736)Peri (1561-1633)Perle (1915- )Pérotin (fl. c. 1200)Persichetti (1915-1987)Perti (1661-1756)Petrassi (1904-2003)Petrus de Cruce (fl. c. 1290)Pettersson (1911-1980)Pezel (1639-1694)Pfitzner (1869-1949)Philidor (1726-1795)Philips (c. 1560-1628)Phinot (c. 1510-c. 1555)Piazzolla (1921-1992)Picchi (fl. 1600-25)Piccinni (1728-1800)Picker, Tobias (1954- )Pierné (1863-1937)Pierre de la Croix (see Petrus)Pijper (1894-1947)Pisano (1490-1548)Piston (1894-1976)Pitoni (1657-1743)Pizzetti (1880-1968)Pleyel (1757-1831)Plummer (c. 1410-c. 1484)Poglietti (d. 1683)Pollarolo (c. 1653-1723)Ponce (1882-1948)Ponchielli (1834-1886)Porpora (1686-1768)Porta (c. 1528-1601)Poulenc (1899-1963)Pousseur (1929- )Powell (1923- )Power (c. 1375-1445)Praetorius, H. (1560-1629)Praetorius, M. (1571-1621)Prioris (c. 1460-c. 1521)Prokofiev (1891-1953)Provenzale (c. 1626-1704)Puccini (1858-1924)Pullois (d. 1478)Purcell (c. 1659-1695)
Q Quagliati (c. 1555-1628)Quantz (1697-1773) R Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)Raff (1822-1882)Rameau (1683-1764) Rautavaara (1928- )Ravel (1875-1937)Ravenscroft (c. 1582-c. 1635)Read (1757-1836)Reger (1873-1916)Regis (c. 1430-c. 1485)Regnart (c. 1545-1599)Regnault (see Sandrin)Reich (1936- )Reicha (1770-1836)Reichardt (1752-1814)Reincken (1623-1722)Reinecke (1824-1910)Respighi (1879-1936)Revueltas (1899-1940)Rheinberger (1839-1901)Richafort (c. 1480-c. 1548)Riegger (1885-1961)Rigatti (1615-1649)Rihm (1952- )Riley (1935- )Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)Rinaldo (c. 1705-c. 1780)Riquier (c. 1230-c. 1300)Rochberg (1918- )Rode (1774-1830)Rodrigo (1901-1999)Roman (1694-1758)Romberg, A. (1767-1821)Romberg, S. (1887-1951)Rore (1516-1565)Rorem (1923- )Rosenmüller (c. 1619-1684)Rossi, L. (c. 1597-1653)Rossi, M. (c. 1601-1656)Rossi, S. (1570-c. 1630)Rossini (1792-1868)Rota (1911-1979)Rouse (1949- )Rousseau (1712-1778)Roussel (1869-1937)Rovetta (c. 1596-1668)Rózsa (1907-1995)Rubbra (1901-1986)Rubinstein (1829-1894)Ruffo (c. 1508-1587)Ruggles (1876-1971)Rutini (1723-1797)Rutter, John (1945- )Rzewski (1938- )
S Saariaho (1952- )Sacchini (1730-1786)Sachs (1494-1576)Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)Salieri (1750-1825)Sallinen (1935- )Sammartini, G. (1695-1750)Sammartini, G. B. (c. 1700-1775)Sances (c. 1600-1679)Sandrin (c. 1490-c. 1562)Saracini (1586-1649)Sarasate (1844-1908)Sarti (1729-1802)Sartorio (1630-1680)Satie (1866-1925)Sauguet (1901-1989)Scandello (1517-1580)Scarlatti, A. (1660-1725)Scarlatti, D. (1685-1757)Schafer (1933- )Scheidemann (c. 1595-1663)Scheidt (1587-1654)Schein (1586-1630)Schenk (1753-1836)Schickele (1935- )Schildt (c. 1592-1667)Schlick (c. 1460-c. 1521)Schmelzer (c. 1620-1680)Schmidt (1874-1939)Schmitt (1870-1958)Schnittke (1934-1998)Schobert (c. 1735-1767)Schoeck (1886-1957)Schoenberg (1874-1951)Schreker (1878-1934)Schubert (1797-1828)Schulhoff (1894-1942)Schuller (1925- )Schulz (1747-1800)Schuman (1910-1992)Schumann, C. (1819-1896)Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)Schütz (1585-1672)Scriabin (1872-1915)Searle (1915-1982)Seiber (1905-1960)Selle (1599-1663)Senfl (c. 1486-1543)Sermisy (c. 1490-1562)Serov (1820-1871)Sessions (1896-1985)Sgambati (1841-1914)Shchedrin (1932- )Sheppard (c. 1515-1559)Shostakovich (1906-1975)Sibelius (1865-1957)Silvestrov (1937- )Simpson, R. (1921-1997)Simpson, T. (1582-c. 1630)Skalkottas (1904-1949)Smetana (1824-1884)Smyth (1858-1944)Soler (1729-1783)Sondheim (1930- )Sor (1778-1839)Sorabji (1892-1988)Sousa (1854-1932)Spohr (1784-1859)Spontini (1774-1851)Staden, J. (1581-1634)Staden, S. (1607-1655)Stadlmayr (c. 1575-1648)Stamitz, C. (1745-1801)Stamitz, J. (1717-1757)Stanford (1852-1924)Steffani (1654-1728)Stenhammar (1871-1927)Still (1895-1978)Stockhausen (1928- )Stoltzer (c. 1485-1526)Stradella (1644-1682)Strauss, J. (Elder) (1804-1849)Strauss, J. (Younger) (1825-1899)Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)Stravinsky (1882-1971)Striggio (c. 1540-1592)Strozzi (1619-1663)Stucky (1949- )Subotnick (1933- )Suk (1874-1935)Sullivan (1842-1900)Suppé (1819-1895)Susato (c. 1500-c. 1562)Süssmayr (1766-1803)Sutherland (1897-1984)Svendsen (1840-1911)Sweelinck (1562-1621)Szymanowski (1882-1937)
T Tailleferre (1892-1983)Takemitsu (1930-1996)Tallis (c. 1505-1585)Tan (1957- )Taneyev (1856-1915)Tannhäuser (c. 1205-c. 1270)Tapissier (c. 1370-1410)Tárrega (1852-1909)Tartini (1692-1770)Tavener (1944- )Taverner (c. 1490-1545)Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)Tcherepnin (1899-1977)Telemann (1681-1767)Thalberg (1812-1871)Theile (1646-1724)Theodorakis (1925- )Thibaut IV (1201-1253)Thomas (1811-1896)Thompson (1899-1984)Thomson (1896-1989)Tinctoris (c. 1435-1511)Tippett (1905-1998)Titelouze (c. 1562-1633)Toch (1887-1964)Tomásek (1774-1850)Tomkins (1572-1656)Torelli (1658-1709)Tournemire (1870-1939)Tower (1938- )Trabaci (c. 1575-1647)Traetta (1727-1779)Tritonius (c. 1465-1525)Tromboncino (c. 1470-c. 1535)Tubin (1905-1982)Tunder (1614-1667)Turina (1882-1949)Turini (c. 1589-1656)Turnage (1960- )Tye (c. 1505-1572)
U Uccellini (c. 1603-1680)Ullmann (1898-1944)Ussachevsky (1911-1990) V Valderrábano (fl. c. 1550)Varèse (1883-1965)Vásquez (c. 1510-c. 1560)Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)Vecchi (1550-1605)Vento (c. 1544-1575)Veracini (1690-1768)Verbonnet (see Ghiselin)Verdelot (c. 1475-c. 1550)Verdi (1813-1901)Veress (1907-1992)Viadana (c. 1560-1627)Vicentino (1511-c. 1576)Victoria (c. 1548-1611)Vierne (1870-1937)Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)Vinci (c. 1690-1730)Viotti (1755-1824)Vitali, G. (1632-1692)Vitali, T. (1663-1745)Vitry (1291-1361)Vivaldi (1678-1741)Vogler (1749-1814)Vorísek (1791-1825)
W Wagenseil (1715-1777)Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)Waldteufel (1837-1915)Walter (1496-1570)Walther von der V. (c. 1170-c. 1230)Walther, J. G. (1684-1748)Walther, J. J. (c. 1650-1717)Walton (1902-1983)Ward (1917- )Warlock (1894-1930)Wassenaer (1692-1766)Waxman (1906-1967)Weber (1786-1826)Webern (1883-1945)Weckmann (c. 1619-1674)Weelkes (c. 1576-1623)Weerbeke (c. 1445-c. 1518)Weigl (1766-1846)Weill (1900-1950)Weinberger (1896-1967)Weisgall (1912-1997)Weiss (1686-1750)Wellesz (1885-1974)Wert (1535-1596)Wesley, C. (1707-1788)Wesley, S. (1766-1837)Wesley, S. S. (1810-1876)White (c. 1538-1574)Widor (1844-1937)Wieniawski (1835-1880)Wilbye (1574-1638)Wilkinson (c. 1450-c. 1515)Willaert (c. 1490-1562)Willan (1880-1968)Williams (1932- )Winter (1754-1825)Wolf (1860-1903)Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948)Wolff (1934- )Wolfram von E. (fl. c. 1170-c. 1220)Wolpe (1902-1972)Wuorinen (1938- )
X-Y-Z Xenakis (1922- )Young (1935- )Ysaÿe (1858-1931)Yun (1917-1995)Zachow (1663-1712)Zandonai (1883-1944)Zappa (1940-1993)Zemlinsky (1871-1942)Zarlino (1517-1590)Zelenka (1679-1745)Zelter (1758-1832)Ziani, M. (c. 1653-1715)Ziani, P. (1616-1684)Zimmermann, B. A. (1918-1970)Zimmermann, U. (1943- )Zipoli (1688-1726)Zumaya (c. 1678-1756)Zumsteeg (1760-1802)Zwilich (1939- )
B Babbitt (1916- )Bacewicz (1909-1969)Bach, C. P. E. (1714-1788)Bach, J. Christian (1735-1782)Bach, J. Christoph (1642-1703)Bach, J. S. (1685-1750)Bach, W. F. (1710-1784)Badings (1907-1987)Balakirev (1837-1910)Balbastre (1727-1799)Balfe (1808-1870)Banchieri (1568-1634)Bantock (1868-1946)Barber (1910-1981)Bartók (1881-1945)Bassani (1657-1716)Bassano (1558-1617)Bax (1883-1953)Beach (1867-1944)Bedyngham ( -1460)Beethoven (1770-1827)Bellini (1801-1835)Benda, F. (1709-1786)Benda, G. (1722-1795)Benet (1420-50)Benevoli (1605-1672)Bennet (1575-1614)Bennett, R. R. (1936- )Bennett, W. S. (1816-1875)Berchem (1505-1565)Berg (1885-1935)Berio (1925- )Berkeley (1903-1989)Berlioz (1803-1869)Bernart de Vent (1135-1195)Bernstein (1918-1990)Bertoni (1725-1813)Berwald (1796-1868)Biber (1644-1704)Billings (1746-1800)Binchois (1400-1460)Birtwhistle (1934- )Bizet (1838-1875)Blacher (1903-1975)Blavet (1700-1768)Bliss (1891-1975)Blitzstein (1905-1964)Bloch (1880-1959)Blomdahl (1916-1968)Blow (1649-1708)Boccherini (1743-1805)Böhm (1661-1733)Boieldieu (1775-1834)Boismortier (1689-1755)Boito (1842-1918)Bolcom (1938- )Bononcini (1670-1747)Borodin (1833-1887)Bottesini (1821-1889)Boulanger (1893-1918)Boulez (1925- )Bourgeois (1510-1560)Boyce (1711-1779)Brade (1560-1630)Brahms (1833-1897)Brant (1913- )Brassart (1420-45)Brian (1876-1972)Bridge (1879-1941)Bristow (1825-1898)Britten (1913-1976)Brown (1926- )Browne (1490)Bruch (1838-1920)Bruck (1500-1554)Bruckner (1824-1896)Bruhns (1665-1697)Brumel (1460-1515)Bryars (1943- )Bull, J. (1562-1628)Bull, O. (1810-1880)Busnois (1430-1492)Busoni (1866-1924)Butterworth (1885-1916)Buus (1500-1565)Buxtehude (1637-1707)Byrd (1543-1623)
C Cabanilles (1644-1712)Cabezón (1510-1566)Caccini, F. (1587-1638)Caccini, G. (1545-1618)Cage (1912-1992)Caldara (1670-1736)Cambert (1627-1677)Cambini (1746-1825)Campion (1567-1620)Campra (1660-1744)Cannabich (1731-1798)Canteloube (1879-1957)Capirola (1474-1550)Cara (1470-1525)Cardoso (1566-1650)Carissimi (1605-1674)Caron (1475)Carpenter (1876-1951)Carpentras (1470-1548)Carter (1908- )Carulli (1770-1841)Carver (1490-1550)Cascia (1340-50)Casella (1883-1947)Castello (1620)Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)Catalani (1854-1893)Cavalieri (1550-1602)Cavalli (1602-1676)Cavazzoni (1490-1560)Cazzati (c. 1620-1677)Certon (d. 1572)Cesaris (fl. c. 1385-c. 1420)Cesti (1623-1669)Chabrier (1841-1894)Chadwick (1854-1931)Chambonnières (c. 1602-1672)Chaminade (1857-1944)Charpentier, G. (1860-1956)Charpentier, M.-A. (c. 1645-1704)Chausson (1855-1899)Chávez (1899-1978)Cherubini (1760-1842)Chopin (1810-1849)Ciconia (c. ?1335-1412)Cilea (1866-1950)Cimarosa (1749-1801)Clarke, J. (c. 1674-1707)Clarke, R. (1886-1979)Clemens (non Papa) (c. 1510-c. 1556)Clementi (1752-1832)Clérembault (1676-1749)Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)Colonna (1637-1695)Compère (c. 1445-1518)Copland (1900-1990)Coppini (c. 1465-1527)Coprario (c. 1575-1626)Cordier (fl. c. 1400)Corelli (1653-1713)Corigliano (1938- )Cornelius (1824-1874)Cornysh (d. 1523)Correa de Arauxo (c. 1576-1654)Corrette (1709-1795)Costeley (c. 1530-1606)Couperin, F. (1668-1733)Couperin, L. (c. 1626-1661)Cowell (1897-1965)Crawford (Seeger) (1901-1953)Crecquillon (c. 1490-1557)Creston (1906-1985)Crüger (1598-1662)Crumb (1929- )Crusell (1775-1838)Cui (1835-1918)Czerny (1791-1857)
D D'Anglebert (1635-1691)Dalayrac (1753-1809)Dall'Abaco (1675-1742)Dallapiccola (1904-1975)Dandrieu (c. 1682-1738)Danzi (1763-1826)Daquin (1694-1772)Dargomïzhsky (1813-1869)David, F. (1810-1876)David, J. N. (1895-1977)Davidovsky (1934- )Davies (1934- )Davy (c. 1465-c. 1507)De Silva (b. c. 1475)Debussy (1862-1918)Degli Antoni (1639-1720)Del Tredici (1937- )Delibes (1836-1891)Delius (1862-1934)Dello Joio (1913- )Dering (c. 1580-1630)Dessau (1894-1979)Diamond (1915-2005)Diepenbrock (1862-1921)Dietrich (c. 1493-1548)Dittersdorf (1739-1799)Dohnányi (1877-1960)Donati (c. 1575-1638)Donato (c. 1525-1603)Donizetti (1797-1848)Dowland (1562-1626)Druckman (1928-1996)Du Caurroy (1549-1609)Dufay (c. 1398-1474)Dukas (1865-1935)Du Mont (1610-1684)Dunstable (c. 1390-c. 1453)Duparc (1848-1933)Duphly (1715-1789)Dupré (1886-1971)Durante (1684-1755)Durey (1888-1979)Duruflé (1902-1986)Dussek (1760-1812)Dutilleux (1916- )Dvorák (1841-1904)
EEccard (1553-1611)Eimert (1897-1972)Einem (1918-1996)Eisler (1898-1962)Elgar (1857-1934)Encina (1468-c. 1530)Enescu (1881-1955)Erkel (1810-1893)Escobar (c. 1465-c. 1536)Eybler (1765-1846)Eyck (c. 1589-1657)
FFalla (1876-1946)Farina (c. 1600-c. 1640)Farnaby (c. 1565-1640)Farrenc (1804-1875)Fasch (1688-1758)Fauré (1845-1924)Fayrfax (1464-1521)Fedé (c. 1415-1477)Feldman (1926- )Ferrabosco (Elder) (1543-1588)Ferrabosco (Younger) (1578-1628)Ferrari (c. 1603-1681)Festa (c. 1490-1545)Févin (c. 1470-c. 1512)Fibich (1850-1900)Field (1782-1837)Finck (c. 1445-1527)Fine (1913-1962)Finzi (1901-1956)Fischer (c. 1662-1746)Flecha (1481-1553)Flotow (1812-1883)Floyd (1926- )Foerster (1859-1951)Fontaine (c. 1390-c. 1450)Fontana (d. c. 1630)Forest (d. 1446)Forqueray (c. 1672-1745)Fortner (1907-1987)Foss (1922- )Foster (1826-1864)Françaix (1912-1997)Francesco (1497-1543)Franck, C. (1822-1890)Franck, M. (c. 1579-1639)Franco (1532-1585)Frauenlob (c. 1255-1318)Frederick II (1712-1786)Frescobaldi (1583-1643)Froberger (1616-1667)Fry (1813-1864)Frye (fl. c. 1450-1475)Fux (1660-1741)
G Gabrieli, A. (c. 1520-1585)Gabrieli, D. (1651-1690)Gabrieli, G. (c. 1553-1612)Gade (1817-1890)Gaffurius (1451-1522)Gagliano (1582-1643)Galilei (c. 1528-1591)Galuppi (1706-1785)Garcia (1767-1830)Gasparini (1668-1727)Gastoldi (c. 1550-1609)Gaultier (1603-1672)Geminiani (1687-1762)Genet (see Carpentras)Gerhard (1896-1970)Gershwin (1898-1937)Gervaise (fl. 1540-60)Gesualdo (c. 1561-1613)Ghiselin (fl. c. 1500)Gibbons (1583-1625)Gilles (1668-1705)Ginastera (1916-1983)Giordani (c. 1733-1806)Giordano (1867-1948)Giuliani (1781-1829)Glass (1937- )Glazunov (1865-1936)Glière (1875-1956)Glinka (1804-1857)Gluck (1714-1787)Goehr (1932- )Goldmark (1830-1915)Goldschmidt (1903-1996)Golijov (1960- )Gombert (c. 1495-c. 1560)Gomes (1836-1896)Górecki (1933- )Gossec (1734-1829)Gottschalk (1829-1869)Goudimel (c. 1515-1572)Gould (1913-1996)Gounod (1818-1893)Grainger (1882-1961)Granados (1867-1916)Grandi (c. 1575-1630)Graun, C. (c. 1703-1759)Graun, J. (c. 1702-1771)Graupner (1683-1760)Graziani (c. 1604-1664)Greene (1696-1755)Grenon (c. 1380-1456)Grétry (1741-1813)Grieg (1843-1907)Griffes (1884-1920)Grofé (1892-1972)Gubaidulina (1931- )Guerrero (1528-1599)Guglielmi (1728-1804)Guillaume IX (1071-1127)
H Hába (1893-1973)Hahn (1874-1947)Halévy (1799-1862)Hammerschmidt (c. 1611-1675)Handel (1685-1759)Handl (1550-1591)Hanson (1896-1981)Harbison (1938- )Harris (1898-1979)Harrison (1917- )Hartmann (1905-1963)Harty (1879-1941)Hasse (1699-1783)Hassler (1564-1612)Hauer (1883-1959)Haydn, J. (1732-1809)Haydn, M. (1737-1806)Hayne van Ghiz. (c. 1445- c. 1485)Heinichen (1683-1729)Heinrich, A. P. (1781-1861)Heinrich von Meissen (see Frauenlob)Heise (1830-1879)Hellinck (c. 1496-1541)Henze (1926- )Herbert (1859-1924)Hérold (1791-1833)Herrmann (1911-1975)Hesdin (d. 1538)Hidalgo (c. 1614-1685)Hildegard (1098-1179)Hiller, J. (1728-1804)Hiller, L. (1924-1994)Hindemith (1895-1963)Hoffmann (1776-1822)Hofhaimer (1459-1537)Holmboe (1909-1996)Holst (1874-1934)Holzbauer (1711-1783)Honegger (1892-1955)Hothby (c. 1410-1487)Hovhaness (1911-2000)Howells (1892-1983)Humfrey (1647-1674)Hummel (1778-1837)Humperdinck (1854-1921)Husa (1921- )
IIbert (1890-1962)India (c. 1582-1629)Indy (1851-1931)Ingegneri (c. 1547-1592)Ippolitiv-Ivanov (1859-1935)Ireland (1879-1962)Isaac (c. 1450-1517)Ives (1874-1954)
J Jacopo da Bologna (fl. c. 1350)Jacquet de la Guerre (c. 1666-1729)Jacquet of Mantua (1483-1559)Janácek (1854-1928)Janequin (c. 1485-c. 1558)Jehannot (d. 1304)Jenkins (1592-1678)Johannes de Limburgia (fl. 1400-40)Jolivet (1905-1974)Jomelli (1714-1774)Jongen (1873-1953)Joplin (1868-1917)Josquin des Prez (c. 1440-1521)Judenkünig (c. 1450-1526)
K Kabalevsky (1904-1987)Kagel (1931- )Kalkbrenner (1785-1849)Kapsberger (c. 1580-1651)Karg-Elert (1877-1933)Keiser (1674-1739)Kerle (c. 1531-1591)Kerll (1627-1693)Kernis (1960- )Khachaturian (1903-1978)Kirchner (1919- )Kirnberger (1721-1783)Klein (1919-1945)Kodaly (1882-1967)Koechlin (1867-1950)Konrad von Würzburg (c. 1225-1287)Korngold (1897-1957)Kozeluch (1747-1818)Krebs (1713-1780)Kreisler (1875-1962)Krenek (1900-1991)Krieger, J. (1652-1735)Krieger, J. P. (1649-1725)Krommer (1759-1831)Kubik (1914-1984)Kuhlau (1786-1832)Kuhnau (1660-1722)Kurtág (1926- )
L La Rue (c. 1460-1518)Lalande (1657-1726)Lalo (1823-1892)Lambe (c. 1450-1499)Lambert (1905-1951)Landi (c. 1587-1639)Landini (c. 1325-1397)Lanier (c. 1588-1666)Lantins, A. (fl. 1420-30)Lantins, H. (fl. 1420-30)Larsson (1908-1986)Lassus (c. 1532-1594)Lauridsen (1943- )Lawes, H. (1596-1662)Lawes, W. (1602-1645)Layolle (1492-c. 1540)Le Jeune (c. 1528-1600)Le Sueur (1760-1837)Lechner (c. 1553-1606)Leclair (1697-1764)Legrant (fl. 1418-56)Legrenzi (1626-1690)Lehár (1870-1948)Lekeu (1870-1894)Leo (1694-1744)Leoncavallo (1858-1919)Léonin (fl. c. 1163-1201)Leopold I (1640-1705)Lhéritier (c. 1480-1553)Liadov (1855-1914)Liapunov (1859-1924)Ligeti (1923- )Linley (1756-1778)Liszt (1811-1886)Lloyd (1913- )Lobo, A. (c. 1555-1617)Lobo, D. (?1565-1646)Locatelli (1695-1764)Locke (c. 1622-1677)Loeffler (c. 1861-1935)Loewe (1796-1869)Lonati (c. 1645-c. 1712)Lorenzo da Firenze (d. c. 1372)Lortzing (1801-1851)Lotti (c. 1667-1740)Lübeck (1654-1740)Ludford (c. 1485-c. 1557)Luening (1900-1996)Lully (1632-1687)Lupi (c. 1506-1539)Lupi Second (fl. c. 1550)Luther (1483-1546)Lutoslawski (1913-1994)Lutyens (1906-1983)Luzzaschi (1545-1607)
M MacDowell (1861-1908)Machaut (c. 1300-1377)Macque (c. 1548-1614)Maderna (1920-1973)Mahler (1860-1911)Mainerio (c. 1535-1582)Malbecque (c. 1400-1465)Malipiero (1882-1973)Manchicourt (c. 1510-1564)Marais (1656-1728)Marazzoli (c. 1602-1662)Marcello, A. (1669-1747)Marcello, B. (1686-1739)Marenzio (c. 1553-1599)Marini (c. 1587-1663)Marschner (1795-1861)Martin (1890-1974)Martin y Soler (1754-1806)Martini, G. B. (1706-1784)Martini, J. (c. 1440-c. 1498)Martinu (1890-1959)Martucci (1856-1909)Mascagni (1863-1945)Mason (1792-1872)Massenet (1842-1912)Matteo (d. 1418)Mattheson (1681-1764)Mauduit (1557-1627)Mayone (c. 1565-1627)Mayr (1763-1845)Mazzocchi (1592-1665)Medtner (1880-1951)Méhul (1763-1817)Mendelssohn, Fanny (1805-1847)Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847)Menotti (1911- )Mercadante (1795-1870)Merula (c. 1594-1665)Merulo (1533-1604)Messager (1853-1929)Messiaen (1908-1992)Meyerbeer (1791-1864)Miaskovsky (1881-1950)Milán (c. 1500-c. 1561)Milanuzzi (d. c. 1647)Milhaud (1892-1974)Moeran (1894-1950)Molter (1696-1765)Mompou (1893-1987)Mondonville (1711-1772)Moniuszko (1819-1872)Monk (1942- )Monn (1717-1750)Monsigny (1729-1817)Monte (1521-1603)Montéclair (1667-1737)Montemezzi (1875-1952)Monteverdi (1567-1643)Moore (1893-1969)Morales (c. 1500-1553)Morawetz (1917-2007)Morley (c. 1557-1602)Morricone (1928- )Morton (c. 1430-c. 1476)Moscheles (1794-1870)Moulu (c. 1485-1550)Mouton (c. 1459-1522)Mozart, L. (1719-1787)Mozart, (1756-1791)Mudarra (c. 1510-1580)Muffat, Georg (1653-1704)Muffat, Gottlieb (1690-1770)Mundy (c. 1529-1591)Musgrave (1928- )Mussorgsky (1839-1881)Myslivecek (1737-1781)
N Nancarrow (1912-1997)Nardini (1722-1793)Narváez (fl. 1530-50)Naumann (1741-1801)Neefe (1748-1798)Neidhart (c. 1180-c. 1240)Neusidler (c. 1508-1563)Niccolò da Perugia (fl. c. 1360-75)Nicolai (1810-1849)Nielsen (1865-1931)Nono (1924-1990)Nørgard (1932- )Notker (c. 840-912)Nyman (1944- )
O Obrecht (c. 1450-1505)Ockeghem (c. 1410-1497)Offenbach (1819-1880)Orff (1895-1982)Ortiz (c. 1510-1570)Orto (c. 1460-c. 1514)Oswald von Wolk. (c. 1377-1445)Othmayr (1515-1553)
PPachelbel (1653-1706)Pacini (1796-1867)Paderewski (1860-1941)Padilla (c. 1590-1664)Padovano (1527-c. 1575)Paganini (1782-1840)Paine (1839-1906)Paisiello (1740-1816)Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)Pallavicino (d. 1688)Panufnik (1914-1991)Paolo (d. 1419)Parker (1863-1919)Parry (1848-1918)Parsley (1511-1585)Parsons (c. 1530-1570)Pärt (1935- )Partch (1901-1974)Pasquini (1637-1710)Paumann (c. 1410-1473)Pearsall (1795-1856)Peñalosa (c. 1470-1528)Penderecki (1933- )Pepping (1901-1981)Pepusch (1667-1752)Pergolesi (1710-1736)Peri (1561-1633)Perle (1915- )Pérotin (fl. c. 1200)Persichetti (1915-1987)Perti (1661-1756)Petrassi (1904-2003)Petrus de Cruce (fl. c. 1290)Pettersson (1911-1980)Pezel (1639-1694)Pfitzner (1869-1949)Philidor (1726-1795)Philips (c. 1560-1628)Phinot (c. 1510-c. 1555)Piazzolla (1921-1992)Picchi (fl. 1600-25)Piccinni (1728-1800)Picker, Tobias (1954- )Pierné (1863-1937)Pierre de la Croix (see Petrus)Pijper (1894-1947)Pisano (1490-1548)Piston (1894-1976)Pitoni (1657-1743)Pizzetti (1880-1968)Pleyel (1757-1831)Plummer (c. 1410-c. 1484)Poglietti (d. 1683)Pollarolo (c. 1653-1723)Ponce (1882-1948)Ponchielli (1834-1886)Porpora (1686-1768)Porta (c. 1528-1601)Poulenc (1899-1963)Pousseur (1929- )Powell (1923- )Power (c. 1375-1445)Praetorius, H. (1560-1629)Praetorius, M. (1571-1621)Prioris (c. 1460-c. 1521)Prokofiev (1891-1953)Provenzale (c. 1626-1704)Puccini (1858-1924)Pullois (d. 1478)Purcell (c. 1659-1695)
Q Quagliati (c. 1555-1628)Quantz (1697-1773) R Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)Raff (1822-1882)Rameau (1683-1764) Rautavaara (1928- )Ravel (1875-1937)Ravenscroft (c. 1582-c. 1635)Read (1757-1836)Reger (1873-1916)Regis (c. 1430-c. 1485)Regnart (c. 1545-1599)Regnault (see Sandrin)Reich (1936- )Reicha (1770-1836)Reichardt (1752-1814)Reincken (1623-1722)Reinecke (1824-1910)Respighi (1879-1936)Revueltas (1899-1940)Rheinberger (1839-1901)Richafort (c. 1480-c. 1548)Riegger (1885-1961)Rigatti (1615-1649)Rihm (1952- )Riley (1935- )Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)Rinaldo (c. 1705-c. 1780)Riquier (c. 1230-c. 1300)Rochberg (1918- )Rode (1774-1830)Rodrigo (1901-1999)Roman (1694-1758)Romberg, A. (1767-1821)Romberg, S. (1887-1951)Rore (1516-1565)Rorem (1923- )Rosenmüller (c. 1619-1684)Rossi, L. (c. 1597-1653)Rossi, M. (c. 1601-1656)Rossi, S. (1570-c. 1630)Rossini (1792-1868)Rota (1911-1979)Rouse (1949- )Rousseau (1712-1778)Roussel (1869-1937)Rovetta (c. 1596-1668)Rózsa (1907-1995)Rubbra (1901-1986)Rubinstein (1829-1894)Ruffo (c. 1508-1587)Ruggles (1876-1971)Rutini (1723-1797)Rutter, John (1945- )Rzewski (1938- )
S Saariaho (1952- )Sacchini (1730-1786)Sachs (1494-1576)Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)Salieri (1750-1825)Sallinen (1935- )Sammartini, G. (1695-1750)Sammartini, G. B. (c. 1700-1775)Sances (c. 1600-1679)Sandrin (c. 1490-c. 1562)Saracini (1586-1649)Sarasate (1844-1908)Sarti (1729-1802)Sartorio (1630-1680)Satie (1866-1925)Sauguet (1901-1989)Scandello (1517-1580)Scarlatti, A. (1660-1725)Scarlatti, D. (1685-1757)Schafer (1933- )Scheidemann (c. 1595-1663)Scheidt (1587-1654)Schein (1586-1630)Schenk (1753-1836)Schickele (1935- )Schildt (c. 1592-1667)Schlick (c. 1460-c. 1521)Schmelzer (c. 1620-1680)Schmidt (1874-1939)Schmitt (1870-1958)Schnittke (1934-1998)Schobert (c. 1735-1767)Schoeck (1886-1957)Schoenberg (1874-1951)Schreker (1878-1934)Schubert (1797-1828)Schulhoff (1894-1942)Schuller (1925- )Schulz (1747-1800)Schuman (1910-1992)Schumann, C. (1819-1896)Schumann, Robert (1810-1856)Schütz (1585-1672)Scriabin (1872-1915)Searle (1915-1982)Seiber (1905-1960)Selle (1599-1663)Senfl (c. 1486-1543)Sermisy (c. 1490-1562)Serov (1820-1871)Sessions (1896-1985)Sgambati (1841-1914)Shchedrin (1932- )Sheppard (c. 1515-1559)Shostakovich (1906-1975)Sibelius (1865-1957)Silvestrov (1937- )Simpson, R. (1921-1997)Simpson, T. (1582-c. 1630)Skalkottas (1904-1949)Smetana (1824-1884)Smyth (1858-1944)Soler (1729-1783)Sondheim (1930- )Sor (1778-1839)Sorabji (1892-1988)Sousa (1854-1932)Spohr (1784-1859)Spontini (1774-1851)Staden, J. (1581-1634)Staden, S. (1607-1655)Stadlmayr (c. 1575-1648)Stamitz, C. (1745-1801)Stamitz, J. (1717-1757)Stanford (1852-1924)Steffani (1654-1728)Stenhammar (1871-1927)Still (1895-1978)Stockhausen (1928- )Stoltzer (c. 1485-1526)Stradella (1644-1682)Strauss, J. (Elder) (1804-1849)Strauss, J. (Younger) (1825-1899)Strauss, Richard (1864-1949)Stravinsky (1882-1971)Striggio (c. 1540-1592)Strozzi (1619-1663)Stucky (1949- )Subotnick (1933- )Suk (1874-1935)Sullivan (1842-1900)Suppé (1819-1895)Susato (c. 1500-c. 1562)Süssmayr (1766-1803)Sutherland (1897-1984)Svendsen (1840-1911)Sweelinck (1562-1621)Szymanowski (1882-1937)
T Tailleferre (1892-1983)Takemitsu (1930-1996)Tallis (c. 1505-1585)Tan (1957- )Taneyev (1856-1915)Tannhäuser (c. 1205-c. 1270)Tapissier (c. 1370-1410)Tárrega (1852-1909)Tartini (1692-1770)Tavener (1944- )Taverner (c. 1490-1545)Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)Tcherepnin (1899-1977)Telemann (1681-1767)Thalberg (1812-1871)Theile (1646-1724)Theodorakis (1925- )Thibaut IV (1201-1253)Thomas (1811-1896)Thompson (1899-1984)Thomson (1896-1989)Tinctoris (c. 1435-1511)Tippett (1905-1998)Titelouze (c. 1562-1633)Toch (1887-1964)Tomásek (1774-1850)Tomkins (1572-1656)Torelli (1658-1709)Tournemire (1870-1939)Tower (1938- )Trabaci (c. 1575-1647)Traetta (1727-1779)Tritonius (c. 1465-1525)Tromboncino (c. 1470-c. 1535)Tubin (1905-1982)Tunder (1614-1667)Turina (1882-1949)Turini (c. 1589-1656)Turnage (1960- )Tye (c. 1505-1572)
U Uccellini (c. 1603-1680)Ullmann (1898-1944)Ussachevsky (1911-1990) V Valderrábano (fl. c. 1550)Varèse (1883-1965)Vásquez (c. 1510-c. 1560)Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)Vecchi (1550-1605)Vento (c. 1544-1575)Veracini (1690-1768)Verbonnet (see Ghiselin)Verdelot (c. 1475-c. 1550)Verdi (1813-1901)Veress (1907-1992)Viadana (c. 1560-1627)Vicentino (1511-c. 1576)Victoria (c. 1548-1611)Vierne (1870-1937)Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)Vinci (c. 1690-1730)Viotti (1755-1824)Vitali, G. (1632-1692)Vitali, T. (1663-1745)Vitry (1291-1361)Vivaldi (1678-1741)Vogler (1749-1814)Vorísek (1791-1825)
W Wagenseil (1715-1777)Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)Waldteufel (1837-1915)Walter (1496-1570)Walther von der V. (c. 1170-c. 1230)Walther, J. G. (1684-1748)Walther, J. J. (c. 1650-1717)Walton (1902-1983)Ward (1917- )Warlock (1894-1930)Wassenaer (1692-1766)Waxman (1906-1967)Weber (1786-1826)Webern (1883-1945)Weckmann (c. 1619-1674)Weelkes (c. 1576-1623)Weerbeke (c. 1445-c. 1518)Weigl (1766-1846)Weill (1900-1950)Weinberger (1896-1967)Weisgall (1912-1997)Weiss (1686-1750)Wellesz (1885-1974)Wert (1535-1596)Wesley, C. (1707-1788)Wesley, S. (1766-1837)Wesley, S. S. (1810-1876)White (c. 1538-1574)Widor (1844-1937)Wieniawski (1835-1880)Wilbye (1574-1638)Wilkinson (c. 1450-c. 1515)Willaert (c. 1490-1562)Willan (1880-1968)Williams (1932- )Winter (1754-1825)Wolf (1860-1903)Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948)Wolff (1934- )Wolfram von E. (fl. c. 1170-c. 1220)Wolpe (1902-1972)Wuorinen (1938- )
X-Y-Z Xenakis (1922- )Young (1935- )Ysaÿe (1858-1931)Yun (1917-1995)Zachow (1663-1712)Zandonai (1883-1944)Zappa (1940-1993)Zemlinsky (1871-1942)Zarlino (1517-1590)Zelenka (1679-1745)Zelter (1758-1832)Ziani, M. (c. 1653-1715)Ziani, P. (1616-1684)Zimmermann, B. A. (1918-1970)Zimmermann, U. (1943- )Zipoli (1688-1726)Zumaya (c. 1678-1756)Zumsteeg (1760-1802)Zwilich (1939- )