Lortzing, Gustav Albert, 1801-51, German opera composer. Lortzing's first opera was written in 1824. Among his best-known works are the comic operas Zar und Zimmerman [the Czar and the carpenter] (1837), about Peter the Great, and Der Wildschütz [the poacher] (1842). He also wrote a romantic opera, Undine (1845), as well as an oratorio, songs, and incidental music. His works are rarely heard outside Germany. Lortzing had 11 children and was in financial difficulty for much of his life.

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

A

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

B

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

C

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

D

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

E

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

F

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

G

• Andrea Gabrieli (c.1533-1585)
• Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1557-1612)
• Domenico Gabrielli (1651 or 1659–1690)

• Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817–1890)
• Bernhard Gál (born 1971)
• Blas Galindo (1910–1993)
• Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591)
• Michael Gandolfi (born 1956)
• Kyle Gann (born 1955)
• J. Ryan Garber (born 1973)
• Pauline Garcia-Viardot (1821-1910)
• Henry Balfour Gardiner (1877-1950)
• Carlo Giorgio Garofalo (1886-1962)
• Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729-1774)
• Crawford Gates (born 1921)
• Denis Gaultier (1603-1672)
• Tomasz Gaworek-Schodrok (born 1965)
• Noel Gay (1898-1954)
• Evren Genis (born 1978)
• Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970)
• George Gershwin (1898-1937)
• Don Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613)
• Frans Geysen (b. 1936)
• Michael Giacchino (b. 1967)

• Jean Gilbert (1879-1942)
• Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983)
• Umberto Giordano (1867–1948)
• Mauro Giuliani (1781-1828)
• Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
• Louis Glass (1864-1936)
• Philip Glass (born 1937)
• Alexandre Glazunov (1865-1936)
• Jackie Gleason (1916-1987)
• Reinhold Gliere (1874-1956)
• Mikhail Glinka (1804-1957)
• Andrew Glover (b. 1962)
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)

• Edna Gockel-Gussen (1878–1937)
• Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938)
• Alexander Godunov (1949-1995)
• Roger Goeb (1914–1997)
• Alexander Goehr (born 1932)
• Lucien Goethals (born 1931)
• Karel Goeyvaerts (1923–1993)

• Károly Goldmark (1830-1915)
• Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836-1896)
• Michael Gordon (born 1956)
• François Joseph Gossec (1734–1829)
• Glenn Gould (1932–1982)
• Morton Gould (1913–1996)
• Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
• Fernando Lopes Graça (1906-1994)

• Ron Grainer (1922–1981)
• Enrique Granados
• Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997)
• Adolph Green (1914-2002)
• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)
• Grimace (14th century)
• Eivind Groven (1901-1977)
• Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé (1892-1972)
• Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000)
• Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377)

H

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

I

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

J

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

K

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

L

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

M

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

N

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

O

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

P

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

Q

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

R

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

S

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

T

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

U

• Nobuo Uematsu
• Benjamin Carl Unseld

V

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

W

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

X

• Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)

Y

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

Z

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

See also

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