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.