This is a list of lists of composers grouped by various criteria.

Name

List of composers by name This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically sorted by surname, then by other names. The list of composers is by no means complete. It is not limited by classifications such as genre or time period; however, it includes only music composers ...

Women

List of female composers by name This article provides a list of women composers, sorted alphabetically by surname. For a list of women composers sorted by year of birth, see List of women composers by birth date. __NOTOC__ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N ...

List of female composers by birth date Women composers of Western classical music are disproportionately absent from music textbooks and concert programs that constitute the Western canon, even though many women have composed music. The reasons for women's absence are various. The m ...

List of Australian female composers This is a list of Australian women composers of classical music, contemporary music and/or film soundtracks. A * Tina Arena (born 1967) B * Alison Bauld (born 1944) * Betty Beath (born 1932) * Una Mabel Bourne (1882–1974) * Anne Bo ...

Genre

Anime composer An anime composer is a composer who mainly composes music for anime productions. There have been many anime composers over the years, and while anime soundtracks are big business in Japan, there have been few notable, long-term composers of anime ...

List of Carnatic composers List of composers of Carnatic music, a subgenre of Indian classical music. Chronologically they can be grouped into 4 different Eras: Pre-Trinity Era, Trinity Era, Post Trinity Era and Modern Era. Composers are listed here based on this classif ...

List of film score composers The following is a list of notable people who compose or have composed soundtrack music for films (i.e. film scores), television, video games and radio. A * Michael Abels (born 1962)''Get Out'', '' Us, Bad Education'' * Rod Abernethy'' Sta ...

List of major opera composers This list provides a guide to opera composers, as determined by their presence on a majority of compiled lists of significant opera composers. (See the "Lists Consulted" section for full details.) The composers run from Jacopo Peri, who wrote the ...

* List of composers of musicals * List of musicals by composer: A to L, M to Z *

List of ragtime composers A list of ragtime composers, including a famous or characteristic composition. Pre-1940 *Felix Arndt (1889–1918), "Nola" (1916) *May Aufderheide (1888–1972), "Dusty Rag" (1908) * Roy Bargy (1894–1974), "Pianoflage" (1922) * Harry Belding (1 ...

List of sports television composers A number of composers have created music for sports television broadcasts. Notable credits Leo Arnaud *"Bugler's Dream" from Arnaud's Charge Suite - the fanfare most closely associated with the Olympic Games (not specifically composed for the ...

* List of symphony composers *

List of acousmatic-music composers A list of notable electroacoustic music and acousmatic composers: __notoc__ A B C-F G-H I-J K-L M N-Q R-S T-U V-Z {{columns-list, colwidth=18em, * Horacio Vaggione * Annette Vande Gorne *Edgar Varèse *Alejandro Vinao *Ez ...

* List of Spaghetti Western composers *

List of television theme music composers The following list contains composers of the primary theme music of a television series or miniseries. {{dynamic list of songs ''They are sorted alphabetically by composer.'' A - B * Amanda Abizaid - "A Place in Time" (Theme from ''The 4400'' ...

Era

List of classical music composers by era This is a list of classical music composers by era. With the exception of the overview, the Modernist era has been combined with the Postmodern. Overview Preset = TimeHorizontal_AutoPlaceBars_UnitYear ImageSize = width:1100 height:auto bari ...

List of Medieval composers Medieval music generally refers the music of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, from approximately the 6th to 15th centuries. The first and longest major era of Western classical music, medieval music includes composers of a variety of sty ...

* List of Renaissance composers *

List of Baroque composers Composers of the Baroque era, ordered by date of birth: Transition from Renaissance to Baroque (born 1500–49) Composers in the Renaissance/Baroque transitional era include the following (listed by their date of birth): * Philippe de Monte (15 ...

List of Classical-era composers This is a list of composers of the Classical music era, roughly from 1730 to 1820. Prominent classicist composers include Christoph Willibald Gluck, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Stamitz, Joseph Haydn, Johann Christian Bach, Antonio Salier ...

List of Romantic-era composers The Romantic era of Western Classical music spanned the 19th century to the early 20th century, encompassing a variety of musical styles and techniques. Part of the broader Romanticism movement of Europe, Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert ...

List of 20th-century classical composers This is a list of composers of 20th-century classical music 20th-century classical music describes art music that was written nominally from 1901 to 2000, inclusive. Musical style diverged during the 20th century as it never had previously. So ...

List of 21st-century classical composers This is a list of 21st-century classical composers, sortable by name, year of birth and year of death. The list includes composers who have made classical music since 2001. The 21st century is defined by the calendar rather than by any unifying ...

Nationality or ethnicity

Chronological lists of classical composers by nationality The following is a list of major composers by nationality: * Chronological list of American classical composers * Chronological list of Argentine classical composers * Chronological list of Armenian classical composers * Chronological list of Au ...

List of composers by nationality The following is a list of composers by nationality. Albania * Simon Gjoni (1926–1991), composer of orchestral and piano pieces * Tonin Harapi (1925–1991) * Agim Krajka (born 1937), composer of the National Song Festival * Aleksandër Pe ...

Instrument

List of composers for the classical guitar The following is a non-comprehensive list of composers who have composed original music for the classical guitar, or music which has been arranged for it. References External linksClassical Guitar Composers List(three lists, sorted alphabet ...

List of organ composers The following is a list of organ composers. It lists the more-important composers of music for the pipe organ. Argentina Modern * Alberto Ginastera Australia * Graeme Koehne * Christian Helleman * Ernest Truman Austria and Germany R ...

List of piano composers This is a list of piano composers. Baroque period * Domenico Alberti (1710–1740) * Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) * François Couperin (1668–1733) * Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772) * Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785) * Lodovico Gius ...

* List of composers and their preferred lyricists *

List of string quartet composers This is a list of string quartet composers, chronologically sorted by date of birth and then by surname. It includes only composers who have Wikipedia articles. This list is by no means complete. String quartets are written for four string instru ...

Classification

* Chronological lists of classical composers *

List of Anglican church composers Composers who have made significant contributions to the repertory of Anglican church music. A * Malcolm Archer * Thomas Armstrong * Thomas Attwood *Richard Ayleward B * Edgar Bainton *Edward Bairstow *John Barnard *Joseph Barnby * Adrian Batt ...

– See also

Religious music Religious music (also sacred music) is a type of music that is performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence. It may overlap with ritual music, which is music, sacred or not, performed or composed for or as ritual. Relig ...

* List of composers of African descent * List of composers of Caribbean descent *

List of modernist composers The following is a list of modernist composers. In music, modernism is an aesthetic stance underlying the period of change and development in musical language that occurred around the turn of the 20th century, a period of diverse reactions in c ...

List of Byzantine composers The Byzantine Empire lasted from AD 395 to 1453, during which Byzantine music, music was prominent throughout the empire. Both sacred and secular music were commonplace, with sacred music frequently used in church services and secular music in ma ...

List of composers in literature __NOTOC__ This list includes fictional representations of real (named) composers and musicians, and of fictional characters under other names that are generally agreed to be based on a specific composer, or sometimes a composite of several. Johann ...

External links

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International Music Score Library Project The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP), also known as the Petrucci Music Library after publisher Ottaviano Petrucci, is a subscription-based digital library of public-domain music scores. The project, which uses MediaWiki softwar ...

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