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composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

s grouped by various criteria.

Name

* List of composers by name

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. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P ...

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

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) * Ella Airlie (1882–1959) B * Alison Bauld (born 1944) * Betty Beath (born 1932) * Una Mabel Bourn ...

Genre

* Anime composer *

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 * List of major opera composers * 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 one or more famous or characteristic compositions. Pre-1940 *Felix Arndt (1889–1918),"Desecration Rag" (1914), "Nola" (1916), "Operatic Nightmare" (1916) *May Aufderheide (1888–1972), "Dusty Rag" (1908) ...

List of symphony composers A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...

* List of acousmatic-music composers * 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. ''They are sorted alphabetically by composer.'' A - B * Nathan Brannon - "TV Composer" ('' Alora & Skull Roses'') * Amanda Abizaid - "A Plac ...

Western classical period

* List of Medieval composers *

List of Renaissance composers Renaissance music flourished in Europe during the 15th and 16th centuries. The second major period of Western classical music, the lives of Renaissance composers are much better known than earlier composers, with even letters surviving between c ...

List of Baroque composers Composers of the Baroque era, ordered by date of birth: Transition from Renaissance to Baroque (born 1500–1549) Composers in the Renaissance/Baroque transitional era include the following (listed by their date of birth): * Philippe de Monte ( ...

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 Salieri, M ...

List of Romantic-era composers The Romantic music, 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, Gio ...

List of 20th-century classical composers This is a list of composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers ...

List of 21st-century classical composers A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...

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 Aus ...

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 (1937–2021), composer of the National Song Festival * Aleksand� ...

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. As well as citing the most regarded composers of music for the pipe organ, this list includes important anonymous and early music sources, as well as composers from under-researched regions and countries. ...

List of piano composers This is a list of piano composers. Renaissance and Baroque periods * Domenico Alberti (1710–1740) * Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) * William Byrd (c.1540-1623) * Louis Couperin (c.1626-1661) * François Couperin (1668–1733) * Louis-C ...

List of composers and their preferred lyricists Most (classical) composers had one or a few lyricists with whom they preferred to work: *Bach: Picander *Mozart: Da Ponte, Schikaneder * Sullivan: Gilbert *Giuseppe Verdi: Arrigo Boito in his later works *Isaac Albéniz: Francis Burdett Money-C ...

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 Chronological lists of classical composers list composers of classical music in chronological order, either organized by era or style, or by nationality. By era or style *List of classical music composers by era * List of medieval composers *List ...

List of Anglican church composers Composers who have made significant contributions to the repertory of Anglican church music. A *Malcolm Archer *Thomas Armstrong (conductor), Thomas Armstrong *Thomas Attwood (composer), Thomas Attwood *Richard Ayleward *Raffaella Aleotti B *E ...

– See also

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

* List of composers in the Mannheim school *

List of composers of African descent This is a list of composers of African ancestry. A * Michael Abels, US (born 1962) * Mohamed Abdelwahab Abdelfattah, Egypt (born 1962) * Muhal Richard Abrams, US (1930–2017) * Leslie Adams (composer), H. Leslie Adams, US (1932–2024) * Eleanor ...

* List of composers of Caribbean descent * List of modernist composers * List of Byzantine composers *

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

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 uses MediaWiki software, and ...

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