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Complete List of Composers


The copyright in a musical work (including any lyrics) belongs to the songwriter or composer who wrote the work. This copyright is often assigned to, exclusively licensed or administered by a music publisher.

The life of copyright occasionally varies but in most cases it will expire seventy years (70 yrs) after the death of the composer or last surviving co-writer.

In the following list of composers, those in BLUE font are now OUT OF COPYRIGHT as the dates confirm, and those composers listed in WHITE are STILL IN COPYRIGHT

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ADAM, Adolphe (1803 – 1856)
ADDINSELL, Richard (1904 – 1977)
AGRICOLA, Alexander (?1446 – 1506)
AGUADO, Dionysio (1784 – 1849)
AGUILERA DE HEREDIA, Sebastián (c. 1565 – 1627)
ALAIN, Jehan (1911 – 1940)
ALAMIRE, Petrus (15 – 16th century)
ALBÉNIZ, Isaac (1860 – 1909)
ALBERTI, Innocenzio (c. 1535 – 1615)
D’ALBERT, Eugen (1864 – 1932)
ALBINONI, Tomaso Giovanni (1671 – 1751)
ALBRECHTSBERGER, Johann Georg
(1736 – 1809)
ALFONSO X “EL SABIO” (1221 – 1284)
ALFVÉN, Hugo (1872 – 1960)
ALKAN, Charles-Valentin (1813 – 1888)
ALLEGRI, Gregorio (1582 – 1652)
ALMEIDA, Laurindo (b. 1917)
AMMERBACH, Elias Nicolaus (1530 – 1597)
ANDERSON, Leroy (1908 – 1975)
ANTHEIL, George (1900 – 1959)
dall’AQUILA, Marco (c. 1480 – after 1538)
ARCADELT, Jacques (c. 1505 – 1568)
ARDITI, Luigi (1822 – 1903)
ARENSKY, Anton Stepanovich (1861 – 1906)
ARNOLD, Sir Malcolm (b. 1921)
ASENCIO, Vicente (1908 – 1979)
ATKINS, Sir Ivor (1869 – 1953)
ATTAIGNANT, Pierre, publ. (c. 1494 – 1551)
ATTERBERG, Kurt (1887 – 1974)
AUBER, Daniel-Francois (1782 – 1871)
AULIN, Tor (1866 – 1914)
AZZAIOLO, Filippo (fl. 1557 – 69)

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BACH, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714 – 1788)
BACH, Johann Christian (1735 – 1782)
BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685 – 1750)
BACH, Wilhelm Friedemann (1710 – 1784)
BACHELER, Daniel (c. 1574 – 1610)
BADARZEWSKA-BARANOWSKA, Tekla (1834 – 1861)
BADEN-POWELL, Roberto (b. 1937)
BAIRSTOW, Sir Edward (1874 – 1946)
BALADA, Leonardo (b. 1933)
BALAKIREV, Mily Alexeyevich (1837 – 1910)
BANCHIERI, Adriano (1568 – 1634)
BANTOCK, Granville (1868 – 1946)
BARBER, Samuel (1910 – 1981)
BARIOS, Agustín (1855 – 1944)
BARBIROLLI, John (1899 – 1970)
BARRIOS MANGORÉ, Agustín (1885 – 1944)
BARTÓK, Béla (1881 – 1945)
BASSANI, Giovanni Battista (c. 1657 – 1716)
BATH, Hubert (1883 – 1945)
BAX, Arnold (1883 – 1953)
BEAVER, Jack (1900 – 1963)
BECK, Franz Ignaz (1734 – 1809)
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770 – 1827)
BELCKE, Friedrich August (1795 – 1874)
BELLINI, Vincenzo (1801 – 1835)
BENDA, Jiri Antonín (1722 – 1795)
BENEVOLO, Orazio (1605 – 1672)
BENJAMIN, Arthur (1893 – 1960)
BENNET, John (fl. 1599 – 1614)
BENNETT, Sir Richard Rodney (b. 1936)
BENNETT, Robert Russell (1894 – 1981)
BERG, Alban (1885 – 1935)
BERKELEY, Lennox (1903 – 1990)
BERLIOZ, Hector (1803 – 1869)
BERTRAND, Antoine de (fl. 1561 – 1582)
BERWALD, Franz (1796 – 1868)
BINGE, Ronald (1910 – 1979)
BIZET, Georges (1838 – 1875)
BLISS, Sir Arthur (1891 – 1975)
BLITHEMAN, William (c. 1525 – 1591)
BLOCH, Ernest (1880 – 1959)
BLOMDAHL, Karl-Birger (1916 – 1968)
BLOW, John (1649 – 1708)
BOCCHERINI, Luigi (1743 – 1805)
BOËLLMANN, Léon (1862 – 1897)
BÖHM, Georg (1661 – 1733)
BOISMORTIER, Joseph Bodin de (1689 – 1755)
BONFÁ, Luis (b. 1922)
BONNET, Joseph (1884 – 1944)
BORODIN, Alexander Porfir’yevich (1833 – 1887)
BORRONO, Pietro Paulo (fl. 1531 – 1549)
BOSSI, Marco Enrico (1861 – 1925)
BOSSINENSIS, Franciscus (fl. 1510)
BOTTESINI, Giovanni (1821 – 1889)
BOUDOUNIS, Vangelis (b. 1950)
BOULEZ, Pierre (b. 1925)
BOYCE, William (1711 – 1779)
BRAHMS, Johannes (1833 – 1897)
BRICCIALDI, Giulio (1818 – 1881)
BRIDGE, Frank (1879 – 1941)
BRITO, Estêvao de (1575 – 1641)
BRITTEN, Benjamin (1913 – 1976)
BROUWER, Leo (b. 1939)
BRUCH, Max (1838 – 1920)
BRUCKNER, Anton (1824 – 1896)
BRUNA, Pablo (1611 – 1679)
BULL, John (c. 1563 – 1628)
BULL, Ole (1810 – 1880)
BUSH, Geoffrey (1920 – 1998)
BUSONI, Ferruccio (1866 – 1924)
BUXTEHUDE, Dietrich (c. 1637 – 1707)
BYRD, William (1543 – 1623)

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CABANILLES, Juan Bautista (1644 – 1712)
CABEZON, Antonio de (1510 – 1566)
CAGE, John (1912 – 1992)
CALDARA, Antonio (1670 – 1736)
CALL, Leonhard von (1767 – 1815)
CAMBINI, Giuseppe Maria (c. 1746 – 1825)
CAMPION, Thomas (1567 – 1620)
CANNABICH, Christian (1731 – 1798)
CANTELOUBE, Joseph (1879 – 1957)
CAPELLI, Giovanni Maria (1648 – 1726)
CAPIROLA, Vincenzo (1474 – c. 1548)
CAPRIOLI, Antonio (c. 1500)
CAPUA, Eduardo di (1864 – 1917)
CARA, Marchetto (c. 1470 – 1525)
CARDOSO, Jorge (b. 1949)
CARDOSO, Manuel (1566 – 1650)
CARISSIMI, Giacomo (1605 – 1674)
CARLTON, Richard (c. 1558 – 1638)
CARREIRA, António (1525 – 1588)
CARULLI, Ferdinando (1770 – 1841)
CARVALHO, Joao de Sousa (1742 – 1798)
CASELLA, Alfredo (1883 – 1947)
CASSADÓ, Gaspar (1897 – 1966)
CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO, Mario
(1895 – 1968)
CATALANI, Alfredo (1854 – 1893)
CAVALIERI, Emilio de’ (c. 1550 – 1602)
CESTI, Antonio (1623 – 1669)
CHABRIER, Emmanuel (1841 – 1894)
CHAMINADE, Cécile (1857 – 1944)
CHARPENTIER, Gustave (1860 – 1956)
CHARPENTIER, Marc-Antoine (1643 – 1704)
CHAUSSON, Ernest (1855 – 1899)
CHÁVEZ, Carlos (1899 – 1978)
CHAVIANO, Flores (b. 1948)
CHEN, Gang (b. 1935)
CHERUBINI, Luigi (1760 – 1842)
CHOPIN, Fryderyk (1810 – 1849)
CIMAROSA, Domenico (1749 – 1801)
CLARKE, Jeremiah (c. 1674 – 1707)
CLAVIJO DEL CASTILLO, Bernardo (c. 1549 – 1626)
CLEMENS, Jacob (c. 1515 – c. 1556)
CLEMENTI, Muzio (1752 – 1832)
CLÉRAMBAULT, Louis-Nicolas (1676 – 1749)
CLERCH, Joaquin (b. 1965)
COATES, Eric (1886 – 1957)
COCKER, Norman (1889 – 1953)
COELHO, Manuel Rodrigues (1563 – 1623)
COLLINS, Anthony (1893 – 1963)
COMPÈRE, Loyset (c. 1445 – 1518)
COPLAND, Aaron (1900 – 1990)
CORBETTA, Francesco (c. 1615 – 1681)
CORDELL, Frank (1918 – 1980)
COREA, Chick (b. 1941)
CORELLI, Arcangelo (1653 – 1713)
CORGHI, Azio (b. 1937)
CORNYSH, William (1468 – 1523)
CORRETTE, Gaspard (d before 1733)
CORRI DUSSEK, Sophia (1775– 1847)
COSTE, Napoléon (1806 – 1883)
COSTELY, Guillaume (c. 1530 – 1606)
COUPERIN, François (1668 – 1733)
COUPERIN, Louis (c. 1626 – 1661)
CREMA, Giovanni Maria de (fl. 1540 – 1550)
CRESTON, Paul (1906 – 1985)
CROFT, William (1678 – 1727)
CRUSELL, Bernhard Henrik (1775 – 1838)
CUI, César (1853 – 1918)
CURZON, Frederic (1899 – 1973)
CZERNY, Carl (1791 – 1857)
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D’ANGLEBERT, Jean Henri (1635 – 1691)
DALZA, Joan Ambrosio (fl. 1508)
DANZI, Franz (1763–1826)
DAVÏDOV, Karl Yuuyevich (1838 – 1889)
DAVIS, Carl (b. 1951)
DAZA, Esteban (fl. 1575)
DEBUSSY, Claude (1862 – 1918)
DE CURTIS, Ernesto (1875 – 1937)
DE FARIA, Alexandre (b. 1972)
DELIBES, Léo (1836 – 1891)
DELIUS, Frederick (1862 – 1934)
DENZA, Luigi (1846 – 1922)
DIABELLI, Anton (1781 – 1858)
DINICU, Grigoras (1889 – 1949)
von DITTERSDORF, Carl Ditters (1739 – 1799)
DODD, Peter (b. 1930)
DOHNÁNYI, Ernö (1877 – 1960)
DOMENICONI, Carlo (b. 1947)
DONIZETTI, Gaetano (1797 – 1848)
DOUGLAS, Roy (b. 1908)
DOWLAND, John (1563 – 1626)
DRDLA, Frantis¡ek Alois (1869 – 1944)
DRIGO, Riccardo (1846 – 1930)
DUBOIS, Théodore (1837 – 1924)
DUFAY, Guillaume (c. 1400 – 1474)
DUKAS, Paul (1865 – 1935)
DU MONT, Henry (1624 – 1680)
DUNCAN, Trevor (b. 1924)
DUPRÉ, Marcel (1886 – 1971)
DURAND, Marie Auguste (1830 – 1909)
DURUFLÉ, Maurice (1902 – 1986)
DUSSEK, Jan Ladislav (1760 – 1812)
DUVERNOY, Frédéric Nicolas (1765 – 1838)
DVARIONAS, Balys (1904 – 1972)
DVORÁK, Antonín (1841 – 1904)
DYENS, Roland (b. 1955)

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EASTON, Michael (b. 1954)
EDISON, Noel (b. 1959)
ELGAR, Sir Edward (1857 – 1934)
ELLIS, Vivian (b. 1903)
ENESCU, George (1881 – 1955)
ENGLUND, Einar (b. 1916)
ESCOBAR, Pedro de (c. 1465 – 1535)

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FALLA, Manuel de (1876 – 1946)
FANTINI, Girolamo (1600 – after 1675)
FARMER, John (b.c. 1570, fl. 1591 – 1601)
FARNABY, Giles (c. 1563 – 1640)
FARNON, Robert (b. 1917)
FARRANT, Richard (?c. 1525/30 – 1580)
FASCH, Johann Friedrich (1688 – 1758)
FAURÉ, Gabriel (1845 – 1924)
FEENEY, Philip (b. 1954)
FERNANDEZ, Heráclio (1851 – 1886)
FERNSTRÖM, John (1897 – 1961)
FERRERO, Lorenzo (b. 1951)
FIALA, Josef (1748 – 1816)
FIBICH, Zdene¡k (1850 – 1900)
FIELD, John (1782 – 1837)
FINCK, Heinrich (c. 1444 – 1527)
FINZI, Gerald (1901 – 1956)
FIORILLO, Federigo (1755 – after 1823)
FISCHER, Johann Kaspar Ferdinand
(c. 1670 – 1746)
FLIES, Bernhard (b. 1770)
FLOTOW, Friedrich von (1812 – 1883)
FONSECA, Manuel de (fl. 1540)
FONTANA, Fabrizio (?c. 1620 – 1695)
FORQUERAY, Antoine (c. 1671 – 1745)
FOSSA, François de (1775 – 1849)
FRANCK, César (1822 – 1890)
FRESCOBALDI, Girolamo (1583 – 1643)
FRØHLICH, Johannes Frederik (1806 – 1860)
de FRUMERIE, Gunnar (1908 – 1987)
FRY, William Henry (1813– 1864)
FUENLLANA, Miguel de
(early 16th century – after 1568)
FUX, Johann Joseph (1660 – 1741)

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GABRIELI, Giovanni (c. 1553/6 – 1612)
GABRIELLI, Domenico (1651 – 1690)
GALINDO, Blas (b. 1910)
GARCIA, Gerald (b. 1949)
GARDINER, Henry Balfour (1877 – 1950)
GEMINIANI, Francesco (1687 – 1762)
GENZMER, Harald (b. 1909)
GEOFFROY, Jean-Nicolas (1633? – 1694)
GERMAN, Edward (1862 – 1936)
GERSHWIN, George (1898 – 1937)
GESUALDO, Carlo (c. 1561 – 1613)
GIBBONS, Christopher (1615 – 1676)
GIBBONS, Orlando (1583 – 1625)
GIBBS, Cecil Armstrong (1889 – 1960)
GIGAULT, Nicolas (c. 1627 – 1707)
GIGOUT, Eugène (1844 – 1925)
GINASTERA, Alberto (1916 – 1983)
GIORDANI, Giuseppe (c. 1753 – 1798)
GIORDANO, Umberto (1867 – 1948)
GIRAMO, Pietro Antonio (fl. 1619 – after 1630)
GIULIANI, Mauro (1781 – 1829)
GLASS, Philip (b. 1937)
GLAZUNOV, Alexander Konstantinovich
(1865 – 1936)
GLIÈRE, Reinhold Moritsevich (1875 – 1956)
GLINKA, Mikhail (1804 – 1857)
GLUCK, Christoph Willibald (1714 – 1787)
GODARD, Benjamin (1849 – 1895)
GODOWSKY, Leopold (1870 – 1938)
GOLDMARK, Karl (1830 – 1915)
GOMBERT, Nicolas (c. 1500 – 1556)
GÓRECKI, Henryk (b. 1933)
GOSS, Sir John (1800 – 1880)
GOSSEC, Francois-Joseph (1734 – 1829)
GOTTSCHALK, Louis Moreau (1829 – 1869)
GOUDIMEL, Claude (1520 – 1572)
GOULD, Morton (1913 – 1996)
GOUNOD, Charles (1818 – 1893)
GRAINGER, Percy (1882 – 1961)
GRANADOS, Enrique (1867 – 1916)
GRANDJANY, Marcel (1891 – 1975)
GRENET, Elisio (1893 – 1950)
GRIEG, Edvard (1843 – 1907)
GRIGNY, Nicolas de (1672 – 1703)
GROFÉ, Ferde (1892 – 1972)
GROSS, Joseph Arnold (1701 – 1783/4)
GUBAIDULINA, Sofia (b. 1931)
GUERAU, Francisco (fl. late 1700s)
GUILMANT, Alexandre (1837 – 1911)

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HAGEN, Joachim Bernhard (1720 – 1787)
HALFFTER, Rodolfo (1900 – 1987)
HALVORSEN, Johan (1864 – 1935)
HANDEL, George Frideric (1685 – 1759)
HANSON, Howard (1896 – 1981)
HANSSEN, Johannes (1874 – 1967)
HARTMANN, Johann Ernst (1805 – 1900)
HARTY, Sir Hamilton (1879 – 1941)
HASSE, Johann Adolf (1699 – 1783)
HASSELMANS, Alphonse (1845 – 1912)
HAYDN, Franz Joseph (1732 – 1809)
HAYDN, Michael (1737 – 1806)
HE, Zhanhao (b. 1933)
HENZE, Hans Werner (b. 1926)
HEREDIA, Sebastián Aguilera de (1561– 1627)
HERRMANN, Bernard (1911 – 1975)
HERTEL, Johann Wilhelm (1727 – 1789)
HERZOGENBERG, Heinrich (1843 – 1900)
HILDEGARD VON BINGEN (1098 – 1179)
HINDEMITH, Paul (1895 – 1963)
HOFMANN, Leopold (1738 – 1793)
HOLBORNE, Antony (fl. ?1584 – 1602)
HOLST, Gustav (1874 – 1934)
HONEGGER, Arthur (1892 – 1955)
HÖSER, Otto (1897 – 1959)
HOTTETERRE, Jacques-Martin “Le Romain” (1673 – 1763)
HOWELLS, Herbert (1892 – 1983)
HUBAY, Jeno (1858 – 1937)
HUME, Tobias (c. 1575? – 1645)
HUMMEL, Johann Nepomuk (1778 – 1837)
HUMPERDINCK, Engelbert (1854 – 1921)

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IBERT, Jacques (1890 – 1962)
d’INDY, Vincent (1851 – 1931)
IPPOLITOV-IVANOV, Mikhail (1859 – 1935)
IRELAND, John (1879 – 1962)
ISAAC, Heinrich (c. 1450 – 1517)
IVES, Charles (1874 – 1954)
IVANOVICI, Iosif (?1845 – 1902)

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JACKSON, Nicholas (b. 1934)
JANÁC¡EK, Leos¡ (1854 – 1928)
JANEQUIN, Clément (c. 1485 – 1558)
JAPART, Jean (fl. c. 1474 – ?1507)
JÄRNEFELT, Armas (1869 – 1958)
JENKINS, John (1592 – 1678)
JESSEL, Leon (1871 – 1942)
JOACHIM, Joseph (1831 – 1907)
JOBIM, Antonio Carlos (b. 1927)
JOHANSEN, David Monrad (1888 – 1974)
JOHNSON, Robert (1583 – 1633)
JOPLIN, Scott (1868 – 1917)
JOSÉ, Antonio (1902 – 1936)
JÓSQUIN DESPREZ (c. 1460 – 1521)
JOUBERT, John (b. 1927)
JULLIEN, Gilles (c. 1650 – 1703)


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KABALEVSKY, Dmitry Borisovich (1904 – 1987)
KAISER-LINDEMANN, Wilhelm (b. 1941)
KALINNIKOV, Vasily Sergeyevich (1866 – 1901)
KALLIWODA, Johannes Wenzeslaus (1801 – 1866)
KÁLMÁN, E. (1882 – 1953)
KELLNER, Johann Peter (1705 – 1772)
KETÈLBEY, Albert (1875 – 1959)
KHACHATURIAN, Aram Il’yich (1903 – 1978)
KITTEL, Johann Christian (1732 – 1809)
KLAMI, Uuno (1900 – 1961)
KODÁLY, Zoltán (1882 – 1967)
KORNGOLD, Erich Wolfgang (1897 – 1957)
KOSHKIN, Nikita (b. 1956)
KRAUS, Joseph Martin (1756 – 1792)
KREBS, Johann Ludwig (1713 – 1780)
KREISLER, Fritz (1875 – 1962)
KREUTZER, Conradin (1780 – 1849)
KREUTZER, Joseph (1778 – 1832)
KRIEGER, Johann Philipp (1649 – 1725)
KROL, Bernhard (b. 1920)
KROMMER, Franz (1759 – 1831)
KROUSE, Ian (b. 1956)
KRUMPHOLTZ, Jean-Baptiste (1742 – 1790)
KUHLAU, Friedrich (1786 – 1832)
KULP, Jonathan (b. 1970)
KVANDAL, Johan (b. 1919)


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LALO, Edouard (1823 – 1892)
LANE, Philip (b. 1950)
LANG, Craig S. (1891 – 1971)
LANGE, Gustav (1830 – 1889)
LANGLAIS, Jean (1907 – 1991)
LARA, Augustin (1900 – 1969)
LARSSON, Lars-Erik (1908 – 1986)
LA RUE, Pierre de (c. 1460 – 1518)
LASSUS, Orlando de (1532 – 1594)
LAURO, Antonio (1917 – 1986)
LAWES, Henry (1596 – 1662)
LAWES, William Louis (1602 – 1645)
LEBÈGUE, Nicholas-Antoine (c. 1631 – 1702)
LEES, Benjamin (b. 1924)
LEFÉBURE-WELY, Louis (1817 – 1869)
LEGNANI, Luigi (1790 – 1877)
LEHÁR, Franz (1870 – 1948)
LE JEUNE, Claude (c. 1530 – 1600)
LEONCAVALLO, Ruggiero (1857 – 1919)
L’ESTOQUART, Paschal de (b. bef. 1540)
LIADOV, Anatole (1855 – 1914)
LINCKE, Paul (1866 – 1946)
LINDPAINTNER, Peter von (1791 – 1856)
LISZT, Franz (1811 – 1886)
LOBO, Alonso (c. 1555 – 1617)
LÔBO, Duarte (c. 1565 – 1646)
LOCATELLI, Pietro Antonio (1695 – 1764)
LORENZANI, Paolo (1640 – 1713)
LORTZING, Albert (1801 – 1851)
LÖWE VON EISENACH, Jahann Jakob
(1629 – 1703)
LULLY, Jean-Baptiste (1632 – 1687)
LUTOSL/ AWSKI, Witold (1913 – 1994)
LYAPUNOV, Sergey (1859 – 1924)
LYON, David (b. 1938)


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MACDOWELL, Edward (1860 – 1908)
MACHADO, Celso (b. 1953)
DE MACHAUT, Guillaume (c. 1300 – 1377)
MACMILLAN, James (b. 1959)
MAGALHÃES, Filipe de (c. 1571 – 1652)
MAHLER, Gustav (1860 – 1911)
MALEINGREAU, Paul de (1887 – 1959)
MALIPIERO, Gian Francesco (1882 – 1973)
MAMANGAKIS, Nikos (b. 1929)
MANFREDINI, Francesco (1684 – 1762)
MANOURY, Philippe (b. 1952)
MARAIS, Marin (1656 – 1728)
MARCELLO, Alessandro (1684 – 1750)
MARCELLO, Benedetto (1685 – 1739)
MARCHAND, Louis (1669 – 1732)
MARSCHNER, Heinrich (1795 – 1861)
MARTINI, Giovanni Battista (1706–1784)
MARTINU , Bohuslav (1890 – 1959)
MASCAGNI, Pietro (1863 – 1945)
MASSENET, Jules (1842 – 1912)
MAYERL, Billy (1902 – 1959)
McKAY, George Frederick (1899 – 1970)
MEDTNER, Nikolay Karlovich (1880 – 1951)
MÉHUL, Étienne-Nicolas (1763 – 1951)
MELACHRINO, GEORGE (1909 – 1965)
MENDELSSOHN, Felix (1809 – 1847)
MERTZ, Johann Kaspar (1806–1856)
MERULO, Claudio (1533–1604)
MESSIAEN, Olivier (1908 – 1992)
MEYERBEER, Giacomo (1791 – 1864)
MILÁN, Luis de (c. 1500 – 1561, or later)
da MILANO, Francesco Canova (1497 – 1543)
MILHAUD, Darius (1892 – 1974)
MOERAN, E. J. (1894 – 1950)
MOLTER, Johann Melchior (1696 – 1765)
MOMPOU, Federic (1893 – 1987)
MONCAYO, José Pablo (1912 – 1958)
MONTEVERDI, Claudio (1567 – 1643)
MONTI, Vittorio (1868 – 1922)
MOREL, Jorge (b. 1931)
MORENO-TORROBA, Federico (1891 – 1982)
MORTON, Robert (c. 1430– 1476)
MOSZKOWSKY, Moritz (1854 – 1925)
MOULU, Pierre (c. 1485 – c. 1550)
MOUTON, Jean (c. 1459 – 1522)
MOZART, Leopold (1719 – 1787)
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756 – 1791)
MUDARRA, Alonso (c. 1510 – 1580)
MUFFAT, Georg (1653 – 1704)
MULDOWNEY, Dominic (b. 1952)
MUNDY, William (c. 1529 – 1591)
DE MURCIA, Santiago (c. 1685 – c. 1732)
MURRILL, Herbert (1909 – 1952)
MURSCHHAUSER, Franz Xaver (1663 – 1738)
MUSSORGSKY, Modest Petrovich (1839 – 1881)
MYASKOVSKY, Nikolay (1881 – 1950)
MYERS, Stanley (1934 – 1993)


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NARES, John (1715 – 1783)
NARVÁEZ, Luys de (fl. 1530 – 1550)
NEWMAN, Alfred (1900 – 1970)
NEWMAN (Master) (16th century)
NEWSIEDLER, Hans (1508 – 1563)
NICOLAI, Otto (1810 – 1849)
NIELSEN, Carl (1865 – 1931)
VAN NOORDT, Anthoni (1620 – 1675)
NOVÁK, Víte¡zslav (1870 – 1949)
NYMAN, Michael (b. 1944)


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OBRECHT, Jacob (1457/8 – 1505)
OCKEGHEM, Johannes (c. 1410 – 1497)
OFFENBACH, Jacques (1819 – 1880)
ORBÓN, Julián (1925 – 1991)
ORFF, Carl (1895 – 1982)
ORR, Charles Wilfrid (1893 – 1976)
ORTO, Marbrianus (c. 1460– c. 1529)

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PACHELBEL, Johann (1653 – 1706)
PACHELBEL, Wilhelm Hieronymus
(1686 – 1764)
PADEREWSKI, Ignacy Jan (1860 – 1941)
PADILLA, José (1889 – 1960)
PAGANINI, Nicolò (1782 – 1840)
PAISIBLE, Jacques (c.1656 – 1721)
PALESTRINA, Giovanni Pierluigi da
(1525/6 – 1594)
PALMER, Lynn (b. 1918 )
von PARADIS, Maria Theresia (1759 – 1824)
PARISH ALVARS, Elias (1808 – 1849)
PARRY, John (1710 – 1782)
PARRY, Sir Hubert (1848 – 1918)
PARSONS, Robert (c. 1530 – 1570)
PÄRT, Arvo (b. 1935)
PASSEREAU, Pierre (fl. 1509 – 1547)
PATTRICK, Nathaniel (d. 1595)
PAYNE, Anthony (b. 1936)
PEARSALL, Robert (1795 – 1856)
PEETERS, Flor (1903 – 1986)
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RENIÉ, Henriette (1875 – 1956)
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RHEINBERGER, Joseph Gabriel (1839 – 1901)
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SANCES, Giovanni Felice (1600 – 1679)
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TURINA, Joaquin (1882 – 1949)
TVEITT, Geirr (1908 – 1981)
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VECCHI, Orazio (1550 – 1605)
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VIOTTI, Giovanni Battista (1755 – 1824)
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VIVALDI, Antonio (1678 – 1741)
VIVIANI, Giovanni Buonaventura
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VOLKMANN, Robert (1815 – 1883)

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WALOND, William (1725 – 1770)
WALTHER, Johann Gottfried (1684 – 1748)
WALTON, Sir William (1902 – 1983)
WARLOCK, Peter (1894 – 1930)
WEBER, Carl Maria von (1786 – 1826)
WEBERN, Anton (1883 – 1945)
WECKMANN, Matthias (c. 1616 – 1674)
WEELKES, Thomas (1576 – 1623)
WEISS, Silvius Leopold (1686 – 1750)
WESLEY, Samuel (1786 – 1837)
WEYSE, Christoph Ernst Friedrich (1774 – 1842)
WHITE, Edward (1910 – 1994)
WHITE, Robert (1538 – 1574)
WHITLOCK, Percy (1903 – 1946)
WIDOR, Charles-Marie (1845 – 1937)
WIENIAWSKI, Henryk (1835 – 1880)
WILBYE, John (1574 – 1638)
WILLAERT, Adrian (c. 1490 – 1562)
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WILLIAMS, Charles (1893 – 1978)
WILLIAMS, Ralph Vaughan (1872 – 1958)
WILLSON, Meredith (1902 – 1984)
WIRÉN, Dag (1905 – 1986)
WOLF-FERRARI, Ermanno (1876 – 1948)
WOOD, Charles (1866– 1926)
WOOD, Haydn (1882 – 1959)
WOOD, Sir Henry (1869 – 1944)
WOODWARD, Richard (c. 1743 – 1777)

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YIN, Chengzong (b. 1941)


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ZELLER, Carl (1842 – 1898)
ZHU, Xiaogu (b. 1941)

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