List of composers by nationality#Norway

{{main|List of Albanian composers}}

• Simon Gjoni (1926–1991), composer of orchestral and piano pieces
• Tonin Harapi (1925–1991)
• Agim Krajka (1937–2021), composer of the National Song Festival
• Aleksandër Peçi (born 1951)
• Çesk Zadeja (1927–1997), often nicknamed the "Father of Albanian music"

{{main|List of Argentine classical composers}}

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• Antonio Agri (1932–1998)
• Tito Alberti (1923–2009)
• Amancio Jacinto Alcorta (1805–1862)
• Casimiro Alcorta (1840–1913)
• Athy (harpist) (born 1984)
• Luis Bacalov (1933–2017)
• Gato Barbieri (1932–2016)
• Lautaro Bellucca (born 1986)
• José Bragato (1915–2017)
• Claudia Brant (born 1966)
• Jorge Calandrelli (born 1939)
• Sergio Calligaris (born 1941)
• Miguel Caló (1907–1972)
• Francisco de Caro (1898–1976)
• Julio de Caro (1899–1980)
• Cacho Castaña (1942–2019)
• Cátulo Castillo (1906–1975)
• Juan José Castro (1895–1968)
• Guillermo Carlos Cazenave (born 1955)
• Alejandro Civilotti (born 1959)
• Tránsito Cocomarola (1918–1974)
• Al Conti (born 1968)
• Ellen C. Covito (born 1974)
• Eloísa D'Herbil (1847–1943)
• Lucio Demare (1906–1974)
• Enrique Santos Discépolo (1901–1951)
• Celestino Piaggio (1886–1931)
• Fernando Egozcue (born 1959)
• Pablo Elorza (born 1982)
• Sebastián Escofet (born 1968)
• Juan Pedro Esnaola (1808–1878)
• Mariano Etkin (1943–2016)
• Don Fabian
• Eduardo Falú (1923–2013)
• Juan Falú (born 1948)
• Lourdes Cecilia Fernández (born 1981)
• Juan de Dios Filiberto (1885–1964)
• Roberto Firpo (1884–1969)
• Enrique Mario Francini (1916–1978)
• Carlos Franzetti (born 1948)
• Osvaldo Fresedo (1897–1984)
• Gerardo Gandini (1936–2013)
• Juan Garcia Estrada (1895–1961)
• Augusto Gentile (1891–1932)
• Gilardo Gilardi (1889–1963)
• Alberto Ginastera (1916–1983), ballet, classical
• Carlos Grätzer (born 1956)
• Vicente Greco (1888–1924)
• Adrián Iaies (born 1960)
• César Isella (1938–2021)
• Mauricio Kagel (1931–2008)
• Emilio Kauderer
• Gaby Kerpel (born 1965)
• Guillermo Klein (born 1969)
• Marcelo Koc (1918–2006)
• Bernardo Kuczer (born 1955)
• Martin Kutnowski
• Marta Lambertini (1937–2019)
• Pablo Lescano (born 1977)
• Analia Llugdar (born 1972)
• Enrique Maciel (1897–1962)
• Isidro B. Maiztegui (1905–1996)
• Héctor Marcó (1906–1987)
• Martín Matalon (born 1958)
• Esteban Mellino (1945–2008)
• Rosita Melo (1897–1981)
• Rosendo Mendizábal (1868–1913)
• Sandra Mihanovich (born 1957)
• Silvina Milstein (born 1956)
• Ben Molar (1915–2015)
• Cholo Montironi (born 1931)
• Mariano Mores (1918–2016)
• Ricardo Moyano (born 1961)
• Martin Musaubach (born 1982)
• Fernando Otero (born 1972)
• Juan Pampin (born 1967)
• Fabián Panisello (born 1963)
• Ettore Panizza (1875–1967)
• Blas Parera (1777–1840)
• Amy Patterson (1912–2019)
• Paula Nenette Pepin (1908–1990)
• Marcelo Peralta (1961–2020)
• Osmán Pérez Freire (1878–1930)
• Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
• Raúl Porchetto (born 1949)
• Osvaldo Pugliese (1905–1995)
• Rodrigo Ratier (born 1969)
• Sol Rezza (born 1982)
• Tito Ribero (1915–1964)
• Waldo de los Ríos (1934–1977)
• Julián Robledo (1887–1940)
• Zenón Rolón (1856–1902)
• Enrique Saborido (1877–1941)
• Gustavo Santaolalla (born 1951)
• Sebastian Schneider (born 1982)
• Pía Sebastiani (1925–2015)
• Alberto Soriano (1915–1981)
• Julio Sosa (guitarist)
• Chango Spasiuk (born 1968)
• Atilio Stampone (1926–2022)
• Oscar Strasnoy (born 1970)
• Daniel Tinte (born 1969)
• Pil Trafa (born 1959)
• Terig Tucci (1897–1973)
• Elvino Vardaro (1905–1971)
• Sebastian Volco (born 1973)
• María Elena Walsh (1930–2011)
• Alberto Williams (1862–1952)
• Luis Zubillaga (1928–1995)

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{{main|List of Armenian composers}}

• Soghomon Soghomonian Komitas (26 Sept 1869 – 22 Oct 1935)

{{main|List of Australian composers}}

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• Roy Agnew (1898–1941)
• Hugo Alpen (1842–1917
• Brenton Broadstock (born 1952)
• Arthur Chanter (1886–1950
• Alice Charbonnet-Kellermann (1858–1914)
• Percy Code (1888–1953)
• Cesare Cutolo (1826–1867)
• Vince Courtney (–1951)
• George De Cairos Rego (1858–1946)
• Ruby Claudia Davy (1883–1946)
• George Savin De Chanéet (1861–1926)
• John Albert Delany (1852–1907)
• Herbert De Pinna (1880–1936)
• Frederick Ellard (1824–1874)
• Mary Finsterer (born 1962)
• Edwin Fowles (1871–1945)
• Percy Grainger (1882–1961)
• Stuart Greenbaum (born 1966)
• Christian Helleman (1880–1954)
• Alfred Hill (1869–1960)
• Phillip Houghton (1954–2017)
• Guglielmo Enrico Lardelli (1857–1910)
• Louis Lavater (1867–1953)
• Alexander Frame Lithgow (1870–1929)
• Richard Meale (1932–2009)
• Isaac Nathan (1791–1864)
• Albert Bokhare Saunders (1880–1946)
• Reginald Stoneham (1879–1942)
• Joseph Summers (1839–1917)
• May Summerbelle (1867–1914)
• Peter Sculthorpe (1929–2014)
• Alfred Wheeler (1865–1949)
• Nigel Westlake (born 1958)

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{{main|List of Azerbaijani composers}}

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• Fikret Amirov (1922–1984)
• Nariman Azimov (1936–2016)
• Gara Garayev (1918–1982)
• Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885–1948)
• Muslim Magomaev (1942–2008)
• Soltan Hajibeyov (1919–1974)
• Said Rustamov (1907–1983)
• Rauf Hajiyev (1922–1995)
• Jahangir Jahangirov (1921–1992)
• Tofig Guliyev (1917–2000)
• Vagif Mustafazade (1940–1979)
• Rafig Babayev (1937–1994)
• Arif Malikov (1933–2019)
• Frangiz Ali-Zadeh (born 1947)
• Jovdat Hajiyev (1917–2002)
• Rauf Hajiyev (1922–1995)
• Faraj Garayev (born 1943)

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{{main|List of Belgian classical composers}}

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• Jean Absil (1893–1974)
• Jean-Baptiste Accolay (1833–1900)
• Karel Albert (1901–1987)
• Flor Alpaerts (1875–1954)
• August Baeyens (1895–1966)
• Peter Benoit (1834–1901), founder of the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp
• Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802–1870), founder of the Belgian violin school
• Jan Blockx (1851–1912), founder of the Antwerp Opera House
• August de Boeck (1865–1937)
• Luc Brewaeys (1959–2015)
• Dirk Brossé (born 1960)
• Boudewijn Buckinx (born 1945)
• Joseph Callaerts (1830–1901)
• Jacques Calonne (1930–2022)
• Roland Cardon (1929–2001)
• Jean de Castro (1540–1611)
• Peeter Cornet (1575–1633)
• Alain Crépin (born 1954)
• Arthur De Greef (1862–1940)
• Thierry De Mey (born 1956)
• Eva Dell'Acqua (1856–1930)
• Frédéric Devreese (1929–2020)
• Albert Dupuis (1877–1967)
• Sylvain Dupuis (1856–1931)
• Johan Evenepoel (born 1965)
• Ernest van der Eyken (1913–2010)
• François-Joseph Fétis (1784–1871)
• Jean-Joseph Fiocco (1696–1746)
• Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703–1741)
• Bernard Foccroulle (born 1953)
• Jacqueline Fontyn (born 1930)
• François-Auguste Gevaert (1828–1908), composer of the Belgian colonial hymn
• Frans Geysen (born 1936)
• Pierre De Geyter (1848–1932)
• Matthias Vanden Gheyn (1721–1785)
• Paul Gilson (1865–1942)
• Lucien Goethals (1932–2006)
• Karel Goeyvaerts (1923–1999)
• Jacques Gregoir (1817–1876)
• André Grétry (1741–1813)
• Albert Grisar (1808–1869)
• Richard de Guide (1909–1962)
• Carolus Hacquart (1640–1701)
• Alphonse Hasselmans (1845–1912)
• Wim Henderickx (born 1962)
• Robert Herberigs (1886–1974)
• Léonard de Hodémont (1575–1639)
• Johan Hoogewijs (born 1957)
• Luc van Hove (born 1957)
• Walter Hus (born 1959)
• Albert Huybrechts (1899–1938)
• Heinrich Isaac (1450–1517)
• Joseph Jongen (1873–1953)
• Joannes Florentius a Kempis (1635–1711)
• Pierre Kolp (born 1969)
• André Laporte (born 1931)
• Paul Lebrun (1863–1920)
• Claude Ledoux (composer) (born 1960)
• Pierre Leemans (1897–1980)
• Vic Legley (1915–1994)
• Guillaume Lekeu (1870–1894)
• Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823–1881)
• Armand Limnander (1814–1892)
• Jacques Loeillet (1685–1748)
• Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent (1688–1720)
• Jef Maes (1905–1996)
• Pierre van Maldere (1729–1768)
• Paul de Maleingreau (1887–1956)
• Martin Pierre Marsick (1847–1924)
• Martin-Joseph Mengal (1784–1851)
• Wim Mertens (born 1953)
• Karel Miry (1823–1889), composer of the Flemish national hymn
• Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny (1762–1842)
• Arie Van de Moortel (1918–1976)
• Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868–1952)
• Johannes Ockeghem (1410–1497)
• Willy Ostijn (1913–1993)
• Flor Peeters (1903–1986)
• Marcel Poot (1901–1988)
• Henri Pousseur (1929–2009)
• Marcel Quinet (1915–1986)
• Jean-Théodore Radoux (1835–1911)
• Godfried-Willem Raes (born 1952)
• Jan Rijspoort (late 16th century)
• Peter Ritzen (born 1956)
• Joseph Ryelandt (1870–1965)
• Adolphe Samuel (1824–1898)
• Adrien-François Servais (1807–1866)
• André Souris (1899–1970)
• Daniel Sternefeld (1905–1986)
• André Stordeur (1941–2020)
• Rudi Tas (born 1957)
• Edgar Tinel (1854–1912)
• Alexander Utendal (1543–1581)
• Yolande Uyttenhove (1925–2000)
• Johan Van Barel (born 1964)
• François van Campenhout (1779–1848), composer of the Belgian National hymn
• Jan Van der Roost (born 1956)
• Jules Van Nuffel (1883–1953)
• Annette Vande Gorne (born 1946)
• Maurice Vaute (1913–2000)
• Lucie Vellère (1896–1966)
• Carl Verbraeken (born 1950), president of the Union of Belgian Composers
• Henri Vieuxtemps (1820–1881)
• Josée Vigneron-Ramackers (1914–2002)
• Berthe di Vito-Delvaux (1915–2005)
• Joséphine-Rosalie de Walckiers (1756–1836)
• Henry Wyn
• Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931)

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• Asunta Limpias de Parada (1915–1995)

• Sinan Alimanović (born 1954)
• Anđelka Bego-Šimunić (born 1941)
• Franciscus Bossinensis (1485–1535)
• Rade Jovanović (1928–1986)
• Vuk Kulenovic (1946–2017)
• Mladen Milicevic (born 1958)
• Dino Rešidbegović (born 1975)
• Ališer Sijarić (born 1969)
• Aleksa Šantić (1868–1924)
• Dino Zonić (born ?)
• Hanan Hadžajlić (born 1991)

{{main|List of Brazilian composers}}

• Ernani Aguiar (born 1950)
• Jorge Antunes (born 1942)
• Antônio Francisco Braga (1868–1945), composer of operas, piano and symphonic works.
• Oscar Lorenzo Fernández (1897–1948)
• Sílvio Ferraz (born 1959)
• Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836–1896), celebrated opera composer in Italy, 19th century
• Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (1907–1993)
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767–1830), composer of classical era; priest, wrote both sacred and secular music.
• Radamés Gnatalli (1906–1988)
• César Guerra-Peixe (1914–1993)
• Osvaldo Lacerda (1927–2011)
• Elias Álvares Lobo (1834–1901), composer of sacred and secular music; wrote first Brazilian opera.
• Alexandre Levy (1864–1892)
• Emerico Lobo de Mesquita (1746–1805)
• Francisco Mignone (1897–1986)
• Ronaldo Miranda (born 1948)
• Alberto Nepomuceno (1864–1920)
• Marlos Nobre (born 1939)
• José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado (1943–2010)
• Cláudio Santoro (1919–1989)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959), one of the most performed Brazilian composers worldwide
• José Carlos Amaral Vieira (born 1952)
• Edson Zampronha (born 1963)

{{main|Chronological list of Bulgarian classical composers}}

• Georgi Arnaoudov (born 1957), composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, film, vocal and piano music
• Alexandra Fol (born 1981), composer and organist, currently writing her dissertation at McGill University's Schulich School of Music
• Marin Goleminov (1908–2000), composer, violinist, conductor
• Michail Goleminov (born 1956), composer, pianist, conductor, and co-founder of music publishing house The Orange Factory
• Dobri Hristov (1875–1941), composer of choral music as well as music for the church and orchestra
• Petar Krumov (born 1934), composer, arranger, conductor and expert on Bulgarian folk music
• Filip Kutev (1903–1982), composer, arranger and founder of Bulgaria's State Ensemble for Folk Song and Dance
• Kiril Lambov (born 1955) composer, pianist, and conductor
• Milcho Leviev (1937–2019), composer, arranger, jazz performer and pianist
• Emanuil Manolov (1860–1902), composed the first Bulgarian opera Siromahkinia based on the work of Ivan Vazov with the same title
• Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965), composer and director in Luxembourg, one of her most famous works is "Gladius"
• Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean (born 1960), composer, harpist, pedagogue
• Petko Staynov (1896–1977), a founding member and first chairman of the Bulgarian Contemporary Music Society (1933), which later became the Union of Bulgarian Composers
• Veselin Stoyanov (1902–1969), composer of classical music including two symphonies
• Emil Tabakov (born 1947), composer of symphonies and concertos
• Dobrinka Tabakova (born 1980), composer
• Julia Tsenova (1948–2010), contemporary composer, pianist, jazz pedagogue
• Georgi Tutev (1924–1994), composer of contemporary classical music, one of the main representatives of Bulgarian modernism
• Pancho Vladigerov (1899–1978), a founding member of the Bulgarian Contemporary Music Society (1933)

{{Main|List of Canadian composers}}

• Airat Ichmouratov (1973), composer, pedagogue, conductor, klezmer clarinetist

• Jaime González (born 1956), composer and music educator{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Leonardo Manzino|title=González, Jaime |date=2001|entry=González, Jaime|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.46941}}
• Víctor Jara (1932–1973), composer, pedagogue, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist
• Juan Orrego-Salas (1919–2019)
• Jorge Urrutia (1905–1981), composer, influenced by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel

{{main|List of Chinese composers}}

• Du Mingxin (born 1928), composer who collaborated on the ballet Red Detachment of Women
• Nie Er (1912–1935), wrote March of the Volunteers, the national anthem of the People's Republic of China
• Qu Xiao-Song (born 1952), composer, student of Du Mingxin
• Xian Xinghai (1905–1945), composer known for the Yellow River Cantata, a patriotic song during the Second Sino-Japanese War
• Xiao Shuxian (1905–1991), composer who blended elements of Chinese folk culture with Western techniques in her music

• Jacqueline Nova (1935–1975), pioneer on experimental music and Colombian feminist movement.

{{main|List of Croatian composers}}

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• Andrea Antico (c. 1480–1538)
• Krešimir Baranović (1894–1975)
• Blagoje Bersa (1873–1934)
• Bruno Bjelinski (1909–1992)
• Rudolf Brucci (1917–2002)
• Arsen Dedić (1938–2015)
• Dubravko Detoni (born 1937)
• Jakov Gotovac (1895–1982)
• Josip Hatze (1879–1959)
• Žiga Hirschler (1894–1941)
• Đelo Jusić (1939–2019)
• Alfi Kabiljo (born 1935)
• Milko Kelemen (1924–2018), contemporary composer
• Ivana Kiš (born 1979)
• Franjo Krežma (1862–1881)
• Igor Kuljerić (1938–2006)
• Ivana Lang (Zagreb, 1912 – Zagreb, 1982), composer, pianist and piano teacher.
• Vatroslav Lisinski (1819–1854), 19th-century composer and co–founder of "Illyrian Movement"
• Ferdo Livadić (1799–1879)
• Nada Ludvig-Pečar (1929–2008)
• Ivan Lukačić (1584–1648), renaissance composer
• Josip Mandić (1883–1959)
• Ivan Matetić Ronjgov (1880–1960)
• Boris Papandopulo (1914–1986), 20th-century composer
• Dora Pejačević (1885–1923), late-romantic composer
• Dragan Plamenac (1895–1983)
• Elena Pucić-Sorkočević (1786–1865)
• Vjekoslav Rosenberg-Ružić (1870–1954)
• Marko Rothmüller (1908–1993)
• Josif Runjanin (1821–1878)
• Milan Sachs (1884–1968)
• Antun Sorkočević (1775–1841)
• Luka Sorkočević (1734–1789)
• Josip Štolcer-Slavenski (1896–1955)
• Stjepan Šulek (1906–1991), 20th-century composer
• Ivo Tijardović (1895–1976)
• Marko Tomasović (composer) (born 1976), 21st-century composer
• Marcel Tyberg (1893–1944), composer who lived in Abbazia (formerly in Italy), now called Opatija, Croatia
• Albe Vidaković (1914–1964)
• Ivan Zajc (1832–1914)

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• Hilario González (1920-1999){{Cite encyclopedia |author=Victoria Eli Rodríguez|date=2001|entry=González, Hilario|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.46050}}

• Nicolas Economou (1953–1993), composer and conductor

{{main|List of Czech composers}}

• Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
• Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812–1865)

{{main|List of Danish composers}}

• Niels Gade (1817–1890)
• Carl Nielsen (1865–1931)

• Luis Alberti (1906–1976) composer of Merengue music
• Charytín (born 1949), significant 1970s pop music composer
• Juan Luis Guerra (born 1957) significant contemporary merengue and pop ballad composer
• Johnny Pacheco (born 1935) composer of Salsa music
• Anthony Santos (born 1981) significant bachata composer
• Sandra Zaiter (born 1943) significant children's songs composer

• Mesías Maiguashca (born 1938)

{{main|List of Egyptian composers}}

• Sayed Darwish (1892–1923)
• Mohamed El Qasabgi (1892–1966)
• Zakariya Ahmad (1896–1961)
• Mohammed Abdel Wahab (1901–1991)
• Riad Al Sunbati (1906–1981)

{{main|List of Estonian composers}}

• Arvo Pärt (born 1935)

{{main|List of Finnish composers}}

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• Kalevi Aho (born 1949)
• Erik Bergman (1911–2006)
• Kaj Chydenius (born 1939)
• Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775–1838)
• Henrik Otto Donner (1939–2013)
• Einar Englund (1916–1999)
• Paavo Heininen (1938–2022)
• Eero Hämeenniemi (born 1951)
• Armas Järnefelt (1869–1958)
• Jouni Kaipainen (1956–2015)
• Robert Kajanus (1856–1933)
• Yrjö Kilpinen (1892–1959)
• Uuno Klami (1900–1961)
• Joonas Kokkonen (1921–1996)
• Olli Kortekangas (born 1955)
• Toivo Kuula (1883–1918)
• Ilkka Kuusisto (1933–2025)
• Armas Launis (1884–1959)
• Helvi Leiviskä (1902–1982)
• Magnus Lindberg (born 1958)
• Leevi Madetoja (1887–1947)
• Tauno Marttinen (1912–2008)
• Erkki Melartin (1875–1937)
• Aarre Merikanto (1893–1958)
• Oskar Merikanto (1868–1924)
• Usko Meriläinen (1930–2004)
• Pehr Henrik Nordgren (1944–2008)
• Fredrik Pacius (1809–1891), moved to Finland at the age of 25, composer of Finnish national anthem
• Selim Palmgren (1878–1951)
• Jorma Panula (born 1930)
• Ernest Pingoud (1887–1942), born in St. Petersburg
• Tauno Pylkkänen (1918–1980)
• Väinö Raitio (1891–1945)
• Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928–2016)
• Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
• Aulis Sallinen (born 1935)
• Erkki Salmenhaara (1941–2002)
• Esa-Pekka Salonen (born 1958)
• Leif Segerstam (born 1944)
• Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), significant Finnish nationalist composer
• Jukka Tiensuu (born 1948)
• Erik Tulindberg (1761–1814)
• Martin Wegelius (1846–1906)
• Lotta Wennäkoski (born 1970)

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{{main|List of French composers}}

• Yann Pierre Tiersen (23 June 1970-present)

{{main|List of German composers}}

{{main|List of Greek composers}}

• Jani Christou (1926–1970)
• Manos Hatzidakis (1925–1994)
• Manolis Kalomiris (1883–1962), classical composer. He was the founder of the Greek National School of Music.
• Stefanos Korkolis (born 1960)
• Nikolaos Lavdas (1879–1940)
• Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795–1872), composer of the Greek national anthem
• Yannis Markopoulos (born 1939)
• Thanos Mikroutsikos (1947–2019)
• Mimis Plessas (1924–2024)
• Nikos Skalkottas (1904–1945), member of the Second Viennese School
• Giannis Spanos (1934–2019)
• Mikis Theodorakis (1925–2021)
• Stavros Xarchakos (born 1939)
• Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)
• Manos Loizos (1937–1982)
• Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou Vangelis (1943–2022)
• Eleni Karaindrou (1941-present)

• Ricardo Arjona (born 1964), modern pop composer

{{main|List of Hungarian composers}}

• Béla Bartók (1881–1945), 20th-century composer, considered one of the founders of ethnomusicology
• Gábor Darvas (1911–1985), composer and musicologist
• Ernő Dohnányi (1877–1960), 20th-century composer, Variations on a Nursery Tune, Suite in F-sharp minor, Ruralia Hungarica
• Péter Eötvös (born 1944)
• Karl Goldmark (1830–1915), Romantic composer influenced by Richard Wagner
• Stephen Heller (1813–1888), Early Romantic composer and pianist
• Joseph Joachim (1831–1907)
• Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967), 20th-century composer and ethnomusicologist
• Rezső Kókai (1906–1962), composer and musicologist
• György Kurtág (born 1926), 20th-century composer
• Franz Lehár (1870–1948), 20th-century composer most known for The Merry Widow
• György Sándor Ligeti (1923–2006), 20th-century composer best known for the various pieces featured in the Stanley Kubrick films 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut
• Franz Liszt (1811–1886), Romantic composer-pianist, wrote a number of tone poems and extended piano technique
• Ervin Nyiregyházi (1903–1987), romantic composer-pianist
• Miklós Rózsa (1907–1995), 20th-century composer, best known for his film music
• Tibor Szemző (born 1955), composer, performer and media artist
• Leo Weiner (1885–1960), 20th-century composer of the "Fox Dance"

{{main|List of Icelandic composers}}

{{main|List of Indian composers}}

• M. Balamuralikrishna (1930–2016), carnatic music
• Clarence Barlow (1945–2023), contemporary art music
• Sandeep Bhagwati (born 1963), contemporary art music
• R.D. Burman (1939–1994), film composer, musician and singer
• Sachin Dev Burman (1906–1975), music composers for Hindi movies and a Bengali singer and composer
• Pritam Chakraborty (born 1971), film composer
• Salil Chowdhury (1922–1995), film music composer, western classical and folk fusion music writer and arranger
• Ilaiyaraja (born 1943), film composer, record producer, musician and singer
• Jatin–Lalit, music composer duo
• Khayyam (1927–2019), film composer
• Shirish Korde (born 1945), contemporary art music
• Bappi Lahiri (born 1952), film composer
• Laxmikant–Pyarelal, film composer duo
• Madan Mohan (born 1981), film composer, musician and singer
• Nadeem-Shravan, film composer duo
• Naushad (1919–2006), film composer
• O.P. Nayyar (1926–2007), film composer
• A. R. Rahman (born 1966 as Dilip), film composer, record producer, musician and singer
• Harris Jayaraj (born 8 July 1975), Indian film composer
• Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 1979), singer-songwriter, film score, and soundtrack composer
• Santhosh Narayanan (born 1983), Indian film composer
• Sean Roldan (born 1987), Indian musician
• Darbuka Siva (born 1982), Indian musician, director and actor
• Armaan Malik (born 1995), Indian composer, singer and songwriter
• Amaal Malik (born 1990), Indian composer, singer and songwriter
• Vivek-Mervin, Indian film composer duo
• Ravi (1926–2012), film composer
• Anirudh Ravichander (born 1990), singer, music director, film composer
• Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy trio of record producers, musicians, multi-instrumentalists
• Shankar Jaikishan, music composer duo
• Naresh Sohal (1939–2018), contemporary art music
• Amit Trivedi (born 1979), film composer
• Param Vir (born 1952), contemporary art music

{{main|List of Indonesian composers}}

• Otto Sidharta (born 1955), music composer
• Ananda Sukarlan (born 1968)

{{main|List of Iranian composers}}

{{main|List of Irish classical composers}}

{{main|List of Italian composers}}

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• Alessandro Alessandroni (1925–2017)
• Antonello da Caserta (fl. late 14th – early 15th centuries)
• Antonio Bazzini (1818–1897)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)
• Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
• Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
• Giulio Cesare Brero (1908–1973)
• Paolo Buonvino (born 1968)
• Ferruccio Busoni (1886–1924)
• Alfredo Casella (1883–1947)
• Johannes Ciconia (c. 1370–1412)
• Francesco Cilea (1866–1950)
• Simone Cilio (born 1992)
• Stelvio Cipriani (1937–2018)
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)
• Pino Donaggio (born 1941)
• Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785)
• Gherardello da Firenze (c. 1320 – 1362 or 1363)
• Andrea Guerra (born 1961)
• Jacopo da Bologna (fl. 1340 – c. 1386)
• Francesco Landini (died 1397)
• Bruno Maderna (1920–1973)
• Marchetto da Padova (fl. 1305–1319)
• Dario Marianelli (born 1963)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945)
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643)
• Ennio Morricone (1928–2020)
• Luigi Nono (1924–1990)
• Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525–1594)
• Nicola Piovani (born 1946)
• Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924)
• Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
• Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868)
• Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725)
• Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
• Kristian Sensini (born 1976)
• Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770)
• Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709)
• Francesco Maria Veracini (1690–1768)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
• Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755–1824)
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)

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{{main|List of Japanese composers}}

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• Pēteris Barisons (1904–1947)
• Kārlis Baumanis (1835–1905)
• Ilona Breģe (born 1959)
• Jānis Cimze (1814–1881)
• Emīls Dārziņš (1875–1910)
• Volfgangs Dārziņš (1906–1962)
• Rihards Dubra (born 1964)
• Maija Einfelde (born 1939)
• Ēriks Ešenvalds (born 1977)
• Lūcija Garūta (1902–1977)
• Jānis Ivanovs (1906–1983)
• Alberts Jērums (1919–1978)
• Andrejs Jurjāns (1856–1922)
• Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879–1951)
• Romualds Kalsons (born 1936)
• Arturs Maskats (born 1957)
• Jānis Mediņš (1890–1966)
• Emilis Melngailis (1974–1954)
• Georgs Pelēcis (born 1947)
• Pēteris Plakidis (1947–2017)
• Uģis Prauliņš (born 1957)
• Santa Ratniece (born 1977)
• Lolita Ritmanis (born 1962)
• Ādolfs Skulte (1909–2000)
• Pēteris Vasks (born 1946)
• Ernests Vīgners (1850–1933)
• Jāzeps Vītols (1863–1948)
• Marģeris Zariņš (1910–1993)
• Imants Zemzaris (born 1951)

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• Josef Rheinberger (1839–1901)

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• Jean-Marie Kieffer (born 1960)

• Dimitrije Bužarovski (born 1952)
• Todor Skalovski (1909–2004)

• Raymond Razafimbahiny (1919–1963)

• Charles Camilleri (1931–2009), 20th century classical composer
• Carmelo Pace (1906–1993), music teacher and composer
• Robert Samut (1869–1934), composer of Malta's National Anthem, l-Innu Malti

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• Miguel Bernal Jiménez (1910–1956), 20th Century composer
• Julián Carrillo (1875–1965), discovered the 13th sound
• Ricardo Castro (1864–1907), composer and pianist
• Daniel Catán (1949–2011), composer of operas
• Carlos Chávez (1899–1978), 20th-century classical composer and conductor
• Jose Mariano Elizaga (1786–1842), composer and theoretician
• Manuel Enriquez (1926–1994), modern classical composer
• Julio Estrada (born 1943), composer and theoretician
• Blas Galindo (1910–1993), 20th-century composer
• María Grever (1884–1951), composer of romantic songs like "Júrame"
• Carlos Jiménez Mabarak (1916–1994), 20th century composer
• Agustin Lara (1897–1970), composer of romantic songs like Maria Bonita, Solamente una Vez, Granada, etc.
• Mario Lavista (born 1943), composer and writer
• Francisco López Capillas (1608–1674), composer of the Baroque
• Armando Manzanero (1935–2020), singer, pianist and composer of Boleros
• Arturo Márquez (born 1950), wrote Danzón No. 2
• José Pablo Moncayo (1912–1958), composer of "Huapango"
• Melesio Morales (1839–1908), composer of the opera Ildegonda
• Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997), wrote for player piano
• Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948), 20th-century composer
• Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940), 20th-century classical composer of Sensemayá
• Juventino Rosas (1868–1894), composer of vals "Sobre las olas"
• Manuel de Sumaya (1678–1755), composer of the Baroque
• Eugenio Toussaint (1954–2011), contemporary jazz and classical composer
• Consuelo Velázquez (1924–2005), wrote the song "Bésame Mucho"

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• Michel van der Aa (born 1970), modern classical composer
• Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981), classical composer of symphonies, songs and organworks
• Louis Andriessen (1939–2021), modern classical composer
• Henk Badings (1907–1987), classical composer of symphonic works, songs, electro-acoustical works
• Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952), classical composer of instrumental music and songs
• Jan Brandts Buys (1868–1933), composer of operas and chamber music
• Johannes van Bree (1801–1857), classical composer of symphonies, orchestral works, operas, songs, chamber music
• Lex van Delden (1919–1988), modern classical composer (symphonies, vocal music)
• Bernard van Dieren (1887–1936), composer of chamber music, symphonies, vocal works
• Cornelis Dopper (1870–1939), classical composer of symphonies, operas, concertos
• Rudolf Escher (1912–1980), classical composer of songs, symphonies, chamber music
• Carel Anton Fodor (1768–1846), classical composer of symphonies, concertos
• Jan van Gilse (1881–1944), classical composer of operas, symphonies, chamber music
• Pieter Hellendaal (1721–1799), classical composer of concerti grossi, chamber music, psalms and oratorios
• Elisabeth Kuyper (1877–1953), classical composer of orchestral works, concertos, chamber music, choral music, and songs
• Guillaume Landré (1905–1968), classical composer of vocal music, operas and symphonies
• Samuel de Lange (1840–1911), classical composer of operas, organ music, symphonic works, chamber music
• Fred Momotenko (born 1970), classical composer
• Leon Orthel (1905–1885), classical composer of symphonies and chamber music
• Willem Pijper (1894–1947), classical composer of chamber music, songs, symphonic works
• Julius Röntgen (1855–1932), classical composer of symphonies, concertos, chamber music, vocal works
• Leo Smit (1900–1943), classical composer of chamber music, songs, symphonic music
• Johannes Verhulst (1816–1891), classical composer of vocal music, symphonic works
• Matthijs Vermeulen (1888–1967), classical composer of symphonies and songs
• Alexander Voormolen (1895–1980), classical composer of chamber music, piano music and orchestral works
• Bernard Zweers (1854–1924), classical composer of vocal music, orchestral works and symphonies

• Gillian Bibby (born 1945)
• Jack Body (1944–2015)
• Ivan Bootham (1939–2016)
• Helen Bowater (born 1952)
• Dorothy Buchanan (born 1945)
• Edwin Carr (1926–2003), 20th century classical
• Lyell Cresswell (born 1944), 20th century classical
• Eve de Castro-Robinson (born 1956)
• Gareth Farr (born 1968)
• Sir Dean Goffin (1918–1984), brass band composer
• Peter Hobbs (born 1970)
• Fanny Howie (1868–1916), composer of "Hine E Hine"
• Mihi-ki-te-kapua (?–c. 1872), composer of waiata
• Douglas Lilburn (1915–2001)
• Andrew Perkins (born 1961)
• Robert J. Pope (1865–1949), songwriter
• John Psathas (born 1966), 20th century classical
• Rihi Puhiwahine Te Rangi-hirawea (?–1906), composer of waiata
• John Rimmer (born 1939)
• Anthony Ritchie (born 1960), 20th century classical
• Stephen Roche (born 1964), composer of film music
• Michael Smither (born 1939)
• Sir William Southgate (born 1941)
• Ronald Tremain (1923–1998), 20th century classical
• Peter van der Fluit (born 1963)
• Gillian Karawe Whitehead (born 1941)
• Michael Williams (born 1962), 20th century classical
• Kenneth Young (born 1955)
• Wayan Yudane, composer of Balinese music

• Joshua Uzoigwe (1946–2005), 20th century classical and Nigerian folk composer

• Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen (born 1964), composer
• Valter Aamodt (1902–1989), Norwegian composer and music critic
• Ole Bornemann Bull (1810–1880) was a Norwegian violinist and composer, wrote The Herdgirl's Sunday
• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Romantic composer, known for his incidental music for Peer Gynt and his Piano Concerto
• Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907), Romantic composer and pianist, contemporary of Edvard Grieg
• Kjell Habbestad (born 1955), Norwegian composer
• Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935), Norwegian composer, famous for Entry March of the Boyars and Passacaglia in G minor on a Theme by George Frideric Handel
• Hans Fredrik Jacobsen (born 1954)
• Ståle Kleiberg (born 1958), classical composer and musicologist
• Herman Severin Løvenskiold (1815–1870), Romantic composer who wrote the score for the ballet La Sylphide
• Jan Erik Mikalsen (born 1979)
• Finn Mortensen (1922–1983), Norwegian composer, famous for bringing serialism and twelve-tone music to Norway
• Arne Nordheim (1931–2010), Norwegian composer, famous for bringing the modernism and electro acoustic music to Norway. Wrote Epitaffio for orchestra and tape, the ballet The Storm and Solitaire
• Marcus Paus (born 1979), Norwegian composer who writes tonal contemporary music and who has been described as a lyrical modernist
• Christian Sinding (1856–1941), Norwegian composer, wrote Rustle of Spring and the Suite for Violin and Orchestra
• Johan Svendsen (1840–1911), Norwegian composer of the Romance for Violin and Orchestra and 2 Symphonies
• Olav Anton Thommessen (born 1946), Norwegian composer, famous for "A Glass Bead Game"
• Lasse Thoresen (born 1949)
• Geirr Tveitt (1908–1981)
• Fartein Valen (1887–1952), Norwegian composer writing atonal polyphonic music. Famous for Le Cimetère Marin and the Violin Concerto

• Nisar Bazmi (1924–2007)

• Jaime Delgado Aparicio (1943–1983), contemporary jazz, pop and film score composer
• Jose Bernardo Alcedo (1788–1878), 19th-century Peruvian romantic composer, wrote the Peruvian National Anthem
• Daniel Alomía Robles (1871–1942), romantic composer, wrote El Cóndor Pasa
• Sadiel Cuentas (born 1973), contemporary composer
• Francisco González Gamarra (1890–1972), composer and painter{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Enrique Iturriaga|date=2001|entry=González Gamarra, Francisco|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.45211}}
• Chabuca Granda (1920–1983), singer, contemporary and folk music composer
• Rafael Leonardo Junchaya (born 1965), contemporary composer
• Celso Garrido Lecca (born 1926), contemporary composer
• Jimmy Lopez (born 1978), contemporary composer
• Clara Petrozzi (born 1965), contemporary composer
• Felipe Pinglo Alva (1899–1936), poet and songwriter, father of Música criolla
• Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann (born 1973), contemporary composer

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{{main|List of Polish composers}}

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• Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
• Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834–1861)
• Tadeusz Baird (1928–1981)
• Cyprian Bazylik (c.1535-c. 1600)
• Bazyli Bohdanowicz (1740–1817)
• Joanna Bruzdowicz (born 1943)
• Diomedes Cato (c. 1570-c. 1603)
• Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), Romantic era composer known for single piano pieces
• Nicolaus Cracoviensis (1st half of the 16th century)
• Wojciech Długoraj (1557–1619)
• Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807–1867)
• Józef Ksawery Elsner (1769–1854)
• Sebastian z Felsztyna (c. 1480/1490-after 1543)
• Julian Fontana (1810–1869)
• Kasia Glowicka (born 1977)
• Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938)
• Mikołaj Gomółka (1535–1591)
• Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (1665/67–1734)
• Henryk Górecki (1933–2010)
• Konstanty Gorski (1859–1924)
• Adam Jarzębski (c. 1590–1649)
• Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (born 1953)
• Bronisław Kaper (1902–1983)
• Zbigniew Karkowski (1958–2013)
• Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909)
• Wojciech Kilar (1932–2013)
• Stefan Kisielewski (1911–1991)
• Krzysztof Klabon (c. 1550-after 1616)
• Sebastian Klonowic (c. 1545–1602)
• Józef Koffler (1896–1944)
• Krzysztof Komeda (1931–1969)
• Zygmunt Konieczny (born 1937)
• Włodzimierz Kotoński (1925–2014)
• Zygmunt Krauze (born 1938)
• Hanna Kulenty (born 1961)
• Karol Kurpiński (1785–1857)
• Marcin Leopolita (c. 1540-c.1589)
• Franciszek Lessel (1780–1838)
• Franciszek Lilius (c. 1600 – 1657)
• Karol Lipiński (1790–1861)
• Jan z Lublina (late 15th century–1540)
• Paweł Łukaszewski (born 1968)
• Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994)
• Roman Maciejewski (1910–1998)
• Krzysztof Meyer (born 1943)
• Marcin Mielczewski (1600–1651)
• Franciszek Mirecki (1791–1862)
• Emil Młynarski (1870–1935)
• Stanisław Moniuszko (1819–1872)
• Maurycy Moszkowski (1854–1925)
• Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar (1924–2009)
• Paweł Mykietyn (born 1971)
• Zygmunt Noskowski (1846–1909)
• Feliks Nowowiejski (1877–1946)
• Michał Kazimierz Ogiński (1728–1800)
• Michał Kleofas Ogiński (1765–1833)
• Edward Olearczyk (1915–1994)
• Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1864–1941)
• Roman Palester (1907–1989)
• Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991)
• Bartłomiej Pękiel (died 1670)
• Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020)
• Jakub Polak (1540–1605)
• Zbigniew Preisner (born 1955)
• Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (born 1947)
• Marta Ptaszyńska (born 1943)
• Jacek Różycki (1625/35–1703/04)
• Ludomir Różycki (1884–1953)
• Witold Rudziński (1913–2004)
• Marian Sawa (1937–2005)
• Bogusław Schaeffer (1929–2019)
• Franciszek Ścigalski (1782–1846)
• Kazimierz Serocki (1922–1981)
• Andrzej Siewiński (died by 1726)
• Elżbieta Sikora (born 1943)
• Marek Stachowski (1936–2004)
• Roman Statkowski (1859–1925)
• Zygmunt Denis Antoni Jordan de Stojowski (1870–1946)
• Bolesław Szabelski (1896–1979)
• Wacław z Szamotuł (c. 1526–1560)
• Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński (prob. 2nd half of the 17th century)
• Aleksander Szeligowski (1934–1963)
• Tadeusz Szeligowski (1896–1963)
• Władysław Szpilman (1911–2000)
• Maria Szymanowska (1789–1831)
• Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937)
• Paweł Szymański (born 1954)
• Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986)
• André Tchaikowsky (1935–1982)
• Zbigniew Turski (1908–1979)
• Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996)
• Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880)
• Kazimierz Wiłkomirski (1900–1995)
• Juliusz Zarębski (1854–1885)
• Władysław Żeleński (1837–1921)
• Maciej Zieliński (born 1971)
• Mikołaj Zieleński (1st half of the 17th century)

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• Alfredo Keil (1850–1907)
• Jaime Reis (born 1983)

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• Juan F. Acosta (1890–1968)
• Esther Alejandro de León (born 1947)
• Mercedes Arias (c. 1860–1930)
• Rafael Alers (1903–1978)
• Julio Alvarado Tricoche (1886–1970)
• Miguel Angel Amadeo
• Roberto Angleró (1929–2018)
• Henry Arana (1921–2008)
• Julio C. Arteaga (1867–1923)
• Julio Bagué (born 1968)
• Samuel Beníquez (born 1971)
• Obie Bermúdez (born 1981)
• Americo Boschetti (born 1951)
• Lou Briel (born 1954)
• Roy Brown (born 1945)
• Antonio Cabán Vale (born 1942)
• Nano Cabrera
• Héctor Campos Parsi (1922–1998)
• Bobby Capó (1922–1989)
• Vicente Carattini (1939–2005)
• Andrés Castro Ríos (1942–2006)
• Arístides Chavier Arévalo (1867–1942)
• Edwin Colón Zayas (born 1965)
• Ernesto Cordero (born 1946)
• Federico A. Cordero (1928–2012)
• Tony Croatto (1940–2005)
• Bobby Cruz (born 1937)
• Tite Curet Alonso (1926–2003)
• Braulio Dueño Colón (1854–1934)
• Johnathan Dwayne (born 1963)
• Rafi Escudero (born 1945)
• Noel Estrada (1918–1979)
• Cheo Feliciano (1935–2014)
• José Feliciano (born 1945)
• Manuel Fernández Juncos (1846–1928)
• Pedro Flores (1894–1979)
• Luis Fonsi (born 1978)
• Kany García (born 1982)
• Gloria González (born 1944)
• Rafael Hernández Marín (1892–1965)
• Harold Hopkins Miranda (born 1971)
• Gustavo Laureano (born 1970)
• Raphy Leavitt (1948–2015)
• Víctor Manuelle (born 1968)
• Ladislao Martínez (1898–1979)
• Ismael Miranda (born 1950)
• Ángel Mislan (1862–1911)
• Glenn Monroig (born 1957)
• Juan Morel Campos (1857–1896)
• Angélica Negrón (born 1981)
• Noelia (born 1979)
• José Nogueras (born 1951)
• William Ortiz-Alvarado (born 1947)
• Luis "Perico" Ortiz (born 1949)
• Olimpio Otero Vergés (1845–1911)
• José Enrique Pedreira (1904–1959)
• Ángel Peña (born 1948)
• Pijuán (1942–2018)
• Miguel Poventud (1942–1983)
• Lourdes Pérez (born 1961)
• Ivy Queen (born 1972)
• Sylvia Rexach (1922–1961)
• Luciano Quiñones (born 1948)
• Ismael Quintana (1937–2016)
• José Ignacio Quintón (1881–1925)
• Chamaco Ramírez (1941–1983)
• Luis Antonio Ramírez (1923–1995)
• Juan Ríos Ovalle (1863–1928)
• Tomás Rivera Morales (1927–2001)
• Chamaco Rivera (born 1946)
• Ismael Rivera (1931–1987)
• Ramón Rivero (1909–1956)
• Augusto Rodríguez (1904–1993)
• Julito Rodríguez (1925–2013)
• Willie Rosario (born 1930)
• Herman Santiago (born 1941)
• Daniel Santos (1916–1992)
• Nino Segarra (born 1953)
• Roberto Sierra (born 1953)
• Arturo Somohano (1910–1977)
• Manuel Gregorio Tavárez (1843–1883)
• Yomo Toro (1933–2012)
• Raymond Torres-Santos (born 1958)
• Eladio Torres (born 1950)
• Rawy Torres (born 1975)
• Tommy Torres (born 1971)
• Juan Vélez (born 1983)
• Wilkins (born 1953)

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{{main|List of Romanian composers}}

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• Mihail Andricu (1894–1974)
• Pascal Bentoiu (1927–2016)
• Eduard Caudella (1841–1929)
• Adrian Enescu (1948–2016)
• George Enescu (1881–1955)
• Mihail Jora (1891–1971)
• Sorin Lerescu (born 1953)
• Dinu Lipatti (1917–1950)
• Tiberiu Olah (1921–2002)
• Ciprian Porumbescu (1853–1883)
• George Stephănescu (1843–1925)
• Aurel Stroe (1932–2008)
• Anatol Vieru (1926–1998)

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{{main|List of Russian composers}}

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• Alexander Abramsky (1898–1985)
• Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883–1946)
• Anatoly Nikolayevich Alexandrov (1888–1982)
• Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov (1905–1994)
• Alexander Alyabyev (1787–1851)
• Iosif Andriasov (1933–2000)
• Anton Arensky (1861–1906)
• Alexander Arkhangelsky (1846–1924)
• Lera Auerbach (born 1973)
• Arseny Avraamov (1886–1944)
• Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
• Maksim Berezovsky (c. 1745–1777)
• Matvey Blanter (1903–1990)
• Alexander Borodin (1833–1887)
• Dmitry Bortniansky (1751–1825)
• Yury G. Chernavsky (born 1947)
• Pavel Chesnokov (1877–1944)
• Julius Conus (1869–1942)
• César Cui (1835–1918)
• Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813–1869)
• Edison Denisov (1929–1996)
• Leonid Desyatnikov (born 1955)
• Nikolay Diletsky (c. 1630–after 1680)
• Irina Elcheva (1926–2013)
• Victor Ewald (1860–1935)
• Samuil Feinberg (1890–1962)
• Veniamin Fleishman (1913–1941)
• Yan Frenkel (1920–1989)
• Arthur Friedheim (1859–1932)
• Varvara Gaigerova (1903–1944)
• Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936)
• Reinhold Glière (1875–1956)
• Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857)
• Mikhail Gnesin (1883–1957)
• Alexander Goedicke (1877–1957)
• Nicolai Golovanov (1891–1953)
• Evgeny Golubev (1910–1988)
• Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956)
• Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
• Alexander Ilyinsky (1859–1920)
• Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859–1935)
• Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904–1987)
• Vasily Kalinnikov (1866–1901)
• Viktor Kalinnikov (1870–1927)
• Nikolai Kapustin (1937–2020)
• Nikolai Karetnikov (1930–1994)
• Yakov Kazyansky (born 1948)
• Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978)
• Karen Khachaturian (1920–2011)
• Ivan Khandoshkin (1747–1804)
• Yuri Khanon (born 1965)
• Tikhon Khrennikov (1913–2007)
• Alexander Knaifel (born 1943)
• Alexander Kopylov (1854–1911)
• Andrei Krylov (born 1961)
• Ivan Larionov (1830–1889)
• Ekaterina Likoshin (fl. 1800–1810)
• Aleksandr Lokshin (1920–1987)
• Arthur Lourié (1892–1966)
• Anatoly Lyadov (1855–1914)
• Sergei Lyapunov (1859–1924)
• Katerina Maier (fl. c. 1800)
• Nina Makarova (1908–1976)
• Vladimir Martynov (born 1946)
• Mikhail Matyushin (1861–1934)
• Samuel Maykapar (1867–1938)
• Nikolai Medtner (1880–1951)
• Fred Momotenko (born 1970), modern classical composer
• Alexander Mosolov (1900–1973)
• Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881)
• Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950)
• Vyacheslav Nagovitsin (born 1939)
• Tatiana Nikolayeva (1924–1993)
• Nikolai Obukhov (1899–1954)
• Vasily Pashkevich (c. 1742–1797)
• Boris Pasternak (1890–1960)
• Alla Pavlova (born 1952)
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953)
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
• Vladimir Rebikov (1866–1920)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
• Nikolai Roslavets (1881–1944)
• Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894)
• Leonid Sabaneyev (1881–1968)
• Adrian Schaposhnikov (1888–1967)
• Joseph Schillinger (1895–1943)
• Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
• Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)
• Julian Scriabin (1908–1919)
• Vladimir Shainsky (1925–2017)
• Rodion Shchedrin (born 1932)
• Vladimir Shcherbachov (1889–1952)
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
• Yekaterina Sinyavina (died 1784)
• Gregory Skovoroda (1722–1794)
• Nikolay Sokolov (1859–1922)
• Maximilian Steinberg (1883–1946)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
• Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998)
• Alexander Taneyev (1850–1918)
• Sergei Taneyev (1856–1915)
• Boris Tchaikovsky (1925–1996)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
• Alexander Tcherepnin (1899–1977)
• Alexey Nikolayevich Titov (1769–1827)
• Vasily Polikarpovich Titov (c. 1650–c. 1715)
• Galina Ustvolskaya (1919–2006)
• Vladimir Vavilov (1925–1973)
• Artemy Vedel (c. 1767–1808)
• Alexander Veprik (1898–1958)
• Yuliya Veysberg (1878/1880–1942)
• Ivan Wyschnegradsky (1893–1979)
• Alexander Zhurbin (born 1945)
• Lev Zhurbin (born 1978)
• Marija Zubova (1749–1799)

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{{main|List of Serbian composers}}

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• Isidor Bajić (1878–1915)
• Petar Bergamo (1930–2022)
• Stanislav Binički (1872–1942)
• Goran Bregović (born 1950)
• Dejan Despić (born 1930)
• Uroš Dojčinović (born 1959)
• Zoran Erić (born 1950)
• Dragutin Gostuški (1923–1998)
• Vladimir Graić (born 1968)
• Stevan Hristić (1885–1958)
• Jovo Ivanišević (1861–1889)
• Ion Ivanovici (1845–1902), Romanian composer of Serbian descent
• Aleksandar Kobac (born 1971)
• Marko Kon (born 1972)
• Petar Konjović (1883–1970)
• Kristina Kovač (born 1974)
• Petar Krstić (1877–1957)
• Luigi von Kunits (1870–1931), founder of both the Pittsburg and Toronto symphony orchestras
• Ljubica Marić (1909–2003)
• Josif Marinković (1851–1931), one of the most important Serbian composers of the 19th century
• Milan Mihajlović (born 1945)
• Miloje Milojević (1884–1946)
• Stevan Stojanović Mokranjac (1856–1914)
• Vasilije Mokranjac (1923–1984)
• Vojna Nešić (born 1947)
• Elena Pucić-Sorkočević (1786–1865) was the first female composer in the Republic of Ragusa (Republic of Dubrovnik)
• Miloš Raičković (born 1956)
• Rudolph Réti (1885–1957)
• Josip Runjanin (1821–1878), well-known Croatian and Serbian composer. Ethnic Serb
• Kornelije Stanković (1831–1865)
• Petar Stojanović (1877–1957)
• Josip Stolcer-Slavenski (1896–1955)
• Zoran Sztevanovity (born 1942)
• Marko Tajčević (1900–1984)
• Vladimir Tošić (born 1949)
• Dusan Trbojevic (1925–2011)
• Jasna Veličković (born 1974)
• Mihailo Vukdragović (1900–1967)

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{{main|List of South African composers}}

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• Ahn Eak-tai (1906–1965)
• Junsang Bahk (born 1937)
• Unsuk Chin (born 1961)
• Insook Choi (born 1962)
• DaeSeob Han (born 1977)
• Sungji Hong (born 1973)
• Hyun Jae-Myung (1902–1960)
• Hi Kyung Kim (born 1954)
• Kim Jin-Hi (born 1957)
• Chan-Hae Lee (born 1945)
• Young-ja Lee (born 1931)
• Lim Jun-Hee (born 1959)
• Sook-Ja Oh (born 1941)
• Younghi Pagh-Paan (born 1945)
• Jeajoon Ryu (born 1970)
• Kyungsun Suh (born 1942)
• Yun I-sang (1917–1995)

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{{main|List of Spanish composers}}

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• Marcial del Adalid y Gurréa (1826–1881), composer
• Dionisio Aguado y García (1784–1849), composer and guitarist
• Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia (1561–1627), composer and organist
• Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909), late Romantic composer and pianist, wrote nationalist works such as Iberia
• Mateo Albéniz (1755–1831), composer
• Manuel Alejandro (born 1969), contemporary song composer
• Francisco Alonso (1887–1948), composer of zarzuela
• Vicente Amigo (born 1967), composer
• Juan de Anchieta (1462–1523), composer
• Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806–1826), Romantic composer, nicknamed the "Spanish Mozart" before dying at age 19
• Emilio Arrieta (1821–1894), composer
• Salvador Bacarisse (1898–1963), composer
• Leonardo Balada (born 1933), composer, naturalized American
• Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823–1894), composer of zarzuela
• Sergio Blardony (born 1965), composer
• Tomás Bretón (1850–1923), composer
• Pablo Bruna (1611–1679), composer and organist
• Johannes Cornago (c. 1400–after 1475)
• Juan Bautista Cabanilles (1644–1712), composer and organist
• Antonio de Cabezón (1510–1566), composer and organist
• Ramón Carnicer (1841–1922), composer
• Narciso Casanovas (1747–1799), composer
• Ruperto Chapí (1851–1909), composer
• Federico Chueca (1846–1908), composer
• Gaspar Cassado (1897–1966), composer and cellist
• Juan J. Colomer (born 1966), composer
• Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1584–1654), composer and organist
• Sebastián Durón (1660–1716), composer
• Gustavo Díaz-Jerez (born 1970), composer
• Juan del Encina (1468–1529), composer
• Manuel de Falla (1876–1946), 20th-century composer, best known for The Three-Cornered Hat
• Mateo Flecha (1481–1553), composer
• Antón García Abril (1933–2021), composer
• Manuel García the Senior (1775–1832), also Manuel del Pópulo Vicente Rodriguez García
• Roberto Gerhard (1896–1970), composer
• Enrique Granados (1867–1916), nationalist composer and pianist, influenced later composers such as Manuel de Falla
• Isabel Güell i López (1872-1956), composer, pianist, organist
• Francisco Guerrero (1528–1599), composer
• Jesús Guridi (1886–1961), composer
• Cristóbal Halffter (1930–2021), composer and conductor
• Ernesto Halffter (1905–1989), composer
• Rodolfo Halffter (1900–1987), composer
• Luis Venegas de Henestrosa (c. 1510–1570)
• Juan Hidalgo de Polanco (1614–1685), composer and harpist
• Joaquin Homs (1906–2006), composer
• Sebastián Iradier (1809–1865), composer
• Andrés Isasi (1890–1940), composer
• Ricard Lamote de Grignon (1899–1965), composer
• Ramon Lazkano (born 1968), composer
• Antoni Lliteres Carrió (1673–1747), composer of zarzuela
• Miguel Llobet (1878–1938), guitarist and composer
• Alonso Lobo (1555–1617), composer
• Paco de Lucía (1947–2014), composer
• Pablo Luna (1879–1942), composer of zarzuela
• Josep Mestres Quadreny (1929–2021), composer
• Tomás Marco (born 1942), composer
• Luis de Milán (c. 1500–1561), composer and vihuelist
• Federico Mompou (1893–1987), composer
• Ramón Montoya (1880–1949), composer
• Xavier Montsalvatge (1912–2002), composer
• Cristóbal de Morales (1500–1553), composer
• Federico Moreno Torroba (1891–1982), composer
• Alonso Mudarra (1510–1580), composer
• Luis de Narváez (fl. 1526–1549), composer and vihuelist
• Pablo Nassarre (1650–1730), composer, organist, and theorist
• Jaime Nunó (1824–1908), composer
• Fernando Obradors (1897–1945), composer
• Gonzalo de Olavide (1934–2005), composer
• Diego Ortiz (1510–1570), composer and theorist
• Luis de Pablo (1930–2021), composer
• Felipe Pedrell (1841–1922), 19th-century composer
• Joan Baptista Pla (1720–1773), composer
• David del Puerto (born 1964), composer
• Joan Pau Pujol (1570–1626), composer
• Niño Ricardo (1904–1972), composer
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999), 20th-century composer, wrote the Concierto de Aranjuez for classical guitar and orchestra
• Antonio Rodríguez de Hita (1722–1787), composer
• Antonio Ruiz-Pipò (1934–1997), 20th-century composer for the guitar
• Sabicas (1912–1990), composer
• José María Sánchez-Verdú (born 1968), composer
• Manolo Sanlúcar (born 1943), composer
• Gaspar Sanz (1640–1710), Baroque era guitar composer
• Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908), Romantic era virtuoso violinist and composer
• José Serrano (1873–1941), composer
• Juan Sesé y Balaguer (1736–1801), composer
• Antonio Soler (1729–1783), wrote sonatas and concertos for the harpsichord and organ
• Fernando Sor (1778–1839), Classical/Romantic era composer for the guitar
• Pablo Sorozábal (1897–1988), composer
• Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909), Romantic era guitarist and composer
• Eduardo Torres (1872–1934), Late Romantic composer of organ works and guitar pieces
• Joaquín Turina (1882–1949), composer of chamber music, piano works, guitar pieces, and songs
• Juan de Urrede (c. 1430–after 1482)
• José María Usandizaga (1887–1915)
• Manuel Valls (1920–1984), composer
• Joaquín Valverde Durán (1846–1910), composer of zarzuelas
• Joaquín "Quinito" Valverde Sanjuán (1875–1918), composer of zarzuelas
• Octavio Vazquez (born 1972), composer
• Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611), composer
• Pedro Vilarroig (born 1954), contemporary neo-tonal composer.
• Sebastián de Vivanco (1551–1622), composer
• Amadeo Vives (1871–1932), composer
• Valentín Zubiaurre (1837–1914), composer

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{{main|List of Swedish composers}}

• Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986)
• Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758)
• Dag Wirén (1905–1986)

{{main|List of Swiss composers}}

• Fritz Bovet (fl. 1845–1888), violinist, composed at least one string quartet (still in print), watchmaker, Swiss vice-counsel to Canton, China
• Caroline Charrière (1960–2018), composer, flautist, choir director
• Heinz Holliger (born 1939)
• Arthur Honegger (1892–1955)
• Frank Martin (1890–1974)
• Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957)
• Andreas Vollenweider (born 1953)

• Tyzen Hsiao (1938–2015)
• Liu Shueh-Shuan 劉學軒 (born 1969), 21st century contemporary classical composer

{{main|List of Turkish composers}}

• Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907–1991)
• Ulvi Cemal Erkin (1906–1972)
• Cemal Reşit Rey (1904–1985)
• Hasan Ferit Alnar (1906–1978)
• Necil Kazım Akses (1908–1999)

{{main|List of British classical composers}}

• Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006)
• Arnold Bax (1883–1953)
• Harrison Birtwistle (1934–2022)
• Arthur Bliss (1891–1975)
• John Blow (1649–1708)
• Frank Bridge (1879–1941)
• Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
• William Byrd (1540–1623)
• Eric Coates (1886–1957)
• Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016)
• Frederick Delius (1862–1934)
• John Dowland (1563–1626)
• John Dunstable (c. 1390–1453)
• Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
• George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
• Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
• Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
• John Ireland (1879–1962)
• Hubert Parry (1848–1918)
• Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
• Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)
• Thomas Tallis (died 1585)
• Michael Tippett (1905–1998)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
• William Walton (1902–1983)

{{main|List of American composers}}

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• Maurice Abrahams (1883{{ndash}}1931)
• Mark Adamo (born 1962)
• Alton Adams (1889{{ndash}}1987)
• John Adams (born 1947)
• John Luther Adams (born 1953)
• H. Leslie Adams (born 1932)
• Samuel Adler (born 1928)
• Bruce Adolphe (born 1955)
• Milton Adolphus (1913{{ndash}}1988)
• Miguel del Águila (born 1957)
• Stephen Albert (1941{{ndash}}1992)
• Mark Alburger (born 1957)
• Russell Alexander (1877{{ndash}}1915)
• Esther Allan (1914{{ndash}}1985)
• Tori Amos (born 1963)
• David Amram (born 1930)
• Trey Anastasio (born 1964)
• Beth Anderson (born 1950)
• Leroy Anderson (1908{{ndash}}1975)
• T. J. Anderson (born 1928)
• John Antes (1740{{ndash}}1811)
• George Antheil (1900{{ndash}}1959)
• Alfredo Antonini (1901{{ndash}}1983)
• Frederic Archer (1838{{ndash}}1901)
• Dominick Argento (1927–2019)
• Harold Arlen (1905{{ndash}}1986)
• Felix Arndt (1889{{ndash}}1918)
• Robert Ashley (1930–2014)
• May Aufderheide (1888{{ndash}}1972)
• Larry Austin (1930–2018)
• Frederick Ayres (1876{{ndash}}1926)
• Milton Babbitt (1916{{ndash}}2011)
• Burt Bacharach (born 1928)
• Ernst Bacon (1898{{ndash}}1990)
• David Baker (1931–2016)
• Leonardo Balada (born 1933)
• Edward Ballantine (1886{{ndash}}1971)
• George Barati (1913{{ndash}}1996)
• Samuel Barber (1910{{ndash}}1981)
• Wayne Barlow (1912{{ndash}}1996)
• Matthew Barnson (born 1979)
• Marion Bauer (1882{{ndash}}1955)
• Amy Beach (1867{{ndash}}1944)
• Robert Beadell (1925{{ndash}}1994)
• Jeff Beal (born 1963)
• Robert Beaser (born 1954)
• Jeremy Beck (born 1960)
• Johann H. Beck (1856{{ndash}}1924)
• John J. Becker (1886{{ndash}}1961)
• Jack Beeson (1921{{ndash}}2010)
• Supply Belcher (1751{{ndash}}1836)
• Robert Russell Bennett (1894{{ndash}}1981)
• Arthur Berger (1912{{ndash}}2003)
• Jonathan Berger (born 1954)
• William Bergsma (1921{{ndash}}1994)
• Irving Berlin (1888{{ndash}}1989)
• Derek Bermel (born 1967)
• Elmer Bernstein (1922{{ndash}}2004)
• Leonard Bernstein (1918{{ndash}}1990)
• Philip Bezanson (1916{{ndash}}1975)
• Lisa Bielawa (born 1968)
• William Billings (1746{{ndash}}1800)
• Phillip Bimstein (born 1947)
• Seth Bingham (1882{{ndash}}1972)
• Arthur H. Bird (1856{{ndash}}1923)
• Easley Blackwood Jr. (born 1933)
• Eubie Blake (1883{{ndash}}1983)
• Marc Blitzstein (1905{{ndash}}1964)
• Ernest Bloch (1880{{ndash}}1959)
• Dušan Bogdanović (born 1955)
• William Bolcom (born 1938)
• Margaret Bonds (1913{{ndash}}1972)
• Francis Boott (1813{{ndash}}1904)
• David Borden (born 1938)
• Benjamin Boretz (born 1934)
• George Botsford (1874{{ndash}}1949)
• Roger Bourland (born 1952)
• Paul Bowles (1910{{ndash}}1999)
• Martin Boykan (1931–2021)
• Henry Brant (1913{{ndash}}2008)
• Joseph Carl Breil (1870{{ndash}}1926)
• Roger Briggs (born 1952)
• Kendall Durelle Briggs (born 1959)
• George Frederick Bristow (1825{{ndash}}1898)
• Howard Brockway (1870{{ndash}}1951)
• Earle Brown (1926{{ndash}}2002)
• Uzee Brown Jr (born 1950)
• William Brown (active 1780{{ndash}}1790)
• Dave Brubeck (1920{{ndash}}2012)
• Adolf Brune (1870{{ndash}}1935)
• George Brunner (born 1951)
• Mark Bucci (1924{{ndash}}2002)
• Dudley Buck (1839{{ndash}}1909)
• Harold Budd (1936{{ndash}}2020)
• Harry Burleigh (1866{{ndash}}1949)
• Howard J. Buss (born 1951)
• Curt Cacioppo (born 1951)
• Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881{{ndash}}1946)
• John Cage (1912{{ndash}}1992)
• David DeBoor Canfield (born 1950)
• John Carisi (1922{{ndash}}1992)
• Robert Carl (born 1954)
• David Carlson (born 1952)
• John Alden Carpenter (1876{{ndash}}1951)
• Benjamin Carr (1768{{ndash}}1831)
• Elliott Carter (1908{{ndash}}2012)
• Kristopher Carter (born 1972)
• Romeo Cascarino (1922{{ndash}}2002)
• George Whitefield Chadwick (1854{{ndash}}1931)
• Evan Chambers (born 1963)
• Eric Chasalow (born 1955)
• Rhys Chatham (born 1952)
• Chen Yi (born 1953)
• Paul Chihara (born 1938)
• F. Melius Christiansen (1871{{ndash}}1955)
• Paul J. Christiansen (1914{{ndash}}1997)
• Avery Claflin (1898{{ndash}}1979)
• Philip Greeley Clapp (1888{{ndash}}1954)
• René Clausen (born 1953)
• Gloria Coates (1938{{ndash}}2023)
• Louis Coerne (1870{{ndash}}1922)
• Robert Cogan (1930{{ndash}}2021)
• James Cohn (1928{{ndash}}2021)
• Dan Coleman (born 1972)
• Valerie Coleman (born 1970)
• Edward Joseph Collins (1886{{ndash}}1951)
• Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859{{ndash}}1927)
• Edward T. Cone (1917{{ndash}}2004)
• Zez Confrey (1895{{ndash}}1971)
• Sylvia Constantinidis (born 1962)
• David Conte (born 1955)
• Bill Conti (born 1942)
• Charles Crozat Converse (1832{{ndash}}1918)
• Frederick Converse (1871{{ndash}}1940)
• Will Marion Cook (1869{{ndash}}1944)
• Carson Cooman (born 1982)
• David Cope (born 1941)
• Aaron Copland (1900{{ndash}}1990)
• Carmine Coppola (1910{{ndash}}1991)
• Sidney Corbett (born 1960)
• John Corigliano (born 1938)
• Mildred Couper (1887{{ndash}}1974)
• Henry Cowell (1897{{ndash}}1965)
• Sibylla Bailey Crane (1851{{ndash}}1902)
• John Craton (born 1953)
• Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901{{ndash}}1953)
• Noah Creshevsky (1945{{ndash}}2020)
• Paul Creston (1906{{ndash}}1985)
• David Crumb (born 1962)
• George Crumb (1929–2022)
• Conrad Cummings (born 1948)
• Alvin Curran (born 1938)
• Sebastian Currier (born 1959)
• Hoyt Curtin (1922{{ndash}}2000)
• Walter Damrosch (1862{{ndash}}1950)
• Joseph Dangerfield (born 1977)
• Richard Danielpour (born 1956)
• Mabel Wheeler Daniels (1878{{ndash}}1971)
• Michael Daugherty (born 1954)
• Mario Davidovsky (1934–2019)
• Don Davis (born 1957)
• Katherine K. Davis (1892{{ndash}}1980)
• Reginald De Koven (1859{{ndash}}1920)
• Edmond Dédé (1827{{ndash}}1903)
• David Del Tredici (born 1937)
• Norman Dello Joio (1913{{ndash}}2008)
• Stuart Dempster (born 1936)
• James Di Pasquale (born 1941)
• Rocco Di Pietro (born 1949)
• David Diamond (1915{{ndash}}2005)
• Clarence Dickinson (1873{{ndash}}1969)
• Emma Lou Diemer (born 1927)
• Fannie Charles Dillon (1881{{ndash}}1947)
• Lawrence Dillon (born 1959)
• Charles Dodge (born 1942)
• Daniel Dorff (born 1956)
• Celius Dougherty (1902{{ndash}}1986)
• John Thomas Douglass (1847{{ndash}}1886)
• John W. Downey (1927{{ndash}}2004)
• Deborah Drattell (born 1956)
• Paul Dresher (born 1951)
• Jacob Druckman (1928{{ndash}}1996)
• William Duckworth (1943–2012)
• John Woods Duke (1899{{ndash}}1984)
• Vernon Duke (1903{{ndash}}1969)
• Dennis Eberhard (1943{{ndash}}2005)
• Clara Edwards (1880{{ndash}}1974)
• Cecil Effinger (1914{{ndash}}1990)
• Henry Eichheim (1870{{ndash}}1942)
• Danny Elfman (born 1953)
• Bradley Ellingboe (born 1958)
• Duke Ellington (1899{{ndash}}1974)
• Abraham Ellstein (1907{{ndash}}1963)
• Donald Erb (1927{{ndash}}2008)
• Robert Erickson (1917{{ndash}}1997)
• Pozzi Escot (born 1933)
• Alvin Etler (1913{{ndash}}1973)
• Ralph Evans (born 1953)
• Eric Ewazen (born 1954)
• Roopam Garg (born 1995)
• Ferde Grofé (1892–1972)

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{{main|List of Ukrainian composers}}

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• Hryhory Alchevsky (1866–1920)
• Mykola Arkas (1853–1909)
• Svitlana Azarova (born 1976)
• Virko Baley (born 1938)
• Lev Barenboim (1906–1985)
• Alexandre Barjansky (1883–1961)
• Vasyl Barvinsky (1888–1963)
• Maxim Berezovsky (c. 1745–1777)
• Oleksandr Bilash (1931–2003)
• Timofiy Bilohradsky (c. 1710 – c. 1782)
• Felix Blumenfeld (1863 –1931)
• Dmytro Bortnyansky (1751–1825)
• Valentyn Borysov (1901–1988)
• Platon Gregoriewitch Brounoff (1859–1924)
• Mikhail Bukinik (1872–1947)
• Konstantyn Dankevych (1905–1984)
• Ivan Domaratsky
• Eduard Drach (born 1965)
• Lesia Dychko (born 1939)
• Mykola Dyletsky (c. 1630–1690)
• Konstantin Eiges (1875–1950)
• Yuriy Fedynsky (born 1975)
• Arkady Filippenko (1912–1983)
• Volodymyr Flys (1924–1987)
• Bohdana Frolyak (born 1968)
• Alexander Gauk (1893–1963)
• Mikhail Goldstein (1917–1989)
• Yefim Golyshev (1897–1970)
• Mykhailo Haivoronsky (1892–1949)
• Hanna Havrylets' (born 1958)
• Vitaliy Hodziatsky (born 1936)
• Leonid Hrabovsky (born 1935)
• Volodymyr Huba (1938–2020)
• Vitaliy Hubarenko (1934–2000)
• Semen Hulak-Artemovsky (1813–1873)
• Roman Hurko (born 1962)
• Volodymyr Ivasyuk (1949–1979)
• Basilio Kaczurak (1919–1987)
• Ivan Karabyts (1945–2002)
• Hnat Khotkevych (1877–1938)
• Valeri Kikta (born 1941)
• Alexis Kochan (born 1953)
• Filaret Kolessa (1871–1947)
• Mykola Kolessa (1903–2006)
• Taras Kompanichenko (born 1969)
• Viktor Kosenko (1896–1938)
• Alexander Koshetz (1875–1944)
• Oleksandr Kozarenko (born 1963)
• Oleksandr Krasotov (1936–2007)
• Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962)
• Vitalij Kuprij (born 1974)
• Iryna Kyrylina (1953–2017)
• Hryhory Kytasty (1907–1984)
• Mykola Leontovych (1877–1921)
• Borys Lyatoshynsky (1895–1968)
• Mykola Lysenko (1842–1912)
• Stanyslav Lyudkevych (1879–1979)
• Heorhiy Maiboroda (1913–1992)
• Platon Maiboroda (1918–1989)
• Eusebius Mandyczewski (1857–1929)
• Igor Markevitch (1912–1983)
• Mykola Markevych (1804–1860)
• Igor Matsiyevsky (born 1941)
• Yuliy Meitus (1903–1997)
• Mykola Mozhovyy (1947–2010)
• Mykola Mykhailov (1903–1936)
• Petro Nishchynsky (1832–1896)
• Yuriy Oliynyk (1931–2021)
• Tomasz Padura (1801–1871)
• Alla Pavlova (born 1952)
• Symeon Pekalytsky (c. 1630–c. at the end of 1690s)
• Ihor Poklad (born 1941)
• Victoria Poleva (born 1962)
• Alexey Retinsky (born 1986)
• Levko Revutsky (1889–1877)
• Mykola Roslavets (1881–1944)
• Dorian Rudnytsky (born 1944)
• Volodymyr Runchak (born 1960)
• Mariana Sadovska (born 1972)
• Ihor Shamo (1925–1982)
• Alexander Shchetynsky (born 1960)
• Andriy Shtoharenko (1902–1992)
• Aleksandr Shymko (born 1977)
• Roman Simovych (1901–1984)
• Mikhail Skorulskyi (1887–1950)
• Myroslav Skoryk (1938–2020)
• Hryhorii Skovoroda (1722–1794)
• Ihor Sonevytsky (1926–2006)
• Yevhen Stankovych (born 1942)
• Yakiv Stepovy (1883–1921)
• Kyrylo Stetsenko (1882–1922)
• Valentyn Sylvestrov (born 1937)
• Stefania Turkewich (1898–1977)
• Roman Turovsky-Savchuk (born 1961)
• Anatole Vakhnianyn (1841–1908)
• Artem Vedel (c. 1767–1808)
• Mykhaylo Verbytsky (1815–1870)
• Vasyl Verkhovynets (1880–1938)
• Hryhoriy Veryovka (1895–1964)
• Mykola Vilinsky (1888–1856)
• Sydir Vorobkevych (1836–1903)
• Konstanty Wileński (born 1949)
• Peter Wilhousky (1902–1978)
• Yakiv Yatsynevych (1869–1945)
• Ludmila Yurina (born 1962)
• Vsevolod Zaderatsky (1891–1953)
• Alla Zahaikevych (born 1966)
• Sigismund Zaremba (1861–1915)
• León Zuckert (1904–1992)
• Valentyn Silvestrov (1937)
• Iryna Aleksiychuk (born 1967) [http://www.iryna-aleksiychuk-composer.com www.iryna-aleksiychuk-composer.com]

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• Miguel del Águila (born 1957)

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140301020710/http://www.ubc-ucb.be/nl/welkom.php Union of Belgian Composers] (in Dutch and French)
• [http://www.ubc-bg.com/ Union of Bulgarian Composers]

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