| composer | | |
| n. (person) | 1. composer | someone who composes music as a profession. |
| ~ contrapuntist | a composer who specializes in counterpoint. |
| ~ musician | artist who composes or conducts music as a profession. |
| ~ psalmist | a composer of sacred songs.; "David is called The Psalmist because he is believed to be the author of the Book of Psalms" |
| ~ ballad maker, songster, songwriter | a composer of words or music for popular songs. |
| ~ symphonist | a composer of symphonies. |
| ~ ambrose, saint ambrose, st. ambrose | (Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397). |
| ~ bach, johann sebastian bach | German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750). |
| ~ barber, samuel barber | United States composer (1910-1981). |
| ~ bartok, bela bartok | Hungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945). |
| ~ beethoven, ludwig van beethoven, van beethoven | German composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827). |
| ~ bellini, vincenzo bellini | Italian composer of operas (1801-1835). |
| ~ alban berg, berg | Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935). |
| ~ berlioz, hector berlioz, louis-hector berlioz | French composer of romantic works (1803-1869). |
| ~ bernstein, leonard bernstein | United States conductor and composer (1918-1990). |
| ~ bizet, georges bizet | French composer best known for his operas (1838-1875). |
| ~ blitzstein, marc blitzstein | United States pianist and composer of operas and musical plays (1905-1964). |
| ~ bloch, ernest bloch | United States composer (born in Switzerland) who composed symphonies and chamber music and choral music and a piano sonata and an opera (1880-1959). |
| ~ aleksandr borodin, aleksandr porfirevich borodin, borodin | Russian composer (1833-1887). |
| ~ boulez, pierre boulez | French composer of serial music (born in 1925). |
| ~ brahms, johannes brahms | German composer who developed the romantic style of both lyrical and classical music (1833-1897). |
| ~ benjamin britten, britten, edward benjamin britten, lord britten of aldeburgh | major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976). |
| ~ bruch, max bruch | German composer (1838-1920). |
| ~ anton bruckner, bruckner | Austrian organist and composer of romantic music (1824-1896). |
| ~ byrd, william byrd | English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623). |
| ~ john cage, john milton cage jr., cage | United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992). |
| ~ carlos chavez, chavez | Mexican composer of nationalistic works using themes from Indian folk music (1899-1978). |
| ~ cherubini, luigi cherubini, maria luigi carlo zenobio cherubini | Italian composer of church music and operas (1760-1842). |
| ~ frederic francois chopin, chopin | French composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849). |
| ~ aaron copland, copland | United States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990). |
| ~ arcangelo corelli, corelli | Italian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713). |
| ~ couperin, francois couperin | French composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733). |
| ~ noel coward, sir noel pierce coward, coward | English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973). |
| ~ czerny, karl czerny | Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857). |
| ~ claude achille debussy, claude debussey, debussy | French composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918). |
| ~ clement philibert leo delibes, delibes, leo delibes | French composer of operas (1836-1891). |
| ~ delius, frederick delius | English composer of orchestral works (1862-1934). |
| ~ donizetti, gaetano donizetti | Italian composer of operas (1797-1848). |
| ~ dowland, john dowland | English lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626). |
| ~ dukas, paul dukas | French composer (1865-1935). |
| ~ antonin dvorak, dvorak | Czech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904). |
| ~ elgar, sir edward elgar, sir edward william elgar | British composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934). |
| ~ enesco, george enescu, georges enesco | Romanian violinist and composer (1881-1955). |
| ~ falla, manuel de falla | Spanish composer and pianist (1876-1946). |
| ~ cesar franck, franck | French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890). |
| ~ george gershwin, gershwin | United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937). |
| ~ glinka, mikhail glinka, mikhail ivanovich glinka | Russian composer (1804-1857). |
| ~ christoph willibald von gluck, gluck | German composer of more than 100 operas (1714-1787). |
| ~ charles francois gounod, gounod | French composer best remembered for his operas (1818-1893). |
| ~ george percy aldridge grainger, grainger, percy aldridge grainger, percy grainger | United States composer (born in Australia) who lived in London and collected English folk songs (1882-1961). |
| ~ edvard grieg, edvard hagerup grieg, grieg | Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907). |
| ~ fromental halevy, halevy, jacques francois fromental elie halevy | French operatic composer (1799-1862). |
| ~ georg friedrich handel, george frederick handel, george frideric handel, handel | a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759). |
| ~ handy, w. c. handy, william christopher handy | United States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958). |
| ~ franz joseph haydn, haydn, joseph haydn | prolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809). |
| ~ hindemith, paul hindemith | German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963). |
| ~ arthur honegger, honegger | Swiss composer (born in France) who was the founding member of a group in Paris that included Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau (1892-1955). |
| ~ engelbert humperdinck, humperdinck | German composer of six operas and other incidental music (1854-1921). |
| ~ ibert, jacques francois antoine ibert | French composer (1890-1962). |
| ~ charles edward ives, ives | United States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954). |
| ~ joachim, joseph joachim | Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907). |
| ~ scott joplin, joplin | United States composer who was the first creator of ragtime to write down his compositions (1868-1917). |
| ~ aram kachaturian, kachaturian | Armenian composer who incorporated oriental folk music (1903-1978). |
| ~ jerome david kern, jerome kern, kern | United States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945). |
| ~ aram ilich khachaturian, aram khachaturian, khachaturian | Russian composer (born in Armenia) whose works are romantic and reflect his interest in folk music (1903-1978). |
| ~ constant lambert, leonard constant lambert, lambert | English composer and conductor (1905-1951). |
| ~ lasso, orlando di lasso, roland de lassus | Belgian composer (1532-1594). |
| ~ huddie leadbetter, leadbelly, ledbetter | United States folk singer and composer (1885-1949). |
| ~ franz lehar, lehar | Hungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948). |
| ~ franz liszt, liszt | Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886). |
| ~ andrew lloyd webber, baron lloyd webber of sydmonton, lloyd webber | English composer of many successful musicals (some in collaboration with Sir Tim Rice) (born in 1948). |
| ~ frederick loewe, loewe | United States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987). |
| ~ giambattista lulli, jean baptiste lully, lulli, lully | French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687). |
| ~ edward macdowell, macdowell | United States composer best remembered as a composer of works for the piano (1860-1908). |
| ~ gustav mahler, mahler | Austrian composer and conductor (1860-1911). |
| ~ jules emile frederic massenet, massenet | French composer best remembered for his pop operas (1842-1912). |
| ~ felix mendelssohn, jakob ludwig felix mendelssohn-bartholdy, mendelssohn | German musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847). |
| ~ gian carlo menotti, menotti | United States composer (born in Italy) of operas (born in 1911). |
| ~ giacomo meyerbeer, jakob liebmann beer, meyerbeer | German composer of operas in a style that influenced Richard Wagner (1791-1864). |
| ~ darius milhaud, milhaud | French composer of works that combine jazz and polytonality and Brazilian music (1892-1974). |
| ~ claudio monteverdi, monteverdi | Italian composer (1567-1643). |
| ~ douglas moore, moore | United States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969). |
| ~ mozart, wolfgang amadeus mozart | prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy; master of the classical style in all its forms of his time (1756-1791). |
| ~ modest moussorgsky, modest mussorgsky, modest petrovich moussorgsky, modest petrovich mussorgsky, moussorgsky, mussorgsky | Russian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881). |
| ~ carl august nielsen, carl nielsen, nielsen | Danish composer (1865-1931). |
| ~ jacques offenbach, offenbach | French composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880). |
| ~ orbison, roy orbison | United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988). |
| ~ giovanni pierluigi da palestrina, palestrina | Italian composer (1526-1594). |
| ~ piston, walter piston | United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976). |
| ~ cole albert porter, cole porter, porter | United States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946). |
| ~ francis poulenc, poulenc | French pianist and composer (1899-1963). |
| ~ prokofiev, sergei sergeyevich prokofiev | Russian composer of ballets and symphonies and operas (1891-1953). |
| ~ giacomo puccini, puccini | Italian operatic composer noted for the dramatic realism of his operas (1858-1924). |
| ~ henry purcell, purcell | English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695). |
| ~ rachmaninoff, rachmaninov, sergei rachmaninoff, sergei rachmaninov, sergei vasilievich rachmaninoff, sergei vasilievich rachmaninov | composer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943). |
| ~ jean-philippe rameau, rameau | French composer of operas whose writings laid the foundation for the modern theory of harmony (1683-1764). |
| ~ maurice ravel, ravel | French composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937). |
| ~ stephen michael reich, steve reich, reich | United States composer (born in 1936). |
| ~ ottorino respighi, respighi | Italian composer remembered for his symphonic poems (1879-1936). |
| ~ nikolai andreyevich rimski-korsakov, nikolai andreyevich rimsky-korsakov, rimski-korsakov, rimsky-korsakov | Russian composer of operas and orchestral works; often used themes from folk music (1844-1908). |
| ~ richard rodgers, rodgers | United States composer of musical comedies (especially in collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II and with Lorenz Hart) (1902-1979). |
| ~ romberg, sigmund romberg | United States composer (born in Hungary) who composed operettas (1887-1951). |
| ~ giloacchino antonio rossini, rossini | Italian composer remembered for his operas (1792-1868). |
| ~ anton gregor rubinstein, anton grigorevich rubinstein, anton rubenstein, rubinstein | Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894). |
| ~ charles camille saint-saens, saint-saens | French pianist and composer (1835-1921). |
| ~ erik alfred leslie satie, erik satie, satie | French composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of Romanticism (1866-1925). |
| ~ artur schnabel, schnabel | United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951). |
| ~ arnold schoenberg, arnold schonberg, schoenberg, schonberg | United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951). |
| ~ franz peter schubert, franz schubert, franz seraph peter schubert, schubert | Austrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828). |
| ~ robert alexander schumann, robert schumann, schumann | German romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856). |
| ~ clara josephine schumann, schumann | German pianist and composer of piano music; renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896). |
| ~ aleksandr nikolayevich scriabin, aleksandr scriabin, scriabin | Russian composer of orchestral and piano music (1872-1915). |
| ~ andres segovia, segovia | Spanish guitarist who made classical guitar a concert instrument (1893-1987). |
| ~ roger huntington sessions, roger sessions, sessions | United States composer who promoted 20th century music (1896-1985). |
| ~ dmitri dmitrievich shostakovich, dmitri shostakovich, shostakovich | Russian composer best known for his fifteen symphonies (1906-1975). |
| ~ jean sibelius, johan julius christian sibelius, sibelius | Finnish composer (1865-1957). |
| ~ bedrich smetana, smetana | Czech composer (1824-1884). |
| ~ sondheim, stephen sondheim | United States composer of musicals (born in 1930). |
| ~ john philip sousa, march king, sousa | a United States bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932). |
| ~ strauss the elder, johann strauss, strauss | Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849). |
| ~ johann strauss, strauss the younger, strauss | Austrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899). |
| ~ richard strauss, strauss | German composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949). |
| ~ igor fyodorovich stravinsky, igor stravinsky, stravinsky | composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971). |
| ~ arthur seymour sullivan, arthur sullivan, sir arthur sullivan, sullivan | English composer of operettas who collaborated with the librettist William Gilbert (1842-1900). |
| ~ tallis, thomas tallis | English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585). |
| ~ deems taylor, joseph deems taylor, taylor | United States composer and music critic (1885-1966). |
| ~ peter ilich tchaikovsky, peter tchaikovsky, pyotr ilych tchaikovsky, pyotr tchaikovsky, tchaikovsky | important Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893). |
| ~ georg philipp telemann, telemann | German baroque composer (1681-1767). |
| ~ thomson, virgil garnett thomson, virgil thomson | United States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989). |
| ~ edgar varese, varese | United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965). |
| ~ ralph vaughan williams, vaughan williams | English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958). |
| ~ giuseppe verdi, guiseppe fortunino francesco verdi, verdi | Italian operatic composer (1813-1901). |
| ~ heitor villa-lobos, villa-lobos | Brazilian composer (1887-1959). |
| ~ antonio lucio vivaldi, antonio vivaldi, vivaldi | Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741). |
| ~ richard wagner, wilhelm richard wagner, wagner | German composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883). |
| ~ sir william turner walton, sir william walton, walton, william walton | English composer (1902-1983). |
| ~ baron karl maria friedrich ernst von weber, carl maria von weber, weber | German conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826). |
| ~ kurt weill, weill | German composer; collaborated with Bertolt Brecht (1900-1950). |
| ~ hugo wolf, wolf | Austrian composer (1860-1903). |
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