• Muhal Richard Abrams (born 1930)
• John Adams (born 1947)
• Hugo Alfven
• Maryanne Amacher (born 1943)
• Beth Anderson (born 1950)
• Louis Andriessen (born 1939)
• George Antheil (1900 - 1959)
• Malcolm Arnold (born 1921)
• Robert Ashley (born 1930)
• Larry Austin (born 1930)
• Milton Babbitt (born 1916)
• Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
• Clarence Barlow (born ca. 1945)
• Jean Barraqué (1928 - 1973)
• Béla Bartók, (1881 - 1945)
• Arnold Bax (1883 - 1953)
• David Bedford (born 1937)
• David Behrman (born 1937)
• Barbara Benary (born 1946)
• George Benjamin
• Alban Berg (1885 - 1935)
• Bart Berman (born 1938)
• Wilhelm Peterson Berger
• Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003)
• Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989)
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
• Ronald Binge (1910 - 1969)
• Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934)
• Easley Blackwood (born 1933)
• Arthur Bliss (1891 - 1975)
• Ernest Bloch (1880 - 1959)
• William Bolcom (born 1938)
• Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918)
• Nadia Boulanger (1887 - 1979)
• Pierre Boulez (born 1925)
• Joly Braga Santos (1924-1988)
• Glenn Branca (born 1948)
• Henry Brant (born 1913)
• Anthony Braxton (born 1945)
• Havergal Brian
• Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Earle Brown (born 1926)
• Gavin Bryars (born 1943)
• Diana Burrell (born 1948)
• Alan Bush (1900-1995)
• George Butterworth (1885-1916)
• John Cage (1912-1992)
• Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981)
• Wendy Carlos (born 1939)
• Elliott Carter (born 1908)
• Carlos Chavez (1899-1978)
• Mary Ellen Childs (born 1957)
• Heinz Chur (born 1948)
• Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis (1875-1911)
• Rebecca Clarke (1886 - 1979)
• Eric Coates (1886 - 1957)
• Gloria Coates (born 1938)
• Cecil Coles (1888 - 1918)
• Justin Connolly (born 1933)
• Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
• John Corigliano (born 1938)
• Paul Creston (1906 - 1985)
• George Crumb (born 1929)
• Alvin Curran (born 1938)
• Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975)
• Mario Davidovsky (born 1934)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934)
• Edison Denisov (1929-1996)
• David Diamond (born 1915)
• Arnold Dreyblatt (born 1953)
• Madeleine Dring
• William Duckworth (born 1943)
• Marcel Dupré
• Joël-François Durand (born 1954)
• Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986)
• Pascal Dusapin (born 1955)
• Henri Dutilleux (born 1916)
• Ross Edwards (born 1943)
• Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• JAK Ellis
• Georges Enesco (1881 - 1955)
• Manuel De Falla (1876 - 1946)
• Morton Feldman (1926 - 1987)
• Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
• Luc Ferrari (born 1929)
• Gerald Finzi (1901 - 1956)
• Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat, (born 1922)
• David First (born 1953)
• Carlisle Floyd, (born 1926)
• Peter Racine Fricker (born 1920)
• Johannes Fritsch, (born 1941)
• Patrick Frye III (born 1957)
• Henry Flynt
• Ellen Fullman (born 1957)
• Kenneth Gaburo (1926-1993)
• Kyle Gann (born 1955)
• Peter Garland (born 1952)
• Roberto Gerhardt
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889 - 1960)
• Jon Gibson (born 1940)
• Paul Gilson (1965 - 1942)
• Alberto Ginastera (1916 - 1983)
• Umberto Giordano (1867 - 1948)
• Janice Giteck (born 1946)
• Philip Glass (born 1937)
• Leopold Godowsky (1870 - 1938)
• Heiner Goebbels (born 1952)
• Alexander Goehr
• Carl Goldmark (1830 - 1915)
• Henryk Górecki (born 1933)
• Annie Gosfield
• Morton Gould (1913 - 1996)
• Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961)
• Enrique Granados (1827 - 1916)
• Charles Tomlinson Griffes, (1884-1920)
• Gérard Grisey (1946 - 1998)
• Carmago Guarnieri (1907 - 1993)
• Sofia Gubaidulina (born 1931)
• Henry Gwiazda
• Jeremy Haladyna
• Howard Hanson (1896 - 1981)
• Lou Harrison (1917-2003)
• Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905 - 1963)
• Jake Heggie
• Pieter Hellendaal
• Hans Werner Henze (born 1926)
• Bernard Herrmann (1911 - 1975)
• Lejaren Hiller (1924-1994)
• Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963)
• Leslie Hogan
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955)
• Sarah Hopkins (born 1958)
• Mark-David Hosale
• Eleanor Hovda
• Alan Hovhaness, (1911-2000)
• Hans Ulrich Humpert
• Jerry Hunt, (1943-1993)
• Philippe Hurel
• Jacques Ibert
• John Ireland, (1883-1887)
• Charles Ives (1874 - 1954)
• Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928)
• Leroy Jenkins (born 1932)
• Tom Johnson (born 1939)
• Ben Johnston (born 1926)
• Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
• Mauricio Kagel (born 1931)
• Giya Kancheli (born 1935)
• Nicolas Kaviani (1977 - )
• Aram Khachaturian, (1903-1978)
• Tikhon Khrennikov, (1913-?)
• Phil Kline
• Oliver Knussen (born 1952)
• Zoltán Kodály (1882 - 1967)
• William Kraft
• Ladislav Kupkovic (born 1936)
• Joan LaBarbara (born 1947)
• Juan Sebastian Lach
• Helmut Lachenmann (1935 - )
• Constant Lambert
• Eastwood Lane (1879 - 1951)
• Paul Lansky (born 1944)
• Mary Jane Leach (born 1949)
• Anne Lebaron (born 1953)
• Wadada Leo Smith (born 1941)
• David Lang
• Lars-Erik Larsson
• Elodie Lauten (born
• Jón Leifs (1899-1968)
• Philippe Leroux
• György Ligeti, (born 1923)
• Douglas Lilburn, (1915-2001)
• Annea Lockwood (born 1939)
• Alvin Lucier (born 1931)
• Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)
• Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983)
• James Macmillan
• Elizabeth Maconchy
• David Mahler (born 1944)
• Gustav Mahler (1860 - 1911)
• Philippe Manoury (born 1952)
• Bunita Marcus
• Ingram Marshall (born 1942)
• Frank Martin (1890 - 1974)
• Steve Martland
• Colin Matthews (born 1946)
• David Matthews (born 1943)
• Peter Maxwell Davies (born 1934)
• Bohuslav Martinu (1890 - 1959)
• Nicholas Maw
• Colin McPhee (1900-1964)
• Gian-Carlo Menotti (born 1911)
• Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)
• Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974)
• Roscoe Mitchell (born 1940)
• Luca Miti, (born 1957)
• Ernest John Moeran (1894 - 1950)
• Meredith Monk (born 1942)
• Douglas Stuart Moore
• Gordon Mumma (born 1935)
• Tristan Murail
• Conlon Nancarrow (1912 - 1997)
• Vaclav Nelhybel (1919 - 1996)
• Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931)
• Luigi Nono (1924 - 1990)
• Michael Nyman (born 1944)
• Sergio Roberto de Oliveira
• Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
• Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
• Paul Panhuysen
• Andrzej Panufnik
• Roxanna Panufnik
• Carlos Paredes
• Charles Hubert Parry
• Arvo Pärt, (born 1935)
• Harry Partch, (1901-1974)
• Krzysztof Penderecki (born 1933)
• Scott Perry
• Alan Pettersson
• Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
• Walter Piston (1894-1976)
• Larry Polansky (born 1954)
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
• Simon Proctor
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
• Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
• Eliane Radigue (born 1932)
• Priaulx Rainier (1903-1986)
• Einojuhani Rautavaara
• Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
• Alan Rawsthorne
• Steve Reich (born 1936)
• Ottorino Respighi (1879-1936)
• Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940)
• Roger Reynolds (born 1934)
• Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
• Terry Riley (born 1935)
• George Rochberg (born 1918)
• Joaquin Rodrigo
• Ned Rorem (born 1923)
• David Rosenboom (born 1947)
• Nino Rota (1911 - 1979)
• Mikel Rouse (born 1957)
• Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
• Edmund Rubbra
• Dane Rudhyar (1895-1985)
• Carl Ruggles (1876-1971)
• John Rutter (born 1945)
• Frederic Rzewski (born 1938)
• Tolibjon Sadikov (1907-1957)
• Aulis Sallinen (born 1935)
• Vadim Salmanov (1912-1978)
• Erik Satie (1866-1925)
• Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988)
• Florent Schmidt
• Franz Schmidt (1874 - 1939)
• Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
• Gunther Schuller (born 1925)
• William Schuman (1910-1992)
• Peter Sculthorpe (born 1929)
• Roger Sessions (1896-1985)
• Harold Shapero (born 1929)
• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
• Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
• Robert Simpson (1921-1997)
• Ezra Sims (born 1928)
• Alvin Singleton (born 1940)
• Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949)
• Juan Maria Solare (born 1966)
• Bernadette Speach (born 1948)
• Laurie Spiegel (born 1945)
• Charles Villiers Stanford
• Rudi Stephan (1887-1915)
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (born 1928)
• Carl Stone (born 1953)
• Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
• Morton Subotnick (born 1933)
• Giles Swayne (born 1946)
• Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
• Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996)
• Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983)
• John Tavener (born 1944)
• Robert Taylor (born 1931)
• Richard Teitelbaum (born 1939)
• James Tenney (born 1934)
• Mikis Theodorakis (born 1925)
• John Thompson
• Virgil Thomson (1896 - 1989)
• Michael Tippett (1905 - 1998)
• Michael Torke (born 1961)
• Joan Tower (born 1938)
• David Del Tredici (born 1937)
• Eduard Tubin (1905-1982)
• David Tudor (1926-1996)
• Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960)
• Erkki-Sven Tüür (born 1959)
• Geirr Tveitt (1908 - 1981)
• 'Blue' Gene Tyranny (born 1945)
• İlhan Usmanbaş, (born 1923)
• Moisei Vainberg (1919 - 1996)
• Edgar Varese, (1883 - 1965)
• Peteris Vask (born 1946)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
• Jasna Velickovic
• Lois V. Vierk (born 1951)
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
• David Ward-Steinman (born 1936)
• Justin Weaver (born 1978)
• Anton Webern (1883-1945)
• Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
• Malcolm Williamson (1931 - 2003)
• Dag Wirén
• Julia Wolfe
• Christian Wolff (born 1934)
• Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (1876-1948)
• Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972)
• Charles Wuorinen (born 1938)
• Iannis Xenakis (1922 - 2001)
• La Monte Young (born 1935)
• Isang Yun (1917-1995)
• Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
• Alexander von Zemlinsky
• Hans Zender (born 1936)
• Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970)
• Evan Ziporyn
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)

External links:

• The Living Composers Project