Composer
Discover a comprehensive list of renowned composers who have left an indelible mark on the world of music. Explore the lives and contributions of these musical geniuses, from classical masters like Bach and Beethoven to contemporary icons like John Williams and Hans Zimmer.

Urmas Alender
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian rock singer and composer.

Federico Chueca
Spain
SpainSpanish zarzuela composer

Glen Ballard
USA
USAMusician, composer and producer

Cliff Eidelman
USA
USAAmerican composer and conductor

Eugenia Zukerman
USA
USAAmerican flutist and writer.

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Germany
GermanyGerman composer, conductor, organist and pianist

Cecil Gray
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish musicologist, critic and composer

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Italy
ItalyItalian composer

Pavel Blamberg
Russia
RussiaComposer and journalist

Boris Kovach
Serbia
SerbiaComposer

Alexandr Shchetynsky
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian composer

Milhaud Darius
France
FranceFrench composer

Diane Bish
USA
USAAmerican organist and television presenter.

Philippe Gaubert
France
FranceFrench musician, conductor, composer and flautist

Charles Peter Wuorinen
USA
USAAmerican composer

Josef Hauer
Austria
AustriaAustrian composer

Richard Wuerst
Germany
GermanyGerman composer, music critic and teacher.

Simon Sechter
Austria
AustriaAustrian organist, composer and music theorist.

Antuan Dobronich
Croatia
CroatiaCroatian composer, folklorist, music writer, teacher.

Hermann Gradener
Austria
AustriaAustrian composer, violinist, music teacher

William George Cusins
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish composer, conductor and pianist

Joseph Augustin Gurrlich
Germany
GermanyGerman composer and double bass player.

Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
Germany
GermanyOut of admiration for Amadeus Mozart, he changed his name from "Wilhelm" to "Amadeus" in 1805. He published notes on music under the name Johannes Kreisler.

Hans Lavater
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss composer and music teacher

Robert Greenberg
USA
USAAmerican musicologist, pianist and composer.

Siegfried Behrend
Germany
GermanyGerman guitarist and composer.

Thomas Campion
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish composer and poet

Virgil Thomson
USA
USAComposer, music critic

Tonu Korvits
Estonia
EstoniaEstonian composer.

Jeronimo Velasco Gonzales
Colombia
ColombiaColombian composer

Jacinto Guerrero
Spain
SpainSpanish composer

Elliot Goldenthal
USA
USAAmerican composer

Carl Kretschmer
Germany
GermanyGerman organist and composer

Alexander Julius Paul Dorn
Germany
GermanyGerman composer and conductor. Son and student of Heinrich Dorn.

Giya Kancheli
Georgia
GeorgiaComposer

Niels Gade
Denmark
DenmarkDanish composer, organist, violinist and conductor

Darius Milhaud
France
FranceFrench composer.

Lev Kolodub
Ukraine
UkraineUkrainian Soviet composer

Thomas Larcher
Austria
AustriaAustrian composer and pianist.

Samuel Jones
USA
USAAmerican composer and conductor.

Camille Saint-Saens
France
FranceComposer

Eric Serra
France
FranceMusician, composer

Thomas Wilbrandt
Germany
GermanyGerman composer.

Hanina Karchevskiy
Israel
IsraelJewish composer and music teacher.

Andre Gretry
France
FranceFrench composer

Bernhard Cossmann
Germany
GermanyGerman cellist, composer and music teacher

Thomas Arne
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish composer

Vladimir Chekasin
Russia
RussiaComposer, concert performer, director, teacher

Henri Woollett
France
FranceFrench composer and music teacher of English origin

Krehimir Baranovich
Croatia
CroatiaCroatian composer and conductor.