| NAME |
OCCUPATION |
SUMMARY |
BORN |
DIED |
|
| John Adams
|
Composer |
Nixon In China |
15-Feb-1947 |
TBD |
|
Fred E. Ahlert
|
Composer |
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter |
19-Sep-1892 |
20-Oct-1953 |
DEAD
|
Isaac Albéniz
|
Composer |
Iberia |
29-May-1860 |
18-May-1909 |
DEAD
|
Tomaso Albinoni
|
Composer |
Adagio in G minor |
08-Jun-1671 |
17-Jan-1751 |
DEAD
|
| Maryanne Amacher
|
Composer |
Sound Characters (Making the Third Ear) |
25-Feb-1943 |
TBD |
|
Leroy Anderson
|
Composer |
Composer of The Syncopated Clock |
29-Jun-1908 |
18-May-1975 |
DEAD
|
George Antheil
|
Composer |
Le Ballet mécanique |
08-Jul-1900 |
12-Feb-1959 |
DEAD
|
| Craig Armstrong
|
Composer |
Classical and film composer |
1959 |
TBD |
|
Malcolm Arnold
|
Composer |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
21-Oct-1921 |
23-Sep-2006 |
DEAD
|
| Edward Artemiev
|
Composer |
Electroacoustic composer, scored Solaris |
30-Nov-1937 |
TBD |
|
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
|
Composer |
La Muette de Portici |
29-Jan-1782 |
12-May-1871 |
DEAD
|
Georges Auric
|
Composer |
Theme for Moulin Rouge |
15-Feb-1899 |
24-Jul-1983 |
DEAD
|
| Milton Babbitt
|
Composer |
Music for Synthesizer |
10-May-1916 |
TBD |
|
Johann Sebastian Bach
|
Composer |
Baroque composer |
21-Mar-1685 |
28-Jul-1750 |
DEAD
|
| Angelo Badalamenti
|
Composer |
Scored several David Lynch films |
22-Mar-1937 |
TBD |
|
Mily Balakirev
|
Composer |
Russian nationalist composer |
21-Dec-1836 |
16-May-1910 |
DEAD
|
Samuel Barber
|
Composer |
Adagio for Strings |
09-Mar-1910 |
23-Jan-1981 |
DEAD
|
Warren Barker
|
Composer |
Composer for 77 Sunset Strip |
16-Apr-1923 |
03-Aug-2006 |
DEAD
|
| John Barry
|
Composer |
Film composer, James Bond, Out of Africa |
03-Nov-1933 |
TBD |
|
Bela Bartok
|
Composer |
Hungarian composer |
25-Mar-1881 |
26-Sep-1945 |
DEAD
|
Arnold Bax
|
Composer |
Symphonist, Tone Poet |
08-Nov-1883 |
03-Oct-1953 |
DEAD
|
Ludwig van Beethoven
|
Composer |
Prominent composer |
17-Dec-1770 |
26-Mar-1827 |
DEAD
|
Vincenzo Bellini
|
Composer |
I Puritani di Scozia |
03-Nov-1801 |
23-Sep-1835 |
DEAD
|
| Richard Rodney Bennett
|
Composer |
The Mines of Sulphur |
29-Mar-1936 |
TBD |
|
Alban Berg
|
Composer |
Violin Concerto |
09-Feb-1885 |
24-Dec-1935 |
DEAD
|
Luciano Berio
|
Composer |
Italian Avant-garde composer |
24-Oct-1925 |
27-May-2003 |
DEAD
|
Lennox Berkeley
|
Composer |
Stabat Mater |
12-May-1903 |
26-Dec-1989 |
DEAD
|
Irving Berlin
|
Composer |
White Christmas, God Bless America |
11-May-1888 |
22-Sep-1989 |
DEAD
|
Hector Berlioz
|
Composer |
French romantic composer |
11-Dec-1803 |
08-Mar-1869 |
DEAD
|
Elmer Bernstein
|
Composer |
Scored The Magnificent Seven |
04-Apr-1922 |
18-Aug-2004 |
DEAD
|
Georges Bizet
|
Composer |
Carmen |
25-Oct-1838 |
03-Jun-1875 |
DEAD
|
Boris Blacher
|
Composer |
Die Nachtschwalbe |
19-Jan-1903 |
30-Jan-1975 |
DEAD
|
Arthur Bliss
|
Composer |
Morning Heroes |
02-Aug-1891 |
28-Mar-1975 |
DEAD
|
Marc Blitzstein
|
Composer |
The Cradle Will Rock |
02-Mar-1905 |
22-Jan-1964 |
DEAD
|
Ernest Bloch
|
Composer |
Schelomo |
24-Jul-1880 |
15-Jul-1959 |
DEAD
|
John Blow
|
Composer |
Venus and Adonis |
23-Feb-1649 |
01-Oct-1708 |
DEAD
|
Luigi Boccherini
|
Composer |
Cello Concerto in B-flat |
19-Feb-1743 |
28-May-1805 |
DEAD
|
| Jerry Bock
|
Composer |
Fiorello! |
23-Nov-1928 |
TBD |
|
Arrigo Boito
|
Composer |
Mefistofele |
24-Feb-1842 |
10-Jun-1918 |
DEAD
|
Aleksandr Borodin
|
Composer |
Prince Igor |
31-Oct-1833 |
15-Feb-1887 |
DEAD
|
| Pierre Boulez
|
Composer |
Modern composer and conductor |
26-Mar-1925 |
TBD |
|
William Boyce
|
Composer |
Cathedral Music |
07-Feb-1710 |
07-Feb-1779 |
DEAD
|
David Braham
|
Composer |
The Mulligan Guards |
1838 |
11-Apr-1905 |
DEAD
|
Johannes Brahms
|
Composer |
Ein deutsches Requiem |
07-May-1833 |
03-Apr-1897 |
DEAD
|
Benjamin Britten
|
Composer |
Billy Budd |
22-Nov-1913 |
04-Dec-1976 |
DEAD
|
Earle Brown
|
Composer |
Developed open-form scores |
26-Dec-1926 |
02-Jul-2002 |
DEAD
|
Max Bruch
|
Composer |
Kol Nidrei |
06-Jan-1838 |
02-Oct-1920 |
DEAD
|
Anton Bruckner
|
Composer |
Mass in D Minor |
04-Sep-1824 |
11-Oct-1896 |
DEAD
|
| Gavin Bryars
|
Composer |
Avant-garde composer |
16-Jan-1943 |
TBD |
|
John Bull
|
Composer |
English composer and organist |
1562 |
12-Mar-1628 |
DEAD
|
| Carter Burwell
|
Composer |
Composer for all Coen Bros films |
19-Nov-1955 |
TBD |
|
Dietrich Buxtehude
|
Composer |
Baroque period organist |
1637 |
09-May-1707 |
DEAD
|
William Byrd
|
Composer |
English madrigalist, composer |
1543 |
04-Jul-1623 |
DEAD
|
John Cage
|
Composer |
Experimental composer |
05-Sep-1912 |
12-Aug-1992 |
DEAD
|
Thomas Campion
|
Composer |
English musical poet, Bookes of Ayres |
12-Feb-1567 |
01-Mar-1620 |
DEAD
|
| Elliott Carter
|
Composer |
The Defence of Corinth |
11-Dec-1908 |
TBD |
|
Alfredo Casella
|
Composer |
Rejuvinated Vivaldi |
25-Jul-1883 |
05-Mar-1947 |
DEAD
|
Francesco Cavalli
|
Composer |
Didone |
14-Feb-1602 |
14-Jan-1676 |
DEAD
|
Gustave Charpentier
|
Composer |
Louise |
25-Jun-1860 |
18-Feb-1956 |
DEAD
|
| Rhys Chatham
|
Composer |
An Angel Moves Too Fast To See |
19-Sep-1952 |
TBD |
|
Carlos Chávez
|
Composer |
Sinfonía de Antígona |
13-Jun-1899 |
02-Aug-1978 |
DEAD
|
Luigi Cherubini
|
Composer |
The Water Carrier |
14-Sep-1760 |
15-Mar-1842 |
DEAD
|
Frederic Chopin
|
Composer |
Composer for the piano |
22-Feb-1810 |
17-Oct-1849 |
DEAD
|
Domenico Cimarosa
|
Composer |
Il Matrimonio segreto |
17-Dec-1749 |
01-Jan-1801 |
DEAD
|
Muzio Clementi
|
Composer |
Gradus ad Parnassum |
24-Jan-1752 |
10-Mar-1832 |
DEAD
|
George M. Cohan
|
Composer |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
03-Jul-1878 |
05-Nov-1942 |
DEAD
|
Aaron Copland
|
Composer |
Fanfare for the Common Man |
14-Nov-1900 |
02-Dec-1990 |
DEAD
|
François Couperin
|
Composer |
L'Art de Toucher le Clavecin |
10-Nov-1668 |
12-Sep-1733 |
DEAD
|
Henry Cowell
|
Composer |
New Musical Resources |
11-Mar-1897 |
10-Dec-1965 |
DEAD
|
| George Crumb
|
Composer |
1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music |
24-Oct-1929 |
TBD |
|
Vincent d'Indy
|
Composer |
Symphonie Cévenole |
27-Mar-1851 |
01-Dec-1931 |
DEAD
|
Luigi Dallapiccola
|
Composer |
Canti di Prigionia |
03-Feb-1904 |
19-Feb-1975 |
DEAD
|
Félicien-César David
|
Composer |
Le Désert |
13-Apr-1810 |
29-Aug-1876 |
DEAD
|
Reginald De Koven
|
Composer |
Oh, Promise Me |
03-Apr-1859 |
16-Jan-1920 |
DEAD
|
Claude Debussy
|
Composer |
French Impressionist composer |
22-Aug-1862 |
25-Mar-1918 |
DEAD
|
Georges Delerue
|
Composer |
French film composer |
12-Mar-1925 |
20-Mar-1992 |
DEAD
|
Léo Delibes
|
Composer |
Lakmé |
21-Feb-1836 |
16-Jan-1891 |
DEAD
|
Frederick Delius
|
Composer |
Over the Hills and Far Away |
29-Jan-1862 |
10-Jun-1934 |
DEAD
|
Gaetano Donizetti
|
Composer |
Lucia di Lammermoor |
29-Nov-1797 |
08-Apr-1848 |
DEAD
|
John Dowland
|
Composer |
Lachrimae |
1562 |
21-Jan-1626 |
DEAD
|
Guillaume Dufay
|
Composer |
Composer of the Burgundian school |
1400 |
27-Nov-1474 |
DEAD
|
Paul Dukas
|
Composer |
The Sorcerer's Apprentice |
01-Oct-1865 |
17-May-1935 |
DEAD
|
Vernon Duke
|
Composer |
April in Paris |
10-Oct-1893 |
16-Jan-1969 |
DEAD
|
| Tan Dun
|
Composer |
Heaven, Earth, Mankind |
18-Aug-1957 |
TBD |
|
Francesco Durante
|
Composer |
Pastoral Mass |
15-Mar-1684 |
13-Aug-1755 |
DEAD
|
Louis Durey
|
Composer |
Carillons |
27-May-1888 |
03-Jul-1979 |
DEAD
|
Antonin Dvorak
|
Composer |
From the New World |
08-Sep-1841 |
01-May-1904 |
DEAD
|
Edward Elgar
|
Composer |
Pomp and Circumstance |
02-Jun-1857 |
23-Feb-1934 |
DEAD
|
Sammy Fain
|
Composer |
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing |
17-Jun-1902 |
06-Dec-1989 |
DEAD
|
Manuel de Falla
|
Composer |
La Vida Breve |
23-Nov-1876 |
14-Nov-1946 |
DEAD
|
Gabriel Fauré
|
Composer |
Requiem |
12-May-1845 |
04-Nov-1924 |
DEAD
|
Morton Feldman
|
Composer |
Coptic Light |
12-Jan-1926 |
03-Sep-1987 |
DEAD
|
John Field
|
Composer |
Irish composer of Nocturnes |
26-Jul-1782 |
23-Jan-1837 |
DEAD
|
Vivian Fine
|
Composer |
Drama for Orchestra |
28-Sep-1913 |
20-Mar-2000 |
DEAD
|
César Franck
|
Composer |
Symphonic Variations |
10-Dec-1822 |
08-Nov-1890 |
DEAD
|
Girolamo Frescobaldi
|
Composer |
Italian organist and composer |
1583 |
01-Mar-1643 |
DEAD
|
Rudolf Friml
|
Composer |
The Vagabond King |
07-Dec-1884 |
12-Nov-1972 |
DEAD
|
Johann Joseph Fux
|
Composer |
Gradus ad Parnassum |
1660 |
13-Feb-1741 |
DEAD
|
Giovanni Gabrieli
|
Composer |
Italian composer at St. Mark's |
1557 |
1612 |
DEAD
|
Baldassare Galuppi
|
Composer |
Il Filosofo di Campagna |
18-Oct-1706 |
03-Jan-1784 |
DEAD
|
Carlo Gesualdo
|
Composer |
Composer of madrigals, murdered his wife |
1560 |
08-Sep-1613 |
DEAD
|
Orlando Gibbons
|
Composer |
Late Tudor composer and organist |
1583 |
05-Jun-1625 |
DEAD
|
W. S. Gilbert
|
Composer |
Gilbert & Sullivan |
18-Nov-1836 |
29-May-1911 |
DEAD
|
Patrick Gilmore
|
Composer |
The Father of The American Band |
25-Dec-1829 |
24-Sep-1892 |
DEAD
|
| Philip Glass
|
Composer |
Master of arpeggiation |
31-Jan-1937 |
TBD |
|
Aleksandr Glazunov
|
Composer |
Raymonda |
29-Jul-1865 |
21-Mar-1936 |
DEAD
|
Mikhail Glinka
|
Composer |
Ruslan and Lyudmila |
21-May-1804 |
03-Feb-1857 |
DEAD
|
Christoph Willibald Gluck
|
Composer |
Orfeo ed Eurydice |
02-Jul-1714 |
15-Nov-1787 |
DEAD
|
Jerry Goldsmith
|
Composer |
Prominent soundtrack composer |
10-Feb-1929 |
21-Jul-2004 |
DEAD
|
Jay Gorney
|
Composer |
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? |
12-Dec-1896 |
14-Jun-1990 |
DEAD
|
Charles Gounod
|
Composer |
Faust |
17-Jun-1818 |
18-Oct-1893 |
DEAD
|
Percy Grainger
|
Composer |
Country Gardens |
08-Jul-1882 |
20-Feb-1961 |
DEAD
|
Enrique Granados
|
Composer |
Goyescas |
27-Jul-1867 |
24-Mar-1916 |
DEAD
|
Johnny Green
|
Composer |
Body and Soul |
10-Oct-1908 |
15-May-1989 |
DEAD
|
André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry
|
Composer |
Richard Coeur de Lion |
10-Feb-1741 |
24-Sep-1813 |
DEAD
|
Edvard Grieg
|
Composer |
Norway's greatest composer |
15-Jun-1843 |
04-Sep-1907 |
DEAD
|
Charles Griffes
|
Composer |
The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan |
17-Sep-1884 |
08-Apr-1920 |
DEAD
|
Fromental Halévy
|
Composer |
La Juive |
27-May-1799 |
17-Mar-1862 |
DEAD
|
| Marvin Hamlisch
|
Composer |
The Way We Were |
02-Jun-1944 |
TBD |
|
George Frideric Handel
|
Composer |
Messiah |
23-Feb-1685 |
14-Apr-1759 |
DEAD
|
W. C. Handy
|
Composer |
Father of the Blues |
16-Nov-1873 |
29-Mar-1958 |
DEAD
|
Howard Hanson
|
Composer |
Symphony No. 4 |
28-Oct-1896 |
26-Feb-1981 |
DEAD
|
Johann Adolph Hasse
|
Composer |
Sesostrato |
25-Mar-1699 |
16-Dec-1783 |
DEAD
|
Joseph Haydn
|
Composer |
Symphony No. 102 in B-flat Major |
31-Mar-1732 |
31-May-1809 |
DEAD
|
Michael Haydn
|
Composer |
Missa Hispanica |
14-Sep-1737 |
10-Aug-1806 |
DEAD
|
| Pierre Henry
|
Composer |
Electronic music pioneer |
09-Dec-1927 |
TBD |
|
| Hans Werner Henze
|
Composer |
Boulevard Solitude |
01-Jul-1926 |
TBD |
|
Victor Herbert
|
Composer |
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life |
01-Feb-1859 |
24-May-1924 |
DEAD
|
| Jerry Herman
|
Composer |
Hello Dolly! |
10-Jul-1931 |
TBD |
|
Bernard Herrmann
|
Composer |
Scored Psycho, Citizen Kane |
29-Jun-1911 |
24-Dec-1975 |
DEAD
|
| Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson
|
Composer |
Icelandic film composer |
23-Apr-1958 |
TBD |
|
Paul Hindemith
|
Composer |
Mathis der Maler |
16-Nov-1895 |
28-Dec-1963 |
DEAD
|
Gustav Holst
|
Composer |
The Planets |
21-Sep-1874 |
25-May-1934 |
DEAD
|
Arthur Honegger
|
Composer |
Pacific 231 |
10-Mar-1892 |
27-Nov-1955 |
DEAD
|
| James Horner
|
Composer |
Scored Titanic |
14-Aug-1953 |
TBD |
|
William Horsley
|
Composer |
English composer of glees |
15-Nov-1774 |
12-Jun-1858 |
DEAD
|
Jacques Ibert
|
Composer |
Escales |
15-Aug-1890 |
05-Feb-1962 |
DEAD
|
John Ireland
|
Composer |
The Holy Boy |
13-Aug-1879 |
12-Jun-1962 |
DEAD
|
Charles Ives
|
Composer |
Third Symphony (The Camp Meeting) |
20-Oct-1874 |
19-May-1954 |
DEAD
|
Leoš Janácek
|
Composer |
Her Foster Daughter |
03-Jul-1854 |
12-Aug-1928 |
DEAD
|
Maurice Jarre
|
Composer |
Score to Lawrence of Arabia |
13-Sep-1924 |
29-Mar-2009 |
DEAD
|
Norman Dello Joio
|
Composer |
Meditation on Ecclesiastes |
24-Jan-1913 |
24-Jul-2008 |
DEAD
|
Mauricio Kagel
|
Composer |
Absurdist composer |
24-Dec-1931 |
18-Sep-2008 |
DEAD
|
Michael Kamen
|
Composer |
Prolific film composer and conductor |
15-Apr-1948 |
18-Nov-2003 |
DEAD
|
| John Kander
|
Composer |
Top Broadway composer |
18-Mar-1927 |
TBD |
|
Jerome Kern
|
Composer |
Show Boat |
27-Jan-1885 |
12-Nov-1945 |
DEAD
|
Aram Khachaturian
|
Composer |
Gayane |
24-May-1903 |
01-May-1978 |
DEAD
|
Zoltán Kodály
|
Composer |
Psalmus Hungaricus |
16-Dec-1882 |
06-Mar-1967 |
DEAD
|
Franz Kotzwara
|
Composer |
The Battle of Prague |
1730 |
02-Feb-1793 |
DEAD
|
Burton Lane
|
Composer |
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
02-Feb-1912 |
05-Jan-1997 |
DEAD
|
Jean Langlais
|
Composer |
Organist and composer |
15-Feb-1907 |
08-May-1991 |
DEAD
|
Orlando di Lasso
|
Composer |
Psalmi Davidis Poenitentiales |
1530 |
14-Jun-1594 |
DEAD
|
| Michel Legrand
|
Composer |
Film composer, The Windmills of Your Mind |
24-Feb-1932 |
TBD |
|
Ruggero Leoncavallo
|
Composer |
Pagliacci |
08-Mar-1857 |
09-Aug-1919 |
DEAD
|
György Ligeti
|
Composer |
Lontano, Lux Aeterna |
28-May-1923 |
12-Jun-2006 |
DEAD
|
Franz Liszt
|
Composer |
Hungarian composer |
22-Oct-1811 |
31-Jul-1886 |
DEAD
|
Jay Livingston
|
Composer |
Que Sera Sera |
28-Mar-1915 |
17-Oct-2001 |
DEAD
|
Frank Loesser
|
Composer |
Guys and Dolls |
29-Jun-1910 |
28-Jul-1969 |
DEAD
|
Carl Loewe
|
Composer |
German composer of ballads |
30-Nov-1796 |
20-Apr-1869 |
DEAD
|
Frederick Loewe
|
Composer |
My Fair Lady |
10-Jun-1901 |
14-Feb-1988 |
DEAD
|
| Alvin Lucier
|
Composer |
Is sitting in a room |
14-May-1931 |
TBD |
|
Jean-Baptiste Lully
|
Composer |
Founder of French opera |
28-Nov-1632 |
22-Mar-1687 |
DEAD
|
Witold Lutoslawski
|
Composer |
Aleatoric composer |
25-Jan-1913 |
07-Feb-1994 |
DEAD
|
Edward MacDowell
|
Composer |
American piano composer |
18-Dec-1860 |
23-Jan-1908 |
DEAD
|
Bruno Maderna
|
Composer |
Avant-garde composer |
21-Apr-1920 |
13-Nov-1973 |
DEAD
|
Gustav Mahler
|
Composer |
Das Lied von der Erde |
07-Jul-1860 |
18-May-1911 |
DEAD
|
Gian Francesco Malipiero
|
Composer |
Rispetti e Strambotti |
18-Mar-1882 |
01-Aug-1973 |
DEAD
|
Henry Mancini
|
Composer |
Moon River |
16-Apr-1924 |
14-Jun-1994 |
DEAD
|
| Karen Mantler
|
Composer |
Composer, musician and champion of Arnold |
1966 |
TBD |
|
| Cliff Martinez
|
Composer |
Composer for Steven Soderbergh films |
05-Feb-1954 |
TBD |
|
Pietro Mascagni
|
Composer |
Cavalleria Rusticana |
07-Dec-1863 |
02-Aug-1945 |
DEAD
|
Jules Massenet
|
Composer |
Manon |
12-May-1842 |
13-Aug-1912 |
DEAD
|
Johann Mattheson
|
Composer |
German baroque composer, theorist |
28-Sep-1681 |
17-Apr-1764 |
DEAD
|
Felix Mendelssohn
|
Composer |
Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream |
03-Feb-1809 |
04-Nov-1847 |
DEAD
|
Gian-Carlo Menotti
|
Composer |
The Saint of Bleecker Street |
07-Jul-1911 |
01-Feb-2007 |
DEAD
|
Olivier Messiaen
|
Composer |
Turangalîla-Symphonie |
10-Dec-1908 |
27-Apr-1992 |
DEAD
|
Giacomo Meyerbeer
|
Composer |
Robert le Diable |
05-Sep-1791 |
02-May-1864 |
DEAD
|
Darius Milhaud
|
Composer |
The Creation of the World |
04-Sep-1892 |
22-Jun-1974 |
DEAD
|
Jimmy Monaco
|
Composer |
You Made Me Love You |
13-Jan-1885 |
16-Oct-1945 |
DEAD
|
Claudio Monteverdi
|
Composer |
Vespro della Beata Vergine |
15-May-1567 |
29-Nov-1643 |
DEAD
|
Douglas Stuart Moore
|
Composer |
The Devil and Daniel Webster |
10-Aug-1893 |
25-Jul-1969 |
DEAD
|
| John Moran
|
Composer |
Composer of The Manson Family opera |
1965 |
TBD |
|
Thomas Morley
|
Composer |
Laboravi in Gemitu Meo |
1557 |
00-Oct-1602 |
DEAD
|
| Ennio Morricone
|
Composer |
Scored The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly |
10-Nov-1928 |
TBD |
|
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
|
Composer |
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik |
27-Jan-1756 |
05-Dec-1791 |
DEAD
|
Modest Mussorgsky
|
Composer |
Boris Godunov |
09-Mar-1839 |
16-Mar-1881 |
DEAD
|
Conlon Nancarrow
|
Composer |
Studies for Player Piano |
27-Oct-1912 |
10-Aug-1997 |
DEAD
|
Carl Nielsen
|
Composer |
The Four Temperaments |
09-Jun-1865 |
03-Oct-1931 |
DEAD
|
Luigi Nono
|
Composer |
Il Canto Sospeso |
29-Jan-1924 |
08-May-1990 |
DEAD
|
| Michael Nyman
|
Composer |
Minimalist/soundtrack composer and pianist |
23-Mar-1944 |
TBD |
|
Jacques Offenbach
|
Composer |
Inventor of the the opérette |
20-Jun-1819 |
05-Oct-1880 |
DEAD
|
| Pauline Oliveros
|
Composer |
Composer, Deep Listener |
02-Jun-1932 |
TBD |
|
Carl Orff
|
Composer |
Carmina Burana |
10-Jul-1895 |
29-Mar-1982 |
DEAD
|
Giovanni Paisiello
|
Composer |
Il Barbiere di Siviglia |
09-May-1740 |
05-Jun-1816 |
DEAD
|
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
|
Composer |
Italian Renaissance composer |
1525 |
02-Feb-1594 |
DEAD
|
| Arvo Pärt
|
Composer |
Choral composer |
11-Sep-1935 |
TBD |
|
Harry Partch
|
Composer |
Hobo composer, built his own instruments |
24-Jun-1901 |
03-Sep-1974 |
DEAD
|
| Krzysztof Penderecki
|
Composer |
Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima |
23-Nov-1933 |
TBD |
|
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
|
Composer |
La Serva Padrona |
04-Jan-1710 |
16-Mar-1736 |
DEAD
|
Jacopo Peri
|
Composer |
Dafne, the first opera |
20-Aug-1561 |
12-Aug-1633 |
DEAD
|
| Stu Phillips
|
Composer |
Television composer, Knight Rider |
09-Sep-1929 |
TBD |
|
Walter Piston
|
Composer |
Symphony No. 3 |
20-Jan-1894 |
12-Nov-1976 |
DEAD
|
Amilcare Ponchielli
|
Composer |
La Gioconda |
31-Aug-1834 |
16-Jan-1886 |
DEAD
|
Cole Porter
|
Composer |
I've Got You Under My Skin |
09-Jun-1891 |
15-Oct-1964 |
DEAD
|
Francis Poulenc
|
Composer |
Les dialogues des Carmélites |
07-Jan-1899 |
30-Jan-1963 |
DEAD
|
Josquin Des Prez
|
Composer |
Master Renaissance composer |
1445 |
27-Aug-1521 |
DEAD
|
Sergei Prokofiev
|
Composer |
Scythian Suite, Peter and the Wolf |
23-Apr-1891 |
05-Mar-1953 |
DEAD
|
Giacomo Puccini
|
Composer |
Madame Butterfly |
22-Dec-1858 |
29-Nov-1924 |
DEAD
|
Henry Purcell
|
Composer |
Dido and Aeneas |
1659 |
21-Nov-1695 |
DEAD
|
Sergei Rachmaninov
|
Composer |
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
20-Mar-1873 |
28-Mar-1943 |
DEAD
|
Ralph Rainger
|
Composer |
Thanks For The Memory |
07-Oct-1901 |
23-Oct-1942 |
DEAD
|
Jean-Philippe Rameau
|
Composer |
Hippolyte et Aricie |
25-Sep-1683 |
12-Sep-1764 |
DEAD
|
Maurice Ravel
|
Composer |
Bolero |
07-Mar-1875 |
28-Dec-1937 |
DEAD
|
Alan Rawsthorne
|
Composer |
Theme and Variations for Two Violins |
02-May-1905 |
24-Jul-1971 |
DEAD
|
Alfred Reed
|
Composer |
Russian Christmas Music |
25-Jan-1921 |
17-Sep-2005 |
DEAD
|
| Steve Reich
|
Composer |
Minimalist composer, Different Trains |
03-Oct-1936 |
TBD |
|
Ottorino Respighi
|
Composer |
Belfagor |
09-Jul-1879 |
18-Apr-1936 |
DEAD
|
Nelson Riddle
|
Composer |
Bandleader, orchestral arranger |
01-Jun-1921 |
06-Oct-1985 |
DEAD
|
| Josef Anton Riedl
|
Composer |
Glas-Spiele |
11-Jun-1929 |
TBD |
|
| Terry Riley
|
Composer |
In C |
24-Jun-1935 |
TBD |
|
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
|
Composer |
The Flight of the Bumblebee |
06-Mar-1844 |
08-Jun-1908 |
DEAD
|
Richard Rodgers
|
Composer |
Rodgers and Hammerstein |
28-Jun-1902 |
30-Dec-1979 |
DEAD
|
Sigmund Romberg
|
Composer |
The New Moon |
29-Jul-1887 |
09-Nov-1951 |
DEAD
|
Harold Rome
|
Composer |
I Can Get It for You Wholesale |
27-May-1908 |
26-Oct-1993 |
DEAD
|
| Ned Rorem
|
Composer |
Paris Diary |
23-Oct-1923 |
TBD |
|
Gioacchino Rossini
|
Composer |
William Tell Overture |
29-Feb-1792 |
13-Nov-1868 |
DEAD
|
Nino Rota
|
Composer |
Film composer, The Godfather |
03-Dec-1911 |
10-Apr-1979 |
DEAD
|
| Pete Rugolo
|
Composer |
Jazz and television composer |
25-Dec-1915 |
TBD |
|
Camille Saint-Saëns
|
Composer |
Samson et Dalila |
09-Oct-1835 |
16-Dec-1921 |
DEAD
|
Antonio Salieri
|
Composer |
Tarare |
18-Aug-1750 |
07-May-1825 |
DEAD
|
Giuseppe Sarti
|
Composer |
I Due Litiganti |
28-Dec-1729 |
28-Jul-1802 |
DEAD
|
Erik Satie
|
Composer |
Messe des Pauvres |
17-May-1866 |
01-Jul-1925 |
DEAD
|
Alessandro Scarlatti
|
Composer |
Mitridate Eupatore |
02-May-1660 |
24-Oct-1725 |
DEAD
|
Domenico Scarlatti
|
Composer |
Composed 555 sonatas |
26-Oct-1685 |
23-Jul-1757 |
DEAD
|
| Dieter Schnebel
|
Composer |
Avant-garde composer |
14-Mar-1930 |
TBD |
|
Arnold Schoenberg
|
Composer |
Emancipated dissonance |
13-Sep-1874 |
13-Jul-1951 |
DEAD
|
Franz Schubert
|
Composer |
Symphony in C Major |
31-Jan-1797 |
19-Nov-1828 |
DEAD
|
William Schuman
|
Composer |
Symphony No. 6 |
04-Aug-1910 |
15-Feb-1992 |
DEAD
|
Robert Schumann
|
Composer |
Toccata |
08-Jun-1810 |
29-Jul-1856 |
DEAD
|
Arthur Schwartz
|
Composer |
That's Entertainment |
04-Nov-1900 |
03-Sep-1984 |
DEAD
|
Aleksandr Scriabin
|
Composer |
Prometheus: The Poem of Fire |
25-Dec-1871 |
14-Apr-1915 |
DEAD
|
Roger Sessions
|
Composer |
Concerto for Orchestra |
28-Dec-1896 |
16-Mar-1985 |
DEAD
|
| David Shire
|
Composer |
It Goes Like It Goes |
03-Jul-1937 |
TBD |
|
Dmitri Shostakovich
|
Composer |
Symphony No. 7 |
25-Sep-1906 |
09-Aug-1975 |
DEAD
|
Jean Sibelius
|
Composer |
The Swan of Tuonela |
08-Dec-1865 |
20-Sep-1957 |
DEAD
|
Noble Sissle
|
Composer |
Shuffle Along |
10-Jul-1889 |
17-Dec-1975 |
DEAD
|
Bedrich Smetana
|
Composer |
My Country |
02-Mar-1824 |
12-May-1884 |
DEAD
|
| Stephen Sondheim
|
Composer |
West Side Story |
22-Mar-1930 |
TBD |
|
John Philip Sousa
|
Composer |
Stars and Stripes Forever |
06-Nov-1854 |
06-Mar-1932 |
DEAD
|
Carl Stalling
|
Composer |
Composer for hundreds of Looney Tunes |
10-Nov-1891 |
29-Nov-1972 |
DEAD
|
Max Steiner
|
Composer |
Gone With the Wind |
10-May-1888 |
28-Dec-1971 |
DEAD
|
Karlheinz Stockhausen
|
Composer |
Influential avant-garde composer |
22-Aug-1928 |
05-Dec-2007 |
DEAD
|
Stephen Storace
|
Composer |
The Haunted Tower |
04-Apr-1762 |
19-Mar-1796 |
DEAD
|
Alessandro Stradella
|
Composer |
S. Giovanni Battista |
1642 |
28-Feb-1682 |
DEAD
|
Johann Strauss
|
Composer |
The Blue Danube |
25-Oct-1825 |
03-Jun-1899 |
DEAD
|
Johann Strauss, Sr.
|
Composer |
Täuberl-Walzer |
14-Mar-1804 |
24-Sep-1849 |
DEAD
|
Richard Strauss
|
Composer |
Also sprach Zarathustra |
11-Jun-1864 |
08-Sep-1949 |
DEAD
|
Igor Stravinsky
|
Composer |
The Rite of Spring |
17-Jun-1882 |
06-Apr-1971 |
DEAD
|
Billy Strayhorn
|
Composer |
Take the A Train |
29-Nov-1915 |
31-May-1967 |
DEAD
|
| Charles Strouse
|
Composer |
Bye Bye Birdie |
07-Jun-1928 |
TBD |
|
Arthur Sullivan
|
Composer |
Gilbert & Sullivan |
13-May-1842 |
22-Nov-1900 |
DEAD
|
Toru Takemitsu
|
Composer |
A Way A Lone |
08-Oct-1930 |
20-Feb-1996 |
DEAD
|
Thomas Tallis
|
Composer |
Miserere Nostri |
1510 |
23-Nov-1585 |
DEAD
|
Giuseppe Tartini
|
Composer |
Trillo del Diavolo |
08-Apr-1692 |
26-Feb-1770 |
DEAD
|
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
|
Composer |
Russia's best known composer |
07-May-1840 |
06-Nov-1893 |
DEAD
|
Georg Philipp Telemann
|
Composer |
German Baroque composer |
14-Mar-1681 |
25-Jun-1767 |
DEAD
|
James Tenney
|
Composer |
A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance' |
10-Aug-1934 |
24-Aug-2006 |
DEAD
|
Virgil Thomson
|
Composer |
Four Saints in Three Acts |
25-Nov-1896 |
30-Sep-1989 |
DEAD
|
Harry Tierney
|
Composer |
Irene |
21-May-1890 |
22-Mar-1965 |
DEAD
|
Dimitri Tiomkin
|
Composer |
Wild Is the Wind |
10-May-1894 |
11-Nov-1979 |
DEAD
|
Thomas Tomkins
|
Composer |
Composer of madrigals |
1572 |
09-Jun-1656 |
DEAD
|
| Nobuo Uematsu
|
Composer |
Video game composer, Final Fantasy |
21-Mar-1959 |
TBD |
|
Piero Umiliani
|
Composer |
Mah Na Mah Na |
1926 |
14-Feb-2001 |
DEAD
|
Vladimir Ussachevsky
|
Composer |
Tape music composer |
03-Nov-1911 |
02-Jan-1990 |
DEAD
|
Jimmy Van Heusen
|
Composer |
Call Me Irresponsible |
26-Jan-1913 |
07-Feb-1990 |
DEAD
|
Edgard Varèse
|
Composer |
Poème électronique |
22-Dec-1883 |
08-Nov-1965 |
DEAD
|
Ralph Vaughan Williams
|
Composer |
Sinfonia Antarctica |
12-Oct-1872 |
26-Aug-1958 |
DEAD
|
Giuseppe Verdi
|
Composer |
La Traviata |
09-Oct-1813 |
27-Jan-1901 |
DEAD
|
Heitor Villa-Lobos
|
Composer |
Bachianas Brasileiras |
05-Mar-1887 |
17-Nov-1959 |
DEAD
|
Antonio Vivaldi
|
Composer |
The Four Seasons |
04-Mar-1678 |
28-Jul-1741 |
DEAD
|
Richard Wagner
|
Composer |
Ride of the Valkyries |
22-May-1813 |
13-Feb-1883 |
DEAD
|
| Weasel Walter
|
Composer |
The Flying Luttenbachers |
1972 |
TBD |
|
William Walton
|
Composer |
Troilus and Cressida |
29-Mar-1902 |
08-Mar-1983 |
DEAD
|
Harry Warren
|
Composer |
Forty-Second Street |
24-Dec-1893 |
22-Sep-1981 |
DEAD
|
| Andrew Lloyd Webber
|
Composer |
Responsible for various musicals |
22-Mar-1948 |
TBD |
|
Carl Maria von Weber
|
Composer |
Oberon |
18-Nov-1786 |
05-Jun-1826 |
DEAD
|
Anton Webern
|
Composer |
Atonal composer |
03-Dec-1883 |
15-Sep-1945 |
DEAD
|
Kurt Weill
|
Composer |
The Threepenny Opera |
02-Mar-1900 |
03-Apr-1950 |
DEAD
|
Richard A. Whiting
|
Composer |
Ain't We Got Fun? |
12-Nov-1891 |
10-Feb-1938 |
DEAD
|
Charles-Marie Widor
|
Composer |
Toccata, played at weddings |
21-Feb-1844 |
12-Mar-1937 |
DEAD
|
| John Williams
|
Composer |
Composer for Jaws, E.T. |
08-Feb-1932 |
TBD |
|
Meredith Willson
|
Composer |
The Music Man |
18-May-1902 |
15-Jun-1984 |
DEAD
|
Hugo Wolf
|
Composer |
19th century German songwriter |
13-Mar-1860 |
22-Feb-1903 |
DEAD
|
| Christian Wolff
|
Composer |
Burdocks |
08-Mar-1934 |
TBD |
|
| Charles Wuorinen
|
Composer |
Time's Encomium |
09-Jun-1938 |
TBD |
|
Iannis Xenakis
|
Composer |
Avant-garde composer |
09-May-1922 |
04-Feb-2001 |
DEAD
|
Vincent Youmans
|
Composer |
No, No Nanette |
27-Sep-1898 |
05-Apr-1946 |
DEAD
|
| La Monte Young
|
Composer |
Minimalist composer |
14-Oct-1935 |
TBD |
|
Frank Zappa
|
Composer |
Joe's Garage |
21-Dec-1940 |
04-Dec-1993 |
DEAD
|
| John Zorn
|
Composer |
Prolific avant-garde composer |
02-Sep-1953 |
TBD |
|