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Here you'll find a wide range of composers from all eras listed by name. There are currently 515 composers on file.

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Abaco, Evaristo Felice Dall'(1675 - 1742)Italian composer and violinist born in Verona and died in Munich on ...
Abaco, Giuseppe Dall'(1709 - 1805)Full name was Giuseppe Clemens Ferdinand Dall'Abaco. He was the son of Evaristo ...
Abba-Cornaglia, Pietro(1851 - 1894)Italian composer and historian. Works include operas, Requiem and chamber music. ...
Abel, Karl Friedrich(1723 - 1787)German composer and bass viol player. His first name is often seen ...
Absil, Jean(1893 - 1974)Belgian composer. Much of his work is atonal and uses unusual rhythms. ...
Accolay, Jean Batiste(1845 - 1910)
Achron, Isidor(1892 - 1948)Polish pianist and brother of Joseph. ...
Achron, Joseph(1886 - 1943)Lithuanian violinist and teacher. Brother of Isidor. His works include orchestral, chamber ...
Adam, Adolphe Charles(1803 - 1856)French composer and music critic. He wrote a number of operas and ...
Adam de la Halle, (c1230 - c1287)French composer who studied in Paris. He wrote songs of which his ...
Addinsell, Richard(1904 - 1977)British composer. Written for the film Dangerous Moonlight, his Warsaw Concerto was ...
Agostini, Paolo(1583 - 1629)Italian organist.
Agricola, Alexander(c1446 - c1506)Flemish composer.
Agricola, Johann Friedrich(1720 - 1774)German organist.
Agricola, Martin(1486 - 1556)Flemish composer and writer on music. His original name was Sore. ...
Aguilera de Heredia, Sebastian(c1565 - ?)Spanish composer of organ music and Magnificats. ...
Ahle, Johann Rudolf(1625 - 1673)German organist.
Aichinger, Gregor(1564 - 1628)German composer.
Akimenko, Feodor Stepanovich(1876 - 1945)Ukranian composer. His works include piano, chamber music and an opera. ...
Alabiev, Alexander Alexandrovitch(1787 - 1851)Russian composer. Surname is somtimes given as Alabief, Alabiew and Aliabiev. His ...
Alain, Jehan Ariste(1911 - 1940)French composer. He was killed in WWII. ...
Albeniz, Isaac(1860 - 1909)Catalan composer and pianist. He wrote some operas but his works were ...
Albinoni, Tommaso Giovanni(1671 - 1750)Italian violinist. He wrote a considerable amount of operas, orchestral works and ...
Alfano, Franco(1876 - 1954)Italian composer. He was best known for completing Puccini's Turandot. His works ...
Alfven, Hugo(1872 - 1960)Swedish violinist and composer. His works include a number of symphonies, chamber ...
Alkan, Charles Henry Valentin(1813 - 1888)Remarkable virtuoso French pianist. He was a friend of Chopin and Liszt. ...
Allegri, Gregorio(1582 - 1652)Italian priest and singer. Famous for a 9 part choral work called ...
Alwyn, William(1905 - 1985)English composer. His works include symphonies, concertos, film and chamber music. ...
Amner, John(1579 - 1641)English organist. Many of his compositions were hymns and church services. ...
Amy, Gilbert(1936)French composer and conductor.
Andriessen, Hendrik(1892 - 1981)Dutch organist. His works include symphonies and chamber music. ...
Andriessen, Louis(1939)Dutch composer, son of Hendrik.
Anerio, Felice(c1560 - 1614)Italian composer of choral and church music. Brother of Giovanni. ...
Anerio, Giovanni Francesco(1567 - 1630)Italian composer. Brother of Felice. His works were mostly church and choral ...
Anglebert, Jean Henri D'(c1628 - 1691)French harpsichordist.
Annibale, Padovano(1527 - 1575)Italian organist. His works include church and instrumental music. ...
Antheil, George(1900 - 1959)American pianist. He wrote many unusual compositions including Ballet Mécanique which uses ...
Arditi, Luigi(1822 - 1903)Italian conductor. He composed a few operas and a very popular waltz-song ...
Arensky, Anton Stepanovich(1861 - 1906)Russian composer. His works include operas, symphonies, church and chamber music of ...
Argento, Dominick(1927)American composer. His works include song cycles, choral, orchestral music and a ...
Arne, Michael(1740 - 1786)English composer and son of Thomas. His works include songs and music ...
Arne, Thomas Augustine(1710 - 1778)English composer. He composed a number of operas, songs and instrumental music. ...
Arnell, Richard Anthony Sayer(1917)English composer. His works include symphonies, ballets, concertos and chamber music. ...
Arnold, Malcolm Henry(1921 - 2006)English composer. His works include various concertos, symphonies, orchestral and film music. ...
Arriaga, Juan Crisostomo Antonio(1806 - 1826)Spanish composer. He wrote a number of string quartets, an opera and ...
Arrieta y Corera, Emilio(1823 - 1894)Spanish opera composer. His works include the zarzuela Marina, a Spanish Opera ...
Asafiev, Boris(1884 - 1949)Russian composer.
Aston, Hugh(c1480 - c1550)English composer. His surname is sometimes given as Ashton. ...
Astorga, Baron d'(1680 - 1757)Sicilian composer. His full name was Emanuele Gioacchino Cesare Ricon (Rincon) Baron ...
Atterberg, Kurt(1887 - 1974)Swedish comoser. His works include symphonies, concertos and a number of operas. ...
Aubert, Louis François Marie(1877 - 1968)French composer and pianist. His works include an opera, piano and orchestral ...
Auric, Georges(1899 - 1983)French composer. He was a member of 'Les Six'. His works include ...
Avison, Charles(1709 - 1770)English organist. His compositions include concertos and sonatas but he was best ...


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