List of American composers
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The following is a partial list of American composers.
For a more complete list, see Category:American composers
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[edit] A
- Rod Abernethy video games, film and tv
- John Coolidge Adams (1947-), minimalist
- T. J. Anderson (1928-)
- Neil Anderson-Himmelspach (1976-)
- Dwight Ashley (1959-)
- Trey Azagthoth (George Emmanuel III) 1965-
[edit] B
- Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
- Amy Beach
- Supply Belcher
- Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989), known for his work in Broadway musicals
- Elmer Bernstein
- Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990), also conductor and pianist, composed the music for West Side Story
- William Billings
- Phillip Bimstein
[edit] C
- John Cage (1912 - 1992), experimental composer known for the "silent" 4'33"
- John Alden Carpenter
- Elliott Carter
- Aaron Copland (1900 – 1990), works include tonal music, film scores and Fanfare for the Common Man
- John Corigliano (1938 -) Pulitzer Prize winner, film scores for Altered States, Revolution, and The Red Violin
- Henry Cowell (1897 - 1965)
[edit] D E F G
- David Diamond
- James DiPasquale
- Abraham Ellstein
- Danny Elfman
- Stephen Foster
- Stoyan Ganev
- J. Ryan Garber
- Daniel Gee
- George Gershwin (1898 – 1937), classical, Broadway and jazz composer
- Michael Giacchino
- Philip Glass
- Frederick Grant Gleason
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Jason Graves video games, film, tv
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk
[edit] H I J
- Roy Harris
- Walter Hartley
- Samuel Hazo
- Silvio Hein (1879 - 1928)
- Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781 - 1861)
- Bernard Herrmann
- Michael Hersch
- Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000)
- William Icari
- Charles Ives
- Edwin Arthur Jones
- Ron Jones
- Scott Joplin (1867 – 1917), ragtime musician and composer
- Bradley Joseph (born 1965]
[edit] L M N O
- Vanessa Lann (1968 -)
- William P. Latham (1917 - 2006)
- David Leisner (1953 - )
- Edward MacDowell
- Daniel Gregory Mason (1873 - 1953)
- Alan Menken (1949-)
- Anne McGinty (1945-)
- Edgar Meyer
- Richard Meyer
- Undine Smith Moore
- Justin Morgan
- Carli Muñoz
- David Newman
- Roger Nichols
- Alex North
- Mark O'Connor
[edit] P Q R
- John Knowles Paine
- Horatio Parker
- Harry Partch
- Scott Perkins
- Walter Piston
- Cole Porter
- Key Poulan
- Alfred Reed
- Steve Reich
- Curtis Roads
- Eugénie R. Rocherolle
[edit] S T U
- James Sclater
- John Serry, Sr.
- Alex Shapiro
- Ralph Shapey
- Charles Shere
- Arlene Sierra
- Louis Silvers
- Robert W. Smith
- John Philip Sousa
- William Grant Still
- Elizabeth Swados
- James Swearingen
[edit] V W X Y Z
- Ezequiel Viñao
- Harry Warren (tunes on page)
- Eric Whitacre
- John Williams
- Frank Zappa
