List of composers by nationality

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The following is a list of major composers by nationality:

Contents 1  Albania 2  Argentina 3  Armenia 4  Austria 5  Belgium 6  Brazil 7  Bulgaria 8  Canada 9  Chile 10  China 11  Croatia 12  Cyprus 13  Czech Republic 14  Denmark 15  England 16  Finland 17  France 18  Germany 19  Greece 20  Guatemala 21  Hungary 22  Iran 23  Ireland 24  Israel 25  Italy 26  Japan 27  Mexico 28  Malta 29  Nigeria 30  Netherlands 31  Norway 32  Peru 33  Poland 34  Portugal 35  Romania 36  Russia 37  South Africa 38  Serbia 39  Slovenia 40  Spain 41  Singapore 42  Turkey 43  United States 44 References 45 External links

[edit]  Albania

• Simon Gjoni (1926–1991), 20th century composer of orchestral and piano pieces

[edit]  Argentina

• Carlos Guastavino (1912–2000), composer of Romantic and folk influenced music

[edit]  Armenia

• Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978), 20th century composer famous for his ballet Gayane

[edit]  Austria

see the List of German and Austrian composers

[edit]  Belgium

see also List of Belgian classical composers

• François Joseph Gossec (1734–1829), Classical era composer of operas and string quartets
• Charles de Bériot (1802–1870), 19th century violin teacher and composer
• César Franck (1822–1980), Romantic era composer and organist
• Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931), late Romantic virtuoso violinist and composer
• Jef Maes (1905–1996), 20th century composer and teacher
• Didier van Damme (1929- ), composer and conductor

[edit]  Brazil

• Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935), composer, pianist and conductor

[edit]  Bulgaria

• Emanuil Manolov (1860–1902), composed the first Bulgarian opera Siromahkinia based on the work of Ivan Vazov with the same title
• Dobri Hristov (1875–1941), composer of choral music as well as music for the church and orchestra
• Petko Staynov (1896–1977), a founding member and first chairman of the Bulgarian Contemporary Music Society (1933), which later became the Union of Bulgarian Composers
• Pancho Vladigerov (1899–1978), a founding member of the Bulgarian Contemporary Music Society (1933)
• Georgi Tutev (1924–1994), composer of contemporary classical music, one of the main representatives of Bulgarian modernism
• Petar Krumov (1934- ), composer, arranger, conductor and expert on Bulgarian folk music
• Milcho Leviev (1937- ), composer, arranger, jazz performer and pianist
• Michail Goleminov (1956- ), composer, pianist, conductor, and co-founder of music publishing house The Orange Factory
• Georgi Arnaoudov (1957- ), composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, film, vocal, and piano music

[edit]  Canada

• David Foster (1949- ), Grammy Award winning composer, arranger and producer; composed theme songs for 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics and numerous movie soundtracks

[edit]  Chile

• Jorge Urrutia (1905–1981), 20th century composer, influenced by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel

[edit]  China

• Xian Xinghai (1905–1945), composer known for the Yellow River Cantata, a patriotic song during the Second Sino-Japanese War
• Xiao Shuxian (1905–1991), composer who blended elements of Chinese folk culture with Western techniques in her music
• Nie Er (1912–1935), wrote March of the Volunteers, the national anthem of the People's Republic of China
• Du Mingxin (1928- ), composer who collaborated on the ballet Red Detachment of Women

[edit]  Croatia

• Vatroslav Lisinski (1819–1854), 19th century composer and co-founder of "Illyrian Movement"

[edit]  Cyprus

• Nicolas Economou (1953–1993), 20th century composer and conductor

[edit]  Czech Republic

see also List of Czech composers

• Jan Stamic (1717–1757), Classical era composer better known as Johann Stamitz, founder of the Mannheim School of composers
• Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884), nationalist composer, known for the opera The Bartered Bride
• Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), Romantic nationalist composer, known for his symphonies, especially the "New World" Symphony
• Leoš Janáček (1854–1928), 20th century neoclassical composer
• Julius Fučík (1872–1916), 20th century military band leader, known for his Entrance of the Gladiators

[edit]  Denmark

• Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817–1890), significant early Romantic composer
• Carl Nielsen (1865–1931), 20th century composer known especially for his six symphonies

[edit]  England

• Henry Purcell (1659–1695), Baroque composer, known for his opera Dido and Aeneas
• Jeremiah Clarke (1674–1707), Baroque composer known for Trumpet Voluntary
• Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), Romantic composer known for his work with W.S. Gilbert
• Edward Elgar (1857–1934), late Romantic composer, famous for the Pomp and Circumstance Marches and the Enigma Variations
• Ethel Smyth (1858–1944), famous for her opera The Wreckers and the March of the Women
• Frederick Delius (1862–1934), 20th century composer, used chromaticism in many of his compositions
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), 20th century composer
• Gustav Holst (1874–1934), 20th century composer known for The Planets
• Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979), classical composer and violist best known for her chamber music
• William Walton (1902–1983), 20th century composer, known for his Viola Concerto as well as the suite Facade which shows influence of popular music, also wrote choral music and film scores
• Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), 20th century composer, conductor, and pianist, known for his operas and his War Requiem
• George Lloyd (1913–1998), 20th century composer of late-Romantic music

[edit]  Finland

• Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), nationalist composer, wrote seven symphonies, also famous for Finlandia
• Erkki Melartin (1875–1937), late Romantic composer, pupil of Robert Fuchs
• Kaija Saariaho (1952- ), modern composer of string quartets and operas, known for combining live music with electronics

[edit]  France

see the List of French composers

[edit]  Germany

see the List of German and Austrian composers

[edit]  Greece

• Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795–1872), Romantic composer and composer of Ionian Islands style of music
• Spyros Samaras (1861–1917), composer of modern Olympic Anthem
• Manolis Kalomiris (1883–1962), composer and founder of Hellenic Conservatory and National Conservatoire
• Marios Varvoglis (1885–1967), orchestral, piano and chamber music composer incorporating a French influence
• Aristotelis Koundouroff (1896–1969), modern composer and musical theorist, influenced by Prokofiev and Russian modernists
• Dimitris Mitropoulos (1896–1960), 20th century composer and conductor of New York Philharmonic
• Antiochos Evangelatos (1903–1981), 20th century composer and conductor
• Nikolaos Skalkottas (1904–1949), 20th century composer
• Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001), 20th century classical, experimental and mathematical composer
• Manos Hadjidakis (1925–1994), modern composer best known for Academy Award winning composition for Never on Sunday
• Mikis Theodorakis (1925- ), classical and film composer best known for symphonic works, oratorios and film scores for Zorba the Greek, Serpico and Z
• Giannis Christou (1926–1970), 20th century classical and "meta-serialist" composer
• Manos Loizos (1937–1982), modern composer
• Vangelis Papathanassiou (1943- ), electronic music pioneer, film score and neo-classical composer, best known for Academy Award winning score for Chariots of Fire, and scores for Blade Runner and 1492: Conquest of Paradise
• Thanos Mikroutsikos (1947- ), contemporary and classical composer
• Michalis Travlos (1950- ), modern and experimental composer
• Yiannis Chrysomallis (1954- ), new age composer

[edit]  Guatemala

• Ricardo Arjona (1964- ), modern pop composer

[edit]  Hungary

• Franz Liszt (1811–1886), Romantic composer-pianist, wrote a number of tone poems and extended piano technique
• Stephen Heller (1813–1888), Early Romantic composer and pianist
• Karl Goldmark (1830–1915), Romantic composer influenced by Richard Wagner
• Béla Bartók (1881–1945), 20th century composer, considered one of the founders of ethnomusicology
• Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967), 20th century composer and ethnomusicologist
• Gábor Darvas (1911–1985), 20th century composer and musicologist

[edit]  Iran

• Fariborz Lachini (1949- ), contemporary film score composer
• Behzad Mirkhani (1969- ), the first Iranian composer of guitar solos established in Iran Ministry of Culture

[edit]  Ireland

• John Field (1782–1837), Romantic composer and pianist, notable for cultivating the nocturne
• Michael William Balfe (1808–1870), Romantic opera composer best known for The Bohemian Girl
• Seán Ó Riada (1931–1971), 20th century composer, led the revival of traditional Irish music in the 1960s
• Fiachra Trench (1941- ), contemporary film score composer (Pearl Harbor, The Ring)
• Frank McNamara (1960- ), composer and pianist known for symphony and orchestral work
• Ciaran Farrell (1969- ), 20th century composer.

[edit]  Israel

see the List of Israeli classical composers

[edit]  Italy

see also List of Italian composers

• Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612), 16th century composer and organist
• Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643), member of the Florentine Camerata, who are generally credited with inventing the modern opera, best known for his Orfeo, also wrote several books of madrigals
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713), early Baroque violinist and composer
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), Baroque composer, wrote over 600 concerti, famous for The Four Seasons
• Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757), Baroque composer, influential in the development of the Classical style
• Giuseppe Tartini (1692–1770), Baroque composer, famous for his Devil's Trill Sonata
• Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805), 18th century composer in the Galante style
• Antonio Salieri (1750–1825), Classical era composer
• Giovanni Viotti (1755–1824), Classical era violin teacher
• Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840), virtuoso violinist and composer, wrote the 24 Caprices for violin
• Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868), opera composer, best known for The Barber of Seville and overtures to various other operas
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848), opera composer, known for Lucia di Lammermoor and L'Elisir d'Amore among others
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901), Italian opera composer best known for Rigoletto, Nabucco, Aida and La Traviata
• Amilcare Ponchielli (1834–1886), Romantic opera composer known for La Gioconda
• Luigi Denza (1846–1922), Neopolitan song composer of Funiculì, Funiculà
• Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), late romantic opera composer (La Bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly)
• Pietro Mascagni (1863–1945), opera composer, known for Cavalleria Rusticana
• Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936), Romantic composer, known for his symphonic poems The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome
• Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880–1968), Italian opera composer best known for Fedra, Assassinio nella cattedrale' and Cagliostro
• Luigi Dallapiccola (1904–1975), Italian composer of Il Prigioniero
• Bruno Maderna (1920–1973), Italian composer of Satyricon, Venetian Journal
• Luciano Berio (1925–2003), Italian composer of Sinfonia, Un re in ascolto, and Passaggio
• Luigi Nono (1924–1990), Italian composer of Prometeo, Canto Sospeso
• Vittorio Rieti (1898–1994), Italian composer of Barabau
• Franco Donatoni (1927–2000), Italian composer of Puppenspiel, Atem, Alfred,Alfred and Hot

[edit]  Japan

• Kan Ishii (1921- ), 20th century classical composer

[edit]  Mexico

• Jose Bernardo Alcedo (1899-1978), 20th Century composer and conductor

[edit]  Malta

• Niccolò Isouard (1775–1818), composer of thirty-five operas within sixteen years, in Malta and in Paris
• Robert Samut (1869–1934), composer of Malta's National Anthem, l-Innu Malti
• Carmelo Pace (1906–1993), music teacher and composer, wrote several operas, including Caterina Desguanez (1965), I Martiri (1967), Angelica (1973) and Ipogeana (1976), and the popular fantasy for village band clubs, Maltesina (1931), based on samples of traditional Maltese folk music.

[edit]  Nigeria

• Joshua Uzoigwe (1946-2005), 20th century classical and Nigerian folk composer

[edit]  Netherlands

see the List of Dutch classical composers

[edit]  Norway

• Herman Severin Løvenskiold (1815–1870), Romantic composer who wrote the score for the ballet La Sylphide
• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), Romantic composer, known for his incidental music for Peer Gynt and his Piano Concerto
• Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847–1907), Romantic composer and pianist, contemporary of Edvard Grieg

[edit]  Peru

• Jose Bernardo Alcedo (1788-1878), 19th Century Peruvian Romantic composer

[edit]  Poland

see also List of Polish composers

• Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), early Romantic composer and virtuoso pianist, wrote many polonaises, nocturnes, and waltzes
• Henryk Wieniawski (1835–1880), Romantic composer and violinist, most famous for his two concertos
• Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941), Romantic composer and pianist, also a politician and onetime Prime Minister of Poland
• Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937), composer influenced by the impressionist music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel
• Władysław Szpilman (1911–2000), 20th century composer, his life story is portrayed in the movie The Pianist
• Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994), 20th century modernist composer and pianist

[edit]  Portugal

• Zeca Afonso
• Sérgio Azevedo
• Manuel Cardoso
• António Chagas Rosa
• Adriano Correia de Oliveira
• Pedro de Escobar
• Sérgio Godinho
• Fernando Lopes Graça
• John IV of Portugal
• Alfredo Keil
• Duarte Lobo
• Vicente Lusitano
• Manuel Mendes
• Ernesto Rodrigues
• Joly Braga Santos
• Carlos Seixas
• Isabel Soveral
• Mafalda Veiga
• José Vianna da Motta
• António Pinho Vargas
• Luís de Freitas Branco
• Pedro Camacho
• Luís Tinoco
• Eurico Carrapatoso

[edit]  Romania

• Anton Pann (1790s-1854), wrote Romania's national anthem
• Ciprian Porumbescu (1853–1883), 19th century composer
• George Enescu (1881–1955), 20th century composer, violinist, pianist; spent much of his career in France
• Grigoraş Dinicu (1889–1949), 20th century composer best known for his violin showpiece Hora staccato
• Martian Negrea (1893–1975), composer, teacher and conductor. His creation involves all musical formes and genres and is distinguised by a personal melodic inspiration.
• Sabin Dragoi (1894–1968), composer and folklorist, is one of pioneers of scientifical gathering of Romanian folklore.
• Theodor Rogalski (1901–1954), composer, conductor and pianist, he had composed chamber and symphonic music. He is one of the bigest Romanian masters of orchestration.
• Paul Constantinescu (1909–1963), 20th century composer, best known for religious and vocal music, also wrote music for Romanian films
• Anatol Vieru (1926–1998), winner of Herder Prize in 1986, his creation includes symphonic, chamber and choral music.

[edit]  Russia

see the List of Russian composers

[edit]  South Africa

• Niel van der Watt (1962- ), prominent choral and classical composer

[edit]  Serbia

• Petar Stojanovic (1877–1957), composer of operattas, balets and orchestral music

[edit]  Slovenia

see the List of Slovenian composers

[edit]  Spain

• Gaspar Sanz (1640–1710), Baroque era guitar composer
• Antonio Soler (1729–1783), wrote sonatas and concertos for the harpsichord and organ
• Fernando Sor (1778–1839), Classical era composer for the guitar
• Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806–1826), Romantic composer, nicknamed the "Spanish Mozart" before dying at age 19
• Felipe Pedrell (1841–1922), 19th century composoer
• Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908), Romantic era virtuoso violinist and composer
• Francisco Tárrega (1852–1909), Romantic era guitarist and composer
• Isaac Albéniz (1860–1909), late Romantic composer and pianist, wrote nationalist works such as Iberia
• Enrique Granados (1867–1916), nationlist composer and pianist, influenced later composers such as Manuel de Falla
• Manuel de Falla (1876–1946), 20th century composer, best known for The Three-Cornered Hat
• Joaquín Turina (1882–1949), composer of chamber music, piano works, guitar pieces, and songs
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999), 20th century composer, wrote the Concierto de Aranjuez for classical guitar and orchestra
• Antonio Ruiz-Pipò (1934–1997), 20th century composer for the guitar
• Manuel Alejandro (1969- ), contemporary song composer
• Rodrigo Rodriguez, contemporary, world music composer, Multi instrumentalist.

[edit]  Singapore

• Zulkifli Mohamed Amin (born 1983), world music composer/arranger/accordionist, associate conductor of Orkestra Melayu Singapura (BELIA)

[edit]  Turkey

• Dede Efendi (1778–1846), Turkish classical composer

[edit]  United States

see also List of American composers

• John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), bandleader and composer, wrote marches, such as Stars and Stripes Forever, operas and songs
• Scott Joplin (1868–1917), ragtime composer, wrote The Entertainer and the opera Treemonisha
• Charles Ives (1874–1954), 19th and 20th century modernist composer, best known for his 114 songs and his four symphonies
• Irving Berlin (1888–1989), composer of White Christmas and God Bless America
• Cole Porter (1891–1964), 20th century composer, wrote the music for Anything Goes
• William Grant Still (1895–1978), regarded as the first significant African-American symphonist
• George Gershwin (1898–1937), composer influenced by jazz, wrote Rhapsody in Blue
• Aaron Copland (1900–1990), 20th century "American"-school^[1] composer known for the ballet Rodeo and Appalachian Spring
• Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953), modernist composer, influenced by atonality and folk music, noted for her String Quartet
• Samuel Barber (1910–1981), 20th century composer, famous for his Adagio for Strings
• Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000), among the most prolific composers of the 20th century, of Armenian decent
• John Cage (1912–1992), 20th century composer of conceptual and aleatoric music
• Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), 20th century composer, wrote the music for West Side Story
• George Walker (1922- ), 20th century composer, won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1996 for Lilacs
• George Crumb (1929- ), composer known for experimenting with unusual timbres and extended technique, noted for Black Angels
• John Williams (1932- ), contemporary film score composer (Star Wars, Schindler's List)
• Philip Glass (1937- ), 20th century minimalist composer
• Frank Zappa (1940–1993), composed in a plethora of styles
• Danny Elfman (1953- ), contemporary film score composer, wrote the theme song to the TV show The Simpsons

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Union of Bulgarian Composers