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 (born 1947), minimalist
- Leroy Anderson (1908–1975)
- T. J. Anderson (born 1928)
- Alfredo Antonini (1901–1983) Composer and Conductor
- Robert Ashley (born 1930)
- Larry Austin (born 1930)
- Trey Azagthoth (George Emmanuel III) (born 1965)
[edit] B
- Milton Babbitt
- Burt Bacharach (born 1928), composer of "What The World Needs Now Is Love"
- Samuel Barber (1910–1981), 20th century composer, famous for his Adagio for Strings
- Matthew Barnson
- Tyler Bates Movie Score [Rob Zombie's Halloween, Dawn of the Dead]
- Amy Beach
- Supply Belcher
- Irving Berlin (1888–1989), composer of White Christmas and God Bless America
- Elmer Bernstein
- Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), also conductor and pianist, composed the music for West Side Story
- William Billings
- Phillip Bimstein
- William Bolcom
- George Brunner
[edit] C
- John Cage (1912–1992), experimental composer of conceptual and aleatoric music, known for the "silent" 4'33"
- John Alden Carpenter
- Elliott Carter
- Kristopher Carter
- Aaron Copland (1900–1990), 20th century "American"-school[1] composer known for the ballet Rodeo and Appalachian Spring as well as Fanfare for the Common Man
- John Corigliano (born 1938) Pulitzer Prize winner, film scores for Altered States, Revolution, and The Red Violin
- Henry Cowell (1897–1965)
- Noah Creshevsky (born 1945 in Rochester, New York)
- George Crumb (born 1929), composer known for experimenting with unusual timbres and extended technique, noted for Black Angels
[edit] D E F G
- Katherine K. Davis
- Norman Dello Joio
- David Diamond
- James DiPasquale
- Charles Dodge (composer)
- Dennis Eberhard (1943–2005)
- Danny Elfman (born 1953), contemporary film score composer, wrote the theme song to the TV show The Simpsons and "Desperate Housewives"
- Abraham Ellstein
- Henry Fillmore march and rag composer, wrote such pieces as Rolling Thunder and Lassus Trombone
- Stephen Foster
- J. Ryan Garber
- Daniel E. Gawthrop
- George Gershwin (1898–1937), classical, Broadway and jazz composer, wrote Rhapsody in Blue
- Michael Giacchino
- Philip Glass (born 1937), 20th century minimalist composer
- Frederick Grant Gleason
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk
- Robert Greenberg
- Mark Gresham (born 1956)
[edit] H I J K
- Howard Hanson
- Don L. Harper
- Roy Harris
- Lou Harrison (1917–2003)
- Walter Hartley
- Samuel Hazo
- Anthony Philip Heinrich (1781–1861)
- Bernard Herrmann
- Michael Hersch
- Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000), among the most prolific composers of the 20th century, of Armenian decent
- Charles Ives (1874–1954), 19th and 20th century modernist composer, best known for his 114 songs and his four symphonies
- Philip James
- David N. Johnson (1922–1987), Composer of organ and church music.
- Edwin Arthur Jones
- Ron Jones
- Scott Joplin (1868–1917), ragtime composer, wrote The Entertainer and the opera Treemonisha
- Bradley Joseph (born 1965)
- Karl King (1891–1971), march composer, best known for his circus marches
- Charles Knox (born 1929)
[edit] L M N O
- Joseph Lamb
- Vanessa Lann (born 1968)
- Libby Larsen (born 1950)
- Benjamin Lees
- David Leisner (born 1953)
- Peter Scott Lewis (born 1953)
- Paul Alan Levi (born 1941)
- Arjen Anthony Lucassen
- Edward MacDowell
- Paul Manz (born 1919)Composer or organ and church music.
- Daniel Gregory Mason (1873–1953)
- Christian McLeer
- Alan Menken (born 1949)
- Peter Mennin
- Edgar Meyer
- Undine Smith Moore
- Justin Morgan
- Nico Muhly
- Carli Muñoz
- Armen Nalbandian (born 1978)
- Robert Anthony Navarro (born 1972)
- David Newman
- Roger Nichols
- Alex North
- Mark O'Connor
- Pauline Oliveros (born 1932)
- Chris Opperman (born 1978)
- Leo Ornstein
- Craig Alan Owens
[edit] P Q R
- John Knowles Paine
- Horatio Parker
- Harry Partch
- Scott Perkins
- William Perry
- Daniel Pinkham
- Walter Piston
- Cole Porter (1891–1964), 20th century composer, wrote the music for Anything Goes
- Quincy Porter
- Key Poulan
- André Previn
- Ray Reach
- Alfred Reed
- Steve Reich
- Leon René
- David Rhodes (born 1974)
- Terry Riley (born 1935)
- Curtis Roads
- Eugénie R. Rocherolle
- David Rosenboom
- Carl Ruggles
[edit] S T U
- Stephen Scott
- Neil Sedaka (born 1939) composer of "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
- Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953), modernist composer, influenced by atonality and folk music, noted for her String Quartet
- John Serry, Sr.
- Roger Sessions
- Ralph Shapey
- Alex Shapiro
- Michael Jeffrey Shapiro
- Sinyan Shen
- Charles Shere
- Gregory Short
- Arlene Sierra
- Louis Silvers
- Robert W. Smith
- Stephen Sondheim
- John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), bandleader and composer, wrote marches, such as Stars and Stripes Forever, operas and songs
- William Grant Still (1895–1978), regarded as the first significant African-American symphonist
- Allen Strange
- Elizabeth Swados
- James Swearingen
- Noah D. Taylor
- James Tenney
[edit] V W X Y Z
- Ezequiel Viñao
- Robert Voisey
- George Walker (born 1922), 20th century composer, won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1996 for Lilacs
- Harry Warren (tunes on page)
- Rodney Waschka II
- Eric Whitacre
- John Williams (born 1932), contemporary film score composer (Star Wars, Schindler's List)
- Frank Zappa (1940–1993), composed in a plethora of styles
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939)
