List of French composers
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[edit] Born 1300–1550
- Guillaume de Machaut (1300–1377)
- Guillaume Dufay (?1397–1474)
- Loÿset Compère (c.1445–1518)
- Josquin Desprez (c.1450–1521) born near Franco-Flemish border
- Pierre de La Rue (c.1460–1518)
- Claudin de Sermisy (c.1490–1562)
- Nicolas Gombert (c.1495–c.1560) born in Flanders
- Ninot le Petit (c.1500–1520)
[edit] Born 1550–1700
- Étienne Moulinié (c.1600–after1669)
- Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (c.1601–1672)
- Denis Gaultier (1603–1672)
- Jacques de Gouy (c.1610-after 1650)
- Michel Lambert (1610–1696)
- Louis Couperin (c.1626–1661)
- Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691)
- Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687) Baroque composer, first significant composer of French opera
- Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (c.1640–c.1700)
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
- Marin Marais (1656–1728)
- Michel Richard Delalande (1657–1726)
- André Campra (1660–1744)
- Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
- Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747)
- Michel Pignolet de Montéclair (1667–1737)
- François Couperin (1668–1733)
- Louis Marchand (1669–1732)
- Louis de Caix d'Hervelois (ca.1670-ca.1760)
- Antoine Forqueray (1671–1745)
- Nicolas de Grigny (1672–1703)
- Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749)
- Jean-François Dandrieu (1682–1738)
- Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682–1738), Baroque composer, known today for his 'Rondeau' (theme song to the TV show Masterpiece Theatre)
- Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764), Baroque composer, wrote Les Indes galantes
- Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)
- Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772)
- Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764), significant Baroque era composer
[edit] Born 1700–1800
- Jean-Marie Leclair the younger (1703-1777)
- Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705-1770)
- Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (1705–1755) born in Italy
- Jean-Joseph Mondonville (1711–1772)
- François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795)
- François Joseph Gossec (1734–1829)
- Jean-Baptiste Bréval (1753–1823)
- Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766–1831), composer known for his 42 études used by violin students
- Louis Emmanuel Jadin (1768–1853)
- Charles Simon Catel (1773–1830)
- François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775–1834)
- Hyacinthe Jadin (1776–1800)
- Daniel Auber (1782–1871), opera composer, well known in his time, but rarely performed today
- Jacques-Fereol Mazas (1782–1849), 18th century violinist and composer
- Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789–1856)[1], composer best known today for his studies and exercises for the harp.
- Ferdinand Herold (1791–1833), composer best known for his operas, notably Zampa, and the ballet La Fille Mal Gardée
- Fromental Halévy (1799–1862)
[edit] Born 1800–1880
- Adolphe Adam (1803–1856)
- Hector Berlioz (1803–1869), composer famous for his programmatic symphony, the Symphonie Fantastique
- Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896)
- Louis Antoine Jullien (1812–1860, famous eccentric conductor and composer of light music
- Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888), Romantic era composer and pianist
- Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wely (1817–1869)
- Charles Dancla (1817–1907), 19th century violin teacher and composer
- Charles Gounod (1818–1893), composer, best known for his opera Faust
- Jean-Henri Ravina (1818–1906)
- Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880), French operetta and opera composer, known for The Tales of Hoffmann and Orpheus in the Underworld
- Charles-Louis Hanon (1819–1900), French piano pedagogue
- Edouard Lalo (1823–1892), Romantic composer remembered primarily for his Symphonie Espagnole for violin and orchestra
- Adolphe Blanc (1828–1885)
- Jean-Baptiste Accolay (1833–1900), 19th century violin teacher and composer
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), Romantic composer perhaps best known for The Carnival of the Animals
- Léo Delibes (1836–1891), composer known for his Coppelia, Sylvia, and Lakmé
- Georges Bizet (1838–1875), Romantic composer famous for his opera Carmen
- Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894)
- Jules Massenet (1842–1912), Romantic composer best known for "Meditation" from his opera Thaïs
- Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937), Romantic composer, noted for his works for the organ
- Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924), Romantic composer, known for his chamber music and a requiem among other pieces
- Henri Duparc (1848–1933)
- Benjamin Godard (1849–1895)
- Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931)
- Ernest Chausson (1855–1899)
- Alfred Bruneau (1857–1934)
- Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
- Guy d'Hardelot (c.1858–1936)
- Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956), composer best known for his opera Louise
- Claude Debussy (1862–1918), 20th century composer, his music is often described as impressionist, although he dismissed the term, wrote 'Clair de Lune' from Suite bergamasque
- Gabriel Pierné (1863–1937)
- Paul Dukas (1865–1935), late Romantic composer known today for his piece of program music, The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- Erik Satie (1866–1925), 20th century modernist and impressionist composer, known for his Gymnopedies
- Charles Koechlin (1867–1950)
- Claude Terrasse (1867–1923)
- Jean-Baptiste Lemire (1867–1945)
- Albert Roussel (1869–1937)
- Florent Schmitt (1870–1958)
- Charles Tournemire (1870–1939)
- Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
- Déodat de Séverac (1872–1921)
- Henri Büsser (1872–1973)
- Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947)
- Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), 20th century piano and orchestra composer in the impressionist and neoclassicist styles, noted for his Daphnis et Chloé, Bolero, and Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose) suite
- André Caplet (1878-1925), Great friend of Debussy responsible for orchestrating some of his works, including Children's Corner. Survived a gas attack in the trenches during the First World War.
[edit] Born 1880-
[edit] Les Six
- Louis Durey (1888–1979)
- Arthur Honegger (1892–1955)
- Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
- Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983), the female member of Les Six, her Jeux de Pleine Aire caused Satie to call her his "musical daughter"
- Georges Auric (1899–1983)
- Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
[edit] Others
- Paul Le Flem (1881–1984)
- Edgard Varèse (1883–1965) became American
- Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
- Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
- Jacques Ibert (1890–1962)
- Lili Boulanger (1893–1918), the first French female composer to win the Prix de Rome, with her cantata Faust and Helena
- Maurice Journeau (1898-1999)
- Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
- Andre Jolivet (1905–1974)
- Eugène Bozza (1905–1991)
- Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
- Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992), 20th century modernist composer
- Gaston Litaize (1909–1991)
- Paule Maurice (1910–1967)
- Jehan Alain (1911–1940)
- Alfred Désenclos (1912–1971)
- Jean Françaix (1912–1997)
- Charles Trenet (1913–2001), composer of French songs, including La Mer, Douce France, La Folle Complainte and Je Chante
- Henri Dutilleux (1916- )
- Raymond Gallois-Montbrun (1918–1994)
- Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
- Claude Pascal (1921- )
- Jeanine Rueff (1922–1999)
- Pierre Boulez (1925- )
- Jean-Michel Damase (1928- )
- Gilbert Amy (1936-)
- Jean-Claude Risset (1936-)
- Jean-Claude Amiot (1939- )
- Gérard Grisey (1946–1998)
- Max Méreaux (1946- )
- Jacques-Louis Monod (1927- )
- Tristan Murail (1947- )
- Joseph-François Kremer (1954- )
- Nigel Keay (1955- )
- Eryck Abecassis (1956- )
- Éric Serra (1959-)
- Jean-Yves Malmasson (1963- )
- Laurent Laffineur (1968- )
- Fabien Lévy (1968- )
- Yann Tiersen (1970- )
- Walter Taieb (1973- )
- Maxime Rodriguez (1975- )
- Sebastien Beranger (1977- )
