List of composers by nationality
The following is a list of composers by nationality:
Albania
- Simon Gjoni (1926–1991), 20th century composer of orchestral and piano pieces
- Esat Rizvanolli, b. 1936, composer of songs and choral music
Argentina
Brazil
Bulgaria
- Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean composer, harpist, pedagogue
- Albena Petrovic-Vratchanska (born 1965), composer & director in Luxembourg, one of her most famous works is "Gladius"
- Andrey Vratchansky (1915–1990), one of his most famous works are "Iz Dunavskata ravnina" (Over Danube's plain; Из Дунавската равнина) and "Elenino horo Moyata godenica" ("My Fiancee"; Еленино хоро Моята годеница)
- Diko Iliev (1898–1984), probably most famous of his works is "Dunavsko horo" (Danube's horo; Дунавско хоро)
- Dobri Hristov (1875–1941), composer of choral music as well as music for the church and orchestra
- Emanuil Manolov (1860–1902), composed the first Bulgarian opera Siromahkinia based on the work of Ivan Vazov with the same title
- Peter Christoskov (1917–2006), violinist, teacher, composer, http://www.ubc-bg.com/en/composer/127
- 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)
- Alexandra Fol (born 1981), composer and organist, currently writing her dissertation at McGill University's Schulich School of Music
- Georgi Tutev (1924–1994), composer of contemporary classical music, one of the main representatives of Bulgarian modernism
- Petar Krumov (born 1934), composer, arranger, conductor and expert on Bulgarian folk music
- Milcho Leviev (born 1937), composer, arranger, jazz performer and pianist
- Emil Tabakov (born 1947), composer of symphonies and concertos
- Dobrinka Tabakova (born 1980), composer
- Hristo Tsanoff (born 1947), composer
- Marin Goleminov (1908–2000), composer, violinist, conductor
- Michail Goleminov (born 1956), composer, pianist, conductor, and co-founder of music publishing house The Orange Factory
- Georgi Arnaoudov (born 1957), composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, film, vocal and piano music
- Anna-Maria Ravnopolska-Dean, composer mostly of harp music
see the List of Croatian composers
see the List of Czech composers
see the List of Egyptian composers
see the List of Finnish composers
see the List of French composers
see the List of German composers
see the List of Greek composers
- 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
- Franz Lehár (1870–1948), 20th century composer most known for The Merry Widow
- Ernő Dohnányi (1877–1960), 20th century composer, Variations on a Nursery Tune, Suite in F Sharp Minor, Ruralia Hungarica
- Béla Bartók (1881–1945), 20th century composer, considered one of the founders of ethnomusicology
- Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967), 20th century composer and ethnomusicologist
- Leo Weiner (1885–1960), 20th century composer of the "Fox Dance"
- Ervin Nyíregyházi (1903–1987), 20th century romantic composer-pianist
- Gábor Darvas (1911–1985), 20th century composer and musicologist
- György Sándor Ligeti (1923–2006), 20th century composer best known for the various pieces featured in the Stanley Kubrick films 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, and Eyes Wide Shut.
see the List of Icelandic composers
- A. R. Rahman (born 1966), film composer, record producer, musician and singer
- Ustad Sarwat Hussain Khan (born 1950), contemporary composer
- Kalyan Sen Barat (born 1957), contemporary film score composer
- Yateesh M. Acharya (born 1967), singer, composer, lyricist
- Madan Mohan (born 1981), film composer, musician and singer
see the List of Irish composers
see the List of Israeli classical composers
see the List of Italian composers
- Kan Ishii (born 1921), 20th century classical composer
- Tōru Takemitsu (1930–1996), 20th century contemporary composer
- Nobuo Uematsu (born 1959), 20th-21st century musician and video game composer
- Koji Kondo (born 1960), 20th-21st century video game composer
- Kajiura Yuki (born 1965), 20th-21st century music producer and composer
- Kyoung Shin Park (born 1939), 20th century classical composer. He loved music.
- 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.
- Charles Camilleri (1931–2009), 20th century classical composer
- Ruben Zahra (1972 - ), 20th / 21st century classical composer
- Francisco López Capillas (1608–1674), composer of the Baroque
- Manuel de Sumaya (1678–1755), composer of the Baroque
- Ricardo Castro (1864–1907), composer and pianist
- Juventino Rosas (1868–1894), composer of vals "Sobre las olas"
- Julián Carrillo (1875–1965), discovered the 13th sound
- Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948), 20th Century composer.
- María Grever (1884–1951), composer of romantic songs like "Júrame"
- Jose Bernardo Alcedo
- Carlos Chávez (1899–1978), 20th century classical composer and conductor
- Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940), 20th century classical composer of Sensemayá
- Blas Galindo (1910–1993), 20th century composer
- José Pablo Moncayo (1912–1958), composer of "Huapango"
- Conlon Nancarrow (1912–1997), wrote for player piano
- Carlos Jiménez Mabarak (1916–1994), 20th Century composer
- Consuelo Velázquez (1924–2005), wrote the song Bésame Mucho
- Manuel Enriquez (1926–1994), modern classical composer
- Armando Manzanero (1935), singer, pianist and composer of Boleros
- Arturo Márquez (1950), wrote "Danzón no. 2"
- Mario Lavista (1943), composer and writer
- Julio Estrada (1943), composer and theoretician
- Daniel Catán (1949), composer of operas
- Eugenio Toussaint (1954-2011), contemporary jazz and classical composer
- Miguel Bernal Jiménez (1910-1956), 20th Century composer.
- [[John Psathas] (Born 1966), 20th century classical
see the List of Dutch composers
- Joshua Uzoigwe (1946–2005), 20th century classical and Nigerian folk composer
- Ole Bornemann Bull (1810–1880) was a Norwegian violinist and composer, wrote The Herdgirl's Sunday
- Herman Severin Løvenskiold (1815–1870), Romantic composer who wrote the score for the ballet La Sylphide
- Johan Svendsen (1840–1911), Norwegian composer of the Romance for Violin and Orchestra and 2 Symphonies
- 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
- Hans Fredrik Jacobsen (1954–)
- Christian Sinding (1856–1941), Norwegian composer, wrote Rustle of Spring and the Suite for Violin and Orchestra
- Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935), Norwegian composer, famous for Entry March of the Boyars
- Geirr Tveitt (1908–1981)
- Arne Nordheim (1931–2010), Norwegian composer, famous for bringing the modernism and electro acoustic music to Norway. Wrote Epitaffio for orchestra and tape, the ballet The Storm and Solitaire.
- Olav Anton Thommessen (1946–), Norwegian composer, famous for "A Glass Bead Game"
- Lasse Thoresen (1949–)
- Finn Mortensen (1922–1983), Norwegian composer, famous for bringing serialism and twelve-tone music to Norway.
- Fartein Valen (1887–1952), Norwegian composer writing atonal polyphonic music. Famous for Le Cimetère Marin and the Violin Concerto
- Arvid Kleven (1899–1929), Norwegian composer of orchestral works
- Jose Bernardo Alcedo (1788–1878), 19th-century Peruvian romantic composer, wrote the Peruvian National Anthem
- Daniel Alomía Robles (1871–1942), romantic composer, wrote El Cóndor Pasa
- Celso Garrido Lecca (born 1926), contemporary composer
- Elsiario Rueda Pinto (1926–2000), songwriter, TV host (El Parral and El Sotano), medical surgeon. Some of his songs include Amor, Amor, Balcon, Chiquita Linda, Clamor.
- Felipe Pinglo Alva (1899–1936), poet and songwriter, father of Música criolla
see the List of Polish composers
see also List of Portuguese composers
see the List of Romanian composers
see the List of Russian composers
- Zulkifli Mohamed Amin (born 1983), world music composer/arranger/accordionist, associate conductor of Orkestra Melayu Singapura (BELIA)
sse the List of Slovak composers
- Bojan Adamič (1912–1995), composer of film scores
- Jakob Aljaž (1845–1927), composer of choir music
- Blaž Arnič (1901–1970) symphonic composer
- Darijan Božič (1933), composer and conductor
- Vinko Globokar (1934), composer and trombonist
- Nenad Firšt (1964), composer and conductor
- Jani Golob (1934), composer
- Jakob Jez (1928), composer
- Marij Julij Kogoj (1892–1956), avantgard composer and opera composer
- Marjan Kozina 1907 - 1966, symphonic composer, composer of film scores
- Uros Rojko (1954), composer
- Aldo Kumar (1954), symphonic composer, composer of film scores
- Lojze Lebič (1934), composer
- Pavel Mihelčič (1937), composer and critic
- Slavko Osterc (1895–1941), composer
- Jacobus Gallus (1550–1591), late Renaissance composer
- Stanko Premrl composer of choir music
see the List of South African composers
see the List of Spanish composers
see the List of Swedish composers
- Liu Shueh-Shuan 劉學軒 (born 1969), 21st century contemporary classical composer
- Siraseth pantura-umporn (born 1982), 21st century contemporary classical composer
see the List of Turkish composers
see the List of Ukrainian composers
see List of British classical composers, Chronological list of English classical composers, and List of Irish composers
see the List of American composers
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