List of British classical composers
The following is a list of people born in Britain or of British citizenship who have worked or currently work in the classical music tradition.
A
- Richard Addinsell (1904–1977)
- John Addison
- Thomas Adès
- Kenneth Alford
- William Alwyn
- Geoffrey Alvarez
- Denis ApIvor
- Malcolm Archer
- Thomas Arne
- Richard Arnell
- Sir Malcolm Arnold
- Sir Ivor Atkins
- Frederic Austin
B
- Francis Baines
- Edgar Bainton
- Christopher Ball
- Sir Granville Bantock
- Stephen Mark Barchan
- Richard Barrett
- Stanley Bate
- Sir Arnold Bax
- Sally Beamish
- David Bedford
- Luke Bedford
- Arthur Benjamin
- George Benjamin
- Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012)
- Sir William Sterndale Bennett
- Sir Lennox Berkeley (1903–1989)
- Michael Berkeley
- Lord Berners
- Ronald Binge
- Sir Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934)
- Sir Arthur Bliss
- John Blow
- Carey Blyton
- Capel Bond
- Rutland Boughton
- York Bowen
- William Boyce
- Charlotte Bray
- Havergal Brian
- Frank Bridge (1879–1941)
- Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten
- David Bruce
- Gavin Bryars
- John Bull
- Geoffrey Burgon
- Alan Bush
- Geoffrey Bush
- Arthur Butterworth (1923–2014)
- George Butterworth (1885–1916)
- William Byrd (1540 or late 1539 – 1623)
C
- Thomas Campion (1567–1620)
- Cornelius Cardew
- Doreen Carwithen
- Robert Carver
- Bob Chilcott
- Jeremiah Clarke
- Nigel Clarke
- Rebecca Helferich Clarke
- Frederic Cliffe
- Eric Coates
- Julian Cochran
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
- Arnold Cooke
- Benjamin Cooke
- Deryck Cooke
- Sir Frederic Hymen Cowen
- Harold Craxton
- William Croft
- William Crotch
- Joe Cutler
- Francis Cutting
D
- Christian Darnton (1905–1981)
- Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
- Sir Walford Davies
- Frederick Delius
- Stephen Dodgson
- James Douglas
- John Dowland (1563–1626)
- Andrew Downes
- Patrick Doyle
- Paul Drayton
- Thomas Dunhill (1877–1946)
- John Dunstable (c. 1390 – 1453)
- Sir George Dyson
E
- Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
- Rosalind Ellicott
- Brian Eno (born 1948)
F
- David Fanshawe
- Giles Farnaby (c. 1563 – November 1640)
- Eric Fenby
- Brian Ferneyhough (born 16 January 1943)
- Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
- Arthur Elwell Fisher
- Graham Fitkin
- Eliza Flower
- Cecil Forsyth
- Christopher Fox
- Benjamin Frankel
- Peter Racine Fricker
- John Foulds
G
- Hans Gál
- Henry Balfour Gardiner
- William Gardiner
- John Gardner
- Orlando Gibbons (baptized 1583 – 1625)
- Armstrong Gibbs
- Ruth Gipps
- Andrew Glover
- Alexander Goehr
- Berthold Goldschmidt
- Jonathan Goldstein
- Sir Eugene Goossens
- Jonny Greenwood
- Edward Gregson
- Ivor Gurney
H
- Patrick Hadley
- Richard Hall
- Iain Hamilton
- George Frideric Handel
- Sir Hamilton Harty
- Richard Harris (born 1968)
- Patrick Hawes
- Christopher Headington
- Anthony Hedges
- Victor Hely-Hutchinson
- Muriel Emily Herbert
- Christopher Hobbs
- Alun Hoddinott
- Joseph Holbrooke
- Alfred Hollins
- Robin Holloway
- Derek Holman
- Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
- Imogen Holst
- Bill Hopkins
- David Horne
- Herbert Howells
- Vic Hoyland
- William Hurlstone
I
J
K
L
M
- Rita McAllister
- John McCabe
- Hamish MacCunn
- Malcolm MacDonald
- William McGibbon
- Sir Alexander Mackenzie
- Donna McKevitt
- John McLeod
- James MacMillan
- Dame Elizabeth Maconchy
- Carlo Martelli
- Steve Martland
- Benedict Mason
- William Mathias
- Colin Matthews
- David Matthews
- Nicholas Maw
- Billy Mayerl
- Robin Milford
- Ernest John Moeran
- Dominic Muldowney
- Thea Musgrave
N
O
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S
- Leonard Salzedo
- Kevin Sargent
- Sinan Savaskan
- David Sawer
- Robert Saxton
- Cyril Scott
- Francis George Scott
- Marion Scott
- Humphrey Searle
- Mátyás Seiber
- Martin Shaw
- Hugh Shrapnel
- Obadiah Shuttleworth
- Sasha Siem
- Robert Simpson
- Howard Skempton
- Reginald Smith Brindle
- Alice Mary Smith
- Dave Smith
- Dame Ethel Smyth
- Naresh Sohal
- Philip Sparke
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji
- John Stafford Smith
- Charles Villiers Stanford
- Christopher Steel
- Bernard Stevens
- James Stevens
- Haldane Campbell Stewart
- Richard Stoker
- Sir Arthur Sullivan
T
V
W
- Julian Wagstaff
- Sir William Wallace
- Sir William Walton
- John Ward
- Peter Warlock
- Thomas Weelkes
- Judith Weir
- Samuel Wesley
- Samuel Sebastian Wesley
- Douglas Weiland
- John White
- Percy Whitlock
- Grace Williams
- James Wilson
- Thomas Wilson
- Beth Wiseman
- Hugh Wood
- John Wooldridge
- William Wordsworth
- David Wright
- David Wynne
See also
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