List of Swiss composers

The following is a partial list of Swiss composers.

A

• Johannes Aal (c. 1500–1551)
• Georges Aeby (1902–1953)
• Walther Aeschbacher (1901–1969)
• Raffaele d'Alessandro (1911–1959)
• Jakob Alder (1915–2004)
• Ulrich Alder (born 1922)
• Walter Alder (born 1952)
• Benno Ammann (1904–1986)
• Dieter Ammann (born 1962)
• Daniel Andres (born 1937)
• Volkmar Andreae (1879–1962)
• Ivo Antognini (born 1963)
• Hans Aregger (born 1930)
• Gustav Arnold (1831–1900)

B

• Walter Baer (born 1928)
• Diego Baldenweg (born 1979)
• Jean Balissat (1936–2007)
• Susanne Baltensperger (born 1946)
• Otto Barblan (1860–1943)
• Edi Bär (born 1913)
• Alfred Baum (1904–1993)
• Felix Baumann (born 1961)
• Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820–1867)
• Dieter Bäumle (1935–1981)
• Conrad Beck (1901–1989)
• Albert Benz (1927–1988)
• Mario Beretta (born 1942)
• Gary Berger (born 1967)
• Artur Beul (1915–2010)
• Jakob Bichsel (born 1931)
• Jean Binet (1893–1961)
• Emile-Robert Blanchet (1877–1943)
• Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
• Adele Bloesch-Stöcker (1875–1978)
• Robert Blum (1900–1994)
• Guy Bovet (born 1942)
• Joseph Bovet (1879–1951)
• Charles Samuel Bovy-Lysberg (1821–1873)
• Thüring Bräm (born 1944)
• Fritz Brun (1878–1958)
• Adolf Brunner (1901–1992)
• Paul Burkhard (1911–1977)
• Willy Burkhard (1900–1955)

C

• Armon Cantieni (1907–1962)
• Franco Cesarini (born 1961)
• Caroline Charrière (born 1960)
• Angelo Clematide (born 1954)
• Walter Courvoisier (1875–1931)

D

• Jean Daetwyler (1907–1994)
• Roland Dahinden (born 1962)
• Jörg Ewald Dähler (born 1933)
• Wilhelm Gustav Damm (1881–1949)
• Jean-Luc Darbellay (born 1946)
• Enrico Dassetto (1874–1971)
• Christoph Delz (1950–1993)
• Thomas Demenga (born 1954)
• Alexandre Denéréaz (1875–1947)
• Gion Antoni Derungs (born 1935)
• Gion Giusep Derungs (born 1932)
• Martin Derungs (born 1943)
• Caspar Diethelm (1926–1996)
• Hans Diggelmann (1900–1929)
• Benedict Dolf (1918–1985)
• Jean-Jacques Dünki (born 1948)

E

• Will Eisenmann (1906–1992)
• Johann Carl Eschmann (1826–1882)
• Max (Markus Wolf) Ettinger (1874–1951)
• Kaspar Ewald (born 1969)

F

• Felix Falkner (born 1964)
• Cantoni Febo (born 1926)
• Alfred Felder (born 1950)
• Walter Feldmann (born 1965)
• Gottfried von Fellenberg (1857–1924)
• Victor Fenigstein (born 1924)
• Richard Flury (1896–1967)
• Urs Joseph Flury (born 1941)
• Patrick Frank (born 1975)
• Joseph Frei (1872–1945)
• Emil Frey (1889–1946)
• Carl Friedemann (1862–1952)
• Hans Eugen Frischknecht (born 1939)
• Gaspard Fritz (1716–1783)
• Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich (1803–1836)
• Huldreich Georg Früh (1903–1945)
• Daniel Fueter (born 1949)
• Beat Furrer (born 1954)
• Franz Furrer-Münch (1924-2010)

G

• Henri Gagnebin (1886–1977)
• Rudolph Ganz (1877–1972)
• Josef Garovi (1908–1985)
• Alfred Leonz Gassmann (1876–1962)
• Éric Gaudibert (1936–2012)
• Walther Geiser (1897–1993)
• Robert Gerhard (1896–1970)
• Lorenz Giovanelli (1915–1976)
• Daniel Glaus (born 1957)
• Hermann von Glenck (1883–1952)
• Johann Melchior Gletle (1626–1683)
• Hermann Goetz (1830–1876)
• Franz Josef Greith (1799–1869)
• Walter Grob (born 1924)

H

• Albert Häberling (born 1919)
• David Haladjian (born 1962)
• Hermann Haller (1914–2002)
• Josef Haselbach (1936–2002)
• Edu Haubensak (born 1954)
• Hans Haug (1900–1967)
• Emil Heer (1926–1994)
• David Philip Hefti (born 1975)
• Friedrich Hegar (1841–1927)
• Christian Henking (born 1961)
• Robert Hermann (1869—1912)
• Daniel Hess (born 1965)
• Ernst Hess (1912–1968)
• Willy Hess (1906–1997)
• Armand Hiebner (1898–1990)
• Heinz Holliger (born 1939)
• Arthur Honegger (1892–1955)
• Felix Huber (born 1952)
• Hans Huber (1852–1921)
• Klaus Huber (born 1924)
• Paul Huber (1918–2001)

I

• Regina Irman (born 1957)

J

• Stephan Jaeggi (1903–1957)
• Michael Jarrell (born 1958)
• Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865–1950)
• Hans Jelmoli (1877–1936)
• Paul Juon (1872–1940)

K

• Bruno Karrer (born 1956)
• Nico Kaufmann (1916–1996)
• Max E. Keller (born 1947)
• Niklaus A. Keller (born 1971)
• Rudolf Kelterborn (born 1931)
• Lothar Kempter (1844–1918)
• Christoph Kobelt (born 1955)
• Alfred Knüsel (born 1941)
• Rafael Kubelík (1914–1996)
• Ernst Kunz (1891–1980)

L

• Walter Lang (1896–1966)
• Joseph Lauber (1864–1952)
• Thomas Läubli (born 1977)
• Jean Xavier Lefèvre (1763–1829)
• Hans Ulrich Lehmann (1937–2013)
• Ernst Levy (1895–1981)
• Rolf Liebermann (1910–1999)
• Don Li (composer/musician) (born 1971)

M

• Ernst Markees (1863–1939)
• Heinz Marti (born 1934)
• Frank Martin (1890–1974)
• Pierre Maurice (1868–1936)
• Hermann Meier (1906–2002)
• Jost Meier (born 1939)
• Mela Meierhans (born 1961)
• Boris Mersson (born 1921)
• Laurent Mettraux (born 1970)
• Rudolf Meyer (born 1943)
• Paul Miche (1886–1960)
• Peter Mieg (1906–1990)
• Albert Moeschinger (1897–1985)
• Norbert Moret (1921–1998)
• Oscar Moret (1912–2003)
• Roland Moser (born 1943)
• Rudolf Moser (1892–1960)
• Karl Munzinger (1842–1911)
• Fabian Müller (born 1964)
• Josef Ivar Müller (1892–1969)
• Paul Müller-Zürich (1898–1993)
• Thomas David Müller (born 1953)

N

• Leo Nadelmann (1913–1998)
• Hans Georg Nägeli (1773–1836)
• Arthur Ney (1887–1963)
• Andreas Nick (born 1953)

O

• Robert Oboussier (1900–1957)
• Daniel Ott (born 1960)

P

• François Pantillon (born 1928)
• Ernst Pfiffner (born 1922)
• Mani Planzer (1939–1997)
• Felix Profos (born 1969)
• Andreas Pflüger (born 1941)

R

• Joachim Raff (1822–1882)
• Franz Rechsteiner (born 1941)
• Rolf Urs Ringger (born 1935)
• Katharina Rosenberger (born 1971)
• Anny Roth-Dalbert (1900–2004)
• Emil Ruh (1884–1946)
• Carl Rütti (born 1949)

S

• Maurice-Yves Sandoz (1892–1958)
• Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini (born 1971)
• Rodolphe Schacher (born 1973)
• Hans Schaeuble (1906–1988)
• Armin Schibler (1920–1986)
• Martin Schlumpf (born 1947)
• Erich Schmid (1907–2000)
• Annette Schmucki (born 1968)
• Daniel Schnyder (born 1961)
• Xaver Schnyder von Wartensee (1786–1868)
• Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957)
• Marianne Schroeder (born 1949)
• Walter Schulthess (1894–1971)
• Meinrad Schütter (1910–2006)
• Alfred Schweizer (born 1941)
• Ludwig Senfl (um 1486–1543)
• Fridolin Sicher (1490-1546)
• Johannes Somary (1935-2011) ^[1]
• Andreas Stahl (born 1955)
• Mathias Steinauer (born 1959)
• Josef Stump (1883–1929)
• Marcel Sulzberger (1876–1941)
• Hermann Suter (1870–1926)
• Robert Suter (1919–2008)
• Heinrich Sutermeister (1910–1995)
• Iris Szeghy (born 1956)
• Erik Székely (born 1927)

T

• János Tamás (1936–1995)
• Franz Tischhauser (born 1921)
• Fabio Tognetti (born 1965 )
• Balz Trümpy (born 1946)
• Antonio Tusa (1900–1982)

V

• Nadir Vassena (born 1970)
• Sándor Veress (1907–1992)
• Wladimir Vogel (1896–1984)
• Carl Vogler (1874–1951)
• Hans Vogt (1909–1978)
• Fritz Voegelin (born 1943)

W

• Oliver Waespi (born 1971)
• Karl Gustav Weber (1845–1887)
• Martin Wehrli (born 1957)
• Werner Wehrli (1892–1944)
• Markus Wettstein (born 1963)
• Martin Wettstein (born 1970)
• Peter Wettstein (born 1939)
• Ernst Widmer (1927–1990)
• Kurt Widorski (1978)
• Jacques Wildberger (1922–2006)
• Helena Winkelman (born 1974)
• René Wohlhauser (born 1954)
• Jürg Wyttenbach (born 1935)

Z

• Julien-François Zbinden (born 1917)
• Max Zehnder (1901–1972)
• Jakob Zeugheer (1803–1865)
• Alfred Zimmerlin (born 1955)
• Alfons Karl Zwicker (born 1952)
• Conrad Zwicky (born 1946)
• Alberik Zwyssig (1808–1854)

External links

• RISM Switzerland
• Schweizer Musikedition
• Schweizerische Landesphonothek
• Zentralbibliothek Zürich-Sammlungen und Nachlässe
• musinfo-die Datenbank zur Schweizer Musik

References

• List of Swiss composers in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.