List of American composers
List of American composer of classical music
A
- John Adams ( b. 1947 )
- John Luther Adams ( b. 1953 )
- Samuel Adler ( b. 1928 )
- Hugh Aitken (1909-2000)
- Howard E. Akers (1913-1984)
- Stephen Albert (1941-1992)
- Pauline Alderman (1893-1983)
- Benjamin Dwight Allen (1831-1914)
- Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
- George Antheil (1900-1959)
- Mary Jeanne van Apple mandrel ( * 1927)
- Jon Appleton ( b. 1939 )
B
- Milton Babbitt (1916-2011)
- Benjamin Franklin Baker (1811-1889)
- David Baker ( born 1931 )
- January Balatka (1825-1899)
- Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
- Warren Barker (1923-2006)
- Samuel Barlow (1892-1982)
- James Barnes ( b. 1949 )
- Marion Bauer (1882-1955)
- Amy Beach (1867-1944)
- John J. Becker (1886-1961)
- Jack Beeson (1921-2010)
- Brian Belet
- Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)
- Warren Benson (1924-2005)
- Jean Berger (1909-2002)
- William Bergsma (1921-1994)
- David Berlin
- Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004)
- Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
- Joseph Bertolozzi (* 1959)
- Jerry H. Bilik ( b. 1933 )
- William Billings (1746-1800)
- Abraham Binder (1895-1966)
- Harold Alfred Blanchard (1930-2010)
- Otis Bardwell Boise (1844-1912)
- William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868)
- Henry Brant (1913-2008)
- George Frederick Bristow (1825-1898)
- Etchings Britain (1899-1994)
- Earle Brown (1926-2002)
- Zack Browning
- Dave Brubeck (1920-2012)
- Howard Brubeck (1916-1993)
- Carl Busch (1862-1943)
C
- Curt Cacioppo ( b. 1951 )
- John Cage (1912-1992)
- Lucien Cailliet (1897-1985)
- Mary Elizabeth Caldwell (1909-2003)
- Christian Carey
- Mary Carr Moore (1873-1957)
- Elliott Carter (1908-2012)
- Norman Cazden (1914-1980)
- Joseph Celli (1944 )
- John Barnes Chance (1932-1972)
- Chou Wen-chung ( b. 1923 )
- Louis Adolphe Coerne (1879-1922)
- Rosetter Gleason Cole (1866-1952)
- Michael Colgrass (* 1932)
- Frederick Shepherd Converse (1871-1940)
- Will Marion Cook (1869-1944)
- Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
- John Corigliano ( b. 1938 )
- John Henry Cornell (1828-1894)
- Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
- Paul Creston (1906-1985)
- George Crumb ( born 1929 )
- James Curnow ( b. 1943 )
D
- Noel DaCosta (1929-2002)
- Ingolf Dahl (1912-1970)
- Douglas DaSilva
- Anne Deane Berman
- Brad Decker
- James Monroe Deems (1818-1901)
- Elliot Del Borgo ( b. 1938 )
- David Del Tredici ( b. 1937 )
- Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008)
- Nick Didkovsky (* 1958)
- Emma Lou Diemer (* 1927)
- Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931-2000)
- Charles Dodge ( b. 1942 )
- Paul Dresher (* 1951)
- Vernon Duke / Vladimir Dukelsky (1903-1969)
E
- John Edmondson ( b. 1933 )
- Nathan Edwards
- Adrienne Elisha
- Stephen Albert Emery (1841-1891)
- Donald Erb (1927-2008)
F
- Harold Farberman (* 1929)
- Morton Feldman (1926-1987)
- Henry Fillmore (1881-1956)
- Ross Lee Finney (1906-1997)
- Lukas Foss (1922-2009)
- Frederick Fox ( * 19 **)
G
- David J. Gardner
- Samuel Gardner (1891-1984)
- George Gershwin (1898-1937)
- Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966)
- William Wallace Gilchrist senior (1846-1916)
- Don Gillis (1912-1978)
- Philip Glass ( b. 1937 )
- Monroe Golden
- Edwin Franko Goldman (1878-1956)
- Malcolm Goldstein ( b. 1936 )
- Geoffrey Gordon
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869)
- Morton Gould (1913-1996)
- Melissa Grey
- Charles handle (1884-1920)
- Jennifer Griffith
- David Gunn
B
- Robert Browne Hall (1858-1907)
- Haufrecht Herbert (1909-1998)
- Silvio Hein (1879-1928)
- Howard Hanson (1896-1981)
- Lou Harrison (1917-2003)
- Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975)
- Michael Hoffman
- Bill Holcombe (* 1924)
- David R. Holsinger ( born 1945 )
- Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
- Karel Husa ( b. 1921 )
- Henry Holden Huss (1862-1953)
- Lee Hyla ( born 1952 )
- Winifred Hyson
I
- Anthony Iannaccone (* 1943)
- Charles Ives (1874-1954)
J
- Eva Jessye (1895-1992)
- William Joel
- Samuel Jones ( b. 1935 )
- Scott Joplin (1868-1917)
- Bradley Joseph (born 1965 )
K
- Ulysses Kay (1917-1995)
- Greg Kerkorian
- Homer Keller (1915-1996)
L
- Richard Lainhart (1953-2011)
- Benjamin Johnson Lang (1837-1909)
- Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867-1972)
- Paul Henry Lang (1901-1991)
- Ethel Leginska (1886-1970)
- Marvin David Levy ( born 1932 )
- Julian Livingston ( * 19 **)
- Hannibal Lokumbe ( b. 1948 )
- Norman Lowrey ( * 19 **)
- Otto Luening (1900-1996)
M
- Drake Mabry
- Edward A. MacDowell (1861-1908)
- Donald Martino (1931-2005)
- Salvatore Martirano (1928-1995)
- David Maslanka ( b. 1943 )
- Daniel Gregory Mason (1873-1953)
- Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
- William Mason (1829-1908)
- William Francis McBeth (1933-2012)
- Mike McFerron
- James L. McHard
- Leslie de Melcher
- Peter Mennin (1923-1983)
- Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
- Moondog (1916-1999)
- Jerome Moross (1913-1983)
N
- Nicolas Nabokov (1903-1978)
- William Neal
- Vaclav Nelhybel (1919-1996)
- Ron Nelson (* 1929)
- Roger Nixon (* 1921)
O
- Leo Ornstein (1892-2002)
- Eric Osterling (1926-2005)
P
- John Knowles Paine (1839-1906)
- Joseph Pehrson (* 1950)
- Coleridge- Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)
- Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
- S. J. Pettersson
- Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)
- Walter Piston (1894-1976)
- James D. Ployhar (1926-2007)
- Cole Porter (1891-1964)
- Quincy Porter (1897-1966)
Q
- James Joseph Quinn
R
- Michael Ranta ( b. 1942 )
- Naren Rauch
- Alfred Reed (1921-2005)
- H. (Herbert) Owen Reed ( 1910-2014 )
- Steve Reich ( b. 1936 )
- Anthony Reimer
- Wallingford Riegger (1885-1961)
- Terry Riley ( b. 1935 )
- George Rochberg (1918-2005)
- Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
- Leroy Robertson (1896-1971)
- Zygmund Przemyslaw Rondomanski (1908-2000)
- Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951)
- Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995)
- Carl Ruggles (1876-1971)
S
- David P. Sartor
- Margaret Anne Schedel
- William Schuman (1910-1992)
- Joseph Schwantner ( b. 1943 )
- Francis Schwartz ( b. 1940 )
- John Serry, Sr. (1915-2003)
- Elie victory Champion (1909-1991)
- Elliott Sharp ( b. 1951 )
- Sinyan Shen ( b. 1949 )
- Arthur Shepherd (1880-1958)
- Gordon Sherwood (1929-2013)
- Nathaniel Shilkret (1889-1982)
- Claude T. Smith (1932-1987)
- Dwayne Smith
- Stephen Sondheim ( b. 1930 )
- John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
- Albert Spalding (1888-1953)
- Mira J. Spector
- Heiner Stadler ( b. 1942 )
- Max Steiner (1888-1971)
- William Grant Still (1895-1978)
- Morton Stevens (1929-1991)
- Carl Stone ( born 1953 )
- Scott Stroman (born 1958 )
T
- Ivan Tcherepnin (1943-1998)
- Christopher Teichler
- Warren Thew (1927-1984)
- Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
U
- Vladimir Ussachevski (1911-1990)
V
- Carl Paul Vollrath (* 1931)
W
- Greg Ward ( b. 1982 )
- Robert Washburn ( b. 1928 )
- Franz Waxman (1906-1967)
- Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
- Floyd Werle (* 1929)
- Paul Whear (* 1925)
- David Whitwell
- James Clifton Williams (1923-1976)
- John Williams ( b. 1932 )
- Dana Wilson ( b. 1946 )
- Charles Wuorinen ( b. 1938 )
Y
- Paul Yoder (1908-1990)
- La Monte Young ( b. 1935 )
Z
- Luigi Zaninelli (* 1932)
- Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
- John Zdechlik ( b. 1937 )
- Efrem Zimbalist (1889-1985)
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