Name | Date | Era | Nationality | Genre |
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A. R. Rahman | January 6, 1967 | Contemporary | Indian | Stage & Screen, electronic, dance, classical |
Aaron Copland | November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990 | 20th Century | American | classical, folk and jazz |
Alban Berg | February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935 | 20th Century | Austrian | Classical, Avant-Garde |
André Previn | April 6, 1929 | 20th Century | German, American | Classical, Jazz, Stage & Screen, Vocal |
Andrew Lloyd Webber | March 22, 1948 | 20th Century | English | Stage & Screen, Classical |
Anton Bruckner | 4 September 1824 – 11 October 1896 | Post-Romantic | Austrian | Classical |
Antonin Dvorak | September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904 | Post-Romantic | Czech | Classical |
Antonio Carlos Jobim | January 25, 1927 – December 8, 1994 | 20th Century | Brazilian | Latin, International, Jazz |
Antonio Salieri | 18 August 1750 – 7 May 1825 | Classical | Italian | Classical |
Antonio Vivaldi | 4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741 | Baroque | Italian | Classical |
Aphex Twin | August 18, 1971 | Contemporary | Irish | Electronic |
Arnold Schoenberg | 13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951 | 20th Century | Austrian | Classical, Avant-Garde |
Arvo Pärt | September 11, 1935 | 20th Century | Estonian | Classical, Avant-Garde |
Astor Piazzolla | March 11, 1921 – July 4, 1992 | 20th Century | Argentine | Latin, International, Jazz, Classical |
Bedřich Smetana | 2 March 1824 – 12 May 1884 | Romantic | Czech | Classical |
Béla Bartók | March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945 | 20th Century | Hungarian | Classical, Avant-Garde |
Benjamin Britten | 22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 | 20th Century | English | Classical |
Bernard Herrmann | June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975 | 20th Century | American | Stage & Screen, Classical, Avant-Garde |
Bix Beiderbecke | March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931 | 20th Century | American | Jazz |
Brian Tyler | May 8, 1972 | 21st Century | American | Stage & Screen, Classical |
Burt Bacharach | May 12, 1928 | 20th Century | American | Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen, R&B, Classical |
Caetano Veloso | August 7, 1942 | 20th Century | Brazilian | Latin, International |
Camille Saint-Saëns | 9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921 | Romantic | French | Classical |
Carl Maria Von Weber | 19 November 1786 – 5 June 1826 | Romantic | German | Classical |
Carlos Gardel | 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935 | 20th century | French Argentine | Latin, International |
César Franck | 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890 | Romantic | French | Classical |
Charles Ives | October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954 | 20th Century | American | Classical, Avant-Garde |
Clara Schumann | 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896 | Romantic | German | Classical, International |
Claude Debussy | 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918 | 20th Century | French | Classical |
Claudio Monteverdi | 15 May 1567 - 29 November 1643 | Baroque | Italian | Classical, Vocal |
Cole Porter | June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964 | 20th Century | American | Stage & Screen, Classical, Vocal, Pop/Rock |
Cometan | July 1, 1998 | Contemporary | British | Astronic, Founder of Millettarian |
Count Basie | August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984 | 20th Century | American | Jazz, Pop/Rock |
Danny Elfman | May 29, 1953 | Contemporary | American | Stage & Screen |
Dave Brubeck | December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012 | 20th Century | American | Jazz, Classical |
David Diamond | July 9, 1915 – June 13, 2005 | 20th Century | American | Classical |
David Foster | November 1, 1949 | Contemporary | Canadian | Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen, Easy Listening |
Delia Derbyshire | 5 May 1937 – 3 July 2001 | 20th Century | English | Electronic, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen, Classical |
Dmitri Shostakovich | 25 September1906 – 9 August 1975 | 20th Century | Russian | Classical, Stage & Screen, Avant-Garde |
Domenico Scarlatti | 26 October 1685 – 23 July 1757 | Baroque | Italian | Classical |
Edvard Grieg | 15 June 1843 – 4 September 1907 | Post-Romantic | Norwegian | Classical, International, Jazz, Pop/Rock |
Edward Elgar | 2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934 | 20th Century | English | Classical, Electronic |
Ennio Morricone | November 10, 1928 | 20th Century | Italian | Stage & Screen, Classical |
Eric Whitacre | January 2, 1970 | Contemporary | American | Classical |
Erik Satie | 17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925 | 20th Century | French | Classical, New Age, Avant-Garde |
Facundo Cabral | May 22, 1937 – July 9, 2011 | 20th Century | Argentine | Latin, International |
Felix Mendelssohn | 3 February 1809 – 4 November 1847 | Romantic | German | Classical, Religious, Children's |
Frank Zappa | December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993 | 20th Century | American | Pop/Rock, Jazz, Avant-Garde, Classical, Comedy/Spoken |
Franz Liszt | October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886 | Romantic | Hungarian | Classical, Pop/Rock |
Franz Schubert | 31 January 1797 – 19 November 1828 | Romantic | Austrian | Classical, Religious |
Frederic Chopin | 22 February or 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849 | Romantic | Polish | Classical, Jazz |
Gabriel Faure | 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924 | 20th Century | French | Classical, Vocal, Latin |
George Enescu | 19 August 1881 – 4 May 1955 | 20th Century | Romanian | Classical |
George Frideric Handel | 23 February 1685 - 14 March 1759 | Baroque | British | Classical, Jazz |
George Gershwin | September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937 | 20th Century | American | Stage & Screen, Classical, Vocal |
Georges Bizet | 25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875 | Romantic | French | Classical |
Giacomo Puccini | 22 December 1858 – 29 November 1924 | Post-Romantic | Italian | Classical, Stage & Screen |
Gilbert Bécaud | 24 October 1927 – 18 December 2001 | 20th Century | French | Vocal, Pop/Rock, Classical |
Gioachino Rossini | 29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868 | Romantic | Italian | Classical, Vocal, Folk, Latin, Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen |
Giuseppe Verdi | 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901 | Romantic | Italian | Classical, International, New Age |
Goran Bregović | March 22, 1950 | 20th Century | Bosnian | Stage & Screen, Classical, International, Jazz |
Gustav Holst | 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934 | 20th Century | English | Classical |
Gustav Mahler | 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911 | Post-Romantic | German | Classical |
Hans Zimmer | September 12, 1957 | 20th Century | German | Stage & Screen, Classical, New Age |
Harris Jayaraj | January 8, 1975 | 21st century | Indian | Stage & Screen, International |
Harry Gregson-Williams | December 13, 1961 | Contemporary | British | Stage & Screen, Classical, Electronic |
Hector Berlioz | 11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869 | Romantic | French | Classical |
Heitor Villa-Lobos | March 5, 1887 – November 17, 1959 | 20th Century | Brazilian | Classical, Jazz, Avant-Garde |
Henry Mancini | April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994 | 20th Century | American | Easy Listening, Stage & Screen, Jazz |
Henry Purcell | 10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695 | Baroque | English | Classical |
Hoagy Carmichael | November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981 | 20th Century | American | Jazz, Vocal, Stage & Screen, Pop/Rock |
Howard Shore | October 18, 1946 | 20th Century | Canadian | Stage & Screen, Classical |
Igor Stravinsky | 17 June 1882 – 6 April 1971 | 20th Century | Russian | Classical, New Age, Avant-Garde |
Irving Berlin | May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989 | 20th Century | American | Stage & Screen, Vocal, Avant-Garde, Classical, Pop/Rock |
Isaac Albéniz | 29 May 1860 – 18 May 1909 | Post-Romantic | Spanish | Classical |
Jacques Brel | 8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978 | 20th Century | Belgian | Vocal, Pop/Rock, International |
James Horner | August 14, 1953 | 20th Century | American | Stage & Screen, Easy Listening |
Jan Hammer | April 17, 1948 | Contemporary | Czech | Jazz, Stage & Screen, Pop/Rock |
Jean Baptiste Lully | 28 November 1632 – 22 March 1687 | Baroque | French | Classical |
Jean Jacques Rousseau | 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778 | Baroque | Genevan | Classical |
Jean Michel Jarre | August 24, 1948 | Contemporary | French | Electronic, Avant-Garde, New Age |
Jean Sibelius | 8 December 1865 – 20 September 1957 | 20th Century | Finnish | Classical |
Jean-Philippe Rameau | 25 September 1683 – 12 September 1764 | Baroque | French | Classical |
Jelly Roll Morton | October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941 | 20th century | American | Jazz |
Jerry Goldsmith | February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004 | 20th Century | American | Stage & Screen, Classical |
Jim Steinman | November 1, 1947 | 20th Century | American | Pop/Rock, Classical |
Jimmy Webb | August 15, 1946 | 20th Century | American | Pop/Rock |
Joaquin Rodrigo | November 22, 1901 – July 6, 1999 | 20th Century | Spanish | Classical, Jazz |
Joe Hisaishi | December 6, 1950 | Contemporary | Japanese | Stage & Screen, Classical |
Johann Pachelbel | September 1, 1653 – buried March 9, 1706 | Baroque | German | Classical, Electronic |
Johann Sebastian Bach | 31 March 1685 – 28 July 1750 | Baroque | German | Classical |
Johannes Brahms | 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897 | Romantic | German | Classical |
John Barry | 3 November 1933 – 30 January 2011 | 20th Century | English | Stage & Screen, Classical, Jazz, Pop/Rock, R&B |
John Cage | September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992 | 20th Century | American | Classical, Avant-Garde, Electronic |
John Dowland | 1563 – buried 20 February 1626 | Renaissance | English | Classical |
John Philip Sousa | November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932 | 20th Century | American | Classical, Easy Listening |
John Powell | September 18, 1963 | Contemporary | English | Stage & Screen, Classical, Pop/Rock |
John Rutter | September 24, 1945 | 20th Century | English | Classical |
John Tavener | 28 January 1944 – 12 November 2013 | 20th Century | English | Classical, New Age |
John Tesh | July 9, 1952 | Contemporary | American | New Age |
John Williams | February 8, 1932 | 20th Century | American | Stage & Screen, Classical, Easy Listening |
John Zorn | September 2, 1953 | Contemporary | American | Avant-Garde, Classical, Jazz, Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen, International |
Joseph Haydn | 31 March 1732 – 31 May 1809 | Classical | Austrian | Classical |
Juventino Rosas | 25 January 1868 – 9 July 1894 | Romantic | Mexican | Latin, Classical |
Karl Jenkins | February 17, 1944 | 20th Century | Welsh | Classical, New Age, Avant-Garde, International, Pop/Rock |
Karlheinz Stockhausen | 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007 | 20th Century | German | Classical, Avant-Garde |
Klaus Badelt | June 12, 1967 | Contemporary | German | Stage & Screen, Classical |
Klaus Schulze | 4 August 1947 | Contemporary | German | Avant-Garde Music, Experimental Electronic, Kraut Rock, Space Rock, Ambient |
Koji Kondo | August 13, 1961 | Contemporary | Japanese | Stage & Screen, Classical |
Krzysztof Penderecki | November 23, 1933 | 20th Century | Polish | Classical, Avant-Garde, Jazz |
Kurt Weill | March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950 | 20th Century | German | Classical, Stage & Screen, Vocal, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock |
La Monte Young | October 14, 1935 | 20th Century | American | Classical, Avant-Garde |
Laurie Anderson | June 5, 1947 | Contemporary | American | Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock |
Leonard Bernstein | August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990 | 20th Century | American | Classical, Stage & Screen, Vocal, Avant-Garde |
Ludovico Einaudi | November 23, 1955 | 20th Century | Italian | New Age, Stage & Screen, Classical |
Ludwig Van Beethoven | 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827 | Classical | German | Classical |
Manuel De Falla | 23 November 1876 – 14 November 1946 | 20th Century | Spanish | Classical, Latin |
Marvin Hamlisch | June 2, 1944 – August 6, 2012 | Contemporary | American | Stage & Screen, Easy Listening, Pop/Rock, Classical |
Maurice Ravel | March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937 | 20th Century | French | Classical |
Michael Giacchino | October 10, 1967 | Contemporary | American | Stage & Screen, Classical |
Michael Kamen | April 15, 1948 – November 18, 2003 | 20th Century | American | Stage & Screen, Classical |
Michael Nyman | March 23, 1944 | 20th Century | English | Stage & Screen, Classical, International, Avant-Garde |
Michel Camilo | April 4, 1954 | 20th Century | Dominican | Jazz |
Michel Legrand | February 24, 1932 | 20th Century | French | Jazz, Classical, Stage & Screen |
Mike Oldfield | May 15, 1953 | Contemporary | English | New Age, Avant-Garde, Classical, Pop/Rock |
Mikis Theodorakis | July 29, 1925 | 20th Century | Greek | International, Stage & Screen |
Niccolò Paganini | 27 October 1782 – 27 May 1840 | Romantic | Italian | Classical |
Nile Rodgers | September 19, 1952 | Contemporary | American | R&B |
Nino Rota | 3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979 | 20th Century | Italian | Stage & Screen, Classical, Avant-Garde |
Nobuo Uematsu | March 21, 1959 | Contemporary | Japanese | Stage & Screen, Classical |
Olivier Messiaen | December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992 | 20th Century | French | Classical, Avant-Garde |
Patrick Doyle | April 6, 1953 | Contemporary | Scottish | Pop/Rock |
Paul Desmond | November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977 | 20th Century | American | Jazz |
Philip Glass | January 31, 1937 | 20th Century | American | Classical, Avant-Garde, Jazz, Stage & Screen |
Pierre Boulez | March 26, 1925 | 20th Century | French | Classical, Avant-Garde, Electronic |
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | 7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893 | Romantic | Russian | Classical, Holiday |
R. D. Burman | 27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994 | 20th Century | Indian | Stage & Screen, International |
Ralph Vaughan Williams | 12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958 | 20th Century | English | Classical |
Ramin Djawadi | July 19, 1974 | 21st Century | German-Iranian | Stage & Screen, Classical |
Richard Strauss | 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949 | Post-Romantic | German | Classical |
Richard Wagner | 22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883 | Romantic | German | Classical |
Robert Schumann | 8 June 1810 – 29 July 1856 | Romantic | German | Classical, Children's |
Ryuichi Sakamoto | January 17, 1952 | Contemporary | Japanese | Electronic, New Age, Pop/Rock, Stage & Screen, Avant-Garde |
Samuel Barber | March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981 | 20th Century | American | Classical |
Scott Joplin | c. 1867/1868 – April 1, 1917 | Modern | American | Jazz, Classical |
Sergei Prokofiev | 11/23 April 1891 – 5 March 1953 | 20th Century | Russian | Classical |
Sidney Bechet | May 14, 1897 – May 14, 1959 | 20th Century | American | Jazz |
Stephen Sondheim | March 22, 1930 | 20th Century | American | Stage & Screen, Vocal, Pop/Rock, Classical |
Steve Jablonsky | October 9, 1970 | Contemporary | American | Stage & Screen, Classical, Electronic |
Steve Morse | July 28, 1954 | Contemporary | Canadian | Pop/Rock, Jazz |
Steve Reich | October 3, 1936 | 20th Century | American | Classical, Avant-Garde |
Terry Riley | June 24, 1935 | 20th Century | American | Avant-Garde, Classical, Electronic, Jazz |
Thelonious Monk | October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982 | 20th Century | American | Jazz |
Thomas Tallis | c. 1505 – 3 December 1585 | Renaissance | English | Classical |
Tom Zé | 11 October 1936 | 20th Century | Brazilian | Latin, International |
Vishal Bhardwaj | August 4, 1965 | Contemporary | Indian | Stage & Screen, International |
W. C. Handy | November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958 | 20th century | American | Blues, Classical, Jazz |
William Byrd | c. 1543 – 4 July 1623 | Baroque | English | Classical |
Wim Mertens | May 14, 1953 | Contemporary | Belgian | New Age, Avant-Garde, Classical |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791 | Classical | Austrian | Classical, Children's |
Yanni | November 14, 1954 | Contemporary | Greek | New Age, Pop/Rock |
Yoko Kanno | March 19, 1964 | Contemporary | Japanese | Stage & Screen, Classical, International |
Yuvan Shankar Raja | August 31, 1979 | 21st Century | Indian | Stage & Screen |
Zeca Afonso | 2 August 1929 – 23 February 1987 | 20th Century | Portuguese | International |