Era
Post-War
2,858 composers of the Post-War period, with dates, nationality and instruments from Wikidata.
- Abdelwahab Doukkali1941–2026
- Abhijit Banerjee (composer)1931–2022
- Abie Rotenberg1950–
- Abu Taher (composer)1954–1999
- Ada Gentile1947–
- Adam Pounds1954–
- Adegoke Steve Colson1949–
- Adel Heinrich1926–2022
- Adelaide Pereira da Silva1928–2021
- Adolphus Hailstork1941–
- Adrian Enescu1948–2016
- Adrian Jack1943–2026
- Adriana Hölszky1953–
- Adriano Guarnieri (composer)1947–
- Agim Krajka1937–2021
- Agnes Nebo von Ballmoos1938–2000
- Ahmed Achour1945–2021
- Ailsa Dixon1932–2017
- Aivars Kalējs1951–
- Åke Parmerud1953–
- Aki Takase1948–
- Akin Euba1935–2020
- Akio Yashiro1929–1976
- Akira Inoue (musician)1953–
- Akira Miyoshi1933–2013
- Akira Nishimura1953–2023
- Ákos Rózmann1939–2005
- Alain Bancquart1934–2022
- Alain Bernaud1932–2020
- Alain Crépin1954–
- Alain Gagnon1938–2017
- Alain Goraguer1931–2023
- Alain Jomy1941–
- Alain Louvier1945–
- Alain Marcel1952–2020
- Alain Margoni1934–
- Alain Weber1930–2019
- Alakbar Taghiyev1924–1981
- Alan Laurillard1946–
- Alan Lloyd (composer)1943–1986
- Alan Mauritz Swanson1941–
- Alan Rees (composer)1941–2005
- Alan Ridout1934–1996
- Alan Shacklock1950–
- Alan Silvestri1950–
- Alan Wilson (composer)1947–2026
- Alba Lucía Potes Cortés1954–
- Alba Quintanilla1944–
- Albert Mayr1943–2024
- Alcides Lanza1929–2024
- Alden Jenks1940–
- Aldo Clementi1925–2011
- Aldo Donati (singer)1947–2014
- Aldo Piga1928–1994
- Alec Roth1948–
- Alejandro Núñez Allauca1943–
- Alejandro Viñao1951–
- Aleksandër Peçi1951–
- Aleksander Szeligowski1934–1993
- Aleksandr Lokshin1920–1987
- Aleksandr Zatsepin1926–
- Aleksandre Basilaia1942–2009
- Alemdar Karamanov1934–2007
- Alessandro Alessandroni1925–2017
- Alex Bradford1927–1978
- Alex Pauk1945–
- Alexander Arutiunian1920–2012
- Alexander Brincken1952–
- Alexander Goehr1932–2024
- Alexander Goldscheider1950–
- Alexander Knaifel1943–2024
- Alexander Kolker1933–2023
- Alexander Ledkovsky1944–2004
- Alexander Mullenbach1949–
- Alexander Raichev1922–2003
- Alexander Raskatov1953–
- Alexander Sukhanov1952–
- Alexander Vustin1943–2020
- Alexandra Pierce1934–2021
- Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky1945–
- Alexey Rybnikov1945–
- Alexina Louie1949–
- Alfi Kabiljo1935–2025
- Alfons Karl Zwicker1952–
- Alfred Bartles1930–2006
- Alfred Hans Zoller1928–2006
- Alfred Janson1937–2019
- Alfred Kunz (composer)1929–2019
- Alfred Peschek1929–2015
- Alfred Prinz1930–2014
- Alfred Reed1921–2005
- Alfred Schnittke1934–1998
- Alfredo Rolando Ortiz1946–
- Ali Darmar1946–
- Alice Doria-Gamilla1931–
- Alice Parker1925–2023
- Alice Shields1943–
- Alicia Terzian1934–
- Alicia Urreta1930–1986
- Alistair Hinton1950–
- Alla Pavlova1952–
- Allan Blank1925–2013
- Allan Gordon Bell1953–
- Allan Rae (composer)1942–
- Allee Willis1947–2019
- Allen Cohen (composer)1951–
- Allen Shawn1948–
- Allyn Ferguson1924–2010
- Almir Chediak1950–2003
- Alois Ickstadt1930–
- Alojz Ajdič1939–
- Alun Davies (guitarist)1943–
- Alun Hoddinott1929–2008
- Álvaro Carrillo1921–1969
- Álvaro Cassuto1938–2026
- Alvin Curran1938–
- Alvin Lucier1931–2021
- Alvin Singleton1940–
- Amedeo Minghi1947–
- Ami Maayani1936–2019
- Anatol Vieru1926–1998
- Anđelka Bego-Šimunić1941–2022
- Anders Eliasson1947–2013
- Anders Hillborg1954–
- André Almuró1927–2009
- Andre Asriel1922–2019
- André Bon1946–
- André Boucourechliev1925–1997
- André Duchesne (musician)1949–
- André Ducret1945–2025
- André Gagnon1936–2020
- Andre Hajdu1932–2016
- André J. Thomas1952–
- André Laporte1931–
- André Mathieu1929–1968
- André Popp1924–2014
- André Previn1929–2019
- André Prévost (composer)1934–2001
- André Tchaikowsky1935–1982
- Andrea Centazzo1948–
- Andrea Mingardi1940–
- Andrei Eshpai1925–2015
- Andrei Petrov1930–2006
- Andrei Volkonsky1933–2008
- Andrés Lewin-Richter Ossiander1937–
- Andrew Carter (composer)1939–2026
- Andrew Culver (composer)1953–
- Andrew Downes (composer)1950–2023
- Andrew Imbrie1921–2007
- Andrew Poppy1954–
- Andrew Thomas (composer)1939–
- Andrew Wilson-Dickson1946–
- Andrzej Bujakiewicz1939–2022
- Andrzej Cwojdziński1928–2022
- Andrzej Dobrowolski1921–1990
- Andrzej Kurylewicz1932–2007
- Andrzej Trzaskowski1933–1998
- Ángel Tavira1924–2008
- Angela Morley1924–2009
- Angelo Branduardi1950–
- Angelo Gilardino1941–2022
- Angy Palumbo1923–1960
- Aníbal Velásquez1936–
- Anita Sleeman1930–2011
- Ann Callaway1949–
- Ann Carr-Boyd1938–
- Ann Loomis Silsbee1930–2003
- Ann Southam1937–2010
- Anna Bofill Leví1944–
- Anna Rubin1946–
- Anne Eggleston1934–1994
- Anne La Berge1952–
- Anne Lauber1943–
- Anne LeBaron1953–
- Annea Lockwood1939–
- Annette LeSiege1947–2012
- Annette Vande Gorne1946–
- Anthony Braxton1945–
- Anthony Davis (composer)1951–
- Anthony Gilbert (composer)1934–2023
- Anthony Hedges1931–2019
- Anthony Iannaccone1943–
- Anthony Moore1948–
- Anthony Payne1936–2021
- Anthony Powers1953–
- Antoine Duhamel1925–2014
- Antoine Tisné1932–1998
- Antoinette Kirkwood1930–2014
- Antón García Abril1933–2021
- Anton Heiller1923–1979
- Antonín Tučapský1928–2014
- Antonino Riccardo Luciani1931–2020
- Antonio Bibalo1922–2008
- Antonio Breschi1950–
- Antonio Buonomo1932–2025
- Antônio Carlos Jobim1927–1994
- Antônio Maria1921–1964
- António Pinho Vargas1951–
- Antonio Ruiz-Pipó1934–1997
- António Sala1949–
- Antony le Fleming1941–
- Antun Nikolić Tuca1943–
- Aram Satyan1947–
- Areski Belkacem1940–2026
- Aribert Reimann1936–2024
- Ariel Ramírez1921–2010
- Aristid von Würtzler1925–1997
- Arkady Ukupnik1953–
- Arlein Ford Straw1920–2009
- Arlene Zallman1934–2006
- Armand Amar1953–
- Armando Manzanero1935–2020
- Armando Pierucci1935–
- Armando Santiago1932–2025
- Arndt Bause1936–2003
- Arne Nordheim1931–2010
- Arnie Roth1953–
- Arno Babajanian1921–1983
- Arnold Dreyblatt1953–
- Arnold Rosner1945–2013
- Art Resnick1941–2023
- Arthur B. Rubinstein1938–2018
- Arthur Butterworth1923–2014
- Arthur Russell1951–1992
- Arthur Wills (musician)1926–2020
- Arturo Márquez1950–
- Arturo Rodas1954–
- Arvo Pärt1935–
- Ary Toledo1937–2024
- Åse Hedstrøm1950–
- Astor Piazzolla1921–1992
- Atli Heimir Sveinsson1938–2019
- Attila László1953–
- Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter1936–2003
- Augusto Martelli1940–2014
- Aurel Stroe1932–2008
- Aurlus Mabélé1953–2020
- Avet Terterian1929–1994
- Avgust Ipavec1940–2023
- Avi Schönfeld1947–
- Avni Mula1928–2020
- Avo Sõmer1934–2024
- Avril Anderson1953–
- Awilda Villarini1940–
- Axel Borup-Jørgensen1924–2012
- Ayo Bankole1935–1976
- Azio Corghi1937–2022
- Balduin Sulzer1932–2019
- Barbara Benary1946–2019
- Barbara Buczek1940–1993
- Barbara Heller1936–
- Barbara Jazwinski1950–
- Barbara Kolb1938–2024
- Barbara Maria Zakrzewska-Nikiporczyk1946–2023
- Barbara Monk Feldman1950–
- Barbara York1949–2020
- Barney Childs1926–2000
- Barry Anderson (composer)1935–1987
- Barry Conyngham1944–
- Barry Guy1947–
- Barry Truax1947–
- Bart Berman1938–
- Barton McLean1938–
- Baruch Berliner1942–
- Basil Poledouris1945–2006
- Bayan Northcott1940–2022
- Beat Furrer1954–
- Beatrice Schroeder Rose1922–2014
- Beatrice Siegrist1934–
- Beatriz Bilbao1951–
- Beatriz Ferreyra1937–
- Bebu Silvetti1944–2003
- Ben Johnston (composer)1926–2019
- Ben McPeek1934–1981
- Ben Steinberg1930–2023
- Ben-Zion Orgad1926–2006
- Benedetto Ghiglia1921–2012
- Benedict Mason1954–
- Bengt Hambraeus1928–2000
- Benjamin Boretz1934–
- Benjamín Gutiérrez1937–
- Benjamín Solís Menéndez1932–2019
- Benny Andersen1929–2018
- Benny Andersson1946–
- Bent Fabric1924–2020
- Bent Lorentzen1935–2018
- Bernadetta Matuszczak1931–2021
- Bernard Galais1921–2009
- Bernard Parmegiani1927–2013
- Bernard Rands1934–2026
- Bernice Johnson Reagon1942–2024
- Bertil Palmar Johansen1954–
- Berto Pisano1928–2002
- Bertold Hummel1925–2002
- Bertram Turetzky1933–
- Beth Anderson (composer)1950–
- Betsy Jolas1926–
- Betty Beath1932–
- Betty Jackson King1928–1994
- Betty Olivero1954–
- Betty Roe1930–2026
- Beverly Grigsby1928–2022
- Biancamaria Furgeri1935–
- Bidzina Kvernadze1928–2010
- Bijan Khadem-Missagh1948–
- Bijan Mofid1935–1984
- Bilge Özgen1935–
- Bill Fontana1947–
- Bill Hopkins (composer)1943–1981
- Bill Justis1926–1982
- Bill Lee (musician)1928–2023
- Bill Richards (musician)1923–1995
- Bill Whelan1950–
- Billy Burnette1953–
- Billy Goldenberg1936–2020
- Billy Peterson1951–
- Birgitte Alsted1942–
- Birgitte Grimstad1935–
- Bjørn G. Gjerstrøm1939–2017
- Bo Linde1933–1970
- Bo Nilsson1937–2018
- Bob Cobert1924–2020
- Bob Curnow1941–
- Boris Brott1944–2022
- Boris Midney1937–
- Boris Parsadanian1925–1997
- Boris Porena1927–2022
- Boris Tchaikovsky1925–1996
- Boris Tishchenko1939–2010
- Boudewijn Buckinx1945–
- Boyd McDonald (composer)1932–
- Božidar Kantušer1921–1999
- Bramwell Tovey1953–2022
- Brendan Graham1945–
- Brian Cherney1942–
- Brian Dennis1941–1998
- Brian Elias1948–
- Brian Ferneyhough1943–
- Brian Jackson (conductor)1943–
- Brian Keane1953–
- Brian Newbould1936–
- Bronisław Kazimierz Przybylski1941–2011
- Bronius Kutavičius1932–2021
- Bruce Babcock1951–
- Bruce Broughton1945–
- Bruce Carlson (composer)1944–
- Bruce MacCombie1943–2012
- Bruce Mather1939–
- Brunhilda de Portilla1929–2025
- Brunhilde Sonntag1936–2002
- Bruno Canfora1924–2017
- Bruno Canino1935–
- Bruno Ducol1949–2024
- Bruno Liberda1953–
- Bruno Maderna1920–1973
- Bruno Martino1925–2000
- Bruno Nicolai1926–1991
- Bruno Spoerri1935–
- Burr Van Nostrand1945–
- C. Curtis-Smith1941–2014
- Caiphus Semenya1939–
- Camilla Kolchinsky1937–2016
- Camillo Togni1922–1993
- Canary Burton1942–
- Caravelli1930–2019
- Carl Bertil Agnestig1924–2019
- Carl de Groof1923–2007
- Carl Stone1953–
- Carl Vine1954–
- Carl Walter Roskott1953–2008
- Carleton Elliott1928–2003
- Carlisle Floyd1926–2021
- Carlo Alessandro Landini1954–
- Carlo Domeniconi1947–
- Carlo Donida1920–1998
- Carlos Almenar Otero1926–2018
- Carlos Azevedo1949–2012
- Carlos Lazzari1925–2009
- Carlos Lyra1933–2023
- Carlos Micháns1950–
- Carlos Roqué Alsina1941–2023
- Carlos Veerhoff1926–2011
- Carlton Gamer1929–2023
- Carmen Petra Basacopol1926–2023
- Carmino Ravosa1930–2015
- Carol Ann Weaver1948–
- Carol E. Barnett1949–
- Carol Hall1936–2018
- Caroline Lloyd1924–1980
- Carson Kievman1948–2020
- Cecilia McDowall1951–
- Cecilie Ore1954–
- Celestine Ukwu1940–1977
- César Camargo Mariano1943–
- Çesk Zadeja1927–1997
- Čestmír Gregor1926–2011
- Cezary Skubiszewski1949–
- Chan Ka Nin1949–
- Chan Wing-wah1954–
- Chandrabose (composer)1947–2010
- Charlemagne Palestine1947–
- Charles Amirkhanian1945–
- Charles Bernstein (composer)1943–
- Charles Boone (composer)1939–
- Charles Camilleri1931–2009
- Charles Chaynes1925–2016
- Charles Dodge (composer)1942–
- Charles Fussell1938–
- Charles Gross1934–2026
- Charles Hamm1925–2011
- Charles Knox (composer)1929–2019
- Charles Ravier1924–1984
- Charles Shere1935–2020
- Charles Wilson (composer)1931–2019
- Charles Wuorinen1938–2020
- Charlie Parker1920–1955
- Charly Oleg1931–2025
- Chava Flores1920–1987
- Chaya Arbel1921–2007
- Chen Yi (composer)1953–
- Chester Biscardi1948–
- Chie Mukai1953–
- Chiel Meijering1954–
- Chinary Ung1942–
- Chou Wen-chung1923–2019
- Chris Brown (composer)1953–
- Chris de Souza1943–
- Chris Mary Francine Whittle1927–
- Christian Calon1950–
- Christian Lauba1952–
- Christian Manen1934–2020
- Christian Münch1951–
- Christian Wolff (composer)1934–
- Christian Zanési1952–
- Christina Kubisch1948–
- Christine Berl1943–
- Christoph Lehmann (musician)1947–2024
- Christoph von Blumröder1951–
- Christopher Bochmann1950–
- Christopher Bowers-Broadbent1945–
- Christopher Brown (British composer)1943–
- Christopher Gunning1944–2023
- Christopher Hobbs1950–
- Christopher Rouse (composer)1949–2019
- Christopher Shaw (composer)1924–1995
- Christopher Whelen1927–1993
- Christopher Willcock1947–
- Christopher Wright (composer)1954–2024
- Christos Hatzis1953–
- Claire Polin1926–1995
- Claire Renard1944–
- Claire Ritter1952–
- Clara Lyle Boone1927–2015
- Clare Shore1954–
- Clarence Barlow1945–2023
- Claude Abravanel1924–2012
- Claude Baker1948–
- Claude Ballif1924–2004
- Claude Fraysse1941–2012
- Claude Léveillée1932–2011
- Claude Loyola Allgén1920–1990
- Claude Méloni1940–2020
- Claude Pascal1921–2017
- Claude Vivier1948–1983
- Claudio Spies1925–2020
- Claus Bantzer1942–
- Clay Christiansen (organist)1949–
- Clifford Ford1947–
- Clive Hunt1952–
- Clorinda Rosato
- Clotilde Rosa1930–2017
- Clytus Gottwald1925–2023
- Codé di Dona1940–2010
- Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson1932–2004
- Colette Mourey1954–
- Colin Brumby1933–2018
- Colin Gibson (musician)1949–
- Colin Matthews1946–
- Colin Mawby1936–2019
- Colin Smith (religious and hymnodist)1928–2005
- Colin Touchin1953–2022
- Colin Towns1948–
- Colleen Lovett1946–
- Concha Valdés Miranda1928–2017
- Conrad Cummings1948–
- Conrad Susa1935–2013
- Constança Capdeville1937–1992
- Cornel Țăranu1934–2023
- Cornelia Tăutu1938–2019
- Cornelius Cardew1936–1981
- Corrado Castellari1945–2013
- Costin Miereanu1943–2025
- Cristóbal Halffter1930–2021
- Cristovão Bastos1947–
- Ctirad Kohoutek1929–2011
- Curtis Roads1951–
- Cynthia Cozette Lee1953–
- Cyril Ornadel1924–2011
- Daan Manneke1939–
- Dafydd Llywelyn (composer)1939–2013
- Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe1926–2013
- Daisuke Inoue (singer)1941–2000
- Dale Warland1932–
- Dallas Harms1935–2019
- Dalmazio Santini1923–2001
- Dalto (composer)1949–
- Dan Lacksman1950–
- Dan Locklair1949–
- Dan-Alexandru Voiculescu1940–2009
- Đặng Hữu Phúc1953–
- Daniel Asia1953–
- Daniel E. Gawthrop1949–
- Daniel Goode1936–
- Daniel Lentz1942–2025
- Daniel Moe1926–2012
- Daniel Pinkham1923–2006
- Daniel Roth (organist)1942–
- Daniel Steven Crafts1949–
- Daniele Lombardi1946–2018
- Daniele Zanettovich1950–
- Danilo Avilés1949–
- Darcy Hepner1954–
- Daria Semegen1946–
- Dario Baldan Bembo1948–
- Darwin Vargas1925–1988
- Dary John Mizelle1940–
- Dave Hewson (composer)1953–
- Dave Newhouse1953–
- Dave Smith (composer)1949–
- David Amram1930–
- David Avshalomov1946–
- David B. Doty1950–
- David Baker (composer)1931–2016
- David Bedford1937–2011
- David Behrman1937–
- David Blake (composer)1936–
- David Borden1938–
- David C. Johnson1940–2021
- David Campbell (composer)1948–
- David Cope1941–2025
- David Cornwall1937–2006
- David Darling (musician)1941–2021
- David DeBoor Canfield1950–
- David Del Tredici1937–2023
- David Dubery1948–
- David Earl (composer)1951–
- David Ellis (composer)1933–2023
- David Evan Jones (composer)1946–
- David Fanshawe1942–2010
- David First1953–
- David Garner (composer)1954–
- David Gillingham1947–
- David Gow (composer)1924–1993
- David Griffiths (composer)1950–
- David Hegarty1945–
- David Hogan (composer)1949–1996
- David Holsinger1945–
- David Jisse1946–2020
- David Johnson (Scottish composer)1942–2009
- David Liptak1949–
- David Loeb (composer)1939–
- David Lord (producer)1944–
- David Lucas (composer)1937–
- David Lumsdaine1931–2024
- David MacIntyre (composer)1952–
- David Maslanka1943–2017
- David Matthews (composer)1943–
- David Newman (composer)1954–
- David Noon1946–
- David Padrós1942–2016
- David Porcelijn1947–
- David Reeves (composer)1943–
- David Rosenboom1947–
- David Snow (composer)1954–
- David Stoll (composer)1948–
- David Torn1953–
- David Tudor1926–1996
- David Tukhmanov1940–
- David W. Music1949–
- David Ward-Steinman1936–2015
- Dean Drummond1949–2013
- Dejan Despić1930–2024
- Delaney Bramlett1939–2008
- Delores Dufner1939–
- Demetrio Stratos1945–1979
- Denis Bédard1950–
- Denis Dufour1953–
- Denis Gougeon1951–
- Denis King1939–
- Denis Smalley1946–
- Denise Boucher1935–2025
- Denise Roger1924–2005
- Dennis Báthory-Kitsz1949–
- Dennis Berry1921–1994
- Dennis Eberhard1943–2005
- Dennis Johnson (composer)1938–2018
- Dennis McCarthy (composer)1945–
- Derek Bell (musician)1935–2002
- Derek Bourgeois1941–2017
- Derek Healey1936–
- Derek Holman1931–2019
- Derek Watson (actor and musicologist)1948–2018
- Derek Williams (musician)1952–
- Detlev Jöcker1951–
- Detto Mariano1937–2020
- Deva (composer)1950–
- Dhora Leka1923–2006
- Dianaruthe Wharton1951–
- Diane Juster1946–
- Diane Thome1942–2025
- Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee1938–
- Dick Farney1921–1987
- Dick Higgins1938–1998
- Diderik Wagenaar1946–
- Didier Marouani1953–
- Diego Masson1935–
- Dieter Kaufmann1941–2025
- Dieter Salbert1932–2006
- Dieter Schnebel1930–2018
- Diether de la Motte1928–2010
- Dimitri Nicolau1946–2008
- Dimitri Terzakis1938–
- Dina Koston1929–2009
- Dionysis Savvopoulos1944–2025
- Djivan Gasparyan1928–2021
- Dmitri Smirnov (composer)1948–2020
- Dmitry Smolsky1937–2017
- Đỗ Nhuận1922–1991
- Dobe Newton1948–
- Doina Rotaru1951–
- Dolores Claman1927–2021
- Dom Um Romão1925–2005
- Dominic Muldowney1952–
- Dominick Argento1927–2019
- Dominique Vellard1953–
- Don Jaffe1933–
- Don Kay (composer)1933–
- Dona Onete1939–
- Donald Erb1927–2008
- Donald Harris (composer)1931–2016
- Donald Martino1931–2005
- Donald Patriquin1938–
- Donald Steven1945–
- Donald Sur1935–1999
- Donald Swann1923–1994
- Doreen Carwithen1922–2003
- Dorothea Anne Franchi1920–2003
- Dorothea Austin1921–2011
- Dorothy Buchanan (composer)1945–
- Dorothy Rudd Moore1940–2022
- Doru Popovici1932–2019
- Dougie MacLean1954–
- Douglas Allanbrook1921–2003
- Douglas Leedy1938–2015
- Douglas Townsend1921–2012
- Dov Seltzer1932–
- Drafi Deutscher1946–2006
- Dragutin Gostuški1923–1998
- Dudley Simpson1922–2017
- Duncan Druce1939–2015
- Dušan Radić1929–2010
- Dušan Trbojević1925–2011
- Dwight Gustafson1930–2014
- Earl Kim1920–1998
- Earl Louis Stewart1950–
- Earl Rose (composer)1946–
- Easley Blackwood Jr.1933–2023
- Eberhard Kloke1948–
- Eckehard Mayer1946–
- Ed Bogas1936–
- Ed Di Lello1952–
- Eddie Eastman1949–
- Eddie Vartan1937–2001
- Eddy Marnay1920–2003
- Edgar Hovhannisyan1930–1998
- Edgar Warren Williams1949–
- Edino Krieger1928–2022
- Edison Denisov1929–1996
- Edith Borroff1925–2019
- Édith Canat de Chizy1950–
- Édith Lejet1941–2024
- Eduard Hayrapetyan1949–
- Eduard Lazarev1935–2008
- Eduard Sadoyan1938–2018
- Eduardo Diazmuñoz1953–
- Eduardo Gilardoni1935–2022
- Edvard Fliflet Bræin1924–1976
- Edvard Hagerup Bull (composer)1922–2012
- Edward Cowie1943–
- Edward Gold1936–2022
- Edward Harper (composer)1941–2009
- Edward Higginbottom1946–
- Edward Lambert1951–
- Edward Laufer1938–2014
- Edward McGuire (composer)1948–
- Edward Salim Michael1921–2006
- Edward Vesala1945–1999
- Edwin Carr (composer)1926–2003
- Edwin Penhorwood1939–
- Edwin Roxburgh1937–
- Egberto Gismonti1947–
- Egil Hovland1924–2013
- Egisto Macchi1928–1992
- Eibhlis Farrell1953–
- Eino Tamberg1930–2010
- Einojuhani Rautavaara1928–2016
- Eitan Avitsur1941–2018
- Ekaterina Kozhevnikova1954–
- Elaine Barkin1932–2023
- Elaine Bearer1947–
- Elaine Hugh-Jones1927–2021
- Eleanor Alberga1949–
- Eleanor Hovda1940–2009
- Elena Firsova1950–
- Elena Petrová1929–2002
- Eleni Karaindrou1941–
- Elia Cmíral1950–
- Elias Davidsson1941–2022
- Elinor Armer1939–
- Elisabet Wentz-Janacek1923–2014
- Elisabetta Brusa1954–
- Elizabeth Bell (composer)1928–2016
- Elizabeth Brown (musician)1953–
- Elizabeth Hayden Pizer1954–
- Elizabeth Parker (composer)1950–
- Elizabeth R. Austin1938–
- Elizabeth Raum1945–
- Elizabeth Swados1951–2016
- Elizabeth Walton Vercoe1941–
- Ella Milch-Sheriff1954–
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich1939–
- Elliot Goldenthal1954–
- Ellsworth Snyder1931–2005
- Elodie Lauten1950–2014
- Elsa Justel1944–
- Else Marie Pade1924–2016
- Elvira de Freitas1927–2015
- Elżbieta Sikora1943–
- Ema Elena Valdelamar1925–2012
- Emil Cadkin1920–2020
- Emil Dimitrov1940–2005
- Emil Platen1925–
- Emilio Kauderer1950–
- Emin Sabitoglu1937–2000
- Emma Lou Diemer1927–2024
- Emmanuel Nunes1941–2012
- Enid Luff1935–2022
- Ennio Morricone1928–2020
- Enrico Intra1935–
- Enrico Simonetti1924–1978
- Enriko Josif1924–2003
- Enrique Gimeno1929–2007
- Enrique Llácer Soler1934–2024
- Enzo Gragnaniello1954–
- Eric Ewazen1954–
- Eric Funk1949–
- Eric Gross1926–2011
- Eric Moe (composer)1954–
- Eric Ozario1949–2025
- Éric Pénicaud1952–
- Eric Robertson (composer)1948–
- Eric Salzman1933–2017
- Eric Sweeney (composer)1948–2020
- Eric Tingstad1954–
- Erich Hartmann (musician)1920–2020
- Erik Freitag1940–
- Erika Fox1936–
- Erika Radermacher1936–
- Erkki Salmenhaara1941–2002
- Ernani Aguiar1950–
- Ernest Gold1921–1999
- Ernest Tomlinson1924–2015
- Ernesto Massimo Verardi1936–
- Ernesto Rubin de Cervin1936–2013
- Ernie Stires1925–2008
- Ernst Ludwig Leitner1943–
- Ernstalbrecht Stiebler1934–2024
- Ertuğrul Oğuz Fırat1923–2014
- Erzsébet Szőnyi1924–2019
- Esfandiar Monfaredzadeh1941–
- Eskil Hemberg1938–2004
- Esteban Servellón1921–2003
- Estelle White1925–2011
- Ester Mägi1922–2021
- Esther Scliar1926–1978
- Eugen Brixel1939–2000
- Eugene Kurtz1923–2006
- Eugene O'Brien (composer)1945–
- Eugénie Rocherolle1936–2025
- Eugeniusz Knapik1951–
- Eumir Deodato1943–
- Eva Schorr1927–2016
- Ewa Michnik1943–
- Eyþór Þorláksson1930–2018
- Ezra Laderman1924–2015
- Ezra Sims1928–2015
- F. R. C. Clarke1931–2009
- Fabio Frizzi1951–
- Fabio Vacchi1949–
- Faraj Garayev1943–
- Farid Allawerdi1923–2007
- Faye-Ellen Silverman1947–
- Federico Ruiz (composer)1948–
- Federico Smith1929–1977
- Felicia Donceanu1931–2022
- Félix Ibarrondo1943–
- Felix Werder1922–2012
- Ferdinand Richard1950–
- Fernando Brant1946–2015
- Fernando García (composer)1930–
- Fernando González Casellas1925–1998
- Fernando Mencherini1949–1997
- Finn Mortensen1922–1983
- Fiorenzo Fiorentini1920–2003
- Fisher Tull1934–1994
- Flavio Testi1923–2014
- Flor Roffé de Estévez1921–2004
- Florentín Giménez1925–2021
- Florian Fricke1944–2001
- Florica Racovitză-Flondor
- Folke Rabe1935–2017
- Francesco d'Avalos1930–2014
- Francesco De Masi1930–2005
- Francine Aubin1938–2016
- Francis Bayer1938–2004
- Francis Burt (composer)1926–2012
- Francis Dhomont1926–2023
- Francis Lai1932–2018
- Francis Routh1927–2021
- Francis Thorne1922–2017
- Francisco Cristancho Hernández1941–2023
- Francisco Guerrero Marín1951–1997
- Francisco Kröpfl1931–2021
- Franco Donatoni1927–2000
- Franco Evangelisti (composer)1926–1980
- Franco Godi1940–
- Franco Mannino1924–2005
- Franco Micalizzi1939–
- Franco Simone1949–
- François Bayle1932–
- François Dompierre1943–
- François Morel (composer)1926–2018
- François Pantillon1928–2025
- François Polgár1946–
- François-Bernard Mâche1935–
- Françoise Barrière1944–2019
- Françoys Bernier1927–1993
- Franghiz Ali-Zadeh1947–
- Frank Comstock1922–2013
- Frank Corcoran1944–
- Frank Davies (music producer)1946–
- Frank Denyer1943–
- Frank Ferko1950–
- Frank Lazarus (composer)1939–2025
- Frank Lewin1925–2008
- Frank Petzold1951–
- Frank William Erickson1923–1996
- Frank Zappa1940–1993
- Frans Geysen1936–
- František Gregor Emmert1940–2015
- Franz Cibulka1946–2016
- Franz Fleckenstein1922–1996
- Franz Lambert1948–
- Fred Bongusto1935–2019
- Fred Frith1949–
- Fred Lerdahl1943–
- Fred Myrow1939–1999
- Fred Werner (American composer)1934–2024
- Frédéric Devreese1929–2020
- Frederic Rzewski1938–2021
- Frederick A. Fox1931–2011
- Fredric Kroll1945–2026
- Fredrick Kaufman1936–
- Friedbert Streller1931–2017
- Friedhelm Döhl1936–2018
- Friedrich Goldmann1941–2009
- Friedrich Zehm1923–2007
- Frigyes Hidas1928–2007
- Fritz Geißler1921–1984
- Gabor Lenđel1951–
- Gabriela Moyseowicz1944–
- Gabriella Cecchi1944–
- Gaetano Giani Luporini1936–2022
- Galib Mammadov1946–
- Gamal Abdel-Rahim1924–1988
- Gandalf (musician)1952–
- Garbis Aprikian1926–2024
- Gareth Loy1945–
- Gareth Wood (composer)1950–2023
- Garrett List1943–2019
- Garry Schyman1954–
- Gary Bertini1927–2005
- Gary Carpenter (composer)1951–
- Gary Daverne1939–
- Gary Geld1935–2015
- Gary Kulesha1954–
- Gary Lee Nelson1940–
- Gavin Bryars1943–
- Gayle Young1950–
- Gaziza Zhubanova1927–1993
- Ge Gan-ru1954–
- Geghuni Chitchyan1929–
- Gene Tyranny1945–2020
- Geneviève Calame1946–1993
- Gennady Gladkov1935–2023
- Geoff Muldaur1943–
- Geoffrey Burgon1941–2010
- Geoffrey Bush1920–1998
- Geoffrey Grey1934–2023
- Geoffrey Poole1949–
- Georg Friedrich Haas1953–
- Georg Katzer1935–2019
- George Balch Wilson1927–2021
- George Brunner (composer)1951–
- George Cacioppo1927–1984
- George Crumb1929–2022
- George Dreyfus1928–
- George E. Lewis1952–
- George Martin1926–2016
- George Newson1932–2024
- George Palmer (composer)1947–
- George Russell (composer)1923–2009
- George Secor1943–2020
- George Tibbits (composer)1933–2008
- George Tsontakis1951–
- George Walker (composer)1922–2018
- George Whyte1933–2012
- Georges Aperghis1945–
- Georges Barboteu1924–2006
- Georges Bœuf1937–2020
- Georges Delerue1925–1992
- Georges Garvarentz1932–1993
- Georgi Minchev (composer)1939–
- Georgi Movsesyan1945–2011
- Georgs Pelēcis1947–
- Gerald Barry (composer)1952–
- Gerald Busby1935–
- Gerald Fried1928–2023
- Gérald Gagnier1926–1961
- Gerald Hendrie1935–
- Gerald Levinson1951–
- Gerald Shapiro (composer)1942–
- Geraldine Connor1952–2011
- Gérard Calvi1922–2015
- Gérard Condé1947–
- Gérard Frémy1935–2014
- Gérard Grisey1946–1998
- Gérard Jouannest1933–2018
- Gérard Masson1936–2021
- Gerard Victory1921–1995
- Gerardo Gandini1936–2013
- Gerd Domhardt1945–1997
- Gerd Kühr1952–
- Gerd Zacher1929–2014
- Gerda Herrmann1931–2021
- Gerhard Gruber1951–
- Gerhard Rosenfeld1931–2003
- Gerhard Wimberger1923–2016
- Germain Gauthier1950–2025
- German Okunev1931–1973
- Gertrud Maria Mell1947–2016
- Gertrude Rivers Robinson1927–1995
- Giampaolo Coral1944–2011
- Gian Paolo Chiti1939–
- Gian Pieretti1940–
- Gian Piero Reverberi1939–
- Giancarlo Bigazzi1940–2012
- Gianluigi Gelmetti1945–2021
- Gianluigi Trovesi1944–
- Gianni Bedori1930–2005
- Gianni Bella1946–
- Gianni Ferrio1924–2013
- Gianni Marchetti1933–2012
- Gianni Meccia1931–2024
- Gil Trythall1930–2023
- Gilbert Amy1936–
- Gilbert Biberian1944–2023
- Gilberto Mendes1922–2016
- Giles Swayne1946–
- Gilles Bellemare (composer)1952–
- Gilles Gobeil1954–
- Gilles Tremblay (composer)1932–2017
- Gillian Bibby1945–2023
- Gillian Whitehead1941–
- Ginette Keller1925–2010
- Giorgio Battistelli1953–
- Giorgio Nottoli1945–
- Giorgio Pacchioni1947–
- Giorgos Hatzinasios1942–
- Giovanni Lindo Ferretti1953–
- Giselher Klebe1925–2009
- Gitta Steiner1932–1990
- Giya Kancheli1935–2019
- Gladys Nordenstrom1924–2016
- Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz1928–2024
- Glen Adams1945–2010
- Glen Vecchione1951–
- Glenn Branca1948–2018
- Glenn Gould1932–1982
- Gloria Coates1933–2023
- Gloria Roe1935–2017
- Gloria Wilson Swisher1935–2023
- Goff Richards1944–2011
- Gonzalo de Olavide1934–2005
- Gordon Langford1930–2017
- Gordon Mumma1935–
- Gordon Sherwood1929–2013
- Gösta Neuwirth1937–
- Gottfried Glöckner1937–
- Gottfried Michael Koenig1926–2021
- Graciane Finzi1945–
- Graciela Agudelo1945–2018
- Graciela Castillo1935–
- Graciela Paraskevaidis1940–2017
- Grant Foster1945–
- Grayston Ives1948–
- Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil1947–
- Gréco Casadesus1951–
- Greg Schiemer1949–
- Gregoria Karides Suchy1923–2018
- Gregory Rose (musician)1948–
- Gregory Short1938–1999
- Grietje Terburg Rowley1927–2015
- Grigoriy Korchmar1947–2025
- Gu Jianfen1935–
- Gui Mallon1953–
- Günter Bust1930–2005
- Günter Kochan1930–2009
- Gunter Waldek1953–
- Gunther Schuller1925–2015
- Gustav Ciamaga1930–2011
- Gustav Gunsenheimer1934–2026
- Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt1925–2010
- Gustavo Santaolalla1951–
- Guy Lacour1932–2013
- Guy Morançon1927–2025
- Guy Woolfenden1937–2016
- Gwyneth Van Anden Walker1947–
- György Cziffra1921–1994
- György Kurtág1926–
- György Ligeti1923–2006
- György Orbán1947–
- Gyp Mills1946–2019
- Hagood Hardy1937–1997
- Haig Mardirosian1947–
- Håkon Berge1954–
- Hale Smith1925–2009
- Halim El-Dabh1921–2017
- Halina Harelava1951–
- Halvor Haug1952–2025
- Hanna Skalska-Szemioth1921–1964
- Hanne Haller1950–2005
- Hans Abrahamsen1952–
- Hans Eugen Frischknecht1939–
- Hans G. Helms1932–2012
- Hans Haselböck1928–2021
- Hans Leygraf1920–2011
- Hans Otte1926–2007
- Hans Stadlmair1929–2019
- Hans Ulrich Engelmann1921–2011
- Hans Uwe Hielscher1945–
- Hans Werner Henze1926–2012
- Hans Zender1936–2019
- Hans-Christian Bartel1932–2014
- Hans-Christian von Dadelsen1948–
- Hans-Joachim Hespos1938–2022
- Hans-Jürgen Hufeisen1954–
- Hans-Jürgen von Bose1953–
- Hans-Ludwig Schilling1927–2012
- Harald Feller (organist)1951–
- Haralds Sīmanis1951–2022
- Harley Gaber1943–2011
- Harold Blumenfeld1923–2014
- Harold Boatrite1932–2021
- Harold Budd1936–2020
- Harold Shapero1920–2013
- Harper MacKay1921–1995
- Harriet Padberg1922–2014
- Harrison Birtwistle1934–2022
- Harry Bannink1929–1999
- Harry Freedman1922–2005
- Harry Somers1925–1999
- Harry Thumann1952–2001
- Haruna Miyake1942–
- Harvey Sollberger1938–
- Hasen Qojahmetov1949–
- Hayg Boyadjian1938–
- He Xuntian1954–
- Héctor Campos Parsi1922–1998
- Hector Zazou1948–2008
- Heidi Baader-Nobs1940–
- Heikki Suolahti1920–1936
- Heiner Goebbels1952–
- Heiner Ruland1934–2017
- Heinrich Gattermeyer1923–2018
- Heinz Becker (musicologist)1922–2006
- Heinz Holliger1939–
- Heinz Kiessling1926–2003
- Heinz Kratochwil1933–1995
- Heinz Werner Zimmermann1930–2022
- Heinz Winbeck1946–2019
- Helen Bowater1952–
- Helen Camille Stanley1930–2021
- Helen Fisher (composer)1942–
- Helen Gifford1935–
- Helena Meirelles1924–2005
- Helene Karastoyanova1933–
- Helge Hurum1936–
- Helge Iberg1954–
- Helmut Braunlich1929–2013
- Helmut Lachenmann1935–
- Helmut Schlegel1943–
- Henning Christiansen1932–2008
- Henning Sommerro1952–
- Henri Pousseur1929–2009
- Henry Fourès1948–
- Henry Gwiazda1952–
- Henry Mancini1924–1994
- Henryk Górecki1933–2010
- Herbert Baumann1925–2020
- Herbert Blendinger1936–2020
- Herbert Prikopa1935–2015
- Herbert Rehbein1922–1979
- Herman Rechberger1947–2022
- Hervé Roullet1947–
- Hi Kyung Kim1954–
- Hifumi Shimoyama1930–2023
- Hikaru Hayashi1931–2012
- Hilda Dianda1925–2014
- Hildegard Westerkamp1946–
- Hiro Fujikake1949–
- Hiroshi Itsuki1948–
- Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson1952–2026
- Hoàng Vân (composer)1930–2018
- Horacio Vaggione1943–
- Hormoz Farhat1929–2021
- Horst Irrgang1929–1997
- Howard Blake1938–
- Howard Cable1920–2016
- Howard Dyck1942–
- Howard L. Quilling1935–2016
- Howard Sandroff1949–
- Howard Skempton1947–
- Howie Smith1943–
- Hsu Tsang-Houei1929–2001
- Huang Zhun (composer)1926–2024
- Hubert Giraud1920–2016
- Hugh Aitken (composer)1924–2012
- Hugh Davidson (composer)1930–2014
- Hugh Davies (composer)1943–2005
- Hugh Shrapnel1947–
- Hugo Montenegro1925–1981
- Hugo Strasser1922–2016
- Hugues Dufourt1943–
- Iain Burnside1950–
- Iain Hamilton (composer)1922–2000
- Ian Cugley1945–2010
- Ian Keith Harris1935–2024
- Ian Kellam1933–2014
- Iancu Dumitrescu1944–
- Iannis Xenakis1922–2001
- Ib Nørholm1931–2019
- Ida Gotkovsky1933–2025
- Igo Hofstetter1926–2002
- Igor Kuljerić1938–2006
- Igor Wakhévitch1948–
- Ihor Poklad1941–2025
- Ihor Shamo1925–1982
- Ihor Sonevytsky1926–2006
- Ikuma Dan1924–2001
- İlhan Baran1934–2016
- Ilija Pejovski1947–
- Ilja Hurník1922–2013
- Ilza Nogueira1948–
- Imant Raminsh1943–
- Imants Kalniņš1941–
- Inger Wikström1939–
- Ingfried Hoffmann1935–
- Ingram Marshall1942–2022
- Ingvar Lidholm1921–2017
- Inna Zhvanetskaya1937–2024
- Irina Elcheva1926–2013
- Irina Hasnaș1954–
- Irina Odagescu1937–
- Iris Sanguesa1933–
- Irma Ravinale1937–2013
- Irma Urteaga1929–2022
- Irmin Schmidt1937–
- Irwin Bazelon1922–1995
- Iryna Kyrylina1953–2017
- Iryna Vilinska1920–1986
- Isabelle Aboulker1938–
- Isao Tomita1932–2016
- Israel Kantor1949–2006
- Issak Tavior1943–2025
- İstemihan Taviloğlu1945–2006
- István Láng1933–2023
- István Sárközy1920–2002
- Iván Erőd1936–2019
- Ivan Fedele1953–
- Iván Fischer1951–
- Ivan Karabyts1945–2002
- Ivan Pedersen1950–
- Ivan Tcherepnin1943–1998
- Ivana Loudová1941–2017
- Ivana Marburger Themmen1938–
- Ivana Stefanovic1948–
- Ivar Frounberg1950–
- Iver Kleive1949–
- Ivo Malec1925–2019
- Iwonka Bogumiła Szymańska1943–
- Jaap Blonk1953–
- Jack Beeson1921–2010
- Jack Behrens1935–2024
- Jack Kane (composer)1924–1961
- Jack Ledru1922–2013
- Jack Marshall (composer)1921–1973
- Jack White (music producer)1940–2025
- Jackson Berkey1942–
- Jacob Druckman1928–1996
- Jacob Gilboa1920–2007
- Jacob TV1951–
- Jacobus Kloppers1937–
- Jacqueline Fontyn1930–
- Jacqueline Nova1935–1975
- Jacques Berthier1923–1994
- Jacques Bondon1927–2008
- Jacques Calonne1930–2022
- Jacques Castérède1926–2014
- Jacques Charpentier1933–2017
- Jacques Datin1920–1973
- Jacques Dudon1951–
- Jacques Faubert1952–
- Jacques Hétu1938–2010
- Jacques-Louis Monod1927–2020
- Jahangir Jahangirov1921–1992
- Jakob Jež1928–2022
- James A. Beckel Jr.1948–
- James Barnes (composer)1949–
- James Brody1941–2010
- James Chater1951–
- James Cohn1928–2021
- James Dashow1944–
- James Di Pasquale1941–
- James Dillon (composer)1950–
- James Douglas (composer)1932–2022
- James Holland (percussionist)1933–2022
- James Horner1953–2015
- James Montgomery (composer)1943–
- James Stevens (composer)1923–2012
- James Tenney1934–2006
- James Wilson (composer)1922–2005
- James Wood (musician)1953–
- James Yannatos1929–2011
- Jan A. P. Kaczmarek1953–2024
- Jan Allan1934–
- Jan Bach1937–2020
- Jan Faulkner1953–2013
- Jan Freidlin1944–
- Jan Gilbert1946–
- Jan Klusák1934–
- Jan Krenz1926–2020
- Jan Novák (composer)1921–1984
- Jan Radzynski1950–
- Jan Sandström (composer)1954–
- Jan Swafford1946–
- Jan Tausinger1921–1980
- Jan Vriend1938–
- Jan W. Morthenson1940–2024
- Jan Williams1939–
- Ján Zimmer1926–1993
- Jana Obrovská1930–1987
- Jane O'Leary1946–
- Jane Sinclair Wells1952–
- Janet Beat1937–
- Janet Graham1948–
- Janet Maguire1927–2019
- Janez Matičič1926–2022
- Jani Christou1926–1970
- Jani Golob1948–
- Janice Giteck1946–
- Janina Skowronska1920–1992
- Janine Charbonnier1926–2022
- János Bródy1946–
- Janusz Muniak1941–2016
- Jaques Morelenbaum1954–
- Jards Macalé1943–2025
- Jaroslav Krček1939–
- Jarosław Kukulski1944–2010
- Jay Chattaway1946–
- Jay Cloidt1949–
- Jay Graydon1949–
- Jay Gruska1953–
- Jay Reise1950–
- Jay Sydeman1928–2021
- Jean Barraqué1928–1973
- Jean Bonfils (composer)1921–2007
- Jean Chatillon1937–2019
- Jean Constantin (songwriter)1923–1997
- Jean Eichelberger Ivey1923–2010
- Jean Guillou1930–2019
- Jean Leccia1935–2023
- Jean Perrin (composer)1920–1989
- Jean Roussel1951–
- Jean-Christian Michel1938–
- Jean-Claude Éloy1938–2025
- Jean-Claude Risset1938–2016
- Jean-Claude Touche1926–1944
- Jean-Louis Florentz1947–2004
- Jean-Louis Petit (composer)1937–
- Jean-Luc Darbellay1946–
- Jean-Michel Damase1928–2013
- Jean-Michel Defaye1932–2025
- Jean-Michel Jarre1948–
- Jean-Philippe Goude1952–
- Jean-Pierre Bourtayre1942–2024
- Jean-Pierre Drouet1935–
- Jean-Pierre Guézec1934–1971
- Jean-Pierre Leguay1939–
- Jeanine Rueff1922–1999
- Jeanne Colin-De Clerck1924–
- Jeanne Demessieux1921–1968
- Jeannie G. Pool1951–
- Jeannine Richer1924–2022
- Jeannine Vanier1929–2023
- Jeffrey Hass1953–
- Jennifer Fowler1939–
- Jenny McLeod1941–2022
- Jérôme Dorival1950–
- Jérôme Naulais1951–
- Jerry Bilik1933–
- Jerry Brubaker1946–
- Jerry Hunt1943–1993
- Jerry Toth1928–1999
- Jerzy Milian1935–2018
- Jessica Suchy-Pilalis1954–
- Jesús Rodríguez Picó1953–
- Jim Cotter (composer)1948–
- Jim Hiscott1948–
- Jim Parker (composer)1934–2023
- Jim Steinman1947–2021
- Jimmy Dale (musician)1935–2017
- Jimmy Fontana1934–2013
- Jin Xiang1935–2015
- Jindřich Feld1925–2007
- Jing Jing Luo1953–
- Jiří Bárta1935–2012
- Jiří Hudec (composer)1923–1996
- Jiří Teml1935–
- Jō Kondō1947–
- Joachim Montagne1927–2003
- Joan Franks Williams1930–2003
- Joan La Barbara1947–
- Joan Tower1938–
- Joanna Brouk1949–2017
- Jocelyne Binet1923–1968
- Jocy de Oliveira1936–
- Jody Diamond1953–
- Joe Hisaishi1950–
- Joe Maneri1927–2009
- Joe Sample1939–2014
- Joe Vannelli1950–
- Joel Hoffman (composer)1953–
- Joel Mandelbaum1932–2019
- Joel Thome1939–
- Joël-François Durand1954–
- Joëlle Léandre1951–
- Johan de Meij1953–
- Johann Sonnleitner1941–
- Johannes Driessler1921–1998
- Johannes Fritsch1941–2010
- John A. Ross (composer)1940–2006
- John Anthony Lennon1950–
- John Arpin1936–2007
- John Barnes Chance1932–1972
- John Barry (composer)1933–2011
- John Batt (solicitor and composer)1929–2007
- John Beal (composer)1947–
- John Beckwith (composer)1927–2022
- John Bevan Baker1926–1994
- John Buckley (composer)1951–
- John Buller (composer)1927–2004
- John Burke (composer)1951–2020
- John C. Williams (baritone saxophonist)1941–2025
- John Caldwell (musicologist)1938–
- John Carmichael (composer)1930–
- John Carpenter1948–
- John Casken1949–
- John Chowning1934–
- John Corigliano1938–
- John Courter1942–2010
- John Craton1953–
- John Davison (composer)1930–1999
- John Diercks1927–2020
- John Duffy (composer)1926–2015
- John Eaton (composer)1935–2015
- John Elwood Price1935–1995
- John Ferritto1937–2010
- John Fodi1944–2009
- John Greaves (musician)1950–
- John Harbison1938–
- John Hawkins (Canadian composer)1944–2007
- John Hopkins (composer)1949–
- John Kinsella (composer)1932–2021
- John La Montaine1920–2013
- John Leslie McFarland1926–1971
- John Lessard1920–2003
- John Loeffler1951–
- John Luther Adams1953–
- John M. Mason (musician)1940–2011
- John Maxwell Geddes1941–2017
- John McCabe (composer)1939–2015
- John McGuire (composer)1942–
- John Metcalf (composer)1946–
- John Musto1954–
- John Oswald (composer)1953–
- John Purser (musician)1942–
- John Rea (composer)1944–
- John Rimmer (composer)1939–
- John Robertson (composer)1943–2025
- John Rutter1945–
- John S. Hilliard1947–2019
- John Sanders (musician)1933–2003
- John Tavener1944–2013
- John Tesh1952–
- John Thow1949–2007
- John Vallier1920–1991
- John Veale1922–2006
- John White (composer)1936–2024
- John Williams1932–
- John Woolrich1954–
- John Wyre1941–2006
- Johnny "Guitar" Watson1935–1996
- Johnny Bristol1939–2004
- Johnny Douglas (conductor)1920–2003
- Johnny Mandel1925–2020
- Johnny Pacheco1935–2021
- Joji Yuasa1929–2024
- Joly Braga Santos1924–1988
- Jolyon Brettingham Smith1949–2008
- Jolyon Jackson1948–1985
- Jon Appleton1939–2022
- Jon Gibson (minimalist musician)1940–2020
- Jon Mostad1942–
- Jón Nordal1926–2024
- Jonathan Harvey (composer)1939–2012
- Jonathan Kramer1942–2004
- Jonathan Lloyd (composer)1948–2025
- Joonas Kokkonen1921–1996
- Jordi Savall1941–
- Jörg Demus1928–2019
- Jörg Ewald Dähler1933–2018
- Jörg Herchet1943–
- Jorge Antunes (composer)1942–
- Jorge Arriagada1943–2024
- Jorge Calandrelli1939–2026
- Jorge Peixinho1940–1995
- Jorge Peña Hen1928–1973
- José Antonio Bottiroli1920–1990
- José Antonio Labordeta1935–2010
- José Carlos Amaral Vieira1952–
- José Evangelista1943–2023
- José Loyola1941–
- José Luis Torregrosa1944–2007
- José Luis Turina1952–
- José Nieto (composer)1942–
- Josef Anton Riedl1929–2016
- Josef Berg1927–1971
- Josef Maria Horváth1931–2019
- Josefina Benedetti1953–
- Joseph Alfidi1949–2015
- Joseph Baber1937–2022
- Joseph Byrd1937–2025
- Joseph Dillon Ford1952–2017
- Joseph Fennimore1940–
- Joseph Gelineau1920–2008
- Joseph Horovitz1926–2022
- Joseph Marcus Ritchie1946–1989
- Joseph Schwantner1943–
- Joseph Waters1952–
- Joseph Willcox Jenkins1928–2014
- Joseph-François Kremer1954–
- Joshua Uzoigwe1946–2005
- Josima Feldschuh1929–1943
- Josquin Des Pres (American musician)1954–
- Jovan Adamov1942–
- Jovino Santos Neto1954–
- Joyce Mekeel1931–1997
- Jože Humer1936–2012
- Józef Świder1930–2014
- József Soproni (composer)1930–2021
- Juan Carlos Calderón1938–2012
- Juan Hidalgo Codorniu1927–2018
- Juanjo Mier Cáraves1947–1997
- Judith Bailey (composer)1941–2025
- Judith Bingham1952–
- Judith Clingan1945–
- Judith Dvorkin1928–1995
- Judith Lang Zaimont1945–
- Judith Shatin1949–
- Judith Weir1954–
- Judy Bailey (pianist)1935–2025
- Judy Klein1943–
- Juhani Komulainen1953–
- Julia Perry1924–1979
- Julia Tsenova1948–2010
- Julia Usher1945–
- Julien Hoffmann1924–2007
- Júlio Medaglia1938–
- Julius Eastman1940–1990
- Julius Hemphill1938–1995
- Junko Mori (composer)1948–
- Junsang Bahk1937–
- Juraj Lexmann1941–2025
- Jürg Wyttenbach1935–2021
- Juri Camisasca1951–
- Juro Mětšk1954–2022
- Jurriaan Andriessen (composer)1925–1996
- Justin Connolly1933–2020
- Kaija Saariaho1952–2023
- Kaj Chydenius1939–2024
- Kalevi Aho1949–
- Kamilló Lendvay1928–2016
- Kamran Aziz1922–2017
- Kang Sukhi1934–2020
- Karama Mursal1946–2014
- Karel Goeyvaerts1923–1993
- Karel Husa1921–2016
- Karel Janovický1930–2024
- Karen Khachaturian1920–2011
- Karl Aage Rasmussen1947–
- Karl Heinz Füssl1924–1992
- Karl Heinz Schäfer1932–1996
- Karl Jenkins1944–
- Karl Korte1928–2022
- Karl Norbert Schmid1926–1995
- Karl Scharnweber1950–
- Karl-Ernst Sasse1923–2006
- Karlheinz Stockhausen1928–2007
- Karólína Eiríksdóttir1951–
- Katharine Mulky Warne1923–2015
- Katherine Hoover1937–2018
- Katsuhisa Hattori1936–2020
- Katsutoshi Nagasawa1923–2008
- Kay Gardner (composer)1941–2002
- Kay Lande1930–2022
- Kazimierz Serocki1922–1981
- Kazuhiko Hattori1944–
- Kazuhiko Katō1947–2009
- Kazuhiro Morita1952–2021
- Kazuko Hara1935–2014
- Keiko Abe1937–
- Keith Tippett1947–2020
- Kelsey Jones1922–2004
- Ken Field1953–
- Ken Howard (composer)1939–2024
- Ken'ichiro Kobayashi1940–
- Kenjiro Ezaki1926–
- Kenneth Gaburo1926–1993
- Kenneth Kafui1951–2020
- Kenneth Leighton1929–1988
- Kenneth Peacock1922–2000
- Kenny Wheeler1930–2014
- Kenton Coe1930–2021
- Kerstin Jeppsson1948–
- Kevin Volans1949–
- Kilza Setti1932–
- Kim Kashkashian1952–
- Kimo Williams1950–
- Kingo Hamada1953–
- Kirill Molchanov1922–1982
- Kirke Mechem1925–
- Kjell Mørk Karlsen1947–
- Klaas de Vries (composer)1944–
- Klas Torstensson1951–
- Klaus Ager1946–
- Klaus Doldinger1936–2025
- Klaus Huber1924–2017
- Klaus Wolfgang Niemöller1929–2024
- Koço Uçi1923–1982
- Kohei Tanaka (composer)1954–
- Kōhine Pōnika1920–1990
- Koichi Sugiyama1931–2021
- Koili Devi1929–2007
- Koji Shitara1946–
- Konrad Boehmer1941–2014
- Konstantin Orbelyan1928–2014
- Konstantin Petrossian1946–
- Kostas Tournas1949–
- Kristi Allik1952–
- Kristian Blak1947–
- Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar1924–2008
- Krzesimir Dębski1953–
- Krzysztof Knittel1947–
- Krzysztof Komeda1931–1969
- Krzysztof Penderecki1933–2020
- Kuniaki Haishima1953–
- Kurt Leimer1920–1974
- Kurt Rapf1922–2007
- Kurt Schwertsik1935–
- Kurt Sonnenfeld (composer)1921–1997
- Kurt Westerberg1950–
- La Monte Young1935–
- Laci Boldemann1921–1969
- Ladislav Burlas1927–2024
- Ladislav Kubík1946–2017
- Ladislav Kupkovič1936–2016
- Lajos Dudas1942–
- Lallo Gori1927–1982
- Lam Bun-Ching1954–
- Lam Manyee1950–
- Larry Austin1930–2018
- Larry Crosley1932–1998
- Larry Grossman (composer)1938–
- Larry Harlow (musician)1939–2021
- Larry Lake (musician)1943–2013
- Larry Nickel1952–
- Larry Polansky1954–2024
- Lars Edlund1922–2013
- Lars Jansson (composer)1951–
- Lars-Gunnar Bodin1935–2021
- Lárus Halldór Grímsson1954–
- László Sáry1940–
- László Vidovszky1944–
- Laura Clayton1943–
- Laurent Petitgirard1950–
- Laurent Voulzy1948–
- Laurie Johnson1927–2024
- Laurie Scott Baker1943–2022
- Laurie Spiegel1945–
- Lazarus Ekwueme1936–
- Lee Hoiby1926–2011
- Leifur Þórarinsson1934–1998
- Lejaren Hiller1924–1994
- Lejla Agolli1950–
- Lelio Luttazzi1923–2010
- Len Blum1951–
- Leni Alexander1924–2005
- Lennie Niehaus1929–2020
- Leo Brouwer1939–
- Leo Smit (American composer)1921–1999
- Leon Bates (pianist)1949–2025
- Leon Schidlowsky1931–2022
- Leonard Enns1948–
- Leonard Kastle1929–2011
- Leonard Rosenman1924–2008
- Leonardo Balada1933–
- Leonid Vainshtein1945–1994
- Leonora Milà Romeu1942–
- Lepo Sumera1950–2000
- Lesia Dychko1939–
- Leslie Adams (composer)1932–2024
- Leslie Bassett1923–2016
- Leslie Stewart (writer)1949–
- Lester Trimble1923–1986
- Lettie Alston1953–2014
- Lev Kolodub1930–2019
- Lew Soloff1944–2015
- Lex de Azevedo1943–
- Liana Alexandra1947–2011
- Lidia Zielińska1953–
- Lindsay Cooper1951–2013
- Lisle Ellis1951–
- Lloyd Blackman (musician)1928–2014
- Lloyd Ultan (composer)1929–1998
- Loek Dikker1944–
- Lois V. Vierk1951–
- Lojze Lebič1934–
- Lolita de la Colina1948–
- Lorenzo Ferrero1951–
- Lorenzo Palomo1938–2024
- Lorenzo Pilat1938–
- Loris Tjeknavorian1937–
- Louis Andriessen1939–2021
- Louis Calabro1926–1991
- Louis Karchin1951–
- Louis Mennini1920–2000
- Louis Thiry1935–2019
- Louis W. Ballard1931–2007
- Louis-Noël Belaubre1932–2017
- Lu Yen1930–2008
- Lubomyr Melnyk1948–
- Lubor Bárta1928–1972
- Luboš Fišer1935–1999
- Luboš Sluka1928–
- Luc Ferrari1929–2005
- Luca Lombardi (composer)1945–
- Lucía Álvarez1948–
- Lucia Dlugoszewski1931–2000
- Luciano Berio1925–2003
- Luciano Chailly1920–2002
- Luciano Cilio1950–1983
- Lucien Deiss1921–2007
- Lucien Goethals1931–2006
- Lucien Posman1952–
- Lucius R. Wyatt1938–
- Lucy Simon1940–2022
- Ludmila Ulehla1923–2009
- Ludvík Podéšť1921–1968
- Luigi Ceccarelli1953–
- Luigi Lopez1947–2025
- Luigi Nono1924–1990
- Luis Advis1935–2004
- Luis Antonio Ramírez1923–1995
- Luis Bordón1926–2006
- Luis de los Cobos1927–2012
- Luis de Pablo1930–2021
- Luis Días (composer)1952–2009
- Luis Jorge González1936–2016
- Lukas Foss1922–2009
- Luna Alcalay1928–2012
- Lutz Glandien1954–
- Lưu Hữu Phước1921–1989
- Lydia Axionova1923–2019
- Lyell Cresswell1944–2022
- Lyle Mays1953–2020
- Lyudmila Lyadova1925–2021
- Madeleine Dring1923–1977
- Magaly Ruiz1941–
- Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson1925–2005
- Maia Ciobanu1952–
- Maija Einfelde1939–
- Majoie Hajary1921–2017
- Maki Ishii1936–2003
- Makoto Moroi1930–2013
- Makoto Shinohara1931–2024
- Maksim Dunayevsky1945–
- Malcolm Arnold1921–2006
- Malcolm Dalglish1952–
- Malcolm Forsyth1936–2011
- Malcolm Goldstein1936–
- Malcolm Lipkin1932–2017
- Malcolm Peyton1932–2025
- Malcolm Williamson1931–2003
- Manfred Kelkel1929–1999
- Manfred Stahnke1951–
- Manfred Trojahn1949–
- Manos Hatzidakis1925–1994
- Manuel Alejandro1933–
- Manuel De Sica1949–2014
- Manuel Enríquez1926–1994
- Manuel Valls (composer)1920–1984
- Marc Battier1947–
- Marc Dubugnon1946–
- Marc Neikrug1946–
- Marcel Bitsch1921–2011
- Marcel Frémiot1920–2018
- Marcel Gagnon (musician)1950–
- Marcela Rodríguez1951–
- Marcelle Villin1927–2022
- Marcello Abbado1926–2020
- Marcello Aitiani1951–
- Marcello Giombini1928–2003
- Marco Frisina1954–
- Marco Tutino1954–
- Marcus Österdahl1943–
- Marek Kopelent1932–2023
- Marek Stachowski (composer)1936–2004
- Marga Richter1926–2020
- Margaret Brouwer1940–
- Margaret Garwood1927–2015
- Margaret Lucy Wilkins1939–
- Margaret Rizza1929–
- Margaret Rosezarian Harris1943–2000
- Margaret Scoville1944–1978
- Margaret Vardell Sandresky1921–
- Margareta Hallin1931–2020
- Margriet Ehlen1943–
- Margriet Hoenderdos1952–2010
- Margrit Zimmermann1927–2020
- Maria de Lourdes Martins1926–2009
- María Dolores Malumbres1931–2019
- María Escribano1954–2002
- Maria Helena Rosas Fernandes1933–
- Maria Linnemann1947–
- María Luisa Ozaita1939–2017
- Maria Rosa Ribas Monné1944–2024
- Maria Teresa Luengo1940–
- María Teresa Oller1920–2018
- Marian Grudeff1927–2006
- Marian Sawa1937–2005
- Mariano Garau1952–
- Marielli Sfakianaki1945–
- Marilyn Crispell1947–
- Marilyn J. Ziffrin1926–2018
- Marilyn Michaels1943–
- Marilyn Rinehart1926–2012
- Marilyn Shrude1946–
- Marina Tucaković1953–2021
- Mario Davidovsky1934–2019
- Mario Duschenes1923–2009
- Mario Lavezzi1948–
- Mario Lavista1943–2021
- Mario Zafred1922–1987
- Marion Verhaalen1930–2020
- Marion Vree1920–2012
- Marios Tokas1954–2008
- Marisa Rezende1944–
- Marius Constant1925–2004
- Marjan Mozetich1948–
- Marjorie Merryman1951–
- Mark Abel1948–
- Mark Bucci1924–2002
- Mark Carlson (composer)1952–
- Mark Houston1946–1995
- Mark Kopytman1929–2011
- Mark London1940–
- Mark Minkov1944–2012
- Marta Jiráčková1932–
- Marta Lambertini1937–2019
- Marta Ptaszynska1943–
- Martin Amlin1953–
- Martin Armiger1949–2019
- Martin Boykan1931–2021
- Martin Bresnick1946–
- Martin Christoph Redel1947–
- Martin Rößler1934–2024
- Martin Schlumpf1947–
- Martin Wesley-Smith1945–2019
- Mārtiņš Brauns1951–2021
- Marty Walsh (musician)1952–
- Marvin Hamlisch1944–2012
- Mary Jeanne van Appledorn1927–2014
- Mary Lynn Lightfoot1952–
- Mary Lynn Twombly1935–
- Mary Mageau1934–2020
- Mary McCarty Snow1928–2012
- Mary Rodgers1931–2014
- Maryanne Amacher1938–2009
- Master Abdullah1930–1994
- Mathew Rosenblum1954–
- Mathias Spahlinger1944–
- Matthew McCauley (producer)1954–
- Maung Thit Min1953–2011
- Maurice Fleuret1932–1990
- Maurice Jarre1924–2009
- Mauricio Buraglia1954–
- Mauricio González de la Garza1923–1995
- Mauricio Kagel1931–2008
- Mauricio Rosenmann Taub1932–2021
- Maurizio Fabrizio1952–
- Max Beckschäfer1952–
- Max E. Keller1947–
- Max Lifchitz1948–
- Max Méreaux1946–
- Max Neuhaus1939–2009
- Max Stern (composer)1947–
- Maya Badian1945–
- Mayako Kubo1947–
- Mel Powell1923–1998
- Melanie Ruth Daiken1945–2016
- Melih Kibar1951–2005
- Melinda Kistétényi1926–1999
- Meredith Monk1942–
- Merrill Bradshaw1929–2000
- Merrill Jenson1947–
- Mesías Maiguashca1938–
- Mestre Damasceno1954–2025
- Michael B. Tretow1944–2025
- Michael Berkeley1948–
- Michael Blake (composer)1951–
- Michael Brand (composer)1952–
- Michael Brook1952–
- Michael Carnes1950–
- Michael Conway Baker1937–
- Michael Dadap1944–
- Michael Daugherty1954–
- Michael Dellaira1949–
- Michael F. Robinson1933–2026
- Michael Finnissy1946–
- Michael Garrett (composer)1944–2023
- Michael Gielen1927–2019
- Michael Hannan (composer)1949–
- Michael Hennagin1936–1993
- Michael Hurd (composer)1928–2006
- Michael J. Lewis (composer)1939–
- Michael Lawson (priest)1952–
- Michaël Lévinas1949–
- Michael Matthews (composer)1950–
- Michael McLean (composer)1952–
- Michael Nyman1944–
- Michael Parsons (composer)1938–
- Michael Rosenzweig (composer)1951–
- Michael Sahl1934–2018
- Michael Vetter1943–2013
- Michael von Biel1937–
- Michel Bühler1945–2022
- Michel Colombier1939–2004
- Michel Decoust1936–
- Michel Herr1949–
- Michel Longtin1946–
- Michel Magne1930–1984
- Michel Merlet1939–2026
- Michel Perrault1925–2010
- Michel Philippot1925–1996
- Michel Puig1930–
- Michèle Bokanowski1943–
- Michèle Reverdy1943–
- Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux1938–1985
- Mickey Newbury1940–2002
- Mieko Shiomi (composer)1938–
- Miguel Ángel Coria1937–2016
- Miguel Roig-Francolí1953–
- Mihai Brediceanu1920–2005
- Mikael Tariverdiev1931–1996
- Mike Johnson (guitarist)1952–
- Mikhail Plyatskovsky1935–1991
- Mikis Theodorakis1925–2021
- Mikko Heiniö1948–
- Miklós Kocsár1933–2019
- Miklós Sugár1952–
- Milan Kymlicka1936–2008
- Milan Mihajlović1945–
- Milan Zelenka1939–
- Miłosz Magin1929–1999
- Milton Barnes (composer)1931–2001
- Mimmo Cavallo1951–
- Mimmo Locasciulli1949–
- Minoru Miki1930–2011
- Miquel Roger i Casamada1954–2017
- Miroslav Martinjak1951–
- Misha Mengelberg1935–2017
- Misha Segal1943–
- Mitch Teemley1950–
- Miúcha1937–2018
- Mladen Guteša1923–2015
- Moacir Santos1924–2006
- Modesta Bor1926–1998
- Mogens Winkel Holm1936–1999
- Mohammed Zahur Khayyam1927–2019
- Momo Wandel Soumah1926–2003
- Mona Lyn Reese1951–
- Monic Cecconi-Botella1936–2025
- Mónica Cosachov1946–
- Monte Cazazza1954–2023
- Monty Norman1928–2022
- Morice Benin1947–2021
- Mort Garson1924–2008
- Morten Lauridsen1943–
- Morton Feldman1926–1987
- Morton Subotnick1933–
- Moshe Zorman1952–
- Mostafa Kamal Pourtorab1924–2016
- Motoyuki Shitanda1952–
- Moya Henderson1941–
- Murad Kazhlayev1931–2023
- Murray Boren1950–
- Myke Roy1950–
- Mykhaylo Chemberzhi1944–2018
- Myriam Marbé1931–1997
- Myron Fink1932–
- N. Z. Nayo1922–1993
- Nachum Heiman1934–2016
- Nadezhda Simonyan1922–1997
- Nancy Galbraith1951–
- Nancy Laird Chance1931–
- Nancy Telfer1950–
- Nancy Van de Vate1930–2023
- Natalia Raigorodsky1929–2018
- Natalie Sleeth1930–1992
- Natela Svanidze1926–2017
- Natsagiin Jantsannorov1949–
- Nazim Aliverdibeyov1926–1986
- Ned Rorem1923–2022
- Neil Chotem1920–2008
- Neil Richardson (composer)1930–2010
- Neil Rolnick1947–
- Neil Slater1931–
- Nelly Moretto1925–1978
- Nelly Uchendu1950–2005
- Nelly Vuksic1938–
- Neneco Norton1923–2013
- Netta Aloni1945–
- Nguyễn Đình Thi1924–2003
- Nguyen Thien Dao1940–2015
- Niccolò Castiglioni1932–1996
- Nicholas Hooper1952–
- Nicholas Maw1935–2009
- Nicholas Van Slyck1922–1983
- Nick Glennie-Smith1951–
- Nico Fidenco1933–2022
- Nicola LeFanu1947–
- Nicola Piovani1946–
- Nicola Samale1941–
- Nicolas Collins1954–
- Nicolas Economou1953–1993
- Nicolas Flagello1928–1994
- Nicolas Panagopoulos1954–
- Nicolas Zourabichvili1936–
- Nicolaus A. Huber1939–
- Nicole Carignan1952–
- Nicu Alifantis1954–
- Nicu Covaci1947–2024
- Niels Eje1954–
- Nigel Butterley1935–2022
- Nigel Hess1953–
- Nigel Osborne1948–
- Nikolai Kapustin1937–2020
- Nikolai Karetnikov1930–1994
- Nikolai Korndorf1947–2001
- Nikolaus Brass1949–
- Nikos Papazoglou1948–2011
- Nils Lindberg1933–2022
- Nils-Göran Areskoug1951–
- Nilson Lombardi1926–2008
- Nini Bulterijs1929–1989
- Nisar Bazmi1925–2007
- Noah Creshevsky1945–2020
- Noam Sheriff1935–2018
- Noel DaCosta1929–2002
- Noël Goemanne1926–2010
- Noël Lancien1934–1999
- Noël Lee1924–2013
- Norbert Linke1933–2020
- Noriyuki Asakura1954–
- Norma Beecroft1934–2024
- Norman Durkee1948–2014
- Norman Gimbel1927–2018
- Norman Hallam (composer)1945–2025
- Norman Kay (composer)1929–2001
- Norman Orenstein1945–
- Norman Symonds1920–1998
- Normand Roger1949–
- Nuon Kan1934–2002
- Nury Halmammedov1940–1983
- Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso1920–1998
- Odaline de la Martinez1949–
- Odette Gartenlaub1922–2014
- Odile Pierre1932–2020
- Olav Anton Thommessen1946–
- Oldřich František Korte1926–2014
- Oleg Felzer1939–1998
- Oleg Gazmanov1951–
- Oleksandr Bilash1931–2003
- Oleksandr Krasotov1936–2007
- Oliver Kentish1954–
- Oliver Knussen1952–2018
- Olivier Greif1950–2000
- Olivier Toussaint1943–
- Olle Elgenmark1936–2016
- Olly Wilson1937–2018
- Onaje Allan Gumbs1949–2020
- Onzy Matthews1930–1997
- Orlando Jacinto Garcia1954–
- Oscar Feltsman1921–2013
- Oscar López Ruiz1938–2021
- Oscar Prudente1944–
- Osvaldas Balakauskas1937–2026
- Osvaldo Lacerda1927–2011
- Osvaldo Requena1931–2010
- Oswald d'Andréa1934–2024
- Otar Taktakishvili1924–1989
- Otomar Kvěch1950–2018
- Otto Nitze1924–1988
- Otto Zykan1935–2006
- Owen Underhill1954–
- Paavo Heininen1938–2022
- Pablo Manavello1950–2016
- Palle Mikkelborg1941–
- Pamela J. Marshall1954–
- Paolo Castaldi1930–2021
- Paolo Renosto1935–1988
- Param Vir1952–
- Pascale Criton1954–
- Patric Standford1939–2014
- Patricia Jünger1951–2017
- Patrick Ascione1953–2014
- Patrick Doyle1953–
- Patrick Larley1951–
- Patsy Rogers1938–
- Patti Scialfa1953–
- Patty Obasi1951–2012
- Paul Alan Levi1941–
- Paul Angerer1927–2017
- Paul Baillargeon1944–
- Paul Cooper (composer)1926–1996
- Paul Danblon1931–2018
- Paul Dirmeikis1954–
- Paul Dresher1951–
- Paul Gutama Soegijo1934–2019
- Paul Koulak1943–2021
- Paul Lansky1944–
- Paul McCandless1947–
- Paul Méfano1937–2020
- Paul Nelson (composer)1929–2008
- Paul Panhuysen1934–2015
- Paul Patterson (composer)1947–
- Paul Pedersen (composer)1935–
- Paul Reade1943–1997
- Paul Reale1943–2020
- Paul Schoenfield1947–2024
- Paul Spicer (musician)1952–
- Paul W. Whear1925–2021
- Paul Walter Fürst1926–2013
- Paul Williams (composer)1940–
- Paul-Baudouin Michel1930–2020
- Paul-Heinz Dittrich1930–2020
- Pauline Oliveros1932–2016
- Paulo César Pinheiro1949–
- Paulo Sérgio Valle1940–
- Pavle Dešpalj1934–2021
- Paweł Szymański1954–
- Pedro Ipuche Riva1924–1996
- Pedro Iturralde1929–2020
- Pedro Vilarroig1954–
- Peer Raben1940–2007
- Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen1932–2016
- Penelope Thwaites1944–
- Peng Xiuwen1931–1996
- Pepe Jaramillo1921–2001
- Peppe Barra1944–
- Per Nørgård1932–2025
- Pete Moore (composer)1924–2013
- Peter Allen (composer)1952–
- Peter Andry1927–2010
- Peter Bernstein (composer)1951–
- Peter Best (composer)1943–
- Peter Blegvad1951–
- Peter Davison (composer)1948–
- Peter Dorn1931–
- Péter Eötvös1944–2024
- Peter Förtig1934–2024
- Peter Garland (composer)1952–
- Peter Hannan (composer)1953–
- Peter Herrmann1941–2015
- Peter Hope (composer)1930–
- Peter Jona Korn1922–1998
- Peter Klatzow1945–2021
- Peter Lieberson1946–2011
- Péter Máté1947–1984
- Peter Maxwell Davies1934–2016
- Peter Mennin1923–1983
- Peter Planyavsky1947–
- Peter Racine Fricker1920–1990
- Peter Ruzicka1948–
- Peter Schat1935–2003
- Peter Schickele1935–2024
- Peter Scott Lewis1953–
- Peter Sculthorpe1929–2014
- Peter Tahourdin1928–2009
- Peter Thomas (composer)1925–2020
- Peter Westergaard1931–2019
- Pēteris Plakidis1947–2017
- Pēteris Vasks1946–
- Petr Eben1929–2007
- Petr Kotik1942–
- Petr Skoumal1938–2014
- Phạm Duy1921–2013
- Phil Kline1953–
- Phil Miller1949–2017
- Philip Bračanin1942–
- Philip Cannon (composer)1929–2016
- Philip Corner1933–
- Philip Glass1937–
- Philip Hagemann1932–
- Philip Hammond (composer)1951–
- Philip Krumm1941–
- Philip Kruse1949–
- Philip Munger1946–
- Philip Sparke1951–
- Philip Springer1926–
- Philip Wilby1949–
- Philippe Boesmans1936–2022
- Philippe Boivin1954–
- Philippe Capdenat1934–2025
- Philippe Chamouard1952–
- Philippe Hersant1948–
- Philippe Leduc1951–
- Philippe Manoury1952–
- Philippe Sarde1948–
- Phill Niblock1933–2024
- Phillip Houghton1954–2017
- Phillip Ramey1939–
- Phyllis Zimmerman1934–2012
- Piergiorgio Farina1933–2008
- Piero Cassano1948–
- Piero Milesi1953–2011
- Piero Piccioni1921–2004
- Pierre Boulez1925–2016
- Pierre Brabant1925–2014
- Pierre Cao1937–2026
- Pierre Cochereau1924–1984
- Pierre Henry1927–2017
- Pierre Jansen1930–2015
- Pierre Labric1921–
- Pierre Mariétan1935–2025
- Pierre Max Dubois1930–1995
- Pierre Petit (composer)1922–2000
- Pierre Villette1926–1998
- Pieter Goemans1925–2000
- Pino Calvi1930–1989
- Pino Presti1943–
- Piotr Lachert1938–2018
- Piotr Moss1949–
- Pınar Köksal1946–2019
- Polo Piatti1954–
- Poul Rovsing Olsen1922–1982
- Poul Ruders1949–
- Pozzi Escot1933–
- Pril Smiley1943–
- Primož Ramovš1921–1999
- Priscilla McLean1942–
- Przemysław Gintrowski1951–2012
- Puakea Nogelmeier1953–
- Qigang Chen1951–
- Qu Xiao-Song1952–
- R. Murray Schafer1933–2021
- Rachel Eubanks1922–2006
- Rachel Galinne1949–
- Rade Jovanović (composer)1928–1986
- Radim Drejsl1923–1953
- Rafael Escalona1926–2009
- Rafał Augustyn (composer)1951–
- Raffaello de Banfield1922–2008
- Raffi Armenian1942–
- Rageh Daoud1954–
- Ragnar Søderlind1945–
- Rainer Böhm1952–2013
- Rainer Kunad1936–1995
- Rainer Riehn1941–2015
- Rakoto Frah1923–2001
- Ralph Lundsten1936–2023
- Ralph Shapey1921–2002
- Rambhadracharya1950–
- Rami Bar-Niv1945–
- Ramiro Cortés1933–1984
- Ramiz Mustafayev1926–2008
- Ramon Santos1941–
- Ramón Sender (composer)1934–
- Randy Edelman1947–
- Randy Raine-Reusch1952–
- Ranko Rihtman1948–
- Raúl de Ramón1929–1984
- Ravi (composer)1926–2012
- Ravi Shankar1920–2012
- Ray Griff1940–2016
- Ray Holman1944–
- Ray Santos1928–2019
- Raymond Daveluy1926–2016
- Raymond Deane1953–
- Raymond Guiot1930–2025
- Raymond Luedeke1944–
- Raymond Premru1934–1998
- Raymond Warren1928–2025
- Raymond Wilding-White1922–2001
- Raynald Arseneault1945–1995
- Reg Tilsley1926–1997
- Reiner Bredemeyer1929–1995
- Reinhard Febel1952–
- Reinhard Lakomy1946–2013
- Reinhard Pfundt1951–
- Reinhold Heil1954–
- Relly Raffman1921–1988
- Renate Birnstein1946–
- Renato de Grandis1927–2008
- Renato Serio1946–2024
- Renaud Gagneux1947–2018
- René Clemencic1928–2022
- René Dupéré1946–
- René Koering1940–
- René Maillard1931–2012
- René Staar1951–
- René Wohlhauser1954–
- Revol Bunin1924–1976
- Rexho Mulliqi1923–1982
- Reza Vali1952–
- Rezo Lagidze1921–1981
- Rhian Samuel1944–
- Rhys Chatham1952–
- Riaz ur Rehman Saghar1940–2013
- Ric Formosa1954–
- Ricardo Tacuchian1939–
- Riccardo Cocciante1946–
- Richard Aaker Trythall1939–2022
- Richard Arnest1950–
- Richard Bunger Evans1942–
- Richard Edward Wilson1941–
- Richard Einhorn1952–
- Richard Emsley1951–
- Richard Faith1926–2021
- Richard Festinger1948–
- Richard Gibson (composer)1953–
- Richard Grayson (composer)1941–2016
- Richard Grégoire1944–2025
- Richard Harvey (composer)1953–
- Richard Hey Lloyd1933–2021
- Richard Hill (composer)1942–2026
- Richard Hoffmann (composer)1925–2021
- Richard Hundley1931–2018
- Richard Maxfield1927–1969
- Richard Meale1932–2009
- Richard Mills (composer)1949–
- Richard Owen (judge)1922–2015
- Richard Peaslee1930–2016
- Richard Rodney Bennett1936–2012
- Richard Rudolf Klein1921–2011
- Richard Shephard1949–2021
- Richard St. Clair1946–
- Richard Stoker1938–2021
- Richard Teitelbaum1939–2020
- Richard Wernick1934–2025
- Richard Woitach1936–2020
- Rick Baitz1954–
- Rick Shorter1934–2017
- Rick van der Linden1946–2006
- Rick Wilkins (musician)1937–
- Rickard Näslin1947–
- Riz Ortolani1926–2014
- Rob du Bois1934–2013
- Rob Kapilow1952–
- Robbi Finkel1950–
- Robert Aldridge (composer)1954–
- Robert Allworth1943–2017
- Robert Amirkhanyan1939–
- Robert Ashley1930–2014
- Robert Beaser1954–
- Robert Bernat1931–1994
- Robert Carl1954–
- Robert Cogan1930–2021
- Robert Davine1924–2001
- Robert De Cormier1922–2017
- Robert Evett (composer)1922–1975
- Robert Fleming (composer)1921–1976
- Robert Gauldin1931–2025
- Robert Greenberg1954–
- Robert Helps1928–2001
- Robert Heppener1925–2009
- Robert Hughes (American composer)1933–2022
- Robert Kurka1921–1957
- Robert Kyr1952–
- Robert Levin (musicologist)1947–
- Robert Lombardo (composer)1932–2026
- Robert M. Cundick1926–2016
- Robert Marcel Lepage1951–
- Robert Moevs1920–2007
- Robert Moran (composer)1937–
- Robert Morris (composer)1943–
- Robert Muczynski1929–2010
- Robert Nagel1924–2016
- Robert Owens (composer)1925–2017
- Robert Powell (composer)1932–2025
- Robert Russell (composer)1933–2020
- Robert Rutman1931–2021
- Robert Saxton1953–
- Robert Simpson (composer)1921–1997
- Robert Sirota1949–
- Robert Starer1924–2001
- Robert Suderburg1936–2013
- Robert Turner (composer)1920–2012
- Robert Walker (composer)1946–
- Robert Wells (songwriter)1922–1998
- Robert William Witt1930–1967
- Robert Wykes1926–2021
- Roberto Bienzobas1942–
- Roberto Cantoral1935–2010
- Roberto Ciotti1953–2013
- Roberto De Simone1933–2025
- Robin Holloway1943–
- Robin Maconie1942–
- Robin Minard1953–
- Rocco Di Pietro1949–
- Rocío Sanz Quirós1934–1993
- Rod McKuen1933–2015
- Roddy Ellias1949–
- Rodolfo Arízaga1926–1985
- Roger Bellon1953–
- Roger Bourland1952–
- Roger Boutry1932–2019
- Roger Craig Vogel1947–
- Roger Donald Dickerson1934–
- Roger Jones (composer)1948–
- Roger Matton1929–2004
- Roger Nixon1921–2009
- Roger Reynolds1934–
- Roger Rooman1948–1996
- Roger Rossi1940–
- Roger Smalley1943–2015
- Roger Steptoe1953–
- Roland Cardon1929–2001
- Roland Carter (composer)1942–
- Roland Trogan1933–2012
- Rolande Falcinelli1920–2006
- Rolf Alexander Wilhelm1927–2013
- Rolf Gehlhaar1943–2019
- Rolf Riehm1937–2026
- Rolf Schweizer1936–2016
- Román Alís1931–2006
- Roman Bunka1951–2022
- Romano Crivici1953–
- Romeo Cascarino1922–2002
- Romuald Twardowski1930–2024
- Ron Collier1930–2003
- Ron Goodwin1925–2003
- Ron Nelson (composer)1929–2023
- Ron Weidberg1953–
- Ronald Barnes (carillonist)1927–1997
- Ronald Senator1926–2015
- Ronald Stein1930–1988
- Ronald Stevenson1928–2015
- Ronaldo Miranda1948–
- Ronn McFarlane1953–
- Ronnie Hazlehurst1928–2007
- Rory Boyle1951–
- Ros Bandt1951–
- Rosa Guraieb1931–2014
- Roscoe Mitchell1940–
- Ross Bauer1951–
- Ross Edwards (composer)1943–
- Ross Harris (composer)1945–
- Röstäm Yaxin1921–1993
- Rostislav Boyko1931–2002
- Rowan Taylor (composer)1927–2005
- Ruben Radica1931–2021
- Ruben Sargsyan1945–2013
- Rudi Martinus van Dijk1932–2003
- Rudolf Kelterborn1931–2021
- Rudolf Mors1920–1988
- Rudy Toth1925–2009
- Russell Atkins1926–2024
- Russell Woollen1923–1994
- Rutger Gunnarsson1946–2015
- Ruth Anderson (composer)1928–2019
- Ruth Bodenstein-Hoyme1924–2006
- Ruth Gipps1921–1999
- Ruth Lomon1930–2017
- Ruth Schönthal1924–2006
- Ruth White (composer)1925–2013
- Ruth Zechlin1926–2007
- Ryan Cayabyab1954–
- Ryōhei Hirose1930–2008
- Ryuichi Sakamoto1952–2023
- Saburō Kitajima1936–
- Sadao Bekku1922–2012
- Sai Kham Leik1949–
- Saiful Bahri1924–1976
- Saint-Preux1948–
- Salah El Mahdi1925–2014
- Sally Johnston Reid1948–2019
- Salvatore Martirano1927–1995
- Salvatore Sciarrino1947–
- Sam Spence1927–2016
- Samson François1924–1970
- Samuel Adler (composer)1928–
- Samuel Jones (composer)1935–
- Sándor Balassa1935–2021
- Sándor Kallós1935–2026
- Sandro Gorli1948–
- Sanja Ilić1951–2021
- Santiago Vera-Rivera1950–
- Sarah Feigin1928–2011
- Scot Gresham-Lancaster1954–
- Scott Alan Wyatt1951–
- Scott Irvine1953–
- Scott Johnson (composer)1952–2023
- Scott Wheeler (composer)1952–
- Seán Ó Riada1931–1971
- Sei Ikeno1931–2004
- Seóirse Bodley1933–2023
- Șerban Nichifor1954–
- Serge Garant1929–1986
- Serge Lancen1922–2005
- Serge Nigg1924–2008
- Serge Tcherepnin1941–
- Sergei Slonimsky1932–2020
- Sergey Kuryokhin1954–1996
- Sérgio Assad1952–
- Sergio Bardotti1939–2007
- Sergio Barroso1946–
- Sergio Cervetti1940–
- Sérgio Mendes1941–2024
- Sergio Rendine1954–2023
- Sergiu Natra1924–2021
- Serifatu Oladunni Oduguwa1949–1978
- Seymour Barab1921–2014
- Shafiga Akhundova1924–2013
- Shakhida Shaimardanova1938–2020
- Shalom Hanoch1946–
- Shambhu Das1934–
- Sharif lotfi1950–
- Sharon Elery Rogers1929–2022
- Sharon Ruchman1949–
- Shaun Davey1948–
- Sheida Gharachedaghi1941–
- Sheila Nelson1936–2020
- Sheila Silver1946–
- Shigeaki Saegusa1942–
- Shih (composer)1950–
- Shih Wei-Liang1926–1977
- Shirish Korde1945–
- Shirley Walker1945–2006
- Shoshana Riseman1948–
- Shuki Levy1947–
- Shulamit Ran1949–
- Shunsuke Kikuchi1931–2021
- Siegfried Behrend1933–1990
- Siegfried Bimberg1927–2008
- Siegfried Fietz1946–
- Siegfried Fink1928–2006
- Siegfried Geißler1929–2014
- Siegfried Kurz1930–2023
- Siegfried Matthus1934–2021
- Siegrid Ernst1929–2022
- Sigurd Jansen1932–
- Silvana Di Lotti1942–
- Sima Bina1945–
- Simeon ten Holt1923–2012
- Simon Bainbridge1952–2021
- Simón Díaz1928–2014
- Simon Emmerson (composer)1950–
- Simon Gjoni1925–1991
- Simon Preston1938–2022
- Simon Sargon1938–2022
- Sinan Savaskan1954–
- Sinyan Shen1949–2016
- Slamet Abdul Sjukur1935–2015
- Sofia Gubaidulina1931–2025
- Sol Berkowitz1922–2006
- Solange Ancona1943–2019
- Solhi al-Wadi1934–2007
- Somei Satoh1947–
- Sorrel Hays1941–2020
- Srđan Ćuković1952–
- Srul Irving Glick1934–2002
- Stanley Clarke1951–
- Stanley Hollingsworth1924–2003
- Stanley Zabka1924–2023
- Stavros Xarchakos1939–
- Stefan Lano1952–
- Stefans Grové1922–2014
- Steinar Ofsdal1948–
- Stelvio Cipriani1937–2018
- Štěpán Rak1945–
- Stéphane Delplace1953–
- Stephen Albert1941–1992
- Stephen Chatman1950–
- Stephen Dodgson1924–2013
- Stephen Douglas Burton1943–
- Stephen Hartke1952–
- Stephen Jaffe1954–
- Stephen Malinowski1953–
- Stephen McNeff1951–
- Stephen Montague1943–
- Stephen Oliver (composer)1950–1992
- Stephen Paulus1949–2014
- Stephen Scott (composer)1944–2021
- Stephen Whittington1953–
- Steve Fiset1946–2015
- Steve Race (musician)1921–2009
- Steve Reich1936–
- Steve Tittle1935–2024
- Steven Gellman1947–
- Steven Gerber1948–2015
- Steven Richman1946–
- Steven Sametz1954–
- Steven Stucky1949–2016
- Stu Phillips (composer)1929–
- Stu Phillips (country singer)1933–2025
- Stuart Saunders Smith1948–2024
- Sulkhan Tsintsadze1925–1991
- Susan Frykberg1954–2023
- Susan Morton Blaustein1953–
- Susanna Lindeborg1952–
- Susumu Hirasawa1954–
- Suzanne Doucet1944–
- Svatopluk Havelka1925–2009
- Sven Libaek1938–
- Sven-David Sandström1942–2019
- Svetozar Saša Kovačević1950–2022
- Syd Dale1924–1994
- Sylvano Bussotti1931–2021
- Sylvester Potts1938–2017
- Sylvia Hallett1953–
- Sylvia Soublette1923–2020
- Sylvie Bodorová1954–
- Synne Skouen1950–
- T. J. Anderson1928–
- Tadatoshi Miyagawa1935–
- Tadeusz Baird1928–1981
- Tadeusz Wojciech Maklakiewicz1922–1996
- Taghi Zarabi1939–
- Takanori Arisawa1951–2005
- Takashi Yoshimatsu1953–
- Takehisa Kosugi1938–2018
- Takekuni Hirayoshi1936–1998
- Takeo Watanabe1933–1989
- Takis Mousafiris1936–2021
- Tamar Diesendruck1946–
- Tania León1943–
- Tarsicio Herrera Zapién1935–2026
- Tatyana Chudova1944–2021
- Teiji Ito1935–1982
- Teizo Matsumura1929–2007
- Tera de Marez Oyens1932–1996
- Teresa Borràs i Fornell1923–2010
- Teresa Procaccini1934–
- Terry Danko1949–
- Terry Riley1935–
- Terry Winter Owens1941–2007
- Tetsuji Hayashi1949–
- Tetsurō Kashibuchi1950–2013
- Thanos Mikroutsikos1947–2019
- Thea Musgrave1928–
- Theo Brandmüller1948–2012
- Theo Bruins1929–1993
- Theo Loevendie1930–
- Theodore Antoniou1935–2018
- Thierry Lancino1954–
- Thomas Åberg1952–
- Thomas Albert (composer)1948–
- Thomas Fortmann1951–
- Thomas Jennefelt1954–
- Thomas Koppel1944–2006
- Thomas Müller (composer)1939–
- Thomas Oboe Lee1945–
- Thomas Pasatieri1945–
- Thomas Rajna1928–2021
- Thomas Schmidt-Kowalski1949–2013
- Thomas Scott Cadden1923–2007
- Thomas Wells (composer)1945–
- Thomas Wilbrandt1952–
- Thomas Wilson (composer)1927–2001
- Thor Baldursson1944–
- Thüring Bräm1944–
- Tiberiu Olah1928–2002
- Tigran Mansurian1939–
- Tihomir Pop Asanović1948–
- Tilo Medek1940–2006
- Tim Berne1954–
- Tim Hodgkinson1949–
- Tim Simonec1954–
- Tim Souster1943–1994
- Tina Davidson1952–
- Tish Daija1926–2004
- Tison Street1943–
- Tito Schipa Jr.1946–
- Tobias Picker1954–
- Tod Dockstader1932–2015
- Tod Machover1953–
- Todd Cerney1953–2011
- Todd Hunter1951–
- Tofig Bakikhanov1930–
- Tolis Voskopoulos1940–2021
- Tom Cora1953–1998
- Tom Cothran1947–1987
- Tom Dissevelt1921–1989
- Tom Johnson (composer)1939–2024
- Tomás Marco1942–
- Tomáš Svoboda (composer)1939–2022
- Tomasz Sikorski1939–1988
- Tomasz Stańko1942–2018
- Tomislav Zografski1934–2000
- Tommy Banks (musician)1936–2018
- Tommy Seebach1949–2003
- Ton de Leeuw1926–1996
- Ton Hartsuiker1933–2015
- Tôn-Thất Tiết1933–
- Tona Scherchen1938–
- Tonin Harapi1928–1992
- Tony Cucchiara1937–2018
- Tony Haynes (English composer)1941–2024
- Tony Russell (musician)1929–1970
- Tōru Takemitsu1930–1996
- Toshi Ichiyanagi1933–2022
- Toshiro Mayuzumi1929–1997
- Totò Savio1937–2004
- Toyoko Takami1945–
- Trevor Duncan1924–2005
- Trevor Hold1939–2004
- Trevor Jones (composer)1949–
- Tristan Murail1947–
- Tristram Cary1925–2008
- Trond Kverno1945–
- Truman Crawford1934–2003
- Trygve Madsen1940–
- Tsippi Fleischer1946–
- Tsuneo Fukuhara1932–2022
- Tui St. George Tucker1924–2004
- Tuomari Nurmio1950–
- Tupper Saussy1936–2007
- Tzeng Shing-Kwei1946–2021
- Tzvi Avni1927–
- Udo Zimmermann1943–2021
- Uladzimir Karyzna1938–2026
- Ulf Björlin1933–1993
- Ulf Grahn1942–2023
- Ulla Laage1949–
- Ulrich Leyendecker1946–2018
- Ulrich Stranz1946–2004
- Umberto Balsamo1942–
- Uno Naissoo1928–1980
- Ursula Mamlok1923–2016
- Ushio Torikai1952–
- Usko Meriläinen1930–2004
- Václav Riedlbauch1947–2017
- Vadim Petrov1932–2020
- Vakhtang Machavariani1951–2025
- Valentyn Silvestrov1937–
- Vangelis1943–2022
- Vasile Șirli1948–
- Vasilije Mokranjac1923–1984
- Vasily Lobanov1947–
- Vehnee Saturno1954–
- Veljo Tormis1930–2017
- Veniamin Basner1925–1996
- Vera Baeva1930–2017
- Vexi Salmi1942–2020
- Vic Nees1936–2013
- Vic Vogel1935–2019
- Victor Bouchard1926–2011
- Victor Davies1939–
- Víctor Lavallén1935–
- Victor Rosenbaum1941–
- Victoria Bond1945–
- Victoria Santa Cruz1922–2014
- Viktor Kalabis1923–2006
- Viktor Pleshak1946–
- Viktor Suslin1942–2012
- Vincent McDermott1933–2016
- Vincent Plush1950–
- Vinko Globokar1934–
- Violeta Dinescu1953–
- Vitaliy Kyreiko1926–2016
- Vito Ricci1947–
- Vittorio Negri1923–1998
- Vivienne Olive1950–
- Vladimir Cosma1940–
- Vladimir Dashkevich1934–
- Vladimir Martynov1946–
- Vladimir Matetsky1952–
- Vladimir Migulya1945–1996
- Vladimir Nazarov (composer)1952–
- Vladimir Shainsky1925–2017
- Vladimir Vavilov (composer)1925–1973
- Vladislav Kazenin1937–2014
- Vladislav Shoot1941–2022
- Vlastimil Lejsek1927–2010
- Vlastimir Peričić1927–2000
- Volker Bräutigam1939–2022
- Volker David Kirchner1942–2020
- Volodymyr Melnykov1951–
- Vyacheslav Artyomov1940–
- Vyacheslav Ganelin1944–
- Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov1936–2019
- Vytautas Miškinis1954–
- W. Francis McBeth1933–2012
- Walter Arlen1920–2023
- Walter Boudreau1947–
- Walter Buczynski1933–
- Walter Hekster1937–2012
- Walter S. Hartley1927–2016
- Walter Steffens (composer)1934–
- Walter Thomas Heyn1953–
- Walter Thompson (composer)1952–
- Wanda Warska1932–2019
- Wang Jianzhong1933–2016
- Wang Qiang (composer)1935–
- Wang Xilin1937–
- Warren Benson1924–2005
- Warren Burt1949–
- Warren Schatz1945–
- Wendy Carlos1939–
- Wendy Mae Chambers1953–
- Werner Bärtschi1950–
- Werner Genuit1937–1997
- Werner Kaegi (composer)1926–2024
- Werner Pirchner1940–2001
- Wilfred Josephs1927–1997
- Wilfrido Vargas1949–
- Wilfried Hiller1941–
- Wilfried Krätzschmar1944–
- Wilhelm Killmayer1927–2017
- Will Gay Bottje1925–2018
- Will Ogdon1921–2013
- Will Schaefer1928–2007
- Willem Breuker1944–2010
- William Albright (musician)1944–1998
- William Bergsma1921–1994
- William Blezard1921–2003
- William Bolcom1938–
- William Bradley Strickland1929–1990
- William Doppmann1934–2013
- William Duckworth (composer)1943–2012
- William Ennis Thomson1927–2019
- William Goldstein1942–
- William Harper (composer)1949–
- William Kraft1923–2022
- William Lewarne Harris1929–2013
- William Mayer (composer)1925–2017
- William Mesnik1953–
- William P. Perry1930–
- William Ross (composer)1948–
- William Sweeney (composer)1950–
- William Thomas McKinley1938–2015
- Willy Albimoor1924–2004
- Wim Franken1922–2012
- Wim Mertens1953–
- Winfried Heurich1940–
- Winfried Michel1948–
- Witold Lutoslawski1913–1994
- Witold Silewicz1921–2007
- Witold Szalonek1927–2001
- Włodzimierz Korcz1943–
- Włodzimierz Kotoński1925–2014
- Wojciech Trzciński1949–2025
- Wolfgang Hildemann1925–1995
- Wolfgang Lesser1923–1999
- Wolfgang Pasquay1931–2006
- Wolfgang Rihm1952–2024
- Wolfgang Rübsam1946–
- Wolfgang Schoor1926–2007
- Wolfgang von Schweinitz1953–
- Wolfram Heicking1927–2023
- Wolfram Menschick1937–2010
- Yakhiel Sabzanov1929–2013
- Yanni1954–
- Yannis Markopoulos1939–2023
- Yardena Alotin1930–1994
- Yasuo Kuwahara1946–2003
- Yasushi Akutagawa1925–1989
- Yehuda Yannay1937–2023
- Yevgeny Krylatov1934–2019
- Yisrael Borochov1950–
- York Höller1944–
- Yoshihisa Taira1937–2005
- Yoshirō Irino1921–1980
- Young-ja Lee (composer)1931–
- Younghi Pagh-Paan1945–
- Yüksel Koptagel1931–
- Yulia Tsibulskaya1933–
- Yuno Avshalumov1934–1981
- Yuri Falik1936–2009
- Yuriy Oliynyk1931–2021
- Yury Chernavsky1947–2025
- Yvar Mikhashoff1941–1993
- Yves Daoust1946–
- Yves Laferrière1943–2020
- Yves Lapierre (composer)1946–
- Yves Prin1933–
- Z. Randall Stroope1953–
- Zbigniew Bargielski1937–
- Zbyněk Vostřák1920–1985
- Zdeněk Liška1922–1983
- Zdeněk Lukáš1928–2007
- Zdenko Runjić1942–2004
- Zhanna Kolodub1930–2025
- Zhanna Pliyeva1948–2023
- Zhivka Klinkova1924–2002
- Zhou Long1953–
- Zhu Jian'er1922–2017
- Zlata Tkach1928–2006
- Zoltán Jeney1943–2019
- Zoltán Kocsis1952–2016
- Zoltán Peskó1937–2020
- Zoran Hristić1938–2019
- Zsigmond Szathmáry1939–
- Zsolt Gárdonyi1946–
- Zygmunt Krauze1938–
- Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson1938–2013