Nationality
France
1,176 composers from France, dated and grouped.
- Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau1747–1828
- Achille Campisiano1837–1908
- Achille Philip1878–1959
- Adam de la Halle1237–1288
- Adam of Saint Victor1122–1192
- Adolphe Adam1803–1856
- Adolphe Danhauser1835–1896
- Adolphe Deslandres1840–1911
- Adolphe Marty1865–1942
- Adrian Le Roy1520–1598
- Adrien Basin1457–1498
- Agoria (musician)1976–
- Aimé Leborne1797–1866
- Aimé Maillart1817–1871
- Alain Bancquart1934–2022
- Alain Bernaud1932–2020
- Alain Celo1960–
- Alain Goraguer1931–2023
- Alain Jomy1941–
- Alain Louvier1945–
- Alain Marcel1952–2020
- Alain Margoni1934–
- Alain Weber1930–2019
- Albéric Magnard1865–1914
- Albert Alain1880–1971
- Albert Lavignac1846–1916
- Albert Périlhou1846–1936
- Albert Roussel1869–1937
- Albert Vizentini1841–1906
- Alexandre Artus1821–1911
- Alexandre Boëly1785–1858
- Alexandre Danilevski1957–
- Alexandre Desplat1961–
- Alexandre Dubuque1812–1898
- Alexandre Eugène Cellier1883–1968
- Alexandre Georges1850–1938
- Alexandre Goria1823–1860
- Alexandre Guilmant1837–1911
- Alexandre Luigini1850–1906
- Alexandre Pierre Joseph Doche1799–1849
- Alexandre Tansman1897–1986
- Alexis de Castillon1838–1873
- Alfred Bruneau1857–1934
- Alfred Desenclos1912–1971
- Alfred Dufresne1821–1863
- Alfred Jean Baptiste Lemaire1842–1907
- Alfred Lefébure-Wély1817–1869
- Alfred Patusset1853–1924
- Alfred Quidant1815–1893
- Alice Sauvrezis1866–1946
- Aloÿs Claussmann1850–1926
- Alphonse Duvernoy1842–1907
- Alphonse Hasselmans1845–1912
- Amadeo Roldán1900–1939
- Amédée Artus1815–1892
- Amédée de Jallais1826–1909
- Amédée de Vallombrosa1880–1968
- Amédée Gastoué1873–1943
- Amédée Méreaux1802–1874
- Amélie-Julie Candeille1767–1834
- André Almuró1927–2009
- André Amellér1912–1990
- André Bloch (composer)1873–1960
- André Bon1946–
- André Boucourechliev1925–1997
- André Campra1660–1744
- André Caplet1878–1925
- André Cardinal Destouches1672–1749
- André Casanova1919–2009
- André Danican Philidor the Elder1652–1730
- André Fleury (organist)1903–1995
- André Gedalge1856–1926
- André Grétry1741–1813
- André Hossein1905–1983
- André Jolivet1905–1974
- André Messager1853–1929
- André Popp1924–2014
- André Raison1640–1719
- André Wormser1851–1926
- Andrei Volkonsky1933–2008
- Angèle Ravizé1887–1980
- Anne Danican Philidor1681–1728
- Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy1744–1824
- Anne Lovett (musician)
- Annibal Gantez1600–
- Antoine Banès1856–1924
- Antoine Boësset1587–1643
- Antoine Brumel1460–1512
- Antoine Bullant1751–1821
- Antoine Busnois1430–1492
- Antoine Dauvergne1713–1797
- Antoine de Bertrand1540–1581
- Antoine de Cousu1600–1658
- Antoine de Févin1470–1512
- Antoine de Lhoyer1768–1852
- Antoine de Longueval
- Antoine Duhamel1925–2014
- Antoine Elwart1808–1877
- Antoine Forqueray1671–1745
- Antoine Francisque1570–1605
- Antoine François Marmontel1816–1898
- Antoine Marcel Lemoine1763–1817
- Antoine Mariotte1875–1944
- Antoine Simon (composer)1850–1916
- Antoine Taudou1846–1925
- Antoine Tisné1932–1998
- Anton Reicha1770–1836
- Antonio Ruiz-Pipó1934–1997
- Antony Choudens1849–1902
- Areski Belkacem1940–2026
- Aristide Hignard1822–1898
- Armand Amar1953–
- Armand-Louis Couperin1727–1789
- Armande de Polignac1876–1962
- Arnaut Daniel1150–1210
- Arnold de Lantins1420–
- Arthur Honegger1892–1955
- Arturo Rodas1954–
- Augusta Holmès1847–1903
- Auguste Andrade1793–1843
- Auguste Barbereau1799–1879
- Auguste Bazille1828–1891
- Auguste Chapuis1858–1933
- Auguste Durand1830–1909
- Auguste Franchomme1808–1884
- Auguste Le Guennant1881–1972
- Auguste Sérieyx1865–1949
- Auguste Vaucorbeil1821–1884
- Aurlus Mabélé1953–2020
- Aymé Kunc1877–1958
- Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx1535–1587
- Baude Cordier1364–
- Baudime Jam1972–
- Bechara El Khoury (composer)1957–
- Benjamin Godard1849–1895
- Benoît Delbecq1966–
- Bernard de Bury1720–1785
- Bernard Galais1921–2009
- Bernard Jumentier1749–1829
- Bernard Parmegiani1927–2013
- Betsy Jolas1926–
- Blanche Selva1884–1942
- Borlet
- Brice Catherin1981–
- Brodinski1987–
- Bruno Ducol1949–2024
- Bruno Mantovani1974–
- Bruno Rossignol1958–
- Camille Decreus1876–1939
- Camille Erlanger1863–1919
- Camille Saint-Saëns1835–1921
- Caravelli1930–2019
- Carlos Roqué Alsina1941–2023
- Caroline Wuiet1766–1835
- Casimir Gide1804–1868
- Castil-Blaze1784–1857
- Catherine Delaunay1969–
- Cécile Chaminade1857–1944
- Cecile Paul Simon
- Célanie Carissan1843–1927
- César Franck1822–1890
- Charles Baudiot1773–1849
- Charles Chaynes1925–2016
- Charles Cuvillier1877–1955
- Charles d'Helfer1598–1661
- Charles Dancla1817–1907
- Charles Delioux1825–1915
- Charles Dieupart1676–1751
- Charles Gounod1818–1893
- Charles Hurel
- Charles Koechlin1867–1950
- Charles Lecocq1832–1918
- Charles Lenepveu1840–1910
- Charles Malherbe1853–1911
- Charles Manry1823–1866
- Charles Piroye
- Charles Poisot1822–1904
- Charles Racquet1597–1664
- Charles Ravier1924–1984
- Charles Tournemire1870–1939
- Charles-Alexis Chauvet1837–1871
- Charles-Frédéric Kreubé1777–1846
- Charles-Gaston Levadé1869–1948
- Charles-Guillaume Alexandre1735–1788
- Charles-Henri de Blainville1711–1770
- Charles-Henri Plantade1764–1839
- Charles-Hubert Gervais1671–1744
- Charles-Louis Hanon1819–1900
- Charles-Marie Widor1844–1937
- Charles-Simon Catel1773–1830
- Charles-Valentin Alkan1813–1888
- Charles-Wilfrid de Bériot1833–1914
- Charlotte Sohy1887–1955
- Charly Oleg1931–2025
- Chevalier d'Herbain1720–1769
- Chevalier de Saint-Georges1745–1799
- Chrétien Urhan1790–1845
- Christian Lauba1952–
- Christian Manen1934–2020
- Christian Wolff (composer)1934–
- Christian Zanési1952–
- Christine Ott1963–
- Christophe Bertrand1981–2010
- Christophe Julien1972–
- Christophe Looten1958–
- Christophe Moyreau1700–1774
- Christophe Rezai1966–
- Claire Renard1944–
- Claude Balbastre1724–1799
- Claude Ballif1924–2004
- Claude Coffin
- Claude Debussy1862–1918
- Claude Delvincourt1888–1954
- Claude Fraysse1941–2012
- Claude Gervaise1510–1558
- Claude Goudimel1505–1572
- Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle1760–1836
- Claude Le Jeune1528–1600
- Claude Méloni1940–2020
- Claude Pascal1921–2017
- Claude Terrasse1867–1923
- Claudin de Sermisy1490–1562
- Clémence de Grandval1828–1907
- Clémence Quélennec1991–
- Clément Broutin1851–1889
- Clément Janequin1485–1558
- Clément Lippacher1850–1934
- Clément Loret1833–1909
- Colette Mourey1954–
- Colinet de Lannoy
- Comtessa de Dia1140–1212
- Conon of Béthune1150–1219
- Conradus de Pistoria
- Corentin Henri Le Fur1996–
- Costin Miereanu1943–2025
- Dane Rudhyar1895–1985
- Daniel Auber1782–1871
- Daniel Lesur1908–2002
- Daniel Roth (organist)1942–
- Daniel Wohl1980–
- Darius Milhaud1892–1974
- David Chalmin1980–
- David Fenech1969–
- David Jisse1946–2020
- Delphine Ugalde1828–1910
- Denis Dufour1953–
- Denis Gaultier1603–1672
- Denise Roger1924–2005
- Déodat de Séverac1872–1921
- Désiré Beaulieu1791–1863
- Désiré Dihau1833–1909
- Désirée Pacault1798–1881
- Didier Marouani1953–
- Diego Masson1935–
- Dimitrios Levidis1886–1951
- Domenico Della-Maria1769–1800
- Dominique Phinot1510–1556
- Dominique Vellard1953–
- Dynam-Victor Fumet1867–1949
- Eddie Vartan1937–2001
- Eddy Marnay1920–2003
- Edgard Varèse1883–1965
- Édith Canat de Chizy1950–
- Edith Crash1983–
- Édith Lejet1941–2024
- Edmond Audran1840–1901
- Edmond de Coussemaker1805–1876
- Edmond Dédé1823–1903
- Edmond Lemaigre1849–1890
- Édouard Commette1883–1967
- Édouard Deldevez1817–1897
- Édouard Devernay1889–1952
- Édouard Ignace Andlauer1830–1909
- Édouard Lalo1823–1892
- Edward Salim Michael1921–2006
- Egidius de Francia
- Élie-Miriam Delaborde1839–1913
- Élisabeth de Haulteterre1738–1820
- Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre1665–1729
- Elise Rondonneau
- Elodie Lauten1950–2014
- Eloy d'Amerval1455–1508
- Elsa Barraine1910–1999
- Elsa Justel1944–
- Elżbieta Sikora1943–
- Émile Bienaimé1802–1869
- Émile Bourdon1884–1974
- Émile Damais1906–2003
- Émile Durand1830–1903
- Émile Goué1904–1946
- Émile Jonas1827–1905
- Émile Paladilhe1844–1926
- Émile Parisien1982–
- Émile Pessard1843–1917
- Émile Pierre Ratez1851–1934
- Émile Sauret1852–1920
- Émile Waldteufel1837–1915
- Emmanuel Bondeville1898–1987
- Emmanuel Boyer de Fonscolombe1810–1875
- Emmanuel Chabrier1841–1894
- Emmanuel Nunes1941–2012
- Emmanuel Séjourné1961–
- Éric Humbertclaude1961–
- Éric Lebrun1967–
- Éric Pénicaud1952–
- Erik Satie1866–1925
- Ernest Boulanger (composer)1815–1900
- Ernest Chausson1855–1899
- Ernest Fanelli1860–1917
- Ernest Gillet1856–1940
- Ernest Grosjean1844–1936
- Ernest Guiraud1837–1892
- Ernoul le Vielle de Gastinois1200–
- Erwann Kermorvant1972–
- Esteban Benzecry1970–
- Étienne Moulinié1599–1676
- Étienne Ozi1754–1813
- Étienne Richard1621–1669
- Étienne-Joseph Floquet1748–1785
- Eugène Bigot1888–1965
- Eugène Bozza1905–1991
- Eugène Gigout1844–1925
- Eugène Ketterer1831–1870
- Eugène Louis-Marie Jancourt1815–1900
- Eugène Prévost (musician)1809–1872
- Eugène Reuchsel1900–1988
- Eustache Du Caurroy1549–1609
- Evgueni Galperine1974–
- F. Andrieu
- Fabien Lévy1968–
- Félicien David1810–1876
- Felicita Casella1821–1865
- Félix Battanchon1814–1893
- Félix Ibarrondo1943–
- Félix Le Couppey1811–1887
- Ferdinand Hérold1791–1833
- Ferdinand Richard1950–
- Fernand de La Tombelle1854–1928
- Fernand Halphen1872–1917
- Fernande Decruck1896–1954
- Firminus Caron1430–
- Florence Baschet1955–
- Florent Schmitt1870–1958
- Francine Aubin1938–2016
- Francine Benoît1894–1990
- Francis Bayer1938–2004
- Francis Bousquet1890–1942
- Francis Chassaigne1847–1922
- Francis Dhomont1926–2023
- Francis Lai1932–2018
- Francis Poulenc1899–1963
- Francisco Salvador-Daniel1831–1871
- François Anatole Laurent de Rillé1824–1915
- François Bayle1932–
- François Bazin (composer)1816–1878
- François Benoist1794–1878
- François Bourgoing (singer)
- François Cappus
- François Couperin1668–1733
- François Cupis de Renoussard1732–1808
- François d'Agincourt1684–1758
- François de Fossa1775–1849
- François Devienne1759–1803
- François Dufault1604–1672
- François Francoeur1698–1787
- François Giroust1737–1799
- François Habeneck1781–1849
- François Paris1961–
- François Polgár1946–
- François Roberday1624–1680
- François Roussel1510–1577
- François Sarhan1972–
- François-Adrien Boieldieu1775–1834
- François-André Danican Philidor1726–1795
- François-Bernard Mâche1935–
- François-Joseph Gossec1734–1829
- François-Joseph Naderman1781–1835
- François-René Gebauer1773–1845
- Françoise Barrière1944–2019
- Françoise Élisabeth Desfossez1743–1823
- Franz Ignaz Beck1734–1809
- Frédéric Acquaviva1967–
- Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger1868–1943
- Frédéric Barbier (composer)1829–1889
- Frédéric Bérat1801–1855
- Frédéric Blasius1758–1829
- Frédéric Chopin1810–1849
- Frédéric Nicolas Duvernoy1765–1838
- Frédéric Talgorn1961–
- Frédéric Toulmouche1850–1909
- Frédéric Viret1822–1898
- Friedrich Burgmüller1806–1874
- Fromental Halévy1799–1862
- Fulbert of Chartres960–1028
- Gabriel Bataille1575–1630
- Gabriel Dupont1878–1914
- Gabriel Expilly
- Gabriel Fauré1845–1924
- Gabriel Grovlez1879–1944
- Gabriel Pierné1863–1937
- Gael Rakotondrabe1984–
- Garbis Aprikian1926–2024
- Gaspard Le Roux1660–1707
- Gaspare Spontini1774–1851
- Gaston Carraud1864–1920
- Gaston Litaize1909–1991
- Gaston Serpette1846–1904
- George Enescu1881–1955
- George Onslow (composer)1784–1853
- Georges Aperghis1945–
- Georges Auric1899–1983
- Georges Barboteu1924–2006
- Georges Bizet1838–1875
- Georges Bœuf1937–2020
- Georges Delerue1925–1992
- Georges Favre1905–1993
- Georges Fragerolle1855–1920
- Georges Garvarentz1932–1993
- Georges Gillet1854–1920
- Georges Hüe1858–1948
- Georges Jacob (organist)1877–1950
- Georges Lamothe1842–1894
- Georges Martin Witkowski1867–1943
- Georges Marty1860–1908
- Georges Mathias1826–1910
- Georges Migot1891–1976
- Georges Pfeiffer1835–1908
- Georges Tzipine1907–1987
- Georges Van Parys1902–1971
- Gérard Berliner1956–2010
- Gérard Calvi1922–2015
- Gérard Condé1947–
- Gérard Frémy1935–2014
- Gérard Grisey1946–1998
- Gérard Jouannest1933–2018
- Gérard Masson1936–2021
- Gérard Pesson1958–
- Germaine Tailleferre1892–1983
- Gervais-François Couperin1759–1826
- Gilbert Amy1936–
- Gilet Velut
- Gilles Binchois1400–1460
- Gilles Joye1424–1483
- Gilles Jullien1650–1703
- Ginette Keller1925–2010
- Giovanni de Macque1550–1614
- Giraut de Bornelh1138–1220
- Giuseppe Cambini1746–1825
- Gontier de Soignies
- Gormonda de Monpeslier
- Graciane Finzi1945–
- Gréco Casadesus1951–
- Grimace (composer)
- Guillaume Balay1871–1943
- Guillaume Connesson1970–
- Guillaume Costeley1531–1606
- Guillaume de Machaut1300–1377
- Guillaume Dufay1400–1474
- Guillaume Franc1505–1570
- Guillaume Lasceux1740–1831
- Guillaume Le Heurteur
- Guillaume Legrant1405–1449
- Guillaume Minoret1650–1720
- Guillaume Poitevin1646–1706
- Guillaume-Antoine Calvière1695–1755
- Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers1632–1714
- Gustave Charpentier1860–1956
- Gustave Dugazon1782–1826
- Gustave Goublier1856–1926
- Gustave Lefèvre1831–1910
- Gustave Vogt1781–1870
- Guy d'Hardelot1858–1936
- Guy de Lioncourt1885–1961
- Guy Lacour1932–2013
- Guy Morançon1927–2025
- Guy Ropartz1864–1955
- Guy-Roger Duvert1975–
- György Cziffra1921–1994
- György Kurtág1926–
- H. Maurice Jacquet1886–1954
- Hayne van Ghizeghem1445–1476
- Hector Berlioz1803–1869
- Hector Monréal1839–1910
- Hector Zazou1948–2008
- Hedwige Chrétien1859–1944
- Hélène Breschand1966–
- Hélène de Montgeroult1764–1836
- Hélène Fleury-Roy1876–1957
- Hélène Robert-Mazel1832–1857
- Hélène-Louise Demars1736–1778
- Heloise1101–1164
- Henri Bertini1798–1876
- Henri Bourtayre1915–2009
- Henri Büsser1872–1973
- Henri Carol1910–1984
- Henri Christiné1867–1941
- Henri Cliquet-Pleyel1894–1963
- Henri Cohen (composer)1806–1880
- Henri Collet1885–1951
- Henri Desmarets1661–1741
- Henri Dumont1610–1684
- Henri Duparc (composer)1848–1933
- Henri Dutilleux1916–2013
- Henri Ghys1839–1908
- Henri Herz1803–1888
- Henri Maréchal1842–1924
- Henri Marteau1874–1934
- Henri Martelli1895–1980
- Henri Mulet1878–1967
- Henri Nibelle1886–1967
- Henri O'Kelly1859–1938
- Henri Quittard1864–1919
- Henri Sauguet1901–1989
- Henri Tomasi1901–1971
- Henri-Louis Blanchard1787–1858
- Henri-Montan Berton1767–1844
- Henriette Renié1875–1956
- Henrique Luís Levy1829–1896
- Henry Barraud (composer)1900–1997
- Henry Fourès1948–
- Henry Lemoine1786–1854
- Henry Litolff1818–1891
- Henry Madin1698–1748
- Hervé (composer)1825–1892
- Hervé Roullet1947–
- Horace Poussard1829–1898
- Hubert Giraud1920–2016
- Hubert Naich1513–1546
- Hugo de Lantins
- Hugues Dufourt1943–
- Hyacinthe Jadin1776–1800
- Hyacinthe Klosé1808–1880
- Iannis Xenakis1922–2001
- Ida Gotkovsky1933–2025
- Ignaz Pleyel1757–1831
- Igor Markevitch1912–1983
- Igor Stravinsky1882–1971
- Igor Wakhévitch1948–
- Irénée Berge
- Isaac Gorni
- Isabelle Aboulker1938–
- Isidore Bertheaume1751–1802
- Isidore Legouix1834–1916
- Ivan Tcherepnin1943–1998
- Ivo Malec1925–2019
- Jack Ledru1922–2013
- Jacob Hochbrucker1673–1783
- Jacob Senleches
- Jacobus Barbireau1455–1491
- Jacobus Vide1405–1433
- Jacques Aubert1689–1753
- Jacques Berthier1923–1994
- Jacques Bondon1927–2008
- Jacques Bosch1825–1895
- Jacques Brunel1500–1564
- Jacques Burtin1955–
- Jacques Castérède1926–2014
- Jacques Chailley1910–1999
- Jacques Champion de Chambonnières1602–1672
- Jacques Charpentier1933–2017
- Jacques Datin1920–1973
- Jacques de Cambrai1220–
- Jacques de Saint-Luc1616–1708
- Jacques Dudon1951–
- Jacques Duphly1715–1789
- Jacques Durand (publisher)1865–1928
- Jacques Féréol Mazas1782–1849
- Jacques Gaultier1600–
- Jacques Ibert1890–1962
- Jacques Leguerney1906–1997
- Jacques Mauduit1557–1627
- Jacques Offenbach1819–1880
- Jacques Thomelin1640–1693
- Jacques-Louis Monod1927–2020
- Jacques-Martin Hotteterre1673–1763
- Jacquet de Berchem1505–1565
- Jacquet of Mantua1483–1559
- Jane Bos1897–1975
- Jane Vieu1871–1955
- Janine Charbonnier1926–2022
- Jean Barraqué1928–1973
- Jean Bonfils (composer)1921–2007
- Jean Boyer (composer)
- Jean Braconnier
- Jean Cappus1689–1751
- Jean Cathala
- Jean Constantin (songwriter)1923–1997
- Jean Cras1879–1932
- Jean de Bournonville
- Jean de Cambefort1605–1661
- Jean Déré1886–1970
- Jean Doyen1907–1982
- Jean Françaix1912–1997
- Jean Gabriel-Marie1852–1928
- Jean Gilles (composer)1668–1705
- Jean Guillou1930–2019
- Jean Hubeau1917–1992
- Jean Huré1877–1930
- Jean l'Héritier1480–
- Jean Langlais1907–1991
- Jean Leccia1935–2023
- Jean Maillard1515–1570
- Jean Molinet1435–1507
- Jean Mouton1459–1522
- Jean Pietrapertosa1855–1940
- Jean Rivier1896–1987
- Jean Roger-Ducasse1873–1954
- Jean Titelouze1563–1633
- Jean Wiener1896–1982
- Jean-Adam Guilain1680–
- Jean-Baptiste Barrière1705–1747
- Jean-Baptiste Bréval1753–1823
- Jean-Baptiste Chollet1798–1892
- Jean-Baptiste Davaux1742–1822
- Jean-Baptiste Faure1830–1914
- Jean-Baptiste Favory1967–
- Jean-Baptiste Forqueray1699–1782
- Jean-Baptiste Janson1742–1803
- Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz1742–1790
- Jean-Baptiste Lemire1867–1945
- Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (composer)1751–1796
- Jean-Baptiste Lully1632–1687
- Jean-Baptiste Morin (composer)1677–1745
- Jean-Baptiste Nôtre1732–1807
- Jean-Baptiste Rey1734–1810
- Jean-Baptiste Senaillé1687–1730
- Jean-Baptiste Stuck1680–1755
- Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin1821–1910
- Jean-Benjamin de La Borde1734–1794
- Jean-Christian Michel1938–
- Jean-Claude Éloy1938–2025
- Jean-Claude Risset1938–2016
- Jean-Claude Touche1926–1944
- Jean-Étienne Marie1917–1989
- Jean-Féry Rebel1666–1747
- Jean-François Dandrieu1682–1738
- Jean-François Lalouette1651–1728
- Jean-François Le Sueur1760–1837
- Jean-François Zygel1960–
- Jean-Frédéric Edelmann1749–1794
- Jean-Frédéric Neuburger1986–
- Jean-Georges Kastner1810–1867
- Jean-Henri d'Anglebert1629–1691
- Jean-Henri Naderman1734–1799
- Jean-Jacques Grunenwald1911–1982
- Jean-Joseph de Mondonville1711–1772
- Jean-Joseph Mouret1682–1738
- Jean-Louis Florentz1947–2004
- Jean-Louis Petit (composer)1937–
- Jean-Louis Tulou1786–1865
- Jean-Marie Leclair1697–1764
- Jean-Maurice Bourges1812–1881
- Jean-Michel Bernard1961–
- Jean-Michel Damase1928–2013
- Jean-Michel Defaye1932–2025
- Jean-Michel Jarre1948–
- Jean-Pascal Beintus1966–
- Jean-Pascal Chaigne1977–
- Jean-Paul-Égide Martini1741–1816
- Jean-Philippe Goude1952–
- Jean-Philippe Rameau1683–1764
- Jean-Pierre Bourtayre1942–2024
- Jean-Pierre Drouet1935–
- Jean-Pierre Guézec1934–1971
- Jean-Pierre Leguay1939–
- Jean-Yves Malmasson1963–
- Jeanine Rueff1922–1999
- Jeanne Barbillion1895–1992
- Jeanne Blancard1884–1972
- Jeanne Demessieux1921–1968
- Jeanne Leleu1898–1979
- Jeannine Richer1924–2022
- Jehan Alain1911–1940
- Jehan Chardavoine
- Jehan de Lescurel
- Jehan Fresneau
- Jehan Vaillant
- Jérôme Dorival1950–
- Jérôme Leroy (composer)1981–
- Jérôme Naulais1951–
- Joachim Montagne1927–2003
- Joachim Thibault de Courville
- Joan Brudieu1520–1591
- Joël-François Durand1954–
- Joëlle Léandre1951–
- Johann Vesque von Püttlingen1803–1883
- Johannes Cesaris
- Johannes Ciconia1370–1412
- Johannes Fedé1415–1477
- Johannes Ghiselin1455–1511
- Johannes Ockeghem1410–1497
- Johannes Prioris1460–1514
- Johannes Regis1425–1496
- Johannes Symonis Hasprois
- Johannes Tapissier1370–1410
- John Croisier1845–1915
- Jorge Arriagada1943–2024
- José Antonio Santesteban1835–1906
- Josef Szulc1875–1956
- Joseph Beer1908–1987
- Joseph Bodin de Boismortier1689–1755
- Joseph Bonnet1884–1944
- Joseph Boulnois1884–1918
- Joseph Canteloube1879–1957
- Joseph Daussoigne-Méhul1790–1875
- Joseph Gelineau1920–2008
- Joseph Kosma1905–1969
- Joseph Michel (composer)1679–1736
- Joseph Touchemoulin1727–1801
- Joseph Wackenthaler1795–1869
- Joseph-Ermend Bonnal1880–1944
- Joseph-François Garnier1755–1825
- Joseph-François Kremer1954–
- Joseph-Henri Altès1826–1895
- Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer1703–1755
- Joséphine Boulay1869–1925
- Josephine Stephenson1990–
- Josquin Des Prez1450–1521
- Jules Auguste Wiernsberger1857–1925
- Jules Costé1828–1883
- Jules Cottin1868–1922
- Jules Danbé1840–1905
- Jules Duprato1827–1892
- Jules Garcin1830–1896
- Jules Massenet1842–1912
- Julian Klemczyński1807–1854
- Julien Belin1530–1584
- Julien Jabre1976–
- Julien Koszul1844–1927
- Juliette Toutain1877–1948
- Kaija Saariaho1952–2023
- Karol Beffa1973–
- Katia Beaugeais1976–
- Koharik Gazarossian1907–1967
- Komitas1869–1935
- Krishna Levy1964–
- Kurken Alemshah1907–1947
- Laurent Ferlet1961–
- Laurent Lefrançois1974–
- Laurent Petitgirard1950–
- Laurent Voulzy1948–
- Lazare-Auguste Maquaire1872–1906
- Le Sieur de Machy1655–1700
- Léo Chauliac1913–1977
- Léo Daniderff1878–1943
- Léo Delibes1836–1891
- Léo Ferré1916–1993
- Léon Boëllmann1862–1897
- Léon de Saint-Réquier1872–1964
- Léon Delafosse1874–1951
- Léon Jehin1853–1928
- Léon Vasseur1844–1917
- Léonce de Saint-Martin1886–1954
- Leonid Sabaneyev1881–1968
- Léonin1135–1201
- Lili Boulanger1893–1918
- Loïsa Puget1810–1889
- Louiguy1916–1991
- Louis Adam1758–1848
- Louis Andlauer1876–1915
- Louis Aubert1877–1968
- Louis Beydts1895–1953
- Louis Bourgeois (composer)1510–1560
- Louis Cahuzac1880–1960
- Louis Clapisson1808–1866
- Louis Couperin1626–1661
- Louis Deffès1819–1900
- Louis Désiré Besozzi1814–1879
- Louis Diémer1843–1919
- Louis Drouet1792–1873
- Louis Durey1888–1979
- Louis Fourestier1892–1976
- Louis François Dauprat1781–1868
- Louis Ganne1862–1923
- Louis Gregh1843–1915
- Louis Lacombe1818–1884
- Louis Lully1664–1734
- Louis Marchand1669–1732
- Louis Niedermeyer1802–1861
- Louis Raffy1868–1931
- Louis Thiry1935–2019
- Louis Urgel1857–1942
- Louis Vierne1870–1937
- Louis Vuillemin1879–1929
- Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray1840–1910
- Louis-Antoine Dornel1680–1757
- Louis-Armand Chardin1755–1793
- Louis-Claude Daquin1694–1772
- Louis-Emmanuel Jadin1768–1853
- Louis-Gabriel Guillemain1705–1770
- Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis1769–1819
- Louis-Nicolas Clérambault1676–1749
- Louis-Noël Belaubre1932–2017
- Louis-Toussaint Milandre
- Louise Béguin-Salomon1831–1916
- Louise Bertin1805–1877
- Louise Farrenc1804–1875
- Louise Filliaux-Tiger1848–1916
- Louise Geneviève de La Hye1807–1838
- Louise Héritte-Viardot1841–1918
- Loulou Gasté1908–1995
- Loyset Compère1445–1518
- Luc Ferrari1929–2005
- Lucien Capet1873–1928
- Lucien Deiss1921–2007
- Lucien Durosoir1878–1955
- Lucien Garban1877–1959
- Lucien Haudebert1877–1963
- Lucien-Léon Guillaume Lambert1858–1945
- Ludovic Bource1970–
- Luigi Cherubini1760–1842
- Luis Fernando Rizo-Salom1971–2013
- Lupus Hellinck1493–1541
- Madame Ronssecy1780–
- Madeleine Isaksson1956–
- Mademoiselle Beaumesnil1748–1802
- Magdeleine Boucherit Le Faure1879–1960
- Maistre Jhan1485–1538
- Majoie Hajary1921–2017
- Manfred Kelkel1929–1999
- Marc Battier1947–
- Marc de Ranse1881–1951
- Marc Delmas1885–1931
- Marc Vaubourgoin1907–1983
- Marc-André Dalbavie1961–
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier1643–1704
- Marc-Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers1772–1827
- Marcel Bitsch1921–2011
- Marcel Chadeigne1876–1926
- Marcel Delannoy1898–1962
- Marcel Dupré1886–1971
- Marcel Frémiot1920–2018
- Marcel Grandjany1891–1975
- Marcel Landowski1915–1999
- Marcel Lanquetuit1894–1985
- Marcel Mihalovici1898–1985
- Marcel Pérès1956–
- Marcel Stern (composer)1909–1989
- Marcelle Soulage1894–1970
- Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt1884–1964
- Marguerite Canal1890–1978
- Marguerite Monnot1903–1961
- Marguerite Olagnier1844–1906
- Marie Bigot1786–1820
- Marie Emmanuelle Bayon Louis1745–1825
- Marie Jaëll1846–1925
- Marie Prestat1862–1933
- Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault1695–1791
- Marin Marais1656–1728
- Mario Cazes1890–1972
- Marius Constant1925–2004
- Mark Andre1964–
- Martin Pierre d'Alvimare1772–1839
- Matelo Ferret1918–1989
- Matheus de Sancto Johanne
- Mathieu Gascongne
- Maurice Delage1879–1961
- Maurice Duhamel1884–1940
- Maurice Duruflé1902–1986
- Maurice Emmanuel1862–1938
- Maurice Fleuret1932–1990
- Maurice Franck1897–1983
- Maurice Jarre1924–2009
- Maurice Jaubert1900–1940
- Maurice Le Boucher1882–1964
- Maurice Ohana1913–1992
- Maurice Ravel1875–1937
- Maurice Thiriet1906–1972
- Maurice Yvain1891–1965
- Max d'Ollone1875–1959
- Max Deutsch1892–1982
- Max Méreaux1946–
- Maxime Jacob1906–1977
- Mel Bonis1858–1937
- Michaël Lévinas1949–
- Michel Blavet1700–1768
- Michel Boulnois1907–2008
- Michel Colombier1939–2004
- Michel Corrette1707–1795
- Michel de la Barre1675–1745
- Michel Decoust1936–
- Michel Magne1930–1984
- Michel Merlet1939–2026
- Michel Philippot1925–1996
- Michel Pignolet de Montéclair1667–1737
- Michel Puig1930–
- Michel Richard Delalande1657–1726
- Michèl Yost1754–1786
- Michèle Bokanowski1943–
- Michele Carafa1787–1872
- Michele Mascitti1664–1760
- Michèle Reverdy1943–
- Mireille Hartuch1906–1996
- Mlle Duval1718–
- Mohamed Iguerbouchène1907–1966
- Monic Cecconi-Botella1936–2025
- Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe1640–1700
- Morice Benin1947–2021
- Moritz Moszkowski1854–1925
- Nadia Boulanger1887–1979
- Naji Hakim1955–
- Napoléon Alkan1826–1906
- Napoléon Coste1805–1883
- Napoléon Henri Reber1807–1880
- Narcisse Girard1797–1860
- Nguyên Lê1959–
- Nguyen Thien Dao1940–2015
- Nicolas Bacri1961–
- Nicolas Becker (sound engineer)1970–
- Nicolas Bernier1664–1734
- Nicolas Chédeville1705–1782
- Nicolas Chopin1771–1844
- Nicolas Dalayrac1753–1809
- Nicolas de Grigny1672–1703
- Nicolas de La Grotte1530–1600
- Nicolas Errèra1967–
- Nicolas Gigault1627–1707
- Nicolas Goupillet
- Nicolas Grenon1375–1456
- Nicolas Isouard1775–1818
- Nicolas Lebègue1631–1702
- Nicolas Métru1610–1668
- Nicolas Millot
- Nicolas Racot de Grandval1676–1753
- Nicolas Roze1745–1819
- Nicolas Séjan1745–1819
- Nicolas Zourabichvili1936–
- Nicolas-Charles Bochsa1789–1856
- Nicolas-Jean Lefroid de Méreaux1745–1797
- Nicolas-Joseph Wackenthaler1840–1913
- Nigel Keay1955–
- Nikolay Kedrov Sr.1871–1940
- Ninot le Petit
- Noël Lancien1934–1999
- Noël Lee1924–2013
- Norbert Glanzberg1910–2001
- Odette Gartenlaub1922–2014
- Odile Pierre1932–2020
- Olivier Alain1918–1994
- Olivier Aubert1767–1830
- Olivier Deriviere1978–
- Olivier Greif1950–2000
- Olivier Messiaen1908–1992
- Olivier Métra1830–1889
- Olivier Toussaint1943–
- Omar Harfouch1969–
- Orly Chap
- Oscar Comettant1819–1898
- Oscar Strasnoy1970–
- Oswald d'Andréa1934–2024
- P. des Molins
- Pascal Dusapin1955–
- Pascale Criton1954–
- Patrick Ascione1953–2014
- Patrick Rondat1960–
- Paul Arma1905–1987
- Paul Bastide1879–1962
- Paul Bonneau1918–1995
- Paul Damance1650–1700
- Paul de Maleingreau1887–1956
- Paul de Wailly1854–1933
- Paul Dukas1865–1935
- Paul Fauchet1881–1937
- Paul Hillemacher1852–1933
- Paul Koulak1943–2021
- Paul Lacombe (composer)1837–1927
- Paul Lacôme1838–1920
- Paul Ladmirault1877–1944
- Paul Le Flem1881–1984
- Paul Méfano1937–2020
- Paul Misraki1908–1998
- Paul Puget1848–1917
- Paul Rougnon1846–1934
- Paul Siraudin1812–1883
- Paul Taffanel1844–1908
- Paul Vidal1863–1931
- Pauline Duchambge1776–1858
- Pauline Thys1835–1909
- Pauline Viardot1821–1910
- Pedro Garcia-Velasquez1984–
- Perissone Cambio1520–1562
- Pérotin1160–1236
- Peter Abelard1079–1142
- Petrus de Cruce1270–
- Petrus de Domarto
- Philippe Baden Powell1978–
- Philippe Basiron1450–1491
- Philippe Boivin1954–
- Philippe Capdenat1934–2025
- Philippe Chamouard1952–
- Philippe Courbois1705–1730
- Philippe de Vitry1291–1361
- Philippe Falliex1966–
- Philippe Gaubert1879–1941
- Philippe Hersant1948–
- Philippe Leroux1959–
- Philippe Manoury1952–
- Philippe Musard1792–1859
- Philippe Sarde1948–
- Philippe Verdelot
- Pierre Baillot1771–1842
- Pierre Beauchamp1631–1705
- Pierre Boulez1925–2016
- Pierre Cadéac
- Pierre Camonin1903–2003
- Pierre Capdevielle (musician)1906–1969
- Pierre Certon1515–1572
- Pierre Cerveau
- Pierre Clereau
- Pierre Cochereau1924–1984
- Pierre Dandrieu1664–1733
- Pierre de Bréville1861–1949
- Pierre de Manchicourt1510–1564
- Pierre Desvignes1764–1827
- Pierre Du Mage1674–1751
- Pierre Estève1961–
- Pierre Février1696–1760
- Pierre Fontaine (composer)1380–1450
- Pierre Gambini
- Pierre Gaveaux1761–1825
- Pierre Henry1927–2017
- Pierre Jansen1930–2015
- Pierre Labric1921–
- Pierre Max Dubois1930–1995
- Pierre Moulu1480–1550
- Pierre Passereau
- Pierre Petit (composer)1922–2000
- Pierre Robert (composer)1618–1699
- Pierre Rode1774–1830
- Pierre Sancan1916–2008
- Pierre Schaeffer1910–1995
- Pierre Strauch1958–
- Pierre Vermont
- Pierre Villette1926–1998
- Pierre Yves Lenik1958–
- Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin1690–1768
- Pierre-Joseph Candeille1744–1827
- Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmerman1785–1853
- Pierre-Louis Couperin1755–1789
- Pierre-Louis Dietsch1808–1865
- Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges1773–1838
- Pierre-Octave Ferroud1900–1936
- Pietro Denis1720–1790
- Prince Edmond de Polignac1834–1901
- Qigang Chen1951–
- Raoul de Ferrières
- Raoul Laparra1876–1943
- Raphaël Elig1970–
- Raphaël Fumet1898–1979
- Raymond Guiot1930–2025
- Raymond Loucheur1899–1979
- Régis Campo1968–
- Renaud de Vilbac1829–1884
- Renaud Gagneux1947–2018
- René Alix1907–1966
- René Aubry1956–
- René Challan1910–1978
- René de Boisdeffre1838–1906
- René Drouart de Bousset1703–1760
- René Guillou1903–1958
- René Herbin1911–1953
- René Koering1940–
- René Leibowitz1913–1972
- René Maillard1931–2012
- René Mercier1896–1973
- Reynaldo Hahn1874–1947
- Rhené-Baton1879–1940
- Riccardo Cocciante1946–
- Richard Loqueville
- Rilès1996–
- Rita Kassabian
- Rita Strohl1865–1941
- Robert Cambert1627–1677
- Robert Casadesus1899–1972
- Robert de Reins La Chievre
- Robert de Visée1652–1730
- Robert Lannoy1915–1979
- Robert Planel1908–1994
- Robert Planquette1848–1903
- Robert Siohan1894–1985
- Rodolphe Kreutzer1766–1831
- Roger Bellon1953–
- Roger Boucher1885–1918
- Roger Boutry1932–2019
- Roger Dumas (composer)1897–1951
- Roger Roger (composer)1911–1995
- Roland Dyens1955–2016
- Rolande Falcinelli1920–2006
- Rolf Liebermann1910–1999
- Saint-Preux1948–
- Samson François1924–1970
- Samuel Rousseau (composer)1853–1904
- Sandrin1490–1561
- Sarane Ferret1912–1970
- Sauvaire Intermet1573–1657
- Schahan Berberian1891–1956
- Sébastien de Brossard1655–1730
- Sébastien Demar1763–1832
- Sébastien Izambard1973–
- Serge Lancen1922–2005
- Serge Nigg1924–2008
- Serge Tcherepnin1941–
- Sidney Lambert1838–1905
- Simon Boyleau1544–1586
- Simon Le Duc1742–1777
- Simon Simon1734–1811
- Simon-Joseph Pellegrin1663–1745
- Skalpovich1979–
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- Solange Ancona1943–2019
- Sophie Bawr1773–1860
- Sophie Gail1775–1819
- Sophie Lacaze1963–
- Stéphane Blet1969–2022
- Stéphane de Gérando1965–
- Stéphane Delplace1953–
- Stéphane Héaume1971–
- Stéphane Picq1965–2025
- Stephen Heller1813–1888
- Stephen Manas1992–
- Suzanne Giraud1958–
- Sylvio Lazzari1857–1944
- Théodore Dubois1837–1924
- Théodore Gouvy1819–1898
- Théodore Labarre1805–1870
- Théodore Lack1846–1921
- Théodore Lajarte1826–1890
- Théodore Salomé1834–1896
- Thérèse Wartel1814–1865
- Thierry Blondeau1961–
- Thierry Deleruyelle1983–
- Thierry Escaich1965–
- Thierry Huillet1965–
- Thierry Lancino1954–
- Thierry Malet1964–
- Thomas Bangalter1975–
- Tibor Harsányi1898–1954
- Tibors de Sarenom1130–1198
- Tom Johnson (composer)1939–2024
- Tomás Garbizu1901–1989
- Tôn-Thất Tiết1933–
- Tona Scherchen1938–
- Tony Aubin1907–1981
- Tony Muréna1915–1971
- Tristan Murail1947–
- Valentin de Bournonville1610–1684
- Valéry Aubertin1970–
- Victor Dourlen1780–1864
- Victor Frédéric Verrimst1825–1893
- Victor Magnien1802–1885
- Victor Massé1822–1884
- Victor Roger1853–1903
- Victor Sieg1837–1899
- Victorin de Joncières1839–1903
- Victorine Farrenc1826–1859
- Viktor Nessler1841–1890
- Vincent Beer-Demander1982–
- Vincent d'Indy1851–1931
- Vincent Royer
- Vincent Scotto1876–1952
- Vinko Globokar1934–
- Vivien Lalu1978–
- Vladimir Cosma1940–
- Vladimir Fédorov1901–1979
- Worakls1988–
- Xavier Boisselot1811–1893
- Xavier Leroux1863–1919
- Xu Yi (composer)1963–
- Yann Tiersen1970–
- Yoshihisa Taira1937–2005
- Yves Balmer1978–
- Yves de la Casinière1897–1971
- Yves Nat1890–1956
- Yves Prin1933–
- Yvonne Desportes1907–1993
- Yvonne Rokseth1890–1948