Nationality
United States
1,963 composers from United States, dated and grouped.
- A. J. Turner1818–1905
- Aaron Avshalomov1894–1965
- Aaron Copland1900–1990
- Aaron Jay Kernis1960–
- Aaron Robinson (composer)1970–
- Aaron Seeman
- Aaron Zigman1963–
- Abbie Betinis1980–
- Abbie Gerrish-Jones1863–1929
- Abby Hutchinson Patton1829–1892
- Abe Holzmann1874–1939
- Abraham Binder1895–1966
- Abraham Ellstein1907–1963
- Adam Fong1980–
- Adam Gwon1979–
- Adam Schoenberg1980–
- Adam Wingard1982–
- Addie Anderson Wilson1876–1966
- Adegoke Steve Colson1949–
- Adel Heinrich1926–2022
- Adeline Frances Fitz1861–1938
- Adolf Busch1891–1952
- Adolphus Hailstork1941–
- Adrian Younge1978–
- Al Lerner (composer)1919–2014
- Alan Chang1979–
- Alan Hovhaness1911–2000
- Alan Lloyd (composer)1943–1986
- Alan Mauritz Swanson1941–
- Alan Shulman1915–2002
- Alan Silvestri1950–
- Albert Gumble1883–1946
- Albert Hay Malotte1895–1964
- Albert Pieczonka1828–1912
- Albert Richard Sendrey1911–2003
- Albert Stoessel1894–1943
- Albert Szirmai1880–1967
- Alden Jenks1940–
- Alec Wilder1907–1980
- Aleksandra Vrebalov1970–
- Alex Bradford1927–1978
- Alex Burtzos1985–
- Alex Shapiro1962–
- Alexander Courage1919–2008
- Alexander Gretchaninov1864–1956
- Alexander Ledkovsky1944–2004
- Alexander Olshanetsky1892–1946
- Alexander Peloquin1918–1997
- Alexander Tcherepnin1899–1977
- Alexandra Gardner
- Alexandra Pierce1934–2021
- Alfred Bartles1930–2006
- Alfred Newman1901–1970
- Alfred Reed1921–2005
- Alice Parker1925–2023
- Alice Shields1943–
- Alla Pavlova1952–
- Allan Blank1925–2013
- Allee Willis1947–2019
- Allen Cohen (composer)1951–
- Allen Shawn1948–
- Allison Loggins-Hull1982–
- Allyn Ferguson1924–2010
- Alma Bazel Androzzo1912–2001
- Alma Sanders1882–1956
- Alvin Curran1938–
- Alvin Etler1913–1973
- Alvin Lucier1931–2021
- Alvin Singleton1940–
- Amanda Jones (composer)1988–
- Amber Ferenz1972–
- Ambrose Akinmusire1982–
- Amnon Wolman1955–
- Amy Beach1867–1944
- Amy Fay1844–1928
- Amy Scurria1973–
- Amy Upham Thomson McKean1893–1972
- Amy Williams (composer)1969–
- André J. Thomas1952–
- André Previn1929–2019
- André Vida1974–
- Andrea Centazzo1948–
- Andrea Clearfield1960–
- Andrea Reinkemeyer1976–
- Andreia Pinto Correia1971–
- Andrew Cadima1984–
- Andrew Imbrie1921–2007
- Andrew Norman1979–
- Andrew Thomas (composer)1939–
- Andrew Waggoner1960–
- Andrew York (guitarist)1958–
- Andrey Kasparov1966–
- Andy Akiho1979–
- Andy Sturmer1965–
- Angélica Negrón1981–
- Ann Callaway1949–
- Ann Millikan1963–
- Anna Gardner Goodwin1874–1959
- Anna Rubin1946–
- Anna Weesner1965–
- Anne La Berge1952–
- Anne LeBaron1953–
- Anne Mathilde Bilbro1870–1958
- Annea Lockwood1939–
- Annelu Burns1889–1942
- Annie Gosfield1960–
- Antal Doráti1906–1988
- Anthony Brandt1961–
- Anthony Braxton1945–
- Anthony Davis (composer)1951–
- Anthony Heinrich1781–1861
- Anthony Iannaccone1943–
- Anthony Suter1979–
- Antonina Armato1974–
- Arlene Sierra1970–
- Arlene Zallman1934–2006
- Arnie Roth1953–
- Arnold Dreyblatt1953–
- Arnold Franchetti1911–1993
- Arnold Rosner1945–2013
- Arnold Schoenberg1874–1951
- Art Phillips (composer)1955–
- Arthur B. Rubinstein1938–2018
- Arthur Batelle Whiting1861–1936
- Arthur Berger (composer)1912–2003
- Arthur Bergh1882–1962
- Arthur Foote1853–1937
- Arthur H. Bird1856–1923
- Arthur Johnston (composer)1898–1954
- Arthur Kay (musician)1881–1969
- Arthur Russell1951–1992
- Augusta Browne1820–1882
- Augusta Read Thomas1964–
- Aurelio Giorni1895–1938
- Aurora Nealand1979–
- Avery Robinson1878–1965
- Avo Sõmer1934–2024
- Axel Christensen1881–1955
- Ayuo Takahashi1960–
- Barbara Benary1946–2019
- Barbara Jazwinski1950–
- Barbara Kolb1938–2024
- Barbara White (composer)
- Barney Childs1926–2000
- Barton McLean1938–
- Basil Poledouris1945–2006
- Beata Moon1969–
- Beatrice Schroeder Rose1922–2014
- Béla Bartók1881–1945
- Ben Goldberg1959–
- Ben Jerome1881–1938
- Ben Johnston (composer)1926–2019
- Ben Moore (composer)1960–
- Ben Neill1957–
- Benjamin Boretz1934–
- Benjamin C. S. Boyle1979–
- Benjamin Franklin Baker (musician)1811–1889
- Benjamin Franklin White1800–1879
- Benjamin Lazar Davis1986–
- Benjamin Verdery1955–
- Berenice Wyer1873–1960
- Bernard B. Brown1898–1981
- Bernard Rands1934–2026
- Bernard Rogers1893–1968
- Bernhard Heiden1910–2000
- Bernhard Kaun1899–1980
- Bernice Johnson Reagon1942–2024
- Bert Potter (composer)1874–1930
- Bertha Des Verney1890–1975
- Bertha Weber1887–1961
- Bertram Shapleigh1871–1940
- Bertram Turetzky1933–
- Beth Anderson (composer)1950–
- Beth Denisch1958–
- Betty Ann Wong
- Betty Jackson King1928–1994
- Beverly Grigsby1928–2022
- Bill Brown (composer)1969–
- Bill Fontana1947–
- Bill Justis1926–1982
- Bill Lee (musician)1928–2023
- Bill Milbrodt
- Bill Russell (composer)1905–1992
- Bill Sherman1980–
- Billy Burnette1953–
- Billy Goldenberg1936–2020
- Billy Peterson1951–
- Billy Strayhorn1915–1967
- Blake Allen1988–
- Blanche Robinson1883–1969
- Bob Belden1956–2015
- Bob Cobert1924–2020
- Bob Cole (composer)1868–1911
- Bob Curnow1941–
- Bob Hardwick
- Bohuslav Martinů1890–1959
- Boris Midney1937–
- Børns1992–
- Božidar Kantušer1921–1999
- Bradley Joseph1965–
- Bram Inscore1982–2023
- Brandon Moore (composer)1976–
- Brian Balmages1975–
- Brian Head (composer)1964–
- Brian Keane1953–
- Bridget Kearney1986–
- Bright Sheng1955–
- Brittney Boykin1989–
- Brody Brown1989–
- Bruce Adolphe1955–
- Bruce Babcock1951–
- Bruce Broughton1945–
- Bruce MacCombie1943–2012
- Bruce Wolosoff1955–
- Bryan E. Miller1965–
- Buck Warnick1915–1995
- Burr Van Nostrand1945–
- Burrill Phillips1907–1988
- Byron Adams1955–
- C. Curtis-Smith1941–2014
- C. Mortimer Wiske1853–1934
- Callie Bonney Marble
- Calvin Jackson (pianist)1919–1985
- Calvin Jones (composer)1966–
- Camara Kambon1973–
- Camilla Kolchinsky1937–2016
- Canary Burton1942–
- Carl Baermann (pianist)1839–1913
- Carl Faia1962–
- Carl Lachmund1853–1928
- Carl Ruggles1876–1971
- Carl Stone1953–
- Carl W. Stalling1891–1972
- Carla Scaletti1956–
- Carlisle Floyd1926–2021
- Carlos Simon (composer)1986–
- Carlos Surinach1915–1997
- Carlos Villalobos (composer)1965–
- Carlton Cooley1898–1981
- Carlton Gamer1929–2023
- Carmine Coppola1910–1991
- Carmino Ravosa1930–2015
- Caro Roma1866–1937
- Carol E. Barnett1949–
- Carol Hall1936–2018
- Caroline Lloyd1924–1980
- Caroline Shaw1982–
- Carolyn Yarnell1961–
- Carrie B. Wilson Adams1858–1940
- Catherine Lamb1982–
- Catherine Murphy Urner1891–1942
- Cecil Effinger1914–1990
- Cecil Mack1883–1944
- Celius Dougherty1902–1986
- Charity Bailey1904–1978
- Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick1983–2019
- Charlemagne Palestine1947–
- Charles A. Zimmermann1862–1916
- Charles Amirkhanian1945–
- Charles Bernstein (composer)1943–
- Charles Boone (composer)1939–
- Charles Curtis (musician)
- Charles Dodge (composer)1942–
- Charles E. King1874–1950
- Charles Fussell1938–
- Charles Gross1934–2026
- Charles Hamm1925–2011
- Charles Hommann1803–1872
- Charles Ives1874–1954
- Charles Jerome Hopkins1836–1898
- Charles Knox (composer)1929–2019
- Charles Lucien Lambert1828–1896
- Charles Martin Loeffler1861–1935
- Charles Naginski1909–1940
- Charles Sanford Skilton1868–1941
- Charles Shere1935–2020
- Charles Tomlinson Griffes1884–1920
- Charles Wakefield Cadman1881–1946
- Charles Wuorinen1938–2020
- Charley Straight1891–1940
- Charlie Parker1920–1955
- Charlotte Blake1885–1979
- Charlotte Schlesinger1909–1976
- Charlotte W. Hawes1840–1926
- Chelsea Chen1983–
- Chester Biscardi1948–
- Chihchun Chi-sun Lee1970–
- Chinary Ung1942–
- Chou Wen-chung1923–2019
- Chris Botti1962–
- Chris Brown (composer)1953–
- Chris Field (composer)
- Chris Jones (American musician)1958–2005
- Chris Tilton1979–
- Christiaan Kriens1881–1934
- Christian Wolff (composer)1934–
- Christine Asdurian1893–1963
- Christine Berl1943–
- Christine Southworth1978–
- Christopher Adler (musician)1972–
- Christopher Jessup (composer)1998–
- Christopher North (composer)1969–
- Christopher Rouse (composer)1949–2019
- Christopher Theofanidis1967–
- Christopher Tin1976–
- Christopher Trapani1980–
- Claire Polin1926–1995
- Claire Ritter1952–
- Clara Anna Korn1866–1940
- Clara Edwards1880–1974
- Clara H. Scott1841–1897
- Clara Kathleen Rogers1844–1931
- Clare Kummer1873–1958
- Clare Shore1954–
- Clarence Cameron White1880–1960
- Clarence L. Partee1864–1915
- Claude Baker1948–
- Claude Demetrius1916–1988
- Claudio S. Grafulla1812–1880
- Claudio Spies1925–2020
- Clay Christiansen (organist)1949–
- Clayton Counts1973–2016
- Cliff Eidelman1964–
- Cliff Hess1894–1959
- Clotilde Arias1901–1959
- Cole M.G.N.
- Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson1932–2004
- Colin O'Malley1973–
- Colleen Lovett1946–
- Conlon Nancarrow1912–1997
- Conrad Cummings1948–
- Conrad Pope
- Conrad Susa1935–2013
- Constance Faunt Le Roy Runcie1836–1911
- Corey Dargel1977–
- Craig Bohmler1956–
- Craig First1960–
- Cristian Amigo1963–
- Cristina Spinei1984–
- Curtis Roads1951–
- Cynthia Cozette Lee1953–
- Dafna Naphtali
- Dafnis Prieto1974–
- Dagmar Nordstrom1903–1976
- Dale Barlow1959–
- Dale Warland1932–
- Dalmazio Santini1923–2001
- Damien Geter1980–
- Damon Elliott1973–
- Damon Fox (writer)1966–
- Dan Forrest1978–
- Dan Locklair1949–
- Dana Kletter1959–
- Dane Rudhyar1895–1985
- Daniel Asia1953–
- Daniel B. Towner1850–1919
- Daniel Bernard Roumain1971–
- Daniel Dorff1956–
- Daniel Dutton1959–
- Daniel E. Gawthrop1949–
- Daniel Goode1936–
- Daniel Gregory Mason1873–1953
- Daniel Hart (musician)1976–
- Daniel James Wolf1961–
- Daniel Kellogg (composer)1976–
- Daniel Lentz1942–2025
- Daniel Léo Simpson1959–
- Daniel Pinkham1923–2006
- Daniel Read1757–1836
- Daniel Sternberg1913–2000
- Daniel Steven Crafts1949–
- Daniel W. McCarthy1955–
- Daniele Amfitheatrof1901–1983
- Danny Baranowsky1984–
- Daria Semegen1946–
- Daron Hagen1961–
- Darrell Calker1905–1964
- Darryl Kubian1966–
- Dary John Mizelle1940–
- Dave Black (composer)1959–
- Dave Kerman1959–
- Dave Newhouse1953–
- Dave Porter (composer)
- Dave Sardy1967–
- Dave Willey1963–
- David A. Jaffe1955–
- David Amram1930–
- David Arnott1963–
- David Avshalomov1946–
- David B. Doty1950–
- David Baker (composer)1931–2016
- David Behrman1937–
- David Borden1938–
- David Braham1834–1905
- David C. Johnson1940–2021
- David Chesky1956–
- David Conte1955–
- David Cope1941–2025
- David Cornwall1937–2006
- David Darling (musician)1941–2021
- David DeBoor Canfield1950–
- David Del Tredici1937–2023
- David Diamond (composer)1915–2005
- David Evan Jones (composer)1946–
- David First1953–
- David Fleming (composer)
- David Garner (composer)1954–
- David Gillingham1947–
- David Hegarty1945–
- David Hogan (composer)1949–1996
- David Holcenberg
- David Holsinger1945–
- David Laganella1974–
- David Lang (composer)1957–
- David Liptak1949–
- David Loeb (composer)1939–
- David Lucas (composer)1937–
- David Maslanka1943–2017
- David Newman (composer)1954–
- David Noon1946–
- David P. Sartor1956–
- David Robidoux
- David Roitman1884–1943
- David Rosenboom1947–
- David Rothenberg1962–
- David Sanford (composer)1963–
- David Snow (composer)1954–
- David Strother
- David Thomas Roberts1955–
- David Torn1953–
- David Tudor1926–1996
- David Van Vactor1906–1994
- David Wallis Reeves1838–1900
- David Ward-Steinman1936–2015
- David Woodard1964–
- David Yazbek1960–
- Davis Daniel1961–
- Dean Drummond1949–2013
- Dean Rosenthal1974–
- Deborah Drattell1956–
- Deborah Lurie1974–
- Dee Libbey1919–1988
- Deems Taylor1885–1966
- Delaney Bramlett1939–2008
- Delores Dufner1939–
- Dem Jointz1976–
- Denes Agay1911–2007
- Dennis Báthory-Kitsz1949–
- Dennis Eberhard1943–2005
- Dennis Johnson (composer)1938–2018
- Dennis McCarthy (composer)1945–
- Dennis Tobenski1982–
- Derek Bermel1967–
- Derek Keller1971–
- Devon Rose1995–
- Dianaruthe Wharton1951–
- Diane Thome1942–2025
- Dianne Goolkasian Rahbee1938–
- Dick Higgins1938–1998
- Dick Rogers1912–1970
- Dina Koston1929–2009
- Dominick Argento1927–2019
- Donald Erb1927–2008
- Donald Harris (composer)1931–2016
- Donald Knaack
- Donald Martino1931–2005
- Donald Sur1935–1999
- Dorothea Austin1921–2011
- Dorothy Hindman1966–
- Dorothy Lawson
- Dorothy Rudd Moore1940–2022
- Dorsey Dixon1897–1968
- Douglas Allanbrook1921–2003
- Douglas Leedy1938–2015
- Douglas Moore1893–1969
- Douglas Townsend1921–2012
- Drew Louis2000–
- Du Yun1977–
- Duke Ellington1899–1974
- Dušan Bogdanović1955–
- Dwight Gustafson1930–2014
- Earl Kim1920–1998
- Earl Louis Stewart1950–
- Earl Robinson1910–1991
- Earl Rose (composer)1946–
- Easley Blackwood Jr.1933–2023
- Ed Bogas1936–
- Ed Di Lello1952–
- Eda Rapoport1890–1968
- Eddie Kilfeather1900–1950
- Edgar Warren Williams1949–
- Edith Borroff1925–2019
- Edmond Dédé1823–1903
- Edmund Jenkins1894–1926
- Edward Ballantine1886–1971
- Edward Boatner1898–1981
- Edward Gold1936–2022
- Edward Joseph Collins1886–1951
- Edward Knight (composer)1961–
- Edward MacDowell1860–1908
- Edward Mack1826–1882
- Edward Mollenhauer1827–1914
- Edward Shearmur1966–
- Edward T. Cone1917–2004
- Edward Ward (composer)1900–1971
- Edwin Eugene Bagley1857–1922
- Edwin Franko Goldman1878–1956
- Edwin Penhorwood1939–
- Effie F. Kamman1868–1933
- Efraín Amaya1959–
- Egon Kenton1891–1987
- Elaine Barkin1932–2023
- Elaine Bearer1947–
- Elaine Fine1959–
- Elainie Lillios1968–
- Eleanor Everest Freer1864–1942
- Eleanor Hovda1940–2009
- Elena Ruehr1963–
- Elia Cmíral1950–
- Elie Siegmeister1909–1991
- Elinor Armer1939–
- Elisabeth Le Guin1957–
- Eliza Mazzucato Young1846–1937
- Elizabeth Alexander (composer)1962–
- Elizabeth Bell (composer)1928–2016
- Elizabeth Brown (musician)1953–
- Elizabeth Gyring1889–1970
- Elizabeth Hayden Pizer1954–
- Elizabeth Ogonek1989–
- Elizabeth R. Austin1938–
- Elizabeth Swados1951–2016
- Elizabeth Walton Vercoe1941–
- Ellen Fullman1957–
- Ellen Reid (composer)1983–
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich1939–
- Elliot Goldenthal1954–
- Elliott Carter1908–2012
- Ellsworth Snyder1931–2005
- Elodie Lauten1950–2014
- Emil Cadkin1920–2020
- Emil Liebling1851–1914
- Emil Newman1911–1984
- Emily Bruce Roelofson
- Emma Lou Diemer1927–2024
- Emma Marcy Raymond1839–1913
- Emma Nyra1988–
- Emma Roberto Steiner1852–1929
- Emmerich Kálmán1882–1953
- Eric Banks (composer)1969–
- Eric Ewazen1954–
- Eric Funk1949–
- Eric Knechtges1978–
- Eric Mandat1957–
- Eric Moe (composer)1954–
- Eric Salzman1933–2017
- Eric Stern1971–
- Eric Tingstad1954–
- Eric Watson (musician)1955–
- Eric Whitacre1970–
- Erica Muhl1961–
- Erich Katz1900–1973
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold1897–1957
- Erik Friedlander1960–
- Erin Gee (composer)1974–
- Erling Wold1958–
- Ernest Bloch1880–1959
- Ernest Charles1895–1984
- Ernest Gold1921–1999
- Ernest Kanitz1894–1978
- Ernest Manheim1900–2002
- Ernest Schelling1876–1939
- Ernest Trow Carter1866–1953
- Ernie Stires1925–2008
- Ernst Bacon1898–1990
- Ernst Krenek1900–1991
- Ernst Perabo1845–1920
- Este Haim1986–
- Esther Allan1914–1985
- Esther Ballou1915–1973
- Ethelbert Nevin1862–1901
- Etilmon J. Stark1867–1962
- Eugene Bonner1889–1983
- Eugene Kurtz1923–2006
- Eugene O'Brien (composer)1945–
- Eugene Zador1894–1977
- Eugénie Rocherolle1936–2025
- Eun Young Lee1967–
- Eunice Lea Kettering1906–2000
- Eva Jessye1895–1992
- Evan Call1988–
- Evan Hause1967–
- Evan Marshall (musician)
- Evan Ziporyn1959–
- Eve Beglarian1958–
- Evelyn LaRue Pittman1910–1992
- Eyvind Kang1971–
- Ezra Laderman1924–2015
- Ezra Sims1928–2015
- Fannie Charles Dillon1881–1947
- Fannie Morris Spencer1865–1943
- Faustina Hasse Hodges1823–1895
- Fay Foster1886–1960
- Faye-Ellen Silverman1947–
- Federico Smith1929–1977
- Felix Arndt1889–1918
- Felix Mills1901–1987
- Ferde Grofé1892–1972
- Fidelis Zitterbart1845–1915
- Fisher Tull1934–1994
- Fleta Jan Brown Spencer1882–1938
- Florence Price1887–1953
- Florence Turner-Maley1871–1962
- Florizel von Reuter1890–1985
- Floy Little Bartlett1883–1956
- Frances McCollin1892–1960
- Frances White (composer)1960–
- Frances Ziffer1917–1996
- Francesco Fanciulli1853–1915
- Francis Boott (composer)1813–1904
- Francis Johnson (composer)1792–1844
- Francis Judd Cooke1910–1995
- Francis MacMillen1885–1973
- Francis Thorne1922–2017
- Frank Comstock1922–2013
- Frank Felice1961–
- Frank Ferko1950–
- Frank H. Losey1870–1931
- Frank La Forge1879–1953
- Frank Lewin1925–2008
- Frank Ticheli1958–
- Frank William Erickson1923–1996
- Frank Zappa1940–1993
- Franklin Cox1961–
- Fred Lerdahl1943–
- Frederic Archer1838–1901
- Frederic Rzewski1938–2021
- Frederick A. Fox1931–2011
- Frederick Converse1871–1940
- Frederick J. Bacon1871–1948
- Frederick Jacobi1891–1952
- Frederick W. Hager1874–1958
- Frederick Zech Jr.1858–1926
- Fredric Kroll1945–2026
- Fredrick Kaufman1936–
- Fritz Kreisler1875–1962
- Fritz Spielmann (composer)1906–1997
- G. Estabrook1845–1897
- Gabriel Jenks1981–
- Gabriel von Wayditch1888–1969
- Gabriela Lena Frank1972–
- Gabriella Smith1991–
- Gail Kubik1914–1984
- Gardner Read1913–2005
- Gareth Loy1945–
- Garrett Byrnes1971–
- Garrett List1943–2019
- Garry Schyman1954–
- Gary Bias
- Gary Geld1935–2015
- Gary Kuo
- Gary Lee Nelson1940–
- Gary M. Green
- Gaston Allaire1916–2011
- Gaston Dethier1875–1958
- Gavin Mikhail
- Gene Krupa1909–1973
- Gene Tyranny1945–2020
- Gentry Densley
- Geoff Muldaur1943–
- Geoff Zanelli1974–
- George Antheil1900–1959
- George Balch Wilson1927–2021
- George Botsford1874–1949
- George Brunner (composer)1951–
- George Crumb1929–2022
- George Dallas Sherman1844–1927
- George E. Lewis1952–
- George Frederick Bristow1825–1898
- George Frederick McKay1899–1970
- George Gershwin1898–1937
- George James Webb1803–1887
- George Kleinsinger1914–1982
- George L. Spaulding1864–1921
- George Lynn (composer)1915–1989
- George Perle1915–2009
- George Rochberg1918–2005
- George Russell (composer)1923–2009
- George Sarah
- George Secor1943–2020
- George Stone (composer)1965–
- George Szell1897–1970
- George Templeton Strong (composer)1856–1948
- George Tremblay1911–1982
- George Tsontakis1951–
- George Walker (composer)1922–2018
- George Whitefield Chadwick1854–1931
- George Whiting1840–1923
- Georgia Shreve
- Gerald Busby1935–
- Gerald Cohen (composer)1960–
- Gerald Fried1928–2023
- Gerald Levinson1951–
- Gerald Shapiro (composer)1942–
- Gerald Strang1908–1983
- Gerard Carbonara1886–1959
- Gérard Pape1955–
- Gerardo Iasilli1880–1969
- Gertrude Price Wollner1900–1985
- Gertrude Rivers Robinson1927–1995
- Gil Trythall1930–2023
- Gilda Lyons1975–
- Gitta Steiner1932–1990
- Gladys Nordenstrom1924–2016
- Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz1928–2024
- Glenn Branca1948–2018
- Glenn Miller1904–1944
- Gloria Coates1933–2023
- Gloria Wilson Swisher1935–2023
- Gordon Mumma1935–
- Gordon Sherwood1929–2013
- Gottlieb Graupner1767–1836
- Grace Adele Freebey1885–1943
- Grace Leboy1890–1983
- Gregoria Karides Suchy1923–2018
- Gregory Short1938–1999
- Gregory Spears1977–
- Gregory Vajda1973–
- Gregory Wanamaker1968–
- Guillermo Venegas Lloveras1915–1993
- Gunther Schuller1925–2015
- Gustav Hinrichs1850–1942
- Gustav Strube1867–1953
- Gustave J. Stoeckel1819–1907
- Gwen Laster
- Gwyneth Van Anden Walker1947–
- H. Owen Reed1910–2014
- Haig Gudenian1886–1972
- Haig Mardirosian1947–
- Hale A. VanderCook1864–1949
- Hale Smith1925–2009
- Halim El-Dabh1921–2017
- Halsey Stevens1908–1989
- Hanns Eisler1898–1962
- Hans Balatka1827–1899
- Hans Spialek1894–1983
- Harl McDonald1899–1955
- Harley Gaber1943–2011
- Harold Boatrite1932–2021
- Harold Budd1936–2020
- Harold L. Walters1918–1984
- Harold Meltzer1966–2024
- Harold Morris (composer)1890–1964
- Harold Shapero1920–2013
- Harold Van Heuvelen1919–2017
- Harold Vincent Milligan1888–1951
- Harriet Bolz1909–1995
- Harriet Padberg1922–2014
- Harriet Ware (composer)1877–1962
- Harry Archer (composer)1888–1960
- Harry Burleigh1866–1949
- Harry Partch1901–1974
- Harry Rowe Shelley1858–1947
- Harvey B. Dodworth1822–1891
- Harvey J. Stokes1957–
- Harvey Sollberger1938–
- Héctor Campos Parsi1922–1998
- Heinrich Schalit1886–1976
- Heinz Roemheld1901–1985
- Helen Eugenia Hagan1891–1964
- Helen Hopekirk1856–1945
- Helen May Butler1867–1957
- Helen Taylor (composer)1915–1950
- Helena Stone Torgerson1878–1941
- Helmut Calabrese1957–
- Henning Lohner1961–
- Henriette Blanke-Belcher1882–1958
- Henry Brant1913–2008
- Henry Christian Timm1811–1892
- Henry Clay Work1832–1884
- Henry Cowell1897–1965
- Henry Eichheim1870–1942
- Henry Fillmore1881–1956
- Henry Gwiazda1952–
- Henry Holden Huss1862–1953
- Henry Kimball Hadley1871–1937
- Henry Mancini1924–1994
- Henry Schoenefeld1857–1936
- Henry Sullivan (composer)1895–1975
- Herbert Elwell1898–1974
- Herman Berlinski1910–2001
- Herman Wohl1877–1936
- Herschel Garfein1958–
- Hershy Kay1919–1981
- Holly Butler1957–
- Homer Keller1915–1996
- Honiball Joseph1971–
- Horatio Parker1863–1919
- Howard Frazin1962–
- Howard Hanson1896–1981
- Howard L. Quilling1935–2016
- Howard Sandroff1949–
- Howard Stelzer1974–
- Howie Smith1943–
- Hubert Klyne Headley1906–1996
- Huck Hodge1977–
- Hugh Aitken (composer)1924–2012
- Hugo Friedhofer1901–1981
- Hugo Montenegro1925–1981
- Hunter Johnson (composer)1906–1998
- Idabelle Smith Firestone1874–1954
- Ignace Strasfogel1909–1994
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski1860–1941
- Igor Raykhelson1961–
- Igor Stravinsky1882–1971
- Ingolf Dahl1912–1970
- Ingram Marshall1942–2022
- Ira D. Sankey1840–1908
- Irene Britton Smith1907–1999
- Irene Cozad1888–1970
- Irene M. Giblin1888–1974
- Irving Berlin1888–1989
- Irving Fine1914–1962
- Irwin Bazelon1922–1995
- Irwin Heilner1908–1991
- Irwin Leroy Fischer1903–1977
- Irwin Swack1916–2006
- Isabel McNeill Carley1918–2011
- Isadore Freed1900–1960
- Ivan Tcherepnin1943–1998
- Ivana Marburger Themmen1938–
- Ivor Darreg1917–1994
- J. Bodewalt Lampe1869–1929
- J. D. Parran
- J. Emory Shaw1863–1943
- J. Harold Brown1902–1982
- J. Leubrie Hill
- J. Mark Scearce1960–
- J. Rosamond Johnson1873–1954
- J. T. Buck1978–
- Jack Beeson1921–2010
- Jack Behrens1935–2024
- Jack Cooper (American musician)1963–
- Jack Delano1914–1997
- Jack Lathrop1913–1987
- Jack Marshall (composer)1921–1973
- Jack Wall (composer)1964–
- Jack Woodbridge1956–2023
- Jack Yarber1967–
- Jackson Berkey1942–
- Jacob Avshalomov1919–2013
- Jacob Cooper (composer)1980–
- Jacob Druckman1928–1996
- Jacob French1754–1817
- Jacob Schaefer (composer)1888–1936
- Jacob Weinberg1879–1956
- Jacques de Menasce1905–1960
- Jacques-Louis Monod1927–2020
- Jake Heggie1961–
- Jake Monaco1982–
- Jake Runestad1986–
- James A. Beckel Jr.1948–
- James Baker (composer)1957–
- James Barnes (composer)1949–
- James Brody1941–2010
- James Cohn1928–2021
- James Cutler Dunn Parker1828–1916
- James Dashow1944–
- James Di Pasquale1941–
- James Fei1974–
- James G. Ellis (composer)1880–1966
- James Horner1953–2015
- James L. Venable1967–
- James Lentini1958–
- James Lyon (composer)1735–1794
- James M. Stephenson1969–
- James Matheson (composer)1970–
- James Romig1971–
- James Scott (composer)1885–1938
- James Tenney1934–2006
- James Yannatos1929–2011
- Jan Bach1937–2020
- Jan Gilbert1946–
- Jan Meyerowitz1913–1998
- Jan Swafford1946–
- Jan Williams1939–
- Jane Corner Young1915–2001
- Jane O'Leary1946–
- Janet Maguire1927–2019
- Janice Giteck1946–
- Janika Vandervelde1955–
- Janis Mattox
- Jared Emerson-Johnson1981–
- Jaromír Weinberger1896–1967
- Jason Brandt1973–
- Jason Eckardt1971–
- Jason Evigan1983–
- Jason Staczek1965–
- Jay Alan Yim1958–
- Jay Blackton1909–1994
- Jay Chattaway1946–
- Jay Graydon1949–
- Jay Greenberg (composer)1991–
- Jay Gruska1953–
- Jay Livingston1915–2001
- Jay Reise1950–
- Jay Schwartz1965–
- Jay Sydeman1928–2021
- Jay Wadley
- Jean Berger1909–2002
- Jean Eichelberger Ivey1923–2010
- Jean Joseph Bott1826–1895
- Jean Schwartz1878–1956
- Jeanne Behrend1911–1988
- Jeannie G. Pool1951–
- Jeff Miyahara1977–
- Jeff Myers (composer)1977–
- Jefferson Friedman1974–
- Jeffrey Brooks1956–
- Jeffrey Mumford1955–
- Jen Trynin1963–
- Jennifer Higdon1962–
- Jeremiah Dencke1725–1795
- Jeremiah Ingalls1764–1838
- Jeremy Adelman (composer)1973–
- Jeremy Beck1960–
- Jeremy Soule1975–
- Jeremy Turner (composer)1975–
- Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate1968–
- Jerome Kitzke1955–
- Jeronimas Kačinskas1907–2005
- Jerry Bilik1933–
- Jerry Brubaker1946–
- Jerry Calliste Jr.1965–
- Jerry Hunt1943–1993
- Jess Langston Turner1983–
- Jessi (musician)1988–
- Jessica Jung1989–
- Jessica Suchy-Pilalis1954–
- Jessie Baetz1894–1980
- Jessie Gaynor1863–1921
- Jessie Montgomery1981–
- Jill Tracy
- Jim Johnston (composer)1959–
- Jim Stanton
- Jim Steinman1947–2021
- Jimmy McHugh1894–1969
- Jimmy Vivino1955–
- Joan Franks Williams1930–2003
- Joan La Barbara1947–
- Joan Szymko1957–
- Joan Tower1938–
- Joanne Metcalf1958–
- Jody Diamond1953–
- Joe Kraemer (composer)1971–
- Joe Maneri1927–2009
- Joe Sample1939–2014
- Joel Mandelbaum1932–2019
- Joel Puckett1977–
- Joel Thome1939–
- Johann Friedrich Peter1746–1813
- Johanna Beyer1888–1944
- John A. Ross (composer)1940–2006
- John Adam Hugo1873–1945
- John Adams1947–
- John Alden Carpenter1876–1951
- John Antes1740–1811
- John Anthony Lennon1950–
- John Barnes Chance1932–1972
- John Barry (composer)1933–2011
- John Beal (composer)1947–
- John Cage1912–1992
- John Carpenter1948–
- John Chowning1934–
- John Corigliano1938–
- John Courter1942–2010
- John Craton1953–
- John Davison (composer)1930–1999
- John Diercks1927–2020
- John Donald Robb1892–1989
- John Dragonetti
- John Duffy (composer)1926–2015
- John Eaton (composer)1935–2015
- John Elwood Price1935–1995
- John Ferritto1937–2010
- John Harbison1938–
- John Henry Hopkins Jr.1820–1891
- John Howard Payne1791–1852
- John J. Becker1886–1961
- John Jacob Niles1892–1980
- John Kavanaugh
- John Knowles Paine1839–1906
- John La Montaine1920–2013
- John Laurence Seymour1893–1986
- John Leslie McFarland1926–1971
- John Lessard1920–2003
- John Loeffler1951–
- John Luther Adams1953–
- John Mackey (composer)1973–
- John McGuire (composer)1942–
- John Moran (composer)1965–
- John Musto1954–
- John N. Klohr1869–1956
- John Oliver (composer)1959–
- John Paesano1977–
- John Philip Sousa1854–1932
- John Prindle Scott1877–1932
- John Rogers Thomas1830–1896
- John Rox1902–1957
- John S. Hilliard1947–2019
- John Serry Sr.1915–2003
- John Stepan Zamecnik1872–1953
- John Tesh1952–
- John Thomas Douglass1847–1886
- John Thow1949–2007
- John Van Tongeren1961–
- John Vincent (composer)1902–1977
- John W. Schaum1905–1988
- John Wesley Work III1901–1967
- John Whitney (animator)1917–1995
- John Williams1932–
- John Woods Duke1899–1984
- John Worley1919–1999
- Johnny "Guitar" Watson1935–1996
- Johnny Bristol1939–2004
- Johnny Mandel1925–2020
- Johnny Pacheco1935–2021
- Jon Appleton1939–2022
- Jon Gibson (minimalist musician)1940–2020
- Jonathan Bepler
- Jonathan Kramer1942–2004
- Jonathan Leshnoff1973–
- Jonathan Price
- Jonathan Russell (composer)1979–
- Jorge Liderman1957–2008
- Jorge Martín (composer)1959–
- José Julián Jiménez1823–1898
- Josefina Benedetti1953–
- Joseph Achron1886–1943
- Joseph Alfidi1949–2015
- Joseph Bertolozzi1959–
- Joseph Brody1877–1937
- Joseph Byrd1937–2025
- Joseph Carl Breil1870–1926
- Joseph Curiale1955–
- Joseph Dillon Ford1952–2017
- Joseph Erskine Agnew1868–1949
- Joseph Fennimore1940–
- Joseph Hallman1979–
- Joseph Meyer (songwriter)1894–1987
- Joseph R. Wood1915–2000
- Joseph Redding1859–1932
- Joseph Rumshinsky1881–1956
- Joseph Schillinger1895–1943
- Joseph Schwantner1943–
- Joseph Trapanese1984–
- Joseph Waters1952–
- Joseph Willcox Jenkins1928–2014
- Josephine Trott1874–1950
- Joshua (American singer)1995–
- Joshua Fineberg1969–
- Joshua Rosenblum1963–
- Joy Guidry1995–
- Joyce Barthelson1900–1986
- Joyce Mekeel1931–1997
- Judith Dvorkin1928–1995
- Judith Lang Zaimont1945–
- Judith Shatin1949–
- Judy Dunaway1964–
- Judy Klein1943–
- Jules Jordan (composer)1850–1927
- Julia Adolphe1988–
- Julia Newman2004–
- Julia Perry1924–1979
- Julia Smith (composer)1905–1989
- Julia Wolfe1958–
- Julian Edwards1855–1910
- Julian Jordan (composer)1850–1929
- Julian Work1910–1995
- Juliana Hall1958–
- Julie Rivé-King1854–1937
- Julius Dobos1976–
- Julius Eastman1940–1990
- Julius Hemphill1938–1995
- June Weybright1903–1996
- Juri Seo1981–
- Justin Dello Joio1955–
- Karel Husa1921–2016
- Karen P. Thomas1957–
- Karen Tanaka1961–
- Karl Feininger1844–1922
- Karl Hajos1889–1950
- Karl Korte1928–2022
- Karl L. King1891–1971
- Karl Merz1836–1890
- Karola Obermueller1977–
- Kate Gentile1990–
- Kate Soper (composer)1981–
- Katherine Balch1991–
- Katherine Hoover1937–2018
- Katherine Kennicott Davis1892–1980
- Katherine Ruth Heyman1877–1944
- Katherine Young (musician)
- Kathryn Alexander1955–
- Kathryn Bostic
- Kay Gardner (composer)1941–2002
- Kay Swift1897–1993
- Kemp Stillings1888–1967
- Ken Field1953–
- Ken Ueno1970–
- Kendall Briggs
- Kenji Bunch1973–
- Kenneth Fuchs1956–
- Kenneth Gaburo1926–1993
- Kenneth Lampl1964–
- Kent Kennan1913–2003
- Kermit Poling1960–
- Kerry Muzzey1970–
- Kevin Keller (composer)1967–
- Kevin Puts1972–
- Kim Kashkashian1952–
- Kimo Williams1950–
- Kimya Dawson1972–
- Kirke Mechem1925–
- Koncept1985–
- Konstantin Orbelyan1928–2014
- Kramer (musician)1958–
- Kristin Kuster1973–
- Kurt Farquhar
- Kurt Roger1895–1966
- Kurt Stallmann1964–
- Kurt Weill1900–1950
- Kyle Gann1955–
- La Monte Young1935–
- Lane Tietgen
- Larry Austin1930–2018
- Larry Grossman (composer)1938–
- Larry Harlow (musician)1939–2021
- Larry Mullins (musician)1966–
- Larry Polansky1954–2024
- Laura Clayton1943–
- Laura Kaminsky1956–
- Laura Schwendinger1962–
- Laura Sedgwick Collins1859–1927
- Laura Shigihara
- Lauren Bernofsky1967–
- Laurence Traiger1956–2024
- Laurie San Martin
- Laurie Spiegel1945–
- Lawrence Benjamin Brown1893–1972
- Lawrence Chandler1971–
- Lawrence Dillon1959–
- Lazar Weiner1897–1982
- Lazare Saminsky1882–1959
- Leah Reid1985–
- Lee Hoiby1926–2011
- Lee Pattison1890–1966
- Leilehua Lanzilotti1983–
- Leith Stevens1909–1970
- Lejaren Hiller1924–1994
- Leland (musician)1991–
- Lena Raine1984–
- Lennie Niehaus1929–2020
- Lennie Tristano1919–1978
- Leo Birenberg
- Leo Ornstein1893–2002
- Leo Rich Lewis1865–1945
- Leo Rowlands1891–1967
- Leo Schulz1865–1944
- Leo Smit (American composer)1921–1999
- Leo Sowerby1895–1968
- Leon Bates (pianist)1949–2025
- Leon Carr1910–1976
- Leon Kirchner1919–2009
- Leon Milo1956–2014
- Leon Stein1910–2002
- Leonard B. Meyer1918–2007
- Leonard Bernstein1918–1990
- Leonard Kastle1929–2011
- Leonard Rosenman1924–2008
- Leonardo Balada1933–
- Leopold Auer1845–1930
- Lera Auerbach1973–
- Leroy Anderson1908–1975
- Leroy Ostransky1918–1993
- Leroy Robertson1896–1971
- Les C. Copeland1887–1942
- Leslie Adams (composer)1932–2024
- Leslie Bassett1923–2016
- Lester Trimble1923–1986
- Lettie Alston1953–2014
- Lev Zhurbin1978–
- Lew Soloff1944–2015
- Lex de Azevedo1943–
- Lia Ouyang Rusli
- Lila-Gene George1918–2017
- Lily Strickland1884–1958
- Linda Catlin Smith1957–
- Lindsay Jones (composer)1969–
- Lionel Newman1916–1989
- Lisa Scola Prosek1958–
- Lloyd Ultan (composer)1929–1998
- Logan Nelson1996–
- Lois Albright1904–1995
- Lois V. Vierk1951–
- Lola Carrier Worrell
- Lora Aborn1907–2005
- Loren Gold
- Lori Laitman1955–
- Lou Carter1918–2005
- Lou Harrison1917–2003
- Louis Calabro1926–1991
- Louis Forbes1902–1981
- Louis Gruenberg1884–1964
- Louis Karchin1951–
- Louis Mennini1920–2000
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk1829–1869
- Louis W. Ballard1931–2007
- Louise Beach
- Louise Robyn1878–1949
- Louise Talma1906–1996
- Lowell Liebermann1961–
- Lowell Mason1792–1872
- Lucia Dlugoszewski1931–2000
- Lucien Cailliet1891–1985
- Lucius R. Wyatt1938–
- Lucy Simon1940–2022
- Ludmila Ulehla1923–2009
- Ludwig Engländer1853–1914
- Ludwig Lenel1914–2002
- Luella Totten
- Lukas Foss1922–2009
- Lukas Ligeti1965–
- Luke Flynn1988–
- Luna Pearl Woolf1973–
- Luther Henderson1919–2003
- Lyle Mays1953–2020
- Lynn Gumert1961–
- M Lamar1972–
- Mac Quayle
- Mae Doelling Schmidt1889–1965
- Maksim Dunayevsky1945–
- Malcolm Dalglish1952–
- Malcolm Goldstein1936–
- Malcolm Peyton1932–2025
- Man Parrish1958–
- Mana-Zucca1885–1981
- Manoah Leide-Tedesco1895–1982
- Mara Margaret Helmuth1957–
- Marc Blitzstein1905–1964
- Marc Daubert1963–
- Marc Mellits1966–
- Marc Neikrug1946–
- Marc Shaiman1959–
- Marcel Grandjany1891–1975
- Marco Beltrami1966–
- Marco Oppedisano1971–
- Marga Richter1926–2020
- Margaret Bonds1913–1972
- Margaret Brouwer1940–
- Margaret Garwood1927–2015
- Margaret Rosezarian Harris1943–2000
- Margaret Ruthven Lang1867–1972
- Margaret Scoville1944–1978
- Margaret Wigham1904–1972
- Marguerite Melville Liszniewska1879–1935
- María Grever1885–1951
- Maria Newman1962–
- Marie Siegling1824–1920
- Marilyn Crispell1947–
- Marilyn J. Ziffrin1926–2018
- Marilyn Michaels1943–
- Marilyn Shrude1946–
- Marina Rosenfeld1969–
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco1895–1968
- Marion Bauer1882–1955
- Marion Dix Sullivan1802–1860
- Marion Osgood1859–1948
- Marion Verhaalen1930–2020
- Marion Vree1920–2012
- Marion W. Easterling1910–1989
- Marjorie Goetschius1915–1997
- Marjorie Merryman1951–
- Mark Abel1948–
- Mark Adamo1962–
- Mark Alburger1957–
- Mark Brunswick1902–1971
- Mark Bucci1924–2002
- Mark Carlson (composer)1952–
- Mark Delpriora1959–
- Mark Engebretson1964–
- Mark Fax1911–1974
- Mark Gresham1956–
- Mark Grey1967–
- Mark Gustavson1959–
- Mark Mancina1957–
- Mark Nichols (composer)1964–
- Mark Watters1955–
- Mark Wessel (composer)1894–1973
- Martha Callison Horst1967–
- Marti Epstein1959–
- Martin Amlin1953–
- Martin Boykan1931–2021
- Martin Bresnick1946–
- Martin Kennedy (composer)1978–
- Marvin Hamlisch1944–2012
- Mary Ann Wrighten1751–1796
- Mary Carr Moore1873–1957
- Mary Elaine Gentemann1909–2008
- Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter1856–1938
- Mary Ellen Childs1957–
- Mary Jeanne van Appledorn1927–2014
- Mary Knight Wood1857–1944
- Mary Kouyoumdjian1983–
- Mary McDonald (composer)
- Mary Rodgers1931–2014
- Mary Wiggins1904–1974
- Maryanne Amacher1938–2009
- Masguda Shamsutdinova1955–
- Mason Bates1977–
- Mathew Rosenblum1954–
- Matt Uelmen1973–
- Matthew Aucoin1990–
- Matthew Barnson1979–
- Matthew Peterson1984–
- Matthias Pintscher1971–
- Maura Bosch1958–
- Max Aruj
- Max Donner1884–1962
- Max Janowski1912–1991
- Max Kortlander1890–1961
- Max Neuhaus1939–2009
- Max Stern (composer)1947–
- Max Weil1869–1944
- Mel Powell1923–1998
- Melinda Wagner1957–
- Meredith Monk1942–
- Meredith Willson1902–1984
- Merle J. Isaac1898–1996
- Merrill Bradshaw1929–2000
- Merrill Jenson1947–
- Michael Abels1962–
- Michael Alec Rose1959–
- Michael Carnes1950–
- Michael Ching1958–
- Michael Conway Baker1937–
- Michael Daugherty1954–
- Michael Dellaira1949–
- Michael Djupstrom1980–
- Michael Friedman (composer)1975–2017
- Michael Giacchino1967–
- Michael Gordon (composer)1956–
- Michael H. Weinstein1960–
- Michael Halstenson
- Michael Harrison (musician)1958–2026
- Michael Hennagin1936–1993
- Michael Hersch1971–
- Michael Kohler (musician)
- Michael McLean (composer)1952–
- Michael Nicolella1963–
- Michael Patrick Walker
- Michael Pisaro1961–
- Michael Ricketts (musician)1965–
- Michael Rubin (composer)1963–
- Michael Sahl1934–2018
- Michael Sidney Timpson1970–
- Michael Tavera1961–
- Michael Torke1961–
- Michelangelo Sosnowitz1973–
- Michelle DiBucci
- Mickey Newbury1940–2002
- Miguel del Águila1957–
- Mikalay Shchahlou-Kulikovich1893–1969
- Mike Holober1957–
- Mike Johnson (guitarist)1952–
- Mike Morasky1964–
- Miklós Rózsa1907–1995
- Mildred Adair1895–1943
- Milton Adolphus1913–1988
- Milton Ager1893–1979
- Milton Babbitt1916–2011
- Milton Samuels1904–1990
- Milton Suskind1898–1975
- Miriam Gideon1906–1996
- Misha Segal1943–
- Missy Mazzoli1980–
- Miya Masaoka1958–
- Modest Altschuler1873–1963
- Mohammed Fairouz1985–
- Molly Joyce
- Mona Lyn Reese1951–
- Monica Lynn1964–
- Monique Buzzarté1960–
- Monroe Rosenfeld1861–1918
- Monte Carlo (composer)1883–1967
- Monte Cazazza1954–2023
- Mort Garson1924–2008
- Morten Lauridsen1943–
- Mortimer Wilson1876–1932
- Morton Feldman1926–1987
- Morton Gould1913–1996
- Morton Subotnick1933–
- Muriel Pollock1895–1971
- Murray Boren1950–
- Myles Boisen1956–
- Myron Fink1932–
- Naida McCullough1901–1989
- Nancy Galbraith1951–
- Nancy Laird Chance1931–
- Nancy Plummer Faxon1914–2005
- Nancy Van de Vate1930–2023
- Nannie Louise Wright1879–1958
- Natalia Raigorodsky1929–2018
- Natalie Draper1985–
- Natalie Sleeth1930–1992
- Natalise1981–
- Nathan Currier1960–
- Nathan Wang1956–
- Nathaniel D. Mann
- Nathaniel Stookey1970–
- Ned Rorem1923–2022
- Ned Rothenberg1956–
- Neil Rolnick1947–
- Neil Slater1931–
- Nellie Weldon Cocroft1885–1986
- Nerida Tyson-Chew1965–
- Netty Simons1913–1994
- Nicholas Van Slyck1922–1983
- Nick Didkovsky1958–
- Nick Driver
- Nickitas J. Demos1962–
- Nickolas Mohanna1979–
- Nico Muhly1981–
- Nicola Montani1880–1948
- Nicolas Collins1954–
- Nicolas Flagello1928–1994
- Nicolas Nabokov1903–1978
- Nicolas Slonimsky1894–1995
- Nikka Costa1972–
- Nikki McKibbin1978–2020
- Noah Creshevsky1945–2020
- Noah K1984–
- Noel Estrada1918–1979
- Noel Katz
- Noël Lee1924–2013
- Noelle Scaggs1979–
- Nokuthula Ngwenyama1976–
- Norman Cazden1914–1980
- Norman Dello Joio1913–2008
- Norman Gimbel1927–2018
- Norman Spencer (composer)1892–1985
- Octavio Vázquez1972–
- Ofer Ben-Amots1955–
- Ole Bull1810–1880
- Oliver Wallace1887–1963
- Olly Wilson1937–2018
- Omar Hakim1959–
- Onaje Allan Gumbs1949–2020
- Onzy Matthews1930–1997
- Orion R. Farrar1866–1925
- Orlando Jacinto Garcia1954–
- Oscar Rasbach1888–1975
- Otis Bardwell Boise1844–1912
- Otis René1898–1970
- Ottalie Mark1896–1979
- Otto Floersheim1853–1917
- Otto Luening1900–1996
- Otto Sutro1833–1896
- P. G. Lowery1869–1942
- Pamela J. Marshall1954–
- Pamela Z1956–
- Patricia Alessandrini1970–
- Patrick Grant (composer)1963–
- Patrick Greene (composer)1985–
- Patrick Liddell
- Patti Scialfa1953–
- Patty Stair1869–1926
- Paul Abraham1892–1960
- Paul Alan Levi1941–
- Paul Bowles1910–1999
- Paul Creston1906–1985
- Paul Dirmeikis1954–
- Paul Dresher1951–
- Paul E. Beaudoin1960–
- Paul Elwood1958–
- Paul Hindemith1895–1963
- Paul Lamkoff1888–1953
- Paul Lansky1944–
- Paul Lavalle1908–1997
- Paul McCandless1947–
- Paul Moravec1957–
- Paul Nelson (composer)1929–2008
- Paul Nordoff1909–1977
- Paul Reale1943–2020
- Paul Robb
- Paul Sawtell1906–1971
- Paul Schoenfield1947–2024
- Paul Schwartz (composer)1956–
- Paul van Katwijk1885–1974
- Paul W. Whear1925–2021
- Pauline Alderman1893–1983
- Pauline Oliveros1932–2016
- Peggy Stuart Coolidge1913–1981
- Percy Faith1908–1976
- Percy Grainger1882–1961
- Peter Askim1971–
- Peter Bernstein (composer)1951–
- Peter Blegvad1951–
- Peter Boyer1970–
- Peter Buffett1958–
- Peter Davison (composer)1948–
- Peter Garland (composer)1952–
- Peter Gilbert (composer)1975–
- Peter Jarvis1959–
- Peter Lieberson1946–2011
- Peter Mennin1923–1983
- Peter Schickele1935–2024
- Peter Scott Lewis1953–
- Peter Westergaard1931–2019
- Phil Kline1953–
- Philip Bezanson1916–1975
- Philip Corner1933–
- Philip Glass1937–
- Philip Harper (trumpeter)1965–
- Philip James1890–1975
- Philip Krumm1941–
- Philip Lasser1963–
- Philip Munger1946–
- Philip Springer1926–
- Phill Niblock1933–2024
- Phillip Ramey1939–
- Phyllis Chen1988–
- Phyllis Fergus1887–1964
- Pietro Floridia1860–1932
- PJ Bianco1973–
- Preston Ware Orem1865–1938
- Pril Smiley1943–
- Priscilla McLean1942–
- Questlove1971–
- Quincy Porter1897–1966
- Quinto Maganini1897–1974
- Radie Britain1899–1994
- Rafael Joseffy1853–1915
- Ralph Shapey1921–2002
- Ramiro Cortés1933–1984
- Ramón Sender (composer)1934–
- Rand Steiger1957–
- Randall Woolf1959–
- Randy Edelman1947–
- Raven Chacon1977–
- Ray Evans1915–2007
- Ray Griff1940–2016
- Ray Santos1928–2019
- Raymond Luedeke1944–
- Raymond Premru1934–1998
- Raynor Taylor1747–1825
- Reba Paeff Mirsky1902–1966
- Rebekah Harkness1915–1984
- Reena Esmail1983–
- Regan Ryzuk1955–
- Regina Hansen Willman1914–1965
- Regina Harris Baiocchi1956–
- Rez Abbasi1965–
- Rhys Chatham1952–
- Ricardo Llorca1958–
- Richard Aaker Trythall1939–2022
- Richard Arnest1950–
- Richard Beaudoin (composer)1975–
- Richard Bunger Evans1942–
- Richard Carrick1971–
- Richard Danielpour1956–
- Richard Donovan (composer)1891–1970
- Richard Edward Wilson1941–
- Richard Einhorn1952–
- Richard Faith1926–2021
- Richard Festinger1948–
- Richard Grayson (composer)1941–2016
- Richard Hageman1881–1966
- Richard Hoffman (composer)1831–1909
- Richard Hoffmann (composer)1925–2021
- Richard Hundley1931–2018
- Richard Johnston (composer)1917–1997
- Richard Maxfield1927–1969
- Richard Owen (judge)1922–2015
- Richard Peaslee1930–2016
- Richard Rodgers1902–1979
- Richard St. Clair1946–
- Richard Storrs Willis1819–1900
- Richard Teitelbaum1939–2020
- Richard Wernick1934–2025
- Richard Woitach1936–2020
- Rick Boston
- Rick Shorter1934–2017
- Rik Schaffer
- River Guerguerian1967–
- Rob Kapilow1952–
- Rob Simonsen1978–
- Robbi Finkel1950–
- Robert Aldridge (composer)1954–
- Robert Alexander Anderson (composer)1894–1995
- Robert Ashley1930–2014
- Robert Beaser1954–
- Robert Bernat1931–1994
- Robert Browne Hall1858–1907
- Robert Carl1954–
- Robert Cogan1930–2021
- Robert Davine1924–2001
- Robert De Cormier1922–2017
- Robert Delaney (composer)1903–1956
- Robert Erickson1917–1997
- Robert Gauldin1931–2025
- Robert Greenberg1954–
- Robert Helps1928–2001
- Robert Hood Bowers1877–1941
- Robert Hughes (American composer)1933–2022
- Robert Ian Winstin1959–2010
- Robert Kelly (composer)1916–2007
- Robert Kurka1921–1957
- Robert Kyr1952–
- Robert Levin (musicologist)1947–
- Robert Lombardo (composer)1932–2026
- Robert M. Cundick1926–2016
- Robert Moevs1920–2007
- Robert Moffat Palmer1915–2010
- Robert Moran (composer)1937–
- Robert Morris (composer)1943–
- Robert Muczynski1929–2010
- Robert Nagel1924–2016
- Robert Owens (composer)1925–2017
- Robert Paterson (composer)1970–
- Robert Powell (composer)1932–2025
- Robert Russell Bennett1894–1981
- Robert Scholz (pianist)1902–1986
- Robert Scott Thompson1959–
- Robert Sirota1949–
- Robert Starer1924–2001
- Robert Stoepel1821–1887
- Robert Strassburg1915–2003
- Robert Suderburg1936–2013
- Robert Voisey1969–
- Robert Ward (composer)1917–2013
- Robert Wells (songwriter)1922–1998
- Robert William Witt1930–1967
- Robert Wykes1926–2021
- Roberta Bitgood1908–2007
- Rocco Di Pietro1949–
- Rod McKuen1933–2015
- Rodney Waschka II1958–
- Roger Bourland1952–
- Roger Craig Vogel1947–
- Roger Donald Dickerson1934–
- Roger Goeb1914–1997
- Roger Neill1963–
- Roger Nixon1921–2009
- Roger Reynolds1934–
- Roger Rossi1940–
- Roger Sessions1896–1985
- Roger Zare1985–
- Roland Carter (composer)1942–
- Roland F. Seitz1867–1946
- Roland Trogan1933–2012
- Rolf Gehlhaar1943–2019
- Roman Turovsky-Savchuk1961–
- Romeo Cascarino1922–2002
- Ron Kuivila1955–
- Ron Nelson (composer)1929–2023
- Ron Saltmarsh
- Ronald Barnes (carillonist)1927–1997
- Ronald Caltabiano1959–
- Ronald Stein1930–1988
- Roni Benise1965–
- Ronn McFarlane1953–
- Rosalie Housman1888–1949
- Roscoe Mitchell1940–
- Rosephanye Powell1962–
- Roslyn Brogue1919–1981
- Ross Bauer1951–
- Ross Lee Finney1906–1997
- Roy Bargy1894–1974
- Roy Harris1898–1979
- Roy Zu-Arets1969–
- Rubin Goldmark1872–1936
- Rudolph Reti1885–1957
- Rudy Pérez1958–
- Russell Alexander1877–1915
- Russell Atkins1926–2024
- Russell Shaw (composer)1962–
- Russell Woollen1923–1994
- Ruth Anderson (composer)1928–2019
- Ruth Crawford Seeger1901–1953
- Ruth Lomon1930–2017
- Ruth Schönthal1924–2006
- Ruth Shaw Wylie1916–1989
- Ruth White (composer)1925–2013
- Sadie Koninsky1879–1952
- Saint Avangeline2002–
- Sally Johnston Reid1948–2019
- Salvatore Martirano1927–1995
- Sam Spence1927–2016
- Samuel A. Ward1847–1903
- Samuel Adams (composer)1985–
- Samuel Adler (composer)1928–
- Samuel Barber1910–1981
- Samuel Brenton Whitney1842–1914
- Samuel Francis Smith1808–1895
- Samuel Gardner1891–1984
- Samuel Jones (composer)1935–
- Samuel L. M. Barlow II1892–1982
- Samuel Siegel1875–1948
- Sandor Harmati1892–1936
- Sarah Buxton1980–
- Sarah Gibson (composer)1986–2024
- Sarah Hennies1979–
- Sarah Hutchings1984–
- Sarah Kirkland Snider1973–
- Sarah Peebles1964–
- Sasha Berliner1998–
- Saul Tepper1899–1987
- Scot Gresham-Lancaster1954–
- Scott Alan Wyatt1951–
- Scott Boerma1964–
- Scott Bradley (composer)1891–1977
- Scott Johnson (composer)1952–2023
- Scott Joiner1982–
- Scott Joplin1868–1917
- Scott L. Miller1966–
- Scott Wheeler (composer)1952–
- Sean Hickey1970–
- Sean Murray (composer)1965–
- Sebastian Bach Mills1839–1898
- Sebastian Currier1959–
- Serge Tcherepnin1941–
- Sergei Rachmaninoff1873–1943
- Seth Weeks1868–1953
- Seymour Barab1921–2014
- Seymour Furth1876–1932
- Sharon Elery Rogers1929–2022
- Sharon Knight (musician)1966–
- Sharon Ruchman1949–
- Shawn Okpebholo1981–
- Shawn Patterson (composer)1965–
- Sheila Silver1946–
- Sheree Clement1955–
- Shirish Korde1945–
- Shirley Walker1945–2006
- Sholom Secunda1894–1974
- Shuki Levy1947–
- Shulamit Ran1949–
- Sidney Corbett1960–
- Sidney Homer1864–1953
- Sidney Lambert1838–1905
- Silvio Hein1879–1928
- Simon Bucharoff1881–1955
- Simon Sargon1938–2022
- Sinyan Shen1949–2016
- Skrizzy1989–
- Smith Newell Penfield1837–1920
- Sol Berkowitz1922–2006
- Sol Kaplan1919–1990
- Sonya Belousova1990–
- Sorrel Hays1941–2020
- Stanley Clarke1951–
- Stanley Hollingsworth1924–2003
- Stanley R. Avery1879–1967
- Stanley Wilson (composer)1915–1970
- Stefan Hakenberg1960–
- Stefan Lano1952–
- Stefan Wolpe1902–1972
- Stella Stocker1858–1924
- Stephanie Economou1990–
- Stephen A. Emery1841–1891
- Stephen Albert1941–1992
- Stephen Bray1956–
- Stephen Cohn
- Stephen Douglas Burton1943–
- Stephen Flaherty1960–
- Stephen Foster1826–1864
- Stephen Hartke1952–
- Stephen Jaffe1954–
- Stephen Malinowski1953–
- Stephen Montague1943–
- Stephen Paulus1949–2014
- Stephen Scott (composer)1944–2021
- Stephen Vitiello1964–
- Steve Porcaro1957–
- Steve Reich1936–
- Steven Bryant (composer)1972–
- Steven Gerber1948–2015
- Steven Mackey1956–
- Steven Sametz1954–
- Steven Stucky1949–2016
- Stewart Wallace1960–
- Stu Gardner
- Stu Phillips (composer)1929–
- Stuart Saunders Smith1948–2024
- Susan Alexjander
- Susan Birkenhead
- Susan Botti1962–
- Susan DiBona1974–
- Susan Hart Dyer1880–1922
- Susan McFarland Parkhurst1836–1918
- Susan Morton Blaustein1953–
- Susie Ibarra1970–
- Suzanne Farrin1976–
- Swan Hennessy1866–1929
- Sylvester Potts1938–2017
- Sylvia Constantinidis1962–
- T. J. Anderson1928–
- T. M. Turner1847–1917
- Takeshi Furukawa
- Tamar Diesendruck1946–
- Tamar Muskal1965–
- Tanya Anisimova1966–
- Taylor Scott Davis1980–
- Tee Lopes1987–
- Teiji Ito1935–1982
- Terry Riley1935–
- Terry Winter Owens1941–2007
- The Audible Doctor1984–
- The Kreep
- Thea Musgrave1928–
- Thelonious Monk1917–1982
- Theodor W. Adorno1903–1969
- Theodore Chanler1902–1961
- Theodore Shapiro1971–
- Thom Russo1969–
- Thomas Albert (composer)1948–
- Thomas Canning1911–1989
- Thomas Hastings (composer)1784–1872
- Thomas Henderson Kerr Jr.1915–1988
- Thomas Newman1955–
- Thomas Pasatieri1945–
- Thomas Vincent Cator1888–1931
- Thomas Wells (composer)1945–
- Thurlow Lieurance1878–1963
- Tim Berne1954–
- Tim Risher1957–
- Tim Simonec1954–
- Timothy Archambault1971–
- Timothy Kramer1959–
- Timothy Mahr1956–
- Tina Davidson1952–
- Tison Street1943–
- Tobias Picker1954–
- Tod Dockstader1932–2015
- Tod Machover1953–
- Todd Cerney1953–2011
- Tom Cora1953–1998
- Tom Hedden
- Tom Johnson (composer)1939–2024
- Tom Lemonier1870–1945
- Tom Scott (composer)1912–1961
- Tomáš Svoboda (composer)1939–2022
- Tone Stith1995–
- Trey Anastasio1964–
- Trish Murphy
- Trish Thuy Trang1983–
- Tristan Perich1982–
- Troy Sanders (composer)1901–1959
- Troy Verges
- Truman Crawford1934–2003
- Tui St. George Tucker1924–2004
- Tupper Saussy1936–2007
- Tyondai Braxton1978–
- Tyshawn Sorey1980–
- Ulpio Minucci1917–2007
- Ulric Cole1905–1992
- Ulysses Kay1917–1995
- Undine Smith Moore1904–1989
- Verse Simmonds1980–
- Vic Mizzy1916–2009
- Victor Herbert1859–1924
- Victor Rosenbaum1941–
- Victoria Bond1945–
- Viktor Chaika1958–
- Vincent McDermott1933–2016
- Vincent Persichetti1915–1987
- Violet Reiser1905–1981
- Virgil Thomson1896–1989
- Vito Ricci1947–
- Vittorio Giannini1903–1966
- Vivian Fine1913–2000
- Vladimir Bakaleinikov1885–1953
- Vladimir Ussachevsky1911–1990
- W. Francis McBeth1933–2012
- W. Franke Harling1887–1958
- W. H. Neidlinger1863–1924
- W. Paris Chambers1854–1913
- Wallace Arthur Sabin1869–1937
- Wallingford Riegger1885–1961
- Walter Arlen1920–2023
- Walter Bricht1904–1970
- Walter Damrosch1862–1950
- Walter English1867–1916
- Walter Kent1911–1994
- Walter Piston1894–1976
- Walter S. Hartley1927–2016
- Walter Schumann1913–1958
- Warren Benson1924–2005
- Warren Schatz1945–
- Wayne Barlow1912–1996
- Wayne Oquin1977–
- Wendy Carlos1939–
- Wendy Mae Chambers1953–
- Werner Janssen1899–1990
- Werner Josten1885–1963
- Wesley LaViolette1894–1978
- Wiktor Łabuński1895–1974
- Will C. Macfarlane1870–1945
- Will Gay Bottje1925–2018
- Will Ogdon1921–2013
- Will Schaefer1928–2007
- William Albright (musician)1944–1998
- William Axt1888–1959
- William Basinski1958–
- William Bergsma1921–1994
- William Berwald1864–1948
- William Billings1746–1800
- William Bolcom1938–
- William Burton Walbert1886–1959
- William C. K. Irwin1907–1998
- William Dayas1863–1903
- William Doppmann1934–2013
- William Duckworth (composer)1943–2012
- William Edwin Haesche1867–1929
- William Ennis Thomson1927–2019
- William F. Hanson1887–1969
- William Foden1860–1947
- William Goldstein1942–
- William Grant Still1895–1978
- William Harper (composer)1949–
- William J. Marsh1880–1971
- William J. McCoy (composer)1848–1926
- William Kraft1923–2022
- William L. Dawson (composer)1899–1990
- William Mason (composer)1829–1908
- William Mayer (composer)1925–2017
- William Merrigan Daly1887–1936
- William Mesnik1953–
- William P. Perry1930–
- William Raskin1896–1942
- William Rogers Chapman1855–1935
- William Ross (composer)1948–
- William S. Pitts1830–1918
- William Schuman1910–1992
- William Sethares1955–
- William Thomas McKinley1938–2015
- William Vincent Wallace1812–1865
- William Walker (composer)1809–1875
- Willson Osborne1906–1979
- Wilson Marion Cooper1850–1916
- Wintter Watts1884–1962
- Wolfgang Rübsam1946–
- Woody Jackson1970–
- Yehuda Yannay1937–2023
- Yuniya edi kwon1989–
- Yury Chernavsky1947–2025
- Yvar Mikhashoff1941–1993
- Z. Randall Stroope1953–
- ZaZa Maree
- Zez Confrey1895–1971
- Zhou Long1953–
- Zircon (composer)1987–
- Zoë Keating1972–