List of composers by nationality explained

The following is a list of major composers by nationality:

• Simon Gjoni (1926–1991), 20th century composer of orchestral and piano pieces

• Sandro de America (1945- ), contemporary pop music composer
• Facundo Cabral (1937- ), contemporary protest music composer
• Carlos Gardel (1887-1935), influential tango composer of the era
• Carlos Guastavino (1912–2000), composer of Romantic and folk influenced music
• Ricardo Montaner (1957- ), contemporary pop music composer

• Alexander Kaloian (1962- ), composer of highly nationalist music for Military, Chamber and Orchestral ensembles
• Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978), 20th century composer famous for his ballet Gayane

see the List of Austrian composers

• Pieter van Maldere (1729 - 1768), early classical violinist and composer of sonatas and symphonies
• François Joseph Gossec (1734–1829), Classical era composer of operas and string quartets
• Charles de Bériot (1802–1870), 19th century violin teacher and composer
• Dirk Brossé (1961-), composer and conductor
• Brian Clifton (1962-), composer and conductor
• César Franck (1822–1890), Romantic era composer and organist
• Eugène Ysaÿe (1858–1931), late Romantic virtuoso violinist and composer
• Jef Maes (1905–1996), 20th century composer and teacher
• Didier van Damme (1929- ), composer and conductor
• Mathias van den Gheyn

• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959)
• Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836 — 1896)
• Camargo Guarnieri (1907 — 1993)
• Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847–1935), composer, pianist and conductor
• Tom Jobim (1927-1994),

• Diko Iliev (1898–1984), probably most famous of his works is "Dunavsko horo" (Danube's horo; Дунавско хоро)
• Dobri Hristov (1875–1941), composer of choral music as well as music for the church and orchestra
• Emanuil Manolov (1860–1902), composed the first Bulgarian opera Siromahkinia based on the work of Ivan Vazov with the same title
• Petko Staynov (1896–1977), a founding member and first chairman of the Bulgarian Contemporary Music Society (1933), which later became the Union of Bulgarian Composers
• Pancho Vladigerov (1899–1978), a founding member of the Bulgarian Contemporary Music Society (1933)
• Georgi Tutev (1924–1994), composer of contemporary classical music, one of the main representatives of Bulgarian modernism
• Petar Krumov (1934- ), composer, arranger, conductor and expert on Bulgarian folk music
• Milcho Leviev (1937- ), composer, arranger, jazz performer and pianist
• Emil Tabakov, composer of symphonies and concertos
• Hristo Tsanoff (1947- ), composer
• Michail Goleminov (1956- ), composer, pianist, conductor, and co-founder of music publishing house The Orange Factory
• Georgi Arnaoudov (1957- ), composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, film, vocal, and piano music

• Steve Barakatt (1973- ), Composer/Producer/Pianist/Singer composed for several world renowned artists and films
• David Foster (1949- ), Grammy Award winning composer, arranger and producer; composed theme songs for 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics and 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics and numerous movie soundtracks
• Frank Horvat (1974- ), Award-winning and critically acclaimed composer and pianist whose original music is influenced by the post-modern idea of eclecticism
• Oskar Morawetz (1917-2007), Juno Award winning composer, first composer to be awarded the Order of Ontario and recipient of the Order of Canada
• Phil Nimmons (1923- ), composer, jazz clarinetist, founder of jazz ensemble Nimmons 'N' Nine and educator
• Daniel Theaker (1967- ), Composer of Chamber Music, Concerti, and educational materials

• Victor Jara (1932–1973), 20th century composer, pedagogue, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist
• Jorge Urrutia (1905–1981), 20th century composer, influenced by Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel

• Xian Xinghai (1905–1945), composer known for the Yellow River Cantata, a patriotic song during the Second Sino-Japanese War
• Xiao Shuxian (1905–1991), composer who blended elements of Chinese folk culture with Western techniques in her music
• Nie Er (1912–1935), wrote March of the Volunteers, the national anthem of the People's Republic of China
• Du Mingxin (1928- ), composer who collaborated on the ballet Red Detachment of Women

• Ivan Lukačić (1584-1648), renaissance composer
• Vatroslav Lisinski (1819–1854), 19th century composer and co-founder of "Illyrian Movement"
• Dora Pejačević (1885-1923), late-romantic female composer
• Boris Papandopulo (1914-1986), 20th century composer
• Stjepan Šulek (1906-1991), 20th century composer
• Stanko Horvat (1930-2006), 20th century composer
• Milko Kelemen (1924), contemporary composer

• Nicolas Economou (1953–1993), 20th century composer and conductor

• Jan Stamic (1717–1757), Classical era composer better known as Johann Stamitz, founder of the Mannheim School of composers
• Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884), nationalist composer, known for the opera The Bartered Bride
• Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), Romantic nationalist composer, known for his symphonies, especially the "New World" Symphony
• Leoš Janáček (1854–1928), 20th century neoclassical composer
• Julius Fučík (1872–1916), 20th century military band leader, known for his Entrance of the Gladiators
• Bohuslav Martinů (December 8, 1890 — August 28, 1959) was a prolific Bohemian Czech composer, who wrote six symphonies, 15 operas, 14 ballet scores and a large body of orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works.

• Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817–1890), significant early Romantic composer
• Carl Nielsen (1865–1931), 20th century composer known especially for his six symphonies

Dominican Republic

• Charytin (1949- ), significant 1970s pop music composer
• Juan Luis Guerra (1957- ) significant contemporary merengue and pop ballad composer
• Anthony Santos (2001- ) significant bachata composer
• Sandra Zaiter (1943- ) significant children's songs composer

• Henry Purcell (1659–1695), Baroque composer, known for his opera Dido and Aeneas
• Lawrence Stephen known for his artpiece "going to the match"
• Jeremiah Clarke (1674–1707), Baroque composer known for Prince of Denmark's March, erroneously called Trumpet Voluntary
• Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), Romantic composer known for his work with W.S. Gilbert
• Edward Elgar (1857–1934), late Romantic composer, famous for the Pomp and Circumstance Marches and the Enigma Variations
• Ethel Smyth (1858–1944), famous for her opera The Wreckers and the March of the Women
• David Ellis born in Liverpool in (1933) and studied at the Royal Manchester College of Music from 1953 to 1957 his works have been played with considerable success in Canada, the USA, Israel, Portugal,Denmark, Australia and throughout Europe.
• Frederick Delius (1862–1934), 20th century composer, used chromaticism in many of his compositions
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), 20th century composer
• Gustav Holst (1874–1934), 20th century composer known for The Planets
• Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979), classical composer and violist best known for her chamber music
• William Walton (1902–1983), 20th century composer, known for his Viola Concerto as well as the suite Facade which shows influence of popular music, also wrote choral music and film scores
• Benjamin Britten (1913–1976), 20th century composer, conductor, and pianist, known for his operas and his War Requiem
• George Lloyd (1913–1998), 20th century composer of late-Romantic music
• Gavin Bryars

• Erik Tulindberg (1761-1814), first Finnish composer of classical music
• Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), Romantic nationalistic composer of renown, works include seven symphonies and Finlandia
• Erkki Melartin (1875–1937), late Romantic composer, pupil of Robert Fuchs
• Leevi Madetoja (1887 – 1947), late Romantic composer influenced by the traditional music of his home region, Ostrobothnia
• Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928- ), modern mystical composer of eight symphonies, concertos, operas
• Kalevi Aho (1949- ), modern composer of symphonies and concertos, in tradition of Shostakovich
• Kaija Saariaho (1952- ), modern composer of string quartets and operas, known for combining live music with electronics
• Magnus Lindberg (1958- ), modern composer, clarinet concerto with folk-like melody and rich orchestration
• Esa-Pekka Salonen (1958- ), modern composer, prominent orchestral conductor

see the List of French composers

see the List of German composers

see the List of Greek composers

• Ricardo Arjona (1964- ), modern pop composer

• Franz Liszt (1811–1886), Romantic composer-pianist, wrote a number of tone poems and extended piano technique
• Ervin Nyíregyházi (1903-1987), 20th century romantic composer-pianist
• Stephen Heller (1813–1888), Early Romantic composer and pianist
• Karl Goldmark (1830–1915), Romantic composer influenced by Richard Wagner
• Béla Bartók (1881–1945), 20th century composer, considered one of the founders of ethnomusicology
• Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967), 20th century composer and ethnomusicologist
• Gábor Darvas (1911–1985), 20th century composer and musicologist

• Fariborz Lachini (1949- ), contemporary film score composer
• Behzad Mirkhani (1969- ), the first Iranian composer of guitar solos established in Iran Ministry of Culture

• Ustad Sarwat Hussain Khan