List of American classical music composers
Alphabetical list of American classical music composers .
A.
- John Adams (born 1947)
- John Luther Adams (* 1953)
- Samuel Adler (* 1928)
- Hugh Aitken (1924-2012)
- Howard E. Akers (1913-1984)
- Stephen Albert (1941-1992)
- Pauline Alderman (1893-1983)
- Benjamin Dwight Allen (1831-1914)
- Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
- George Antheil (1900-1959)
- Mary Jeanne van Appledorn (1927-2014)
- Jon Appleton (born 1939)
- Dominick Argento (1927-2019)
B.
- Milton Babbitt (1916-2011)
- Benjamin Franklin Baker (1811-1889)
- David Baker (1931-2016)
- Leonardo Balada (* 1933)
- Jan Balatka (1825-1899)
- Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
- Warren Barker (1923-2006)
- Samuel Barlow (1892-1982)
- James Barnes (born 1949)
- Marion Bauer (1882–1955)
- Amy Beach (1867-1944)
- John J. Becker (1886–1961)
- Jack Beeson (1921-2010)
- Brian Belet (born 1955)
- Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981)
- Warren Benson (1924-2005)
- Arthur Victor Berger (1912-2003)
- Jean Berger (1909-2002)
- William Bergsma (1921–1994)
- David Berlin (* 1943)
- Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004)
- Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
- Joseph Bertolozzi (* 1959)
- Jerry H. Bilik (* 1933)
- William Billings (1746-1800)
- Abraham Binder (1895–1966)
- Harold Alfred Blanchard (1930-2010)
- Marc Blitzstein (1905–1964)
- Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
- Otis Bardwell Boise (1844-1912)
- William Bolcom (born 1938)
- William Batchelder Bradbury (1816–1868)
- Henry Brant (1913-2008)
- George Frederick Bristow (1825–1898)
- Radie Britain (1899-1994)
- Chris Brown (born 1953)
- Earle Brown (1926-2002)
- Zack Browning (born 1953)
- Chris Brubeck (* 1952)
- Howard Brubeck (1916-1993)
- Frederick Field Bullard (1864-1904)
- Carl Busch (1862–1943)
C.
- Curt Cacioppo (born 1951)
- John Cage (1912-1992)
- Lucien Cailliet (1891–1985)
- Mary Elizabeth Caldwell (1909-2003)
- Thomas Canning (1911-1989)
- Christian Carey (* 1973)
- John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951)
- Elliott Carter (1908-2012)
- Norman Cazden (1914-1980)
- Joseph Celli (* 1944)
- George Chadwick (1854-1931)
- John Barnes Chance (1932-1972)
- Loris Chobanian (* 1933)
- Wen-chung Chou (1923-2019)
- Louis Adolphe Coerne (1870-1922)
- James Cohn (born 1928)
- Rosetter Gleason Cole (1866-1952)
- Michael Colgrass (1932-2019)
- Dinos Constantinides (* 1929)
- Frederick Shepherd Converse (1871-1940)
- Will Marion Cook (1869-1944)
- Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
- Sidney Corbett (* 1960)
- John Corigliano (* 1938)
- John Henry Cornell (1828-1894)
- Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
- Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953)
- Paul Creston (1906–1985)
- George Crumb (born 1929)
- James Curnow (* 1943)
- Alvin Curran (* 1938)
D.
- Noel DaCosta (1929-2002)
- Ingolf Dahl (1912-1970)
- Douglas DaSilva (* 1965)
- Anne Deane Berman (born 1963)
- Brad Decker
- James Monroe Deems (1818-1901)
- Elliot del Borgo (1938-2013)
- Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008)
- David Del Tredici (* 1937)
- David Diamond (1915-2005)
- Nick Didkovsky (* 1958)
- Emma Lou Diemer (* 1927)
- John Diercks (1927-2020)
- Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931-2000)
- Charles Dodge (born 1942)
- Daniel Dorff (* 1956)
- Paul Dresher (* 1951)
- Jacob Druckman (1928-1996)
- Dean Drummond (1949-2013)
- Vernon Duke / Vladimir Dukelsky (1903–1969)
E.
- John Eaton (1935-2015)
- John Edmondson (1933-2016)
- Nathan Edwards
- Adrienne Elisha (1958-2017)
- Herbert Elwell (1898–1974)
- Stephen Albert Emery (1841-1891)
- Donald Erb (1927-2008)
- Robert Erickson (1917–1997)
F.
- Harold Farberman (1929-2018)
- Arthur Farwell (1872-1952)
- Mark Fax (1911-1974)
- David Felder (* 1953)
- Morton Feldman (1926-1987)
- Henry Fillmore (1881-1956)
- Irving Fine (1914-1962)
- Ross Lee Finney (1906-1997)
- Dante Fiorillo (1905-1995)
- Robert Fleisher (* 1953)
- Lukas Foss (1922-2009)
- Frederick Fox (1931-2011)
- Peter Racine Fricker (1920–1990)
G
- David J. Gardner
- Samuel Gardner (1891-1984)
- George Gershwin (1898-1937)
- Vittorio Giannini (1903-1966)
- William Wallace Gilchrist senior (1846-1916)
- David Gillingham (* 1947)
- Don Gillis (1912–1978)
- Philip Glass (* 1937)
- Monroe Golden
- Edwin Franko Goldman (1878-1956)
- Rubin Goldmark (1872–1936)
- Malcolm Goldstein (* 1936)
- Geoffrey Gordon
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869)
- Morton Gould (1913-1996)
- Melissa Gray
- Charles Griffes (1884-1920)
- Jennifer Griffith
- Louis Gruenberg (1884–1964)
- David Gunn
H
- Adolphus Hailstork (* 1941)
- Robert Browne Hall (1858-1907)
- Howard Hanson (1896-1981)
- John Harbison (* 1938)
- Roy Harris (1898–1979)
- Lou Harrison (1917-2003)
- Walter S. Hartley (1927-2016)
- Herbert Haufrecht (1909–1998)
- Silvio Hein (1879–1928)
- Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975)
- Edward Burlingame Hill (1872-1960)
- Lejaren Hiller (1924-1994)
- Michael Hoffman (* 1955)
- Bill Holcombe (1924-2010)
- David R. Holsinger (* 1945)
- Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
- Karel Husa (1921-2016)
- Henry Holden Huss (1862-1953)
- Jere Hutcheson (* 1938)
- Lee Hyla (1952-2014)
- Winifred Hyson (* 1925)
I.
- Anthony Iannaccone (* 1943)
- Charles Ives (1874-1954)
J
- Frederick Jacobi (1891–1952)
- Robert Jager (* 1939)
- Eva Jessye (1895-1992)
- William Joel
- Ben Johnston (1926-2019)
- Tom Johnson (born 1939)
- Charles Jones (1910-1997)
- Samuel Jones (* 1935)
- Scott Joplin (1868-1917)
- Bradley Joseph (born 1965)
K
- Ulysses Kay (1917–1995)
- Homer Keller (1915–1996)
- Gregory Kerkorian (* 1942)
- Aaron Jay Kernis (* 1960)
- Thomas H. Kerr junior (1915–1988)
- Earl Kim (1920-1998)
- Leon Kirchner (1919-2009)
- Karl Kohn (* 1926)
- Steve Kornicki (* 1968)
- Ernst Krenek (1900–1991)
L.
- Anne La Berge (* 1955)
- Richard Lainhart (1953-2011)
- Benjamin Johnson Lang (1837-1909)
- Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867–1972)
- Paul Henry Lang (1901-1991)
- Wesley La Violette (1894–1978)
- Ethel Leginska (1886-1970)
- Marvin David Levy (1932-2015)
- Julian Livingston (* 19 ??)
- Annea Lockwood (* 1939)
- Normand Lockwood (1906-2002)
- Hannibal Lokumbe (* 1948)
- Nikolai Lopatnikoff (1903-1976)
- Norman Lowrey (born 1944)
- Otto Luening (1900–1996)
M.
- Drake Mabry (born 1950)
- David Macdonald
- Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
- Donald Martino (1931-2005)
- Salvatore Martirano (1927-1995)
- David Maslanka (1943-2017)
- Daniel Gregory Mason (1873-1953)
- Lowell Mason (1792-1872)
- William Mason (1829-1908)
- William Francis McBeth (1933-2012)
- Mike McFerron (born 1970)
- James L. McHard
- Leslie de Melcher
- Peter Mennin (1923-1983)
- Louis Mennini (1920-2000)
- Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007)
- Wilhelm Middelschulte (1863-1943)
- Polly Moller
- Moondog (1916-1999)
- Douglas Moore (1893-1969)
- Mary Carr Moore (1873-1957)
- Jerome Moross (1913-1983)
N
- Nicolas Nabokov (1903–1978)
- William Neal
- Václav Nelhýbel (1919–1996)
- Ron Nelson (born 1929)
- Dika Newlin (1923-2006)
- Phill Niblock (born 1933)
- Roger Nixon (1921-2009)
- David Noon (* 1946)
O
- Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016)
- Leo Ornstein (1892-2002)
- Eric Osterling (1926-2005)
P
- John Knowles Paine (1839-1906)
- Horatio Parker (1863-1919)
- James Cutler Dunn Parker (1828-1916)
- Harry Partch (1901–1974)
- Joseph Pehrson (* 1950)
- Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)
- George Perle (1915-2009)
- Vincent Persichetti (1915–1987)
- SJ Pettersson
- Burrill Phillips (1907–1988)
- Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)
- Paul Amadeus Pisk (1893–1990)
- Walter Piston (1894–1976)
- James D. Ployhar (1926-2007)
- Cole Porter (1891-1964)
- Quincy Porter (1897-1966)
- Mel Powell (1923-1998)
- James Pugliese (* 1952)
Q
- James Joseph Quinn (* 1936)
R.
- Bernard Rands (* 1934)
- Michael Ranta (born 1942)
- Naren smoke
- Gardner Read (1913-2005)
- Alfred Reed (1921-2005)
- H. (Herbert) Owen Reed (1910-2014)
- Steve Reich (* 1936)
- Anthony Reimer
- Roger Reynolds (born 1934)
- Wallingford Riegger (1885–1961)
- Terry Riley (born 1935)
- Leroy Robertson (1896-1971)
- George Rochberg (1918-2005)
- Richard Rodgers (1902–1979)
- Bernard Rogers (1893-1968)
- Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951)
- Zygmund Przemyslaw Rondomanski (1908-2000)
- Ned Rorem (born 1923)
- David Rosenboom (* 1947)
- Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995)
- Carl Ruggles (1876–1971)
- Frederic Rzewski (* 1938)
S.
- Eric Salzman (1933-2017)
- David P. Sartor (* 1956)
- Margaret Schedel (* 1974)
- Peter Schickele (* 1935)
- Philip Schuessler (* 1976)
- Gunther Schuller (1925-2015)
- William Schuman (1910-1992)
- Joseph Schwantner (* 1943)
- Francis Schwartz (* 1940)
- John Serry, Jr. (born 1954)
- John Serry, Sr. (1915-2003)
- Roger Sessions (1896–1985)
- Harold Shapero (1920-2013)
- Elliott Sharp (born 1951)
- Sinyan Shen (1949-2016)
- Arthur Shepherd (1880-1958)
- Gordon Sherwood (1929-2013)
- Nathaniel Shilkret (1889-1982)
- Alan Shulman (1915-2002)
- Elie Siegmeister (1909–1991)
- Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995)
- Claude T. Smith (1932–1987)
- Dwayne Smith
- Stephen Sondheim (* 1930)
- John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
- Albert Spalding (1888–1953)
- Mira J. Spektor (* 1928)
- Lewis Spratlan (* 1940)
- Heiner Stadler (1942-2018)
- Max Steiner (1888–1971)
- Greg Steinke (* 1942)
- Morton Stevens (1929-1991)
- William Grant Still (1895-1978)
- Albert Stoessel (1894–1943)
- Carl Stone (born 1953)
- Scott Stroman (born 1958)
- Morton Subotnick (* 1933)
T
- Ivan Tcherepnin (1943–1998)
- Christopher Teichler (* 1977)
- Richard Teitelbaum (1939-2020)
- James Tenney (1934-2006)
- Warren Thew (1927-1984)
- Augusta Read Thomas (* 1964)
- Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
- Virgil Thomson (1896-1989)
- Fisher Tull (1934-1994)
- Bertram Turetzky (* 1933)
- Gene Tyranny (* 1945)
U
- David A. Uber (1921-2007)
- Ludmila Ulehla (1923-2009)
- Vladimir Ussachevski (1911–1990)
V
- Roland Vazquez (* 1951)
- Nils Vigeland (born 1950)
- Carl Paul Vollrath (* 1931)
W.
- Bernard Wagenaar (1894–1971)
- Greg Ward (* 1982)
- Robert Ward (1917-2013)
- Robert Washburn (* 1928)
- Franz Waxman (1906-1967)
- Kurt Weill (1900–1950)
- Floyd Werle (1929-2010)
- Paul W. Whear (born 1925)
- Eric Whitacre (* 1970)
- George Elbridge Whiting (1840-1923)
- David Whitwell (* 1937)
- Clifton Williams (1923-1976)
- John Williams (* 1932)
- Dana Wilson (born 1946)
- Christian Wolff (* 1934)
- Charles Wuorinen (1938-2020)
- Yehudi Wyner (* 1929)
Y
- Paul Yoder (1908–1990)
- La Monte Young (born 1935)
- Webster A. Young
Z
- Luigi Zaninelli (* 1932)
- Frank Zappa (1940-1993)
- John Zdechlik (* 1937)
- Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985)