List of British classical music composers
This is an alphabetical list of British classical music composers . It includes English , Scottish and Welsh composers.
A.
- Richard Addinsell (1904–1977)
- John Addison (1920-1998)
- Thomas Adès (* 1971)
- Kenneth J. Alford (1881-1945)
- William Alwyn (1905–1985)
- Geoffrey Álvarez (* 1961)
- Julian Anderson (* 1967)
- Denis ApIvor (1916-2004)
- Malcolm Archer (born 1952)
- Thomas Arne (1710–1778)
- Richard Arnell (1917-2009)
- Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
- Ivor Atkins (1869-1953)
- Frederic Austin (1872–1952)
- Charles Avison (1709-1770)
B.
- William Babell (1689 / 90-1723)
- Francis Baines (1917-1999)
- Edgar Bainton (1880-1956)
- Christopher Ball (* 1936)
- Granville Bantock (1868-1946)
- Richard Barrett (born 1959)
- Stanley Bate (1911-1959)
- Sir Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
- Sally Beamish (* 1956)
- David Bedford (1937-2011)
- Luke Bedford (* 1978)
- George Benjamin (* 1960)
- Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)
- Sir William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875)
- Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
- Michael Berkeley (born 1948)
- Lord Berners (1882-1950)
- Ronald Binge (1910–1979)
- Harrison Birtwistle (* 1934)
- Sir Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)
- John Blow (1649-1708)
- Capel Bond (1730-1790)
- Rutland Boughton (1878-1960)
- York Bowen (1884-1961)
- William Boyce (1711–1779)
- Charlotte Bray (* 1982)
- Havergal Brian (1876–1972)
- Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
- Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- David Bruce (* 1970)
- Gavin Bryars (* 1943)
- John Bull (1562 / 63-1628)
- Geoffrey Burgon (1941-2010)
- Keith Burstein (* 1957)
- Alan Bush (1900-1995)
- Geoffrey Bush (1920-1998)
- Arthur Butterworth (1923-2014)
- George Butterworth (1885-1916)
- William Byrd (1538 / 43–1623)
C.
- Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
- Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981)
- Doreen Carwithen (1922-2003)
- Robert Carver (≈1485 – ≈1570)
- Bob Chilcott (born 1955)
- Erik Chisholm (1904–1965)
- Pete Churchill (born 1961)
- Jeremiah Clarke (≈1674–1707)
- Nigel Clarke (* 1960)
- Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979)
- Frederic Cliffe (1857-1931)
- Eric Coates (1886-1957)
- Julian Cochran (* 1974)
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
- Arnold Cooke (1906-2005)
- Benjamin Cooke (1734-1793)
- Deryck Cooke (1919-1976)
- Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935)
- Harold Craxton (1885-1971)
- William Croft (1678-1727)
- William Crotch (1775-1847)
- Joe Cutler (* 1968)
- Francis Cutting (≈1550–1595 / 96)
D.
- Christian Darnton (1905-1981)
- Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-2016)
- Sir Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)
- Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
- Stephen Dodgson (1924-2013)
- James Douglas (* 1932)
- John Dowland (1563-1626)
- Andrew Downes (born 1950)
- Paul Drayton (born 1944)
- Rudolph Dunbar (1899–1988)
- Thomas Dunhill (1877-1946)
- John Dunstable (≈1390-1453)
- George Dyson (1883–1964)
E.
- Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
- Rosalind Ellicott (1857-1924)
F.
- David Fanshawe (1942-2010)
- Giles Farnaby (≈1563-1640)
- Eric Fenby (1906-1997)
- Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
- Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
- Arthur Elwell Fisher (1848-after 1912)
- Graham Fitkin (born 1963)
- Eliza Flower (1803-1846)
- Cecil Forsyth (1870-1941)
- Christopher Fox (born 1955)
- Benjamin Frankel (1906–1973)
- Peter Racine Fricker (1920–1990)
- John Foulds (1880-1939)
G
- Hans Gál (1890–1987)
- Henry Balfour Gardiner (1877-1950)
- William Gardiner (1770-1853)
- John Gardner (1917-2011)
- Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)
- Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960)
- Ruth Gipps (1921–1999)
- Andrew Glover (born 1962)
- Alexander Goehr (* 1932)
- Jonathan Goldstein (1969-2019)
- Sir Eugène Aynsley Goossens (1893–1962)
- Edward Gregson (* 1945)
- Ivor Gurney (1890-1937)
H
- Patrick Hadley (1899–1973)
- Richard Hall (1903-1982)
- Iain Hamilton (1922-2000)
- Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)
- Richard Harris (* 1968)
- Patrick Hawes (* 1958)
- Christopher Headington (1930-1996)
- Anthony Hedges (1931-2019)
- Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901-1947)
- Alun Hoddinott (1929-2008)
- Joseph Holbrooke (1878-1958)
- Alfred Hollins (1865–1942)
- Robin Holloway (born 1943)
- Derek Holman (1931-2019)
- Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
- Imogen Holst (1907-1984)
- Bill Hopkins (1943-1981)
- David Horne (* 1970)
- John Hothby (≈1430–1487)
- Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
- Vic Hoyland (born 1945)
- William Hurlstone (1876-1906)
I.
- John Ireland (1879-1962)
J
- Gordon Jacob (1895-1984)
- Rupert Jeffcoat (* 1970)
- Karl Jenkins (* 1944)
- Patrick Jonathan (* 1959)
- Daniel Jones (1912-1993)
- Wilfred Josephs (1927–1997)
- John Joubert (1927-2019)
K
- Minna Keal (1909-1999)
- Albert Ketèlbey (1875-1959)
- George Kiallmark (1781-1835)
- Oliver Knussen (1952-2018)
L.
- Constant Lambert (1905-1951)
- Frederic Lamond (1868-1948)
- Philip Lane (born 1950)
- Walter Leigh (1905-1942)
- Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)
- Jeffrey Lewis (* 1942)
- George Lloyd (1913-1998)
- William Lloyd Webber (1914–1982)
- Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)
M.
- Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916)
- Malcolm MacDonald (1916-1992)
- Sir Alexander Mackenzie (1847-1935)
- James MacMillan (born 1959)
- Dame Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994)
- Carlo Martelli (* 1935)
- Steve Martland (1954-2013)
- Benedict Mason (* 1954)
- William Mathias (1934-1992)
- Colin Matthews (born 1946)
- David Matthews (* 1943)
- Nicholas Maw (1935-2009)
- Billy Mayerl (1902-1959)
- Rita McAllister (born 1946)
- John McCabe (1939-2015)
- William McGibbon (1690-1756)
- John McLeod (born 1934)
- Robin Milford (1903-1959)
- Ernest John Moeran (1894-1950)
- Dominic Muldowney (* 1952)
- Thea Musgrave (* 1928)
N
- Patrick Nunn (* 1969)
- Michael Nyman (* 1944)
O
- Buxton Orr (1924-1997)
- Robin Orr (1909-2006)
P
- Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991)
- Roxanna Panufnik (* 1968)
- Hubert Parry (1848-1918)
- Paul Patterson (born 1947)
- Harry Parr-Davies (1914-1955)
- Ian Parrott (1916-2012)
- Michael Parsons (* 1938)
- Anthony Payne (born 1936)
- Martin Peerson (1571 / 73–1650 / 51)
- John Plummer (~ 1410–1486)
- Geoffrey Poole (born 1949)
- Cipriani Potter (1792–1871)
- Leonel Power (1370 / 85-1445)
- Gwyn Pritchard (born 1948)
- Alwynne Pritchard (* 1968)
- Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
Q
- Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
R.
- Simon Rackham (born 1964)
- Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971)
- Alan Ridout (1934-1996)
- Betty Roe (born 1930)
- Cyril Rootham (1875-1938)
- Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)
- John Rutter (* 1945)
S.
- Leonard Salzedo (1921-2000)
- Sinan Savaskan (* 1954)
- David Sawer (born 1961)
- Robert Saxton (* 1953)
- Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
- Francis George Scott (1880-1958)
- Marion Scott (1877-1953)
- Humphrey Searle (1915-1982)
- Mátyás Seiber (1905–1960)
- Martin Shaw (1875-1958)
- Hugh Shrapnel (born 1947)
- Obadiah Shuttleworth († 1734)
- Sasha Siem (* 1984)
- Robert Simpson (1921-1997)
- Howard Skempton (born 1947)
- Reginald Smith Brindle (1917-2003)
- Alice Mary Smith (1839-1884)
- Dave Smith (born 1949)
- John Stafford Smith (1750-1836)
- Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944)
- Naresh Sohal (1939-2018)
- Philip Sparke (* 1951)
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892–1988)
- Christopher Steel (1938-1991)
- Bernard Stevens (1916-1983)
- James Stevens (1923-2012)
- Ronald Stevenson (1928-2015)
- Haldane Stewart (1868-1942)
- Richard Stoker (* 1938)
- Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900)
T
- Joby Talbot (* 1971)
- Thomas Tallis (≈1505–1585)
- Phyllis Tate (1911-1987)
- Sir John Tavener (1944-2013)
- John Taverner (≈1490–1545)
- Mansel Thomas (1909–1986)
- Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998)
- Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
- Sir Paolo Tosti (1846-1916)
- Harold Truscott (1914–1992)
- Mark-Anthony Turnage (* 1960)
V
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
- John Veale (1922-2006)
- Ian Venables (born 1955)
W.
- Julian Wagstaff (* 1970)
- William Wallace (1860-1940)
- Sir William Walton (1902-1983)
- John Ward (1571-1638)
- Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
- Thomas Weelkes (1576–1623)
- Douglas Weiland (* 1954)
- Judith Weir (* 1954)
- Samuel Wesley (1766-1837)
- Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876)
- John White (born 1936)
- Percy Whitlock (1903-1946)
- Grace Williams (1906-1977)
- James Wilson (1922-2005)
- Thomas Wilson (1927-2001)
- Beth Wiseman (1951-2007)
- Hugh Wood (born 1932)
- William Wordsworth (1908–1988)
- David Wynne (1900-1983)