List of composers / C
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- Roberto Caamaño (1923-1993)
- Michele Caballone (1692-1740)
- Juan Cabanilles (1644-1712)
- Antonio de Cabezón (1510–1566)
- Peter Cabus (1923-2000)
- Francesca Caccini (1587 to around 1640)
- Giulio Caccini (around 1550-1618)
- Abraham Caceres (before 1718 - after 1738)
- Curt Cacioppo (born 1951)
- Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881-1946)
- Pasquale Cafaro (1715–1787)
- John Cage (1912-1992)
- Antonio Cagnoni (1828-1896)
- Lucien Cailliet (1891–1985)
- Gian Carlo Cailò (around 1659-1722)
- Louis de Caix d'Hervelois (1725–1752)
- Nicola Calandro (around 1706 to after 1771)
- Bartolomé Calatayud (1882–1973)
- Elsa Calcagno (1910–1978)
- José Antonio Calcaño (1900–1978)
- Antonio Caldara (around 1670-1736)
- Vincenzo Calderara (18th century)
- Mary Elizabeth Caldwell (1909-2003)
- Arcangelo Califano (around 1700–1756)
- Leonhard von Call (1767–1815)
- Joseph Callaerts (1830-1901)
- Herbert Callhoff (1933-2016)
- Carlo Calvi (17th century)
- Gérard Calvi (1922-2015)
- Antoine Calvière (1695–1755)
- Sethus Calvisius (1556-1615)
- Robert Cambert (around 1628–1677)
- Giuseppe Maria Cambini (1746-1825)
- Placidus of Camerloher (1718–1782)
- Matthew Camidge (1764-1844)
- Charles Camilleri (1931-2009)
- Faustino Camisani (1772-1830)
- Gustavo E. Campa (1863-1934)
- Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751-1827)
- José Luis Campana (* 1949)
- François Campion (1686–1747)
- Thomas Campion (1567-1620)
- Carlo Antonio Campioni (1720–1788)
- Conrado del Campo (1878-1953)
- Héctor Campos Parsi (1922–1998)
- André Campra (1660-1744)
- Sébastien Le Camus (around 1610–1677)
- Floriano Canale (before 1675–1603)
- Manuel Canales (1747–1786)
- Giovanni Battista Canavasso (1713–1784)
- Joseph Candeille (1744-1827)
- Bruno Canino (* 1935)
- Cornelius Canis (around 1500–1561)
- Christian Cannabich (1731–1798)
- Philipp Cannon (* 1929)
- Joseph Canteloube (1879–1957)
- Giovanni Antonio Canuti (around 1680–1739)
- Josef Čapek (1825-1915)
- Daniel Capelletti (* 1958)
- Lucien Capet (1873-1928)
- Giovanni Maria Capelli (1648–1726)
- André Caplet (1878-1925)
- Filippo Capocci (1840-1911)
- Dumitru Capoianu (1929–2012)
- Francisco Caporale (around 1700–1746)
- Jean-Baptiste Cappus (1689–1751)
- Samuel Capricornus (1628-1665)
- Carlo Caprioli (around 1615 to around 1673)
- Giovanni Paolo Caprioli (15 ?? - 1627)
- Nicolas Capron (around 1740–1784)
- Mario Capuana (around 1590 to around 1649)
- Antonio Caputi (1753-1818)
- Antonio Capuzzi (1755-1818)
- Marco Cara (around 1475 to after 1525)
- Michele Carafa (1787–1872)
- Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli (1690–1772)
- Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853)
- Bartomeu Càrceres (in the 16th century)
- Josep Carcoler (1698–1776)
- Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981)
- Jean-Baptiste Cardon (1760-1803)
- Jean-Guillain Cardon (1732–1788)
- Alejandro Cardona (* 1959)
- Jorge Cardoso (* 1949)
- Manuel Cardoso (1566–1650)
- Cristofaro Caresana (1640–1709)
- Giacomo Carissimi (1605–1674)
- Carmen Maria Cârneci (* 1957)
- Roberto Carnevale (* 1966)
- Don Ramon Carnicer (1789–1855)
- José Antonio Caro de Boesi (around 1740–1814)
- Firminus Caron (active around 1460 to 1480)
- Pierre-Francisque Caroubel (1556-1611)
- Nicolas-Francisque Caroubel (1594 to around 1657)
- Fabritio Caroso (* 1525/35; † 1605/20)
- John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951)
- Carpentras (around 1470-1548)
- Fiorenzo Carpi (1918–1997)
- Benjamin Carr (1768-1831)
- Edwin Carr (1926-2003)
- T. Patrick Carrabré (* 1958)
- Eurico Carrapatoso (1962)
- António Carreira (around 1520/30 to 1587/97)
- Cayetano Carreño (1774–1836)
- Inocente Carreño (1919-2016)
- Teresa Carreño (1853-1917)
- Julián Carrillo (1875-1965)
- Adam Carse (1878-1958)
- Pietro Francesco Carubelli (1556-1611)
- Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
- Luigi Caruso (1754-1823)
- Cristofaro Caresana (around 1640–1709)
- Antonio Casimir Cartellieri (1772–1807)
- Elliott Carter (1908-2012)
- Jean-Baptiste Cartier (1765–1841)
- Giuseppe Cartufo (1771-1851)
- Ferdinando Carulli (1770–1841)
- Dinorá de Carvalho (1905–1980)
- Robert Carver (1484-1568)
- John Carwarden (around 1636-1660)
- Francisco Casabona (1894–1979)
- Henri Casadesus (1879–1947)
- Marius Casadesus (1892–1981)
- Riccardo Casalaina (1881–1908)
- Pablo Casals (1876–1973)
- Luis Casas Romero (1882–1950)
- Gasparo Casati (around 1610 to 1641)
- Girolamo Casati (around 1595 to around 1654)
- José Cascante (1646–1702)
- Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)
- Enrique Mario Casella (1891-1948)
- Giovanni Maria Casini (1652-1719)
- Raffaele Casimiri (1880–1943)
- John Casken (* 1949)
- Lawrence Casserley (born 1941)
- Alfonso Castaldi (1874–1942)
- Bellerofonte Castaldi (1581–1649)
- Gonzalo Castellanos Yumar (* 1926)
- Dario Castello (around 1590 to around 1630)
- Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968)
- Jacques Castérède (1926-2014)
- Niccolò Castiglioni (1932–1996)
- Jesús Castillo (1877-1946)
- Ricardo Castillo (1894–1966)
- Alexis de Castillon (1838–1873)
- Francisco José de Castro (around 1670– around 1730)
- Jean de Castro (around 1540 to after 1611)
- José María Castro (1892–1964)
- Juan José Castro (1895–1968)
- Ricardo Castro Herrera (1864-1907)
- Washington Castro (1909-2004)
- Pietro Castrucci (1679–1752)
- Prospero Castrucci (around 1690-1760)
- Maddalena Casulana Mezari (mid-16th century)
- Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893)
- Ottavio Catalani (around 1585–1645)
- Angelo Catelani (1811-1866)
- Giacomo Cattaneo (* before 1700)
- Diomedes Cato (around 1560 to 1618)
- Georgi Catoire (1861-1926)
- Ferruccio Cattelani (1867–1932)
- Nino Cattozzo (1886–1961)
- Alejandro García Caturla (1906-1940)
- Eduard Caudella (1841-1924)
- Eustache du Caurroy (1549–1609)
- Georges Caussade (1873-1936)
- Emilio de Cavalieri (around 1550–1602)
- Francesco Cavalli (1602–1676)
- Girolamo Cavazzoni (around 1506/12 to after 1577)
- Marco Antonio Cavazzoni (1480–1559)
- Catterino Cavos (1775-1840)
- Norman Cazden (1914-1980)
- Maurizio Cazzati (1616–1678)
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- Rodrigo de Ceballos (around 1530–1581)
- Dario Cebic
- Angelo Cecchini (around 1619–1639)
- Tomaso Cecchino (around 1580–1644)
- Carlo Cecere (1706–1761)
- Renata Cedeño Laya
- Ludvík Vítězslav Čelanský (1870–1931)
- Sergiu Celibidache (1912-1996)
- Cesare Giuseppe Celsi (1904–1986)
- Joseph Celli (* 1944)
- Diana Čemerytė (* 1974)
- Francesco Ceracchini (around 1748–1824)
- Josef Ceremuga (* 1930)
- Joan Cererols (1618-1680)
- Giovanni Ceresini (1584 to after 1659)
- Jacques Cerf (1932-2019)
- Friedrich Cerha (* 1926)
- Sebastiano Cherici (1647–1704)
- Bohuslav Matej Černohorský (1684–1742)
- Scipione Cerreto (around 1551-1633)
- Pierre Certon (around 1510–1572)
- Roque Ceruti (around 1683-1760)
- Jordi Cervelló (* 1935)
- Giacomo Cervetto (1682–1783)
- James Cervetto (1748-1837)
- Giovanni Martini Cesare (around 1590–1667)
- Carlo Francesco Cesarini (~ 1666–1741)
- Beniamino Cesi (1845–1907)
- Pietro Cesi (around 1630 to around 1680)
- Antonio Cesti (1623–1669)
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- Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
- Parashkew Chadschiev (1912-1992)
- George Chadwick (1854-1931)
- Jacques Chailley (1910-1999)
- Luciano Chailly (1920-2002)
- Henri Challan (1910-1977)
- René Challan (1910–1978)
- Albert Chamberland (1886–1975)
- Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (around 1602 - 1672)
- Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)
- Claude Champagne (1891-1965)
- Ivan Evstafjewitsch Chandoshkin (1747–1804)
- Dsunduin Changal (1948–1996)
- Juri Chanon (* 1965)
- Ruperto Chapí y Lorente (1851–1909)
- Jehan Chardavoine (1450–1599)
- Gustave Charpentier (1860-1956)
- Jacques Charpentier (1933-2017)
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
- Nicolas-Joseph Chartrain (around 1740 - 1793)
- Aram Khachaturyan (1903–1978)
- Karen Surenowitsch Chatschaturjan (1920–2011)
- Lambert Chaumont (around 1645 - 1712)
- Ernest Chausson (1855-1899)
- Roque Jacinto de Chavarría (1688-1719)
- Alexis Chauvet (1837–1871)
- François Chauvon (before 1700–1740)
- Carlos Chávez Ramírez (1899–1978)
- Charles Chaynes (1925-2016)
- Esprit-Philippe Chédeville l'aîné / d. Ä. (1696–1762)
- Pierre Chédeville le cadet / d. J. (1694-1725)
- Nicolas Chédeville (1705–1782)
- Louis Chein (around 1637–1694)
- Hippolyte André Chelard (1789–1861)
- Hans Chemin-Petit (1864-1917)
- Hans Helmuth Chemin-Petit (1902–1981)
- Fortunato Chelleri (1690–1757)
- Brian Cherney (born 1942)
- André Chéron (1695–1766)
- Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842)
- Charles Chevalier (around 1570 to around 1611)
- Raymond Chevreuille (1901-1976)
- Carlo Chiabrano (1723 - unknown)
- Gaetano Chiabrano (1725-1800)
- Pietro Chiarini (around 1717–1765)
- Melchiorre Chiesa (1740–1799)
- Thomas Chilcot (around 1707 - 1766)
- William Child (1606-1697)
- Un-Suk Chin (* 1961)
- Giovanni Chinzer (* 1698; † unknown)
- Giuseppe Chinzer (18th century)
- Osvald Chlubna (1893–1971)
- Ludwig Roman Chmel (1877–1940)
- Alexander Kholminov (* 1925)
- Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
- Wen-chung Chou (1923-2019)
- Tikhon Khrennikov (1913-2007)
- Henri Christiné (1867–1941)
- Jani Christou (1926-1970)
- Dimitâr Christov (* 1933)
- Dobri Christov (1875-1941)
- Federico Chueca (1846–1908)
- Heinz Chur (* 1948)
- Andreas Chyliński (around 1590 - after 1635)
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- Alessandro Della Ciaia (around 1605 to around 1670)
- Vincenzo Lenzenio Ciampi (1719–1762)
- Cesare Ciardi (1818–1877)
- Johannes Ciconia (around 1335-1411)
- Antonio Cifra (1584-1629)
- Santos Cifuentes Rodríguez (1870-1932)
- Ján Cikker (1911–1989)
- Francesco Cilea (1866–1950)
- Johann Cilenšek (1913–1998)
- Andrea Cima (1580 to after 1627)
- Giovanni Battista Cima (1596-1654)
- Giovanni Paolo Cima (1570-1622)
- Tullio Cima (1595–1678)
- Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801)
- Jānis Cimze (1814–1881)
- Ghenadie Ciobanu (* 1957)
- Maia Ciobanu (born 1952)
- Tudor Ciortea (1903-1982)
- Milo Cipra (1906–1985)
- Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724-1808)
- Ignazio Cirri (1711–1787)
- Michel Ciry (* 1919)
- Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911)
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- Andreas Christoph Clamer (1633–1701)
- Louis Clapisson (1808-1866)
- Giovanni Carlo Clari (1677-1754)
- Hugh Archibald Clarke (1839-1927)
- Jeremiah Clarke (around 1673–1707)
- Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979)
- Ludo Claesen (1956)
- Jacobus Clemens non Papa (between 1510/1515 to around 1555)
- Charles-François Clément (~ 1720- ~ 1782)
- Franz-Joseph Clement (1780–1842)
- Aldo Clementi (1925-2011)
- Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)
- Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749)
- Alexandre-M. Clerk (1861-1932)
- Halfdan Cleve (1879-1951)
- Johannes de Cleve (around 1529–1582)
- Frederic Cliffe (1857-1931)
- Humphrey Clucas (* 1941)
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- Albert Coates (1882-1953)
- Eric Coates (1886-1957)
- Gloria Coates (born 1938)
- Johann Anton Coberg (1650–1708)
- Claudio Cocchi (around 1590 to around 1632)
- Gioacchino Cocchi (1712–1796)
- Maria Rosa Coccia (1759-1833)
- Jacques Cochereau (around 1680–1734)
- Pierre Cochereau (1924–1984)
- Adrianus Petit Coclico (1499–1562)
- François Le Cocq (1675-1729)
- Manuel Rodrigues Coelho (around 1555–1635)
- Ruy Coelho (1889-1986)
- Louis Adolphe Coerne (1870-1922)
- Rosetter Gleason Cole (1866-1952)
- Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
- François Colin de Blamont (1690-1760)
- Vincenzo Colla (1784–1861)
- Pascal Collasse (1649-1709)
- Henri Collet (1885–1951)
- Edward Joseph Collins (1889–1951)
- Giuseppe Colombi (1635–1694)
- Francesco Colombini (around 1600 to around 1641)
- Francesca Colonna (around 1593–1665)
- Giovanni Paolo Colonna (1637–1695)
- Juan Bautista Comes (1568-1642)
- Liviu Comes (1918-2004)
- Gaudenzio Comi (1749 to around 1790)
- Edouard Commette (1883-1967)
- Giovanni Battista Comparini (around 1611–1659)
- Loyset Compère (around 1450–1518)
- Franz Comploi (* 1954)
- Graziella Concas (* 1970)
- Giulio Confalonieri (1896–1972)
- Giovanni Battista Conforti (around 1560 – after 1607)
- Nicola Conforto (1718 to after 1793)
- Zez Confrey (1895-1971)
- Guillaume Connesson (* 1970)
- Justin Connolly (born 1933)
- August Conradi (1821–1873)
- Johan Gottfried Conradi (1820-1896)
- Johann Georg Conradi (1645–1699)
- Marius Constant (1925-2004)
- Dan Constantinescu (1931-1993)
- Paul Constantinescu (1909-1963)
- Fabio Costantini (around 1575 to after 1644)
- Alexis Contant (1858-1918)
- Francesco Bartolomeo Conti (1681–1732)
- Giacomo Conti (1754-1805)
- Ignazio Maria Conti (1699–1759)
- Nicola Conti (around 1733–1754)
- Giovanni Contino (1513–1574)
- José Rozo Contreras (1894–1976)
- Salvador Contreras (1910-1982)
- Frederick Shepherd Converse (1871-1940)
- Arnold Cooke (1906-2005)
- Paul Cooper (1926-1996)
- John Coperario (around 1575-1626)
- Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
- Filippo Coppola (1628-1680)
- Pietro Antonio Coppola (1793–1876)
- Arthur Coquard (1846-1910)
- Sidney Corbett (* 1960)
- Francesco Corbetta (around 1615–1681)
- Frank Corcoran (* 1944)
- Bartolomeo Cordans (1698–1757)
- Frederick Corder (1852-1932)
- Paul Corder (1879-1942)
- Roque Cordero (1917-2008)
- Baude Cordier (around 1380 to before 1440)
- Jacques Cordier (1580–1655)
- Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
- Jacopo Corfini (around 1540–1591)
- Azio Corghi (* 1937)
- John Corigliano (* 1938)
- Giovanni Corini (1805-1865)
- William Corkine (around 1600 - around 1629)
- Carlo Cormier (17th century)
- Peter Cornelius (1824–1874)
- John Henry Cornell (1828-1894)
- Pieter Cornet (around 1562–1633)
- Séverin Cornet (around 1530–1582)
- Christoph Cornett (1580-1635)
- William Cornysh (around 1468–1523)
- Francesco Corradini (1690 / 1692–1769)
- Niccolò Corradini (around 1585–1646)
- Francisco Correa de Arauxo (1584–1654)
- Gaspard Corrette (1671-1733)
- Michel Corrette (1707–1795)
- Sophia Corri (1775 – after 1828)
- Hans Martin Corrinth (* 1941)
- Francesco Corselli (around 1702–1778)
- Giuseppe Corsi († after 1690)
- Jacopo Corsi (1561-1602)
- Francesco Corteccia (1502–1571)
- Camillo Cortellini (around 1560-1630)
- Nicola Cosimi (1667-1717)
- François Cosset (around 1610 to around 1673)
- Carlo Donato Cossoni (1623-1700)
- Francesco Antonio Costa (around 1580 to around 1626)
- Giovanni Marco Costa (around 1585 to around 1656)
- Alessandro Costantini (around 1580–1657)
- Giovanni Battista Costanzi (1704–1778)
- Napoléon Coste (1805-1883)
- Guillaume Costeley (around 1531–1606)
- Alfred Cottin (1863-1923)
- Micheline Coulombe Saint-Marcoux (1938–1985)
- Armand-Louis Couperin (1727–1789)
- François Couperin (1668–1733)
- Louis Couperin (around 1626–1661)
- Philippe Courbois (before 1705 to after 1730)
- Raphael Courteville (around 1670 to around 1735)
- Walter Courvoisier (1875–1931)
- Ambrosio Cotes (around 1550–1603)
- Carlo Cotumacci (1709–1782)
- Henry Cowell (1897-1965)
- Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935)
- Edward Cowie (* 1943)
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- Johann Baptist Cramer (1771-1858)
- Jean Cras (1879-1932)
- C. Crassini (1561-1632)
- Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953)
- Thomas Crécquillon (around 1505–1557)
- Johann Christian Credius (1681–1741)
- Giovanni Maria da Crema (around 1520 – around 1550)
- Pierre Crémont (1784–1846)
- Girolamo Crescentini (1762–1846)
- Paul Creston (1906–1985)
- Giovanni Croce (around 1557–1609)
- Antonio Croci (around 1610 – after 1642)
- Henri-Jacques de Croes (1705–1786)
- William Croft (1678-1727)
- John Crosdill (1751-1825)
- Gordon Crosse (born 1937)
- William Crotch (1775-1847)
- Arcangelo Crotti (before 1580–1606)
- Robert Jamieson Crow (born 1956)
- Johann Crüger (1598–1662)
- George Crumb (born 1929)
- Bernhard Crusell (1775-1838)
- Carlos Cruz de Castro (* 1941)
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- Antal Csermák (1774–1822)
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- Dimitrie Cuclin (1885–1978)
- César Cui (1835-1918)
- François Cupis le jeune (1732–1808)
- Jean-Baptiste Cupis de Camargo (1711–1788)
- Jean-Baptiste Cupis (le cadet) (* 1741)
- Henrique de Curitiba (1934-2008)
- Curtis Curtis-Smith (1941-2014)
- Francis Cutting (around 1550–1595 / 1596)
- Jean Cuvelier (works known from the years 1372-1387)
Cz
- Georg Czarth (1708–1778)
- Carl Czerny (1791-1857)
- Alfons Czibulka (1842-1894)
- Henryk Czyż (1923-2003)