List of composers / L
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- Théodore Labarre (1805-1870)
- Joseph L'Abbé (1727-1803)
- August Labitzky (1832–1903)
- Joseph Labitzky (1802-1881)
- Joseph Labor (1842–1924)
- Jean-Benjamin de Laborde (1734–1794)
- Mario Labroca (1896–1973)
- Wiktor Labuński (1895–1974)
- Sophie Lacaze (* 1963)
- Francisco de Lacerda (1869–1934)
- Osvaldo Lacerda (1927-2011)
- Helmut Lachenmann (* 1935)
- Franz Lachner (1803-1890)
- Ignaz Lachner (1807–1895)
- Vincenz Lachner (1811-1893)
- Louis Lacombe (1818-1884)
- Paul Lacombe (1837-1927)
- Ezra Laderman (1924-2015)
- Ignaz Anton Ladurner (1766–1839)
- Joseph Aloys Ladurner (1769-1851)
- Ruggero Laganà (* 1956)
- Rewas Laghidze (1921–1981)
- Christian Lahusen (1886–1975)
- László Lajtha (1892–1963)
- Yehoshua Lakner (1924-2003)
- Alfred La Liberté (1882–1952)
- Édouard Lalo (1823-1892)
- Alain Lalonde (* 1951)
- Jean-François Lalouette (1651–1728)
- Juarés Lamarque Pons (1917–1982)
- José Ángel Lamas (1775-1814)
- Joseph Francis Lamb (1877-1960)
- Francesco Lambardi (around 1587 to 1642)
- Constant Lambert (1905-1951)
- Lucien-Léon Guillaume Lambert (1858–1945)
- Michel Lambert (1610-1696)
- Ton Lambij (1954-2002)
- Frederic Lamond (1868-1948)
- John La Montaine (1920-2013)
- Petros Lampadarios (around 1730–1777)
- Walter Lampe (1872–1964)
- Gerhard Lampersberg (1928–2002)
- Elmar Lampson (* 1952)
- Giovanni Battista Lampugnani (around 1706–1788)
- Juan José Landaeta (1780-1814)
- Stefano Landi (around 1590 to 1639)
- Francesco Landini (around 1325 to 1397)
- Marcel Landowski (1915–1999)
- Guillaume Landré (1905–1968)
- Cristina Landuzzi (* 1961)
- Philip Lane (composer) (* 1950)
- Matthieu Lanes (1660-1725)
- Hans Lang (1897–1968)
- Hans Lang (1908–1992)
- István Láng (* 1933)
- Ivana Lang (1912-1983)
- Johann Georg Lang (1722 / 1724–1798)
- Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867–1972)
- Max Lang (1917–1987)
- Walter Lang (1896–1966)
- Ulf Långbacka (* 1957)
- Gregor Lange (around 1552–1587)
- Gustav Lange (1830-1889)
- Gustav Lange (1861–1939)
- Otto Langey (1851-1922)
- Rued Langgaard (1893–1952)
- Siegfried Langgaard (1852-1914)
- Louise (Langhans-) Japha (1826-1910)
- Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
- Joseph Lanner (1801-1843)
- Paul Lansky (* 1944)
- Pierre Lantier (1910-1998)
- Hugo de Lantins (around 1425)
- Alcides Lanza (* 1927)
- Salvatore Lanzetti (1710-1780)
- Raoul Laparra (1876-1943)
- Erasmus Lapicida (around 1450–1547)
- Isidro de Laporta (1750-1808)
- André Laporte (composer, around 1886) (~ 1886–1918), French composer
- André Laporte (composer, 1931) (* 1931), Belgian composer
- Pietro Lappi (approx. 1580 – approx. 1630)
- Santo Lapis (1699-1765)
- Carlos Lara Bareiro (1914–1987)
- Thomas Larcher (* 1963)
- John Francis Larchet (1884-1967)
- Antoine Lardenois (1620-1660)
- Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986)
- Pierre de La Rue (around 1460–1518)
- Eduard Lasarew (1935-2008)
- Guillaume Lasceux (1740-1831)
- Blas de Laserna (1751-1816)
- Alexander Lasoń (* 1951)
- Eduard Lassen (1830–1904)
- Moritz Laßmann (* 1987)
- Ferdinando di Lasso (1560-1609)
- Ferdinando di Lasso (II) (1592-1636)
- Orlando di Lasso (1532–1594)
- Rudolfo di Lasso († 1625)
- Christian Ignatius Latrobe (1757–1836)
- Felice Lattuada (1882–1962)
- Heinz Lau (1925–1975)
- Ferdinand Laub (1832–1875)
- Anne Lauber (* 1943)
- Joseph Lauber (1864–1952)
- Thomas Lauck (* 1943)
- Herbert Lauermann (* 1955)
- Wolff Jakob Lauffensteiner (1676–1754)
- Daniel Laumans (* 1972)
- Bartolomeo Laurenti (around 1644–1726)
- Lodovico Filipo Laurenti (1693–1757)
- Morten Lauridsen (* 1943)
- Rachel Laurin (born 1961)
- Antonio Lauro (1917–1986)
- Franz Seraphinus Lauska (1764-1825)
- Calixa Lavallée (1842-1891)
- Alphonse Lavallée-Smith (1873-1912)
- Paul Lavender
- Alexandre Jean Albert Lavignac (1846-1916)
- Philibert de Lavigne (around 1700–1760)
- Carlos Lavin (1883–1962)
- Wesley La Violette (1894–1978)
- Mario Lavista (* 1943)
- János Lavotta (1764-1820)
- Louis Lavoye (1877–1975)
- Dionysios Lavrangas (1860-1941)
- Marc Lavry (1903-1967)
- William Lawes (1602-1645)
- Henry Lawes (1596–1662)
- Filip Lazăr (1894-1936)
- Alberto Lazari (around 1600 to around 1637)
- Scipione Lazarini (around 1610 to around 1645)
- Henri Lazarof (1932-2013)
- Ferdinando Antonio Lazzari (1678–1754)
- Sylvio Lazzari (1857-1944)
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- Henry le Bailly (around 1590 - 1637)
- Luise Adolpha Le Beau (1850-1927)
- Alexei Konstantinowitsch Lebedew (1924–1993)
- Nicolas Antoine Le Bègue (1631–1702)
- Louis Lebel (1831-1889)
- Lojze Lebič (* 1934)
- Fernand Le Borne (1862–1929)
- Eric Lebrun (* 1967)
- Ludwig August Lebrun (1752–1790)
- Louis-Sébastien Lebrun (1764–1829)
- Sébastien Le Camus (around 1610 - 1677)
- Benedikt Lechler (1594-1659)
- Leonhard Lechner (around 1553 - 1606)
- Josef Lechthaler (1891–1948)
- Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764)
- Jean-Pantaléon Le Clerc (around 1697 - around 1759)
- Charles Lecocq (1832-1918)
- Juan Vicente Lecuna (1899-1954)
- Ernesto Lecuona (1895–1963)
- Roman Ledenjow (* 1930)
- Juan de Ledesma (1713? –1781)
- Claude Ledoux (* 1960)
- Jacques Leduc (* 1932)
- Simon Leduc (1742–1777)
- Dai-Keong Lee (1915-2005)
- Benjamin Lees (1924-2010)
- Denis Lefebure (1620–1674)
- Jacques Lefebure (1590 - around 1613)
- Louis Lefébure-Wély (1817–1869)
- Johann Matthias Leffloth (1705–1731)
- Paul Le Flem (1881-1984)
- Nicolas-Jean Lefroid de Méreaux (1745–1797)
- Dorian Le Gallienne (1915–1963)
- Ethel Leginska (1886-1970)
- Luigi Rinaldo Legnani (1790–1877)
- Michel Legrand (1932-2019)
- Guillaume Legrant (proven 1418–1456)
- Johannes Legrant (proven around 1420-1440)
- Joseph Legros (1739-1793)
- Jean-Pierre Leguay (* 1939)
- Franz Lehár (1870–1948)
- Franz Xaver Lehner (1904–1986)
- Dieter Lehnhoff (* 1955)
- Burt Levy (1936-2010)
- René Leibowitz (1913–1972)
- Jón Leifs (1899–1968)
- Walter Leigh (1905-1942)
- Friedrich Leinert (1908–1975)
- Helvi Leiviskä (1902–1982)
- Edith Lejet , (* 1941)
- Guillaume Lekeu (1870-1894)
- Albert Semjonowitsch Leman (1915-1998)
- Louis Lemaire (around 1693 - around 1750)
- Christophe Le Menu de Saint-Philbert (around 1720 - 1774)
- Jean-Baptiste Lemire (1867-1945)
- Lorenz Lemlin (around 1495 - around 1549)
- Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens (1823-1881)
- Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1751-1796)
- Erwin Lendvai (1882–1949)
- Claude Lenners (* 1956)
- Jacques Lenot (born 1945)
- John Lenton (1657-1719)
- Georges Lentz (* 1965)
- Carlo Lenzi (1735-1805)
- Leonardo Leo (1694-1744)
- Tomás León (1826-1893)
- Hubert Léonard (1819–1890)
- Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704)
- Marina Leonardi (* 1970)
- Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
- Franco Leoni (1864-1949)
- Giovanni Antonio Leoni (1590-1652)
- Léonin (worked 1163–1190?)
- Bohuslav Leopold (1888–1956)
- Anatoliy Lepin (1907-1984)
- Miguel Lerdo de Tejada (1869–1941)
- Sorin Lerescu (* 1953)
- Maurice Le Roux (1923-1992)
- Xavier Leroux (1863-1919)
- Adrian Le Roy (around 1520 - 1598)
- Philipp Franz Le Sage de Richée (around 1650 - around 1710)
- Franciszek Lessel (around 1780 - 1838)
- Jean-François Lesueur (1760-1837)
- Charles Levens (1689–1764)
- Dimitrios Levidis (1886–1951)
- Lazare Lévy (1882–1964)
- Marvin David Levy (1932-2015)
- Louis Lewandowski (1821-1894)
- Sara Lewina (1906–1976)
- Yuri Levitin (1912–1993)
- Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach (1817-1891)
- Georg Dietrich Leyding (1664-1710)
- Ulrich Leyendecker (1946–2018)
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- Antoine Lhoyer (1768-1852)
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- Anatol Liadow (1855-1914)
- Dimitrios Lialios (1869–1940)
- Joseph Anton Liber (1732-1809)
- Giuseppe Liberali (19th century)
- Antimo Liberati (1617–1692)
- Bruno Liberda (* 1953)
- Ingvar Lidholm (1921-2017)
- Johann Georg Lickl (1769–1843)
- Cristiano Giuseppe Lidarti (1730–1795)
- José Lidón (1748-1827)
- Rolf Liebermann (1910–1999)
- Cornélis Liégeois (1860-1921)
- Bertus van Lier (1906–1972)
- August Liessens (1894–1954)
- György Ligeti (1923-2006)
- Douglas Lilburn (1915-2001)
- Wincenty Lilius (around 1570-1636)
- Ruben Liljefors (1871-1936)
- Ingmar Liljefors (1906–1981)
- Francisco Raposo Pereira Lima (1845–1905)
- Johannes de Limburgia (15th century)
- Paul Lincke (1866-1946)
- Christian Lindberg (* 1958)
- Magnus Lindberg (* 1958)
- Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801–1878)
- Otto Lindblad (1809–1864)
- Johan Lindegren (1842–1908)
- Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812-1887)
- Peter Byrnie Lindeman (1858-1930)
- Thomas Linley (Junior) 1756-1778
- Joachim-Dietrich Link (1925-2001)
- Jiři Ignác Linek (1725–1791)
- Johann Georg Linike (around 1680–1762)
- Karol Lipiński (1790–1861)
- Marijan Lipovšek (1910–1995)
- Vatroslav Lisinski (1819-1854)
- Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
- Gaston Litaize (1909-1991)
- Antonio de Literes (1673-1747)
- Carl Ludvig Lithander (1773–1843)
- Henry Litolff (1818-1891)
- Ferdo Livadić (1799–1879)
- Andonios Liveralis (1814–1842)
- Iosif Liveralis (1820–1899)
- Lino Liviabella (1902–1964)
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- Anatoly Lyadow (1855-1914)
- Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924)
- Borys Lyatoschynskyj (1895–1968)
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- Miguel Llobet (1878-1938)
- George Lloyd (1913-1998)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948)
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- Elias Álvares Lôbo (1834–1901)
- Alonso Lobo (1555-1617)
- Duarte Lobo (around 1565 - 1646)
- Emerico Lobo de Mesquita (1746–1805)
- Pietro Locatelli (1695–1764)
- Henri Loche (* 1929)
- Hans-Gunter Lock (* 1974)
- Matthew Locke (1621–1677)
- Beatriz Lockhart (1944-2015)
- Kathleen Lockhart Manning (1890-1951)
- Charles Martin Loeffler (1861-1935)
- Jacques Loeillet (1685–1748)
- Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Gant (1688– around 1720)
- John Loeillet (1680-1730)
- Carl Loewe (1796–1869)
- Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698–1764)
- Simon Lohet (around 1550 - 1611)
- Dietrich Lohff (1941–2016)
- Georg Simon Löhlein (1725–1781)
- Horst Lohse (* 1943)
- Alexander Lokschin (1920–1987)
- Hannibal Lokumbe (* 1948)
- Antonio Lolli (around 1725 - 1802)
- Gavriil Jakinowitsch Lomakin (1812–1885)
- Michel Longtin (* 1946)
- José López Alavez (1889–1974)
- Johan Lorentz (around 1610 - 1689)
- Paolo Lorenzani (1640-1713)
- Bernardo Lorenziti (around 1764 - 1813)
- Clément Loret (1833–1909)
- Grégoire Lorieux (* 1976)
- Albert Lortzing (1801-1851)
- Andor Losonczy (1932-2018)
- Johann Anton Losy von Losinthal (around 1645 - 1721)
- Antonio Lotti (around 1667 - 1740)
- Alexina Louie (* 1949)
- Arthur Lourié (1891-1966)
- Alain Louvier (* 1945)
- Herman Severin Løvenskiold (1815–1870)
- Samuel Lover (1797–1868)
- Lowe Edward (1610-1682)
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- Clarence Lucas (1866-1947)
- Andrea Lucchesi (1741–1801)
- Frank Luchs (* 1959)
- Francesco Lucio (1620-1658)
- Vincent Lübeck (1654-1740)
- Nicholas Ludford (around 1485 – around 1557)
- Mihkel Lüdig (1880–1958)
- Otto Luening (1900–1996)
- Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
- Jean-Louis Lully
- Hans Christian Lumbye (1810–1874)
- Torbjörn Lundquist (1920-2000)
- Thomas Lupo (1571-1627)
- Gaetano Luporini (1865–1948)
- Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994)
- Henri Lutz (1864-1919)
- Guy-Philippe Luypaerts (1931–1999)
- Guy-Claude Luypaerts (* 1949)
- Carolus Luython (around 1557-1620)
- Diego Luzuriaga (born 1955)
- Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545–1607)
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- Alexei Fyodorowitsch Lwow (1798–1870)
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- Donald Lybbert (1923-1981)
- Christopher Lyndon-Gee (* 1954)
- Michel Lysight (* 1958)