List of brass music composers
This list contains composers who have created original compositions for wind orchestra in the broadest sense (symphonic wind orchestra, wind instrumentation of symphony orchestra, brass band , banda , harmony orchestra, fanfare or fanfare orchestra, band, military band , Bohemian wind music ...). These can be composers who have written exclusively or predominantly for instrumentations in the above sense, but also those who have not only emerged as brass music composers, but have also written corresponding works.
It does not include composers whose works have been or will only be arranged for wind instrumentation.
| Surname | born | died | country |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. | |||
| Keiko Abe | 1937 | Japan | |
| Ryotaro Abe | 1962 | Japan | |
| Yuichi Abe | 1968 | Japan | |
| Josef Abel | 1929 | Austria | |
| Lex Abel , pseudonym of Max Leemann | 1932 | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Jean Absil | 1893 | 1974 | Belgium |
| Stephan Adam | 1954 | Germany | |
| Bernardo Adam Ferrero | 1942 | Spain | |
| Samuel Adler | 1928 | Germany | |
| Ferdinand Adrien | 1770 | 1830 | |
| Georges Aeby | 1902 | 1953 | Switzerland |
| Kalevi Aho | 1949 | Finland | |
| Toshio Akiyama | 1929 | Japan | |
| Kenneth J. Alford | 1881 | 1945 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Hugo Alfvén | 1872 | 1960 | Sweden |
| Henk Alkema | 1944 | 2011 | Netherlands |
| Robert Allmend , pseudonym of Kees Vlak | 1938 | 2014 | Netherlands |
| Johann Ernst Altenburg | 1734 | 1801 | Germany |
| Masamicz Amano | 1957 | Japan | |
| André Amellér | 1912 | 1990 | France |
| Jean-Claude Amiot | 1939 | France | |
| Magnus F. Andersson | 1953 | Sweden | |
| Siegmund Andraschek | 1975 | Austria | |
| Jurriaan Andriessen | 1925 | 1996 | Netherlands |
| Louis Andriessen | 1939 | Netherlands | |
| Peter van Anrooy | 1879 | 1954 | Netherlands |
| Hiroshi Aoshima | 1955 | Japan | |
| Hannes Apfolterer | 1965 | Austria | |
| Bert Appermont | 1973 | Belgium | |
| Jean-Baptiste Arban | 1825 | 1889 | France |
| Miquel Asins Arbó | 1916 | 1996 | Spain |
| Kimberly Archer | 1973 | United States of America | |
| Rob Ares , pseudonym of André Waignein | 1942 | 2015 | Belgium |
| Jean Arimont , pseudonym of Ernest Majo | 1916 | 2002 | Germany |
| Malcolm Arnold | 1921 | 2006 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Kurt Atterberg | 1887 | 1974 | Sweden |
| B. | |||
| Kees van Baaren | 1906 | 1970 | Netherlands |
| Sven-Erik Bäck | 1919 | 1994 | Sweden |
| Henk Badings | 1907 | 1987 | Netherlands |
| Horst Badzong | 1941 | Austria | |
| Jiří Baier | 1934 | 2005 | Czech Republic |
| Árpád Balázs | 1937 | ||
| Jean Balissat | 1936 | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Eric Ball | 1903 | 1989 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Gerhart Banco | 1926 | Austria | |
| Granville Bantock | 1868 | 1946 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| René Barbier | 1890 | 1981 | Belgium |
| Samuel Barber | 1910 | 1981 | United States of America |
| Mojmír Bártek | 1942 | Czech Republic | |
| Lajos Bárdos | 1899 | 1986 | Hungary |
| Warren Barker | 1923 | 2006 | United States of America |
| James Barnes | 1949 | United States of America | |
| Karl Barthel | 1919 | 1995 | Germany |
| Hubert Bath | 1883 | 1945 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Josef Bayer | 1852 | 1913 | Austria |
| Josef Bayer | 1871 | 1962 | Germany |
| Randy Beck , pseudonym of Frans Ludo Verbeeck | 1926 | 2000 | Belgium |
| Alfred von Beckerath | 1901 | 1978 | Germany |
| Arsène Becuwe | 1891 | 1992 | Belgium |
| Jan van Beekum | 1918 | 2001 | Netherlands |
| Hermann Bellstedt | 1858 | 1926 | United States of America |
| Karel Bělohoubek | 1942 | 2016 | Czech Republic |
| Frank Bencriscutto | 1928 | 1997 | United States of America |
| Jean-Valentin Bender | 1801 | 1873 | Belgium |
| Harold Bennett , pen name of Henry Fillmore | 1881 | 1956 | United States of America |
| Richard Rodney Bennett | 1936 | 2012 | United Kingdom of Great Britain / United States of America |
| Robert Russell Bennett | 1894 | 1981 | United States of America |
| Warren Benson | 1924 | 2005 | United States of America |
| Albert Benz | 1927 | 1988 | Switzerland |
| Adolf Berdien | 1876 | 1954 | Germany |
| Hector Berlioz | 1803 | 1869 | France |
| René Bernier | 1905 | 1984 | Belgium |
| Frank Bernaerts | 1967 | Belgium | |
| Émile Bernard | 1843 | 1902 | |
| Pietro Berra | 1879 | 1976 | Italy |
| Franz Berwald | 1796 | 1868 | Sweden |
| Peter Betz | 1868 | 1945 | Germany |
| Bernard van Beurden | 1933 | 2016 | Netherlands |
| Jakob Bichsel | 1931 | Switzerland | |
| Jerry H. Bilik | 1933 | United States of America | |
| Benjamin Bilse | 1816 | 1902 | Germany |
| Jeffrey Bishop | 1943 | United States of America | |
| Zbyšek Bittmar | 1934 | Czech Republic | |
| Boris Blacher | 1903 | 1975 | Germany |
| Joel Blahnik | 1938 | United States of America | |
| Jules Blangenois | 1870 | 1957 | Belgium |
| Hans Blank | 1919 | 2006 | Germany |
| Hermann Ludwig Blankenburg | 1876 | 1956 | Germany |
| Amando Blanquer Ponsoda | 1935 | 2005 | Spain |
| Matthieu Frédéric Blasius | 1758 | 1829 | |
| Franz von Blon | 1861 | 1945 | Germany |
| Robert Blum | 1900 | 1994 | Switzerland |
| Hermann Blume | 1891 | 1967 | Germany |
| Eduardo Boccalari | 1859 | 1921 | Italy |
| Friedrich Raimund Albin Bock | 1854 | 1910 | Germany |
| Gerard Boedijn | 1893 | 1972 | Netherlands |
| Sepp Boehm | 1906 | 2001 | Germany |
| Meindest Boekel | 1915 | 1989 | Netherlands |
| Eduard de Boer | 1957 | Netherlands | |
| Jörg Bollin | Germany | ||
| Walter Bonadè | |||
| Claudio José Boncompagni | 1961 | ||
| Jo van den Booren | 1935 | Netherlands | |
| Antonín Borovička | 1895 | 1968 | Czech Republic |
| Alfred Bösendorfer , pseudonym of Kees Vlak | 1938 | 2014 | Netherlands |
| Roger Boutry | 1932 | France | |
| Francis de Bourguignon | 1890 | 1961 | Belgium |
| Derek Bourgeois | 1941 | 2017 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Florian Bramböck | 1959 | Austria | |
| Brandeau , pseudonym of Ernst Hildebrand | 1918 | 1986 | Germany |
| Henry Brant | 1913 | 2008 | United States of America |
| Hugo Roast Chicken | 1883 | 1943 | Germany |
| Jindřich Brejšek | 1930 | Czech Republic | |
| Heinz Briegel | 1959 | Germany | |
| Thomas Briggs | 1955 | United Kingdom of Great Britain | |
| Eugene Brixel | 1939 | 2000 | Austria |
| Timothy Broege | 1947 | United States of America | |
| Dirk Brossé | 1960 | Belgium | |
| Leo Brouwer | 1939 | Cuba | |
| Klaus-Peter Bruchmann | 1932 | 2017 | Germany |
| Werner Brüggemann | 1936 | 1997 | Austria |
| Robert Brunnlechner | 1970 | Austria | |
| Johann Brussig | 1867 | 1946 | Germany |
| Steven Bryant | 1972 | United States of America | |
| A. Bucher , pseudonym of Emil Ruh | 1884 | 1946 | Switzerland |
| Daniel Bukvich | 1954 | United States of America | |
| Stephen Bulla | 1953 | United States of America | |
| Gustav Bumcke | 1876 | 1963 | Germany |
| Franz Bummerl | 1927 | 2011 | Bohemia |
| Mario Bürki | 1977 | Switzerland | |
| Emil Burow | 1853 | 1943 | Germany |
| C. | |||
| Franz Cibulka | 1946 | 2016 | |
| Peter Cabus | 1923 | 2000 | Belgium |
| Mario Cairoli | 1923 | 2004 | Switzerland |
| Giovanni Giuseppe Cambini | 1746 | 1825 | Italy |
| Jillert Cammenga | 1911 | 1993 | Netherlands |
| Mark Camphouse | 1954 | United States of America | |
| Louis Canivez | 1837 | 1911 | Belgium |
| Roland Cardon | 1929 | 2001 | Belgium |
| Andrew Noah Cap | 1969 | South Africa | |
| Francesco Cardaropoli | 1969 | Italy | |
| Gaetano Carola | 1973 | ||
| René Castelain | |||
| Charles-Simon Catel | 1773 | 1830 | France |
| Jim Andy Caudill | 1931 | United States of America | |
| José María Cervera Lloret | 1910 | 2002 | Spain |
| Franco Cesarini | 1961 | Switzerland | |
| Dorothy Chan | China? | ||
| John Barnes Chance | 1932 | 1972 | United States of America |
| Siao-Fong Chang | China | ||
| Ching-Wen Chao | 1973 | Taiwan | |
| Ruperto Chapí y Lorente | 1851 | 1909 | Spain |
| Jean-Jacques Charles | 1966 | France | |
| Aram Khachaturian | 1903 | 1978 | Armenia |
| Dang Chen | China | ||
| Luigi Cherubini | 1760 | 1842 | France |
| Yiew-Kwang Chong | 1956 | Hong Kong / from 1991 Taiwan | |
| Salvador Chuliá Hernández | |||
| Roger Cichy | 1956 | United States of America | |
| Miroslav Císař | 1929 | Czech Republic | |
| Reber Clark | United States of America | ||
| Herbert L. Clarke | 1867 | 1945 | United States of America |
| Werner Van Cleemput | 1930 | 2006 | Belgium |
| Michael Colgrass | 1932 | United States of America | |
| Jim Colonna | |||
| Alexander Comitas | 1957 | Netherlands | |
| Eric Conrad | |||
| Aaron Copland | 1900 | 1990 | United States of America |
| François Coqueterre | France | ||
| John Corigliano | 1938 | United States of America | |
| Alain Crepin | 1954 | Belgium | |
| Paul Creston | 1906 | 1985 | United States of America |
| Etienne Crausaz | 1981 | Switzerland | |
| Adrian Cruft | 1921 | 1987 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Andrea Csollány | 1964 | Germany | |
| James Curnow | 1943 | United States of America | |
| D. | |||
| Jean-Luc Darbellay | 1946 | Switzerland | |
| Jean Daetwyler | 1907 | 1994 | Switzerland |
| Dieudonné Dagnelies | 1825 | 1894 | Belgium |
| Ingolf Dahl | 1912 | 1970 | United States of America |
| Nicolas Dalayrac | 1753 | 1809 | France |
| Martin Dalby | 1942 | United Kingdom of Great Britain | |
| Max Damberger | 1877 | 1943 | Austria |
| Wilhelm Gustav Damm | 1881 | 1949 | Switzerland |
| Greg Danner | 1958 | United States of America | |
| Enrico Dassetto | 1874 | 1971 | Switzerland |
| Michael Daugherty | 1954 | United States of America | |
| Nathan Daughtrey | 1975 | United States of America | |
| August de Boeck | 1865 | 1937 | Belgium |
| Arthur De Greef | 1862 | 1940 | Belgium |
| Jan De Maeyer | 1949 | Belgium | |
| Louis de Meester | 1904 | 1987 | |
| Karel De Schrijver | 1908 | 1992 | Belgium |
| Karel De Wolf | 1952 | 2011 | Belgium |
| Nazaire De Wolf | 1917 | 1983 | Belgium |
| Csaba Deák | 1932 | Hungary | |
| Rita Defoort , pseudonym of André Waignein | 1942 | 2015 | Belgium |
| Friedrich Deisenroth | 1903 | 1997 | Germany |
| Elliot del Borgo | 1938 | 2013 | United States of America |
| Thierry Deleruyelle | 1983 | France | |
| Marc van Delft | 1958 | Netherlands | |
| Michiel van Delft , pseudonym of Henk van Lijnschooten | 1928 | 2006 | Netherlands |
| Michel Delgiudice | 1924 | 2006 | France |
| Lorenzo Della Fonte | 1960 | Italy | |
| Norman Dello Joio | 1913 | 2008 | United States of America |
| Joseph De Luca | 1890 | 1935 | Italy and the United States of America |
| Aria den Arend | 1903 | 1982 | Netherlands |
| François Devienne | 1759 | 1803 | France |
| Jacques Devogel | France | ||
| Frédéric Devreese | 1929 | Belgium | |
| Frans Corneel D'Haeyer | 1889 | 1971 | |
| Emma Lou Diemer | 1927 | United States of America | |
| Caspar Diethelm | 1926 | 1997 | Switzerland |
| Joop van Dijk | |||
| Désiré Dondeyne | 1921 | 2015 | France |
| Thomas Doss | 1966 | Austria | |
| George Doughty | 1918 | United Kingdom of Great Britain | |
| Lamont Downs | 1951 | United States of America | |
| Guy Duijck | 1927 | 2008 | Belgium |
| A. Duroc , pseudonym of Fritz Schori | 1887 | 1971 | Switzerland |
| E. | |||
| Karl Edelmann | 1962 | Germany | |
| John Edmondson | 1933 | United States of America | |
| José Vicente Egea Insa | Spain | ||
| Hermann X. Egner | 1947 | 2005 | Germany |
| Hans Eibl | 1936 | 2019 | Austria |
| Hans Eklund | 1927 | 1999 | Sweden |
| André-Frédéric Eler | 1764 | 1821 | France |
| Edward Elgar | 1857 | 1934 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Martin Ellerby | 1957 | United Kingdom of Great Britain | |
| Eric Ewazen | 1954 | United States of America | |
| Ernest van der Eyken | 1913 | 2010 | Belgium |
| F. | |||
| Martin Fabian | 1978 | Austria | |
| Antal Farkas | Hungary | ||
| David Farnon | United Kingdom of Great Britain | ||
| Robert Farnon | 1917 | 2005 | Canada |
| Peter Fassbands | 1869 | 1920 | Germany |
| Gérard Favere | 1903 | 1975 | Belgium |
| Ferrer Ferran | 1966 | Spain | |
| Peter Fihn | 1908 | 1998 | Germany |
| Giuseppe Filippa | Italy | ||
| Henry Fillmore | 1881 | 1956 | United States of America |
| Luboš Fišer | 1935 | 1999 | Czech Republic |
| Dennis Fisher | |||
| Georges Follman | 1920 | 1994 | Belgium |
| Trevor J. Ford | 1931 | Norway | |
| MH Forster , pseudonym of Fritz Schori | 1887 | 1971 | Switzerland |
| Aldo Raphael Forte | 1953 | United States of America | |
| Jacqueline Fontyn | 1930 | Belgium | |
| Fred L. Frank , pseudonym of Harold L. Walters | 1918 | 1984 | United States of America |
| Bruce Fraser | 1947 | United Kingdom of Great Britain | |
| Fraver , pseudonym of Frans Ludo Verbeeck | 1926 | 2000 | Belgium |
| Géza Frid | 1904 | 1989 | Netherlands |
| Carl Friedemann | 1862 | 1952 | Switzerland |
| J. Friedrich , pseudonym of Fritz Schori | 1887 | 1971 | Switzerland |
| Hans Eugen Frischknecht | 1939 | Switzerland | |
| Paul Fromin | 1950 | France | |
| Georg Friedrich | 1752 | 1821 | Germany |
| Julius Fučík | 1872 | 1916 | Austria |
| Georg Fürst | 1870 | 1936 | Germany |
| Genba Fujita | 1937 | Japan | |
| Yosuke Fukuda | 1975 | Japan | |
| Hirokazu Fukushima | Japan | ||
| Constantin Freiberg | |||
| G | |||
| Kurt Gäble | 1953 | Germany | |
| Gary Gackstatter | United States of America | ||
| Hans Gál | 1890 | 1987 | Austria |
| Rossano Galante | 1967 | United States of America | |
| Norbert Galls | 1964 | Germany | |
| Johann Gansch | 1925 | 1998 | Austria |
| François René Gebauer | 1773 | 1845 | France |
| Michel-Joseph Gebauer | 1765 | 1812 | France |
| Lucien Gekiere | 1912 | 1990 | Belgium |
| Jiří Gemrot | 1957 | Czech Republic | |
| Julius Gerold | 1808 | 1876 | Germany |
| Luigi di Ghisallo , pseudonym of Kees Vlak | 1938 | 2014 | Netherlands |
| Vittorio Giannini | 1903 | 1966 | United States of America |
| David Gillingham | 1947 | United States of America | |
| Don Gillis | 1912 | 1978 | United States of America |
| Paul Gilson | 1865 | 1942 | Belgium |
| Frede Gines , pseudonym of André Waignein | 1942 | 2015 | Belgium |
| Caesar Giovannini | 1925 | United States of America | |
| François Giroust | 1737 | 1799 | France |
| Julie Giroux | 1961 | United States of America | |
| Werner Wolf Glaser | 1913 | 2006 | Sweden |
| Reinhold Glière | 1875 | 1956 | Russia |
| Gustav Gnauck | 1866 | 1951 | Germany |
| Edwin Franko Goldman | 1878 | 1956 | United States of America |
| John Golland | 1942 | 1993 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Antonio Carlos Gomes | 1836 | 1896 | Brazil |
| Ron Goodwin | 1925 | 2003 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Rob Goorhuis | 1948 | Netherlands | |
| Adam Gorb | 1958 | United Kingdom of Great Britain | |
| François-Joseph Gossec | 1734 | 1829 | France |
| Albert Gossez | 1916 | 2003 | Belgium |
| Ida Gotkovsky | 1933 | France | |
| Yō Gotō | 1958 | Japan | |
| Morton Gould | 1913 | 1996 | United States of America |
| Hermann Grabner | 1886 | 1969 | Austria |
| Peter Graham | 1952 | Czech Republic | |
| Percy Aldridge Grainger | 1882 | 1961 | Australia |
| Donald Grantham | 1947 | United States of America | |
| Francisco Grau Vegara | 1947 | Spain | |
| Jonathan Green | 1964 | United States of America | |
| Edward Gregson | 1945 | United Kingdom of Great Britain | |
| Thomas G. Greiner | 1966 | Germany | |
| André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry | 1741 | 1813 | Belgium / France |
| Mathias Gronert | 1976 | Germany | |
| Hugo de Groot | 1897 | 1986 | Netherlands |
| Friedrich Gulda | 1930 | 2000 | Austria |
| Alfred Gundacker | 1918 | 2001 | Austria |
| László Gulyás | Hungary | ||
| H | |||
| Hanno Haag | 1939 | 2005 | Germany |
| Jacob de Haan | 1959 | Netherlands | |
| Jan de Haan | 1951 | Netherlands | |
| Hellmut Haase-Altendorf | 1912 | 1990 | Germany |
| Albert Häberling | 1919 | 2012 | Switzerland |
| Oskar Hackenberger | 1872 | 1929 | German Empire |
| Jan Hadermann | 1952 | Belgium | |
| Pius Haefliger | 1961 | Switzerland | |
| Boris Hajdušek | 1929 | 2009 | Czech Republic |
| Robert Browne Hall | 1858 | 1907 | United States of America |
| Maurice Hamers | 1962 | Netherlands | |
| Gerd Hammes | 1933 | Germany | |
| Jos Hanniken | 1912 | 1998 | Belgium |
| Johannes Hanssen | 1874 | 1967 | Norway |
| Howard Hanson | 1896 | 1981 | United States of America |
| Paul Hart | 1945 | United Kingdom of Great Britain | |
| Walter S. Hartley | 1927 | 2016 | United States of America |
| Hans Hartwig | 1917 | 2012 | Germany |
| Frank Harvest , pseudonym of Hans-Joachim Rhinow | 1921 | 2017 | Germany |
| Jack Harvey , pseudonym of Gerard Boedijn | 1893 | 1972 | Netherlands |
| Willy Hautvast | 1932 | Netherlands | |
| Scott R. Hawkinson | United States of America | ||
| Hikaru Hayashi | 1931 | 2012 | Japan |
| Samuel R. Hazo | United States of America | ||
| Reginald Heath | United Kingdom of Great Britain | ||
| Hans van der Heide | 1958 | Netherlands | |
| John Heins | United States of America | ||
| Sven M. Hellinghausen | 1975 | Germany | |
| Yannik helmet | 1992 | Germany | |
| Hans Werner Henze | 1926 | 2012 | Germany |
| Hans Herrmann , pseudonym of Hans Kolditz | 1923 | 1996 | Germany |
| Hans Heusser | 1892 | 1942 | Switzerland |
| Frigyes Hidas | 1928 | 2007 | Hungary |
| Hillborg is different | 1954 | Sweden | |
| Ernst Hildebrand | 1918 | 1986 | Germany |
| William H. Hill | 1930 | 2000 | United States of America |
| Paul Hindemith | 1895 | 1963 | Germany |
| Takekuni Hirayoshi | 1936 | 1998 | Japan |
| Hayato Hirose | 1974 | Japan | |
| Hubert Hoche | 1966 | Germany | |
| Paul Höffer | 1895 | 1949 | Germany |
| Franz Hoffmann | 1872 | 1946 | Austria |
| Igo Hofstetter | 1926 | 2002 | Austria |
| Sebastian Höglauer | 1990 | Germany | |
| August Högn | 1878 | 1961 | Germany |
| Bill Holcombe | 1924 | 2010 | United States of America |
| David R. Holsinger | 1945 | United States of America | |
| Jens Holzinger | 1978 | Germany | |
| Gustav Holst | 1874 | 1934 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Arthur Honegger | 1892 | 1955 | Switzerland |
| Jef van Hoof | 1886 | 1959 | Belgium |
| Joseph Horovitz | 1926 | United Kingdom of Great Britain | |
| James L. Hosay | 1959 | United States of America | |
| Hiroshi Hoshina | 1936 | Japan | |
| Takashi Hoshide | 1962 | Japan | |
| Kevin Houben | 1977 | Belgium | |
| Murray Houllif | 1948 | United States of America | |
| Alan Hovhaness | 1911 | 2000 | United States of America |
| Egil Hovland | 1924 | 2013 | Norway |
| Paul Huber | 1918 | 2001 | Switzerland |
| Ed Huckeby | 1948 | United States of America | |
| Getty H. Huffine | 1889 | 1947 | United States of America |
| Ted Huggens , pseudonym of Henk van Lijnschooten | 1928 | 2006 | Netherlands |
| Ralph Hultgren | 1953 | Australia | |
| Bertold Hummel | 1925 | 2002 | Germany |
| Gottfried Hummel | 1968 | Germany | |
| Karel Husa | 1921 | 2016 | United States of America |
| Hans Felix Husadel | 1897 | 1964 | Germany |
| Ernst Hutter | 1958 | Germany | |
| Sung Ho Hwang | Korea | ||
| Søren Hyldgaard | 1962 | 2018 | Denmark |
| I. | |||
| Anthony Iannaccone | 1943 | United States of America | |
| Akira Ifukube | 1914 | 2006 | Japan |
| Fritz Ihlau | 1909 | 1995 | Germany |
| Toshinari Iijima | 1960 | Japan | |
| John Ireland | 1879 | 1962 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Tadaoki Ishihara | 1940 | Japan | |
| Yasuhide Itō | 1960 | Japan | |
| Naohiro Iwai | 1923 | 2014 | Japan |
| J | |||
| Tony Jabovsky , pseudonym of Jacob de Haan | 1959 | Netherlands | |
| Gordon Jacob | 1895 | 1984 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Louis Emmanuel Jadin | 1768 | 1853 | France |
| Hyacinthe Jadin | 1776 | 1800 | France |
| Stephan Jaeggi | 1903 | 1957 | Switzerland |
| Albert Jenny | 1912 | 1992 | Switzerland |
| Andreas Jänecke | 1963 | Germany | |
| Robert Jager | 1939 | United States of America | |
| Marc Jeanbourquin | 1977 | Switzerland | |
| Banon Jemy , pseudonym of Jules Blangenois | 1870 | 1957 | Belgium |
| Joseph Willcox Jenkins | 1928 | 2014 | United States of America |
| Stuart Johnson | United Kingdom of Great Britain | ||
| Donald O. Johnston | 1929 | United States of America | |
| Zdeněk Jonák | 1917 | 1995 | Czech Republic |
| Walter Joseph | Switzerland | ||
| Oskar Jünger | 1862 | 1945 | Germany |
| K | |||
| Vlad Kabec , pseudonym of Hans Kolditz | 1923 | 1996 | Germany |
| Max Kaempfert | 1871 | 1941 | Switzerland |
| Vasily Sergejewitsch Kalinnikow | 1866 | 1901 | |
| Michael Kamen | 1948 | 2003 | United States of America |
| Yoichi Kamioka | Japan | ||
| Am Kaneda | 1935 | 2002 | Japan |
| Choji Kaneta | 1948 | Japan | |
| Shigeru Kan-no | 1959 | Japan | |
| Masaru Kawasaki | 1924 | Japan | |
| Miho Kawasaki | 1964 | Japan | |
| František cellar | Czech Republic | ||
| Albert Edward Kelly | 1914 | 1994 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Lothar Kempter | 1844 | 1918 | Switzerland |
| Roland Kernen , pseudonym of André Waignein | 1942 | 2015 | Belgium |
| Brian Kershner | |||
| Willem Kersters | 1929 | 1998 | Belgium |
| Tristan Keuris | 1946 | 1996 | Netherlands |
| Chung Gil Kim | |||
| Eunhye Kim | |||
| Karl L. King | 1891 | 1971 | United States of America |
| Sandor Kiss | |||
| Walter Klaus | 1951 | Germany | |
| Michael Klostermann | 1962 | Germany | |
| František Kmoch | 1848 | 1912 | Czech Republic |
| Erland by Koch | 1910 | 2009 | Sweden |
| Charles Koechlin | 1867 | 1950 | France |
| Chang-su Koh | 1970 | Korea | |
| Hans Kolditz | 1923 | 1996 | Germany |
| Sōichi Konagaya | 1949 | Japan | |
| Franz Königshofer | 1901 | 1970 | Austria |
| Karl-Heinz Köper | 1927 | Germany | |
| Peter Jona Korn | 1922 | 1998 | Germany |
| Boris Tichonowitsch Koschewnikow | 1906 | 1985 | Russia |
| Clay Kotter | 1906 | 1991 | Netherlands |
| Hans Kox | 1930 | Netherlands | |
| Koyama Kiyoshige | 1914 | 2009 | Japan |
| Thiemo Kraas | 1984 | Germany | |
| Ernst Krenek | 1900 | 1991 | Austria |
| Rodolphe Kreutzer | 1766 | 1831 | France |
| Ladislav Kubeš | 1924 | 1998 | Czech Republic |
| Eduard Kudelásek | 1923 | 1995 | Czech Republic |
| Michael Kuhn | 1962 | Germany | |
| Paul Kühmstedt | 1908 | 1996 | Germany |
| Tetsunosuke Kushida | 1935 | Japan | |
| Fabian Künzli | 1984 | Switzerland | |
| Hiroaki Kuwahara | 1943 | Japan | |
| L. | |||
| Jaroslav Labský | 1875 | 1949 | Czech Republic |
| Jiří Laburda | 1931 | Czech Republic | |
| Serge Lanzen | 1922 | 2005 | France |
| Fred Langen , pseudonym of Fritz Ihlau | 1909 | 1995 | Germany |
| Gordon Langford | 1930 | 2017 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Honoré Langlé | 1741 | 1807 | Monaco |
| Libby Larsen | 1950 | United States of America | |
| Lars-Erik Larsson | 1908 | 1986 | Sweden |
| Josef Laßletzberger | 1862 | 1939 | Austria |
| Wilfred Lawshe , pen name of Bill Holcombe | 1924 | 2010 | United States of America |
| Huang-Chi Lee | |||
| Max Leemann | 1932 | 2002 | Switzerland |
| Aadriaan Cornelis van Leeuwen | 1887 | 1991 | Netherlands |
| Jean-Xavier Lefèvre | 1763 | 1829 | Switzerland |
| Guillaume Lekeu | 1870 | 1894 | Belgium |
| Jean-Baptiste Lemire | 1867 | 1945 | France |
| Kamilló Lendvay | 1928 | Hungary | |
| Jean-François Lesueur | 1760 | 1837 | France |
| Jules Levy | 1838 | 1903 | United Kingdom of Great Britain / United States of America |
| Henk van Lijnschooten | 1928 | 2006 | Netherlands |
| Christian Lindberg | 1958 | Sweden | |
| Wen-Jin Liu | |||
| Llano , pseudonym of Kees Vlak | 1938 | 2014 | Netherlands |
| George Lloyd | 1913 | 1998 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Hau-Man Lo | |||
| David J. Long | 1950 | ||
| Nikolai Lopatnikoff | 1903 | 1976 | |
| Ronald Lo Presti | United States of America | ||
| Albert Loritz | 1953 | 2018 | Germany |
| Gustav Lotterer | 1906 | 1987 | Germany |
| Jean Louel | 1914 | 2005 | Belgium |
| Zdeněk Lukáš | 1928 | 2007 | Czech Republic |
| Per Lundkvist | 1916 | 1999 | Sweden |
| Ernst Lüthold | 1904 | 1966 | Switzerland |
| Guy Luypaerts | France | ||
| M. | |||
| Miloš Machek | 1923 | 1999 | Czech Republic |
| John Mackey | 1973 | United States of America | |
| Jef Maes | 1905 | 1996 | Belgium |
| Roy Magnuson | |||
| Timothy Mahr | 1956 | United States of America | |
| Martin Mailman | 1932 | 2000 | United States of America |
| Ernest Majo | 1916 | 2002 | Germany |
| Michio Mamiya | 1929 | Japan | |
| František Maňas | 1921 | 2004 | Czech Republic |
| Gian Battista Mantegazzi | 1889 | 1958 | Switzerland |
| Daan Manneke | 1939 | Netherlands | |
| Simone Mantia | 1873 | 1951 | United States of America |
| Lorenzo Marcolina | 1967 | ||
| Bob Margolis | 1949 | United States of America | |
| Louis Marischal | 1928 | 1999 | Belgium |
| Seth Markham , pen name of Bill Holcombe | 1924 | 2010 | United States of America |
| J. Marquis , pseudonym of Fritz Schori | 1887 | 1971 | Switzerland |
| Jacques Martin | 1851 | 1930 | Belgium |
| Jean-Paul-Égide Martini | 1741 | 1816 | France / Germany |
| David Maslanka | 1943 | 2017 | United States of America |
| Toshio Mashima | 1949 | 2016 | Japan |
| Jan Masséus | Netherlands | ||
| Kin'ya Matsuura | 1938 | Japan | |
| Dirk Mattes | 1985 | Germany | |
| Mathieu Max | 1921 | ||
| Toshirō Mayuzumi | 1929 | 1997 | Japan |
| William Francis McBeth | 1933 | 2012 | United States of America |
| Daniel McCarthy | 1955 | ||
| Cort McClaren | 1949 | ||
| D. Mark McCoy | |||
| Anne McGinty | 1945 | United States of America | |
| Catherine McMichael | |||
| Cindy McTee | 1953 | United States of America | |
| Étienne-Nicolas Méhul | 1763 | 1817 | France |
| Johan de Meij | 1953 | Netherlands | |
| J. Meister , pseudonym of Fritz Schori | 1887 | 1971 | Switzerland |
| Stephen Melillo | 1957 | United States of America | |
| Oskar Merikanto | 1868 | 1924 | Finland |
| Boris Mersson | 1921 | 2013 | Switzerland |
| Hardy Mertens | 1960 | Netherlands | |
| Olivier Messiaen | 1908 | 1992 | France |
| Piet van Mever | 1899 | 1985 | Netherlands |
| Edward Michaelson | |||
| Sebastian Middel | Germany | ||
| Hans Mielenz | 1909 | 1996 | Germany |
| Darius Milhaud | 1892 | 1974 | France |
| Joshua Missal | 1915 | 2013 | United States of America |
| Hideaki Miura | |||
| Akira Miyoshi | 1933 | 2013 | Japan |
| Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky | 1881 | 1950 | Russia or the United States of America |
| Hans Moeckel | 1923 | 1983 | Switzerland |
| Jos Moerenhout | 1909 | 1985 | Belgium |
| Eduardo Montesinos Comas | 1945 | Spain | |
| Oscar Moret | 1912 | 2003 | Switzerland |
| Francesco Morlacchi | 1784 | 1841 | Italy |
| Harry Mortimer | 1902 | 1992 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Jan W. Morthenson | 1940 | Sweden | |
| Ernst Mosch | 1925 | 1999 | Germany |
| Hubert Motay | 1924 | ||
| Holger Mück | 1975 | Germany | |
| Florian Mueller | 1909 | 1983 | United States of America |
| József Müller | |||
| José Angel Murillo Arce | Spain | ||
| N | |||
| Jun Nagao | |||
| Shigenobu Nakamura | 1950 | ||
| Goro Natori | Japan | ||
| Lior Navok | 1971 | Germany | |
| Siegfried Naumann | 1919 | 2001 | Sweden |
| August Neithardt | 1793 | 1861 | Germany |
| Václav Nelhýbel | 1919 | 1996 | United States of America |
| Ron Nelson | 1929 | United States of America | |
| Jan van Nerijnen | 1935 | 2016 | Netherlands |
| Fritz Neuböck | 1965 | Austria | |
| Sepp Neumayr | 1932 | Austria | |
| John D. Newsome | |||
| Arthur Ney | 1887 | 1963 | Switzerland |
| Mickey Nicolas | France | ||
| Johan Nijs | 1963 | Belgium | |
| John Nimbly , pseudonym of Jan van Nerijnen | 1935 | 2016 | Netherlands |
| Roger Nixon | 1921 | 2009 | United States of America |
| Hudson Nogueira | |||
| Rudolf Nováček | 1860 | 1929 | Czech Republic |
| O | |||
| Rudolf Obruča | Czech Republic | ||
| Johann Austrian | 1936 | Austria | |
| Jayce John Ogren | |||
| Hiroshi Ōguri | 1918 | 1982 | Japan |
| Ravi Oli | |||
| Hans Orterer | 1948 | Germany | |
| David Ott | |||
| P | |||
| Karol Pádivý | 1908 | 1965 | Slovakia |
| Robert Moffat Palmer | 1915 | 2010 | |
| Manuel Palau Boix | 1893 | 1967 | Spain |
| Carter Pann | 1972 | United States of America | |
| Joseph Pappas | 1926 | United States of America | |
| Jimmy Paresco , pseudonym of Karel De Schrijver | 1908 | 1992 | Belgium |
| Tai-Lee Park | 1954 | South Korea | |
| Philip Parker | 1953 | ||
| Iván Patachich | 1922 | 1993 | Hungary |
| Heinz Dieter Paul | 1943 | Germany | |
| Jan Pavel | 1946 | ||
| József Pécsi | 1874 | 1958 | Czechoslovakia |
| Jef Penders | 1928 | 2015 | Netherlands |
| Krzysztof Penderecki | 1933 | Poland | |
| Robert Pensch | 1881 | 1940 | Austria |
| Ernst Pepping | 1901 | 1981 | Germany |
| Vincent Persichetti | 1915 | 1987 | United States of America |
| Zdeněk Petr | |||
| Mauro Petrucci | |||
| Alexander Pfluger | 1970 | Germany | |
| Claude Pichaureau | 1940 | ||
| Walter Piston | 1894 | 1976 | United States of America |
| Josef Eduard Ploner | 1894 | 1955 | Austria |
| James D. Ployhar | 1926 | 2007 | United States of America |
| Alex Poelman | 1981 | Netherlands | |
| Olivier Pols | 1989 | Netherlands / Germany | |
| Josef Poncar | 1902 | 1986 | Czechoslovakia |
| Amilcare Ponchielli | 1834 | 1886 | Italy |
| Marcel Poot | 1901 | 1988 | Belgium |
| Helmut Prago , pseudonym of Karel De Schrijver | 1908 | 1992 | Belgium |
| Jindrich Praveček | 1909 | 2000 | Czech Republic |
| Louis Prodhomme | |||
| Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev | 1891 | 1953 | Russia |
| Marco Puetz | 1958 | Luxembourg | |
| František Poletin | 1905 | 1973 | Czech Republic |
| Q | |||
| Juan Vicente Mas Quiles | 1921 | Spain | |
| R. | |||
| Einojuhani Rautavaara | 1928 | 2016 | Finland |
| Dick Ravenal , pen name of Kees Vlak | 1938 | 2014 | Netherlands |
| H. Owen Reed | 1910 | 2014 | United States of America |
| Alfred Reed | 1921 | 2005 | United States of America |
| Anton Reicha | 1770 | 1836 | Czech Republic |
| Steven Reineke | 1970 | United States of America | |
| Guido Rennert | 1973 | Germany | |
| Felix Resch | |||
| Jean-Pierre Revoil | |||
| Franz Rezek | 1847 | 1912 | Austria |
| Hans-Joachim Rhinow | 1921 | 2017 | Germany |
| Carl Arthur Richter | 1883 | 1957 | Switzerland |
| Frederick Joseph Ricketts , real name of Kenneth J. Alford | 1881 | 1945 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | 1844 | 1908 | Russia |
| Adi Rinner | 1938 | Austria | |
| João Guilherme Ripper | |||
| Josef Rixner | 1902 | 1973 | Germany |
| Guy Rodenhof , pseudonym of Roland Cardon | 1929 | 2001 | Belgium |
| Joaquín Rodrigo | 1901 | 1999 | |
| Herman Roelstraete | 1925 | 1985 | |
| Johan Helmich Roman | 1694 | 1758 | |
| Jan Van der Roost | 1956 | Belgium | |
| Thomas Root | 1947 | United States of America | |
| Ned Rorem | 1923 | United States of America | |
| Hilding Rosenberg | 1892 | 1985 | |
| Albert Rossow | 1857 | 1943 | Switzerland / Germany |
| Stefan Roth | 1980 | Switzerland | |
| Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle | 1760 | 1836 | |
| Nicolas Roussakis | 1934 | 1994 | United States of America |
| Rolf Rudin | 1961 | Germany | |
| Siegfried Rundel | 1940 | 2009 | Germany |
| Norbert Rabanser | 1970 | South-Tirol | |
| Matthias Rauch | 1976 | Austria | |
| Emil Ruh | 1884 | 1946 | Switzerland |
| Luc Rodenmacher | 1968 | Luxembourg | |
| S. | |||
| Itaru Sakai | Japan | ||
| Aulis Sallinen | 1935 | Finland | |
| Georgi Ivanovich Salnikov | 1923 | 2015 | Russia |
| Felicia Sandler | |||
| Victor Schätzle | 1987 | ||
| Jerzy Sapieyevski | 1945 | United States of America | |
| Richard L. Saucedo | United States of America | ||
| Jack Säuberli | 1947 | Switzerland | |
| Johann Schadenbauer | 1937 | Austria | |
| Martin Scharnagl | 1988 | Austria | |
| Pi Scheffer | 1909 | 1988 | Netherlands |
| Karl Schell | 1864 | 1936 | Switzerland |
| Adolf Scherzer | 1815 | 1864 | Bavaria |
| Eduard Scherzer | 1944 | Austria | |
| Hermann Schmidt | 1885 | 1950 | Germany |
| Florent Schmitt | 1870 | 1958 | France |
| Helmut Schmitzberger | 1950 | Austria | |
| Manfred Schneider | 1953 | 2008 | Germany |
| Karl Schnürl | 1924 | 2011 | Austria |
| Kees Schoonenbeek | 1947 | Netherlands | |
| Willy Schootemeijer | 1897 | 1953 | Netherlands |
| Andreas Schorer | 1955 | Germany | |
| Fritz Schori | 1887 | 1971 | |
| Dmitri Shostakovich | 1906 | 1975 | Russia |
| Franz Schöggl | 1930 | 1982 | Austria |
| Andy Schreck | 1986 | Germany | |
| Bernard Schulé | 1909 | 1996 | Switzerland |
| Gunther Schuller | 1925 | 2015 | United States of America |
| William Schuman | 1910 | 1992 | United States of America |
| Joseph Schwantner | 1943 | United States of America | |
| Johann Paul Egidius Schwarzendorf , pseudonym of Jean-Paul-Égide Martini | 1741 | 1816 | Germany / France |
| Otto M. Schwarz | 1967 | Austria | |
| James A. Scott | 1908 | 1990 | United States of America |
| Ron Sebregts , pseudonym of Jacob de Haan | 1959 | Netherlands | |
| David Seeker , pseudonym of Jan van Nerijnen | 1935 | 2016 | Netherlands |
| Matilde Salvador Segarra | Spain | ||
| Jan Segers | 1929 | Belgium | |
| Jacob Seiff | 1784 | 1851 | Bavaria |
| Daisuke Shiiba | Japan | ||
| Makoto Shinohara | 1931 | Japan | |
| Ernst Sloma , pseudonym of Ernest Majo | 1916 | 2002 | Germany |
| Jochem Slothouwer | Netherlands | ||
| Blahoslav Smišovský | Czech Republic | ||
| Claude T. Smith | 1932 | 1987 | United States of America |
| Judge Smith | |||
| Orcenith Smith | |||
| Robert W. Smith | 1958 | United States of America | |
| Kenneth M. Snoeck | United States of America | ||
| Anders Soldh | |||
| Siegfried Somma | 1910 | 1994 | Austria |
| Kurt Sorbon , pseudonym of Hans Kolditz | 1923 | 1996 | Germany |
| Angelo Sormani | 1965 | Italy | |
| John Philip Sousa | 1854 | 1932 | United States of America |
| Philip Sparke | 1951 | United Kingdom of Great Britain | |
| Jared Spears | 1936 | United States of America | |
| Frederick Bacon | |||
| Franz Springer | 1881 | 1950 | Germany |
| Piet Stalmeier | 1912 | 1990 | Netherlands |
| Jack Stamp | 1954 | United States of America | |
| Pavel Staněk | 1927 | Czech Republic | |
| David Stanhope | United States of America | ||
| Karel Šťastný | Czech Republic | ||
| Ray Steadman – Allen | 1922 | 2014 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Heinrich Steinbeck | 1884 | 1967 | Switzerland |
| William Steinohrt | 1937 | United States of America | |
| Wilhelm Stephan | 1906 | 1994 | Germany |
| Alfred R. Stevenson | 1973 | Austria | |
| Thomas Stone | 1957 | ||
| Pol Stone , pseudonym of Nazaire De Wolf | 1917 | 1983 | Belgium |
| Dizzy Stratford , pseudonym of Jacob de Haan | 1959 | Netherlands | |
| Jean Strauwen | 1878 | 1947 | Belgium |
| Igor Stravinsky | 1882 | 1971 | Russia |
| Jules Strens | Belgium | ||
| Martin Streule | 1971 | Switzerland | |
| Vladimír Studnička | Czech Republic | ||
| Norbert Studnitzky | 1936 | Germany | |
| Koichi Sugiyama | Japan | ||
| Reinhard Summerer | 1971 | Austria | |
| Carlos Surinach | Spain / United States of America | ||
| Anthony Suter | 1979 | ||
| Eiji Suzuki | 1965 | Japan | |
| Johannes Maria Suykerbuyk | 1959 | Netherlands | |
| James Swearingen | 1947 | United States of America | |
| Piet Swerts | Netherlands | ||
| T | |||
| Shin'ya Takahashi | 1962 | Japan | |
| Rafael Taléns Pello | Spain | ||
| Werner Taler , pseudonym of Jan van Nerijnen | 1935 | 2016 | Netherlands |
| Francisco Tamarit Fayos | Spain | ||
| Fumio Tamura | 1968 | Japan | |
| Masaru Tanaka | 1946 | Japan | |
| Kelly Tang | |||
| Sepp Tanzer | 1907 | 1983 | Austria |
| Tomohiro Tatebe | |||
| Martini il Tedesco , nickname of Jean-Paul-Égide Martini | 1741 | 1816 | Germany / France |
| Naohiko Terashima | Japan | ||
| Karel Tesař | 1931 | Czech Republic | |
| Sepp Thaler | 1901 | 1982 | Italy |
| Thierry Thibault | France | ||
| Max Thomas | 1908 | 1990 | United States of America |
| Kevin Thompson | |||
| Frank Ticheli | 1958 | United States of America | |
| Bohumil Trnečka | Czech Republic | ||
| Ernst Toch | 1887 | 1964 | Austria |
| Akira Toda | 1951 | Japan | |
| Louis Toebosch | 1916 | 2009 | Netherlands |
| Wes Tompkins , pseudonym of Bill Holcombe | 1924 | 2010 | United States of America |
| Yūzō Toyama | 1931 | Japan | |
| Thomas Trachsel | 1972 | Switzerland | |
| Jean Trèves , pseudonym of Hans Kolditz | 1923 | 1996 | Germany |
| Erwin Trojan | 1888 | 1957 | Austria |
| Václav Trojan | 1907 | 1983 | Czech Republic |
| Chieh Tsao | 1953 | 1996 | Singapore |
| Alexander Tscherepnin | 1899 | 1977 | Russia |
| Semeon Chernetsky | |||
| Fisher Tull | 1934 | 1994 | United States of America |
| Joseph Turrin | |||
| Walter Tuschla | 1938 | 2011 | Germany |
| Sebastian Tuschla-Hoffmann | 1992 | Germany | |
| U | |||
| Kenjirō Urata | 1941 | Japan | |
| Ernst Urbach | 1872 | 1927 | Germany |
| V | |||
| Karel Vacek | 1902 | 1982 | Czechoslovakia |
| Andres Valero-Castells | Spain | ||
| Edgar Varèse | 1883 | 1965 | France |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | 1872 | 1958 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Gottfried Veit | 1943 | Italy | |
| Jaromír Vejvoda | 1902 | 1988 | Czech Republic |
| Frans Ludo Verbeeck | 1926 | 2000 | Belgium |
| Hans Vermeersch | 1957 | Belgium | |
| Kees Vlak | 1938 | 2014 | Netherlands |
| Helmut Vogel | 1925 | 1999 | Germany |
| Willi Vogl | 1961 | Germany | |
| W. | |||
| Oliver Waespi | 1971 | Switzerland | |
| Josef Wagner | 1856 | 1908 | Austria |
| André Waignein | 1942 | 2015 | Belgium |
| Elmar Walter | 1979 | Germany | |
| Harold L. Walters | 1918 | 1984 | United States of America |
| William Walton | 1902 | 1983 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Barry Ward | |||
| Robert Washburn | 1928 | United States of America | |
| Franz Watz | 1949 | Germany | |
| Mathias Wehr | 1984 | Germany | |
| Kurt Weill | 1900 | 1950 | Germany / United States of America |
| Jaromír Weinberger | 1896 | 1967 | Czech Republic |
| Eberhard Werdin | 1911 | 1991 | Germany |
| Dan Which | 1948 | United States of America | |
| David Wells | |||
| Gustave Wettge | 1844 | 1909 | |
| Eric Whitacre | 1970 | United States of America | |
| Donald H. White | 1921 | 2016 | United States of America |
| Johan Wichers | 1887 | 1956 | Netherlands |
| Josef Wiedemann | 1828 | 1919 | Austria |
| Albert again | 1981 | Austria | |
| Wilhelm Wieprecht | 1802 | 1872 | Germany |
| Philip Wilby | United Kingdom of Great Britain | ||
| Ambros Wilhelmer | 1902 | 1991 | Austria |
| James Clifton Williams | 1923 | 1976 | United States of America |
| Dana Wilson | 1946 | United States of America | |
| Elmar Wolf | 1939 | 2006 | Germany |
| Johannes MA Wolff , pseudonym of Johannes Maria Suykerbuyk | 1959 | Netherlands | |
| Thorsten Wollmann | 1966 | Germany | |
| Gareth Wood | United Kingdom of Great Britain | ||
| Guy Woolfenden | 1937 | 2016 | United Kingdom of Great Britain |
| Otto Würsch | 1908 | 1962 | Switzerland |
| Rudolf Wyss | 1932 | 2007 | Switzerland |
| Y | |||
| Satoshi Yagisawa | 1975 | Japan | |
| Takayoshi Yanagida | 1948 | Japan | |
| Akio Yashiro | 1929 | 1976 | Japan |
| Su Han Yeh | 1957 | Taiwan | |
| Paul Yoder | 1908 | 1990 | United States of America |
| Gregory Youtz | 1956 | ||
| Bruce Yurko | 1951 | ||
| Z | |||
| Francisco Zacarés Fort | 1962 | Spain | |
| Evžen Zámečník | 1939 | 2018 | Czech Republic |
| Luigi Zaninelli | 1932 | United States of America | |
| Antonín Závodný | 1922 | 1990 | Czech Republic |
| John Zdechlik | 1937 | United States of America | |
| Mojmír Zedník | 1921 | ||
| Peter Zeipelt | 1948 | Austria | |
| Jaroslav Zeman | 1936 | Czech Republic | |
| Richard Zettler | 1921 | 2015 | Germany |
| Gary D. Ziek | 1946 | United States of America | |
literature
- Wolfgang Suppan , Armin Suppan : The brass music lexicon . 5th edition. HeBu-Musikverlag, Kraichtal 2010, ISBN 978-3-9806925-9-5 .
- William H. Rehrig: The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. Composers and Their Music . Ed .: Paul E. Bierley. Volume 1: A – N. Integrity Press, Westerville, Ohio 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7 .
- William H. Rehrig: The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. Composers and Their Music . Ed .: Paul E. Bierley. Volume 2: O – Z. Integrity Press, Westerville, Ohio 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7 .