This is a list of lists of composers grouped by various criteria.

Name

  • List of composers by name

Women

  • List of female composers by name
  • List of female composers by birth date
  • List of Australian female composers

Genre

  • Anime composer
  • List of Carnatic composers
  • List of film score composers
  • List of major opera composers
  • List of composers of musicals
  • List of musicals by composer: A to L, M to Z
  • List of ragtime composers
  • List of symphony composers
  • List of acousmatic-music composers
  • List of Spaghetti Western composers
  • List of television theme music composers

Western classical period

  • List of Medieval composers
  • List of Renaissance composers
  • List of Baroque composers
  • List of Classical-era composers
  • List of Romantic-era composers
  • List of 20th-century classical composers
  • List of 21st-century classical composers

Nationality or ethnicity

  • Chronological lists of classical composers by nationality
  • List of composers by nationality

Instrument

  • List of composers for the classical guitar
  • List of organ composers
  • List of piano composers
  • List of composers and their preferred lyricists
  • List of string quartet composers
  • List of Percussion Composers

Classification

  • Chronological lists of classical composers
  • List of Anglican church composers – See also Religious music
  • List of composers in the Mannheim school
  • List of composers of African descent
  • List of composers of Caribbean descent
  • List of modernist composers
  • List of Byzantine composers
  • List of composers in literature

See also

  • Lists of musicians
  • Lists of singers
  • List of singer-songwriters – see also Pop music and Rock music
  • List of burial places of classical musicians
  • Sheet music by composer at the International Music Score Library Project
  • Famous composers