This list includes uncategorized composers. Some of them will be added to one of the various genres of music in other pages, and some will remain uncategorized because of the variety of music styles they compose or have composed.

To see the lists of composers classified by genres return to List of composers.

Uncategorized composers

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A

• Petrus Abaelardus (1079-1142)
• Bojan Adamic (born 1912)
• José Afonso
• L.Athira Krishna
• Gregor Aichinger (c. 1565-1628)
• Franco Alfano
• Siegfried Alkan (1858-1941)
• Steve Allen (1921-2000)
• Alfredo Keil
• August Wilhelm Ambros (1816-1876)
• Laurie Anderson (born 1947)
• Pasquale Anfossi
• Giuseppe Apolloni
• Desi Arnaz (1917-1986)
• Robert Sterling Arnold
• Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta (1823-1924)
• Emilio Arrieta
• Ignaz Assmayer (born 1790)
• Chet Atkins (1924-2001)
• Georges Auric (1899-1983)
• Slavko Avsenik (born 1949)
• Vilko Avsenik

B

• Tadeus Baird
• Hank Ballard (1936-2003)
• Troy Banarzi (born 1972)
• Adriano Banchieri (c. 1557-1634)
• Seymour Barab (born 1921)
• Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924)
• Gerald Barry
• Dave Bartholomew
• Thomas Beard, (born 1962)
• Ralph Benatzky (1884-1957)
• Julius Benedict (born 1804)
• Elmer Bernstein (born 1922)
• Bobby Bilan (Canadian)
• Eubie Blake (1883-1983)
• William Burdine Blake, Sr.
• Terrence Blanchard
• Zdenek Blazek (1905-1988)
• Jack Body (born 1944)
• William Boyce (born 1711)
• Sadasiva Bramhendra
• Goran Bregovic
• Albert E. Brumley

C

• Matteo Carcassi (1792-1853)
• Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650)
• Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981)
• Roberto Carnevale
• James P. Carrell
• Ferdinando Carulli
• Alfredo Casella (1883-1947)
• Alfredo Catalani
• Philippe le Chancelier (c1165-1236)
• Graham Chapman (1941-1989)
• Ch'eng Mao-yün (1900-1957)
• Francesco Cilea
• Giovanni Paolo Cima (c1570-after 1622)^*
• Avery Claflin (died 1979)
• Kenny Clarke (born 1914)
• Johnny Clegg (born 1953)
• Albert Coates (1882-1953)
• Cy Coleman (born 1929)
• Russ Columbo (born 1908)
• Carmine Coppola (died 1991)
• Phil Coulter
• Noel Coward
• Ciril Cvetko (1920-1999)

D

• Burkhard Dallwitz (born 1959)
• Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941)
• Jimmie Davis (1899-2000)
• Ananias Davisson
• Jon Deak
• Edmond Dede
• Michel Richard Delalande
• Anton Diabelli (1781-1858)
• Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
• Alphons Diepenbrock
• Albert Christoph Dies (born 1755)
• Lucio Diestro (born 1913)
• Paul Dirmeikis (born 1954)
• Muttusvami Dikshitar
• Tomaz Domicelj (born 1948)

E

• Luther Orlando Emerson

F

• Giles Farnaby (c1565-1640)^*
• George Fenton (born 1950)
• Carlisle Floyd (born 1926)
• Thomas Ford (1580-1648)^*
• David Foster
• Stephen Foster (1826-1864)
• Alberto Franchetti
• Joseph Funk

G

• Jacob Thune Hansen Gade
• Jacobus Gallus (1550-1591)
• Pauline Garcia-Viardot (1821-1910)
• Denis Gaultier (died 1672)
• Noel Gay (died 1954)
• Edward German (1862-1936)
• Don Carlo Gesualdo
• Luis Gianneo (born 1897)
• Jean Gilbert (born 1879)
• Mauro Giuliani
• Louis Glass
• Jackie Gleason (1916-1987)
• Radovan Gobec (born 1909)
• Alexander Godunov (1949-1995)
• Jani Golob (born 1948)
• Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836-1896)
• Michael Gordon
• Glenn Gould (1932-1982)
• Morton Gould (1913-1996)
• Fernando Lopes Graça
• Ulf Grahn (born 1942)
• Stéphane Grappelli (1908-1997)
• Alexander Grechaninov
• Adolph Green (1914-2002)
• Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé
• Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000)

H

• Johan Halvorsen (1864-1935)
• Marvin Hamlisch (born 1944)
• Jan Hammer (born 1948)
• Albert Hammond (born 1942)
• W.C. Handy (1873-1958)
• John Hartford (1937-2001)
• Hamilton Harty
• Johann A. Hasse (died 1783)
• Pieter Hellendaal (1721-1799)
• Victor Herbert (1859-1924)
• Sebastian Aguilera de Heredia (c1563-1627)^*
• Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822)
• Karl Holler (1907-1987)
• Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910)
• Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
• Ferdinand Huber (died 1863)
• David Graham Hewson (1953-)

I

J

• Tony Jackson (1876-1921)
• Lado Jaksa (born 1947)
• Robert Johnson (c1583-c1633)
• Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774)

K

• Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
• Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger (c1577-1651)^*
• Jerome David Kern (1885-1945)
• Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)
• Aldine Silliman Kieffer
• Carole King (born 1942)
• William Kinloch
• Don Kirshner (born 1934)
• Meri von KleinSmid
• Paul August von Klenau (born 1883)
• Urban Koder (born 1928)
• Charles Koechlin (born 1867)
• Ellis B. Kohs
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold
• Jani Kovacic
• Marjan Kozina (1907-1965)
• Alexey Kozlovsky (died 1977)
• William Kraft
• Johann Tobias Krebs (died 1762)
• Fritz Kreisler

L

• John Lanchbery (1923 - 2003)
• Daniel Lanois
• Orlande de Lassus (ca. 1532-1594)
• Ernesto Lecuona
• Jerry Leiber (born 1933)
• Alfonso Leng (1894-1974)
• Andrew Lewis (1986-Present)
• Oscar Levant (1906-1972)
• Primo Levi (1919-1987)
• Rolf Liebermann (died 1999)
• Douglas Lilburn (1915-2001)
• Marijan Lipovsek (1910-1995)
• Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836)
• Andrew Lloyd Webber (born 1948)
• Duarte Lôbo (1565-1646)^*
• Thomas Lupo (1571-1627)^*
• Luzzasco Luzzaschi (ca. 1545-1607)

M

• Alessandro Marcello
• Christian Marclay
• Vicente Martin y Soler (died 1806)
• Peter Matz (1928-2002)
• Ascanio Mayone (1565-1627)^*
• Rod McKuen (born 1933)
• Giuseppe Mercadante
• Saverio Mercadante (born 1795)
• Maceo Meriwether
• Stevan Mokranjac (born 1856)
• Pierre des Molins ^*
• Federico Mompou
• Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
• Giorgio Moroder (born 1940)
• Steve Morse
• Meredith Monk
• Neil Myers

N

• Rikard Nordraak
• Ivor Novello (1893-1951)

O

• John Okeover (c1600-c1663)
• Carolina Oliphant

P

• Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867)
• Ignacy Paderewski (1860-1941)
• Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla (c1590-1664)^*
• Andrzej Panufnik
• Giovanni Paisiello
• Stefan Paluselli (born 1748)
• Paul Paray (1886-1979)
• Tomaz Pengov
• Francesco Pennisi (born 1934)
• Perotin Magister (fl.1190-1220)
• Oto Pestner
• Goffredo Petrassi
• Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)
• Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1638)^*
• Niccola Piccinni, (1728-1800)
• Johann Gottfried Piefke, (1815-1884)
• Willem Pijper
• Ildebrando Pizzetti
• Doc Pomus (1925-1991)
• Nicola Porpora (1686-1768)
• Cole Porter (1891-1964)
• Michael Praetorius
• Zbigniew Preisner (born 1955)
• André Previn (born 1929)
• Joze Privsek (1937-1998)
• Simon Proctor
• Loisa Puget (born 1810)

Q

R

• Janko Ravnik (1891-1982)
• Thomas Ravenscroft
• Fred Raymond (1900-1954)
• Sam Raymond
• Hans Redlich (1903-1968)
• Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
• Johnny Rivers (born 1942)
• Curtis Roads
• Nile Rodgers (born 1952)
• Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
• Joaquin Rodrigo (1901-1999)
• Ernesto Rodrigues (born 1959)
• Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951)
• Jubertino Rosas
• Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein (1835-1881)

S

• Ryuichi Sakamoto (born 1942)
• Adi Sankara (c. 788-820)
• Syama Sastry
• Pierre Schaeffer (1910-1995)
• Peter Schickele (born 1935)
• Gustav Schmidt (died 1882)
• Gil Scott-Heron (born 1949)
• Edmund H. Sears (died 1876)
• Renaud Séchan (born 1952)
• Bartolme de Selma (1570-1638)
• Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni (died 1892)
• Mojmir Sepe (born 1930)
• Kazimierz Serocki (died 1981)
• Doc Severinsen (born 1927)
• Jacob Shirley (born 1983)
• Andrej Sifrer
• Thomas Simpson (1582-1628)^*
• Les Six (1899-1983)
• Nicolas Slonimsky, (1894-1995)
• Adi Smolar
• Giovanni Sollima
• Stephen Sondheim (born 1930)
• Natsume Soseki (1867-1916)
• John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
• Gaspare Spontini
• Alojz Srebotnjak (born 1931)
• John Stanley (1712-1786)
• Agostino Steffani
• Max Steiner (1888-1971)
• Jim Steinman (born 1948)
• Bernardo Storace^*
• Henryk Szulc (died 1903)

T

• Alexander Tcherepnin (born 1899)
• Mikis Theodorakis
• John Tesh (born 1952)
• Willy Timmer (born 1979)
• Dimitri Tiomkin (1894-1979)
• Swathi Tirunal
• Ernst Toch (1887-1964)
• Mel Torme (1925-1999)
• Allen Toussaint
• Giovanni Maria Trabaci (1575-1647)^*
• Eduard Tubin (1905-1982)
• Tyagaraja (died 1848)

U

• Benjamin Carl Unseld

V

• Grigory Vasilyevich (1915-1998)
• Vidwan.Gopala Pillai
• Caetano Veloso
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
• Philippe de Vitry (1291-1361)^**
• Walter von der Vogelweide (c1170-c1230)
• Ludwig von Köchel (1800-1877)

W

• William Walker
• Unico Wilhelm Wassenaer
• George James Webb (born 1803)
• Jimmy Webb (born 1946)
• Johann Weichmann (born 1620)
• Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
• Sylvius Leopold Weiss
• Benjamin Franklin White
• Spencer Williams (1889-1965)

X

Y

Z

• Riccardo Zandonai
• Amilcare Zanella (died 1949)
• Jan Dismas Zelenka (born 1679)
• Deco Zgur
• John Zorn