The following is a non-comprehensive list of composers who have composed original music for the classical guitar, or music which has been arranged for it.
Composer | Born | Died | Nationality | Notable works | Remarks |
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Jean Absil | 1893 | 1974 | Belgium | Pièces caractéristiques, Op. 123 | |
Samuel Adler | 1928 | United States | |||
Dionisio Aguado | 1784 | 1849 | Spain | ||
Miguel del Aguila | 1957 | ||||
Kalevi Aho | 1949 | Finland | |||
Mateo Albéniz | 1755 | 1831 | Spain | ||
Heinrich Albert | 1870 | 1950 | Germany | ||
Laurindo Almeida | 1917 | 1995 | Brazil | ||
Gabriel Fernández Álvez | 1943 | 2008 | Spain | Liturgia de Cristal | |
André Amellér | 1912 | 1990 | France | ||
Julian Anderson | 1967 | United Kingdom | |||
William Anderson | 1962 | United States | |||
Louis Andriessen | 1939 | 2021 | Netherlands | ||
Maria Luisa Anido | 1907 | 1996 | Argentina | ||
Denis ApIvor | 1916 | 2004 | United Kingdom | ||
Julián Arcas | 1832 | 1882 | Spain | ||
Malcolm Arnold | 1921 | 2006 | United Kingdom | ||
Eduardo Arolas | 1892 | 1924 | Argentina | ||
Boris Asafiev | 1884 | 1949 | Russia | ||
Vicente Asencio | 1908 | 1979 | Spain | Collectici intim, Suite Valencia | |
Daniel Asia | 1953 | United States | |||
Sérgio Assad | 1952 | Brazil | |||
Nicolas Astrinidis | 1921 | 2010 | Greece | Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra | |
Olivier Aubert | 1763 | 1830 | France | ||
Hector Ayala | 1914 | 1990 | Argentina | Serie Americana | |
Milton Babbitt | 1916 | 2011 | United States | ||
Salvador Bacarisse | 1898 | 1963 | |||
Henk Badings | 1907 | 1987 | Netherlands | ||
Simon Bainbridge | 1952 | 2021 | United Kingdom | ||
Leonardo Balada | 1933 | United States | Born in Spain. | ||
Claude Ballif | 1924 | 2004 | France | ||
Carlos Barbosa-Lima | 1944 | 2022 | Brazil | Re-located to the United States in 1981. | |
Vytautas Barkauskas | 1931 | 2020 | Lithuania | ||
Milton Barnes | 1931 | 2001 | Canada | ||
Richard Barrett | 1959 | United Kingdom | |||
Ángel Barrios | 1882 | 1964 | Spain | ||
Agustin Barrios | 1885 | 1944 | Paraguay | ||
Ary Barroso | 1903 | 1964 | Brazil | ||
Bruno Bartolozzi | 1911 | 1980 | Italy | ||
Abramo Basevi | 1818 | 1885 | Italy | ||
Leslie Bassett | 1923 | 2016 | United States | ||
Herbert Baumann | 1925 | 2020 | Germany | ||
Jürg Baur | 1918 | 2010 | Germany | ||
Julian Bautista | 1901 | 1961 | Spain | ||
Eduard Bayer | 1822 | 1908 | Germany | ||
Sally Beamish | 1956 | ||||
Robert Beaser | 1954 | United States | |||
Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt | 1925 | 2010 | Chile | ||
David Bedford | 1937 | 2011 | United Kingdom | ||
Franz Behr | 1837 | 1898 | Germany | ||
Siegfried Behrend | 1933 | 1990 | Germany | ||
Paulo Bellinati | 1950 | Brazil | |||
Carl Michael Bellman | 1740 | 1795 | Sweden | ||
Richard Rodney Bennett | 1936 | 2012 | United Kingdom | Five Impromptus | |
Gunnar Berg | 1909 | 1989 | Denmark | ||
Luciano Berio | 1925 | 2003 | Italy | Sequenza XI for guitar | |
Lennox Berkeley | 1903 | 1989 | United Kingdom | ||
Michael Berkeley | 1948 | United Kingdom | |||
Hector Berlioz | 1803 | 1869 | France | ||
Leonard Bernstein | 1918 | 1990 | United States | ||
Bruno Bettinelli | 1913 | 2004 | Italy | ||
Frank Michael Beyer | 1928 | 2008 | Germany | ||
Günter Bialas | 1907 | 1995 | Germany | ||
Antonio Bibalo | 1922 | 2008 | Norway | ||
Gilbert Biberian | 1944 | 2023 | Turkey | Active in England. | |
Ronald Binge | 1910 | 1979 | United Kingdom | ||
Howard Blake | 1938 | United Kingdom | |||
Michael Blake | 1951 | South Africa | |||
Juan Blanco | 1919 | 2008 | Cuba | ||
Manuel Blasco de Nebra | 1750 | 1784 | Spain | ||
Carl Blum | 1786 | 1844 | Germany | ||
Carey Blyton | 1932 | 2002 | United Kingdom | ||
Vladimir Bobri | 1898 | 1986 | United States | Born in Ukraine. | |
Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz | 1805 | 1881 | Poland | ||
Luigi Boccherini | 1743 | 1805 | Italy | ||
John Boda | 1922 | 2002 | United States | ||
Seóirse Bodley | 1933 | Ireland | |||
Philippe Boesmans | 1936 | 2022 | Belgium | ||
Dusan Bogdanovic | 1955 | Serbia | |||
Rob du Bois | 1934 | 2013 | Netherlands | ||
William Bolcom | 1938 | United States | |||
Claude Bolling | 1930 | 2020 | France | ||
Carlos Bonell | 1949 | United Kingdom | |||
Luiz Bonfá | 1922 | 2001 | Brazil | ||
Carlos Bonilla Chávez | 1923 | 2010 | Ecuador | ||
Carlos Bonnet | 1892 | 1983 | Venezuela | ||
Raúl Borges | 1882 | 1967 | Venezuela | ||
Axel Borup-Jørgensen | 1924 | 2012 | Denmark | ||
Jacques Bosch | 1825 | 1895 | Spain | ||
Jean-Yves Bosseur | 1947 | France | |||
Pierre Boulez | 1925 | 2016 | France | ||
Timothy Bowers | 1954 | United Kingdom | Five Preludes (1986) Guitar Concerto (2019) | ||
Brian Boydell | 1917 | 2000 | Ireland | ||
Eugene Bozza | 1905 | 1991 | France | ||
Philip Bračanin | 1942 | Australia | |||
Charlotte Bray | 1982 | United Kingdom | |||
Reiner Bredemeyer | 1929 | 1995 | Germany | ||
Benjamin Britten | 1913 | 1976 | United Kingdom | Nocturnal after John Dowland | |
José Brocá | 1805 | 1882 | Spain | ||
Leo Brouwer | 1939 | Cuba | |||
Humberto Bruni Lamanna | 1957 | Venezuela | |||
Ole Buck | 1943 | Denmark | |||
John Buckley | 1951 | Ireland | |||
Jarmil Burghauser | 1921 | 1997 | Czechoslovakia | ||
Geoffrey Burgon | 1941 | 2010 | United Kingdom | ||
Willy Burkhard | 1900 | 1955 | Switzerland | ||
Howard J. Buss | 1951 | United States | |||
Sylvano Bussotti | 1931 | 2021 | Italy | ||
Charlie Byrd | 1925 | 1999 | United States | ||
German Cáceres | 1954 | El Salvador | |||
Bartolomé Calatayud | 1882 | 1973 | Spain | ||
Leonhard von Call | 1767 | 1815 | Austria | ||
Charles Camilleri | 1931 | 2009 | Malta | ||
Dmitri Capyrin | 1960 | Russia | |||
Matteo Carcassi | 1792 | 1853 | Italy | ||
Cornelius Cardew | 1936 | 1981 | United Kingdom | ||
Jorge Cardoso | 1949 | Argentina | |||
Carlo Carfagna | 1940 | Italy | |||
Abel Carlevaro | 1918 | 2001 | Uruguay | Preludios Americanos | |
Roberto Carnevale | 1966 | Italy | |||
Inocente Carreño | 1919 | 2016 | Venezuela | ||
Elliott Carter | 1908 | 2012 | United States | ||
Ferdinando Carulli | 1770 | 1841 | Italy | Re-located to France in 1808. | |
Tristram Cary | 1925 | 2008 | |||
Benet Casablancas | 1956 | Spain | |||
Francisco Casanovas | 1899 | 1986 | Spain | ||
Philip Cashian | 1963 | ||||
Gaspar Cassadó | 1897 | 1966 | Spain | ||
Frantz Casseus | 1915 | 1993 | Haiti | ||
Luigi Castellacci | 1797 | 1845 | Italy | ||
Evencio Castellanos | 1915 | 1984 | Venezuela | ||
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco | 1895 | 1968 | Italy | Re-located to the United States in 1939. | |
Jacques Casterede | 1926 | 2014 | France | ||
Ignacio Cervantes | 1847 | 1905 | Cuba | ||
Luciano Chailly | 1920 | 2002 | Italy | ||
Carlos Chávez | 1899 | 1978 | Mexico | ||
Flores Chaviano | 1946 | Cuba | |||
Charles Chaynes | 1925 | 2016 | France | ||
Gian Paolo Chiti | 1939 | Italy | |||
Loris Chobanian | 1933 | 2023 | Iraq | Re-located to the United States in 1960. | |
Domenico Cimarosa | 1749 | 1801 | Italy | ||
Pier Luigi Cimma | 1941 | 2006 | Italy | ||
Charles Clagget | 1740 | 1790 | Ireland | Year of death is approximate | |
Aldo Clementi | 1925 | 2011 | Italy | ||
Joaquín Clerch | 1965 | Cuba | |||
Graziella Concas | 1970 | ||||
Marius Constant | 1925 | 2004 | |||
Sidney Corbett | 1960 | ||||
Ernesto Cordero | 1946 | Puerto Rico | |||
Roque Cordero | 1917 | 2008 | Panama | ||
John Corigliano | 1938 | ||||
Dan Cosley | 1979 | United States | |||
Napoléon Coste | 1805 | 1883 | France | ||
Terence Croucher | 1944 | United Kingdom | |||
George Crumb | 1929 | 2022 | |||
Salim Dada | 1975 | Algeria | |||
Georges Dandelot | 1895 | 1975 | France | ||
Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur | 1908 | 2002 | France | ||
Adam Darr | 1811 | 1866 | Germany | ||
Johann Nepomuk David | 1895 | 1977 | Austria | ||
Thomas Christian David | 1925 | 2006 | Austria | ||
Mario Davidovsky | 1934 | 2019 | Argentina, United States | ||
Peter Maxwell Davies | 1934 | 2016 | United Kingdom | ||
Jerome de Bromhead | 1945 | Ireland | |||
Ernesto De Curtis | 1860 | 1926 | Italy | ||
Paco de Lucia | 1947 | 2014 | Spain | ||
Jean Michel Defaye | 1932 | France | |||
Søffren Degen | 1816 | 1885 | Denmark | ||
David Del Tredici | 1937 | United States | |||
Georges Delerue | 1925 | 1992 | France | ||
Mark Delpriora | 1959 | United States | |||
Santiago de Murcia | 1673 | 1739 | Spain | ||
Michael Denhoff | 1955 | Germany | |||
Luigi Denza | 1846 | 1922 | Italy | ||
Ettore Desderi | 1892 | 1974 | Italy | ||
Yvonne Desportes | 1903 | 1993 | France | ||
Paul Dessau | 1894 | 1979 | Germany | ||
Eduardo di Capua | 1864 | 1917 | Italy | ||
Anton Diabelli | 1781 | 1858 | Austria | ||
David Diamond | 1915 | 2005 | United States | ||
James Dillon | 1950 | United Kingdom | |||
Violeta Dinescu | 1953 | ||||
Stephen Dodgson | 1924 | 2013 | United Kingdom | ||
Friedhelm Döhl | 1936 | 2018 | Germany | ||
Uroš Dojčinović | 1959 | Serbia | |||
Carlo Domeniconi | 1947 | Italy | |||
Franco Donatoni | 1927 | 2000 | Italy | ||
Andrew Downes | 1950 | 2023 | United Kingdom | ||
František Drdla | 1868 | 1944 | Bohemia | ||
Riccardo Drigo | 1846 | 1930 | Italy | ||
John W. Duarte | 1919 | 2004 | United Kingdom | ||
Johann Dubez | 1828 | 1891 | Austria | ||
Pierre Max Dubois | 1930 | 1995 | France | ||
Zsolt Durkó | 1934 | 1997 | Hungary | ||
Frantisek Xaver Dusek | 1731 | 1799 | Bohemia | ||
Antonín Dvořák | 1841 | 1904 | Czechoslovakia | ||
Benjamin Dwyer | 1965 | Ireland | |||
Roland Dyens | 1955 | 2016 | |||
Tom Eastwood | 1922 | 1999 | United Kingdom | ||
Petr Eben | 1929 | 2007 | Czechoslovakia | ||
Ross Edwards | 1943 | Australia | |||
René Eespere | 1953 | ||||
Gottfried von Einem | 1918 | 1996 | Austria | ||
Richard Emsley | 1951 | ||||
Manuel Enriquez | 1926 | 1994 | |||
József Eötvös | 1962 | Hungary | |||
Heimo Erbse | 1924 | 2005 | Germany | ||
Susanne Erding-Swiridoff | 1955 | Germany | |||
Óscar Esplá | 1889 | 1976 | Spain | ||
Sveinn Eythorsson | 1964 | Iceland | |||
Kenjiro Ezaki | 1926 | Japan | |||
Sebastian Fagerlund | 1972 | Finland | |||
Markus Fagerudd | 1961 | Finland | |||
Manuel de Falla | 1876 | 1946 | Spain | Pour le tombeau de Claude Debussy | Re-located to Argentina in 1939. |
Eduardo Falú | 1923 | 2013 | Argentina | ||
Juan Falú | 1948 | Argentina | |||
Dimitris Fampas | 1921 | 1996 | Greece | ||
Carlos Farinas | 1934 | 2002 | Cuba | ||
Ferenc Farkas | 1905 | 2000 | Hungary | ||
David Farquhar | 1928 | 2007 | New Zealand | ||
Ciarán Farrell | 1969 | Ireland | |||
Jindřich Feld | 1925 | 2007 | Czechoslovakia | ||
Jim Ferguson | 1948 | United States | |||
Heraclio Fernández | 1851 | 1886 | Venezuela | ||
Oscar Lorenzo Fernández | 1897 | 1948 | Brazil | ||
Gabriel Fernández Álvez | 1943 | 2008 | Spain | ||
Brian Ferneyhough | 1943 | United Kingdom | |||
José Ferrer | 1835 | 1916 | Spain | ||
Paul Fetler | 1920 | 2018 | United States | ||
Michael Finnissy | 1946 | United Kingdom | |||
Graciane Finzi | 1945 | ||||
Graham Fitkin | 1963 | United Kingdom | |||
David Flynn | 1977 | Ireland | |||
William Foden | 1860 | 1947 | United States | ||
Daniel Fortea | 1878 | 1953 | Spain | ||
Lukas Foss | 1922 | 2009 | |||
François de Fossa | 1775 | 1849 | France | ||
Yorgos Foudoulis | 1964 | Greece | |||
Jean Françaix | 1912 | 1997 | France | ||
Peter Racine Fricker | 1920 | 1990 | United Kingdom | Re-located to the United States in the 1960s | |
Gunnar de Frumerie | 1908 | 1987 | Sweden | ||
James Fulkerson | 1945 | United States | |||
Blas Galindo | 1910 | 1993 | Mexico | ||
Boris Gaquere | 1977 | Belgium | |||
Gerald García | 1949 | United Kingdom | Born in Hong Kong. | ||
Héctor García (guitarist) | 1930 | 2022 | USA | Born in Cuba. | |
Anton García Abril | 1933 | 2021 | Spain | ||
Rosa García Ascot | 1906 | 2002 | Spain | ||
Celso Garrido Lecca | 1926 | Peru | |||
Odette Gartenlaub | 1922 | 2014 | France | ||
Éric Gaudibert | 1936 | 2012 | Switzerland | ||
Hans Gefors | 1952 | Sweden | |||
Harald Genzmer | 1909 | 2007 | Germany | ||
Roberto Gerhard | 1896 | 1970 | Spain | Re-located to England in 1939. | |
Giorgio Federico Ghedini | 1892 | 1965 | Italy | ||
Gilardo Gilardi | 1889 | 1963 | Argentina | ||
Angelo Gilardino | 1941 | 2022 | Italy | ||
Alberto Ginastera | 1916 | 1983 | |||
Egberto Gismonti | 1947 | Brazil | |||
Mauro Giuliani | 1781 | 1829 | Italy | ||
Barbara Giuranna | 1898 | 1998 | Italy | ||
Detlev Glanert | 1960 | Germany | |||
Stanley Glasser | 1926 | 2018 | South Africa | ||
Anthony Glise | 1956 | ||||
Radames Gnattali | 1906 | 1988 | Brazil | ||
Vincente Gomez | 1911 | 2001 | Spain | ||
Chiquinha Gonzaga | 1847 | 1935 | Brazil | ||
Nikos Gounaris | 1915 | 1965 | Greece | ||
Filippo Gragnani | 1768 | 1820 | Italy | ||
Harold Gramatges | 1918 | 2008 | Cuba | ||
Agustí Grau | 1893 | 1964 | Spain | ||
Deirdre Gribbin | 1967 | Ireland | |||
Cor de Groot | 1914 | 1993 | Netherlands | ||
Camargo Guarnieri | 1907 | 1993 | Brazil | ||
Carlos Guastavino | 1912 | 2000 | Argentina | ||
Gerardo Guevara | 1930 | Ecuador | |||
Róbert Gulya | 1973 | Hungary | |||
Gustav Gunsenheimer | 1934 | Germany | |||
Alexander Gurilev | 1803 | 1858 | Russia | ||
Guyún | 1908 | 1987 | Cuba | Actual name is Vincente Gonzalez Rubiera. | |
Sampo Haapamäki | 1979 | Finland | |||
Alois Hába | 1893 | 1973 | |||
Manos Hadjidakis | 1925 | 1996 | Greece | ||
Georg Hajdu | 1960 | Germany | |||
Kimmo Hakola | 1958 | Finland | |||
Cristóbal Halffter | 1930 | 2021 | Spain | ||
Ernesto Halffter | 1905 | 1989 | Spain | ||
Rodolfo Halffter | 1900 | 1987 | Spain | ||
Haflidi Hallgrimsson | 1941 | Iceland | |||
Hilding Hallnäs | 1903 | 1984 | Sweden | ||
Eero Hämeenniemi | 1951 | Finland | |||
Peter Michael Hamel | 1947 | Germany | |||
Albert Harris | 1916 | 2005 | United States | ||
Lou Harrison | 1917 | 2003 | United States | ||
Heinz Friedrich Hartig | 1907 | 1969 | Germany | ||
Jonathan Harvey | 1939 | 2012 | United Kingdom | ||
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati | 1919 | 1994 | Poland | ||
Halvor Haug | 1952 | Norway | |||
Hans Haug | 1900 | 1967 | Switzerland | ||
Brian Head | 1964 | United States | |||
Anton Heiller | 1923 | 1979 | Austria | ||
Paavo Heininen | 1938 | 2022 | Finland | ||
Mikko Heiniö | 1948 | Finland | |||
Walter Hekster | 1937 | 2012 | Netherlands | ||
Hans Werner Henze | 1926 | 2012 | Germany | Royal Winter Music | |
Ernst Hess | 1912 | 1968 | Switzerland | ||
Jacques Hétu | 1938 | 2010 | Canada | ||
Paul Hindemith | 1895 | 1963 | Germany | ||
Takekuni Hirayoshi | 1936 | 1998 | Japan | ||
Evan Hirschelman | 1976 | United States | |||
Alun Hoddinott | 1929 | 2008 | United Kingdom | ||
Justin Holland | 1819 | 1887 | United States | ||
Vagn Holmboe | 1909 | 1996 | Denmark | ||
Joaquim Homs | 1906 | 2003 | Spain | ||
Felix Horetzky | 1796 | 1870 | Poland | ||
Joseph Horovitz | 1926 | 2022 | |||
Alan Hovhaness | 1911 | 2000 | United States | ||
Klaus Huber | 1924 | 2017 | Switzerland | ||
Josiah Andrew Hudleston | 1799 | 1865 | United Kingdom | Mostly composed while living in India. | |
Georges Hugon | 1904 | 1980 | France | ||
Bertold Hummel | 1925 | 2002 | Germany | ||
Jacques Ibert | 1890 | 1962 | France | ||
Akira Ifukube | 1914 | 2006 | Japan | ||
Adina Izarra | 1959 | Venezuela | |||
David A. Jaffe | 1955 | ||||
Stephen Jaffe | 1954 | ||||
Hanns Jelinek | 1901 | 1969 | Austria | ||
Jiří Jirmal | 1925 | 2019 | Czechoslovakia | ||
Otto Joachim | 1910 | 2010 | |||
Antonio Carlos Jobim | 1927 | 1994 | Brazil | ||
Bryan Johanson | 1951 | United States | |||
André Jolivet | 1905 | 1974 | France | ||
Antonio José Martínez Palacios | 1902 | 1936 | |||
Wilfred Josephs | 1927 | 1997 | |||
Dimitri Kabalevsky | 1904 | 1987 | Russia | ||
Pál Kadosa | 1903 | 1983 | Hungary | ||
Mauricio Kagel | 1931 | 2008 | Argentina | ||
Jouni Kaipainen | 1956 | 2015 | Finland | ||
Viktor Kalabis | 1923 | 2006 | Czechoslovakia | ||
Shigeru Kan-no | 1959 | Japan | |||
Ahti Karjalainen | 1907 | 1986 | Finland | ||
Elena Kats-Chernin | 1957 | ||||
Bryan Kelly | 1934 | United Kingdom | |||
Rudolf Kelterborn | 1931 | 2021 | Switzerland | ||
Aaron Jay Kernis | 1960 | United States | |||
Harrison Kerr | 1897 | 1978 | United States | ||
Aram Khachaturian | 1903 | 1978 | Russia | ||
Peter Klatzow | 1945 | 2021 | South Africa | ||
Giselher Klebe | 1925 | 2009 | Germany | ||
Anđelko Klobučar | 1931 | 2016 | |||
Erland von Koch | 1910 | 2009 | Sweden | ||
Gareth Koch | 1962 | Australia | |||
Miklos Kocsar | 1933 | 2019 | Hungary | ||
Oliver Kohlenberg | 1957 | Finland | |||
Karl Kohn | 1926 | 2024 | United States | Born in Austria. | |
Barbara Kolb | 1939 | United States | |||
Heinrich Konietzny | 1910 | 1983 | Germany | ||
Olli Kortekangas | 1955 | Finland | |||
Nikita Koshkin | 1956 | ||||
Leon Koudelak | 1961 | Czechoslovakia | |||
Leopold Kozeluh | 1747 | 1818 | Bohemia | ||
Joseph-François Kremer | 1954 | ||||
Ernst Krenek | 1900 | 1991 | Austria | Re-located to the United States in 1938. | |
Joseph Kreutzer | 1790 | 1840 | Germany | ||
Annette Kruisbrink | 1958 | Netherlands | |||
Andrei Krylov | 1959 | ||||
Augustin Kubizek | 1918 | 2009 | Austria | ||
Joseph Küffner | 1776 | 1856 | Germany | ||
Felicitas Kukuck | 1914 | 2001 | Germany | ||
György Kurtág | 1926 | ||||
Helmut Lachenmann | 1935 | Germany | |||
Alexandre Lagoya | 1929 | 1999 | |||
Gordon Langford | 1930 | 2017 | United Kingdom | ||
Paul Lansky | 1944 | Crooked Courante (1997); Semi-Suite (1998); Practical Preludes (2007–08) | |||
Libby Larsen | 1950 | United States | |||
Anne Lauber | 1943 | ||||
Antonio Lauro | 1917 | 1986 | Venezuela | ||
Mario Lavista | 1943 | 2021 | |||
Alan Lawrence | 1949 | United Kingdom | |||
Ernesto Lecuona | 1896 | 1963 | Cuba | ||
Ton de Leeuw | 1926 | 1996 | Netherlands | ||
Victor Legley | 1915 | 1994 | Belgium | ||
Luigi Legnani | 1790 | 1877 | Italy | ||
David Leisner | 1953 | United States | |||
Edith Lejet | 1941 | France | |||
John Anthony Lennon | 1950 | United States | |||
James Lentini | 1958 | United States | |||
Tania León | 1943 | Cuba | |||
Peter Scott Lewis | 1953 | United States | |||
Antoine de Lhoyer | 1768 | 1852 | France | ||
Lowell Liebermann | 1961 | ||||
Douglas Lilburn | 1915 | 2001 | New Zealand | ||
Magnus Lindberg | 1958 | Finland | |||
Jukka Linkola | 1955 | Finland | |||
Miguel Llobet | 1878 | 1938 | Spain | Arranger of many Catalan folksongs. | |
Guillermo Venegas Lloveras | 1915 | 1993 | Puerto Rico | ||
Andrew Lloyd Webber | 1948 | United Kingdom | |||
Manos Loïzos | 1937 | 1982 | Greece | ||
Luca Lombardi | 1945 | Italy | |||
Dang Ngoc Long | 1957 | ||||
Fernando Lopes-Graca | 1906 | 1994 | Portugal | ||
Bent Lorentzen | 1935 | 2018 | Denmark | ||
Paco de Lucia | 1947 | 2014 | Spain | ||
Otto Luening | 1900 | 1996 | United States | ||
Vilho Luolajan-Mikkola | 1911 | 2005 | Finland | ||
Witold Lutosławski | 1913 | 1994 | Poland | ||
Elisabeth Lutyens | 1906 | 1983 | United Kingdom | ||
Diego Luzuriaga | 1955 | Ecuador | |||
Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov | 1855 | 1914 | Russia | ||
Bruce MacCombie | 1943 | 2012 | United States | ||
Celso Machado | 1953 | Brazil | |||
Peter Machajdík | 1961 | Slovakia | |||
Steven Mackey | 1956 | ||||
Bruno Maderna | 1920 | 1973 | Germany | ||
Jef Maes | 1905 | 1996 | Belgium | ||
Victor Magnien | 1802 | 1885 | France | ||
Ivor Mairants | 1908 | 1988 | United Kingdom | Born in Poland and moved to England at a young age | |
Gui Mallon | 1953 | ||||
Gian Francesco Malipiero | 1882 | 1973 | Italy | ||
Riccardo Malipiero | 1914 | 2003 | Italy | ||
Ursula Mamlok | 1928 | 2016 | United States | Born in Germany. | |
Henry Mancini | 1924 | 1994 | |||
Joan Manén | 1883 | 1971 | Spain | ||
Daan Manneke | 1939 | Netherlands | |||
Tomás Marco | 1942 | Spain | |||
Tera de Marez Oyens | 1932 | 1996 | Netherlands | ||
Franco Margola | 1908 | 1992 | Italy | ||
Heinrich Marschner | 1795 | 1861 | Germany | ||
Ingram Marshall | 1942 | 2022 | United States | ||
Frank Martin | 1890 | 1974 | Switzerland | Re-located to the Netherlands in 1946. | |
Giovanni Battista Martini | 1706 | 1784 | Italy | ||
Jean Paul Egide Martini | 1741 | 1816 | Germany | ||
Tauno Marttinen | 1912 | 2008 | Finland | ||
Wenzel Thomas Matiegka | 1773 | 1830 | Bohemia | ||
Colin Matthews | 1946 | ||||
Nicholas Maw | 1935 | 2009 | United Kingdom | ||
John McCabe | 1939 | 2015 | United Kingdom | ||
Edward McGuire | 1948 | United Kingdom | |||
Gordon McPherson | 1965 | United Kingdom | |||
Chiel Meijering | 1954 | Netherlands | |||
Jean-Racine Meissonnier | 1794 | 1856 | France | ||
Wilfrid Mellers | 1914 | 2008 | United Kingdom | ||
Usko Meriläinen | 1930 | 2004 | Finland | ||
Caspar Joseph Mertz | 1806 | 1856 | Hungary | ||
Josep Mestres Quadreny | 1929 | 2021 | Spain | ||
John Metcalfe | 1964 | ||||
Francisco Mignone | 1897 | 1986 | Brazil | ||
Georges Migot | 1891 | 1976 | France | ||
Darius Milhaud | 1892 | 1974 | France | ||
Ronaldo Miranda | 1948 | Brazil | |||
Behzad Mirkhani | 1969 | ||||
Akira Miyoshi | 1933 | 2013 | Japan | ||
Luis Manuel Molina | 1959 | Cuba | |||
Francesco Molino | 1768 | 1847 | Italy | ||
Simon Molitor | 1766 | 1848 | |||
Federico Mompou | 1893 | 1987 | Spain | ||
François Morel | 1926 | 2018 | Canada | ||
Jorge Morel | 1931 | 2021 | Argentina | ||
Federico Moreno Torroba | 1891 | 1982 | Spain | ||
Ennio Morricone | 1928 | 2020 | Italy | ||
Robert Morris | 1943 | ||||
Virgilio Mortari | 1902 | 1993 | Italy | ||
Luigi Mosca | 1775 | 1824 | Italy | ||
Carlos Moscardini | 1958 | Argentina | |||
Ricardo Moyano | 1961 | Argentina | |||
José Muñoz Molleda | 1905 | 1988 | Spain | ||
Tristan Murail | 1947 | France | |||
Santiago de Murcia | 1673 | 1739 | Spain | ||
Thea Musgrave | 1928 | United Kingdom | Re-located to the United States in 1972. | ||
Olli Mustonen | 1967 | Finland | |||
Wolfgang Muthspiel | 1965 | Austria | |||
Stanley Myers | 1930 | 1993 | United Kingdom | ||
Jiro Nakano | 1902 | 2000 | Japan | ||
Lior Navok | 1971 | Israel | |||
Ernesto Nazareth | 1863 | 1934 | Brazil | ||
Remilson Nery | 1961 | Brazil | |||
Wilhelm Neuland | 1806 | 1889 | Germany | ||
Ulrik Neumann | 1918 | 1994 | Sweden | ||
Dimitri Nicolau | 1946 | 2008 | Italy | Born in Greece. | |
Michael Nicolella | 1963 | ||||
Tage Nielsen | 1929 | 2003 | Denmark | ||
Alfred Nieman | 1913 | 1997 | United Kingdom | ||
Kai Nieminen | 1953 | Finland | |||
Joaquin Nin-Culmell | 1908 | 2004 | Spain | ||
Marlos Nobre | 1939 | Brazil | |||
Paulinho Nogueira | 1929 | 2003 | Brazil | ||
Pehr Henrik Nordgren | 1944 | 2008 | Finland | ||
Per Nørgård | 1932 | Denmark | |||
Ib Nørholm | 1931 | 2019 | Denmark | ||
Bayan Northcott | 1940 | 2022 | United Kingdom | ||
Christopher Norton | 1953 | New Zealand | |||
Jan Novák | 1921 | 1984 | Czechoslovakia | ||
Johann Abraham Nüske | 1796 | 1865 | Germany | ||
Jana Obrovska | 1930 | 1987 | Czechoslovakia | ||
Helmut Oehring | 1961 | Germany | |||
Maurice Ohana | 1914 | 1992 | |||
Jane O'Leary | 1946 | Ireland | |||
Stephen Oliver | 1950 | 1992 | United Kingdom | ||
Poul Rovsing Olsen | 1922 | 1982 | Denmark | ||
Marco Oppedisano | 1971 | United States | |||
Julián Orbón | 1925 | 1991 | United States | Born in Spain and worked in Cuba till 1964. | |
Juan Orrego-Salas | 1919 | 2019 | Chile | ||
Ivan Padovec | 1800 | 1873 | Croatia | ||
Niccolò Paganini | 1782 | 1840 | Italy | ||
Manuel Palau Boix | 1893 | 1967 | Spain | ||
Boris Papandopulo | 1906 | 1991 | Croatia | ||
Sophocles Papas | 1893 | 1986 | Greece | Re-located to the United States in 1914. | |
Åke Parmerud | 1953 | ||||
Apostolos Paraskevas | 1964 | Greece | |||
Stephen Paulus | 1949 | 2014 | United States | ||
Carlos Pedrell | 1878 | 1941 | Uruguay | ||
Felipe Pedrell | 1841 | 1922 | Spain | ||
Ferdinand Pelzer | 1801 | 1860 | Germany | Re-located to England in 1829. | |
Andreas Paolo Perger | 1970 | ||||
Nick Peros | 1963 | ||||
Vincent Persichetti | 1915 | 1987 | United States | ||
Jean-Louis Petit | 1937 | France | |||
Pierre Petit | 1922 | 2000 | France | ||
Goffredo Petrassi | 1904 | 2003 | Italy | ||
Pietro Pettoletti | 1795 | 1870 | Italy | Years of birth and death are approximate. | |
Ástor Piazzolla | 1921 | 1992 | Argentina | ||
Richard Pick | 1915 | 2001 | |||
C. A. Pinto Fonseca | 1933 | 2006 | Brazil | ||
Lina Pires de Campos | 1918 | 2003 | Brazil | ||
Thomas Pitfield | 1903 | 1999 | United Kingdom | ||
Pixinguinha | 1898 | 1973 | Brazil | ||
Kenneth Platts | 1946 | 1989 | United Kingdom | ||
Fotis Polymeris | 1920 | 2013 | Greece | ||
Manuel Ponce | 1882 | 1948 | Mexico | ||
Ennio Porrino | 1910 | 1959 | Italy | ||
Pierre Jean Porro | 1750 | 1831 | France | ||
Francis Poulenc | 1899 | 1963 | France | ||
Baden Powell | 1937 | 2000 | Brazil | ||
Mel Powell | 1923 | 1998 | |||
José Antônio de Almeida Prado | 1943 | 2010 | Brazil | ||
Catharina Pratten | 1821 | 1895 | Germany | ||
Stanko Prek | 1915 | 1999 | Slovenia | ||
Ida Presti | 1924 | 1967 | France | ||
André Previn | 1929 | 2019 | United States | Born in Germany. | |
Claudio Prieto | 1934 | 2015 | Spain | ||
Teresa Procaccini | 1934 | Italy | |||
Emilio Pujol | 1886 | 1980 | Spain | ||
Maximo Diego Pujol | 1957 | Argentina | |||
John Purser | 1942 | United Kingdom | |||
Eduard Pütz | 1911 | 2000 | Germany | ||
Veli-Matti Puumala | 1965 | Finland | |||
Relly Raffman | 1921 | 1988 | United States | ||
Osmo Tapio Räihälä | 1964 | Finland | |||
Tomi Räisänen | 1976 | Finland | |||
Štěpán Rak | 1945 | Czechoslovakia | |||
Ariel Ramírez | 1921 | 2010 | Argentina | ||
Luis Felipe Ramón y Rivera | 1913 | 1993 | Venezuela | ||
Primoz Ramovs | 1921 | 1999 | Slovenia | ||
Einojuhani Rautavaara | 1928 | 2016 | Finland | ||
Alan Rawsthorne | 1905 | 1971 | United Kingdom | ||
Irma Ravinale | 1937 | 2013 | Italy | ||
Jean-Marie Raymond | 1949 | France | |||
Gardner Read | 1913 | 2005 | United States | ||
Ferdinand Rebay | 1880 | 1953 | Austria | ||
Max Reger | 1873 | 1916 | Germany | ||
Giulio Regondi | 1822 | 1872 | Switzerland | Mostly active in the United Kingdom. | |
Steve Reich | 1936 | United States | |||
Dilermando Reis | 1916 | 1977 | Brazil | ||
Ottorino Respighi | 1879 | 1936 | |||
Hermann Reutter | 1900 | 1985 | Germany | ||
Roger Reynolds | 1934 | ||||
Alan Ridout | 1934 | 1996 | |||
Rodrigo Riera | 1923 | 1999 | Venezuela | ||
Terry Riley | 1935 | United States | |||
Anthony Ritchie | 1960 | New Zealand | |||
John Ritchie | 1921 | 2014 | New Zealand | ||
Carlos Rafael Rivera | 1970 | United States | |||
Jean Rivier | 1896 | 1987 | France | ||
George Rochberg | 1918 | 2005 | |||
Arturo Rodas | 1954 | Ecuador | |||
Joaquín Rodrigo | 1901 | 1999 | Spain | ||
Betty Roe | 1930 | United Kingdom | |||
Amadeo Roldán | 1900 | 1939 | Cuba | ||
Alessandro Rolla | 1757 | 1841 | Italy | ||
Celedonio Romero | 1913 | 1996 | Cuba | Re-located to the United States in 1957. | |
Ludovico Roncalli | 1654 | 1713 | Italy | ||
Ned Rorem | 1923 | 2022 | United States | ||
Christopher Rouse | 1949 | 2019 | United States | ||
Albert Roussel | 1869 | 1937 | France | ||
Alec Rowley | 1892 | 1958 | United Kingdom | ||
Miklós Rózsa | 1907 | 1995 | Hungary | Active in several countries. | |
Marcel Rubin | 1905 | 1995 | Austria | ||
Poul Ruders | 1949 | Denmark | |||
Antonio Ruiz-Pipò | 1934 | 1998 | France | ||
Henrik Rung | 1807 | 1871 | Denmark | ||
John Rutter | 1945 | ||||
Jarmo Saari | 1970 | Finland | |||
Kaija Saariaho | 1952 | 2023 | Finland | ||
Sabicas | 1912 | 1990 | Spain | Also active in Mexico and the United States. | |
Arturo Sacchetti | 1941 | Italy | |||
Julio Salvador Sagreras | 1879 | 1942 | Argentina | ||
Eduardo Sainz de la Maza | 1903 | 1982 | Spain | ||
Regino Sainz de la Maza | 1896 | 1981 | Spain | ||
Adolfo Salazar | 1890 | 1958 | Spain | ||
Luis H. Salgado | 1903 | 1977 | Ecuador | ||
Aulis Sallinen | 1935 | Finland | |||
Erkki Salmenhaara | 1941 | 2002 | Finland | ||
Esa-Pekka Salonen | 1958 | Finland | |||
Matilde Salvador | 1918 | 2007 | Spain | ||
Gustave Samazeuilh | 1877 | 1967 | France | ||
Luis Sandi | 1905 | 1996 | Mexico | ||
Sven-David Sandström | 1942 | 2019 | Sweden | ||
Cláudio Santoro | 1919 | 1989 | Brazil | ||
Guido Santórsola | 1904 | 1994 | Brazil | ||
Turibio Santos | 1940 | Brazil | |||
Heikki Sarmanto | 1939 | Finland | |||
Henri Sauguet | 1901 | 1989 | France | ||
Manuel Saumell | 1810 | 1870 | Cuba | ||
Robert Saxton | 1953 | United Kingdom | |||
Giacinto Scelsi | 1905 | 1988 | Italy | ||
R. Murray Schafer | 1933 | 2021 | Canada | ||
Gerhard Schedl | 1957 | 2000 | Austria | ||
Armin Schibler | 1921 | 1986 | Switzerland | ||
Peter Schickele | 1935 | ||||
Thomas Daniel Schlee | 1957 | Austria | |||
Annette Schlünz | 1964 | Germany | |||
Arnold Schoenberg | 1874 | 1951 | Austria | Re-located to the United States in 1934. | |
Franz Schubert | 1797 | 1828 | |||
Gunther Schuller | 1925 | 2015 | |||
Joseph Schwantner | 1943 | United States | |||
Kurt Schwertsik | 1935 | ||||
Ludvig Schytte | 1848 | 1909 | Denmark | Re-located to Germany in 1884 and to Austria in 1886. | |
Cyril Scott | 1879 | 1970 | United Kingdom | ||
Peter Sculthorpe | 1929 | 2014 | Australia | ||
Humphrey Searle | 1915 | 1982 | United Kingdom | ||
Leif Segerstam | 1944 | Finland | |||
Andrés Segovia | 1893 | 1987 | Spain | ||
Matyas Seiber | 1905 | 1960 | Hungary | Re-located to England in 1935. | |
Ernest Shand | 1868 | 1924 | United Kingdom | ||
Alexander Shchetynsky | 1960 | Ukraine | |||
Jean Sibelius | 1865 | 1957 | Finland | ||
Roberto Sierra | 1953 | Puerto Rico | |||
Larry Sitsky | 1934 | Australia | |||
Fredrik Sixten | 1962 | ||||
Howard Skempton | 1947 | United Kingdom | |||
Reginald Smith Brindle | 1917 | 2003 | United Kingdom | ||
Vicente Emilio Sojo | 1887 | 1974 | Venezuela | ||
Charles Michael Alexis Sola | 1786 | 1857 | |||
Padre Antonio Soler | 1729 | 1783 | Spain | ||
Harry Somers | 1925 | 1999 | Canada | ||
Fernando Sor | 1778 | 1839 | Spain | Introduction and Variations on a Theme by Mozart | |
Bent Sørensen | 1958 | ||||
Michalis Souyioul | 1906 | 1958 | Greece | ||
Frank Lee Sprague | 1958 | 2018 | United States | ||
Pieter van der Staak | 1930 | 2007 | Netherlands | ||
Hans Stadlmair | 1929 | 2019 | Austria | ||
Robert Starer | 1924 | 2001 | United States | Born in Austria | |
Michael Starobin | 1956 | ||||
Walter Steffens | 1934 | Germany | |||
Pavel Steidl | 1961 | Czechoslovakia | |||
Roger Steptoe | 1953 | United Kingdom | |||
Bernard Stevens | 1916 | 1983 | United Kingdom | ||
Ronald Stevenson | 1928 | 2015 | |||
Richard Stoker | 1938 | 2021 | United Kingdom | ||
Ignace Strasfogel | 1909 | 1994 | Poland | ||
Johann Strauss Sr. | 1804 | 1849 | Austria | ||
Johann Strauss II | 1825 | 1899 | Austria | ||
Soulima Stravinsky | 1910 | 1994 | Switzerland | Re-located to the United States in 1948. | |
Aurel Stroe | 1932 | 2008 | |||
Rezső Sugar | 1919 | 1988 | Hungary | ||
Carlos Surinach | 1915 | 1997 | Spain | Re-located to the United States in 1959. | |
Giles Swayne | 1946 | United Kingdom | |||
Ricardo Tacuchian | 1939 | Brazil | |||
Germaine Tailleferre | 1892 | 1983 | |||
Jenő Takács | 1902 | 2005 | Austria | ||
Yuji Takahashi | 1938 | Japan | |||
Toru Takemitsu | 1930 | 1996 | Japan | ||
Joby Talbot | 1971 | ||||
Tan Dun | 1957 | China | |||
Hilary Tann | 1947 | 2023 | |||
Alexandre Tansman | 1897 | 1986 | |||
Sebastião Tapajós | 1943 | 2021 | Brazil | ||
Francisco Tárrega | 1852 | 1909 | Spain | Gran Vals, Recuerdos de la Alhambra, Capricho arabe | |
John Tavener | 1944 | 2013 | United Kingdom | ||
Matthew Taylor | 1964 | United Kingdom | |||
Mikis Theodorakis | 1925 | 2021 | Greece | ||
Augusta Read Thomas | 1964 | ||||
Virgil Thomson | 1896 | 1989 | United States | ||
Eythor Thorlaksson | 1930 | 2018 | Iceland | ||
Jukka Tiensuu | 1948 | Finland | |||
Michael Tippett | 1905 | 1998 | United Kingdom | ||
Camillo Togni | 1922 | 1993 | Italy | ||
Henri Tomasi | 1901 | 1971 | France | ||
Colin Tommis | 1958 | United Kingdom | |||
Enrico Toselli | 1883 | 1926 | Italy | ||
Vladimir Tošić | 1949 | Serbia | |||
Francesco Paolo Tosti | 1846 | 1916 | Italy | ||
Joan Tower | 1938 | United States | |||
Ralph Towner | 1940 | United States | |||
Manfred Trojahn | 1949 | Germany | |||
Eldad Tsabary | 1969 | Israel | |||
Antonin Tucapsky | 1928 | 2014 | Czechoslovakia | Re-located to England in 1975 | |
Joaquin Turina | 1882 | 1949 | Spain | ||
José Luis Turina | 1952 | Spain | |||
Alfred Uhl | 1909 | 1992 | Austria | ||
Erich Urbanner | 1936 | Austria | |||
Horacio Vaggione | 1943 | Argentina | |||
Alexander Varlamov | 1801 | 1848 | Russia | ||
Pēteris Vasks | 1946 | Latvia | |||
Andersen Viana | 1962 | Brazil | |||
Lois V. Vierk | 1951 | ||||
Heitor Villa-Lobos | 1887 | 1959 | Brazil | Chôros No. 1; Twelve Études; Five Preludes | |
Giulio Viozzi | 1912 | 1984 | Italy | ||
Param Vir | 1952 | ||||
Olli Virtaperko | 1973 | Finland | |||
Claude Vivier | 1948 | 1983 | Canada | ||
Roman Vlad | 1919 | 2013 | Italy | Born in modern-day Ukraine. | |
Roger Craig Vogel | 1947 | United States | |||
Wladimir Vogel | 1896 | 1984 | |||
Kevin Volans | 1949 | ||||
Melinda Wagner | 1957 | ||||
Rudolf Wagner-Régeny | 1903 | 1969 | Germany | Born in Hungary (in modern-day Romania). | |
Luise Walker | 1910 | 1998 | Austria | ||
Errollyn Wallen | 1958 | ||||
Gareth Walters | 1928 | 2012 | United Kingdom | ||
William Walton | 1902 | 1983 | United Kingdom | ||
Johann Baptist Wanhal | 1739 | 1813 | Czechoslovakia | ||
Carl Maria von Weber | 1786 | 1826 | Germany | ||
Anton Webern | 1883 | 1945 | Austria | ||
John Weinzweig | 1913 | 2006 | Canada | ||
Flemming Weis | 1898 | 1981 | |||
Ferdinand Weiss | 1932 | 2002 | Austria | ||
Harald Weiss | 1949 | Germany | |||
Egon Wellesz | 1885 | 1974 | Austria | Re-located to England in the late 1930s. | |
Eberhard Werdin | 1911 | 1991 | Germany | ||
Richard Wernick | 1934 | ||||
Harri Kristian Wessman | 1949 | Finland | |||
Graham Whettam | 1927 | 2007 | United Kingdom | ||
Johan Wikmanson | 1753 | 1800 | Sweden | ||
John Williams | 1941 | United Kingdom | Born in Australia. | ||
Mason Williams | 1938 | ||||
Arthur Wills | 1926 | 2020 | United Kingdom | ||
Christopher Wilke | 1973 | United States | Emperor Romulus Augustus, His Serious Funk; Diatribe; Never Kick a Man in a Suit | ||
Thomas Wilson | 1927 | 2001 | United Kingdom | ||
Pierre Wissmer | 1915 | 1992 | |||
Charles Wuorinen | 1938 | 2020 | United States | ||
Stavros Xarhakos | 1937 | Greece | |||
Narciso Yepes | 1927 | 1997 | Spain | ||
Andrew York | 1958 | United States | |||
Kenneth Young | 1955 | New Zealand | |||
Isang Yun | 1917 | 1996 | Korea | Re-located to Germany in 1959. | |
Atahualpa Yupanqui | 1908 | 1992 | Argentina | ||
Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph | 1948 | South Africa | |||
Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti | 1800 | 1878 | Italy | ||
Frank Zappa | 1940 | 1993 | United States | Waltz for Guitar | Short (0:39) 12-tone waltz written at the age of 18. |
Richard Zarou | 1981 | ||||
Friedrich Zehm | 1923 | 2007 | Germany | ||
Milan Zelenka | 1939 | Czechoslovakia | |||
Jaime Mirtenbaum Zenamon | 1953 | Bolivia | |||
Marilyn J. Ziffrin | 1926 | 2018 | United States | ||
Bernd Alois Zimmermann | 1918 | 1970 | Germany | ||
Sauli Zinovjev | 1988 | Finland |
References
editExternal links
edit- Classical Guitar Composers List (three lists, sorted alphabetically, chronologically and by nationality)