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

• List of Carnatic composers
• List of film score composers
• List of classical music composers by era
• 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

Era

• List of classical music composers by era
• 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

Classification

• Chronological lists of classical composers
• List of Anglican church composers - See also Religious music
• List of composers of African descent
• List of composers of Caribbean descent
• List of composers who studied law
• List of modernist composers

See also

• Lists of musicians
• Lists of singers
• List of singer-songwriters - see also Pop music and Rock music

External links

• Sheet music by composer at the International Music Score Library Project
• Famous composers