Composers A to Z
Listen to 91热爆 Radio 3 programmes about composers and their works, including editions of Composer of the Week (COTW), Composers' Rooms (CR), Discovering Music (DM), Opera Guides (OG), Proms Music Guides (PMG), Proms Plus (PP), The Story of Music (SOM), Music Matters (MM), (SF), Twenty Minutes (TM) and Building a Library (BAL). Plus links to composer profiles on 91热爆 Music.
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ADAM, Adolphe
ADAMS, John
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ADDINSELL, Richard
ALBENIZ, Isaac
ALBINONI, Tomaso
ALWYN, William
ANDRIESSEN, Louis
ARCADELT, Jacques
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ARENSKY, Anton
ARNE, Thomas
ARNOLD, Malcolm
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AVISON, Charles
B
BACEWICZ, Gra偶yna
BACH, C.P.E.
BACH, J.C.
BACH, J.S.
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Orchestral
Choral
Chamber
Keyboard
BACH, W.F.
BALAKIREV, Mily Alexeyevich
BANTOCK, Granville
BARBER, Samuel
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BARTOK, B茅la
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BEACH, Amy
BEAMISH, Sally
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van
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Orchestral
Choral
Chamber
Piano
Songs
BENJAMIN, George
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BENNETT, William Sterndale
BERG, Alban
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BERIO, Luciano
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BERLIN, Irving
BERLIOZ, Hector
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BERNERS, Lord
BERNSTEIN, Leonard
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BIRTWISTLE, Harrison
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BIZET, Georges
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BOCCHERINI, Luigi
BOLOGNE, Joseph
BORODIN, Alexander
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BOWLER, Laura
BRAHMS, Johannes
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Orchestral
Choral
Chamber
Piano
Songs
BRAY, Charlotte
BRIAN, Havergal
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BRIDGE, Frank
BRITTEN, Benjamin
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Orchestral
Operas
Choral
BRUCH, Max
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BRUCKNER, Anton
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BRYARS, Gavin
BULL, Ole
BUXTEHUDE, Dietrich
BYRD, William
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C
CACCINI, Francesca
CAGE, John
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CAMPRA, Andr茅
CARISSIMI, Giacomo
CARTER, Elliott
CASELLA, Alfredo
CAVALLI, Francesco
CHABRIER, Emmanuel
CHAMINADE, C茅cile
CHARPENTIER, Marc-Antoine
CHAUSSON, Ernest
CHEN, Yi
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CHERUBINI, Luigi
CHOPIN, Fryderyk
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Orchestral
Piano
CLEMENTI, Muzio
COATES, Eric
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COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, Samuel
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COPLAND, Aaron
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CORELLI, Arcangelo
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COUPERIN, Fran莽ois
COWARD, Noel
CRANE, Laurence
CUTLER, Joe
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D
DAVIES, Tansy
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DAVIS, Miles
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DEAN, Brett
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DEBUSSY, Claude
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DELALANDE, Michel-Richard
DELIBES, L茅o
DELIUS, Frederick
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D'INDY, Vincent
DITTERS VON DITTERSDORF, Carl
DONIZETTI, Gaetano
DOVE, Jonathan
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DOWLAND, John
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DUKAS, Paul
DUNSTABLE, John
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DUPARC, Henri
DUSSEK, Jan Ladislav
DUTILLEUX, Henri
DVORAK, Antonin
Works:
Orchestral
Choral
Chamber
DYSON, George
E
ELGAR, Edward
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ENESCU, George
EVANS, Bill
F
FALLA, Manuel de
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FARRENC, Louise
FAUR脡, Gabriel
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FIELD, John
FINZI, Gerald
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FITKIN, Graham
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FRANCK, C茅sar
FRESCOBALDI, Girolamo
FUJIKURA, Dai
G
GABRIELI, Giovanni
GAL, Hans
GEMINIANI, Francesco
GERSHWIN, George
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GESUALDO, Carlo
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GINASTERA, Alberto
GLASS, Philip
GLAZUNOV, Aleksandr
GLIERE, Reinhold
GLUCK, Christoph
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GOEHR, Alexander
GOODMAN, Benny
GOUNOD, Charles
GOVES, Larry
GRAINGER, Percy
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GRANADOS, Enrique
GRECHANINOV, Aleksandr
GRIEG, Edvard
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GURNEY, Ivor
H
HALL, Emily
HANDEL, George Frideric
Works:
Orchestral
Operas
Choral
- Y
Keyboard
HARVEY, Jonathan
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HAYDN, Joseph
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HAYDN, Michael
HENZE, Hans Werner
HERBERT, Matthew
HEROLD, Ferdinand
HERRMANN, Bernard
HILDEGARD von Bingen
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HINDEMITH, Paul
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HOLLOWAY, Robin
HOLMES, Augusta
HOLST, Gustav
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HONEGGER, Arthur
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HORNE, David
HOROVITZ, Joseph
HOWELLS, Herbert
HUMMEL, Johann Nepomuk
HUMPERDINCK, Engelbert
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I
IBERT, Jacques
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IRELAND, John
IVES, Charles
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J
JACOB, Gordon
JANA膶EK, Leo拧
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JOMMELLI, Niccolo
JOPLIN, Scott
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JOSQUIN
Works:
K
KAPR脕LOV脕, V铆t臎zslava
KHACHATURIAN, Aram
KNUSSEN, Oliver
KOD脕LY, Zolt谩n
Works:
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KOECHLIN, Charles
KORNGOLD, Erich Wolfgang
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KURT脕G, Gy枚rgy
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L
LAM, Fung
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LAMBERT, Constant
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LASSUS, Orlande de
LEHAR, Ferencz
LEIFS, Jon
LIGETI, Gy枚rgy
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LIM, Liza
LISZT, Franz
Works:
Orchestral
Piano
LLOYD, George
LOCATELLI, Pietro
LOEWE, Frederick
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LULLY, Jean-Baptiste
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LUTOSLAWSKI, Witold
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M
MACDOWELL, Edward
MACMILLAN, James
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MAHLER, Gustav
Works:
Symphonies
Vocal
MARAIS, Marin
MARTIN, Frank
MARTIN女, Bohuslav
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MASCAGNI, Pietro
MASSENET, Jules
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MATTHEWS, Kaffe
MAXWELL DAVIES, Peter
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MCCABE, John
MEDTNER, Nikolai
MENDELSSOHN, Fanny
MENDELSSOHN, Felix
Works:
Orchestral
Choral
MENOTTI, Gian Carlo
MEREDITH, Anna
MESSIAEN, Olivier
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MEYERBEER, Giacomo
MILHAUD, Darius
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MINGUS, Charles
MOERAN, Ernest John
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MOLITOR, Claudia
MONK, Meredith
MONTEVERDI, Claudio
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MORTON, Jelly Roll
MOSZKOWSKI, Moritz
MOZART, Leopold
MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus
Works:
Orchestral
Operas
Choral
Chamber
Piano
MUSSORGSKY, Modest
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MYASKOVSKY, Nicolai
N
NEWMAN, Chris
NIELSEN, Carl
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NYMAN, Michael
O
OCKEGHEM, Johannes
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OFFENBACH, Jacques
ORFF, Carl
P
PACHELBEL, Johann
PAGANINI, Nicol貌
PAISIELLO, Giovanni
PALESTRINA, Giovanni Pierluigi da
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PANUFNIK, Andrzej
PANUFNIK, Roxanna
PARRY, Sir Hubert
PART, Arvo
Works:
PERGOLESI, Giovanni Battista
PIAZZOLLA, 脕stor
PORTER, Cole
POULENC, Francis
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PREVIN, Andre
PROKOFIEV, Sergei
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PUCCINI, Giacomo
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PURCELL, Henry
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Q
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There are no composers on this list whose surname begins with Q
R
RACHMANINOV, Sergei
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RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe
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RAN, Shulamit
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RAUTAVAARA, Einojuhani
RAVEL, Maurice
Works:
Orchestral
Piano
RAWSTHORNE, Alan
REBEL, Jean-F茅ry
REICH, Steve
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REIZENSTEIN, Franz
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RESPIGHI,Ottorino
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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Nikolai
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RODRIGO, Joaqu铆n
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ROSSINI, Gioachino
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ROUSSEL, Albert
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R脫ZSA, Mikl贸s
RUBBRA, Edmund
RUTTER, John
S
SAINT-SAENS, Camille
Works:
SALIERI, Antonio
SAMMARTINI, Giovanni and Giuseppe
SATIE, Erik
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SCARLATTI, Alessandro
SCHNITTKE, Alfred
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SCHOENBERG, Arnold
Works:
Instrumental
Vocal
SCHUBERT, Franz
Works:
Orchestral
Chamber
Piano
Vocal
SCHUMAN, William
SCHUMANN, Clara
SCHUMANN, Robert
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SCHUTZ, Heinrich
SCRIABIN, Alexander
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SHEPPARD, John
SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri
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SIBELIUS, Jean
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SKALKOTTAS, Nikos
SKEMPTON, Howard
SMETANA, Bedrich
Works:
SMYTH, Ethel
SONDHEIM, Stephen
SPOHR, Louis
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STAMITZ, Johann
STANLEY, John
STEVENS, Bernard
STRADELLA, Alessandro
STRAUSS, II, Johann
Works:
STRAUSS, Richard
Works:
Orchestral
Operas
Chamber
STRAVINSKY, Igor
SUK, Josef
SULLIVAN, Arthur
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SVENDSEN, Johan
SZYMANOWSKI, Karol
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T
TALLIS, Thomas
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TANEYEV, Sergei
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TAVENER, John
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TCHAIKOVSKY, Pyotr
Works:
Orchestral
Operas
Piano
TELEMANN, Georg Philipp
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TIPPETT, Sir Michael
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TUULIKKI, Hanna
TURNAGE, Mark-Anthony
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U
None
There are no composers on this list whose surname begins with U
V
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ralph
Works:
VERDI, Giuseppe
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VICTORIA, Tomas Luis de
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VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor
VIVALDI, Antonio
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VOLANS, Kevin
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W
WAGNER, Richard
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WALLIN, Rolf
WALTON, William
Works:
Orchestral
Choral
WARLOCK, Peter
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WAXMAN, Franz
WEBER, Carl Maria von
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WEBERN, Anton
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WEILL, Kurt
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WEINBERG, Mieczyslaw
WEIR, Judith
WESLEY, Samuel
WILLIAMS, John
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WISEMAN, Debbie
WOLF, Hugo
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X
None
There are no composers in this list whose surnames begin with X
Y
None
There are no composers in this list whose surnames begin with Y
Z
ZELENKA, Jan
ZEMLINSKY, Alexander
Works:
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