List of composers 6650 223822799 2008-07-06T00:06:29Z Dafoeberezin3494 1252923 /* See also */ redirect {{main|Composer}} '''Composers''' are generally people who write [[music]]. In certain musical genres, such as [[popular music|popular]] and [[folk music|folk]] music, the term "[[songwriter]]" means someone who authors both music and lyrics, but such a person may also be properly called a "composer." If a songwriter also performs, he or she is called a "[[Singer-songwriter|singer/songwriter]]." ==By name== *[[List of composers by name]] *[[List of female composers by name]] ==By genre== *[[List of Carnatic composers]] *[[List of film score composers]] *[[List of Hindustani/ North Indian music composers]] *[[List of classical music composers]] *[[List of major opera composers]] *[[List of musical theatre composers]] *[[List of musicals by composer: A to L|List of musicals by composer]] *[[List of ragtime composers]] *[[List of soundtrack composers]] ==By era== {{Composers by era}} *[[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 by birth date]] *[[List of 20th century classical composers by death date]] *[[List of 20th century classical composers by name]] *[[List of 21st century classical composers by birth date]] *[[List of 21st century classical composers by death date]] *[[List of 21st century classical composers by name]] ==By nationality or ethnicity== *''see [[:Category:Lists of composers by nationality]]'' ==By instrument composed for== *[[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]] ==Other classifications== *[[List of composers of African descent]] *[[List of Anglican church composers]] - See also [[Religious music]] *[[List of female composers]] *[[List of modernist composers]] (those with modernistic tendencies and innovations) ==See also== *[[List of musicians]] *[[List of singer-songwriters]] - See also [[Pop music]] and [[Rock music]] [[Category:Lists of composers|*]] [[Category:Lists of lists|Composers]] [[cy:Rhestr cyfansoddwyr]] [[de:Liste der Komponisten]] [[et:Heliloojad]] [[es:Lista de compositores de música clásica]] [[eo:Listo de komponistoj]] [[fr:Compositeurs par époques]] [[he:מלחינים קלאסיים]] [[ka:კომპოზიტორები]] [[li:Lies vaan componiste]] [[nl:Componisten]] [[pl:Wielcy kompozytorzy]] [[ru:Композиторы]] [[sl:Seznam skladateljev]] [[sv:Lista över kompositörer]] [[zh:作曲家列表]]