List of composers
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'''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]]
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