# Liste US-amerikanischer Komponisten klassischer Musik

Alphabetische Liste US-amerikanischer Komponisten klassischer Musik.

## A

* John Adams (* 1947)
* John Luther Adams (* 1953)
* Samuel Adler (* 1928)
* Hugh Aitken (1924–2012)
* Howard E. Akers (1913–1984)
* Stephen Albert (1941–1992)
* Pauline Alderman (1893–1983)
* Benjamin Dwight Allen (1831–1914)
* Paul Amrod (* 1951)
* Leroy Anderson (1908–1975)
* George Antheil (1900–1959)
* Mary Jeanne van Appledorn (1927–2014)
* Jon Appleton (1939–2022)
* Dominick Argento (1927–2019)
* Matthew Aucoin (* 1990)

## B

* Milton Babbitt (1916–2011)
* Benjamin Franklin Baker (1811–1889)
* David Baker (1931–2016)
* Leonardo Balada (* 1933)
* Hans Balatka (1825–1899)
* Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
* Warren Barker (1923–2006)
* Samuel Barlow (1892–1982)
* James Barnes (* 1949)
* Marion Bauer (1882–1955)
* Amy Beach (1867–1944)
* John J. Becker (1886–1961)
* Jack Beeson (1921–2010)
* Brian Belet (* 1955)
* Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981)
* Warren Benson (1924–2005)
* Arthur Victor Berger (1912–2003)
* Jean Berger (1909–2002)
* William Bergsma (1921–1994)
* David Berlin (* 1943)
* Elmer Bernstein (1922–2004)
* Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
* Joseph Bertolozzi (* 1959)
* Jerry H. Bilik (* 1933)
* William Billings (1746–1800)
* Abraham Binder (1895–1966)
* Harold Alfred Blanchard (1930–2010)
* Marc Blitzstein (1905–1964)
* Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
* Otis Bardwell Boise (1844–1912)
* William Bolcom (* 1938)
* William Batchelder Bradbury (1816–1868)
* Henry Brant (1913–2008)
* George Frederick Bristow (1825–1898)
* Radie Britain (1899–1994)
* Chris Brown (* 1953)
* Earle Brown (1926–2002)
* Zack Browning (* 1953)
* Chris Brubeck (* 1952)
* Howard Brubeck (1916–1993)
* Frederick Field Bullard (1864–1904)
* Carl Busch (1862–1943)

## C

* Curt Cacioppo (* 1951)
* John Cage (1912–1992)
* Lucien Cailliet (1891–1985)
* Mary Elizabeth Caldwell (1909–2003)
* Thomas Canning (1911–1989)
* Christian Carey (* 1973)
* John Alden Carpenter (1876–1951)
* Elliott Carter (1908–2012)
* Norman Cazden (1914–1980)
* Joseph Celli (* 1944)
* George Chadwick (1854–1931)
* John Barnes Chance (1932–1972)
* Loris Chobanian (1933–2023)
* Wen-chung Chou (1923–2019)
* Louis Adolphe Coerne (1870–1922)
* James Cohn (1928–2021)
* Rosetter Gleason Cole (1866–1952)
* Michael Colgrass (1932–2019)
* Dinos Constantinides (1929–2021)
* Frederick Shepherd Converse (1871–1940)
* Will Marion Cook (1869–1944)
* Aaron Copland (1900–1990)
* Sidney Corbett (* 1960)
* John Corigliano (* 1938)
* John Henry Cornell (1828–1894)
* Henry Cowell (1897–1965)
* Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953)
* Paul Creston (1906–1985)
* George Crumb (1929–2022)
* James Curnow (* 1943)
* Alvin Curran (* 1938)

## D

* Noel DaCosta (1929–2002)
* Ingolf Dahl (1912–1970)
* Douglas DaSilva (* 1965)
* Anne Deane Berman (* 1963)
* Brad Decker
* James Monroe Deems (1818–1901)
* Elliot Del Borgo (1938–2013)
* David Del Tredici (1937–2023)
* Norman Dello Joio (1913–2008)
* David Diamond (1915–2005)
* Nick Didkovsky (* 1958)
* Emma Lou Diemer (1927–2024)
* John Diercks (1927–2020)
* Lucia Dlugoszewski (1931–2000)
* Charles Dodge (* 1942)
* Daniel Dorff (* 1956)
* David Dramm (* 1961)
* Paul Dresher (* 1951)
* Jacob Druckman (1928–1996)
* Dean Drummond (1949–2013)
* Vernon Duke/Vladimir Dukelsky (1903–1969)

## E

* John Eaton (1935–2015)
* John Edmondson (1933–2016)
* Nathan Edwards
* Adrienne Elisha (1958–2017)
* Herbert Elwell (1898–1974)
* Stephen Albert Emery (1841–1891)
* Donald Erb (1927–2008)
* Robert Erickson (1917–1997)

## F

* Harold Farberman (1929–2018)
* Arthur Farwell (1872–1952)
* Mark Fax (1911–1974)
* David Felder (* 1953)
* Morton Feldman (1926–1987)
* Henry Fillmore (1881–1956)
* Irving Fine (1914–1962)
* Ross Lee Finney (1906–1997)
* Dante Fiorillo (1905–1995)
* Robert Fleisher (* 1953)
* Lukas Foss (1922–2009)
* Frederick Fox (1931–2011)
* Peter Racine Fricker (1920–1990)

## G

* David J. Gardner
* Samuel Gardner (1891–1984)
* Mary Elaine Gentemann (1909–2008)
* George Gershwin (1898–1937)
* Vittorio Giannini (1903–1966)
* William Wallace Gilchrist senior (1846–1916)
* David Gillingham (* 1947)
* Don Gillis (1912–1978)
* Philip Glass (* 1937)
* Monroe Golden
* Edwin Franko Goldman (1878–1956)
* Rubin Goldmark (1872–1936)
* Malcolm Goldstein (* 1936)
* Geoffrey Gordon
* Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829–1869)
* Morton Gould (1913–1996)
* Melissa Grey
* Charles Griffes (1884–1920)
* Jennifer Griffith
* Louis Gruenberg (1884–1964)
* David Gunn

## H

* Adolphus Hailstork (* 1941)
* Robert Browne Hall (1858–1907)
* Howard Hanson (1896–1981)
* John Harbison (* 1938)
* Roy Harris (1898–1979)
* Lou Harrison (1917–2003)
* Walter S. Hartley (1927–2016)
* Herbert Haufrecht (1909–1998)
* Silvio Hein (1879–1928)
* Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975)
* Edward Burlingame Hill (1872–1960)
* Lejaren Hiller (1924–1994)
* Michael Hoffman (* 1955)
* Bill Holcombe (1924–2010)
* David R. Holsinger (* 1945)
* Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000)
* Karel Husa (1921–2016)
* Henry Holden Huss (1862–1953)
* Jere Hutcheson (* 1938)
* Lee Hyla (1952–2014)
* Winifred Hyson (1925–2019)

## I

* Anthony Iannaccone (* 1943)
* Charles Ives (1874–1954)

## J

* Frederick Jacobi (1891–1952)
* Robert Jager (* 1939)
* Arthur Jarvinen (1956–2010)
* Eva Jessye (1895–1992)
* William Joel
* Ben Johnston (1926–2019)
* Tom Johnson (1939–2024)
* Charles Jones (1910–1997)
* Samuel Jones (* 1935)
* Scott Joplin (1868–1917)
* Bradley Joseph (* 1965)

## K

* Ulysses Kay (1917–1995)
* Homer Keller (1915–1996)
* Gregory Kerkorian (* 1942)
* Aaron Jay Kernis (* 1960)
* Thomas H. Kerr junior (1915–1988)
* Earl Kim (1920–1998)
* Leon Kirchner (1919–2009)
* Sarah Kirkland Snider (* 1973)
* Amy Knoles (* 1959)
* Karl Kohn (1926–2024)
* Steve Kornicki (* 1968)
* Ernst Krenek (1900–1991)

## L

* Anne La Berge (* 1955)
* Richard Lainhart (1953–2011)
* Benjamin Johnson Lang (1837–1909)
* Margaret Ruthven Lang (1867–1972)
* Paul Henry Lang (1901–1991)
* Wesley La Violette (1894–1978)
* Ethel Leginska (1886–1970)
* Jonathan Leshnoff (* 1973)
* Marvin David Levy (1932–2015)
* Julian Livingston (* 19??)
* Annea Lockwood (* 1939)
* Normand Lockwood (1906–2002)
* Hannibal Lokumbe (* 1948)
* Nikolai Lopatnikoff (1903–1976)
* Norman Lowrey (* 1944)
* Alvin Lucier (1931–2021)
* Otto Luening (1900–1996)

## M

* Drake Mabry (* 1950)
* David Macdonald
* Edward MacDowell (1860–1908)
* Donald Martino (1931–2005)
* Salvatore Martirano (1927–1995)
* David Maslanka (1943–2017)
* Daniel Gregory Mason (1873–1953)
* Lowell Mason (1792–1872)
* William Mason (1829–1908)
* Missy Mazzoli (* 1980)
* William Francis McBeth (1933–2012)
* Mike McFerron (* 1970)
* James L. McHard
* Leslie de Melcher
* Peter Mennin (1923–1983)
* Louis Mennini (1920–2000)
* Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007)
* Wilhelm Middelschulte (1863–1943)
* Polly Moller
* Moondog (1916–1999)
* Douglas Moore (1893–1969)
* Mary Carr Moore (1873–1957)
* Jerome Moross (1913–1983)

## N

* Nicolas Nabokov (1903–1978)
* William Neal
* Václav Nelhýbel (1919–1996)
* Ron Nelson (1929–2023)
* Dika Newlin (1923–2006)
* Phill Niblock (1933–2024)
* Roger Nixon (1921–2009)
* David Noon (* 1946)

## O

* Pauline Oliveros (1932–2016)
* Leo Ornstein (1892–2002)
* Eric Osterling (1926–2005)

## P

* John Knowles Paine (1839–1906)
* Horatio Parker (1863–1919)
* James Cutler Dunn Parker (1828–1916)
* Harry Partch (1901–1974)
* Joseph Pehrson (1950–2020)
* Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932–2004)
* George Perle (1915–2009)
* Vincent Persichetti (1915–1987)
* S. J. Pettersson
* Burrill Phillips (1907–1988)
* Daniel Pinkham (1923–2006)
* Paul Amadeus Pisk (1893–1990)
* Walter Piston (1894–1976)
* James D. Ployhar (1926–2007)
* Cole Porter (1891–1964)
* Quincy Porter (1897–1966)
* Mel Powell (1923–1998)
* Morgan Powell (* 1938)
* Florence Price (1887–1953)
* Jim Pugliese (* 1952)

## Q

* James Joseph Quinn (* 1936)

## R

* Bernard Rands (* 1934)
* Michael Ranta (* 1942)
* Naren Rauch
* Robert Ray (1946–2022)
* Gardner Read (1913–2005)
* Alfred Reed (1921–2005)
* H. (Herbert) Owen Reed (1910–2014)
* Steve Reich (* 1936)
* Anthony Reimer
* Roger Reynolds (* 1934)
* Wallingford Riegger (1885–1961)
* Terry Riley (* 1935)
* Leroy Robertson (1896–1971)
* George Rochberg (1918–2005)
* Richard Rodgers (1902–1979)
* Bernard Rogers (1893–1968)
* Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951)
* Zygmund Przemyslaw Rondomanski (1908–2000)
* Ned Rorem (1923–2022)
* David Rosenboom (* 1947)
* Miklós Rózsa (1907–1995)
* Carl Ruggles (1876–1971)
* Frederic Rzewski (1938–2021)

## S

* Eric Salzman (1933–2017)
* David P. Sartor (* 1956)
* Margaret Schedel (* 1974)
* Peter Schickele (1935–2024)
* Philip Schuessler (* 1976)
* Gunther Schuller (1925–2015)
* William Schuman (1910–1992)
* Joseph Schwantner (* 1943)
* Francis Schwartz (* 1940)
* John Serry, Jr. (* 1954)
* John Serry, Sr. (1915–2003)
* Roger Sessions (1896–1985)
* Harold Shapero (1920–2013)
* Elliott Sharp (* 1951)
* Sinyan Shen (1949–2016)
* Arthur Shepherd (1880–1958)
* Gordon Sherwood (1929–2013)
* Nathaniel Shilkret (1889–1982)
* Alan Shulman (1915–2002)
* Elie Siegmeister (1909–1991)
* Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995)
* Claude T. Smith (1932–1987)
* Dwayne Smith
* Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021)
* John Philip Sousa (1854–1932)
* Albert Spalding (1888–1953)
* Mira J. Spektor (1928–2021)
* Lewis Spratlan (1940–2023)
* Heiner Stadler (1942–2018)
* Max Steiner (1888–1971)
* Greg Steinke (* 1942)
* Morton Stevens (1929–1991)
* William Grant Still (1895–1978)
* Albert Stoessel (1894–1943)
* Carl Stone (* 1953)
* Gordon Stout (* 1952)
* Scott Stroman (* 1958)
* Morton Subotnick (* 1933)

## T

* Ivan Tcherepnin (1943–1998)
* Christopher Teichler (* 1977)
* Richard Teitelbaum (1939–2020)
* James Tenney (1934–2006)
* Warren Thew (1927–1984)
* Les Thimmig (1943–2024)
* Augusta Read Thomas (* 1964)
* Randall Thompson (1899–1984)
* Walter Thompson (* 1952)
* Virgil Thomson (1896–1989)
* Fisher Tull (1934–1994)
* Bertram Turetzky (* 1933)
* Gene Tyranny (1945–2020)

## U

* David A. Uber (1921–2007)
* Ludmila Ulehla (1923–2009)
* Vladimir Ussachevski (1911–1990)

## V

* Roland Vazquez (* 1951)
* Nils Vigeland (* 1950)
* Carl Paul Vollrath (* 1931)

## W

* Bernard Wagenaar (1894–1971)
* Greg Ward (* 1982)
* Robert Ward (1917–2013)
* Robert Washburn (1928–2013)
* Franz Waxman (1906–1967)
* Kurt Weill (1900–1950)
* Floyd Werle (1929–2010)
* Paul W. Whear (1925–2021)
* Eric Whitacre (* 1970)
* George Elbridge Whiting (1840–1923)
* David Whitwell (* 1937)
* Clifton Williams (1923–1976)
* John Williams (* 1932)
* Dana Wilson (* 1946)
* Christian Wolff (* 1934)
* Charles Wuorinen (1938–2020)
* Yehudi Wyner (* 1929)

## Y

* Paul Yoder (1908–1990)
* La Monte Young (* 1935)
* Webster A. Young

## Z

* Pamela Z (* 1956)
* Luigi Zaninelli (* 1932)
* Frank Zappa (1940–1993)
* John Zdechlik (1937–2020)
* Efrem Zimbalist (1889–1985)