# List of French composers

This is an alphabetical list of composers from France.

## A–B

* Eryck Abecassis (born 1956)
* Jean-Baptiste Accolay (1833–1900)
* Frédéric Acquaviva (born 1967)
* Adolphe Adam (1803–1856)
* François d'Agincourt (1684–1758)
* Léopold Aimon (1779–1866)
* Jehan Alain (1911–1940)
* Paul Alday (c. 1763 – 1835)
* Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
* Joseph-Henri Altès (1826–1895)
* Jean-Claude Amiot (born 1939)
* Gilbert Amy (born 1936)
* Édouard Ignace Andlauer (1830–1909)
* Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691)
* Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825–1889)
* Daniel Auber (1782–1871)
* Jacques Aubert (1689–1753)
* Louis Aubert (1877–1968)
* Olivier Aubert (1763–c.1830)
* Tony Aubin (1907–1981)
* Edmond Audran (1840–1901)
* Georges Auric (1899–1983)
* Artus Aux-Cousteaux (c. 1590 – 1656)
* Nicolas Bacri (born 1961)
* Pierre Baillot (1771–1842)
* Claude Balbastre (1724–1799)
* Auguste Barbereau (1799–1879)
* Jean Barraqué (1928–1973)
* Yves Baudrier (1906-1988)
* François Bazin (1816–1878)
* Désiré Beaulieu (1791–1863)
* Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
* Louise Bertin (1805–1877)
* Christophe Bertrand (1981–2010)
* Henri Betti (1917–2005)
* Georges Bizet (1838–1875)
* Adolphe Blanc (1828–1885)
* Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789–1856)
* François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775–1834)
* Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)
* Michel Blavet (1700–1768)
* Léon Boëllmann (1862–1897)
* Claude Bolling (1930–2020)
* Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937)
* Charles Bordes (1863–1909)
* Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
* Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
* Pierre Boulez (1925–2016)
* Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de St George (1745–1799)
* Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray (1840–1910)
* Laurent Boutonnat (born 1961)
* Eugène Bozza (1905–1991)
* Jean-Baptiste Bréval (1753–1823)
* Antoine Brumel (1460 – 1515 ?)
* Clément Broutin (1851–1889)
* Alfred Bruneau (1857–1934)
* Henri Büsser (1872–1973)

## C–D

* Pablo Caliero (1910-2002)
* André Campra (1660–1744)
* Joseph Canteloube (1879–1957)
* André Caplet (1878–1925)
* Jacques Castérède (1926–2014)
* Alexis de Castillon (1838–1873)
* Charles Simon Catel (1773–1830)
* Pierre Certon (c.1510/20–1572)
* Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894)
* Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
* Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (c. 1601 – 1672)
* Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956)
* Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
* Ernest Chausson (1855–1899)
* Charles-Alexis Chauvet (1837–1871)
* Nicolas Chedeville (1705–1782)
* Hedwige Chrétien (1859–1944)
* Aloÿs Claussmann (1850–1926)
* Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749)
* Michel Colombier (1939–2004)
* Loÿset Compère (c. 1445 – 1518)
* Napoléon Coste (1805–1883)
* Bruno Coulais (born 1954)
* François Couperin (1668–1733)
* Louis Couperin (c. 1626 – 1661)
* Jean Cras (1879–1932)
* Ferdinand de Craywinckel (1820 – c. 1888)
* Nicolas Dalayrac (1753–1809)
* Jean-Michel Damase (1928–2013)
* Jules Danbé (1840–1905)
* Charles Dancla (1817–1907)
* Jean-François Dandrieu (c. 1682 – 1738)
* Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691)
* Adolphe Danhauser (1835–1896)
* Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772)
* Félicien David (1810–1876)
* Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
* Louis Deffès (1819–1900)
* Michel Richard Delalande (1657–1726)
* Georges Delerue (1925–1992)
* Léo Delibes (1836–1891)
* Charles Delioux (1825–1915)
* Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
* Alfred Desenclos (1912–1971)
* Adolphe Deslandres (1840–1911)
* Alexandre Desplat (born 1961)
* Louis Diémer (1843–1919)
* Victor Dourlen (1780–1864)
* Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)
* François Dufault (before 1604 – c.1672)
* Guillaume Dufay (c. 1397 – 1474)
* Maurice Duhamel (1884–1940)
* Paul Dukas (1865–1935)
* Henri Duparc (1848–1933)
* Gabriel Dupont (1878–1914)
* Jean-Louis Duport (1749–1819)
* Jean-Pierre Duport (1741–1818)
* Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
* Émile Durand (1830–1903)
* Joël-François Durand (born 1954)
* Louis Durey (1888–1979)
* Marie-Madeleine Duruflé (1921–1999)
* Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
* Pascal Dusapin (born 1955)
* Henri Dutilleux (1916–2013)
* Hugues Dufourt (born 1943)
* Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy (c. 1802 – c. 1880)

## E–G

* André-Joseph Exaudet (1710–1762)
* Ernest Fanelli (1860–1917)
* Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
* Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
* Antoine Forqueray (1671–1745)
* Jean Françaix (1912–1997)
* César Franck (1822–1890)
* Raymond Gallois-Montbrun (1918–1994)
* Jacques Gallot (c. 1625 – c. 1695)
* Pedro Garcia-Velasquez (born 1984)
* Denis Gaultier (1603–1672)
* André Gedalge (1856–1926)
* Henri Ghys (1839–1908)
* Godard (fl. 1536 – c. 1560)
* Benjamin Godard (1849–1895)
* Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495 – c. 1560)
* François Joseph Gossec (1734–1829)
* Charles Gounod (1818–1893)
* Théodore Gouvy (1819–1898)
* Jacques de Gouy (c.1610 – after 1650)
* Nicolas de Grigny (1672–1703)
* Gérard Grisey (1946–1998)
* Gabriel Grovlez (1879–1944)
* Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705–1770)
* Guillon (fl. 1776 – c. 1787)
* Jean Guillou (1930–2019)
* Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)

## H–K

* Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947)
* Fromental Halévy (1799–1862)
* Charles-Louis Hanon (1819–1900)
* Guy d'Hardelot (1858–1936)
* Lucien Haudebert (1877–1963)
* Pierre Henry (1927–2017)
* Ferdinand Hérold (1791–1833)
* Louis de Caix d'Hervelois (c. 1670 – c. 1760)
* Augusta Holmès (1847–1903)
* Arthur Honegger (1892–1955)
* Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1674–1763)
* Jean Huré (1877–1930)
* Jacques Ibert (1890–1962)
* Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931)
* H. Maurice Jacquet (1886–1954)
* Hyacinthe Jadin (1776–1800)
* Louis-Emmanuel Jadin (1768–1853)
* Clément Janequin (c. 1485 – 1558)
* Jean Michel Jarre (born 1948)
* Maurice Jarre (1924–2009)
* André Jolivet (1905–1974)
* Maurice Journeau (1898–1999)
* Louis Antoine Jullien (1812–1860)
* Cyprien Katsaris (born 1951)
* Eugène Ketterer (1831–1870)
* Charles Koechlin (1867–1950)
* Joseph-François Kremer (born 1954)
* Léon Charles François Kreutzer (1817—1868)
* Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766–1831)

## L

* Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
* Sophie Lacaze (born 1963)
* Théodore Lack (1846–1921)
* Louis Lacombe (1818–1884)
* Paul Ladmirault (1877–1944)
* Édouard Lalo (1823–1892)
* Michel Lambert (1610–1696)
* Georges Lamothe (1842–1894)
* Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
* Marcel Lanquetuit (1894–1985)
* Christian Lauba (born 1952)
* Jean-François Le Sueur (1760–1837)
* Nicolas Lebègue (c. 1631 – 1702), also "Le Bègue"
* Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764)
* Jean-Marie Leclair the younger (1703–1777)
* Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817–1869)
* Paul Le Flem (1881–1984)
* Michel Legrand (1932–2019)
* Jean-Pierre Leguay (born 1939)
* Jacques Leguerney (1906–1997)
* Jean-Baptiste Lemire (1867–1945)
* Léonin (1150s – c. 1201)
* Fabien Lévy (born 1968)
* Gaston Litaize (1909–1991)
* Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)

## M–N

* Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300 – 1377)
* Albéric Magnard (1865–1914)
* Jean-Yves Malmasson (born 1963)
* Pierre de Manchicourt (c. 1510 – 1564)
* Marin Marais (1656–1728)
* Louis Marchand (1669–1732)
* Victor Massé (1822–1884)
* Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
* Paule Maurice (1910–1967)
* Jacques Féréol Mazas (1782–1849)
* Jules Mazellier (1879–1959)
* Stephane Meer (born 1951)
* Étienne Méhul (1763–1817)
* Félicien Menu de Ménil (1860–1930)
* Max Méreaux (born 1946)
* Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
* Jean-Christian Michel (born 1938)
* Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
* Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772)
* Jacques-Louis Monod (1927–2020)
* Michel Pignolet de Montéclair (1667–1737)
* Léon Moreau (1870–1946)
* Pierre Montan Berton (1727–1780)
* Étienne Moulinié (1599–1667)
* Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682–1738)
* Jean Mouton (c. 1459 – 1522)
* Tristan Murail (born 1947)
* François Joseph Naderman (1781–1835)

## O–P

* Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)
* Joseph O'Kelly (1828–1885)
* André George Louis Onslow (1784–1853)
* Étienne Ozi (1754–1813)
* Émile Paladilhe (1844–1926)
* Paul Paray (1886–1979)
* Pérotin (c. 1160 – c. 1230)
* Claude Perraudin (1948 – 2001)
* Jean-Louis Petit (born 1937)
* Ninot le Petit (fl. c. 1500–1520)
* Georges Pfeiffer (1835–1908)
* François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795)
* Gabriel Pierné (1863–1937)
* Auguste Pilati (1810–1877)
* Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
* Jacques de la Presle (1888–1969)
* Josquin des Prez (c. 1450 – 1521)
* Pierre Pincemaille (1956–2018)

## R–S

* Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
* Jean-Marie Raoul (1766–1837)
* Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
* Jean-Henri Ravina (1818–1906)
* Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747)
* Rhené-Baton (1879–1940)
* Jean-Claude Risset (1938–2016)
* Théodore Ritter (1840–1887)
* Pierre Rode (1774–1830)
* Joseph Guy Ropartz (1864–1955)
* Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760–1836)
* Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
* Albert Roussel (1869–1937)
* Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (c. 1705 – 1755)
* F. Rubinet (fl 1482–1507)
* Pierre de La Rue (c. 1452 – 1518)
* Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (c. 1640 – c. 1700)
* Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
* Gustave Samazeuilh (1877–1967)
* Pierre Sancan (1916–2008)
* Erik Satie (1866–1925)
* Henri Sauguet (1901–1989)
* Alice Sauvrezis (1866–1946)
* Charles Eugène Sauzay (1809–1901)
* Pierre Schaeffer (1910–1995)
* Florent Schmitt (1870–1958)
* Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490 – 1562)
* Gaston Serpette (1846–1904)
* Éric Serra (born 1959)
* Déodat de Séverac (1872–1921)

## T–Y

* Walter Taieb (born 1973)
* Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
* Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986)
* Claude Terrasse (1867–1923)
* Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896)
* Charles Tournemire (1870–1939)
* Edgard Varèse (1883–1965)
* Gilet Velut (flourished in early 15th century)
* Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
* Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
* Robert de Visée (c. 1655 – 1732–33)
* Louis Vuillemin (1879–1929)
* Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
* Jules Auguste Wiernsberger (1857–1925)
* Michèl Yost (1754–1786)