# List of German composers

This is an alphabetical list of composers from Germany.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* Ludwig Abeille (1761–1838)
* Carl Friedrich Abel (1723–1787)
* Clamor Heinrich Abel (1634–1696)
* Ludwig Abel (1835–1895)
* Otto Abel (1905–1977)
* Walter Abendroth (1896–1973)
* Franz Abt (1819–1885)
* Anton Cajetan Adlgasser (1729–1777)
* Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (1903–1969)
* Johan Agrell (1701–1765)
* Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774)
* Martin Agricola (1486–1556)
* Carl Christian Agthe (1762–1797)
* Johann Georg Ahle (1651–1706)
* Johann Gottfried Arnold (1773–1806)
* Johann Rudolph Ahle (1625–1673)
* Joseph Ahrens (1904–1997)
* Sieglinde Ahrens (born 1936)
* Johann Caspar Aiblinger (1779–1867)
* Bartholomäus Aich (17th Century)
* Gregor Aichinger (1565–1628)
* Eugen d'Albert (1864–1932)
* Heinrich Albert (1604–1651)
* Giovanni Henrico Albicastro (c. 1660 – 1730), born Johann Heinrich von Weissenburg
* Christoph Albrecht (1930–2016)
* Leni Alexander (1924–2005)
* Johann Ernst Altenburg (1734–1801)
* Michael Altenburg (1584–1640)
* Johann Christoph Altnikol (1720–1759)
* Anna Amalia, Princess of Prussia (1723–1787)
* Johann André (1741–1799)
* Johann Anton André (1775–1842)
* Franz Joseph Antony 1790–1837
* Anna Amalia, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739–1807)
* Amalie Auguste, Princess Amalie of Saxony (1794–1870)
* Johannes Aulen (late 15th century)

## B

* August Wilhelm Bach (1796–1869)
* Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
* Heinrich Bach (1615–1692)
* Johann(es) ("Hans") Bach III. (1604–1673)
* Johann Aegidius Bach I. (1645–1716)
* Johann Ambrosius Bach (1644–1695)
* Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749)
* Johann Bernhard Bach (the younger) (1700–1743)
* Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782)
* Johann Christoph Bach (the elder) (1645–1693)
* Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795)
* Johann Ernst Bach II (1722–1777)
* Johann Ludwig Bach (1677–1731)
* Johann Lorenz Bach (1695–1773)
* Johann Nikolaus Bach (1669–1753)
* Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
* Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784
* Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759–1845)
* Heinrich Backofen (1768–1830)
* Selmar Bagge (1823–1896)
* Blixa Bargeld (1959)
* Woldemar Bargiel (1828–1892)
* Ernst Gottlieb Baron (1696–1760)
* Friedrich Baumfelder (1836–1916)
* Jürg Baur (1918–2010)
* Waldemar von Baußnern (1866–1931)
* Franz Ignaz Beck (1734–1809)
* Hugo Becker (1863–1941)
* Ignaz von Beecke (1733–1803)
* Anton Beer-Walbrunn (1864–1929)
* Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
* Franz Benda (1709–1786)
* Georg Anton Benda (1722–1795)
* Jean Berger (1909–2002)
* Wilhelm Berger (1861–1911)
* Christoph Bernhard (1628–1692)
* Friedrich Berr (1794–1838)
* Frank Michael Beyer (1928–2008)
* Johann Samuel Beyer (1669–1744)
* Günter Bialas (1907–1995)
* Franz Biebl (1906–2001)
* Michael von Biel (born 1937)
* Helmut Bieler (1940–2019)
* Benjamin Bilse (1816–1902)
* Boris Blacher (1903–1975)
* Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (born 1934)
* Leo Blech (1871–1958)
* Theodor Blumer (1881–1964)
* Martin Blumner (1827–1901)
* Erhard Bodenschatz (1576–1639)
* Georg Böhm (1661–1733)
* Siegfried Borris (1906–1987)
* Hans-Jürgen von Bose (born 1953)
* Thomas Böttger (born 1957)
* Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
* Caspar Joseph Brambach (1833–1902)
* Theo Brandmüller (1948–2012)
* Nikolaus Brass (born 1949)
* Walter Braunfels (1882–1954)
* Reiner Bredemeyer (1929–1995)
* Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626–1712)
* Max Bruch (1838–1920)
* Klaus Bruengel (born 1949)
* Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697)
* Karl Gottfried Brunotte (born 1958)
* Thomas Buchholz (born 1961)
* Philipp Friedrich Buchner (1614–1669)
* Fritz Büchtger (1903–1978)
* Hans von Bülow (1830–1894)
* August Bungert (1845–1915)
* Friedrich Burgmüller (1806–1874)
* Norbert Burgmüller (1810–1836)
* Adolf Busch (1891–1952)
* Max Butting (1888–1976)
* Johann Heinrich Buttstedt (1666–1727)
* Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)

## C

* Sethus Calvisius (1556–1615)
* Christian Cannabich (1731–1798)
* August Conradi (1821–1873)
* Peter Cornelius (1824–1874)

## D

* Franz Danzi (1763–1826)
* Ferdinand David (1810–1871)
* Johann Nepomuk David (1895–1977)
* Constantin Christian Dedekind (1628–1715)
* Michael Denhoff (born 1955)
* Ratko Delorko (born 1959)
* Christoph Demantius (1567–1643)
* Paul Dessau (1894–1979)
* Felix Otto Dessoff (1835–1892)
* Albert Dietrich (1829–1908)
* Hugo Distler (1908–1942)
* Ramin Djawadi (born 1974)
* Johann Friedrich Doles (1715–1797)
* Heinrich Dorn (1804–1892)
* Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer (1783–1860)
* Felix Draeseke (1835–1913)
* Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848)
* Philipp Dulichius (1562–1631)

## E

* Johann Georg Ebeling (1637–1676)
* Johann Ernst Eberlin (1702–1762)
* Traugott Maximilian Eberwein (1775–1831)
* Johannes Eccard (1553–1611)
* Moritz Eggert (born 1965)
* Werner Egk (1901–1983)
* Ernst Eichner (1740–1777), also known as Ernst Dietrich Adolph Eichner, Ernesto Eichner
* Hanns Eisler (1898–1962)
* Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg (1613–1676)
* Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657–1714)
* Caspar Ett (1788–1847)

## F

* Hans Fährmann (1860–1940)
* Immanuel Faißt (1823–1894)
* Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736–1800)
* Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758)
* Reinhard Febel (born 1952)
* Alexander von Fielitz (1860–1930)
* Anton Fils (1733–1760)
* Gottfried Wilhelm Fink (1783–1846)
* Siegfried Fink (1928–2006)
* Johann Fischer (1646–1716)
* Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1556–1656)
* Johann Christian Fischer (1733–1800)
* Johann Karl Christian Fischer (1752–1807)
* Johann Friedrich Anton Fleischmann (1766–1798)
* Christian Flor (1629–1697)
* Friedrich von Flotow (1812–1883)
* Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749–1818)
* Christoph Förster (1693–1745)
* Wolfgang Fortner (1907–1987)
* Eduard Franck (1817–1893)
* Johann Wolfgang Franck (1644 – c.1710)
* Melchior Franck (1580–1639)
* Richard Franck (1858–1938)
* Clemens von Franckenstein (1875–1942)
* Bernd Franke (born 1959)
* Robert Franz (1815–1892)
* Frederick II of Prussia (1712–1786)
* Carl Friedemann (1862–1952)
* Johannes Fritsch (1941–2010)
* Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667)
* Adam von Fulda (1445–1505)
* Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954)

## G

* Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774)
* Fritz Geißler (1921–1984)
* Harald Genzmer (1909–2007)
* Hans Gerle (c. 1498 – 1570)
* Friedrich Gernsheim (1839–1916)
* Ottmar Gerster (1897–1969)
* Franz Gleißner (1761–1818)
* Michael Gielen (1927–2019)
* Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
* Hermann Goetz (1840–1876)
* Walter Wilhelm Goetze (1883–1961)
* Friedrich Goldmann (1941–2009)
* Berthold Goldschmidt (1903–1996)
* Gustav Graben-Hoffmann (1820–1900)
* Paul Graener (1872–1944)
* Christian Ernst Graf (1723–1804)
* Friedrich Hartmann Graf (1727–1795)
* Johann Graf (1684–1750)
* Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759)
* Kurt Graunke (1915–2005)
* Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703–1771)
* Christoph Graupner (1683–1760)
* Eduard Grell (1800–1886)
* Franz Grothe (1908–1982)
* Gallus Guggumos (c. 1590 – c. 1666)
* Gustav Gunsenheimer (born 1934)
* Manfred Gurlitt (1890–1972)

## H

* Joseph Haas (1879–1960)
* Bernhard Joachim Hagen (1720–1787)
* Peter Michael Hamel (born 1947)
* Stefan Hakenberg (born 1960)
* Andreas Hakenberger (1574–1627)
* August Halm (1869–1929)
* Peter Michael Hamel (born 1947)
* George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
* Heinz Friedrich Hartig (1907–1969)
* Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905–1963)
* Ludwig Hartmann (1836–1910)
* Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783)
* Karl Hasse (1883–1960)
* Hans Leo Hassler (1546–1612)
* Jakob Hassler (1569–1622)
* Johann Wilhelm Häßler (1747–1822)
* Carl August Haupt (1810–1891)
* Moritz Hauptmann (1792–1868)
* Florian Havemann (born 1952)
* Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
* Pantaleon Hebenstreit (1668–1750)
* Werner Heider (born 1930)
* Johann David Heinichen (1683–1729)
* Prince Heinrich XXIV Reuss of Köstritz (1855–1910)
* Hans Helfritz (1902–1995)
* Barbara Heller (born 1936)
* Sigmund Hemmel (c. 1520–1565)
* Fanny Hensel (1805–1847)
* Adolf von Henselt (1814–1889)
* Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012)
* Gerda Herrmann (1931–2021)
* Heinrich Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843–1900)
* Hans-Joachim Hespos (1938–2022)
* Kurt Hessenberg (1908–1994)
* Moritz Heuzenroeder (1849–1897)
* Richard Bruno Heydrich (1865–1938)
* Werner Richard Heymann (1896–1961)
* Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179)
* Wilhelm Hill (1838–1902)
* Ferdinand Hiller (1811–1885)
* Wilfried Hiller (born 1941)
* Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)
* Rudolf Hindemith (1900–1974)
* Stefan Hippe (born 1966)
* Karl Höller (1907–1987)
* York Höller (born 1944)
* E.T.A. Hoffmann (1776–1822)
* Melchior Hoffmann (c.1679/1685–1715)
* Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754–1812)
* Heinrich Hofmann (1842–1902)
* Richard Hofmann (1844–1918)
* Franz von Holstein (1826–1878)
* Gottfried August Homilius (1714–1785)
* Nicolaus A. Huber (born 1939)
* Bertold Hummel (1925–2002)
* Franz Hummel (1939–2022)
* Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837)
* Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921)

## I

* Artur Immisch (1902–1949)

## J

* Georges Jacobi (1840–1906)
* Johann Christian Jacobi (1719–1784)
* Michael Jacobi (1618–1663)
* Salomon Jadassohn (1831–1902)
* Friedrich Wilhelm Jähns (1809–1888)
* Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708 – c.1763)
* Philipp Jarnach (1892–1982)
* Michael Jary (1906–1988)
* Johannes Jeep (c.1581/82–1644), also known as Johann Jepp
* Gustav Jenner (1865–1920)
* Adolf Jensen (1837–1879)
* Jens Joneleit (born 1968)
* Jens Josef (born 1967)
* Hugo Richard Jüngst (1853–1923)

## K

* Bert Kaempfert (1923–1980)
* Robert Kahn (1865–1951)
* Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1785–1849)
* Reinhard Keiser (1674–1739)
* Richard Rudolf Klein (1921–2011)
* Julius Klengel (1859–1933)
* Paul Klengel (1854–1935)
* Karl Klindworth (1830–1916)
* August Friedrich Martin Klughardt (1847–1902)
* Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792)
* Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780)
* Peter Anton Kreusser (1765–1831)

## L

* Helmut Lachenmann (born 1935)
* Josephine Lang (1815–1880)
* Alexander Ledkovsky (1944–2004)
* Friedrich Lindner (c. 1542–1597)
* Johann Carl Gottfried Löwe (1796–1869)
* Henning Lohner (born 1961)
* Carl Albert Löschhorn (1819–1905), also known as Loeschhorn
* Albert Lortzing (1801–1851)
* Vincent Lübeck (1654–1740)

## M

* Theo Mackeben (1897–1953)
* Claus-Steffen Mahnkopf (born 1962)
* Heinrich Marschner (1795–1861)
* Johann Mattheson (1681–1764)
* Emilie Mayer (1812–1883)
* Simon Mayr (1763–1845)
* Rupert Ignaz Mayr (1646–1712)
* Tilo Medek (1940–2006)
* Bernd Meinunger (born 1944)
* Johann Nicolaus Mempel (1713–1747)
* Arnold Mendelssohn (1855–1933)
* Fanny Mendelssohn (1805–1847)
* Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)
* Gustav Merkel (1827–1885)
* Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864)
* David Moritz Michael (1751–1827)
* Winfried Michel (born 1948)
* Wilhelm Middelschulte (1863–1943)
* Moritz Moszkowski (1854–1925)
* Leopold Mozart (1719–1787)
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
* Gerhard Müller-Hornbach
* Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728–1788)
* Johann Daniel Mylius (1583–1642)

## N

* Johann Friedrich Naue (1787–1858)
* Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741–1801)
* Johann Nauwach (1595–1630)
* Hermann Necke (1850–1912)
* Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748–1798)
* Otto Neitzel (1852–1920)
* Sarah Nemtsov (born 1980)
* Wilhelm Neuland (1806–1889)
* Otto Nicolai (1810–1849)

## O

* Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)
* Carl Orff (1895–1982)
* Caspar Othmayr (1515–1553)

## P

* Johann Pachelbel (1653–1706)
* Raimund Pechotsch (1864–1941)
* Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667–1752), also known as John Christopher Pepusch and Dr Pepusch
* Hans Pfitzner (1869–1949)
* Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)

## Q

* Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773)

## R

* Erika Radermacher (born 1936)
* Aribert Reimann (1936–2024)
* Carl Reinecke (1824–1910)
* Max Reger (1873–1916)
* Hermann Reutter (1900–1985)
* Rolf Riehm (born 1937)
* Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838)
* Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
* Johann Theodor Roemhildt (1684–1756)
* Eduard Rohde (1828–1883)

## S

* Theodor von Schacht (1748–1823)
* Christoph Schaffrath (1709–1763)
* Samuel Scheidt (1587–1653)
* Martin Scherber (1907–1974)
* Philippine Schick (1893–1970)
* Louis Schlösser (1800–1886)
* Johann Jakob Schnell (1687–1754)
* Hans Michael Schletterer (1842–1893)
* Dieter Schnebel (1930–2018)
* Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
* Johann Schop (1590–1667)
* Franz Schreker (1878–1934)
* Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
* Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
* Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
* Georg Caspar Schürmann (c. 1673–1751)
* Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)
* Philipp Scharwenka (1847–1917)
* Fritz Seitz (1848–1918)
* Louis Spohr (1784–1859)
* Carl Stamitz (1746–1801)
* Lena Stein-Schneider (1874–1958)
* Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)
* Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690–1749)
* Richard Strauss (1864–1949)

## T

* Georg Michael Telemann (1748–1831)
* Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767)
* Johann Theile (1646–1724)
* Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811–1886)

## U

* Anton Urspruch (1850–1907)

## V

* Andreas Nicolaus Vetter (1666–1734)
* Johann Vierdanck (c. 1605–1646), also Virdanck, Vyrdanck, Feyertagk, Feyerdank, Fierdanck
* Johann Christoph Vogel (1756–1788), also Fogel
* Friedrich Robert Volkmann (1815–1883)
* Friedrich Voss (born 1930)

## W

* Max Wagenknecht (1857–1922)
* Ignatz Waghalter (1881–1949)
* Richard Wagner (1813–1883)
* Siegfried Wagner (1869–1930)
* Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
* Kurt Weill (1900–1950)
* Hans Jürgen von der Wense (1894–1966)
* Fred Werner (1850–1920)
* Richard Wetz (1875–1935)
* Jörg Widmann (born 1973)
* Franz Wohlfahrt (1833–1884)
* Hanns Wolf (1894–1968)

## Z

* Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663–1712), also Zachau
* Adolf Zander (1843–1914)
* Hans Zimmer (born 1957)
* Hermann Zilcher (1881–1948)
* Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760–1802)