# List of Australian composers

This is a list of Australian composers of classical music, contemporary music and/or film soundtracks.
These names are largely drawn from the following:
* Music Australia an online service developed by the National Library of Australia (NLA) and the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA);
* Australian Music Centre's (AMC) list of "Represented artists";
* lists entitled "Australian Composers" and "Australian Repertoire" published by Australian Choral Conductors Education and Training (ACCET);
* the "Catalogue of Australian Organ Compositions 1866–2002" published by the Organ Historical Trust of Australia (OHTA);
* the "Australian Composers" list;
and various other websites and media sources.
Wherever possible, dates of birth and death are shown. The pseudonyms used by some composers are listed along with a reference back to their legal name. Entries are cross-referenced to one or more sources to provide further information.

## A

* Roy Agnew (1891–1944)
* David Ahern (1947–1988)
* Hugo Alpen (1842–1917)
* Ernie Althoff (born 1950)
* John Henry Antill (1904–1986)
* Albert Arlen (1905–1993)
* Martin Armiger (1949–2019)
* Keith Asboe (born 1929)

## B

* Tony Backhouse (born 1947)
* Don Banks (1923–1980)
* David Banney (born 1967)
* Michael Barkl (born 1958)
* Alison Bauld (born 1944)
* Betty Beath (born 1932)
* Ross Bolleter (born 1946)
* Anne Elizabeth Boyd (born 1946)
* George Frederick Boyle (1886–1948)
* Philip Bračanin (born 1942)
* May (or Mary) Hannah Brahe (1884–1956)
* Hooper Brewster-Jones (1887–1949)
* Brenton Broadstock (born 1952)
* Amanda Gabrielle Brown (born 1965)
* Colin Brumby (1933–2018)
* Vera Buck (1903–1986)
* Thomas (Tom) Edward Bulch (1860–1930)
* Warren Burt (born 1949)
* Nigel Butterley (1935–2022)

## C

* John Carmichael (born 1930)
* Leon Caron
* Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938)
* Jeff Cashen
* Tristram Ogilvie Cary (1925–2008)
* Nick Cave (born 1957)
* Herbert Hedwan Chandler (1865–1941).
* Charles Cawthorne (1854–1925)
* Alice Charbonnet-Kellermann (1858–1914)
* Charlie Chan (born 1966)
* Arthur Chanter (1886–1950)
* Deborah Cheetham (born 1964)
* David Chesworth (born 1958)
* Andrew Chubb (born 1975)
* Zana Clarke (born 1965)
* Paul Clift (born 1978)
* Judith Clingan (born 1945)
* George H. Clutsam (1866–1951)
* Julian Cochran (born 1974)
* Percy Code (1888–1953)
* Barry Conyngham (born 1944)
* Herbert Cosgrove (died 1953)
* Vince Courtney (died 1951)
* Kate Crawford (born 1976)
* Ian Cresswell (born 1968)
* Ian Cugley (1945–2010)
* Leah Curtis
* Cesare Cutolo (1826–1867)

## D

* Robert Davidson (born 1965)
* Ruby Claudia Davy (1883–1946)
* Brett Dean (born 1961)
* George De Cairos Rego (1858–1946)
* George Savin De Chanéet (1861–1926)
* John Albert Delany (1852–1907)
* Herbert De Pinna (1880–1936)
* Matthew Dewey (born 1984)
* Joe Dolce (born 1947)
* Paul Doornbusch (born 1959)
* George Dreyfus (born 1928)
* Jon Drummond (born 1969)
* Catherine Duc
* Melissa Dunphy (born 1980)

## E

* Ross Edwards (born 1943)
* Frederick Ellard (1824–1874)
* Warren Ellis (born 1965)
* Harry Lindley Evans (1895–1982)
* Winsome Evans (born 1941)

## F

* Billy Field (born 1953)
* Mary Finsterer (born 1962)
* Thomas Fitzgerald
* Samantha Fonti (born 1973)
* Andrew Ford (born 1957)
* Riccardo Formosa (born 1954)
* Grant Foster (born 1945)
* Jennifer Fowler (born 1939)
* Edwin Fowles (1871–1945)

## G

* Lisa Gerrard (born 1961)
* Helen Gifford (born 1935)
* Richard Gill (1941–2018)
* Paolo Giorza (1832–1914)
* Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990)
* Isador Goodman (1909–1982)
* Eugene Goossens (1893–1962)
* Christopher Gordon (born 1956)
* Tony Gould
* Paul Grabowsky (born 1958)
* Ron Grainer (1922–1981)
* George Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882–1961)
* Sally Greenaway (born 1984)
* Stuart Greenbaum (born 1966)
* Maria Grenfell (born 1969)
* Eric Gross (1926–2011)

## H

* Gordon Hamilton (born 1982)
* Ronald Hanmer (1917–1994)
* Raymond Hanson (1913–1976)
* Edith Harrhy (1893–1969)
* Ian Keith Harris (1935–2024)
* Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874–1949)
* Mick Harvey (born 1958)
* Miska Hauser (1822–1887)
* Fiona Joy Hawkins (born 1964)
* Christian Heim (born 1960)
* Christian Helleman (1880–1954)
* Moya Henderson (born 1941)
* Laurence Henry Hicks (1912–1997)
* Francis Hartwell Henslowe (1811–1878)
* Moritz Heuzenroeder (1849–1897)
* Alfred Francis Hill (1869–1960)
* Matthew Hindson (born 1968)
* David Hirschfelder (born 1960)
* Dulcie Sybil Holland (1913–2000)
* Alan Holley (born 1954)
* Wilfrid Holland (1920–2005)
* Charles Edward Horsley (1822–1876)
* Louis Howarde (–1944)
* Robert Watson Hughes (1912–2007)
* Frank Hutchens (1892–1965)
* Miriam Beatrice Hyde (1913–2005)

## I

* Robert Iolini (born 1960)

## J

* William Garnet James (1892–1977)
* Graham Jenkin (born 1938)
* Alan John (born 1958)
* Anthony Linden Jones (born 1959)

## K

* Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957)
* Donald H. Kay (born 1933)
* Norman Kaye (1927–2007)
* Horace Keats (1895–1945)
* Paul Kelly (born 1955)
* Frederick Septimus Kelly (1881–1916)
* Gordon Kerry (born 1961)
* Henry John King (1855–1934)
* Ashley Klose
* William Robert Knox (1861–1933)
* Douglas Knehans (born 1957)
* Julian Knowles (born 1965)
* Graeme Koehne (born 1956)
* Constantine Koukias (born 1965)
* Henri Kowalski (1841–1916)
* Henry Krips (1912–1987)

## L

* Brenton Langbein (1928–1993)
* Guglielmo Enrico Lardelli (1857–1910)
* Louis Lavater (1867–1953)
* Lê Tuấn Hùng (born 1960)
* Stephen Leek (born 1959)
* Dorian Le Gallienne (1915–1963)
* John Lemmone (1861–1949)
* Georges Lentz (born 1965)
* Liza Lim (born 1966)
* Carl (or Karl) Ferdinand August Linger (a.k.a. Charles Linger) (1810–1862)
* Michael Lira (born 1975)
* Alexander Frame Lithgow (1870–1929)
* Jonathan Little (born 1965)
* William Lovelock (1899–1986)
* David Lumsdaine (1931–2024)
* Jack Lumsdaine (1895–1948)

## M

* Mary Mageau (1934–2020)
* Raffaele Marcellino (born 1964)
* Stephen Hale Marsh (1805–1888)
* George Marshall-Hall (1862–1915)
* Arthur Massey (composer) (1861–1950)
* John Boswell Maver (born 1932)
* Mona McBurney (1867–1932)
* John McAll (born 1960)
* Daniel Clive McCallum (born 1989)
* Charles William McCarthy (1848–1919)
* David McCormack
* Peter Dodds McCormick (1834?–1916)
* Brett McKern (born 1972)
* Sir William McKie (1901–1984)
* Richard Meale (1932–2009)
* Kirsten Milenko (born 1993)
* Sir Jonathan Mills (born 1963)
* Richard Mills (born 1949)
* Ernest Edwin Mitchell (1865–1951)
* Kate Moore (born 1979)
* Stephen Moreno (1889–1953)
* Graeme Morton
* Ian Munro (born 1963)
* William Murdoch (1888–1942)
* Ellie Malonzo (born 2009)

## N

* Ronald O. Nagorcka (born 1948)
* Isaac Nathan (1792–1864)
* Mike Nock (born 1940)

## O

* Sean O'Boyle (born 1963)
* Tony O'Connor (1961–2010)
* William Arundel (Bunny) Orchard (1867–1961)

## P

* Charles Sandys Packer (1810–1883)
* Frederick Augustus Packer (1839–1902)
* George Palmer (born 1947)
* Katharine "Kitty" Parker (1886–1971)
* Anthony Pateras (born 1979)
* Raimund Pechotsch (died 1941)
* James Penberthy (1917–1999)
* Michael (Mike) Perjanik
* Barrington Somers Pheloung (1954–2019)
* Linda Phillips (1899–2002)
* Jeff Pressing (1946–2002)

## Q

* Will Quintrell

## R

* Bert Rache (died 1928)
* Stephen Rae (born 1961)
* Alan Rattray
* Graeme Revell (born 1955)
* Ruby Reynolds-Lewis (1881–1964)
* Damien Ricketson (born 1973)
* Arthur Rivers (1857–1940)
* Sir William Robinson (1834–1897)
* John Rodgers (born 1962)
* Hermann Rosendorff (1860–1935)
* David Rumsey (1939–2017)

## S

* Wilbur Sampson
* Arline Sauer
* Albert Bokhare Saunders (1880–1946)
* Andrew Schultz (born 1960)
* Peter Sculthorpe (1929–2014)
* Luscombe Searelle (1853–1907)
* Matthew Shlomowitz (born 1975)
* Thanapoom Sirichang (born 1981)
* Larry Sitsky (born 1934)
* Cezary Skubiszewski (born 1949)
* Jan Skubiszewski (born 1981)
* Joe Slater (1872–1926)
* Roger Smalley (1943–2015)
* Michael Sollis (born 1985)
* Benjamin Speed, film composer
* William Stanley (composer) (1820–1902)
* Reginald Alberto Agrati Stoneham (1879–1942)
* Robert James Stove (born 1961)
* Wendy Suiter (born 1954)
* Joseph Summers (1839–1917)
* May Summerbelle (1867–1914)
* Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984)

## T

* Peter Tahourdin (1928–2009)
* Henry Tate (1873–1926)
* George Tibbits (1933–2008)
* Katia Tiutiunnik (born 1967)
* Richard Tognetti (born 1965)
* George William Torrance (1835–1907)
* Ernest Truman (1869–1948)
* Costas Tsicaderis (1945–2004)
* Walter J. Turner (1884–1946)
* Joseph Twist (born 1982)

## V

* Lindsay Vickery (born 1965)
* Carl Edward Vine (born 1954)
* Nicholas Vines (born 1976)
* Alexander Voltz (born 1999)

## W

* Don Walker (born 1951)
* Simon Walker (1961–2010)
* Felix Werder (1922–2012)
* Martin Wesley-Smith (1945–2019)
* Fred Werner (active 1895–1912)
* Nigel Westlake (born 1958)
* Alfred Wheeler (1865–1949)
* Gillian Whitehead (born 1941)
* Stephen Whittington (born 1953)
* Christopher Willcock (born 1947)
* Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003)
* David Worrall (born 1954)

## Y

* Yitzhak Yedid (born 1971)

## Z

* Alberto Zelman (1832–1907)