Title: List of American composers
Content:  • Julius Eastman (1940–1990) • Dennis Eberhard (1943–2005) • Clara Edwards (1880–1974) • Cecil Effinger (1914–1990) • Henry Eichheim (1870–1942) • Danny Elfman (born 1953) • Bradley Ellingboe (born 1958) • Duke Ellington (1899–1974) • Jonathan Elliott (born 1962) • Abraham Ellstein (1907–1963) • Mark Engebretson (born 1964) • Donald Erb (1927–2008) • Robert Erickson (1917–1997) • Pozzi Escot (born 1933) • Alvin Etler (1913–1973) • Ralph Evans (born 1953) • Eric Ewazen (born 1954)
Title: List of American composers
Content:  • Steve Jablonsky (born 1970) • Frederick Jacobi (1891–1952) • Carrie Jacobs-Bond (1862–1946) • Stephen Jaffe (born 1954) • Philip James (1890–1975) • Christopher Jessup (born 1998) • David C. Johnson (born 1940) • David N. Johnson (1922–1987) • James P. Johnson (1894–1955) • Tom Johnson (born 1939) • Ben Johnston (1926–2019) • Edwin Arthur Jones (1853–1911) • Quincy Jones (born 1933) • Ron Jones (born 1954) • Samuel Jones (born 1935) • Scott Joplin (1868–1917) • Bradley Joseph (born 1965)
Title: List of American composers
Content:  • Michael Kamen (1948–2003) • Erin Kamler (born 1975) • Božidar Kantušer (1921–1999) • Leonard Kastle (1929–2011) • Ulysses Kay (1917–1995) • Edgar Stillman Kelley (1857–1944) • Eddie Kendricks (1939–1992) • Martin Kennedy (born 1978) • Jerome Kern (1885–1945) • Aaron Jay Kernis (born 1960) • Earl Kim (1920–1998) • Karl King (1891–1971) • Leon Kirchner (1919–2009) • John N. Klohr (1869–1956) • Douglas Knehans (born 1957) • Edward Knight (born 1961) • Charles Knox (born 1929) • Karl Kohn (born 1926) • Ellis B. Kohs (1916–2000) • Ben Kopec (born 1981) • Clara Anna Korn (1866–1941) • Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957) • Thomas Kotcheff (born 1988) • William Kraft (born 1923) • Ernst Krenek (1900–1991) • Gail Kubik (1914–1984) • Joseph Francis Kuhn (1924–1962) • Jean Paul Kürsteiner (1864–1943) • Kristin Kuster (born 1973) • Robert Kyr (born 1952)
Title: List of American composers
Content:  • Maurice Abrahams (1883–1931) • Mark Adamo (born 1962) • Alton Adams (1889–1987) • H. Leslie Adams (born 1932) • John Adams (born 1947) • John Luther Adams (born 1953) • Samuel Adler (born 1928) • Bruce Adolphe (born 1955) • Milton Adolphus (1913–1988) • Miguel del Águila (born 1957) • Stephen Albert (1941–1992) • Mark Alburger (born 1957) • Russell Alexander (1877–1915) • Esther Allan (1914–1985) • Tori Amos (born 1963) • David Amram (born 1930) • Beth Anderson (born 1950) • Leroy Anderson (1908–1975) • T. J. Anderson (born 1928) • John Antes (1740–1811) • George Antheil (1900–1959) • Alfredo Antonini (1901–1983) • Frederic Archer (1838–1901) • Dominick Argento (1927–2019) • Harold Arlen (1905–1986) • Felix Arndt (1889–1918) • Robert Ashley (1930–2014) • May Aufderheide (1888–1972) • Larry Austin (1930–2018) • Frederick Ayres (1876–1926)
Title: List of American composers
Content:  Ney Mello • Harold Meltzer (born 1966) • Alan Menken (born 1949) • Peter Mennin (1923–1983) • Gian Carlo Menotti (1911–2007) • Gregory Mertl (born 1969) • Edgar Meyer (born 1960) • Paul Miersch (1868–1956) • Charles Mingus (1922–1979) • Eric Moe (born 1954) • John Christopher Moller (1755–1803) • Meredith Monk (born 1942) • Dorothy Rudd Moore (born 1940) • Douglas Moore (1893–1969) • Mary Carr Moore (1873–1957) • Undine Smith Moore (1904–1989) • Robert Moran (born 1937) • Paul Moravec (born 1957) • Justin Morgan (1747–1798) • Jerome Moross (1913–1983) • Robert Morris (born 1943) • Robert Muczynski (1929–2010) • Nico Muhly (born 1981) • Carli Muñoz (born 1948) • John Musto (born 1954)
Title: List of American composers
Content:  • Blair Fairchild (1877–1933) • Mohammed Fairouz (born 1985) • Richard Faith (1926–2021) • Harry Falkenau (1864–1907) • Arthur Farwell (1872–1952) • Morton Feldman (1926–1987) • Frank Felice (born 1961) • Jim Ferguson (born 1948) • Richard Festinger (born 1948) • Paul Fetler (1920–2018) • Jerry Fielding (1922–1980) • Henry Fillmore (1881–1956) • Irving Fine (1914–1963) • Vivian Fine (1913–2000) • Ross Lee Finney (1906–1997) • C. P. First (born 1960) • Clare Fischer (1928–2012) • Nicolas Flagello (1928–1994) • Carlisle Floyd (1926–2021) • William Foden (1860–1947) • Arthur Foote (1853–1937) • Dan Forrest, Jr. (born 1978) • Lukas Foss (1922–2009) • Stephen Foster (1826–1864) • Frederick A. Fox (1931–2011) • Gabriela Lena Frank (born 1972) • Harry Lawrence Freeman (1869–1954) • Eleanor Everest Freer (1864–1942) • Alexander Frey (born 1972) • William Henry Fry (1813–1864) • Kenneth Fuchs (born 1956)
Title: List of American composers
Content:  • Louise Talma (1906–1996) • David Tamkin (1906–1975) • Jerod Tate (born 1968) • Deems Taylor (1885–1966) • Raynor Taylor (1747–1825) • James Tenney (1934–2006) • Eugene Thayer (1838–1889) • Christopher Theofanidis (born 1967) • Augusta Read Thomas (born 1964) • Randall Thompson (1899–1984) • Robert Scott Thompson (born 1959) • Virgil Thomson (1896–1989) • Francis Thorne (1922–2017) • John Thow (1949–2007) • Frank Ticheli (born 1958) • Frederick C. Tillis (1930–2020) • Michael Sidney Timpson (born 1970) • Helen Tobias-Duesberg (1919–2010) • Ernst Toch (1887–1964) • Michael Torke (born 1961) • Gonzalo de la Torre (born 1977) • Joan Tower (born 1938) • George Tsontakis (born 1951) • David Tudor (1926–1996)
Title: List of American composers
Content:  William Bergsma (1921–1994) • Irving Berlin (1888–1989) • Derek Bermel (born 1967) • Elmer Bernstein (1922–2004) • Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) • Philip Bezanson (1916–1975) • Lisa Bielawa (born 1968) • William Billings (1746–1800) • Phillip Bimstein (born 1947) • Seth Bingham (1882–1972) • Arthur H. Bird (1856–1923) • Easley Blackwood Jr. (born 1933) • Eubie Blake (1883–1983) • Marc Blitzstein (1905–1964) • Ernest Bloch (1880–1959) • Dušan Bogdanović (born 1955) • William Bolcom (born 1938) • Margaret Bonds (1913–1972) • Francis Boott (1813–1904) • David Borden (born 1938) • Benjamin Boretz (born 1934) • George Botsford (1874–1949) • Roger Bourland (born 1952) 
Title: List of American composers
Content:  • Edward MacDowell (1860–1908) • Tod Machover (born 1953) • John Mackey (born 1973) • Steven Mackey (born 1956) • Janet Maguire (born 1927) • Martin Mailman (1932–2000) • Ursula Mamlok (1923–2016) • Mana-Zucca (1885–1981) • Henry Mancini (1924–1994) • Kathleen Lockhart Manning (1890–1951) • Paul Manz (1919–2009) • Matteo Marchisano-Adamo (born 1973) • Arthur Marshall (1881–1947) • Ingram Marshall (born 1942) • 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) • Arthur Maud (born 1932) • Richard Maxfield (1927–1969) • William J. McCoy (1848–1926) • John McGuire (born 1942) • George Frederick McKay (1899–1970) • Kirke Mechem (born 1925) 
Title: List of American composers
Content:  • John Knowles Paine (1839–1906) • Carter Pann (born 1972) • Horatio Parker (1863–1919) • J. C. D. Parker (1828–1916) • Susan McFarland Parkhurst (1836–1918) • Harry Partch (1901–1974) • Clarence L. Partee (1864–1915) • Thomas Pasatieri (born 1945) • Stephen Paulus (1947–2014) • Russell Peck (born 1945) • Smith Newell Penfield (1837–1920) • Rudy Pérez (born 1958) • Scott Perkins (born 1980) • George Perle (1915–2009) • William P. Perry (born 1930) • Vincent Persichetti (1915–1987) • Tobias Picker (born 1954) • Daniel Pinkham (1923–2006) • Russell Pinkston (born 1949) • Walter Piston (1894–1976) • Mika Pohjola (born 1971) • Basil Poledouris (1945–2006) • Cole Porter (1891–1964) • Quincy Porter (1897–1966) • William H. Potstock (1872–1941) • Key Poulan (born 1962) • John Powell (1882–1963) • Mel Powell (1923–1998) • Silas G. Pratt (1846–1916) • André Previn (1929–2019) • Florence Price (1887–1953) • Frank Proto (born 1941) • Arthur Pryor (1870–1942) • Kevin Puts (born 1972)

Question: Who was the composer of America?
Answer: Paul Simon.
Paul Frederic Simon.
Jerry Landis.