Main article: Composer

Composers are generally people who write music. In certain musical genres, such as popular and folk music, the term "songwriter" means someone who authors both music and lyrics, but such a person may also be properly called a "composer." If a songwriter also performs, he or she is called a "singer/songwriter."

By name

• List of composers by name
• List of female composers by name

By genre

• List of Carnatic composers
• List of film score composers
• List of Hindustani/ North Indian music composers
• List of classical music composers
• List of major opera composers
• List of musical theatre composers
• List of musicals by composer
• List of ragtime composers
• List of soundtrack composers

By era

• Medieval composers
• List of Renaissance composers
• List of Baroque composers
• List of Classical era composers
• List of Romantic era composers
• List of 20th century classical composers by birth date
• List of 20th century classical composers by death date
• List of 20th century classical composers by name
• List of 21st century classical composers by birth date
• List of 21st century classical composers by death date
• List of 21st century classical composers by name

By nationality or ethnicity

• see Category:Lists of composers by nationality

By instrument composed for

• List of composers for the classical guitar
• List of organ composers
• List of piano composers
• List of composers and their preferred lyricists
• List of string quartet composers

Other classifications

• List of composers of African descent
• List of composers of Caribbean descent
• List of Anglican church composers - See also Religious music
• List of female composers
• List of modernist composers (those with modernistic tendencies and innovations)

See also

• List of musicians
• List of singer-songwriters - See also Pop music and Rock music