| A (141) |
| Anonymous | 10th - century | Europe | 1 |
| Anonymous | 17th - century | South Germany | 1 |
| Anonymous | 17th - century | Russia | 1 |
| Anonymous | 17th - century | Corsica | 1 |
| Anonymous | 18th - century | Corsica | 1 |
| Anonymous | 20th - century | Corsica | 1 |
| Anonymous | 16th - century | Flanders (?) | 1 |
| Anonymous | 18th - century | Bolivia | 1 |
| Anonymous | 10th - century | Spain | 1 |
| Juhan Aavik | 1884 - 1982 | Estonia | 1 |
| Pietro Abbà Cornaglia | 1851 - 1894 | Italy | 1 |
| Hendrik Vanden Abeele | 1869 - 1931 | Belgium | 1 |
| Paul Louis Abel | 1926 - | United States of Amerca, MS | 1 |
| Paul Abraham | 1892 - 1960 | Hungary | 1 |
| Joseph Johann Achleitner | 1791 - 1828 | Austria | 1 |
| Frédéric Acquaviva | 1967 - | France | 1 |
| Ghjuvan Claudiu Acquaviva | 20th - century | Corsica | 2 |
| Marina Adamia | 1959 - | Georgia | 1 |
| Ray Vincent Adams | 1952 - | United States of America, CO | 1 |
| Carl Anton Adenbrunner | c.1735 - 1790 | Austria | 1 |
| James Adler | 1950 - | United States of America, IL | 1 |
| Anton Cajetan Adlgasser | 1729 - 1777 | Germany | 1 |
| Andrew Ager | 1962 - | Canada | 1 |
| Maurizio Agostini | 1978 - | Italia | 1 |
| Jhásoa Omar Agosto-Sáliva | 1981 - | Puerto Rico | 1 |
| Agricola | 17th/18th - century | Germany (?) | 1 |
| Miguel del Aguila | 1957 - | Uruguay | 1 |
| Albert Ahlstrom | 1957 - | United States of America, NY | 1 |
| Johann Kaspar Aiblinger | 1779 - 1867 | Germany | 4 |
| Gregor Aichinger | 1564 - 1628 | Germany | 1 |
| Engelbert Aigner | 1798 - 1866 | Austria | 1 |
| Pamphile Léopold François Aimon | 1779 - 1866 | France | 1 |
| Egidio Aiudi | 1820 - 1898 | Italy | 1 |
| Jehan - Ariste Alain | 1911 - 1940 | France | 1 |
| Domenico Alaleona | 1881 - 1928 | Italy | 1 |
| Jaume Alaquer i Reyes | 1785 - 1823 | Spain | 1 |
| Jules Eugene Abraham Alary | 1814 - 1891 | Italy | 1 |
| Mateo Albeniz | 1755 - 1831 | Spain | 1 |
| Isaac Albéniz i Pascual | 1860 - 1909 | Spain | 1 |
| Georg von Albrecht | 1891 - 1976 | Russia | 1 |
| Johann Georg Albrechtsberger | 1736 - 1809 | Austria | 4 |
| José Manuel Aldana | 1758 - 1810 | Mexico | 1 |
| Giuseppe Alinovi | 1790 - 1869 | Italy | 1 |
| Filippo Allegri | 1786 - c.1850 | Italy | 1 |
| Chris Allen | 1954 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Giuseppe Allevi | 1603 - 1670 | Italy | 1 |
| Ignacio Antonio d'Almeida | 1760 - 1825 | Portugal | 1 |
| José Claudio de Almeida | 18th - century (?) | Portugal (?) | 1 |
| Aloysi | 18th/19th - century | France (?) | 1 |
| Julius Alsleben | 1832 - 1894 | Germany | 1 |
| Faustino Altemps | c.1776 - 1833 | Italy | 1 |
| Warnfried Altmann | 1958 - | Germany | 1 |
| Calixto Cesar Alvarez Fernandez | 1938 - | Cuba | 1 |
| Clemente Alvazzi | 18th/19th - century | Italy | 1 |
| Giovanni Amade | 1876 - 1948 | Italy | 1 |
| Joan Albert Amargos | 1950 - | Spain | 1 |
| Paolo Amatucci | 1868 - 1935 | Italy | 3 |
| Daniele Amfitheatrof | 1901 - 1983 | Russia | 2 |
| Matteo D'Amico | 1955 - | Italy | 1 |
| Martin Amlin | 1953 - | United States of America, TX | 1 |
| Benno Ammann | 1904 - 1986 | Switzerland | 1 |
| Blasius Amon | c.1560 - 1590 | Austria | 1 |
| Johann Andreass Amon | 1763 - 1825 | Germany | 2 |
| Paul Amrod | 1951 - | United States of America, NY | 1 |
| Juan de Anchieta | c.1462 - 1523 | Spain, Basque Country | 1 |
| Thomas Anderton | 1836 - 1903 | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Volkmar Andreae | 1879 - 1962 | Switzerland | 1 |
| Eveline Andreani | c.1960 - | France | 1 |
| Vincent Andreas | 1972 - | Germany | 1 |
| Guglielmo Andreoli (jr.) | 1862 - 1932 | Italy | 1 |
| Gaetano Andreozzi | 1755 - 1826 | Italy | 1 |
| Francisco Andrevi y Castellar | 1786 - 1853 | Spain | 1 |
| Keith John Andrews | 1945 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Hendrik Franciscus Andriessen | 1892 - 1981 | The Netherlands | 1 |
| Cornelis Andriessen (jr.) | 1865 - 1947 | The Netherlands | 1 |
| Albert Auguste Androt | 1781 - 1804 | France | 1 |
| Felice Anerio | c.1560 - 1614 | Italy | 2 |
| Giovanni Francesco Anerio | c.1567 - 1630 | Italy | 2 |
| Joseph Anton Angeber | 1771 - 1833 | Germany | 1 |
| Giuseppe Maria Angeleri Agonstiniano | c.1630 - c.1700 | Italy | 1 |
| Angelo de Angelis | c.1750 - c.1825 | Italy | 4 |
| Carlo Angeloni | 1834 - 1901 | Italy | 1 |
| Martin d'Angers | 1808 - aft.1846 | France (?) | 1 |
| Antonio Anichini | 1962 - | Italy | 1 |
| Francesco Anichini | 1830 - 1901 | Italy | 1 |
| Christoph Friedrich Anreiter | 1672 - 1724 | Austria | 1 |
| Conrad Eduard Reinhold Ansorge | 1862 - 1930 | Germany | 1 |
| Franz Xaver Ansperg | 18th - century | Austria | 1 |
| Marjolijn Anstey | 1943 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Pedro Antero Alfonzo | 1866 - 1938 | Venezuela | 1 |
| Gustav Anton | 1938 - | Germany | 2 |
| Armando Antonelli | 1886 - 1960 | Italy | 1 |
| Karoly Antos | 1854 - 1927 | Czech Republic | 1 |
| Hans-Erich Apostel | 1901 - 1972 | Germany | 1 |
| Benedictus Appenzeller | c.1480/88 - aft.1558 | Belgium / The Netherlands | 1 |
| Alexandre d'Aragon | 1889 - aft.1936 | Canada | 1 |
| Juan de Aragüés | c.1710 - 1793 | Spain | 1 |
| Tomás Aragüés Bernard | 1935 - | Spain | 1 |
| Pedro Felipe Aranaz y Vides | 1740 - 1820 | Spain | 2 |
| Gina de Araújo Régis de Oliveira | 1890 - 1960 | Brazil | 1 |
| David Arbury | 1973 - | United States of America, DC | 1 |
| Paolo Arcà | 1953 - | Italy | 1 |
| Alexander Archangelski | 1846 - 1924 | Russia | 1 |
| Malcolm David Archer | 1952 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Pedro de Ardanaz Valencia | 1638 - 1706 | Spain | 1 |
| David Arditti | 1964 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Manuel Arenzana | c.1762 - 1821 | Mexico | 2 |
| Carolus d'Argenteil | c.1500 - c.1556 | France | 1 |
| Marian Ursula Arkwright | 1863 - 1922 | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Serge Arnauld | 1944 - | Switzerland | 1 |
| Thomas Augustine Arne | 1710 - 1778 | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Georg Arnold | 1621 - 1676 | Austria | 3 |
| Gyorgy Arnold | 1781 - 1848 | Hungary | 1 |
| Aitor Arronte | 1978 - | Spain | 1 |
| Vyacheslav Artyomov | 1940 - | Russia | 1 |
| José Maria de Arzac | 19th - century | Spain (?) | 1 |
| Anton Aschner | 1732 - 1793 | Austria | 1 |
| Francisco de Asis Martinez | 19th - century | Spain (?) | 1 |
| Giovanni Matteo Asola | c.1528 - 1609 | Italy | 4 |
| Michael Assaf | 1977 - | Israel | 1 |
| Ignaz Assmayer | 1790 - 1862 | Austria | 2 |
| Emanuele d'Astorga | 1681 - 1736 | Italy | 1 |
| Blas Emilio Atehortua Amaya | 1943 - | Colombia | 1 |
| Matthew Peter Atherton | 1967 - | Australia | 1 |
| Kurt Magnus Atterberg | 1887 - 1974 | Sweden | 1 |
| Lucien Marie Aube | 1889 - 1953 | France | 1 |
| Daniel François Esprit Auber | 1782 - 1871 | France | 1 |
| Jean Audiffren | 1680 - 1762 | France | 1 |
| Joseph Albert Auer | 1856 - 1911 | Germany | 1 |
| Benedict Anton Aufschnaiter | 1665 - 1742 | Germany | 1 |
| Domenico Auletta | 1723 - 1753 | Italy | 1 |
| Pietro Auletta | c.1698 - 1771 | Italy | 1 |
| Franz Josef Aumann | 1728 - 1797 | Austria | 12 |
| John Bradbury Austin | 1934 - | United States of America, WA | 1 |
| Jean L'Auverjat | 17th - century | France | 1 |
| Khachatoor Avedissian | 1951 - | Armenia | 1 |
| Giuseppe Antonio Avitrano | c.1670 - 1756 | Italy | 1 |
| Marco D'Avola | 1959 - | Italy | 1 |
| Mireille Avril | 1911 - | France | 1 |
| David A. Axelrod | 1936 - | United States of America, CA | 1 |
| Francesco Azopardi | 1748 - 1809 | Malta | 3 |
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| B (282) |
| Jozef Baars | 1937 - 2005 | The Netherlands | 1 |
| Gracian Baban | c.1620 - 1675 | Spain | 1 |
| Milton Byron Babbitt | 1916 - | United States of America, PA | 1 |
| Luca Bacci | 1968 - | Italy | 1 |
| Johann Christian Bach | 1735 - 1782 | Germany | 1 |
| Otto Bach | 1833 - 1893 | Austria | 1 |
| Johann Anton Bachschmidt | 1728 - 1797 | Austria | 1 |
| Giovanni Bacilieri | c.1580 - 1619 | Italy | 1 |
| Konrad Back | 1749 - 1810 | Germany | 1 |
| Ernst Bacon | 1898 - 1990 | United States of America, IL | 1 |
| Nicolas Bacri | 1961 - | France | 1 |
| W. Ricardo Baeza | 1969 - | Chile | 1 |
| Terence R. Bailey | 20th - century | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Ludovicus Josephus Bailly | c.1745 - fl.1804 | Belgium (Walonia) | 1 |
| Giuseppe Baini | 1775 - 1844 | Italy | 1 |
| Julije Bajamonti | 1744 - 1800 | Croatia | 2 |
| Zoltan Bakaja | 1971 - | Hungary | 1 |
| Leonardo Balada | 1933 - | Spain | 1 |
| Osvaldas Balakauskas | 1937 - | Lithuania | 1 |
| Sándor Balassa | 1935 - | Hungary | 1 |
| Ludovico Balbi | c.1545 - 1604 | Italy | 1 |
| Melchiorre, Cavaliere da Balbi | 1796 - 1879 | Italy | 1 |
| Angelo Baldan | 1753 - 1803 | Italy | 1 |
| Carlo Baliani | c.1680 - 1747 | Italy | 1 |
| Angelo Balladori | 1865 - 1919 | Italy | 1 |
| Claude Ballif | 1924 - 2004 | France | 1 |
| Cathryn Fluellen Ballinger | 1940 - | United States of America, AL | 1 |
| Giuseppe Balzano | 1616 - 1700 | Malta | 2 |
| Arnaldo Bambini | 1880 - 1953 | Italy | 1 |
| Jacques Bank | 1943 - | The Netherlands | 2 |
| Giambattista Baraldi | 19th - century | Italy | 1 |
| Anselmo Barba | 1848 - 1883 | Spain | 1 |
| Lazare-Arsène Barbarin | 1812 - 1875 | France | 1 |
| Helmut Barbe | 1927 - | Germany | 1 |
| Francisco Asenjo Barbieri | 1823 - 1894 | Spain | 1 |
| Girolamo Barbieri | 1808 - 1871 | Italy | 1 |
| James Murray Barbour | 1897 - 1970 | United States of America, PA | 1 |
| Filaret Barbu | 1903 - 1984 | Romania | 1 |
| Jonathan Bardolph | 1979 - | Great Britain | 1 |
| Lajos Bardos | 1899 - 1986 | Hungary | 1 |
| Antonino Barges | c.1520 - 1565 | Italy | 1 |
| Daniel Barnard | 1958 - | United States of America, CA | 1 |
| Milton Barnes | 1931 - 2001 | Canada | 1 |
| Carol Edith Anderson Barnett | 1949 - | United States of America, IA | 1 |
| Luigi Baronchelli | 20th - century (?) | Italy | 1 |
| Donato Barsanti | 1759 - 1823 | Italy | 1 |
| Girolamo Bartei | c.1565 - c.1618 | Italy | 1 |
| Michael Bartenschlag | bef.1826 - 1855 | Austria | 1 |
| Pierre Bartholomee | 1937 - | Belgium | 1 |
| Jil Bartley | 1933 - | Great Britain, England | 2 |
| Orindio Bartolini | c.1580 - 1640 | Italy | 1 |
| Domenico Bartolucci | 1917 - | Italy | 1 |
| Arnolda Bartsch | 1868 - 1944 | Switzerland | 1 |
| Vidmantas Bartulis | 1954 - | Lithuania | 1 |
| Johannes Bartz | 1848 - 1933 | Germany | 1 |
| Louis Barwolf | 18?? - 1899 | Belgium | 1 |
| Leonid Bashmakov | 1927 - | Finland | 1 |
| Francesco Basili | 1767 - 1850 | Italy | 4 |
| Giovanni Battista Bassani | c.1657 - 1716 | Italy | 1 |
| Josquin Baston | c.1520 - 1576 | Belgium / The Netherlands | 2 |
| Juan García de Basurto | c.1480 - 1547 | Spain | 1 |
| Gaudenzio Battistini | 1722 - 1800 | Italy | 1 |
| Philipp Jakob Baudrexel | 1627 - 1691 | Germany | 2 |
| Alois Bauer | 1794 - 1872 | Germany | 2 |
| Marion Eugénie Bauer | 1882 - 1955 | United States of America, WA | 1 |
| Hermann Bauerle | 1869 - 1936 | Germany | 2 |
| Josef Baum | 19th - century | Czech Republic | 1 |
| Franz Anton Baumann | 1704 - 1750 | Austria | 1 |
| Max Georg Baumann | 1917 - 1999 | Germany | 1 |
| August Baumgartner | 1814 - 1862 | Germany | 1 |
| Giuseppe Baumgartner | 18th - century | Austria / Switzerland (?) | 1 |
| Liam Bauress | 1951 - | Great Britain, England | 2 |
| Jan Bauwens | 1958 - | Belgium (Flanders) | 1 |
| Antonio Bazzini | 1818 - 1897 | Italy | 1 |
| Marie Désiré Martin-Beaulieu | 1791 - 1863 | France | 1 |
| Josef Becher | 1821 - 1888 | Germany | 23 |
| Giuseppe Becherini | 1758 - 1840 | Italy | 1 |
| Conrad Beck | 1901 - 1989 | Switzerland | 1 |
| David Bedford | 1937 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| David Bednall | 1979 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Ignaz Franz von Beecke | 1733 - 1803 | Germany | 1 |
| Hermann Behn | 1857 - 1927 | Germany | 1 |
| Siegfried Behrend | 1933 - 1990 | Germany | 1 |
| Anthonius Belcier | ? - 1754 | Belgium / The Netherlands | 1 |
| Antonio de Belem | c.1642 - 1700 | Portugal | 1 |
| Edward Bell | 1987 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Domenico dalla Bella | fl.1704 - 1715 | Italy | 2 |
| Richard Bellefroid | 19th - century | Belgium | 1 |
| Domenico Belli | c.1560 - 1627 | Italy | 1 |
| Giulio Belli | c.1560 - 1621 | Italy | 3 |
| Gioseffo Belloni | c.1575 - aft.1606 | Italy | 1 |
| Giacomo Bellucci | 1928 - | Italy | 1 |
| Luigi Guido Beltrami | 1758 - 1834 | Italy | 1 |
| Felix Benda | 1708 - 1768 | Czech Republic | 1 |
| Francesco Maria Benedetti | 1683 - 1746 | Italy | 4 |
| Joseph Bengraf | 1745 - 1791 | Germany | 8 |
| Xavier Benguerel i Godó | 1931 - | Spain | 1 |
| Cosme Damian José de Benito y Barbero | 1829 - 1888 | Spain | 2 |
| Paul Benner | 1877 - 1953 | Switzerland | 1 |
| Josef Benniger | 1688 - 1720 | Austria (?) | 2 |
| François Benoist | 1794 - 1878 | France | 2 |
| Peter Leonardus Leopoldus Benoit | 1834 - 1901 | Belgium (Flanders) | 1 |
| Giuseppe Benzi | 1820 - 1857 | Italy | 1 |
| Angelo Berardi | c.1636 - 1694 | Italy | 1 |
| Ludwig Berberich | 1882 - 1965 | Germany | 1 |
| Jacquet de Berchem | c.1505 - c.1567 | Belgium / The Netherlands | 1 |
| Carl Alfred Berg | 1857 - 1929 | Sweden | 1 |
| Giovanni Battista Bergamini | 1858 - aft.1881 | Italy | 1 |
| Antonio Bergamo | 1725 - 1802 | Italy | 1 |
| Victorin Berger | 1855 - 1914 | Austria | 1 |
| Wilhelm Georg Berger | 1929 - 1993 | Rumania | 1 |
| Rudolph Bergh | 1859 - 1924 | Denmark | 1 |
| Alfred Maria Berghorn | 1911 - 1978 | Germany | 1 |
| Nicolas-Antoine Bergiron de Briou | 1690 - 1768 | France | 1 |
| Erik Bergman | 1911 - 2006 | Finland | 1 |
| Christian Gottlob August Bergt | 1772 - 1837 | Germany | 1 |
| Luciano Berio | 1925 - 2003 | Italy | 1 |
| Jackson Berkey | 1942 - | United States of America, PA | 1 |
| Carl Richard Berky | 1934 - | United States of America, PA | 1 |
| Herman Berlinski | 1910 - 2001 | Poland | 1 |
| Louis Hector Berlioz | 1803 - 1869 | France | 1 |
| Ruth Berman Harris | 1916 - 2006 | United States of America, CT | 1 |
| Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei | 1649 - 1732 | Italy | 6 |
| Stefano Bernardi | c.1576 - 1636 | Italy | 1 |
| Andrea Bernasconi | 1706 - 1784 | France / Italy | 2 |
| Leonard Bernstein | 1918 - 1990 | United States of America, MA | 1 |
| Peter Berring | 1954 - | Canada | 1 |
| Antonio Bertali | 1605 - 1669 | Italy | 10 |
| Jan Georg Bertelman | 1782 - 1854 | The Netherlands | 1 |
| Jacques Berthier | 1923 - 1994 | France | 1 |
| Salvatore Bertini | 1721 - 1794 | Italy | 1 |
| Henri-Montan Berton | 1767 - 1844 | France | 1 |
| Ferdinando Giuseppe Bertoni | 1725 - 1813 | Italy | 2 |
| Gérard Bertouille | 1898 - 1981 | Belgium | 1 |
| Hans Georg Bertram | 1936 - | Germany | 1 |
| Johann Adam Besnecker | 16?? - 1721 | Czech Republic | 1 |
| Horst Best | 1940 - | Germany | 1 |
| René Bester | c.1985 - | New Zealand | 1 |
| Leonardus Wolffgangus (Nikolaus) Betscher | 1745 - 1811 | Germany | 2 |
| Marco Betta | 1964 - | Italy | 1 |
| Bruno Bettinelli | 1913 - 2004 | Italy | 1 |
| Bernard van Beurden | 1933 - | The Netherlands | 1 |
| Thomas Beveridge | 1938 - | United States of America, NY | 1 |
| Giovanni Battista Bevilacqua | c.1720 - 1770 | Italy | 1 |
| Emil Bezecny | 1868 - 1930 | Czech Republic | 1 |
| Gilbert Bezençon | 1953 - | Switzerland | 1 |
| Girolamo Alessandro Biaggi | 1819 - 1897 | Italy | 1 |
| Alamanno Biagi | 1806 - 1861 | Italy | 1 |
| Antonio Bianchi | c.1750 - c.1817 | Italy | 1 |
| Francesco Bianchi | 1752 - 1810 | Italy | 1 |
| Karl Heinrich Biber | 1681 - 1749 | Austria | 1 |
| Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber von Bibern | 1644 - 1704 | Czech Republic | 2 |
| Rudolf Bibl | 1832 - 1902 | Austria | 2 |
| Matteo Bidelli | 16th/17th - century | Italy | 1 |
| Matthias Sigmund Biechteler von Greiffenthal | c.1668 - 1743 | Austria | 4 |
| William Hayes Biggs | 1957 - | United States of America, AL | 1 |
| Henk Bijvanck | 1909 - 1969 | Indonesia / The Netherlands | 1 |
| P.J. Bille | 18th - century | Belgium | 1 |
| Abraham Wolfe Binder | 1895 - 1966 | United States of America, NY | 1 |
| James T. Bingham | 1945 - | Australia | 1 |
| Stanislav Binicki | 1872 - 1942 | Serbia | 1 |
| Giovanni Battista Biondi | c.1580 - 1630 | Italy | 1 |
| Johann Christian Bischoff | 1831 - 1911 | Switzerland | 1 |
| Warren Keith Bissell | 1912 - 1992 | Canada | 1 |
| Julius Bittner | 1874 - 1939 | Austria | 1 |
| Bernardo Bittoni | 1756 - 1829 | Italy | 1 |
| Erling D. Bjerno | 1929 - | Denmark | 1 |
| Terje Bjorklund | 1945 - | Norway | 1 |
| Boris Blacher | 1903 - 1975 | China / Germany | 1 |
| Joseph Blahack | 1780 - 1846 | Austria | 2 |
| Sergio Blardony Soler | 1965 - | Spain | 1 |
| Horst Blassl | 1941 - | Austria | 1 |
| Herbert Blendinger | 1936 - | Germany | 1 |
| Robert Nicolas Charles Bochsa | 1789 - 1856 | France | 2 |
| Silvie Bodorova | 1954 - | Slovakia | 1 |
| Ilkka von Boehm | 1972 - | Finland | 1 |
| Ernesto Boezi | 1856 - 1946 | Italy | 1 |
| Max Bogenberger | 19th - century(?) | Germany(?) | 1 |
| Edward Boguslawski | 1940 - 2003 | Poland | 2 |
| Josef Bolehovský | 1800 (?) - 1870 (?) | Czech Republic | 2 |
| João Domingos Bomtempo | 1775 - 1842 | Portugal | 4 |
| Willem Frederik Bon | 1940 - 1983 | The Netherlands | 1 |
| John Bonaduce | 1952 - | United States of America, PA | 1 |
| Johann Heinrich Bonawitz | 1839 - 1917 | Germany | 1 |
| Paolo Bonfichi | 1769 - 1840 | Italy | 1 |
| Simon de Bonnefond | c.1500 - 1557 | France | 2 |
| Giuseppe Bonno | 1711 - 1788 | Austria | 2 |
| Ludwig Bonvin | 1850 - 1939 | Switzerland / United States of America | 1 |
| Luigi Bordese | 1815 - 1886 | Italy | 1 |
| Marian Borkowski | 1934 - | Poland | 1 |
| Johann Heinrich Carl Bornhardt | 1774 - 1843 | Germany | 1 |
| Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin | 1833 - 1887 | Russia | 1 |
| Arcangelo Borsaro | c.1560 - 1616 | Italy | 1 |
| Jean-Claude Bossel | 1957 - | Switzerland | 1 |
| Marco Enrico Bossi | 1861 - 1925 | Italy | 3 |
| Gerardus Lucas Bots | 1859 - 1941 | The Netherlands | 1 |
| Luigi Bottazzo | 1845 - 1924 | Italy | 3 |
| Giovanni Bottesini | 1821 - 1889 | Italy | 1 |
| Edoardo Bottigliero | 1864 - 1937 | Italy | 1 |
| Raimondo Boucheron | 1800 - 1876 | Italy | 1 |
| Juliette Marie Olga Boulanger | 1893 - 1918 | France | 1 |
| Jean-Valentin de Bournonville | c.1585 - 1632 | France | 1 |
| Pierre Bouteiller | c.1655 - 1717 | France | 1 |
| Joseph Bovet | 1879 - 1951 | Switzerland | 1 |
| John Boyle | 1952 - | United States of America | 1 |
| Eugène Bozza | 1905 - 1991 | France | 2 |
| Luigi Braccini | c.1755 - 1791 | Italy | 1 |
| José Manuel Joly Braga Santos | 1924 - 1988 | Portugal | 1 |
| Johannes Brahms | 1833 - 1897 | Germany | 1 |
| Max Brand | 1896 - 1980 | Austria / United States of America | 1 |
| Johann Evangelist Brandl | 1760 - 1837 | Germany | 2 |
| Marius Adrianus Brandts Buys | 1874 - 1944 | The Netherlands | 1 |
| Henry Dreyfuss Brant | 1913 - 2008 | Canada | 2 |
| Gregor Brantschen | 1894 - 1987 | Switzerland | 1 |
| Franz Brath | c.1775 - bef.1849 | Switzerland | 1 |
| Volker Brautigam | 1939 - | Germany | 1 |
| Johannes Bernardus van Bree | 1801 - 1857 | The Netherlands | 1 |
| Ilona Brege | 1959 - | Latvia | 2 |
| Pierre (Petrus) Hercule Bréhy | 1673 - 1737 | Belgium | 3 |
| Franz Josef Breitenbach | 1853 - 1934 | Switzerland | 1 |
| Joseph Heinrich Breitenbach | 1809 - 1866 | Switzerland | 3 |
| Gaston Brenta | 1902 - 1969 | Belgium | 1 |
| Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner | 1689 - 1742 | Czech Republic | 1 |
| Cesar Bresgen | 1913 - 1988 | Italy | 2 |
| Nicolae Bretan | 1887 - 1968 | Rumania | 1 |
| Bernhard Breuer | 1808 - aft.1845 | Germany | 1 |
| Johann Michael Breunig | 1699 - 1755 | Germany | 1 |
| Luc Brewaeys | 1959 - | Belgium | 1 |
| William Havergal Brian | 1876 - 1972 | Great Britain, England | 2 |
| Joseph Cox Bridge | 1853 - 1929 | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Jack Briece | 1945 - 1988 | United States of America, OK | 1 |
| David John Briggs | 1962 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Sarah Brightman | 1960 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Gregers Brinch | 1964 - | Denmark | 1 |
| Estevão de Brito | 1570 - 1641 | Portugal | 1 |
| Edward Benjamin Britten | 1913 - 1976 | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Fantisek Xaver Brixi | 1732 - 1771 | Czech Republic | 19 |
| Jan Brixides | c.1712 - 1772 | Czech Republic | 1 |
| Petrucci Brizio | 1737 - 1825 | Italy | 1 |
| Max Brod | 1884 - 1968 | Czech Republic | 1 |
| Juan Bros y Bertomeu | 1776 - 1852 | Spain | 1 |
| Moritz Brosig | 1815 - 1887 | Germany | 2 |
| Sébastien de Brossard | 1655 - 1730 | France | 1 |
| Francis James Brown (Joseph James) | 1925 - 2008 | United States of America, NY | 1 |
| Arnold von Bruck | 1500 - 1554 | Belgium / The Netherlands | 1 |
| Gerard von Brucken Fock | 1859 - 1935 | The Netherlands | 1 |
| Josef Anton Bruckner | 1824 - 1896 | Austria | 5 |
| Joan Brudieu | c.1520 - 1591 | France / Spain | 1 |
| Antoine Brumel | c.1460 - c.1513 | France | 1 |
| Fritz Brun | 1878 - 1959 | Switzerland | 1 |
| Louis Charles Bonaventura Alfred Bruneau | 1857 - 1934 | France | 1 |
| Antonio Brunelli | c.1575 - c.1630 | Italy | 3 |
| Antonio Brunetti | 1767 - aft.1845 | Italy | 1 |
| Giovanni Gualberto Brunetti | 1706 - 1787 | Italy | 4 |
| Gloria Bruni | 1955 - | Germany | 1 |
| Eduard Brunner | 1843 - 1903 | Austria | 1 |
| Giovanni Francesco Brusa | c.1700 - aft.1768 | Italy | 1 |
| Tiburtius van Brussel | c.1605 - 1669 | Belgium | 1 |
| Curtis Bryant | 1949 - | United States of America, GA | 1 |
| Richard Gavin Bryars | 1943 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Jósef Brzowski | 1803 - 1888 | Poland | 1 |
| Emanuel Bucher | 1896 - 1975 | Switzerland | 1 |
| Johann Friedrich Bucher | 1902 - 1946 | Switzerland | 1 |
| Fritz Buchtger | 1903 - 1978 | Germany | 1 |
| Boudewijn Buckinx | 1945 - | Belgium | 1 |
| Pawel Buczynski | 1953 - | Poland | 1 |
| Francesco Antonio di Budrio | 17th/18th - century | Italy | 1 |
| Franz Buhler | 1760 - 1823 | Germany | 4 |
| Miroslaw Bukowski | 1936 - | Poland | 1 |
| Dafydd Bullock | 1953 - | Great Britain, Wales | 2 |
| Benedictus Buns | 1642 - 1716 | Germany / The Netherlands | 3 |
| Geoffrey Burgon | 1941 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Emil Frantisek Burian | 1904 - 1959 | Czech Republic | 1 |
| Stanislaw von Bursa | 1865 - 1947 | Poland | 2 |
| Alessandro Busi | 1833 - 1895 | Italy | 1 |
| Sylvano Bussotti | 1931 - | Italy | 1 |
| Alessandro Bustini | 1876 - 1970 | Italy | 2 |
| Javier Busto | 1949 - | Spain | 1 |
| Crato Butner | 1616 - 1679 | Germany | 1 |
| George Sainton Kaye Butterworth | 1885 - 1916 | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Josef Butz | 1891 - 1989 | Germany | 2 |
| Antonio Buzzolla | 1815 - 1871 | Italy | 2 |
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| C (136) |
| Harold Cabena | 1933 - | Australia / Canada | 1 |
| Paul Cadow | 1908 - 2001 | Germany | 1 |
| Pasquale Cafaro | 1716 - 1787 | Italy | 1 |
| Antonio Cagnoni | 1828 - 1896 | Italy | 1 |
| Giuseppe Cajani | 1774 - 1821 | Italy | 1 |
| Antonio Caldara | 1670 - 1736 | Italy | 1 |
| Antonio Calegari | 1757 - 1828 | Italy | 2 |
| Giuseppe Calegari | c.1750 - 1812 | Italy | 4 |
| Roger-Thomas Calmel | 1921 - 1998 | France | 2 |
| José C. Camacho | 19th - century(?) | Spain(?) | 1 |
| Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher | 1718 - 1782 | Germany | 1 |
| Alberto Cametti | 1871 - 1935 | Italy | 1 |
| Charles Mario Camilleri | 1931 - 2009 | Malta | 1 |
| François van Campenhout | 1779 - 1848 | Belgium | 1 |
| Carlo Antonio Campioni | 1720 - 1793 | Italy | 3 |
| André Campra | 1660 - 1744 | France | 1 |
| Campuzano | 19th - century(?) | Spain (?) | 2 |
| Marguerite Canal | 1890 - 1978 | France | 1 |
| Gianluca Cangemi | 1979 - | Italy | 1 |
| Francesco Canneti | 1807 - 1884 | Italy | 1 |
| Enrico Capaccioli | 1921 - 1994 | Italy | 2 |
| André Caplet | 1878 - 1925 | France | 1 |
| Mario Capuana | c.1590 - c.1649 | Italy | 1 |
| Marzio Gaetano Carafa | 1798 - 1890 | Italy | 1 |
| Michele Enrico Carafa di Colobrano | 1787 - 1872 | Italy | 1 |
| Josep Carcoler | 1698 - 1776 | Spain | 1 |
| Manuel Cardoso | 1566 - 1650 | Portugal | 3 |
| Cristoforo Caresana | c.1640 - 1709 | Italy | 3 |
| Giuseppe Caretti | 1690 - 1774 | Italy | 1 |
| Julián Antonio Carillo-Trujillo | 1875 - 1965 | Mexico | 2 |
| Jan Axel Carlstedt | 1926 - 2004 | Sweden | 1 |
| Manoel Carneiro | 1645 - 1695 | Portugal | 1 |
| Ramón Carnicer y Battle | 1789 - 1855 | Spain | 3 |
| José Antonio Caro de Boesi | 1758 - 1814 | Venezuela | 2 |
| Angelo Antonio Caroli | 1701 - 1778 | Italy | 1 |
| Cayetano Carreno | 1774 - 1834 | Venezuela | 1 |
| Jeronimo de Carrion | c.1660 - 1721 | Spain | 8 |
| Corrado Bartolomeo Cartocci | 1839 - 1911 | Italy | 1 |
| Luigi Caruso | 1754 - 1822 | Italy | 1 |
| Vicente F. Casajus | 1883 - 1950 | Italy | 2 |
| Giovanni Battista Casali | 1715 - 1792 | Italy | 1 |
| Claudio Casciolini | 1697 - 1760 | Italy | 4 |
| Raffaele Casimiri | 1880 - 1943 | Italy | 1 |
| Pietro Castedini | 20th - century | Belgium | 1 |
| Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco | 1895 - 1968 | Italy / United States of America, CA | 1 |
| Patrick Castillo | 1979 - | United States of America | 1 |
| Giuseppe Castrucci | 17th - 18th century | Italy | 1 |
| Angelo Catelani | 1811 - 1866 | Italy | 1 |
| Gian Domenico Catenacci | 1740 - 1796 | Italy | 1 |
| Jean Catoire | 1923 - 2005 | France | 2 |
| Maurizio Cattaneo | 1870 - 1904 | Italy | 1 |
| François Eustache du Caurroy | 1549 - 1609 | France | 1 |
| Giovanni Cavaccio | 1556 - 1626 | Italy | 3 |
| Pietro Francesco Cavalli | 1602 - 1676 | Italy | 1 |
| Michael Cayley | 20th - century | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Maurizio Cazzati | 1616 - 1677 | Italy | 1 |
| Francesco Ceccherini | 1792 - 1858 | Italy | 1 |
| Francesco Cellavenia | c.1500 - 1567 | Italy | 1 |
| Francesco Ceracchini | c.1748 - 1824 | Italy | 1 |
| Domenico Cercia | c.1775 - c.1819 | Italy | 2 |
| Joan Cererols | 1618 - 1676 | Spain | 2 |
| Luigi Cerezo | 1768 - 1811 | Italia | 1 |
| Friedrich Cerha | 1926 - | Austria | 4 |
| Frantisek Cerný | 18th - century | Czech Republic | 3 |
| Pierre Certon | c.1510 - 1572 | France | 2 |
| Luciano Chailly | 1920 - 2002 | Italy | 2 |
| Charles Chaix | 1885 - 1973 | France | 1 |
| Ching-Wen Chao | 1973 - | Taiwan | 1 |
| Marc-Antoine Charpentier | c.1634 - 1704 | France | 6 |
| Jean de Chaynee | 1540 - 1577 | Belgium | 1 |
| Louis Chein | c.1636 - 1694 | France | 1 |
| Philipp Oskar von Chelius | 1859 - 1923 | Germany | 1 |
| Maria Luigi Zenobio Carlo Salvatore Cherubini | 1760 - 1842 | Italy | 2 |
| Pavel Grigor'yevich Chesnokov | 1877 - 1944 | Russia | 3 |
| Buono Giuseppe Chiodi | 1728 - 1783 | Italy | 3 |
| Michel Chion | 1947 - | France | 1 |
| Girolamo Chiti | 1679 - 1759 | Italy | 1 |
| Alexandre Etienne Choron | 1772 - 1834 | France | 1 |
| Maurus Christen | 1747 - 1812 | Germany (?) | 1 |
| Heinz Chur | 1948 - | Germany | 1 |
| Richard Churches | 1966 - | Great Britain, Wales | 1 |
| Emilio Cianchi | 1833 - 1890 | Italy | 1 |
| Angelo Ciccarelli | 1806 - aft.1888 | Italy | 1 |
| Domenico Cimarosa | 1749 - 1801 | Italy | 1 |
| Ermengildo, Abbate del Cinque | 1690(?) - 1773 | Italy | 1 |
| Giacomo Cirelli | 20th - century | Italy | 1 |
| Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari | 1677 - 1754 | Italy | 3 |
| Sondra Clark | 1941 - | United States of America, CA | 1 |
| Arlen Clarke | 1954 - | United States of America, NY | 1 |
| Jacobus Clemens non Papa | c.1510 - c.1556 | Belgium / The Netherlands | 7 |
| Johann Georg Clement | c.1710 - 1794 | Germany | 3 |
| Pierre Clereau | 1539 - 1567 | France | 1 |
| Johannes de Cleve | c.1528 - 1582 | Germany | 1 |
| Angel Climent | 1942 - | Spain / Ireland | 1 |
| Humphrey Clucas | 1941 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Gloria Coates | 1938 - | United States of America, WI | 1 |
| Carlo Coccia | 1782 - 1873 | Italy | 2 |
| Nicolo Coccon | 1826 - 1903 | Italy | 8 |
| Matteo Coferati | 1638 - 1703 | Italy | 1 |
| Karl Hubert Cohen | 1851 - 1938 | Germany | 1 |
| Jean Colin | 1620 - 1694 | France | 1 |
| Stéphane Collin | 1962 - | Belgium | 1 |
| Charles Collins | 20th - century | United States of America | 1 |
| Giovanni Paolo Colonna | 1637 - 1695 | Italy | 4 |
| Juan Bautista Comes | 1568 - 1643 | Spain | 1 |
| Emanuele Compareti | 18th - century | Italy | 1 |
| Brian D. Conn | 1961 - 2005 | United States of America, IN | 1 |
| Adrian Connell | 1964 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Carlo Conti | 1796 - 1868 | Italy | 2 |
| Giovanni Contino | c.1513 - c.1574 | Italy | 1 |
| Douglas Coombes | 1935 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Carolee Coombs Stacy | c.1942 - | United States of America, MO | 1 |
| Ambrož Copi | 1973 - | Slovenia | 1 |
| Pietro Coppola | 1793 - 1877 | Italy | 1 |
| Guido Coppotelli | 1961 - | Italy | 1 |
| Bartolomeo Cordans | 1698 - 1757 | Italy | 6 |
| James Corigliano | 20th - century | United States of America(?) | 1 |
| Peter Cornelius | 1824 - 1874 | Germany | 1 |
| Antonio Coronaro | 1851 - 1933 | Italy | 1 |
| Ronald Corp | 1951 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Francesco Corselli | 1705 - 1778 | Spain | 5 |
| François Cosset | c.1610 - c.1673 | France | 1 |
| Luiz de Costa | 1625 - 1693 | Portugal | 1 |
| Carlo Cotumacci | 1698 - 1785 | Italy | 3 |
| Niels Jørgen la Cour | 1944 - | Denmark | 1 |
| Guillaume Couture | 1851 - 1915 | Canada | 1 |
| Thomas Crecquillon | c.1510 - 1557 | Belgium / The Netherlands | 3 |
| Paul Creston | 1906 - 1985 | United States of America, NY | 1 |
| Pedro de Cristo | c.1540 - 1618 | Portugal | 2 |
| Giovanni Croce | c.1557 - 1609 | Italy | 1 |
| Stephen John Cronin | 1960 - | Australia | 1 |
| Matthias Crudeli | fl.1735 - 1770 | Germany | 7 |
| George Henry Crumb | 1929 - | United States of America, WV | 1 |
| Pedro Cubells | 16th - century | Spain | 1 |
| Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba | 1777 - 1833 | Spain | 2 |
| Carl Czerny | 1791 - 1857 | Austria | 4 |
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| Giusto Dacci | 1840 - 1915 | Italy | 3 |
| Michael Dachs | 1876 - 1941 | Germany | 3 |
| Marc-André Dalbavie | 1961 - | France | 1 |
| Martin Dalby | 1942 - | Great Britain, Scotland | 1 |
| Eleanor Joanne Daley | 1955 - | Canada | 1 |
| Giulio Dalla Rosa | 1815 - 1900 | Italy | 1 |
| Fridolin Dallinger | 1933 - | Austria | 1 |
| Richard Danielpour | 1956 - | United States of America, NY | 1 |
| Wojciech Adalbert Dankowski | c.1760 - c. 1807 | Poland | 3 |
| Franz Ignaz Danzi | 1763 - 1826 | Germany | 2 |
| Enrico Dassetto | 1874 - 1971 | Italy | 2 |
| Brian Blyth Daubney | 1929 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| P. Daum | 18th - century | Germany (?) | 1 |
| Shaun Davey | 1948 - | Great Britain, Northern Ireland / Ireland | 1 |
| Vincenzo Davico | 1889 - 1969 | Monaco / Italy | 1 |
| Karl Heinrich David | 1884 - 1951 | Switzerland | 1 |
| Johann Nepomuk David | 1895 - 1977 | Austria | 1 |
| Aaron Davies | 1982 - | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Henry Walford Davies | 1869 - 1941 | Great Britain, Wales | 2 |
| Wayne L. Davies | 1975 - | Great Britain, Wales | 1 |
| Anton Dawidowicz | 1910 - 1993 | Austria / Poland | 1 |
| Csaba Deák | 1932 - | Hungary | 1 |
| Jean Deatwyler | 1907 - 1994 | Switzerland | 1 |
| Jan Decadt | 1914 - 1995 | Belgium | 1 |
| Stephen DeCesare | 1969 - | United States of America, RI | 1 |
| Otto Deden | 1925 - | The Netherlands | 1 |
| Michel Delalande | 1739 - 1812 | France | 1 |
| Michel Richard Delalande | 1657 - 1726 | France | 3 |
| Edouard Marie Ernest Deldevez | 1817 - 1897 | France | 3 |
| Joseph Delesnich | 18th - century | Germany (?) | 3 |
| Frederick Delius | 1862 - 1934 | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Marc Marie Jean Baptiste Delmas | 1885 - 1931 | France | 1 |
| James DeMars | 1952 - | United States of America, MN | 1 |
| Desiderius Demény | 1871 - 1937 | Hungary | 1 |
| Norman Demuth | 1898 - 1968 | Great Britain, England | 1 |
| Jules Denefve | 1814 - 1877 | Belgium | 1 |
| Edison Vasilijevic Denisov | 1929 - 1996 | Russia | 1 |
| Valentin Deppisch | c.1746 - 1782 | Germany (?) | 1 |
| Gion Antoni Derungs | 1935 - | Switzerland | 2 |
| Martin Derungs | 1943 - | Switzerland | 1 |
| Marc Antoine Desaugiers | 1739 - 1793 | France | 1 |
| Joseph Ernest Auguste Descarries | 1896 - 1958 | Canada | 1 |
| Johann Deschermeier | 19th - century (?) | Germany (?) | 1 |
| Joseph Deschermeier | 1865 - 1941 | Germany (?) | 3 |
| Paul Deschler | 1906 - 2004 | Switzerland | 1 |
| Ferdinando DeSena | 1950 - | United States of America, NY | 1 |
| Alfred Desenclos | 1912 - 1971 | France | 1 |
| Domenico Desiro | ? - aft. 1858 | Italy | 1 |
| Yvonne Berthe Melitta Desportes | 1907 - 1993 | Germany / France | 1 |
| Guillaume Despréaux | 1801 - aft. 1838 | France | 2 |
| Josquin Desprez | c.1440 - 1521 | Belgium | 3 |
| Paul Dessau | 1894 - 1979 | Germany | 1 |
| Pierre Desvignes | 1764 - 1827 | France | 1 |
| Carlo Diacono | 1876 - 1942 | Malta | 22 |
| F. DiArta-Angeli | 1939 - | Greece | 1 |
| Gabriel Diaz Besson | c.1590 - 1638 | Spain | 1 |
| Paul Dibley | 20th - century | Great Britain | 1 |
| Roger Donald Dickerson | 1934 - | United States of America, LA | 1 |
| Johannes Diebold | 1842 - 1929 | Germany | 1 |
| Carl Dietmann | 19th - century (?) | Germany (?) | 1 |
| Pierre Louis Philippe Dietsch | 1808 - 1865 | France | 2 |
| Johann Sebastian Dietz | 1711 - 1793 | Germany (?) | 4 |
| August Discal | 19th - century (?) | Germany (?) | 1 |
| Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf | 1739 - 1799 | Austria | 2 |
| Paul-Heinz Dittrich | 1930 - | Germany | 1 |
| Antoine Divitis | c.1473 - c.1528 | Belgium | 1 |
| Cesare Dobici | 1873 - 1944 | Italy | 1 |
| Steve Dobrogosz | 1956 - | United States of America, PA / Sweden | 1 |
| Friedhelm Dohl | 1936 - | Germany | 2 |
| Franco Dominutti | 1947 - | Italy | 1 |
| Ignazio Donati | c.1570 - 1638 | Italy | 1 |
| Georg Joseph Donberger | 1707 - 1768 | Austria | 17 |
| Valentino Donella | 1937 - | Italy | 1 |
| Johannes Donfrid | 1585 - 1650 | Germany | 1 |
| Agostino Donini | 1874 - 1937 | Italy | 2 |
| Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti | 1797 - 1848 | Italy | 2 |
| Aita José Antonio de Donostia | 1886 - 1956 | Spain | 1 |
| Cornelis Dopper | 1870 - 1939 | The Netherlands | 1 |
| Dev Dosaj | 1959 - | United States of America, CA | 1 |
| Frantisek Doubravsky | 1790 - 1867 | Czech Republic | 13 |
| Victor Charles Paul Dourlen | 1780 - 1864 | France | 1 |
| Manuel Jose Doyague | 1755 - 1842 | Spain | 1 |
| Felix August Bernhard Draeseke | 1835 - 1913 | Germany | 2 |
| Giovanni Andrea Dragoni | c.1540 - 1598 | Italy | 1 |
| Joseph Drechsler | 1782 - 1852 | Czech Republic | 1 |
| Johann Chrysostomus Drexel | 1758 - 1801 | Germany | 3 |
| Johann Melchior Dreyer | 1747 - 1824 | Germany | 14 |
| Karl Ludwig Drobisch | 1803 - 1854 | Germany | 4 |
| Clément François Théodore Dubois | 1837 - 1924 | France | 1 |
| Jerzy Dubrowinski | 1936 - | Poland | 1 |
| Guillaume Dufay | 1397 - 1474 | France | 1 |
| Mark Dugas | 20th - century | United States of America | 1 |
| Dieudonne Duguet | 1794 - 1849 | Belgium | 3 |
| Arnaud Dumond | 1952 - | France | 1 |
| Henry Dumont | 1610 - 1684 | Belgium | 1 |
| Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky | 1900 - 1955 | Russia | 1 |
| Marcel Dupré | 1886 - 1971 | France | 1 |
| Francesco Durante | 1684 - 1755 | Italy | 8 |
| Sebastián Durón | 1660 - 1716 | Spain | 3 |
| Maurice Duruflé | 1902 - 1986 | France | 1 |
| Pascal Dusapin | 1955 - | France | 1 |
| Antonin Dvorák | 1841 - 1904 | Czech Republic | 1 |
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