List of German composers

This is an alphabetical list of composers from Germany.



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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)

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)