List of British classical composers - Composer

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The following is a list of those born in Britain or of British citizenship who have worked in the classical music tradition.

A

Richard Addinsell (1904–1977)
John Addison (1765–1844)
Thomas Adès (born 1971)
Kenneth J. Alford (1881–1945)
William Alwyn (1905–1965)
Geoffrey Alvarez (born 1961)
Julian Anderson (born 1967)
Kerry Andrew (born 1978)
Denis ApIvor (1916–2004)
Malcolm Archer (born 1952)
Thomas Arne (1710–1778)
Richard Arnell (1917–2009)
Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006)
Algernon Ashton (1859-1937)
Ivor Atkins (1869–1963)
Frederic Austin (1872–1952)
Charles Avison (1709–1770)

B

William Babell (c. 1690–1723)
Francis Edward Bache (1833–1858)
Francis Baines (1917–1999)
William Baines (1899–1922)
Edgar Bainton (1880–1956)
Edward Bairstow (1874–1946)
Christopher Ball (born 1936)
Granville Bantock (1868–1946)
Richard Barrett (born 1959)
Stanley Bate (1911–1959)
Hubert Bath (1883–1945)
Arnold Bax (1883–1953)
Sally Beamish (born 1956)
David Bedford (1937–2011)
Luke Bedford (born 1978)
Arthur Benjamin (1893–1960)
George Benjamin (born 1960)
Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012)
William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875)
Lennox Berkeley (1903–1989)
Michael Berkeley (born 1948)
Lord Berners (1883–1950)
Ronald Binge (1910–1979)
Judith Bingham (born 1952)
Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934)
Arthur Bliss (1891–1975)
John Blow (1649–1708)
Carey Blyton (1932–2002)
Capel Bond (1730–1790)
Nimrod Borenstein (born 1969)
Rutland Boughton (1878–1960)
York Bowen (1884–1961)
William Boyce (1711–1779)
Charlotte Bray (born 1982)
Havergal Brian (1876–1972)
Frank Bridge (1879–1941)
Reginald Smith Brindle (1917–2003)
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
Nigel Brooks (born 1936)
David Bruce (born 1970)
Gavin Bryars (born 1943)
John Bull (1562 or 1563–1628)
Geoffrey Burgon (1941–2010)
Diana Burrell (born 1948)
Alan Bush (1900–1995)
Geoffrey Bush (1920–1998)
Arthur Butterworth (1923–2014)
George Butterworth (1885–1916)
William Byrd (c. 1539 or 1543–1623)

C

Thomas Campion (1567–1620)
Alexander Campkin (born 1984)
Philip Cannon (1929–2016)
Cornelius Cardew (1936–1981)
Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003)
Robert Carver (c. 1485 – c. 1570)
John Casken (born 1949)
Ronald Center (1913–1973)
Bob Chilcott (born 1955)
Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674–1707)
Nigel Clarke (born 1960)
Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979)
Frederic Cliffe (1857–1931)
Hubert Clifford (1904–1959)
Anna Clyne (born 1980)
Eric Coates (1886–1957)
Julian Cochran (born 1974)
Roger Sacheverell Coke (1912–1972)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)
Justin Connolly (1933–2020)
Arnold Cooke (1906–2005)
Benjamin Cooke (1734–1793)
Deryck Cooke (1919–1976)
Frank Corcoran (born 1937)
Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852–1935)
Harold Craxton (1885–1971)
William Croft (1678–1727)
Gordon Crosse (1937–2021)
Peter Crossley-Holland (1916–2001)
William Crotch (1775–1847)
Joe Cutler (born 1968)
Francis Cutting (c. 1550–1595/1596)

D

Benjamin Dale (1885–1943)
Christian Darnton (1905–1981)
Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016)
Tansy Davies (born 1973)
Walford Davies (1869–1941)
Frederick Delius (1862–1934)
James Dillon (born 1950)
Stephen Dodgson (1924–2013)
James Douglas (born 1932)
Jonathan Dove (born 1959)
John Dowland (1563–1626)
Andrew Downes (born 1950)
Patrick Doyle (born 1953)
Paul Drayton (born 1944)
Thomas Dunhill (1877–1946)
John Dunstable (c. 1390–1453)
George Dyson (1883–1964)

E

Henry Eccles, also Henri (1670–1742)
Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Rosalind Ellicott (1857–1924)
Brian Eno (born 1948)
Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie (1732–1781)

F

David Fanshawe (1942–2010)
Giles Farnaby (c. 1563–1640)
Robert Fayrfax (1464–1521)
Eric Fenby (1906–1997)
Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
Arthur Elwell Fisher (1848–1912)
Graham Fitkin (born 1963)
Eliza Flower (1803–1846)
Cecil Forsyth (1870–1941)
Christopher Fox (born 1955)
Cheryl Frances-Hoad (born 1980)
Benjamin Frankel (1906–1973)
Peter Racine Fricker (1920–1990)
John Foulds (1880–1939)

G

Hans Gál (1890–1987)
Henry Balfour Gardiner (1877–1950)
William Gardiner (1770–1853)
John Gardner (1917–2011)
Edward German (1862–1936)
Jack Gibbons (born 1962)
Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)
Armstrong Gibbs (1889–1960)
Anthony Gilbert (born 1934)
Ruth Gipps (1921–1999)
Andrew Glover (born 1962)
Alexander Goehr (born 1932)
Berthold Goldschmidt (1903–1996)
Jonathan Goldstein (1968–2019)
Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893–1962)
Jonny Greenwood (born 1971)
Edward Gregson (born 1945)
Ivor Gurney (1890–1937)

H

Patrick Hadley (1899–1973)
Emily Hall (born 1978)
Richard Hall (1903–1982)
Iain Hamilton (1922–2000)
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Richard Harris (born 1968)
Hamilton Harty (1879–1941)
Basil Harwood (1859–1949)
Patrick Hawes (born 1958)
Michael Head (1900–1976)
Christopher Headington (1930–1996)
Anthony Hedges (1931–2019)
Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901–1947)
Muriel Emily Herbert (1897–1984)
William Herschel (1738–1822)
Kenneth Hesketh (born 1968)
Alistair Hinton (born 1950)
Christopher Hobbs (born 1950)
Alun Hoddinott (1929–2008)
Joseph Holbrooke (1878–1958)
Alfred Hollins (1865–1942)
Robin Holloway (born 1943)
Derek Holman (1931–2019)
Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
Imogen Holst (1907–1984)
Simon Holt ((born 1958)
James Hook (1746–1827)
Bill Hopkins (1943–1981)
David Horne (born 1970)
Joseph Horovitz (born 1926)
Dorothy Howell (1898–1982)
Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
Vic Hoyland (born 1945)
Michael Hurd (1928–2006)
William Hurlstone (1876–1906)

I

John Ireland (1879–1962)

J

Gordon Jacob (1895–1984)
Philip Jeck (born 1952)
Rupert Jeffcoat (born 1970)
Karl Jenkins (born 1944)
Daniel Jones (1912–1993)
Wilfred Josephs (1927–1997)
John Joubert (1927–2019)

K

Lydia Kakabadse (born 1955)
Minna Keal (1909–1999)
Albert Ketèlbey (1875–1959)
George Kiallmark (1781–1835)
Oliver Knussen (1952–2018)

L

Constant Lambert (1905–1951)
Frederic Lamond (1868–1948)
Philip Lane (born 1950)
Walter Leigh (1905–1942)
Kenneth Leighton (1929–1988)
Thomas Linley the elder (1733–1795)
Thomas Linley the younger (1756–1778)
Malcolm Lipkin (1932–2017)
George Lloyd (1913–1998)
William Lloyd Webber (1914–1982)
Jon Lord (1941–2012)
Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)

M

Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916)
Malcolm MacDonald (1916–1992)
Emma Maria Macfarren (1824–1895), pseudonym Jules Brissac
George Alexander Macfarren (1813–1887)
Walter Cecil Macfarren (1826–1905)
Alexander Mackenzie (1847–1905)
James MacMillan (born 1959)
Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994)
John Marsh (1752–1828)
Carlo Martelli (born 1935)
George William Martin (1828–1881)
Steve Martland (1954–2013)
Benedict Mason (born 1954)
William Mathias (1934–1992)
Colin Matthews (born 1946)
David Matthews (born 1943)
Nicholas Maw (1935–2009)
Billy Mayerl (1902–1959)
Rita McAllister (born 1946)
John McCabe (1939–2015)
Cecilia McDowall (born 1951)
John Blackwood McEwen (1868–1948)
William McGibbon (1690–1756)
Edward McGuire (born 1948)
Donna McKevitt (born 1970)
John McLeod (born 1934)
Luigi Merci (c. 1695 – c. 1750)
Anna Meredith (born 1978)
Robin Milford (1903–1959)
Silvina Milstein (born 1956)
Ernest John Moeran (1894–1950)
Dominic Muldowney (born 1952)
William Mundy (c. 1529–1591)
Thea Musgrave (born 1928)

N

Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
Patrick Nunn (born 1969)
Michael Nyman (born 1944)

O

Norman O'Neill (1875–1934)
Buxton Orr (1924–1997)
Robin Orr (1909–2006)
Janet Owen Thomas (1961–2002)

P

Roxanna Panufnik (born 1968)
Hubert Parry (1848–1918)
Paul Patterson (born 1947)
Harry Parr-Davies (1914–1955)
Ian Parrott (1916–2012)
Michael Parsons (born 1938)
Anthony Payne (1936–2021)
Martin Peerson (1571/1573–1650/1651)
David Pentecost (born 1940)
Norman Peterkin (1886–1982)
Polo Piatti (born 1954)
George Frederick Pinto (1785–1806)
Thomas Pitfield (1903–1999)
Jocelyn Pook (born 1960)
Cipriani Potter (1792–1871)
Leonel Power (1370/1385–1445)
Alwynne Pritchard (born 1968)
Gwyn Pritchard (born 1948)
Henry Purcell (1659–1695)

Q

Roger Quilter (1877–1953)

R

Simon Rackham (born 1964)
Bernard Rands (born 1934)
Alan Rawsthorne (1905–1971)
Alan Richardson (1904–1978)
Max Richter (born 1966)
Alan Ridout (1934–1996)
Betty Roe (born 1930)
Cyril Rootham (1875–1938)
Edmund Rubbra (1901–1986)
John Rutter (born 1945)

S

Malcolm Sargent (1895–1967)
Lionel Sainsbury (born 1958)
Leonard Salzedo (1921–2000)
Kevin Sargent (living)
Rebecca Saunders (born 1967)
Sinan Savaskan (born 1954)
David Sawer (born 1961)
Robert Saxton (born 1953)
Cyril Scott (1879–1970)
Francis George Scott (1880–1958)
Marion Scott (1877–1953)
Peter Seabourne (born 1960)
Humphrey Searle (1915–1982)
Mátyás Seiber (1905–1960)
Martin Shaw (1875–1958)
John Sheppard (c. 1515–1558)
Hugh Shrapnel (born 1947)
Obadiah Shuttleworth (died 1734)
Sasha Siem (born 1984)
Robert Simpson (1921–1997)
Howard Skempton (born 1947)
William Smethergell (1751–1836)
Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884)
Dave Smith (born 1949)
Ethel Smyth (1858–1894)
John Stafford Smith (1750–1836)
Naresh Sohal (1939–2018)
Arthur Somervell (1863–1937)
Philip Sparke (born 1951)
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892–1988)
Patric Standford (1939–2014)
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)
Christopher Steel (1938 or 1939–1991 or 1992)
Bernard Stevens (1916–1983)
James Stevens (1892–1971)
Haldane Stewart (1868–1942)
Robert Prescott Stewart (1825–1894)
Richard Stoker (1938–2021)
Martin Suckling (born 1981)
Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)

T

Joby Talbot (born 1971)
Thomas Tallis (c. 1505–1585)
Phyllis Tate (1911–1987)
John Tavener (1944–2013)
John Taverner (c. 1490–1545)
Mansel Thomas (1909–1986)
Shirley Thompson (living)
Michael Tippett (1905–1998)
Will Todd (born 1970)
Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656)
Ernest Tomlinson (1924–2015)
Paolo Tosti (1846–1916)
Donald Tovey (1875–1940)
Harold Truscott (1914–1992)
Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960)

V

Robert Valentine (c. 1671–1747)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
John Veale (1922–2006)
Ian Venables (born 1955)

W

Julian Wagstaff (born 1970)
William Wallace (1860–1940)
Errollyn Wallen (born 1958)
William Walton (1902–1983)
John Ward (1590–1638)
Peter Warlock (1894–1930)
Thomas Weelkes (1576–1623)
Judith Weir (born 1954)
Samuel Wesley (1766–1837)
Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876)
Douglas Weiland (born 1954)
Janet Wheeler (born 1957)
John White (born 1936)
Percy Whitlock (1903–1946)
Grace Williams (1906–1977)
James Wilson (1922–2005)
Thomas Wilson (1927–2001)
Beth Wiseman (1951–2007)
Stevie Wishart (living)
Charles Wood (1866–1926)
Hugh Wood (1932–2021)
John Wooldridge (1919–1958)
William Wordsworth (1908–1988)
David Wright (born 1953)
David Wynne (1900–1983)

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