List of French composers

This is an alphabetical list of composers from France.

A–B

• Eryck Abecassis (born 1956)
• Jean-Baptiste Accolay (1833–1900)
• Frédéric Acquaviva (born 1967)
• Adolphe Adam (1803–1856)
• François d'Agincourt (1684–1758)
• Léopold Aimon (1779–1866)
• Jehan Alain (1911–1940)
• Paul Alday (c. 1763 – 1835)
• Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888)
• Joseph-Henri Altès (1826–1895)
• Jean-Claude Amiot (born 1939)
• Gilbert Amy (born 1936)
• Édouard Ignace Andlauer (1830–1909)
• Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691)
• Jean-Baptiste Arban (1825–1889)
• Daniel Auber (1782–1871)
• Jacques Aubert (1689–1753)
• Louis Aubert (1877–1968)
• Olivier Aubert (1763–c.1830)
• Tony Aubin (1907–1981)
• Edmond Audran (1840–1901)
• Georges Auric (1899–1983)
• Artus Aux-Cousteaux (c. 1590 – 1656)
• Nicolas Bacri (born 1961)
• Pierre Baillot (1771–1842)
• Claude Balbastre (1724–1799)
• Auguste Barbereau (1799–1879)
• Jean Barraqué (1928–1973)
• Yves Baudrier (1906–1988)
• François Bazin (1816–1878)
• Désiré Beaulieu (1791–1863)
• Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
• Louise Bertin (1805–1877)
• Christophe Bertrand (1981–2010)
• Henri Betti (1917–2005)
• Georges Bizet (1838–1875)
• Adolphe Blanc (1828–1885)
• Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789–1856)
• François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775–1834)
• Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1755)
• Michel Blavet (1700–1768)
• Léon Boëllmann (1862–1897)
• Claude Bolling (1930–2020)
• Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937)
• Charles Bordes (1863–1909)
• Lili Boulanger (1893–1918)
• Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
• Pierre Boulez (1925–2016)
• Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de St George (1745–1799)
• Louis-Albert Bourgault-Ducoudray (1840–1910)
• Laurent Boutonnat (born 1961)
• Eugène Bozza (1905–1991)
• Jean-Baptiste Bréval (1753–1823)
• Antoine Brumel (1460 – 1515 ?)
• Clément Broutin (1851–1889)
• Alfred Bruneau (1857–1934)
• Henri Büsser (1872–1973)

C–D

• Pablo Caliero (1910–2002)
• André Campra (1660–1744)
• Joseph Canteloube (1879–1957)
• André Caplet (1878–1925)
• Jacques Castérède (1926–2014)
• Alexis de Castillon (1838–1873)
• Charles Simon Catel (1773–1830)
• Pierre Certon (c.1510/20–1572)
• Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894)
• Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944)
• Jacques Champion de Chambonnières (c. 1601 – 1672)
• Gustave Charpentier (1860–1956)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704)
• Ernest Chausson (1855–1899)
• Charles-Alexis Chauvet (1837–1871)
• Nicolas Chedeville (1705–1782)
• Hedwige Chrétien (1859–1944)
• Aloÿs Claussmann (1850–1926)
• Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676–1749)
• Michel Colombier (1939–2004)
• Loÿset Compère (c. 1445 – 1518)
• Napoléon Coste (1805–1883)
• Bruno Coulais (born 1954)
• François Couperin (1668–1733)
• Louis Couperin (c. 1626 – 1661)
• Jean Cras (1879–1932)
• Ferdinand de Craywinckel (1820 – c. 1888)
• Nicolas Dalayrac (1753–1809)
• Jean-Michel Damase (1928–2013)
• Jules Danbé (1840–1905)
• Charles Dancla (1817–1907)
• Jean-François Dandrieu (c. 1682 – 1738)
• Adolphe Danhauser (1835–1896)
• Louis-Claude Daquin (1694–1772)
• Félicien David (1810–1876)
• Claude Debussy (1862–1918)
• Louis Deffès (1819–1900)
• Michel Richard Delalande (1657–1726)
• Georges Delerue (1925–1992)
• Léo Delibes (1836–1891)
• Charles Delioux (1825–1915)
• Jeanne Demessieux (1921–1968)
• Jean Derbès (1937–1982)
• Alfred Desenclos (1912–1971)
• Adolphe Deslandres (1840–1911)
• Alexandre Desplat (born 1961)
• Louis Diémer (1843–1919)
• Victor Dourlen (1780–1864)
• Théodore Dubois (1837–1924)
• François Dufault (before 1604 – c.1672)
• Guillaume Dufay (c. 1397 – 1474)
• Maurice Duhamel (1884–1940)
• Paul Dukas (1865–1935)
• Henri Duparc (1848–1933)
• Gabriel Dupont (1878–1914)
• Jean-Louis Duport (1749–1819)
• Jean-Pierre Duport (1741–1818)
• Marcel Dupré (1886–1971)
• Émile Durand (1830–1903)
• Joël-François Durand (born 1954)
• Louis Durey (1888–1979)
• Marie-Madeleine Duruflé (1921–1999)
• Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
• Pascal Dusapin (born 1955)
• Henri Dutilleux (1916–2013)
• Hugues Dufourt (born 1943)
• Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy (c. 1802 – c. 1880)

E–G

• André-Joseph Exaudet (1710–1762)
• Ernest Fanelli (1860–1917)
• Louise Farrenc (1804–1875)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
• Antoine Forqueray (1671–1745)
• Jean Françaix (1912–1997)
• César Franck (1822–1890)
• Raymond Gallois-Montbrun (1918–1994)
• Jacques Gallot (c. 1625 – c. 1695)
• Pedro Garcia-Velasquez (born 1984)
• Denis Gaultier (1603–1672)
• André Gedalge (1856–1926)
• Henri Ghys (1839–1908)
• Godard ()
• Benjamin Godard (1849–1895)
• Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495 – c. 1560)
• François Joseph Gossec (1734–1829)
• Charles Gounod (1818–1893)
• Théodore Gouvy (1819–1898)
• Jacques de Gouy (c.1610 – after 1650)
• Nicolas de Grigny (1672–1703)
• Gérard Grisey (1946–1998)
• Gabriel Grovlez (1879–1944)
• Louis-Gabriel Guillemain (1705–1770)
• Guillon ()
• Jean Guillou (1930–2019)
• Alexandre Guilmant (1837–1911)

H–K

• Reynaldo Hahn (1874–1947)
• Fromental Halévy (1799–1862)
• Charles-Louis Hanon (1819–1900)
• Guy d'Hardelot (1858–1936)
• Lucien Haudebert (1877–1963)
• Pierre Henry (1927–2017)
• Ferdinand Hérold (1791–1833)
• Louis de Caix d'Hervelois (c. 1670 – c. 1760)
• Augusta Holmès (1847–1903)
• Arthur Honegger (1892–1955)
• Jacques-Martin Hotteterre (1674–1763)
• Jean Huré (1877–1930)
• Jacques Ibert (1890–1962)
• Vincent d'Indy (1851–1931)
• H. Maurice Jacquet (1886–1954)
• Hyacinthe Jadin (1776–1800)
• Louis-Emmanuel Jadin (1768–1853)
• Clément Janequin (c. 1485 – 1558)
• Jean Michel Jarre (born 1948)
• Maurice Jarre (1924–2009)
• André Jolivet (1905–1974)
• Maurice Journeau (1898–1999)
• Louis Antoine Jullien (1812–1860)
• Cyprien Katsaris (born 1951)
• Eugène Ketterer (1831–1870)
• Charles Koechlin (1867–1950)
• Joseph-François Kremer (born 1954)
• Léon Charles François Kreutzer (1817–1868)
• Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766–1831)

L

• Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665–1729)
• Sophie Lacaze (born 1963)
• Théodore Lack (1846–1921)
• Louis Lacombe (1818–1884)
• Paul Ladmirault (1877–1944)
• Édouard Lalo (1823–1892)
• Michel Lambert (1610–1696)
• Georges Lamothe (1842–1894)
• Jean Langlais (1907–1991)
• Marcel Lanquetuit (1894–1985)
• Christian Lauba (born 1952)
• Jean-François Le Sueur (1760–1837)
• Nicolas Lebègue (c. 1631 – 1702), also "Le Bègue"
• Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764)
• Jean-Marie Leclair the younger (1703–1777)
• Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (1817–1869)
• Paul Le Flem (1881–1984)
• Michel Legrand (1932–2019)
• Jean-Pierre Leguay (born 1939)
• Jacques Leguerney (1906–1997)
• Jean-Baptiste Lemire (1867–1945)
• Léonin (1150s – c. 1201)
• Fabien Lévy (born 1968)
• Gaston Litaize (1909–1991)
• Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)

M–N

• Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300 – 1377)
• Albéric Magnard (1865–1914)
• Jean-Yves Malmasson (born 1963)
• Pierre de Manchicourt (c. 1510 – 1564)
• Marin Marais (1656–1728)
• Louis Marchand (1669–1732)
• Victor Massé (1822–1884)
• Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
• Paule Maurice (1910–1967)
• Jacques Féréol Mazas (1782–1849)
• Jules Mazellier (1879–1959)
• Stephane Meer (born 1951)
• Étienne Méhul (1763–1817)
• Félicien Menu de Ménil (1860–1930)
• Max Méreaux (born 1946)
• Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)
• Jean-Christian Michel (born 1938)
• Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)
• Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711–1772)
• Jacques-Louis Monod (1927–2020)
• Michel Pignolet de Montéclair (1667–1737)
• Léon Moreau (1870–1946)
• Pierre Montan Berton (1727–1780)
• Étienne Moulinié (1599–1667)
• Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682–1738)
• Jean Mouton (c. 1459 – 1522)
• Tristan Murail (born 1947)
• François Joseph Naderman (1781–1835)

O–P

• Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880)
• Joseph O'Kelly (1828–1885)
• André George Louis Onslow (1784–1853)
• Étienne Ozi (1754–1813)
• Émile Paladilhe (1844–1926)
• Paul Paray (1886–1979)
• Pérotin (c. 1160 – c. 1230)
• Claude Perraudin (1948 – 2001)
• Jean-Louis Petit (born 1937)
• Ninot le Petit (fl. c. 1500–1520)
• Georges Pfeiffer (1835–1908)
• François-André Danican Philidor (1726–1795)
• Gabriel Pierné (1863–1937)
• Auguste Pilati (1810–1877)
• Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
• (1888–1969)
• Josquin des Prez (c. 1450 – 1521)
• Pierre Pincemaille (1956–2018)

R–S

• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
• Jean-Marie Raoul (1766–1837)
• Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
• Jean-Henri Ravina (1818–1906)
• Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747)
• Rhené-Baton (1879–1940)
• Jean-Claude Risset (1938–2016)
• Théodore Ritter (1840–1887)
• Pierre Rode (1774–1830)
• Joseph Guy Ropartz (1864–1955)
• Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760–1836)
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
• Albert Roussel (1869–1937)
• Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer (c. 1705 – 1755)
• F. Rubinet (fl 1482–1507)
• Pierre de La Rue (c. 1452 – 1518)
• Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (c. 1640 – c. 1700)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
• Gustave Samazeuilh (1877–1967)
• Pierre Sancan (1916–2008)
• Erik Satie (1866–1925)
• Henri Sauguet (1901–1989)
• Alice Sauvrezis (1866–1946)
• Charles Eugène Sauzay (1809–1901)
• Pierre Schaeffer (1910–1995)
• Florent Schmitt (1870–1958)
• Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490 – 1562)
• Gaston Serpette (1846–1904)
• Éric Serra (born 1959)
• Déodat de Séverac (1872–1921)

T–Y

• Walter Taieb (born 1973)
• Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983)
• Alexandre Tansman (1897–1986)
• Claude Terrasse (1867–1923)
• Ambroise Thomas (1811–1896)
• Charles Tournemire (1870–1939)
• Edgard Varèse (1883–1965)
• Gilet Velut (flourished in early 15th century)
• Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
• Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
• Robert de Visée (c. 1655 – 1732–33)
• Louis Vuillemin (1879–1929)
• Charles-Marie Widor (1844–1937)
• Jules Auguste Wiernsberger (1857–1925)
• Michèl Yost (1754–1786)

See also

• List of French classical composers (chronological)
• Lists of composers

References