List of British classical composers

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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)
  • 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[]

F[]

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[]

K[]

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[]

N[]

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

O[]

P[]

Q[]

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[]

T[]

V[]

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

W[]

See also[]

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