List of German composers

This is an alphabetical list of composers from Germany.

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

Bach

Beethoven

Brahms

Handel

Hildegard von Bingen

Mendelssohn

Schumann

Schütz

Stockhausen

Richard Strauss

Wagner

Weill

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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 (born 1930)
• Leni Alexander (1924–2005)
• Johann Peter Cornelius d'Alquen (1800–1863)[1]
• 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)
• Lothar Arnold (born 1959)
• Georg Daniel Auberlen (1728–1784)
• Wilhelm Amandus Auberlen (1798–1874)
• 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)
• Gottlieb Friedrich Bach (1714–1785)
• 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 Elias Bach (1705–1755)
• Johann Ernst Bach II (1722–1777)
• Johann Ludwig Bach (1677–1731)
• Johann Lorenz Bach (1695–1773)
• Johann Nikolaus Bach (1669–1753)
• Johann Philipp Bach (1752–1846)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
• Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784
• Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759–1845)
• Heinrich Backofen (1768–1830)
• Selmar Bagge (1823–1896)
• 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)
• Günther Becker (1924–2007)
• Hugo Becker (1863–1941)
• Alfred von Beckerath (1901–1978)
• Ignaz von Beecke (1733–1803)
• Anton Beer-Walbrunn (1864–1929)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
• Franz Benda (1709–1786)
• Georg Anton Benda (1722–1795)
• Ortwin Benninghoff (born 1946)
• Jean Berger (1909–2002)
• Wilhelm Berger (1861–1911)
• Christoph Bernhard (1628–1692)
• Otto Besch (1885–1966)
• 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 (born 1940)
• Helmut Bieler-Wendt (born 1956)
• Benjamin Bilse (1816–1902)
• Boris Blacher (1903–1975)
• Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (born 1934)
• Leo Blech (1871–1958)
• Volker Blumenthaler (born 1951)
• Theodor Blumer (1881–1964)
• Martin Blumner (1827–1901)
• Erhard Bodenschatz (1576–1639)
• Hans Boll (1923–2016)
• Georg Böhm (1661–1733)
• Johann Ludwig Böhner (1787–1860)
• Siegfried Borris (1906–1987)
• Hans-Jürgen von Bose (born 1953)
• Thomas Böttger (born 1957)
• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
• Caspar Joseph Brambach (1833–1902)
• Torsten Brandes (born 1959)[2]
• Theo Brandmüller (1948–2012)
• Nikolaus Brass (born 1949)
• Walter Braunfels (1882–1954)
• Reiner Bredemeyer (1929–1995)
• Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626–1712)
• Alois Bröder (born 1961)
• Max Bruch (1838–1920)
• Kurt Brüggemann (1908–2002)
• Klaus Bruengel (born 1949)
• Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697)
• Karl Gottfried Brunotte (born 1958)
• Wolfram Buchenberg (born 1962)
• 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)
• Hans Bußmeyer (1853–1930)
• Hugo Bußmeyer (1842–1912)
• 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)
• Otto Dienel (1839–1905)[3]
• Albert Dietrich (1829–1908)
• Hugo Distler (1908–1942)
• 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)
• Johann Samuel Endler (1694–1762)
• Philipp Heinrich Erlebach (1657–1714)
• Jean Paul Ertel (1865–1933)
• Georg Espitalier (1926–2010)
• Kaspar Ett (1788–1847)
• Jury Everhartz (born 1971)

F

• Rainer Fabich (born 1958)
• Hans Fährmann (1860–1940)
• Immanuel Faißt (1823–1894)
• Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736–1800)
• Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758)
• Peter Fassbänder (1869–1920)
• Reinhard Febel (born 1952)
• Johann Georg Feldmayer (1756–1834)[4]
• Alexander von Fielitz (1860–1930)
• Wolfgang Figulus (c.1525–1589)
• Anton Fils (1733–1760)
• Gottfried Wilhelm Fink (1783–1846)
• Siegfried Fink (1928–2006)
• Gerhard Fischer-Münster (born 1952)
• Johann Fischer (1646–1716)
• Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1556–1656)
• Johann Christian Fischer (1733–1800)
• Johann Karl Christian Fischer (1752–1807)
• Michael Gotthard Fischer (1773–1829)
• 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)
• Johann Zacharias Franck (1686–1756)
• Melchior Franck (1580–1639)
• Richard Franck (1858–1938)
• Clemens von Franckenstein (1875–1942)
• Bernd Franke (born 1959)
• Robert Franz (1815–1892)
• Henning Frederichs (1936–2003)
• Frederick II of Prussia (1712–1786)
• Carl Friedemann (1862–1952)
• Johannes Fritsch (born 1941)
• Johann Jakob Froberger (1616–1667)
• Gerhard Frommel (1906–1984)
• Adam von Fulda (1445–1505)
• Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886–1954)

G

• Florian Leopold Gassmann (1729–1774)
• Gustav Geierhaas (1888–1976)
• Fritz Geißler (1921–1984)
• Harald Genzmer (1909–2007)
• Günter Gerlach (1928–2003)
• 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)
• Werner Gneist (1898–1980)
• Hermann Goetz (1840–1876)
• Walter Wilhelm Goetze (1883–1961)
• Friedrich Goldmann (born 1941)
• Berthold Goldschmidt (1903–1996)
• Gunther Martin Göttsche (born 1953)
• Paul Graener (1872–1944)
• Christian Ernst Graf (1723–1804)
• Friedrich Hartmann Graf (1727–1795)
• Johann Graf (1684–1750)
• Wolfram Graf (born 1965)
• Kurt Grahl (born 1947)
• Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759)
• Kurt Graunke (1915–2005)
• Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703–1771)
• Christoph Graupner (1683–1760)
• Eduard Grell (1800–1886)
• Erhard Grosskopf (born 1934)
• Franz Grothe (1908–1982)
• Martin Grütter (born 1983)
• Boris Guckelsberger (born 1968)
• Max Gulbins (1862–1932)
• Gustav Gunsenheimer (born 1934)
• Manfred Gurlitt (1890–1972)
• Volker Gwinner (1912–2004)

H

• Joseph Haas (1879–1960)
• Hellmut Haase-Altendorf (1912–1990)
• Widmar Hader (born 1941)
• Bernhard Joachim Hagen (1720–1787)
• Dietrich Hahne (born 1961)
• Bernhard Hamann (1909–1968)
• 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)
• Bernd Hänschke (born 1948)
• Andreas Hantke (born 1956)
• Holger Hantke (born 1951)
• Heinz Friedrich Hartig (1907–1969)
• Heinrich Hartl (born 1953)
• Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905–1963)
• Ludwig Hartmann (1836–1910)
• Klaus Hashagen (1924–1998)
• Johann Adolph Hasse (1699–1783)
• Karl Hasse (1883–1960)
• Hans Leo Hassler (1546–1612)
• Jakob Hassler (1569–1622)
• Johann Wilhelm Häßler (1747–1822)
• Martin Hauber (born 1964)
• Carl August Haupt (1810–1891)
• Walter Haupt (born 1935)
• Moritz Hauptmann (1792–1868)
• Florian Havemann (born 1952)
• Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)
• Pantaleon Hebenstreit (1668–1750)
• Herbert Hechtel (1937–2014)
• Heinz Heckmann (born 1932)
• Werner Heider (born 1930)
• Peter Heilbut (1920–2005)
• 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)
• Ulrich Herkenhoff (born 1966)
• Sven Hermann (born 1974)
• Gerda Herrmann (born 1931)
• Heinrich Freiherr von Herzogenberg (1843–1900)
• Hans-Joachim Hespos (born 1938)
• Kurt Hessenberg (1908–1994)
• Matthias Hettmer (born 1973)
• Stefan Heucke (born 1959)
• Richard Bruno Heydrich (1865–1938)
• Manfred Heyl (1908–2001)
• Werner Richard Heymann (1896–1961)
• Ernst Hildebrand (1918–1986)
• 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)
• Falk Hübner (born 1979)[5]
• Wolfgang Hufschmidt (born 1934)
• Carl Theodor Hütterott (born 1926)
• Bertold Hummel (1925–2002)
• Franz Hummel (born 1939)
• Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778–1837)
• Engelbert Humperdinck (1854–1921)
• Hans Ulrich Humpert (1940–2010)
• Leopold Hurt (born 1979)
• Mathias Husmann (born 1948)

I

• Artur Immisch (1902–1949)[6]

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)
• Thomas Mancinus (1550–c.1612),[7] also Menckin, Mencken
• 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)
• 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)
• Jan Morgenstern (born 1980)
• 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)
• 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 (born 1936)
• 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)
• Ulrich Schultheiss (born 1956)
• 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)
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)
• 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

• Eugen Werner Velte (1923–1984)
• 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)
• Karl Heinz Wahren (born 1933)
• Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826)
• Kurt Weill (1900–1950)
• Hans Jürgen von der Wense (1894–1966)
• Richard Wetz (1875–1935)
• Jörg Widmann (born 1973)
• Franz Wohlfahrt (1833–1884)

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)

References

1. Biographical data of Johann Peter Cornelius d'Alquen.
2. Biography of Torsten Brandes in German.
3. Otto Dienel bio in German.
4. Johann Georg Feldmayer bio in German.
5. Biography of Falk Hübner.
6. Artur Immisch bio in German.
7. Thomas Mancinus bio in German.

See also

• Chronological list of German classical composers
• Lists of composers
• List of Germans