By genre

• List of Carnatic composers
• List of film score composers
• List of classical music composers by era
• List of major opera composers
• List of composers of musicals
• List of musicals by composer: A to L, M to Z
• List of ragtime composers
• List of acousmatic-music composers

By era

• List of Medieval composers
• List of Renaissance composers
• List of Baroque composers
• List of Classical era composers
• List of Romantic-era composers
• List of 20th-century classical composers by birth date
• List of 21st-century classical composers

By instrument composed for

• List of composers for the classical guitar
• List of organ composers
• List of piano composers
• List of composers and their preferred lyricists
• List of string quartet composers

Other classifications

• List of composers of African descent
• List of composers of Caribbean descent
• List of Anglican church composers – See also Religious music
  Religious music
  Religious music is music performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence.A lot of music has been composed to complement religion, and many composers have derived inspiration from their own religion. Many forms of traditional music have been adapted to fit religions'...
  
  
• List of female composers by birth year
• List of modernist composers
• Chronological lists of classical composers
  Chronological lists of classical composers
  -By era or style:*List of Medieval composers*List of Renaissance composers*List of Baroque composers*List of Classical era composers*List of Romantic era composers*List of 20th century classical composers by birth date...
  
  

See also

• Lists of musicians
• List of singer-songwriters – see also Pop music
  Pop music
  Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
  
   and Rock music
  Rock music
  Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...