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Composers are generally people who write music. In certain musical genres, such as popular and folk music, the term "songwriter" means someone who authors both music and lyrics, but such a person may also be properly called a "composer." If a songwriter also performs, he or she is called a "singer/songwriter."

1 By name
2 By genre
3 By era
4 By nationality or ethnicity
5 By instrument composed for
6 Other classifications
7 See also

By name

List of composers by name
List of female composers by name

By genre

List of Carnatic composers
List of film score composers
List of Hindustani/ North Indian music composers
List of classical music composers
List of major opera composers
List of musical theatre composers
List of ragtime composers
List of soundtrack composers

By era

List of Medieval composers
List of Renaissance composers
List of Baroque composers
List of Classical era composers
List of Romantic composers
List of modernist composers
List of 20th century classical composers
List of 21st century classical composers

By nationality or ethnicity

List of composers by nationality
List of composers of African descent
List of American composers
List of Canadian composers
List of Czech composers
List of Dutch composers
List of Filipino composers
List of Finnish composers
List of French composers
List of German and Austrian composers
List of Icelandic composers
List of Indian composers
List of Indonesian composers
List of Iranian composers
List of Italian composers
List of Polish composers
List of Portuguese composers
List of Russian composers
List of Slovenian composers
List of South African composers
List of Spanish composers
List of Swedish composers
List of Ukrainian 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 Anglican church composers - See also Religious music
List of female composers

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1 By name
2 By genre
3 By era
4 By nationality or ethnicity
5 By instrument composed for
6 Other classifications
7 See also