List of French composers

This is an alphabetical '''list of composers from France'''. {{dynamic list|date=December 2012}}

==A–B== [[File:Postcard-1910 Daniel Fransois Auber.jpg|thumb|[[Daniel Auber]]]] [[File:Berlioz Petit BNF Gallica-crop.jpg|thumb|[[Hector Berlioz]]]] [[File:Georges bizet.jpg|thumb|[[Georges Bizet]]]] [[File:Boulez25oct2004 cropped.jpg|alt=Pierre Boulez|thumb|[[Pierre Boulez]]]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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 (composer)|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) * [[Chevalier de Saint-Georges|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) {{div col end}}

==C–D== [[File:MA Charpentier II.jpg|alt=Marc-Antoine Charpentier|thumb|[[Marc-Antoine Charpentier]]]] [[File:A-Ernest Chausson.jpg|thumb|[[Ernest Chausson]]]] [[File:Francois Couperin 2.jpg|thumb|[[François Couperin]]]] [[File:Claude Debussy by Atelier Nadar.jpg|thumb|[[Claude Debussy]]]] [[File:Paul Dukas 01.jpg|thumb|Paul Dukas]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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) * [[Loyset Compère|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)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|date=2001|entry=Derbès, Jean|encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]]|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47360|first=Jean-Rémy|last= Berthoud}}</ref> * [[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 (composer)|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) {{div col end}}

==E–G== [[File:Faure1907.jpg|thumb|[[Gabriel Fauré]]]] [[File:César Franck by Pierre Petit.jpg|thumb|[[César Franck]]]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Ebran]] ({{circa|1543|1564}}) * [[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 (composer)|Godard]] ({{floruit|1536|1560}})<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Frank Dobbins|date=2001|entry=Godard [Godart, Goddart]|encyclopedia=Grove Music Online|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.11327}}</ref> * [[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 (composer)|Guillon]] ({{floruit|1776|1787}}) * [[Jean Guillou]] (1930–2019) * [[Alexandre Guilmant]] (1837–1911) {{div col end}}

==H–K== [[File:D'Indi Vincent Postcard-1910.jpg|thumb|[[Vincent d'Indy]]]] [[File:Arthur Honegger b Meurisse 1928.jpg|thumb|[[Arthur Honegger]]]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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) {{div col end}}

==L== [[File:Jean-Marie Leclair.jpg|alt=Jean Marie Leclair|thumb|[[Jean-Marie Leclair]]]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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) {{div col end}}

==M–N== [[File:Messiaen 1937 4.jpg|alt=Olivier Messiaen|thumb|[[Olivier Messiaen]]]] [[File:Mondonville.jpg|alt=Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville|thumb|[[Jean-Joseph de Mondonville]]]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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) {{div col end}}

==O–P== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[Jacques Offenbach]] (1819–1880) * [[Joseph O'Kelly]] (1828–1885) * [[George Onslow (composer)|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 (composer)|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) * [[:fr:Jacques de la Presle|Jacques de la Presle]] (1888–1969) * [[Josquin des Prez]] (c. 1450 – 1521) * [[Pierre Pincemaille]] (1956–2018) {{div col end}}

==R–S== [[File:Jean-Philippe Rameau by Jacques Aved.jpg|alt=Jean-Philippe Rameau|thumb|[[Jean-Philippe Rameau]]]] [[File:Maurice Ravel 1925.jpg|thumb|[[Maurice Ravel]]]] [[File:Albert Roussel 1923.jpg|alt=Albert Roussel|thumb|[[Albert Roussel]]]] [[File:Saintsaens.jpg|thumb|[[Camille Saint-Saëns]]]] {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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) {{div col end}}

==T–Y== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[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) {{div col end}} {{clear}}

==See also== {{portal|Biography|France|Lists|Music}} * [[List of French classical composers (chronological)]] * [[Lists of composers]]

==References== {{reflist}}

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