20th-century American composers

American composer (1923–1976)

American musician

American jazz trombonist, music arranger, and composer (1914-1987)

American composer (1857–1922)

American conductor (1901–1983)

American music composer and conductor (1909-1970)

American composer, lyricist and actor (1935-1988)

Chilean American television and film composer, orchestrator (1905-1992)

Music composer and arranger

American composer, arranger, and conductor known for work in film, radio, and television (1923-2006)

American actor and musician (1919–2009)

American singer

American pianist (1917–2007)

American artist, composer, philanthropist, and founder of the Harkness Ballet (1915-1982)

Soviet-born American film producer

composer (1935–1992)

American composer (1891–1971)

American conductor, composer, pianist and musicologist

American musician (1932–2024)

American songwriter

composer of contemporary Jewish religious music

Austrian composer

American composer, singer, lyricist, and music publisher (1913-2009)

American composer of ragtime and popular music (1887–1952)

American composer (1915-2008)

American composer, lyricist and music theorist

Armenian and American composer (1876–1939)

American pianist and composer (1849–1908)

American film composer (1900–1966)

American songwriter and composer

film score composer (1907–1958)

American rock musician

American composer and lyricist (1914-1995)

American musical theatre and opera composer (born 1962)

American composer and musician (1923–2022)

American actor and musician

American composer (1881-1969)

American composer, lyricist, and pianist (1907–1979)

American composer (1862–1946)

American composer (1915-1970)

American composer (1915–2003)

American television and film composer, conductor, music arranger, and television producer (1927-2001)

American songwriter

American musician (1936–1978)

Rusyn composer, music educator, and choral conductor (1902–1978)

American music theorist, music critic and composer (1933–2003)

American conductor (1945–2016)

Brazilian composer, guitarist

American singer, musician, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger

American composer and executive (1938–2015)

American pioneers of electronic music

American musician, producer, and composer

American ragtime composer

American pianist, composer, arranger, and producer of Puerto Rican descent.

Hungarian American musician (1892–1936)

American Grammy Award-winning record producer, composer, musician, orchestrator and conductor

American musician (1911-2006)

American composer and pianist (1903–1987)

American composer (1923-1957)

founder of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority