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Composers A to Z

Listen to 主播大秀 Radio 3 programmes about composers and their works, including editions of Composer of the Week (COTW), Composers' Rooms (CR), Discovering Music (DM), Opera Guides (OG), Proms Music Guides (PMG), Proms Plus (PP), The Story of Music (SOM), Music Matters (MM), (SF), Twenty Minutes (TM) and Building a Library (BAL). Plus links to composer profiles on 主播大秀 Music.

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ADAM, Adolphe

ADAMS, John

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ADDINSELL, Richard

ALBENIZ, Isaac

ALBINONI, Tomaso

ALWYN, William

ANDRIESSEN, Louis

ARCADELT, Jacques

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ARENSKY, Anton

ARNE, Thomas

ARNOLD, Malcolm

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AVISON, Charles

B

BACEWICZ, Gra偶yna

BACH, C.P.E.

BACH, J.C.

BACH, J.S.

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Orchestral

Choral

Chamber

Keyboard

BACH, W.F.

BALAKIREV, Mily Alexeyevich

BANTOCK, Granville

BARBER, Samuel

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BARTOK, B茅la

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BEACH, Amy

BEAMISH, Sally

BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van

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Orchestral

Choral

Chamber

Piano

Songs

BENJAMIN, George

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BENNETT, William Sterndale

BERG, Alban

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BERIO, Luciano

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BERLIN, Irving

BERLIOZ, Hector

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BERNERS, Lord

BERNSTEIN, Leonard

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BIRTWISTLE, Harrison

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BIZET, Georges

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BOCCHERINI, Luigi

BOLOGNE, Joseph

BORODIN, Alexander

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BOWLER, Laura

BRAHMS, Johannes

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Orchestral

Choral

Chamber

Piano

Songs

BRAY, Charlotte

BRIAN, Havergal

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BRIDGE, Frank

BRITTEN, Benjamin

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Orchestral

Operas

Choral

BRUCH, Max

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BRUCKNER, Anton

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BRYARS, Gavin

BULL, Ole

BUXTEHUDE, Dietrich

BYRD, William

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C

CACCINI, Francesca

CAGE, John

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CAMPRA, Andr茅

CARISSIMI, Giacomo

CARTER, Elliott

CASELLA, Alfredo

CAVALLI, Francesco

CHABRIER, Emmanuel

CHAMINADE, C茅cile

CHARPENTIER, Marc-Antoine

CHAUSSON, Ernest

CHEN, Yi

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CHERUBINI, Luigi

CHOPIN, Fryderyk

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Orchestral

Piano

CLEMENTI, Muzio

COATES, Eric

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COLERIDGE-TAYLOR, Samuel

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COPLAND, Aaron

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CORELLI, Arcangelo

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COUPERIN, Fran莽ois

COWARD, Noel

CRANE, Laurence

CUTLER, Joe

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DAVIES, Tansy

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DAVIS, Miles

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DEAN, Brett

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DEBUSSY, Claude

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DELALANDE, Michel-Richard

DELIBES, L茅o

DELIUS, Frederick

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D'INDY, Vincent

DITTERS VON DITTERSDORF, Carl

DONIZETTI, Gaetano

DOVE, Jonathan

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DOWLAND, John

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DUKAS, Paul

DUNSTABLE, John

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DUPARC, Henri

DUSSEK, Jan Ladislav

DUTILLEUX, Henri

DVORAK, Antonin

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Orchestral

Choral

Chamber

DYSON, George

E

ELGAR, Edward

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ENESCU, George

EVANS, Bill

F

FALLA, Manuel de

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FARRENC, Louise

FAUR脡, Gabriel

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FIELD, John

FINZI, Gerald

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FITKIN, Graham

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FRANCK, C茅sar

FRESCOBALDI, Girolamo

FUJIKURA, Dai

G

GABRIELI, Giovanni

GAL, Hans

GEMINIANI, Francesco

GERSHWIN, George

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GESUALDO, Carlo

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GINASTERA, Alberto

GLASS, Philip

GLAZUNOV, Aleksandr

GLIERE, Reinhold

GLUCK, Christoph

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GOEHR, Alexander

GOODMAN, Benny

GOUNOD, Charles

GOVES, Larry

GRAINGER, Percy

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GRANADOS, Enrique

GRECHANINOV, Aleksandr

GRIEG, Edvard

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GURNEY, Ivor

H

HALL, Emily

HANDEL, George Frideric

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Orchestral

Operas

Choral

  • Y

Keyboard

HARVEY, Jonathan

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HAYDN, Joseph

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HAYDN, Michael

HENZE, Hans Werner

HERBERT, Matthew

HEROLD, Ferdinand

HERRMANN, Bernard

HILDEGARD von Bingen

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HINDEMITH, Paul

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HOLLOWAY, Robin

HOLMES, Augusta

HOLST, Gustav

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HONEGGER, Arthur

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HORNE, David

HOROVITZ, Joseph

HOWELLS, Herbert

HUMMEL, Johann Nepomuk

HUMPERDINCK, Engelbert

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I

IBERT, Jacques

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IRELAND, John

IVES, Charles

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J

JACOB, Gordon

JANA膶EK, Leo拧

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JOMMELLI, Niccolo

JOPLIN, Scott

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JOSQUIN

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K

KAPR脕LOV脕, V铆t臎zslava

KHACHATURIAN, Aram

KNUSSEN, Oliver

KOD脕LY, Zolt谩n

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c

KOECHLIN, Charles

KORNGOLD, Erich Wolfgang

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KURT脕G, Gy枚rgy

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L

LAM, Fung

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LAMBERT, Constant

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LASSUS, Orlande de

LEHAR, Ferencz

LEIFS, Jon

LIGETI, Gy枚rgy

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LIM, Liza

LISZT, Franz

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Orchestral

Piano

LLOYD, George

LOCATELLI, Pietro

LOEWE, Frederick

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LULLY, Jean-Baptiste

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LUTOSLAWSKI, Witold

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M

MACDOWELL, Edward

MACMILLAN, James

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MAHLER, Gustav

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Symphonies

Vocal

MARAIS, Marin

MARTIN, Frank

MARTIN女, Bohuslav

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MASCAGNI, Pietro

MASSENET, Jules

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MATTHEWS, Kaffe

MAXWELL DAVIES, Peter

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MCCABE, John

MEDTNER, Nikolai

MENDELSSOHN, Fanny

MENDELSSOHN, Felix

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Orchestral

Choral

MENOTTI, Gian Carlo

MEREDITH, Anna

MESSIAEN, Olivier

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MEYERBEER, Giacomo

MILHAUD, Darius

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MINGUS, Charles

MOERAN, Ernest John

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MOLITOR, Claudia

MONK, Meredith

MONTEVERDI, Claudio

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MORTON, Jelly Roll

MOSZKOWSKI, Moritz

MOZART, Leopold

MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus

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Orchestral

Operas

Choral

Chamber

Piano

MUSSORGSKY, Modest

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MYASKOVSKY, Nicolai

N

NEWMAN, Chris

NIELSEN, Carl

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NYMAN, Michael

O

OCKEGHEM, Johannes

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OFFENBACH, Jacques

ORFF, Carl

P

PACHELBEL, Johann

PAGANINI, Nicol貌

PAISIELLO, Giovanni

PALESTRINA, Giovanni Pierluigi da

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PANUFNIK, Andrzej

PANUFNIK, Roxanna

PARRY, Sir Hubert

PART, Arvo

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PERGOLESI, Giovanni Battista

PIAZZOLLA, 脕stor

PORTER, Cole

POULENC, Francis

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PREVIN, Andre

PROKOFIEV, Sergei

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PUCCINI, Giacomo

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PURCELL, Henry

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Q

none

There are no composers on this list whose surname begins with Q

R

RACHMANINOV, Sergei

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RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe

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RAN, Shulamit

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RAUTAVAARA, Einojuhani

RAVEL, Maurice

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Orchestral

Piano

RAWSTHORNE, Alan

REBEL, Jean-F茅ry

REICH, Steve

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REIZENSTEIN, Franz

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RESPIGHI,Ottorino

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RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Nikolai

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RODRIGO, Joaqu铆n

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ROSSINI, Gioachino

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ROUSSEL, Albert

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R脫ZSA, Mikl贸s

RUBBRA, Edmund

RUTTER, John

S

SAINT-SAENS, Camille

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SALIERI, Antonio

SAMMARTINI, Giovanni and Giuseppe

SATIE, Erik

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SCARLATTI, Alessandro

SCHNITTKE, Alfred

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SCHOENBERG, Arnold

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Instrumental

Vocal

SCHUBERT, Franz

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Orchestral

Chamber

Piano

Vocal

SCHUMAN, William

SCHUMANN, Clara

SCHUMANN, Robert

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SCHUTZ, Heinrich

SCRIABIN, Alexander

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SHEPPARD, John

SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitri

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SIBELIUS, Jean

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SKALKOTTAS, Nikos

SKEMPTON, Howard

SMETANA, Bedrich

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SMYTH, Ethel

SOHAL, Naresh

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SONDHEIM, Stephen

SPOHR, Louis

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STAMITZ, Johann

STANLEY, John

STEVENS, Bernard

STRADELLA, Alessandro

STRAUSS, II, Johann

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STRAUSS, Richard

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Orchestral

Operas

Chamber

STRAVINSKY, Igor

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SUK, Josef

SULLIVAN, Arthur

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SVENDSEN, Johan

SZYMANOWSKI, Karol

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T

TALLIS, Thomas

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TANEYEV, Sergei

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TAVENER, John

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TCHAIKOVSKY, Pyotr

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Orchestral

Operas

Piano

TELEMANN, Georg Philipp

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TIPPETT, Sir Michael

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TUULIKKI, Hanna

TURNAGE, Mark-Anthony

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U

None

There are no composers on this list whose surname begins with U

V

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Ralph

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VERDI, Giuseppe

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VICTORIA, Tomas Luis de

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VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor

VIVALDI, Antonio

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VOLANS, Kevin

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W

WAGNER, Richard

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WALLIN, Rolf

WALTON, William

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Orchestral

Choral

WARLOCK, Peter

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WAXMAN, Franz

WEBER, Carl Maria von

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WEBERN, Anton

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WEILL, Kurt

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WEINBERG, Mieczyslaw

WEIR, Judith

WESLEY, Samuel

WILLIAMS, John

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WISEMAN, Debbie

WOLF, Hugo

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X

None

There are no composers in this list whose surnames begin with X

Y

None

There are no composers in this list whose surnames begin with Y

Z

ZELENKA, Jan

ZEMLINSKY, Alexander

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