List of British classical composers
The following is a list of those born in Britain or of British citizenship who have worked in the classical music tradition.
A
    
- Richard Addinsell (1904–1977)
 - John Addison (1765–1844)
 - Thomas Adès (born 1971)
 - Kenneth J. Alford (1881–1945)
 - William Alwyn (1905–1965)
 - Geoffrey Alvarez (born 1961)
 - Julian Anderson (born 1967)
 - Kerry Andrew (born 1978)
 - Denis ApIvor (1916–2004)
 - Malcolm Archer (born 1952)
 - Thomas Arne (1710–1778)
 - Richard Arnell (1917–2009)
 - Malcolm Arnold (1921–2006)
 - Algernon Ashton (1859-1937)
 - Ivor Atkins (1869–1963)
 - Frederic Austin (1872–1952)
 - Charles Avison (1709–1770)
 
B
    
- William Babell (c. 1690–1723)
 - Francis Edward Bache (1833–1858)
 - Francis Baines (1917–1999)
 - William Baines (1899–1922)
 - Edgar Bainton (1880–1956)
 - Edward Bairstow (1874–1946)
 - Christopher Ball (born 1936)
 - Granville Bantock (1868–1946)
 - Richard Barrett (born 1959)
 - Stanley Bate (1911–1959)
 - Hubert Bath (1883–1945)
 - Arnold Bax (1883–1953)
 - Sally Beamish (born 1956)
 - David Bedford (1937–2011)
 - Luke Bedford (born 1978)
 - Arthur Benjamin (1893–1960)
 - George Benjamin (born 1960)
 - Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012)
 - William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875)
 - Lennox Berkeley (1903–1989)
 - Michael Berkeley (born 1948)
 - Lord Berners (1883–1950)
 - Ronald Binge (1910–1979)
 - Judith Bingham (born 1952)
 - Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934)
 - Arthur Bliss (1891–1975)
 - John Blow (1649–1708)
 - Carey Blyton (1932–2002)
 - Capel Bond (1730–1790)
 - Nimrod Borenstein (born 1969)
 - Rutland Boughton (1878–1960)
 - York Bowen (1884–1961)
 - William Boyce (1711–1779)
 - Charlotte Bray (born 1982)
 - Havergal Brian (1876–1972)
 - Frank Bridge (1879–1941)
 - Reginald Smith Brindle (1917–2003)
 - Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
 - Nigel Brooks (born 1936)
 - David Bruce (born 1970)
 - Gavin Bryars (born 1943)
 - John Bull (1562 or 1563–1628)
 - Geoffrey Burgon (1941–2010)
 - Diana Burrell (born 1948)
 - Alan Bush (1900–1995)
 - Geoffrey Bush (1920–1998)
 - Arthur Butterworth (1923–2014)
 - George Butterworth (1885–1916)
 - William Byrd (c. 1539 or 1543–1623)
 
C
    
- Thomas Campion (1567–1620)
 - Alexander Campkin (born 1984)
 - Philip Cannon (1929–2016)
 - Cornelius Cardew (1936–1981)
 - Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003)
 - Robert Carver (c. 1485 – c. 1570)
 - John Casken (born 1949)
 - Ronald Center (1913–1973)
 - Bob Chilcott (born 1955)
 - Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674–1707)
 - Nigel Clarke (born 1960)
 - Rebecca Helferich Clarke (1886–1979)
 - Frederic Cliffe (1857–1931)
 - Hubert Clifford (1904–1959)
 - Anna Clyne (born 1980)
 - Eric Coates (1886–1957)
 - Julian Cochran (born 1974)
 - Roger Sacheverell Coke (1912–1972)
 - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912)
 - Justin Connolly (1933–2020)
 - Arnold Cooke (1906–2005)
 - Benjamin Cooke (1734–1793)
 - Deryck Cooke (1919–1976)
 - Frank Corcoran (born 1937)
 - Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852–1935)
 - Harold Craxton (1885–1971)
 - William Croft (1678–1727)
 - Gordon Crosse (1937–2021)
 - Peter Crossley-Holland (1916–2001)
 - William Crotch (1775–1847)
 - Joe Cutler (born 1968)
 - Francis Cutting (c. 1550–1595/1596)
 
D
    
- Benjamin Dale (1885–1943)
 - Christian Darnton (1905–1981)
 - Peter Maxwell Davies (1934–2016)
 - Tansy Davies (born 1973)
 - Walford Davies (1869–1941)
 - Frederick Delius (1862–1934)
 - James Dillon (born 1950)
 - Stephen Dodgson (1924–2013)
 - James Douglas (born 1932)
 - Jonathan Dove (born 1959)
 - John Dowland (1563–1626)
 - Andrew Downes (born 1950)
 - Patrick Doyle (born 1953)
 - Paul Drayton (born 1944)
 - Thomas Dunhill (1877–1946)
 - John Dunstable (c. 1390–1453)
 - George Dyson (1883–1964)
 
E
    
- Henry Eccles, also Henri (1670–1742)
 - Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
 - Rosalind Ellicott (1857–1924)
 - Brian Eno (born 1948)
 - Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie (1732–1781)
 
F
    
- David Fanshawe (1942–2010)
 - Giles Farnaby (c. 1563–1640)
 - Robert Fayrfax (1464–1521)
 - Eric Fenby (1906–1997)
 - Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943)
 - Gerald Finzi (1901–1956)
 - Arthur Elwell Fisher (1848–1912)
 - Graham Fitkin (born 1963)
 - Eliza Flower (1803–1846)
 - Cecil Forsyth (1870–1941)
 - Christopher Fox (born 1955)
 - Cheryl Frances-Hoad (born 1980)
 - Benjamin Frankel (1906–1973)
 - Peter Racine Fricker (1920–1990)
 - John Foulds (1880–1939)
 
G
    
- Hans Gál (1890–1987)
 - Henry Balfour Gardiner (1877–1950)
 - William Gardiner (1770–1853)
 - John Gardner (1917–2011)
 - Edward German (1862–1936)
 - Jack Gibbons (born 1962)
 - Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)
 - Armstrong Gibbs (1889–1960)
 - Anthony Gilbert (born 1934)
 - Ruth Gipps (1921–1999)
 - Andrew Glover (born 1962)
 - Alexander Goehr (born 1932)
 - Berthold Goldschmidt (1903–1996)
 - Jonathan Goldstein (1968–2019)
 - Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893–1962)
 - Jonny Greenwood (born 1971)
 - Edward Gregson (born 1945)
 - Ivor Gurney (1890–1937)
 
H
    
- Patrick Hadley (1899–1973)
 - Emily Hall (born 1978)
 - Richard Hall (1903–1982)
 - Iain Hamilton (1922–2000)
 - George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
 - Richard Harris (born 1968)
 - Hamilton Harty (1879–1941)
 - Basil Harwood (1859–1949)
 - Patrick Hawes (born 1958)
 - Michael Head (1900–1976)
 - Christopher Headington (1930–1996)
 - Anthony Hedges (1931–2019)
 - Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901–1947)
 - Muriel Emily Herbert (1897–1984)
 - William Herschel (1738–1822)
 - Kenneth Hesketh (born 1968)
 - Alistair Hinton (born 1950)
 - Christopher Hobbs (born 1950)
 - Alun Hoddinott (1929–2008)
 - Joseph Holbrooke (1878–1958)
 - Alfred Hollins (1865–1942)
 - Robin Holloway (born 1943)
 - Derek Holman (1931–2019)
 - Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
 - Imogen Holst (1907–1984)
 - Simon Holt ((born 1958)
 - James Hook (1746–1827)
 - Bill Hopkins (1943–1981)
 - David Horne (born 1970)
 - Joseph Horovitz (born 1926)
 - Dorothy Howell (1898–1982)
 - Herbert Howells (1892–1983)
 - Vic Hoyland (born 1945)
 - Michael Hurd (1928–2006)
 - William Hurlstone (1876–1906)
 
I
    
- John Ireland (1879–1962)
 
J
    
- Gordon Jacob (1895–1984)
 - Philip Jeck (born 1952)
 - Rupert Jeffcoat (born 1970)
 - Karl Jenkins (born 1944)
 - Daniel Jones (1912–1993)
 - Wilfred Josephs (1927–1997)
 - John Joubert (1927–2019)
 
K
    
- Lydia Kakabadse (born 1955)
 - Minna Keal (1909–1999)
 - Albert Ketèlbey (1875–1959)
 - George Kiallmark (1781–1835)
 - Oliver Knussen (1952–2018)
 
L
    
- Constant Lambert (1905–1951)
 - Frederic Lamond (1868–1948)
 - Philip Lane (born 1950)
 - Walter Leigh (1905–1942)
 - Kenneth Leighton (1929–1988)
 - Thomas Linley the elder (1733–1795)
 - Thomas Linley the younger (1756–1778)
 - Malcolm Lipkin (1932–2017)
 - George Lloyd (1913–1998)
 - William Lloyd Webber (1914–1982)
 - Jon Lord (1941–2012)
 - Elisabeth Lutyens (1906–1983)
 
M
    
- Hamish MacCunn (1868–1916)
 - Malcolm MacDonald (1916–1992)
 - Emma Maria Macfarren (1824–1895), pseudonym Jules Brissac
 - George Alexander Macfarren (1813–1887)
 - Walter Cecil Macfarren (1826–1905)
 - Alexander Mackenzie (1847–1905)
 - James MacMillan (born 1959)
 - Elizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994)
 - John Marsh (1752–1828)
 - Carlo Martelli (born 1935)
 - George William Martin (1828–1881)
 - Steve Martland (1954–2013)
 - Benedict Mason (born 1954)
 - William Mathias (1934–1992)
 - Colin Matthews (born 1946)
 - David Matthews (born 1943)
 - Nicholas Maw (1935–2009)
 - Billy Mayerl (1902–1959)
 - Rita McAllister (born 1946)
 - John McCabe (1939–2015)
 - Cecilia McDowall (born 1951)
 - John Blackwood McEwen (1868–1948)
 - William McGibbon (1690–1756)
 - Edward McGuire (born 1948)
 - Donna McKevitt (born 1970)
 - John McLeod (born 1934)
 - Luigi Merci (c. 1695 – c. 1750)
 - Anna Meredith (born 1978)
 - Robin Milford (1903–1959)
 - Silvina Milstein (born 1956)
 - Ernest John Moeran (1894–1950)
 - Dominic Muldowney (born 1952)
 - William Mundy (c. 1529–1591)
 - Thea Musgrave (born 1928)
 
N
    
- Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
 - Patrick Nunn (born 1969)
 - Michael Nyman (born 1944)
 
O
    
- Norman O'Neill (1875–1934)
 - Buxton Orr (1924–1997)
 - Robin Orr (1909–2006)
 - Janet Owen Thomas (1961–2002)
 
P
    
- Roxanna Panufnik (born 1968)
 - Hubert Parry (1848–1918)
 - Paul Patterson (born 1947)
 - Harry Parr-Davies (1914–1955)
 - Ian Parrott (1916–2012)
 - Michael Parsons (born 1938)
 - Anthony Payne (1936–2021)
 - Martin Peerson (1571/1573–1650/1651)
 - David Pentecost (born 1940)
 - Norman Peterkin (1886–1982)
 - Polo Piatti (born 1954)
 - George Frederick Pinto (1785–1806)
 - Thomas Pitfield (1903–1999)
 - Jocelyn Pook (born 1960)
 - Cipriani Potter (1792–1871)
 - Leonel Power (1370/1385–1445)
 - Alwynne Pritchard (born 1968)
 - Gwyn Pritchard (born 1948)
 - Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
 
Q
    
- Roger Quilter (1877–1953)
 
R
    
- Simon Rackham (born 1964)
 - Bernard Rands (born 1934)
 - Alan Rawsthorne (1905–1971)
 - Alan Richardson (1904–1978)
 - Max Richter (born 1966)
 - Alan Ridout (1934–1996)
 - Betty Roe (born 1930)
 - Cyril Rootham (1875–1938)
 - Edmund Rubbra (1901–1986)
 - John Rutter (born 1945)
 
S
    
- Malcolm Sargent (1895–1967)
 - Lionel Sainsbury (born 1958)
 - Leonard Salzedo (1921–2000)
 - Kevin Sargent (living)
 - Rebecca Saunders (born 1967)
 - Sinan Savaskan (born 1954)
 - David Sawer (born 1961)
 - Robert Saxton (born 1953)
 - Cyril Scott (1879–1970)
 - Francis George Scott (1880–1958)
 - Marion Scott (1877–1953)
 - Peter Seabourne (born 1960)
 - Humphrey Searle (1915–1982)
 - Mátyás Seiber (1905–1960)
 - Martin Shaw (1875–1958)
 - John Sheppard (c. 1515–1558)
 - Hugh Shrapnel (born 1947)
 - Obadiah Shuttleworth (died 1734)
 - Sasha Siem (born 1984)
 - Robert Simpson (1921–1997)
 - Howard Skempton (born 1947)
 - William Smethergell (1751–1836)
 - Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884)
 - Dave Smith (born 1949)
 - Ethel Smyth (1858–1894)
 - John Stafford Smith (1750–1836)
 - Naresh Sohal (1939–2018)
 - Arthur Somervell (1863–1937)
 - Philip Sparke (born 1951)
 - Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892–1988)
 - Patric Standford (1939–2014)
 - Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)
 - Christopher Steel (1938 or 1939–1991 or 1992)
 - Bernard Stevens (1916–1983)
 - James Stevens (1892–1971)
 - Haldane Stewart (1868–1942)
 - Robert Prescott Stewart (1825–1894)
 - Richard Stoker (1938–2021)
 - Martin Suckling (born 1981)
 - Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)
 
T
    
- Joby Talbot (born 1971)
 - Thomas Tallis (c. 1505–1585)
 - Phyllis Tate (1911–1987)
 - John Tavener (1944–2013)
 - John Taverner (c. 1490–1545)
 - Mansel Thomas (1909–1986)
 - Shirley Thompson (living)
 - Michael Tippett (1905–1998)
 - Will Todd (born 1970)
 - Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656)
 - Ernest Tomlinson (1924–2015)
 - Paolo Tosti (1846–1916)
 - Donald Tovey (1875–1940)
 - Harold Truscott (1914–1992)
 - Mark-Anthony Turnage (born 1960)
 
V
    
- Robert Valentine (c. 1671–1747)
 - Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)
 - John Veale (1922–2006)
 - Ian Venables (born 1955)
 
W
    
- Julian Wagstaff (born 1970)
 - William Wallace (1860–1940)
 - Errollyn Wallen (born 1958)
 - William Walton (1902–1983)
 - John Ward (1590–1638)
 - Peter Warlock (1894–1930)
 - Thomas Weelkes (1576–1623)
 - Judith Weir (born 1954)
 - Samuel Wesley (1766–1837)
 - Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810–1876)
 - Douglas Weiland (born 1954)
 - Janet Wheeler (born 1957)
 - John White (born 1936)
 - Percy Whitlock (1903–1946)
 - Grace Williams (1906–1977)
 - James Wilson (1922–2005)
 - Thomas Wilson (1927–2001)
 - Beth Wiseman (1951–2007)
 - Stevie Wishart (living)
 - Charles Wood (1866–1926)
 - Hugh Wood (1932–2021)
 - John Wooldridge (1919–1958)
 - William Wordsworth (1908–1988)
 - David Wright (born 1953)
 - David Wynne (1900–1983)
 
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