List of Composers By Name - B

B

• Øystein Baadsvik (born 1966)
• Kees van Baaren (1906–1970)
• Arno Babajanian (born 1921)
• Milton Babbitt (1916–2011)
• William Babell (1689/1690–1723)
• Stanley Babin (1932-2010)
• Luis Enríquez Bacalov (born 1933)
• Salvador Bacarisse (1898-1963)
• Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969)
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)
• Erik Bach (1946)
• Georg Christoph Bach (1642-1697)
• Gottfried Heinrich Bach (1724-1763)
• Heinrich Bach (1615–1692)
• Jan Bach (1937)
• Johann Bernhard Bach (1676–1749)
• Johann Bernhard Bach (the younger) (1700-1743)
• Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782)
• Johann Christoph Bach (1642–1703)
• Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732–1795)
• Johann Ernst Bach II (1722-1777)
• Johann Ludwig Bach (1677–1731)
• Johann Michael Bach (1648–1694)
• Johann Nicolaus Bach (1669–1753)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
• Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784)
• Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759–1845)
• Burt Bacharach (born 1928)
• Francis Edward Bache (1833–1858)
• Daniel Bacheler (1572–1619)
• Alfred Bachelet (1864-1944)
• Sven-Erik Bäck (1919–1994)
• Agathe Backer-Grøndahl (1847–1907)
• Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl (1885–1959)
• Ernst Bacon (1898–1990)
• Nicolas Bacri (born 1961)
• Rosa Giacinta Badalla (c. 1660–c. 1710)
• Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834-1861)
• Klaus Badelt (1967)
• Baden Powell (1937-2000)
• Carlo Agostino Badia (1672–1738)
• Henk Badings (1907–1987)
• Heinrich Baermann (1784–1847)
• Carlos Baguer (Carles Baguer) (1768–1808)
• Junsang Bahk (born 1937)
• Pierre Baillot (1771-1842)
• Giuseppe Baini (1775-1844)
• Edgar Bainton (1880–1956)
• Tadeusz Baird (1928–1981)
• Edward Bairstow (1874–1946)
• Feliksas Romualdas Bajoras (1934)
• Claude Baker (born 1948)
• David Baker (born 1931)
• George C. Baker (born 1951)
• Bálint Bakfark (Valentin Bakfark) (1526/1530–1576)
• Leonardo Balada (born 1933)
• Osvaldas Balakauskas (born 1937)
• Mily Balakirev (1837–1910)
• Andrei Melitonovich Balanchivadze (1906–1992)
• Meliton Balanchivadze (1862–1937)
• Sergey Balasanian (1902–1982)
• Claude Balbastre (1724–1799)
• Pietro Baldassare (c. 1683–after 1768)
• João José Baldi (1770–1816)
• Michael William Balfe (1808–1870)
• Jean Balissat (1936-2007)
• Hank Ballard (1936–2003)
• Robert Ballard (c. 1575–1645)
• Carl Christian Nicolaj Balle (1806–1855)
• Ernő Balogh (1897-1989)
• Puchi Balseiro (1926–2007)
• Thomas Baltzar (c. 1631–1663)
• Troy Banarzi (born 1972)
• Adriano Banchieri (1568–1634)
• Gilbert Banester (Banaster) (c. 1430–1487)
• Raffaello de Banfield (1922–2008)
• John Banister (c. 1625-1679)
• Don Banks (1923–1980)
• Tommy Banks (1936)
• Tony Banks (1950)
• Harald Banter (born 1930)
• Granville Bantock (1868–1946)
• Seymour Barab (born 1921)
• Krešimir Baranović (1894–1975)
• Bartolomeo Barbarino (c. 1568–1617 or later)
• Emanuele Barbella (1718–1777)
• Samuel Barber (1910–1981)
• Giulio Cesare Barbetta (1540–1603)
• Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823–1894)
• Jacobus Barbireau (1455–1491)
• Stephen Mark Barchan (born 1982)
• Josef Bardanashvili (born 1948)
• Agustín Bardi (1884-1941)
• Jason Bare (born 1975)
• Woldemar Bargiel (1828–1897)
• Zbigniew Bargielski (born 1937)
• Antonino Barges (fl. 1547–1565)
• Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924)
• Alexandre Barjansky (1883–1961)
• Vytautas Barkauskas (born 1931)
• Warren Barker (1923-2006)
• Clarence Barlow (born 1945)
• Wayne Barlow (1912–1996)
• Charlotte Alington Barnard (1830-1869)
• Joseph Barnby (1838–1896)
• Christian Barnekow (1837–1913)
• Milton Barnes (1931-2001)
• Ronald Barnes (1927-1997)
• Carol Barnett (1949)
• Charles Lloyd Barnhouse (1865–1929)
• Ethel Barns (1874–1948)
• Ernst Gottlieb Baron (1696–1760)
• Leonora Baroni (1611–1670)
• Jean Barraqué (1928–1973)
• Henry Barraud (1900–1997)
• Tomás Barrera Saavedra (1870-1938)
• Richard Barrett (born 1959)
• Jean Barrière (1707–1747)
• Agustín Barrios (1885–1944)
• Ángel Barrios (1882-1964)
• José Barros (1915-2007)
• Gerald Barry (born 1952)
• John Barry (1933-2011)
• Francesco Barsanti (1690–1772)
• Richard Barth (1850–1908)
• François Hippolyte Barthélemon (1741–1808)
• Riccardo Barthelemy (1869–1937)
• Johan Bartholdy (1853–1904)
• Dave Bartholomew (born 1920)
• Béla Bartók (1881–1945)
• Bartolino da Padova (fl. c. 1365–c. 1405)
• Angelo Michele Bartolotti (c. 1615–1696)
• Leonid Bashmakov (1927)
• Count Basie (1904–1984)
• Adrien Basin (fl. from 1457; died after 1498)
• Philippe Basiron (c. 1449–1491)
• Veniamin Basner (1925–1996)
• Randol Alan Bass (born 1953)
• Roderich Bass (1873–1933)
• Francesco Maria Bassani (c.1650-c.1700)
• Giovanni Battista Bassani (c. 1650–1716)
• Giovanni Bassano (c. 1558–1617)
• Leslie Bassett (1923)
• Luigi Bassi (1833–1871)
• John Baston (born c. 1683; fl. 1708–1739)
• Josquin Baston (fl. 1542–1563)
• Stanley Bate (1911–1959)
• Thomas Bateson (c. 1570-1630)
• Hubert Bath (1883–1945)
• Dennis Báthory-Kitsz (born 1949)
• Rhené-Baton (1879–1940)
• Adrian Batten (c. 1591-c. 1637)
• Jonathan Battishill (1738–1801)
• Giorgio Battistelli (born 1953)
• Marion Bauer (1882–1955)
• Noel Bauldeweyn (c. 1480–after 1513)
• Kārlis Baumanis (1835-1905)
• Friedrich Baumfelder (1836–1916)
• Jürg Baur (1918–2010)
• Juan Bautista Plaza (1898-1965)
• Arnold Bax (1883–1953)
• François Bayle (born 1932)
• François Bazin (1816–1878)
• Nisar Bazmi (1925–2007)
• Cyprian Bazylik (c. 1535–c. 1600)
• Antonio Bazzini (1818–1897)
• Amy Beach (1867–1944)
• Robert Beadell (1925–1994)
• Sally Beamish (born 1956)
• Robert Beaser (born 1954)
• Pierre Beauchamp (1631-1705)
• Balthasar de Beaujoyeux (16th century )
• Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier (1734–1794)
• Jack Beaver (1900-1963)
• Gilbert Bécaud (1927-2001)
• Giuseppe Becce (1877–1973)
• Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (1925-2010)
• Sidney Bechet (1897–1959)
• Conrad Beck (1901-1989)
• Franz Ignaz Beck (1734–1809)
• Jeremy Beck (born 1960)
• Albert Becker (1834–1899)
• Dietrich Becker (c. 1623–c. 1679)
• Hugo Becker (1863–1941)
• Jean Becker (1833–1884)
• John J. Becker (1886–1961)
• Max Beckschäfer (born 1952)
• John Beckwith (born 1927)
• David Bedford (born 1937)
• Lars Magnus Béen (1820-1905)
• Joseph Beer (1908–1987)
• Jack Beeson (1921–2010)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
• Eve Beglarian (born 1958)
• Anđelka Bego-Šimunić (born 1941)
• Franz Behr (1837–1898)
• David Behrman (born 1937)
• Bix Beiderbecke (1903–1931)
• Carl Beines (1869-1950)
• Jean-Pascal Beintus (born 1966)
• Sadao Bekku (1922–2012)
• Luca Belcastro (born 1964)
• Supply Belcher (1751–1836)
• Laurent Belissen (1693–1762)
• William Henry Bell (1873–1946)
• Ján Levoslav Bella (1843–1936)
• Vincenzo Bellavere (c. 1540/1541–1587)
• Giulio Belli (c. 1560–1621 or later)
• Paulo Bellinati (born 1950)
• Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)
• Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani (1690–1757)
• Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795)
• Herman Bellstedt (1858–1926)
• Herman Bemberg (1859–1931)
• Antonia Bembo (c. 1640–1720)
• Ofer Ben-Amots (born 1955)
• Ralph Benatzky (1884–1957)
• Felix Benda (1708–1768)
• František Benda (1709–1786)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Benda (1745-1814)
• Jan Jiří Benda (father) (1682–1757)
• Jan Jiří Benda (son) (1714-1752)
• Jean Benda (1874-1949)
• Jiří Antonín Benda (1722–1795)
• Josef Benda (1724-1804)
• Sebastian Benda (1926-2003)
• Franz Bendel (1833–1874)
• Victor Bendix (1851–1926)
• Karel Bendl (1838–1897)
• Julius Benedict (born 1804)
• Juraj Beneš (1940–2004)
• Orazio Benevoli (1605–1672)
• Paul Ben-Haim (1897–1984)
• Arthur Benjamin (1893–1960)
• George Benjamin (born 1960)
• Heinz Benker (1921-2000)
• John Bennet (c. 1575–after 1614)
• John Bennett (c. 1735–1784)
• Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012)
• Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981)
• William Sterndale Bennett (1816–1875)
• Peter Benoit (1834–1901)
• Jørgen Bentzon (1897–1951)
• Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919–2000)
• Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780–1857)
• Angelo Berardi (c. 1636–1694)
• Frédéric Bérat (1801–1855)
• Jacquet de Berchem (c. 1505–1567)
• José Manuel Berenguer (1955)
• Maxim Berezovsky (c. 1745–1777)
• Alban Berg (1885–1935)
• Gunnar Berg (1909–1989)
• Natanael Berg (1879–1957)
• Petar Bergamo (born 1930)
• Arthur Berger (1925–2003)
• Jean Berger (1909–2002)
• Jonathan Berger (born 1954)
• Ludwig Berger (1777–1839)
• Theodor Berger (1905-1992)
• Andreas Peter Berggreen (1801–1880)
• Sverre Bergh (1915-1980)
• Anders Berglund (born 1948)
• Erik Bergman (1911–2006)
• William Bergsma (1921–1994)
• Carl Axel Bergström (1864-1907)
• Carl Bergstrøm-Nielsen (born 1951)
• Luciano Berio (1925–2003)
• Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802–1870)
• Charles-Wilfrid de Bériot (1833–1914)
• Lennox Berkeley (1903–1989)
• Michael Berkeley (born 1948)
• Irving Berlin (1888–1989)
• Herman Berlinski (1910-2001)
• Hector Berlioz (1803–1869)
• Bart Berman (born 1938)
• Derek Bermel (born 1967)
• Juan Bermudo (c. 1510–after 1559)
• Ercole Bernabei (1622–1687)
• Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei (1649–1732)
• Miguel Bernal Jiménez (1910–1956)
• Carmelo Alonso Bernaola (1929–2002)
• Felix Bernard (1897–1944)
• Stefano Bernardi (c. 1577–1637)
• Bernart de Ventadorn (born 1130-1140 – died 1190–1200)
• Lord Berners (Gerald Tyrwhitt) (1883–1950)
• Nicolas Bernier (1664–1734)
• Christoph Bernhard (1628–1692)
• Nicolas Bernier (1664–1734)
• Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004)
• Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990)
• Antonio Bertali (1605–1669)
• Heinrich Berté (1858-1924)
• Giovanni Pietro Berti (1590-1638)
• Toussaint Bertin de la Doué (c. 1680–1743)
• Henri Bertini (1798–1876)
• Joseph Bertolozzi (born 1959)
• Henri Montan Berton (1767–1844)
• Pierre Montan Berton (1727–1780)
• Georg von Bertouch (1668–1743)
• Anthoine de Bertrand (c. 1530/40–c. 1581)
• Arturo Berutti (1858-1938)
• Franz Berwald (1796–1868)
• Johan Fredrik Berwald (1787-1861)
• Jean-Baptiste Besard (c. 1567-c. 1625)
• Alessandro Besozzi (1702–1775)
• Antonio Besozzi (1714-1781)
• Carlo Besozzi (1738-1791)
• Cristoforo Besozzi (1661-1725)
• Francesco Besozzi (1766-1816)
• Gaetano Besozzi (1727-1798)
• Girolamo Besozzi (c. 1745-1788)
• Giuseppe Besozzi (1686-1760)
• Henri Besozzi (1775-?)
• Louis Désiré Besozzi (1814–1879)
• Paolo Girolamo Besozzi (1704-1778)
• William Thomas Best (1826–1897)
• Bruno Bettinelli (1913–2004)
• Frank Michael Beyer (1928–2008)
• Johanna Beyer (1888–1944)
• Sandeep Bhagwati (born 1963)
• Vishal Bhardwaj (born 1960)
• Francesco Bianchi (1752–1810)
• Frederick Bianchi (born 1954)
• Carl Heinrich Biber (1681–1749)
• Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644–1704)
• Franz Xaver Biebl (1906–2001)
• Michael von Biel (born 1939)
• Diogenio Bigaglia (1676-1745)
• Marie Bigot (1786–1820)
• Georg Christoph Biller (born 1955)
• William Billings (1746–1800)
• Alberto Bimboni (1882–1960)
• Gilles Binchois (Gilles de Bins) (c. 1400–1460)
• Abraham Wolfe Binder (1895–1966)
• Ronald Binge (1910–1979)
• Judith Bingham (born 1952)
• Seth Bingham (1882–1972)
• Stanislav Binički (1872–1942)
• Antonio Bioni (1698–1739)
• Wenzel Raimund Birck (Pirck) (1718–1763)
• Arthur H. Bird (1856–1923)
• Johann Adam Birkenstock (1687–1733)
• Harrison Birtwistle (born 1934)
• Chester Biscardi (1948)
• Hermann Bischoff (1868–1936)
• Henry Rowley Bishop (1786–1855)
• Próspero Bisquertt Prado (1881-1959)
• Marcel Bitsch (born 1921)
• Iva Bittová (born 1958)
• Georges Bizet (1838–1875)
• Boris Blacher (1903–1975)
• Richard Blackford (born 1954)
• Easley Blackwood, Jr. (born 1933)
• Eubie Blake (1883–1983)
• William Burdine Blake, Sr. (1852–1938)
• Adolphe Blanc (1828–1885)
• Emile-Robert Blanchet (1877–1943)
• Frédéric Blasius (Matthäus Blasius) (1758–1829)
• Michel Blavet (1700–1768)
• Theo Bleckmann (born 1966)
• Herbert Blendinger (born 1936)
• Arthur Bliss (1891–1975)
• Marc Blitzstein (1905–1964)
• Augustyn Bloch (1929–2006)
• Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
• Vilém Blodek (1834–1874)
• Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916–1968)
• John Blow (1649–1708)
• Felix Blumenfeld (1863–1931)
• Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805)
• Nicolas Bochsa (1789–1856)
• Philipp Friedrich Böddecker (1607–1683)
• Erhard Bodenschatz (1576-1636)
• Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689–1775)
• Sebastian Bodinus (c. 1700–1759)
• Seóirse Bodley (born 1933)
• Sylvie Bodorová (born 1954)
• Jack Body (born 1944)
• August de Boeck (1865–1937)
• Ernst Boehe (1880-1938)
• Konrad Boehmer (born 1941)
• Jorge Boehringer (born 1975)
• Léon Boëllmann (1862–1897)
• Alexandre Pierre François Boëly (1785–1858)
• Antoine Boësset (1586–1643)
• Jean-Baptiste Boësset (1614–1685)
• Dušan Bogdanović (born 1955)
• Nikita Bogoslovsky (1913–2004)
• Georg Böhm (1661–1733)
• Theobald Böhm (1794–1881)
• Oskar Böhme (1870–1938)
• Emil Bohnke (1888–1928)
• Francois-Adrien Boieldieu (1775–1834)
• Rob du Bois (born 1934)
• Arrigo Boito (1842–1918)
• William Bolcom (born 1938)
• Claude Bolling (born 1930)
• Bartolomeo da Bologna (fl. 1405–1427)
• Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799)
• Andreas Boltz (born 1964)
• Ginés de Boluda (c. 1545–after 1604)
• João Domingos Bomtempo (1775–1842)
• Anna Bon (di Venezia) (c. 1739–after 1767)
• Ferdinando Bonazzi (1764–1845)
• Capel Bond (1730–1790)
• Emmanuel Bondeville (1898–1987)
• Margaret Bonds (1913–1972)
• Luiz Bonfá (1922–2001)
• Severo Bonini (1582–1663)
• Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937)
• Joseph Bonnet (1884–1944)
• Antonio Maria Bononcini (1677–1726)
• Giovanni Battista Bononcini (1670–1747)
• Giovanni Maria Bononcini (1642–1678)
• Francesco Antonio Bonporti (1672–1749)
• Giovanni Andrea Bontempi (c. 1624–1705)
• Francis Boott (1813–1904)
• Modesta Bor (1926–1998)
• Melchior Borchgrevinck (c. 1570-1632)
• David Borden (born 1938)
• Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman (1892–1971)
• Benjamin Boretz (born 1934)
• Oscar Borg (1851–1930)
• Raúl Borges (1882–1967)
• Borlet (fl. 14th and 15th century)
• François Borne (1840–1920)
• Gullan Bornemark (born 1927)
• Alexander Borodin (1833–1887)
• Felix Borowski (1872–1956)
• Hakon Børresen (1876–1954)
• Pietro Paolo Borrono (c. 1490–after 1563?)
• Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877–1952)
• Dmitry Bortniansky (1751–1825)
• Daniel Börtz (born 1943)
• Axel Borup-Jørgensen (1924–2012)
• Michel Bosc (born 1963)
• Cornelis Boscoop (before 1531–1573)
• Henriëtte Bosmans (1895–1952)
• Jean-Yves Bosseur (born 1947)
• Costante Adolfo Bossi (1876–1953)
• Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925)
• Franciscus Bossinensis (fl. 1509–1511)
• George Botsford (1874–1949)
• Hans Bottermund (1892-1949)
• Giovanni Bottesini (1821–1889)
• Linda Bouchard (born 1957)
• André Boucourechliev (1925–1997)
• Rutland Boughton (1878–1960)
• Georges Boulanger (1893–1958)
• Lili Boulanger (1883–1918)
• Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979)
• Pierre Boulez (born 1925)
• Derek Bourgeois (born 1941)
• Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510/1515–1559)
• Jean-Baptiste Drouard de Bousset (1662-1725)
• René Drouard de Bousset (1703–1760)
• Josse Boutmy (1697–1779)
• Roger Boutry (born 1932)
• François Bouvard (c. 1684–1760)
• Guillaume Bouzignac (before 1592–after 1641)
• Fritz Bovet (fl. 1845–1888)
• York Bowen (1884–1961)
• Paul Bowles (1910–1999)
• Euday Louis Bowman (1887–1949)
• Christian Ludwig Boxberg (1670–1729)
• William Boyce (1711–1779)
• Anne Boyd (born 1946)
• Brian Boydell (1917–2000)
• Peter Boyer (born 1970)
• Martin Boykan (born 1931)
• Simon Boyleau (fl. c. 1544–after 1586)
• Jacques Boyvin (1649–1706)
• Eugène Bozza (1905–1991)
• Hans Brachrogge (c. 1590–c. 1638)
• Jean Braconnier (dit Lourdault) (fl. from 1478; died 1512)
• William Brade (1560–1630)
• Scott Bradley (1891-1977)
• Edvard Fliflet Bræin (1924–1976)
• Antonio Braga (1929–2009)
• Antônio Francisco Braga (1868–1945)
• Cristina Braga (born 1966)
• Gaetano Braga (1829–1907)
• Joly Braga Santos (1924–1988)
• José Bragato (born 1915)
• May Brahe (1884–1956)
• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
• Constantin Brăiloiu (1893-1958)
• Thüring Bräm (born 1944)
• Caspar Joseph Brambach (1833–1902)
• Glenn Branca (born 1948)
• Eddie Brandt (1920–2011)
• Willy Brandt (1869 – 1923)
• Jan Brandts Buys (1868–1933)
• Henry Brant (1913–2008)
• Johannes Brassart (c. 1400/1405–1455)
• Louis Brassin (1840–1884)
• Jean Daniel Braun (1728-1740)
• Peter Michael Braun (born 1936)
• Yehezkel Braun (born 1922)
• Walter Braunfels (1882–1954)
• Johannes Bernardus van Bree (1801–1857)
• Goran Bregović (born 1950)
• Joseph Carl Breil (1870–1926)
• Peter Breiner (born 1957)
• Jacques Brel (1929–1978)
• Jan Josef Ignác Brentner (1689–1742)
• Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello (c. 1690–1758)
• Cesar Bresgen (1913–1988)
• Martin Bresnick (born 1946)
• Tomás Bretón (1850–1923)
• Jean-Baptiste Bréval (1753–1823)
• Giovanni Battista Brevi (c. 1650–1725)
• Pierre de Bréville (1861–1949)
• Thomas Brewer (born 1611 - ?)
• Havergal Brian (1876–1972)
• Giulio Briccialdi (1818–1881)
• Walter Bricht (1904–1970)
• Frank Bridge (1879–1941)
• Wolfgang Carl Briegel (1626–1712)
• Lou Briel (born 1962)
• David Briggs (born 1943)
• Roger Briggs (born 1952)
• Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy (1744–1824)
• Antonio Brioschi (fl. c. 1725–1750)
• Michael Brimer (born 1933)
• George Frederick Bristow (1825–1898)
• Estêvão de Brito (1575–1641)
• Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
• Frantisek Brixi (1732–1771)
• Šimon Brixi (1693–1735)
• Gabriel Brnčić (born 1942)
• Brenton Broadstock (born 1952)
• Robert Broberg (born 1940)
• Howard Brockway (1870–1951)
• Oswald Brodin (1914-1987)
• Natanael Broman (1887-1966)
• Sten Broman (1902-1983)
• Gerhard Bronner (1922–2007)
• Big Bill Broonzy (1903–1958)
• Riccardo Broschi (c. 1698–1756)
• Sébastien de Brossard (1655–1730)
• Bruce Broughton (born 1945)
• Leo Brouwer (born 1939)
• Margaret Brouwer (born 1940)
• Earle Brown (1926–2002)
• James Francis Brown (born 1969)
• Nacio Herb Brown (1896–1964)
• John Browne (fl. c. 1480–1505)
• Dave Brubeck (1920–2012)
• Rudolf Brucci (1917–2002)
• David Bruce (born 1970)
• Max Bruch (1838–1920)
• Arnold von Bruck (c. 1500–1554)
• Gerard von Brucken Fock (1859–1935)
• Anton Bruckner (1824–1896)
• Joan Brudieu (1520–1591)
• Nicolaus Bruhns (1665–1697)
• Theo Bruins (1929–1993)
• Colin Brumby (born 1933)
• Antoine Brumel (c. 1460–1512/1513)
• Albert E. Brumley (1905–1977)
• Fritz Brun (1878–1959)
• Herbert Brün (1918–2000)
• Pablo Bruna (1611–1679)
• Arnold Brunckhorst (1670–1725)
• Alfred Bruneau (1857–1934)
• Antonio Brunelli (1577–1630)
• Gaetano Brunetti (1744–1798)
• Karl Gottfried Brunotte (born 1958)
• Victor Bruns (1904–1996)
• Elisabetta Brusa (born 1954)
• Bjarne Brustad (1895–1978)
• Peter Bruun (born 1968)
• Joanna Bruzdowicz (born 1943)
• Steven Bryant (born 1972)
• Gavin Bryars (born 1943)
• Mark Bucci (1924–2002)
• Wolfram Buchenberg (born 1962)
• Hans Buchner (1483–1538)
• Philipp Friedrich Buchner (1614–1669)
• Dudley Buck (1839–1909)
• Ole Buck (born 1945)
• Boudewijn Buckinx (born 1945)
• Harold Budd (born 1936)
• Eivind Buene (born 1973)
• Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin (1690–1768)
• Glenn Buhr (born 1954)
• John Bull (1562/1563–1628)
• Ole Bull (1810–1880)
• Alan Bullard (1947)
• Kenji Bunch (born 1973)
• August Bungert (1845–1915)
• Benedictus Buns (1642–1716)
• Giovanni Battista Buonamente (c. 1595–1642)
• Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller (1806–1874)
• Norbert Burgmüller (1810–1836)
• Geoffrey Burgon (1941–2010)
• Mutal Burhonov (1916-2002)
• Sonny Burke (1914-1980)
• Willy Burkhard (1900–1955)
• Harry Burleigh (1866–1949)
• R D Burman (1939–1994)
• S D Burman (1906–1975)
• Charles Burney (1726–1814)
• Diana Burrell (born 1948)
• Alfred Burt (1920–1954)
• Alan Bush (1900–1995)
• Adolf Busch (1891–1952)
• Geoffrey Bush (1920–1998)
• Alejandro Busi (1833-1895)
• Giuseppe Busi (1808-1871)
• Antoine Busnois (Busnoys) (c. 1430–1492)
• Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)
• Howard J. Buss (born 1951)
• Henri Büsser (1872–1973)
• Sylvano Bussotti (born 1931)
• Fernando Bustamante (1915-1979)
• Pieter Bustijn (c. 1649–1729)
• Nigel Butterley (born 1935)
• Arthur Butterworth (born 1923)
• George Butterworth (1885–1916)
• Johann Heinrich Buttstett (1666–1727)
• Jacques Buus (c. 1500–1565)
• Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707)
• Arturo Buzzi-Peccia (1854?-1943)
• William Byrd (c. 1540–1623)
• Don Byron (born 1958)
• Britta Byström (born 1977)
• Byttering (fl. c. 1410–1420)