List of Composers By Name - R

R

• Dick Raaijmakers (born 1930)
• Henri Rabaud (1873–1949)
• Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky (born 1945)
• Peer Raben (1940–2007)
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
• Charles Racquet (1597–1664)
• Mikołaj Radomski (Nicolaus de Radom) (fl. c. 1400)
• Jean-Théodore Radoux (1835–1911)
• Horaţiu Rădulescu (1942–2008)
• Joachim Raff (1822–1882)
• Assi Rahbani (1923–1986)
• Mansour Rahbani (1925–2009)
• A. R. Rahman (born 1966)
• Pietro Raimondi (1786–1853)
• Tomi Räisänen (born 1976)
• André Raison (1640s–1719)
• Yuvan Shankar Raja (born 1979)
• Thomas Rajna (born 1928)
• Ľudovít Rajter (Rayter) (1906–2000)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
• Ariel Ramírez (1921–2010)
• Mattio Rampollini (1497–c. 1553)
• Robert Ramsey (1590s–1644)
• Shulamit Ran (born 1949)
• Bernard Rands (born 1934)
• Ture Rangström (1884–1947)
• Günter Raphael (1903–1960)
• Francesco Rasi (1574–1621)
• Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 1947)
• Valentin Rathgeber (1682–1750)
• Hermann Raupach (1728–1778)
• Einojuhani Rautavaara (born 1928)
• Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)
• Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1582–c. 1635)
• Alan Rawsthorne (1905–1971)
• Emma Marcy Raymond (1856–1913)
• Fred Raymond (1900–1954)
• Ray Reach (born 1948)
• François Rebel (1701–1775)
• Jean-Féry Rebel (1666–1747)
• João Lourenço Rebelo (1610–1661)
• John Redford (fl. from 1534; died 1547)
• Hans Redlich (1903–1968)
• Bernd Redmann (born 1965)
• Thomas German Reed (1817–1888)
• William Reed (1859–1945)
• Emil Reesen (1887-1964)
• Max Reger (1873–1916)
• Johannes Regis (Jehan Leroy) (c. 1425–c. 1496)
• Jacob Regnart (c. 1540–1599)
• Giulio Regondi (1822–1872)
• Steve Reich (born 1936)
• Anton Reicha (1770–1836)
• Josef Reicha (1752–1795)
• Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752–1814)
• Aribert Reimann (born 1936)
• Jan Adam Reincken (1643?–1722)
• Alexander Reinagle (1756–1809)
• Carl Reinecke (1824–1910)
• Heinrich Reinhardt (1865–1922)
• Carl Martin Reinthaler (1822–1896)
• Niki Reiser (born 1958)
• Sergio Rendine (born 1954)
• Leon René (1902–1982)
• Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
• Julius Reubke (1834–1858)
• Esaias Reusner (1636–1679)
• Georg Reutter (1656–1738)
• Georg Reutter (the younger) (1708–1772)
• Hermann Reutter (1900–1985)
• Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940)
• Cemal Reşit Rey (1904–1985)
• Jean-Baptiste Rey (1734–1810)
• Ernest Reyer (1823–1909)
• Alfred Reynolds (1884–1969)
• Roger Reynolds (born 1934)
• Emil von Reznicek (1860–1945)
• Georg Rhau (Rhaw) (1488–1548)
• Josef Rheinberger (1839–1901)
• Emilios Riadis (1885–1935)
• Federico Ricci (1809–1877)
• Luigi Ricci (1805–1859)
• Cesarina Ricci de Tingoli (born c. 1573, fl. 1597)
• Giovanni Battista Riccio (fl. 1609–1621)
• Jean Richafort (c. 1480–after 1547)
• Ferdinand Tobias Richter (1651–1711)
• Franz Xaver Richter (1709–1789)
• Frank Ricotti (born 1949)
• Wallingford Riegger (1885–1961)
• Ferdinand Ries (1784–1838)
• Vittorio Rieti (1898–1994)
• Julius Rietz (1812–1877)
• Henri-Joseph Rigel (1741–1799)
• Vincenzo Righini (1756–1812)
• Wolfgang Rihm (born 1952)
• Knudåge Riisager (1897–1974)
• Richard Rijnvos (born 1964)
• Terry Riley (born 1935)
• Vincenzo da Rimini (14th cent.)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908)
• Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770–1846)
• Philipp Jakob Riotte (1776–1856)
• Alberto da Ripa (Albert de Rippe) (c. 1500–1551)
• André Ristic (born 1972)
• Giovanni Alberto Ristori (1692–1753)
• August Gottfried Ritter (1811–1885)
• Johnny Rivers (born 1942)
• Jean Rivier (1896–1987)
• Angela Ro Ro (born 1949)
• Curtis Roads (born 1951)
• François Roberday (1624–1680)
• Pierre Robert (c. 1618–1699)
• Thomas Robinson (c. 1560–after 1609)
• George Rochberg (1918–2005)
• Arturo Rodas (born 1954)
• Pierre Rode (1774–1830)
• Nile Rodgers (born 1952)
• Richard Rodgers (1902–1979)
• Rocco Rodio (c. 1535–after 1615)
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901–1999)
• Robert Xavier Rodriguez (born 1946)
• Philippe Rogier (c. 1561–1596)
• Jean Rogister (1879–1964)
• Alexis Roland-Manuel (1891–1966)
• Amadeo Roldán (1900–1939)
• James Rolfe (born 1961)
• Alessandro Rolla (1757–1841)
• Antonio Rolla (1798–1837)
• Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758)
• Antonius Romanus (fl. c. 1414–1432)
• Andreas Romberg (1767–1821)
• Bernhard Romberg (1767–1841)
• Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951)
• Matheo Romero (c. 1575–1647)
• Johann Theodor Römhild (Roemhildt) (1684–1756)
• Julius Röntgen (1855–1932)
• William Michael Rooke (1794–1847)
• Joseph Willard Roosevelt (1918–2008)
• Guy Ropartz (1864–1955)
• Cipriano de Rore (c. 1516–1565)
• Ned Rorem (born 1923)
• Juventino Rosas (1868–1894)
• Thomas Roseingrave (1688–1766)
• Hilding Rosenberg (1892–1985)
• Jakob Rosenhain (1813–1894)
• Johann Rosenmüller (1619–1684)
• Manuel Rosenthal (1904–2003)
• Antonio Rosetti (Anton Rösler) (c. 1750–1792)
• Nikolai Roslavets (1881–1944)
• Arnold Rosner (born 1945)
• Philip Rosseter (1567/1568–1623)
• Camilla de Rossi (fl. 1707–1710)
• Lauro Rossi (1810–1885)
• Luigi Rossi (c. 1597–1653)
• Michelangelo Rossi (c. 1601–1656)
• Roger Rossi (born 1940)
• Salamone Rossi (c. 1570–1630)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792–1868)
• Nino Rota (1911–1979)
• Johann Christoph Rothe (1653–1700)
• Hans Rott (1858–1884)
• Christopher Rouse (born 1949)
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
• Albert Roussel (1869–1937)
• Giovanni Rovetta (c. 1596–1668)
• Francesco Rovigo (1540/1541–1597)
• Pancrace Royer (1705–1755)
• Miklós Rózsa (1907–1995)
• Jacek Różycki (c. 1635–1704)
• Edmund Rubbra (1901–1986)
• Anton Rubinstein (1829–1894)
• Nikolai Rubinstein (1835–1881)
• Poul Ruders (born 1949)
• Dane Rudhyar (1895–1985)
• Ernst Rudorff (1840–1916)
• Vincenzo Ruffo (c. 1508–1587)
• Giovanni Maria Ruggieri (c. 1665–c. 1725)
• Carl Ruggles (1876–1971)
• Claudia Rusca (1593–1676)
• Craig Russell (born 1951)
• Luigi Russolo (1883–1947)
• Giacomo Rust (1741–1786)
• Giovanni Marco Rutini (1723–1797)
• John Rutter (born 1945)
• Jakub Jan Ryba (1765–1815)
• Joseph Ryelandt (1870–1965)
• Frederic Rzewski (born 1931)