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- Mart Saar (1882–1963)
- Kaija Saariaho (born 1952)
- Bernardo Sabadini (fl. from 1662; d. 1718)
- Antonio Sacchini (1730–1786)
- Francesco Sacrati (1605–1650)
- Shigeaki Saegusa (born 1942)
- Harald Sigurd Johan Sæverud (1897–1992)
- Jacques de Saint-Luc (1616–c. 1710)
- Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
- Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (c. 1640–c. 1700)
- Ryuichi Sakamoto (born 1952)
- Nicola Sala (1713–1801)
- Antonio de Salazar (c. 1650–1715)
- Luis H. Salgado (1903–1977)
- Antonio Salieri (1750–1825)
- Aulis Sallinen (born 1935)
- Erkki Salmenhaara (1941–2002)
- Johann Peter Salomon (1745–1815)
- Michael Salvatori
- Spyridon Samaras (1861–1917)
- Giovanni Battista Sammartini (c. 1701–1775)
- Giuseppe Sammartini (1695–1750)
- Giovanni Felice Sances (c. 1600–1679)
- Carlos Sandoval (born 1956)
- Greg Sandow (born 1943)
- Jan Sandström (born 1954)
- Sven-David Sandström (born 1942)
- Sandrin (Pierre Regnault) (c. 1490–after 1560)
- Gaspar Sanz (1640–1710)
- Claudio Saracini (1586–1630)
- Pablo de Sarasate (1844–1908)
- Vahram Sargsyan (born 1981)
- Domenico Sarro (1679–1744)
- Giuseppe Sarti (1729–1802)
- Antonio Sartorio (1630–1680)
- Erik Satie (1866–1925)
- Emil von Sauer (1862–1942)
- Henri Sauguet (1901–1989)
- Matthew Savage (born 1992)
- David Sawer (born 1961)
- Robert Saxton (born 1953)
- Ahmed Adnan Saygun (1907–1991)
- Marco Scacchi (c. 1600–1681/1687)
- Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725)
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757)
- Francesco Scarlatti (1666–c. 1741)
- Giuseppe Scarlatti (1718/1723–1777)
- Pietro Filippo Scarlatti (1679–1750)
- Giacinto Scelsi (1905–1988)
- Theodor von Schacht (1748–1823)
- Benedikt Schack (Žák) (1758–1826)
- Pierre Schaeffer (1910–1995)
- R. Murray Schafer (born 1933)
- Christoph Schaffrath (1709–1763)
- Walter Scharf (1910-2003)
- Philipp Scharwenka (1847–1917)
- Xaver Scharwenka (1850–1924)
- Peter Schat (1935–2003)
- Klaus Schedl (born 1966)
- Johann Adolph Scheibe (1708–1776)
- Heinrich Scheidemann (c. 1595–1663)
- Gottfried Scheidt (1593–1661)
- Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654)
- Johann Schein (1586–1630)
- Johann Schelle (1648–1701)
- Johannes Schenck (1660–c. 1712)
- Johann Baptist Schenk (1753–1836)
- Heinrich Schenker (1868–1935)
- Martin Scherber (1907–1974)
- Tona Scherchen (born 1938)
- Sebastian Anton Scherer (1631–1712)
- Peter Schickele (born 1935)
- Lalo Schifrin (born 1932)
- Melchior Schildt (1592/1593–1667)
- Max von Schillings (1868–1933)
- Poul Christian Schindler (1648–1740)
- Iris ter Schiphorst (born 1956)
- Arnolt Schlick (c. 1460–after 1521)
- Paul de Schlözer (1841/1842–1898)
- Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620–1680)
- Ludwig Schmidseder (1904–1971)
- Franz Schmidt (1874–1939)
- Irmin Schmidt (born 1937)
- Aloys Schmitt (1788–1866)
- Florent Schmitt (1870–1958)
- Joseph Schmitt (1734–1791)
- Artur Schnabel (1882–1951)
- Dieter Schnebel (born 1930)
- Alfred Schnittke (1934–1998)
- Johann Schobert (c. 1735?–1767)
- Othmar Schoeck (1886–1957)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)
- Philippus Schoendorff (1558–1617)
- Paul Schoenfield (born 1947)
- Johann Schop (c. 1590–1667)
- Claude-Michel Schönberg (born 1944)
- Anne van Schothorst (born 1974)
- Franz Schreker (1878–1934)
- Friedrich Schröder (1910–1972)
- Corona Schröter (1751–1802)
- Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
- Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942)
- Julius Schulhoff (Šulhov) (1825–1898)
- Gunther Schuller (born 1925)
- Andrew Schultz (born 1969)
- Johannes Schultz (1582–1653)
- Mark Schultz (born 1970)
- Svend Simon Schultz (born 1913)
- Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747–1800)
- Klaus Schulze (born 1947)
- William Schuman (1910–1992)
- Clara Schumann (1819–1896)
- Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
- Ludwig Schuncke (1810–1834)
- Georg Caspar Schürmann (1672/1673–1751)
- Joseph Schuster (1748–1812)
- Eduard Schütt (1856–1933)
- Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672)
- Joseph Schwantner (born 1943)
- Wolfgang von Schweinitz (born 1953)
- Anton Schweitzer (1735–1787)
- Heinrich Schwemmer (1621–1696)
- Laura Schwendinger (born 1962)
- Kurt Schwertsik (born 1935)
- Salvatore Sciarrino (born 1947)
- Antonio Scontrino (1850–1922)
- Cyril Scott (1879–1970)
- K. Lee Scott (born 1950)
- Gil Scott-Heron (born 1949)
- Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)
- Peter Sculthorpe (born 1929)
- Amy Scurria (born 1973)
- Humphrey Searle (1915–1982)
- Simon Sechter (1788–1867)
- Sholom Secunda (1894–1974)
- Seedo (Sidow) (c. 1700–c. 1754)
- Josef Seger (1716–1782)
- Leif Segerstam (born 1944)
- Fritz Seitz (1848–1918)
- Carlos Seixas (1704–1742)
- Bernhard Sekles (1872–1934)
- Thomas Selle (1599–1663)
- Bartolomé de Selma y Salaverde (c. 1595–after 1638)
- Sohail Sen (born 1984)
- Jean Baptiste Senaillé (1687–1730)
- Ramon Sender (born 1934)
- Ludwig Senfl (c. 1486–1543)
- Jacob Senleches (fl. 1382/1383–1395)
- José Serebrier (born 1938)
- Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490–1562)
- Kazimierz Serocki (1922–1981)
- Alexander Serov (1820–1871)
- José Serrano (1873–1941)
- Paolo Serrao (1830–1907)
- John Serry, Sr. (1915–2003)
- Adrien-François Servais (1807–1866)
- Claudia Sessa (c. 1570–c. 1617/1619)
- Roger Sessions (1896–1985)
- Doc Severinsen (born 1927)
- Ignaz von Seyfried (1776–1841)
- John Laurence Seymour (1893–1986)
- Giovanni Sgambati (1841–1914)
- Vladimir Shainsky (born 1925)
- Tolib Shakhidi (born 1946)
- Ralph Shapey (1921–2002)
- Alex Shapiro (born 1962)
- Michael Jeffrey Shapiro (born 1951)
- Christopher Shaw (1925–1995)
- Rodion Shchedrin (born 1932)
- Alexander Shchetynsky (born 1960)
- Vissarion Shebalin (1902–1963)
- Sinyan Shen (born 1949)
- Arthur Shepherd (1880–1958)
- John Sheppard (c. 1515–1558)
- Charles Shere (born 1935)
- Bright Sheng (born 1955)
- William Shield (1748–1829)
- Alice Shields (born 1943)
- Clare Shore (born 1954)
- Howard Shore (born 1946)
- Gregory Short (1938–1999)
- Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
- Alan Shulman (1915–2002)
- Obadiah Shuttleworth (c. 1675?–1734)
- Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
- Paul Siefert (1586–1666)
- Elie Siegmeister (1909–1991)
- Arlene Sierra (born 1970)
- Roberto Sierra (born 1953)
- Albert Siklós (Schönwald) (1878–1942)
- Sheila Silver (born 1946)
- Adam Silverman (born 1973)
- Valentin Silvestrov (born 1937)
- William Simmes (c. 1575–c. 1625)
- Achille Simonetti (1857–1928)
- Rudolph Simonsen (1889–1947)
- Ezra Sims (born 1928)
- Christopher Simpson (c. 1602/1606–1669)
- Dudley Simpson (born 1922)
- Robert Simpson (1921–1997)
- Thomas Simpson (1582–1628)
- Christian Sinding (1856–1941)
- Jean-Baptiste Singelée (1812–1875)
- Alvin Singleton (born 1940)
- Leone Sinigaglia (1868–1944)
- Giuseppe Sinopoli (1946–2001)
- Nicolas Siret (1663–1754)
- Maddalena Laura Sirmen (1745–1818)
- Larry Sitsky (born 1934)
- Fredrik Sixten (born 1962)
- Todor Skalovski (1909–2004)
- Peter Skellern (born 1947)
- Howard Skempton (born 1947)
- František Škroup (1801–1862)
- Jan Nepomuk Škroup (1811–1892)
- Thomas Sleeper (born 1956)
- Nicolas Slonimsky (1894–1995)
- Haskell Small (born 1948)
- Antonio Smareglia (1854–1929)
- Bedřich Smetana (1824–1884)
- Dmitri Smirnov (born 1948)
- Leo Smit (1900–1943)
- Leo Smit (1921–1999)
- Alice Mary Smith (1839–1884)
- John Christopher Smith (1712–1795)
- John Stafford Smith (1750–1836)
- Julia Smith (1911–1989)
- Robert W. Smith (born 1958)
- Sydney Smith (1839–1889)
- William Smith (1603–1645)
- William O. Smith (born 1926)
- Adi Smolar (born 1959)
- Martin Smolka (born 1959)
- Ethel Smyth (1858–1944)
- Ragnar Søderlind (born 1945)
- August Söderman (1832–1876)
- Nikolay Sokolov (1859–1922)
- Mikhail Sokolovsky (1756–after 1795)
- Solage (fl. late 14th century, d. probably after 1403)
- Juan María Solare (born 1966)
- Antonio Soler (1729–1783)
- Temistocle Solera (1815–1878)
- Jean-Pierre Solié (1755–1812)
- Carlo Soliva (1791–1853)
- Giovanni Sollima (born 1962)
- Edward Solomon (1855–1895)
- Harry Somers (1925–1999)
- Arthur Somervell (1863–1937)
- Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763)
- S. P. Somtow (Somtow Sucharitkul) (born 1952)
- Stephen Sondheim (born 1930)
- Fernando Sor (1778–1839)
- Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892–1988)
- Francesco Soriano (c. 1548–1621)
- Luka Sorkočević (1734–1789)
- Pablo Sorozábal (1897–1988)
- Mauricio Sotelo (born 1961)
- André Souris (1899–1970)
- John Philip Sousa (1854–1932)
- Leo Sowerby (1895–1968)
- Benjamin Speed (born 1979)
- Alexander Spendiaryan (1871–1928)
- Johannes Matthias Sperger (1750–1812)
- Johann Speth (1664–after 1719)
- Francesco Spinacino (fl. 1507)
- Georgia Spiropoulos (born 1965)
- Louis Spohr (1784–1859)
- Gaspare Spontini (1774–1851)
- Peter Sprague (born 1955)
- Lewis Spratlan (born 1940)
- Rudi Spring (born 1962)
- Richard St. Clair (born 1946)
- Pieter van der Staak (1930–2007)
- Annibale Stabile (c. 1535–1595)
- Johann Staden (1581–1634)
- Sigmund Theophil Staden (1607–1655)
- Hans Stadlmair (born 1929)
- John Stainer (1840–1901)
- Camille-Marie Stamaty
- Anton Stamitz (1754–c. 1798/1809)
- Carl Stamitz (1745–1801)
- Johann Stamitz (1717–1757)
- Jack Stamp (born 1954)
- Charles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924)
- John Stanley (1712–1786)
- Robert Starer (1924–2001)
- Roman Statkowski (1859–1925)
- Maria Frederica von Stedingk (1799–1868)
- Agostino Steffani (1653–1728)
- Daniel Steibelt (1765–1823)
- Johann Ulrich Steigleder (1593–1635)
- Max Steiner (1888–1971)
- Jim Steinman (born 1948)
- Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927)
- Rudi Stephan (1887–1915)
- George Stephănescu (1843–1925)
- Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel (1750–1817)
- Daniel Sternefeld (1905–1986)
- Bernard Stevens (1916–1983)
- Ernstalbrecht Stiebler (born 1934)
- William Grant Still (1895–1978)
- Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)
- Robert Stoepel (1821–1887)
- Petar Stojanović (1877–1957)
- Johannes de Stokem (c. 1445–1487)
- Robert Stolz (1880–1975)
- Thomas Stoltzer (c. 1480–1526)
- Kurt-Heinz Stolze (1926–1970)
- Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690–1749)
- Nathaniel Stookey (born 1970)
- Bernardo Storace (1637–1707)
- Stephen Storace (1762–1796)
- Herbert Stothart (1885–1949)
- Alessandro Stradella (1639–1682)
- Robert Strassburg (1915–2003)
- Christoph Straus (1575–1631)
- Oscar Straus (1870–1954)
- Johann Strauss I (1804–1849)
- Johann Strauss II (1825–1899)
- Josef Strauss (1827–1870)
- Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
- Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
- Soulima Stravinsky (1910–1994)
- Heinrich Strecker (1893–1981)
- Alessandro Striggio (c. 1536/1537–1592)
- Siegfried Strohbach (born 1929)
- George Strong (1856–1948)
- Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677)
- Delphin Strungk (1600/1601–1694)
- Nicolaus Adam Strungk (1640–1700)
- Jean-Baptiste Stuck (1680–1755)
- Steven Stucky (born 1949)
- Morton Subotnick (born 1933)
- Eugen Suchoň (1908–1993)
- Peeter Süda (1883–1920)
- Dana Suesse (1909–1987)
- Rezső Sugár (1919–1988)
- Josef Suk (1874–1935)
- Stjepan Šulek (1914–1986)
- Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900)
- Franz von Suppé (1819–1895)
- Carlos Surinach (1915–1997)
- Conrad Susa (born 1935)
- Tielman Susato (c. 1510/1515–after 1570)
- Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766–1803)
- Heinrich Sutermeister (1910–1995)
- Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984)
- Johan Svendsen (1840–1911)
- Georgy Sviridov (1915–1998)
- Tomas Svoboda (born 1939)
- Donald Swann (1923–1994)
- Giles Swayne (born 1946)
- Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)
- William Sweeney (born 1950)
- Ferenc Szabó (1902–1969)
- Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński (c. 1650–c. 1720)
- Tomasz Szadek (1550–1612)
- Zsigmond Szathmáry (born 1939)
- Tadeusz Szeligowski (1896–1963)
- Albert Szirmai (Sirmay) (1880–1967)
- Władysław Szpilman (1911–2000)
- Maria Agata Szymanowska (1789–1831)
- Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937)
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