List of Dutch composers

The following is a list of Dutch composers.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Michel van der Aa (born 1970)
• Emmanuel Adriaenssen (c. 1554 – 1604)
• Maarten Altena (born 1943)
• Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981)
• Jurriaan Andriessen (1925–1996)
• Louis Andriessen (1939–2021)
• Willem Andriessen (1887–1964)
• Peter van Anrooy (1879–1954)
• Caroline Ansink (born 1959)
• Dina Appeldoorn (1884–1938)
• Joseph Ascher (1829–1869)
• Svitlana Azarova (born 1976)

B

• Kees van Baaren (1906–1970)
• Harry Bannink (1929–1999)
• Josquin Baston (fl. 1542–1563)
• Sonja Beets (born 1953)
• Jeanne Beijerman-Walraven (1878–1969)
• Gerard Beljon (born 1952)
• Gilius van Bergeijk (born 1946)
• Gertrude van den Bergh (1793–1840)
• Bart Berman (born 1938)
• Konrad Boehmer (1941–2014)
• Rob du Bois (1934–2013)
• Cornelis de Bondt (born 1953)
• Cornelis Boscoop (before 1531–1573)
• Henriëtte Hilda Bosmans (1895–1952)
• Jan Brandts Buys (1868–1933)
• Johannes Bernardus van Bree (1801–1857)
• Theo Bruins (1929–1993)
• Benedictus Buns (1642–1716)
• Pieter Bustijn (c. 1649 – 1729)

C

• Jozef Cleber (1916–1999)
• Jacob Clemens non Papa (c. 1510/1515 – c. 1555)
• Catharina Clement (born 1998)
• Anna Cramer (1873–1968)

D

• Ghiselin Danckerts (c. 1510 – c. 1565)
• Lex van Delden (1919–1988)
• Patrick van Deurzen (born 1964)
• Alphons Diepenbrock (1862–1921)
• Bernard van Dieren (1887–1936)
• Rudi Martinus van Dijk (1932–2003)
• Oscar van Dillen (born 1958)
• Jakob van Domselaer (1890–1960)
• Cornelis Dopper (1870–1939)
• Sem Dresden (1881–1957)

E

• Margriet Ehlen (born 1943)
• Douwe Eisenga (born 1961)
• Huib Emmer (born 1951)
• Ivo van Emmerik (born 1961)
• Rudolf Escher (1912–1980)
• Jacob van Eyck (c. 1590 – 1657)

F

• Martinus Fabri (fl. 1395–1400)
• Willem de Fesch (1687–1761)
• Eduard Flipse (1896–1973)
• Carel Anton Fodor (1768–1846)
• Wim Franken (1922–2012)
• Géza Frid (1904–1989)
• Joep Franssens (born 1955)

G

• Jan van Gilse (1881–1944)
• Christian Ernst Graf (1723–1804)
• Cor de Groot (1914–1993)
• Jean-Pierre Guiran (born 1957)

H

• Carolus Hacquart (c. 1640 – 1701?)
• Richard Hageman (1881–1966)
• Walter Hekster (1937–2012)
• Pieter Hellendaal (1721–1799)
• Gerard Hengeveld (1910–2001)
• Hans Henkemans (1913–1995)
• Jonny Heykens (1884–1945)
• Rozalie Hirs (born 1965)
• Charles Hofmann (1763–1823)
• Richard Hol (1825–1904)
• Simeon ten Holt (1923–2012)
• Joachim van den Hove (c. 1567 – 1620)
• Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687)

I

• Jan Ingenhoven (1876-1951)

J

• Guus Janssen (born 1951)
• Willem Jeths (born 1959)

K

• Pierre Kartner (1935–2022)
• Johann Andreas Kauchlitz Colizzi (c. 1742 – 1808)
• Tristan Keuris (1946–1996)
• Jan Kleinbussink (born 1946)
• Gerard Kockelmans (1925–1965)
• Hans Kockelmans (born 1956)
• Jan Koetsier (1911–2006)
• Servaes de Koninck (c. 1654 – c. 1701)
• Andreas Kunstein (born 1967)

L

• Guillaume Landré (1905–1968)
• Vanessa Lann (born 1968)
• Reinbert de Leeuw (1938–2020)
• Ton de Leeuw (1926–1996)
• Rick van der Linden (1946–2006)
• Theo Loevendie (born 1930)
• Martin Lo-A-Njoe (born 1969)
• Arjen Anthony Lucassen (born 1960)
• Erik van der Luijt (born 1970)

M

• Bert Matter (born 1937)
• Daan Manneke (born 1939)
• Joris de Man (born 1972)
• Tera de Marez Oyens (1932–1996)
• Johan de Meij (born 1953)
• Chiel Meijering (born 1954)
• Misha Mengelberg (1935–2017)
• Willem Mengelberg (1871–1951)
• Carlos Micháns (born 1950)
• Fred Momotenko (born 1970)

N

• Anthoni van Noordt (c. 1619 – 1675)

O

• Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863–1943)
• Léon Orthel (1905–1985)
• Willem van Otterloo (1907–1978)

P

• Cornelis Thymenszoon Padbrué (c. 1592 – 1670)
• Martijn Padding (born 1956)
• Jan Gerard Palm (1831–1906)
• Paul Panhuysen (1934–2015)
• David Petersen (c. 1651 – 1737)
• Willem Pijper (1894–1947)
• Edouard Potjes (1860–1931)

R

• Dick Raaijmakers (1930–2013)
• Ernst Reijseger (born 1954)
• Catharina van Rennes (1858–1940)
• Richard Rijnvos (born 1964)
• Julius Röntgen (1855–1932)
• Joey Roukens (born 1982)
• Daniel Ruyneman (1886-1953)

S

• Samuel Maju Samehtini (1816–1879)
• Dirk Schäfer (1873–1931)
• Peter Schat (1935–2003)
• Johannes Schenck (1660 – c. 1712)
• Tjako van Schie (born 1961)
• Martinus Sieveking (1867–1950)
• Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer (1888–1953)
• Edouard Silas (1827–1909)
• Leo Smit (1900–1943)
• Carolus Souliaert (fl.1530)
• Harry Sparnaay (1944–2017)
• Pieter van der Staak (1930–2007)
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)

T

• Edward Top (born 1972)
• Klas Torstensson (born 1951)
• Merlijn Twaalfhoven (born 1976)

V

• Jacob ter Veldhuis (born 1951)
• Theo Verbey (1959–2019)
• Johannes Verhulst (1816–1891)
• Matthijs Vermeulen (1888–1967)
• Henk de Vlieger (born 1953)
• Henk van der Vliet (born 1928)
• Auguste van Biene (1849–1913)
• Alexander Voormolen (1895–1980)
• Jan Vriend (born 1938)
• Klaas de Vries (born 1944)

W

• Peter-Jan Wagemans (born 1952)
• Diderik Wagenaar (born 1946)
• Johan Wagenaar (1862–1941)
• Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer (1692–1766)
• Johann Wilhelm Wilms (1772–1847)
• Norbert Wissing (born 1959)
• Carl Wittrock (born 1966)

Z

• Kristoffer Zegers (born 1973)
• Bernard Zweers (1854–1924)

See also

• Lists of composers
• List of Belgian classical composers