List of Irish classical composers
This is a list of composers from Ireland working in the classical (art music) tradition. It does not contain composers for pop, rock, trad, jazz, or film music. For Irish film music composers search for the 'Category:Irish film score composers' in the search box above.
Michael Alcorn (born 1962), contemporary composerMichael William Balfe (1808–1870), romantic opera composer best known for The Bohemian Girl Gerald Barry (born 1952), contemporary composerWalter Beckett (1914–1996), 20th-century composerEd Bennett (born 1975), contemporary composer.Seóirse Bodley (1933–2023), contemporary composerMichael Bowles (1909–1998), 20th-century composerBrian Boydell (1917–2000), 20th-century composerIna Boyle (1889–1967), female 20th-century composerJohn Buckley (born 1951), contemporary composerJohn Wolf Brennan (born 1954), Switzerland-based contemporary composerThomas O'Brien Butler (1861–1915), Celticist composerCharles Thomas Carter (c. 1735 – 1804), 18th-century composerThomas Carter (1769–1800), 18th-century composerPatrick Cassidy (composer) (born 1956), contemporary composerCharles Clagget (1740–c.1795), 18th-century composerSeán Clancy (born 1984), contemporary composerRhona Clarke (born 1958), contemporary composerAnn Cleare (born 1983), contemporary composerSiobhán Cleary (born 1970), contemporary composerPhilip Cogan (1750–1833), classical period composerRhoda Coghill (1903–2000), 20th-century composerHouston Collisson (1865–1920), opera and ballad composerThomas Simpson Cooke (1782–1848), early 19th-century composerFrank Corcoran (born 1944), contemporary composer resident in GermanyShaun Davey (born 1948), 20th-century romantic composerJerome de Bromhead (born 1945), contemporary composerRaymond Deane (born 1953), contemporary composerDonnacha Dennehy (born 1970), contemporary composer and founder of the Crash Ensemble Seán Doherty (born 1987), contemporary composerRoger Doyle (born 1949), contemporary composer known for electro-acoustic musicArthur Duff (1899–1956), 20th-century composerBenjamin Dwyer (born 1965), contemporary composer
Michele Esposito (1855–1929), Italo-Irish composerHormoz Farhat (born 1929), 20th-century composerEibhlís Farrell (born 1953), 20th-century composerHoward Ferguson (1908–1999), Northern Irish composer based in EnglandJohn Field (1782–1837), romantic composer and pianist, notable for cultivating the nocturne Aloys Fleischmann (1910–1992), 20th-century composerW. H. Grattan Flood (1857–1928), composer and music historianDavid Flynn (born 1977), contemporary composerCharlotte Milligan Fox (1864–1916), composer, arranger and folksong collectorThomas Augustine Geary (1775–1801), 18th-century composerPatrick Gilmore (1829–1892), Irish-American composer and bandmasterJohn William Glover (1815–1899), 19th-century composerDeirdre Gribbin (born 1967), contemporary composerWellington Guernsey (1817–1885), ballad and piano composerRonan Guilfoyle (born 1958), contemporary composer and jazz bassistCarl Hardebeck (1869–1945), early 20th-century composer and arrangerHamilton Harty (1879–1941), late romantic composer and a leading conductor of his timeSwan Hennessy (1866–1929), Irish-American, Paris-based composerVictor Herbert (1859–1924), Irish-American composer of musicalsArthur Hervey (1855–1922), late 19th-century composer and music criticMichael Holohan (born 1956), contemporary composer and writerCiaran Hope (born 1974), contemporary composerHerbert Hughes (1882–1937), composer and skilful arranger of traditional musicFrancis Ireland (1721–1784), late baroque composerFergus Johnston (born 1959), contemporary composerT. R. G. Jozé (1853–1924), organist and composerWilliam Henry Kearns (1794–1846), 19th-century composerVincent Kennedy (born 1962), contemporary Irish composerMichael Kelly (1762–1826), tenor and opera composerT.C. Kelly (1917–1985), neo-romantic 20th-century composerJohn Kinsella (1932–2021), contemporary composer
John F. Larchet (1884–1967), late romantic composer and influential teacherNicola LeFanu (born 1947), contemporary composer, born of Irish parents in EnglandRichard Michael Levey (1811–1899), 19th-century composer, violinist and conductorSamuel Lover (1799–1868), composer of operettas and songsElizabeth Maconchy (1907–1994), 20th-century composer, born in England, Irish parents, raised in Howth .Philip Martin (born 1947), contemporary composer and pianistFrederick May (1911–1985), 20th-century composerAilbhe McDonagh (born 1982), contemporary composer and cellistMichael McGlynn (born 1964), contemporary composer, founder of choral group Anúna John McLachlan (born 1964), contemporary composerPaul McSwiney (1856–1889), 19th-century composerErnest John Moeran (1894–1950), early 20th-century English composer with Irish connectionsJames Lynam Molloy (1837–1909), composer of popular balladsPeter K. Moran (1767–1831), early 19th-century composerPeter Moran (born 1981), composer and gamelan directorGarret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington (1735–1781), late baroque / early classical composerGráinne Mulvey (born 1966), contemporary composerAlicia Adelaide Needham (1863–1945), composer of popular balladsHavelock Nelson (1917–1996), 20th-century light music composerAilís Ní Ríain (born 1974), contemporary composerRobert O'Dwyer (1862–1949), early 20th-century composerKane O'Hara (c.1711–1782), composer of burlettas (early comic operas)Eoin O'Keeffe (born 1979), contemporary composerJoseph O'Kelly (1828–1885), Franco-Irish romantic composerArthur O'Leary (1834–1919), 19th-century composerJane O'Leary (born 1946), contemporary American-Irish composerSeán Ó Riada (1931–1971), 20th-century composer and arranger of traditional Irish music Gearóid Ó Deaghaidh [ 1] Dún Dealgan 21st-century composer and arranger of contemporary Irish music and traditional Irish music George Alexander Osborne (1806–1893), 19th-century piano composer
Geoffrey Molyneux Palmer (1882–1957), 20th-century composerAnnie Patterson (1868–1934), early 20th-century composer and musicologistA. J. Potter (1918–1980), 20th-century composerJoseph Robinson (1815–1898), 19th-century composer, conductor, and teacherWilliam Michael Rooke (1794–1847), 19th-century opera composerThomas Roseingrave (c.1690–1766), baroque composerCharles Villiers Stanford (1852–1924), prominent late romantic composerJohn Andrew Stevenson (1761–1833), composer of operas and of the original accompaniments to Moore's MelodiesRobert Prescott Stewart (1825–1894), 19th-century composer, organist and conductorHope Temple (1859–1938), composer of popular balladsGeorge William Torrance (1835–1907), 19th-century composerJoan Trimble (1915–2000), 20th-century composerGerard Victory (1921–1995), 20th-century composerKevin Volans (born 1949), contemporary composer born in South Africa, now an Irish citizenJoseph Augustine Wade (1796–1845), 19th-century composerW. Vincent Wallace (1812–1865), 19th-century composer of operas and piano musicJennifer Walshe (born 1974), contemporary composer and vocal artistBill Whelan (born 1950), contemporary composerIan Wilson (born 1964), contemporary composerJames Wilson (1922–2005), prolific Irish-based composerCharles Wood (1866–1926), late romantic composer, known for his church musicRichard Woodward (c.1743–1777), baroque composer
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