French composers.

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Composers that were born in France, or gained the French nationality.

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Abelard|Abélard|Abaelardus|Aballard, Peter (Petrus) (1079–1142)
Aboulker, Isabelle (1938–)
Adam, Adolphe-Charles (1803–1856)
Aimon, (Pamphile Léopold) François (1779–1866)
Alain, Jehan-Ariste (1911–1940)
Alkan, Charles-Valentin Morhange (1813–1888)
Amy, Gilbert (1936–)
andre-forner, (1959–)
Andrieu, Fernand (1863–1935)
Andrieu, François (–)
Arbeau|Tabourot, Thoinot (Jehan) (1519–1595)
Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit (1782–1871)
Aubert, Louis (1877–1968)
Auric, Georges (1899–1983)
Balbastre, Claude-Benigne (1727–1799)
Ballif, Claude (1924–2004)
Barie, Augustin (1883–1915)
Barizel, Dominique Charles Joseph (1788–1850)
Barraqué, Jean (1928–1973)
Barraud, Henry (1900–1997)
Baudrier, Yves (1906–1988)
Belaubre, Louis-Noël (1932–)
Benoist, François (1794–1878)
Benoit, Dom Paul (1893–1979)
Benoit, Francine (1894–1990)
Berlioz, Hector (1803–1869)
Bizet, Georges (1838–1875)
Blavet, Michel (1700–1768)
Bochsa, Nicolas (1789–1856)
Bodin, Philippe (1960–)
Boëllmann, Léon (1862–1897)
Boëly, Alexandre-Pierre-François (1785–1858)
Boïeldieu, François-Adrien (1775–1834)
Bolling, Claude (1930–)
Bondon, Jacques (1927–)
Bonis, Mélanie (Mel) (1858–1937)
Bonnal|Ermend-Bonnal, Joseph Ermend (1880–1944)
Bonneau, Paul (1918–1995)
Bonnet, Joseph (1884–1944)
Bonsor Saint Martin, George Edwuard (1855–1930)
Bouffil, Jacques (1783–1868)
Boulanger, Lili (Juliëtte Marie Olga) (1893–1918)
Boulanger, Nadia (Juliette) (1887–1979)
Boulez, Pierre (1925–)
Boyer, Jean (1600–1648)
Bozza, Eugène (1905–1991)
Brumel, Antoine (1460–1515)
Bruneau, Alfred (1857–1934)
Büsser, Henri (1872–1973)
Campra, André (1660–1744)
Cannon, Philip (1929–)
Canteloube, Joseph (1879–1957)
Caplet, André (1878–1925)
Casadesus, Robert (1899–1972)
Catel, Charles-Simon (1773–1830)
Chabrier, Emmanuel Alexis (1841–1894)
Chambray, Louis François (1737–1807)
Chaminade, Cécile (1857–1944)
Champein, Stanislas (1753–1830)
Charpentier, Gustave (1860–1956)
Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1645–1704)
Chausson, Ernest (1855–1899)
Chauvet, Charles-Alexis (1837–1871)
Chédeville, Esprit Phillipe (1696–1762)
Chédeville, Nicholas (1705–1782)
Chédeville, Pierre (1694–1725)
Clérembault, Louis-Nicolas (1676–1749)
Compère, Loyset (1445–1518)
Corrette, Gaspard (1671–1733)
Corrette, Michel (1707–1795)
Cosset, François (1620–1682)
Coste, Napoléon (1805–1883)
Couperin, Armand-Louis (1727–1789)
Couperin, François (1668–1733)
Couperin, Louis (1626–1661)
Cras, Jean (1879–1932)
Dalayrac, Nicolas-Marie (1753–1809)
Dalbavie, Marc-André (1961–)
Dalle Ave, Michel (1956–)
Dallier, Henri (1849–1934)
Damaré, Eugene (1840–1919)
Damase, Jean-Michel (1928–2013)
Daniel-Lesur, Jean-Yves (1908–2002)
Daquin|d’Aquin, Louis-Claude (1694–1772)
Dauprat, Louis-François (1781–1868)
David, Félicien-César (1810–1876)
de Boismortier, Joseph-Bodin (1689–1755)
de Bousset, René Drouard [Drouart] (1703–1760)
de Castillon, Alexis (1838–1873)
de Champagne, Thibaud IV (1201–1253)
de Févin, Antoine (1470–1511)
de Fossa|Francesc de Paula de Fossà, François (1775–1849)
de Grigny, Nicolas (1672–1703)
de la Halle, Adam (1230–1288)
de La Tombelle, Fernand (1854–1928)
de Lalande, Michel-Richard (1657–1726)
de Lescazes, Emmanuel (1847–1931)
de Machaut, Guillaume (1300–1377)
de Macque, Giovanni (Jean) (1548–1614)
de Manchicourt, Pierre (1510–1564)
de Mondonville, Jean-Joseph Cassanea (1711–1772)
de Vitry, Philippe (1291–1361)
de [du] Bousset, Jean-Baptiste (Drouard) (1662–1725)
Debussy, Claude (1862–1918)
Decaux, Abel-Marie (1869–1943)
Delage, Maurice (1879–1961)
Delibes, Léo (1836–1891)
Demessieux, Jeanne (1921–1968)
des Préz|Desprez|Josquin, Josquin (1450–1521)
Desmarest|Desmarets|Marais, Henri (Henry) (1661–1741)
Desportes, Yvonne Berthe Melitta (1907–1993)
Dessane, Antoinne (1826–1873)
Destouches, André-Cardinal (1672–1749)
Devienne, François (1759–1803)
Dhaine, Jean-Louis (1949–2006)
di Mantua, Jachet (1483–1559)
Donjon, Johennès (1839–)
Dornel, Louis-Antoine (1685–1765)
du Caurroy, Eustache (1549–1609)
Dubois, François Clément Théodore (1837–1924)
Dubois, Pierre Max (1930–1995)
Dukas, Paul (1865–1935)
Duparc, Henri (1848–1933)
Duphly, Jacques (1715–1789)
Dupin, Paul (1865–1949)
Dupont, Gabriel (1878–1914)
Dupré, Marcel (1886–1971)
Durand, Joël-François (1954–)
Durand, Marie Auguste (1830–1909)
Durey, Louis (1888–1979)
Duruflé, Maurice (1902–1986)
Dusapin, Pascal (1955–)
Dutilleux, Henri (1916–)
D’Anglebert, Jean Henry (1629–1691)
d’Aquitaine|Guilhèm de Peitieus, Guillaume IX (1071–1126)
d’Indy, Vincent (1851–1931)
Edelmann, Jean-Frédéric (Johann-Friedrich) (1749–1794)
Emmanuel, Maurice (1862–1938)
Engel, Claude (1948–)
Ennemond|de Lyon, Gaultier le Vieux (1575–1651)
Fantapié, Henri-Claude (1938–)
Farrenc-Dumont, Jeanne-Louise (1804–1875)
Fauré, Gabriel (1845–1924)
Ferrari, Luc (1929–2005)
Ferroud, Pierre-Octave (1900–1936)
Filleul, Henry (1877–1959)
Fleury, André (1903–1995)
Florentz, Jean-Louis (1947–)
Forestier, Mathurin (1470–1540)
Françaix, Jean (1912–1997)
Franchomme, Auguste Joseph (1808–1884)
Francoeur, François (1698–1787)
Gabriel-Marie, Jean (1852–1928)
Gardane|Gardano, Antonio (1509–1569)
Gaubert, Philippe (1879–1941)
Genet|Carpentras|Eliziari Geneti, Elzéar (1470–1548)
Genin, Paul (Pierre) Agricole (1832–1903)
Geoffray, César (1901–1972)
Geoffroy, Jean-Baptiste (1601–1675)
Geoffroy, Jean-Nicolas (1633–1694)
Gervaise, Claude (1525–1560)
Gigout, Eugène (1844–1925)
Gilles, Jean (1668–1705)
Gillet, Ernest (1856–1940)
Globokar, Vinko (1934–)
Godard, Benjamin (1849–1895)
Gossec, François-Joseph (1734–1829)
Gotkovsky, Ida (1933–)
Gounod, Charles (1818–1893)
Grätzer|Graetzer, Carlos (1956–)
Grisey, Gérard (1946–1998)
Guédron, Pierre (1565–1620)
Guignon|Giovanni Pietro Ghignone, Jean Pierre (1702–1774)
Guillemain, Louis-Gabriel (1705–1770)
Guilmant, Félix-Alexandre (1837–1911)
Halphen, Fernand Gustave (1872–1917)
Hardouin, Henri (1727–1808)
Heller, Stephen István (1813–1888)
Henry, Pierre (1927–)
Hérold, Ferdinand (1791–1833)
Hilpipre, Gérard (1959–)
Holmès|Hermann Zenta, Augusta (Mary Anne) (1847–1903)
Honegger, Arthur (1892–1955)
Hotteterre, Jacques (Jean) Martin (1674–1763)
Hüe, Georges (1858–1948)
Huré, Jean (1877–1930)
Hurel, Philippe (1955–)
Ibert, Jacques-François (1890–1962)
Isouard, Nicolas (1775–1818)
Jacquet de la Guerre, Elisabeth-Claude (1665–1729)
Jadin, Hyacinthe (1776–1800)
Jadin, Louis-Emmanuel (1768–1853)
Jaëll, Marie (1846–1925)
Janequin, Clément (1485–1558)
Jarnach, Philipp (1892–1982)
Jarre, Maurice (Alexis) (1924–2009)
Jaubert, Maurice (1900–1940)
Jolas, Betsy (1926–)
Jolivet, André (1905–1974)
Journeau, Maurice (1898–1999)
Jumentier, Bernard (1749–1829)
Ketterer, Eugène (1831–1870)
Koechlin, Charles (1867–1950)
Kowalczyk, Marc (1973–)
Kreutzer, Rodolphe (1766–1831)
Labarre, Théodore (1805–1870)
Labey, Marcel (1875–1968)
Lacaze, Sophie (1963–)
Ladmirault, Paul (1877–1944)
Lalo, Edouard (1823–1892)
Lambert, Michel (1610–1696)
Lancino, Thierry (1954–)
Landowski, Marcel (1915–1999)
Langlais, Jean (1907–1991)
le Chancelier|Philip the Chancellor|Philippus Cancellarius Parisiensis, Philippe (1165–1236)
Le Couppey, Félix (1811–1887)
Le Sueur|Lesueur, Jean-François (1760–1837)
Leclair, Jean-Marie (1697–1764)
Lecocq, Alexandre Charles (1832–1918)
Lefébure-Wély, Louis James Alfred (1817–1869)
Lefebvre, Claude (1931–2012)
Legley, Victor (1915–1994)
Legrand, Michel (1932–)
Lemire, Jean-Baptiste (1867–1945)
Lenepveu, Charles Ferdinand (1840–1910)
Léonin|Leoninus, (1135–1201)
Leontsky, Jan (1970–)
Lerich, Pierre (1937–)
Lévinas, Michaël (1947–)
Litaize, Gaston (Gilbert) (1909–1991)
Looten, Christophe (1958–)
Loridan, Martin (1980–)
Lully, Jean-Baptiste (1632–1687)
Magnard, Albéric (1865–1914)
Magnus|Perotinus|Pérotin, Perotinus (1160–1205)
Marais, Marin (1656–1728)
Marchand, Louis (1669–1732)
Marcland, Patrick (1944–)
Martin, François (1727–1757)
Martin, François (–)
Massé, Victor (1822–1884)
Massenet, Jules (1842–1912)
Mazas, Jacques (Féréol) (1782–1849)
Méhul, Étienne-Nicolas (1763–1817)
Méreaux, Max (1946–)
Messager, André-Charles (1853–1929)
Messiaen, Olivier (1908–1992)
Métra, (Jules Louis) Olivier (1830–1889)
Meynaud, Michel (1950–)
Migot, Georges (1891–1976)
Milhaud, Darius (1892–1974)
Monnet, Marc (1947–)
Monsigny, Pierre-Alexandre (1729–1817)
Mouquet, Jules (1867–1946)
Mouret, Jean-Joseph (1682–1738)
Mourey, Colette (1954–)
Mouton, Jean (Jehan, Johannes) (1459–1522)
Moyne|Lemoyne, Jean-Baptiste (1751–1796)
Moyse, Louis (1912–2007)
Muffat, George (1653–1704)
Mulet, Henri (1878–1967)
Murail, Tristan (1947–)
Nargeot, Pierre Julien (1799–1891)
Nigg, Serge (1924–2008)
Nouvel, Jean-Pierre (1941–)
of Cluny, Odo (879–942)
Offenbach, Jacques (1819–1880)
Onslow, George (1784–1853)
Orchassal Sas, Andrés (1900–1967)
Pallesco, Thierry (1956–)
Paray, Paul (1886–1979)
Pessard, Emile (1843–1917)
Philidor, François-André (1726–1795)
Philipp, Isidor (1863–1958)
Pierné, (Henri-Constant) Gabriel (1863–1937)
Pierné, Paul (1874–1952)
Piéton, Loyset (1519–1545)
Piroye, Charles (1688–1730)
Planquette, Robert (1848–1903)
Poulenc, Francis (1899–1963)
Poussard, Horace (1829–1898)
Quef, Charles (Paul Florimond) (1873–1931)
Quentin, Jean-Baptiste (1718–1750)
Quesnel, (Louis) Joseph (Marie) (1746–1809)
Rabaud, Henri (1873–1949)
Rădulescu, Horaţiu (1942–2008)
Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683–1764)
Ravel, Maurice (1875–1937)
Raynal, Gilles (1954–)
Rébel, François (1701–1775)
Rhené-Bâton, (1879–1940)
Rode, (Jacques) Pierre (Joseph) (1774–1830)
Roland-Manuel, Alexis (1891–1966)
Ropartz, Guy (1864–1955)
Rosaz, Jean-Christophe (1961–)
Rosenthal, Manuel (1904–2003)
Roussel, Albert (1869–1937)
Rozé, Nicolas (1760–1823)
Rudhyar, Dane (1895–1985)
Saguer, Louis (1907–1991)
Saint-Saëns, Camille (1835–1921)
Saintis, Armand (1822–1894)
Salzédo, Carlos (1885–1961)
Sancan, Pierre (1916–2008)
Sandrin, Pierre (1490–1561)
Satie, Erik (1866–1925)
Sauguet|Poupard, Henri Pierre (1901–1989)
Schaeffer, Pierre (1910–1995)
Schmitt, Florent (1870–1958)
Schobert, Johann (1735–1767)
Séverac, Déodat de (1873–1921)
Solère, Pedro Étienne (1753–1817)
Solié|Sollié|Soulier|Soulié, Jean-Pierre (1755–1812)
Straus, Oscar (1870–1954)
Stuck, Jean-Baptiste (1680–1755)
Svoboda, Tomas (1939–)
Taieb, Walter (1973–)
Tailleferre, Germaine (1892–1983)
Talma, Louise (Victoria) (1906–1996)
Tapray, Jean-François (1737–1819)
Tcherepnin|Cherepnin, Ivan (1943–1998)
Tessier, Roger (1939–)
Thomas, Ambroise (1811–1896)
Titelouze, Jehan (1563–1633)
Tomasi, Henri (1901–1971)
Tournemire, Charles (1870–1939)
Tricklir, Jean-Balthasar (1750–1813)
Varèse, Edgard (1883–1965)
Vierne, Louis (1870–1937)
Waldteufel, Charles-Emile (1837–1915)
Widerkehr, Jacques(-Christian-Michel) (1759–1823)
Widor, Charles Marie (1844–1937)
Wiéner, Jean (1896–1982)
Wolff, Albert (1884–1970)
Wolff, Christian (1934–)
Yost, Michel (1754–1786)

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