This is a list of Australian composers of classical music, contemporary music and film soundtracks.
These names are largely drawn from the following: Music Australia an online service developed by the National Library of Australia (NLA) and the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA); Australian Music Centre's (AMC) list of "Represented artists";Australiansmusiccentre.com.au lists entitled "Australian Composers" and "Australian Repertoire" published by Australian Choral Conductors Education and Training (ACCET); the "Catalogue of Australian Organ Compositions 1866–2002" published by the Organ Historical Trust of Australia (OHTA); the "Australian Composers" list;Australiancomposers.com.au and various other websites and media sources.
Wherever possible, dates of birth and death are shown. The pseudonyms used by some composers are listed along with a reference back to their legal name. Entries are cross-referenced to one or more sources to provide further information.
A
Roy Agnew (1891–1944) David Ahern (1947–1988) Hugo Alpen (1842–1917) Ernie Althoff (born 1950) John Henry AntillListed at one of the documents "Australian Composers" or "Australian Repertoire" at the ACCET web site (1904–1986) Albert Arlen (1905–1993) Martin Armiger (1949–2019) Keith Asboe (born 1929)
B
Tony Backhouse (born 1947) Don Banks (1923–1980) David Banney (born 1968) Michael Barkl (born 1958) Betty Beath (born 1932) Ross Bolleter (born 1946) Anne Elizabeth Boyd (born 1946) George Frederick Boyle (1886–1948) Philip Bračanin (born 1942) May (or Mary) Hannah Brahe (1884–1956)May Brahe @ Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 10 February 2016. Hooper Brewster-Jones (1887–1949) Brenton Broadstock (born 1952) Amanda Gabrielle Brown (born 1965) Colin Brumby (1933–2018) Vera Buck (1903–1986) Thomas (Tom) Edward Bulch (1860–1930) Warren Burt (born 1949)"Home page" . Melbourne Composers League. Nigel Butterley (1935–2022)
C
John Carmichael (born 1930) Ann Carr-Boyd (born 1938) Tristram Ogilvie Cary (1925–2008) Nick Cave (born 1957) Herbert Hedwan Chandler (1865–1941). Charles Cawthorne (1854–1925) Alice Charbonnet-Kellermann (1858–1914) Charlie Chan (born 1966) Arthur Chanter (1886–1950) Deborah Cheetham (born 1964)"Deborah Cheetham", Sunday Nights With John Cleary, 3 February 2001, Radio National David Chesworth (born 1958) Andrew Chubb (born 1975) Paul Clift (born 1978) Judith Clingan (born 1945) George H. Clutsam (1866–1951) Julian Cochran (born 1974) Percy Code (1888–1953) Barry Conyngham (born 1944) Herbert Cosgrove (died 1953) Vince Courtney (1887–1951) Kate Crawford (born 1976) Ian Cresswell (born 1968) Ian Cugley (1945–2010) Leah Curtis Cesare Cutolo (1826–1867)
D
Robert Davidson (born 1965) Ruby Claudia Davy (1883–1946) Brett Dean (born 1961) George De Cairos Rego (1858–1946)cite web | url = http://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/de_cairos_rego_george | title = de Cairos-Rego, George | author = Skinner, Graeme | date = 2011 | work = Dictionary of Sydney | publisher = Dictionary of Sydney Trust George Savin De Chanéet (1861–1926) John Albert Delany (1852–1907) Herbert De Pinna (1880–1936) Matthew Dewey (born 1984) Joe Dolce (born 1947) Paul Doornbusch (born 1959) George Dreyfus (born 1928) Jon Drummond (born 1969) Catherine Duc Melissa Dunphy (born 1980)
E
Ross Edwards (born 1943) Frederick Ellard (1824–1874) Warren Ellis (born 1965) Harry Lindley Evans (1895–1982) Winsome Evans (born 1941)
F
Billy Field (born 1953) Mary Finsterer (born 1962) Thomas Fitzgerald Samantha Fonti (born 1973) Andrew Ford (born 1957) Riccardo Formosa (born 1954) Grant Foster (born 1945) Jennifer Fowler (born 1939) Edwin Fowles (1871–1945)J. C. H. Gill, 'Fowles, Edwin Wesley (1871–1945)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fowles-edwin-wesley-6226/text10711, published first in hardcopy 1981. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
G
Lisa Gerrard (born 1961) Helen Gifford (born 1935) Richard Gill (1941–2018) Paolo Giorza (1832–1914) Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912–1990) Isador Goodman (1909–1982) Eugene Goossens (1893–1962) Christopher Gordon (born 1956) Tony Gould Paul Grabowsky (born 1958) Ron Grainer (1922–1981) George Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882–1961) Sally Greenaway (born 1984) Stuart Greenbaum (born 1966) Maria Grenfell (born 1969) Eric Gross (1926–2011)
H
Gordon Hamilton (born 1982) Ronald Hanmer (1917–1994) Raymond Hanson (1913–1976) Edith Harrhy (1893–1969) Ian Keith Harris (1935–2024) Fritz Bennicke Hart (1874–1949) Michael Kieran Harvey (born 1961) Mick Harvey (born 1958) Miska Hauser (1822–1887) Fiona Joy Hawkins (born 1964) Christian Heim (born 1960) Christian Helleman (1880–1954) Moya Henderson (born 1941) Laurence Henry Hicks (1912–1997) Francis Hartwell Henslowe (1811–1878) Moritz Heuzenroeder (1849–1897) Alfred Francis Hill (1869–1960) Matthew Hindson (born 1968) David Hirschfelder (born 1960) Dulcie Sybil Holland (1913–2000) Alan Holley (born 1954) Wilfrid Holland (1920–2005) Charles Edward Horsley (1822–1876) Robert Watson Hughes (1912–2007) Frank Hutchens (1892–1965) Miriam Beatrice Hyde (1913–2005)
I
Robert Iolini (born 1960)
J
William Garnet James (1892–1977) Graham Jenkin (born 1938) Alan John (born 1958)
K
Elena Kats-Chernin (born 1957) Donald H. Kay (born 1933) Norman Kaye (1927–2007) Horace Keats (1895–1945) Paul Kelly (born 1955) Paul Kenny (born 1969) Frederick Septimus Kelly (1881–1916) Gordon Kerry (born 1961) Henry John King (1855–1934) Ashley Klose William Robert Knox (1861–1933) Douglas Knehans (born 1957) Julian Knowles (born 1965) Graeme Koehne (born 1956) Constantine Koukias (born 1965) Henri Kowalski (1841–1916) Henry Krips (1912–1987)
L
Brenton Langbein (1928–1993) Guglielmo Enrico Lardelli (1857–1910) Louis Lavater (1867–1953) Lê Tuấn Hùng (born 1960) Stephen Leek (born 1959) Dorian Le Gallienne (1915–1963) John Lemmone (1861–1949) Georges Lentz (born 1965) Liza Lim (born 1966) Carl (or Karl) Ferdinand August Linger (a.k.a. Charles Linger) (1810–1862) Michael Lira (born 1975) Alexander Frame Lithgow (1870–1929) Jonathan Little (born 1965) William Lovelock (1899–1986) David Lumsdaine (1931–2024) Jack Lumsdaine (1895–1948)
M
Mary Mageau (1934–2020) Raffaele Marcellino (born 1964) Stephen Hale Marsh (1805–1888) George Marshall-Hall (1862–1915) Arthur Massey (composer) (1861–1950) Mona McBurney (1867–1932) John McAll (born 1960) Daniel Clive McCallum (born 1989) Charles William McCarthy (1848–1919) David McCormack (born 1968) Peter Dodds McCormick (1833–1916) Brett McKern (born 1972) Sir William McKie (1901–1984) Richard Meale (1932–2009) Doris Rosetta Elizabeth Mendoza (1899–1986), Australian pianist and theatre composer Sir Jonathan Mills (born 1963) Richard Mills (born 1949) Ernest Edwin Mitchell (1865–1951) Kate Moore (born 1979) Stephen Moreno (1889–1953) Graeme Morton Ian Munro (born 1963) William Murdoch (1888–1942)
N
Ronald O. Nagorcka (born 1948) Isaac Nathan (1792–1864) Mike Nock (born 1940)
O
Sean O'Boyle (born 1963) Tony O'Connor (1961–2010) William Arundel (Bunny) Orchard (1867–1961)
P
Charles Sandys Packer (1810–1883) Frederick Augustus Packer (1839–1902) George Palmer (born 1947) Katharine "Kitty" Parker (1886–1971) Anthony Pateras (born 1979) Raimund Pechotsch (1864–1941) James Penberthy (1917–1999) Michael (Mike) Perjanik Barrington Somers Pheloung (1954–2019) Linda Phillips (1899–2002)
Q Will Quintrell (1880–1946)
R
Bert Rache (1876–1928) Stephen Rae (born 1961) Alan Rattray (1878–1919) Graeme Revell (born 1955) Ruby Reynolds-Lewis (1881–1964) Damien Ricketson (born 1973) Arthur Rivers (1857–1940) Sir William Robinson (1834–1897) John Rodgers (1962–2024) Hermann Rosendorff (1860–1935) David Rumsey (1939–2017)
S
Wilbur Sampson (1914–1958) Arline Sauer Albert Bokhare Saunders (1880–1946) Andrew Schultz (born 1960) Peter Sculthorpe (1929–2014) Luscombe Searelle (1853–1907) Matthew Shlomowitz (born 1975) Thanapoom Sirichang (born 1981) Larry Sitsky (born 1934) Cezary Skubiszewski (born 1949) Jan Skubiszewski (born 1981) Joe Slater (1872–1926) Roger Smalley (1943–2015) Michael Sollis (born 1985) Benjamin Speed, film composer William Stanley (composer) (1820–1902) Reginald Alberto Agrati Stoneham (1879–1942) Robert James Stove (born 1961) Joseph Summers (1839–1917) May Summerbelle (1867–1914) Margaret Sutherland (1897–1984)
T
Peter Tahourdin (1928–2009) Henry Tate (1873–1926) George Tibbits (1933–2008) Katia Tiutiunnik (born 1967) Richard Tognetti (born 1965)Error George William Torrance (1835–1907) Ernest Truman (1869–1948) Costas Tsicaderis (1945–2004) Walter J. Turner (1884–1946)Digital Collections – Music – Turner, W. J. (Walter James), 1884–1946. Danse aboriginale [music] Joseph Twist (born 1982)
V
Lindsay Vickery (born 1965) Carl Edward Vine (born 1954) Nicholas Vines (born 1976) Alexander Voltz (born 1999)
W
Don Walker (born 1951) Simon Walker (1961–2010) Felix Werder (1922–2012) Martin Wesley-Smith (1945–2019) Fred Werner (active 1895–1912) Nigel Westlake (born 1958) Alfred Wheeler (1865–1949) Gillian Whitehead (born 1941) Stephen Whittington (born 1953) Christopher Willcock (born 1947) Malcolm Williamson (1931–2003) David Worrall (born 1954)
Y Yitzhak Yedid (born 1971)
Z Alberto Zelman (1832–1907)
See also Chronological list of Australian classical composers List of Australian women composers
References