Da Costa, Noel (1929–2002)—Nigeria, Jamaica, USA
Teachers: Beeson, Jack; Dallapiccola, Luigi; Luening, Otto
Students: Burwasser, Daniel; Hemmel, Ron
Dadap, Jerry Amper (1935– )—Philippines
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dadashev, Azer (1946– )—Azerbaijan
Teachers: Karayev, Kara
Students: Unknown
Dadmun, John William (1819–1890)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Daetwyler, Jean (1907–1994)—Switzerland
Teachers: d’Indy, Vincent
Students: Unknown
Daffner, Hugo (1882–1936)—Germany
Teachers: Reger, Max; Thuille, Ludwig
Students: Unknown
d’Agincourt, François (1684–1758)—France
Teachers: Lebegue, Nicolas-Antoine
Students: Duphly, Jacques
Dagnino, Eduardo (1876–1944)—Italy
Teachers: Zuelli, Guglielmo
Students: Plaza, Juan Bautista
Dagosto, Sylvain (1917– )—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dahl, Ingolf (1912–1970)—Germany, USA
Teachers: Andreae, Volkmar; Boulanger, Nadia; Jarnach, Philipp
Students: Aird, Donald; Andersen, Michael; Baldwin, Russell; Bielawa, Herbert; Biggs, John; Bloomer Deussen, Nancy; Bond, Victoria; Brazinski, Frank; Brown, Rayner; Budd, Harold; Campo, Frank; Cohen, David; Cooper, Paul; Cope, David; Cortés, Ramiro; Coulter, R. Scott; Fink, Michael; Fisher, Truman R.; Glass, Paul; Grigsby, Beverly; Harris, Roger; Henderson, Robert; Heninger, Robert; Hsu, Wen-Ying; Keyes, Nelson; Kolar, Henry; Korn, Peter Jona; Kuzell, Christopher; Lauridsen, Morten; Lees, Benjamin; Lesemann, Frederick; Linn, Robert; McCarty, Frank; McGuire, John; Michalsky, Donal; Moss, Lawrence; Myrow, Frederic; Nelson, Robert; Owen, Harold; Quilling, Howard; Schmidt, William Joseph; Southers, Leroy; Spencer, Williametta; Svoboda, Tomáš; Thompson, Donald Bryce; Thornton, William; Thow, John; Van der Slice, John; Vaughan, Rodger; Vazzana, Anthony; Warkentin, Larry; Washburn, Gary; Wendelburg, Norma; Westin, Philip; Whitsitt, James; Wyman, Daniel; Yoshioka, Emmett; Zes, Tikey A.
Dahl, Viking (1895–1945)—Sweden
Teachers: Ravel, Maurice; Vidal, Paul
Students: Unknown
Daiken, Melanie (1945– )—England
Teachers: Loriod, Yvonne; Messiaen, Olivier
Students: Ching, Jeffrey; Espinosa, Leandro; McBirnie, Andrew Robert; Panufnik, Roxanna
Dalayrac, Nicolas (1753–1809)—France
Teachers: Grétry, André; Langlé, Honoré
Students: Unknown
Dalbavie, Marc-André (1961– )—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Bec, Jean Philippe; Lévy, Fabien; Motsch, Florent; Tharp, Reynold
Dalberg, Johann Friedrich Hugo von (1760–1812)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dalberg, Nancy (1881–1949)—Denmark
Teachers: Henriques, Fini; Nielsen, Carl; Svendsen, Johan
Students: Unknown
d’Albert, Eugen (1864–1932)—Scotland, Germany, Switzerland
Teachers: Liszt, Franz; Pauer, Ernst; Prout, Ebenezer; Stainer, John; Sullivan, Arthur
Students: Dohnányi, Ernst von; Jolles, Henry; Loewe, Frederick; Prohaska, Carl; Rehberg, Walter; Rehberg, Willy
D’Albert, Francois (~1915– )—Hungary, USA
Teachers: Kodály, Zoltán; Scherchen, Hermann; Schmitt, Florent; Weiner, Leo; Zador, Eugen
Students: Unknown
Dale, Benjamin (1885–1943)—England
Teachers: Corder, Frederick
Students: Darnton, Christian
d’Alessandro, Raffaele (1911–1959)—Switzerland
Teachers: Boulanger, Nadia; Dupré, Marcel; Schuh, Willi
Students: Unknown
Dal Farra, Ricardo (1957– )—Argentina, Canada
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dall’Abaco, Evaristo Felice (1675–1742)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dallapiccola, Luigi (1904–1975)—Italy
Teachers: Cònsolo, Ernesto; Frazzi, Vito
Students: Argento, Dominick; Aschaffenburg, Walter; Banks, Don; Bartolozzi, Bruno; Bazán, Oscar; Berio, Luciano; Bialosky, Marshall; Brisman, Heskel; Bucchi, Valentino; Bussotti, Sylvano; Cervin, Ernesto Rubin de; Chaitkin, David; Cohen, Edward; Da Costa, Noel; Dashow, James; Del Principe, Joseph; Duffy, John; El-Dabh, Halim; Exton, John; Felciano, Richard; Freed, Arnold; Hovland, Egil; Hughes, Robert Grove; Johanson, Sven-Eric; Kuri-Aldana, Mario; London, Edwin; Machover, Tod; Mandelbaum, Joel; Martino, Donald; Martirano, Salvatore; Maxfield, Richard; Mercure, Pierre; Perry, Julia; Plum, Abram; Rands, Bernard; Rochberg, George; Ronsheim, John; Roxburgh, Edwin; Rubin de Cervin, Ernesto; Rzewski, Frederic; Sahl, Michael; Schwartz, Marvin R.; Sciammarella, Valdo; Shackelford, Rudolph; Smith Brindle, Reginald; Sprung, David; Thow, John; Trogan, Ronald; Valcárcel, Edgar; Villalpando, Alberto; Walker, Abraham Zalman; Weinberg, Henry; Wilding-White, Raymond; Williams, Howard; Yannatos, James; Zallman, Arlene
Dall’Aquila, Marco (~1480–1555)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dalle Ave, Michel (1958– )—France
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Unknown
Dallier, Henri (1849–1934)—France
Teachers: Bazin, François; Franck, César
Students: Plé-Caussade, Simone;
Dallin, Leon (1918–1993)—USA
Teachers: Hanson, Howard; Kanitz, Ernest; Rogers, Bernard; Rózsa, Miklós
Students: Adams, Leslie; Bradshaw, Merrill; Fuller, Ramon; Hatton, Gaylen; Robbins, Daniel; Taylor, Rowan
d’Almeida, Fernando (~1600–1660)—Portugal
Teachers: Lobo, Duarte
Students: Unknown
Dalton, Catherine (~1954– )—USA
Teachers: Alexander, Elizabeth; Childs, Mary Ellen; Ebel-Sabo, Victoria; Theisen, Gregory
Students: Unknown
Damare, Eugène (1840–1919)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Damase, Jean-Michel (1928–2013)—France
Teachers: Büsser, Henri; Cortot, Alfred; Delvincourt, Claude; Dupré, Marcel; Samuel-Rousseau, Marcel
Students: Unknown
Dambis, Pauls (1936– )—Latvia
Teachers: Utkin, Valentin
Students: Unknown
D’Ambrosio, Mike (1974– )—USA
Teachers: Hoffman, Joel; Salerni, Paul; Zohn-Muldoon, Ricardo
Students: Ozley, Chris; Sharp, Barry
Damcke, Berthold (1812–1875)—Germany
Teachers: Ries, Ferdinand; Schelble, Johann Nepomuk; Schmitt, Aloys
Students: de Lange, Daniel; de Lange, Samuel, Jr.; Hartog, Edouard de; Lenormand, René; Żeleński, Władysław
Damesek, Abraham “Abbe” (1904–1979)—USA
Teachers: Giannini, Vittorio
Students: Unknown
Damrosch, Leopold (1832–1885)—Germany, USA
Teachers: Dehn, Siegfried; Ries, Ferdinand
Students: Johnstone, Arthur Edward
Damrosch, Walter (1862–1950)—Germany, USA
Teachers: Bülow, Hans von; Draeseke, Felix; Rischbieter, Wilhelm
Students: Kanner, Jerome Herbert
Dan, Ikuma (1924–2001)—Japan
Teachers: Hashimoto, Kunihiko; Moroi, Saburō; Shimofusa, Kan’ichi; Yamada, Kosaku
Students: Unknown
Dana, Walter (1902–2000)—Poland, USA
Teachers: Kazuro, Stanislaw; Melcer, Henryk; Rytel, Piotr
Students: Unknown
Danbé, Jules (1840–1905)—France
Teachers: Girard, Narcisse; Savard, Augustin
Students: Unknown
Danblon, Paul (1931– )—Belgium
Teachers: Absil, Jean; Quinet, Marcel
Students: Unknown
Danburg, Russell (1909–1994)—USA
Teachers: Daniel, Cyrus; Hanson, Howard; Maesch, Lavahn; Rogers, Bernard; Royce, Edward
Students: Binkerd, Gordon; Brandt, William
Dancla, Charles (1817–1907)—France
Teachers: Baillot, Pierre; Berton, Henri-Montan; Halévy, Fromental
Students: Simonetti, Achille
Dandara, Liviu (1933–1991)—Romania
Teachers: Ciortea, Tudor; Constantinescu, Paul; Dumitrescu, Ion; Ligeti, György; Stockhausen, Karlheinz
Students: Unknown
Dandelot, Georges (1895–1975)—France
Teachers: Caussade, Georges; Dukas, Paul; Gallon, Jean; Roussel, Albert; Widor, Charles-Marie
Students: Bondon, Jacques; Byers, Roxana Weihe; Casanova, André; Gutiérrez Heras, Joaquín; Lessard, John Ayres; Masoudieh, Mohammad Taghi; May, Walter; Méfano, Paul; Perrault, Michel; Petit, Pierre; Philippot, Michel; Posada Amador, Carlos; Seter, Mordecai
Dandrieu, Jean-François (~1682–1738)—France
Teachers: Moreau, Jean-Baptiste
Students: Unknown
Daneau, Nicolas (1866–1944)—Belgium
Teachers: Samuel, Adolphe
Students: Unknown
Danforth, Frances (1903–1996)—USA
Teachers: Cacioppo, George; Iannacone, Anthony; Stewart, David Nisbet
Students: Unknown
d’Angeli, Andrea (1868–1940)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
D’Angelo, James (1939– )—USA, England
Teachers: Catoire, Jean; Flagello, Nicolas; Giannini, Vittorio; Russo, Bill; Schuller, Gunther; Trimble, Lester; Ulehla, Ludmila
Students: Unknown
Dangerfield, Joseph (1977– )—USA
Teachers: Gompper, David Karl; Kuehn, Mikel; Shrude, Marilyn
Students: Comer, Justin
d’Angiolini, Giuliano (1960– )—Italy
Teachers: Clementi, Aldo; Porena, Boris; Stockhausen, Karlheinz
Students: Unknown
d’Anglebert, Jean-Henri (1629–1691)—France
Teachers: Chambonnieres, Jacques
Students: Unknown
Danhauser, Adolphe (1835–1896)—France
Teachers: Bazin, François; Halévy, Fromenthal; Reber, Napoléon Henri
Students: Machado, Augusto; Malherbe, Charles
Daniel, Cyrus (1900–1984)—USA
Teachers: Bowen, York; Oldberg, Arne
Students: Danburg, Russell
Daniel, Eusebi (1862–1950)—Spain
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Cumellas Ribó, Josep; Thomas, Juan Maria
Daniel, MR (Margaret R.) (~1967– )—USA
Teachers: Eckert, Rinde; Everett, Steve; Lansky, Paul; Trueman, Daniel
Students: Unknown
Daniel, Omar (1960– )—Canada
Teachers: Beckwith, John
Students: Unknown
Daniel-Lesur, Jean-Yves (1908–2002)—France
Teachers: Caussade, Georges; Gallon, Jean; Tournemire, Charles
Students: Niël, Matty; Ohana, Maurice; Savaria, Georges; Vercken, François; Wissmer, Pierre
Danielpour, Richard (1956– )—USA
Teachers: Mennin, Peter; Persichetti, Vincent
Students: Cabell, Stephen; Cohen, Andy Evan; Frantzen, John; French, Daniel; Gross, Robert (1973); Hsu, Andrew; Jang, Bomi; Lee, Andrew McKenna; List, Andrew; Ludwig, David; Mathews, Norman; Nishimura, Yukiko; Seyfried, Sheridan; Sharlat, Yevgeniy; Sohn, Nicky; Stamp, Jack; Tarm, Jonas; Wramage, Gregg; Zhou, Tian
Daniels, Mabel Wheeler (1877–1971)—USA
Teachers: Chadwick, George Whitefield; Thuille, Ludwig
Students: Unknown
Daniels, Melvin (1931– )—USA
Teachers: Adler, Samuel; Ellis, Merrill; Latham, William Peters
Students: Unknown
Danilowski, Wladyslaw (see Dana, Walter)
Dankevich, Konstantin (1905–1984)—Ukraine
Teachers: Vilinsky, Mykola; Zolotarev, Vasily
Students: Unknown
Dankner, Stephen (1944– )—USA
Teachers: Creston, Paul; Persichetti, Vincent; Rieti, Vittorio; Sessions, Roger; Weisgall, Hugo
Students: Birnbaum, Mark; Trapani, Christopher
Danner, Greg (1958– )—USA
Teachers: Adler, Samuel; Plain, Gerald; Smith, Charles W.; Wykes, Robert
Students: Unknown
Dannreuther, Edward (1844–1905)—Germany, England
Teachers: David, Ferdinand; Hauptmann, Moritz; Moscheles, Ignaz; Richter, Ernst Friedrich; Ritter, Frédéric Louis
Students: Friskin, James; Hurlstone, William Yeates; Miles, Philip Napier; Parry, Hubert
Dannström, Isidor (1812–1897)—Sweden
Teachers: Garcia, Manuel
Students: Unknown
Danon, Oskar (1913–2009)—Austria-Hungary (Bosnia), Serbia
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
d’Antalffy, Deszo (1885–1945)—Hungary, USA
Teachers: Bossi, Marco Enrico; Joachim, Joseph; Koessler, Hans von; Reger, Max; Straube, Karl
Students: Sacco, John
Danzi, Franz (1763–1826)—Germany
Teachers: Vogler, (Abbé) Georg Joseph
Students: Poissl, Johann Nepomuk von; Weber, Carl Maria von
Dao, Nguyen-Thien (1940–2015)—Vietnam, France
Teachers: Messiaen, Olivier
Students: Unknown
Daoud, Rageh (1954– )—Egypt
Teachers: Abdel-Rahim, Gamal
Students: Unknown
Daoust, Yves (1946– )—Canada
Teachers: Amy, Gilbert; Tremblay, Gilles
Students: Arcuri, Serge; Hyland, Marc; Lesage, Jean; Palmieri, Silvio
Da-Oz, Ram (1929– )—Germany, Israel
Teachers: Hajdu, Andre
Students: Unknown
Daquin, Louis-Claude (1694–1772)—France
Teachers: Marchand, Louis
Students: Unknown
Darby, Gabriel Sean (~1978– )—USA
Teachers: Browning, Zack; Jacobs, Kenneth A.; Lund, Erik; Taube, Heinrich; Wyatt, Scott
Students: Unknown
Darby, Ken (1909–1992)—USA
Teachers: Hand, Herman; Serly, Tibor; Toch, Ernst; Young, Albert Victor
Students: Unknown
d’Arcais, Francesco (see Flores d’Arcais, Francesco)
Darcy, Robert (1910–1967)—France, Belgium
Teachers: Bousquet, Francis; Vidal, Paul
Students: Unknown
Darcy, Warren (1946– )—USA
Teachers: Aschaffenburg, Walter; Hoffmann, Richard; Johnston, Ben; London, Edwin
Students: Unknown
D’Arenzio, Nicola (1842–1915)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Gubitosi, Emilia; Savasta, Antonio
Dargan, William (1948– )—USA
Teachers: Anderson, T.J.; Jones, Charles; Ultan, Lloyd
Students: Unknown
Dargel, Corey (1977– )—USA
Teachers: Adams, John Luther; Hutchinson, Brenda; Oliveros, Pauline
Students: Unknown
Dargomyzhsky, Alexander (1813–1869)—Russia
Teachers: Schoberlechner, Franz
Students: Titov, Nikolai Alexeyovich; Viettinghoff-Schell, Boris
Darias, Javier (1946– )—Spain
Teachers: Galindo, Patricio; Hidalgo, Juan
Students: Unknown
d’Arienzo, Nicola (1842–1915)—Italy
Teachers: Mercadante, Saverio; Moretti, Giovanni; Fioravanti, Vincenzo
Students: Cesi, Sigismondo; Filiasi, Lorenzo; Fracassi, Elmérico; La Rotella, Pasquale; Napoli, Gennaro; Westerhout, Niccolò van
Darisse, Gilbert (1909–1996)—Canada
Teachers: Talbot, Robert
Students: Unknown
Darke, Harold (1888–1976)—England
Teachers: Parratt, Walter; Stanford, Charles Villiers
Students: Hopkins, Antony; Leigh, Walter; Lutyens, Elisabeth; Tranchell, Peter
Darnton, Christian (1905–1981)—England
Teachers: Butting, Max; Dale, Benjamin; Farjeon, Harry; Rootham, Cyril; Wood, Charles
Students: Unknown
Darondeau, Benoni (1740–18??)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Darondeau, Henri (1779–1865)—France
Teachers: Berton, Henri-Montan; Ladurner, Ignaz
Students: Barbier, Frédéric
Darreg, Ivor (1917–1994)—USA
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Unknown
d’Arros, Yves (1954– )—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Darrow, Stanley (1934– )—USA
Teachers: Bazant, Jaromir; Hoch, Peter
Students: Unknown
Darter, Thomas Eugene (1949– )—USA
Teachers: Carter, Elliott; Copland, Aaron; Husa, Karel; Palmer, Robert Moffat
Students: Lubet, Alex
Darvas, Gábor (1911–1985)—Hungary, Chile
Teachers: Kodály, Zoltán
Students: Unknown
Darwish, Sayyid (1892–1923)—Egypt
Teachers: Marsili, Uthman al-
Students: Unknown
Dārziņš, Emīls (1875–1910)—Latvia
Teachers: Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai
Students: Unknown
Darzins, Volfgangs (1906–1962)—Latvia, Germany, USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Benshoof, Ken; Lamb, John David
Daser, Ludwig (~1526–1589)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dashkevich, Vladimir (1934– )—Russia
Teachers: Herschkowitz, Philip; Khachaturian, Aram
Students: Unknown
Dashow, James (1944– )—USA
Teachers: Babbitt, Milton; Berger, Arthur; Boykan, Martin; Cone, Edward; Dallapiccola, Luigi; Kim, Earl; Petrassi, Goffredo; Randall, James K.; Reisberg, Horace; Shifrin, Seymour
Students: Unknown
d’Astorga, Emanuele (1680–1757)—Italy
Teachers: Scarlatti, Francesco
Students: Unknown
Daugherty, Michael (1954– )—USA
Teachers: Adams, Richard; Barnes, Marshall; Behrman, David; Boulez, Pierre; Brown, Earle; Davidovsky, Mario; Druckman, Jacob; Ferneyhough, Brian; Jolas, Betsy; Ligeti, György; Mailman, Martin; Rands, Bernard; Reynolds, Roger; Sellars, James; Stockhausen, Karlheinz; Wuorinen, Charles
Students: Adams, Richard; Assad, Clarice; Bacon, Alexis; Bayolo, Armando; Beavers, Kevin; Bermel, Derek; Bishop, Andrew; Browne, Matthew; Cargile, Ozie; Dicke, Ian; Dietz, Christopher; Etezady, Roshanne; Francis, Richard (US); Frank, Gabriela Lena; Garrop, Stacy; Green, Joshua; Kelly, Elizabeth A.; Kurtz, Mark; Kuster, Kristin; Leary, Paul; Lee, James III; Little, David; Maki, David; Martin, Theresa; Mazzariello, Andrea; McKinley, Elliott Miles; Newby, Stephen; Pann, Carter; Penman, Joshua; Puckett, Joel; Reinkemeyer, Andrea; Romero, Manly; Roumain, Daniel; Sandler, Felicia; Santos, Erik; Schnauber, Tom; Schober, David; Sierra, Arlene; Simon, Greg; Sparr, D.J.; Srikaranonda, Pathorn; Tommasini, Matthew; Volness, Kirsten; Vrebalov, Alexandra; Wramage, Gregg; Zuckerman, William
Dauprat, Louis-François (1781–1868)—France
Teachers: Kenn, Jean-Joseph
Students: Gallay, Jacques-François
Daus, Abraham (1902–1974)—Germany, Israel
Teachers: Courvoisier, Walter
Students: Unknown
Daussoigne-Méhul, Joseph (1790–1875)—France, Belgium
Teachers: Adam, Louis; Catel, Charles-Simon; Cherubini, Louis; Méhul, Étienne-Nicolas
Students: Franck, César; Franck, Joseph; Ledent, Félix-Etienne; Radoux, Jean-Théodore; Samuel, Adolphe; Soubre, Étienne
Dauvergne, Antoine (1713–1797)—France
Teachers: Leclair, Jean Marie
Students: La Borde, Jean-Benjamin de
Davaux, Jean-Baptiste “Citoyen” (1742–1822)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Daveluy, Raymond (1926– )—Canada
Teachers: Cusson, Gabriel; Letendre, Conrad
Students: Unknown
Davenport, Francis William (1847–1925)—England
Teachers: Macfarren, George
Students: Unknown
Davico, Vincenzo (1889–1969)—Monaco, Italy
Teachers: Cravero, Giovanni; Reger, Max
Students: Unknown
David, Avram (1930– )—USA
Teachers: Brogue Henning, Roslyn; Boulez, Pierre; Cooke, Francis Judd; Fine, Irving; Herford, Julius; Norden, Hugo; Read, Gardner; Shapero, Harold; Stockhausen, Karlheinz
Students: Ayoob, Joseph; Falaro, Anthony; Farmer, Peter R.; Livingston, Gregory; Lundberg, Harriet; St. Clair, Richard
David, Félicien (1810–1876)—France
Teachers: Benoist, François; Fétis, François-Joseph; Millault, Edouard; Reber, Napoléon Henri
Students: Unknown
David, Ferdinand (1810–1873)—Germany
Teachers: Hauptmann, Moritz; Spohr, Louis
Students: Abel, Ludwig; Bargiel, Woldemar; Brandt, Noah; Brode, Max; Dannreuther, Edward; Faltin, Richard; Gernsheim, Friedrich; Hegar, Friedrich; Hollaender, Gustav; Kes, Willem; Klengel, Paul; Königslöw, Otto von; Parsons, Albert Ross; Radecke, Robert; Riccius, Carl August; Ritter, Alexander; Rohde, Wilhelm; Rubenson, Albert; Rybner, Cornelius; Sahla, Richard; Schletterer, Hans Michael; Schradieck, Henry; Svendsen, Johan
David, Gyula (1913–1977)—Hungary
Teachers: Kodály, Zoltán
Students: Unknown
David, Hans T. (1902–1967)—Germany, USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Lewin, Frank
David, Johann Nepomuk (1895–1977)—Austria
Teachers: Marx, Joseph
Students: Bodenstein Hoyme, Ruth; Bodley, Seóirse; David, Thomas Christian; Eder, Helmut; Koch, Johannes H.E.; Kubizek, Augustin; Kuusisto, Taneli; Lachenmann, Helmut; Lechner, Konrad; Matz, Arnold; Odd, Conny; Stadlmair, Hans; Wimberger, Gerhard; Zechlin, Ruth
David, José (1913–1993)—France
Teachers: Büsser, Henri; de la Presle, Jacques; Dupré, Marcel; Fauchet, Paul
Students: Unknown
David, Karl Heinrich (1884–1951)—Switzerland
Teachers: Baussnern, Waldemar von; Thuille, Ludwig
Students: Unknown
David, Samuel (1836–1895)—France
Teachers: Halévy, Fromental
Students: Kowalski, Henri
David, Thomas Christian (1925–2006)—Austria, Iran
Teachers: David, Johann Nepomuk
Students: Pejman, Ahmad
Davidenko, Alexander (1899–1934)—Russia
Teachers: Glière, Reinhold
Students: Unknown
Davidov, Karl (1838–1889)—Russia
Teachers: Hauptmann, Moritz
Students: Ewald, Victor; Williams, Edgar Warren
Davidovsky, Mario (1934– )—Argentina, USA
Teachers: Babbitt, Milton; Copland, Aaron; Epstein, Ernesto; Fuchs, Theodor; Graetzer, Guillermo; Leuchter, Erwin; Luening, Otto
Students: Al-Zand, Karim; Barnes, Larry; Bassett, Leslie; Bearer, Elaine L.; Berger, Robin; Bertchume, Gary; Betjeman, Paul; Biscardi, Chester; Brickman, Scott; Boury, Robert; Carrick, Richard; Chasalow, Eric; Chen, Yi; Clayton, Laura; Coble, William; Costinescu, Gheorghe; Cummings, Conrad; Daugherty, Michael; Dellaira, Michael; Del Mónaco, Alfredo; Dolat-shahi, Dariush; Dun, Tan; Dydo, Stephen; Eckardt, Jason; Einbond, Aaron; Einhorn, Richard; Ekizian, Michelle; Epperson, John; Freedman, Hal; Friedman, Michael; Froom, David; Gan-ru, Ge; Gilbert, Peter; Glaser, David; Godfrey, Daniel Strong; Goldstein, Perry; Greenbaum, Matthew; Greenberg, Laura; Greene, Margo; Gyger, Elliott; Hakenberg, Stefan; Hayes Biggs, William; Holland, John Bailey; Horst, Martha; Hudson, Joseph A.; Hurst, Derek; Hurtado, José Luis; Imlay, Timothy; Jacobs, Edward; Jazwinski, Barbara; Kalogeras, Alexandros; Kaminsky, Laura; Kampela, Arthur; Kimmel, Walter; Kreiger, Arthur; LeBaron, Anne; Levey, Lauren; Lockwood, Larry; Long, Zhou; Lu, Yen; Mallonée, Caroline; Manno, Robert; Marshall, Ingram; McLoskey, Lansing; Merrill, E. Lindsey; Miller, Dennis Hayden; Moravec, Paul; Needham, Clint; Nelson, Jon Christopher; Noon, David; Nowak, Alison; Obermüller, Karola; Olan, David; Orenstein, Joyce; Ortiz, Pablo; Perera, Ronald; Philo, Gary; Primosch, James; Rausch, Carlos; Rindfleisch, Andrew; Robin, Gregory; Roens, Steven; Rosenzweig, Morris; Ross, Walter; Rothkopf, Michael; Sandow, Greg; Sekhon, Baljinder; Selleck, John; Sokolov, Elliot; Stallman, Kurt; Stebbins, Heather; Steinke, Greg A.; Taub, Bruce; Timossi, Alessandro; Trinkley, Bruce; Trombly, Preston; Ueno, Ken; Ung, Chinary; Vines, Nicolas; Vollinger, William; Warshauer, Meira; Whalley, Richard; Wilson, George Balch; Wright, Maurice; Zivkovic, Djuro; Zorman, Moshe; Zur, Menachem
Davidson, Harold Gibson (1893–1959)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Grant, William Parks
Davidson, Hugh (1930–2014)—Canada
Teachers: Chotem, Neil; Ridout, Godfrey; Searle, Humphrey; Stevens, Bernard
Students: Unknown
Davidson, Jerry F. (1942– )—USA
Teachers: Noon, David; White, Louie
Students: Unknown
Davidson, John (1857–1909)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Arbury, David Bryant
Davidson, Lyle (1938– )—USA
Teachers: Berger, Arthur; Cooke, Francis Judd; Pinkham, Daniel; Vosgerchian, Luise
Students: Wheeler, Vanessa
Davidson, Matthew (1964– )—Canada
Teachers: Beckwith, John; Body, Jack; Martirano, Salvatore; Melby, John
Students: Unknown
Davidson, Randall (1953– )—USA
Teachers: Argento, Dominick; Fetler, Paul; Houkom, Alf; Stokes, Eric
Students: Lor, Yue
Davidson, Tina (1952– )—USA
Teachers: Brant, Henry; Calabro, Louis; Fine, Vivian; Nowak, Lionel
Students: Unknown
Davidson, Walter (1902– )—USA
Teachers: Ancis, Solomon; Levenson, Boris
Students: Unknown
Davies, David (1954– )—Scotland
Teachers: Unknown
Students: McLaughlin, Robin
Davies, David Horace (1979– )—USA
Teachers: Gower, Robert; Hijleh, Mark; Kam, Dannis; Van der Slice, John
Students: Unknown
Davies, Hubert (1893–1965)—Wales
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Roberts, Trevor
Davies, Peter Maxwell (see Maxwell Davies, Peter)
Davies, Tansy (1973– )—England
Teachers: Bainbridge, Simon; Holt, Simon
Students: Unknown
Davies, Walford (1869–1941)—England
Teachers: Parratt, Walter
Students: Bainton, Edgar; Boughton, Rutland; Palmer, Charles; Shera, Frank Henry; Treharne, Bryceson
Davis, Albert O. (1920–2005)—USA
Teachers: Barnes, Clifford; Elwell, Herbert; Fletcher, Grant; Wright, Kenneth; Yoder, Paul
Students: Unknown
Davis, Allan G. (1922– )—USA
Teachers: Berwald, William; Elwell, Herbert
Students: Unknown
Davis, Allen H. (1945–2007)—USA
Teachers: Johnson, Harold V.; Michalsky, Donal; Rodgers, Lloyd; Slonimsky, Nicolas
Students: Unknown
Davis, Andrew (1986– )—USA
Teachers: Alexander, Kathryn; Grantham, Donald; Klingbeil, Michael; Pinkston, Russell; Primosch, James; Reise, Jay; Sharlat, Yevgeniy; Weesner, Anna; Welcher, Dan
Students: Unknown
Davis, Andrew Frank (1944– )—England
Teachers: Ferrara, Franco; Kee, Piet
Students: Unknown
Davis, Anthony (1951– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Askim, Peter; Case, Delvyn; Meltzer, Harold; Richards, Scott; Srikaranonda, Pathorn
Davis, Bob (1947– )—USA
Teachers: Adams, John; Ashley, Robert; Behrman, David; Jenks, Alden; Mathieu, William A.; Nath, Pran; Riley, Terry
Students: Unknown
Davis, Carl (1936– )—USA, England
Teachers: Kauder, Hugo; Nordoff, Paul; Nørgaard, Per
Students: Unknown
Davis, Don (1957– )—USA
Teachers: Lazarof, Henri
Students: Unknown
Davis, Doug (1948– )—USA
Teachers: Kim, Earl; Kirchner, Leon; Van Vactor, David; Yannatos, James
Students: Unknown
Davis, Jean Reynolds (1927–2015)—USA
Teachers: Elmore, Robert Hall; Vauclain, Andre Constant
Students: Unknown
Davis, John David (1867–1942)—England
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Davis, John Jeffrey (1944– )—USA
Teachers: Gillis, Don; Goodwin, Gordon; Taylor, Joseph Deems
Students: Unknown
Davis, John S. (1935– )—USA
Teachers: McBride, Robert
Students: Unknown
Davis, Katherine Kennicott (1892–1980)—USA
Teachers: Boulanger, Nadia; Mason, Stuart
Students: Unknown
Davis, Morris (1904–1968)—Canada
Teachers: La Liberté, Alfred
Students: Unknown
Davis, Nathan (1937– )—USA
Teachers: Hodeir, Andre
Students: Unknown
Davis, Richard (1952– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Dolan, Nick; Kim, Norman; Montes, Zeltia; Quinlan, Erin Murray
Davis, Sam (~1976– )—USA
Teachers: Albright, William
Students: Unknown
Davis, Taylor (1980– )—USA
Teachers: Marshall, Jane; McIntyre, Eric; Parker, Alice
Students: Unknown
Davis, Timothy A. (1980)—USA
Teachers: Gompper, David; Lee, Thomas Oboe; MacCombie, Bruce
Students: Unknown
Davis, Tom (1959– )—USA
Teachers: Adler, Samuel; Morris, Robert; Wilson, Dana
Students: Unknown
Davis, William D. (1949– )—USA
Teachers: Adler, Samuel; Beeson, Jack; McHose, Allen Irvine; Pozdro, John
Students: Unknown
Davison, Archibald T. (1883–1961)—USA
Teachers: Widor, Charles-Marie
Students: Bavicchi, John; Berger, Arthur; Claflin, Avery; Fine, Irving; Glaser, Victoria; Manton, Robert; Pinkham, Daniel; Piston, Walter; Roy, Klaus George; Sapp, Allen; Sessions, Roger; Thompson, Randall; Thomson, Virgil; Warren, Betsy
Davison, John (1930–1999)—USA
Teachers: Hanson, Howard; Hovhaness, Alan; Palmer, Robert Moffat; Piston, Walter; Rogers, Bernard; Swan, Alfred J.; Thompson, Randall
Students: Bellamy, Marian; Diamond, Stuart; Kimbell, Michael; Teitelbaum, Richard
Davison, Peter (1948– )—USA
Teachers: de la Vega, Aurelio; Reynolds, Roger
Students: Unknown
d’Avossa, Giuseppe (1708–1796)—Italy
Teachers: Durante, Francesco; Greco, Gaetano
Students: Unknown
Davy, John (1763–1824)—England
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Davy, Richard (~1465–~1507)—England
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Davye, John (1929–2007)—USA
Teachers: Benson, Warren
Students: Unknown
Dawe, Jonathan (1965– )—USA
Teachers: Babbitt, Milton; Hoffmann, Richard
Students: Unknown
Dawes, William (1942– )—USA
Teachers: Calabro, Louis
Students: Unknown
Dawson, Anthony (1927–2007)—England, Canada
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Brown, Stephen; Mascall, Richard; Peros, Nick; Repoulis, Michael
Dawson, Ted (1951– )—Canada
Teachers: Cherney, Brian; Hambraeus, Bengt; Komorous, Rudolf; Lanza, Alcides; Wuorinen, Charles
Students: Unknown
Dawson, William (1851–1924)—England
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Faulkes, William
Dawson, William L. (1899–1990)—USA
Teachers: Borowski, Felix; Busch, Carl
Students: Bonds, Margaret; Perry, Zenobia Powell
Day, James (1948– )—USA
Teachers: Avshalomov, Jacob; Creston, Paul
Students: Felice, Frank
Daymond, Emily (1866–1949)—England
Teachers: Bridge, Frederick; Parry, Hubert; Pauer, Ernst
Students: Unknown
Dea, Alex (1950– )—USA, China
Teachers: Ashley, Robert; Nath, Pran; Riley, Terry
Students: Unknown
Deacon, Dan (1981– )—USA
Teachers: Mizelle, Dary John; Thome, Joel
Students: Unknown
Deacon, Mary Connor (1907– )—USA
Teachers: Deis, Carl; La Forge, Frank; Stickles, William
Students: Unknown
Deák, Csaba (1932– )—Hungary, Sweden
Teachers: Farkas, Ferenc; Rosenberg, Hilding
Students: Unknown
Deak, Jon (1943– )—USA
Teachers: Lanza, Alcides
Students: Barber, Matthew
Dean, Brett (1961– )—Australia
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Wade, James
Dean, Talmage Whitman (1915–1999)—USA
Teachers: Kohs, Ellis; Rogers, Bernard; Stevens, Halsey
Students: Burroughs, Bob; Frink, George
Deason, David (1945– )—USA
Teachers: Boda, John; Schiffman, Harold; Sessions, Roger; Trimble, Lester
Students: Unknown
Deavel, R. Gary (1930– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Barr, John G.
Debbaut, Robert (1957– )—USA
Teachers: Tang, Jordan Co-Tung
Students: Unknown
De Bellis, Giovanni Battista (~1585–~1623)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Bartoli, Erasmo
De Beradinis, John (1943– )—USA
Teachers: Franchetti, Arnold; Miller, Edward J.
Students: Unknown
Debney, John (1956– )—USA
Teachers: Curtin, Hoyt; Post, Mike
Students: Schroder, Erick
de Boeck, August (1865–1937)—Belgium
Teachers: Gilson, Paul; Mailly, Alphonse
Students: Baeyens, August; Hemel, Oscar van; Rengifo, Javier; Schampaert, Jozef; Veremans, Renaat
de Bondt, Cornelis (1953– )—Netherlands
Teachers: Andriessen, Louis; Vlijmen, Jan van; Wagenaar, Diderik
Students: Unknown
de Bondt, Louis (1877–1920)—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Schampaert, Jozef
de Bréville, Pierre (1861–1949)—France
Teachers: Dubois, Théodore; Franck, César
Students: Unknown
DeBruyn, Randall (1947– )—USA
Teachers: Johnston, Ben; Martirano, Salvatore; Stoltze, Robert
Students: Unknown
Debski, Krzesimir (1953– )—Poland
Teachers: Koszewski, Andrzej
Students: Unknown
de Bury, Bernard (1720–1785)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Debussy, Claude (1862–1918)—France
Teachers: Bazille, Auguste; Bourgault-Ducoudray, Louis-Albert; Durand, Émile; Gounod, Charles; Guiraud, Ernest; Lavignac, Albert; Marmontel, Antoine-François
Students: Balogh, Stephen; Bartók, Béla; Rey, Cemal Resit; Schulhoff, Erwin
Debuysère, Carlos (19th–20th century)—Chile
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Allende, Pedro Humberto
Decadt, Jan (1914–1995)—Belgium
Teachers: Absil, Jean; Ryelandt, Joseph
Students: Biesemans, Jan Pieter
Decair, Louis (20th century)—Canada
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Perrault, Michel
de Castro, Herbert (1905–1969)—Panama
Teachers: Caussade, Georges; Honegger, Arthur; Huré, Jean; Plé-Caussade, Simone; Roussel, Albert
Students: Unknown
Decaux, Abel (1869–1943)—France
Teachers: Guilmant, Alexandre; Massenet, Jules; Widor, Charles-Marie
Students: Barnes, Edward Shippen
Decevee, Alice (1904– )—USA
Teachers: Gaul, Harvey Bartlett; Hadley, Henry; Hutcheson, Ernest
Students: Unknown
de Chizy, Edith Canat (1950– )—France
Teachers: Malec, Ivo; Ohana, Maurice
Students: Unknown
Dechter, Brad (1956– )—USA
Teachers: Clausen, Alf
Students: Hepp, Raimund; Wallace, Corey
DeCosta, Richard (1971– )—USA
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Unknown
DeCoursey-Porter, Joy (~1974– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Decoust, Michel (1936– )—France
Teachers: Boulez, Pierre; Messiaen, Olivier; Rivier, Jean; Stockhausen, Karlheinz
Students: Unknown
De Croes, Henri-Jacques (1705–1786)—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Godecharle, Eugene
Decséni, János (1927– )—Hungary
Teachers: Szervánszky, Endre
Students: Unknown
Dédé, Edmond (1827–1903)—USA, France
Teachers: Alard, Delphin; Halévy, Fromental; Prévost, Eugène
Students: Unknown
Dedekind, Constantin (1628–1715)—Germany
Teachers: Schütz, Heinrich
Students: Unknown
Dediu, Dan (1967– )—Romania
Teachers: Buciu, Dan; Burt, Francis; Constantinescu, Dan; Kahowez, Günter; Nemescu, Octavian; Niculescu, Stefan; Zobl, Wilhelm
Students: Cretu, Catalin; Rotaru, Diana
Dedler, Rochus (1779–1822)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dedrick, Christopher (1947–2010)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dee, Richard (1936– )—USA
Teachers: Harada, Higo; Harrison, Lou
Students: Unknown
Deemer, Rob (1970– )—USA
Teachers: Bach, Jan; Bernstein, Elmer; Bolcom, William; Corigliano, John; Crumb, George; Goldsmith, Jerry; Grantham, Donald; Raksin, David; Theofanidis, Christopher; Wagner, Melinda; Welcher, Dan; Young, Christopher
Students: Unknown
Deering, Richard (see Dering, Richard)
Defauw, Désiré (1885–1960)—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Woestijne, David Van de
Defaye, Jean Michel (1932– )—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Deffés, Louis (1819–1900)—France
Teachers: Halévy, Fromental
Students: Unknown
De Filippi, Amedeo (1900–1990)—Italy, USA
Teachers: Goldmark, Rubin
Students: Unknown
Defossez, Leon (1876–1951)—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Defossez, René
Defossez, René (1905–1988)—Belgium
Teachers: Defossez, Leon; Rasse, François; Smulders, Carl
Students: Roland, Claude-Robert
DeFotis, William (1953– )—USA
Teachers: Brün, Herbert; Johnston, Ben; Powell, Morgan; Rosenberg, Wolf
Students: Unknown
de Gastyne, Serge (1930–1992)—France, USA
Teachers: Hanson, Howard
Students: Unknown
Degen, Helmut (1911–1995)—GermanyTeachers: Schiedermair, Ludwig
Students: Unknown
De Giosa, Nicola (1820–1885)—Italy
Teachers: Donizetti, Gaetano
Students: Westerhout, Niccolò van
Degner, Erich Wolf (1858–1908)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Mojsisovics, Roderich von; Suchsland, Leopold
Degni, Vicenzo (1911–1992)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
De Greef, Arthur (1862–1940)—Belgium
Teachers: Brassin, Louis; Gevaert, François-Auguste; Kufferath, Hubert Ferdinand; Liszt, Franz
Students: Hageman, Richard; Pallemaerts, Edmundo; Poot, Marcel; Rôze, Raymond; Van Hulse, Camil
de Groot, Cor (1914–1993)—Netherlands
Teachers: Dresden, Sem
Students: Unknown
de Hartmann, Thomas (1885–1956)—Russia (Ukraine), France, USA
Teachers: Arensky, Anton; Gurdjieff, George; Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai; Taneyev, Sergei
Students: de Leeuw, Ton; Tcherepnin, Alexander; Willman, Allan Arthur
Dehlavi, Hossein (1927– )—Iran
Teachers: Nassehi, Hossein
Students: Rahbari, Ali
Dehn, Siegfried (1799–1858)—Germany
Teachers: Dröbs, Johann Andreas; Klein, Bernhard
Students: Bargiel, Woldemar; Becker, Albert; Blumner, Martin; Cornelius, Peter; Damrosch, Leopold; Faisst, Immanuel; Glinka, Mikhail; Haupt, Carl August; Hofmann, Heinrich; Jensen, Gustav; Kashperov, Vladimir; Kiel, Friedrich; Kullak, Theodor; Lichner, Heinrich; Lorenz, Karl Adolf; Reichel, Adolf; Rubinstein, Anton; Rubinstein, Nikolai; Schaeffer, Julius; Schlottmann, Louis; Scholz, Bernhard; Truhn, Friedrich Hieronymus; Ulrich, Hugo; Witt, Theodor de
Dehnert, Max (1893–1972)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Geissler, Fritz
Deis, Carl (1883–1960)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Cowles, Cecil Marion; Deacon, Mary Connor
Deischer, Johann Evangelist (1802–1839)—Germany
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Kunz, Konrad Max
Dejoncker, Theodore (1894–1964)—Belgium
Teachers: Gilson, Paul; Heiden, Bernhard
Students: Unknown
DeJong, Conrad (1934– )—USA
Teachers: Archer, Violet; de Leeuw, Ton; Heiden, Bernhard
Students: Unknown
de Jong, Marinus (1891–1984)—Netherlands
Teachers: Mortelmans, Lodewijk
Students: Abejo, Rosalina; Albert, Karel; Biesemans, Jan Pieter; Dieltiens, Lode; Goemanne, Noël; Keldermans, Raymond; Laporte, André; Roelstraete, Herman
de Kerle, Jacobus (1531–1591)—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
de Klerk, Albert (1917–1998)—Netherlands
Teachers: Andriessen, Hendrik; van der Horst, Anthon; Wolf, Cornelis de
Students: Unknown
De Koven, Reginald (1859–1920)—USA
Teachers: Delibes, Léo; Genée, Richard; Hauff, Johann Christian; Lebert, Siegmund; Pruckner, Dionys; Speidel, Wilhelm; Suppé, Franz von
Students: Unknown
de Kruyf, Ton (1937–2012)—Netherlands
Teachers: Boulez, Pierre; Donatoni, Franco; Fortner, Wolfgang; Ligeti, György; Maderna, Bruno; Stockhausen, Karlheinz
Students: Unknown
Dela, Maurice (1919–1978)—France
Teachers: Champagne, Claude; Sowerby, Leo
Students: Unknown
de la Casiniere, Yves (1897–1971)—France
Teachers: Boulanger, Nadia; Caussade, Georges
Students: Unknown
Delachi, Paolo (1874–1957)—Argentina
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Delgadillo, Luis Abraham
de Laet, Edgard (1910–1973)—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Laporte, André
Delage, Maurice (1879–1961)—France
Teachers: Ravel, Maurice
Students: Unknown
Delalande, Michel (1739–1812)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Jumentier, Bernard
Delalande, Michel Richard (1657–1726)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Colin de Blamont, François
DeLamarter, Eric (1880–1953)—USA
Teachers: Guilmant, Alexandre; Middelschulte, Wilhelm; Widor, Charles-Marie
Students: Beversdorf, Thomas; Moseley, Orville; Stein, Leon
Delamont, Gordon (1918–1981)—Canada
Teachers: Deutsch, Maury
Students: Ciamaga, Gustav; Collier, Ronald; Kunz, Alfred; McPeek, Ben; Symonds, Norman
de la Motte, Diether (1928–2010)—Germany
Teachers: Krenek, Ernst; Maler, Wilhelm
Students: Glanert, Detlev; Trojahn, Manfred; Zaunschirm, Franz
Delaney, Charles (1925–2006)—USA
Teachers: Effinger, Cecil; Haug, Hans; Stringfield, Lamar
Students: Unknown
Delaney, Robert (1903–1956)—USA
Teachers: Boulanger, Nadia; Capet, Lucien; Honegger, Arthur
Students: Beadell, Robert; Bialosky, Marshall; Bohrnstedt, Wayne; Cacavas, John; Critser, William; Haggh, Raymond; Hanna, James; Haugland, A. Oscar; Hillert, Richard; Johnston, Donald; Oudal, Robert; Pozdro, John; Smith, Lawrence Rackley; Songayllo, Ray; Tyra, Thomas
de Lange, Daniel (1841–1918)—Netherlands
Teachers: Damcke, Berthold; Servais, Adrien François; Verhulst, Johannes
Students: Andriessen, Willem; Averkamp, Anton; Chausson, Ernest; Kuyper, Elisabeth; Sigtenhorst-Meyer, Bernhard van den; Vermeulen, Matthijs
Delange, Herman-François (1715–1781)—Belgium
Teachers: Costanzi, Giovanni Battista
Students: Unknown
de Lange, Samuel, Jr. (1840–1911)—Netherlands
Teachers: Damcke, Berthold; Mikuli, Karol; Verhulst, Johannes; Winterberger, Alexander
Students: Bleyle, Karl; Torjussen, Trygve; van Oosterzee, Cornélie
Delannoy, Marcel (1898–1962)—France
Teachers: Gédalge, André; Honegger, Arthur; Roland-Manuel, Alexis
Students: Unknown
de la Presle, Jacques (1888–1969)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: David, José; Hodeir, Andre
de la Puente, Sergio (1975– )—Spain
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
de Lara, Isidore (1858–1935)—England, France
Teachers: Lalo, Edouard; Mazzucato, Alberto
Students: Unknown
de la Rue, Pierre (1460–1518)—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Delas, Jose Luis de (1928– )—Spain
Teachers: Waltershausen, Hermann Wolfgang von
Students: Reina, Rafael
De La Sierra, Jordan (1947– )—USA
Teachers: Ashley, Robert; Moran, Robert; Riley, Terry
Students: Unknown
DeLaurenti, Christopher (1977– )—USA
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Unknown
Delavan, Macon (1932–1995)—USA
Teachers: Adler, Samuel; James, Woodrow
Students: Unknown
de la Vega, Aurelio (1925– )—Cuba, USA
Teachers: Kramer, Fritz; Toch, Ernst
Students: Banks, Dwight; Budd, Harold; Cole, Vincent; Coleman, Henry; Davison, Peter; Grigsby, Beverly; Henkel, Kathy; Jackson, Hanley; Kabakov, Joel; Kibbe, Michael; Matthews, Justus; Matthews, Michael; Nightingale, James; Rodby, John
Delaveux, Ambroise (1787–1849)—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Massart, Lambert
Delaye, Georges (1863–1949)—Russia, Switzerland
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Vuataz, Roger
Del Borgo, Elliot (1938–2013)—USA
Teachers: Persichetti, Vincent
Students: Gaetano, Mario; Robinson, Michael; Siskind, Paul
del Campo, Conrado (1878–1953)—Spain
Teachers: Fontanilla, Pedro; Serrano, Emilio
Students: Alfonso, Javier; Bacarisse, Salvador; Barrios, Ángel; Bautista, Julián; Casal Chapí, Enrique; Castillo, Manuel; Escudero, Francisco; Gombau, Gerardo; Granados, Eduardo; Grenet,Emilio; Halffter, Cristobal; Moreno Torroba, Federico; Muñoz Molleda, José; Remacha, Fernando; Roldán, Amadeo; Santa Cruz, Domingo; Tort, César
Del Corno, Filippo (1970– )—Italy
Teachers: Andriessen, Louis; Cage, John; Castaldi, Paolo; Corghi, Azio; Lorenzini, Danilo
Students: Buchter, Lauren
Delcroix, Léon (1880–1938)—Belgium
Teachers: d’Indy, Vincent; Mailly, Alophonse; Ysaÿe, Théophile
Students: Unknown
Deldevez, Édouard (1817–1897)—France
Teachers: Berton, Henri-Montan; Habeneck, François-Antoine; Halévy, Fromental
Students: Unknown
de Leeuw, Reinbert (1938– )—Netherlands
Teachers: van Baaren, Kees
Students: Unknown
de Leeuw, Ton (1926–1996)—Netherlands
Teachers: Badings, Henk; de Hartmann, Thomas; Messiaen, Olivier; Toebosch, Louis
Students: Arnaoudov, Gheorghi; Bank, Jacques; Bodorová, Sylvie; DeJong, Conrad; de Ruiter, Wim; Ferneyhough, Brian; Goleminov, Michail; Gustavson, Mark; Hekster, Walter; Hoenderdos, Margriet; Janssen, Guus; Keuris, Tristan; Kosteck, Gregory; Kunst, Jos; Lim, Liza; Manneke, Daan; Meijering, Chiel; Schwartz, Elliott; Sidharta, Otto; Straesser, Joep; Tómasson, Jónas; Tsenova, Julia; van den Booren, Jo; Varela, Victor; Vriend, Jan; Wullur, Sinta
DeLeon, Monica (20th century)—USA
Teachers: Benjamin, Thomas; Cotel, Morris Moshe; Maw, Nicolas; Weiser, Mark Lanz
Students: Unknown
De Leone, Francesco B. (1887–1948)—USA, Italy
Teachers: Bloch, Ernest
Students: Unknown
Delerue, Georges (1925–1992)—France
Teachers: Büsser, Henri; Milhaud, Darius; Plé-Caussade, Simone
Students: Unknown
Delevan, Macon (see Delavan, Macon)
Delgadillo, Luis Abraham (1887–1961)—Nicaragua
Teachers: Delachi, Paolo; Pozzoli, Ettore; Saladino, Michele
Students: Unknown
Delgado, Cosme (~1530–1596)—Portugal
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Cardoso, Manuel; Mendes, Manuel
Delibes, Léo (1836–1891)—France
Teachers: Adam, Adolphe; Benoist, François; Tariot, Alexandre-Joseph Désiré
Students: Berté, Heinrich; Clérice, Justin; De Koven, Reginald; Emmanuel, Maurice; Erlanger, Camille; Fournier, Alix; Jaques-Dalcroze, Émile; Kreisler, Fritz; Lavrangas, Denis; Mandl, Richard; Mascheroni, Angelo; Samaras, Spyridon; Sambucetti, Luis; Stojowski, Zygmunt
Delinger, Larry (1937– )—USA
Teachers: Applebaum, Edward; Kanitz, Ernest
Students: Unknown
DeLio, Thomas (1951– )—USA
Teachers: Cogan, Robert; Martirano, Salvatore
Students: Juusela, Kari; Kramer, Keith; Tabor, Jerry; Weibel, Anneliese
Delius, Frederick (1862–1934)—England, France
Teachers: Jadassohn, Salomon; Reinecke, Carl; Sitt, Hans; Ward, Thomas
Students: Orr, Charles Wilfred; Warlock, Peter
della Ciaja, Azzolino Bernardino (1671–1755)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dellaira, Michael (1949– )—USA
Teachers: Babbitt, Milton; Cone, Edward; Davidovsky, Mario; Donatoni, Franco; Lansky, Paul; Petrassi, Goffredo; Randall, James K.; Sessions, Roger
Students: Unknown
Della Maria, Domenico (1769–1800)—France
Teachers: Paisiello, Giovanni
Students: Unknown
Dell’Anno, Leander (20th century)—USA
Teachers: Gruen, Rudolph
Students: Unknown
Della Peruti, Carl (1947– )—USA
Teachers: Erb, Donald; Moevs, Robert; Phillips, Burrill
Students: Unknown
della Picca, Angelo (1923–2007)—Italy, USA
Teachers: Cage, John; Cooper, Paul; Huston, Scott
Students: Unknown
delle Palle, Scipio (~1505–1568)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Caccini, Giulio
Dellinger, Rudolf (1857–1910)—Bohemia (Czechia), Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dellinger, Sue (20th–21st century)—USA
Teachers: Schelle, Michael
Students: Unknown
Dello Joio, Justin (1954– )—USA
Teachers: Diamond, David; Overton, Hall; Persichetti, Vincent; Sessions, Roger; Zwilich, Ellen Taafe
Students: Ballora, Mark; Frederickson, Brooks; Jarzebowski, Katy; Jurcisin, Mark; Rodriguez, Francis; Russell, Jonathan; Snider, Sarah Kirkland; Twomey, Michael; Vidiksis, Adam
Dello Joio, Norman (1913–2008)—USA
Teachers: Dethier, Gaston; Hindemith, Paul; Wagenaar, Bernard; Yon, Pietro
Students: Coppola, Carmine; Edwards, Leo; Ran, Shulamit; Wintle, James
Dell’Orefice, Giuseppe (1848–1889)—Italy
Teachers: Miceli, G
Students: Unknown
Delmar, Dezso (Desider) (1848–1889)—Hungary, USA
Teachers: Bartók, Béla; Kodály, Zoltán
Students: Unknown
Delmas, Marc (1885–1931)—France
Teachers: Leroux, Xavier; Vidal, Paul
Students: Unknown
Del Mónaco, Alfredo (1938–2015)—Venezuela
Teachers: Casale, Primo; Davidovsky, Mario; Ussachevsky, Vladimir
Students: Landy, Leigh
DeLong, Richard (1951–1994)—USA
Teachers: Anderson, Robert; Pfautsch, Lloyd; Young, Carlton
Students: Unknown
Delorme, Isabelle (1900–1991)—Canada
Teachers: Chamberland, Albert; Champagne, Claude
Students: Hétu, Jacques; Matton, Roger; Morel, François; Prévost, André
de los Rios, Waldo (1934–1977)—Argentina, Spain
Teachers: Fuchs, Theodor; Ginastera, Alberto
Students: Unknown
Del Principe, Joseph (1932– )—USA
Teachers: Babbitt, Milton; Beeson, Jack; Casella, Alfredo; Dallapiccola, Luigi; Donatoni, Franco; Ferrara, Franco; Franchetti, Arnold; Ussachevsky, Vladimir; Wen-chung, Chou
Students: Unknown
del Puerto, David (1964– )—Spain
Teachers: Guerrero Marin, Francisco
Pablo, Luis de
Students: Unknown
Del Tredici, David (1937– )—USA
Teachers: Elston, Arnold; Imbrie, Andrew; Kim, Earl; Milhaud, Darius; Sessions, Roger; Shifrin, Seymour
Students: Adams, John; Anderson, Adrian; Bates, Mason; Bierman, Benjamin; Burwasser, Daniel; Carter, Chandler; Chesky, David; Cipullo, Tom; Coble, William; Fuchs, Kenneth; Garcia, Orlando Jacinto; James, Stephen; Leisner, David; Martin, Henry; Newman, Jonathan; Ramsay, Graham Gordon; Safane, Clifford; Savage, Robert; Sonenberg, Dan; St. Clair, Richard; Street, Tison; Tobenski, Dennis; Walther, David Edgar; Warshaw, Dalit; Washburn, Gary; Whipple, James; Wong, Cynthia Lee; Woolf, Randall; Wramage, Gregg; Yavelow, Christopher
Deluca, Erik (1985– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Delune, Louis (1879–1940)—Belgium, France
Teachers: Tinel, Edgar
Students: Unknown
Delvaux, Albert (1913–2007)—Belgium
Teachers: Markevitch, Igor; Rasse, François
Students: Unknown
Delvincourt, Claude (1888–1954)—France
Teachers: Boëllmann, Leon; Büsser, Henri; Caussade, Georges; Gédalge, André; Widor, Charles-Marie
Students: Chailley, Jacques; Damase, Jean-Michel
Demantius, Christoph (1567–1643)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Franck, Melchior
De Macque, Giovanni (~1548–1614)—France, Austria, Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Demar, Johann Sebastian (1763–1832)—Germany, France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Demarest, Clifford (1874–1946)—USA
Teachers: Woodman, R. Huntington
Students: Unknown
de Marez Oyens, Tera (1932–1996)—Netherlands
Teachers: Koenig, Gottfried Michael
Students: Unknown
DeMarinis, Paul (1948– )—USA
Teachers: Ashley, Robert; Bodin, Lars-Gunnar; Riley, Terry
Students: Unknown
Demarquez, Suzanne (1899–1965)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Risset, Jean Claude
DeMars, James (1952– )—USA
Teachers: Argento, Dominick; Stokes, Eric
Students: Arbury, David Bryant; Ardizzoia, Andrew; Johnson, Brice L.; Martin, Theresa; Page, Carrie Leigh; Schindler, Karl
Dembski, Stephen (1949– )—USA
Teachers: Arel, Bülent; Babbitt, Milton; Randall, James K.; Ronsheim, John; Westergaard, Peter
Students: Dietz, Christopher; Drexler, David; Gendel, Scott; Hosken, Daniel; Kryka, Jeff; Lamps, Scott; Macura, Nebojsa; Moore, Liam; Nohai-Seaman, Alexander; Rhoads, William; Rindfleisch, Andrew; Stadelman, Jeffrey; Wallace, Corey
De Meester, Louis (1904–1987)—Belgium
Teachers: Absil, Jean
Students: Goethals, Lucien
Demelius, Christian (1643–1711)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
de Menasce, Jacques (1905–1960)—Austria, USA
Teachers: Berg, Alban; Marx, Joseph; Pisk, Paul; Sauer, Emil von
Students: Unknown
Demény, Desiderius (1871–1937)—Hungary
Teachers: Herzfeld, Victor von
Students: Unknown
Demessieux, Jeanne (1921–1968)—France
Teachers: Büsser, Henri; Dupré, Marcel; Gallon, Jean; Gallon, Noël; Tagliaferro, Magda
Students: Unknown
Demian, Wilhelm (Vilmos) (1910– )—Romania, Hungary
Teachers: Stöhr, Richard
Students: Herman, Vasile; Kozma, Matei; Terényi, Eduard; Zoltán, Aladár
Demirel, Evrim (1977– )—Turkey
Teachers: de Vries, Klaas; Loevendie, Theo; Uijlenhoet, Rene
Students: Unknown
Demming, Lanson (1902–1994)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
De Mol, Pierre (1825–1899)—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Ordinaire, Raoul; Ratez, Émile Pierre
Demos, Nickitas J. (1962– )—USA
Teachers: Eaton, John; Erb, Donald; Hannay, Roger; O’Brien, Eugene; Sollberger, Harvey
Students: Foley, David S.
Dempster, Stuart (1936– )—USA
Teachers: Nixon, Roger; Otey, Wendell
Students: Au Yong, Byron
Demuth, Norman (1898–1968)—England
Teachers: Dunhill, Thomas; Parratt, Walter
Students: Fulton, Norman; Langford, Gordon; Shrapnel, Hugh
De Nardis, Camillo (1857–1951)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Agostino, Alfonso; Alfano, Franco; De Nito, José; Gargiulo, Terenzio; Gubitosi, Emilia; Napoli, Gennaro; Pannain, Guido; Pinto, Alfredo; Savasta, Antonio; Troiani, Cayetano
Denbow, Stefania (1916–2008)—USA
Teachers: Ahrendt, Karl
Students: Unknown
Dencke, Jeremiah (1725–1795)—Silesia (Poland), USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dendrino, Gherase (1901–1973)—Romania
Teachers: Castaldi, Alfonso; Kiriac-Georgescu, Dumitru
Students: Unknown
Denefve, Jules (1814–1877)—Belgium
Teachers: Fétis, François-Joseph; Platel, Nicolas Joseph
Students: Unknown
Denereaz, Alexandre (1875–1947)—Switzerland
Teachers: Blanchet, Emile R.; Döring, Heinrich; Draeseke, Felix
Students: Levidis, Dimitrios
Deng, Erbo (~1937– )—China
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Huang, Ruo; Xu, Weiwei
Denham, Robert (1973– )—USA
Teachers: Bourland, Roger; Fiday, Michael; Goldsmith, Jerry; Hoffman, Joel; Krouse, Ian; Zohn-Muldoon, Ricardo
Students: Unknown
Denhoff, Michael (1955– )—Germany
Teachers: Bialas, Günter
Students: Unknown
Denis, Didier (1947– )—France
Teachers: Bitsch, Marcel; Challan, Henri; Messiaen, Olivier; Rivier, Jean
Students: Unknown
Denisch, Beth (1958– )—USA
Teachers: Harbison, John; Rands, Bernard
Students: Fouquet, Alex; Hartanto, Marisa Sharon
Denisov, Edison (1929–1996)—Russia
Teachers: Herschkowitz, Philip; Peiko, Nikolai; Rakov, Nikolai; Shebalin, Vissarion; Shostakovich, Dmitri
Students: Adamia, Marina; Agopov, Vladimir; Barolsky, Michael; Bhagwati, Sandeep; Brødsgaard, Anders; Campo, Régis; Capyrin, Dmitri; Drukh, Igor; Firsova, Elena; Kapyrin, Dmitri; Kasparov, Yuri; Kostitsyn, Evgeni; Palmer, John; Pavlenko, Sergei; Saidaminova, Dilorom; Schneider, Michael; Shchetinsky, Alexander; Smirnov, Dmitri; Sokolov, Ivan; Spasov, Bozhidar; Tarnopolsky, Vladimir; Vasquez-Castaneda, Harold; Yanov-Yanovsky, Dmitri
De Nito, José (1887–1945)—Argentina
Teachers: De Nardis, Camillo; Longo, Alessandro; Martucci, Giuseppe; Serrao, Paolo
Students: Alessio, Nicolas Alfredo
Dennée, Charles (1863–1946)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Harris, Ethel Ramos; Johnson, J. Rosamond
Dennehy, Donnacha (1970– )—Ireland
Teachers: Andriessen, Louis; Grisey, Gérard
Students: Unknown
Denning, Keith (1969– )—Canada
Teachers: Buczynski, Walter; Chan, Ka Nin; Klein, Lothar
Students: Unknown
Dennis, Brian (1941–1998)—England
Teachers: Berberian, Cathy; Berio, Luciano; Brown, Earle; Stockhausen, Karlheinz
Students: Moody, Ivan
Dennis, Robert (1933– )—USA
Teachers: Persichetti, Vincent
Students: Unknown
Dennison, Sam (1926–2005)—USA
Teachers: Kerr, Harrison; Norton, Spencer; Stevens, Halsey
Students: Unknown
Denny, William D. (1910–1980)—USA
Teachers: Dukas, Paul; Stricklen, Edward Griffith
Students: Cyr, Gordon; Elkus, Jonathan; Feldman, Joann; Leedy, Douglas; Pusina, Jan; Riley, Terry; Rosen, Jerome; Rush, Loren
Densmore, John H. (1880–1843)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dent, Edward Joseph (1876–1957)—England
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Bliss, Arthur; Gibbs, Cecil Armstrong; Leigh, Walter; Lewis, Anthony; Orr, Robin; Stevens, Bernard; Turner, Godfrey; Walton, William
Dente, Joseph (1838–1905)—Sweden
Teachers: Berwald, Franz
Students: Ellberg, Ernst; Hägg, Gustaf; Heintze, Gustaf Hjalmar; Lundberg, Lennart; Olsson, Otto; Peterson-Berger, Wilhelm; Sjöberg, Svante; Stenhammar, Wilhelm; Wohlfahrt, Karl
Dentice, Fabrizio (~1539–~1581)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Denyer, Frank (1943– )—England
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Vaughan, Mike
Denza, Luigi (1846–1922)—Italy, England
Teachers: Mercadante, Saverio; Serrao, Paolo
Students: Unknown
Denzler, Robert (1892–1972)—Switzerland
Teachers: Andreae, Volkmar
Students: Unknown
de Oliveira, Jocy (1936– )—Brazil
Teachers: Wykes, Robert
Students: Unknown
Deppe, Ludwig (1828–1890)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Orth, John
Deppen, Jessie (1881–1956)—USA
Teachers: Godowsky, Leopold; Weidig, Adolf
Students: Unknown
De Pue, Wallace (1932– )—USA
Teachers: Reed, H. Owen
Students: Higdon, Jennifer; Kavasch, Deborah; Zilincik, Tony
Depuydt, Oscar (1858–1925)—Belgium
Teachers: Miry, Karel; Samuel, Adolphe
Students: Peeters, Flor; Van Nuffel, Jules
de Raaff, Robin (1968– )—Netherlands
Teachers: Anderson, Julian; Benjamin, George; Loevendie, Theo
Students: Unknown
Deraco, Girolamo (1976– )—Italy
Teachers: Rigacci, Pietro
Students: Unknown
Derbès, Jean (1937–1982)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Derby, Richard (1951– )—USA
Teachers: Connolly, Justin Riveagh; Fricker, Peter Racine
Students: Unknown
Derbyshire, Delia (1937–2001)—England
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Derderian, Jay (1986– )—USA
Teachers: Hansen, Brad; Johanson, Bryan; Miksch, Bonnie
Students: Unknown
Déré, Jean (1886–1970)—France
Teachers: Caussade, Georges; Diémer, Louis; Widor, Charles-Marie
Students: Bondeville, Emmanuel
de Regt, Hendrik (1950– )—Netherlands
Teachers: Ketting, Otto; Ketting, Piet
Students: Unknown
de Ridder, Allard (1887–1966)—Netherlands, Canada
Teachers: Steinbach, Fritz; Wagenaar, Johan
Students: Unknown
Dering, Richard (~1580–1630)—England
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
De Ritis, Anthony (~1968– )—USA
Teachers: Amy, Gilbert; Duckworth, William; Felciano, Richard; Gann, Kyle; Hill, Jackson; Liderman, Jorge; Manoury, Phillipe; Murail, Tristan; Phillips, Mark
Students: Unknown
De Rogatis, Pascual (1880–1980)—Italy
Teachers: Williams, Alberto
Students: Unknown
de Rooij, Jessica (1981– )—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
de Roos, Robert (1907–1976)—Netherlands
Teachers: Koechlin, Charles; Milhaud, Darius; Philipp, Isidor; Roland-Manuel, Alexis; Wagenaar, Johan
Students: Unknown
De Rosa, Alessandro (1985– )—Italy
Teachers: Porena, Boris
Students: Unknown
Derr, Ellwood (1932–2008)—USA
Teachers: Barlow, Wayne; Binkerd, Gordon; Johnson, Hunter; Orff, Carl
Students: Unknown
de Ruiter, Wim (1943– )—Netherlands
Teachers: de Leeuw, Ton; Kee, Piet
Students: Unknown
Dervaux, Pierre (1917–1992)—France
Teachers: Gallon, Jean; Gallon, Noël; Philipp, Isidor
Students: Unknown
de Sabata, Victor (1892–1967)—Italy
Teachers: Orefice, Giacomo; Saladino, Michele
Students: Unknown
De Sanctis, Cesare (1824–1916)—Italy
Teachers: Muti-Papazzuri, Raffaele
Students: Alaleona, Domenico; Garofalo, Carlo Giorgio; Parelli, Attilio; Setaccioli, Giacomo
Desargus, Xavier (~1768–1832)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Desby, Neal (1960– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Descarriers, Auguste (1896–1958)—Canada
Teachers: Mathieu, Rodolphe
Students: Boucher, Lydia
Deschenes, Marcelle (1939– )—Canada
Teachers: Alain, Olivier; Bayle, François; Chiarucci, Henri; Garant, Serge; Papineau-Couture, Jean; Reibel, Guy
Students: Arcuri, Serge; Sad, Jorge Luis
Desderi, Ettore (1892–1974)—Italy
Teachers: Alfano, Franco; Perrachio, Luigi; Pizzetti, Ildebrando
Students: Castiglioni, Niccolò; Donatoni, Franco
De Sena, Fred (1950– )—USA
Teachers: Kam, Dennis; Rothbart, Peter; Wilson, Don
Students: Unknown
de Serres, Louis (1864–1942)—France
Teachers: Franck, César; Taudou, Antoine
Students: Unknown
De Sève, Alfred (1858–1927)—Canada
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Chamberland, Albert
Deshevov, Vladimir (1889–1955)—Russia
Teachers: Lyadov, Anatoly; Steinberg, Maximilian
Students: Tikotsky, Yevgeny
Desjardins, Jacques (1962– )—Canada
Teachers: Albright, William; Bolcom, William; Hambraeus, Bengt; Mather, Bruce
Students: Unknown
Deslandres, Adolphe (1840–1911)—France
Teachers: Benoist, François; Leborne, Simon
Students: Unknown
Deslauriers, Jean (1909–1978)—Canada
Teachers: Champagne, Claude; Pelletier, Romain-Octave
Students: Unknown
Des Marais, Paul (1920–2011)—USA
Teachers: Boulanger, Nadia; Piston, Walter; Sowerby, Leo
Students: Unknown
Desmarets, Henri (1661–1741)—France
Teachers: Du Mont, Henry; Lully, Jean-Baptiste; Robert, Pierre
Students: Unknown
Desmazures, Laurent (1714–1778)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Broche, Charles
Desmet, Alfons (1867–1917)—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Malengreau, Paul; Van Nuffel, Jules
De Somery, Gene (1948– )—USA
Teachers: Fricker, Peter Racine; Lentz, Daniel; Martino, Donald; Musgrave, Thea
Students: Unknown
Désormière, Roger (1898–1963)—France
Teachers: d’Indy, Vincent; Gaubert, Philippe; Koechlin, Charles; Leroux, Xavier
Students: Garriguenc, Rene; Sancan, Pierre
Despain, Lisa (1964– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Despalj, Pavle (1934– )—Croatia, USA
Teachers: Sulek, Stjepan
Students: Unknown
Desplat, Alexandre (1961– )—France
Teachers: Ballif, Claude
Students: Unknown
Desportes, Yvonne (1907–1993)—Canada
Teachers: Dukas, Paul; Dupre, Marcel; Emmanuel, Maurice; Gallon, Jean; Gallon, Noël
Students: Unknown
des Prez, Josquin (~1450–1521)—Belgium
Teachers: Ockeghem, Johannes
Students: Gombert, Nicolas; Janequin, Clément; Lhéritier, Jean; Richafort, Jean; Sermisy, Claudin de
Dessane, Antoine (1826–1873)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Chaillon, Octave
Dessau, Paul (1894–1979)—Germany
Teachers: Behm, Eduard; Loewengard, Max Julius
Students: Bredemeyer, Reiner; Goldmann, Friedrich; Herchet, Jörg; Jentzsch, Wilfried; Lombardi, Luca; Raecke, Hans-Karsten; Schenker, Friedrich; Shanet, Howard; Simai, Pavol; Treibmann, Karl Ottomar; Weill, Kurt; Weiss, Manfred
Dessauer, Joseph (1798–1876)—Czechia, Austria
Teachers: Tomášek, Václav; Weber, Bedřich Diviš
Students: Unknown
Dessner, Bryce (1976– )—USA
Teachers: Bresnick, Martin; Ziporyn, Evan
Students: Unknown
Dessoff, Felix Otto (1835–1892)—Germany
Teachers: Hauptmann, Moritz; Moscheles, Ignaz; Rietz, Julius
Students: Bayer, Josef; Beer, Max Josef; Brüll, Ignaz; Fuchs, Robert; Gericke, Wilhelm; Herzogenberg, Heinrich von; Maurice, Alphonse; Mottl, Felix; Nikisch, Arthur; Paur, Emil; Reinhold, Hugo; Wallnöfer, Adolf; Wolff, Max
Destouches, André Cardinal (1672–1749)—France
Teachers: Campra, André
Students: Unknown
Destouches, Franz Seraph (1772–1844)—Germany
Teachers: Grünberger, Theodor; Haydn, Franz Joseph
Students: Unknown
Deswert, Jules (1843–1891)—Belgium
Teachers: Servais, Adiren-François
Students: Unknown
DeTar, Vernon (1905–1999)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Hancock, Eugene W.; Lallerstedt, Ford; Robinson, McNeil
Dethier, Gaston (1875–1958)—Belgium, USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Dello Joio, Norman; McKinley, Carl; Schminke, Oscar; Tanguay, Georges-Émile; Weaver, Powell
Detoni, Dubravko (1937– )—Croatia
Teachers: Bacewicz, Grażyna; Cage, John; Cortot, Alfred; Ligeti, György; Lutoslawski, Witold; Stockhausen, Karlheinz; Sulek, Stjepan
Students: Unknown
Dett, Robert Nathaniel (1882–1943)—Canada
Teachers: Boulanger, Nadia; Foote, Arthur; Hastings, George Carl; Heacox, Arthur E.
Students: Perry, Zenobia Powell
Deutsch, Adolph (1897–1980)—England, USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Deutsch, Herbert (1932– )—USA
Teachers: Flagello, Nicolas; Siegmeister, Elie; Tepper, Albert; Ulehla, Ludmila
Students: Esposito, Nick
Deutsch, Maury (1918–2007)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Delamont, Gordon
Deutsch, Max (1892–1982)—Austria
Teachers: Schoenberg, Arnold
Students: Albright, William; Arrigo, Girolamo; Brockman, Jane; Bucht, Gunnar; Bussotti, Sylvano; Capdenat, Philippe; Chaitkin, David; Cohen, Edward; Condé, Gérard; Costinescu, Gheorghe; Foley, David; Fontyn, Jacqueline; Glick, Srul Irving; Harris, Donald; Josephs, Wilfred; Kleiman, Stephen; Kurtág, György; Kurtz, Eugene; Luciuk, Juliusz; Maw, Nicholas; Pablo, Luis de; Raynal, Gilles; Richer, Jeannine; Shearer, Allen; Tousignant, François; Wesley-Barker, John; Yavelow, Christopher
Devčić, Natko (1914–1997)—Croatia
Teachers: Boulez, Pierre; Marx, Joseph; Rivier, Jean
Students: Unknown
Devienne, François (1759–1803)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Gebauer, François René
de Vitry, Phillipe (1291–1361)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
De Vocht, Lodewijk (1887–1977)—Belgium
Teachers: Gilson, Paul; Mortelmans, Lodewijk; Wambach, Emile
Students: Unknown
DeVoto, Mark (1940– )—USA
Teachers: Babbitt, Milton; Kim, Earl; Piston, Walter; Sessions, Roger; Thompson, Randall
Students: Lapierre, Gerald A.
Devreese, Frédéric (1929– )—Netherlands
Teachers: Devreese, Godfried; Pizzetti, Ildebrando; Poot, Marcel
Students: Unknown
Devreese, Godfried (1893–1972)—Belgium
Teachers: Gilson, Paul; Rasse, François; Ysaÿe, Eugène
Students: Devreese, Frédéric; Woestijne, David Van de
de Vries, Klaas (1944– )—Netherlands
Teachers: Kelemen, Milko; Ketting, Otto
Students: Demirel, Evrim; Luque, Sergio; van Onna, Peter; Vargas, António Pinho; Wander, Bob
de Vries Robbé, Willem (1902–1996)—Netherlands
Teachers: Dresden, Sem
Students: Unknown
de Vroe, Nicolaus Richter (1955– )—Germany
Teachers: Goldmann, Friedrich; Katzer, Georg
Students: Unknown
Deyo, Felix (1888–1959)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Lewin, Frank; Raymond, Lewis; Traver, James Ferris
Deyo, Ruth (1884–1960)—USA
Teachers: MacDowell, Edward
Students: Unknown
Deyoe, Nicholas (1981– )—USA
Teachers: Dinescu, Violeta; McLaird, John; Reynolds, Roger
Students: Unknown
DeYoung, Lynden (1922–2009)—USA
Teachers: Donato, Anthony; Jirák, Karel Boleslav; Sowerby, Leo
Students: Gibson, Michael
Dezède, Nicolas (~1740–1792)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dhamabutra, Narongrit (1962– )—Thailand
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Prangcharoen, Narong
d’Harcourt, Eugène (1859–1918)—France
Teachers: Bargiel, Woldemar; Durand, Émile; Massenet, Jules; Savard, Augustin
Students: Unknown
d’Harcourt, Marguerite (1884–1964)—France
Teachers: d’Indy, Vincent; Emmanuel, Maurice
Students: Unknown
D’Hoedt, Henry-George (1885–1936)—Belgium
Teachers: Mathieu, Émile; Moeremans, Léon
Students: Unknown
D’hollander, Geert (1965– )—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dhomont, Francis (1926– )—France
Teachers: Boulanger, Nadia; Koechlin, Charles
Students: Unknown
Diabelli, Anton (1781–1858)—Austria
Teachers: Haydn, Michael
Students: Unknown
Diaconoff, Theodore (1928–2013)—USA
Teachers: Foss, Lukas; Harris, Roy; Persichetti, Vincent; Rochberg, George; Vincent, John
Students: Unknown
Diamond, Arline (1928– )—USA
Teachers: Boretz, Benjamin; Greissle, Felix; Rogers, Bernard; Shapey, Ralph; Wagenaar, Bernard
Students: Unknown
Diamond, David (1915–2005)—USA
Teachers: Boepple, Paul; Boulanger, Nadia; Rogers, Bernard; Sessions, Roger
Students: Abramson, Robert; Barnes, Edward; Belkin, Alan; Black, Robert; Boury, Robert; Brickman, Joel; Bromley, Richard; Currier, Nathan; Dello Joio, Justin; Di Pasquale, James; Faulconer, James; Flanagan, William; Frazelle, Kenneth; Fuchs, Kenneth; Fung, Vivian; Grana, Edgar; Hagen, Daron; Hailstork, Adolphus; Harris, Marek; Ho, Vincent; Iannaccone, Anthony; Lasser, Philip; Liebermann, Lowell; Llorca, Ricardo; Lockwood, Larry; Maresz, Yan; McNeil, Jan Pfischner; Meyers, Robert G.; Mirante, Thomas; Naumann, Joel; Ranjbaran, Behzad; Savage, Robert; Schipizky, Frederick; Schwabe, Jonathan Clarke; Sellars, James; Sherman, David; Shore, Clare; Sosa, Manuel; Stamp, Jack; Strouse, Charles; Thomas, David Evan; Thorne, Francis; Vollinger, William; Walther, David Edgar; Whitacre, Eric; Xarchakos, Stavros; Zyman, Samuel
Diamond, Stuart (1950– )—USA
Teachers: Davison, John; Haines, Edmund; Kupferman, Meyer
Students: Unknown
Dianda, Hilda (1925– )—Argentina
Teachers: Malipiero, Gian Francesco; Scherchen, Hermann; Siccardi, Honorio
Students: Unknown
Dianov, Anton (1882–1939)—Russia
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Diaz, Alirio (1923– )—Venezuela
Teachers: Mejias, Laudelino
Students: Boudounis, Evangelos
Diaz, Eugene (1837–1901)—France
Teachers: Halévy, Fromental; Reber, Napoléon Henri
Students: Unknown
Diaz, Matthew (21st century)—USA
Teachers: Pieczynski, Stephanie; Richards, Paul
Students: Unknown
Dibdin, Charles (1745–1814)—England
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Unknown
Di Bianco, Giuseppe (1969– )—Italy
Teachers: Andriessen, Louis; Manzoni, Giacomo; Maxwell Davies, Peter; Pablo, Luis de; Sciarrino, Salvatore
Students: Unknown
Dick, Marcel (1898–1981)—Hungary, Austria, USA
Teachers: Herzfeld, Victor von; Kodály, Zoltán; Schoenberg, Arnold
Students: Abrams, Daniel; Adams, Leslie; Boehnlein, Frank; Campbell, Charles J.; Erb, Donald; Frumker, Linda; Korneitchouk, Igor; Lissauer, Fredric; Rinehart, John; Schlabach, Errol; Schultz, Ralph C.; Smith, Hale; Tang, Jordan Cho-Tung; Young, Jane
Dick, Robert (1950– )—USA
Teachers: Arel, Bülent; Druckman, Jacob; Morris, Robert
Students: Colquhoun, Michael; Williams, Amy
Dicke, Ian (1982– )—USA
Teachers: Becker, Dan; Conte, David; Daugherty, Michael; Grantham, Donald; Pinkston, Russell; Sharlat, Yevgeniy; Sheng, Bright; Welcher, Dan
Students: Unknown
Dickerson, Roger (1934– )—USA
Teachers: Heiden, Bernhard; Schiske, Karl; Uhl, Alfred
Students: Unknown
Dickinson, Clarence (1873–1969)—USA
Teachers: Guilmant, Alexandre; Moszkowski, Moritz; Pierné, Gabriel; Riemann, Hugo; Vierne, Louis; Weidig, Adolf; Wild, Earl
Students: Baker, Robert; Bitgood, Roberta; Lee, T. Charles; Nearing, Homer; Roberts, Myron; Warren, Elinor Remick; Wichmann, Russell
Dickinson, Peter (1934– )—England
Teachers: Radcliffe, Philip; Wagenaar, Bernard
Students: Casken, John; Goss, Stephen
Dickman, Stephen (1943– )—USA
Teachers: Berger, Arthur; Druckman, Jacob; Krenek, Ernst; Petrassi, Goffredo; Shapero, Harold
Students: Unknown
Dickow, Robert (1949– )—USA
Teachers: Dugger, Edwin; Imbrie, Andrew; Nin-Culmell, Joaquin; Wilson, Olly
Students: Unknown
Dickson, John (1963– )—USA
Teachers: Beaty, Daniel J.
Students: Unknown
Di Domenica, Robert (1927– )—USA
Teachers: Riegger, Wallingford; Schmid, Josef
Students: Unknown
Di Donato, Vincenzo (1887–1967)—Italy
Teachers: Respighi, Ottorino; Setaccioli, Giacomo
Students: Petrassi, Goffredo
Diebel, Wendel (1914–1997)—USA
Teachers: Wagenaar, Bernard
Students: Unknown
Diederichs, Yann (1952– )—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Diéguez, Victor Leoncio (1941– )—Spain
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Martinez, Guillermo
Dieltiens, Lode (1926–2014)—Belgium
Teachers: de Jong, Marinus; Nees, Staf; Peeters, Flor; Van Nuffel, Jules
Students: Biesemans, Jan Pieter
Diemente, Edward (1923– )—USA
Teachers: Freed, Isadore; Rogers, Bernard
Students: MacBride, David; Smith, Stuart Saunders; Steen, Ken; Theobald, James Chester; Turetzky, Bertram
Diemer, Emma Lou (1927– )—USA
Teachers: Donovan, Richard; Hanson, Howard; Hindemith, Paul; Rogers, Bernard; Sessions, Roger; Toch, Ernst
Students: Bremer, Carolyn; Carbon, John; Foley, Daniel; Lieuwen, Peter; Roberts, Megan
Diémer, Louis (1843–1919)—France
Teachers: Benoist, François; Marmontel, Antoine François; Thomas, Ambroise
Students: Borchard, Adolphe; Casadesus, Robert; Casella, Alfredo; Ciampi, Marcel; Cortot, Alfred; d’Indy, Vincent; Déré, Jean; Dupré, Marcel; Gaillard, Marius-François; Gallon, Jean; Grovlez, Gabriel; Lamothe, Ludovic; Lauber, Joseph; Lévy, Lazare; Moritz, Edvard; Nat, Yves; Nerini, Emile; Schmitz, E. Robert; Stojowski, Zygmunt; Yvain, Maurice
Dienel, Otto (1839–1905)—Germany
Teachers: Bach, August Wilhelm; Grell, Eduard; Taubert, Wilhelm
Students: Rudnick, Wilhelm
Diepenbrock, Alphons (1862–1936)—Netherlands
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Vermeulen, Matthijs
Diercks, John (1927– )—USA
Teachers: Elwell, Herbert; Hanson, Howard; Hovhaness, Alan; Rogers, Bernard
Students: Unknown
Diercks, Louis (~1903–19??)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Nyquist, Morine
Dies, David (1972– )—USA
Teachers: Heinick, David; Steinberg, Paul
Students: Unknown
Diesendruck, Tamar (1946– )—USA
Teachers: Imbrie, Andrew; Shifrin, Seymour
Students: Guinivan, Eric; Kayali, Francis; Zare, Roger
Diet, Edmond (1854–1924)—France
Teachers: Franck, César; Guiraud, Ernest
Students: Unknown
Dieter, Bernard (1889–1975)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Haban, Teresine; Koelling, Eloise; Markaitis, Bruno; Pietsch, Edna; Rudcki, Stanley; Schwantner, Joseph
Dietrich, Albert (1829–1908)—Germany
Teachers: Schumann, Robert
Students: Taubert, Ernst Eduard
Dietrich, Sixt (~1492–1548)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dietsch, Louis (1808–1865)—France
Teachers: Reicha, Anton
Students: Fauré, Gabriel; Vasseur, Léon
Dietz, Brett (1972– )—USA
Teachers: Jenkins, Joseph Willcox; Stock, David; Yim, Jay Alan
Students: Moore, Joe W. III
Dietz, Christopher (1977– )—USA
Teachers: Bolcom, William; Bracali, Giampaolo; Daugherty, Michael; Dembski, Stephen; Jolas, Betsy; Mead, Andrew; Naumann, Joel; Sheng, Bright; Vigeland, Nils
Students: Fielder, Jon; Keating, Corey; Lyszczarz, Joseph; O’Dell, Adam D.; Rice, Carter John; Taylor, Benjamin Dean
Dietz, Norman C. (1919–2010)—USA
Teachers: Reed, H. Owen
Students: Unknown
Dieudonné, Annette (1896–1990)—France
Teachers: Boulanger, Nadia
Students: Bearer, Elaine L.; Kanach, Sharon; Patterson, David; Young, Stefan; Zumaque Gómez, Francisco
Dieupart, Charles François (1667–1740)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Diggle, Roland (1885–1954)—England, USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Digmeloff, Germain (1883–1981)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Di Julio, Max (1919–2005)—USA
Teachers: Milhaud, Darius
Students: Maxwell, Jacqueline Perkinson
Di Lello, Edward (1952– )—USA
Teachers: Biscardi, Chester; Singer, Andre; Walden, Stanley
Students: Unknown
Diller, Angela (1877–1968)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Hart, Frederic Patton
Diller, Saralu (1930–2010)—USA
Teachers: Floyd, Carlisle
Students: Unknown
Dilliger, Johann (1593–1647)—Germany
Teachers: Praetorius, Michael
Students: Unknown
Dillon, Fannie Charles (1881–1947)—USA
Teachers: Godowsky, Leopold; Goldmark, Rubin; Kaun, Hugo; Urban, Heinrich
Students: Unknown
Dillon, Henri (1912–1954)—France
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Unknown
Dillon, James (1950– )—Scotland
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Bartlett, Kyle; Eckardt, Jason; Zivkovic, Djuro
Dillon, Lawrence (1959– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dillon, Robert (1922– )—USA
Teachers: Batstone, Philip; Eakin, Charles; Effinger, Cecil; Norton, Spencer; Stevens, Halsey
Students: Unknown
Dillon-Newman, Henry (~1844–1883)—Scotland
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Faulkes, William
DiLorenzo, Anthony (1967– )—USA
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Unknown
Di Lotti, Silvana (1942– )—Italy
Teachers: Berio, Luciano; Boulez, Pierre; Goitre, Roberto
Students: Unknown
Dima, Gheorghe (1847–1925)—Romania
Teachers: Jadassohn, Salomon; Reinecke, Carl; Richter, Ernst Friedrich; Thieriot, Heinrich
Students: Ciortea, Tudor; Vancea, Zeno
Di Martino, Aladino (1908–1989)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Renna, Enrico
Dimitrov, Georgi (1904–1979)—Bulgaria
Teachers: Sikorski, Kazimierz
Students: Unknown
Dimitrov, Georgi (1989– )—USA
Teachers: Brown, Whitman; Friar, Sean; Hartke, Stephen; Norman, Andrew; Schweinitz, Wolfgang von; Tanaka, Karen
Students: Unknown
Dimmler, Franz Anton (1753–1827)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dimov, Bojidar (1935–2003)—Bulgaria, Germany
Teachers: Goleminov, Marin; Jelinek, Hanns; Ratz, Erwin; Schiscke, Karl; Stoyanov, Veselin
Students: Unknown
d’India, Sigismondo (~1582–1629)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
d’Indy, Vincent (1851–1931)—France
Teachers: Diémer, Louis; Franck, César; Lavignac, Albert; Marmontel, Antoine François
Students: Albeniz, Isaac; Alessandrescu, Alfred; Andersen, Arthur Olaf; Arnaud, Leo; Auric, Georges; Barnes, Edward Shippen; Benoit, Francine; Berlioz, Gabriel Pierre; Bingham, Seth; Bingulac, Petar; Branzeu, Nicolae; Bret, Gustave; Broqua, Alfonso; Brusselmans, Michel; Canteloube, Joseph; Capdevielle, Pierre; Carlson, Bengt; Castéra, René d’Avezac; Castro, José Maria; Castro, Juan José; Clifton, Chalmers; Cuclin, Dimitrie; Cucu, Gheorghe; d’Harcourt, Marguerite; Daetwyler, Jean; Delcroix, Léon; Désormière, Roger; Doire, René; Dupuis, Albert; Eckhardt-Gramatté, Sophie Carmen; Enacovici, George; Fornerod, Aloys; Freed, Isadore; Gagnebin, Henri; Garay, Narciso; Garcia-Mansilla, Eduardo; Gaul, Harvey Bartlett; Goleminov, Marin; Golestan, Stan; Grassi, Eugène; Guridi, Jesús; Hoérée, Arthur; Honegger, Arthur; Ikonomov, Boyan; Jacobson, Berthe Poncy; Jacquemin, Camille; Jongen, Joseph; Kazuro, Stanislaw; Kiriac-Georgescu, Dumitru; Komatsu, Kosuke; Konoye, Hidemaro; Labey, Marcel; Lajtha, László; Lapierre, Eugene; Le Flem, Paul; Le Guennant, Auguste; Lekeu, Guillaume; Leonardi, Leonid; Lioncourt, Guy de; Loucheur, Raymond; Madetoja, Leevi; Magnard, Alberic; Manton, Robert; Mariotte, Antoine; Marsick, Armand; Martinon, Jean; Mason, Daniel Gregory; Mathieu, Rodolphe; Migot, Georges; Mihalovici, Marcel; Milhaud, Darius; Monfred, Avenir de; Monnikendam, Marius; Moore, Douglas Stuart; Nin, Joaquin; Nystroem, Gösta; Opienski, Henryk; Otescu, Ion Nonna; Paz, Juan Carlos; Pedrell, Carlos; Piaggio, Celestino; Poldowski; Polignac, Armande de; Poniridis, Georgios; Porter, Cole; Porter, Quincy; Poueigh, Jean; Rogalski, Theodor; Roland-Manuel, Alexis; Roussel, Albert; Royer, Etienne; Saint-Réquier, Léon de; Samazeuilh, Gustave; Sanjuán, Pedro; Satie, Erik; Saygun, Ahmed Adnan; Sérieyx, Auguste; Séverac, Déodat de; Seymour, John Laurence; Simonds, Bruce; Škerjanc, Lucijan Marija; Smith, David Stanley; Špiler, Miroslav; Sporck, Georges; Starczewski, Felix; Steinert, Alexander Lang; Tanguay, Georges-Émile; Tichy, Otto Albert; Tomasi, Henri; Tournemire, Charles; Turina, Joaquin; Uribe Holguín, Guillermo; Usandizaga, José Maria; Valencia, Antonio Maria; Varèse, Edgard; Varvoglis, Marios; Vogel, Jaroslav; Vreuls, Victor; Wachtmeister, Axel Raoul; Wald, Max; Wieniawski, Adam Tadeusz; Williams, David McKay; Witkowski, Georges Martin; Xian, Xinghai; Zivkovic, Milenko; Zubeldia, Emiliana de
Dinerstein, Norman (1937–1982)—USA
Teachers: Babbitt, Milton; Blacher, Boris; Cone, Edward; Copland, Aaron; Foss, Lukas; Franchetti, Arnold; Lutoslawski, Witold; Read, Gardner; Schuller, Gunther; Sessions, Roger
Students: Gutwein, Daniel; Miller, Dennis Hayden; Schelle, Michael
Dinescu, Violeta (1953– )—Romania
Teachers: Marbe, Myriam
Students: Deyoe, Nicholas
Ding, Shande (1911–1995)—China
Teachers: Aubin, Tony; Boulanger, Nadia; Frankel, Wolfgang; Gallon, Noël; Honegger, Arthur; Huang, Zi
Students: Chen, Gang; Wang, Xilin; Xu, Shuya; Zhuang, Liu
Dinicu, Grigoras (1889–1949)—Romania
Teachers: Kiriac-Georgescu, Dumitru
Students: Unknown
Dionisi, Celestino (20th century)—Italy
Teachers: Porena, Boris
Students: Coldagelli, Sergio
Dionisi, Renato (1910–2000)—Italy
Teachers: Eccher, Celestino; Mascagni, Mario
Students: Fedele, Ivan; Stroppa, Marco
DiOrio, Dominick (1984– )—USA
Teachers: Brooks, Marguerite; Douma, Jeffrey; Wilson, Dana; Woodward, Gregory
Students: Clampitt, Joshua
DiPalma, Mark (1959– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Di Pasquale, James (1941– )—USA
Teachers: Diamond, David; Donato, Anthony; Flagello, Nicolas; Hopkins, James; Stein, Leon; Stout, Alan; Ulehla, Ludmila
Students: Unknown
Di Pietro, Rocco (1949– )—USA
Teachers: Foss, Lukas; Maderna, Bruno
Students: Unknown
Di Ponio, Joseph (1972– )—USA
Teachers: Semegen, Daria; Silver, Sheila; Weymouth, Dan
Students: Unknown
Dippre, Keith (1960– )—Panama, USA
Teachers: Kim, Byong-Kon; Radzynski, Jan; Shackleton, Phil
Students: Unknown
DiPronio Dike, Marissa (1989– )—USA
Teachers: Reller, Paul; Sekhon, Baljinder
Students: Unknown
Dirié, Gerardo (1958– )—Argentina
Teachers: Bazán, Oscar; Eaton, John; Franchisena, César; O’Brien, Eugene
Students: Eötvös, Melody
Diruta, Girolamo (1554–1610)—Italy
Teachers: Merulo, Claudio; Porta, Costanzo; Zarlino, Gioseffo
Students: Unknown
Di Scipio, Agostino (1962– )—Italy, Jamaica
Teachers: Bizzi, Giancarlo; Cardi, Mauro; Lupone, Mauro
Students: Choi, Kyong Mee
Distler, Hugo (1908–1942)—Germany
Teachers: Grabner, Hermann; Martienssen, Carl Adolf
Students: Baumann, Max Georg; Bender, Jan; Reda, Siegfried
Dittenhaver, Sarah Louise (1901–1973)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von (1739–1799)—Austria
Teachers: Bonno, Giuseppe
Students: Müller, Wenzel; Pechácek, Franz Martin; Vanhal, Johann Baptist
Dittrich, Paul-Heinz (1930– )—Germany
Teachers: Finke, Fidelio; Ramin, Günther; Wagner-Régeny, Rudolf
Students: Hare, Ryan; Schnauber, Tom
Divitis, Antonius (~1470–~1530)—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Di Vittorio, Salvatore (1967– )—Italy
Teachers: Bracali, Giampaolo; Ulehla, Ludmila
Students: Unknown
Dix, Robert (1917–2012)—USA
Teachers: Wolfe, Stanley
Students: Unknown
Dixon, Graham (1977– )—England, USA
Teachers: Amlin, Martin; Nez, Ketty
Students: Unknown
Dixon, John S. (1957– )—England, USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dizi, François-Joseph (1780–1840)—Netherlands
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Parish-Alvars, Elias
Djupstrom, Michael (1981– )—USA
Teachers: Beaser, Robert; Benjamin, George; Bolcom, William; Botti, Susan; Gandolfi, Michael; Golijov, Osvaldo; Jolas, Betsy; Rouse, Christopher; Sheng, Bright; Tanaka, Karen; Thomas, Augusta Read
Students: Unknown
Dlugoszewski, Lucia (1931–2000)—Poland, USA
Teachers: Varése, Edgard
Students: Hovda, Eleanor
Dmitriev, Georgy (1942– )—Russia
Teachers: Kabalevsky, Dmitri
Students: Unknown
Doane, William Howard (1832–1915)—USA
Teachers: Baker, B.F.; Kingsley, George
Students: Unknown
Döbber, Johannes (1866–1915)—Germany
Teachers: Aggházy, Károly; Radecke, Robert
Students: Hirsch, Hugo
Dobiáš, Václav (1909–1978)—Czechia
Teachers: Foerster, Josef Bohuslav; Hába, Alois; Novák, Vítězslav
Students: Bazant, Jaromir; Ceremuga, Josef; Dvořáček, Jiří; Felix, Václav; Kurz, Ivan; Morgan, David Robert; Řezáč, Ivan; Svoboda, Tomáš
Dobici, Cesare (1873–1944)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Bernal Jiménez, Miguel; Mander, Francesco; Rizzi, Bernardino; Rozo Contreras, José; Tosatti, Vieri; Turchi, Guido; Turriziani, Angelo
Dobos, Kálman (1931– )—Hungary
Teachers: Viski, János
Students: Unknown
Dobrian, Christopher (1959– )—USA
Teachers: Erickson, Robert; Feldman, Morton; Lewis, George; Moore, F. Richard; Rands, Bernard; Yuasa, Joji
Students: Barabba, Jason
Dobronić, Antun (1878–1955)—Croatia
Teachers: Novák, Vítězslav
Students: Gotovac, Jakov
Dobrowolski, Andrzej (1921–1990)—Ukraine
Teachers: Malawski, Artur; Rutkowski, Bronislaw
Students: Casken, John; Jazwinski, Barbara; Knittel, Krzysztof; Kyburz, Hanspeter; Lang, Bernhard; Ptaszynska, Marta; Valera, Roberto
Dobry, Wallace (1933– )—USA
Teachers: Cowell, Henry; Huffman, W. Spencer; Hurst, George
Students: Unknown
Dobrzynski, Ignacy Feliks (1807–1867)—Russia
Teachers: Elsner, Józef
Students: Unknown
Doche, Joseph-Denis (1766–1825)—France
Teachers: Grétry, André
Students: Unknown
Dockstader, Tod (1932–2015)—USA
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Unknown
Doderer, Johanna (1969– )—Austria
Teachers: Furrer, Beat; Sattler, Klaus Peter; Urbanner, Erich
Students: Unknown
Dodge, Charles (1942– )—USA
Teachers: Beeson, Jack; Berger, Arthur; Bezanson, Philip; Hervig, Richard; Luening, Otto; Milhaud, Darius; Schuller, Gunther; Ussachevsky, Vladimir; Wen-chung, Chou
Students: Betjeman, Paul; Caplan, Oliver; Chuaqui, Nicolas; Einhorn, Richard; Grenader, Peter; Karpen, Richard; Landy, Leigh; Miller, Jeffrey; Nelson, Jon Christopher; Oliveira, João Pedro; Oppedisano, Marco; Pérez-Velázquez, Ileana; Robinson, Michael; Spivak, Joseph; Stone, Leslie; Takasugi, Steve; Waschka, Rodney II; Wright, Maurice; Zahler, Noel
Dodgson, Stephen (1924–2013)—England
Teachers: Hadley, Patrick; Hopkins, Antony; Morris, R.O.; Stevens, Bernard
Students: Clément-Foreman, Brian; Harvey, Richard
Doebler, Curt (1896–1970)—Germany
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Unknown
Doellner, Robert (1899–1977)—USA
Teachers: Auer, Leopold
Students: Aschaffenburg, Walter
Doenhoff, Albert von (1880–1940)—USA
Teachers: Joseffy, Rafael
Students: Kern, Jerome
Doerr, Charles-Kiko (1911– )—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Doherty, Amie (1987– )—Ireland
Teachers: Bellis, Richard; Shaw, George
Students: Unknown
Dohl, Friedhelm (1936– )—Germany
Teachers: Fortner, Wolfgang
Students: Unknown
Döhler, Theodor (1814–1856)—Italy, Austria
Teachers: Benedict, Julius; Czerny, Carl; Sechter, Simon
Students: Gabriel, Virginia; Hartog, Edouard de; Hoffman, Richard
Dohnányi, Ernst von (Ernő) (1877–1960)—Hungary, USA
Teachers: d’Albert, Eugen; Koessler, Hans von;
Students: Balogh, Stephen; Bodky, Erwin; Cziffra, Georges; Haddad, Donald; Hunkins, Eusebia Simpson; Kinney, Gordon; Lessner, George; Levitzki, Mischa; MacLean, John T.; Mueller, Frederick; Patterson, Andy; Polifrone, Jon; Rajter, Ľudovít; Rivard, William; Schiffman, Harold; Schmutz, Albert D.; Sonenfield, Irwin; Stanley, Helen; Trapp, Max; Vollrath, Carl; Willcox, James H.
Doire, René (1879–1959)—France
Teachers: d’Indy, Vincent; Widor, Charles-Marie
Students: Unknown
Dojcinovic, Uros (1959– )—Serbia
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dolan, Nick (1989– )—USA
Teachers: Davis, Richard; LeClaire, Dennis; Mirowitz, Sheldon; Ragazzi, Claudio; Reasoner, Eric; Schmidt, J. Eric
Students: Unknown
Dolat-shahi, Dariush (1935– )—Iran, USA
Teachers: Arel, Bülent; Davidovsky, Mario; Monod, Jacques-Louis; Ussachevsky, Vladimir
Students: Unknown
Dolden, Paul (1956– )—Canada
Teachers: Truax, Barry
Students: Unknown
Doles, Johann Friedrich (1715–1797)—Germany
Teachers: Bach, Johann Sebastian
Students: Fleischer, Friedrich Gottlob
Dolin, Samuel (1917–2002)—Canada
Teachers: Godden, Reginald; Krenek, Ernst; Schmitz, E. Robert; Weinzweig, John
Students: Brown, Stephen; Cherney, Brian; Gellman, Steven; Hardy, Helen; Kulesha, Gary; Kuzmenko, Larysa; Longtin, Michel; Mills-Cockell, John; Moscovitz, Howard; Rae, Allan; Ross, Clark; Southam Ann; Sullivan, Timothy R.; Torok, Alan
Doll, Joseph (17??-1774)—Germany, Italy
Teachers: Durante, Francesco; Feo, Francesco
Students: Azopardi, Francesco
Dollarhide, Theodore (1948– )—USA
Teachers: Bassett, Leslie; Bolcom, William; Harada, Higo; Kurtz, Eugene; Wilson, George Balch
Students: Unknown
d’Ollone, Max (1875–1959)—France
Teachers: Gédalge, André; Lavignac, Albert; Lenepveu, Charles-Ferdinand; Massenet, Jules
Students: Burkhard, Willy
Dolphin, Amy (1981– )—USA
Teachers: Dunker, Amy; Felice, Frank; Schelle, Michael
Students: Unknown
Domarkas, Jonas (1934– )—Lithuania
Teachers: Balsis, Eduardas
Students: Unknown
Dombrowski, Hansmaria (1897–1977)—Germany
Teachers: Kaun, Hugo; Pfitzner, Hans
Students: Zehm, Friedrich
Domeniconi, Carlo (1947– )—Italy
Teachers: Hartig, Heinz Friedrich
Students: Unknown
Domhardt, Gerd (1945–1997)—Germany
Teachers: Zechlin, Ruth
Students: Unknown
Dominchen, Klementi (1907–1993)—Ukraine
Teachers: Lyatoshinsky, Boris; Zolotarev, Vasily
Students: Unknown
Dominiceti, Cesare (1821–1888)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Donizetti, Alfredo; Leoni, Franco
Domoratsky, Vladimir (1946–2000)—Belarus
Teachers: Glebov, Evgeni; Smolsky, Dmitri
Students: Unknown
Dompierre, François (1943– )—Canada
Teachers: Pépin, Clermont; Tremblay, Gilles
Students: Unknown
Domselaer, Jakob van (1890–1960)—Netherlands
Teachers: Wagenaar, Johan
Students: Schuyt, Nico; ten Holt, Simeon
Donahue, Robert (1931– )—USA
Teachers: Burleigh, Cecil; Husa, Karel; Johnson, Hunter; Johnston, Ben; Palmer, Robert Moffat
Students: Unknown
Donati, Ignazio (~1570–1638)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Donati, Pino (1907–1975)—Italy
Teachers: Paribeni, Giulio Cesare
Students: Unknown
Donato, Anthony (1909–1990)—USA
Teachers: Hanson, Howard; Rogers, Bernard; Royce, Edward
Students: Ahnell, Emil; Albrecht, Moonyeen; Beadell, Robert; Beck, Theodore; Bennett, Wilhelmine; Beversdorf, Thomas; Broege, Timothy; Burswold, Lee; Cacavas, John; Christiansen, Larry; Cochran, Paul; Coleman, Randolph; DeYoung, Lynden; Di Pasquale, James; Duncan, James L.; Enenbach, Frederic; Gamer, Carlton; Gates, Everett; Goodwin, Gordon; Guenther, Ralph; Halen, Walter; Hillert, Richard; Hutcheson, L. Thomas; Johns, Donald C.; Levey, Joseph; Mason, Thom David; Mitchell, Darleen Cowles; Myover, Max; Orland, Henry; Oudal, Robert; Schroeder, William; Schwantner, Joseph; Selig, Robert; Spears, Jared; Strandberg, Newton; Suchy, Georgia Karides; Sumerlin, Macon D.; Tirro, Frank; Yasui, Byron K.
Donato, François (1963– )—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Higaki, Tomonari
Donato (Donati), Baldassare (~1530–1603)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Donatoni, Franco (1927–2000)—Italy
Teachers: Desderi, Ettore; Liviabella, Lino; Petrassi, Goffredo; Pizzetti, Ildebrando
Students: Anzaghi, Davide; Arca, Paolo; Bellemare, Gilles; Bodorová, Sylvie; Borkowski, Marian; Brewaeys, Luc; Brizzi, Aldo; Buquet, Gérard; Calderoni, Caterina; Cardi, Mauro; Carluccio, Francesco; Castagnoli, Giulio; Ciardi, Fabio Cifariello; Consoli, Marc Antonio; de Kruyf, Ton; Dellaira, Michael; Del Principe, Joseph; Dusapin, Pascal; Erkoreka, Gabriel; Fedele, Ivan; Formosa, Riccardo; Gentilucci, Armando; Gérando, Stéphane de; Gordon, Michael Zev; Gorli, Sandro; Jacinto, Javier; Keeley, Rob; Koch-Raphael, Erwin; Landini, Carlo Alessandro; Leroux, Philippe; Lindberg, Magnus; Lippe, Cort; Mirigliano, Rosario; Molino, Pippo; Mozetich, Marjan; Niro, Piero; Nodaira, Ichiro; Pasquotti, Corrado; Pavia, Marcela; Piacentini, Riccardo; Puumala, Veli-Matti; Raynal, Gilles; Romitelli, Fausto; Rotondi, Umberto; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Sánchez-Verdú, José Maria; Solbiati, Alessandro; Soley, David; Speach, Bernadette; Taccani, Giorgio Colombo; Thow, John; Tokunaga, Takashi; Tsontakis, George; Turina, José Luis; Ugoletti, Paolo; Vargas, António Pinho; Verdi, Luigi; Zahler, Noel; Zohn-Muldoon, Ricardo
Donaudy, Stefano (1879–1925)—Italy
Teachers: Zuelli, Guglielmo
Students: Unknown
Donelli, Benedetto (19th century)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Gaspari, Gaetano; Golinelli, Stefano; Nini, Alessandro
Dong, Kui (1966– )—China, USA
Teachers: Chafe, Chris; Chowning, John; Mingxin, Du; Smith, Leland; Zhuang, Liu; Zu-qiang, Wu
Students: Chuaqui, Nicolas
Donizetti, Alfredo (1867–1921)—Italy
Teachers: Dominiceti, Cesare; Ponchielli, Amilcare
Students: Unknown
Donizetti, Gaetano (1797–1848)—Italy
Teachers: Mattei, Stanislao; Mayr, Simon; Pilotti, Giuseppe
Students: Bisaccia, Giovanni; Buzzolla, Antonio; De Giosa, Nicola; Fioravanti, Valentino; Gabrielli, Nicolò; Puccini, Michele; Russell, Henry
Donner, Henrik Otto (1939–2013)—Finland
Teachers: Fougstedt, Nils-Eric; Kokkonen, Joonas; Ligeti, György
Students: Unknown
Donostia, Aita (José) (1886–1956)—Spain
Teachers: Cools, Eugène
Students: Unknown
Donovan, Richard (1891–1970)—USA
Teachers: Widor, Charles-Marie
Students: Barrow, Robert; Barrows, John; Beale, James; Bezanson, Philip; Brisman, Heskel; Browne, Richmond; Carr, Arthur; Cobb, Donald; Cortés, Ramiro; Diemer, Emma Lou; Gerschefski, Edwin; Goodman, Joseph; Helbig, Otto; Heninger, Robert; Hufsmith, George; Laudenslager, Harold; Lewin, Frank; Lucier, Alvin; Mayer, William; Soule, Edmund Foster; Suderburg, Robert; Thorne, Francis; Wyner, Yehudi
Dont, Jakob (1815–1888)—Austria
Teachers: Böhm, Joseph; Hellmesberger, Georg, Sr.
Students: Kreisler, Fritz; Nováček, Ottokar
Doolittle, Quenten (1925– )—USA, Canada
Teachers: Weinzweig, John
Students: Krausas, Veronika
Doolittle, Emily (1972– )—Canada
Teachers: Andriessen, Louis
Students: Unknown
Door, Anton (1833–1919)—Austria
Teachers: Czerny, Carl; Sechter, Simon
Students: Frühling, Carl; Goldmark, Rubin; Koda, Nobu; Lafite, Carl; May, Hans; Moór, Emánuel; Pabst, Paul; Schönberger, Benno; Steinbach, Fritz; Weigl, Karl; Zemlinsky, Alexander
Doornbusch, Paul (1959– )—Australia
Teachers: Berio, Luciano; Conyngham, Barry; Ligeti, György
Students: Unknown
Dopper, Cornelis (1870–1939)—Netherlands
Teachers: Jadassohn, Salomon; Paul, Oskar; Reinecke, Carl
Students: Bosmans, Henriette; Hertog, Johannes den; King, Harold C.; Mengelberg, Willem
Doppler, Árpád (1857–1927)—Hungary, Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Doppler, Franz (1821–1883)—Poland (Ukraine), Austria
Teachers: Doppler, Karl
Students: Nikolits, Sándor; Sherwood, William
Doppler, Karl (1825–1900)—Hungary
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Doppler, Franz; Goetschius, Percy; Hugo, John Adam
Doran, Matt (1921– )—USA
Teachers: Cailliet, Lucien; Eisler, Hanns; Kanitz, Ernest; Korn, Peter Jona; Kubik, Gail; Toch, Ernst
Students: Gerber, Jerry; Henn, Richard; Sorenson, John Roger; Von Gunden, Heidi
Doráti, Antal (1906–1988)—Hungary, USA
Teachers: Bartók, Béla; Kodály, Zoltán; Weiner, Leo
Students: Klein, Lothar
Doret, Gustave (1866–1943)—Switzerland, France
Teachers: Bischoff, Justin; Dubois, Théodore; Joachim, Joseph; Massenet, Jules
Students: Unknown
Dorfan, Ben (1987– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dorff, Daniel (1956– )—USA
Teachers: Brant, Henry; Crumb, George; Husa, Karel; Palmer, Robert Moffat; Rochberg, George; Shapey, Ralph; Siegmeister, Elie; Wernick, Richard
Students: Unknown
Dorfman, Joseph (1940–2006)—Ukraine, Israel
Teachers: Kogan, Robert
Students: Ben-Amots, Ofer; Brand, Eliav
Dorian, Frederick (1900–1991)—Austria, USA
Teachers: Berg, Alban; Schoenberg, Arnold; Steuermann, Eduard; Webern, Anton
Students: Bearer, Elaine L.
Döring, Heinrich (1833–1901)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Denereaz, Alexandre
Dorman, Avner (1975– )—Israel
Teachers: Bardanashvili, Ioseb; Corigliano, John
Students: Unknown
Dorn, Alexander (1833–1901)—Germany
Teachers: Dorn, Heinrich
Students: Seyffardt, Ernst Hermann
Dorn, Heinrich (1804–1892)—Germany
Teachers: Berger, Ludwig; Klein, Bernhard; Zelter, Carl Friedrich
Students: Dorn, Alexander; Kipper, Hermann; Liebling, Emil; Liebling, Georg; Moszkowski, Moritz; Pratt, Silas G.; Rudnick, Wilhelm; Scharwenka, Philipp; Schindelmeisser, Louis; Schumann, Robert
Dornel, Louis Antoine (~1685–1765)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dorokhin, Vladimir (1948– )—Belarus
Teachers: Uspensky, Vladislav
Students: Unknown
Dorrell, William (1810–1895)—
Teachers: Crotch, William; Heller, Stephen; Kalkbrenner, Friedrich; Potter, Cipriani
Students: Matthay, Tobias
Dorsam, Paul (1941–2009)—USA
Teachers: Cooke, Francis Judd; Norden, Hugo; Wolfes, Felix
Students: Unknown
Dørumsgaard, Arne (1921– )—Norway
Teachers: Andersen, Karl August
Students: Unknown
Dorward, David (1933– )—Scotland
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dostal, Nico (1895–1981)—Austria
Teachers: Goller, Vinzenz
Students: Unknown
Dostalik, Frano (1896–1944)—Slovakia
Teachers: Janáček, Leoš
Students: Grešák, Jozef
Dotson, Matthew (1981– )—USA
Teachers: Eaton, John; Fritts, Lawrence; Gompper, David Karl; Phelps, James
Students: Unknown
Doty, David B. (1950– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dotzauer, Justus (1783–1860)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Doubrava, Jaroslav (1909–1960)—Czechia
Teachers: Jeremias, Otakar
Students: Unknown
Dougherty, Celius (1902–1986)—USA
Teachers: Ferguson, Donald; Goldmark, Rubin
Students: Unknown
Dougherty, Terrence (1937– )—USA
Teachers: Sharp, Jean
Students: Unknown
Douglas, Clive (1903–1977)—Australia
Teachers: Nickson, Arthur E.H.
Students: Unknown
Douglas, Ernest (1864–1957)—USA
Teachers: Bargiel, Woldemar; Bridge, Frederick
Students: McDonald, Harl
Douglas, James (1932– )—Scotland
Teachers: Lauth, Henri; Reutter, Hermann
Students: Unknown
Douglas, Roy (1907– )—England
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Unknown
Douglas, Samuel O. (1943– )—USA
Teachers: Constantinides, Dinos; Klaus, Kenneth
Students: Kay, Peter B.
Douglas, William (1944– )—Canada
Teachers: Powell, Mel
Students: Bowen, Eugene; Sokol, Casey
Douglass, Alan (1961– )—USA
Teachers: Murray, Bain
Students: Unknown
Douma, Jeffrey (1972– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: DiOrio, Dominick
Dourlen, Victor (1780–1864)—France
Teachers: Boieldieu, François-Adrien; Gossec, François Joseph
Students: Goria, Alexandre; Herz, Henri; Labarre, Théodore; Leborne, Simon; Le Couppey, Félix; Marmontel, Antoine François; Snel, Joseph-François; Thomas, Ambroise; Vaucorbeil, Auguste
Dove, Jonathan (1959– )—England
Teachers: Holloway, Robin
Students: Unknown
Dowd, Charles (1949–2010)—USA
Teachers: Cirone, Anthony
Students: Papador, Nicholas
Dowd, John A. (1932– )—USA
Teachers: Cooke, Francis Judd; Layton, Billy Jim; Park, Stephen
Students: Unknown
Dowgiallo-Zych, Zofia (1979– )—Poland
Teachers: Baginski, Zbigniew
Students: Unknown
Dowland, John (1563–1626)—England
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Dowland, Robert
Dowland, Robert (~1591–1641)—England
Teachers: Dowland, John
Students: Unknown
Downes, Andrew (1950– )—England
Teachers: Howells, Herbert
Students: Aston, Sue; Venables, Ian
Downey, Elliot (~1991– )—USA
Teachers: Appleton, Jon; Botelho, Paul; Horne, William; Walsh, Jimbo
Students: Unknown
Downey, John (1927–2004)—USA
Teachers: Boulanger, Nadia; Ganz, Rudolph; Honegger, Arthur; Messiaen, Olivier; Milhaud, Darius; Rieti, Vittorio
Students: Basler, Paul; Gorder, Wayne; Hamilton, Thomas; Kitzke, Jerome; Koykkar, Joseph; Smith, G. Alan; Snopek, Sigmund; Woodward, James C.
Downs, Lamont (1951– )—USA
Teachers: Adler, Samuel; Benson, Warren
Students: Unknown
Doyen, Albert (1882–1935)—France
Teachers: Widor, Charles-Marie
Students: Unknown
Doyle, Patrick (1953– )—Scotland
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Henson, Christian; Powell, John
Doyle, Sean (20th–21st century)—USA
Teachers: Bohlen, Donald; Puts, Kevin
Students: Unknown
Drabble, Lawrence (1929– )—England
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Draeseke, Felix (1835–1913)—GermanyTeachers: Kummer, Kaspar; Rietz, Julius
Students: Blumer, Theodor; Büttner, Paul; Coombs, Charles Whitney; Damrosch, Walter; Denereaz, Alexandre; Ehrenberg, Carl; Faltis, Evelyn; Franchetti, Alberto; Gotthelf, Felix; Griebel-Wandall, Tekla; Kronke, Emil; Kutzschbach, Hermann; Leps, Wassili; Liljefors, Ruben; Lohse, Otto; Moberg, Ida Georgina; Neal, Heinrich; Nedden, Otto zur; Neuhaus, Frida; Petri, Egon; Pittrich, George Washington; Reichert, Johannes; Röhmeyer, Theodor; Scheinpflug, Paul; Sherwood, Percy; Shure, R. Deane; Stephani, Hermann; Striegler, Kurt; Urbach, Otto
Draga, George (1935–2008)—Romania
Teachers: Ciortea, Tudor; Dumitrescu, Ion; Vancea, Zeno; Vieru, Anatol
Students: Unknown
Dragatakis, Dimitris (1914–2001)—Greece
Teachers: Kalomiris, Manolis; Zoras, Leonidas
Students: Unknown
Draghi, Antonio (1635–1700)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Drăgoi, Sabin (1894–1968)—
Teachers: Novák, Vítězslav; Ostrčil, Otakar
Students: Farago, Marcel; Porfetye, Andreas
Dragonetti, Domenico (1763–1846)—Italy
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Unknown
Drake, Earl R. (1865–1916)—USA
Teachers: Joachim, Joseph
Students: Unknown
Drake, Elizabeth (1928– )—Australia
Teachers: Giannini, Vittorio; Lamb, Hubert W.; Mennin, Peter
Students: Unknown
Drake, Emmett (~1986– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dramm, David (1961– )—USA
Teachers: Andriessen, Louis; Brown, Earle; Erickson, Robert
Students: Unknown
Drangosch, Ernesto (1882–1925)—Argentina
Teachers: Aguirre, Julián; Ansorge, Conrad; Bruch, Max; Humperdinck, Engelbert; Williams, Alberto
Students: Gianneo, Luis; Siccardi, Honorio
Drasnin, Robert (1927– )—USA
Teachers: Foss, Lukas
Students: Unknown
Drattell, Deborah (1956– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Benner, Al; Harrington, Jeff
Drdla, Frantisek (1868–1944)—Czechia
Teachers: Bruckner, Anton; Hellmesberger, Joseph, Jr.; Krenn, Franz
Students: Unknown
Drechsler, Joseph (1782–1852)—Czechia
Teachers: Grotz, Dionys
Students: Mair, Franz; Strauss, Johann II; Wolfram, Joseph Maria
Dreckkötter, Marco (1971– )—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Drejsl, Radim (1923–1953)—Czechia
Teachers: Borkovec, Pavel; Janáček, Karel
Students: Unknown
Drennan, Dorothy (1929– )—USA
Teachers: Reed, Alfred; Williams, Clifton
Students: Unknown
Dresden, Sem (1881–1957)—Netherlands
Teachers: Pfitzner, Hans; Zweers, Bernard
Students: Bender, Jan; Brandts Buys, Hans; de Groot, Cor; de Vries Robbé, Willem; Engels, Adriaan; Felderhof, Jan; Focke, Fré; Geraedts, Jaap; Godron, Hugo; Hengeveld, Gerard; Hijman, Julius; Kee, Cor; Meeuwisse, Willy; Monnikendam, Marius; Mul, Jan; Mulder, Herman; Sanders, Paul; Smit, Leo (NL); van Otterloo, Willem; Wegener, Emmy; Wertheim, Rosy; Wijdeveld, Wolfgang
Drese, Adam (1620–1701)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Bleyer, Georg
Dresel, Otto (1826–1890)—Germany, USA
Teachers: Hiller, Ferdinand; Mendelssohn, Felix
Students: Schlesinger, Sebastian Benson
Dresher, Paul (1951– )—USA
Teachers: Banerjee, Nikhil; Erickson, Robert; Harrison, Lou; Oliveros, Pauline; Rands, Bernard; Reich, Steve; Reynolds, Roger; Riley, Terry
Students: Duykers, Max
Dressel, Erwin (1909–1972)—Germany
Teachers: Juon, Paul; Klatte, Wilhelm
Students: Unknown
Dressler, Franz Xaver (1898–1981)—Germany
Teachers: Reger, Max; Straube, Karl
Students: Acker, Dieter
Drever, John Levack (1973– )—Scotland
Teachers: Hyde, Joseph; Lewis, Andrew; Waters, Simon
Students: Unknown
Drevlow, Brianna (1993– )—USA
Teachers: Callery, Sean; Clausen, Rene; Holter, Colin; Levine, Michael A.; Makela, Steven; Newborn, Ira; Suozzo, Mark
Students: Unknown
Drew, James Mulcro (1929–2010)—USA
Teachers: Riegger, Wallingford; Varèse, Edgard
Students: Finegold, Michael G.; Harrington, Jeff; Hartke, Stephen; Miller, Dennis Hayden; Mott, David; Taranto, Vernon, Jr.
Drews, Steve (1945– )—USA
Teachers: Husa, Karel; Milhaud, Darius; Palmer, Robert Moffat
Students: Unknown
Drexel, Johann Chrysostomus (1758–1801)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Drexler, David (1967– )—USA
Teachers: Dembski, Stephen; Naumann, Joel; Thimmig, Les; Wildman, Joan
Students: Unknown
Dreyblatt, Arnold (1953– )—USA
Teachers: Lucier, Alvin; Oliveros, Pauline; Young, La Monte
Students: Unknown
Dreyer, Johann Melchior (1747–1824)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dreyfus, George (1928– )—Germany
Teachers: Stockhausen, Karlheinz
Students: Unknown
Dreyschock, Alexander (1818–1869)—Czechia
Teachers: Tomášek, Václav
Students: Abaza, Arkady; Attenhofer, Karl; Blodek, Wilhelm; Hofmann, Richard; Wallenstein, Martin; Winding, August; Żeleński, Władysław
Drieberg, Friedrich von (1780–1856)—Germany
Teachers: Cherubini, Luigi; Spontini, Gaspare
Students: Unknown
Driessler, Johannes (1921–1998)—Germany
Teachers: Maler, Wilhelm
Students: Kluge, Manfred; Meyer-Fiebig, Thomas; Redel, Martin C.
Drigo, Riccardo (1846–1930)—Italy
Teachers: Buzzolla, Antonio
Students: Unknown
Drischner, Max (1891–1971)—Germany
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Unknown
Driscoll, John (1947– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dröbs, Johann Andreas (1784–1826)—Germany
Teachers: Kittel, Johann Christian
Students: Dehn, Siegfried
Drogoz, Philippe (1937– )—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Drossin, Julius (1918–2007)—USA
Teachers: McDonald, Harl; Rochberg, George
Students: Lovell, William James
Droste, Doreen (1907–1983)—USA
Teachers: Clarke, Henry Leland; Tremblay, George
Students: Unknown
Drouet, Louis (1792–1873)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Drouker, Sandra (1875–1944)—Russia, Germany
Teachers: Rubinstein, Anton
Students: Ørbeck, Anne-Marie
Druckman, Jacob (1928–1996)—USA
Teachers: Aubin, Tony; Copland, Aaron; Gesensway, Louis; Mennin, Peter; Persichetti, Vincent; Wagenaar, Bernard
Students: Adams, Richard; Aikman, James; Asia, Daniel; Barsom, Paul; Bayolo, Armando; Beaser, Robert; Beck, Jeremy; Becker, Dan; Birnbaum, Mark; Blaustein, Susan; Broening, Benjamin; Burke, Steven; Capanna, Robert; Carrillo, Carlos; Child, Peter; Clément-Foreman, Brian; Corbett, Sidney; Cox, Cindy; Cucinotta, Robert; Cummings, Conrad; Daugherty, Michael; Dick, Robert; Dickman, Stephen; Dudas, Richard; Elhai, Robert; Favand-See, Renée; Felice, Frank; Fineberg, Joshua; Frank, Andrew; Ganick, Peter; Garcia, Orlando Jacinto; Gatto, Anthony; Gibson, David; Goldstein, Burton; Golub, Peter; Hardish, Patrick; Hare, Ryan; Harrington, Jeff; Harsh, Ed; Hasty, Christopher; Hermann, Richard; Hijleh, Mark; Hughes, Deniz; Hui, Melissa; Hurd, Timothy; Jones, Ralph; Kellogg, Daniel; Kernis, Aaron Jay; Knehans, Douglas; Koehne, Graeme; Kogan, Robert; Lallerstedt, Ford; Lang, David; Levey, Lauren; Lewis, Peter Scott; Lindroth, Scott; Luo, Jing Jing; MacDonald, Catherine; Mahin, Bruce P.; Marshall, Pamela J.; Matthews, William; McTee, Cindy; Mellits, Marc; Meltzer, Harold; Miller, Jeffrey; Milo, Leon; Nash, Gary; Newman, Thomas; Olivero, Betty; Paull, Barberi; Perla, Jack; Puts, Kevin; Radzynski, Jan; Reynolds, Belinda; Robinson, McNeil; Robinson, Michael; Rodriguez, Robert Xavier; Rogers, John Fitz; Sanchez-Gutierrez, Carlos; Schwartz, Julie; Sharkey, Jeffrey; Sharpe, Carlyle; Sierra, Arlene; Silver, Sheila; Snow, David; Spiegel, Laurie; Srikaranonda, Pathorn; Steiger, Rand; Swafford, Jan; Taxin, Ira; Theodore, Michael; Theofanidis, Christopher; Thomas, Augusta Read; Thomas, Karen P.; Torke, Michael; Vehar, Persis; Warshauer, Meira; Waters, Joseph; Weisman, Stefan; Wolman, Amnon; Yarnell, Carolyn
Drukh, Igor (1966– )—Russia
Teachers: Denisov, Edison; Mnatskanian, Alexander
Students: Unknown
Drumheller, John (1957– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Ewen, Hunter; Miller, Alexander Elliott
Drummond, Dean (1949–2013)—USA
Teachers: Partch, Harry
Students: Unknown
Druzecky, Jiri (1745–1819)—Czechia
Teachers: Besozzi, Carlo
Students: Unknown
Drysdale, Learmont (1866–1909)—Scotland
Teachers: Corder, Frederick
Students: Unknown
Duarte, Frank (1992– )—USA
Teachers: Felice, Frank; Kirov, Milen; Marinescu, Liviu; Schelle, Michael
Students: Unknown
Duarte, John W. (1919–2004)—England
Teachers: Self-taught
Students: Montes, Alfonso; Spiegel, Laurie
Dubbiosi, Stelio (1929– )—USA
Teachers: Giannini, Vittorio
Students: Rosciszewski, Andrew
Düben, Andreas (1597–1662)—Sweden
Teachers: Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon
Students: Unknown
Dubensky, Arcady (1890–1966)—Russia, USA
Teachers: Hřímalý, Jan; Ilyinsky, Alexander
Students: Unknown
Dubiel, Joseph (1955– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Bailey, Christopher Dylan; Rovner, Anton; Rubinstein, Joseph N.
Du Bois, Léon (1859–1935)—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Bourguignon, Francis de; Huybrechts, Albert; Moulaert, Pierre; Mouquet, Jules; Quinet, Fernand; Sarly, Henri
DuBois, R. Luke (1975– )—USA
Teachers: Kramer, Jonathan; Lerdahl, Fred
Students: Unknown
Dubois, Pierre Max (1930–1995)—France
Teachers: Milhaud, Darius
Students: Unknown
Dubois, Théodore (1837–1924)—France
Teachers: Bazin, François; Benoist, François; Fanart, Louis; Marmontel, Antoine-François; Thomas, Ambroise
Students: Bemberg, Herman; Bertelin, Albert; Bréville, Pierre de; Chapuis, Auguste; Couture, Guillaume; de Bréville, Pierre; Doret, Gustave; Dukas, Paul; Emmanuel, Maurice; Fauchey, Paul; Ferrari, Gabrielle; Fortier, Achille; Fournier, Alix; Ganne, Louis Gaston; Hahn, Reynaldo; Kiriac-Georgescu, Dumitru; Lambert, Lucien-Léon; La Tombelle, Fernand de; Lavrangas, Denis; Leroux, Xavier; Magnard, Albéric; Norris, Homer; Quef, Charles; Renié, Henriette; Ropartz, Guy; Samaras, Spyridon; Schmitt, Florent; Silver, Charles; Sporck, Georges
Dubrovay, László (1943– )—Hungary
Teachers: Stockhausen, Karlheinz; Szabo, Ferenc; Szelenyi, Istvan; Vaszy, Viktor; Vincze, Imre
Students: Unknown
Dubugnon, Richard (1968– )—Switzerland, France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Firsova, Alissa
Dubuque, Aleksandr (1812–1898)—Russia
Teachers: Field, John
Students: Balakirev, Mily; Ivanov, Mikhail
Du Caurroy, Eustache (1549–1609)—France
Teachers: Le Jeune, Claude
Students: Unknown
Ducharme, Dominique (1840–1899)—Canada
Teachers: Bazin, François; Letondal, Paul; Marmontel, Antoine François; Sabatier, Charles Wugk
Students: Fortier, Achille; Grant-Schaefer, George Alfred; La Liberté, Alfred
Duchenne, Jean-Marc (1959– )—France
Teachers: Dufour, Denis
Students: Prager, Jonathan
Duchnowski, Cezary (1971– )—Poland
Teachers: Wislocki, Stanislaw
Students: Kupczak, Slawomir
Duchow, Marvin (1914–1979)—Canada
Teachers: Champagne, Claude; Scalero, Rosario
Students: Belkin, Alan
Ducis, Benedictus (~1492–1544)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Duckworth, William (1943– )—USA
Teachers: Fredrickson, Thomas; Johnston, Ben; Kelly, Robert; Mailman, Martin; Martirano, Salvatore
Students: Albert, Thomas; De Ritis, Anthony; Morel, Daniel
Duda, Theodor (1951– )—USA
Teachers: Chobanian, Loris; Reed, H. Owen
Students: Unknown
Dudas, Richard (~1968– )—USA
Teachers: Campion, Edmund; Cotel, Morris Moshe; Druckman, Jacob; Foss, Lukas; Ivey, Jean Eichelberger; Lewis, Robert Hall; Pascal, Michel; Reibel, Guy; Riley, Terry; Risset, Jean-Claude; Thow, John; Vajda, János; Wilson, Olly
Students: Hoh, Chung-Shih
Dudley, Anne (1956– )—England
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Henson, Christian
Duesenberry, John (1950– )—USA
Teachers: Goodman, John; Mekeel, Joyce; Schindler, Allan; Stern, Robert
Students: Unknown
Du Fault, François (1604–1670)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dufay, Guillaume (~1397–1474)—Belgium, France
Teachers: Grenon, Nicolas; Hesdin, Rogier de; Loqueville, Richard
Students: Unknown
Duff, Cyrus (~1996– )—USA
Teachers: Alexander, Kathryn; Kennedy, Matthew; Nelson, Luke
Students: Unknown
Duffy, John (1928–2015)—USA
Teachers: Copland, Aaron; Cowell, Henry; Dallapiccola, Luigi; Lenel, Ludwig; Rosowsky, Solomon; Zipper, Herbert
Students: Runestad, Jake
Duffy, Thomas C. (1955– )—USA
Teachers: Husa, Karel; Stucky, Steven
Students: Unknown
Dufour, Denis (1953– )—France
Teachers: Malec, Ivo; Schaeffer, Pierre
Students: Duchenne, Jean-Marc; Higaki, Tomonari; Prager, Jonathan
Dufourcq, Norbert (1904–1990)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Hodeir, Andre
Dufourt, Hugues (1943– )—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Romitelli, Fausto
Dugan, Franjo (1874–1948)—Croatia
Teachers: Bruch, Max; Kahn, Robert
Students: Bjelinski, Bruno; Sakac, Branimir; Tajcevic, Marko
Duggan, Joseph Francis (1817–1900)—Ireland, USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Duggan, Kevin (1959– )—England
Teachers: Odam, George; Popplewell, Richard
Students: Unknown
Dugger, Edwin (1940– )—USA
Teachers: Babbitt, Milton; Hoffmann, Richard; Kim, Earl; Sessions, Roger
Students: Banks, Dwight; Dickow, Robert; Harrison, Ellen; Kramer, Jonathan; Lapierre, Gerald A.; La Rocca, Frank; Lopez, Peter Dickson; Rolnick, Neil; Schindler, Allan; Silver, Sheila; Snapper, Pieter; Winslow, Walter
Duhamel, Antoine (1925– )—France
Teachers: Leibowitz, René; Messiaen, Olivier
Students: Unknown
Dukas, Paul (1865–1935)—France
Teachers: Dubois, Théodore; Guiraud, Ernest; Mathias, Georges
Students: Alain, Jehan; Arrieu, Claude; Aubin, Tony; Barraine, Elsa; Barraud, Henry; Boskovich, Alexander Uriah; Carneyro, Claudio; Cartan, Jean; Ciortea, Tudor; Dandelot, Georges; Denny, William D.; Desportes, Yvonne; Duruflé, Maurice; Fernándes, Armando José; Garuta, Lucija; Gazarossian, Koharik; Gerber, René; Goleminov, Marin; Golestan, Stan; Hess, Ernst; Hubeau, Jean; Hugon, Georges; Karastoyanov, Assen; Klepper, Leon; Kondracki, Michal; Krein, Julian; Labunski, Felix; Langlais, Jean; Lipatti, Dinu; Maklakiewicz, Jan; Merritt, Tillman; Messiaen, Olivier; Mycielski, Zygmunt; Nin-Culmell, Joaquin; Pipkov, Lubomir; Piston, Walter; Ponce, Manuel; Poot, Marcel; Rodrigo, Joaquín; Rolón, José; Samazeuilh, Gustave; Schoop, Paul; Seter, Mordecai; Staempfli, Edward; Urrutia, Jorge; Van Vactor, David; Vasconcelos, Jorge Croner de; Vaubourgoin, Marc; Vredenburg, Max; Xian, Xinghai
Duke, Charis Bean (1967– )—USA
Teachers: Bradshaw, Merrill; Fredrickson, Thomas; Hicks, Michael D.; Powell, Morgan; Sargent, David; Zonn, Paul Martin
Students: Unknown
Duke, John Woods (1899–1984)—USA
Teachers: Boulanger, Nadia; Schnabel, Artur; Strube, Gustav; Wagenaar, Bernard
Students: Unknown
Duke, Vernon (1903–1969)—Russia, USA
Teachers: Glière, Reinhold; Yavorsky, Boleslav
Students: Unknown
Dukelsky, Vladimir (see Duke, Vernon)
Dulcken, Ferdinand Quentin (1837–1901)—England
Teachers: Gade, Niels; Moscheles, Ignaz
Students: Unknown
Dulichius, Philipp (1562–1631)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dumanoir, Guillaume (1615–1697)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dumitrescu, Gheorghe (1914–1996)—Romania
Teachers: Castaldi, Alfonso; Cuclin, Dimitrie; Jora, Mihail; Perlea, Jonel
Students: Unknown
Dumitrescu, Iancu (1944– )—Romania
Teachers: Celibidache, Sergiu
Students: Unknown
Dumitrescu, Ion (1913–1996)—Romania
Teachers: Castaldi, Alfonso; Cuclin, Dimitrie; Perlea, Jonel
Students: Dandara, Liviu; Draga, George; Georgescu, Corneliu Dan; Glodeanu, Liviu; Niculescu, Stefan; Stroe, Aurel; Zorzor, Stefan
Dumler, Martin G. (1868–1958)—USA
Teachers: Elsenheimer, Nicholas J.
Students: Unknown
Dumont (Du Mont), Henri (1610–1684)—Belgium, Netherlands
Teachers: Hodémont, Léonard de
Students: Desmarets, Henri
Dun, Tan (1957– )—China
Teachers: Davidovsky, Mario; Edwards, George; Takemitsu, Toru; Wen-chung, Chou
Students: Unknown
Dunaway, Judy (1964– )—USA
Teachers: Lucier, Alvin; Semegen, Daria
Students: Unknown
Dunayevsky, Isaak (1900–1955)—Russia
Teachers: Achron, Joseph; Bogatyrev, Semyon; Gorski, Konstanty
Students: Unknown
Dunbar, Rudolph (1907–1968)—British Guyana, England; Gaubert, Philippe; Vidal, Paul
Students: Unknown
Duncan, Andrew (1962– )—Scotland
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Duncan, James L. (1926– )—USA
Teachers: Donato, Anthony; McHose, Allen Irvine
Students: Unknown
Duncan, John (1913–1975)—USA
Teachers: James, Philip
Students: Unknown
Duncan, Stuart (1993– )—USA
Teachers: Coleman, Ian; Edlin, Paul Max; Maglione, Anthony; Redgate, Roger; Watkins, Roderick
Students: Unknown
Duncan, William (1866–1920)—England
Teachers: Parry, Hubert; Stanford, Charles Villiers
Students: Unknown
Dunford, Benjamin (1917–1974)—USA
Teachers: Barlow, Wayne; Elwell, Herbert; Hanson, Howard; Kennan, Kent; Rogers, Bernard; Vardell, Charles
Students: Unknown
Dunham, Henry Morton (1853–1929)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Adams, Ernest; Goodrich, Wallace
Dunhill, Thomas (1877–1946)—England
Teachers: Stanford, Charles Villiers
Students: Benjamin, Arthur; Butterworth, George; Demuth, Norman
Duni, Egidio (1708–1775)—Italy
Teachers: Paisiello, Giovanni; Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista; Vinci, Leonardo
Students: Unknown
Duning, George (1908–2000)—USA
Teachers: Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario
Students: Unknown
Dunker, Amy (1964– )—USA
Teachers: Chen, Yi; Cooper, Robert L.; Mobberley, James; Schelle, Michael
Students: Dolphin, Amy; Flynn, Luke; Gelhaus, Tim; Jenkins, Derek M.; Merritt, Zane; O’Dell, Adam D.
Dunkl, Johann (1832–1910)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Gobbi, Henri
Dunkley, Ferdinand (1869–1956)—Engalnd
Teachers: Bridge, Frederick; Parry, Hubert
Students: Unknown
Dunlop, Isobel (1901–1975)—Scotland
Teachers: Dyson, George; Tovey, Donald Francis
Students: Unknown
Dunn, David (1953– )—USA
Teachers: Ernst, David; Gaburo, Kenneth; Lowrey, Norman; Partch, Harry; Ward-Steinman, David
Students: Unknown
Dunn, Gary (1950– )—USA
Teachers: Banerjee, Nikhil; Dutta, Kanai; Feldman, Morton; McKay, Neil; Powell, Morgan; Russell, Armand
Students: Unknown
Dunn, James Philip (1884–1936)—USA
Teachers: MacDowell, Edward; Rybner, Cornelius
Students: Unknown
Dunn, Vivian (1908–1995)—India
Teachers: O’Donnell, Walton; Wood, Henry
Students: Unknown
Dunphy, Melissa (1980– )—Australia, USA
Teachers: Maggio, Robert; Nelson, Larry; Primosch, James; Reise, Jay; Stiefel, Van; Weesner, Anna
Students: Unknown
Dunsser, Richard (1959– )—Austria
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dunstan, Anthony Leigh (~1983– )—Australia, Netherlands
Teachers: Ayres, Richard; Butterley, Nigel; Finsterer, Mary; Pearce, Trevor
Students: Unknown
Dunstan, Ralph (1857–1933)—England
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dunstaple (Dunstable), John (~1390–1453)—England
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
DuPage, Florence (1910–2003)—USA
Teachers: Giorni, Aurelio; Goldmark, Rubin; Serly, Tibor
Students: Unknown
DuPage, Richard (1908–1983)—USA
Teachers: Erb, John Warren; Giorni, Aurelio; Goldmark, Rubin; Serly, Tibor
Students: Unknown
Duparc, Henri (1848–1933)—France
Teachers: Franck, César
Students: Cras, Jean Émile
Duphly, Jacques (1715–1789)—France
Teachers: d’Agincourt, François; Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Students: Unknown
Dupin, Paul (1865–1949)—France
Teachers: Durand, Émile
Students: Unknown
du Plessis, Hubert (1922–2011)—South Africa
Teachers: Bell, William Henry; Bush, Alan; Ferguson, Howard
Students: Scott, Rollo
Dupont, Auguste (1827–1890)—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Albeniz, Isaac; Mathieu, Émile; Thooft, Willem Frans; Tinel, Edgar
Dupont, François-Charles-Joseph (1821–1861)—Belgium
Teachers: Prume, François
Students: Marsick, Martin Pierre; Massart, Rodolphe
Dupont, Gabriel (1878–1914)—France
Teachers: Gédalge, André; Massenet, Jules; Widor, Charles-Marie
Students: Unknown
Duport, Jean-Louis (1749–1819)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Kraft, Nikolaus; Levasseur, Jean-Henri; Plantade, Charles-Henri; Platel, Nicolas Joseph
Duprato, Jules-Laurent (1827–1892)—France
Teachers: Leborne, Simon
Students: Audran, Edmond; Lagoanère, Oscar de; Planquette, Robert; Simon, Anton; Thome, Francis
Dupré, Marcel (1886–1971)—France
Teachers: Diémer, Louis; Guilmant, Alexandre; Vierne, Louis; Widor, Charles-Marie
Students: Alain, Jehan; Aubut, Françoise; Bampton, Ruth; Britain, Radie; Coleman, Charles D.; d’Alessandro, Raffaele; Damase, Jean-Michel; David, José; Demessieux, Jeanne; Desportes, Yvonne; Fleury, André; Grunenwald, Jean-Jacques; Guerrero, Félix; Guillou, Jean; Hancock, Eugene W.; Haussermann, John; Klein, John; Langlais, Jean; Lapierre, Eugene; Litaize, Gaston; Messiaen, Olivier; Perceval, Julio; Previn, André; Puig-Roget, Henriette; Ritchey, Lawrence; Saxton, Stanley; Wichmann, Russell
Duprez, Gilbert (1806–1896)—France
Teachers: Choron, Alexandre
Students: Unknown
Dupuis, Albert (1877–1967)—Belgium
Teachers: d’Indy, Vincent
Students: Unknown
Dupuis, Jacques (1830–1870)—Belgium
Teachers: Prume, François
Students: Thomson, César
Dupuis, Sylvain (1856–1931)—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Antoine, Georges; Barbier, René; Franssen, Benoit; Marsick, Armand; van den Boorn-Coclet, Henriette; Vreuls, Victor
Dupuis, Thomas Sanders (1733–1796)—England
Teachers: Gates, Bernard; Travers, John
Students: Spencer, John
du Puy, Édouard (1770–1822)—Switzerland
Teachers: Dussek, Jan Ladislav; Fasch, Carl Friedrich Christian
Students: Berwald, Franz
Durand, Émile (1830–1903)—France
Teachers: Alkan, Napoléon; Bazin, François; Halévy, Fromental
Students: d’Harcourt, Eugène; Debussy, Claude; Dupin, Paul; Erlanger, Camille; Levy, Alexandre; Mesquita, Carlos de; Pierné, Gabriel; Savard, Marie Emmanuel Augustin; Thomas, Arthur Goring; Williams, Alberto
Durand, Joël-François (1954– )—France
Teachers: Arel, Bülent; Berio, Luciano; Ferneyhough, Brian; Ligeti, György; Nono, Luigi; Semegen, Daria
Students: Au Yong, Byron; Cavan, Helena; Hare, Ryan
Durand, Marie-Auguste (1830–1909)—France
Teachers: Franck, César; Saint-Saëns, Camille
Students: Unknown
Durante, Angelo (1659–1726)—Italy
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Durante, Francesco
Durante, Francesco (1684–1755)—Italy
Teachers: Durante, Angelo; Pasquini, Bernardo; Pitoni, Giuseppe
Students: Abos, Girolamo; Bonno, Giuseppe; d’Avossa, Giuseppe; Doll, Joseph; Fenaroli, Fedele; Fiorillo, Ignazio; Guglielmi, Pietro Alessandro; Insanguine, Giacomo; Krafft, François-Joseph; Logroscino, Nicola; Paisiello, Giovanni; Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista; Piccinni, Niccolò; Sacchini, Antonio; Sigismondi, Giuseppe; Speranza, Alessandro; Terradellas, Domingo; Traetta, Tommasso
Dure, Robert (1934– )—USA
Teachers: Cheslock, Louis; Lewis, Robert Hall; Subotnick, Morton; Trimble, Lester
Students: Unknown
Durey, Louis (1888–1979)—France
Teachers: Saint-Réquier, Léon de
Students: Unknown
Durham, Lowell M. (1917–1992)—USA
Teachers: Alspach, Addison; Clapp, Philip Greeley; Robertson, Leroy
Students: Unknown
Durham, Thomas L. (1950– )—USA
Teachers: Cortés, Ramiro; Hervig, Richard; Jenni, Donald Martin; Ussachevsky, Vladimir
Students: Unknown
Durieux, Frédéric (1959– )—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Motsch, Florent; Rotaru, Diana; Sakai, Kenji
Durkee, Arthur (1959– )—USA
Teachers: Albright, William; Bassett, Leslie; Bolcom, William; Cacioppo, George; Kurtz, Eugene
Students: Unknown
Durko, Zsolt (1934–1997)—Hungary
Teachers: Farkas, Ferenc; Petrassi, Goffredo
Students: Wittinger, Robert; Yavelow, Christopher
Durlet, Emmanuel (1893–1977)—Belgium
Teachers: Lenaerts, Franz; Godowsky, Leopold
Students: Unknown
Durme, Jef Van (1907–1965)—Belgium
Teachers: Alpaerts, Flor; Berg, Alban; Scherchen, Hermann; Verheyden, Edward
Students: Unknown
Duron, Sebastian (1660–1716)—Spain
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Durra, Hermann (1871–1954)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Andersen, Arthur Olaf
Dürrnberger, Johann August (1800–1880)—Germany
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Bruckner, Anton
Dürrner, Johann Ruprecht (1810–1859)—Germany
Teachers: Hauptmann, Moritz; Mendelssohn, Felix; Schneider, Friedrich
Students: Unknown
Durrschmied, Karl (see Türrschmidt, Carl)
Durst, Sidney (20th century)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Engel, Lehman; Hague, Charles; Humphreys, Henry S.; Matthews, Holon; Taylor, Corwin H.
Duruflé, Maurice (1902–1986)—France
Teachers: Caussade, Georges; Dukas, Paul; Gallon, Jean; Gallon, Noël; Gigout, Eugène; Guilmant, Alexandre; Tournemire, Charles; Vierne, Louis
Students: Bauzin, Pierre-Philippe; Cecconi-Botella, Monique; Gramann, Fred; Guillou, Jean; Jacob, Maxime; Saorgin, René; Villette, Pierre
Dusapin, Pascal (1955– )—France
Teachers: Bayer, Francis; Donatoni, Franco; Xenakis, Iannis
Students: Haddad, Saed
Dušek, Bohumil (1923– )—Czechia
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Teml, Jiri
Dušek, František Xaver (1731–1799)—Czechia
Teachers: Habermann, Franz; Wagenseil, Georg Christoph
Students: Kozeluch, Leopold; Mašek, Vincenc; Mozart, Franz Xaver; Vitásek, Jan August
Dusenbury, Timothy (1982– )—USA
Teachers: Campbell, Brian
Students: Unknown
Dushkin, Dorothy (1903–1992)—USA
Teachers: Boulanger, Nadia; Josten, Werner
Students: Unknown
Dusman, Linda (1956– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Holter, Colin
Duss, John S. (1860–1951)—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Unknown
Dussek, Jan Ladislav (1760–1812)—Czechia
Teachers: Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel
Students: du Puy, Édouard; Louis Ferdinand of Prussia; Montgeroult, Hélène de; Onslow, George
Dutilleux, Henri (1916–2013)—France
Teachers: Büsser, Henri; Emmanuel, Maurice; Gallois, Victor; Gallon, Jean; Gallon, Noël; Gaubert, Philippe
Students: Baran, Ilhan; Bayer, Francis; Bermel, Derek; Campo, Régis; Cecconi-Botella, Monique; Coinel, Robert; Costinescu, Gheorghe; Fantapié, Henri-Claude; Gagnon, Alain; Gaudibert, Eric; Gérando, Stéphane de; Grisey, Gérard; Hesketh, Kenneth; Hétu, Jacques; McBirnie, Andrew Robert; Mertl, Gregory; Oberson, René; Philiba, Nicole; Podesva, Jaromir; Prévost, André; Robertson, Hugh S.; Sampson, David S.; Sanchez-Gutierrez, Carlos; Taira, Yoshihisa; Yavelow, Christopher
Dutta, Kanai (1920– )—Bangladesh
Teachers: Ghosh, Jnan Prakash
Students: Dunn, Gary
Dutton, Brenton Price (1950– )—USA
Teachers: Aschaffenburg, Walter; Boulez, Pierre; Brant, Henry; Coleman, Randolph; Feldman, Morton; Hoffmann, Richard; Krenek, Ernst; Xenakis, Iannis
Students: Sain, James Paul
Dutton, Frederic (1928– )—USA
Teachers: Fortner, Wolfgang; Foss, Lukas
Students: Unknown
Duval, Francois (1672–1728)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Birkenstock, Johann Adam
Duvernoy, Frédéric (1765–1838)—France
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Mengal, Martin-Joseph
Duvernoy, Henri Louis Charles (1820–1906)—France
Teachers: Halévy, Fromental; Zimmermann, Pierre
Students: Unknown
Duvernoy, Victor Alphonse (1842–1907)—France
Teachers: Bazin, François; Marmontel, Antoine François
Students: Winkler, Alexander
Duvosel, Lieven (1877–1956)—Belgium
Teachers: Fauré, Gabriel; Lenepveu, Charles-Ferdinand; Widor, Charles-Marie
Students: Unknown
Duyck, Charles (1822–1888)—Belgium
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Gilson, Paul
Duykers, Max (1972– )—USA
Teachers: Adams, John; Coleman, Randolph; Dresher, Paul; Goldstein, Perry; Quell, Michael; Reich, Steve; Rzewski, Frederic; Silver, Sheila; Weymouth, Dan
Students: Unknown
Dvarionas, Balys (1904–1974)—Latvia, Lithuania
Teachers: Kalninš, Alfreds; Karg-Elert, Sigfrid; Krehl, Stephan; Petri, Egon
Students: Unknown
Dvořáček, Jiří (1928–2000)—Czechia
Teachers: Dobiáš, Václav; Řídký, Jaroslav
Students: Unknown
Dvořák, Antonín (1841–1904)—Bohemia (Czechia)
Teachers: Blažek, František; Foerster, Josef Bohuslav; Krejčí, Josef; Liehmann, Antonín; Pitsch, Karel František; Toman, Josef; Zvonař, Josef Leopold
Students: Agostino, Alfonso; Arnold, Maurice; Burleigh, Henry Thacker; Camp, John Spencer; Cook, Will Marion; Fisher, William Arms; Friml, Rudolf; Goetzl, Anselm; Goldman, Edwin Franko; Goldmark, Rubin; Karel, Rudolf; Khristov, Dobri; Kolar, Victor; Korn, Clara Anna; Lhotka, Fran; Nedbal, Oskar; Novák, Vítězslav; Reiser, Alois; Shelley, Harry Rowe; Sinigaglia, Leone; Spilka, Frantisek; Springer, Max; Suk, Josef; Zamecnik, John Stepan; Zeckwer, Camille
Dvorak, Robert (1919– )—USA
Teachers: Husa, Karel; Wald, Max
Students: Solone, Robert
Dvorin, David (20th–21st century)—USA
Teachers: Mosko, Stephen L.; Smith, Wadada Leo; Subotnick, Morton
Students: Unknown
Dworak, Paul E. (1951– )—USA
Teachers: Balada, Leonardo; Leich, Roland
Students: Unknown
Dydo, Stephen (1948– )—USA
Teachers: Beeson, Jack; Boretz, Benjamin; Davidovsky, Mario; Sollberger, Harvey; Ussachevsky, Vladimir; Wen-chung, Chou; Wuorinen, Charles
Students: Unknown
Dykins, Dale (1918–2009)—USA
Teachers: Giannini, Vittorio
Students: Corbett, Richard; Mutchler, Ralph
Dykstra, Brian (1942– )—USA
Teachers: Unknown
Students: Bambach, Paul; Hurd, Timothy
Dyson, George (1883–1964)—England
Teachers: Stanford, Charles Villiers
Students: Dunlop, Isobel; Holst, Imogen; Lambert, Constant
Dzegelenok, Alexander (1891–1969)—Russia
Teachers: Koreshchenko, Arseny
Students: Unknown
Dzerzhinsky, Ivan (1909–1978)—Russia
Teachers: Asafyev, Boris; Gnessin, Mikhail; Popov, Gavriil; Ryazanov, Pyotr
Students: Unknown
Dzhanibekov, Altinbek (1934– )—Kyrgyzstan
Teachers: Brusilovsky, Yevgeny
Students: Unknown
Dzhaparidze, German (1939– )—Georgia
Teachers: Machavariani, Alexei
Students: Unknown
Dzubay, David (1964– )—USA
Teachers: Erb, Donald; Foss, Lukas; Fox, Frederick; Knussen, Oliver; O’Brien, Eugene
Students: Ahn, Sang Mi; Bradshaw, Daniel; Byrnes, Garrett; Chase, Ryan; Eötvös, Melody; Freund, Stefan; Guinivan, Eric; Jaquith, Austin; Kim, Texu; Lee, Christopher; Li, Bin; Michel, Dainis W.; Needham, Clint; Shepherd, Sean; Snethkamp, Steven; Taylor, Benjamin Dean; Van Brink, Matt; Wey, Jonathan; Zupko, Mischa