Composers – C
Composers: Caballero - Castelnuovo-Tedesco
- Caballero, Manuel Fernández (1835–1906)
- Cabezón, Antonio de (1510–66)
- Cable, Howard (1920-2016)
- Cabral, Ángel (1911-97)
- Cacavas, John (1930–2014)
- Caccini, Giulio (1551–1618)
- Cacioppo, Charles
- Cadman, Charles Wakefield (1881–1946)
- Cage, John (1912–92)
- Cahn, Sammy (1913–93)
- Cahn, William (b.1946)
- Caine, Uri (b.1956)
- Calandrelli, Jorge (b.1939)
- Caldara, Antonio (1670–1736)
- Calderón, Juan Carlos (1938-2012)
- Calle, Ed (b. 1959)
- Calloway, Cab (1907–94)
- Calmel, Olivier
- Cameron, John (b. 1944)
- Camilo, Michel (b.1954)
- Camp, Manel (b.1947)
- Campbell, Bill
- Campo, Frank (b.1927)
- Campo, Régis (b.1968)
- Campos, Juan Morel (1857-96)
- Cannon, Hughie (1877-1912)
- Cano, José Maria (b.1959)
- Canova da Milano, Francesco (1497–1543)
- Canteloube, Joseph (1879–1957)
- Cantoral, Roberto (1935–2010)
- Cantos, Bill
- Capanna, Robert (b.1952)
- Capers, Valerie
- Cappelletti, Arrigo (b. 1949)
- Capua, Eduardo di (1866–1917)
- Caramuru, Fábio (b. 1956)
- Caratini, Patrice (b. 1946)
- Carcassi, Matteo (1702–1853)
- Cárdenas, Francisco (1872-1945)
- Cardillo, Salvatore (1874-1947)
- Cardoso, Jorge (b.1949)
- Cardozo, Felix Perez (1908-52)
- Carey, Christian (b. 1973)
- Carillo, Antonio (1892-1962)
- Carisi, John E (1922–92)
- Carle, Frankie
- Carlos, Juan
- Carmichael, Hoagy (1899–1981)
- Carmichael, Ralph (b.1927)
- Carnota, Raul (1947–2014)
- Caro, Francisco de (1898–1976)
- Caro, Julio de (1899–1980)
- Carollo, John A (b.1954)
- Caroso, Fabritio (c.1527–c.1605)
- Carpenter, John Alden (1876–1951)
- Carpi, Fiorenzo (1918-97)
- Carr, Ian (1933–2009)
- Carr, Michael (1905-68)
- Carreño, Inocente (1919–2016)
- Carrilho, Altamiro (1924–2012)
- Carrillo, Álvaro (1919–69)
- Carrillo, Isolina (1907-96)
- Carroll, David (1913-2008)
- Carsten, Bert (1905-89)
- Carter, Andrew (b.1939)
- Carter, Charles (b.1926)
- Carter, John (1929–91)
- Carter, Sydney (1915–2004)
- Cartwright, George
- Caruso, Enrico (1873–1921)
- Caryll, Ivan (1861–1921)
- Casals, Pablo (1876–1973)
- Casarini, Stefano (b. 1959)
- Casserley, Lawrence (b.1941)
- Cassidy, Patrick (b. 1956)
- Cassol, Fabrizio (b.1964)
- Castaña, Cacho (b.1942)
- Castellanos, Pintín (1905-83)
- Castello, Dario (c.1590–1631)
- Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario (1895–1968)
Composers: Castiglioni - Cochran
- Castiglioni, Niccolò (1932–96)
- Castilla, Cuates
- Castillo, Manuel (1930–2005)
- Castro, Carlos Moreira de (1900-99)
- Castro-Robinson, Eve de (b.1956)
- Casucci, Leonello (1885-1975)
- Catalani, Alfredo (1854–93)
- Caturla, Alejandro García (1906–40)
- Cavalieri, Emilio de (c.1550–1602)
- Cavalli, Pietro Francesco (1602–76)
- Caymmi, Dori (b.1943)
- Cazden, Norman (1914-80)
- Ceccarelli, Isaiah (b.1978)
- Cederberg-Orreteg, Anna (b.1958)
- Ceglie, José (1883-1957)
- Cervantes, Ignacio (1847–1905)
- Cesana, Otto (1899–1980)
- Cesarini, Cesare (1905-73)
- Cesarini, Franco (b.1961)
- Cetera, Peter (b.1944)
- Chabrier, Alexis Emmanuel (1841–94)
- Chacksfield, Frank (1914–95)
- Chaet, Mark
- Chaker, Layale (b. 1990)
- Chaney, Olivia (b.1982)
- Chapelle, Eric
- Chapin, Thomas (1957-98)
- Chaplin, Charles (Charlie) (1889–1977)
- Chaplin, Saul (1912–97)
- Chapman, Tracy
- Chardavoine, Jehan (1537-80)
- Charles, Ernest (1895–1984)
- Charpentier, Gustave (1860–1956)
- Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1643–1704)
- Chasins, Abram (1903–87)
- Chatham, Rhys (b.1952)
- Chausson, Ernest (1855–99)
- Chazarreta, Andrés (1876–1960)
- Chen, Belle (b. 1988)
- Chen Yi (b.1953)
- Cherubini, Luigi (1760–1842)
- Chesnokov, Pavel Grigorievich (1877–1944)
- Chiara, Vincenzo di (1860-1937)
- Chiaramello, Giancarlo (b.1939)
- Chilcott, Robert (b.1955)
- Childs, Barney (1926–2000)
- Childs, Billy (b.1957)
- Childs, Mary Ellen (b.1957)
- Chini, Andre (b.1945)
- Chisholm, Hayden (b.1975)
- Chopin, Frédéric François (1810–49)
- Christensen, Bernhard (1906–2004)
- Christensen, Jeppe Just (b.1978)
- Christine, Henri (1867–1941)
- Christov, Dobri (1875–1941)
- Chudzik, Greg
- Chueca, Federico (1846–1908)
- Churchill, Frank (1901–42)
- Chydenius, Jussi (b.1972)
- Ciesla, Alexis (b. 1967)
- Cilea, Francesco (1866–1950)
- Cioffi, Giuseppe (1901–76)
- Cipa, Carlos
- Cipriani, Stelvio (1937-2018)
- Clapton, Eric (b.1945)
- Clare, Alan (1921-93)
- Clarke, Herbert Lincoln (1867–1945)
- Clarke, Jeremiah (1674–1707)
- Clarke, Stanley (b.1951)
- Classen, Martin (b.1957)
- Clausen, René (b.1953)
- Clausen, Thomas (b.1949)
- Clementi, Muzio (1752–1832)
- Cline, Alex (b.1956)
- Cline, Nels (b.1956)
- Clowes, Trish (b.1984)
- Coates, Carroll (b.1929)
- Coates, Eric (1886–1957)
- Cobián, Juan Carlos (1896–1953)
- Cochran, Todd (b.1951)
Composers: Cochrane - Creston
- Cochrane, Joyce (1908–88)
- Cockenpot, Francine (1918-2001)
- Coe, Tony (b. 1934)
- Coggiola, Paolo (b. 1967)
- Cohan, George Michael (1878–1942)
- Cohen, Avishai (b.1970)
- Cohen, David (b.1942)
- Cohen, Gerald (b.1960)
- Cohen, Leonard (1934–2016)
- Cohen, Michael
- Cohen, Samuel (1870-1940)
- Cohn, James (1928–2021)
- Cole, Elliot (b.1984)
- Cole, Nat King (1919-65)
- Cole, Richie (b.1948)
- Cole, William
- Coleman, Charles (1605–64)
- Coleman, Cy (1929–2004)
- Coleman, Dan (b.1972)
- Coleman, Ornette (1930–2015)
- Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel (1875–1912)
- Collan, Karl (1828–71)
- Collier, Tom (b.1948)
- Collins, Anthony (1893–1963)
- Collins, Walter
- Colombier, Michel (1939–2004)
- Colonna, Maurizio (b.1959)
- Coltrane, John William (1926–67)
- Combier, Jérôme (b.1971)
- Comté, Manu (b.1973)
- Comte, Richard
- Confrey, Zez (1895–1971)
- Conrad, Con (1890–1938)
- Constantinescu, Paul (1909–63)
- Conte, Paolo (b.1937)
- Conti, Bill (b.1942)
- Cook, John (1918–84)
- Cook, Will Marion (1869–1944)
- Cooke, Charles L (1891-1958)
- Cooke, Sam
- Cooper (fl.1514)
- Cooper, George (1820-76)
- Cooper, Jack (b.1980)
- Cooper, John
- Cooper, Lindsay (1951–51)
- Coots, J Fred (1897–1985)
- Copeland, Stewart (b.1952)
- Copland, Aaron (1900–90)
- Cordero, Ernesto (b.1946)
- Cordero, Víctor
- Corea, Armando Anthony 'Chick' (b.1941)
- Corelli, Arcangelo (1653–1713)
- Cornelius, Peter (1824–74)
- Corner, Philip (b.1933)
- Correa, Humberto (1901-64)
- Corrette, Michel (1707–95)
- Corte-Real, Nuno (b.1971)
- Coslow, Sam (1902-82)
- Cosma, Vladimir (b.1940)
- Coste, Napoleon (1805–83)
- Costello, Elvis (b.1954)
- Cottle, Laurence
- Cottom, Frederick Arthur Sefton (1928-2011)
- Cottrau, Teodoro (1827–79)
- Coulais, Bruno (b.1954)
- Coulter, Phil (b.1942)
- Couperin, François (1668–1733)
- Courage, Alexander (1919–2008)
- Courvoisier, Sylvie (b. 1968)
- Couturier, François (b.1950)
- Coward, Noël (1899–1973)
- Cowell, Henry (1897–1965)
- Cowell, Johnny (b.1926)
- Cowler, Jim (1898-1964)
- Cox, Rick (b.1952)
- Crawford, John (b.1931)
- Crawford, Robert (1925–2011)
- Crawford Seeger, Ruth (1901–53)
- Cresswell, Lyell (b.1944)
- Creston, Paul (1906–85)
Composers: Crewe - Czernik
- Crewe, Bob (b.1931)
- Croce, Jim (1943-73)
- Crosse, Jon
- Crowell, David
- Cruger, Johannes (1598–1662)
- Cruixent, Oriol (b.1976)
- Crusell, Bernhard Henrik (1775–1838)
- Csampai, Ivo (1899-1984)
- Csapó, Gyula (b.1955)
- Csemiczky, Miklós (b.1954)
- Csermák, Antal György (1774–1822)
- Cugat, Xavier (1900-90)
- Cullen, David (b.1959)
- Cunningham, Phil (b.1960)
- Cuomo, Douglas J. (b.1958)
- Curiel, Gonzalo (1904-58)
- Curnow, James (b.1943)
- Curtis, Ernesto de (1875–1937)
- Curwin, Julian (David) (b.1979)
- Custer, Gerald
- Cutlan, Paul
- Cutler, Joe (b.1968)
- Cutting, Francis (c.1550–1596)
- Cyrille, Andrew Charles (b.1939)
- Czernik, Willy (1901-96)
