Composers – M
Composers: Maasalo - Marly
- Maasalo, Armas Toivo Valdemar (1885–1960)
- Maass, Torsten (b.1967)
- Mabuchi, Yuko
- Macaluso, Vincenzo
- MacColl, Ewan (1915–89)
- MacCombie, Bruce (1943–2012)
- MacDermot, Galt (1928–2018)
- MacDowell, Edward Alexander (1860–1908)
- MacGimsey, Robert (1898–1979)
- Machado, Celso (b.1953)
- Machado, Jean-Marie
- Machaut, Guillaume de (1300–77)
- Machover, Tod (b.1953)
- Mackeben, Theo (1897–1953)
- Mackintosh, Robert (1745–1807)
- Macklin, Cecil
- MacLean, Dougie (b.1954)
- MacMillan, James (b.1959)
- MacMurrough, Dermot
- Maderna, Bruno (1920–73)
- Maderna, Osmar (1918-51)
- Madetoja, Leevi Antti (1887–1947)
- Maffia, Pedro (1899-1967)
- Mägi, Ester (1922–2021)
- Magidenko, Olga (b. 1954)
- Maglione, Anthony
- Magne, Michel (1930-84)
- Mahanthappa, Rudresh (b. 1971)
- Mahler, Alma (1879–1964)
- Mahler, David (b.1944)
- Mahler, Gustav (1860–1911)
- Maillard, Thierry (b. 1966)
- Mainerio, Giorgio (b.c.1535)
- Maio, Marcello
- Makeba, Miriam (1932-2008)
- Makkonen, Petri (b.1967)
- Makris, Andreas (1930–2005)
- Malan, César (1787-1864)
- Malando, Arie (1908-80)
- Malats, Juaquín (1872–1912)
- Malek, Miklós (b.1945)
- Mallié, Loïc (b.1947)
- Malmborg Ward, Paula af (b.1962)
- Malmstén, Georg (1902-81)
- Malneck, Matty (1903–81)
- Malotte, Albert Hay (1895–1964)
- Man, Roderik de (b.1941)
- Mancini, Henry (1924–94)
- Mandel, Johnny (b.1925)
- Mangelsdorff, Albert (1928–2005)
- Mangione, Chuck (b.1940)
- Manilow, Barry (b.1943)
- Mann, Barry
- Mann, David (1916-2002)
- Manone, Wingy (1900-82)
- Mansell, Clint (b.1963)
- Mansurian, Tigran Yeghiayi (b.1939)
- Manz, Paul Otto (1919–2009)
- Manzanero Canché, Armando (b.1935)
- Marais, Marin (1656–1728)
- Maratka, Krystof (b.1972)
- Marcello, Alessandro (1684–1750)
- Marcello, Benedetto (1686–1739)
- Marchetti, Dante 'Fermo' (1876-1940)
- Marchetti, Filippo (1831–1902)
- Marenzio, Luca (1553–99)
- Margetson, Edward J.
- Marianelli, Dario (b.1963)
- Mariano, Cesar Camargo (b.1943)
- Mariano, Luis (1914–70)
- Marichal, Freddy (b.1949)
- Marini, Marino (1924-97)
- Marino, Roberto Di (b.1956)
- Marinuzzi, Gino (1882–1945)
- Mario, Ermes Alessandro (1884–1961)
- Marks, Gerald (1900-97)
- Marks, Johnny (1909–85)
- Markush, Fred
- Marley, Bob (1945-81)
- Marly, Anna (1917-2006)
Composers: Maroney - McTell
- Maroney, Denman (b.1949)
- Maros, Rudolf (1917–82)
- Márquez, Arturo (b.1950)
- Marquina, Pascual (1873-1948)
- Marroquin, Jose Sabre (1909–95)
- Marsalis, Branford (b.1960)
- Marsalis, Wynton Learson (b.1961)
- Marshall, Charles (1857–1927)
- Marshall, Ingram (b.1942)
- Marshall, Jack
- Marshall, William (b.1992)
- Marta, Istvan (b.1954)
- Martelli, Carlo (b.1935)
- Mårtenson, Lasse (1934–2016)
- Mårtensson, Per (b.1967)
- Martin, Eduardo (b.1956)
- Martin, George Henry (1926–2016)
- Martin, Gilbert (b.1941)
- Martin, Henry (b.1950)
- Martin, Hugh (1914–2011)
- Martin, Nick
- Martin, Peter (b. 1970)
- Martinet, Henri (1909-85)
- Martínez, José G.
- Martini, Giovanni Battista (1706–84)
- Martini, Johann Paul Aegidius (1741–1816)
- Martinson, Joel (b.1960)
- Martinsson, Rolf (b.1956)
- Martinů, Bohuslav (1890–1959)
- Martland, Steve (1954–2013)
- Mascagni, Pietro (1863–1945)
- Mashayekhi, Nader (b.1958)
- Mashtots, Mesrop (c.361-440)
- Maskats, Arturs (b.1957)
- Mason, John (c.1485–c.1548)
- Mason, Lowell (1792–1872)
- Mason, Molly
- Massenet, Jules Emile Frederic (1842–1912)
- Matamoros, Miguel (1894–1971)
- Matitia, Jean (b.1952)
- Matos Rodriguez, Gerardo Hernan (1897-1948)
- Matsudaira, Yoritsune (1907–2001)
- Matteis, Nicola
- Matteo, Luis Di (b. 1934)
- Mattes, Willy (1916-2002)
- Matthews, Artie (1888-1958)
- Matthews, David (b.1943)
- Matthison-Hansen, Hans (1807–90)
- Maurer, Albrecht (b.1959)
- Maurice, Paule (1910-67)
- Maxim, Abraham (1773-1829)
- Maxwell, Melinda (b.1953)
- Maxwell, Robert (1921-2012)
- May, Billy (1916–2004)
- May, Brian (b.1947)
- May, Hans (1886–1958)
- Mayer, John (1929–2004)
- Mayer, Jonathan
- Mayerl, Billy (1902–59)
- Mayfield, Percy (1920–84)
- Mays, Lyle (b.1953)
- Mazzola, Guerino (b.1947)
- Mazzoli, Missy (b.1980)
- McBroom, Amanda (b.1947)
- McCandless, Paul (b.1947)
- McCartney, Paul (b.1942)
- McCormack, Andrew (b.1978)
- McCormick, Robert
- McCoy, Kansas Joe (1905-50)
- McFerrin, Bobby (b.1950)
- McGlynn, Michael (b.1964)
- McGranahan, James (1840-1907)
- McHugh, Jimmy (1894–1969)
- McKay, Catriona (b.1976)
- McLachlan, Sarah (b.1968)
- McLaughlin, John (b.1942)
- McLean, Don (b.1945)
- McNeely, Jim (b.1949)
- McPhail, Lindsay (1895-1965)
- McTell, Ralph (b.1944)
Composers: Meacham - Mitchell
- Meacham, Frank W (1856-1909)
- Mears, Adrian (b.1969)
- Meeropol, Abel (1903-86)
- Mehldau, Brad (b.1970)
- Mehmari, André (b.1977)
- Meidell, Jacob Gerhard (1778-1857)
- Meier, Hermann (1906-2002)
- Meier, Nicolas (b.1973)
- Meine, Klaus (b.1948)
- Meisel, Will (1897–1967)
- Melachrino, George (1909–65)
- Melichar, Alois (1896–1976)
- Melis, László (1953–2018)
- Mellé, Gil
- Mello, Gaudêncio Thiago de (1933-2013)
- Melnyk, Lubomyr (b.1948)
- Melo, Rosita (1897-1981)
- Meloni, Sebastiano
- Melua, Katie (b. 1984)
- Mendelssohn, Felix (1809–47)
- Mendelssohn Hensel, Fanny Caecilie (1805–47)
- Mendes, Sergio (b.1941)
- Méndez, José Antonio
- Mendez, Rafael (1906–2001)
- Méndez, Tomás (1927-95)
- Mendizábal, Rosendo (1868-1913)
- Mendoza, Jorge
- Mendoza, Vince (b.1961)
- Mendoza y Cortés, Quirino (c.1859-1957)
- Mengelberg, Misha (1935–2017)
- Menken, Alan (b.1949)
- Menotti, Gian Carlo (1911–2007)
- Meola, Al Di (b.1954)
- Mercadante, Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele (1795–1870)
- Mercer, Johnny (1909–76)
- Mercure, Daniel (b.1955)
- Mercury, Freddie (1946–91)
- Merikanto, (Frans) Oskar (1868–1924)
- Merrill, Bob (1921–98)
- Merula, Tarquinio (1595–1665)
- Messenheimer, Sam (1898-1969)
- Messiaen, Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles (1908–92)
- Meštrović, Matej (b. 1969)
- Metcalfe, John (b.1964)
- Metheny, Pat (b.1954)
- Mey, Thierry de (b.1956)
- Meyer, Edgar (b.1960)
- Meyer, Ernst Hermann (1905–88)
- Meyers, Billy (b.1971)
- Mezzacappa, Lisa (b. 1975)
- Mezzrow, Mezz (1899-1972)
- Miaroma, Enrico (b. 1962)
- Micalizzi, Franco (b.1939)
- Michael, George (1963-2016)
- Michel, Jean-François (b.1957)
- Mignone, Francisco (1897–1986)
- Mihajlović, Milan (b.1945)
- Mika (né Michael Holbrook Penniman, Jr) (b.1983)
- Miki, Minoru (1930–2011)
- Mikkelborg, Palle (b.1941)
- Milán, Luys (c.1500–1561)
- Miles, Alfred Hart (1883–1956)
- Miles, Charles Austin (1868-1946)
- Miletić, Miroslav (1925–2018)
- Milhaud, Darius (1892–1974)
- Miller, Charles
- Miller, Dominic (b.1960)
- Miller, Edward (1735–1807)
- Miller, Glenn (1904-44)
- Miller, Read
- Millöcker, Carl (1842–99)
- Mills, Alan (b.1964)
- Mills, Alex
- Mills, Charles (1914-82)
- Mills, Kerry (1869–1948)
- Mingus, Charles (1922–79)
- Mintzer, Bob (b.1953)
- Miron, Issachar (1920–2015)
- Mitchell, Joni (b.1943)
- Mitchell, Robert (b. 1971)
Composers: Mitschke - Moulinié
- Mitschke, Wolfgang
- Mittergradnegger, Günther (1923-92)
- Miyagi, Michio (1894–1956)
- Mobley, Mel
- Modugno, Domenico (1928–94)
- Moeschinger, Albert (1897–1985)
- Mokrousov, Boris (1909-1968)
- Möller, Ale (b.1955)
- Möller, Friedrich-Wilhelm
- Molloy, James Lynam (1837–1909)
- Molvær, Nils Petter (b.1960)
- Momi, Marco (b. 1978)
- Mompou, Federico (1893–1987)
- Monaco, James Vincent (1885–1945)
- Moncayo, Jose Pablo (1912–58)
- Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819–72)
- Monk, Meredith (b.1942)
- Monk, Thelonious Sphere (1917–82)
- Monk, William H (1823–89)
- Monnot, Marguerite (1903–61)
- Monnoye, Bernard de la (1641-1728)
- Mononen, Unto (1930–68)
- Montague, Stephen (b.1943)
- Montenegro, Hugo (1925-81)
- Montes, Alfonso (b.1955)
- Montes, Osvaldo (1934–2014)
- Monteverde, Ignacio Lusardi
- Monteverdi, Claudio Giovanni Antonio (1567–1643)
- Monti, Vittorio (1868-1922)
- Montsalvatge, Xavier (1912–2002)
- Moody, Howard
- Moody, James (1907–95)
- Mooney, Hal (1911-95)
- Moore, Dudley (1935-2002)
- Moore, Gary
- Moore, James
- Moore, Robert
- Moore, Roy
- Moore, Thomas (1779–1852)
- Mora, Enrique (1915-2003)
- Moraine, Lyle (1914-88)
- Moraito (1956–2011)
- Moral, Jorge del (1900-41)
- Morales, Carlos
- Morales, Cristóbal de (1500–53)
- Morales, Erik (b.1966)
- Morales, José A. (1913–78)
- Moran, Patrick
- Morel, François (1926–2018)
- Morel, Jorge (b.1931)
- Moren, Bertrand (b.1976)
- Mores, Mariano (1918–2016)
- Moret, Neil (1878-1943)
- Moret, Patrice (b.1972)
- Moretti, Raoul (1893-1954)
- Morgan, Justin (1747–98)
- Morgan, Thomas
- Mori, Ikue (b.1953)
- Moricz, Michael
- Morley, Thomas (1557–1602)
- Moross, Jerome (1913–83)
- Morricone, Andrea (b.1964)
- Morricone, Ennio (1928–2020)
- Morris, Jeff
- Morris, Lawrence D 'Butch' (1947–2013)
- Morrison, James (b.1962)
- Morse, Theodore F (1873–1924)
- Mortensen, Otto (1907–86)
- Mortimer, John Gelensk (b.1951)
- Morton, Jelly Roll (1890–1941)
- Mosalini, Juan José (b.1943)
- Moscardini, Carlos (b.1959)
- Moser, Michael (b.1959)
- Mosolov, Alexander Vasilyevich (1900–73)
- Mosonyi, Mihaly (1815–70)
- Moss, Piotr (b.1949)
- Moszkowski, Moritz (1854–1925)
- Moten, Bennie (1894-1935)
- Mott, David (b.1945)
- Moulinié, Etienne (1599–1669)
Composers: Mourant - Myrow
- Mourant, Walter (1910–95)
- Mouret, Jean-Joseph (1682–1738)
- Moustaki, Georges (1934-2013)
- Mower, Mike (b.1958)
- Mozart, Leopold (1719–87)
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–91)
- Mozzani, Luigi (1869–1943)
- Møller, Lars (b.1966)
- Mraz, Jason (b.1977)
- Mudarra, Alonso (1510–80)
- Muffat, Georg (1653–1704)
- Muhly, Nico (b.1981)
- Muhr, Ferry
- Mulligan, Gerry (1927–96)
- Mullov-Abbado, Misha (b. 1990)
- Mumma, Gordon (b.1935)
- Muñoz Molleda, José (1905-88)
- Munro, Ian (b.1963)
- Murcia, Santiago de (1673–1739)
- Muréna, Tony
- Murphy, Walter (b. 1952)
- Murray, Alan (1890–1952)
- Murray, James R (1841-1905)
- Murray, Ken
- Murray, Michael (b. 1943)
- Murray, Mitch (b. 1940)
- Muset, Colin (fl.1210, d.c.1250)
- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839–81)
- Musumarra, Romano (b.1956)
- Muthspiel, Wolfgang (b.1965)
- Mütter, Bertl (b.1965)
- Mutter, Susan (b. 1962)
- Myers, Stanley (1930–93)
- Myrow, Josef (1910-87)
