Composers – P
Composers: Pachelbel - Perkinson
- Pachelbel, Johann (1653–1706)
- Pade, Else Marie (1924–2016)
- Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860–1941)
- Padilla, José (1889–1960)
- Padova, Andrea (b. 1962)
- Paganini, Niccolò (1782–1840)
- Päivinen, Pertti 'Pepa' (b.1955)
- Paladilhe, Émile (1844–1926)
- Palermo, Vincenzo (b. 1967)
- Palestine, Charlemagne (b.1947)
- Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525–94)
- Palm, Herman (1863–1942)
- Palmer, John (b.1959)
- Palmer, Robert Moffat (1915–2010)
- Palmgren, Selim (1878–1951)
- Palotai, Csaba (b.1972)
- Panayi, Andy
- Panizza, Héctor (1875–1967)
- Panzuti, Virgilio (1919-94)
- Paoli, Gino
- Papaioannou, Yannis (1910–89)
- Papandopulo, Boris (1906–91)
- Paredes, Carlos (1925–2004)
- Parker, Charlie (1920–55)
- Parker, Ross (1914-74)
- Parkins, Zeena (b.1956)
- Parks, Van Dyke (b.1943)
- Parlow, Albert (1824-88)
- Parra, Violeta (1917–67)
- Parry, Charles Hubert Hastings (1848–1918)
- Parsons, Robert (1535–72)
- Pärt, Arvo (b.1935)
- Parton, Dolly (b.1946)
- Pascoal, Hermeto (b.1936)
- Pascual, José (1910–78)
- Pasquini, Bernardo (1637–1710)
- Pastorius, Jaco (1951–87)
- Patitucci, John (b.1959)
- Pattar, Frédéric (b. 1950)
- Patterson, Ben (b.1934)
- Patumi, Daniele (b.1956)
- Pauer, Jiri (1919–2007)
- Paul, Gene de (1919–88)
- Paulos, Peregrino (1883-1921)
- Pauls, Raimonds (b. 1936)
- Paulus, Stephen (1949–2014)
- Paus, Marcus (b.1979)
- Pavarotti, Luciano (1935-2007)
- Pavone, Mario (b.1940)
- Paxton, Alex (b. 1990)
- Peacock, Gary (b.1935)
- Pearson, B R
- Peck, Russell (1945–2009)
- Peirani, Vincent (b.1980)
- Pejačević, Dora (1885–1923)
- Pelegri, Stéphane
- Pelzl, Stefan (b.1955)
- Peña, Donna
- Peña, Paco (b.1942)
- Penderecki, Krzysztof (1933–2020)
- Penella, Manuel (1880–1939)
- Penman, Alastair (b. 1988)
- Penn, Arthur A (1875-1941)
- Penn, William (b.1943)
- Pennino, Gaetano Errico (18??-19??)
- Pepusch, Johann Christoph (1667–1752)
- Perales, José Luis (b.1945)
- Perder, Kjell (b.1954)
- Pereira, Marco (b.1950)
- Pereyra, Eduardo (1919-73)
- Pérez de la Riestra, Carlos José 'Charlo' (1907-90)
- Pérez Prado, Dámaso (1916–89)
- Perez Sentenat, César (1896-1973)
- Pérez-Freire, Osmán (1878–1930)
- Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (1710–36)
- Perich, Tristan (b.1982)
- Perito, Nick (b.1924)
- Perkins, Frank (1908–88)
- Perkins, Walter (b. 1944)
- Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor (1932–2004)
Composers: Pernambuco - Poston
- Pernambuco, Joao Teixeira Guimaraes de (1883–1947)
- Perosi, Lorenzo (1872–1956)
- Perotinus, magnus magister (c.1160–c.1236)
- Perrine, John M.
- Pessard, Émile (1843–1917)
- Pestalozza, Alberto (1858-1934)
- Peter, Gustav (1833-1919)
- Peters, Steve (b.1959)
- Petersburski, Jerzy (1895-1979)
- Peterson, Oscar Emmanuel (1925–2007)
- Peterson-Berger, Wilhelm (1867–1942)
- Petit, Jean-Claude (b. 1943)
- Petit, Pierre (1922–2000)
- Petrassi, Goffredo (1904–2003)
- Petrovics, Emil (1930–2011)
- Pettersson, (Gustav) Allan (1911–80)
- Pettersson, Sofia (b.1974)
- Pettman, Edgar (1866–1943)
- Petzold, Johannes (1912–85)
- Pezel, Johann (1639–94)
- Phalèse, Pierre (1510–73)
- Phile, Philip (c.1734-93)
- Philips, Stu (b.1929)
- Phillips, Barre (b.1934)
- Phillips, David
- Phillips, Sid (1907-73)
- Piacentini, Riccardo (b. 1958)
- Piana, Sebastian (1903–94)
- Piantadosi, Al (1882–1955)
- Piatti, Alfredo (1822–1901)
- Piazzólla, Astor (1921–92)
- Piccolo, Anthony (b.1946)
- Picforth (16th century)
- Pick, Gustav (1832-1921)
- Pickett, Lenny (b.1954)
- Pieranunzi, Enrico (b.1949)
- Pierpont, James (1822-93)
- Pierson, Tom (b.1954)
- Piętowski, Wojciech (b. 1930)
- Pignoni, Remo (1911–88)
- Pilkington, Steve
- Pinca, Massimo (b.1978)
- Pink Floyd
- Pinkard, Maceo (1897–1962)
- Pinkham, Daniel Rogers (1923–2006)
- Pino, Pedro Morales (1863-1926)
- Pinto, Marino (1916-65)
- Pion, Renaud-Gabriel
- Piovani, Nicola (b.1946)
- Pirchner, Werner (1940–2001)
- Pirumov, Alexander (1930–95)
- Pisador, Diego (1509–57)
- Pisaro, Michael (b.1961)
- Pixinguinha (1879–1973)
- Plaetner, Jørgen (b.1930)
- Plateroti, Domingo
- Platti, Giovanni Benedetto (1697–1763)
- Plaza, Julian (1928–2003)
- Poglietti, Alessandro (mid 17th c.–1683)
- Pokrass, Dmitry Yakovlevich (1899-1978)
- Polansky, Larry (b.1954)
- Poldini, Ede (1869–1957)
- Poledouris, Basil (1945–2006)
- Poliakin, Ferdinand (1861-1921)
- Politi, Adrien (b.1957)
- Pollack, Lew (1895–1946)
- Polwart, Karine (b.1970)
- Ponce, Manuel Maria (1882–1948)
- Ponchielli, Amilcare (1834–86)
- Pontier, Armando (1890-1941)
- Pontoppidan, Randi
- Poole, Geoffrey (b.1949)
- Popov, Gavril Nikolayevich (1904–72)
- Popp, Jens-Uwe (b. 1967)
- Popper, David (1843–1913)
- Portal, Michel (b.1935)
- Porter, Cole Albert (1891–1964)
- Portillo de la Luz, César (1922-2013)
- Posford, George (1906-76)
- Poston, Elizabeth (1905–87)
Composers: Potskhverashvili - Puschnig
- Potskhverashvili, Kote (1889–1959)
- Potter, Harry
- Poulenc, Francis (1899–1963)
- Pous, Miguel
- Povolotsky, Yuri (b. 1962)
- Powell, Baden (1937–2000)
- Powell, Bud (1924-66)
- Powell, David
- Powell, John (b.1963)
- Powell, Mel (1923–98)
- Powell, Rosephanye (b. 1962)
- Powell, Roy (b.1965)
- Power, David (b.1962)
- Prado, Miguel (1905-80)
- Praetorius, Hieronymous (1560–1629)
- Praetorius, Michael (1571–1621)
- Pratt, Daryl
- Pratt, Paul (1894-1967)
- Praz, Adrien
- Presencer, Gerard (b.1972)
- Presser, Gábor (b.1948)
- Prestini, Paola (b.1975)
- Preston, Billy (b.1946)
- Previn, André (1929–2019)
- Previte, Bobby (b.1951)
- Price, Florence (1887–1953)
- Price, Steven (b.1977)
- Prichard, Rowland Hugh (1811–87)
- Prieto, Dafnis (b.1974)
- Prima, Louis (1910-78)
- Primosch, James (b.1956)
- Prince (b.1958)
- Pritchett, John
- Pritsker, Gene (b.1971)
- Probst, Dominique (b.1954)
- Prokofiev, Gabriel (b.1975)
- Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeievitch (1891–1953)
- Proulx, Richard (1937-2010)
- Pryor, Arthur (1870–1942)
- Przybylski, Dariusz (b.1984)
- Psathas, John (b.1966)
- Puccini, Giacomo (1858–1924)
- Puerto, David del (b.1964)
- Pugliese, Osvaldo (1905–95)
- Pujol, Maximo Diego (b.1957)
- Puntin, Claudio (b.1865)
- Purcell, Daniel (1664–1717)
- Purcell, Edward Cockram (1853-1932)
- Purcell, Henry (1659–95)
- Pursell, Bill
- Purser, John (b. 1941)
- Purves, Mel
- Puschnig, Wolfgang
