Composers – W
Composers: Waddington - Weyse
- Waddington, Nigel (b.1964)
- Wade, John Francis (1711–86)
- Wagner, Josef Franz (1856–1908)
- Wagner, Richard (1813–83)
- Wagnes, Eduard (1863-1936)
- Wahab, Mohammed Abdel (1902-91)
- Wahl, Andreas (b. 1965)
- Wainwright, Rufus (b.1973)
- Waits, Tom (b.1949)
- Wal-Berg (né Voldemar Rosenberg) (1910-94)
- Walarowski, Marek
- Walcha, Helmut (1907–91)
- Waldau, Harry (1876-1943)
- Waldron, Malcolm Earl (1925-2005)
- Waldteufel, Emile (1837–1915)
- Walker, Don (b.1941)
- Walker, George (1922–2018)
- Walker, Marty
- Walker, Mike (b.1962)
- Walker, Robert (b.1946)
- Walker, William (1809-75)
- Wallace, Simon (b.1957)
- Wallen, Errollyn (b.1958)
- Waller, Thomas 'Fats' (1904–43)
- Wallin, Rolf (b.1957)
- Wallumrød, Christian (b.1971)
- Walsh, John (1666-1736)
- Walter, Johann (1496–1570)
- Waltman, Manja
- Walton, Cedar Anthony (b.1934)
- Walton, William Turner (1902–83)
- Wanamaker, Gregory (b.1968)
- Wang, Ellen Andrea (b. 1986)
- Wang Hui-Ran (b.1936)
- Wantenaar, Mathilde (b. 1993)
- Ward, Paula Malmborg (b. 1962)
- Ward, Robert (1917–2013)
- Ward, Samuel Augustus (1847-1903)
- Waring, Rob (b.1956)
- Warlock, Peter (1894–1930)
- Warren, Diane (b.1956)
- Warren, Harry (1893–1981)
- Warren, Huw (b.1962)
- Warren, John
- Warren, Peter
- Warrington, John
- Warshavsky, Mark Markovich (1848–1907)
- Washington, Kamasi
- Wasson, John (b.1956)
- Watson, Eric (b.1955)
- Waxman, Franz (1906–67)
- Wayne, Bernie (1919-93)
- Wayne, Hayden (b. 1949)
- Webb, Jimmy (b.1946)
- Webb, Roy (1888–1982)
- Webbe, the younger, Samuel (1768–1843)
- Weber, Carl Maria von (1786–1826)
- Weber, Katharina (b. 1958)
- Webern, Anton (1883–1945)
- Webster, Joseph Philbrick (1819–75)
- Wehinger, Günter (b.1961)
- Weill, Kurt (1900–50)
- Weinberg, Jacob (1879–1956)
- Weiner, Peter
- Weir, Judith (b.1954)
- Weiss, George David (1921–2010)
- Weiss, Manfred (b.1935)
- Weiss, Silvius Leopold (1687–1750)
- Wellesz, Egon (1885–1974)
- Wells, Jessica (b. 1974)
- Wennerberg, Gunar (1817–1901)
- Wenrich, Percy (1887-1965)
- Werf, Bo van der (b.1969)
- Werner, Heinrich (1800-33)
- Wesley, Charles (1757–1834)
- Westbrook, Mike (b. 1936)
- Westlake, Nigel (b.1958)
- Weston, Trevor
- Weymouth, Daniel A. (b.1953)
- Weyse, Christoph Ernst Friedrich (1774–1842)
Composers: Wheeler - Wood
- Wheeler, Kenny (1930–2014)
- Whelan, Bill (b.1950)
- Whitacre, Eric (b.1970)
- Whitbourn, James (b.1963)
- White, Paul (1895-1973)
- White, Peter (b.1954)
- Whiting, Richard Armstrong (1891–1938)
- Whitney, Maurice (1909-84)
- Widéen, Ivar (1871–1951)
- Widor, Charles-Marie Jean Albert (1844–1937)
- Widqvist, Viktor (1881–1952)
- Wiedoeft, Rudy (1893–1940)
- Wiener, Jean (1896–1982)
- Wieniawski, Henryk (1835–80)
- Wilden, Gert (b.1954)
- Wilder, Alec (1907–80)
- Wildhorn, Frank (b.1958)
- Wildman, Charles (1916–2002)
- Wilfer, Rudi (b.1936)
- Wilke, Jan (b.1980)
- Wilkins, Immanuel (b. 1998)
- Willaert, Adrian (1490–1562)
- Willan, Healey (1880–1968)
- Willcocks, David Valentine (1919–2015)
- Willeitner, Florian (b. 1991)
- Willemark, Lena (b.1960)
- William, Fadhili (1938-2001)
- Williams, Alberto (1862–1952)
- Williams, Bert (1874-1922)
- Williams, Charles (1893–1978)
- Williams, Chris (b. 1986)
- Williams, Curtis (b.1934)
- Williams, David (b. 1952)
- Williams, Hank (1923–53)
- Williams, Huw
- Williams, John Christopher (b.1941)
- Williams, John Towner (b.1932)
- Williams, Mary Lou (1910-81)
- Williams, Mason
- Williams, Michael (b.1962)
- Williams, Patrick (1939-2018)
- Williams, Robert (1782-1812)
- Williams, Roger (b.1943)
- Williams, Spencer (1889–1965)
- Williamson, James (b.1984)
- Williamson, Robin (b.1943)
- Williamson, Roy (1936-90)
- Willis, Allee (b.1947)
- Willis, Richard Storrs (1819-1900)
- Willis, Wallace
- Willson, Meredith (1902–84)
- Wilson, Alan (b. 1947)
- Wilson, Brian (b.1942)
- Wilson, Charles (b. 1931)
- Wilson, Dana (b.1946)
- Wilson, John (1595–1674)
- Wilson, Nancy (b.1954)
- Wilson, Peter
- Wilson, Robert Meredith (1902-84)
- Wilson, Sandy (1924–2014)
- Wilson, Scott (b.1969)
- Winkler, Gerhard (1906–77)
- Winkler, Gerhard E (b.1959)
- Winkler, Peter (b.1943)
- Winner, Joseph Eastburn (1837-1918)
- Winner, Septimus (1827-1902)
- Winstone, Eric (1913-74)
- Withers, Bill (1938–2020)
- Wohl, Herman (1877-1936)
- Wolf, Hugo (1860–1903)
- Wolf, Thomas (1925-79)
- Wolff, Christian (b.1934)
- Wolfgang, Gernot (b.1957)
- Wolking, Henry (b.1948)
- Wollmann, Thorsten
- Wonder, Stevie (b.1950)
- Wong, Pablo Hidalgo
- Wood, Al
- Wood, Charles (1866–1926)
- Wood, Dale (1934-2003)
Composers: Wood - Wyle
- Wood, Guy B (1911-2001)
- Wood, Haydn (1882–1959)
- Wood, James (b.1953)
- Wood, Steve (b.1949)
- Woods, Phil (1931–2015)
- Woodward, George Ratcliffe (1848-1934)
- Woolf, Luna Pearl (b.1973)
- Woolf, Randall (b.1959)
- Work, Henry Clay (1832-84)
- Work Jr., John Wesley (1871–1925)
- Workman, Reggie (b.1937)
- Wright, Andrew (b.1955)
- Wright, Lawrence (1888-1964)
- Wright, Matthew (b.1977)
- Wright, Robert (1914-2005)
- Wright, Steve
- Wróbel, Piotr (b.1977)
- Wrubel, Allie (1905-73)
- Wyle, George (1916-2003)
