20th-century English male composers

Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician and songwriter. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. McCartney is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing, versatile tenor vocal range and musical eclecticism, exploring genres ranging from pre-rock and roll pop to classical, ballads and electronica. His songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most successful in music history.

English writer and composer (1917–1993)

English composer (1857-1934)

British musician (1946–2006)

English composer, conductor, and pianist (1913-1976)

British theatre composer (born 1948)

British composer (1874–1934)

British comedian, actor and writer (born 1943)

British composer and conductor (1933–2011)

British musician

English composer (1872-1958)

English guitarist

American composer and musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono

English composer (1862–1934)

English musician; bassist for The Who (1944–2002)

English composer (1902–1983)

English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist

English composer of film scores (born 1963)

English synth-pop musician and songwriter

British composer (1944-2013)

English composer and conductor (1934-2016)

English composer and conductor (1921–2006)

English composer, poet, and author (1883–1953)

English composer, music critic, pianist and writer (1892–1988)

British composer, teacher and historian (1848–1918)

British composer (born 1966)

British composer, conductor and producer

British composer, pianist and conductor

English composer (1934–2022)

English composer (1905-1996)

British film composer

English composer and conductor (1891–1975)

English composer and conductor (1875–1912)

English composer (born 1974)

English composer and violist (1879–1941)

British composer (born 1943)

English musician, composer and improvisor

British composer, conductor and arranger

British composer and pianist (1936-2012)

English composer (1904–1977)

British composer (1901-1986)

English composer, writer, and poet (1879–1970)

British composer (1876–1972)

English composer, conductor and pianist (1875–1959)

British film composer (1930-1993)

English composer and musician (1937–2011)

British composer and music critic (1894-1930)

British composer, pianist and musicologist (1875–1940)

British composer (1928–2022)

English composer and double bassist

English film composer (born 1965)

British composer

British composer (1903–1989)

British composer, musician, and educator (1900-1995)

English pianist and composer (1937-1989)

English composer

British composer

British-American composer, conductor and arranger

English musician and composer (1862–1936)

English composer (1915-1982)