← Back to instruments

guitar

NameNationalityBornDiedFlourishedEra(s)
Enríquez de Valderrábano Spanish 1500 after 1557 Renaissance
Adrian Le Roy French c. 1520 1598 Renaissance
Vicente Espinel Spanish 1550 1624 Baroque, Renaissance
Angelo Michele Bartolotti c. 1615 1696 Baroque
Francesco Corbetta c. 1615 1681 Baroque
José Marín 1618 1699 Baroque
Giovanni Battista Granata 1620/1621 1687 Baroque
Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz 1626 1667? Baroque
Gaspar Sanz 1640 1710 Baroque
Ludovico Roncalli 1654 1713 Baroque
Ferdinando Carulli Italian 1770 1841 Classical-era, Romantic-era
Bartolomeo Bortolazzi Italian 1773 1820 Classical-era, Romantic-era
Wenzel Thomas Matiegka Czech 1773 1830 Romantic-era
Johann Nepomuk Hummel Austrian 1778 1837 Classical-era, Romantic-era
Anton Diabelli Austrian 1781 1858 Classical-era, Romantic-era
Mauro Giuliani Italian 1781 1828 Classical-era, Romantic-era
Niccolò Paganini Italian 1782 1840 Classical-era, Romantic-era
Carl Maria von Weber German 1786 1826 Classical-era, Romantic-era
Franz Xaver Gruber Austrian 1787 1863 Romantic-era
Luigi Castellacci Italian 1797 1845 Classical-era, Romantic-era
Hector Berlioz French 1803 1869 Romantic-era
Napoléon Coste French 1805 1883 Romantic-era
Johann Kaspar Mertz Hungarian 1806 1856 Romantic-era
Spyridon Xyndas Greek 1812 1896 Romantic-era
Johann Dubez Austrian 1828 1891 Romantic-era
Catalina Berroa Cuban 1849 1911 20th-century
Francisco Tárrega Spanish 1852 1909 20th-century, Romantic-era
Clarence L. Partee American 1864 1915 Romantic-era
Scott Joplin American 1868 1917 20th-century, Romantic-era
Heitor Villa-Lobos Brazilian 1887 1959 20th-century
Carlos Gardel French 1890 1935 20th-century
Lili Boulanger French 1893 1918 20th-century
Antonio Lauro Venezuelan 1917 1986 20th-century
Reginald Smith Brindle British 1917 2003 20th-century, 21st-century
John W. Duarte British 1919 2004 20th-century
Henri Crolla Italian 1920 1960 20th-century
Vladimir Vavilov Russian 1925 1973 20th-century
Pieter van der Staak Dutch 1930 2007 20th-century, 21st-century
Szabó Gábor Hungarian 1936 1982
Leo Brouwer Cuban 1939 20th-century, 21st-century
Frank Zappa American 1940 1993 20th-century
Angelo Gilardino Italian 1941 2022 20th-century, 21st-century
John Cale Welsh 1942 20th-century, 21st-century
Paul McCartney English 1942 20th-century, 21st-century
Gilbert Biberian Armenian-British 1944 2023 20th-century, 21st-century
Felipe Sosa Paraguayan 1945 21st-century
Glenn Branca American 1948 2018 20th-century, 21st-century
Jean-Michel Jarre French 1948 20th-century, 21st-century
Ray Reach American 1948 2026 21st-century
Molnár György Hungarian 1949
Gene Bowen American 1950 20th-century, 21st-century
Lars Hegaard Danish 1950 21st-century
Gryllus Vilmos Hungarian 1951
Gustavo Santaolalla Argentine 1952 21st-century
Kaija Saariaho Finnish 1952 2023 20th-century, 21st-century
Rhys Chatham American 1952 20th-century, 21st-century
Sárközy Gergely Hungarian 1952
Todd Tamanend Clark American 1952 20th-century
Jaime Mirtenbaum Zenamon Bolivian 1953 21st-century
Larry Polansky American 1954 2024 21st-century
Németh Gábor Hungarian 1955
Roland Dyens Tunisian-French 1955 2016 20th-century, 21st-century
Hans Kockelmans Dutch 1956 21st-century
Steven Mackey American 1956 21st-century
Tim Brady Canadian 1956 20th-century, 21st-century
William Beauvais Canadian 1956 21st-century
Kenji Kawai Japanese 1957 21st-century
Snétberger Ferenc Hungarian 1957
Andrew Paul MacDonald Canadian 1958 21st-century
Andrew York American 1958 20th-century, 21st-century
James Lentini American 1958 21st-century
Ronan Guilfoyle Irish 1958 21st-century
John Oliver Canadian 1959 21st-century
Kenneth Sivertsen Norwegian 1961 2006 21st-century
Eötvös József Hungarian 1962
William Anderson American 1962 21st-century
Svante Henryson Swedish 1963 20th-century, 21st-century
Yorgos Foudoulis Greek 1964 21st-century
Amos Elkana Israeli 1967 20th-century, 21st-century
Eyal Maoz American 1969 21st-century
Jonny Greenwood British 1971 21st-century
Marco Oppedisano American 1971 21st-century
Yasunori Mitsuda Japanese 1972 21st-century
Jono El Grande Norwegian 1973 21st-century
David Laganella American 1974 21st-century
Dean Rosenthal American 1974 21st-century
Enrico Chapela Mexican 1974 21st-century
David Flynn Irish 1977 21st-century
Dinesh Subasinghe Sri Lankan 1979 21st-century
Walt Ribeiro American 1984 21st-century
Nicola Matteis after 1713 1670–? Baroque