New York City

Country

United States

Coordinates

40.7128, -74.0061

History

• City of New York (–1624)
• Fort Neu-Amsterdam (1624–1664)
• New York City (1664–1776)
• New York City (1776–), United States

Parts

Districts

• Brooklyn
• Manhattan
• Queens
• The Bronx

Composers

• John Christopher Moller (1755–1803), died in New York City
• Anthony Heinrich (1781–1861), died in New York City
• Stephen Foster (1826–1864), died in Manhattan
• Susan McFarland Parkhurst (1836–1918), died in Brooklyn
• Smith Newell Penfield (1837–1920), died in New York City
• Oscar Hammerstein I (1846–1919), died in Manhattan
• Teresa Carreño (1853–1917), died in New York City
• Arturo Buzzi-Peccia (1854–1943), died in New York City
• Serly Lajos (1855–1939), died in New York City
• Frank White Meacham (1856–1909), was born in Brooklyn and died in New York City
• Gilda Ruta (1856–1932), died in Manhattan
• Arthur Friedheim (1859–1932), died in New York City
• Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859–1927), died in New York City
• Victor Herbert (1859–1924), died in New York City
• Edward MacDowell (1860–1908), was born and died in New York City
• Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941), died in New York City
• Pietro Floridia (1860–1932), died in New York City
• Henry Holden Huss (1862–1953), died in New York City
• Walter Damrosch (1862–1950), died in New York City
• Alexander Gretchaninov (1864–1956), died in New York City
• Clarence L. Partee (1864–1915), died in New York City
• Clara Anna Korn (1866–1941), died in New York City
• Amy Beach (1867–1944), died in New York City
• Scott Joplin (1868–1917), died in New York City
• Harry Lawrence Freeman (1869–1954), died in New York City
• Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938), died in Manhattan
• Zygmunt Stojowski (1870–1946), died in New York City
• Henry Kimball Hadley (1871–1937), died in New York City
• Rubin Goldmark (1872–1936), was born and died in New York City
• Charles Ives (1874–1954), died in New York City
• George Botsford (1874–1949), died in New York City
• Ernest Schelling (1876–1939), died in Manhattan
• Ernst von Dohnányi (1877–1960), died in New York City
• Alma Mahler (1879–1964), died in New York City
• Frank La Forge (1879–1953), died in New York City
• Clarence Cameron White (1880–1960), died in New York City
• Leo Ascher (1880–1942), died in New York City
• Szirmai Albert (1880–1967), died in New York City
• Béla Bartók (1881–1945), died in New York City
• Gena Branscombe (1881–1977), died in New York City
• Ignatz Waghalter (1881–1949), died in New York City
• Alberto Bimboni (1882–1960), died in New York City
• Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), died in New York City
• Nicholas Laucella (1882–1952), died in New York City
• Edgard Varèse (1883–1965), died in New York City
• Jacobi Viktor (1883–1921), died in New York City
• Maurice Abrahams (1883–1931), died in New York City
• Boris Levenson (1884–1947), died in New York City
• Wintter Watts (1884–1962), died in Brooklyn
• Wallingford Riegger (1885–1961), died in New York City
• Werner Josten (1885–1963), died in New York City
• Elizabeth Gyring (1886–1970), died in New York City
• Rebecca Clarke (1886–1979), died in New York City
• Sigmund Romberg (1887–1951), died in New York City
• Gabriel von Wayditch (1888–1969), died in New York City
• Johanna Beyer (1888–1944), died in New York City
• Felix Arndt (1889–1918), was born and died in New York City
• Eda Rapoport (1890–1968), died in New York City
• Marcel Grandjany (1891–1975), died in New York City
• Ferde Grofé (1892–1972), was born in New York City
• Isidor Achron (1892–1948), died in New York City
• Samuel L. M. Barlow (1892–1982), was born in New York City
• Bernard Rogers (1893–1968), was born in New York City
• Aaron Avshalomov (1894–1965), died in New York City
• Albert Stoessel (1894–1943), died in New York City
• Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981), died in New York City
• Vally Weigl (1894–1982), died in New York City
• Wilhelm Grosz (1894–1939), died in New York City
• Roger Sessions (1896–1985), was born in Brooklyn
• Virgil Thomson (1896–1989), died in New York City
• Henry Cowell (1897–1965), died in New York City
• Kay Swift (1897–1993), was born in Manhattan
• Edward Boatner (1898–1981), died in New York City
• George Gershwin (1898–1937), was born in Brooklyn
• Vittorio Rieti (1898–1994), died in New York City
• Duke Ellington (1899–1974), died in New York City
• Randall Thompson (1899–1984), was born in New York City
• Aaron Copland (1900–1990), was born in Brooklyn
• George Antheil (1900–1959), died in New York City
• Hans Schimmerling (1900–1967), died in New York City
• Kurt Weill (1900–1950), died in New York City
• Nicolai Berezowsky (1900–1953), died in New York City
• Otto Luening (1900–1996), died in Manhattan
• Lillian Fuchs (1901–1995), was born in New York City
• Antos Kálmán (1902–1985), died in New York City
• Stefan Wolpe (1902–1972), died in New York City
• Abram Chasins (1903–1987), was born in Manhattan and died in New York City
• Vittorio Giannini (1903–1966), died in New York City
• Vladimir Horowitz (1903–1989), died in New York City
• Tadeusz Kassern (1904–1957), died in New York City
• Erich Itor Kahn (1905–1956), died in New York City
• Vytautas Bacevičius (1905–1970), died in New York City
• Jaroslav Ježek (1906–1942), died in New York City
• Miriam Gideon (1906–1996), died in New York City
• Normand Lockwood (1906–2002), was born in New York City
• Paul Creston (1906–1985), was born in Manhattan
• Howard Swanson (1907–1978), died in New York City
• Lora Aborn (1907–2005), was born in Manhattan
• Elliott Carter (1908–2012), was born in Manhattan and died in New York City
• Irwin Heilner (1908–1991), was born in New York City
• Dana Suesse (1909–1987), died in New York City
• Elie Siegmeister (1909–1991), was born in New York City
• Ignace Strasfogel (1909–1994), died in New York City
• Charles Jones (1910–1997), died in New York City
• Paul Bowles (1910–1999), was born in Queens
• Samuel Barber (1910–1981), died in New York City
• William Schuman (1910–1992), was born in The Bronx and died in New York City
• Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975), was born in New York City
• Vladimir Ussachevsky (1911–1990), died in New York City
• Arthur Berger (1912–2003), was born in New York City
• John Cage (1912–1992), died in New York City
• Jerome Moross (1913–1983), was born in New York City
• Milton Adolphus (1913–1988), was born in The Bronx
• Norman Dello Joio (1913–2008), was born in New York City
• Roger Goeb (1914–1997), died in Queens
• George Perle (1915–2009), died in Manhattan
• John Serry Sr. (1915–2003), was born in Brooklyn
• Anton Coppola (1917–2020), was born in Brooklyn and died in Manhattan
• Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), died in New York City
• Leonard B. Meyer (1918–2007), was born in New York City and died in Manhattan
• Bülent Arel (1919–1990), died in New York City
• Leon Kirchner (1919–2009), was born in Brooklyn and died in Manhattan
• Jean Perrin (1920–1989), died in New York City
• Marco Rizo (1920–1998), died in New York City
• Robert Mann (1920–2018), died in Manhattan
• Alfred Reed (1921–2005), was born in New York City
• Andrew Imbrie (1921–2007), was born in New York City
• Douglas Townsend (1921–2012), was born in Brooklyn
• Jack Beeson (1921–2010), died in New York City
• Robert Kurka (1921–1957), died in New York City
• Seymour Barab (1921–2014), died in Manhattan
• Vazgen Muradian (1921–2018), died in New York City
• Lukas Foss (1922–2009), died in Manhattan
• Sol Berkowitz (1922–2006), died in Queens
• Chou Wen-chung (1923–2019), died in Manhattan
• Mel Powell (1923–1998), was born in The Bronx
• Ned Rorem (1923–2022), died in New York City
• Peter Mennin (1923–1983), died in New York City
• Ezra Laderman (1924–2015), was born in Brooklyn
• Lejaren Hiller (1924–1994), was born in New York City
• Allan Blank (1925–2013), was born in New York City
• Edith Borroff (1925–2019), was born in New York City
• Gunther Schuller (1925–2015), was born in New York City
• William Mayer (1925–2017), was born in New York City
• David Tudor (1926–1996), died in New York City
• İlhan Mimaroğlu (1926–2012), died in Manhattan
• Lee Hoiby (1926–2011), died in New York City
• Louis Calabro (1926–1991), was born in Brooklyn
• Meyer Kupferman (1926–2003), was born in New York City
• Morton Feldman (1926–1987), was born in New York City
• Joe Maneri (1927–2009), was born in Brooklyn
• Joseph Castaldo (1927–2000), was born in New York City
• Gulyás László (1928–1995), died in New York City
• James Cohn (1928–2021), died in New York City
• Jay Sydeman (1928–2021), was born in New York City
• Nicolas Flagello (1928–1994), was born in New York City
• Ruth Anderson (1928–2019), died in The Bronx
• André Previn (1929–2019), died in Manhattan
• James Yannatos (1929–2011), was born in New York City
• Leonard Kastle (1929–2011), was born in New York City
• Lloyd Ultan (1929–1998), was born and died in New York City
• Yehudi Wyner (1929–), was born in New York City
• Joan Franks Williams (1930–2003), was born in Brooklyn
• Muhal Richard Abrams (1930–2017), died in Manhattan
• Robert Ashley (1930–2014), died in Manhattan
• Yardena Alotin (1930–1994), died in New York City
• Arthur Weisberg (1931–2009), was born in New York City
• Martin Boykan (1931–2021), was born in New York City
• Elaine Barkin (1932–2023), was born in The Bronx
• Gitta Steiner (1932–1990), died in New York City
• John Williams (1932–), was born in New York City
• Malcolm Peyton (1932–2025), was born in New York City
• Martin Mailman (1932–2000), was born in New York City
• Sylvia Glickman (1932–2006), was born in New York City
• Eric Salzman (1933–2017), was born in Queens and died in Brooklyn
• Jerry Herman (1933–2019), was born in New York City
• Mario Davidovsky (1934–2019), died in New York City
• John Eaton (1935–2015), died in New York City
• Carl Davis (1936–2023), was born in Brooklyn
• Daniel Goode (1936–), was born in New York City
• Elliott Schwartz (1936–2016), was born in New York City
• Malcolm Goldstein (1936–), was born in New York City
• Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012), died in New York City
• Steve Reich (1936–), was born in New York City
• David Del Tredici (1937–2023), died in Manhattan
• Katherine Hoover (1937–2018), died in Manhattan
• Charles Wuorinen (1938–2020), was born and died in Manhattan
• John Corigliano (1938–), was born in New York City
• David Loeb (1939–), was born in New York City
• Oleg Felzer (1939–1998), died in New York City
• Richard Teitelbaum (1939–2020), was born in New York City
• Alvin Singleton (1940–), was born in Brooklyn
• Dorothy Rudd Moore (1940–2022), died in New York City
• Joseph Fennimore (1940–), was born in Manhattan
• Frank Proto (1941–), was born in Brooklyn
• Paul Alan Levi (1941–), was born in New York City
• Stephen Albert (1941–1992), was born in New York City
• Terry Winter Owens (1941–2007), was born in New York City
• Ingram Marshall (1942–2022), was born in New York City
• Jeffrey Lewis (1942–), was born in New York City
• Jonathan Kramer (1942–2004), died in New York City
• Meredith Monk (1942–), was born in Queens
• Alice Shields (1943–), was born in Manhattan
• Anthony Iannaccone (1943–), was born in Brooklyn
• Paul Lansky (1944–), was born in New York City
• Arnold Rosner (1945–2013), was born in New York City and died in Brooklyn
• David Schiff (1945–), was born in New York City
• Fredric Kroll (1945–2026), was born in Brooklyn
• Noah Creshevsky (1945–2020), died in Manhattan
• Thomas Pasatieri (1945–), was born in New York City
• Joelle Wallach (1946–), was born in New York City
• Martin Bresnick (1946–), was born in The Bronx
• Peter Lieberson (1946–2011), was born in New York City
• Faye-Ellen Silverman (1947–), was born in New York City
• Gwyneth Van Anden Walker (1947–), was born in New York City
• Haig Mardirosian (1947–), was born in New York City
• Allen Shawn (1948–), was born in New York City
• Glenn Branca (1948–2018), died in New York City
• Elodie Lauten (1950–2014), died in New York City
• Joseph Pehrson (1950–2020), died in New York City
• Robert Dick (1950–), was born in New York City
• Rhys Chatham (1952–), was born in Manhattan
• Scott Johnson (1952–2023), died in Manhattan
• Arnold Dreyblatt (1953–), was born in New York City
• John Zorn (1953–), was born in New York City
• Robert Fleisher (1953–), was born in New York City
• Elliot Goldenthal (1954–), was born in Brooklyn
• John Musto (1954–), was born in Brooklyn
• Julius Penson Williams (1954–), was born in The Bronx
• Larry Polansky (1954–2024), was born in New York City
• Nicolas Collins (1954–), was born in New York City
• Robert Greenberg (1954–), was born in New York City
• Tobias Picker (1954–), was born in New York City
• Bruce Adolphe (1955–), was born in New York City
• Gérard Pape (1955–), was born in Brooklyn
• Deborah Drattell (1956–), was born in New York City
• Laura Kaminsky (1956–), was born in New York City
• Laurence Traiger (1956–2024), was born in New York City
• Richard Danielpour (1956–), was born in New York City
• Linda Catlin Smith (1957–), was born in New York City
• Richard Karpen (1957–), was born in New York City
• Ronald Caltabiano (1959–), was born in New York City
• Lowell Liebermann (1961–), was born in New York City
• Alex Shapiro (1962–), was born in New York City
• Jennifer Higdon (1962–), was born in Brooklyn
• Philip Lasser (1963–), was born in New York City
• Harold Meltzer (1966–2024), was born in Brooklyn and died in Manhattan
• Derek Bermel (1967–), was born in New York City
• Patrick Zimmerli (1968–), was born in New York City
• Vanessa Lann (1968–), was born in Brooklyn
• Marco Oppedisano (1971–), was born in Brooklyn
• Dan Coleman (1972–), was born in New York City
• Harris Wulfson (1974–2008), died in New York City
• Michael Waller (1985–), was born in New York City