List of Mexican composers of classical music

See also: List of composers emigrated to Mexico

The following is a list of Mexican composers of classical music.

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Juventino Rosas

17th–18th century

• Juan de Lienas (c. 1640)
• Francisco López Capillas (c. 1615 –1673)
• Juan García de Zéspedes (c. 1619 –1678)
• Manuel de Sumaya (1678–1755)
• José María Bustamante (1777–1861)
• José Mariano Elízaga (1786–1842)

First half of the 19th century

• Cenobio Paniagua (1821–1882)
• Aniceto Ortega (1825–1875)
• Macedonio Alcalá (1831–1869)
• Melesio Morales (1839–1908)
• Guadalupe Olmedo (1853–1889)

Second half of the 19th century

• Felipe Villanueva (1862–1893)
• Gustavo Campa (1863–1934)
• Ricardo Castro (1864–1907)
• Juventino Rosas (1868–1894)
• Miguel Lerdo de Tejada (1869–1941)
• Alfredo Carrasco (1875–1945)
• Julián Carrillo Trujillo (1875–1965)
• José Rolón (1876–1945)
• Manuel María Ponce (1882–1948)
• Arnulfo Miramontes  ( es ) (1882–1960)
• Candelario Huízar (1883–1970)
• Julia Alonso (1890–1977)
• José F. Vásquez  ( es ) (1896–1961)

First half of the 20th century

José Pablo Moncayo

• Carlos Chávez (1899–1978)
• Silvestre Revueltas (1899–1940)
• Eduardo Hernández Moncada (1899–1995)
• Alfonso de Elias (1902–1984)
• Luis Sandi (1905–1996)
• Higinio Ruvalcaba (1905–1976)
• Daniel Ayala Pérez (1906–1975)
• Miguel Bernal Jiménez (1910–1956)
• Blas Galindo (1910–1943)
• Salvador Contreras (1910–1982)
• José Pablo Moncayo (1912–1958)
• Mario Ruiz Armengol (1914–2001)
• Luis Herrera de la Fuente (1916–2014)
• Carlos Jiménez Mabarak (1916–1994)
• Manuel Enríquez (1926–1994)
• Gloria Tapia (1927–2008)
• Joaquín Gutiérrez Heras  ( es ) (1927–2012)
• Francisco Savín (1929–2017)
• Hermilio Hernández  ( es ) (1931–2008)
• Rosa Guraieb (1931–2014)
• Manuel de Elías (1939)
• Eduardo Mata (1942–1995)

Second half of the 20th century

• Julio Estrada (born 1943)
• Mario Lavista (1943–2021)
• Graciela Agudelo (1945–2018)
• Max Lifchitz (1948)
• Daniel Catán (1949–2011)
• Arturo Marquez (1950)
• Marcela Rodríguez (1951)
• Eduardo Diazmuñoz (1953)
• Javier Álvarez (1956–2023)
• Guillermo Galindo (1960)
• Hilda Paredes (born 1957)
• Victor Rasgado (1959–2023)
• Ana Lara (1959)
• Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon (born 1962)
• Sergio Berlioz (1963)
• Carlos Sánchez-Gutierrez (1964)
• Armando Luna Ponce  ( es ) (1964–2015)
• Mariana Villanueva (1964)
• Gabriela Ortiz (1964)
• Juan Trigos (1965)
• Javier Torres Maldonado (1968)
• Ildemaro Correa Zavala (1969)
• Juan Sebastián Lach Lau (1970)
• Enrico Chapela (1974)