| Name | Jahre |
|---|
| Rachmaninow, Sergei Wassiljewitsch | 1873-1943 |
| Rameau, Jean-Philippe | 1683-1764 |
| Rauchenecker, Georg Wilhelm | 1844-1906 |
| Raymond, Fred | 1900-1954 |
| Refice, Licinio | 1883-1954 |
| Reinthaler, Karl Martin | 1822-1896 |
| Respighi, Ottorino | 1879-1936 |
| Reutter, Hermann | 1900-1985 |
| Reyer, Ernest | 1823-1909 |
| Reznicek, Emil Nikolaus von | 1860-1945 |
| Ricci, Federico | 1809-1877 |
| Rimski-Korsakow, Nikolai Andrejewitsch | 1844-1908 |
| Rocca, Lodovico | 1895-1986 |
| Rodgers, Richard Charles | 1902-1979 |
| Rossellini, Renzo | 1908-1977 |
| Rossini, Gioacchino | 1792-1868 |
| Rousseau, Jean-Jacques | 1712-1778 |
| Roussel, Albert | 1869-1937 |
| Rovsing Olsen, Poul | 1922-1982 |
| Rubinstein, Anton Grigorjewitsch | 1829-1894 |
| Rybnikow, Alexej | geb. 1945 |