This list contains famous classical music composers who have lived in East Germany.
B edit
- Thomas Böttger (1954)
- Reiner Bredemeyer (1929–1995)
- Max Butting (1888–1976)
D edit
- Paul Dessau (1894–1979)
- Gerd Domhardt (1945–1997)
E edit
- Hanns Eisler (1898–1962)
F edit
- Fidelio F. Finke (1891–1968)
G edit
- Fritz Geißler (1921–1984)
- Ottmar Gerster (1897–1969)
- Lutz Glandien (1954)
- Friedrich Goldmann (1941–2009)
H edit
- Wolfgang Hohensee (1927)
K edit
- Georg Katzer (1935–2019)
- Günter Kochan (1930–2009)
- Rainer Kunad (1936–1995)
M edit
- Siegfried Matthus (1934–2021)
- Rudolf Mauersberger (1889–1971)
- Tilo Medek (1940–2006)
- Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905–1988)
N edit
- Gerd Natschinski (1928–2015)
- Wilhelm Neef (1916–1990)
- Walter Niemann (1876–1953)
S edit
- Steffen Schleiermacher (1960)
- Kurt Schwaen (1909–2007)
- Leo Spies (1899–1965)
T edit
- Johannes Paul Thilman (1906–1973)
- Georg Trexler (1903–1979)
U edit
- Jakob Ullmann (1958)
W edit
- Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903–1969)
- H. Johannes Wallmann (1952)
Z edit
- Ruth Zechlin (1926–2007)
- Udo Zimmermann (1943–2021)