| GOUNOD | Charles ___, French composer of 1864 opera Mireille (6) |
| HALEVY | Fromental ___, French composer of 1835 opera La Juive (6) |
| RAMEAU | Jean Philippe ___, French composer whose works include the opera Castor et Pollux (6) |
| BOULEZ | Pierre ___, French composer whose works include Polyphonie X and Repons (6) |
| MESSIAEN | Olivier ___, French composer of works including the orchestral Quartet for the End of Time (1940-1) and Awakening of the Birds (1953) (8) |
| RAVEL | Maurice ___, French composer of 1911 opera L"heure espagnole (5) |
| CHABRIER | Emmanuel ___, French composer of 1870 opera bouffe L'Etoile (8) |
| AUBER | Daniel ___, French composer of 1830 opera Fra Diavolo (5) |
| DINDY | Vincent ___, French composer of the opera Fervaal, which premiered in 1897 (5) |
| LULLY | Jean Baptiste ___, French composer of 1674 opera Alceste (5) |
| FAURE | Gabriel ___, French composer of 1913 opera Penelope (5) |
| DEBUSSY | Claude ___, French composer of 1902 opera Pelleas et Melisande (7) |
| CHARPENTIER | Gustave ___, French composer of 1900 opera Louise (11) |
| IBERT | Jacques ___, French composer of the 1926 opera Angelique (5) |
| DELIBES | Leo ___, French composer of 1870 ballet Coppelia (7) |
| BIZET | Georges ___, French composer of the operas Carmen and Djamileh (5) |
| WALDTEUFEL | Emile ___, French composer of 1882 waltz Les Patineurs (10) |
| POULENC | Francis ___, French composer of 1924 ballet Les Biche (7) |
| AURIC | Georges ___, French composer of 1925 ballet Les Matelots (5) |
| MASSENET | Jules ___, French composer of operas including Manon (1884) |
