| Name | Nationality | Period | Tunes |
|---|
| Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel |  | 1714–1788 | 8 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | | 1685–1750 | 147 |
| Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann | | 1710–1784 | 1 |
| Bądarzewska-Baranowska, Tekla |  | 1834–1861 | 1 |
| Bagley, Edwin Eugene |  | 1857–1922 | 1 |
| Balfe, Michael William |  | 1808–1870 | 1 |
| Ball, Ernest R. | | 1878–1927 | 1 |
| Ball, William |  | 1784–1869 | 1 |
| Barathi, S. John |  | 1960— | 1 |
| Barbieri, Francisco Asenjo |  | 1823–1894 | 1 |
| Bartók, Béla |  | 1881–1945 | 2 |
| Bayly, Thomas Haynes | | 1797–1839 | 8 |
| Beaton, Farquhar | | ?–1916 | 1 |
| Beauharnais, Hortense de |  | 1783–1837 | 1 |
| Beauvarlet-Charpentier, Jean-Jacques | | 1734–1794 | 2 |
| Becket, Thomas à | | 1808–1890 | 1 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig van | | 1770–1827 | 18 |
| Behan, Dominic | | 1928–1989 | 1 |
| Bellini, Vincenzo |  | 1801–1835 | 2 |
| Bellinzani, Paolo Benedetto | | 1682–1757 | 44 |
| Bellman, Carl Michael |  | 1740–1795 | 2 |
| Bennard, George | | 1873–1958 | 1 |
| Berbiguier, Benoit Tranquille | | 1782–1838 | 54 |
| Berlioz, Hector | | 1803–1869 | 1 |
| Bhattacharya, Jadunath | | 1840–1884 | 1 |
| Binchois, Gilles |  | ?–1460 | 3 |
| Binder, Carl |  | 1816–1860 | 1 |
| Binički, Stanislav |  | 1872–1942 | 1 |
| Birch, Leonard Alfred |  | 1964— | 2 |
| Bishop, Henry | | 1786–1855 | 9 |
| Bizet, Georges | | 1838–1875 | 15 |
| Blavet, Michel | | 1700–1768 | 62 |
| Blewitt, Jonathan | | 1782–1853 | 1 |
| Bliss, Philip Paul | | 1838–1876 | 1 |
| Boccherini. Luigi | | 1743–1805 | 2 |
| Boehm, Theobald | | 1794–1881 | 59 |
| Boieldieu, François-Adrien | | 1775–1834 | 7 |
| Boismortier, Joseph Bodin de | | 1689–1755 | 183 |
| Borodin, Alexander |  | 1833–1887 | 2 |
| Bourgeois, Louis | | 1510–1561 | 1 |
| Boyce, William | | 1711–1779 | 2 |
| Brackett, Joseph | | 1797–1882 | 1 |
| Bradbury, William Batchelder | | 1816–1868 | 3 |
| Braham, John | | 1774–1856 | 2 |
| Brahms, Johannes | | 1833–1897 | 8 |
| Braidwood, James | | ? | 1 |
| Bratton, John Walter | | 1867–1947 | 1 |
| Braun, Jean-Daniel | | 1703–1738 | 31 |
| Brébeuf, Jean de | | 1593–1649 | 1 |
| Briccialdi, Giulio | | 1818–1881 | 10 |
| Britten, Benjamin | | 1913–1976 | 1 |
| Browne, Harriet | | 1798–1858 | 2 |
| Bull, Ole |  | 1810–1880 | 2 |
| Burgmüller, Friedrich | | 1806–1874 | 16 |
| Burke, Johnny |  | 1851–1930 | 1 |
| Burnett, Ernie | | 1884–1959 | 1 |
| Buxtehude, Dietrich |  | 1637–1707 | 1 |