This is a list of families including three or more classical musicians. Non-musical family members are mostly not included unless for clarification purposes. Names that already have an established family entry are redirected to the main article - unless (as with Mendelssohn) they include mainly non-musical members, in which case the musicians are extracted here.
Alain family of French musicians, particularly organistsAurélie Decourt. Une famille de musiciens au XXe siècle: La famille Alain (Paris, Hermann, 2011)
Albert Alain (1880–1971), organist, composer and organ builder Jehan Alain (1911–1940), organist, composer and soldier Marie-Odile Alain (1914–1937), organist Olivier Alain (1918–1994), organist, pianist, musicologist and composer Marie-Claire Alain (1926–2013), organist and scholar
Anzalone family of Italian musicians, active during the 16th and 17th centuries in NaplesAlexander Silbiger. 'Anzalone [Ansalone, Anzelonus]', in Grove Music Online (2001) Andriessen family of Dutch composersYayoi Uno Everett. The Music of Louis Andriessen (2006)
Willem Andriessen (1887–1964), composer and pianist Hendrik Andriessen (1892–1981), composer and organist, married pianist Johanna Justina Andriessen (1898–1975) Heleen Andriessen (1921–2000), flautist Jurriaan Hendrik Andriessen (1925–1996), composer Caecilia Andriessen (1931–2019), pianist, teacher, composer Louis Andriessen (1939–2021), composer and pianist
Bach family of notable composers of the baroque and classical periodsKarl Geiringer. The Bach Family: Seven Generations of Creative Genius (1954) Bassano family of Italian musicians, many of whom moved to EnglandLasocki, David, with Roger Prior, The Bassanos: Venetian Musicians and Instrument Makers in England, 1531-1665 (Cambridge: Scolar Press, 1995), pp. 217, 251-256. (see also Lanier family, below)
Jeronimo Bassano, piffero player to the Doge of Venice between 1506 and 1512 Alvise (died London, 15–31 Aug 1554), worked for the Scuola di San Marco, Venice in 1515, and the Concerto Palatino in Bologna between 1519 and 1521 Augustine (bur. London, Oct 24, 1604) Lodovico (bur. London, July 18, 1593) Jasper [Gasparo] (bur. London, 8 May 1577) John [Zuane] (died Venice, Sept–Dec 1570) Anthony [Antonio] (i) (bur. London, 19 Oct 1574) Lucretia Bassano, married Nicholas Lanier the Elder, French flute and cornett player Mark Anthony (born London, 10 Jan 1546; died London, 11 Sep 1599) Arthur (born London, 31 Oct 1547; bur. London, 10 Sept 1624) Anthony (ii) (born London, 15 Oct 1579; bur. London, 22 Apr 1658) Andrea (born London, 12 Aug 1554; bur. Horne, Surrey, 3 Aug 1626) Thomas (?bap. London, 27 Feb 1589; bur. London, 29 Sept 1617) Edward (i) (born London, 19 Oct 1551; bur. London, 25 May 1615) Jeronimo (ii) (born London, March 11, 1559; bur. Waltham Abbey, Essex, Aug 22, 1635) Scipio (bap. London, 11 Dec 1586; died London, 26 Nov 1613) Edward (ii) (bap. London, 28 Dec 1588; died London, 22 Oct 1638) Henry (bap. London, 8 April 1597; bur. London, 29 Aug 1665) Jacomo (in Venice between 1542 and 1545) Giovanni Bassano (grandson of Jacomo, born ?Venice, 1560/61; died Venice, Aug 16, 1617) Baptista (bur. London, 11 April 1576) Aemilia Bassano (1569–1645), poet, married Alfonso Lanier (died 1613)
Bedford family of English musiciansDavid Bedford obituary, The Independent, 10 October 2011
Herbert Bedford (1867–1945) Liza Lehmann (1862–1918), married Herbert Bedford in 1894 Leslie Herbert Bedford (1900–1989), inventor, married to Lesley Duff (1903–1987), singer. Peter Lehmann Bedford (1931–2001) David Bedford (1937–2011) Steuart Bedford (1939–2021)
Borsdorf family of horn players, the younger generation changed their surname to BradleyThe LSO in World War I: The Sad Tale of Adolph Borsdorf, London Symphony Orchestra website
Adolf Borsdorf (1854–1923), German horn player, founder player London Symphony Orchestra Oskar Borsdorf ( Oscar Bradley, 1889–1948), German-English horn player, composer and conductor, active in America Francis Bradley (born 1899, died after 1976), English horn player, founder player BBC Symphony Orchestra (1930), London Philharmonic (1933). He changed his name from Borsdorf during the 1st World War Emil Borsdorf (1903–1969), English horn player, BBC Television Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
The Brain family, founded a great school of horn playing in EnglandMorley-Pegge, Reginald, and Niall O'Loughlin. 'Brain family', in Grove Music Online (2001)
Alfred Edwin Brain Sr., (1860–1929) horn player, founding member of the London Symphony Orchestra in 1904 Alfred Brain (1885–1966), horn player, emigrated to the US in 1923 Aubrey Brain (1893–1955), horn player, succeeded his teacher Adolf Borsdorf as professor of horn, Royal Academy of Music, married singer Marion Beeley (1887–1954) in 1914. Leonard Brain (1915–1975), oboist Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble Dennis Brain (1921–1957), virtuoso horn player
The Bull family of Norway, including musiciansEinar Haugen and Camilla Cai. Ole Bull: Norway's Romantic Musician and Cosmopolitan Patriot (1993
Ole Bull (1810–1880), Norwegian virtuoso violinist and composer Sverre Hagerup Bull (1892–1976) Norwegian banker, composer and writer Edvard Hagerup Bull (1922–2012), composer
The Carter family, English organists, three of whom were later active in Canada'William Carter', The Cambridge Encyclopedia (2007)
John Carter (1802–????), organist at St Matthew's, Bethnal Green, married Anne Leach, 1831 John Carter (1832–1916), organist and composer, emigrated to Canada in 1853 George Carter (1835–1890), organist and composer, emigrated to Canada in 1861, organist at Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal. Henry Carter (1837–1901), organist and composer, emigrated to Canada 1850s and to the US in 1864 William Carter (1838–1917), organist and composer, founded the original Royal Albert Hall choir
Casadesus family, prominent French artistic family including many musicians (1870s-1990s)Robert/Jean/Gaby Casadesus: First Family Of The Piano, DVD documentary (2004) Cesi family of pianists from Italy
Beniamino Cesi (1845–1907), pianist, composer and teacher Napoleone Cesi (1867–1961), pianist and composer Cecilia Cesi (1903–1984), pianist Sigismondo Cesi (1869–1936), pianist and composer
Chaplin family, members of the Chaplin Trio, reviving early music in England from 1889 until the late 1920s'Nellie Chaplin and her sisters', Semibrevity, May 2015 Couperin family, musical dynasty of professional composers and performers of the French Baroque (17th—18th centuries)Wilfrid Mellers. Francois Couperin And The French Classical Tradition (1968) Cramer family of German musicians, active in EnglandSimon McVeigh. 'Cramer, Wilhelm', in Grove Music Online (2001)
Jakob Cramer (1705–70), Mannheim violinist Wilhelm Cramer (1746–1799), violinist and conductor Johann [John] Baptist Cramer (1771–1858), pianist, composer and music publisher Franz [François] Cramer (1772–1848), violinist, Master of the King's Music from 1837
Devriès family of Dutch opera singers over three generations (1830s-1940s)Elizabeth Forbes. 'Devriès family [De Vries]', in Grove Music Online (2001) Dolmetsch family, Swiss-French-British family, influential in the 20th-century revival of early music.The Dolmetsch Family and Early Music, dolmetsch.com Draper family, English musical family including two pioneering clarinetists, Charles and Haydn.Malcolm McMillan. The Draper Family: a Musical Legacy, Samek Music (2018)
Samuel Draper (1824–1888), amateur cellist and flautist Paul Draper (1854–1922), bassoonist, teacher, military musician Marion Draper (1887–????), violinist and pianist Haydn Draper (1889–1934), clarinetist, military and orchestral player Mendelssohn Draper (1891–1970), bass clarinet specialist, orchestral player Richard Draper (1857–1938), bassoonist, Queen's Hall Orchestra, D’Oyle Carte and Carl Rosa Opera companies. Charles Draper (1869–1952), "the grandfather of English clarinetists"Pamela Weston. Clarinet Virtuosi of the Past (1971) Charles Carrington Draper (1897–1930), violinist Paul Beaumont Draper (1899–1971), bassoonist, founder member of the Melos Ensemble
Düben family, exerted a significant influence on the golden age of music (17th century) at the Swedish Royal Court OrchestraBengt Kyhlberg, revised by Bertil H. van Boer. 'Düben family', in Grove Music Online (2001)
Dvořák/Suk family of Czech composers and musiciansMichael Beckerman. Dvořák and His World (1993)
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), composer, married Anna Dvořáková (1854–1931), contralto and violist Otilie Suková (1878–1905), pianist and composer, married Josef Suk (1875–1935), composer and violinist Josef Suk (1901–1951), engineer, established Josef Suk Memorial Josef Suk (1929–2011), violinist, violist, chamber musician and conductor
Fawcett family of 19th and 20th century professional orchestral players and amateur musicians from YorkshireH. A. Chambers, H. R. Fawcett, G. H. Wright. 'The Fawcett Family', Musical Times, Vol. 113, No. 1556 (October 1972), p. 972
Gibbons family of English composers and musiciansEdmund Fellowes, Orlando Gibbons and His Family (1970)
Edward Gibbons (1568– on or before 1650), choirmaster and composer Ellis Gibbons (1573–1603), composer Ferdinando Gibbons (c1582–????), musician Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625), composer and keyboard player Christopher Gibbons (1615–1676), composer and organist
Godfrey family of English bandmasters and musiciansPhilip Scowcroft. A Sixth Garland of British Light Music
Charles Godfrey (1790–1863), bandmaster, Coldstream Guards, civilian bandmaster Daniel Godfrey (1831–1903), bandmaster, Grenadier Guards Daniel Eyers Godfrey (1868–1939), conductor, founder of the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra Dan Godfrey III (1893–1935), BBC Manchester (1920s), first full-time conductor of the BBC Wireless Orchestra Fred Godfrey (1837–1882), bandmaster, Coldstream Guards Charles Godfrey II. (1839–1919), bandmaster, Royal Horse Guards Charles George Godfrey (1866–1935), composer, bandmaster, musical director of spa resorts, Buxton, Scarborough Arthur Eugene Godfrey (1868–1939), organist, composer, musical director of the Shaftesbury Theatre Herbert A Godfrey (1870–1952), bandmaster, Christ's Hospital, Crystal Palace Military Band Edwina ("Winnie") Godfrey, pianist, studied Royal College of Music, 1890s Rosaline ("Rosie") Godfrey, singer, pianist, studied Royal College of Music, 1890s
Goossens family of conductors, composers and performers, moved from Belgium to Britain in 1873Carole Rosen. The Goossens: A Musical Century (1994)
Eugène Goossens, père (1845–1906), Belgian conductor Eugène Goossens, fils (1867–1958) (a.k.a. Eugène Goossens II), French-born conductor and violinist Eugene Aynsley Goossens (1893–1962) (a.k.a. Eugène Goossens III), English conductor and composer Marie Goossens (1894–1991), English harpist Adolphe Goossens (1896–1916), English horn player, killed at the Battle of the Somme Léon Goossens (1897–1988), English oboist Sidonie Goossens (1899–2004), English harpist
Grimson family of classical musicians active in London from the early 1870sThe Grimson family and the First World War, The Western Front Association
Hambourg family, of Russian originsEric Koch, The Brothers Hambourg (Robin Brass Studio, 1997)
Michael Hambourg (1855–1916), Russian pianist, pupil of Nikolai Rubinstein, emigrated to London (1890), then Canada (1910) Mark Hambourg (1879–1960), internationally famous pianist Michal Augusta Hambourg (1919–2004), pianist Jan Hambourg (1882–1947), violinist, music editor, active in Europe as a concert violinist Boris Hambourg (1885–1954), cellist, settled in Toronto, Canada (1910) Clement Hambourg (1900–1973), Canadian pianist and jazz promoter, Alexander Hambourg (1870–????), conductor, came to England in 1896 Charles Hambourg (1895–1979), cellist and conductor
Hann family of English musicians from South London'The Hanns', Streatham News, 29 October 1920, p. 5