Paul Creston (born Giuseppe Guttoveggio; October 10, 1906 – August 24, 1985) was an American composer of classical music.

He composed six symphonies and several concertante works for violin, piano, akkordion marimba and saxophone.

Zanoni, Prelude and Dance and the Celebration Overture have been and still are on several state lists for contests across the USA.

[citation needed] Creston was also a notable teacher, whose students included the composers Irwin Swack, John Corigliano, Alvin Singleton, Elliott Schwartz, Frank Felice, Charles Roland Berry; accordionist/composer William Schimmel; and the jazz musicians Rusty Dedrick and Charlie Queener.

List of music students by teacher: C to F §Paul Creston He wrote the theoretical books Principles of Rhythm (1964) and Rational Metric Notation (1979).