| Name |
Born |
Died |
Information |
| Apell (or Capelli), David August von |
23 Feb. 1754
Kassel
Germany |
30 Jan. 1832
Kassel
Germany |
German composer and author, awarded a knighthood of the Golden Spur in 1800 by Pius VII (1740-1823) for a mass he had written |
| Apelles, William H. |
1859
USA |
1919
USA |
Apelles' father was the bandmaster at West Point in 1853 when General Sheridan (1831-1888) graduated. Sheridan was to become only the fourth man in US history to be awarded a fourth star. W. H. Apelles became a noted clarinettist, wind director and composer, and among his works is a march entitled "Sheridan March" |
Aperans, Dace
more... |
19 Dec. 1953 |
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studied at McGill University with Brian Cherney and Bruce Mather. Besides her compositional activities, she has worked as a musical director, assistant conductor and music lecturer. She has composed works in the chamber music, vocal, choral and orchestral genres |
Aperghis, Georges
more... |
23 December 1945
Athens, Greece |
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Greek composer who has worked mainly in France. Many of his works feature the voice, including a number of operas |
ApIvor, Denis
more... |
14 Apr. 1916
Collinstown, West Meath, Eire |
27 May 2004
Robertsbridge, East Sussex |
studied medicine at University College, London and composition with Patrick Hadley; composer of ballets (working with Constant Lambert), four operas (including Yerma), five symphonies, concertos (including the first British guitar concerto, in 1954, premiered by Julian Bream), a cantata Alterwise by Owl-light (to text by Dylan Thomas) and chamber music |
| Apolinar, (Danny) Daniel George |
15 May 1934
USA |
23 Mar. 1995
USA |
American songwriter and singer. Apolinar, working with Hal Hester, supplied the music and lyrics for Your Own Thing, produced at the Orpheum Theatre in 1968. I ran for 937 performances and won a Drama Critics' Circle Award in 1968 |
Apolloni, Giuseppe
more... |
8 Apr. 1822
Vicenza, Italy |
31 Dec. 1889
Vicenza, Italy |
Italian composer, in particular of 5 operas, one, L'ebreo, was to remain in the repertory for almost 50 years, making it one of the most important works by a contemporary of Verdi |
| Apolloni (or Appoloni, Appolini), Salvatore (Salvadore) |
c. 1704
Venice, Italy |
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Italian composer of operas, La fama dell'onore (1727), Le metamorfosi odiamorose (1732), La Pelerina (1734) and Il pastor fido (1739) |
| Aponte-Ledée, Rafael |
15 Oct. 1938
Guayama, Puerto Rico |
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educated at the Madrid Conservatory and later at the Di Tella Institute in Buenos Aires where he studied with Alberto Ginastera and Gerardo Gandini. As a composer, Aponte has been interested in controlled improvisation and extensions of the playing techniques used on traditional instruments In 1968, the Fluxus group, under the leadership of Aponte-Ledée and Francis Schwartz was organized to ferment avant-garde music and break with the nationalist position. These two composers embraced the full range of international modernist ideas, from serialism to mixed-media expressions and made a strong impact on the music aesthetics of the decade. Aponte-Ledée has been a major figure in the promotion of new music in Puerto Rico, as founder of the discontinued Biennials of New Music (1978) and director of the Latin American Foundation for Contemporary Music (1981) |
| Apostel, Hans Erich (Heinrich) |
22 Jan. 1901
Karlsruhe, Germany |
30 Nov. 1972
Vienna, Austria |
German-born serial composer, pupil of Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg, his works include symphonies, three string quartets, a Requiem and solos for piano. As a Jewish-Austrian composer, of German birth, Apostel’s music remained unperformed until after the Second World War |
| Apostolov, Pavel Ivanovich |
6 Dec. 1905
Russia |
19 Jul. 1969
Leningrad, Russia |
Russian military bandmaster, musicologist and composer. The premiere of Shostakovich's Symphony no. 14 (Opus 135) was also notable for the death in the audience of Pavel Apostolov who had been one of the composer's most vicious critics |
| Apothéloz, Jean |
12 May 1900
Switzerland |
10 Jul. 1965 |
Swiss composer |
Appeldoorn, Dina
more... |
26 Feb. 1884
Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
4 Dec. 1938
The Hague, The Netherlands |
Dutch composer |
Appelby Thomas
more... |
c.1488
England |
1563
probably Lincoln, England |
an English Renaissance composer and church musician, he was Informator Choristarum at Magdalen College, Oxford from 1539 until 1541, where he was succeeded by John Sheppard. Appleby was also organist and instructor of the choristers at Lincoln Cathedral 1538-39 and 1541-62 |
| Appell, Dave |
24 May 1922 |
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American popular composer. One of the two men who made Philadelphia one of the brightest lights in the popular music galaxy, Dave Appell worked as a composer, engineer and producer at Cameo-Parkway Records. Appell, whose first hit was the 1958 novelty tune Mexican Hat Rock, a bizarre amalgamation of the Mexican Hat Dance and O Dem Golden Slippers (“the nuns loved it”), revealed one of the secrets of his songwriting success — find a song that had come off copyright and re-work it. Ida became Wild One for Bobby Rydell. "South Street? That’s the Stephen Foster classic Camptown Races,” Appell explained |
| Appenzeller, Benedictine (Benedictus) |
c. 1480-88
Oudenaarde |
after 1558 |
Flemish composer, chansonnier and maitre de la chapelle to Mary of Hungary (1505-1558), sister of the Emperor Charles V, who acted as regent of the Netherlands in Brussels between 1531 and 1555 |
Appert, Donald Lawrence
more... |
2 Jan. 1953 |
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American composer, author and trombonist |
| Appia, Thédore |
27 Oct. 1887
Belgium |
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Belgian composer and teacher resident in Switzerland and the United States |
| Appiani, Vincenzo |
18 Aug. 1850 |
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Italian piano teacher and composer |
| Appignani, Adelaide Orsola |
c. 1807 |
30 Sep, 1884 |
Italian composer, singer and conductor |
| Applebaum, Edward |
28 Sep. 1937 |
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American composer and teacher, based in Santa Barbara, California, USA |
Applebaum, Louis
more... |
3 Apr. 1918
Toronto, Canada |
19 Apr. 2000
Toronto, Canada |
Canadian composer of several hundred film scores |
Applebaum, Mark
more... |
1967
Chicago, USA |
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Mark Applebaum received his Ph.D. from the University of California at San Diego where he studied principally with Brian Ferneyhough. His solo, chamber, choral, orchestral, electro-acoustic and electronic work has been performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia with notable premieres at the Darmstadt summer sessions. He has received commissions from Betty Freeman, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, the Paul Dresher Ensemble, Zeitgeist, MANUFACTURE, the Jerome Foundation and the American Composers Forum, among others. He is the recipient of the 1997 Stephen Albert Award, administered by the American Music Center |
| Applebaum, Stanley |
1 Mar. 1922 |
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American composer, arranger, conductor and author |
| Appleby, Thomas |
c. 1535-63 |
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English church musician and composer |
| Appledorn, Mary Jeanne van |
2 Oct. 1927
Holland MI, USA |
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American composer |
| Appleford, Patrick Robert Norman |
4 May 1925 |
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English minister and composer |
| Appleman, Sidney Herbert |
10 Apr. 1927 |
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American composer and pianist |
Appleton, Jon (Howard)
more... |
4 Jan. 1939
Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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American writer and composer mostly of stage, chamber, piano, electroacoustic and multimedia works |
| Appleyard, Peter |
26 Aug. 1928
England |
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Canadian jazz vibraphonist, percussionist and composer |
| Appo, William |
c. 1808 |
after 1877 |
American composer, horn player and conductor |
| Appolloni, Gioseffo |
fl. 1591-c. 1600 |
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Italian composer |
Appy, Charles Ernest
more... |
25 Oct 1834
The Hague, The Netherlands | | his father was a tenor player in the Royal band, but moved with his family to Amsterdam. The 14-year old Charles Ernest began his piano stusies with Richard Hol. A year after he gave up the piano for the violoncello, on which the Belgian, Charles Montigny, and later, Merlen, the first cellist at Amsterdam, gave him instruction. He received the final finish from Franco-Mendes, under whom he also studied composition. His cello compositions consist of Fantasias on Motifs from the Freischutz and Robert le Diable, as well as some smaller light pieces |
| Aprea, Tito |
10 Oct. 1904 |
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Italian pianist and composer |
Aprikian, Garbis
more... |
1926
Alexandria |
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composer and choral conductor of Armenian origin |
| Aprile, Giuseppe [Scirolino, Sciroletto] |
28 Oct. 1732 |
11 Jan. 1813 |
Italian singer and composer |
| Aquanus, Adam |
c. 1492 |
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Belgian composer |
| Aquila, Marco, da l' (or dall') |
c.1480 |
after 1538 |
very few facts or contemporary statements survive concerning the life of this early Italian master of lute playing. He was active as a lutenist and composer in Venice where, in 1505, he was granted the privilege to publish lute tablatures for ten years. However, no such publications are known to exist. Stylistically and chronologically, de L'Aquila stands between the "Petrucci-lutenist's" (Spinacino, Dalza, Bossinensis, with their mood-searching, often short quasi-improvisatory Ricercari) and Francesco da Milano, Albert de Rippe, Simon Gintzler and Valentin Bakfark, who brought the imitative Ricercar/Fantasia to an artistic climax at the middle of the century |
| Aquino, Frank Joseph [Bernie Kane] |
3 Dec. 1906 |
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American composer and singer |
Aquitaine, Guillaume IX d'
more... |
1071 |
1127 |
troubadour |
| Aracil, Alfredo |
13 Jul. 1954
Madrid, Spain |
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Spanish composer and writer; Associate Professor Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Araia, [Araja] Francesco |
25 Jun. 1709
Naples, Italy |
sometime before 1770
Bologna, Italy |
Italian composer who worked for the Russian court between 1735 and 1759. Although the majority of the operas he wrote in Russia were of Italian libretti, his Tsefal i Prokris (1755) was the first opera in Russian. He briefly returned to Russia in 1762 |
| Arakelian, Melvin Sam |
19 Apr. 1946 |
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American songwriter, singer and musician |
| Arakishvili, Dimitri (Ignat'yevich) |
23 (Old Style 11) Feb. 1873
Vladikavkaz |
13 Aug. 1953
Tbilisi |
Georgian composer, ethnomusicologist and teacher |
Aralla, Paolo
more... |
1960
Lecce, Italy |
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composer of a wide range of music, both traditional and making use of computer technology. Since 1994 he has collaborated with the MM&T studio in Milan and in the autumn of 1997 he attended a course in the musical application of computer technology at IRCAM in Paris |
Arámbarri (y Gárate), Jesús
more... |
13 Apr. 1902
Bilbao, Spain |
11 Jul. 1960
Madrid, Spain |
Basque composer who studied composition in Paris with Paul Dukas. Many of his stylish and expressive compositions were conceived as tributes to those who had most influenced his career, Manuel de Falla, Jaun Carlos de Gortázar and Javier Arisqueta |
| Aranaz y Vides, Pedro |
bap. 2 May 1740
Tudela |
24 Sep. 1820
Cuenca |
Spanish composer |
| Aranda, del Sessa d' |
fl. 1571 |
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Italian composer |
| Aranda, Luis de |
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1627
Spain |
Spanish composer who was maestro de capilla at Granada Cathedral |
| Aranda, Mateo de |
fl. 1500s |
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Portuguese composer for the vihuela and author of Arte Nueva para tecla y Vihuela |
| Arañés, Juan |
late 1500s
Alcala de Henares, Spain |
c. 1649
Rome, Italy |
Spanish composer who worked in Rome where he published his Libro segundo de tonos y villancicos in 1624 |
| Arant, Jack |
4 Jul. 1917 |
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American songwriter |
| Aranyi-Aschner, Gyorgy |
16 Mar. 1923 |
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Hungarian teacher and composer |
Arapov, Boris (Alexandrovich)
more... |
12 Sep. (Old Style 30 Aug.) 1905
St Peterburg |
27 Jan. 1992
St Peterburg |
Russian composer and teacher |
| Arató, Istvan |
19 Feb. 1910) |
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Hungarian composer |
| Araujo, Gina de |
1890 |
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Brazilian singer and composer |
Araujo, Juan de
more... |
1646
Extremadura, Spain |
1712
Sucre, Bolivia |
outstanding South American composer of the early to mid-baroque |
| Araújo, Pedro de |
before 1662 |
9 Dec. 1684 |
Portuguese composer |
| Arauxo, Francisco Correa de (Correa de Araujo) |
ca. 1576 |
1654 |
organist and composer. Organist at the Church of S. Salvador in Seville from 1599 until 1636, then at Jaén Cathedral until 1640, finally at Segovia Cathedral until his death. His Libro de tientos y discursos de música practica, y theorica de organo, intitulado Facultad organica (Alcald, 1626) contains 62 tientos and seven other pieces, all for organ, introduced by a theoretical treatise and arranged in order of increasing difficulty |
| Arban, (Joseph) Jean-Baptiste (Laurent) |
28 Feb. 1825 |
9 Apr. 1889 |
French cornet player, conductor and arranger |
| Arbatsky, Yury Ivanovich |
15 (Old Style 2) Apr. 1911
Russia |
3 Sep. 1963 |
American folklorist and composer |
| Arbeau, Thoïnot (pen-name of Jehan Tabouret) |
17 Mar. 1519
Dijon, France |
23 Jul 1593
Langres, France |
author of famous book on dance, Orchésographie |
| Arbeel, Marcel |
10 Jan. 1919 |
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Dutch saxophonist, conductor, adminnistrator, teacher and composer |
Arbel, Chaya
more... |
1921
Nuremberg, Germany |
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composer who has lived in Israel since 1936 |
| Arbenz, Wilhelm |
20 Oct. 1899 |
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Swiss composer and choral conductor |
| Arbós, Enrique Fernández |
24 Dec. 1863
Madrid, Spain |
2 Jun. 1939
San Sebastián, Spain |
Spanish violinist and conductor; arranged part of Iberian by Albéniz |
| Arbuckle, Dorothy M. Fry |
23 Jan. 1910 |
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American composer and author |
| Arbuthnot, John |
1667 |
27 Feb. 1735 |
Scottish doctor, author and composer |
| Arca, Paolo |
1953 |
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Arcadelt, Jacob (Jacques) (Arkadelt, Arcadet, Arcadente, Archadelt or Arcadelth)
more... |
1504/5
Liège, Belgium |
14 Oct. 1568
Paris, France |
Flemish composer or madrigals, motets and masses who worked in Rome who was perhaps the most important of the northern composers to settle in Italy at the time when the madrigal was developing. As a distinguished polyphonist, he brought a contrapuntal element to the song-like chordal Italian style to produce madrigals of balance and polish. His first book (1539) was reprinted more than thirty times over a period of more than a century; it was this that contained the famous Il bianco e dolce cigno |
| Arcais, Francesco 'd, Marchese di Valverde | 15 Dec. 1830
Cagliari | 14 Aug. 1890
Castel Gandolfo | Italian composer |
Arcaraz, Luis
more... |
5. Dec. 1910
Mexico City, Mexico |
15 Dec. 1963
nr. San Luis Potos, Mexico |
composer and bandleader who was most active writing music for Mexican films, but also had a big band that toured both Mexico and the USA. His theme song was Sombra Verde |
| Arcas, Julian |
1832 |
1882 |
Spanish-born guitarist, composer and teacher |
| Arce, Jose Martinez de |
1660 |
1721 |
Spanish madrigalist |
| Archalgelsky, Alexander |
1846 |
1924 |
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| Archambeau, Jean-Michel d' |
3 Mar. 1823
Herve, Belgium |
Aug. 1899
Verviers, Belgium |
Belgian composer and organist |
| Archer, Frederick |
16 Jun. 1838
Oxford, England |
22 Oct. 1901
Pittsburgh, USA |
composer of works for organ |
| Archer, Harry [Auracher] |
21 Feb. 1888
Creston, IA, USA |
23 Apr. 1960
New York, NY, USA |
trombonist, bandleader and composer particularly of many successful Broadway musicals including Little Jesse James (1923) |
| Archer, Kimberly K. |
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studied trumpet at Florida State University and received her Bachelor of Music Education in 1996. She composed Symphony No. 1 “For those taken too soon...,” which was premiered at her alma mater in 2001. Ms. Archer was commissioned by the Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma Northeastern Division to compose a work for their convention. She now lives in Syracuse, New York |
Archer, Malcolm David
more... |
29 Apr. 1952 |
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composer, organist and master of the choristers at Wells Cathedral; conductor of Wells Oratorio Society and the City of Bristol Choir; appointed organist and director music at St. Paul's Cathedral in 2004 |
| Archer, Richard Donald |
3 Jul. 1947 |
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English music teacher, organist, conductor and composer |
| Archer, Stephen Mark |
5 Jan. 1953 |
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American popular composer and singer |
| Archer, Tim James |
29 Jul. 1949 |
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American songwriter, singer and producer |
Archer, Violet [Balestreri]
more... |
24 Apr. 1913
Montreal, Canada |
22 Feb. 2000
Ottawa, Canada |
composer, performer and teacher, she had a tremendous impact on musical life in Canada, an impact that has been acknowledged widely: among other special awards and distinctions, she was recipient of several honorary doctorates (McGill, University of Windsor and University of Calgary) and the Order of Canada (1983) |
| Archilei, Antonio ["Antonio di S Fiora"] |
c. 1550 |
Nov. 1612 |
Italian singer, lutenist and composer |
| Arconati, Felice Antonio |
c. 1610 |
after 1679 |
Italian maestro di cappella and composer |
Arcuri, Serge
more... |
10 Jun. 1954
Beauharnois, Québec |
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he completed his musical studies in composition and analysis with Gilles Tremblay at the Montreal Conservatory of Music in 1981. He then pursued studies in electroacoustic music with Yves Daoust at the Conservatory and with Marcelle Deschênes at the University of Montréal |
| Ardanaz, Pedro |
1638 |
11 Dec. 1706 |
Spanish composer |
| Ardemanio, Giulio Cesare |
c. 1580 |
1650 |
Italian composer |
Arden, Jeremy
more... |
1964
London, England |
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British composer of stage, orchestral, chamber and electroacoustic music that has been performed in Asia, Europe and the USA to great acclaim. He is especially noted for his stage music |
| Ardesi, Carlo |
c. 1550-60 |
in or after 1612 |
Italian composer and instrumentalist resident in Bohemia |
| Ardesi, Giovanni Paolo |
after 1550-60 |
in or after 1612 |
Italian composer |
| Ardespin, Melchior d' |
c. 1643 |
1717 |
composer, cornettist and flautist, who worked in the Munich court of Prince Max Emmanuel III, rising to become director of chamber music |
| Ardévol, José |
13 Mar. 1911
Spain |
7 Jan. 1981 |
Spanish-Cuban composer who along with young Cuban composers established Grupo de Enovacion Musical in 1943 |
| Arditi, Luigi |
16 Jul. 1822
Crestentino, Piedmont |
1 May 1903
Hove, nr. Brighton, England |
composer of operas, but best known for the vocal waltz, Il Bacio - 'The Kiss' |
Arditti, David
more... |
1 Jul. 1964
Bournemouth, England |
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English composer |
| Ardley, Neil (Richard) |
26 May 1937 |
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English jazz composer and writer |
| Arel, Büent |
23 Apr. 1918 |
24 Nov. 1990 |
American composer of Turkish birth |
| Arel, Hüseyin Sadeddin |
18 Dec. 1880 |
6 May 1955 |
Turkish composer |
| Arellano, George Isidro [George Arno] |
22 Feb. 1933 |
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American religious composer, teacher and singer |
| Arena, Giuseppe |
1713
Malta |
6 Nov. 1784
Naples, Italy |
Italian organist and composer |
| Arend, Arie den |
3 Feb. 1903 |
22 Feb. 1982 |
Dutch conductor, teacher, organist and composer |
| Arends andrei Fedorovich [Heinrich-Eugen] |
14 (Old Style 2) Mar. 1855 |
27 Apr. 1924 |
Russian conductor, violinist, and composer of German extraction |
| Arendt, Joachim |
20 Sep. 1893 |
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German music director and composer |
Arensky, Anton Stepanovich (Arenski)
more... |
12 Jul. (Old Style 30 Jun.) 1861
Novgorod, Russia |
25 (Old Style 12) Feb. 1906
Perkijarvi, Finland |
composer of operas, symphonies and piano music and teacher of Rakhmaninov and Skryabin |
| Arentino, Paolo |
1508 |
1584 |
Italian Renaissance composer |
| not to be confused with Leonardo Aretino (c.1370–1444), Florentine humanist, historian and chancellor; Pietro Aretino (1492–1556), Italian writer; or Spinello Aretino (c.1330-c.1410), Italian painter |
| Arenz, Heinz |
1924 |
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German wind director, administrator and composer |
| Aretz (de Ramón y Rivera), Isabel |
13 Apr. 1909 |
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Venezuelan ethnomusicologist, folklorist and composer of Argentinian birth |
| Argamakov, Vasily Nikolayevich |
1 Nov. (Old Style 20 Oct.) 1883 |
3 Jun. 1965 |
Russian pianist, pedagoguge and composer |
| Argauer, Wilhelm |
|
28 Feb. 1904 |
Austrian composer |
| Argent, William Ignatius |
26 Aug. 1844 |
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English organist, choral conductor, writer and composer |
Argentina
more... | fl. second half 14th century | | singer who may have been a composer |
| Argentina, Sareno S. |
7 Feb. 1917 |
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American songwriter |
Argento, Dominick Joseph
more... |
27 Oct. 1927
York, PA, USA |
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pupil Dalla-Piccola; American composer of 5 operas, including Christopher Sly, Letters from Composers for tenor and guitar. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975 for his song cycle From the Diary of Virginia Woolf |
| Argese, Leonard |
6 Oct. 1942 |
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American popular songwriter and guitarist |
| Argilliano, Ruggiero |
fl. 1612 |
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Italian music editor and composer |
| Argine, Costantino dall' | 12 May 1842
Parma | 1 Mar. 1877
Milan, Italy | Italian composer |
| Argir, Frederick Emmett |
4 Sep. 1943 |
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American songwriter and performer |
| Argiro, James Anthony |
11 Jul. 1939 |
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American popular composer, conductor and pianist |
Arho, Anneli
more... |
12 Apr. 1951
Finland |
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composer of Minos (1978) for harpsichord, written for her husband Jukka Tiensuu, Once upon a time (1980) for wind quintet and AikAika (TimTime, 1987) for three cellos. Many of her works explore the philosophy of time in music by contrasting completely static moments with frenzied virtuoso eruptions |
| Aria, Cesar |
21 Sep. 1820 |
30 Jan. 1894 |
Italian choir director, pianist, composer and administrator |
| Ariani, Adriano |
25 Nov. 1877 |
28 Jan. 1935 |
Italian pianist and composer |
Aribon
more... | c.1000
probably Ličge, Flanders | c.1078
Orléans | music theorist and probably a composer |
| Aridas, Chris William John |
12 Nov. 1947 |
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American religious songwriter, singer and producer |
| Arienti, Ugo |
1 Mar. 1879 |
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Italian choir director and composer |
| Arienzo, Nicola d' |
24 Dec. 1842
Naples, Italy |
25 Apr. 1915
Naples, Italy |
Italian composer |
| Arif Bey |
1831 |
1885 |
Turkish composer |
| Arima, Daigoro |
12 Sep. 1900 |
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Japanese composer and musicologist |
| Arimino, Vincentius da (see Rimini, Vincenzo da) |
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| Ariosti, Attilio (Malachia [Clemente]) [Frate Ottavio] |
5 Nov. 1666
Bologna, Italy |
c. 1729
possibly England |
composer of operas and performer of the viola d'amore who, together with Handel and Bononcini produced opera in eighteenth-century London |
| Ariosti, Giovanni Battista |
1668 |
after 1715 |
Italian composer |
| Aristakesyan, Emin Aspetovich |
19 Nov. 1936 |
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Armenian composer |
Aristophanes
more... |
c. 448 BC |
380 BC |
Greek playwrite |
| Arizaga, Rodolfo (Bernardo) |
11 Jul. 1926
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
12 May 1985
Escobar, Argentina |
studied Ondes Martenot in Paris with Ginette Martenot and introduced the instrument in Argentina when he returned to the country during the mid 50s. A prolific composer, many of his works include the Ondes Martenot including Délires, cantata for soloist, female chorus (three voices), celesta, vibraphone, harp, Ondes Martenot, 3 violins, 3 violas and 3 cellos, Sonata Breve for piano and Ondes Martenot, El organillo for solo Ondes Martenot and El ombligo de los limbos, la momia y una encuesta |
| Arizmendi, Fermin de |
bap. 11 Jun. 1691 |
15 Dec. 1733 |
Spanish composer |
| Arizo, Miguel de |
c. 1595 |
in or after 1642 |
Spanish composer |
| Arizti (Sobrino), Cecilia |
28 Oct. 1856 |
30 Jun. 1930 |
Cuban composer, pianist and teacher |
| Arkadiev, Mikhail |
1958 |
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Russian pianist and composer |
| Arkad'yev, Ivan Petrovich |
19 (Old Style 19) Jan. 1872 |
30 Dec. 1946 |
Russian conductor, pedagogue and composer |
| Arkas, Nikolay Nikolayevich |
26 Dec. 1852
Nikolaev |
13 Mar. 1909
Nikolaev |
Ukrainian historian and composer |
| Arkhangel'sky, Alexander Andreyevich |
23 (Old Style 11) Oct. 1846 |
16 Nov. 1924 |
Russian choral conductor and composer |
| Arkhimandritov, Boris Ivanovich |
1932 |
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Russian composer |
Arkin, Alan
more... |
26 Mar. 1934
New York, USA |
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although better known as an actor, Alan Arkin has also composed a number of songs including 'The Banana Boat Song', which featured in the film 'Calyso Heat Wave' (1957) and 'Quinto (My Little Pony)' which featured in the film 'Riso amaro' (1949) |
| Arkin, Robert B. |
1 Aug. 1923 |
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American songwriter |
| Arkwright, Marian (Ursula) |
25 Jan. 1863 |
23 Mar. 1922 |
English composer |
| Arkwright, Mrs. Robert |
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1849
England |
sister of poet Felicia Hemans and composer of songs |
| Arlen, Albert |
1905 |
1993 |
Australian composer and director |
Arlen, Harold (born: Hyman Arluck)
more... |
15 Feb. 1905
Buffalo, NY, USA |
23 Apr. 1986
New York, NY, USA |
American writer of many of the greatest hits from the 1930's and 1940's, including the entire score for The Wizard of Oz including the songs Over the Rainbow, Get Happy, Stormy Weather, It's Only a Paper Moon, I've Got the World on a String and Last Night When We Were Young which have become standards |
| Arlom, Wilfred |
1 May 1887
England |
12 Nov. 1945 |
Australian pianist, organist and composer |
| Arlt-Kruse, Lotte |
married 13 Apr. 1930 |
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German pianist, composer and administrator |
| Arluck, Elliot |
23 Jun. 1915 |
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American composer and author |
| Arluck, Hyman (see Arlen, Harold) |
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| Arma, Paul [Pál; Imre Weisshaus] |
22 Oct. 1905
Hungary |
28 Nov. 1987 |
French composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist |
| Armanini, Mark |
11 Feb. 1952
Canada |
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studied composition with Elliot Weisgarber and Robert Rogers at the University of British Columbia. Apart from his composing, he is very active in the Vancouver music community, having been involved with a number of organizations, including being the founder/producer of The Vancouver Composers Showcase, president of the Vancouver Pro Musica and vice-president of the Community Arts Council of Vancouver. His music includes instrumental, chamber, vocal and orchestral works |
| Armbruster, René |
30 Nov. 1931 |
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Swiss violinist, teacher and composer |
Armenian, Raffi
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4 Jun 1942
Egypt |
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conductor and composer, Raffi Armenian began studying the piano at the age of ten. After a successful debut in a performance of a Mozart piano concerto, he continued his studies under Prof. B. Seidlhofer at the Academy of Music in Vienna, receiving an artists diploma in piano in 1962. In 1963 he emigrated to Canada and made Canada his home. Mr. Armenian's subsequent academic honors include a Bachelor of Science from the University of London and diplomas in conducting and composition from the Academy of Music in Vienna, where, as a recipient of a Canada Council Grant, he studied under Profs. Swarowsky, Schmid and Uhl. During this time, he also received vocal training from Prof. F. Grossman, musical director of the Vienna Boys' Choir |
| Armentrout, Lee |
30 Apr. 1909 |
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American songwriter, arranger and trombonist |
| Armentières (d’), Peronelle |
1340
Navarre |
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Machaut described her as being "the best singer born in a hundered years" and she was clearly an expert reader of the intricate rondeaux he sent to her |
| Armenyan, Gevork Artashesovich |
5 Jan. 1920 |
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Armenian composer |
| Armer, Elinor |
6 Oct. 1939 |
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American composer and pianist |
| Armes, Philip |
15 Aug. 1836
England |
10 Feb. 1908 |
cathedral organist and composer of Church music |
Armfelt, Carl
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12 Nov. 1956
Helsinki, Finland |
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studied with Einojuhani Rautavaara and Osmo Lindeman (1975-1982) |
| Armiger, Martin |
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born in England and educated there and at Flinders University in South Australia, Armiger began writing music for performance groups, multimedia events, student films and various kinds of theatre. Fifteen years playing in bands touring Australia, the U.K and U.S.A. and recording four albums with the Melbourne band The Sports before giving up the touring life to concentrate on record production, music arrangement and ultimately on composition, with film score credits including Young Einstein, Come in Spinner, The Secret Life of Us and Marking Time |
| Armingaud, Jules |
3 May 1820 |
27 Feb. 1900 |
French violinist and composer |
| Armino, Vincenzo da (see Rimini, Vincenzo da) |
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| Armistead, James |
1877 |
30 Aug. 1935 |
English organist and composer |
| Armitage, Reginald Moxon (see Gay, Noel) |
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| Armocida, William Francis |
29 Mar. 1922 |
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American songwriter |
| Armsdorff andreas [Armsdorf, Armstorff] |
9 Sep. 1670 |
31 Dec. 1699 |
German composer and organist |
| Armsheimer, Ivan Ivanovich [Johann-Josef] |
19 (Old Style 7) Mar. 1860 |
1933 |
Russian composer, trumpeter, military conductor and pedagogue |
Armstrong, Craig
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1959
Glasgow, Scotland |
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studied composition and piano at the Royal Academy of Music where in 1981 he was awarded the Charles Lucas prize and the Harvey Lohr scholarship for composition, writer of or contributor to scores for the Baz Lurhmann hits Romeo + Juliet (for which he received the Anthony Asquith BAFTA Award and an Ivor Novello for Best Original Score) and Moulin Rouge (for which he received a Golden Globe in 2002). 2003 saw his soundtracks to three major films - Phillip Noyce’s critically acclaimed take on Graham Greene’s The Quiet American, starring Michael Caine; fellow Glaswegian Peter Mullan’s Magdalene Sisters and Love Actually, the smash hit directed by Richard Curtis |
| Armstrong, Harry (Henry W.) |
22 Jul. 1879 |
28 Feb. 1951
New York, NY, USA |
American songwriter and entertainer, who wrote the music to Sweet Adeline |
| Armstrong, James |
1840 |
30 Apr. 1928 |
Northern Irish minister and composer |
Armstrong, John Gordon
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1952
Toronto, Canada |
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studied composition at the University of Toronto where he received a Bachelor or Music in Theory and Composition in 1975. After a year of study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, he continued his formal studies at the University of Michigan where he received both a Masters Degree and a Doctorate in Composition |
| Armstrong, Lil(ian) [née Hardin] |
3 Feb. 1898 |
27 Aug. 1971 |
American jazz pianist, singer and composer |
Armstrong, (Daniel) Louis [Satchmo; Satchelmouth; Pops; Dippermouth]
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c. 1898
New Orleans, USA |
6 Jul. 1971
New York, USA |
African-American virtuoso jazz trumpeter, singer and band-leader |
Armstrong, Lil Hardin
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3 Feb. 1898
Memphis, Tennessee, USA | 27 Aug. 1971
Chicago, USA | jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer, and bandleader, and the second wife of Louis Armstrong with whom she collaborated on many recordings in the 1920s |
| Armstrong, Sinclair [Bob] |
12 Feb. 1912 |
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American composer and arranger |
| Armstrong, Thomas (Henry Wait) |
15 Jun. 1898
Peterborough, England |
26 Jun. 1994 |
composer particularly of church and chamber music; sometime Principal of The Royal Academy of Music, London |
| Armstrong, Tommy | fl. 19th century | | a miner from the North of England who was known as The Pitman's Poet and who set many of his rough-and-ready poems to popular and traditional tunes. Examples include Trimdothe 1882 n Grange Explosion and The Oakey Eviction |
| Armstrong, William D(awson) |
11 Feb. 1868 |
9 Jul. 1936 |
American composer and administrator |
Armstrong-Gibbs, Cecil
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1869
Great Baddow, Essex |
12 May 1960
Chelmsford, Essex |
a little-known prolific English composer, adjudicator and conductor, who studied under Sir Adrian Boult and Ralph Vaughan Williams and a contemporary of Sir Arthur Bliss, Herbert Howells and Sir Arnold Bax. Known principally for his solo songs, Armstrong Gibbs also wrote music for the stage, sacred works, three symphonies and a substantial amount of chamber music, much of which remains unpublished. He gained wide recognition during the early part of his life, but until recently, like many of his contemporaries, has been little known. Although he retired from adjudicating, he continued conducting and composing right to the end of his life. He died in Chelmsford on 12th May 1960 and is buried with his wife in Danbury churchyard |
| Arnaboldi, Joseph P. |
2 Dec. 1920 |
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American composer |
| Arnaldi, Stefano |
Italy |
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composer/pianist who wrote film scores for Liberate i pesci! (2000), Tea with Mussolini (1999), played piano solos in Besieged (1998) and orchestrated Jane Eyre (1996) |
Arnaoudov, Gheorghi
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1957
Sofia, Bulgaria |
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Bulgarian composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, vocal and piano works |
| Arnatt, Ronald |
16 Jan. 1930 |
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English composer, conductor and organist resident the United States |
| Arnaud, (Jean) Stéphane (Guillaume) |
16 Mar. 1807 |
Jan. 1863 |
French composer |
| Arnaud, Leo |
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French composer |
| Arnauld, Serge |
16 Nov. 1944 |
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Swiss composer |
| Arnaut Danièl (see Danièl, Arnaut) |
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Arnaut de Mareuil
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fl. c.1170-1200 |
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one of the troubadours of Provence, to him is attributed the introduction into Provençal poetry of the amatory epistle |
Arndt, Felix
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20 May 1889
New York, USA |
16 Oct. 1918
Harmon-on-Hudson, USA |
American composer of light songs, most famously Nola, named for his wife, also a composer of light music, he made over 3,000 piano-rolls. Arndt, a fine pianist, was also an influence on the young and then unknown George Gershwin, who would visit him at his studio in the Aeolian Building on 42nd St., between 6th and 7th Avenues. This contact may have been the inspiration for Gershwins Rialto Ripples and through Arndt, Gershwin came to make piano rolls in Jan 1916. It is said that it was Arndt who got Gershwin a job at Aeolian Hall |
| Arndt, Nola |
11 Jul. 1889 |
19 Jul. 1977 |
American composer, singer and teacher |
| Arne, Michael |
c. 1740
London, England |
14 Jan. 1786
London, England |
illegitimate son of the above; composed music for the stage including The Lass with a delicate air |
| Arne, Thomas Augustine |
bap. 28 May 1710
London, England |
5 Mar. 1778
London, England |
composer of operas, oratorios, orchestral and keyboard music and most famously, Rule Britannia |
Arnell, Richard (Anthony Sayer)
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15 Sep. 1917
London, England |
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best known today as a composer of film music |
| Arnestad, Finn (Oluf Bjerke) |
23 Sep. 1915 |
1994 |
Norwegian composer and critic |
Arnheim, Gus
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4 Sep. 1897
Philadelphia, PA, USA |
19 Jan. 1955
Los Angeles, CA, USA |
American popular composer and conductor; hits include I Cried for You (1923) and Sweet and Lovely (1931) |
| Arnheim, Richard |
18 Feb. 1869 |
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medical doctor and composer |
Arnic, Blaz
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31 Jan. 1901
Slovenia |
1 Feb. 1970
Ljubljana |
Slovenian composer and organist |
| Arnie, Ralf [pseudonym Dieter Rasch] |
14 Feb. 1924 |
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German writer of popular songs, composer and publisher |
| Arnim, Bettina von Brentano |
1785
Germany |
1859 |
composer of songs and masses. She held salons for famous literary and musical figures of the time |
| Arnold, Bernard [Buddy] |
11 Aug. 1915 |
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American popular composer and writer |
| Arnold, Byron |
15 Aug. 1901 |
25 Dec. 1971 |
American composer and teacher |
Arnold, David
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England |
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film and TV music composer whose work includes Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and Independence Day (1996) |
| Arnold, David H. |
9 Oct. 1933 |
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American popular composer and producer |
| Arnold, Ernst (pseudonym for E. Jeschke) |
12 Feb. 1890
Vienna, Austria |
5 Jan. 1962
Vienna, Austria |
composer, lyricist and singer of typical Viennese popular songs who wrote about 800 songs |
| Arnold, Frank Arthur |
12 Jan. 1944 |
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American songwriter |
| Arnold, Georg |
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16 Jan. 1676 |
Austrian composer and organist resident in Germany |
| Arnold, George Benjamin |
22 Dec. 1832 |
31 Jan. 1902 |
English composer and organist |
Arnold, Gustav
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1 Nov. 1831
Altdorf
Switzerland |
28 Sep. 1900
Altdorf
Switzerland |
Swiss conductor, organist and composer |
| Arnold, György |
5 Jun. 1781
Paks, Hungary |
25 Oct. 1848
Subotica, Hungary |
Hungarian composer and church musician |
| Arnold, Johann |
1773 |
1806 |
composer for the guitar |
| Arnold, John |
1715-20
Great Warley, England |
bur. 14 Feb. 1792 |
composer of songs and catches but also a collector of metrical psalm tunes |
| Arnold, John Henry |
29 May 1887 |
19 Jun. 1956 |
English organist, writer, teacher and composer |
| Arnold, Karl |
6 May 1794 |
11 Nov. 1877 |
German pianist, conductor and composer |
Arnold, Malcolm
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21 Oct. 1921
Northampton, England |
23 Sep. 2006
Norwich, England |
born the son of a well-to-do shoe manufacturer. Brought up in a musical family and educated privately at home. Took up the trumpet, inspired by Louis Armstrong and studied it on a scholarship at the RAM. Joined LPO as 2nd trumpet and gained exposure to wider repertoire, especially Mahler. Conscientious objector during the 39-45 war, but changed mind and enlisted 1943, only to get discharge by shooting himself in the foot. Played in the BBC SO and LPO. He is the composer of the Oscar winning film score to The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Inn of the Sixth Happiness, the various St. Trinians comedies, The Sound Barrier, Suddenly Last Summer, Hobson’s Choice, and the Rose Tattoo. Arnold is as prolific in the fields of chamber music, symphonic, and brass music and also Grand Grand Overture Op. 57 (1956) which is scored for three electric vacuum cleaners, electric floor polisher, rifles and Orchestra. In addition he has composed nine symphonies, several suites of dances and many concertos (these contain his finest work). His personal life has been particularly fraught with tragedy and it is reflected in the later symphonies (except for the ninth where some resolution seems to take place) |
| Arnold, Maurice [Maurice Arnold Strothotte] |
19 Jan. 1865
St Louis, USA |
23 Oct. 1937
New York, USA |
American conductor, teacher and composer |
| Arnold, Samuel Dr. |
10 Aug. 1740
London, England |
22 Oct. 1802
London, England |
unrelated to John Arnold; edited Handel's works in 36 volumes; composer of popular operas and church music, also produced a collection of metrical psalm tunes; from some time he was also organist to the Chapel Royal |
| Arnold, William |
1768 |
1832 |
English shipwright, choirmaster and composer |
| Arnold, Yury (Karlovich) [Jurig von] |
13 (Old Style 1) Nov. 1811
St. Petersburg, Russia |
20 (Old Style 8) Jul. 1893
Karakesh, nr. Simferopol, Russia |
Russian writer on music and composer |
| Arnoldus, Flandrus (see Flandrus, Arnoldus) | | | |
| Arnone, Dominick L. [Don] |
2 Dec. 1920 |
16 Jun. 2005 |
American popular composer, teacher and guitarist |
| Arnott, Archibald Davidson |
25 Feb. 1870 |
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Scottish organist, choirmaster and composer |
Arndt, Felix
more... | 20 May 1889
New York, USA | 16 Oct. 1918
New York, USA | pianist and composer of popular music. His mother was the Countess Fevrier, related to Napoleon III |
| Arntzen, Kees |
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Dutch composer and music critic |
| Arnulphus de Saint-Ghislain (see Saint-Ghislain, Arnulphus de) | | | |
| Arolas, Eduardo |
24 Feb. 1888
Argentina |
29 Sep. 1924
Paris, France |
a virtuoso bandoneonist, arranger and composer of tangos such as Una Noche de Garufa written when he was just 17 years old, the title a reference to the Garufa, a place in the Mondiole district of Montevideo, Uruguay. He died in Paris the victim of of pulmonary tuberculosis and alcoholism |
| Aroca y Ortega, Jesús |
Oct. 1877
Algete, Spain |
31 Oct. 1935
Madrid, Spain |
Spanish composer and musicologist |
| Arodin, Sidney J. [Arnondrin] |
29 Mar. 1901 |
6 Feb. 1948 |
American jazz clarinetist and composer |
Arolas, Eduardo
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24 Feb. 1892
Argentina |
29 Sep. 1924
Paris, France |
nicknamed 'The Tiger of the Bandoneon' (El Tigre del Bandoneon), he was a virtuoso bandoneonist, arranger and composer, who wrote many orchestrations and arrangements as well as many tangos |
| Aromando, Joseph S. |
19 Jan. 1912 |
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American songwriter |
| Aron, Pietro (see Pietro Aaron) |
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| Arona, Colombino |
1885 |
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Italian song composer including the patriotic O Gioventu' d'Italia written in 1914 to words by Giov. Corvetto |
| Arpa, Giovanni Leonardo dell' [Mollica] |
c. 1525 |
Jan. 1602 |
Italian harpist, composer and actor |
| Arpa, Rinaldo dall' (see Trematerra, Rinaldo) |
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| Arpin, John (Francis Oscar) |
3 December 1936 |
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Canadian ragtime pianist, singer, composer and arranger |
| Arques, Lluís Blandes |
1929 |
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Spanish administrator, teacher and composer |
| Arquette, Cliff |
28 Dec. 1905 |
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American songwriter and pianist |
| Arquimbau, Domingo |
c. 1758 |
26 Jan. 1829 |
Spanish composer |
Arras, Andrieu Contredit d’
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| Arras, Jean d' |
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1584
probably in Madrid, Spain |
Flemish composer and organist originally from Arras in Flanders who was active in Italy and Spain |
| Arras, Moniot d' |
fl. c 1190 - 1239 |
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a trouvère who worked as a monk at Arras. He had many noble patrons and wrote a jeu-parti jointly with Guillaume le Vinier. Twenty-three of his poems, with thirteen tunes, survive; his especially fine Ce fut en Maiwas was used by Hindemith in the suite Nobilissima Visione |
| Arregui, José Maria |
c. 1875 |
1955 |
Spanish composer |
| Arregui Garay, Vicente |
3 Jul. 1871
Madrid, Spain |
2 Dec. 1925
Madrid, Spain |
Spanish composer |
| Arrell, Greg F. |
15 Jan. 1950 |
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American popular composer and singer |
| Arresti (Aresti), Floriano |
c. 1660
Bologna, Italy |
1719
Bologna, Italy |
Italian organist and composer |
| Arresti, Giulio Cesare |
26 Feb. 1617 or later |
17 Jul. 1701 or later |
Italian composer and organist |
| Arriaga (y Balzola), Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo Antonio |
27 Jan. 1806
Rigoitia, nr. Bilbao |
17 Jan. 1826
Paris, France |
Spanish composer of opera, a symphony and 3 string quartets |
Arrieta Corera, (Emilio) Juan Pascual Antonio
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21 Oct. 1821
Puente la Reina, Spain |
11 Feb. 1894
Madrid, Spain |
Spanish composer of many operas and zarzuelas |
Arrieu, Claude
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30 Nov. 1903
Paris, France |
7 Mar. 1990
Paris, France |
(pseudonym: Luise Marie Simon) a prolific French composer, who studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Dukas, among others, taking first prize for composition in 1932. Her music had the ease of flow and elegance of structure that typified Parisian neo-classicism, while avoiding the often concomitant frivolity. Vivacity, clarity of expression and a natural feel for melody were her hall marks. Her radio score Frederic General won a Prix Italia in 1949. Her music included several stage works, concertos and numerous wind chamber pieces |
| Arrigo [Henricus] |
fl. 14th century |
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Italian composer |
Arrigo, Girolamo
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2 Apr. 1930
Palermo, Italy |
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Sicilian composer who lives in Paris; writer of vocal works and works for large instrumental ensembles |
| Arrigo, Giuseppe |
9 Sep. 1838 |
30 Sep. 1913 |
Italian organist and composer |
| Arrigoni, Carlo |
5 Dec. 1697
Florence, Italy |
19 Aug. 1744
Florence, Italy |
lutenist, theorbo player and composer who worked in Florence until around 1731 when he moved to London giving concerts as a performer, supervised performances of his opera Fernando (1734) and sang and played at the original performances of Handel's Alexander’s Feast (1736). After his five year stay in London, he gained the patronage of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany and returned to Florence. His music was performed in Vienna, although he does not appear to have ever travelled there |
| Arrigoni, Giovanni Giacomo |
fl. 1635-63 |
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Italian composer and organist |
| Arro, Edgar Alexandrovich |
24 (Old Style 11) Mar. 1911 |
1986 |
Estonian composer and organist |
| Arroio (or Arroyo), Joao Marcellino |
4 Oct. 1861
Oporto, Portugal |
18 May 1930
Colares, nr. Lisbon, Portugal |
Portuguese composer |
| Ars, Nikolay Andreyevich |
1857 |
8 July (Old Style 25 Jun.) 1902 |
Russian composer and conductor |
| Arsenault, Angèle |
1 Oct. 1943 |
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Canadian popular singer, songwriter and media host |