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Name Born Died Information B. (de), Mlle fl. late 17th century   composer of songs and airs who published in Paris in 1696 Baal, Johann 1657 Germany 1701 Bamburg German violinist and composer Baán, Jozef more... 1964 Bratislava, Slovakia   Czech composer Baaren, Kees van more... 22 Oct. 1906 Enschede, The Netherlands 2 Sep. 1970 Oegstgeest, The Netherlands composer whose works include Variations for orchestra, a piano concerto and a wind quartet Babadjanian (or Babadzhanyan), Arno more... 22 Jan. 1921 Yerevan, Armenia 15 Nov. 1983 Yerevan, Armenia his father was an accomplished folk musician, capable of a variety of folk instruments. During childhood, Babadjanian witnessed the Westernisation of music in Armenia: with the creation of the Armenian Philharmonic and the Union of Armenian Composers was formed in 1932; the opening of the Opera Theatre in Yerevan in 1933; and the première of Arno Babadjanian’s Symphony No. 1 in 1934. Babadjanian’s first formal lessons were at the Yerevan Conservatory with Vardkes Talian (1896-1947). Talian instilled a sense of Armenian musical history in Babadjanian by insisting that his young student study the folk traditions of his country, in addition to the music of the great Armenian composer and ethnomusicologist, Vartabed Komitas (1869-1935). He studied piano with Konstantin Igumnov (1873-1948) at the Moscow Conservatory Babán, Gracián c. 1620 Spain 2 Feb. 1675 Spain Spanish composer Babayev, Andrei 27 Dec. 1923 Azerbaijan 21 Oct. 1964 Moscow, Russia Russian composer Babbi, (Pietro Giovanni) Cristoforo (Bartolomeo Gasparre) 6 May 1745 Cesena 19 Nov. 1814 Dresden Italian violinist and composer Babbi, Gregorio c. 1770-75 c. 1815 Italian bass singer, violinist, composer, and organist Babbitt, Milton more... 10 May 1916 Philadelphia, USA   trained as a mathematician; his music is highly abstract, including the use of electrophonics Babekov, Stoyan more... 16 Oct. 1936 Sofia, Bulgaria   Bulgarian composer and conductor Babell, Charles fl. 1707-1714   known primarily as an editor of musical collections Babell, William c. 1690 Canonbury, England 23 Sep. 1723 Canonbury, London English composer and organist, his father and Dr. Pepusch being among his teachers. From some time after 1710, a musician in London concert halls 1718-23: Organist of All Hallows, Bread Street (London). Extant works include The Third Book of the Ladys Entertainment (1709); The Fourth Book of the Ladys Entertainment (1716); The Harpsichord Master Improved (1718) Babin, Victor 13 Dec. 1908 Moscow, Russia 1 Mar. 1972 Cleveland, OH, USA pianist, in particular as a duo with his wife Vitya Vronsky (b. 22 Aug. 1909, Russia; d. 28 Jun. 1992, Cleveland, OH, USA); compositions include a concerto for two pianos Baboni Schilingi, Jacopo more... 4 Apr. 1971 Milan, Italy   Italian composer, now resident in both France and Italy, of mostly chamber, vocal, piano and electroacoustic pieces Babou, Thomas 12 Feb. 1656 c. 1740 French organist and composer Baca-Lobera, Ignacio more... 28 Jun. 1957 Mexico City, Mexico   Mexican composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and electroacoustic works Bacalov (Bacalof), Luis more... 30 Mar. 1933 San Martin, Argentina   composer of over 112 Argentinean and American film scores including those for Il Postino and The Love Letter Bacarisse, Salvador 12 Sep. 1898 Madrid, Spain 5 Aug. 1963 Paris, France Spanish conductor and composer, a member of the Group of Madrid, who left Spain during the Spanish Civil War to live and work in France Baccelli, Matteo Pantaleone [Papia Leone] 1690 Lucca, Italy c. 1760 Lucca, Italy Italian composer Bacchini, Girolamo M. [Fra Teodoro del Carmine] fl. 1588-1605   Italian singer, composer, and theorist Bacchius (Bacchus, Bachus, Bachi, Bachy), Johannes de   before 29 Jan. 1557 composer, possibly French Bacchus, Z late nineteenth century   composer of Dr. Hekok Jig a violin solo taken from Dan Emmett's manuscript tune book of American Minstrel Show tunes Bacchylides more... c.507 BC Ceos, Greece after 452 BC ancient Greek lyric poet, composer, choreographer and impressario Baccusi, Ippolito c. 1550 1609 Italian composer Bacevicius, Vytautas more... 9 Sep. 1905 Lodz, Poland 15 Jan. 1970 New York, USA one of the leading Lithuanian composers of the interwar period advocating modern composition techniques. After the outbreak of the WWII, Bacevicius settled in the USA in 1940. He taught at the New York and Brooklyn conservatoires, as well as Long Island Music Institute, wrote articles and gave lectures. In 1942 he established a private piano studio Bacewicz, Grazyna more... 5 Feb. 1909 Lodz, Poland 17 Jan. 1969 Warsaw, Poland violinist and composer sister of Vytautas Bacevicius. Her compositions include 4 symphonies, a cello concerto, 4 violin concertos, 4 string quartets Bach family (see listing)       Bach, August Wilhelm more... 4 Oct. 1796 Berlin, Germany 15 Apr. 1869 Berlin, Germany German organist, teacher and composer who succeeded Zelter as director of the Institute for Church Music (1832). He was Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's organ teacher. He is, however, unrelated to the famous Bach family Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (see Bach, Karl Philippe Emanuel)       Bach, Christoph more... 19 Apr. 1613 Arnstadt, Germany 12 Sep. 1661 Eisenach, Germany German organist and composer, grandfather of JS Bach who left several distinguished pieces for organ Bach, Georg Christoph more... before 8 Sep. 1642 Eisenach, Germany 24 Apr. 1697 German composer, eldest son of Christoph Bach, he held the post of Kantor at Schweinfurt. His motet, Siehe, wie fein und lieblich, for two tenors and bass, accompanied by violin, three 'celli, and continuo, is in the Bach Archives Bach, Georg Friedrich 17 Mar. 1793 2 Oct. 1860 German flautist, music teacher, music director, theorist, and composer Bach, Heinrich 16 Sep. 1615 10 Jul. 1692 Arnstadt, Germany German organist and composer. Third son of Hans Bach, brother of Johann Bach and Christoph Bach. From 1641, organist of Arnstadt church a post he held for 51 years, until his death. He left organ pieces, and hymn-tunes in manuscript Bach, Jan (Morris) more... 11 Dec. 1937 Forrest, Illinois, USA   American composer who studied with Roberto Gerhard, Aaron Copland, Kenneth Gaburo, Robert Kelly, and Thea Musgrave Bach, Johann 1621 12 Sep. 1686 German Kantor, composer, and minister Bach, Johann(es) (Hans) 26 Nov. 1604 Weimar, Germany 13 May 1673 Erfurt, Germany German organist and composer, son of Hans Bach II (born: Weimar 1626) Bach, Johann Bernhard more... 25 Nov. 1676 Erfurt, Germany 11 Jun 1749 Eisenach, Germany Johann Bernhard studied briefly with his second cousin Johann Sebastian in Weimar, later becoming organist and court musician in Eisenach, the city of that cousin's birth. His excellent instrumental oeuvre is very much in the style of Telemann. Johann Sebastian performed four of his instrumental suites with his Collegium Musicum in Leipzig. Johann Bernhard was the father of Johann Ernst who became his colleague during the last year of his life Bach, Johann Bernard 24 Nov. 1700 12 Jun. 1743 German organist and composer Bach, Johann (John) Christian more... 5 Sep. 1735 Leipzig, Germany 1 Jan. 1782 London, England J.S. Bach's eleventh son, for a time organist at Milan Cathedral; as music master to the family of George III, J.C. Bach became known as 'The English Bach', he wrote operas, symphonies and works for keyboard, also successfully promoting concerts in London with Abel, the viola da gamba virtuoso. He also influenced the young 8 year-old Mozart on his visit to London Bach, Johann Christoph I more... 6 Dec. 1642 Arnstadt, Germany 31 Mar. 1703 Eisenach, Germany cousin of J.S. Bach's father; he wrote music appreciated by both J.S. and C.P.E. Bach, including motets on religious themes and works for keyboard. One of his finest works is a lament, Ach, dass ich Wassers g'nug hätte, with an accompaniment written for a consort of viols Bach, Johann Christoph II 16 Jun. 1671 Eisenach, Germany 22 Feb. 1721 Ohrdruff, Germany composer and organist. Brother of J.S. Bach who studied in Erfurt with Johann Pachelbel and went on to become assistant to Hans Bach in Arnstadt. He was appointed organist at Ohrdruff, a position he held for the rest of his life. J.S. Bach took clavichord lessons with him. Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich more... 21 Jun. 1732 Leipzig, Germany 26 Jan. 1795 Bückeburg, Germany J.S. Bach's ninth son; he wrote chamber music, concertos, symphonies and keyboard works Bach, Johann Ernst (of Arnstadt) more... 5 Aug. 1683 Arnstadt, Germany 21 Mar. 1739 composer and organist Bach, Johann Ernst more... 30 Jan. 1722 Eisensach, Germany 1 Sep. 1777 Eisenach studied law at Leipzig for six years, returning to Eisenach and practicing as advocate. In 1748 was appointed assistant to his father, Johann Bernard, organist of St. George's church; in 1756, appointed honorary Kapellmeister at Weimar, with pension. Published compositions include sonatas for clavecin with violin., etc; many others exist in manuscript Bach, Johann Friedrich c. 1682 buried 8 February 1730 a German organist and composer Bach, Johann Jacob 1682 possibly Eisenach, Germany 1732 a German musician, composer and an older brother of Johann Sebastian Bach Bach, Johann Lorenz 10 Sep. 1695 Schweinfurt, Germany 14 Dec. 1773 Lahm, Germany organist and composer; one of J. S. Bach's cousins who studied with J. S. who was at that time court organist and court harpsichordist at Weimar Bach, Johann Ludwig more... 4 Feb. 1677 Thal, Germany bur. 1 Mar. 1731 Johann Sebastian's second cousin was Kapelldirektor and court cantor in Meiningen. For this reason he is called "Meiningen Bach." in 1726, Johann Sebastian performed eighteen of his cousin's church cantatas, which like all his music is a fusion of Italian and German styles Bach, Johann Michael I baptised 9 Aug. 1648 Arnstadt, Germany 17 May 1694 Gehren, Germany German composer and distant relative of J.S. Bach, he was taught by his father and in 1665 became organist at Arnstadt castle, to be succeeded by J.S. Bach himself. His finest works are his motets although he wrote over 70 organ chorales, choral concerts and many instrumental works Bach, Johann Michael II 9 Nov. 1745 Struth, Germany 1820 Elberfeld, Germany organist and composer, who appears to be unrelated to the Bachs listed above Bach, Johann Nicolaus more... 10 Oct. 1669 Eisenach, Germany 4 Nov. 1753 Jena, Germany organist and composer, son of Johann Christoph I Bach, Johann Sebastian more... 21 Mar. 1685 Eisenach, Germany 28 Jul. 1750 Leipzig, Germany virtuoso instrumentalist, particularly on organ and harpsichord - he was probably one of the greatest exponents of these two instruments of his day; a prolific composer of instrumental, vocal, church and keyboard music of an extraordinarily high quality, but which proved to be the apogee of a contrapuntal style that was soon to be swept away by the musical style developed by his sons and adopted by their contemporaries Bach, Johannes 1612 Dec. 1632   Bach, Karl (Carl) Philipp Emanuel 8 Mar. 1714 Weimar, Germany 14 Dec. 1788 Hamburg, Germany J.S. Bach's third son; for 28 years at the court of Frederick the Great (C.P.E. accompanied his father on the occasion of the first performance of Bach's extemporisation on a 'musical subject' offered by Frederick, and which Bach later presented to Frederick entitled the Musical Offering; modern scholars believe the theme rather than being an invention of the King, was actually composed either by C.P.E. Bach or J.S. himself. C.P.E. Bach has left us detailed written evidence of performance practices of his day, as well as being the chief founder of the new sonata-symphony style which became, in the hands of Haydn and Mozart, what we call today the Classical style Bach, Leonhard Emil 11 Mar. 1849 Poznan, Poland 15 Feb. 1902 London, England Polish composer Bach [Bachtischa], Michael more... 1958 Germany   German cellist and composer who writes using the pseudonym 'Michael Bach Bachtischa' Bach, P.D.Q. (see Schickele, Peter) more...       Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann 22 Nov. 1710 Weimar, Germany 1 Jul. 1784 Berlin, Germany J.S. Bach's second son, principally known as a harpsichordist; he wrote numerous keyboard works, 9 symphonies and church cantatas but died in poverty Bach, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst more... 27 May 1759 25 Dec. 1845 son of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach who was one of J.S. Bach's sons, the last musically notable member Bacharach, Burt more... 12 May 1928 Kansas City, Mo. USA   pianist and highly successful song writer. Along with a great many hit songs, this composer has won three Academy Awards; one for the song Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head; one for the film score to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and one for the title tune to Arthur. His song Don't Make Me Over made singer Dionne Warwick a superstar, while his score for the Broadway play Promises, Promises gave a Tony Award to Jerry Ohrbach as best actor in a musical play Bache, Francis Edward 14 Sep. 1833 Birmingham, England 24 Aug. 1858 Birmingham, England pianist and composer whose early death disappointed those expecting notable developments Bacheler (or Batchelar), Daniel c. 1574 Aston Clinton, England 1619 Lee, Kent, England English lutenist and composer whose composition date from 1588. Thestyle of some of his lute solos suggests that he was still composing in the last years of his life. More than 50 lute solos survive, in manuscript form. Some of his pieces require considerable technical skill, and he was one of the first lutenists to explore the lower sonorities of the instrument, occasionally taking a melody down to the fourth and fifth courses. He was probably the first English lutenist to play unmeasured preludes. His best known composition is probably Monsieur’s Almain Bachelet, Alfred 26 Feb. 1864 Paris, France 10 Feb. 1944 Nancy, France French composer Bachmann, Arthur Marc more... 27 Mar. 1961 Calgary, Canada   Canadian violist and composer Bachmann, Elise 1838 Germany   composed and published a melodrama, songs and piano pieces in the popular style Bachmann, Judith fl. late 18th century   an exceptionally fine pianist whose compositions were published in Austria in 1796 Bachmann, Sixt [Joseph Siegmund Eugen] 18 Jul. 1754 Ketterhausen, Germany 18 Oct. 1825 Reutlingendorf, Germany German composer. A child prodigy, he took part in an organ contest with the young W.A. Mozart in 1766; both emerged with credit. He later became a priest in Ober Marchthal, where he taught music and composed keyboard, sacred and other works Bachofen, Johann Caspar [Hans Kaspar] 26 December 1695 23 June 1755 Swiss composer and music pedagogue Bachrich, Sigmund [Sigismund] 23 Jan. 1841 Zsambokreth 16 Jul. 1913 Vienna, Austria Austrian composer Bachschmidt (or Bachschmid), (Johann) Anton (Adam) 11 Feb. 1728 Melk, Nieder-Österreich, Austria 29 Dec. 1797 Eichstätt a composer known chiefly for his sacred music although he also wrote a number of fine early-classical concertos Bacilieri, Giovanni (fl. 1607-19)   Italian composer Bacilly, Bénigne de c. 1625 27 Sep. 1690 French singing teacher, composer and theorist Back, Konrad 23 Jun. 1749 10 Apr. 1810 South German monastic musician and composer Bäck, Sven-Erik 16 Sep. 1919 Stockholm, Sweden   pupil of Petrassi; works include a symphony for strings, a sonata for solo flute and an opera entitled Crane Feathers Backer-Gröndahl, Agathe Ursula more... 1 Dec. 1847 Holmestrand, Norway 4 Apr. 1907 Ormoen, Norway Norwegian pianist, pupil of von Bülow; composer of songs and piano music Backer-Gröndahl, Fridtjof 1885 Oslo, Norway 1959 Oslo, Norway son of the above, Norwegian pianist and composer Bäckström, Ola 1959 Ore, Sweden   fiddler and composer, a member of the folk group SWÅP Bacon, Ernst more... 26 May 1898 Chicago, USA 16 Mar. 1990 Orinda, California, USA conductor and musical journalist; composer of symphonies, theatre music and song Bacri, Nicolas more... 23 Nov. 1961 Paris, France   French composer, former winner of the Prix de Rome Baculewski, Krzysztof more... 1950 Warsaw, Poland   Polish composer and musicologist. He studied composition under the direction of Witold Rudzinski at the Warsaw Academy of Music and he graduated in 1974. Then he continued his studies in Vienna and in Paris, where he focused on composition and music analysis under Olivier Messiaen's direction, and studied electronic music at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales Badajoz, Manolo de 1892 Badajoz, Spain 1962 Madrid, Spain his full name - Manuel Alvarez Sorubet, a gipsy flamenco guitarist Badajóz el músico [Joao de Badajos] fl. c. 1520   Spanish or Portuguese composer and poet Badalamenti, Angelo more... 22 Mar. 1937 New York, USA   composer of film music, particularly working with David Lynch Badalbeyli, Afrasiyab 1907 1976 contributed to the development of music theatre in Azerbaijan. He wrote the first ballet Qiz Qalasi or Maiden's Tower (1940) Badalla, Rosa Giacinta more... c. 1660 Bergamo, Italy c. 1715 Milan, Italy Italian composer of motets for the Monaca di S. Radegonda in Milan where she was based. Her music was published in Venice in 1684 Badarzewska-Baranowska, Tekla 1834 Warsaw, Poland 29 Sep. 1861 Warsaw, Poland composer of songs and 34 piano pieces, including the very popular composition for piano, The Maiden's Prayer Badelt, Klaus more... 1968 Frankfurt, Germany   film composer Klaus Badelt gained recognition in his native Germany for scoring dozens of films and commercials. In 1998, he accepted Oscar-winner Hans Zimmer's invitation to relocate to Santa Monica, USA in order to work at Media Ventures. He has since collaborated with Zimmer on scores for Gladiator, The Thin Red Line, The Prince of Egypt, Mission: Impossible 2, Hannibal and Pearl Harbor. In addition, he has also completed a variety of independent projects, including K-19: The Widowmaker, The Recruit and Basic Baden, (Peter) Conrad (Krohn) more... 31 Aug. 1908 Drammen, Norway 11 Jun. 1989 the son of Olaf Jørgensen, organist in Strømsø Church, Conrad Jørgensen later assumed the older family name of Baden. He trained in Oslo as an organist and later as a composer at the Leipzig Academy studying with Günter Raphael and Kurt Thomas. Later he studied also with Per Steenberg, Bjarne Brustad and in 1950 he travelled to Paris, to study under Jean Rivier and attended classes in composition under Honegger. Baden was also active as a writer. He was music critic for the newspapers Drammens Tidende, Vårt Land and Morgenbladet, as well as contributing editor to Nordisk Musikkkultur, Norsk Kirkemusikk and Norsk Musikktidskrift Badia, Carlo Agostino 1672 possibly Venice, Italy 23 Sep. 1738 Vienna, Austria Italian composer noted for his operas Badian, Maya more... 1945 Bucharest, Romania   Romanian composer now living in Canada. Her diversified output includes more than eighty major compositions for orchestra, for soloist(s) with orchestra, for choir, music for instrumental and vocal ensembles of various combinations, and works for multimedia Badings, Henk more... 17 Jan. 1907 Bandoeng, Indonesia 26 Jun. 1987 Maarheeze, The Netherlands trained as an engineer; prolific composer of music for orchestra, chamber ensemble, piano and organ Badinski, Nikolai 19 Dec. 1937   Bulgarian composer Baena, Lope de fl. c. 1475-c.1508 &nbs; Spanish composer Baer, Abel 10 Mar. 1893 Baltimore, Maryland 5 Oct. 1976 New York, NY composer and lyricist, was most active during the 1920s into the 1940s and whose most famous song is There Are Such Things (1942) Baert, Bernard more... 10 Apr. 1963 Waregem, Belgium   Belgian pianist and composer Baervoets, Raymond 6 Nov. 1930   Belgian composer Baes, Jonas more... 1961 Los Banos, The Philippines   Philippine ethnomusicologist, writer and composer Baeyens, August Louis more... 5 Jun. 1895 Antwerp, Belgium 17 Jul. 1966 Antwerp, Belgium Belgian composer Baez, Joan more... 9 Jan. 1941 Staten Island, NY, USA   American composer and performer of popular music Báez, Joan Chandos more... 9 Jan. 1941 New York ,USA   an American folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style. She is a soprano with a three-octave vocal range and a distinctive throat vibrato. In addition, she is noted for her activism in the areas of nonviolence, civil and human rights and, in more recent years, the environment Bagadurov (or Bagodurov, Bagaduroff), Vassili 22 Feb. 1878 Nishi Novgorod, Russia 10 Oct. 1954 Moscow, Russia Russian composer and teacher of singing Bagatti, Francesco [Bagati] fl. 1658-c. 1680   Italian composer and organist Bagge, Charles Ernest, Baron de [Bach] 14 Feb. 1722 24 Mar. 1791 French dilettante, amateur violinist, composer, patron of the arts, and instrument collector Baggiani, Guido 4 Mar. 1932 &nbs; Italian composer Bagley, Edwin Eugene 1857 Craftsbury, VT, USA 1922 Keene, NH, USA composer, particularly of military marches such as National Emblem March Baglioncella, Francesca 16th century Italy   composer of madrigals Baglioni, Girolamo c. 1575 1608 Italian composer Bagni, Benedetto [Bagnius, Benedictus] fl. 1608   Italian composer and organist Baguer, Carlos Mar. 1768 Barcelona, Spain 29 Feb. 1808 Barcelona, Spain a pupil of his uncle, Francesco Mariner who was organist of Barcelona Cathedral, Carlos succeeded him in 1786. By 1789 he had become principal organist of the Cathedral, a post he held until his death in 1808. Baguer was one of the most important musical figures in Catalonia at this time, his reputation enhanced particularly by his interpretations and improvisations on the organ. As the composer of nineteen symphonies, he is the principal symphonist of Spain during the classical era. These works show strongly the influence of Josef Haydn. In addition, his compositions include many works for keyboard, for church use, an opera (La principesa filósofa o sea El desdén con el desdén, 1797) and chamber music Bahr, Johann [Bähr] c. 1610 Germany 3 Jun. 1670 Swedish organist and composer Baif, Jean Antoine de 1532 Venice, Italy 1589 Paris, France born in Venice where his father was the French ambassador, Baif was a guitarist, composer and poet. He wrote a method for the four string guitar entitled Instrucction pur apprendre la tablature de guiterne Bailey, Derek more... 29 Jan. 1932 Sheffield, England   jazz guitarist and composer Bailey, Parker more... 1 Mar. 1902 Kansas City, Missouri 1982 USA Bailey came to Yale College in 1919 to study with Horatio Parker, who died that year. He studied instead with David Stanley Smith from 1920 to 1925, with Quincy Porter from 1925 to 1930, and with Roger Sessions. Following his musical studies he received an LL.B degree from the Cornell Law School in 1934 and practiced law the remainder of his life. He published a number of musical works Bailie, Joanna more... 1973 London, UK   the composer writes: "my music has been changing a great deal over the last few years, mainly because of a shifting from my initial interest in New Complexity to something less stylistically definable. Exposure to Feldman, the later works of Karel Goeyvaerts and above all the music of the Italian composer Aldo Clementi resulted in a fascination with the ideas of obsessive repetition and monotony. In fact, someone once told me that they thought that Clementi's music was "an interesting shade of grey", an aesthetic that I've attempted to adopt for myself, as a kind of reaction against the ubiquitous "contrast" that dominates mainstream modernism, the idea that somehow we have to fit the entire universe of sounds into one piece." Bailleux, Antoine c. 1720 c. 1798 French publisher, composer, and teacher Baillon, Pierre-Jean more... fl. late 18th century   French composer, author of Nouvelle méthode de guitarre selon le sisteme des meilleurs auteurs, contenant les moyens les plus clairs et les plus aises pour apprendre a accompagner une voix et parvenir a jouer tout ce qui est propre a cet instrument (first edition 1781). An important aspect of Baillon's method is that in it we find the first reference to the use of single strings on the guitar, although he states that he prefers the sound of double courses Baillot, Pierre (Maire François de Sales) more... 1 Oct. 1771 Passy, Paris, France 15 Sep. 1842 Paris, France virtuoso violinist pupil of Viotti who composed 9 violin concertos. Building on the pedagogical work he and his colleagues had accomplished at the Paris Conservatoire in the 1790s, he would later write one of the greatest treatises on violin playing, l'Art du violon (1834) Baillou, Luigi de [Baylou, Baillon, Ballion, Ballioni, Baglioni; Louis] c. 1735 Milan, Italy c. 1809 Milan, Italy Italian violinist and composer Bailly, Henri le date unknown France 1637 Paris, France one of the senior musicians (singer-composers), in the service of the French Kings Henri IV (r. 1589-1610) and Louis XIII (r. 1610-1643), who composed in the style that dominated secular vocal music in France in the early 17th century, 'courtly song' Bainbridge, Simon more... 1952 London, England   studied composition at the Royal College of Music with John Lambert from 1969-72. In 1973 and 1974 he studied with Gunther Schuller at Tanglewood, and from 1976-78 he was the Forman Fellow in Composition at Edinburgh University. In 1978, Bainbridge returned to the USA on a US/UK Bicentennial Fellowship. Back in England, he worked for a time at the National Theatre, before taking up a post as composer-in-residence for Southern Arts (1983-85). In 1987 he was awarded the Gemini Fellowship by the Worshipful Company of Musicians [taken from Chester/Novello website biography] Baines, William more... 26 Mar. 1899 Horbury, England 6 Nov. 1922 York, England composer of interesting piano works who died as a result of tuberculosis. He composed chamber music, some songs and a few orchestral pieces, Baines was primarily a miniaturist, writing mainly for the piano. He had a particular gift for melody, and owed something to both Chopin and Scriabin in his musical language. Handsome tributes were paid to the young composer at his death: Frederick Dawson going so far as to declare that "he was the greatest composer of pianoforte music the English have ever had" Baini, Giuseppe (Giacobbe Baldassarre) 21 Oct. 1775 21 May 1844 Italian musicologist and composer Bainton, Edgar Leslie 14 Feb. 1880 London, England 8 Dec. 1956 Sydney, Australia pianist and prolific composer Bainville, François 1 Apr. 1725 26 Sep. 1788 French organist and composer Baird, David Olen more... 1951 Oklahoma, USA   American composer who in 1996 received international notice when he was named one of the top composers by the International Clarinet Association for his jazz inspired chamber work, Crosstalk. He has also composed two symphonies, a string quartet, and several chamber music works. His efforts included works for piano, works for chorus, and works for organ as well as compositions for both rock and jazz ensembles Baird, Michael more... 1954 Lusaka, Zambia   composer and percussionist, Michael Baird moved to England in 1964 and to Holland in 1967. Michael started playing drums in 1968 and is self-taught, except for a few private lessons with jazz-drummer Art Taylor and workshops led by Afro-Caribbean percussionist Raul Burnet Baird, Tadeusz more... 26 Jul. 1928 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland 2 Sep. 1981 Warsaw, Poland a Polish composer. In 1956, with Kazimierz Serocki he founded the Warsaw Autumn international contemporary music festival Bairstow, Edward Cuthbert 22 Aug. 1874 Huddersfield, England 1 May 1946 York, England church organist, voice trainer, choral conductor and composer of church music Baj, Tommaso [Bai, Baij] c. 1650 22 Dec. 1714 Italian composer and singer Bajamonti, Julije [Giulio] 4 Aug. 1744 Split, Croatia 12 Nov. 1800 Split, Croatia a Croatian by birth and a medical doctor by profession, Bajamonti wrote an article entitled Il medico e la musica ('The physician and music', 1796), the earliest essay on music therapy in which he showed that music has therapeutic strength. He composed more than two hundred works (many are only fragmentary) including sacred music to texts in Latin, Italian, and Croatian: for example, La passione de Gesu Cristo (a cantata to words written by Pietro Metastasio), Requiem (composed on the occasion of death of Rugjer Boskovic and commissioned by the Dubrovnik Senat in 1787) and spiritual songs to Croatian verses. In 1767 he composed an oratorio which constitutes the first Croatian opera. He also wrote the first Croatian oratorio, La translation di San Diomo Bajic, Isidor 1878 1915 a student of the Pest conservatory, he proved himself a skilled organiser in the musical life of Novi Sad, where he started the 'Serbian Music Journal', produced an edition of music from the Serbian Musical Library and founded the Music School. He directed, wrote articles and textbooks. His compositions include the opera 'Prince Ivo of Semberija' Bajon Louis, Marie Emmanuelle (see Bayon Louis, Marie Emmanuelle       Bajoras, Feliksas Romualdas Konstantinas more... 7 Oct. 1934 Alytus, Lithuania   Lithuanian composer who between 1984 and 1988 lived in the United States Bakaleinikoff, Constantin more... 26 Apr. 1898 Moscow, Russia 3 Sep. 1966 Los Angeles, CA, USA sometimes credited as: Constantine Bakaleinikoff, and very early in his career as just plain Bakaleinikoff, his nickname was Costia, or Mr. B. Constantin. He was a conductor, musical director (mostly at RKO (1939-1956)) and composer. He was nominated 4 times for the Oscar. He should not be confused with Mischa Bakaleinikof who was also very active in the Hollywood studios, but only as a musical director Baker, Chet more... 23 Dec. 1929 Yale, Oklahoma, USA 13 May 1988 Amsterdam, Holland born Chesney H. Baker, jazz trumpeter and composer Baker, Claude 1948   Baker earned his doctoral degree from the Eastman School of Music. As a composer, he has received a number of accolades, which have included an Academy Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, two Kennedy Center Friedheim Awards, and numerous commissions and fellowships. He won the first ever Barto Prize for his composition Flights of Passage: From Silent Sun to Starry Night. Baker has also served on the faculties of the University of Georgia and the University of Louisville, and was a Visiting Professor at the Eastman School of Music. Currently, Baker is Professor of Composition in the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, Bloomington Baker, David Nathaniel jr. more... 1931 Indianapolis, USA   David Baker received his B.M.E. (1973) and M.M.E. (1954) from Indiana University (Bloomington) and has had private study with George Russell, Bernard Heiden Gunther Schuller, John Lewis, William Russo, and others. He has served as chairman of the Jazz Studies Department at Indiana University. Baker's extensive compositional output covers a wide range of genres and styles, including works for jazz, orchestra, solo voice, chorus, piano, and chamber ensemble. Several instumental combinations, i.e., "Black America," "Levels," and "Psalm 22." He has received commissions from Janos Starker, Harvey Phillips, Natalie Hinderas, and other artists. Baker is nationally recognized as a composer, lecturer - clinician, and writer of more than one hundred books and articles on jazz and other subjects in Afro - American music Baker, George fl 1720   English psalmodist, 'A collection of the best and most musical psalms' (1720) Baker, Sir Henry Williams 27 May 1821 London, England 12 Feb. 1877 Leominster, England an eminent English clergyman, son of Sir Henry L. Baker; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1844. He took holy orders in 1844, and became vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire, in 1851, which benefice he held until his death. He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1851. He is best known as editor in chief of Hymns Ancient and Modern, to which he contributed several of his hymns Baker, Kenny 1 Mar. 1921 Withernsea, Yorkshire, England 7 Dec. 1999 Felpham, West Sussex, England English trumpeter and composer. who, though uncredited, composed the dance music for the very successful film The Red Shoes (1948). Baker also composed the night club music in the British film 'The Small Back Room' (1949) Baker, Michael Conway more... 13 Mar. 1937 West Palm Beach, FL, USA   American composer, now based in Canada, noted for his film, television and video music scores as well as for his symphonic work Baker, Richard more... 1972 England   English composer and professor of composition Baker, Thomas more... 1944 Toronto, Canada   Canadian composer, conductor, pianist and organist Baker, Tom more... 1965 USA   Tom Baker has been active as a composer, performer and music producer in the Seattle new-music scene since 1994. Tom has appeared as guest conductor for the Seattle Creative Orchestra and has served as composer-in-residence for the a cappella vocal ensemble The Esoterics. As the artistic director and curator of the new-music concert series, the Seattle Composers' Salon, he is dedicated to producing and promoting the new and adventurous music that is being created in the Pacific Northwest. Tom is also the co-director of the Seattle EXperimental Opera (SEXO) and a co-founder of the new-music recording label Present Sounds. For the past several years, Tom has been performing on and composing for the fretless guitar; his first solo CD Sounding the Curve was released in October 2003 Bakfark (or Bachfarrt, Backvart, Bekwark), Bálint Valentin more... 1507 Brasov, Hungary 15 or 22 Aug. 1576 Padua, Italy he was educated in Buda at the royal court of Janos Zapolya and spent some time of his life in the late 1540s in Paris. He was appointed as a court musician (lutenist) at the court of Krakow in 1549; he was famous for his virtuosity on the instrument as well as also for his compositions of which there exist several printed collections that are attributed to his name. He fled Poland in 1565 after his house in Vilnius had been plundered by soldiers Bakhmetyev, Nikolai Ivanovich 1807 Bakhmetevka, Saratov, Russia 31 Aug. 1891 St. Petersburg, Russia Russian violinist and adminstrator of church publications Bakikhanov, Tofig 1930   Azerbaijani a composer and professor at the Baku Academy of Music. He is remembered for his short ballet, called Caspian Ballad Bakke, Ruth more... 2 Aug. 1947 Bergen, Norway   Norwegian composer and organist who received most of her training in the United States. Since 1973, she has worked as an organist and choir conductor in Bergen. She also teaches music theory at Bergen Teacher's Training College and Bergen Music Conservatory Baklanova (or Baklanowa), Natalya (or Natalja) more... 1902 1985 composer particularly of pedagogical works for the violin Baksa, Robert more... 1938 New York City, NY, USA   one of America's most prolific composers, Baksa grew up in Tucson, Arizona and eventually earned a BA in Composition at the University of Arizona. He returned to live in New York City in the early 60s. He has written more than 500 pieces of music since his first efforts as a teenager. Since his earliest New York reviews critics have noted his melodic gifts, the structural clarity and harmonious nature of his music. His first pieces, short piano pieces written in the early 1950s which he later arranged for wind trio, are in fact still being performed around the world. His numerous choral pieces have been performed in many countries and his art songs have been featured in two recent studies on the subject of American Art Song Bakshi, Alexander more... 1952 Sakhumi, Georgia   Georgian-born Russian composer mainly of orchestral and stage works Bal y Gay, Jesús 23 Jun. 1905   Spanish musicologist and composer Balada, Leonardo more... 22 Sep. 1933 Barcelona, Spain   Catalan composer who came to New York in 1956 to study composition, has been a powerful creative force for more than three decades. His highly personal “avant-garde” techniques in the sixties – dramatically as well as rhythmically imposing – sets his works like Guernica and María Sabina apart from composers of the time. Later, in the seventies, he was credited as a pioneer in blending the “avant-garde” with folkloric ideas mixing the new with the old – now a very fashionable trend – in works like Sinfonía en Negro-Homage to Martin Luther King (1968) and Homage to Casals and Sarasate (1975). He is University Professor of Composition at the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Balakauskas, Osvaldas more... 19 Dec. 1937 Miliunai, Lithuania   Lithuanian composer, who studied in Vilnius from 1975 to 1961 and later at the Conservatory in Kiev (composition with Boris Ljatoschinsky and Miroslav Skorik). Until 1972 he was active as an editor for the music publisher Ukraina in Kiev but some years later he returned to Vilnius, where he was engaged as an art counsellor for the composers association. Since 1988 he is the leader of the composition class at the conservatory of Vilnius Balakiref (or Balakirev, Balakirew, Balakireff), Mily Alexeyevich more... 2 Jan. 1837 Nijni-Novgorod, Russia 29 May 1910 St. Petersburg, Russia member of the group called 'The Five', later in life had a breakdown and became a railway official; composer of brilliant piano music, 2 symphonies, the symphonic poem Tamara, songs and folksong arrangements Balakrishnan, David more... 1954   violinist and member of the Turtle Island String Quartet, David Balakrishnan, co-founder of the quartet, has also collaborated with such ensembles as the Modern Jazz Quartet and Manhattan Transfer. In addition, he has made a name for himself as a successful composer and arranger Balanchivadze (or Balancsivadze), Andrey (Melitonovich) 1 Jun. 1906 St Peterburg, Russia 28 Apr. 1992 Tbilisi Russian composer and conductor Balanchivadze, Meliton (Antonovich) 24 Dec. 1862 Banodzha 21 Nov. 1937 Kutaisi Georgian composer and singer Balanescu, Alexander more... 1950 Bucharest, Romania   Romanian violinist and composer, leader of the Balanescu Quartet. Recordings of Balanescu’s original work appear on his albums for MUTE (‘possessed’, ‘Luminitza’, 'Angels and Insects’) as well as his tribute to YMO ‘East meets East’ (Con-Sipio), his score for the Italian war film ‘Il Partigiano Johnny’ (Virgin, Italy) and collaborations with electronica artist ‘Lume, Lume’ (Staubgold) as well as guesting on albums by To Rococo Rot , Spiritualized, Rabih Abou-Khalil and The Pet Shop Boys Balart, Gabriel 8 Jun. 1824 Barcelona, Spain 5 Jul. 1893 Barcelona, Spain Spanish composer Balasanian, Sergey Artem'yevich 26 Aug. 1902 Ashkhabad 3 Jun. 1982 Moscow, Russia Russian composer Balasanyan, David 10 Oct. 1983 Yerevan, Armenia   Armenian pianist and composer who studied composition and piano with Ashot Ghazaryan at a music school in Yerevan from 1991-98 and composition with Ashot Ghazaryan and piano with Avetik Pivazyan at the Romanos Melikyan College of Music in Yerevan from 1998-2000. He studied composition with Ashot Zohrabyan at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory from 2000-05, where he has had post-graduate studies in composition with Ashot Zohrabyan since 2005. He was awarded Second Prize in the Benjamin Britten competition in Yerevan (2003, for Composition for Woodwind Quintet (2002/03)) and the Narekatsi Young Composers Award in Yerevan (2006, for Postlude in memoriam... for violin and piano (2003/04)). He has written numerous poems, many of which appear in the collection Arahetner (2001, Mitq) and he participated with Ashot Zohrabyan as an Armenian delegate to the European Composers Congress in Vienna (2006). Between 2004 and 2005 he taught choral writing as an assistant to Gevorg Armenyan at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory [e-mail: davbal@yandex.ru] Balassa, Sándor 20 Jan. 1935 Budapest, Hungary   composer of Iris for orchestra, a trio for violin, viola and harp and Requiem for Lajos Kassák Balatka, Hans more... 26 Feb. 1826 Hoffnungsthal, Moravia 17 Apr. 1899 Chicago, USA Moravian conductor and composer, active in the United States [birth date corrected by W. Pin] Balazs, Arpad more... 1937 Hungary   Hungarian composer Balbastre, Claude-Bénigne more... 22 Jan. 1727 France 9 May 1799 France French organist and composer. Balbastre taught the harpsichord to Marie-Antoinette and the Duke of Chartres. He was organist at the Chapelle Royale where he performed his own works at Christmas, as did his colleagues, Louis Claude Daquin and Jean-François Dandrieu. It is reported that the improvisations by Balbastre at Christmas attracted so many people, it was feared disorder would be caused in the church, to the point where he was twice refused access to the organ loft at Notre-Dame Cathedral during midnight mass, by order of the Archbishop of Paris Balbi, Igazio fl. 1720-75   Italian composer Balbi, Lodovico c. 1545 before 15 Dec. 1604 Italian composer and friar Balbi, Luigi [Alviso, Alciso, Aluigi, Aloysius] fl. 1585-1621   Italian composer, organist and friar Balbi, Melchiore 4 Jun. 1796 Venice, Italy 21 Jun. 1879 Padua, Italy Italian composer Balbulus, Blessed Notker (Stammerer) more... c. 840 Jonswil, Switzerland 912 St. Gall Switzerland it is practically accepted that he is the "monk of St. Gall" (monachus Sangallensis), author of the legends and anecdotes Gesta Caroli Magni. The number of works ascribed to him is constantly increasing. He introduced the sequence, a new species of religious lyric, into Germany. It had been the custom to prolong the Alleluia in the Mass before the Gospel, modulating through a skillfully harmonized series of tones. Notker learned how to fit the separate syllables of a Latin text to the tones of this jubilation; this poem was called the sequence, formerly called the 'jubilation'. (The reason for this name is uncertain.) Between 881-887 Notker dedicated a collection of such verses to Bishop Liutward of Vercelli, but it is not known which or how many are his. Ekkehard IV, the historiographer of St. Gall, speaks of fifty sequences attributable to Notker. The hymn, Media Vita, was erroneously attributed to him late in the Middle Ages. Ekkehard IV lauds him as "delicate of body but not of mind, stuttering of tongue but not of intellect, pushing boldly forward in things Divine, a vessel of the Holy Spirit without equal in his time". [taken from Catholic Encycolpedia] Balciunas, Linas more... 1973 Lithuania   Lithuanian composer Baldan, Angelo 1753 23 Apr. 1803 Italian composer, teacher and priest Baldassare, Pietro [Baldassari] c. 1690 Rome, Italy c. 1768 he worked as a choirmaster in Brescia between 1721 and 1725 and is believed to have composed oratorios although none appear to have survived Baldi, Joao José 1770 18 May 1816 Portuguese composer Baldrati, Bartolomeo [Baldradi] c. 1645   Italian (?) composer Baldwin, Anthony more... late 20th century London, UK   his early years were spent as a choirboy at Southwark Cathedral, London. At the age of 17, he was awarded the Associateship Diploma of the Royal College of Organists, winning the prize for harmony and counterpoint, and earned the Fellowship a year later. He studied at the Universities of Oxford and Durham, and afterwards embarked upon a career in teaching, organ-playing and choir-training. Baldwin has made regular visits to the United States as a recitalist and formed his own chamber choir in California. He is currently Organist at the American Church in London. As a composer, Baldwin has written anthems, carols, carol arrangements and organ music. He won the Royal School of Church Music’s Harold Smart Competition in 1996 and 1998 Baldwin, John [Baldwine, Baldwyn, Baudewyn, Bawdwine] before 1560 28 Aug. 1615 English anthologist, singer and composer Baley, Virko more... 1938 Ukraine, Russia   composer, conductor and pianist, who trained in (West) Germany and at the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, was the first American to be awarded the coveted Shevchenko Prize for Music (1996) Balfe, Michael William more... 15 May 1808 Dublin, Ireland 20 Oct. 1870 Rowney Abbey, Herts. baritone singer, violinist and composer of popular operas including The Bohemian Girl (1843) Baliani, Carlo [Bagliani, Balliani, Basiliani] c. 1680 possibly Milan, Italy 16 Feb. 1747 Milan, Italy Italian composer Balissat, Jean 15 May 1936   Swiss composer and conductor Balius y Vila, Jaime 3 Nov. 1822   Spanish composer Ball, Christopher more... England   English-born recorder player, teacher and composer particularly of works including the recorder Ball, Eric more... 31 Oct. 1903 Kingswood, Bristol, UK 1 Oct. 1989 in 1919, Eric Ball took a job in The Salvation Army Musical Instrument Department at Judd Street in central London. He soon progressed to The Musical Editorial Department where he would spend twenty eight years, and where he worked alongside such well known Salvation Army composers as Philip Catelinet, Bramwell Coles, Albert Jakeway and George Marshall, as well as Henry Hall, later to become famous as a band leader. He was a bandmaster of the International Staff Band of The Salvation Army and a prominent figure in the brass band world. A prolific composer and arranger, many of his works remain in the repertoire Ball, Ernest R. more... 21 Jul. 1878 Cleveland, Ohio, USA 3 May 1927 Santa Ana, CA, USA American composer who co-wrote i>When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1912) Ball, Michael more... 1946 Manchester, England   while attending the Royal College of Music, he studied with Herbert Howells, Humphrey Searle and John Lambert. In 1970 he was one of four students selected to take part in master classes with Nadia Boulanger on her visit to the RCM and in the same year was awarded all the major composition prizes of the College, including the Octavia Travelling Scholarship, which he used to study with Franco Donatoni in Italy during the summers of 1972 and 1973. Whilst he was there, he participated in master classes with Luciano Berio and György Ligeti. He has written works for orchestra, windband and brassband as well as an opera The Belly Bag for younger musicians Ballabene, Gregorio [Bellabene] c. 1720 c. 1803 Italian composer Ballantine, Edward 6 Aug. 1886 2 Jul. 1971 American composer Ballard, Robert more... c. 1575 France in or after 1650 French composer and lutenist, probable pupil of Adrian le Roy and son of Robert Ballard (c.1525-1588), was a lutenist at the royal court from 1612 until his death, taking part in performances of ballets de cour. He published two volumes of airs and dances for the lute. Robert snr. in partnership with Adrian le Roy who was his brother-in-law, was granted a privilege (license) for printing music from the French king Henri II on July 14, 1551. In 1553, Le Roy and Ballard received the title of music printer to the king, which was re-affirmed in 1568 under Charles IX. A combination of important court connections, shrewd choice of repertoire, technical expertise, and high artistic quality (some it due to their using movable type, cut in 1540 by Robert's father-in-law, Guillaume Le Bé (or du Gué)), gave Le Roy and Ballard a near-monopoly on music printing in France through the end of the 16th century. Under Henry IV in 1594, a few years after Robert's death, the same title was granted to the partnership of Le Roy and Lucrèce Ballard, Robert's widow. Members of the Ballard family were to bear the title of music printers to the king well into the 18th century. They held a virtual monopoly on music printing in France for two centuries, and continued in business into the second decade of the 19th century, when the final owner was the great-great-great-great grandson of Robert. Throughout this period the Ballard family exploited the role of family relationships in the French social system by establishing family ties to leading printers and publishers such as Boivin, Montéclair and Dumesnil Ballarotti, Francesco c. 1660 Apr. 1712 Bergamo, Italy Italian composer Ballesteros, Antonio     published his Obra Para Guitarra de Seis Ordenes, a method book for the 6 string guitar, in 1780 Ballestra, Reimundo [Balestra, Armbruster?; Raimundo] 2nd half 16th century 11 Oct. 1634 composer, probably German Balletti, Bernardino fl. 1554   Italian lutenist and composer Ballière de Laisement, (Charles-Louis-)Denis 9 May 1729 8 Nov. 1800 French composer and theorist Ballif, Claude (André François) more... 22 May 1924 Paris, France 24 Jul. 2004 Poissons, Haute-Marne, France Claude Ballif first studied music in Bordeaux, before entering the Paris Conservatory in 1948 to study composition with Tony Aubin, counterpoint and fugue with Noël Gallon and analysis in the class of Olivier Messiaen. From 1954 he followed the classes of Boris Blacher (composition) and Joseph Rufer (analysis) at the Berlin Conservatory. The following year he won First Prize for music composition in the Geneva International Competition for his orchestral work Lovecraft and his First String Quartet. From 1956 to 1959 he taught at the summer school in Darmstadt, alongside Luigi Nono, Luciano Berio and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Works include Journey of my ear for orchestra and various chamber works Ballis, Oliviero fl. 1577-1609   Italian composer, singer and priest Ballou, Esther (Williamson) 17 Jul. 1915 12 Mar. 1973 American composer, pianist and educator Balmer, Luc 13 Jul. 1898 Munich, Germany   Swiss conductor and composer Balogh, Erno more... 4 Apr. 1897 Budapest, Hungary 2 Jun. 1989 Michellville, MD, USA Erno Balogh, pianist, composer, editor and teacher. From an early age, he performed and composed music at the piano. Punishment for him was being denied access to the piano. His first compositions, two short piano pieces dedicated to his father, were written at the age of eight. For twelve years, 1905 to 1917, he attended the Budapest Conservatory, completing the Professor's Certificate and receiving the Franz Liszt Prize in piano and composition. During this period, he studied piano with Bela Bartok and composition with Zoltan Kodaly. Balogh became a close friend of both men and he was instrumental in bringing Bartok to the U.S. for his first concert tour in 1927 Balsach, Llorenç more... 1953 Sabadell (Barcelona), Spain   studied music with J. Poch, C. Guinovart, A. Argudo and J. Soler. and mathematics at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. He has received commissions from Radio Baden-Baden Orchestra, Valles Symphonic Orchestra, Catalonian Composers'Association, Spanish Ministry of Culture, National Radio of Spain and the Councils of Barcelona and Sabadell, among others Balsamino, Simone fl. c. 1590-96   Italian composer and poet Baltakas, Vykintas more... 10 Jul. 1972 Vilnius, Lithuania   Lithuanian composer and conductor Baltan, Kid (see Raaijmakers, Dick)       Balthaus, Dirk more... 1965 Oberhausen, Germany   Jazz pianist, co-founder of Crossover Piano, a piano-duo, with the classical pianist Wolfgang Mechsner Baltzar, Thomas more... 1631 Lübeck, Germany bur. 27 July 1663 London, UK German violinist and composer, he came from a family of Lübeck musicians: his father, David (d 1647), his grandfather, Hinrik Thomas, his great-grandfather, Hinrik, and his brothers Joachim and David were all musicians there. According to the English scientist Samuel Hartlib, Baltzar studied with Johann Schop, and he is recorded at the Swedish court in 1653. He probably returned home in summer 1654, after Queen Christina's abdication, and was briefly appointed a Lübeck Ratslutenist at the beginning of 1655. He travelled to England later in the year, where he remained until his death. Baltzar caused a sensation in England. John Evelyn heard him at Roger L'Estrange's London house on 4 March 1656, and wrote that he ‘plaid on that single Instrument a full Consort, so as the rest, flung-downe their Instruments, as acknowledging a victory’. Baltzar was in London in September 1656 to play in Davenant's The Siege of Rhodes, though Anthony Wood wrote that he spent about two years with Sir Anthony Cope at Hanwell House near Banbury. Presumably he was living there when he made his famous visits to William Ellis's Oxford music meetings in summer 1658. Wood compared him several times with the English violinist Davis Mell, who ‘play'd farr sweeter than Baltsar, yet Baltsar's hand was more quick and could run it insensibly to the end of the finger-board’. Mell was also in Oxford in 1658, and their divisions on John, come kiss me now, printed in Playford's The Division Violin (1684/R), probably record some sort of playing contest. They show that Mell was no match for Baltzar, as a composer as well as a player Balys, Eduardas 20 Dec. 1919   Lithuanian composer Balzano, Domenico fl. 1680   Maltese composer, brother of Giuseppe, known for his motet "Venite Omnes" (1680) scored for 2 canti and continuo Balzano, Giuseppe fl. 1652   Maltese composer, brother of Dominico, known for his motet "Beatus Vir" (1652) scored for two tenors, a baritone and continuo Bamfi, Alfonso [Banfi, Banfo] fl. 1641-55   Italian composer and organist Ban, Joan Albert [Bannius] more... 1597/1598 The Netherlands 27 Jul. 1644 The Netherlands Dutch musical theorist and composer noted for his arguments with Mersenne and other French theorists Banasik, Christian more... 1963 Siemianowice, Poland   has lived in Germany since 1974. He studied composition with Guenther Becker and Dimitri Terzakis at the Robert Schumann Academy of Music in Duesseldorf. Computer music seminars with Clarence Barlow at the Music Academy in Cologne. Postgraduate studies with Hans Zender (composition) and Hans-Dieter Resch (conducting) at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt. His instrumental and electronic pieces have been featured in concerts and radio programs throughout Europe (BBC London, SFB Berlin, HR Frankfurt, WDR Cologne, NDR Hamburg, VPRO Radio Holland, VRT Radio Belgium, Polskie Radio and Swedish National Radio), the Americas, Asia and Australia. He has developed an algorithmic composition software (AFSTS 1) for the Atari ST computers from 1991-1993. From 1994-1997 he was chairman of the music department in the guild of artist "Kuenstlergilde NRW". Banasik was the artistic director of the ensemble "go ahead" and organizer of multimedia events with new music, literature and fine arts as well as concerts of electroacoustic music. He has received national and international music awards and scholarships. Beside live electronics and computer music Banasik has produced works for tape, radio plays and film soundtracks Banaster, Gilbert [Banastir, Banastro] c. 1445 between 19 Aug. and 10 Sep. 1487 English composer Banchieri, Adriano (Tomaso) more... 3 Sep. 1568 Bologna, Italy 1634 Bologna, Italy a man of considerable versatility, a composer, dramatist, organist and theorist, he spent almost his whole life at the monastery of San Michele in Bosco, near Bologna, becoming abbot in 1620. He founded the Accademia dei Floridi in Bologna Banci, Giovanni fl. 1619 Italy   Italian composer Bancquart, Alain more... 1934 France   one of the leading composers of microtonal music in Europe Bandiera, Lodovico fl. 1663   Italian composer Bandolim, Jacob do more... 13 Aug. 1918 Brazil 14 Feb. 1969 Brazil the most influential Brazilian artist on the instrument that became part of his name, Jacob elevated the mandolin (bandolim, in Portuguese) to a place of honour [to hear extracts of his music click here] Banester, Gilbert more... c.1445 probably London, England 1487 probably Windsor, England English composer Gilbert Banester was possibly born in London in 1445. He was Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal from 1478. He contributed a carol in florid style to the Fayrfax Manuscript, and wrote and produced pageants at Henry VII's court; his latin motets include one probably for Henry's wedding. He is represented in the Eton Choirbook. Banevich, Sergei 2 Dec. 1941 Okhansk, nr. Perm   composer Banfield, William more... 1961 USA   he earned a Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1983, a Master of Theological Studies from Boston University in 1987, and Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan in 1992. His diverse blend of musical influences were shaped by his teachers and mentors including T.J. Anderson, George Russell, Leslie Bassett, William Bolcolm, and William Albright. In 2000, he was a W.E.B. Dubois fellow at Harvard University where he worked on two operas, including Gertrude Stein Invents A Jump Early On. He has composed eight symphonies, six symphonic concertos, four operas, music for ballet, musicals, chorus, chamber ensembles, jazz ensembles, and song cycles for voice and keyboard Banister, Charles W. fl 1792   English psalmodist, 'Twelve psalm and hymn tunes' (1792) Banister, Henry Charles 13 Jun. 1831 20 Nov. 1897 English composer and teacher Banister, John c. 1625 London, England 3 Oct. 1679 London, England flageolet player, violinist, leader of Charles II band (based on the string band of the French court); composer and pioneering organiser of concerts to which the public paid an entry fee Banister, John   c. 1725 English composer, violinist and recorder player Bank, Jacques more... 18 Apr. 1943 Amsterdam, The Netherlands   Dutch composer. He studied composition with Ton de Leeuw and Jos Kunst at the Amsterdam Conservato­ry, where he was awarded the Composition Prize in 1974 Banks, Don (Donald Oscar) 25 Oct. 1923 Australia   pupil of Seiber and Dallapiccola; works include Four pieces for orchestra, a horn concerto, a violin sonaa and a Divertimento for flute and string trio Bannink, Harry more... 10 Jul. 1929 Enschede, The Netherlands 19 Oct. 1999 Dutch composer, arranger and pianist who wrote about 3000 songs Banshchikov, Gennadi Ivanovich 1943 Kazan, Russia   composer of 5 cello concertos and operas Bantock, Sir Granville more... 7 Aug. 1868 London, England 11 Oct. 1946 London, England born the son of eminent London gynaecologist, who forbade him to take up music professionally. Joined civil service and when failed to be tempted by the money on offer was reluctantly allowed to study at the RAM. While a student there his bottled-up musical ambition was released into 14 symphonic poems on Indian themes. Founded the New Quarterly Musical Review and took up conducting, transforming the New Brighton Orchestra from a shambolic mob to a competent orchestra. Introduced all-British programmes of music, an innovation at the time (1898). Championed British music al his life, along with other 'modern' composers such as Sibelius (who dedicated his 3rd Symphony to him), Strauss, Debussy etc. Succeeded Elgar as professor of music at Birmingham University. A great fan of the east, many of his works have an oriental theme - a famous photograph of him shows him dressed as a mullah, reading the Rubayat - which he eventually set to music. Later on he became interested in British folk culture too, especially Celtic Bantzer, Claus more... 10 Oct. 1942 Marburg, Germany   organist, conductor and composer of film scores Banwart, Jakob 19 May 1609 ca. 1657 German composer Baptista, Gracia     nun and composer who published in Spain in 1557 Baptiste, Ludwig Albert Friedrich 8 Aug. 1700 c. 1764 German composer, probably of French descent Baqueiro Fóster, Gerónimo 7 Jan. 1898 29 May 1967 Mexican musicologist and composer Barabba, Jason A. more... 1970 US   graduate of Occidental College with a Bachelor's Degree in Latin American Studies, Mr. Barabba subsequently attended the University of Chicago where he pursued his interest in music. He received a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Composition and Music Technology from the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, University of California at Irvine in 2004. He is currently attending the University of California at Los Angeles, where is pursuing a Ph.D. in Composition. In his formative years, Mr. Barabba received extensive instrumental training in piano and trombone Baranovic, Krešimir more... 25 Aug. 1894 Sibenik 17 Sep. 1975 Belgrade, Yugoslavia much of the career of Croatian composer/conductor Krešimir Baranovic was spent with Zagreb Opera. He conducted there for almost 30 years between 1915 and 1943, and also directed the opera between 1929 and 1940. His opus contains two comic operas, 'Shorn-mown' and 'The Bride from Centigrad'. The first was premiered in Zagreb in 1932 and the second first saw the stage in Belgrade in 1951 Bararipton 14th century   composer in Avignon repertory Bararini Lupus, Manfred fl. 1557-61   Swiss composer of Italian birth Barat, Joseph Edouard more... 1882 1963 best known through his compositions for solo winds and orchestra, Joseph Edouard Barat studied music in Paris with Paul Vidal and Emile Pessard. His affinity for wind music was partially influenced through his work as a bandmaster with the French Army. His Andante et Allegro for trombone and piano (orchestra) was composed for the annual trombone competition at the National Conservatory in Paris in 1935, and dedicated to Professor Henri Couillaud Barati, George more... 3 Apr. 1913 Györ, Hungary 22 Jun. 1996 San Jose, California, USA Hungarian composer and cellist who worked from 1939 in the U.S.A. Barba, Daniel [Daniele] (Pius) dal 5 May 1715 Verona, Italy 26 Jul. 1801 Verona, Italy Italian composer Barbara, Joan La more... 8 Jun. 1947 Philadelphia, USA   her career as a composer, performer and sound artist has been devoted to exploring the human voice as a multi-faceted instrument, going far beyond its traditional boundaries, creating works for voices, instruments and interactive technology. "One of the great vocal virtuosas of our time" (San Francisco Examiner) and an important pioneer in the field of contemporary classical music and soundart, she developed a unique vocabulary of experimental and extended vocal techniques, including multiphonics (the simultaneous sounding of two or more pitches), circular singing, ululation and glottal clicks that have become her "signature" sounds Barbarino, Bartolomeo (Il Pesarino) c. 1568 1617 Italian composer. Maestro di cappella at the cathedrals of Pesaro and (from 1605) Parma, he published some church music but is mainly important as one of the earliest and most prolific monodists, a follower of Caccini in his style of vocal composition, which is often dramatic, with extravagant word painting; in general, however, his best music is in a more melancholy and expressive vein Barbato, Angelo fl. 1583-87   Italian amateur music editor and composer Barbe, Antoine   2 Dec. 1564 Flemish composer Barbe, Antoine sr before 1547 13 Feb. 1604 Flemish composer and organist Barbe, Helmut 28 Dec. 1927   German composer Barbella, Emanuele more... 14 Apr. 1718 Naples, Italy 1 Jan. 1777 Naples, Italy Emanuele Barbella, originally trained by his father Francesco. After the premature death of his father in 1733, Barbella continued to study the violin with Angelo Zago and Pasqualino Bini (a student of Tartini), also studying composition with Michele Caballone, Leonardo Leo, and, probably, with Father Martini in Bologna. In 1753 he became first violin of Teatro Nuovo in Naples, and three years later he entered into the service of the Neapolitan Royal Chapel; starting in 1761, he played in the orchestra of Teatro S. Carlo, also teaching at the Conservatoire of S. Onofrio. Charles Burney, who got to know Barbella during his stay in Naples in October 1770, spoke of him as the “kindest human being that I’ve ever known”, blessed with a character which was as “sweet as the sound of his violin” Barbella, Francesco 1692 Italy 1733 Italy composer and “Master of String Instruments” at the Conservatoire of S. Maria di Loreto, father of Emanuele Barbella Barber, Charlie more...     a composer based in South Wales who is also the artistic director of Sound Affairs Barber, John fl 1723   psalmodist of Castleton, Derbys. who published 'A book of psalmody' (1723) with Robert Barker Barber, Robert fl 1723-53   psalmodist based in Castleton, Derbys, who published 'The psalm singer's choice companion' (1723), 'A book of psalmody 2nd edn' (1733) and 'David's harp well tuned' (3rd edn of A book of psalmody) (1753) Barber, Robert (ii) c. 1750   English composer and organist Barber II, Samuel Osborne more... 9 Mar. 1910 West Chester, PA, USA 23 Jan. 1981 New York City, USA major American composer whose predominantly lyrical and expressive works include a violin concerto and the famous Adagio for Strings Barberá, José 21 Jan. 1876 1947 Spanish composer and teacher Barberiis, Melchiore de fl. c. 1545-50   Italian priest, composer, lutenist and 4 course guitarist who in the late 1540s published works for the lute Barbetta, Giulio Cesare c. 1540 after 1603 Italian lutenist and composer Barbier, René (Auguste-Ernest) 12 Jul. 1890 Namur, Belgium 24 Dec. 1981 Brussels, Belgium Belgian composer Barbieri, Carlo Emanuele [de Barbieri] 22 Oct. 1822 Genoa, Italy 28 Sep. 1867 Pest, Hungary Italian conductor and composer Barbieri, Francisco Asenjo more... 3 Aug. 1823 Madrid, Spain 17 Feb. 1894 Madrid, Spain he was central to the group of composers, including Oudrid, Gaztambide and Arrieta working from 1851 at the Teatro del Circo, directing the chorus as well as providing many original stage works. 1856 saw the founding of the Teatro de la Zarzuela, and from the 1860s Barbieri broadened his activities even further, founding the Society for Orchestral Music (1866) and introducing much of the German symphonic repertoire to Madrid, as well as publishing a wide variety of books on music, politics and much besides Barbieri, Gato more... 28 Nov 1932 Rosario, Argentina   Gato Barbieri is the second Argentinean musician to make a significant impact upon jazz - the first being Lalo Schifrin, in whose band Barbieri played as a teenager. His story has been that of an elongated zigzag odyssey between his homeland and North America. He started out playing to traditional Latin rhythms in his early years, turning his back on his heritage to explore the jazz avant-garde in the 1960s, reverting to South American influences in the early 1970s, playing pop and fusion in the late 1970s, only to go back and forth again in the 1980s Barbieri, Girolamo 1808 Piacenza, Italy 1871 Piacenza, Italy he began his career as maestro di cappella at Caravaggio, subsequently took up the same position in Cremona and finally returned to his home town in 1847. Most of his energies were devoted to the composition of sacred music and piano pieces. He also held a post as organist and took an interest in organ building: he reviewed the inaugurations of new Lingiardi and Serassi organs for the Gazzetta musicale di Milano. His organ works, published by F. Lucca and Ricordi, amount to some 800 pieces Barbieri, Lucio [Luzio] 24 Jul. 1586 mid-November 1659 Italian composer, organist and teacher Barbignant fl. c. 1470   composer Barbio, Eustachius   before 9 Jul. 1556 Flemish composer and choirmaster Barbireau, Jacques [Barberianus, Barbirianus, Barbarian; Jacobus]>br>more... 1455 probably Antwerp, Belgium 7 Aug. 1491 a Renaissance composer from the southern Netherlands. He was considered to be a superlative composer both by his contemporaries and by modern scholars, however his surviving output is small, and he died young Barbitonsoris fl. late 14th century   composer, probably from northern Italy Barbosa de Araújo, Damião 27 Sep. 1778 Itaparica, nr. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil 20 Apr. 1856 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Brazilian composer Barbour, J(ames) Murray 31 Mar. 1897 4 Jan. 1970 American acoustician, musicologist and composer Barce, Ramon 6 Mar. 1928 Spain   Spanish composer and writer on the Italian composer Boccherini Barcelata, Lorenzo [Lorenzo Barcelata y Castro] more... 1898 Tlalixcoyan, Veracruz, Mexico 13 Jul. 1943 Mexico composer and lyricist for the beautiful waltz Maria Elena (1940), a song that won him international fame Barchan, Stephen Mark more... 1982 Middlesborough, UK   English composer who studied at the University of Huddersfield with Richard Steinitz, where he was awarded the J Wood and Sons Prize for composition. His music has been played throughout Europe, Australia and the USA. He is currently working as a freelance composer and music copyist, alongside studying at the Birmingham Conservatoire with Edwin Roxburgh, and he has just been awarded a fellowship to attend Ostrava Days 2005 Barchet, Siegfried 1918 Stuttgart, Germany 1982 German cellist, for more than thirty years solo cellist in the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, and composer whose works include: Sinfonie for strings (1968) - Serenata in modo classica (1964) - Introduction and Burleske (1968) - Images de Menton (1963) - Five Miniatures (1966) - Flute Quartet (1970) - Concertino (1973) - Quodlibet (1977) - Nonchalance (1945-60) - Nocturne (1945-60) - String Trio (1966) - Divertimento Op. 10a (1944) - Quartet (1973) Bardanashvili, Josef more... 1948 Batumi, Georgia   Georgian painter and composer now living in Israel Bardi, Agustin more... 13 Dec 1884 Argentina 1941 one of a group of Argentinean composers of popular tangos Bardi, Giovanni de', Count of Vernio 5 Feb. 1534 Sep. 1612 Italian literary critic, poet, playwright and composer Bárdos, Lajos more... 1 Oct. 1899 Budapest, Hungary 18 Nov. 1986 Budapest, Hungary choir director, teacher and musicologist, he was professor at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, composer and founder of a school of music theory in Hungary. In 1934, he organized with György Kertész the movement 'Singing Youth'. They also founded a periodical and a publishing house both named Magyar Kórus (Hungarian Chorus). Bárdos did his utmost to put into practice Zoltan Kodály's idea of 'singing Hungary' Bardwell, William 26 Aug. 1915   English composer Barera, Rodiano [Barrera; Ahrodiano] late 16th century   Italian composer Bargeld, Blixa more... 12 Jan 1959 Berlin, Germany   German actor, composer and songwriter Barges, Antonino [Bargues; Antonio] fl. 1547-65   Netherlands composer resident in Italy Bargiel, Woldemar 3 Oct. 1828 Berlin, Germany 23 Feb. 1897 Berlin, Germany Woldemar Bargiel was the son of Marianne Tromlitz, first wife of Friedrich Wieck and mother of Clara Schumann and was taught by Moscheles and Niels W. Gade in Leipzig, before returning to his native Berlin, where he was later appointed professor of composition at the invitation of Joachim. His music is influenced by Schumann, who regarded him as one of the leading composers of the younger generation Bargielski, Zbigniew more... 21 Jan. 1937 Lomza, Poland   studied law at the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin (1954-57). In 1958 he began studying composition at the State College of Music in Warsaw under Tadeusz Szeligowski. After his teacher's death he continued his studies under Boleslaw Szabelski at the State College of Music in Katowice, where he gearned a degree in composition in 1964. He continueded his studies under Nadia Boulanger in Paris (1966-67) on a French government scholarship, and also at the Hochschule fur Musik in Granz (1972). Since 1976 he has been living in Austria, where he is engaged in teaching Bargnani, Ottavio c. 1570 after 1627 Italian composer and organist Bargy, Roy (Fredrick) more... 31 Jul. 1894 Newaygo, Michigan, USA 16 Jan. 1974 Vista, California, USA an American composer and pianist Bari, Marco di 1958 Italy   his music exhibits his interest in scientific data, especially the dimension of fractals, from which to derive formal ideas Barié, Augustin 1883 1915 Augustin Barié was blind from his birth. He studied organ with Guilmant and Widor. Later he was appointed organist of the Eglise Saint-Germaine-des-Prés in Paris. He composed a few works and died at the early age of 32 years during the First World War Barilari, Elbio Rodríguez more... 1953 Montevideo, Uruguay   Uruguayan composer and jazz musician who now works the the United States Barilli, Bruno 14 Dec. 1880 Fano, Italy 15 Apr. 1952 Rome, Italy Italian critic and composer Baring-Gould, Sabine more... 28 Jan. 1834 Exeter, UK 2 Jan. 1924 Lewtrenchard, Devon, UK clergyman and composer of popular hymns including Onward, Christian Soldiers and Now the Day Is Over. He regarded as his principal achievement the collection of folk songs that he made with the help of the ordinary people of Devon and Cornwall. His first book of songs, Songs and Ballads of the West (1889–91), was the first collection published for the mass market. The musical editor for this collection was Henry Fleetwood Sheppard, though some of the songs included were noted by Baring-Gould's other collaborator Frederick Bussell. Baring-Gould and Sheppard produced a second collection called A Garland of Country Songs in 1895. A new edition of Songs of the West was proposed for publication in 1905. Sheppard had died in 1901 and so the collector Cecil Sharp was invited to undetake the musical editorship for the new edition. Sharp and Baring-Gould also collaborated on English Folk Songs for Schools in 1907. This collection of 53 songs was widely used in British schools for the next 60 years Bariolla, Ottavio [Bariola, Barioli, Bariolus] fl. 1573-1619   Italian organist and composer Bariona, Madelka S. fl. 16th century Germany   a composer whose work was published in 1586 and is now in the Royal Library, Munich Bark, Jan (Helge Guttorm) 19 Ap. 1934   Swedish composer Barkauskas, Vytautas more... 25 Mar. 1931 Kaunas, Lithuania   one of the most prolific Lithuanian contemporary composers and has written over 100 pieces of music. He is a graduate in mathematics (1953) and music composition (1959). He is professor in the Department of Composition of the Lithuanian Academy of Music Barkel, Charles (Alvinus) 6 Feb. 1898 7 Mar. 1973 Swedish violinist and composer Barker, George Arthur more... 1812 1876 composer of Bright be the place of thy soul! a hymn to words (1808) by Lord Byron Barker, John between 1705 and 1710 bur. 3 Apr. 1781 English copyist, composer of psalm tunes and organist at Coventry, 1731-52 Barker, Paul more... 1956 Cambridge, UK   English composer who now lives in Mexico. He has composed music for orchestra, soloists, chamber music, choral music, for contemporary dance, and principally for opera and theatre. He has received several awards and scholarships including Royal Philharmonic Society Prize, Countess of Munster Trust Scholarship, Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust Scholarship, Arts and Humanities Research Award and a Djerassi Artistic Residency in California, USA Barker, Warren more... 16 Apr. 1923 Oakland, CA   composer, pianist and trumpeter, Warren studied with the composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. After the end of the Second World War, he began working for radio, TV and films Barkin, Elaine R(adoff) 15 Dec. 1932 New York, USA   American composer Barkhudaryan, Sergey Vasilyevich [Sarkis] 8 Sep. 1887 25 Oct. 1972 Georgian composer and teacher Barkworth, John (Edmond) 20 May 1858 Beverley, England 18 Nov. 1929 Geneva, Switzerland English organist and composer Barlan, Otto 22 Mar. 1860 19 Dec, 1943 Swiss organist and composer Barlow, Clarence Albertson more... 27 Dec. 1945 Calcutta, India   alternatively Clarens Baarlo, Klarens Baarlo, Klarenz Barlow, born in India into a family of European descent and culture. Composer mostly of orchestral, chamber, piano, and electroacoustic works. He has lived in Cologne since 1968 and in Amsterdam since 1990 Barlow, David (Frederick) more... 20 May 1927 Rothwell, Nortants 9 Jun. 1975 Newcastle upon Tyne, England English composer whose songs including I have desired to go to words by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889) Barlow, Fred 2 Oct. 1881 Mulhouse 3 Jan. 1951 Boulogne, France French composer of English and Alsatian origin Barlow, Samuel Latham Mitchell 1 Jun. 1892 New York, USA   American composer and pianist who wasa student of Ottorino Respighi Barlow, Wayne 6 Sep. 1912   American composer and teacher Bärmann, Heinrich Joseph 1784 Potsdam, Germany 1847 Munich, Germany one of the great clarinet virtuosi of the nineteenth century for whom Weber wrote clarinet works. He wrote music for ensembles including clarinet Bärmann, Karl 1839 Munich, Germany 1913 Boston, Mass., USA pianist, grandson of the above who wrote and published many pieces for piano Barmotin, Semen 1877 St. Petersburg, Russia   Russian composer Barnard, Charlotte Allington (née Pye; Claribel) 23 Dec. 1830 England 30 Jan. 1869 published a collection of over 100 ballads in 1858 and two volumes of verse Barnard, John I 1591 England c. 1641 England music editor, publisher and composer of music for viol(s) and for voice(s) Barnby, Sir Joseph 12 Aug. 1838 York, UK 28 Jan. 1896 London, UK organist and choral conductor who wrote many anthems, hymns, oratorios and popular part-songs Barnekow, Christian 28 Jul. 1837 20 Mar. 1913 Danish composer Bar-Nes, Lea 1904 Jaffa, Israel   Israeli composer Barnes, Milton more... 16 Dec, 1931 Toronto, Canada 27 Feb. 2001 Toronto, Canada conductor, composer, jazz drummer Barnet, Charlie (Charles Daly) more... 26 Oct. 1913 New York City, NY, USA 4 Sep. 1991 bandleader who used the pseudonym Dale Bennet on his songs to avoid the financial demands of his numerous ex-wives. The Barnet big band of 1939 to 1941 was his best known outfit, recording hits such as Cherokee and a spin off of the song called Redskin Rhumba, the latter used as the band's identifying song Barnett, Carol 1949   composer and flutist, she received a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota, where she studied with Dominick Argento, Paul Fetter and Bernhard Weiser. She served as composer-in-residence with the Dale Warland Singers from 1992 to 2001, and her works have been performed by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Women’s Philharmonic of San Francisco, Westminster Abbey Choir, and the Ankor Children's Choir of Jerusalem. She is currently a studio artist and adjunct lecturer at Augsburg College in Minnesota. Barnett has composed many choral works, as well as works for orchestra and chamber ensemble Barnett, James G.   1885 USA a composer, conductor, and organist in Connecticut during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Most of his compositions are sacred vocal works Barnett, John more... 15 Jul. 1802 Bedford, England 16 Apr. 1890 Cheltenham, England father was born Bernhard Beer in Prussia. He moved to England to work as a jeweller and changed his surname to Barnett. The son was a boy vocalist who later became a singing teacher and composer of stage music, especially the work The Mountain Sylph (first performed at the Lyceum on 25 Aug. 1834) regarded as being the first modern English opera Barnett, John Francis more... 16 Oct. 1837 London, UK 24 Nov. 1916 nephew of above, who was an eminent pianist who wrote various works including a cantata entitled The Ancient Mariner which was first performed at the 1867 Birmingham Festival Baron, Ernst Gottlieb 17 Feb. 1696 12 Apr. 1760 German lutenist, composer and writer on music Baroni-Cavalcabo (von), Julie 1813 Poland 1887 a pianist who studied with the son of Mozart, she composed many fine songs. Schumann dedicated Humoreske to her Barra, Jehan de (Barrat, Hotinet; Jean) fl. early 16th century   French composer Barraine, Elsa 13 Feb. 1910 Paris, France 20 Mar. 1999 Strasbourg, France French pianist and composer, she studied composition at the Paris Conservatoire with Paul Dukas. She received premiers prix in harmony in 1925 and in fugue and accompaniment in 1927. In 1929 she received the Prix de Rome for her cantata La vierge guerrière. She worked in French Radio as a pianist, sound recordist and vocal director (1936-40) then as a sound mixer after the war. From 1944 to 1947 she was musical director of the recording firm Chant du Monde. Later Barraine became professor of sight-reading and analysis at the Conservatoire, 1953-1974. Much of her output is for voice, in addition to works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, and dramatic works. Her Wind Quintet from 1931 is published in the famous wind quintet anthology compiled by Albert Andraud. Her solo organ works include: Sole organ works comprise: 1re Prélude et fugue (1928, publ. Durand); 2me Prélude et fugue (1930); Reflets magyars (unpublished, 1961); Musique rituelle for organ, tam-tam, xylophone (1968) [supplementary information provided by Terry L. Mueller] Barraqué, Jean 17 Jan. 1928 Puteaux, France 17 Aug. 1973 born into a middle class family, Jean Barraqué had no intention - despite early piano and violin lessons - of becoming a composer until he was confronted with the "emotional shock" of hearing a gramophone recording of Schubert's Symphony No. 8 "Unfinished" at the age of 12. Schubert and Beethoven became inspirational guiding lights through his years as fledgling composer. Then, in 1948, Barraqué joined Messiaen's celebrated Paris Conservatoire class for analysis and rhythm, where he discovered simultaneously the work of Debussy (about whom he would write at length) and - newly imported into France - the music of Webern. From 1951 to 1954, Barraqué was a member of the ORTF Groupe de Musique Concrète and briefly made use in his music of electronic resources Barraud, Henry 23 Apr. 1900 Bordeaux, France 28 Dec. 1997 worked under Dukas and Aubert and has written orchestral and chamber works Barré, Antonio more... fl. 1551-64   French singer, printer, and composer resident in Italy Barre, Michel de la 1675 1743 an important French composer and flautist. A highly renowned performer, La Barre played in the Académie Royale de Musique, the Musettes et Hautbois de Poitou and court chamber music. Barre’s suites for two unaccompanied flutes (the first of their kind in France) and flute solos and trio sonatas established a French flute style and contributed to the instrument's popularity. La Barre also wrote songs and two opéra-ballets. Rameau's La Vénitienne, in which rondeau form is used for the first time, was certainly inspired by Michel de la Barre’s opera-ballet of the same name written in 1705 Barré, Leonardo [Barrae, Barret] fl. 1537-after 1555   Netherlands composer and singer resident in Italy Barrense Dias, Jose 1932 Campo Alegre, Bahia, Brazil 1969 Switzerland Brazilian guitarist, composer and arranger Barrera Gómez, Enrique 26 Apr. 1844 Valladolid 3 Jul. 1922 Valladolid Spanish composer Barrett, John 1674 between 1719 and 1735 English composer and organist, a pupil of John Blow, who contributed songs to Mercurius Musicus. In 1700 he collaborated with Blow, Jeremiah Clarke, Francis Piggott, and Croft in a Choice Collection of Ayres for the Harpsichord or Spinnet. He was for some time music master of Christ's Hospital, and later organist of Christ Church, Newgate Street (London) and St. Mary-at-Hill, Billingsgate (London) Barrett, Natasha more... 1972 Norwich, UK   her compositional output consists of works for instruments and live electronics, sound installations, dance, theatre, and animation projects, but all activity is rooted in her work with acousmatic tape composition, which features most strongly amongst her creations Barrett, Richard more... 7 Nov. 1959 Swansea, Wales   British composer, now resident in Germany, of mostly chamber, vocal and electro-acoustic works Barri, Odoardo (real name: Edward Slater) more... 1844 Dublin, Ireland 1920 London, UK popular composer of Edwardian drawing-room songs. Barri himself claimed to have been born in Como. Supposedly he was trained by the Jesuits, became an oratorio singer in Italy and Spain, and was for a time a tenor soloist at the Vatican. He is said to have fought at the battle of Solferino in 1859 before settling in London, where he headed the Odoardo Barri School of Voice Culture for over fifty years. Of his religious, theatre and drawing-room music, little is now heard beyond the stirring setting of The Old Brigade Barrière, Etienne-Benard-Joseph 7 Oct. 1748 Valenciennes 1816 or 1818 possibly Paris, France French composer and violinist Barrière, Françoise more... 1944 Paris, France   composer, co-founder and director of the International Institute of Electroacoustic Music of Bourges, director of the International Festival Synthèse and the Bourges Competitions Barriere, Jean 18 Jul. 1670 France 6 Jul. 1747 France Barriere left a legacy of important cello works. His 4 books of sonatas escaped the prevalent Italian shadow and made him France's most important composer for the cello Barrière, Jean-Baptiste