| Name | Born | Died | Information |
| Biaggi, Girolamo Alessandro | 2 Feb. 1819
Calcio, c. Bergamo | 21 Mar. 1897
Florence, Italy | Italian music critic, conductor and composer |
| Bial, Rudolf | 26 Aug. 1834
Habelschwerdt, Schlesien | 26 Nov. 1881
New York, USA | German composer |
| Bialas, Günter | 19 Jul. 1907
Bielschowitz | 8 Jul. 1995
Glonn | German composer |
| Bianchi, Andrea [Bianco] | fl. 1611-26 | | Italian composer |
| Bianchi, Antonio | 1758
Milan, Italy | after 1817 | Italian singer and composer |
| Bianchi, Caterino | fl. 1574-88 | | Italian composer |
Bianchi, [Giuseppe] Francesco
more... | c. 1752
Cremona, Italy | 27 Nov. 1810
Hammersmith, London, England | Italian composer and theorist and organist at St. Mark's, Venice (1785-1797) |
| Bianchi, Giovanni | c. 1660 | after 1720 | Italian composer and violinist |
| Bianchi, Giovanni Battista | fl. 1675 | | Italian composer |
| Bianchi, Giovanni Battista | fl. 1780-82 | | Italian conductor and composer, resident in England |
| Bianchi, Giulio Cesar | 1576 or 1577 | in or after 1637 | Italian composer and musician |
| Bianchini, Domenico [Bianchini Veneziano] | c. 1510 | c. 1576 | Italian lutenist, composer and mosaicist |
| Bianchini, Francescho | fl. 1547-48 | | Italian lutenist and composer |
| Bianchy, Jacobelus | 2nd half of 14th century | | Italian composer |
| Bianciardi, Francesco [Bianchardus, Bianchiardus] | c. 1571-72 | between 1 March and 21 Sep. 1607 | Italian organist and composer |
| Bianco, Giovanni Battista | fl. 1610-21 | | Italian composer |
| Bianco, Pietro Antonio | c. 1540 | bur. 2 Feb. 1611 | Italian composer and singer |
| Biandrà, Giovanni Pietro | late 16th century | after 1633 | Italian composer |
Biarent, Adolphe
more... | 16 Oct. 1871
Belgium | 4 Feb. 1916
Belgium | Belgian composer, cellist and music teacher |
| Bibalo (or Bibalitsch), Antonio (Gino) | 18 Jan. 1922
Trieste, Italy | | pianist; written an opera The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder, orchesral and piano works |
Biber von Bibern, Karl Heinrich
more... | 4 Sep. 1681
Salzburg, Austria | 19 Nov. 1749
Salzburg, Austria | son of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, as a composer Karl Biber wrote exclusively for the church. He was also a violinist and held musical positions at Court |
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von
more... | bap 12 Aug. 1644
Wartenberg, Bohemia | 3 May 1704
Salzburg, Austria | virtuoso on the violin; composed chamber music and sonatas, some including folk and popular tunes of the period, as well as music with religious significance, for example The Rosary Sonatas which use non-standard tunings for the soloist's violin strings |
| Biber (von), Maria Anna Magdalena | 1677
Salzburg, Austria | 1742
Nonnburg, Austria | composer, daughter of Heinrich von Biber, who became a nun. She took the name Maria Rosa Henrica and became director of the choir and chapel in the Benedictine convent of Nonnberg |
Biberian, Gilbert
more... | 1944 | | virtuoso and prolific composer for the guitar |
Bibic, Bratko
more... | 1957
Ljubljana, Slovenia | | Ljubljana (Slovenia) based accordionist and composer |
Bibl, Rudolph
more... | 6 Jan. 1832
Vienna, Austria | 2 Aug. 1902
Vienna, Austria | Austrian organist and composer
[dates corrected by Helmut Czepe] |
| Bicilli, Giovanni [Becilli, Biccilli] | 1623 | 1705 or later | Italian composer |
Bidgood, Thomas
more... | 1860
Woolwich, London, UK | 1925 | studied violin and clarinet and played E flat Bass in the 9 Kent Artillery Volunteers - he later attended the London Conservatory of Music, studying violin. He was a conductor, teacher. He arranged and composed numerous works for Band and Orchestra. His best known work is the March Sons of the Brave, which is still popular amongst Military and Brass Band
[information provided by Clive Hughes] |
Biebl, Franz Xavier
more... | 1 Sep. 1906
Pursruck, Germany | 2 Oct. 2001
Munich, Germany | In 1959 Biebl became the founding director of the Department of Choral Music at the Bavarian State Radio Broadcasting Company (Bayerischen Rundfunk). Biebl is chiefly known in America through his Ave Maria (1964) made hugely popular by the Chanticleer recording 30 years later. It exhibits Biebl's characteristic tenderness, clarity and simplicity of form |
| Biechteler, Benedict | 26 Mar. 1689 | 21 Aug. 1759 | German composer |
| Biechteler, Ignatius | 1701
Obergünzburg, nr. Kempten | 26 Nov. 1767
Wiblingen, nr. Ulm | German composer |
| Biechteler von Greiffenthal, Matthias Sigismund [Biechtler, Pichteler, Piehtler] | c. 1670 | c. 1744 | Austrian composer |
| Biego, Paolo | fl. 1682-1714 | | Italian composer and organist |
| Biel, Michael von | 30 Jun. 1937 | | German composer |
| Bieling, Franz Ignaz | after 1700 | 14 Aug. 1757 | German organist and composer |
| Bieling, Joseph Ignaz | 7 Mar. 1735 | 7 Jan. 1814 | German organist, court musician and composer |
| Biene, Auguste van | 1850
The Netherlands | 1913
England | violoncellist; composed the very popular The Broken Melody which he played over 6,000 times in music halls throughout England |
| Bienvenu, Florent [Le Bienvenu, Fleurant] | 3 Mar. 1568 | 20 Jul. 1623 | French organist and composer |
| Bierey, Gottlob Benedikt | 25 Jul. 1772
Dresden, Germany | 5 May 1840
Wroclaw | German composer |
Bierman, Bernard
more... | | | prolific writer of songs and song lyrics |
Biermann, Wolf
more... | 15 Nov. 1936
East Germany | | singer-songwriter and former East German dissident, who fell out of favour with the regime and moved to West Germany |
| Biernacki, Nikodem | 1826 | 6 May 1892 | Polish violinist and composer |
Biesemans, Janpieter
more... | 16 Nov. 1939
Vilvorde, Belgium | | Belgian composer, conductor and teacher |
| Bifetto, Francesco [Biffetto] | fl. 1545-61 | | Italian composer |
| Biffi, Antonio [Antonino] | 1666 or 1667 | early 1733 | Italian composer and singer |
| Biffi, Gioseffo | fl. 1596-1606 | | Italian composer |
| Bigaglia, Diogenio | c. 1676 | c. 1745 | Italian composer |
Bigelow, Frederick Ellsworth
more... | 1873
Ashlans, USA | 1929 | one of five brothers, he studied music at Worcester Academy - and later completed a degree in Pharmacy - he composed several marches, the most famous of which is Our Director
[information provided by Clive Hughes] |
| Bignami, Carlo | 6 Dec. 1808 | 2 Oct. 1848 | Italian violinist, composer, and conductor |
| Bignetti, Emilio | fl. 1671 | | Italian composer |
| Bigot (de Morognes), Marie Kiene | 1786
France | 1820
France | helped to introduce Beethoven to Parisian audiences. She had a great reputation as a pianist and published many piano compositions |
| Bihari, János | bap. 21 Oct. 1764 | 26 Apr. 1827 | Hungarian violinist and composer of gypsy descent, noted for writing in the verbunkos style |
Bijster (or Bijester), Jacob
more... | 1902
Haarlem, The Netherlands | 6 Nov. 1958 | Dutch organist and composer whose compostions include much organ music: variations, partitas, preludes & fugues, Passacaglia in d-minor (1935; revised 1954), chorale fantasias, psalms, ricercares, Toccata in E-major, Triptyque (Intrada, Fugue, Final), 1949
[supplementary information provided by Terry L. Mueller] |
| Bijvanck, Henk | 7 Nov. 1909
Kudus, Java | 5 Sep. 1969
Heemsted, nr. Haarlem | Dutch composer and pianist |
Bikkembergs, Kurt
more... | 1963
Hasselt, Belgium | | Belgian composer and conductor |
| Bildstein, Hieronymus | c. 1580 | in or after 1626 | Austrian composer and organist |
| Bilik, Jerry | 7 Oct. 1933
New Rochelle, New York, USA | | American composer, arranger, songwriter, conductor, and director of stage productions |
| Billart | fl. c. 1420 | | French composer |
| Billi, Lucio | fl. 1601-03 | | Italian composer |
Billi, Vincenzo
more... | 1869
Italy | 1938
Italy | Italian composer |
Billings, William
more... | 7 Oct. 1746
Boston, MA, USA | 26 Sep. 1800
Boston, MA, USA | a tanner by occupation, he was also writer of 'fuguing tunes' (a form of imitation), hymns and psalms. Inspired by the American Revolution, America's first popular songs emerged from these psalms. Billings, a friend of Paul Revere and Samuel Adams, was a passionate advocate of the Revolution. Billings 'adapted' many of his hymns as war songs with new lyrics. His Chester became America's first war song, and was sung in all the camps |
| Billington, Elizabeth (née Weichsel) | London, c. 1768 | Venice, 1818 | soprano, pianist and composer; the subject of scandalous false Memoirs published in 1792 to which she wrote a reply entitled An Answer to the Memoirs |
| Billington, Thomas | c 1754 | 1832 | London composer whose works include 'Te Deum, Jubilate, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis' (1784) |
| Billon, Jhan de [Billhon; Jan, Jehan, Joannes; du] | fl. 1534-56 | | composer, possibly Flemish |
Billone, Pierluigi
more... | 1950
Milan, Italy | | Italian composer |
| Bimboni, Alberto | 24 Aug. 1882
Florence, Italy | 18 Jun. 1960
New York, USA | Italian-born composer |
Bimstein, Phillip
more... | 1947
Chicago, Illinois, USA | | American alternative classical music composer and politician |
| Binaghi, Benedetto [Binago] | late 16th century | before 1619 | Italian composer |
Binchois, Gilles de Bins dit [Binch, Binche]
more... | c. 1400
possibly Mons, Belgium | 20 Sep. 1460
Soignies | professional soldier who later became chaplin to Philip the Good, and a Franco-Flemish composer, one of the earliest members of the Burgundian School, and one of the three most famous composers of the early 15th century. While often ranked behind his contemporaries Guillaume Dufay and John Dunstable, at least by contemporary scholars, his influence was arguably greater than either, since his works were cited, borrowed and used as source material more often than those by any other composer of the time |
| Binder, Abraham Wolfe | 13 Jan. 1895
New York, USA | 10 Oct. 1966
New York, USA | American composer |
| Binder, Carl (Karl) | 29 Nov. 1816
Vienna, Austria | 5 Nov. 1860
Vienna, Austria | Austrian composer and conductor |
| Binder, Christlieb Siegmund | bap. 29 Jul. 1723 | 1 Jan. 1789 | German harpsichordist, organist, and composer |
Binelli, Daniel
more... | 1946
Quilmes, Argentina | | bandoneonist and composer |
| Binet, Jean | 17 Oct. 1893
Geneva, Switzerland | 24 Feb. 1960
Trélex-sur-Nyon | pupil of Jacques-Dalcroze and Bloch; composer of choral, orchestral and chamber works |
| Binfield, Hannah R. | 1810
England | 1887 | published a number of works for organ and harp |
Binge, Ronald
more... | 15 Jul. 1910
Derby, England | 6 Sep. 1979 | English composer and arranger who also wrote a number of film scores. The 'cascading strings' effect associated with Mantovani (1905-1980) was created in 1951 by Ronald Binge who was then Mantovani's arranger |
Bingen, Hildegard von
more... | 1098
Germany | 17 Sep. 1179
Bingen, Germany
| German abbess, artist, author, counselor, linguist, naturalist, scientist, philosopher, physician, herbalist, poet, activist, visionary, and composer. Hildegard's music is described as monophonic; that is, consisting of exactly one melodic line, designed for limited instrumental accompaniment and characterised by soaring soprano vocalisations. Hildegard is the first composer whose biography is known |
Bingham, Judith
more... | 1952
Nottingham, England | | English composer who studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and with Hans Keller, and has appeared as a singer with the Taverner Consort and Combattimento |
| Bingham, Seth | 16 Apr. 1882
Bloomfield, N.J., USA | 21 Jun. 1972
New York, USA | organ pupil of Widor and Guilmant; composer of choral, orchestral and chamber works |
| Bini, Pasquale [Pasqualino] | 21 Jun. 1716 | Apr. 1770 | Italian violinist and composer |
| Binicki, Stanislav | 27 Jul. 1872
Jasika, nr. Krusevca | 15 Feb. 1942
Beograd | Serbian director and composer. He graduated from the Munich Conservatorium. He was the first director of the Belgrade Opera and the founder of the Stankovic Music School. Among his compositions, the the opera 'Rising Early' combined the style of Italian veristic opera and Serbian urban folklore |
Binkerd, Gordon Ware
more... | 22 May 1916
USA | 5 Sep. 2003
Urbana, Illinois, USA | composer of 3 symphonies, choral works and songs |
| Bins, Gilles de (see Binchois, Gilles) | | | |
| Biondi, Giovanni Battista [Cesena] | fl. 1605-30 | | Italian composer |
| Bioni, Antonio | 1698
Venice, Italy | after 1739 | Italian composer, active mainly in Germany and Bohemia |
| Biordi, Giovanni | 1691 | 11 Mar. 1748 | Italian composer |
| Birch, John | fl. 1728 | | North Midlands psalmodist who published 'A choice collection of psalm-tunes' (1728) |
Birck, Wenzel Raimund Johann
more... | 1718 | 1763 | one of the early proponents of Symphonic music in Vienna, along with Georg Christoph Wagenseil and Georg Matthias Monn, and an early tutor for Mozart. Along with Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Birck also tutored a young Joseph Haydn |
Birckenstock, Johann Adam
more... | 1 Feb. 1687
Germany | 26 Feb. 1733
Germany | German composer and violinist |
| Bird, Arthur | 23 Jul. 1856
Belmont, Mass., USA | 22 Dec. 1923
Berlin, Germany | American-born composer |
Birgisson, Snorri Sigfus
more... | 1954
Copenhagen, Denmark | | Danish composer now working in Reykjavík, Iceland |
| Birgitta of Sweden (St.) | c. 1303
Sweden | 1373
Sweden | the parallels between her life and that of Hildegard are already evident in her noble family line, a descendent of King Sverker (1134-1156), and in the visions that began in early childhood. As an adult she also pursued contact with higher clergy and royalty, and like Hildegard, had her revelations set down on paper |
| Biriukov (or Birjukov, Biryukov), Yuri | 14 Apr. 1908
Moscow, Russia | 1 Nov. 1976
Moscow, Russia | Russian composer |
| Birnbach, Karl Joseph | 1751
Köpernick, Schlesien | 29 May 1805
Warsaw, Poland | composer |
Biro, Dan
more... | | | merging jazz, pop and classical roots it comes as no surprise that the music of Daniel Biro sounds so distinctive. Of Hungarian origin, Biro spent his first years in Rome, grew up in France and has been living and working in London since 1985 |
Biro, Daniel
more... | 1963
Johannesburg, South Africa | | composer |
Birtwistle, Harrison (Paul)
more... | 15 Jul. 1934
Accrington, England | 18 Apr. 2022
Wiltshire, England | a pupil of R. Hall, and a prolific composer whose output include chamber music, orchestral works and opera. Birtwistle's pieces are in a complex modernistic style. His early work is sometimes evocative of Igor Stravinsky and Olivier Messiaen (both acknowledged influences), and his technique of juxtaposing blocks of sound is sometimes compared to Edgar Varèse. His music makes frequent use of ostinatos and often has a ritualistic feel |
Bischofswerder, Boas
more... | nineteenth century
Berlin, Germany | twentieth century
Austria | Jewish cantor and composer |
Biscogli, Francesco
more... | before 1750 | after 1750 | Italian composer |
Bishop, Henry Rowley
more... | 18 Nov. 1786
London, England | 30 Apr. 1855
London, England | prolific composer of operetta. Also writer of glees and other songs including Home, Sweet Home |
| Bishop, John | 1665 | 1737 | organist at Winchester college, (1695-1737) and at cathedral, (1729-37) who composed several sets of psalm tunes: A new set of psalm tunes (1710), A new set of psalm tunes (1722), A supplement to the new psalm-book (1725) and A new set of psalm tunes (1730) |
| Bisquertt, Prospero | 8 Jun. 1881
Santiago | 2 Aug. 1959
Santiago | composer |
| Bisset, Elizabeth Anne | 1800
London | | composer for harp |
Bissell, Richard Pike
more... | 27 Jun. 1913
Dubuque, Iowa, USA | 4 May 1977
Dubuque, Iowa, USA | American novelist and playwright. He wrote the novel, 7 And A Half Cents (1953). In 1954 his novel was turned into a Broadway musical play and film in called, The Pajama Game |
Bissill, Richard
more... | Leicestershire, UK | | French horn player, composer and arranger |
Bitsch, Marcel
more... | 1921
France | | French composer |
Bittering (or Bittering, Biteryng, Gyttering)
more... | fl.c.1400-1410 | | English musician and composer |
| Bitti, Martino | 1655/6
Genoa, Italy | 2 Feb. 1743
Florence, Italy | Italian composer |
| Bittner, Julius | 9 Apr. 1874
Vienna, Austria | 9 Jan. 1939
Vienna, Austria | first a lawyer; then a highly successful composer of operas, songs and chamber music |
Bittova, Iva
more... | 22 Jul. 1958
Bruntál, Czechoslovakia | | Czech avant-garde violinist, singer and composer of Romani ethnicity |
Bixio, Cesare Andrea
more... | 11 Oct. 1896
Naples, Italy | 5 Mar. 1978
Rome, Italy | Italian composer |
Bizet, Georges (legal name: Alexandre-César-Léopold)
more... | 25 Oct. 1838
Paris, France | 3 Jun. 1875
Bougival, France | primarily known as an opera composer; works include Pêcheurs de perles, Jolie fille de Perth, Djamileh and, three months before his early death, Carmen |
| Bjelinski, Bruno | 1 Nov. 1909
Trieste, Italy | | Italian composer |
Bjork (born: Björk Gudmundsdóttir)
more... | 21 Nov. 1965
Reykjavík, Iceland | | Icelandic singer-songwriter, composer, actress and music producer |
Bjorkander, Nils
more... | 28 Jun. 1893
Stockholm, Sweden | 5 Mar. 1972
Södertälje, Sweden | Swedish painist and composer |
Björklund, Steffan
more... | 1 Sep. 1944
Njurunda, Sweden | | Swedish composer and pianist. His organ works include Organ Symphony (1975-6); Melody (1982); Choral Fantasy on Swedish Psalm 43, Beredenväg för Herran (1979)
[supplementary information provided by Terry L. Mueller] |
| Bjørklund, Terje | 1945
Narvik, Norway | | Norwegian composer |
Björlin, (Mats) Ulf (Stefan)
more... | 21 May 1833
Stockholm, Sweden | 23 Oct. 1993
Palm Beach, Florida, USA | Swedish composer |
Bjornsson, Arni
more... | 23 Dec. 1905
Northern Iceland | 1995
Iceland | Icelandic composer |
| Blacher, Boris | 19 Jan. 1903
Newchwang | 30 Jan. 1975
Berlin, Germany | composer particularly of opera |
Black, John
more... | c.1520 | 1587 | John Black worked initially in Aberdeen as a singer, assistant organist and eventually Master of the Song School. During the reformation, Black at first refused to give up the old faith for the new, but by 1575 he had abandoned Catholicism and his holy orders and taken a wife. A Pavan and Galliard dedicated to William Keith are the only thematically related paired dances to have survived in Scottish manuscripts |
Black, Stanley
more... | 14 Jun. 1913
London, England | 26 Nov. 2002
London, England | English conductor who directed the BBC Dance Orchestra from 1944 to 1953. Black wrote much incidental music for radio and films (and later TV). From 1958 to 1963, he served as music director for the Associated British Pictures Corporation at Elstree Studios. Among his many film scores are It Always Rains On Sunday (1948), Laughter In Paradise (1951), The Naked Truth (1957), Too Many Crooks (1958), The Long and The Short and The Tall (1961) and Cliff Richard's films The Young Ones (1961) and Summer Holiday (1962) |
| Blahetka, Marie Léopoldine | 15 Nov. 1811
Guntramsdorf, nr. Vienna, Austria | 12 Jan. 1887
Boulogne, France | Austrian-born composer |
| Blainville, Charles Henri de | 1710
possibly Rouen, France | c.1770
Paris, France | French composer |
| Blaise, Adolfe Benoit | | 1772
probably Paris, France | French composer |
| Blake, David (Leonard) | 2 Sep. 1936
London, England | | English composer |
Blake, Howard
more... | 1938
England | | pianist, conductor and composer. He worked as the music supervisor for the films The Hunger (1983) and The Snowman (1982) |
Blake, James Hubert (Eubie)
more... | 7 Feb. 1883
Baltimore, Maryland, USA | 12 Feb. 1983 | American composer of ragtime |
Blake, Michael
more... | 1951
Cape Town, South Africa | | South African composer who divides his time between composing, teaching, and promoting the work of fellow (especially younger) composers |
| Blamont, François Collin [Colin] de | 22 Nov. 1690
Versailles, France | 14 Feb. 1760
Versailles, France | French composer |
| Blanchard, Henri-Louis | 1791
Bordeaux, France | 18 Dec. 1858
Paris, France | French composer |
Blanchard, Terence
more... | 13 Mar. 1962
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA | | Blanchard originally began performing on Spike Lee's film soundtracks before becoming that director's regular film composer. Since then, he has become a widely renowned jazz musician |
| Bland, James A. | fl. 19th century | | songwriter in the 19th century minstrel tradition. His songs include Golden Slippers In the Evening by the Moonlight and Carry Me Back to Old Virginny, the latter the state song of Virginia from 1940 to 1997 |
| Blangini, (Giuseppe Marco Maria) Felice | 18 Nov. 1781
Turin, Italy | 18 Dec. 1841
Paris, France | Italian-born composer |
Blank, Allan
more... | 27 Dec. 1925
New York, NY, USA | | American violinist, professor of composition and composer. Allan Blank studied at the Juilliard School of Music, Washington Square College, the University of Minnesota and the UI. He was a violinist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and is currently professor emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he taught from 1978-1996 |
Bland, James, A.
more... | 22 Oct. 1854
New York, NY, USA | 5 May 1911
Philadelphia, USA | one of the greatest composers of minstrel show tunes. He composed Carry Me Back To Old Virginny (1878) which was made the official state song by the Virginial State Legislature in 1940 |
| Blanter, Matvey (Isaakovich) | 10 Feb. 1903
Pochep, Chernigov | | Russian composer |
| Blaramberg, Pavel (Ivanovich) | 26 Sep. 1841
Orenburg, Russia | 28 Mar. 1907
Nice, France | Russian composer and writer |
Blardony, Sergio
more... | 1965
Madrid, Spain | | Spanish composer |
| Blasius, (Mathieu-)Frédéric [Matthäus] | 24 Apr. 1758
Lauterbourg, Bas-Rhin | 1829
Versailles, France | French composer |
Blatný, Pavel
more... | 14 Sep. 1931
Brno<, Czechoslovakia/td> | | Czech composer |
| Blavet, Michel | bap. 13 Mar. 1700
Besançon, France | 28 Oct. 1768
Paris, France | French composer |
| Blazek, Zdenek | 24 May 1905
Zarosice, Hodonin | 7 Dec. 1974
Brno | Czech composer |
| Blech, Leo | 21 Apr. 1871
Aachen | 25 Aug. 1958
Berlin, Germany | German composer |
| Bleichmann (or Bleikhmann), Yuli (or Yuly) (Julius Ivanovich) | 6 Dec. 1868
St Peterburg, Russia | 8 Jan. 1910
St Peterburg, Russia | Russian composer and conductor |
| Blewitt, Jonathan | 19 Jul 1782
London, England | 4 Sep. 1853
London, England | English composer, noted for his vaudevilles and works for piano and organ |
| Bleyle, Karl | 7 May 1880
Feldkirch, Vorarlberg | 5 Jul. 1969
Stuttgart, Germany | German composer |
Blezard, William
more... | 10 Mar. 1921
Padiham, England | 2 Mar. 2003
Barnes, London, England | Blezard composed music for a number of film documentaries. He is also arranged Noel Coward's music for his play The Astonished Heart and composed the music for the 1948 film, Song of Tomorrow. He was Max Wall's and Joyce Grenfell's accompanist as well as Marlene Dietrich's musical director. From his concert works and Duetto are highly regarded |
| Blidström, Gustav | late 17th/early 18th century | | oboeist and composer famous for his collection of Swedish peasant music Menuetter och Polska Dantzar written during his captivity in Tobolsk 1715-1716 |
Bliss, Sir Arthur
more... | 2 Aug. 1891
London, England | 28 Mar. 1975
London, England | English composer who wrote score for movies such as Things To Come (1936) |
Blitheman (or Blytheman), William (or John)
more... | c.1525
England | 1591
England | English musician. Chorister of St Paul's Cathedral from some time in the 1540s. Christ Church (Oxford) in the 1550s. Gentleman of the Chapel Royal 1558-91. Appointed Master of the Choristers of Christ Church (Oxford) 1564. Appointed Organist of Chapel Royal, successor to Tallis, in 1585. Teacher of John Bull, who succeeeded him as organist of the Chapel Royal on his death |
Blitzstein, Marc
more... | 2 Mar. 1905
Philadelphia, USA | 22 Jan. 1964
Fort-de-France, Martinique | a child prodegy as a pianist who early in his career composed works for or mainly for piano. Following his wife's death in 1936, and at the suggestion of Berthold Brecht, he wrote his opera The Cradle Will Rock which received a sensational premiere, under Orson Welles' direction; it would make Blitzstein famous overnight |
| Bloch, André | 18 Jan. 1873
Wissembourg, Alsace | 7 Aug. 1960
Viry-Chatillon, Essonne | French composer |
| Bloch, Augustyn (Hipolit) | 13 Aug. 1929
Grudziadz | | Polish composer |
Bloch, Ernest
more... | 24 Jul. 1880
Geneva, Switzerland | 15 Jul. 1959
Portland, Oregon, USA | Swiss-born American composer of Jewish ancestry who studied the violin with Ysaye in Brussels. His most famous work is Schelomo for cello and orchestra |
| Blockx, Jan | 25 Jan. 1851
Antwerp, Belgium | 26 May 1912
Kapellenbos, nr. Antwerp, Belgium | a student of Peter Benoit and personal friend of Sinding and Grieg, Blockx began teaching at the Royal Flemish Music Conservatory after his studies at the Leipzig Conservatory and travels in Italy. He succeeded his teacher Benoit, and became the director of the Conservatory in 1901. His contribution to the establishment of the Belgian musical identity is enormous, particularly in opera. He was the founder of the National Flemish Opera and composed a number of operas in Flemish |
| Blodek, Vilém [Wilhelm] | 3 Oct. 1834
Prague | 1 May 1874
Prague | Czech composer |
Blomdahl, Karl-Birger
more...
| 19 Oct. 1916
Växjö, Sweden | 14 Jun. 1968
Kungsängen, Stockholm, Sweden | 'modernist' composer of ballets, operas, concerti and a number of symphonies |
Blon, Franz von
more... | 16 Jul. 1861
Berlin, Germany | 21 Oct. 1945
Seilershof, Germany | from 1898 von Blon was leader of the Berliner Philharmonischen Blase-Orchesters and in 1906 he became conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic. Among his many compositions are several marches and waltzes and songs |
| Blondeau, Pierre-Auguste-Louis | 15 Aug. 1784
Paris, France | 1865
Paris, France | French composer |
Blondel de Nesle
more... | fl. late 12th century | | a French poet and musician, a trouvère |
Blood, Denis
more... | fl. 1940s | | contributed music for several British documentaries from the 1940s |
Blood, John
more... | 1 Mar. 1951
Ruddington, Notts., UK | | British composer |
Bloom, Rube
more... | 24 Apr. 1902
New York, NY, USA | 30 Mar. 1976
New York, NY, USA | pianist/composer who produced a string of hits from Soliloquy (1927) to Here's To My Lady (1952) by way of Fools Rush In (1940) |
Bloomer Deussen, Nancy
more... | 1 Feb. 1931
New York, USA | | American composer |
| Blore, John | | | contributed music for several British films including Welcome Mr. Washington (1944) and The Butler's Dilemma (1944) |
| Blovin, Julien | fl. 17th century | | composer |
Blow, John
more... | 1649
probably at North Collingham, Notts., England | 1 Oct. 1708
London, England | English composer, particularly of church music, and organist. His pupils included William Croft and Henry Purcell, the latter replacing him as organist of Westminster Abbey in 1680 |
| Blum [Moritz, Karl], Robert | 27 Nov. 1900
Zürich, Switzerland | 1994 | Swiss-born composer |
Blumenfeld, Felix Mikhaylovich
more... | 19 (Old Style 7) Apr. 1863
Kovalhovka, Ukraine | 21 Jan. 1931
Moscow, Russia | Blumenfeld's style is closely related to that of Balakirev, Borodin, Chopin and Liszt. He was conservative in that there is little dissonance and no experimental aspect in his music |
Blumenfeld, Harold
more... | 15 Oct. 1923
Seattle, USA | | American composer |
Blumenthaler, Volker
more... | 1951
Mannheim, Germany | | German cellist and composer |
| Blumer, Theodor | 24 Mar. 1881
Dresden, Germany | 21 Sep. 1964
Berlin, Germany | German composer |
| Blytheman, William (see Blitheman, William) | | | |
Blyton, Carey
more... | 1932
Beckenham, Kent, UK | Jul. 2002 | composer, arranger, music editor and lecturer, nephew of the childrens writer, Enid Blyton. From 1963-73 he was Professor of Harmony, Counterpoint and Orchestration at Trinity College, then visiting Professor of Composition for Film, Television and Radio at London's Guildhall School of Music |