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Name Born Died Information Daams, Andreas more... 3 Feb 1971 Goch, Germany   German writer and composer Daca (or Daza), Esteban c.1537 Valladolid, Spain c.1594 Valladolid, Spain Spanish composer and vihuelist. His work El Parnaso contains contains fantasias, romanzas, villanescas, etc. Da Costa, Antonio 1714 1780 there is speculation that he was responsible for 18th-century guitar manuscripts found in Portugal Dacosta, Isaac François (original surname Franco) 17 Jan. 1778 Bordeaux, France 12 Jul. 1866 Bordeaux, France French clarinetist and composer of concertos, fantasies, etc., for clarinet Dadelsen, Hans Christian von more... 1948 Germany   German writer and composer Daelen, Ulla van more... 1962 Monheim, Germany   Harpist. Her compositions, influenced by jazz, classical, pop, folk, and world music, are unconventional and cross over all musical boundaries Dafeldecker, Werner more... 1964   Bassist Dafeldecker has played jazz, rock, and new music, and has been commissioned to write works by Konzerthaus Wien and ORF, among others Daffner, Hugo 2 Jun. 1882 Munich, Germany 9 Oct. 1936 Dachau German composer Daglish, Ben more... 1967   composer and musician from the UK, known for creating many soundtracks during the 1980s for home computer games d'Agnesi, Maria Teresa (see Agnesi, Maria Teresa d')       Dahl, Emma 1819 Denmark 1896 Denmark a well-known singer and composer who published several songs and a set of vocal studies Dahl, Ingolf more... 9 Jun 1912 Hamburg, Germany 6 Aug. 1970 Frutigen, Switzerland American composer of Swedish-German parentage Dahlstedt, Palle more... 1971 Sweden   Swedish composer, musician, sound artist and researcher. His music ranges from orchestral works to interactive music installations, from theatre music to electronic improvisations Dahmen (or Damen), Hubert 5 Dec. 1812 Amsterdam, The Netherlands 21 Dec. 1837 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dutch composer Dahmen, Johan Arnold 1766 c.1808 a cellist in Salomon's London orchestra, Dahmen composed three sacred songs, accompanied by string quartet, and in Haydn's late manner. It seems they are also some of the earliest published pieces written for solo voice and string quartet. It is not clear whether this is the same person or brother of a Jean Arnold Dammen (Fetis calls him Jean Andre Dahmen), who belonged to a large Dutch musical family, was born in 1760, at the Hague, and had the reputation of being a clever player. About 1769 he was living in London. Of his compositions, several books of Duets and Sonatas appeared. In 1794 he was appointed to Drury Lane, and in the years 1796 and 1797 he travelled in South Germany [information taken from Cello Playing in 19th Century France, Belgium and Holland] Dalayrac (or D'Alayrac), Nicolas-Marie 8 Jun. 1753 Muret, Haute-Garonne 26 Nov. 1809 Paris, France French composer Dal Barba, Daniel (Daniele) (Pius) (see Barba, Daniel (Daniele) (Pius) dal)       Dalbavie, Marc-Andre more... 1961 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France   Since 1985, he has been working at IRCAM in the music research department. in addition to his activities as conductor. He also studied with Pierre Boulez; he has received numerous prizes and awards Dalby, Martin more... 1942 Aderdeen, Scotland   Scottish composer Dale, Benjamin James more... 17 Jul. 1885 London, UK 30 Jul. 1943 London English composer Daley, Eleanor more... 21 Apr. 1955 Parry Sound, Canada   Canadian composer, organist, and accompanist Dalfi d'Alvernha (see Dauphin of Auvergne)       Dalgas, Andonis (Andonios ‘Dalgas’ Dhiamandidhis) more... 1892 1945 one of the greatest Greek singers of rebétika of his time. Known as ‘Dalgas’ after the undulations in his voice (dalgasis Turkish for ‘wave’), his recording career was brief but prolific. Steeped in the multifaceted Constantinopolitan musical tradition from an early age, Dalgas arrived to Greece in 1922 and soon became celebrated for his live recitals Dallapiccola, Luigi more... 3 Feb. 1904 Pazin, Croatia 19 Feb. 1975 Florence, Italy an Italian composer known for his lyrical twelve-tone compositions Dall'Argine, Costantino (see Argine, Costantino dall')       Dalvimare (or d'Alvimare), (Martin-)Pierre 18 Sep. 1772 Dreux, Eure-et-Loire 13 Jun. 1839 Paris, France French composer Daly, Ross more... 29 Sep. 1952 King's Lynn, Norfolk, UK   a distinguished composer and multi instrumentalist of Irish descent and lives on the Greek island of Crete. Daly was reared in England, the USA and Japan. ?n his teens he saw Ravi Shankar play Monterey and Stanford University on the West Coast of the US which had a profound effect on him. This influenced his move from classical music to modal Indian classical music. Later he was to play with Shankar in Athens in the early nineties Dalza, Joan Ambrosio more... fl. 1508   Italian lutenist and composer Daman (or Damon, Demaunde), William more... c. 1540 1591 English composer and psalmist Damare, Eugene more... 1840 Bayonne, France 1919 French composer Damase, Jean-Michel more... 27 Jan. 1928 Bordeaux, France   French composer Dambis, Pauls 30 Jun. 1936 Riga, Latvia   Latvian composer Dameron, Tadley Ewing Peake (Tadd) more... 21 Feb. 1917 Cleveland, Ohio, USA 8 Mar. 1965 American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer Damiani, Paolo more... 1952 Rome, Italy   Italian jazz cellist and double-bassist Dammen, Jean Arnold (see Dahman, Johan Arnold)       Damoureau, Mme. Laure Cinthie (née Montalant) 6 Feb. 1801 Paris, France 25 Feb. 1863 Paris, France French singer who was the author of a Méthode de chant, etc. Damrosch, Walter (Johannes) 30 Jan. 1862 Wroclaw 22 Dec. 1950 New York, USA American composer Damse, Józef 26 Jan. 1789 Sokolów, Malopolska 15 Dec. 1852 Rudna, nr. Warsaw Polish composer Dan, Ikuma 7 Apr. 1924 Tokyo, Japan   Japanese composer Danbé, Jules 15 Dec. 1840 Caen, France 30 Oct. 1905 France French violinist, composer of works for violin and author of a method, etc. Danckerts, Ghiselin more... c.1510 Tholen, Zeeland after Aug. 1565 a Dutch composer, singer, and music theorist of the Renaissance. He was principally active in Rome, in the service of the Sistine Chapel, and was one of the judges at the famous debate between Nicola Vicentino and Vicente Lusitano in 1551. Dancla, Arnaud Philippe more... 1 Jan 1820 Bagneres-de-Bigorre, France 1 Feb 1862 Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France French cellist and composer called Dancla cadet or 2e. Cello. He published Etudes (Op. 2), two books of Duets, a Fantasia on Themes from Auber's Sirbne, Melodies, and a Cello method, Le Violoncelliste moderne Dancla, (Jean Baptiste) Charles more... 19 Dec 1817 Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France 8 or 10 Nov 1907 Tunis called Dancla aîné or 1r. Violin. Violinist and composer. Composed c. 130 works for violin, quartet, orch., etc., incl. Souvenir de la Société des Concerts: 6 duos pour piano et violon (Paris, Colombier-Gallet), op. 91; and method books. Author Les Compositeurs chefs d'orchestre (1873), Miscellanées musicales (1876), Notes et souvenirs (1893, 2nd end., 1898; Eng. transl. Samuel Wolf, Linthicum Heights, Maryland: 1981) Dancla, (Jean Pierre) Léopold more... 1 Jun 1822 Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France 29 Apr. 1895 Paris, France called Dancla jeune or 3e. Violin who was also a horn player. Composer of works for violin Dandelot, Georges (Edouard) 2 Dec. 1895 Paris, France 17 Aug. 1975 St.-George de Didonne, Charente-Maritime French composer Dandrieu, Jean-Francois more... c.1682 Paris, France 17 Jan. 1738 Paris, France French Baroque composer, harpsichordist and organist Daneau, Nicolas 17 Jun. 1866 Binche 12 Jul. 1944 Brussels, Belgium Belgian composer d'Anglebert, Jean Henri (see Anglebert, Jean Henri d')       Danhauser, Adolphe-Léopold 26 Feb. 1835 Paris, France 9 Jun. 1896 Paris, France French composer Danièl, Arnaut more... fl. 13th century   Provençal troubadour of the 13th century, praised by Dante and called "Grand Master of Love" by Petrarch. In the 20th century he was lauded by Ezra Pound as the greatest poet to have ever lived Daniel-Lesur, Jean Yves (or Lesur, Daniel (Jean Yves)) more... 19 Nov. 1908 Paris, France 2 Jul. 2002 Paris, France French composer, organist and administrator Danielpour, Richard more... 1956 New York, USA   studied at the New England Conservatory and the Juilliard School of Music. He is one of the most recorded composers of his generation and was one of the first composers to be signed to an exclusive recording contract with Sony Classical. Danielpour is an active educator and commits much of his time to cultivating young musicians. He was in residency at the Acadamie Musicale de Villcroze and was Master Artist for the Atlantic Center for the Arts’ first International Residency Program in Italy. Danielpour has also served as Co-Director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra’s Composition and Conducting Institute, and recently completed a three-year composer residency with the Pacific Symphony. He currently serves on the faculties of both the Curtis Institute of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, and also gives master classes throughout the country Daniels, Mabel Wheeler 27 Nov. 1878 Swampscott, Mass., USA 10 Mar. 1971 Boston, Mass., USA American composer Danilaitis, Danius more... 1973   Lithuanian composer Dankevich, Konstantin 24 Dec. 1905 Odessa 26 Feb. 1984 Kiev Russian composer Dankworth, John (Johnny) (Philip William) more... 20 Sep. 1927 London, England   English composer Danner, Wilfried Maria more... 24 Apr. 1956 Duisburg, Germany   German composer Dannström (Johan) Isidor 15 Dec. 1812 Stockholm 17 Oct. 1897 Stockholm Swedish composer Danoville, Le Sieur de more... fl. 1687   French musician and composer, author of a treatise L'Art de toucher le Dessus et Basse de Violle (Paris 1687) Dantas Leite, Vânia more... 1945 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Brazilian composer Danyel, John more... 1564 nr. Bath, England after 1625 English composer and lutenist Danzi, Franz (Ignaz) more... 15 Jun. 1763 Schwetzingen 13 Apr. 1826 Karlsruhe German composer Danzi-Marchand, Maria Marguerethe 1768 Germany 1800 studied voice and piano as a child. In the early 1780s she lived in the home of Leopold Mozart, studying piano and composition. (Leopold Mozart referred to her by the nickname "Gretl" in his letters). She became an opera singer, best-known for her interpretations of W. A. Mozart's operas Daquin, Louis-Claude more... 4 Jul. 1694 Paris, France 15 Jun. 1772 Paris, France French composer of Jewish birth writing in the Baroque and Galant styles. He was a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist D'Arcais, Francesco (see Arcais, Francesc d')       Darcis (or d'Arcis, s'Arcy), François-Joseph 1759/60 Vienna, Austria c.1783 possibly Moscow, Russia Austrian-born composer Darias, Javier more... 1946 Spain   Spanish composer Dargomyzhsky, Alexander Sergeyevich more... 14 Feb. 1813 Troitskoye, Tula 17 Jan. 1869 St. Peterburg, Russia Russian composer who bridged the gap in Russian opera composition between Mikhail Glinka and the later generation of 'The Five' and Tchaikovsky Darke, Harold more... 29 Oct. 1888 London, UK 28 Nov. 1976 Cambridge, UK English composer and organist Darling, Edward Irving more...   13 Feb. 1894 Mount Clemens, Detroit, Mich. USA American composer Darling, Erik more... 25 Sep. 1933 Baltimore, Maryland, USA 3 Aug. 2008 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA American singer, songwriter, guitarist and banjo player Darnton, (Philip) Christian 30 Oct. 1905 Leeds, England 14 Apr. 1981 Hove, England English composer Darondeau, Benoni 1740 Munich, Germany probably Paris, France German-born composer Darondeau, Henry 28 Feb. 1779 Strasbourg 30 Jul. 1865 Paris, France French composer Darreg, Ivor (born: Kenneth Vincent Gerard O'Hara) more... 5 May 1917 Portland, Oregon, USA 1994 a leading proponent of and composer of microtonal or "xenharmonic" music. He also created a serie of experimental musical instruments Darwish, Shaykh Sayyid more... 17 Mar. 1892 Alexandria. Egypt 15 Sep. 1923 Cairo, Egtypt Egyptian composer who is considered the father of modern Egyptian music Darzins, Emils more... 3 Nov. 1875 Jaunpiebalga 31 Aug. 1910 Riga, Latvia Latvian composer, conductor and music critic Dashow, James (Hyler) more... 7 Nov. 1944 Chicago, USA   an internationally recognized pioneer, has been making music with computers since 1968. His technical research includes the development of MUSIC30, a complete language for digital sound synthesis, and the Dyad System, which integrates pitch and electronic sound. He now lives in Rome Dashkova, Ekaterina Romanova 1743 St Petersburg, Russia 1813 Russian composer Dassoucy (or Assoucy, D'Assoucy, Coypeau, Coipeau, Couppeau), Charles (d') 16 Oct. 1605 Paris, France 29 Oct. 1677 Paris, France French composer Dattari (or dal Dattaro), Ghinolfo more... c. 1537 Bologna, Italy May 1617 Bologna, Italy Italian singer and composer Daugherty, Michael more... 1954 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA   American composer Daunais, Lionel more... 31 Dec. 1901 Montréal, Canada 18 Jul. 1982 Montréal, Canada French Canadian baritone singer and composer Dauphin of Auvergne more... c.1150 1234/35 or in Occitan Dalfi d'Alvernha was Count of Clermont and Montferrand , troubadour and patron of troubadours. He is sometimes called Robert IV, Dauphin of Auvergne but there is no solid evidence for the name Robert, and the name can cause confusion since his first cousin once removed was Robert IV, count of Auvergne, who died in 1194 Dauprat, Louis François more... 24 May 1781 Paris, France 17 Jul. 1868 Paris, France French horn player and composer of works for horn and orchestral music. His was also the author of Méthode de cor-alto et cor-basse, premier, second cor (Paris, 1830) and various theoretical treatises Daussoigne-Méhul, Louis Joseph 10 Jun. 1790 Givet, Ardennes, Belgium 10 Mar. 1875 Liège, Belgium Belgian composer Dautrecourt, Jean Augustin more...   1695 French composer from Lyon, at one time confused with Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe who has now been identified as Jean de Sainte-Colombe Dauvergne (or d'Auvergne), Antoine 3 Oct. 1713 Moulins 11 Dec. 1797 Lyons, France French composer Dauverné, François (Georges Auguste) more... 1799 1874 French trumpeter and author of a famous trumpet method Davaux (or Davau, D'Avaux), Jean-Baptiste more... 19 Jul. 1742 La Côte-St André 2 Feb. 1822 Paris, France French composer Dauvergne, Antoine more... 1713 Moulins, Allier, France 1797 Lyon, France French composer and violinist Daveluy, Raymond more... 23 Dec. 1926 Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada   Canadian organist, composer, administrator, educator/td> Davantès, Pierre (also Maistre Pierre) more... c.1525 Rabastenne, France 31 Aug. 1561 Geneva, Switerland humanist, printer, composer and contributor to the Geneva Psalter Davesne (or d'Avesne, Davesnes), Pierre Just fl. 1768 after 1783 French composer Davey, Shaun more... 1948 Belfast, N. Ireland   Irish composer Davico, Vincenzo 14 Jan. 1889 Monaco 8 Dec. 1969 Rome, Italy Italian composer David, Félicien(-César) more... 13 Apr. 1810 Cadenet, Vaucluse 29 Aug. 1876 St Germain-en-Laye French composer David, Ferdinand more... 20 Jan 1810 Hamburg, Germany 18/19 Jul 1873 Klosters a German virtuoso violinist and composer of about 40 works. They include two symphonies, five violin concertos, an opera (Hans Wacht, 1852), a string sextet for three violins, viola and two cellos, and a number of lieder. He also produced a concertino for trombone. David also worked as editor of violin works by, for instance, Francesco Maria Veracini, Pietro Locatelli and Johann Gottlieb Goldberg Dávid, Gyula more... 6 May 1913 Budapest, Hungary 14 Mar. 1977 Budapest, Hungary Hungarian violist, conductor and composer David, Johann Nepomuk more... 30 Nov. 1895 Eferding, Upper Austria 22 Dec. 1977 Stuttgart, Germany Austrian organist and composer David, Karl Heinrich 30 Dec. 1884 St Gall 17 May 1951 Nervi, Italy Swiss composer David, Samuel 12 Nov. 1836 Paris, France 3 Oct. 1895 Paris, France French composer David, Thomas Christian 22 Dec. 1925 Wels, Austria   Austrian composer Davidenko (or Davigyenko), Alexander (Alexandrovich) 13 Apr. 1899 Odessa, Crimea, Ukraine 1 May 1934 Moscow, Russia Russian composer Davidoff (or Davidow), Alexi (Alexei) 24 Mar. 1867 Moscow, Russia 7 Mar. 1940 Berlin, Germany Russian-born composer Davidov (or Davidoff), Karl (Yul'yevich) more... 15 Mar 1838 Goldingen, Kurland, Latvia 26 Feb 1889 Moscow, Russia he may be reckoned amongst the most famous cellists of his time. Although born in the little Courland town, Goldingen, his parents moved to Moscow in 1840. He there began his studies with H. Schmidt, who was first Cellist at the Moscow Theatre. He carried on further studies under H. Schuberth, in St. Petersburg. He received his theoretical training from Moritz Hauptmann, in Leipzig, where he appeared at the Gewandhaus Concert towards the end of 1859. This was such a brilliant debut that, when Fried. Grutzmacher was called away from Leipzig to Dresden in 1860, Davidoff was offered his place, which he accepted. He did not, however, long fill it, having conceived the desire of undertaking a tour, which led him into Holland. He then travelled through Russia, when he returned to St. Petersburg. Not long. after he was appointed Imperial solo cellist, and somewhat later (1862) teacher at the Imperial Conservatoire. In 1874 he took part in the concerts of the Paris Conservatoire. Two years after he was named Director of the Russian Imperial Musical Society in St. Petersburg, as well as Director of the Conservatoire there. Davidoff's playing is especially distinguished for its perfect accuracy, as well as by a clever and easy mastery of the greatest difficulties. His Cello compositions consist of several Concertos and a collection of agreeable Drawing-room Pieces Davidov (or Davidor, Dawydov, Davydov, Davydof), Stepan (Stephan) Ivanovich (Ivanowitsch) 1777 22 May 1825 Moscow (or St. Petersburg), Russia Russian composer Davidovsky, Mario more... 4 Mar. 1934 Médanos, Argentina   Argentine-American composer Davidson, Duane A. 1935 1964 a pupil of Quincy Porter, won several awards for his compositions and enjoyed performances of his works in the United States and Europe during his short life Davidson, Randall more... 1953   an American composer and native Midwesterner, he's lived in Minneapolis for more than twenty years Davie, Cedric Thorpe more... 13 May 1913 Glasgow, Scotland 18 Jan. 1983 Scottish composer who was Professor of Music at St Andrews University from 1946 to 1978 Davies, Harry Parr more... 24 May 1914 Briton Ferry, Wales 14 Oct. 1955 London, England a Welsh composer and songwriter Davies, Peter Maxwell (see Maxwell Davies, Peter)       Davies, Tansy more... 1973 Bristol, England   British composer Davies, Walford more... 6 Sep. 1869 Oswestry, England 11 Mar. 1941 Bristol, England a British composer, who held the title Master of the King's Music from 1934 until 1941 Davis, Anthony more... 20 Feb. 1951 Paterson, New Jersey, USA   an American composer, jazz pianist, and student of gamelan music Davis, Carl more... 28 Oct 1936 New York, USA   American conductor and composer who has made England his home and married an English actress, Jean Boht. He is a conductor with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and regularly conducts the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. He has written music for over 100 television programs but is best known for creating music to accompany films that were originally silent. He has assisted in the orchestration of the symphonic works of Paul McCartney Davis, Charles Henry more... 18 May 1815 Usk, Monmouthshire, England 17 May 1854 NSW, Australia organist, tenor singer and composer of sacred music Davis, Clara Novello (see Novello Davis, Clara)       Davis, David (see Novello, Ivor)       Davis, Donald more... 4 Feb. 1957 Anaheim, California, USA   American film score composer, conductor, and orchestrator Davis, Hugh more...     composer, performer, instrument inventor, lecturer and musicologist. He studied music at Oxford University, 1961-64 (BA). He was the assistant to the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne, 1964-66. As a Researcher at the Groupe de Recherches Musicales of the French Radio in 1966-67 he compiled a catalogue of electronic music compositions (see below). 1967-1986 he was the founder-director, and 1986-91 the research consultant, at the Electronic Music Studio, Goldsmiths College, University of London. In 1986-93 he was the external consultant for electronic musical instruments at the Gemeentemuseum, the Hague. From 1999 he was a part-time Researcher in Sonic Art at the Centre for Electronic Arts, Middlesex University, London Davis, John David 22 Oct. 1867 Birmingham 20 Nov. 1942 Estoril English composer Davis, Miles more... 26 May 1926 Alton, Illinois, USA 28 Sep. 1991 Santa Monica, California, USA American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer Davison, A(rchibald) T(hompson) 11 Oct. 1883 Boston, Mass., USA 6 Feb. 1961 Brant Rock, nr. Marshfield, Mass., USA American composer Davy, John more... 23 Dec. 1763 Upton Helions, nr. Exeter 22 Feb. 1824 London, England prolific composer of operas Davy, Richard more... c.1465 1507 one of the composers represented in the Eton Choirbook. His 'Passion according to St.Matthew' is the earliest setting by a named composer which extends this basic liturgical theatre into a musical composition, by providing a polyphonic choral version of the high voice’s segments – a structure that remained intact through to the Passions of J.S.Bach and beyond. Davy was master of the choristers at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1490-92, where this Passion may have been first performed Dawson, William Levi more... 26 Sep. 1899 Anniston, Alabama, USA 2 May 21900 Montgomery, Alabama, USA African-American composer, choir director and professor Day, Edgar more... 1883 1983 English organist and composer Daza, Esteban (see Daca, Esteban)       Deacon, Nigel more... 1950s England   a science educator and researcher in the Midlands, but his passion is music. He is a pianist and composer and has written for the piano since 1975, when he was an undergraduate at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. He has published over a hundred piano pieces with his imprint Sutton Elms Publications Deák, Csaba more... 16 Apr. 1932 Budapest, Hungary   Hungarian-born Swedish composer Deakin, Andrew more... late 20th century   lecturer, writer, musician, composer and sound artist who works with Martin Robinson as tractor and with Martin Robinson, Catherine Bassett and Vicki Spong as Extractor Dean, Brett more... 1961   composer and viola player who studied in Brisbane, Australia before moving to Germany Deane, Raymond more... 1953 Achill Island, Ireland   contemporary freelance Irish composer and author DeAngelis, Angelo Rivotorto fl. 1770-1787 c.1825 Padua, Italy Italian composer Dearnley, Christopher more... 11 Feb. 1930 Wolverhampton, England 15 Dec. 2000 South Maroota, NSW, Australia English organist and composer. His most familiar organ compositions include: Dominus regit me - Meditation [supplmentary information by Terry L. Mueller] De Boeck, Auguste (see Boeck, Auguste De)       DeBoer, Brian more...     studied music and composition at the University of California, Irvine, the Eastman School of Music, and UCLA. His music, including his arrangement of STAR WARS: THE OPERA, has been performed by the New World Symphony. Brian composed the music for A PASSAGE TO MIDDLE EARTH: THE MAKING OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS for the SCIFI Network, and was an orchestrator on the Emmy-winning reality show, THE AMAZING RACE. Many of his other projects have appeared in numerous film festivals worldwide, including Sundance, the Cleveland Film Festival, and the Newport Beach Film Festival. In addition, he plays bassoon professionally with the Redlands Symphony, the San Bernardino Symphony, and the Grammy-nominated Absolut Ensemble Debussy, (Achille-)Claude more... 22 Aug. 1862 St.. Germain-en-Laye, France 25 Mar. 1918 Paris, France French composer. He worked within the style commonly referred to as impressionist music, a term which he dismissed. Debussy was not only one of the most important French composers but was also one of the most important figures in music at the turn of the last century; his music represents the transition from late-romantic music to 20th century modernist music Décaux, Abel 1869 Auffay, France 19 Mar. 1943 studied composition with Jules Massenet and organ with Widor at the Paris Conservatory and Guilmant at the Schola Cantorum. He was the organist titulair of the organ of the famous Sacré-Coeur in Paris during 20 years (1903-1923). On October 16, 1919, Décaux inaugurated the great 'new' Sacré-Coeur Organ, in collaboration with Marcel Dupré and Charles-Marie Widor. Décaux taught organ at the Schola Cantorum in Paris and also in the United States of America from 1923 to 1935 at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester. After his return to France in 1935 he taught at the César Frank organ school. He was famous as an improvisor, but his only known organ composition is Clairs de lune, piano (1. Minuit passe, 1900; 2. La ruelle, 1902; 3. La cimitière, 1907; 4. La Mer, 1903; 5th piece planned, but never written) [supplementary information by Terry L. Mueller] DeCesare, Stephen more... 1969 Providence, Rhode Island, USA   American musical-theatre composer de Chatelain, Clara (de Pontigny) (see Chatelain, Clara de (de Pontigny)       Decker, George De more... 31 Aug. 1951 Asse, Belgium   Belgian sound artist and composer Decker, Pamela more... 1955   American organist and composer who is Associate Professor of Organ/Music Theory at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. She also serves as organist at Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Tucson Decsenyi, Janos 24 Mar. 1927 Budapest, Hungary   in 1956 he graduated as a composer at the Budapest Ferecz Liszt Academy of Music. Since 1951 he has been on the staff of the Hungarian Radio. In 1956 he won a prize at the Vercelli composers competition in Italy, he was awarded an Erkel prize in 1975, and the prize of the Hungarian critics in 1981, and 1991. Since 1986 he is Honoured Artist. His interests over a broad sphere of music genres - he composed symphonic and chamber music, chorals, film music and incidental music for radio, theatres and also electroacoustic music Decruck, Fernande (Breilhl-Decruck, Jeanne Delphine Fernande) more... 1896 Gaillac, France 6 Augu. 1954 France French organist, pianist and composer. Her husband Maurice Decruck was solo saxophonist (his title) with the New York Philharmonic. He was not a composer, but for quite a long time, many of her compositions were published under his name. Her Chant Lyrique is one of the first works written by a woman composer for La garde républicaine Dédé, Edmond more... 20 Nov. 1827 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 1903 Paris, France one of the famous Creole of colour composer, violin prodigy and conductor at the Alcazar Theatre (where he worked for 27 years). He married a French woman, Sylvie Leflet, in 1864 Dédé, Eugène Arcade more... 1860s Bordeaux, France   son of Edmond Dédé, Eugene also composed music some of which was orchestrated by his father Dedekind, Constantin Christian more... 2 Apr. 1628 Anhalt-Cöthen, Germany 1697 Dresden, Germany German bass singer, poet and composer Dedler, Rochus more... 1799 Oberammergau 1822 Vienna teacher most famous for writing music for the Oberammergau passion play which has been performed since 1633 when during the plague the village council of the Twelve and the Six vow to perform the "Tragedy of the Passion" every 10 years. The first performance took place in 1634. The music heard today has been extensively arranged since it was composed in about 1811 by Dedler Dedrick, Christopher more... 12 Sep. 1947   son of Art Dedrick (a trumpet player, music arranger, and band leader), Dedrick is an American-Canadian composer, orchestrator, conductor, sound editor, musician, singer, recording artist Deering (or Deering, Dearing, Diringus), Richard more... c.1580 Hampshire, Ebngland 1630 England English composer, who despite being from England, lived and worked most of his life in the Spanish-dominated South Netherlands, because of his Roman Catholic faith. He returned to England in 1625 as organist to the Catholic Queen Henrietta Maria and 'musician for the lutes and voices' to Charles I De Ferrari, Serafino (Amadeo) (see Ferrari, Serafino (Amadeo) de)       Deffés, (Pierre-)Louis 25 Jul. 1819 Toulouse, France 10 Jun. 1900 Toulouse, France French composer de Fontaines, Philippe (see Fontaines, Philippe de)       Defoort, Bart more... 10 Feb. 1964 Bruges, Belgium   Belgian saxophonist and composer, brother of Kris Defoort, Kris more... 30 Nov. 1959 Bruges, Belgium   Belgian avant-garde jazz pianist and composer Defossez, René more... 4 Oct. 1905 Spa 20 May 1988 Brussels Belgian composer Degen, Helmut more... 14 Jan. 1911 Aglasterhausen, Baden, Germany 2 Oct. 1995 Germany German composer Degen, Johann more... c.1585 Weismann, Germany 29 Aug. 1637 Bamburg, Germany German organist and composer Degen, Søffren more... 12 Oct. 1816 Copenhagen, Denmark 7 Jul. 1885 Frederiksberg, Denmark Danish guitarist and composer Degtiarev, Stepan more... 1766 1813 renowned Ukrainian composer of the late 18th century. He was most famous for his nationalistic Russian Choral Music De Giosa, Nicola (see Giosa, Nicola de)       Degli Antoni (or Antonii), Pietro (see Antoni (or Antonii), Pietro degli)       De Groot, Rokus more... 1947 Aalst, The Netherlands   musicologist and composer, conducts research on music of the 20th and 21st centuries, especially in the field of the interaction between different cultural traditions, and in the perspective of present-day (re)conceptualisations of past and present religious and spiritual traditions Deichel, Joseph Anton 17 Mar. 1699 Eichstätt 13 Apr. 1778 Eichstätt German composer Deichel, Joseph Christoph 30 Dec. 1695 Eichstätt 2 Aug. 1753 Eichstätt German composer Deiro, Guido more... 1886 Torino, Italy 1950 USA Italian-born composer and accordionist, brother of Pietro, the two most important accordionists working in America in the early twentieth century Deiro, Pietro more... 1888 Torino, Italy 1954 USA brother of Guido Deiro, Italian-born composer and accordionist who lived in San Francisco from 1907 Dejazet, Hermine     her operetta Le Diable Rose was performed in Paris 1859 Dejonghe, Koen more... 27 Jun 1957 Kuurne, Belgium   Belgian pianist and composer primarily of chamber, vocal and piano works. Dejonghe studied with Levente Kende at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven, where he graduated in 1982 with a combined diploma in music education and piano. He then studied composition with Willem Kersters at the Koninklijk Vlaams Muziekconservatorium in Antwerp, where he earned first prizes in fugue in 1990 and composition in 1994 Dekker, Wessel more... second halk 20th century/21st century   Dutch arranger, composer and conductor, for example, of the Mandolin orchestra "Caecilia" (Amsterdam) De Koven, (Henry Louis) Reginald (see Koven, (Henry Louis) Reginald de)       Dela, (Albert) Maurice (né Phaneuf) more... 9 Sep. 1919 Montreal, Canada 28 Apr. 1978 Verdun, Montreal, Canada Canadian composer , arranger, organist and pianist Delaborde, Elie (né Miriam) 8 Feb. 1839 Paris, France 9 Dec. 1913 Paris, France French composer Delacoste, François-Xavier more... 5 Jan. 1950 Monthey, Valais, Switzerland   Swiss composer, arranger and orchestrator Delage, Maurice Charles more... 1879 1961 French composer and pianist. A student of Ravel and member of Les Apaches, he was influenced by travels to India and the East. Ravel's "La vallée des cloches" from Miroirs was dedicated to Delage Delalande (or de Lalande), Michel-Richard more... 1657 Paris, France 18 Jun. 1726 Versailles, France prolific French Baroque composer and organist who was one of the most important composers of so-called grand motets, of which he wrote almost 80 Delange (or De Lange), Herman-François 2 Jun. 1715 Liège, Belgium 27 Oct. 1781 Liège Belgian composer de Lange (see Lange, de)       Delannoy, Marcel 9 Jul. 1898 La Ferté-Alais, Essonnes, nr. Paris 14 Sep. 1962 Nantes, France French composer de Lantins, Arnold de (see Lantins, Arnold de)       de Lantins, Hugo de (see Latins, Hugo de)       Delany, John Albert more... 6 Jul. 1852 Ratcliffe, London 1907 Paddington, Australia violinist, organist, teacher, conductor and composer. His greatest achievement was the presentation of the Australian première of Sir Edward Elgar's oratorio The Dream of Gerontius in Sydney Town Hall on 21 December 1903, to mark the golden jubilee of the ordination of Patrick Francis Moran, archbishop of Sydney De Lara (Cohen), Isidore (see Lara (Cohen), Isidore Da)       de Lassus, Orlande (see Lassus, Orlande de)       DeLaurenti, Christopher more... 1967   Seattle based composer, improvisor, and phonographer Delaval, Mme     a famous harpist who produced a successful cantata depicting the farewell of Louis XVI which was produced in London in 1794. She also published many songs and a large amount of harp music Delbos, Claire (Louise) more... Nov. 1906 Paris, France 22 Apr. 1959 France French violinist and composer, and first wife of the composer Olivier Messiaen Delcroix, Léon Charles 15 Sep. 1880 Brussels, Belgium 14 Nov. 1938 Brussels, Belgium Belgian composer Delden, Lex van (né Alexander Zwaap) more... 10 Sep. 1919 Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1 Jul 1988 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dutch composer Deldevez, Edme Marie Ernest more... 31 May 1817 Paris, France 6 Nov. 1897 Paris, France French violinist, conductor, composer of orchestral works and author of La Notation de la musique, etc. (Paris, 1867), Principe de la formation des accords, etc. (Paris 1868), Curiosités musicales (1873), L'Art du chef d'orchestre (1878), La Société des Concerts du Conservatoire (1887), De l'Exécution d'ensemble (Paris, 1888), Mes Mémoires (1890), Le Passé, à propos du présent, suite à Mes Mémoires (Paris, 1892) de Leone, Francesco (Bartolomeo) (see Leone, Francesco (Bartolomeo) de)       Delerue, Georges more... 12 Mar. 1925 Roubaix, France 20 Mar. 1992 Los Angeles, USA French composer noted most for his film scores including A Little Romance (1979) (for which he won an Oscar) as well as gaining nominations for Ann of a Thousand Days (1969), The Day of the Dolphin (1973), Julia (1977) and Agnes of God (1985) Delfrate-Alvazzi, Giulio Maria 1772 Varzo, Italy 1819 Italian organist, friar and composer Delft, Marc van more... 4 Apr. 1958 Den Haag, The Netherlands   Dutch composer Delgado, Alexandre (Chaves Rosa) more... 1965 Lisbon, Portugual   Portuguese viola player and Composer mostly of orchestral and chamber works Delgado, Francisco Eusebio more... 1792 Mexico City, Mexico c. 1853 Mexico's greatest composer from the late-Classic-early Romantic period Delgadillo, Luis (Abraham) more... 26 Aug. 1887 Managua 1962 Managua Nicaraguan composer Delibes, (Clément Philibert) Léo more... 21 Feb. 1836 St.-Germain-du-Val, Sarthe 16 Jan. 1891 Paris, France a French composer of Romantic music Delius, Frederick (Fritz) (Theodor Albert) more... 29 Jan 1862 Bradford, UK 10 Jun 1934 Grez-sur-Loing, France English composer whose lyrical music was championed by the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham Della Ciaia (or Ciaja), Azzolino Bernardino (see Ciaia (or Ciaja), Azzolino Bernardino della)       Della Maria, (Pierre-Antoine-)Dominique 14 Jun. 1769 Marseilles, France 9 Mar. 1800 Paris, France French composer Della Porta, Giuseppe fl. 1697   Italian composer Deller (or Teller, Döller, Töller), Florian Johann bap. 2 May 1729 Drosendorf 19 Apr. 1773 Munich, Germany German composer Dellinger, Rudolf 8 Jul. 1857 Kraslice 24 Sep. 1910 Dresden, Germany Czech born composer Dello Joio, Norman more... 24 Jan. 1913 New York, USA 24 Jul. 2007 East Hampton, NY, USA American composer who achieved wide popularity in the mid-twentieth century with a proliferation of essentially tonal, lyrical works Dell'Orefice, Giuseppe (see Orefice, Giuseppe Dell')       Delmas, Marc-Jean-Baptiste 28 Mar. 1885 St Quentin 30 Nov. 1931 Paris, France French composer Delorko, Mario Ratko more... 1959 Hamburg, Germany   virtuoso German pianist, & conductor & composer Del Tredici, David more... 16 Mar. 1937 Cloverdale, California, USA   American composer and Pulitzer Prize winner Delune, Louis 15 Mar. 1876 Charleroi, Belgium 5 Jun. 1940 Paris, France Belgian composer Delvaux, Berthe (see Vito-Delvaux, Berthe di)       Delvincourt, Claude more... 12 Jan. 1888 Paris, France 5 Apr. 1954 Orbetello, Tuscany, Italy French composer Delz, Christoph more... 3 Jan. 1950 Basel, Switzerland 13 Spe. 1993 Riehen bei Basel, Switzerland Swiss composer and pianist Demachy (or Machy), sieur more... fl. c.1686-1692   French viol player and composer de Manchicourt, Pierre (see Manchicourt, Pierre de)       Demantius, Johann Christoph more... 15 Dec. 1567 Reichenberg, now in the Czech Republic 20 Apr. 1643 Freiburg, Germany a German composer, music theorist, writer and poet. He was an exact contemporary of Monteverdi, and represented a transitional phase in German Lutheran music from the polyphonic Renaissance style to the early Baroque. As a music theoretician he is famous for compiling the first dictionary of musical terms in the German language Demar, Johann Sebastian more... 29 Jun. 1763 Gauaschach, Bavaria 25 Jul. 1832 Orléans, France organist and composer, director of the music education of the Garde Nationale d'Orléans Demar, Therese 1801 Paris   composed and published more than 30 compositions for the harp Demars, Helene-Louise 1733 France   a composer published in Paris in 1752 Demény, Desiderius 29 Jan. 1871 Budapest, Hungary 9 Nov. 1937 Budapest, Hungary Hungarian composer Demersseman, Jules Auguste Eduard more... 9 Jan. 1833 Hondschoote, The Netherlands 1 Dec. 1866 Paris, France French-trained virtuoso flautist who composed mostly virtuosic pieces for his instrument Demessieux, Jeanne more... 13 Feb. 1921 Montpelier, France 11 Nov. 1968 Paris, France French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue who became a student of Marcel Dupré at age 13 (1936) until some disagreement ended their relationship in about 1946. She was the first woman to give a recital in Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral. Demessieux enjoyed a stupendous performing career and a reputation as a brilliant technician and improvisor. She was Organist of Paris St-Esprit 1933-1962; Paris Église de la ste-Madeleine (Church of St Magdalen) 1962-1968 and Organ professor at Liège Conservatory. Among her major organ works are: 12 Chorale Preludes on Gregorian Chant Themes: (Rorate Caeli; Hosanna filio David; Adeste fideles; Domine Jesu; O filii et filiae; Attende Domine; Stabat mater) [inspired by the organ of New York St John the Divine Cathedral], Op.8, 1950; 6 Études (Pointes, Tierces, Sixtes, Accordes alternés, Notes répétées, Octaves), 1944 [Bornemann]; Prélude et fugue dans le mode lydien, Op.13, 1962; 7 Méditations sur le Saint-Esprit (Veni Sancte Spiritus, Les Eaux, Pentecôte, Dogme, Consolateur, Paix, Lumière), 1947 [Durand]; Répons pour le temps de Pâques, 1968; Triptyque (Prélude; Adagio; Fugue), Op.7, 1948; Te deum, Op.11, 1959; 3 Chorale Preludes; Andante. She also wrote a work for organ & orchestra entitled Poème, Op.9, 1949 [supplementary information by Terry L. Mueller] Demian, Vilmos (Wilhelm) 9 Jun. 1910 Brasov   composer Dempster, Stuart more... 7 Jul. 1936 Berkeley, California, USA   American trombonist and experimental composer. He studied at San Francisco State College in California. From 1962 to 1966 he served as principal trombonist in the Oakland Symphony; since 1968 he has taught at the University of Washington in Seattle. Dempster tours regularly throughout the US and Europe performing his own music as well as commissioned works by such composers as Luciano Berio, Donald Erb, Andrew Imbrie, Ben Johnston, Ernst Krenek, Edwin London, and Pauline Oliveros. He has collaborated and performed with choreographer Merce Cunningham in Meet the Composer's Composer/Choreographer Project; in 1993-1994 he was composer-in-residence with Seattle's New Performance Group as part of the Music in Motion project Demunck (or de Munck), Francois more... 6 Oct 6 1815 Brussels, Belgium 28 Feb 1859 Brussels, Belgium he entered the Conservatoire of his birthplace as a boy of ten years of age and studied with Platel. In 1834 he left the Conservatoire with the first prize, and in the following year he was nominated as his master's assistant. Demunek fell into relations which caused him to neglect the study of the Cello; consequently his performances were deprived of their precision and brilliancy; and, further, he ruined his health. Soon after, in 1845, he resigned his official work, in order to perform at concerts, in company with a singer, in Germany. His performances, however, no longer came up to the cherished expectations. In the year 1848 Servais stepped into Demunck's place as teacher at the Brussels Conservatoire, which induced him to go to London, and labour for a time in the orchestra of Her Majesty's Theatre. But only too soon the results of his dissolute life became apparent. He fell into doubtful circumstances, and, broken in body and mind, he returned, in the spring of 1858, to Brussels, where he died. Demunck published only a "Fantasia" with variations on a Russian theme (Op. 1) Demuth, Norman 15 Jul. 1898 South Croydon 21 Apr. 1968 Chichester, England English composer Dench, Chris more... 10 Jun. 1953 London, UK   self-taught composer who arrived in Australia after living in West Berlin, as a guest of the DAAD Berliner Kunstlerprogramm, and Tuscany, becoming an Australian citizen in 1992. He currently lives in Newcastle, NSW Dencke, Jeremiah more... 1725 1795 American Moravian composer de Neele, Perrot (see Neele, Perrot de)       Denefve, Jules 1814 Chimay 19 Aug. 1877 Mons, Belgium Belgian composer Deneire, Hanne more... 23 Jun. 1980 Hasselt, Belgium   Belgian composer Denhoff, Michael more... 25 Apr. 1955 Ahaus, Germany   German composer and cellist Denio, Amy more... 9 Jun. 1961 Seattle, USA   a Seattle (USA)-based multi-instrumental composer of soundtracks for modern dance, film and theater, as well as a songwriter and music improviser Denis, Mlle     a composer published in Paris in 1711 Denisov, Edison (Vasil'yevich) more... 6 Apr. 1929 Tomsk, Russia 24 Nov. 1996 Paris, France Russian pianist and composer Dennehy, Donnacha more... 1970 Dublin, Ireland   Irish composer Dennis, Matt more... 11 Feb. 1914 Seattle, Washington, USA 21 Jun. 2002 Riverside, California, USA songwriter, pianist and singer Dentice, Fabrizio more... c.1530 Naples, Italy c.1590 Italy Italian composer and virtuoso lute and viol player. He appeared as an acclaimed virtuoso in Rome and the court of Parma. He published Lamentationi a cinque voci. Other compositions (pieces for lute, madrigals, motets and faux-bourdons) appeared in contemporary anthologies Dentice, Luigi more...   before 1601 Italy possibly brother of Scipione, Italian writer known for his Duo Dialoghi della musica, which contains much interesting information about musicians of the time Dentice, Scipione (or Scipione Stella) more... 1560 1635 Italian clavier player and composer of seven books of madrigals and one of motets. He was a nephew of Fabrizio Dentice Denyer, Frank more... 1943 London, UK   English composer and pianist who forcus on creating music for a combination of conventional instruments and new, unusual, and structurally modified instruments. Partly due to his studies of non-Western music, much of Denyer's music is microtonal Denza, Luigi more... 24 Feb. 1846 Castellammare di Stabia, Italy 26 Jan 1922 London, England Italian composer who moved to London and became a professor of singing at the Royal Academy of Music in 1898. His best known composition was Funiculi-funicula. This rollicking dance-song in tarantella rhythm was written to be played at the opening of the new tourist attraction in Naples, the funicular railroad that takes travelers to the top of Mount Vesuvius. It has become a kind of cliché for Southern Italy and is often taken to be a folk song de Pauw (see Pauw, de)       de Peellaert, Augustin-Philippe (see Peellaert, Augustin-Philippe de)       Penne, Antoine de (see Penne, Antoine de)       de Picardia, Petrus (see Picardia, Petrus de)       de Placker, Christiaan (see Placker, Christiaan de)       de Poppe, Ferdinand (see Poppe, Ferdinand de)       de Placker, Christiaan (see Placker, Christiaan de)       de Puysseleyr, Peter Frans (see Puysseleyr, Peter Frans de)       de Quercu, Simon (see Quercu, Simon de)       Dequin, Leon fl. 1890-1910   French composer de Raedt, Pierre (see Raedt, Pierre de)       de Reulx, Anselme (see Reulx, Anselme de)       de Reux, Jacques (see Reux, Jacques de)       Dering, Richard more... c.1580 England 1630 England expatriate English musician who because of his Roman Catholic faith, lived and worked in the Spanish-dominated South Netherlands. He returned to England in 1625 as organist to the Catholic Queen Henrietta Maria and 'musician for the lutes and voices' to King Charles I de Rivulo, Franziscus (see Rivulo, Franziscus de)       de Rocourt, Pierre (see Rocourt, Pierre de)       Derome, Jean more... 29 Jun. 1955 Montreal, Quebec, Canada   French Canadian avant-garde saxophonist, flautist and composer de Ronghe, Michaël (see Ronghe, Michaël de)       Deroo, Maurits Alfons more... 4 Nov. 1902 Brugge, Belgium 4 Mar. 1988 Assenede, Belgium Belgian composer de Rore, Cipriano (see Rore, Cipriano de)       Derosier, Nicholas more... fl. 17th century   guitarist and composer who invented the guitarre angelique with eight strings more than usual. He was the author of Les principes de la guitarre (1694) and Neuveaus principes pour le guitarre (1699) both in French tablature for the 5 course guitar De Sabata, Victor (Vittorio) (see Sabata, Victor (Vittorio) de)       de Saint-Luc, Jacques (see Saint-Luc, Jacques de)       de Salinis, Hymbert (see Salinis, Hymbert de)       de Sarto, Johannes (see Sarto, Johannes de)       Désaugiers, Marc-Antoine 1742 Fréjus 10 Sep. 1793 Paris, France French composer de Sayve (or Saife, Sainne, Saive, Seave, Seyve) (see Sayve de)       Deschamps, Eustache (also known as Morel) more... 1346 Vertus, Champagne, France 1406 French poet. Guillaume de Machaut (c.1300–1377), who popularized the new lyric genres such as the rondeau, ballade, lai, and virelai in the 14th century, is considered to have been the leader of the new rhétorique, or poetic art. This tradition was continued by Eustache Deschamps, Christine de Pizan (1363–c.1434), Charles d'Orléans (1394–1464/5), and François Villon (1431-after 1463), as well as by Jean Froissart (c.1337–c.1405), the great chronicler de Scholbas, Arnold (see Scholbas, Arnold de)       Desderi, Ettore more... 10 Dec. 1892 Asti, Italy 23 Nov. 1974 Florence, Italy Italian composer best known for his sacred music de Seixas, Carlos (see Seixas, Carlos de)       Désenclos, Alfred more... 7 Feb. 1912 Pontel, Pas-de-Calais, France 31 Mar. 1971 Paris, France French composer de Senleches, Jacob (see Senleches, Jacob (Jacques) de)       Desfosses (or Desfossés, Desfossez), Françoise Elizabeth (later Mme Caraque, Countess) fl. 1789-1820   French composer Deshayes (or Des Hayes, des Hayes, Deshays), Prosper-Didier fl. 1785-1804 1815 Paris, France French composer de Sire, Simon (see Sire, Simon de)       Deslandres, Adolphe-Edouard-Marie 22 Jan. 1840 Batignolles, Monceaux 30 Jul. 1911 Paris, France French composer Des Marais, Paul (Emile) (see Marais, Paul (Emile) des)       Desmarets (or Desmarest, Desmarestz, Desmarais), Henri more... Feb. 1661 Paris, France 7 Sep. 1741 Lunéville French composer Desmazures (or Desmasures), Laurent 10 Nov. 1714 Marseilles, France 29 Apr. 1778 French composer Desmond, Paul (born: Paul Emil Brentenfield) more... 25 Nov. 1924 San Francisco, California, USA 30 May 1977 USA American composer and woodwind improviser, one of the most prolific artists in free jazz, and for many years a member of the Dave Brubeck Octet and the Brubeck Quartet de Somere, Édouard-Constantin (see Somere, Édouard-Constantin de)       Desormery (or Désormerie), Léopold-Bastien c.1740 Bayon, Lorraine c.1810 nr. Beauvais French composer Desplat, Alexandre more... 23 Aug. 1961 Paris, France   an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning film composer Desportes, Yvonne (Berthe Melitta) more... 18 Jul. 1907 Coburg, France 29 Dec. 1993 Paris, France French composer, pianist and lecturer Desprez (or des Prez), Josquin (né Lebloitte) (French rendering of Dutch 'Josken Van De Velde', diminutive of 'Joseph Van De Velde'; latinized Josquinus Pratensis, alternatively Jodocus Pratensis) more... c. 1440/45 Belgium 27 Aug. 1521 Condé-sur-l'Escaut, France Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was the most famous European composer between Guillaume Dufay and Palestrina, and is usually considered to be the central figure of the Franco-Flemish School. He appears to have worked in Milan (c. 1459-1477), Aix-en-Provence (1477), Rome (c. 1489-1495) and Condé-sur-l'Escaut (the last years of his life) and who in his day enjoyed a very high reputation as a composer Dessane, Antoine more... 10 Dec. 1826 Forcalquier, nr Aix-en-Provence, France 8 Jun. 1873 Québec City, Canada French-born organist, pianist, cellist, teacher and composer Dessau, Paul more... 19 Dec. 1894 Hamburg, Germany 28 JUn 1979 Königs Wusterhausen, Germany German composer and conductor Dessauer, Josef (Joseph) 28 May 1798 Prague 8 Jul. 1876 Mödling, nr. Vienna, Austria Prague-born composer Dessel, Lode van more... 5 Feb. 1909 Sint-Katelijne-Waver 7 Jul. 1993 Alost, Belgium Belgian composer, organist and teacher Dessoff, Felix Otto more... 14 Jan. 1835 Leipzig, Germany 28 Oct. 1892 Frankfurt, Germany German conductor and composer. His daughter Emma Margarete "Gretchen" Dessoff (11 June 1874, Vienna - 27 November 1944, Locarno, Switzerland) was a German choral conductor who was a pioneer of women's choruses. In 1924 with Angela Diller, she formed the Adesdi Chorus of Women's Voices, with the name being formed from parts of each of the founders' names. This was renamed the Dessoff Choirs in 1929 Destouches (or des Touches), André Cardinal more... 6 Apr. 1672 Paris, France 7 Feb. 1749 Paris, France French composer best known for the opéra-ballet Les éléments Destouches, Franz (Seraph) von 21 Jan. 1772 Munich, Germany 10 Dec. 1844 Munich, Germany German composer Deswert, Jules more... 16 Aug 1843 Louvain, Belgium 24 Feb 1891 Ostende, Belgium after completing his studies under Servais, in 1865 he stopped at Dusseldorf, and was for a time engaged there. Three years later he entered the Weimar Hofkappelle as first Cellist, whence he was summoned to Berlin, in 1869, with the title of Concertmaster, as solo cellist of the Royal band and teacher in the High School of Music. He gave up this in 1873 in order to devote himself to composition. After he had remained a few years in Wiesbaden, be chose Leipsig as his residence in 1881. Besides two operas, The Albigenses firsat performed in 1878 at Wiesbaden, the other, Graf Hammerstein, in 1884 in Mayence, he wrote three Cello Concertos, as well as many Drawing-room Pieces, re-edited a collection of old Violoncello music and arrangements of classical compositions, and published three books of Etudes under the title of Le Mecanisme du Violoncelle. He also produced a Cello method, which was brought out by Novello, in London Desyatnikov, Leonid more... 16 Oct. 1955 Kharkiv, Russia   Russian composer Deszczynski, Józef 1781 Vilnius 1844 Horodyszcze Lithuanian composer de Thérache, Pierrequin (see Thérache, Pierrequin de)       Dethier, Gaston M. 1875 Belgium 1958 USA Belgian organi lived in the USA and he composed a Procession Solennelle, published by J. Fischer in 1908 d’Étienne chez Vannes (or d’Étienne de Liège chez Auda) (see Liège, Stephanus de)       Detlefsen, Christian more... 22 Feb. 1951 Bredstedt, Germany   German born composer who now lives in The Netherlands de Trazegnies, François-Joseph (Franciscus Josephus) (see Trazegnies, François-Joseph (Franciscus Josephus) de)       Dett, Robert (or R.) Nathaniel more... 11 Oct. 1882 Drummondville, Ontario, Canada 2 Oct. 1943 on tour composer in the United States and Canada. During his lifetime he was one of the most successful black composers, known for his use of folk songs and spirituals for choral and piano compositions in the romantic style. He was among the first African American composers during the early years of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers. His works often appeared among the programs of William Marion Cook's New York syncopated Orchestra. Dett himself performed at Carnegie Hall and at the Boston Symphony Hall as a pianist and choir director Deutsch, Max more... 17 Nov. 1892 Vienna, Austria 22 Nov. 1982 Paris, France an Austrian-French musical composer,conductor, and teacher Deutz, Rupert de more... 1075-1080 probably Liège, Belgium 4 Mar. 1129 or 1130 near Cologne, Germany Flemish theologian and musician, probably a composer Devcic, Natko more... 30 Jun. 1914 Glina, Croatia 4 Sep. 1997 Zagreb, Croatia Croatian composer de Vleeshouwer, Albert (see Vleeshouwer, Albert de)       de Verlit (or Verlith), Gaspar (see Verlit (or Verlith), Gaspar de)       Devienne, François more... 31 Jan. 1759 Joinville, Haute-Marne 5 Sep. 1803 Charenton French composer and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory de Vinea, Antoine (see Wyngaerde, Antonius van den)       de Vitry, Philippe (see Vitry, Philippe de)       De Vol, Frank more... 20 Sep 1911 Moundsville, West Virginia, USA 27 Oct 1999 Lafayette, California, USA known primarily as the composer for the radio and TV series The Brady Bunch, but light music fans appreciate that his career has been far more substantial. It was not uncommon to see the credit ‘Music by De Vol’ on many films, and he also appeared as a character actor in several US television series, such as I Dream of Jeannie, Bonanza and Petticoat Junction de Vos, Eduard (see Vos, Eduard de)       de Vos, Isidore (see Vos, Isidore de)       de Vos, Laurent (see Vos, Laurent de)       Devreese, Frédéric more... 2 Jun. 1929 Amsterdam, The Natherlands   Dutch-born Belgian composer of mostly orchestral, chamber and piano works that have been performed throughout the world; he is also active as a conductor. He is the son of composer-conductor Godfried Devreese Devreese, Godefroid (Godfried) more... 22 Jan. 1893 Kortrijk, Belgium 4 Jun. 1972 Brussels, Belgium a pupil of Ysaÿe and César Thomson. He led the Kurhaus Orchestra in The Hague and was a member of the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam, also working as a conductor in Antwerp and Brussels. He spent some 29 years as director of the Malines Conservatory, establishing the city as an important musical centre. The compositions of Devreese, romantic in general style, include concertos, symphonies and a wide variety of works. His reputation as a composer has remained largely limited to his own country de Wert, Giaches (see Wert, Giaches de)       de Winde, Paul (see Winde, Paul de)       de Wisme, Nicholas (see Wisme, Nicholas de)       de Wreede Johannes (see Urreda, Johannes)       Dexter, Harry more... 1910 1973 Harry Dexter, who should not be confused with Harold Dexter (b. 1920) sometime Organist of Southwark Cathedral and Professor of the Guildhall School, could well have been included in my series on English composers for amateurs as he produced a large number of arrangements for students, instrumental ones of Mozart, Haydn, Lehár, Grieg, Massenet, Johann Strauss, Debussy, Mendelssohn, Brahms and so on, for clarinet, recorder and flute, and vocal ones of traditional material from Britain, America (spirituals and others), France, Germany and Switzerland Dezède (or De Zède, Dezèdes, Desaides, De Zaides), Nicolas (Alexandre) c.1742 11 Sep. 1792 Paris, France French composer D'Harcourt (or d'Harcourt), Eugène (see Harcourt (d'Harcourt), Eugène d')       D'Hoedt, Henri-Georges (see Hoedt, Henri-Georges d')       Dhomont, Francis more... 2 Nov. 1926 Paris, France   French composer of electroacoustic/acousmatic music Dia, Beatriz Comtessa de more... fl. 1212   a trobairitz Diabate, Toumani more... 10 Aug. 1965 Mali   Malian kora player who has gained international acclaim for his music. He is a versatile performer, being equally at home with the traditional music of Mali as well as with cross-cultural collaborations with flamenco, blues, jazz, and other international styles Diabelli, Anton more... 5/6 Sep. 1781 Mattsee, nr. Salzburg, Austria 7/8 Apr. 1858 Vienna, Austria guitarist, composer, pianist and publisher, best known for his waltz, or ländler, on which Ludwig van Beethoven wrote his 33 variations for piano (Diabelli Variations, Op. 120) Diack, John Michael more... 1869 1947 Diack was well known in his day for his arrangements, many ballad-like songs and, most notably, the nursery rhymes (e.g., Sing a Song of Sixpence and Little Jack Horner) set in the style of Handel Diamond, David Leo more... 9 Jul. 1915 Rochester, New York, USA 13 Jun. 2005 Brighton, New York, USA pupil of Roger Sessions and Nadia Boulanger, this prolific American composer become one of the best-known composers of his generation. He received many awards, his music was performed by many leading musicians, but he never achieved the international acclaim enjoyed by fellow composers such as Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber. Among his output are 10 string quartets and 11 symphonies Diamond, Joel more... 1951 Bronx, New York, USA   New York-based composer, arranger and pianist/keyboardist Joel Diamond has successfully fused his interests in 'serious' orchestral music and contemporary electronica. His string quartet, Danza Caprichosa, recorded by Orchestra Nova, was nominated for a Grammy award Diana, Antonio   c.1862 probably from the Bologna area, he published a Raccolta di composizioni per organo d'ogni genere (Milan: Ricordi, 1862) in two parts. Part One is for the organo semplice; Part Two is for the organo moderno and contains rules on registration, the classification of stops, combinations, imitation effects and the use of the pedal; a third part, for the organo corale, was announced but the author's death prevented its publication Dianow, Anton 19 Feb. 1882 Moscow, Russia 25 Mar. 1939 Moscow, Russia Russian composer Diaz (de la Peña), Eugène(-Emile) 27 Feb. 1837 Paris, France 12 Sep. 1901 Coleville, France French composer Diaz, Simon more... 8 Aug. 1928 El Llano, Venezuela   singer and songwriter particularly of tonadas, the slow, gentle ballads that were traditionally sung by ranch hands as they carried out the milking, partly in the belief that soothing cattle in this way improved the yield Dibdin, Charles more... 4 Mar. 1745 Dibdin, nr. Southampton, England 25 Sep. 1814 London, England British musician, dramatist, novelist, actor and songwriter Dickinson, Clarence more... 7 May 1873 Lafayette, Ind., USA 2 Aug. 1969 New York, USA American organist and choirmaster, composer, virtuoso, performer, author, lecturer, and teacher - worked to broaden an appreciation of organ music and reach new audiences. He worked tirelessly to improve the quality of church music. He founded the American Guild of Organists (AGO) and the School of Sacred Music at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, USA Dickinson, Peter more... 15 Nov. 1934 Lytham St. Annes, Lancs.   English composer, musicologist, and pianist. Dickson, Ellen Elizabeth (Dolores) 1819 England 1878 the daughter of General Alex Dickson, she had a wide reputation as a songwriter Dickson, Ian more... 1977   composer Dickson, John more... Big Spring, Texas, USA   Texas-born French hornist, orchestrator, arranger and composer. In 1995 John began an association with Chick Corea as an orchestrator and rehearsal assistant resulting in works for piano and string quartet and pieces for orchestra and jazz quintet/sextet. The first of these, Spain for Sextet and Orchestra won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement for 2000 Dickson, Oliver Wilson- (see Wilson-Dickson, Oliver)       Didkovsky, Nicholas (Nick) more... 1958 Bronxville, USA   composer, guitarist, computer music programmer, and leader of the band Doctor Nerve. Didkovsky has developed a Java music API called JMSL (Java Music Specification Language). JMSL is a toolbox for algorithmic composition and performance. JMSL includes JScore, an extensible staff notation editor. JMSL can output music using either JavaSound or JSyn Di Domenica, Robert (see Domenica, Robert Di)       Dieltiens, Lode more... 18 Sep. 1926 Wijnegem, Belgium   Belgian composer, organist, choral director and teacher Diémer, Louis-Joseph more... 14 Feb. 1843 Paris, France 21 Dec. 1919 Paris, France a French pianist and composer. Diémer was also instrumental in promoting the use of historical instruments, giving a series of harpsichord performances as part of the 1889 Universal Exhibition and contributing to the founding of the Société des instruments anciens Dienel, Otto more... 11 Jan. 1839 Tiefenfurt im Kreis Bunzlau, Germany 10 Mar. 1905 Berlin, Germany the son of a Silesian cantor and music teacher and attended the Görlitz Hochschule and the Bunzlau Seminary. Then, he went to Berlin, entered the Royal Institute for Church Music, and studied with August Wilhelm Bach, Carl August Haupt, Carl Albert Löschhorn, August Edouard Grell, and Wilhelm Taubert. After some time as organist at the Bartholomäus-und-Heiligkreuzekirche, he took the post at the Berlin Marienkirche in 1869 and remained until his death in 1905. He also taught at the Royal Seminary and on the organ in his church. He was elected to honorary membership in the American Guild of Organists in 1898 Diepenbrock, Alphons more... 2 Sep. 1862 Amsterdam, The Netherlands 5 Apr. 1921 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dutch composer, essayist and classicist Dieren, Bernard Hélène Joseph van more... 27 Dec. 1887 Rotterdam, The Netherlands 24 Apr. 1936 London, England Dutch-born composer, critic, author, and writer on music Diesineer (or Diessener), Gerhard more... c. 1640 Germany after 1673 London (?), UK German composer Diet, Edmond-Marie 25 Sep. 1854 Paris, France 30 Oct. 1924 Paris, France French composer Dieter, Christian Ludwig 15 Jun. 1757 Ludwigsburg 15 May 1822 Stuttgart, Germany German composer Diethelm, Caspar more... 31 Mar. 1926 Lucerne, Switzerland 1 Jan. 1997 Lucerne, Switzerland Swiss composer Dietrich, Albert (Hermann) more... 28 Aug. 1829 Forsthaus Golk, nr. Meissen, Germany 19 Nov. 1908 Berlin, Germany German composer and conductor Dietrich, Amalia 1838 Germany   made her debut at the age of eight and went on to publish many songs and piano pieces Dietrich, Sixt more... 1492/94 1548 German composer Dietrichstein, Count Moritz von more... 19 Jan. 1775 21 Aug. 1864 antiquary, historian, Viennese court conductor who was self-educated in music, von Dietrichstein composed part-songs, hymns and piano pieces. He was also director of what is today the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna Dietsch (or Dietzch, Dietz), (Pierre-)Louis(-Philippe) 17 Mar. 1808 Dijon, France 20 Feb. 1865 Paris, France French composer Dietz, Howard more... 8 Sep. 1896 New York, USA 30 Jul. 1983 New York, USA American publicist, lyricist, and librettist Dieupart, Charles (François) more... after 1667 France c. 1740 London, England French harpsichordist, violinist and composer, active mainly in England. He was known as Charles to his contemporaries and to Hawkins, the main source for the events of his life, but an autograph letter in French is signed F. Dieupart Dignum, Charles more... c.1765 29 Mar. 1827 English tenor and composer. He was apparently short and plump Dijk, Jan van more... 4 Jun. 1918 Oostzaan, The Netherlands   Dutch composer Dijk, Rudi van more... 27 Mar. 1932 Culemborg, The Netherlands 29 Nov. 2003 East Sussex, England Dutch composer of classical orchestral, chamber and vocal music, often featuring violin or piano Dijker, Mathieu more... 29 Jun. 1927 Amsterdam, The Netherlands   Dutch composer, carillonneur and organist Dijkstra, Lowell more... 1952 Exeter, Canada   Canadian-born composer now based in The Netherlands Dijon, Guiot de more... fl. early 13th century   troubadour Dikcius, Arunas more... 1962   Lithuanian organist, pianist and composer Dikker, Loek more... 28 Feb. 1944 Amsterdam, The Netherlands   composer, pianist, conductor and arranger Diletsky, Nikolai more...       Dillen, Guillaume more... c.1543 possibly Flanders 13 Mar. 1627 Parma, Italy composer also called Villico, possibly Flemish Dillen, Oscar more... 25 Jun. 1958 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands   Dutch musician and composer Dillon, James more... 29 Oct. 1950 Glasgow, Scotland   Scottish composer often regarded as belonging to the New Complexity school Dimas de Melo Pimenta, Emanuel 3 Jun. 1957 São Paolo, Brazil   Brazilian composer Dimitrescu, Constantin 19 Mar. 1847 Blejoi-Prahova 9 May 1928 Bucharest Romanian composer Dimmler (or Dimler, Dümler), Franz Anton 14 Oct. 1753 Mannheim 7 Feb. 1827 Munich, Germany German composer Dimov, Bojidar more... 31 Jan. 1931 Lom, Bulgaria   German composer of Bulgarian origin Dimov, Ivan 13 Dec. 1927 Kazanlak, Bulgaria   Bulgarian composer d'India, Sigismondo (see India, Sigismondo d')       d'Indy, Vincent more... 27 Mar. 1851 Paris, France 2 Dec. 1931 Paris, France a French composer and teacher Dinescu, Violeta more... 13 Jul. 1953 Bucharest, Romania   Romanian-born German composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works Dinev, Petar more... 14 Jul. 1889 Kumanichevo, Bulgaria 2 Jul. 1980 Sofia, Bulgaria Bulgarian composer and musicologist with a special interest in transcribing chant Ding, Shande more... 11 Dec. 1911 Kunshan, Jiangsu, China 12 Aug. 1995 Shanghai, China Chinese pianist, composer and teacher Dinicu, Grigoras more... 3 Apr. 1889 Bucharest, Romania 28 Mar. 1949 Bucharest, Romania Romanian Roma composer and violinist Dios Filiberto, Juan de more... 8 May 1885 Buenos Aires, Argentina 11 Nov. 1964 Buenos Aires, Argentina orchestral conductor, composer, pianist, guitarist, violinist and harmonium player. He created the Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música (SADAIC) and registered as a founder member in 1936 Dirani, Zade more... 1980 Jordan   Jordanian pianist and composer whose compositions blend the traditions of the Middle East and Western classicism Diruta, Girolamo more... c.1554 Deruta, Italy after 1610 Italy Italian organist, music theorist, and composer. He was famous as a teacher and for his part in the development of keyboard technique, particularly on the organ. As a contrapuntist, Diruta anticipates Fux in describing the different "species" of counterpoint: note against note, two notes against one, suspensions, four notes against one, and so forth. Unlike Fux, he defines a less-rigorous kind of counterpoint that was adequate for improvisation; for example it neither requires contrary motion nor prohibits successive perfect consonances Dissevelt, Tom more... 1921 1989 Leiden, The Netherlands Dutch composer and keyboard player Distel, Sascha more... 29 Jan. 1933 France 22 Jul. 2004 Rayol-Canadel, France French jazz guitarist, singer and songwriter Distler, Hugo more... 24 Jun. 1908 Nuremberg, Germany 1 Nov. 1942 Berlin, Germany German composer, known mostly for his church choral music Dittersdorf, Carl (Karl) Ditters von more... 2 Nov. 1739 Vienna 24 Oct. 1799 Neuhof, Bohemia commissioned in 1786 to write a German opera for the Burgtheater, he produced what became the singspiel Doktor und Apotheker, one of the first great German opera works. He was a fine composer although his string quartets pale when compared to those of his contemporaries Haydn and Mozart. He was one of a remarkable group that performed one of Mozart's string quartets: Haydn and Dittersdorf on violin, Mozart on the viola and Vanhal on the cello Dittrich, Paul-Heinz more... 12 Apr. 1930 Gornsdorf, Germany   German composer Divitis, Antonius (de Rijcke, le Riche) more... c.1475 Löwen after 1526 Franco-Flemish composer. From 1501 to 1506 he worked at churches in Bruges and Malines and visited Spain, and in 1515 was a singer at the French court. Two of his Masses, on motets bv Richafort and Alexander Agricola, and some Mass movements and motets, were published in anthologies between 1514 and 1549 di Vito-Delvaux, Berthe (see Vito-Delvaux, Berthe di)       Dix, William Chatterton more... 14 Jun. 1837 Bristol, England 9 Sep. 1898 Cheddar, Somerset, England business man and writer of many hymns and carols Dixon, Willie more... 1 Jul. 1915 Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA 29 Jan. 1992 Burbank, California, USA American blues bassist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer Dizi, Francois Joseph more... 14 Jan. 1780 Manur, Belgium Nov. 1847 Paris, France Belgian-born French harpist who won fame as a concert player, as a harpist at the principal theatres, & was harp teacher to the royal princesses. He invented the "perpendicular harp" & established a harp factory in Paris with Pleyel. As a composer he wrote sonatas, romances, variations, studies etc. for harp & in 1827 published his Ecole de Harp, Being a Complete Treatise on the Harp Djurov, Plamen more... 1949 PLeven, Bulgaria   Bulgarian pianist, conductor and composer who focuses on orchestral and chamber instrumental genres Dlugoraj, Wojciech (also called Gostinensis) more... c. 1557 Poland c. 1619 Germany Poland lutenist and composer who is believed to be responsible for compiling the Leipzig Lutebook of 1619. According to literary sources of the period, he must have been an exceptionally virtuosic player on the instrument as well as being a brilliant improviser Dluski, Erazm 1857 Szczuczynce, Podolia 26 Feb. 1923 Otwock, nr. Warsaw, Poland Polish composer Dmitriev, Georgi more... 1942 Krasnodar, Russia   Dmitriev works draw on several resources: folk songs, Byzantic liturgy in combination with serial techniques. He also draws on material from "Old Russia", from J.S. Bach and the literature as Herman Hesse. Many of his works feature percussion Döbber, Johannes 28 Mar. 1866 Berlin, Germany 26 Jan. 1921 Berlin, Germany German composer Dobbins, Bill more... 1947 Athens, Ohio, USA   composer, author and educator who is Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media at The Eastman School of Music Dobronic, Antun 2 Apr. 1878 Jelsa, Hvar 12 Dec. 1955 Zagreb Yugoslavian composer Dobroven (or Dobrovein, Dobrowen), Issay Alexandrovich (born: Barabeichik, Isay Aleksandrovich) 27 Feb. 1894 Nishi Novgorod, Russia 9 Dec. 1953 Oslo, Norway Russian composer, conductor and writer Dobrowolski, Andrzej more... 9 Sep. 1921 Lvov, Poland 8 Aug. 1990 Graz, Austria Polish composer and teacher Dobrzynski, Ignacy Feliks more... 15 Feb. 1807 Romanów, Volhynia 10 Oct. 1867 Warsaw, Poland Polish pianist and composer Doche, Alexandre Pierre Joseph 1799 France 1849 St Peterburg, Russia French-born composer Doche, Joseph-Denis 22 Aug. 1766 Paris, France 20 Jul. 1825 Soissons, France French composer Docker, Robert more... 5 Jun 1918 London, UK 9 May 1992 Suffolk, UK Docker was par excellence an arranger and a prolific one, especially for programmes like the BBC's Friday Night is Music Night and Melodies For You, but also for other occasions and ensembles, including his own sextet and trio. He arranged the by now famous music for the film Chariots of Fire and he conducted the accompaniment when the Queen Mother unveiled a memorial plaque to Noel Coward in Westminster Abbey. Potpourris of popular melodies, folk tunes, film and musical themes poured from his busy pen. But Docker was known as a composer and improviser as well as an arranger Dodds, Johnny more... 12 Apr. 1892 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 8 Aug. 1940 clarinet, composer, recording artist, bandleader Dodge, Charles more... 1942 Ames, Iowa, USA   a music computer pioneer, has been particularly interested since the 70s in the treatment of lyric words and voice song by computer and is presently Music Professor at Dartmouth College in Hanover, Vermont Dodgson, Stephen more... 17 Mar. 1924 London, England   a British composer who has written music covering a number of genres, but he is perhaps best known for his guitar music Dodworth, Allan more... 1817 1896 military bandmaster, dancing master and composer, Dodworth's manual Assistant for A. Dodworth's pupils was originally published in 1885 and "new and enlarged" editions were reissued from 1888 onwards. Allen Dodworth invented a new style of marching horn (patented in 1838) which was based on an old style marching trombone where the bell pointed backwards over the player's left shoulder. With the soldiers marching behind the band, they could keep in step as they heard the music [dates of birth and death taken from Elizabeth Aldrich's From the ballroom to hall: grace and folly in nineteenth-century dance] Doelle, Franz 9 Nov. 1883 Mö