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Name	Born	Died	Information
Gaalman, Alphonsus (Alphons) Josephus Bernardus more...	18 Feb. 1914 Henglo, The Netherlands	4 Mar. 1986	Dutch organist, pianist, composer and conductor
Gabriel, Mary Ann Virginia	1825 England	1877	pianist and composer of operettas, cantatas, piano pieces and songs
Gabriel Marie, Jean (born Jean Marie Prosper Gabriel) more...	8 Jan. 1852 Paris, France	29 Aug. 1928 Puigcerdà, Girona, Spain	father of the composer Jean Gabriel-Marie (see below), Gabriel Marie's works include the immensely popular La Cinquantaine ("The Golden Wedding", 1887) for cello and piano, for octet, and various other arrangements (entry promoted by Ivor Solomons)
Gabriel-Marie, Jean (or Jean Gabriel Marie) more...	1907	1970	composer, son of the French composer Jean Gabriel Prosper Marie (see above), director of the Institut Gabriel-Marie in Marseille
Gabrieli (or Gabrielli), Andrea [Andrea di Cannaregio] more...	c.1510	late 1586 Venice, Italy	Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. The uncle of the somewhat more famous Giovanni Gabrieli, he was the first internationally renowned member of the Venetian School of composers, and was extremely influential in spreading the Venetian style in Italy as well as in Germany
Gabrieli, Domenico more...	15 Apr. 1651 Bologna, Italy	10 Jul. 1690 Bologna, Italy	Italian cellist and composer, also known as Minghino dal Violoncello
Gabrieli, Giovanni more...	1554/57	12 Aug. 1612 Venice, Italy	Italian composer, nephew and pupil of Andrea Gabrieli. Court musician in Munich from 1575 or earlier until 1579, then an organist at St. Mark's, Venice, from 1584 until his death. After 1586 his duties included composition. His works are mostly sacred or instrumental, except for a few madrigals and canzonettas written in the 16th century
Gabrielski (or Gabrielsky), Johann Wilhelm more...	1791	1846	German flautist and composer
Gabunia, Nodar more...	9 Jul. 1933 Tbilisi, Georgia	31 Aug. 2000 Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Ukrainian pianist and composer mainly of piano concertos and chamber music
Gade, Jacob Thune Hansen more...	29 Nov. 1879 Vlejel, Denmark	20 Feb. 1963 Fiskerleje, Denmark	Danish violinist and composer, mostly of orchestral popular music
Gade, Niels Wilhelm more...	22 Feb. 1817 Copenhagen, Denmark	21 Dec. 1890 Copenhagen, Denmark	national romantic composer; 8 Symphonies and many choir works; best known works: The Ossian Overture and first Symphony; conductor in Leipzig who worked with Mendelssohn, Schumann and Brahms [information provided by Henrik W. Gade, the composer's great grand-son]
Gadenstätter, Clemens more...	1966 Zell/See, Austria		Austrian flautist, intermedia artist and composer mostly of chamber works
Gadjiev (or Hadjiev), Parashkev more...	27 Apr. 1912 Sofia, Bulgaria	28 Apr. 1992 Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgarian composer
Gadzhibekov (or Hajibeyov), Ismayil	1949		Soltan's son and represents the third generation of the Hajibeyov family. Ismayil works in modern music, known in Azerbaijan as "yeni musiqi" (new music). He is an assistant professor of composition in the Academy of Music
Gadzhibekov (or Hajibeyov), Niyazi	1912	1984	son of Zulfugar Hajibeyov and known simply by his first name Niyazi, he directed the Symphony Orchestra for about 40 years. Dmitri Shostakovich observed that Niyazi was the first world-renowned conductor of the Soviet East. Niyazi was the composer of the symphonic mugam Rast (1956), the opera Khosro and Shirin (1940) and the ballet Chitra, for which he was awarded the Nehru prize (1971). He was also honored as 'People's Artist of the USSR'
Gadzhibekov (or Hajibeyov), Rauf Soltan	1922	1974	the son of Ismayil Hajibeyov, Uzeyir's uncle. Soltan was a composer who contributed greatly to the formation of national symphonic music of Azerbaijan. He is remembered for such works as Caravan, Overture and Concerto. Soltan served as rector of Azerbaijan State Conservatory (now Baku Music Academy) from 1969 to 1974
Gadzhibekov (or Hajibeyov), Uzeyir more...	18 Sep. 1885 Karabakh, Azerbaijan	22 Nov. 1948 Baku, Azerbaijan	author of the national anthem of Azerbaijan, Hajibeyov studied with Prokofiev in St. Petersburg and, although he became a Russian modernist, at heart he remained an Azeri sentimentalist. He single-handedly established the genre of mugham opera. His grand classics, Layla and Majnun, Koroghlu and Mashade Ibad drawn on the best of Azeri literature. The Cloth Peddler is a lighter operetta which satirizes the clash of old Azeri traditions with new ideas introduced in Baku during the first oil boom at the turn of the 20th century. The opera follows the comic twists and turns of Asker and Gulchora, the former a Westernized oil baron who scorns the customary prohibition against meeting his bride before the wedding day, the latter a beautiful maiden whose tradition-bound father, Sultan Bey, refuses to let her out of the house. Asker dresses himself as a lowly peddler to gain entrance to Gulchoras room, where she immediately falls in love with the humble character of the disguise and not the cocky capitalist who wears it
Gadzhibekov (or Hajibeyov), Zulfugar	1884	1950	Uzeyir's brother, he was also a composer and was actively involved in establishing the Music Comedy Theatre. He is remembered for composing the opera Ashug Garib (1916)
Gadzhiev (or Gajiev, Gadjiyev), Rauf Soltan	1922 (or 1923) Azerbaijan	1995	Azerbaijani composer
Gaelle, Meingosus more...	16 Jun. 1752 Buch, nr. Tettnang, Germany	4 Feb. 1816 Maria Plain, nr. Salzburg, Austria	German composer, theologian and physicist
Gaffurius, Franchinus more...	14 Jan. 1451 Lodi, Italy	25 Jun. 1522 Milan, Italy	an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance. He was an almost exact contemporary of Josquin Des Prez and Leonardo da Vinci, the latter of whom was a personal friend. He was one of the most famous musicians in Italy in the late 15th and early 16th centuries
Gagliano, Marco da more...	1 May 1582 Florence, Italy	25 Feb. 1643 Florence, Italy	Italian composer of the early Baroque era who was important in the early history of opera
Gagnebin, Henri David more...	13 Mar. 1886 Liège, Belgium	1 Jun. 1977 Geneva, Switzerland	Swiss composer and an organist of Belgian birth
Gagnon, Ernest more...	7 Nov. 1834 Frédéric-Ernest-Amédée, Quebec, Canada	15 Sep. 1915 Quebec City, Canada	Canadian folklorist, organist and composer
Gaigerova (or Gajgerova, Gaygarova), Varvara Andrianovna	17 Oct. 1903 Orechowo-Sujewo, Russia	6 Apr. 1944 Moscow, Russia	Russian pianist and composer
Gaillard, Marius-François more...	13 Oct. 1900	1973	French pianist, teacher and composer
Gainsbourg, Serge more...	2 Apr. 1928 Paris, France	2 Mar. 1991 Paris, France	French poet, singer-songwriter, actor and director
Gál, Hans more...	5 Aug. 1890 Brunn am Gebirge, Vienna, Austria	3 Oct. 1987 Edinburgh, Scotland	Austrian composer, teacher and pianist
Galan, Cristobal more...	c. 1630	24 Sep. 1684 Madrid, Spain	Spanish baroque composer
Galán, Jorge Martínez more...	1963 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba		graduated from the Instituto Superior de Artes as a classical and as a modern composer. For five years he was the musical director and composer of the Ballet Folklorico de Santiago de Cuba. In the Netherlands, Jorge continued his work as choir conductor and vocals teacher and became co-founder of and teacher at the Cuban School for Dance and Music in Haarlem, The Netherlands. As a singer, pianist, dancer and percussionist he participates in numerous ensembles, besides leading, composing and arranging for his own ensembles Jorge Martinez de Cuba y Lagrimas Negras and La Sonora de Galan
Galás, Diamanda more...	29 Aug. 1955 USA		Greek-American avant-garde composer, vocalist, pianist, performance artist and painter
Galasso, Michael more...	1949 Hammond, Louisiana, USA	9 Sep. 2009 Paris, France	American composer, violinist, and music director
Galbraith, Nancy more...	27 Jan. 1951 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA		American postmodern/postminimalist composer
Galeazzi, Francesco	1758	1819	musician and composer, the author of Elementi teorico-practici di musica (Rome, 1791-96 - 2 volumes), which is important for its early description of sonata form
Galilei, Vincenzo more...	c. 1525 Florence, Italy	1591 Florence, Italy	Italian lutenist, singer, writer, and composer; father of Galileo. As a member of the Florentine camerata (see opera), he was one of the first to compose recitatives. Thoroughly trained in the contrapuntal tradition of the Renaissance, he wrote the first literary treatise attacking counterpoint and advocating monody, Dialogo della musica antica e della moderna (1581)
Galin, Samuel Nicolas	1828 Novgorod, Russia	23 Dec. 1907 Nachitschewani am Don, Russia	Russian guitarist and composer
Galindo Dimas, Blas more...	3 Feb. 1910 San Gabriel, Jalisco, Mexico	19 Apr. 1993 Mexico	Mexican composer
Galindo, Guillermo more...	1960 Mexico City, Mexico		Mexican composer
Galitsin (or Galitzin), Yury Nikolayevich (see Golitsin, Yury Nikolayevich)
Gall (von), Maria Therezia (also known as Romana Camilla de Rossi)	1664	1741	nun in the Ursuline convent in Graz, Austria, remembered for "diverse beautiful compositions in honour of God and the saints, especially the blessed mother of God."
Gallay, Jacques François more...	8 Dec. 1775 Perpignan, France	18 Oct. 1864	French horn player and composer of solos, methods, etc. for the horn
Gallerano, Leandro more...	c.1580 Brescia, Italy	1632 Padua, Italy	Italian organist, Kapellmeister and composer
Galles, Josep (sometimes Jose) more...	1758 Castelltercol, Catalonia, Spain	1836 Vic, nr. Barcelona, Spain	Catalan composer, organist and choirmaster
Galli, Caterina	c. 1723 England	1804	possibly Forkel's Catterina Gallo
Galliano, Richard more...	12 Dec. 1950 France		French jazz accordionist
Galliard, Johann Ernst more...	1687 Celle, Hanover, Germany	1749 London, England	German oboist and composer who spent much of his professional life in England
Galliculus, Johannes more...	c.1490 Dresden, Germany	c.1550 Leipzig, Germany	German music theorist and composer who was cantor of the Thomanerchor from 1520 to 1525
Gallois-Montbrun, Raymond more...	15 Aug. 1918 Saigon, Vietnam	13 Aug. 1994 Paris, France	French violinist and composer of operas, orchestral works, chamber music, etc.
Gallon, Noël more...	11 Sep. 1891 Paris, France	26 Dec. 1966 Paris, France	French composer and teacher of composition
Galloni, Giuseppe Prospero more...	1811 Piacenza, Italy	1896 Piacenza, Italy	composer of church music, works for voice, piano and other instruments and dance music who was organist of the cathedral in Piacenza. He was the biographer of the organist and composer Padre Davide da Bergamo, and together with da Bergamo and G. Barbieri (1808-1871) the three most productive organist-composers working in Italy between 1830 and 1860 esitmated to have produced a third of all the organ music published in Italy at that time
Gallot, Alexander more...	c.1625 Paris, France	1684 Paris, France	French lutenist and composer (bother of Jacques)
Gallot, Jacques more...	c.1625 Paris, France	c.1695 Paris, France	French lutenist and composer (brother of Alexander)
Gallus Carniolus, Jacob more...	3 Jul. 1550 Ribnica, Slovenia	18 Jul. 1591 Prague	(born Jakob Petelin but also known as Jacob Handl or Jacob Handl-Gallus) late Renaissance Czech composer of Slovene origin
Galuppi, Baldassare more...	18 Oct. 1706 Burano, Italy	3 Jan. 1785 Venice, Italy	Venetian composer noted for his operas, and particularly opera buffa
Galynin, Herman more...	30 Mar. 1922 Tula, Russia	18 Jul. 1966 Moscow, Russia	composer whose main output is chamber music
Gambarini, Elisabetta de (Mrs. Chazal)	1731 Italy	1765	Italian born violinist who as a composer, wrote in various media: orchestral, chamber, vocal and keyboard. She also conducted orchestras, which was, needless to say, unusual for a woman in the eighteenth century. Between 1748 and 1750, she published in London three volumes of harpsichord pieces London
Gambaro, Vincenzo more...	1785	1828	Italian composer and arranger. Vincenzo Gambaro and Friedrich Beer arranged Rossini's symphonic works for winds between 1820 and 1830 with the composer's approval. The new transcription of masterpieces such as Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Gambaro), L'Italiana in Algeri (Gambaro) and Tancredi (Beer)
Gamburg, Grigori more...	22 Oct. 1900 Warsaw, Poland	28 Oct. 1967 Moscow, Russia	Russian violinist, violist, composer and conductor
Gamstorp, Göran more...	1957		Swedish composer
Ganassi dal Fontego, Silvestro di more...	1 Jan. 1492	1565	Venetian musician and author of two important treatises on instrumental technique.
Gandini, Gerardo more...	16 Oct. 1936 Buenos Aires, Argentina	22 Mar. 2013 Buenos Aires, Argentina	Argentine pianist, composer, and music director
Gangi, Mario more...	10 May 1923 Rome, Italy	15 Feb. 2010 Roiate, Italy	Italian guitarist and composer
Gann, Kyle Eugene more...	21 Nov. 1955 Dallas, Texas, USA		American professor of music, critic, analyst, and composer
Ganne, Louis more...	5 Apr. 1862 Buxières-les-Mines (Allier), France	13/14 Jul. 1923 Paris, France	French conductor and composer of operas, operettas, ballets, and marches
Gaos Berea, Andrés more...	31 Mar. 1874 La Coruña, Spain	13 Mar. 1959 Mar del Plata, Argentina	Spanish composer and music educator
Garayev, Faraj	1943		Faraj is a representative of vanguard music and heads the Yeni Musiqi (New Music) Society of Azerbaijan. Among his earlier works are Sonata and the ballet Shadows of Gobustan (1969)
Garayev, Faraj [Karaev or Karayev] more...	19 Dec. 1943 Baku, Azerbaijan		Gara Garayev's son, he considers Stravinsky and Anton Webern as his greatest influences being inititally attracted to Western-style post-serial techniques (as in his Concerto Grosso to the memory of Anton Webern). Later he incorporated elements of Azerbaijani music-making (mughams) into his work. His Sonata for two players (1976) displays the influence of minimalism. His latest works make use of non-musical sounds and tape
Garayev, Gara (Kara) Abulfazogli [Karaev or Karayev] more...	5 Feb. 1918 Baku, Azerbailan	13 May 1982 Moscow, Russia	one of the most prominent figures in Azerbaijani music. Many consider him second only to Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885-1948) for his innovation in composition. Garayev led the school of Azerbaijani composition after Hajibeyov's death. A student and close friend of Dmitry Shostakovich, Garayev was also among the leading representatives of "Soviet music" and the first Azerbaijani composer to gain international recognition for his music
Garbarek, Jan more...	4 Mar. 1947 Mysen, Norway		Norwegian jazz saxophonist and composer
Garcia, Gerald more...	1949 Hong Kong		classical guitarist and composer.
García, Juan Francisco more...	16 Jun. 1892 Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic	18 Nov. 1974 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Dominican merengue composer
Garcia, Manuel more...	21 Jan. 1775 Seville, Spain	10 Jun. 1832 Paris, France	Spanish opera singer, composer, impresario, and singing teacher.
García Abril, Antón more...	19 May 1933 Teruel, Spain		Spanish composer
Garcia de Olague, Martinho more...	fl. 1684		Iberian organist, priest and composer
García de Salazar, Juan more...	c. 12 Feb. 1639 Tuesta, Spain	8 Jul. 1710 Zamora, Spain	Spanish baroque composer
García de Zéspedes, Juan more...	c. 1619 possibly Puebla, Mexico	5 Aug. 1678 Puebla, Mexico	Mexican composer, singer, viol player and teacher
García Esquivel, Juan more...	20 Jan. 1918 Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico	3 Jan. 2002 Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico	Mexican band leader, pianist, and composer for television and films
Garcia Fons, Renaud more...	24 Dec. 1962 Paris, France		French double-bass player and composer
García Leoz, Jesús more...	10 Jan. 1904 Olite, Navarra, Spain	1953	Spanish composer, particularly noted for his film scores
García Lorca, Federico more...	5 Jun. 1898 Fuente Vaqueros, Granada, Spain	19 Aug. 1936 Near Alfacar, Granada, Spain	poet and musician
García Morante, Manuel more...	1937 Barcelona, Spain		Spanish composer
Garcia-Viardot, Pauline more...	18 Jul. 1821 Paris, France	18 May 1910 nr. Paris, France	French mezzo-soprano and composer
Garcin, Jules (Auguste Salomon) more...	11 Jul. 1830 Bourges, France	10 Oct. 1896	French violinist and conductor; composer of violin solos, études, etc.
Gardano (or Gardane), Antonio more...	1509 France	1569 Venice, Italy	printer and composer, born in southern France. He began printing music in Venice in 1538 using movable type and a single impression, as did Attaingnant. His publications are among the most important sources of 16th-century music
Gardel, Carlos more...	11 Dec. 1890 Toulouse, France	24 Jun. 1935 Medellín, Colombia	French Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango
Gardiner, Henry Balfour more...	7 Nov. 1877 Kensington, England	28 Jun. 1950 Salisbury, England	British musician, composer, and teacher
Gardner, James more...	1962 Liverpool, England		English musician and composer
Gardner, John more...	2 Mar. 1917 Manchester, England	12 Dec. 2011 London, England	English composer
Gardner, Samuel	1891	1984	he studied with Charles Martin Loeffler, Felix Winternitz, Fritz Kneisel, and Percy Goetschius. He had a prominent career as a violinist in the well-known Kneisel Quartet, as a recitalist, and as a soloist with leading orchestras in the United States and Europe. Among his compositions are a Violin Concerto, which he premiered in 1918 with the Boston Symphony under Pierre Monteux, the Second String Quartet, for which he received a prize from the Pulitzer Foundation, and From the Canebrake" his most familiar composition and still a standard encore piece for violinists
Gardner, Stephen more...	1958 Belfast, UK		Irish composer
Garland, David more...	17 Dec. 1954 USA		singer-songwriter, composer, instrument designer, illustrator, graphic designer and journalist
Garland, Peter more...	25 Jan. 1952 Portland, Maine, USA		composer, writer and publisher of Soundings Press
Garner, Erroll more...	15 Jun. 1921 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	2 Jan. 1977 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	American jazz pianist and composer whose distinctive and melodic style brought him both popular acclaim and the admiration of peers. Of note, Garner was never able to read or write sheet music
Garnier, Joseph-François more...	18 Jun. 1755 Lauris, Vaucluse, France	31 Mar. 1825 Paris, France	French oboist and composer
Garôto (stage name of Sardinha, Aníbal Augusto) more...	28 Jun. 1915 São Paulo, Brazil	3 May 1955 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazilian guitar player and composer
Garreta, Juli more...	12 Mar. 1875 Sant Feliu de Guíxols	2 Dec. 1925	Catalan composer
Garrett, George more...	8 Jun. 1834 Winchester, UK	8 Apr. 1897 Cambridge, UK	English organist and composer
Garrick, Michael more...	30 May 1933 Enfield, Middlesex, UK	11 Nov. 2011 Harefield, Hillingdon, UK	English jazz pianist and composer
Garsenda, Countess of Provence more...	c.1180	c.1242	trobairitz
Garsi da Parma, Santino more...	22 Feb. 1542 Italy	17 Jan. 1604 Italy	Italian lutenist and composer
Gartenlaub, Odette more...	1922		French pianist, professor, and composer who won first prize in piano from the Paris Conservatory when she was 14. She studied composition there and won the Premiere Grand Prix de Rome for harmony, fugue, and counterpoint. Her teachers included Olivier Messiaen, Noël Gallon, Henri Busser, and Darius Milhaud. She taught at the Conservatory starting in 1959 and is especially known as a performer, performing as a soloist with major orchestras in France and elsewhere. Gartenlaub has composed mostly instrumental works, especially works for orchestra, small chamber ensemble, instrument with piano, and solo piano. Thirteen of her instrumental works were composed for exams at the Paris Conservatory
Garth, John more...	1721 Harperley, Co. Durham, UK	1810 Darlington, UK	English composer
Gaschin, Fanny Rosenberg	1818 Germany		a composer said to have been an excellent pianist, pupil of Liszt
Gascongne, Mathieu (also Matthieu Gascongne, Matthieu Gascogne, Matthias Gascogne) more...	fl. early 16th century		a French composer of the Renaissance. Contemporaries, such as Adrian Willaert (as quoted by the renowned Venetian theorist Zarlino) grouped him with Josquin, Ockeghem, and Jean Mouton as among the finest composers of the time. Compared with those others, however, little of his output has survived
Gasparian, Djivan more...	12 Oct. 1928 Solak, Armenia		Armenian musician and composer
Gasparini, Francesco more...	1661 Camaiore, Italy	22 Feb. 1727 Italy	Italian Baroque composer and teacher. He was musical director of the Pio Ospedale della Pietà, where he employed Antonio Vivaldi
Gasparini, Quirino more...	1721 Gandino, Italy	20 Sep. 1778 Turin, Italy	Italian composer
Gassmann, Florian Leopold more...	3 May 1729 Brüx, Bohemia	21 Jan. 1774 Vienna, Austria	Gassmann appears to have been trained by Johann Woborschil, the chorus master in Brüx, the small town north-west of Prague which was Gassmann´s birthplace. His father was a goldsmith who appears to have opposed his son´s choice of a musical career. It seems that Gassmann ran away and after a period spent living precariously in Karlsbad made his way south to Italy, where he may have studied with the celebrated theorist Padre Martini. From 1757 until 1762, he wrote an opera every year for the carnival season in Venice, and was also made choirmaster in the girl´s conservatory in Venice in 1757. Many of the librettos he set were by the great Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni. In 1763 he succeded Gluck as court ballet composer in Vienna, where he was held in great affection by Emperor Joseph II. In 1764, Gassmann became chamber composer to the Emperor, and in 1772 court conductor. In 1766, Gassmann met the young Antonio Salieri in Venice, whom he invited to return to Vienna with him, and who, based on Johann Joseph Fux´s textbook Gradus ad Parnassum, he taught composition. Salieri remained in Vienna, and succedeed Gassmann as chamber composer to the Emperor upon the latter´s death in 1774. Another Italian composer, Giuseppe Bonno, succeeded him as court conductor. In 1771, Gassmann founded the Tonkünstlersozietät (Society of Musical Arts), which organised the first musical events for the general public in Vienna. This social institution ws particularly concerned with widows and orphans of its deceased members. He composed his oratorio La Betulia Liberata (performed 19 March 1772) because of the founding of this society. In 1774 Gassmann died of long-term consequences of an accident, a fall from a carriage he had suffered while on his final visit to Italy. Gassmann`s two daughters, Anna Fux and Therese Rosenbaum, were both famous singers trained by Salieri; the younger, Therese, made a particular name for herself as a Mozart interpreter. Charles Burney, in one of his published tours, mentions traveling to Joseph II, meeting Gassmann and finding him very obliging; Gassmann showed Burney his manuscripts, of which Burney found the chamber works distinctive and most worthy of his praise (but Burney was either not exposed to, or said nothing about, Gassmann`s orchestral music). His quartets, great favourites of Joseph II, also found favour with Dr. Charles Burney, who wrote of them: ¨It is but justice to say, that since my return to England, I have had this pieces tried, and have found them excellent: there is pleasing melody, free from caprice and affectation; sound harmony, and the contrivances and imitations are ingenious, without the least confusion. In short, the style is sober and sedate, without dulness; and masterly, without pedantry¨. The high regard in which Gassmann was held by the imperial family is evident in the Empress Maria Theresia acting as godmother to his second daughter, born shortly after his death. Johann Baptist Vanhal is described by author Daniel Heartz as Gassmann`s ¨protègè¨. informaton provided by Sergio Javier Aracri
Gastaldon, Stanislaus more...	8 Apr. 1861 Turin, Italy	6 Mar. 1939 Florence, Italy	Italian composer, mainly of salon songs
Gastoldi, Giovanni Giacomo more...	c.1550	c.1609	an Italian Baroque composer. Between 1572 and 1608 active in the Gonzaga court in Mantua, he composed two influential sets of balletti, strophic vocal dance-songs. He is also author of madrigals, sacred vocal music and a small amount of instrumental music
Gastritz, Mathias more...	c.1535	9 Dec. 1596 Amberg, Bavaria	German organist and composer of the Renaissance
Gatlif, Tony (born Michel Dahmani) more...	10 Sep. 1948 Algiers, Algeria		French film director of Romani ethnicity who also works as a screenwriter, composer, actor, and producer
Gatti, Luigi more...	7 Oct. 1740 Lazise, Italy	1 Mar. 1817 Salzburg, Austria	Italian composer who worked in Austria
Gaubert, Philippe more...	3-5 Jul. 1879 (but not 14 July) Cahors, Lot, France	8 Jul. 1941 Paris, France	French flautist and conductor; composer of symphonic works (Cortège d'Amphitrite, 1911; Chants de la mer, 1929; Inscriptions sur les portes de la ville (1934); chamber music; works for flute; Méthode complète de flûte (1923)
Gaudioso, Domenico more...	fl. 18th century		Neapolitan composer for mandolin who flourished in the 18th century
Gaul, Harvey Bartlett	11 Apr. 1881 New York City, USA	1 Dec. 1945 Pittsburgh, PA, USA	a pupil of Guilmant and Widor, as organist he served the Emmanuel Church in Cleveland, Ohio, USA and after that Calvary Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He composed many works, including many for organ [additional information provided by Terry L. Mueller]
Gaultier, Denis (also called Gaultier le Jeune or Gaultier de Paris) more...	1597 or 1602/3 Paris, France	1672 Paris, France	French lutenist and composer. He was a cousin of Ennemond Gaultier
Gaultier, Ennemond (also called Gaultier le Vieux or Gaultier de Lyon) more...	c. 1575 Villette, Dauphiné, France	17 Dec. 1651 Nèves, France	French lutenist and composer. He was a cousin of Denis Gaultier
Gaultier, Jacques (or Gauterius, Gouterus, Goutier, Gautier, Gautier d'Angleterre, also James Gwaltier) more...	c.1600	fl. 1617 – 1652	French Baroque lutenist and composer who spent much of his life working in England
Gauntlett, Henry John more...	9 Jul. 1805 Wellington, Shropshire, UK	21 Feb. 1876 London, UK	English organist and songwriter known in British music circles for his authorship of many hymns and other pieces for the organ
Gaussin, Allain more...	1943 Saint-Sever-Calvados, Normandie, France		French composer
Gautier (or Gauthier) (Jean François) Eugène more...	27 Feb. 1822 Vaugirard, France	1 Apr. 1878 Paris, France	French violinist and composer of operas, oratorio; author of memoirs: Un Musicien en vacances (1873)
Gautier de Marseille, Pierre (or Gaultier Orléanois; Gaultier de Rome) more...	c.1599	after 1638	French lutenist and composer
Gaviniès, Pierre more...	11 May 1728 Bordeaux, France	8 Sep. 1800 Paris, France	French violinist, teacher and composer
Gaviola, Natalia more...	1969 Argentina Chaco, Resistencia		Argentinian composer
Gavrilin, Valery more...	17 Aug. 1939 Vologda, Russia	28 Jan. 1999 St. Petersburg, Russia	Soviet and Russian composer
Gawara Gutek, Walentyn more...	fl. late 16th - early 17th centuries		known by a single surviving motet to the text Per merita Sancti Adalberti written while he was cantor at St. Mary's Church in Cracow
Gay, John more...	30 Jun. 1685 Barnstaple, UK	4 Dec. 1732 London, UK	English dramatist most famous for The Beggar's Opera
Gay, Marie Sophie (born Nichault de la Valette)	1 Jul. 1776 Paris, France	2 Mar. 1852 Paris, France	a pianist who wrote cantatas and a great deal of piano music
Gay, Noel more...	1898 Yorkshire	1954	he was educated at the Royal College of Music and Christ's College Cambridge. He soon went into the lighter end of musical theatre, being responsible for the music to many revues or musical comedies: The Charlot Show of 1926, Hold My Hand, Me and My Girl (1937, which of course included The Lambeth Walk, long popular and the subject of amusing variations by Franz Reizenstein), The Little Dog Laughed (Run, Rabbit, Run from this, was a hit and is still heard as its popularity extended into the early part of the Second War) and wartime shows like Lights Up, Present Arms, The Love Racket and Meet Mr Victoria are only a few of these. Gay also wrote many very popular songs (Round the Marble Arch, My Thanks to You and so on) independent of the stage; others were incorporated into films
Gaze, Heino more...	20 Feb. 1908 Halle, Germany	24 Oct. 1967 West Berlin, Germany	German composer
Gazzaniga, Giuseppe more...	5 Oct. 1743 Verona, Italy	1 Feb. 1818 Crema, Italy	Italian composer
Geary, Thomas Augustine	1773 Dublin, Ireland	1801 Dalkey, nr. Dublin, Ireland	also known as Timothy Geary, he graduated Mus. Bac. at Trinity College Dublin in 1792. His brief career was cut short when he drowned while bathing at Dalkey near Dublin in 1801. In his 27 years he established a considerable name for himself as a composer of great promise. His output includes piano music and vocal music. His songs were promoted by a well known tenor of the time John Spray (d. 1827), one of the Vicars Choral at the two Dublin Cathedrals: Christ Church and St. Patricks
Gebauer, François-René more...	15 Mar. 1773 Versailles, France	28 Jul. 1845 Paris, France	French composer, professor, and bassoonist
Gebel, Franz Xaver more...	1787 Fürstenau, nr. Breslau, Silesia	3 May 1843 Moscow, Russia	German composer, music teacher, and conductor
Gebirtig, Mordechai more...	4 May 1877 Kraków, Poland	4 Jun. 1942 Kraków, Poland	Yiddish poet and songwriter of the interwar period
Gedike (or Goedike, Goedicke, Guedike), Alexander Fyodorovich	4 Mar. 1877 Moscow, Russia	9 Aug. 1957 Moscow, Russia	Russian pianist and composer
Geehl, Henry Ernest more...	1881	1961	a composer who was known for his arrangements almost as much as for original compositions and who had strong associations with the brass band world. Yet his best known original work is a song For You Alone (1909) reputed to be the first song Caruso sang in English
Geel, Oene van	15 May 1973 Amsterdam, The Netherlands		studied violin and composition at the Conservatory of Rotterdam. His activities as composer, violin soloist and percussionist range from modern jazz and improvised music to theatre productions
Geert, Octaaf Van more...	4 Feb. 1949 Aalst, Belgium		Belgian composer and teacher
Gees, Michael more...	9 Oct. 1953 Bielefeld, Germany		German pianist, improviser and composer
Gefors, Hans more...	8 Dec. 1952 Stockholm, Sweden		Swedish composer
Gehlhaar, Rolf Rainer more...	30 Dec. 1943 Breslau, Poland	7 Jul. 2019 London, UK	American composer
Geisler-Wyganowski, Thadé more...	29 Sep. 1913 Paris, France	31 Oct. 1989 Brussels, Belgium	Polish composer
Geist, Christian more...	c.1650 Güstrow, Germany	27 Sep. 1711 Copenhagen, Denmark	German composer and organist, who lived and worked mainly in Scandinavia
Geist, John more...	19 Apr. 1949 California, USA		American composer
Gelbart, Mikhl more...	21 Aug. 1889 Ozorkov, nr. Lodz, Poland	20 Dec. 1962 New York, USA	American composer of Yiddish songs
Gelinek, Josef more...	3 December 1758 Beroun, Czech Republic	13 Apr. 1825 Vienna, Austria	Czech-born composer and pianist, living in Vienna for most of his career
Geller, Michael Lazarevich (Misha) more...	23 Jul. 1937 Moscow, Russia	17 Dec. 2007 Vught, The Netherlands	Russian viola player and composer
Gellhorn, Peter more...	24 Oct. 1912 Breslau, Germany	13 Feb. 2004 Kingston upon Thames, Surrey	conductor, teacher and composer: Musical Director, Toynbee Hall 1935-39; Assistant Conductor, Sadler's Wells Opera 1941-43; Conductor, Royal Carl Rosa Opera 1945-46; Conductor and Head of Music Staff, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden 1946-53; Conductor and Chorus Master, Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1954-61, 1974-75; Director, BBC Chorus 1961-72; Conductor, Elizabethan Singers 1976-80; Professor, Guildhall School of Music and Drama 1981-92
Gembloux, Sigebert de more...	c.1030 Gembloux, Flanders	5 Nov. 1112 Gembloux, Belgium	Flemish humanist, medieval author and composer
Geminiani, Francesco more...	5 Dec. 1687 Lucca, Italy	17 Sep. 1762 London, England	Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist
Genée, Richard more...	7 Feb. 1823 Danzig	15 Jun. 1895 Baden bei Wien	Austrian librettist, playwright, and composer
Genesi, Mario Giuseppe more...	19 Aug. 1963		arranger, composer, pianist, organist and cembalist. His arrangements and compositions include Organ Variations (4 volumes, Edizioni Carrara, Bergamo, 1998-2006), 40 sacred motets for 1 to 4 voices and organ (in Latin), Mélodies for voice and piano on English and Italian texts, solo pieces for harp and guitar
Genet, Elzear (see Carpentras)
Genetz, Emil	1852 Finland	1930	Finnish choral composer
Génin, Pierre Agricole more...	14 Feb. 1832 Avignon, France	22 Dec. 1903 Paris, France	he won his premier prix for flute in 1861 from the Conservatoire and had a successful career as both flautist and composer in and around Paris from that point forward
Genlis, Stéphanie-Félicité (du Crest de Saint-Aubin, Comtesse de Genlis) more...	25 Jan. 1746 Issy-l'Évêque, France	31 Dec. 1830 Paris, France	writer and noted harpist who composed and published many works
Gentile, Ada more...	26 Jul. 1947 Avezzano, Italy		Italian pianist and composer
Gentili, Giorgio more...	1669 Venice, Italy	1737 Venice, Italy	Italian violinist and composer
Genzmer, Harald more...	9 Feb. 1909 Blumenthal, Germany	16 Dec. 2007 Munich, Germany	German composer
George-Hainl, François (Georges) more...	16 Nov. 1807 Issoire, Puy de Dôme, France	2/3 Jun. 1873 Paris, France	French composer of orchestral works; author of De la musique à Lyon deupis 1713 jusqu'à 1852
Geraedts, Jaap more...	12 Jul. 1924 Den Haag, The Netherlands	31 Aug. 2003 The Netherlands	Dutch composer and flautist
Gérard, Henri-Philippe more...	1760 Liège, Belgium	11 Sep. 1848 Versailles, France	pianist, violinist and composer
Gerars de Valenciennes	fl. 13th century		singer and possibly composer of chansons
Gerarde, Theodoricus more...	c. 1530	1580	Flemish composer active in England, probably in the 1550s and 60s
Gerardus à Salice Flandrus	fl. second half 15th century		Flemish musician and possibly composer
Gerber, Heinrich Nicolaus more...	6 Sep. 1702 Wenigenehrich, Germany	6 Aug. 1775 Sondershausen, Germany	German composer and organist, sometime pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach
Gerber, René more...	29 Jun. 1908 Travers, Switzerland	21 Oct. 2006 Bevaix, Switzerland	Swiss composer
Gerhard i Ottenwaelder, Robert (known outside Catalonia as Roberto Gerhard) more...	25 Sep. 1896 Valls, nr. Tarragona, Spain	5 Jan. 1970 Cambridge, UK	Spanish Catalan composer and musical scholar and writer
Gerhardt, Fritz Christian more...	2 Nov. 1911 Barmen, Germany	26 Jun. 1993 Wuppertal, Germany	German composer
Gerhardt, Karl (or Carl) more...	1900	1945 Berlin, Germany	German composer
Gerle, Hans more...	c. 1500 Nuremberg	1570 Nuremberg	German lutenist and arranger of the Renaissance/td>
German, Edward (born German Edward Jones) more...	17 Feb. 1862 Whitchurch, Shropshire, UK	11 Nov. 1936 London, UK	English musician and composer of Welsh descent, best remembered for his extensive output of incidental music for the stage and as a successor to Arthur Sullivan in the field of English comic opera
Germanus, Sander more...	16 Mar. 1972 Amsterdam, The Netherlands		Dutch saxophonist and composer
Gernsheim, Friedrich more...	17 Jul. 1839 Worms, Germany	10 Sep. 1916 Berlin, Germany	German composer, conductor and pianist
Gerrard, Lisa more...	12 Apr. 1961 Melbourne, Australia		Australian musician, singer and composer
Gershwin, George (born Jacob Gershowitz) more...	26 Sep. 1898 Brooklyn, New York, USA	11 Jul. 1937 New York, USA	an American composer, George wrote most of his works together with his elder brother lyricist Ira Gershwin. Gershwin composed both for Broadway and for the classical concert hall. He also wrote popular songs with success. Many of his compositions have been used in cinema, and many are recognized jazz standards
Gershwin, Ira (born Israel Gershowitz) more...	6 Dec. 1896 Brooklyn, New York, USA	17 Aug. 1983 New York, USA	American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century
Gervaise, Claude more...	fl. c.1540-1560		a French composer, editor and arranger of the Renaissance, who is mainly remembered both for his association with renowned printer Pierre Attaingnant, as well as for his instrumental music. In addition to being a composer, he appears to have been an innovator in notation of instrumental music: in an instruction manual for the viol (1548, now lost), he is known to have produced the first viol tablature in France
Gervasio, Giovanni Battista more...
Gervasoni, Stefano more...
Gesius, Bartholomaus more...
Gessel, Carl Friedrich more...
Gesualdo da Venosa, Carlo more...	c.8 Mar. 1560 probably Venosa, Italy	8 Sep. 1613 Gesualdo, Italy	Italian composer, lutenist, nobleman, and notorious murderer of the late Renaissance. He is famous for his intensely expressive madrigals, which use a chromatic language not heard again until the 19th century; and he is also famous for committing what are possibly the most famous murders in musical history
Getz, Stan more...
Gevaert, Francois Auguste more...
Geysen, Frans more...
Gezelle, Guido more...
Ghedini, Giorgio Federico more...	11 Jul. 1892 Cuneo, Italy	25 Mar. 1965 Nervi, Italy	Italian composer
Gheluwe, Léon (Leo) Van more...	15 Sep. 1837 Wannegem-Lede, Belgium	20 Jul. 1914 Ghent	Belgian composer and teacher
Gheorghiu, Valentin more...	21 Mar. 1928 Galaţi, Romania		Romanian classical pianist and composer
Gherardello da Firenze (see Francesco, Niccolò)
Gheyn, Matthias van den more...	7 Apr. 1721 Tirlemont, Belgium	22 Jun. 1785 Louvain, Belgium	Flemish organist, composer, and an outstanding virtuoso of the carillon, particularly known for his brilliant improvisations
Ghinste, Pierre (Pieter) Van der more...	20 Nov. 1789 Courtrai, Belgium	21 Oct. 1861 Courtrai, Belgium	Belgian composer
Ghiselin (Verbonnet), Jean (Johannes) more...	fl. 1491-1507		Franco-Flemish composer active in France, Italy and in the Low Countries
Ghizeghem, Hayne van more...	c.1445 probably nr. Ghent, Belgium	1472 or later	while many of his works have survived, little is known about his life, but he is known principally as a composer of chansons, and most of these are rondeaux. Two in particular Allez regrets and De tous biens plaine were so famous in late 15th century Europe that they appeared in 25 separate sources, many dating from before the invention of printing, and they were used as source material for many later compositions by other composers
Ghys, Joseph more...
Giaccio, Orazio more...
Giacoma, Carlo della more...
Giacomelli, Geminiano more...
Giampieri, Alamiro more...
Gianella, Luigi more...
Gianneo, Luis more...
Giannini, Vittorio more...
Giardini, Felice de more...	12 Apr. 1716 Turin, Italy	8 JUn. 1796 Moscow, Russia	a well known violinist, composer and director. He sang as a choir boy in Milan, Italy, and studied music in Turin. In the 1730s, he began playing the violin in orchestras, and toured Europe in the 1750s. He then moved from Italy to London where he was involved with the opera. He also worked as music master for the Duke of Gloucester. In 1796, de Giardini moved to Moscow, but died in poverty shortly after
Giay, Giovanni Battista more...
Giazotto, Remo more...
Gibbons, Ellis more...
Gibbons, Orlando more...	bap. 25 Dec. 1583 Oxford, England	5 Jun. 1625 Canterbury, England	an English composer and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods
Gibbs, Cecil Armstrong more...
Gibson, Jon more...
Gibson, Louisa	1833 London		a composer of songs and published a book on theory and pianoforte in 1876
Gibsone, Ignace more...
Gieco, Leon more...
Gier, Gerrit Christiaan de more...
Gieseking, Walter Wilhelm more...
Gieseler, Walter more...
Giessen, Anton more...
Gifford, Helen more...
Giger, Paul more...
Gignac, Claire more...
Gigout, Eugene more...
Gijón, Juan Pérez de more...	fl.1460-1500		a Spanish composer of the Renaissance. He is one of the composers of secular songs (villancicos) who contributed to the huge Cancionero Musical de Palacio, the largest and most diverse manuscript collection of music from Spain at the time of Columbus
Gil, Gilberto more...
Gilbert, Adam more...
Gilbert, Anthony more...
Gilbert, Benjamin Franklin	1828	1894	composer and father of Henry Gilbert
Gilbert, Henry	1868	1928	achieved distinction not only as a composer and lecturer, but also as an editor and writer whose articles appeared in many journals. Gilbert worked extensively with Arthur Farwell in the Wa-Wan Press. Folk songs, and in particular Afro-American music and Indian music, were his sources of inspiration
Gilbert, James L.			coposer and uncle of Henry Gilbert
Gilberto, Astrud more...	29 Mar. 1940 Bahia, Brazil		João Gilberto's wife, when she shot to fame with the English version of Garota de Ipanema (Jobim/V.Moraes), her debut as a professional singer. In the 1970s, after the end of her marriage, she began composing
Gilberto, João more...	10 Jun. 1931 Juazeiro, Bahia, Brazil		Grammy Award-winning Brazilian singer and guitarist. He is credited with having created the bossa nova beat and is known as the 'Father of Bossa Nova'. His seminal recordings, including many songs by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes, established the new musical genre in the late 1950s
Gilfert, Charles more...
Gilles, Jean more...
Gillespie, Dizzy more...
Gillet, Ernest more...
Gillis, Don more...
Gilse, Jan van more...
Gilson, Paul more...
Gimenez, Jeronimo more...
Gimenez Manjon, Antonio more...
Ginastera, Alberto Evaristo more...	12 Apr. 1916 Buenos Aires, Argentina	25 Jun. 1983 Geneva, Switzerland	widely regarded as one of the most important and original South American composer of the 20th-century, this Argentinean composer gained national recognition after the performance of an Orchestral Suite from his Ballet Panambi (1937) at the Teatro Colon. He achieved this prominence even before completing his musical studies. He gained international acclaim with the performance of his Second String Quartet by the Juilliard Quartet in Washington, D.C. in 1958
Gines Perez, Juan more...
Gines, Teodora	fl. 1600 Cuba		of African descent, she was a Dominican nun. She is credited with being the mother of modern Cuban folkloric music
Ginsberg, Allen more...
Giordani, Giuseppe more...
Giordani, Tommaso more...	c.1733	1806	composer of songs who wrote for performances at the Vauxhall Gardens, London
Giordano, Umberto more...
Giorginakis, Kiriakos more...	1950 Athens, Greece	1989 Athens, Greece	Greek composer and guitarist, who studied architecture and journalism in Italy and guitar in the National Conservatory of Athens with Dimitri Fampas
Giornovichi, Giovanni more...
Giosa, Nicola de	3 May 1819 Bari, Italy	7 Jul. 1885 Bari, Italy	Italian composer
Giovannelli, Ruggiero more...
Gippenbusch, Jacob more...
Giraldo, Ricardo more...	1971 Colombia, South America		composer in residence for the Residentie Orkest in The Hague, The Netherlands from 2001 until 2006, and independent experimental video maker. His pieces and works have been widely played and showned in many countries and festivals [information provided by the composer]
Giramo, Pietro Antonio more...
Girard, Narcisse more...	27 Jan. 1797 Mantes, Seine et Oise, France	17 Jan. 1860	French violinist, conductor and composer of operas and instrumental music
Giraud, Suzanne more...
Giraut de Bornelh more...	c.1130 Bourney, Limousin	1215	also known as Guiraut de Bornelh and Giraut de Borneil, troubadour, born to a lower class family who is credited with the formalisation, if not the invention, of the "light" style, or trobar leu. About 90 of his poems and four of his melodies survive
Girolami, Girolamo	18th century	19th century	nothing is known of Girolami's life, except for the abbreviation Mod:se (itself almost illegible) appended to his name by the copyist of the score. This can be read as meaning Modenese, but no musician by that name has been traced in the Modena area
Girona, Cerveri de more...
Gismonti, Egberto more...
Gistelinck, Elias more...	27 May 1935 Beveren aan de Leie, Belgium	25 Mar. 2005	Flemish composer whose composition style blends elements of contemporary classical music and jazz
Gistelinck, Peter more...			Belgian music producer, composer and arranger, son of the above
Gistau, Salvador Castro de more...	c.1770 possibly Madrid, Spain		guitarist, teacher and composer who became the editor of the Parisian music magazine Journal de Musique Etrangére pour la Guitare ou Lyre
Giuffre, Jimmy more...	26 Apr. 1921 Dallas, Texas, USA	24 Apr. 2008 Pittsfield, Mass., USA	American jazz composer, arranger and saxophone and clarinet player
Giuliani, Antonio Maria more...	17 Aug. 1739 Ravenna, Italy	21 Feb. 1831 Modena, Italy	Italian composer known for a concerto for two mandolines [entry prompted by Philippe Watel]
Giuliani, Francesco more...	17th century Arzingnano, nr. Vicenza, Italy		Italian composer called 'Il Cerato'
Giuliani, Giovanni Francesco more...	c.1760 Livorno, Italy	after 1818 Florence, Italy	Italian composer of works for mandoline
Giuliani, Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo more...	27 Jul. 1781 Bisceglie, nr. Bari, Italy	8 May 1829 Naples, Italy	an Italian guitarist and composer, and is reckoned by many to be one of the leading guitar virtuosos of the 19th century
Giuranna, Elena Barbàra more...	18 Nov. 1902 Palermo, Italy	30 Jul. 1998 Rome, Italy	Italian composer
Giusti Marieta	fl. 1612-24		Italian composer based at the Pieta, Venice
Giustini, Lodovico more...	12 Dec. 1685 Pistioa, Italy	1743 Pistioa, Italy	Lodovico Maria Giustini was born into a family of musicians in Pistoia, Italy, on December 12, 1685 -- the same year as his illustrious contemporaries Bach, Handel and Domenico Scarlatti. His father Francesco Giustini was the organist for the Congregazione dello Spirito Santo. On July 21, 1695, Lodovico was made a member of this Jesuit-affiliated group and succeeded his father in the post of organist on July 10, 1725. He held this position until his death on February 7, 1743. He also served as organist for the Jesuits and taught in their seminary, the Collegio dei Nobili. In 1724, one of his cantatas was performed there, and an oratorio in 1739. In 1726 he presented an oratorio entitled La Fuga di S. Teresia at Palazzo Melani, followed by a Pasticcio in 1727. In 1728, a performance was given of his Lamentations which he had composed with G.M.C. Clari. Giustini was named organist of the Cathedral of Pistoia in 1734 and worked there until his death under another member of his family, the choir master Francesco Manfredini. Over the years, he appeared as harpsichordist in many performances of his oratorios in his native city. His twelve Sonate da Cimbalo di Piano e Forte Dette Volgarmente di Martelletti, published in Florence in 1732, ensured his place in the history of music. Biographical material from Drake Mabry Publishing
Giustiniani, Leonardo more...
Gladkovski, Arseny Pavlovich	21 May 1894 St. Petersburg, Russia	31 Jul. 1945 Leningrad, Russia	Russian composer
Gladwin, Thomas more...	c.1710	c.1799	organist and composer, known to have had some of his works performed at the Vauxhall Gardens, London
Glandien, Lutz more...
Glanert, Detlev more...
Glanville-Hicks, Peggy more...	29 Dec. 1912 Melbourne, VIC, Australia	25 Jun. 1990 Sydney, NSW, Australia	Australian-American composer and critic. She composed the Sonatina for Treble Recorder or Flute and Piano (Mainz: Schott, 1941), which Carl Dolmetsch, recorder, and Joseph Saxby, harpsichord, premiered in 1945, at the request of Manuel Jacobs. Her Trio for Pipes was published in Piper’s Music (Paris: Oiseau-lyre, 1934) Sources: Andrew Mayes, Carl Dolmetsch and the Recorder Repertoire of the 20th century (Ashgate, 2003): 8–9, 291. Deborah Hayes, Peggy Glanville-Hicks: A Bio-Bibliography (Greenwood Press, 1990) ‘Peggy Glanville-Hicks‘ (Deborah Hayes website) http://spot.colorado.edu/~hayesd/PGH.html
Glass, Philip more...	31 Jan. 1937 Baltimore, Maryland, USA		American composer. His music is frequently described as minimalist, though he prefers the term theatre music. He is considered one of the most influential composers of the late-20th century and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public (apart from precursors such as Kurt Weill and Leonard Bernstein), in creating an accessibility not previously recognised by the broader market. Glass is extremely prolific as a composer; he has written ensemble works, operas, symphonies, concertos, film scores and for the piano
Glawischnig, Dieter more...
Glazunov, Alexander more...	29 Jul. 1865 St. Petersburg, Russia	21 Mar. 1936 Paris, France	Russian composer who studied with Rimsky-Korsakov, and composed his first symphony at the age of 16. He was a professor of composition and orchestration at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. He earned himself the nickname "The little Glinka." In October 1972, his mortal remains were transferred to Leningrad
Gledhill, John Patric Standford (see Patric Standford)
Gleissner, Franz more...
Glennie, Evelyn more...
Glentworth, Mark more...
Glerum, Ernst more...
Gletle, Johann Melchior more...
Glick, Srul Irving more...
Gliere, Reinhold Moritzovich more...	11 Jan. 1875, Kiev, Russia	23 Jun. 1956 Moscow, Russia	Gliere was a direct heir to the Russian Romantic tradition, working on a grand scale in large forms: opera, ballet, symphony, and symphonic poem. He formed a link between the Tchaikovsky/Taneyev school and the following generation of Russian/Soviet composers, including Prokofiev, Miaskovsky and A. Khachaturian. His interest in the music of the Ukrainian and in Eastern music led him to write stage works based on the folk culture of the Soviet republics of the Transcaucasus and Central Asisa; in this he was a pioneer
Glinka, Mikhail more...	1 Jun 1804 Novospasskoye, Russia	15 Feb. 1857 Berlin, Germany	first Russian composer to gain wide recognition inside his own country, and is often regarded as the father of Russian classical music. Glinka's compositions were an important influence on future Russian composers, notably the members of the Mighty Handful, who took Glinka's lead and produced a distinctively Russian kind of classical music
Globokar, Vinko more...
Glojnaric, Silvije more...
Glover, Andy more...
Gluck, Christoph Willibald Ritter von more...	2 Jul. 1714 Bohemia	15 Nov. 1787 Vienna, Austria	German operatic composer who settled in Vienna as kapellmeister in 1754. He composed his early operas in the Italian tradition, but later, became dissatisfied with mannerisms of older operas, and set out to reform them, putting text and music into a more meaningful and coherent whole. In 1762, his Orfeo ed Euridice revolutionized the 18th-century conception of opera by giving free scope to dramatic effect. In the early 1770s, Gluck decided to apply his new ideals to French opera, and in 1774 produced Iphigenie en Aulide in Paris, giving a French revision. This brought to a head the fierce debate over the future of opera in which Gluck's French style had the support of Marie Antoinette while his Italian rival Nicolo Piccinni (1728-1800) had the support of Madame du Barry. With Armide (1777) and Iphigenie en Tauride (1779), Gluck won a complete victory over Piccini. Consequently, the art of opera was reformed and operas became more realistic and effective. Gluck's ideas were said to have influenced Mozart
Gnattali, Radamés more...	27 Jan. 1906 Porto Alegre, Brazil	13 Feb. 1988 Brazil	one of the most prominent artists in Brazilian music who managed to circulate easily between the realms of classical and popular music
Gnesin, Mikhail Fabianovich more...	2 Feb. 1883 Rostov-on-Don, Russia	5 May 1957 Moscow, Russia	a founding member of the Petersburg Society for Jewish Folk Music (1908), a group of young Jewish composers who wanted to create a Jewish national composers school. Gnesin composed many significant works inspired by Jewish musical traditions. He played an important role in the musical culture of Russia and was influential as a music theoretician and teacher in the first half of the twentieth century
Godar, Vladimir more...
Godard, Benjamin more...
Godard, Marcel more...
Godard, Michel more...
Goddaer, Norbert more...
Godefroid, Felix more...
Godfrey, (Adolphus Frederick) Fred	1837	1882	son of Charles Godfrey I, like his brothers he studied at the Royal Academy and he took over from his father as Bandmaster of the Coldstream Guards in 1863, holding the appointment until 1880. Of his many arrangements, arguably the most popular was the Marguerite Waltz, on themes from Gounod's Faust. His Recollections of Meyerbeer was in Dan Godfrey II's first programme at Bournemouth while his variations for bassoon and (orchestra), Lucy Long was for many years a favourite at the early Henry Wood Promenade Concerts
Godfrey, Arthur Eugene	1868	1939	son of Charles Godfrey II, Arthur was educated at St. Paul's Choir School and the RAM, later working as an accompanist, as adviser to publishing firms and as Musical Director in various theatres, notably of the Alhambra Theatre in Glasgow (1921-9). His compositions were varied and included a String Quartet, ballads like A Fairy Fantasy, The Happy Isle, Lord of the Sea and Stand United, the barn dance, Happy Darkies, which was programmed by his cousin Dan II during his first Bournemouth season and a reasonably successful comedy, Little Miss Nobody, produced in 1898 at the Lyric Theatre, which ran for 200 performances and also had a brief American run. Landon Ronald wrote some of the music, but Godfrey was responsible for most of it
Godfrey, Charles I	1790	1863	began the Godfrey family's association with military music by playing bassoon in the Coldstream Guards Band in 1813. He became Bandmaster in 1825, retaining that position until his death, although he retired from the Army in 1834. In 1831 he had become a Musician in Ordinary to the King and from 1847 he edited Jullien's 'Military Journal', one of the earliest of military band publications
Godfrey, Charles II	1839	1919	son of Charles Godfrey I, Charels II studied at the RAM with George MacFarren and Lazarus and played the clarinet in Jullien's orchestra. At the age of twenty he became Bandmaster of the Scots Fusiliers, moving in 1868 to be Bandmaster of the Royal Horse Guards, where he remained until 1904, from 1899 as a commissioned officer. At various times he was Professor of Military Music at the RCM and the Guildhall School. He adjudicated at the British Open Brass Band Championships in Manchester for many years prior to the Great War (his brass band arrangements of Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha and Gems of Mendelssohn were the respective test pieces at the 1902 and 1904 National Championships). He edited the Army Military Band Journal and founded the Orpheus Band Journal
Godfrey, Charles (George) III	1866	1935	son of Charles Godfrey II, Chalres III went to the RAM, like his father but did not enter the Army, becoming Bandmaster of the Corps of Commissionaires in 1887, shortly before his cousin Dan II took it over, and then, from 1887-97, of the Crystal Palace Military Band. Later he was Musical Director of the orchestra at Buxton Spa (1897-8) and at the Spa, Scarborough (1899-1909, the years immediately before Alick Maclean's brilliant reign there)
Godfrey, Daniel I	1831	1903	after study at the Royal Academy of Music, became Bandmaster of the Grenadier Guards in 1856, holding that position for forty years and taking the Band to Boston in 1872 where it did much for Anglo-American relations, not at their most cordial at the time in the aftermath of the Civil War. The Band played several times at Windsor for the Queen. In 1887 be became the first Army bandmaster to achieve commissioned rank. After retiring from the Army he formed his own band and again visited the United States. He founded a music instrument business, Dan Godfrey Sons, in the Strand. He was responsible for many arrangements and a number of original compositions - marches, quadrilles and waltzes
Godfrey, Dan II	1868	1939	trained at the RCM but, unable to obtain an Army position as he had not been to Kneller Hall, conducted the band of the Corps of Commissionaires (1887-9) and the (civilian) London Military Band (1889-91) before going to conduct opera in Johannesburg in 1891-3 prior to giving the rest of his energies to Bournemouth. His arrangements were many and he also composed dance music, marches and songs
Godfrey, Dan III	1893	1935	the son of Dan Godfrey II, he studied at the RAM, like his grandfather, and played in the Coldstream Guards Band like his great grandfather, although he was never its Bandmaster. Instead he directed resort orchestras at Harrogate, Blackpool and Hastings and worked for the BBC in its early years, both at Manchester and Savoy Hill, often conducting the Wireless Orchestra. In 1928 he, like his father before him, sailed for South Africa where he was, until his sadly early death, Musical Director to Durban Corporation, thus, like his father, spreading the gospel of municipal music
Godin, Scott more...
Godowsky, Leopold more...
Godric of Finchale more...	c.1065 Walpole, Norfolk, England	21 May 1170 Finchale	English hermit and popular medieval saint, although he was never formally canonized. He was born in Walpole in Norfolk and died in Finchale in County Durham. His contemporary, the monk Reginald of Durham, recorded four songs of Godric's. They are the oldest songs in English for which the original musical settings survive
Godron, Hugo more...
Godzinsky, George de	1914	1994	Finnish composer
Goebbels, Heiner more...
Goedicke, Alexander (see Gedike, Alexander Fyodorovich)
Goehr, Alexander more...
Goehr, Walter more...
Goemans, Pieter more...
Goethals, Lucien more...
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von more...
Goetz, Hermann more...
Goetze, Walter Wilhelm more...
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Goldenthal, Elliot more...
Goldfaden, Abraham more...
Goldings, Larry more...
Goldins, Maks more...
Goldman, Edwin Franko more...	1 Jan. 1878 Louisville, Kentucky	21 Feb. 1956 New York, USA	American bandmaster, conductor and composer, founder of the American Bandmasters Association
Goldmann, Friedrich more...
Goldmark, Károly (Carl) more...	18 May 1830 Keszthely, Hungary	2 Jan. 1915 Vienna, Austria	Hungarian violinist and composer who composed his greatest work, the opera entitled The Queen of Sheba between 1865 and 1871. Besides operas, he composed symphonies (including his best known work the Rustic Wedding Symphony), symphonic poems and violin concertos
Goldmark, Rubin more...	15 Aug. 1872 New York City, NY, USA	6 Mar. 1936 New York City, NY, USA	American composer, pianist, and educator, teacher of Aaron Copland and George Gershwin
Goldschmidt, Berthold more...
Goldsmith, Jerrald more...	10 Feb. 1929 Los Angeles, USA	21 Jul. 2004 Beverley Hills, USA	Jerry Goldsmith managed to bridge tradition with modernity whilst remaining immensely popular in a massively prolific career of film and television score writing. In a period of 40 years he wrote the music for well over 200 films, including The Omen, Chinatown, Star Trek films, LA Confidential and The Planet of the Apes
Goldstein, Gil more...
Goleminov, Marin more...
Golestan, Stan more...
Golijov, Osvaldo more...
Golitsin (0r Galitsin, Galitzin), Yury Nikolayevich	11 Dec. 1823 St. Petersburg, Russia	14 Sep. 1872 St. Petersburg, Russia	Russian composer, conductor and writer
Gollenhofer, Josepha Muller	1770 Vienna, Austria		composed many pieces for harp)
Golovanov, Nikolai more...
Golovin, Andrei more...	11 Aug. 1950 Moscow, Russia		Russian composer whose main output is chamber music
Golson, Benny more...
Golubev, Evgeny Kirillovich more...	16 (Old Style 3) February 1910 Moscow, Russia	25 Dec. 1988 Moscow, Russia	Russian composer who taught composition at the Moscow Conservatory. Alfred Schnittke was one of his students
Gombert, Nicolas more...	c.1495 Southern Flanders	c.1560 Europe	Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most famous and influential composers between Josquin Desprez and Palestrina, and best represents the fully-developed, complex polyphonic style of this transitional period in music history
Gomelskaya, Julia more...	11 Mar. 1964 Ukraine		Ukrainian pianist and composer who has studied in London and at the University of Sussex
Gomes, Antônio Carlos more...	11 Jul. 1836 São Carlos, now Campinas, Brazil	16 Sep. 1896 Belém, Brazil	one of the most distinguished nineteenth century classical composers, the first New World composer whose work was accepted by Europe [entry prompted by Szmul Brumer]
Gomes da Silva, Alberto Jose more...
Gomez, Claudia more...
Gomez, Juan 'Chicuelo' more...
Gomolka, Mikolaj more...	1535 Sandomierz, Poland	c. 5 Mar. 1609 Jazlowiec, Poland	known by a single surviving published collection Melodie na Psalterz polski formed on melodies to all of the 150 psalms (1580, Kraków)
Gonzaga, Francisca Edwiges Neves more...	17 Oct. 1847 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	28 Feb. 1935 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor [entry prompted by Szmul Brumer]
Gonzaga, Guglielmo (William) I of more...	24 Apr. 1538 Mantua, Italy	14 Aug. 1587 Mantua, Italy	Duke of Mantua (Marquis Guglielmo X of Monferrato) was the ruler of Mantua and Monferrato (Italy) from 1550 to 1587. Lodovico Agostini was a composition teacher to Guglielmo Gonzaga, to whom Agostini dedicated a book of madrigals. Gonzaga went on to become a composer of madrigals himself
Gonzalez, Geronimo more...
Gonzalez, Jorge more...
Gonzalez Acilu, Agustin more...
Gooch, Warren more...	20th century		Warren Gooch received his Doctorate in composition from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, Masters degree from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, and Bachelors degree from the College of St. Scholastica. Composition instructors have included Stephen Dembski, Joel Naumann, Mary Mageau, Eric Stokes and others, representing varied aesthetic philosophies ranging from those of George Crumb and Milton Babbitt to those of Howard Hansen and Nadia Boulanger [entry prompted by Dr. Amy Dunker]
Goodall, Howard more...
Goodenough, David more...
Goodenough, Robert Philip more...
Goodman, Banjamin David (Benny) more...	30 May 1909 Chicago, USA	13 Jun. 1986 New York City, USA	playing professionally from the age of 12, he joined Ben Pollack's orchestra in 1926. In 1929 he moved to New York and free lanced with various bands such as those of Red Nichols, Ben Selvin, Ted Lewis, Johnny Green, Paul Whiteman, and played in Broadway shows such as Gershwin's Strike Up The Band and Girl Crazy. He formed his own band in Spring 1934, and started out with arrangements by Dean Kincaide, Will Hudson and Benny Carter. In November 1934, Goodman started a series of weekly broadcasts on the "Let's Dance" program, using additional arrangements by Fletcher Henderson. Through radio's effectiveness in dissemination and by touring throughout the United States, Goodman became known as "The King of Swing," one of the most widely-known and significant figures in popular music towards the end of the 1930s. In 1939, Goodman disbanded his ensemble in order to undergo an operation to relieve sciatica. When he reassembled his band the following year, he acquired the services of arranger Eddie Sauter. The war years are considered the apogee of Goodman and his band's career. Goodman was also active in classical music. In 1935, he performed and recorded the Mozart clarinet quintet. In 1938 he comissioned Bela Bartok to write Contrasts, which he premiered and recorded the following year with Joseph Szigeti and the composer. Goodman continued to comission works from contemporary composers, and increased the number of his appearances in classical venues towards the end of his career
Goodman, Paul more...
Goodson, Richard sr more...
Goodwin, Ron more...	1925	2003	a brilliant composer, arranger and conductor. In 1945 he was appointed head of the arranging department at Bron Associated Publishers, where he was involved in working with the best British bands such as Ted Heath, Geraldo and the BBC Dance Orchestra. Initially Rons work in the film industry was at Merton Park Studios on documentaries, but in 1958 his big chance came with a commission to write his first score for a major feature film Whirlpool. Two years later he was signed by MGM British Studios to compose and conduct for most of their British productions. In total, Goodwin worked on some 60 films, and an early success was his attractively spirited Miss Marple music, inspired by the casting of Margaret Rutherford as Agatha Christies famous amateur sleuth and originally written for Murder She Said (1962). 633 Squadron (1964) was his first big blockbuster and the following year he produced the score for Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
Goorhuis, Rob more...
Goosen, Luc more...
Goossens, Eugene more...
Göpfert, Carl (or Karl) Andreas more...	1768 Rimpar, Germany	1818 Meiningen, Germany	clarinetist and composer
Goraguer, Alain more...
Gorb, Adam more...
Gorczycki, Gregor Gerwazy more...	c. 1665 nr. Bytom, Poland	30 Apr. 1734 Cracow, Poland	Polish musician, teacher of rhetoric and poetics, conductor and composer
Gorczyn, Jan Aleksander more...	1618 Cracow, Poland	1694 Cracow, Poland	author of Tabulatura muzyki, albo Zaprawa muzykalna, a simplified handbook on the rudiments of music, aimed at the amateur. Although there are no surviving works known to be by him, it is believed that he was also a composer
Gordeli, Otar more...	18 Nov. 1928 Tiblisi, Georgia		Georgian composer
Gordon, Dexter (Keith) more...	27 Feb. 1923 Los Angeles, California	25 Apr. 1990 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	an American tenor saxophonist and actor. He is considered one of the first bebop tenor players. From 1940 to 1980, he played with such jazz greats as Lionel Hampton, Tadd Dameron, Charles Mingus, Louis Armstrong and Billy Eckstine. He also played with the Fletcher Henderson band in L.A. for a few weeks in 1947
Gordon, Michael I more...
Gordon, Peter more...
Gore, Michael more...
Gorecki, Henryk Mikolaj more...	6 Dec. 1933 Czernica near Rybnik, Poland	12 Nov. 2010 Poland	studied composition with Boleslaw Szabelski at the State Higher School of Music (PWSM) in Katowice (1955-1960). After a post-graduate sojourn in Paris, he became a professor of composition at the PWSM in Katowice, and-- in 1975-1979--its Rector. As a composer, he has been known and respected in Poland, but not well-known around the world. The phenomenal success of his Symphony no. 3 (Gramophone's"Best-selling CD in 1993") has astounded many of his contemporaries, especially in Poland, where the work had been known for more than a decade. In his home country Górecki's Third was perceived as one of a series of fascinating compositions, the result of a long and complex creative evolution
Gorelova, Galina more...	1951 Minsk, Belarus		Belarusian composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works. She co-founded with Sergey Beltiukov, Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Dmitry Lybin, Yevgeny Poplavsky, and others the Belarusian Society for Contemporary Music in 1990. She has taught composition, orchestral history and polyphony at the Belarusian Academy of Music in Minsk since 1980
Goring Thomas, Arthur more...	10 Nov. 1850 Ratton Park, Sussex, UK	20 Mar 1892 London, UK	best known for the popular song O Vision Entrancing, Goring Thomas occupies a distinct place among English composers of the 19th-century. His music, which shows traces of his early French training, reveals a great talent for dramatic composition and a real gift of refined and beautiful melody. Personally the most amiable of men, he was most critical of his own work, never attempting anything for which he felt he was unfitted, and constantly revising and rewriting his compositions
Gorne, Annette Vande (see Vande Gorne, Annette)
Gorner, Johann Valentin more...
Gorney, Jay more...
Gosfield, Annie more...
Goshev, Jordan more...
Goss, John more...	27 Dec. 1800, Fareham, England	10 May 1880	an English organist and composer who studied under Thomas Attwood. He succeeded Attwood as organist at St Pauls Cathedral in 1838. Goss' own pupils included Arthur Sullivan. As a composer he is best remembered for his Anglican church music and glees
Goss-Custard, Reginald	1877	1956 Dorking, Surrey, UK	a native of St. Leonards and largely self taught, the composer Reginald Goss-Custard was successively organist of St. Margaret's Westminster and St. Michael's Chester Square. He was also organist for many years at the Bishopsgate Institute, where his two weekly recitals formed the basis of his reputation as a concert organist rather than as a church musician. On the advice of Cunningham, Goss-Custard was appointed as Organist of the Alexandra Palace after the 1929 restoration of the organ
Gossec, Francois-Joseph more...	1734 Vergnies, Belgium	16 Feb. 1829 Passy, France	Belgian composer of operas, string quartets, symphonies, and choral works who worked in France
Gosyn, Benjamin more...
Gothóni, Ralf	1946 Finland		pianist and composer. His small early output consists mostly of vocal works. His first work to attain wider attraction was the chamber opera Ihmeellinen viesti toiselta tähdeltä (Strange News from Another Star, 1984), based on a story by Herman Hesse. The TV opera Hund (Hound, 1995) features the Russian Mafia. Another important work is the Zen-Buddhist cantata Härkä ja hänen paimenensa (The Ox and His Herder, 1992), which Gothóni has adapted into a concerto grosso entitled Härkä ja paimen (The Ox and the Herder, 1999) for violin, piano and strings
Gotkovsky, Ida more...
Gotovac, Jakov	1895	1982	Croatian composer. His opera Ero s onoga svijeta, which has been translated into 9 languages, has been and performed in more than 80 countries
Gottschalk, Clara	1837 USA		produced a large amount of piano music
Gottschalk, Gunda more...
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau more...
Gottsche, Gunther Martin more...
Gottwald, Clytus more...
Gotz, Hermann more...
Goublier, Henri more...
Goudbeek, Andre more...
Goudimel, Claude more...	c.1514 to 1520 Besançon, France	between 28-31 Aug. 1572 Lyon, France	a French composer, music editor and publisher, and music theorist of the Renaissance who was murdered in Lyon sometime between August 28 and 31, 1572, during the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, along with much of the Huguenot population of the city
Gouffet, Jean Baptiste more...
Gougeon, Denis more...
Gougelet, Mme. H.			published piano music and methods in Paris, 1771
Gouinguene, Christian more...
Gould, Glenn more...
Gould, Morton more...	10 Dec 1913 Richmond Hill, New York, USA	21 Feb 1996 Orlando, Florida, USA	one of the most highly respected American composers, and among his best-known works were the ballet Fall River Legend and American Symphonette No. 3, which became better known as Pavanne (the mis-spelling was deliberate). His American Salute (based on When Johnny Comes Marching Home) also caught the publics attention. From 1986 to 1994 Gould was President of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
Gounod, Charles-(François) more...	17 Jun. 1818 Paris, France	18 Oct. 1893 St. Cloud, France	French composer of opera, of a new national anthem Vive l'Empereur in honor of Napoleon III and of the ever-popular Ave Maria
Gouvy, Louis Théodore more...	3 Jul, 1819 Goffontaine, France	21 Apr. 1898 Leipzig, Germany	French composer
Goves, Larry more...	1980 Cardiff, Wales		a British composer
Gowers, Patrick more...	5 May 1936 London, England	30 Dec 2014 England	Patrick Gowers' relatively small output includes several virtuoso works for the organ, music for the Three Choirs Festival, and a guitar concerto for John Williams. He is perhaps most widely known for his film scores, including those for a memorable series of Sherlock Holmes stories for television
Gowland, Stephen more...
Goykovich, Dusko more...
Graaff, Huba de more...
Graap, Lothar more...
Grabbe, Johann more...
Grabowska, Countess Clementine	1771 Poland	Paris, France	pianist and composer
Graettinger, Bob more...
Graever, Johanna Magdalena more...
Graever, Johanna Magdalena (Madeleine)	1830 Amsterdam, The Netherlands		a composer and concert pianist who went to New York in 1860 and was well received. Appointed court pianist to the Queen of Belgium in 1862
Graewe, Georg more...
Graf, Christiaan Ernst more...
Graf, Friedrich Hartmann more...
Gragnani, Filippo more...	1767 Livorno, Italy	c.1812 Paris, France	Gragnani came from Livorno, Italy, from a family of instrument builders and musicians, trained as a violinist, thus the many violinistic effects in his music. He later devoted himself to guitar, visited Germany, and settled in Paris where he became good friends with Carulli. Gragnani dedicated 3 duets to Carulli. Gragnani was particularly talented with chamber music, thus the duets, trios, and works for violin and guitar are among the finest
Graham, Peter (pseudonym of Jaroslav Stastny-Pokorny) more...	1 Jul 1952 Brno		studied organ at the Brno Conservatory, from where he went on studying composition under Alois Pinos at the Janacek Academy of Performing Arts (JAMU), also in Brno. After completing his studies he worked temporarily in quite a number of capacities - as an accompanist at the Conservatory, in theatre, as as a music director in radio, as an employee of the Czech Music Fund, as a music school teacher, music editor in the Czech TV in Brno. At present he is professor at JAMU, Brno and artistic director of Exposition of New Music Festival. His greatest interest, however, is in composition. Graham says of his own music, that it "grows as does timber in a forest", without predetermined plans and goals. He is concerned with creation itself rather than with the cultivation of the personality: " I am what I do." Several of his works have met with success at performances in Great Britain, Germany, Poland, Austria, Italy, Romania, Holland, Sweden, France and USA. In 1993 his chamber cantata Der Erste gained him second prize in the Musica iudaica festival s international competition for works on texts by Franz Kafka
Grain [du Grain, Dügren], Jean [Johann Jeremias] du	fl. 1740	19 Jan. 1756 possibly Gdansk
Grainer, Ron more...
Grainger, Percy more...	8 Jul. 1882 Brighton, Australia	20 Feb. 1961 New York City, USA	Australian-born pianist, composer, and champion of the saxophone and the Concert band
Granados y Campiña, Enrique Costanzo more...	27 Jul. 1867 Lleida, Spain	24 Mar. 1916 English Channel	Spanish composer and pianist of classical music; he is commonly considered to be a representative of musical Nationalism, and as such his music is in a uniquely Spanish style. He was also a talented painter in the style of Goya
Granata, Giovanni Battista more...
Granda, Chabuca more...
Grandi, Alessandro more...
Grandjany, Marcel more...
Grandval, Nicolas Racot de more...
Granichstaedten, Bruno more...
Grannis, S more...
Grant, Quentin more...
Grappelli, Stephane more...
Grapsas, Nikos more...
Gräsbeck, Gottfrid more...	15 Feb. 1927 Finland		the early stage in his career is represented by the small orchestral work Toccata dodecafonica (1959), the Concerto for two tape recorders and orchestra (1964) and the staged cantata Stämmor ur elementer (Voices from the Elements, 1965) for male voice choir, male voice quartet, tape, six projectors and dancers. In the late 1960s, Gräsbeck began to turn towards a more traditional free-tonal idiom. His later work consists mostly of relatively simple and archaic choral works, but he has also written orchestral music and concertos. Gräsbeck is closely connected with choral music, having had a long career as a choral conductor
Gratton, Hector more...
Grau, Augustine more...			Catalonian composer who was a friend of Emilio Pujol
Grau, Durand de more...
Graun, Carl Heinrich more...	7 May 1704 Wahrenbrück, Germany	8 Aug. 1759 Berlin, Germany	a German composer and tenor singer. Along with Johann Adolf Hasse, he is considered to be the most important German composer of Italian opera of his time
Graun, Johann Gottlieb more...	27 Oct. 1703 Wahrenbrück, Germany	28 Oct. 1771	a German Baroque/Classical era composer and violinist
Graupner, (Johann) Christoph more...	13 Jan. 1683 Hartmanndorf, Germany	10 Mar. 1760 Darmstadt, Germany	German harpsichordist and composer of high Baroque music who lived and worked at the same time as Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George Frideric Handel
Graves, John more...	1916	1997
Gray, Allan more...
Graziani, Bonifatio more...
Graziani, Tomaso more...
Grazioli, Giovanni Battista more...
Grazianini (Gratianini), Caterina Benedicta	fl. early 1700s Italy		composer
Grechaninov (or Grechaninoff, Gretchaninov, Grecsanyinov, Gretschaninow, Gretschaninoff, Gretsjaninov, Gretjaninov), Alexander Tikhonovich	25 Oct. 1864 Moscow, Russia	04 Jan. 1956 New York ,USA	Russian composer
Greco, Gaetano more...	c.1657 Italy	c.1728	Italian Baroque composer
Greef, Arthur de more...
Green, Bennie more...
Green, George Hamilton more...
Green, Grant more...
Green, John Waldo (Johnny) more...	10 Oct 1908 New York, USA	15 May 1989 Los Angeles, USA	bandleader and composer. He was accompanist/arranger to stars such as James Melton, Libby Holman and Ethel Merman. It was while writing material for Gertrude Lawrence that he composed Body and Soul, the first recording of which was made by Jack Hylton & His Orchestra, eleven days before the song was copyrighted. He worked too as arranger to Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo (June 19, 1902November 5, 1977), the Canadian bandleader and violinist famous in the United States who with his three brothers Carmen, Lebert, and Victor and other musicians from his hometown of London, Ontario, formed the big band The Royal Canadians in 1924. It was famous for playing what is considered "The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven."
Green, Philip more...
Greene, Maurice more...	12 Aug. 1696 London, England	1 Dec. 1755 England	English composer and organist. In 1735 he was appointed Master of the King's Musick [entry prompted by Tony Staes]
Greer, John more...
Grefinger, Wolfgang more...
Gregg, Hubert Robert Harry	19 Jul. 1914 London	29 Mar. 2004 Eastbourne, England	Broadcaster, actor, songwriter and theatre director, writer of Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner
Gregoir, Edouard more...
Gregorc, Janez more...
Gregori, Annibale more...
Gregory I, Pope more...	c.540 Italy	12 Mar. 604 Italy	a system of writing down reminders of chant melodies was probably devised by monks around 800 to aid in unifying the church service throughout the Frankish empire. Charlemagne brought cantors from the Papal chapel in Rome to instruct his clerics in the authentic liturgy. A program of propaganda spread the idea that the chant used in Rome came directly from Pope Gregory I (also known as Gregory the Great or Gregory Diagolus) who was universally venerated. Pictures were made to depict the dove of the Holy Spirit perched on Gregory's shoulder, singing God's authentic form of chant into his ear. This gave rise to calling the music "Gregorian chant". A more accurate term is plainsong or plainchant
Gregson, Edward more...
Gregson-Williams, Harry more...	13 Dec. 1961 England		a Golden Globe- and Grammy-nominated British film score composer
Greif, Olivier more...
Greifendorf, Valentin more...
Greiter, Matthias more...
Grella-Mozejko, Piotr more...
Grenet, Eliseo more...
Grenfell, Maria	1969 Malaysia		composer and lecturer at the Conservatorium of Music of the University of Tasmania in Hobart. She was raised in Christchurch, New Zealand. She received a Master of Music degree from the University of Canterbury, a Master of Arts from the Eastman School of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California, where she was also a lecturer. Her teachers include Stephen Hartke, Erica Muhl, James Hopkins, Joseph Schwantner, and Samuel Adler
Grenon, Nicolas more...	c.1375 possibly Paris, France	1456 Cambrai	a French composer of the early Renaissance. He wrote in all the prevailing musical forms of the time, and was a rare case of a long-lived composer who learned his craft in the late 14th century but primarily practiced during the era during which the Renaissance styles were forming
Grenser, Johann Friedrich more...
Gretchaninov, Alexander more...	25 Oct. 1864 Moscow, Russia	3 Jan. 1956 New York, USA	conservative Russian Romantic composer
Grethen, Luc more...	1964 Luxembourg		oboist and composer from Luxembourg
Gretry, André Ernest Modeste more...	8 Feb. 1741 Liège, Belgium	24 Sep. 1813 Montmorency, France	Belgian composer, who trained in Italy and worked from 1767 onwards in France
Gretry, Lucille Angelique-Dorothee-Lucie	1772 Paris, France	1796	produced an operetta at the age of sixteen
Greve, Conrad	1820 Germany	1851	he arrived in Finland in 1842 and was active as a conductor in Turku. He revisited the Leipzig Conservatory for further studies on a number of occasions. His output includes some orchestral works, some instrumental works and incidental music for plays
Grever, Maria more...
Grewelding, Hansjacob more...
Grey, Geoffrey more...
Gribbin, Deirdre more...	1967 Belfast, Northern Ireland		studied composition at Queen's University Belfast and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, award winner in the 2003 UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers with her work Empire States, and winner of a prestigious Arts Foundation Award for her first opera Hey Persephone! which had an acclaimed run at the Aldeburgh/Almeida Opera Festival
Grieg, Edvard (Hagerup) more...	15 Jun. 1843 Bergen, Norway	4 Sep. 1907 Bergen, Norway	Norwegian composer and pianist who composed in the romantic period. He is best known for his Piano Concerto in A minor, for his incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play Peer Gynt, and for his Lyric Pieces for the piano
Griend, Koos van de more...
Grier, Francis more...
Griffes, Charles more...
Griffin, Charles more...
Griffin, Johnny more...
Griffiths, David more...
Grigny, Nicolas de more...
Grigoriu, Teodor more...
Grillo, Francesco more...
Grillo, Giovanni more...
Grimace more...	fl. late 14th century		French composer. He may have been connected with Avignon, but did not adopt the rhythmically very complex style of the other Avignon composers of the period; the style of his three ballades, one rondeau and one virelai recalls Machaut. His best known work, A l'arme a l'arme,uses fanfare-like motifs to illustrate the warlike imagery of its text
Grimani, Maria Margherita	fl. early 1700s		composer who was published in 1713
Grimm, Heinrich more...
Grimm, Julius Otto more...
Grimsson, Larus more...
Gringolts, Ilya more...
Grippe, Ragnar more...
Grisey, Gerard more...
Gritton, Peter more...
Grodzki, Boleslavs	13 Oct 1865 St. Petersburg, Russia		Russian composer
Grofé, Ferde (Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofé) more...	27 Mar. 1892 New York, USA	3 Apr. 1972 Santa Monica, USA	by the age of 15, Grofé was working in bands as an alto hornist and in the Los Angeles Philharmonic as a viola player. Around 1920 he began working as an arranger and pianist with the jazz bandleader Paul Whiteman. Grofé arranged music (including George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue) and composed original pieces in a symphonic jazz style. Grofé's own works included Mississippi: A Journey in Tones in 1925, Metropolis: A Fantasie in Blue in 1928, and the Grand Canyon Suite in 1931. Each piece painted a musical portrait of an American scene. He continued to work for Whiteman until 1932
Groh, Johann more...
Groom, Mrs. T. (nee Wilkinson)		1867 England	a vocalist of composer of songs
Grondahl, Agathe more...
Grondahl, Launy more...
Groneman, Johannes Albertus more...
Groneman, Johannes Frederikus more...
Groot, Adriaan de more...
Groot, Cor de more...
Groot, Hugo de more...
Groot, Rokus de more...
Groote, Alianus de more...
Groslot, Robert more...
Gross, Joseph Arnold more...
Grossi, Andrea more...
Grossi, Carlo more...
Grossi, Lodovico more...
Grossin, Estienne more...
Grosskopf, Erhard more...
Grosz, Wilhelm more...
Grothe, Franz more...
Groven, Eivind more...
Grovlez, Gabriel more...
Grua, Carlo Luigi more...	c.1700 Milan, Italy	11 Apr. 1773 Mannheim	Italian composer who is best known for his position as Kapellmeister for the Electoral Court at the German city of Mannheim
Grubbs, David more...
Gruber, Franz Xaver more...
Gruber, Heinz Karl more...
Grudzien, Jacek more...	1961 Warsaw, Poland		studied composition with Wlodzimierz Kotonski and improvisation with Szabolcs Esztenyi at the Warsaw Academy of Music. Grudzien's compositional debut took place at the International Festival of Contemporary Music "Warsaw Autumn" in 1983. He has participated in the International Courses for Young Composers at Kazimierz Dolny, Darmstadt, Patras and Dartington. In 1986 he received a postgraduate scholarship granted by Witold Lutoslawski. He went to London where he studied electronic music and MIDI systems
Gruenberg, Louis more...
Grun, Bernhard more...
Grundman, Clare Ewing more...	5 Nov. 1911 Cleveland, Ohio, USA	16 Jun. 1996 South Salem, New York ,USA	American teacher, composer and arranger
Grünfeld, Alfred more...	1852	1924	Austrian pianist, teacher and composer
Gruntz, George more...	24 Jun. 1932 Basle, Switzerland		Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist and composer
Grusin, Dave more...	26 Jun. 1934 Littleton, Colorado, USA		Academy Award-winning American composer, arranger and pianist
Grützmacher, Friedrich Wilhelm more...	1 Mar. 1832 Dessau, Anhalt, Germany	23 Feb. 1903 Dresden, Germany	noted German cellist in the second half of the 19th century. Grützmacher is most famous today for taking samples of four different works to form his edition of Boccherini's Concerto in B flat, still being published and performed. He was also guilty of "rearranging" Bach's Suites, which he completely reorganized with additional chords, passages and embellishments. His cadenzas for Boccherini and the Haydn D Major are effective, and often performed to this day
Gryce, Gigi (later named Basheer Qusim) more...	28 Nov. 1925 Pensacola, Florida, USA	14 Mar. 1983 Pensacola, Florida, USA	American saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, educator, and big band bandleader
Guaccero, Domenico more...	11 Apr. 1927 Palo del Colle (Bari), Italy	24 Apr. 1984 Rome, Italy	Guaccero was a representative of the New Music movement of 1960s and 1970s Italy
Gualtieri, Antonio more...
Guami, Francesco more...	c.1544	1602	Italian composer, brother of Gioseffo Guami. A sackbut player at the Munich court from 1568 to 1580, court Kapellmeisterat Baden Baden in 1588, and later worked as maestro di cappella at churches in Udine, Venice and Lucca. He published three volumes of madrigals and one of instrumental ricercars
Guami, Gioseffo more...	c.1540 Lucca, Italy	1611 Lucca, Italy	an Italian composer, organist, and singer of the late Renaissance Venetian School. He was a prolific composer of madrigals and instrumental music, and was renowned as one of the finest organists in Italy in the late 16th century; he was also the principal teacher of Adriano Banchieri
Guarnieri, Adriano more...
Guarnieri, Camargo more...
Guastavino, Carlos more...	5 Apr. 1912 Santa Fe Province, Argentina	28 Oct. 2000 Santa Fe Province, Argentina	composer who was perhaps the most quietly distinctive in 20th-century Argentinean music. Vigorously rejecting the stylistic radicalism of Alberto Ginastera and his younger compatriot Mauricio Kagel, he followed in the footsteps of 19th-century nationalists such as Julián Aguirre and Alberto Williams
Gubaidulina, Sofia more...	1931 Chistopol, Tatar Republic		after studies in piano and composition at the Kazan Conservatory, she studied composition with Nikolai Peiko at the Moscow Conservatory, pursuing graduate studies there under Vissarion Shebalin. Until 1992, she lived in Moscow. Since then, she has made her primary residence in Germany, outside Hamburg
Gubert (or Hubert), Nikolay Al'bertouich (or Albertovich)	19 Mar 1840 St. Petersburg, Russia	8 Oct 1888 Moscow, Russia	Russian teacher and composer
Gubitsch, Tomas more...
Gudmundsdottir, Bjork more...
Gudmundsen Holmgreen, Pelle more...
Gudden, Wolfgang more...
Guedron, Pierre more...
Guedike, Alexander Fyodorovich (see Gedike, Alexander Fyodorovich)
Gueit Marius	1808 France	1865 Paris, France	blind from the age of one and a half, he was admitted at the Institut des Jeunes Aveugles de Paris when he was eleven years old. He learned there the basics of piano playing, and learned to play the cello and the organ. After leaving the institute he became organ teacher at the institute. Among his pupils was Alphonse Dupuis, himself blind from birth, and organist at the church of St. Paul in Orléans, who suggested that Guiet take the post of organist at Saint-Paterne at Orléans. He was a brillant organist, and is known to have performed on the cello in several chamber music concerts. Because of his disappointment over the refusal to restore the rapid deterioration of the organ at the Saint-Paterne he left for Paris and became a post at his old Institut des Jeunes Aveugles
Guenin, Helene	1791 France		wrote an opera at the age of seventeen
Guerau, Francisco more...	1649 Majorca, Spain	1717/1722	a Spanish Baroque composer best known work is a collection of pieces for baroque guitar entitled Poema harmónico that was published in 1694
Guerini, Francesco more...
Guerra-Peixe, César more...	18 Mar. 1914 Petrópolis, Brazil	26 Nov. 1993 Rio de Laneiro, Brazil	Brazilian violinist, ethnomusicologist and composer
Guerre (de la), Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet	1659	1729 Paris, France	rose to prominence at the early court of Louis XIV as a child prodigy, dazzling the young king with her prowess at the harpsichord. She was four. She remained a royal favourite throughout Louis' reign, composing chamber music and an opera
Guerrero, (Antonio) Alberto (García) more...	6. Feb. 1886 La Serena, Chile	7 Nov. 1959 Toronto, Canada	teacher, pianist and composer
Guerrero, (Eduardo) "Lalo" more...	24 Dec. 1916 Tucson, AR, USA	17 Mar. 2005 Palm Springs, CA, USA	Mexican-American singer songwriter
Guerrero, Francisco more...	4 Oct. 1528 Seville, Spain	8 Nov. 1599 Seville, Spain	Spanish composer, a pupil of Morales. He was self taught on the vihuela, harp, cornett and organ. He was maestro de capilla of Jaén Cathedral (1546-9) and then vice-maestro (1551) and finally maestro (1574-99) of Seville Cathedral. He visited Rome (1581-2), Venice and the Holy Land (1588-9). He is considered the most important 16th-century Spanish composer of sacred music after Victoria. Among a large quantity of published music are 18 masses, 150 or so motets and secular works
Guerrero, Francisco II more...
Guerrero, Jacinto more...
Guerrero, Pedro	c. 1515		brother of Francisco Guerro (c.1528-1599) who probably died in Italy
Guest, George more...
Guest (Mrs. Miles), Jane Mary	1764 England	after 1814	a child prodigy who was said to be one of J.C. Bach's last pupils. She won renown as professional musician, eventually earning recognition from Queen Charlotte
Guezec, Jean Pierre more...
Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro	1410	1481	Jewish dance master, choreographer, composer, and theorist. His De practica seu arte tripudii survives in seven known versions, plus three existing fragments. The Sparti translation is from the 1463 version written by the scribe Paganus Raudensis in Milan for Galeazzo Sfroza, believed to be the original source for the various copies. There are significant differences between each of the versions of Guglielmo's work, with varying degrees of completeness and clarity, added or omitted information, and major innovations to some dance choreographies. De practica includes a theoretical introduction proving the moral and ethical worth of dance, a section on the fundamental concepts on which the art of dance is based, and a Socratic dialogue defending dancing and supporting the importance of his principles of dance. This is followed by the practice, which includes choreographies of 31 dances: 14 bassedanze, and 17 balli
Guiard more...
Guidi, Peter more...
Guignon, Jean Pierre more...
Guilain, Jean Adam (né Jean-Adam-Guillaume Freinsberg) more...	c.1680 Germany	after 1739 Paris, France	German-born musician and composer who moved to France sometime after 1702. His organ works include Pièces d'orgue pour le magnificat (only 1 of 2 volumes still exist) (1706) and 4 suites based on the church modes, consisting of 28 pieces [information provided by Terry L. Mueller]
Guilfoyle, Ronan more...
Guillaume IX, comte d'Aquitaine more...	1071	1126	known in English as William IX of Aquitaine, he was nicknamed the Troubador and was Duke of Aquitaine and Gascony and Count of Poitiers as William VII of Poitiers between 1086 and 1126. He was also one of the leaders of the crusade of 1101 and one of the first medieval vernacular poets. His Occitan names were Guilhèm IX duc d'Aquitània e de Gasconha and Guilhèm VII comte de Peitieus. An anonymous 13th century biography of Guillaume, forming part of the collection Biographies des Troubadours, remembers him thus: "The Count of Poitiers was one of the most courtly men in the world and one of the greatest deceivers of women. He was a fine knight at arms, liberal in his womanizing, and a fine composer and singer of songs. He travelled much through the world, seducing women"
Guillaume de Poitiers more...	c.1020 Préaux, Normandy	1090	Norman chronicler, not to be confused with Guillaume of Aquitaine (see above) who is also known sometimes as Guillaume de Poitiers
Guillaume de Cabestang more...	fl. 1212		more correctly, in Occitan, Guilhem de Cabestanh, a troubadour poet. According to his legendary vida, he was the lover of Seremonda, wife of Raimon of Castel-Rossillon. On discovering this, Raimon fed Cabestanh's heart to Seremonda. When he told her what she had eaten, she threw herself from the window to her death. This legend appears later in Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron and in the Cantos of Ezra Pound
Guillaume le Peigneur (see Amiens, Guillaume d')
Guillemain, Louis-Gabriel more...	5 Nov. 1705 Paris, France	1 Oct. 1770 Paris, France	French composer and violinist
Guillemant, Benoît more...	fl.1746-1757 Paris, France		French flutist and composer
Guillou, Jean more...
Guilmant, Alexandre more...	1837 Boulogne-sur-Mer, France	1911 Meudon, France	French organist and composer. Student of his father, then of Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, he became an organist and teacher in his place of birth. In 1871 he was appointed as organist of la Trinité church in Paris. From then on he followed a career as a virtuoso; he gave concerts in Europe as well as in the United States
Guimarães, Marco Antônio more...	10 Oct. 1948 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil		leader of the band Uakti, a Brazilian instrumental musical group that is composed of Marco Antônio Guimarães, Artur Andrés Ribeiro, Paulo Sérgio Santos, and Décio Ramos. Uakti is known for using custom-made instruments, built by the group itself
Guimarães de Pernambuco, João Teixeira more...	1883 Pernambuco, Brazil	1947 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazilian composer particularly for guitar who was strongly influenced by popular music, side by side with Heitor Villa-Lobos
Guinjoan (Gispert), Joan more...	28 Nov. 1931 Catalunya, Spain		Spanish pianist and composer
Guinovart, Carles more...
Guiran, Jean Pierre more...	27 Jan. 1957 Vlissingen, The Netherlands		Dutch composer of music for accordion. His music has been used widely in movies, theatre, dance performances (Accrorap, Resemblance, Johannes Wieland's Because there isn't any), TV productions (documentary about the Dutch novelist Albert Cornelis Baantjer), etc.
Guiraud, Ernest more...	26 Jun. 1837 New Orleans, USA	6 May 1892 Paris, France	French composer who studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where he won the Grand Prix de Rome. His father had gained the same distinction many years prior to his son winning the award. Notably, this was the only instance of both father and son obtaining this prize
Guiraut Riquier more...	c.1230	1292	among the last of the Provençal troubadours
Gulak-Artemovsky, Semyon Stepanovich	16 Feb. 1813 Gorodische, Russia	17 Apr. 1873 Moscow, Russia	Russian baritone, composer and playwright
Gulda, Friedrich more...
Gulielmus, Monachus more...
Gullin, Lars more...
Gumi, Albert more...
Gumpelzhaimer, Adam more...
Gumprecht, Johann more...
Gund, Robert more...
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Gungl, Joseph more...
Gunn, Douglas	1935 Dublin, Ireland		well known from his countless concerts, radio broadcasts, television appearances, recordings, compositions, editions and arrangements, his musical career began as a choirboy at St. Patrick's Cathedral Dublin and the Chapel of Trinity College Dublin under Dr. George Hewson, and he studied with private teachers. After some years as Lay Vicar Choral and Choir Librarian at Christ Church Cathedral Dublin, he joined Radio Telefis Eireann working in Cork and Dublin. Throughout his career he has directed and conducted many vocal and instrumental ensembles most notably The Locrian Consort, The Patrician Consort, the R.T.E. Singers, the Irish Pro Musica Chorale, the Cork Schola Cantorum, Musick's Monument and of course The Douglas Gunn Ensemble. He was on the staff of the Cork School of Music from 1974 to 1987, teaching Recorder and Baroque Chamber Music. He also taught at the Dublin Early Music Centre for nine years. Douglas Gunn is an authority on Irish Music of the 17th and 18th centuries. As a composer, most of Douglas Gunn's output has been choral music. He has also written for solo voice with various instruments, and some chamber music, including music for recorder
Gunn, John more...	c.1765 Edinburgh, Scotland	c.1824 Edinburgh, Scotland	a fine cellist, but also a remarkable writer on music. In the year 1790 he went to London as a cello teacher. He there published, in 1793, an instruction book for his instrument, under the title of The Theory and practice of fingering the Violoncello, containing rules and progressive lessons for attaining the knowledge and command of the whole compass of the instrument. Fetis observes, with regard to the preface of this work, consisting of two parts, that it contains a remarkable account of the origin of the Violoncello, as well as of old and modern stringed instruments. Gunn wrote another work, published in London in 1801, which has reference to the Violoncello. The title of it is, Essay theoretical and practical on the application of Harmony, Thorough-bass, and Modulation to the Violoncello. Besides this he published, in 1794, a School of the German flute, and in 1807 he brought out his most important work- viz., An Historical Inquiry respecting the performance on the Harp in the Highlands of Scotland from the earliest times until it was discontinued about the year 1734. In the year 1795 Gunn returned to Edinburgh to take up an advantageous post that was offered to him, and which he apparently held until his death.
Gunning, Christopher more...	1944		Gunningo has published some instructional instrumental solos, but is better known for his most attractive music for TV and film documentaries among which we can instance the TV film Yorkshire Glory, is presenting the beauties of that country through the seasons
Gunuc, Kemal more...
Guo, Wenjing more...	1956		Chinese composer who teaches composition at the Central Conservatory in Beijing
Guram, Tara more...
Gurdjieff, Georges more...
Guridi Bidaola, Jesus more...
Gurilyov, Alexander Lvovich	3 Sep. 1803 Moscow, Russia	11 Sep. 1858 Moscow, Russia	Russian violinist, pianist, teacher, composer and songs
Gurilyov, Lev Stepanovich	1770 Moscow, Russia	1844 Moscow, Russia	Russian composer
Gurney, Ivor more...	28 Aug. 1890 Gloucester, England	26 Dec. 1937 Dartford, Kent	English composer and poet
Gurowitsch, S more...
Gursching, Albrecht more...
Gurtu, Trilok more...
Gussago, Cesario more...	fl. 1599-1612		Italian composer and priest who in 1599 was appointed Vicar-General of the Order of S. Gerolamo in Brescia, and in 1612 organist of S. Maria delle Grazie. He published instrumental sonatas in up to 8 parts, and large- and small-scale motets and psalms
Gustafsson, Kaj-Erik	1942 Finland		the church drama Joona (Jonah, 1988) is an example of the religious or meta-religious genre found in Finnish opera. Gustafsson has also written sacred choral music
Guthrie, Arlo more...	10 Jul. 1947 Brooklyn, New York, USA		an American folk singer. His most famous work is Alice's Restaurant, a talking blues song that lasts 18 minutes and 20 seconds (in its original recorded version; Guthrie has been known to spin the story out to forty-five minutes in concert). The song is a bitingly satirical protest against the Vietnam War draft
Guthrie, Woodrow Wilson (Woody) more...	14 Jul. 1912 Okemah, Oklahoma, USA	3 Oct. 1967 Queens, New York, USA	an influential and prolific American folk musician noted for his identification with the common man, and for his abhorrence of fascism, politicians, hypocritical people and economic exploitation. He is best known for his song "This Land Is Your Land". He is the father of musician Arlo Guthrie
Gutierrez de Padilla, Juan more...
Guy, Barry more...
Gwinner, Volker more...
Gyger, Elliott more...
Gyrowetz, Adalbert	1763	1850	Austrian composer who studied with Mozart in Vienna and later went to London where he assisted Haydn (who he had also met in Vienna). After returning to Vienna he would act as a pallbearer at Beethoven's funeral and assisted the young Chopin in his preiere in Vienna
Gyselynck, Franklin more...
Gyselynck, Jean more...