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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 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 one’s 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 Gulchora’s 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 more... 1922 (or 1923) Azerbaijan   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 Galli, Caterina c. 1723 England 1804 possibly Forkel's Catterina Gallo 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 Gal, Hans more...       Galan, Cristobal more...       Galan, Jorge Martinez more... 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 Galas, Diamanda more...       Galasso, Michael more...       Galbraith, Nancy more...       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 Galeazzi, Lucilla more...       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...       Galindo, Guillermo more...       Galitsin (or Galitzin), Yury Nikolayevich (see Golitsin, Yury Nikolayevich)       Gall (von), Maria (see Romana Camilla de Rossi) 1664 1741   Gallardo del Rey, Jose Maria more...       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...       Galles, Josep (sometimes Jose) more... 1758 Castelltercol, Catalonia, Spain 1836 Vic, nr. Barcelona, Spain Catalan composer, organist and choirmaster Galliano, Richard more...       Galliard, Johann Ernst more...       Galliculus, Johannes more...       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, Jacques more...       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...       Gamberti, Giuseppe more...       Gamburg, Grigory more...       Gamstorp, Goran more...       Ganassi, Silvestro di more...       Gandini, Gerardo more...       Gangi, Mario more...       Gann, Kyle more...       Ganne, Louis more...       Gaos, Andres more...       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...       Garcia, Gerald more...       Garcia, Jose II more...       Garcia, Manuel more...       Garcia Abril, Anton more...       Garcia de Olague, Martinho more...       Garcia de Salazar, Juan more...       Garcia de Zespedes, Juan more...       Garcia Esquivel, Juan more...       Garcia Fons, Renaud more...       Garcia Leoz, Jesus more...       Garcia Lorca, Federico more...       Garcia Morante, Manuel more...       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...       Gardiner, Henry Balfour more...       Gardner, James more...       Gardner, John more...       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...       Garland, David more...       Garland, Peter more...       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, Francois Joseph more...       Garoto Sardinha, Anibal more...       Garreta, Juli more...       Garrett, George more...       Garrick, Michael more...       Garsenda, Countess of Provence 1191 1215 composer Garsi da Parma, Santino more...       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...       Gaschin, Fanny Rosenberg 1818 Germany   a composer who is 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...       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...       Gassmann, Florian Leopold more...       Gastaldon, Stanislaus more...       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 influetial 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...       Gatlif, Tony more...       Gatti, Luigi more...       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...       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 more...       Gaultier, Ennemond vieux more...       Gaultier, Jacques more...       Gauntlett, Henry John more... 1805 1876   Gaussin, Allain more...       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 more...       Gavinies, Pierre more...       Gaviola, Natalia more...       Gavrilin, Valery more...       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...       Gay, Marie Sophie 1776 Paris, France 1852 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...       Gazzaniga, Giuseppe more...       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. Patrick’s Gebauer, Francois Rene more...       Gebel, Franz Xaver more...       Gebirtig, Mordechai more...       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 Alost, Belgium   Belgian composer and teacher Gees, Michael more...       Gefors, Hans more...       Gehlhaar, Rolf more...       Geisler Wyganowski, Tadhe more...       Geist, Christian more...       Geist, John more...       Gelbart, Mikhl more...       Gelder, Geerten van more...       Gelinek, Josef more...       Geller, Michael more...       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. 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 Genin, Philippe Auguste more...       Génin, Pierre Agricole more... 1832 Avignon, France 1903 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, Stephanie-Felicite 1746 France 1830 a noted harpist who composed and published many works Gentile, Ada more...       Gentili, Giorgio more...       Genzmer, Harald more...       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...       Gerard, Henri Philippe more...       Gerars de Valenciennes more... fl. 13th century   singer and possibly composer of chansons Gerarde, Theodoricus more...       Gerardus á Salice Flandrus more... fl. second half 15th century   Flemish musician and possibly composer Gerber, Heinrich Nicolaus more...       Gerber, Rene more...       Gerhard, Roberto more...       Gerhardt, Fritz more...       Gerhardt, Karl more...       Gerle, Hans more...       German, Edward more...       Germanus, Sander more...       Gernsheim, Friedrich more...       Gerrard, Lisa more...       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 an Italian composer Gheluwe, Léon (Leo) Van more... 15 Sep. 1837 Wannegem-Lede, Belgium 20 Jul. 1914 Ghent Belgian composer and teacher Gheorghiu, Valentin more...       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 (Peter) Van der more... 1789 Courtrai, Belgium 21 Oct. 1861 Courtrai Belgian composer Ghiselin, Jean (Johannes) more... fl. end 15th/early 16th century   Franco-Flemish composer 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, Mauro more... 27 Jul. 1781 Bisceglie, 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...       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 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...       Goeyvaerts, Karel more...       Goffin, Dean more...       Golabek, Jakub more...       Goldberg, Johann Gottlieb more...       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, Antonio Carlos more...       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, Francisco more...       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 Ron’s 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 Christie’s 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   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 public’s 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   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 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, 1902–November 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