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Name Born Died Information Laakso, Ilari 21 Oct. 1952 Kankaanpää, Finland   composer who has written mainly instrumental music Laakso, Petri 1955 Finland   Finnish composer who has worked with electronic music Labarre, Théodore more... 24 Mar. 1805 Paris, France 9 Mar. 1870 Paris, France French harpist and composer Labarre, Trille more... 18th century   author of Nouvelle méthode pour la guitarre (published c.1801) and composer of music for guitar solo, for guitar and violin and guitar and voice Labitzky, August more... 22 Oct. 1822 Petschau 28 Aug. 1903 Bad Reichenhall Czech composer and kapellmeister, son of Josef Labitzky, Josef (Joseph) more... 4 Jul. 1802 Schönfeld 18 Aug. 1881 Karlsbad Kapellmeister and composer, father of August Labro, Nicolas Charles (called Labro aîné) more... 21 Oct. 1811 Sedan, Ardennes, France 28 May 1882 Paris, France French double-bass player, author of a contrabass method. He was called Labro aîné to distinguish him from his younger brother Antoine Auguste Labro (jeune) (1817-1887) who was also a double-bassist Labunski, Wiktor 14 Apr. 1895 St. Petersburg, Russia 26 Jan. 1974 Kansas City, USA Russian-born pianist and composer Laburda, Jiri more... 3 Apr. 1931 Czech Republic   Czech composer [entry prompted by Dr. Amy Dunker] Lacerda (de), Bernarda Ferreira 1595 1644 Porto, Portugal asked by King Phillip II of Spain to educate his children, she refused, preferring to devote her life to musical study. Many of her manuscripts are in the Royal Library, Madrid Lacerda, Osvaldo more... 23 Mar. 1927 São Paulo, Brazil   Brazilian composer and teacher Lacerna (de la Serna), Estacio de c.1565 Seville, Spain c.1626 Peru, South America Spanish organist and composer who emigrated to Peru sometime after 1604 Lachenmann, Helmut more... 27 Nov. 1935 Stuttgart, Germany   German composer associated with musique concrète Lachert, Piotr de Peslin more... 5 Sep. 1938 Warsaw, Poland   Polish-born Belgian composer, who in the early 1970s became one of the first proponents of 'new consonant music' [entry privided by Antonio Iorio] Lachner, Franz Paul more... 2 Apr. 1803 Rain am Lech, Germany 20 Jan. 1890 Munich, Germany German composer and conductor, brother of Ignaz Lachner and Vinzenz Lachner Lachner, Ignaz more... 17 Sep. 1807 Rain am Lech, Germany 25 Feb. 1895 Hanover, Germany German composer and conductor, brother of Franz Paul Lachner and Vinzenz Lachner Lachner, Vincenz more... 18 Jul. 1811 Rain am Lech, Germany 22 Jan. 1893 Karlsruhe, Germany German composer and conductor, brother of Franz Paul Lachner and Ignaz Lachner Lacour, Guy more... 8 Jun. 1932 Soissons, France   French composer of classical music, and a tenor saxophonist Laderman, Ezra more... 29 June 1924 Brooklyn, New York   American composer and teacher, widely recognized as a major influence in American composition. Ezra Laderman’s commissions have included works for the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, and the orchestras of Minnesota, Dallas, Louisville, Houston, Detroit, Albany, Denver, New Jersey, Indianapolis, Syracuse, and New Haven; and for the New York City, Turnau, and Tri-Cities operas. He has written works for such chamber ensembles as the Tokyo, Juilliard and Vermeer quartets; and for soloists Yo-Yo Ma, Elmar Oliveira, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Samuel Baron, Sherrill Milnes and Emanuel Ax, among many others. In February 2003 the Pittsburgh Symphony under Gunter Herbig, conductor, and with Richard Page as soloist premiered his Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra. Recipient of three Guggenheim fellowships, the Prix de Rome, and Rockefeller and Ford Foundation grants, Ezra Laderman was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1989. In 1988, Laderman was named a visiting composer at Yale University and served as dean of its School of Music from 1989 to 1995. After a year’s sabbatical, he returned to a teaching role at Yale where he currently serves as professor of composition Ladmirault, Paul more... 10 Dec. 1877 Nantes, France 30 Nov. 1944 Camoël, France French composer whose music expressed his devotion to Brittany Laduchin, Nikolai Mikhailovich 3 Oct. 1860 St. Petersburg, Russia; 19 Sep. 1918 Moscow, Russia Russian music theorist and composer Ladunka, Naum I. 13 Dec. 1730 2 Aug. 1782 St. Petersburg, Russia composer and folk song arranger Ladurner, Josef Alois more... 7 Mar 1769 Tirol 20 Feb. 1851 Tirolean composer, first teacher of the French composer Daniel François Esprit Auber Laere, Henri van more... 2 Jul. 1899 Wachtebeke (Flandre Orientale), Belgium 16 Nov. 1979 Sint-Niklaas, Belgium Belgian composer and teacher Laet, Roeland de (see Lassus, Orlande de)       Lafertin, Fapy more...       Lagarde, G. F. Alice (see Ferrata, Giuseppe)       Lagoya, Alexandre more...       Lahusen, Christian more...       Lai, Francis more...       Laiho, Timo more... 19 Jun. 1957 Helsinki, Finland   composer whose output focuses on chamber music Laitinen, Arvo more... 1893 Turku, Finland 1966 musicologist and composer of chamber music and six Symphonies Lajtha, Laszlo more...       Lakatos, Roby more...       Laks, Szymon more... 1 Nov. 1901 Warsaw, Poland 11 Dec. 1983 Paris, France Polish violinist, conductor and composer and Holocaust survivor. Laks's compositions may be described as neo-classical; he left several string quartets, symphonic suites, as well as many chamber works and songs Lalande, Michel Richard de more...       Lalo, Édouard(-Victoire-Antoine) more... 27 Jan. 1823 Lille, France 22 Apr. 1892 Paris, France French composer of Spanish descent [details by Terry L. Mueller] Laloy, Didier more...       Lam, Man-Yee more...       Lama, Gaetano more...       Laman, Wim more...       Lamarque Pons, Jaures more...       Lamb, Joseph more...       Lamballe, Marie-Theresa-Louisa 1749 Paris 1792 composer Lambardi, Francesco more...       Lambe, Walter more... c.1450/51 Salisbury, England after Michaelmas 1499 Windsor, England English composer, one of the three leading Eton choirbook composers. A Walter Lambe from Salisbury, clearly the composer, was elected King's scholar at Eton in 1467; he was aged fifteen the year before, and so was born in 1450 or 1451. Lambe was installed as a clerk at St George's, Windsor in 1479, and held the post of master of the choristers jointly until 1480 and on his own from 1482 to 1484. He then probably sought further advancement elsewhere, because his name does not appear in the records again until 1492. After that year the records are very incomplete, but he was still a clerk in 1499-10 Lambert, (Leonard) Constant more... 23 Aug. 1905 London, England 21 Aug. 1951 London, England a British composer and conductor Lambert, Michel more... 1610 Champigny-sur-Veude, France 29 Jun. 1696 Paris, France Lambert was a musician and tutor in Paris for Gaston of Orleans, brother of Louis XIII. He was known as an important singer and teacher, even in his own time, and holds a position as the most important composer of French airs in the second half of the 17th century. Through his compositions, Lambert played a part in influencing the French opera composers of his day Lambrechts, Jean more... 1 July 1936 Tongeren, Belgium   Belgian composer who works in The Netherlands Lamond, Frederic more... 28 Jan. 1868 Glasgow, Scotland 21 Feb. 1948 England Scottish pianist and composer Lampadarios, Petros more... c.1730 Tripoli, Greece 1777 Constantinople Greek composer known for his work as a hymnographer Lampadius, Henricus more...       Lampe, Johann Friedrich more...       Lance, chevalier de la more...       Lancen, Serge more...       Lancino, Thierry more...       Landeghem, Jan Van more... 28 Nov. 1954 Tamise, Belgium   Belgian composer, organist, choral director and teacher Landi, Stefano more...       Landini, Francesco more... c.1325 probably Florence 2 Sep. 1397 Florence, Italy Italian composer, organist, singer, poet and instrument maker. He was one of the most famous and revered composers of the second half of the 14th century, and by far the most famous composer in Italy Landowski, Marcel more...       Landre, Guillaume more...       Landy, Leigh more...       Lane, Philip more...       Lang, Bernhard more...       Lang, Craig Sellar more...       Lang, David more...       Lang, Josephine Kostlin 1815 Germany 1880 studied composition and thorough bass with Mendelssohn when she was ten Lang, Klaus more...       Lång, Peter more... 2 Jun. 1963 Finland   Finnish composer. Peter Lång's principal works are his three operas Langa, Francesco Soto de (see Soto da Langa, Francesco)       Langberg, Pieter more...       Lange, Daniel de more... 11 Jul. 1841 Rotterdam, Netherlands 30 Jan. 1918 Point Loma, California, USA Dutch romantic composer. He studied in Rotterdam with his father Samuel de Lange sr. (composition/organ) and Simon Ganz (violoncello), in Brussels with B. Damcke (composition) and A.F. Servais (cello). Together with his brother Samuel de Lange jr. he gave many concerts in Eastern Europe and taught at the conservatory of Lviv from 1860 until 1863. After a short period in Rotterdam he moved to Paris (1864). He met many famous French composers such as Berlioz, Lalo and Massenet, and taught composition, for instance to E. Chausson. In 1867 he went back to Holland and became one of the most influenced Dutch musicians of 19th-century. In 1883, in association with composers Frans Coenen and Julius Röntgen, Daniel de Lange was instrumental in the foundation of the Amsterdam Conservatory. He wrote many songs and choral works, a piano sonata, an opera and one cello concerto [entry provided by Jascha Albracht] Lange, Gustav more...       Lange, Samuel de jr. more... 22 Feb. 1840 Rotterdam, Netherlands 6 Jul. 1911 Stuttgart, Germany Dutch romantic composer. He studied in Rotterdam with his father Samuel de Lange sr. and A. Winterberger (organ), in Brussels with B. Damcke (composition) and in Vienna with Carol Mikuli (piano). Gave many concerts in Eastern Europe together with his brother Daniel de Lange (cellist). Taught at the Conservatory of Lviv from 1860 untill 1863. After a short period in Rotterdam he lived and taught in Basel (1874) (Switzerland), Paris (1875), Cologne (1876-1885), The Hague (1886-1893) and finally Stuttgart, where he was offered the post of director at the conservatory. He wrote many compositions, including organ works, songs, oratoria, piano music, 13 string quartets, 5 pianotrios, 5 symphonies, 3 cellosonatas, 4 violin sonatas 7 organ concertos, 2 piano concerts, 3 cello concertos. His compositions are influenced by Mendelssohn, Brahms and Reger. His later works reveal an interesting authentic style [entry provided by Jascha Albracht] Lange-Muller, Peter more...       Langford, Gordon more...       Langgaard, Rued more...       Langlais, Jean more... 15 Feb. 1907 La Fontanelle, France 8 May 1991 Paris, France notable French organist who held positions at Paris St-Pierre-de-Montrouge and Paris Ste-Clothilde (where he was one of the successors of César Franck), 1945-1987. His organ works include: La Nativité, Suite médiévale, Dominica in palmis, Three Gregorian Paraphrases, 9 Pièces, Les rameaux (The Palms), Incantation pour un jour saint, Suite brève, 3 méditations sur la sainte trinité [information provided by Terry L Mueller] Lanier (or Laniere), Nicholas more... bap. 10 Sep. 1588 Rouen, France 24 Feb. 1666 Greenwich, London, England French lutenist, violist, singer and composer who was the first to hold the title 'Master of the King's Musick'. During the Commonwealth of England he lived in the Netherlands, but returned to resume his duties in 1660 Laniuk, Juri (Yuri) more... 1957 L'viv Ukraine   Ukrainian cellist and composer [information provided by Simon Camartin] Lanman, Anthony (Jseph) more... 1973 Des Moines, Iowa, USA   American guitarist and composer Lann, Vanessa more... 1968 Brooklyn, USA   American composer Lanner, August more... 23 Jan. 1835 Vienna, Austria 27 Sep. 1855 Vienna, Austria an Austrian composer, the son of the better-known Josef Lanner Lanner, Joseph more... 12 Apr. 1801 Vienna, Austria 14 Apr. 1843 Vienna, Austria one of the earliest Viennese composers to reform the waltz from a simple peasant dance to something that even the highest society could enjoy, either as an accompaniment to the dance, or for the music's own sake. He was just as famous as his friend and musical rival Johann Strauss I, who was better known outside of Austria in their day because of his concert tours abroad, in particular, to France and England Lannoy, Colinet de more...   d.1497 Obrecht used a chanson by Colinet de Lannoy, that had enjoyed extensive circulation in Italian sources, as the model for his Missa Cela sans plus while Pope Leo X (reigned 1513-1521) who may have received instruction from the Flemish composer Heinrich Isaac, composed a five-part arrangement of a Colinet de Lannoy chanson melody Lannoy, Comtesse E. de 1764 Belgium 1820 composer of songs and orchestral works, she also compiled a collection of Austrian folk songs Lannoy, Eduard von more... 3 Dec. 1787 Brussels, Belgium 28 Mar. 1853 Vienna, Austria clarinetist, music teacher and composer Lansky, Paul more... 18 Jun. 1944 USA   American electronic-music or computer-music composer,educator, and music critic. His early work used conventional instrumental ensembles and serial techniques. His work since the 1970s has been mainly electronic, though he has recently shifted his focus back to the acoustic genre [entry prompted by Susan Mielke] Länsiö, Erkki more... 1927 Finland 1956 Finnish composer whose characteristic style is to be found in his best-known work, the incisively humorous Musiikkia 5 puhaltimelle ja kontrabassolle (Music for 5 winds and double bass, 1949) Länsiö, Tapani more... 22 Oct. 1953 Finland   he divides his time between composing and performing. He has conducted the Finnish Polytechnic Male Choir since 1984 raising it to be regarded as the most significant Finnish male voice choir performing contemporary music. His own limited output as a composer also focuses on choral music, with more or less equal numbers of works for mixed choir and male voice choir, and a few children's choir pieces. The most significant of his instrumental works is the String Quartet (1995) Lantier, Pierre more... 30 Apr. 1910 Marseille, France 1998 French composer and teacher Lantins, Arnold de more... fl. 1420s before 2 Jul. 1432 Franco-Flemish composer of the late Medieval era and early Renaissance. He is one of a few composers who shows aspects of both medieval and Renaissance style, and was a contemporary of Dufay during that composer's sojourn in Italy Lantins, Hugo de more... fl. 1420-1430   Franco-Flemish composer of the late Medieval era and early Renaissance. He was active in Italy, especially Venice, and wrote both sacred and secular music; he may have been a relative of Arnold de Lantins, another composer active at the same time in the same area Lapicida, Erasmus more...       Laporte, Andre more...       Lara, Augustin (Angel Agustin Maria Carlos Fausto Mariano Alfonso del Sagrado Corazon Lara y Aguirre del Pino) more...       Lara [Cohen], Isidore de 8 Sep. 1858 London, England 2 Sep. 1935 Paris, France English-born composer Larchet, John more...       Larchikov, Vadim more... 9 Jul. 1967 Sebastopol, Ukraine   Ukrainian cellist and composer Larcom, Lucy more...       Lark, Kenneth (see Whitlock, Percy)       Larkins, Ellis more...       Larsen, Libby more...       Larsen, Tore Bjorn more...       Larson, Chrichan more...       Larsson, Lars-Erik 1908 Sweden 1986 composer of the popular A Swedish Pastorale (especially the middle movement, Romance) for orchestra and the choral suite, Förklädd Gud (God in Disguise). Both these works, completed in the 1930s, were originally for radio, a medium of wide range and impact. Although these works indicate a tendency towards lightweight neo-classicism, his output could be profound, exhibiting great technical skill. He visited Alban Berg and was the first in Sweden to compose according to the twelve-tone system Larvor, Francis more...       Lasceux, Guillaume more...       Laserna, Blas de more...       Laske, Otto more...       Lassen, Eduard more...       Lasserre, Jules more... 29 Jul 1838 Tarbes, France   French cellist and composer. In 1869 he settled down in London as his permanent residence, and became first Cellist in the "Musical Union" as well as in Costa's Orchestra. He wrote several works for his instrument Lassus, Orlande de [Orlandus Lassus, Orlando (di) Lasso, Orlandus Lassus, Roland de Lassus, Roland Delattre] more... 1530/32 Mons, Belgium 14 Jun. 1594 Munich, Germany Franco-Flemish composer of late Renaissance music. Along with Palestrina he is today considered to be the chief representative of the mature polyphonic style of the Franco-Flemish School, and he was the most famous and influential musician in Europe at the end of the 16th century Laswell, Bill more...       Lateef, Yusef more...       Latenas, Faustas more...       Latilla, Gaetano more...       La Trobe, Christian Ignatius more... 1758 1836 Moravian minister and composer. His life work was as secretary to the Moravian Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel to the Heathen. He was well known in evangelical and anti-slavery societies. One result of La Trobe's successful visitation in 1815–16 to the mission at the Cape of Good Hope was the publication of his Journal of a Visit to South Africa (1818) and the posthumous Letters to my Children (1851). He also published a six-volume Selection of Sacred Music from the Works of the most Eminent Composers of Germany and Italy (1806–26) Lâtre, Roland de (see Lassus, Orlande de)       Latry, Olivier more...       Lattre, Roland de (see Lassus, Orlande de)       Lauber, Joseph more...       Lauder, Sir Henry McLennan more... 4 Aug. 1870 Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland 26 Feb. 1950 Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland known professionally as Harry Lauder, a notable Scottish entertainer who composed the majority of the songs for which he was famous Lauder, James more... c.1535 Edinburgh, Scotland c.1595 Lauder was licensed in 1552 to travel in England and France for 'improvement in music and the playing of instruments'. He was a composer and teacher of music and is believed to have served as a spy in the service of Mary Queen of Scots Lauer, Christof more... 25 May 1953 Melsungen, nr. Frankfurt, Germany   German jazz band-leader and composer Laufenberg (or Loufenburg), Heinrich (see Castro, Henricus de Libero) more...       Launis, Armas more... 22 Apr. 1884 Hämeenlinna, Finland 7 Aug. 1959 Nice, France an exceptional figure in Finnish music, in that he methodically sought to become an opera composer. He wrote a total of eight operas; two further unfinished opera projects are known of. However, only the first two of his operas, Aleksis Kivi (1913) and Kullervo (1917), have ever been produced on stage. In addition to operas, he wrote orchestral works, chamber music, piano pieces and vocal music. Launis remained a peripheral name in Finland partly because he emigrated to Nice in 1930 and lived most of the rest of his life abroad. He also wrote the music to the documentary Häidenvietto Karjalan runomailla (Wedding Feast in the Runo Lands of Karelia, 1921), recycling some of its material from his earlier works Laurenti, Christopher De more...       Laurentius de Florentia (see Firenze, Lorenzo da)       Laurenz, Pedro more...       Lauridsen, Morten more... 27 Feb. 1943 Colfax, Washington, USA   his music is performed regularly by choruses and vocal artists throughout America. Morton Lauridsen is Chair of the Composition Department at the University of Southern California School of Music in Los Angeles, a faculty he joined in 1967 Laurischkus, Max more... 1876 Insterburg, Germany 1929 Berlin, Germany German composer Lauro, Antonio more... 3 Aug. 1917 Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela 18 Apr. 1986 Caracas, Venezuela a Venezuelan composer, considered to be one of the foremost South American composers of the 20th century Laurson, Mikael 1951 Finland   Finnish composer who has worked with electronic music. The Centre for Music and Technology, as part of its promotion of the introduction of new methods using new technology into the Sibelius Academy, has developed MacSet for the Macintosh environment, an aid for learning and teaching theory and analysis of post-tonal music. The design and programming has been carried out mainly by Marcus Castren and Mikael Laurson Lauterbach, Lorenz more...       Lavagne, André more... 12 Jul. 1913 Paris, France   French composer Lavagne, Edmond more... 1880   French pianist and composer, father of André Lavagnino, Angelo Francesco more...       Lavallee, Calixa more...       Lavelle, Caroline more...       Lavigna, Vincenzo more...       Lavigne, Philibert de more...       Lavotta, János more... 1764 1820 Hungarian composer noted for writing in the verbunkos style Lavry, Marc more... 22 Dec. 1903 Riga, Latvia 24 Mar. 1967 Israel Israeli composer Lawes, Henry I more... 5 Dec. 1595 Dinton, Wilts. 21 Oct. 1662 London, England Henry Lawes was received as one of the gentlemen of the chapel royal (in 1626), and held the position until the Commonwealth put a stop to church music. Even during that period without music, Lawes continued his work as a composer, and the famous collection of his vocal pieces, Ayres and Dialogues for One, Two and Three Voyces, was published in 1653 and followed by two other books under the same title in 1655 and 1658 respectively. On the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660, Lawes returned to the royal chapel, and composed an anthem for the coronation of King Charles II Lawes, William more... 1602 Salisbury, Wilts. 1645 Chester, England the son of Thomas Lawes, a vicar choral at Salisbury Cathedral, and brother to Henry Lawes, a very successful composer in his own right, William composed secular music and songs for court masques (and doubtless played in them), as well as sacred anthems and motets for Charles's private worship. He is most remembered today for his sublime viol consort suites for between three and six players and his lyra viol music. His use of counterpoint and fugue and his tendency to juxtapose bizarre, spine-tingling themes next to pastoral ones in these works made them disfavoured in the centuries after his death; they have only become widely available in recent years Layolle (or dell'Aiolle, dell'Aiuola, dell'Ajolle, dell'Aiolli), Francesco de more... 4 Mar. 1492 Florence, Italy c.1540 Lyon, France an Italian composer and organist of the Renaissance. He was one of the first native Italian composers to write sacred music in the Franco-Flemish polyphonic style, combining it with the indigenous harmonic idioms of the Italian peninsula Layton, John Turner more...       Lazar, Filip more...       Lazarof, Henri more...       Lazkano, Ramon more...       Leach, Mary Jane more...       Leadbelly more...       Lebedeff, Aron more...       Lebègue, Nicolas Antoine 1631 France 1702 France related to the Le Nain painters, Nicolas Lebègue was an exceptionally influential musician. Many copies of his works reached the New world during his lifetime. Organist at Saint-Merry and at the Chapelle Royale, he was also a harpsichordist, an expert at organ building, and a famous teacher (Grigny and Agincourt were among his many pupils). He has left many motets for small orchestras, two books of harpsichord pieces, and three books of organ pieces whose style is characteristic of organ composition at the time of Louis XIVth Lebel, Firmin more... c. early 16th century Noyon, France 27/31 Dec. 1573 Rome, Italy French composer and choir director of the Renaissance, active in Rome. While relatively little music of his survives, he was notable as one of the likely teachers of Palestrina Lebic, Lojze more...       Lebloitte, Jossequin (see Desprez, Josquin)       Leborne, Aimé Ambroise Simon more... 29 Dec. 1797 Brussels, Belgium 2 Apr. 1866 Paris, France tenor singer and composer of operas and vocal works; he also edited the revision of Catel's Traité d'harmonie (rev. edn. 1848) Lebouc, Charles-Joseph more... 22 Dec 1822 Besançon, France 6 Mar 1893 Hyères, France French cellist. Besides some pieces for violoncello, with piano accompaniment, he composed a Methode complete et pratique de Violoncelle. Saint-Saëns' 'The Swan' was written for the aging Lebouc, who was famous also for being the son-in-law of the well-known singer Adolphe Nourrit. Saint-Saëns had promised a solo piece for the cellist years previous, but he did not get around to the project until February 1886. By this time, Lebouc was the subject of ridicule in the string-playing community due to a number of bad performance habits that he had acquired in his old age. Once he had performed 'The Swan' with its extreme mellowness, he again caused his fellow cellists to take notice of the tenderness in his playing Lebrun, Ludwig August more...       Lebrun-Danzi, Franceska more...       Lechantre, Mlle fl. latter half 18th century France   composed concertos Lechner, Leonhard more... c.1553 Germany 1606 a German composer and music editor who worked with Orlando de Lassus Lechner, Otto more...       Leclair, Jean-Marie I more...       Lecocq, Charles more...       Lecuona, Ernesto more...       Lecuona, Margarita more...       Ledbetter, Huddie more...       Lebrun Francesca (Franziska Danzi) 1756 Germany 1791 born in the same year as Mozart, she made her operatic debut at Schwetzingen in 1772 and soon became the leading soprano and virtuosa da camera of the Mannheim court opera. In addition to touring as an opera star and concert artist, she composed two sets of six keyboard sonatas with violin accompaniment which were first published in London and later reprinted in cities across Europe Lebrun, Sophie 1781 Germany   daughter of Franziska, she toured Europe as a pianist and composed sonatas and piano works Lecce, Francesco fl. 17th/18th century   Italian composer known for a mandoline concerto [entry prompted by Philippe Watel] Ledenev, Roman more... 4 Dec. 1930 Moscow, Russia   Russian teacher and composer. He was educated at the Central Musical School of the Moscow Conservatory from 1942 until 1948, he studied under N. Rakov and composition under A.N. Aleksandrov at the Moscow Conservatory from 1948 until 1958. He completed his postgraduate training there and later joined the staff as a theory teacher Lederer, Joseph more...       Ledger, Philip more...       Leduc, Daniel more...       Leduc, Jacques more...       Lee, (George) Alexander more... 1802 1851 composer and musical director at Vauxhall Gardens Lee, Bill more...       Lee, Brent more...       Lee, Noel more...       Lee, Thomas Oboe more...       Lee Daly, Melissa more...       Leemans, Hebert more...       Leenhouts, Paul more...       Lees, Benjamin (born: Benjamin George Lisniansky) more... 8 Jan. 1924 Harbin, China 30 May 2010 Glen Cove, Long Island, USA American composer Leeuw, Reinbert de more...       Leeuw, Ton de more...       Lefebure, Johannes more... 13 Nov. 1817 Paris, France 31 Dec. 1869 Paris, France French organist and composer Lefebure-Wely, Louis Alfred James more...       Lefebvre, Charles Edouard more... 19 Jun. 1843 Paris, France 8 Sep. 1917 Aix-de-Bains, France French composer and professor at the Conservatoire de Paris who won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1870 [entry prompted by Alain Trottier] Lefebvre, Charles-Hugues more... 28 Aug. 1864 St-Hugues, nr. Montreal, Canada 22 Feb. 1948 Montreal, Canada choirmaster, writer on music, critic, teacher and composer of hymns, plainsong harmonisations and other liturgical music Lefebvre, Claude more...       Lefevre, Jean Xavier more...       Le Flem, Paul (see Flem, Paul le)       Legley, Victor more...       Legnani, Luigi Rinaldo more... 7 Nov. 1790 Ferrara, Italy 5 Aug. 1877 Ravenna, Italy one of the greatest Italian guitarists of the romantic period. His predecessors had established the audiences for the guitar and made possible his career as a touring performer; on the other hand, they had also raised the technical standards and the expectations of these audiences. Legnani’s virtuosity was often compared with that of his friend Paganini, who was himself a competent guitarist and who once stated that he considered Legnani "first" among guitarists. One Spanish critic wrote of Legnani’s "remarkable agility of execution," of his "tone of infinite depth and rare singing beauty," and celebrated his cantabile on the bass strings Legrady, Thomas more...       Legrand, Michel more...       Legrenzi, Giovanni more... 12 Aug. 1626 Clusone, Italy 27 May 1690 Venice, Italy Italian composer and organist of the Baroque era. He was one of the most prominent composers in Venice in the late 17th century, and extremely influential on the development of late Baroque idioms across northern Italy Leguerney, Jacques more...       Lehár, Franz jr more... 30 Apr. 1870 Komámo, Slovakia 24 Oct. 1948 Bad Ischl Austria Austrian composer of Hungarian descent, mainly known for his operettas Lehmann, Liza more...       Lehrer, Tom more...       Lehrndorfer, Franz more...       Lehto, Anita 1970 Hämeenlinna, Finland   she is a graduate of Tampere Conservatory where her main instrument was the accordion. She now conducts windbands and has begun writing for them Lehto, Jukka-Pekkamore... 28 Oct. 1958 Ahlainen, Finland   Finnish flautist and composer [entry corrected by Terry L. Mueller] Leibowitz, Rene more...       Leiding, Georg Dietrich more...       Leifs, Jon more...       Leigh, Mitch more...       Leigh, Walter more...       Leighton, Kenneth more...       Leiviskä, Helvi more... 25 May 1902 Helsinki, Finland 12 Aug. 1982 Helsinki, Finland the three Symphonies of Leiviskä reflect a serious composer personality. Counterpoint plays an important part in her work, and it was counterpoint that led her to explore a more chromatic style. This is evident both in the single-movement Sinfonia brevis (1962/72), not one of her numbered symphonies, and in the Third Symphony (1971). Leiviskä was also important in that she pioneered the concept of a 'woman composer' at a time when the very existence of such a person could arouse prejudice in audiences Lekeu, Guillaume more... 20 Jan. 1870 Verviers, Belgium 21 Jan. 1894 Verviers, Belgium a Belgian (Wallon) composer remembered most ofor a violin sontata he wrote for the famous violin virtuoso Eugène Ysaÿe Lelio, de more... c.17th century   composer Lelong, Fernand more... 3 Sep. 1939 Pas-de-Calais, France 2 Nov. 2002 Paris, France French tuba player, consultant to the tuba maker Antoine Courtois and composer of studies, etc., (pub. Paris: Billaudot) Lema, Ray more...       Lemacher, Heinrich more...       Lemare, Edwin more...       Lemba, Artur Gustavovich 24 Sep. 1885 Tallinn, Estonia 21 Sep. 1963 Tallinn, Estonia Estonian composer, critic and pianist Lemckert, Johann more...       Lemmens, Jacques-Nicolas (Jaak-Nicolaas) more... 3 Jan, 1823 Zoele-Parwijs, near Waterloo, Belgium 30 Jan. 1881 Sempst, near Malines, Belgium an organist and a composer for his instrument Lena, Battista more...       Lendvai, Erwin more...       Lenine (né Osvaldo Lenine Macedo Pimentel) more... 2 Feb. 1959 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil   Brazilian songwriter, singer and guitarist Lenners, Claude more... 1956 Luxembourg   teacher and composer from Luxembourg Lenning, Carl Petter 1711/12 Sweden 1788 in 1747, Lenning, organist of Turku Cathedral, was appointed music director at the Turku Academy. This occurred with the formation of the Academic Capell, an instrumental ensemble with, initially, 10 to 15 members and which can be considered the first regularly performing Finnish orchestra Lennon, John Ono (born John Winston Lennon) more... 9 Oct. 1940 Liverpool, England 8 Dec. 1980 New York, USA an iconic British 20th-century composer and singer of popular music, best known as the founding member of The Beatles, in which he and Paul McCartney formed the massively successful Lennon-McCartney songwriting partnership throughout the 1960s Lenski, Adriaan more...       Lentz, Daniel more...       Lentz, Georges more... 1965 Luxembourg   Luxembourg-born composer who has lived in Australia since 1990 Lentz, Johan Nicolaas more...       Leo, Leonardo (Lionardo Oronzo Salvatore de) more... 5 Aug. 1694 San Vito degli Schiavoni, Italy 31 Oct. 1744 Naples, Italy an Italian Baroque composer Leon, Tania more...       Leonarda (Leonardo), Isabella 1620 1704 during the seventeenth century, Lombardy was home to more published nun composers than anywhere else in Italy. This composer was prolific among them. In 1693, at the age of seventy-three, she published a set of eleven trio sonatas, and in 1696 a sonata for solo violin and organ continuo, which place her among the first Italian women to compose in the new baroque instrumental genres. She published 20 volumes of music during her life, of which two have been lost. The surviving volumes contain more than 200 pieces of music Leonardo, Umberto more...       Leoncavallo, Ruggiero more... 8 Mar. 1857 Naples, Italy 9 Aug. 1919 Montecatini, Italy Italian opera composer Leone, Francesco (Bartolomeo) de 28 Jul. 1887 Ravenna, Ohio 10 Dec. 1948 Akron, Ohio American composer Leone, Gabriele more... 1732 Italy 1770 Italy mandolinist and composer for the instrument Leoninus (or Léonin), magister more... c.1135 probably France c.1201 Paris, France educated at St. Benoit, a collegiate church subordinate to Notre Dame, and earned the magister degree. Became a member of the Notre Dame clergy, and by 1180 had attained preisthood and became a canon at the cathedral. He was one of the composer-performers where were instrumental in creating modal rhythms and meters. Also according to Anonymous IV created a form of music called clausula, a polyphonic section of chant in which both voices were written in discant-style counterpoint and proceeded at approximately the same rate. He was also supposedly the original writer for the Magnus Liber Organi (Great book of Organum) [entry supplied by Ben Conrad] Leontaritis, Franghiskos more... c. 1518 Chandakas, Crete c. 1572 Chandakas, Crete he studied in Italy and worked in Rome and Venice before being engaged as a member of the choir in the Munich Court in 1562 where he composed masses and motets as well as secular music Leontovych, Mykola more...       Leopold I, Emperor of Austria more...       Leopolita, Marcin more... c. 1530 Lwów, Poland 1589 Polish composer who worked at the court of King Zygmunt August Leoz, Jesus Garcia more...       Lepnurm, Hugo more...       Lerinckx, Jos more...       Leroux, Philippe more...       Lesage, Jean more...       Lescurel, Jehan de more...   23 May 1304 Paris, France medieval poet and composer. He was a transitional figure from the trouvère period to the ars nova. His lyrical style unites him with the composers of the later period, and they clearly thought highly enough of him to include his music in the same manuscript which preserves the Roman de Fauvel Leslie, Edgar more...       Lessel, Franciszek more...       Lestrange, Nicholas more...       Lesueur, Jean François more... 15 Jan. 1760 Drucat-Plessiel, France 6 Oct. 1837 France French composer of eight operas, several masses, and other sacred music Lesur, Daniel (see Daniel-Lesur, Jean Yves)       Leszetycki, Teodor (sometimes also referred to by a germanised name Theodor Leschetitzky) more... 22 Jun. 1830 Lancut, Poland 14 Nov. 1915 Dresden, Germany Polish pianist, teacher and composer. le Thiere, Charles(see Thiere, Charles le)       Levenson, Boris more...       Levesque, Louise 1708 Paris 1745 composer Leviev, Milcho more... 19 Dec. 1937 Plovdiv, Bulgaria   Bulgarian-born and educated pianist and composer who defected to West Germany in 1970 and has since moves to Los Angeles. He became a US citizen in 1977. He works mainly in the field of jazz Levina, Zara more... 5 Feb. 1906 Simferopol, Ukraine 27 Jun. 1976 Moscow, Russia Ukrainian composer who has written two piano concertos, chamber music and vocal music Levinas, Michael more...       Levine, Alexander more... Philadelphia, USA   jazz pianist, composer, recording artist, producer and educator Levine, Alexander more... Moscow, Russia   Russian-born guitarist and composer who is now based in the United Kingdom Levine, Joey more...     American songwriter, producer and performer of pop music starting around 1966 Levine, Mark more...     jazz pianist, theorist and educator Levine, Michael A. more... 20 Feb. 1964 Tokyo, Japan   American composer who is currently based in Los Angeles, USA. His Concerto for Pedal Steel Guitar and Orchestra is believed to be the first concerto ever written for the pedal steel guitar Levitan, Daniel more...       Levitan, Yuri more... 20 (Old Style 15) Dec. 1912 Poltava, Russia   Russian composer who has written many concerti, chamber music, film music and also light music Levitzki, Mischa more...       Levy, Fabien more...       Levy, Krishna more...       Levy, Michel Maurice more...       Lewandowski, Louis more...       Lewis, Andrew more...       Lewis, George I more...       Lewis, John more...       Lewis, Meade Lux more...       Lewis, Paul more...       Lewis, Robert Hall more...       Lewkovitch, Bernhard more...       Ley, Henry George more...       Leybach, Ignace Xavier Joseph more...       Leyding, Georg Dietrich more... 23 Feb. 1664 Buecken, Germany 10 May 1710 Brunswick, Germany German organist and composer mainly of works for organ Lhéritier, Jean (see Héritier, Jean l')       Lhoir, Bernard more...       Lhotka, Fran more... 25 Dec. 1883 Vozice, Croatia 26 Jan. 1962 Zagreb, Croatia Croatian composer Li, Huanzhi more...       Li, Minnxiong more...       Liadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich more... 11 May 1855 St. Petersburg, Russia 28 Aug. 1914 Polynovka, Novgorod, Russia Russian composer, teacher and conductor Liao, Chang Bing more...       Liapunov, Sergei more... 1859 Yoroslavl, Russia 1924 Paris, France pianist and composer, sometime teacher in the conservatory of St. Petersburg. In 1923, after the Revolution in Russia he escaped to Paris Liardet, Jean Paul more...       Liatoshinsky, Boris more... 3 Jan. 1895 (Old Style 22 Dec. 1894) Shitomir 15 Apr. 1968 Kiev prlific Russian composer Libaek (or Lieback), Sven Erik more... 20 Sep. 1938 Norway   Norwegian composer noted for his film scores Liban, Jerzy more... c. 1464 Liepnitz, Silesia after 1546 Polish musical theorist and composer who spent some time in Cologne and lectured at Cracow University in 1511, 1513 and 1520 Liberda, Bruno more...       Libero Castro, Henricus de more...       Libert, Gautier more...       Libert, Reginaldus more... fl. first half 15th century   Flemish composer Libert, Simon more... 1820 Liège, Belgium 20 Jan. 1861 Paris, France Belgian composer and violinist Lichnowsky, Moritz von more...       Lichtveld, Lou more...       Lickl, Johann Georg more...       Lidarti, Christian Joseph more...       Liddell, Claire more...       Liddle, Samuel more...       Lidholm, Ingvar more...       Lie, Harald more...       Liebermann, Lowell more...       Liebermann, Rolf more...       Lieberson, Goddard 1911 1977 As President of Columbia Records, the composer Goddard Lieberson was among the nation's most influential musical personalities from the 1940s to his death in the 1970s. His Papers lodged at Yale University, the gift of his widow, Vera Zorina, include essentially every Columbia LP recording issued during his tenure, twenty-five file drawers and nineteen additional boxes of correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, and the holograph manuscripts of his compositions. Lieberson engaged authors, poets, and public figures to do spoken recordings; their correspondence combined with that of musicians comprise one of the most remarkable correspondence files in the Yale Music Archives. Among the major correspondences are those with Samuel Beckett, Sir Thomas Beecham, Irving Berlin, Fanny Brice, Noel Coward, Henry Cowell, Nelson Eddy, Edna Ferber, Jose Ferrer, Ira Gershwin, John Gielgud, Sir Alec Guiness, Paul Hindemith, Jerome Kern, Andre Kostelanetz, Lotte Lehman, Lotte Lenya, Groucho Marx, W. Somerset Maugham, Darius Milhaud, Eugene Ormandy, Egon Petri, Gregor Piatigorsky, Cole Porter, Basil Rathbone, Fritz Reiner, Richard Rogers, Artur Rodzinski, William Saroyan, Arnold Schoenberg, Dame Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Rudolph Serkin, Rise Stevens, Leopold Stokowsky, Igor Stravinsky, George Szell, Joseph Szigeti, Virgil Thomson, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Bruno Walter Lieberson, Peter more... 25 Oct. 1946 New York City, USA   American composer, son of Goddard Lieberson, president of Columbia Records, and ballerina and choreographer Vera Zorina. Married (1999) mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (1954-2006) [entry prompted by Dr Christopher McGahan] Liebhold more...       Liebman, David more...       Liebmann, Helene Riese 1796 Germany after 1835 a child prodigy who published compositions in her teens, she was an acclaimed pianist before she was thirteen. Her works reflect the influence of Mozart in style and form Liechtenstein, Ulrich von more... 1200 Murau, Austria 1278 medieval nobleman, knight, politician and minnesinger Liedes, Anna-Kaisa more...       Liège, Stephanus de (also d’Étienne chez Vannes, d’Étienne de Liège chez Auda) more... c.850 Salm, Flanders 16 May 920 musician, possibly composer, who was bishop of Liège from 903 to 920 Liehmann, Antonin more...       Lier, Bertus van more...       Lieske, Wulfin more...       Ligeika, Kestunis more...       Ligeti, Gyorgy more... 28 May 1923 Dicsöszentmárton, Romania 12 Jun. 2006 Vienna, Austria a Jewish Hungarian composer born in Romania who later became an Austrian citizen. Many of his works are well known in classical music circles, but among the general public, he is probably best known for his opera Le Grand Macabre and the various pieces which feature prominently in the Stanley Kubrick films 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut Lignoquercu, Rogierus de more... fl. second half 15th century   singer and possibly composer who died in Cambrai Lijnschoten, Henk van more...       Lilburn, Douglas more...       Lilien, Baroness Antionette (von)     composer of piano works published in Vienna in 1729 Lilien, Ignace more...       Liliuokalani, Lydia more...       Lilius, Franciszek more... c. 1600 1657 descended from a family of Italians, the Giglis, Lilius was a composer, conductor and kapellmeister Lilius, Wincenty [Vincentius Gigli] more... before 1590 Rome c. 1640 Warsaw, Poland a composer who was active in the archducal court at Graz (Austria) in the 1590s. From approx. 1600 until his death he worked in King Sigismund III's chapel in Cracow and Warsaw Lille, Simon de (see Insula, Simon de) more...       Lim, Liza more...       Lima, Candido de more...       Limenios more...       Linares, Carmen more...       Lincke, Paul more...       Lindberg, Christian more...       Lindberg, Magnus more... 27 Jun. 1958 Helsinki, Finland   now based in Paris, Lindberg writes music with with aggressive rhythms and massive outbursts that has been compared with Xenakis, Berio and Boulez. He was appointed composition professor at the Swedish Royal Conservatoire in 1996 Lindberg, Oskar more...       Lindblad, Adolf Fredrik more...       Lindblad, Rune more...       Lindborg, Per Magnus more...       Lindeman, Osmo mpre... 16 May 1929 Finland 15 Feb. 1987 he began his career with orchestral and chamber music works, progressing from the Neo-Classicism of his First Symphony, Sinfonia inornata (1959) to the expansive sound fields and texture-based conceptions of his First (1963) and Second (1965) Piano Concertos. In his Concerto for Chamber Orchestra (1966), he added aleatoric counterpoint to his palette. Lindeman created his first electronic composition, Kinetic Forms, in 1969, and after that he never wrote instrumental music again Linden, Dolf van der (real name David Gysbert van der Linden) 1915 1999 the leading figure on the light music scene in the Netherlands from the 1940s until the 1980s. As well as broadcasting frequently with his Metropole Orchestra, he made numerous recordings for the background music libraries of leading music publishers such as Boosey & Hawkes, Charles Brull and Paxton, often under various pseudonyms such as Nat Nyll and David Johnson. Peter Pan was one of his own compositions for Paxton, and it was chosen as the theme for a popular US TV show. Dolf’s commercial recordings (especially for the American market) were often as Van Lynn or Daniel De Carlo Linden, Cornelis Van der more... 24 Aug. 1839 Dordrecht, The Netherlands 9 May 1918 Amsterdam, The Netherlands   Linden, Jan van der more... 7 Mar. 1932 Diest, Belgium   Belgian composer and teacher Linder, Klaus more...       Lindholm, Herbert more... 17 June 1946 Porvoo, Finland   Finnish flautist and composer of melodic and free tonal music Lindley, Robert more... 4 Mar 1775 Rotherham, U.K. 13 Jun 1855 U.K. he began his musical studies when he was about five years of age, with his father, an amateur performer, who began by teaching him the violin, and, at nine years of age, the violoncello. At sixteen he had made considerable progress, and the younger Cervetto, hearing him play, undertook his gratuitous instruction, and brought him to the South of England. Even at this age he had commenced to compose for himself, and was sent for to take the place of the professor who was to have played the violoncello solo at one of the Brighton concerts, and who had been taken suddenly ill. Lindley's performance was rapturously applauded; he played Concertos at several subsequent concerts with the same result, and was then engaged for the Theatre, frequently playing before the Prince Regent. In 1794 he succeeded Sperati at the Opera and was principal Violoncellist at all the concerts of any importance in London. In the following year began the intimacy with Dragonetti, the celebrated double-bass player, which lasted for fifty-two years. Forster quotes Chorley's remark that "Nothing could be compared with the intimacy of their mutual musical sympathy." They played together at the same desk at the Opera and every orchestral concert of any importance, and Lindley's performance of the accompaniment to Recitative from figured bass was most "elaborate and ingenious." Concerning Lindley's playing, he was probably the greatest violoncellist of his time; he was distinguished for the beauty, richness, and extreme purity of his tone, and his great technical skill was remarkable, though probably in this and his manner of rendering he did not equal Romberg. The story is well-known how, when Romberg, during his residence in England, heard him play, and was asked by Salomon what he thought of his performance, replied: "He is the devil." He retired in 1851. Lindley is less remarkable as a composer. He wrote four Concertos, Duets for Violin and Violoncello (Op. 5), Duos for two Violoncellos (Op. 6, 8, 10, and 27), Solos for Violoncello Op. 9), and several Variations on Airs, as well as Potpourris Lindpaintner, Peter Joseph von more... 9 Dec. 1791 Koblenz, Germany 21 Aug. 1856 German composer who was the musical director at the Court of Stuttgart from 1819 to 1856 as the successor of Franz Danzi, Konradin Kreutzer and Johann Nepomuk Hummel Lindsay, Arto more...       Linek, Jiri Ignac more...       Lineva (or Linyova, Lineff), Eugenia (née Yevgenyia Eduardovna Papritz) 4 Jan. 1854 Brest-Litovsk, Russia 24 Jan. 1919 Moscow, Russia Russian contralot and collector of folksongs Lingo, Victor more...       Linjama, Jaakko more... 16 May 1909 Äänekoski, Finland 2 May 1983 Jyväskylä, Finland emerged as a composer at a fairly advanced age. He was a primary school teacher, and he did not begin to study composition with Aarre Merikanto until fairly late in life. His studies with Eino Roiha were also important, since Linjama himself stated that this was what opened his ears to modern music. Jaakko Linjama's son Jouko Linjama and grandson Jyrki Linjama are also composers. Linjama, Jouko more... 4 Feb. 1934 Kirvu, Finland (now Russia)   (son of Jaakko Linjama) church organist and composer. His early works include 5 Metamorphosen (1963) for chamber ensemble, modelled on the Five Canons op. 16 of Webern. His later worked is principally with influences derived from Gregorian chant, late Medieval polyphony and Renaissance sacred music. Although Linjama's idiom is free-tonal, it incorporates the legacy of 1960s Modernism in its use of sound fields, for instance Linjama, Jyrki more... 23 Apr. 1962 Jyväskylä, Finland   (grandson of Jaakko Linjama) he often combines the multi-threading of Post-Serialism with an almost Romantic emotional sensitivity. This is apparent in early works such as Aufschwung (1985/90) for cello and piano and Elegie für Streicher (1987), where the choice of language alone identifies the Expressionist roots of the music. Linjama has mostly written chamber music and solo works, but also a great deal of vocal music. His only work for large orchestra is pas de deux (1994) Link, Harry more...       Link, Joachim Dietrich more...       Linkels, Ad more...       Linko, Ernst more... 14 Jul. 1889 Tampere, Finland 28 Jan. 1960 Helsinki, Finland pianist and teacher who wrote a body of quite conventional music inspired by the masters of the Baroque and the Classical-Romantic era, including four Piano Concertos (1916–57), solo piano works and chamber music Linkola, Jukka more... 21 Jul. 1955 Helsinki, Finland   he first studied the piano at the Sibelius Academy but he emerged as a jazz musician and composer. He took a first step towards concert music in Crossings (1983) for tenor saxophone and orchestra, blending the sax improvisations beautifully with the more conventional orchestral background. Linkola has continued to pursue careers in both jazz and concert music, although he usually keeps these two worlds separate. His output also contains musicals and popular songs that do not fall into either of these two categories. Linkola is an exceptionally prolific composer, and he is remarkable for being able to adapt his writing to a wide variety of situations Linley, Thomas sr more...       Linley, Thomas jr more...       Linley, William more...       Linnala, Eino Mauno Aleksanteri more... 19 Aug. 1896 Helsinki, Finland 1973 Helsinki, Finland composer who wrote two Symphonies in 1927 and 1935 and a considerable amount of Gebrauchsmusik (‘occasional music’) Linsén, Gabriel 1838 1914 Finnish composer who focused on vocal music, and is known today by virtue of a handful of well-written miniatures including Kesäpäivä Kangasalla (Summer day in Kangasala, 1864), originally written for female choir but today a favourite with all Finnish choirs [maybe related to Roman literature professor Johan Gabriel Linsén (1785–1848) who was one of Finland’s earliest romanticists and an influential member of the Finnish Literature Society] Lintinen, Kirmo more... 16 May 1967 Saarijärvi, Finland   he made a name for himself in jazz before making a breakthrough as a composer of concert music. Lintinen had studied the piano at the Sibelius Academy before his jazz career, and he describes himself as "a classical musician who has had a more jazzy period". Today, he works in both jazz and concert music as a musician and a composer Linwood, Mary 1755 England 1845 composer who published a number of songs and an oratorio in 1840 and was also an artist in needlework and author of Leicestershire Tales' (4 vols., 1808) Linx, David more...       Lionheart, Richard more...       Lipatti, Dinu more...       Lipinsky, Karl Joseph more...       Lipkin, Malcolm more...       Lipovsek, Marijan more...       Lirithier, Jean (see Héritier, Jean l')       Lisinski, Vatroslav more...       Lisniansky, Benjamin George (see Lees, Benjamin)       Liste, Anton more...       Lissenko (or Lysenko, Lisenko), Mykola Vitalyevych 22 Mar. 1842 Hrynky, Ukraine 6 Nov. 1912 Kiev, Ukraine Ukrainian composer Liszt, Franz more... 22 Oct. 1811 Doborján, Hungary 31 Jul. 1886 Bayreuth, Germany Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer. He was a renowned performer throughout Europe during the 19th century, noted especially for his showmanship and great skill with the keyboard. Today, he is generally considered to be the greatest pianist who ever lived. Liszt also contributed greatly towards the Romantic idiom; he is credited with the invention of the symphonic poem Litaize, Gaston more... 11 Aug. 1909 Ménil-sur-Belvitte, Vosges, France 5 Aug. 1991 Bruyères, Vosges, France a French organist and composer. Considered one of the 20th century masters of the French organ, he toured, recorded, worked at churches, and taught students in and around Paris. Blind from infancy, he studied and taught for most of his life at the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles (National Institute for the Blind) Literes, Antonio more...       Lithander, Carl Ludvig 1773 Noaroots, Estonia 1843 his Finnish father was a vicar in Noaroots, Estonia. After the parents died, some of the children moved via Stockholm to Turku in 1790; Carl Ludvig remained with his uncle in Stockholm. He lived in London from 1814 to 1818 and met Muzio Clementi, who published some of his works. He returned to Sweden but moved to Germany for health reasons in 1821, and three years later he was appointed to an organist's post in Greifswald Lithander, Charlotte     sibling of Carl Ludvig, composer/td> Lithander, Christophylos 1778 Noaroots, Estonia 1823 sibling of Carl Ludvig, composer Lithander, Ernst Gabriel 1774 Noaroots, Estonia 1803 sibling of Carl Ludvig, composer Lithander, Fredrik Emanuel more... 1777 Noaroots, Estonia 1823 was an accountant by profession but was also a piano teacher and pianist, and music librarian with the Turku Music Society. Like his brother Carl Ludvig, he appears to have been an accomplished pianist; for instance, he accompanied Crusell in the latter's performances on a visit to Finland in 1801. As a composer, Fredrik was more conventional than Carl Ludvig and more closely linked to the style of Mozart and Haydn. He wrote a few sets of variations for piano, one piano sonata ("Sonate facile") and a handful of solo songs Litinsky (or Litinski), Genrich (or Heinrich) Ilych (or Iljitsch) 17 Mar. 1901 Lipovets, Ukraine 26 Jul. 1985 Moscow, Russia Ukrianian composer and teacher Litolff, Henry more...       Little, Booker more...       Little, David more...       Litzau, Johannes Barend more...       Liu, Feng-jing more...       Liu, Weikang more...       Liu, Wenjin more...       Liu, Yuan more... 1959 China   graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory, he now teaches in Beijing. Liu Yuan writes for symphony orchestras and has written also for the traditional music ensemble Tian Yin Liu, Zhuang more...       Livingston, Jay more...       Livorsi, Paola more... 20 Oct. 1967 Alessandria, Italy   studied composition at the Conservatory in Turin, Italy with Riccardo Piacentini, at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique of Lyon, at the Sibelius Academy, composition and computer music under Kaija Saariaho and Jean-Baptiste Barrière and has taken masterclasses with Franco Donatoni, György Ligeti, Ivan Fedele, Salvatore Sciarrino and Kaija Saariaho as well as studies in computer music in Paris 1999-2000 (CCMIX, ex Ateliers Upic) and 2000-2001 (IRCAM). She has lived in Finland since 2001 Llanas, Albert more... 1957 Barcelona, Spain   Spanish composer Llobet, Miguel more...       Llossas, Juan more...       Lloyd, Charles more...       Lloyd, Charles Harford more...       Lloyd, George more...       Lloyd, Richard more...       Lloyd Webber, Andrew more...       Lloyd Webber, William more...       Llull, Ramon more...       Lobachev, Grigorii 8 Jul. 1888 Moscow, Russia 18 Jun. 1953 Moscow, Russia Russian composer Lobanov, Vassily more... 2 Jan. 1947 Moscow, Russia   Russian pianist and composer. His early works are characterised by their energetic rhythms, showing the influence of Denisov. His later works are influenced by Schnittke. He started applying serial techniques using quarter tones and double stops when writing for wind instruments. His fondness for repeated arpeggio patterns and Reichian phasing is a characteristic element in his oevre. Since 1997 he has been professor for piano at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, Germany Lobo, Alonso more... 25 Feb. 1555 Osuna, Spain 5 Apr. 1617 Seville, Spain a Spanish composer of the late Renaissance. Although not as famous as Victoria, he was highly regarded at the time, and Victoria himself considered him to be his equal Lobo, Duarte more... c.1565 Alcáçovas, Portugual 24 Sep. 1646 Lisbon, Portugal a Portuguese composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque. He was the most famous Portuguese composer of the time. Along with Filipe de Magalhães, Manuel Cardoso, and John IV, King of Portugal, he is considered to represent the "golden age" of Portuguese polyphony. His motet Audivi vocem de cælo, undoubtedly one of the masterpieces of seventeenth-century polyphony, enjoyed an extraordinary but deserved popularity among lovers of Renaissance music in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England Locatelli, Pietro Antonio more... 3 Sep. 1695 Bergamo, Italy 30 Mar. 1764 Amsterdam, The Netherlands Italian composer and violinist Locke, Matthew more...       Lockheart, Mark more...       Loduca, Joseph more...       Loeb, David more...       Loeffler, Charles Martin more...       Loeillet, Jacques more...       Loeillet, Jean Baptiste more...       Loesser, Frank more...       Loevendie, Theo more...       Loewe, Augusta 1882 Germany   alto singer and composer of songs. Schumann speaks of her voice in his writings Loewe, Carl more...       Loewe, Frederick more...       Logghe, Geert more...       Logothetis, Anestis more...       Logy, Johann Anton more...       Lohmann, Adolf more...       Lohr, Hermann more...       Lohr, Ina more...       Lokshin, Alexander more... 19 Sep. 1920 Biysk, Siberia 11 Jun. 1987 Moscow, Russia Russian composer whose symphonies and other works show the influences of late German-Austrian romanticism and expressionism Lolli, Antonio more...       Lolli, Giuseppe Francesco more...       Lolo (Lolette?), Mlle     composer who published in 1726 Lomakin, Gavriil Yakimovich more...       Lomax, Alan more...       Lombardi, Luca more...       Lombardini, Maddalena more...       Lombardo, Carlo more...       Lonati, Carlo Ambrogio more...       London, Frank more...       Longo, Achille more...       Longstaff, Edward more...     best remembered for that foot-tapping ballad When the Sergeant-Major's Parade. There were other song titles, plus musical monologues, stage works like the musical comedy His Girl and the revue Up With the Lark Longstaff, Margaret more...     credited with composing the N.F.S. March (1944) Lonque, Georges more...       Lonquich, Heinz Martin more...       Loomis, Harvey Worthington more...       Loos, Armin 1904 Germany 1971 USA Loos immigrated to the United States from Dresden in 1928. He was an evening and weekend composer, living much of his life in New Britain, Connecticut. Few of his works were performed during his lifetime. His widow has been successful in promoting them after his death. His musical works include five string quartets and four symphonies. An early encouragement to Loos was the award of second prize in a WPA-sponsored choral competition in 1938, in which William Schuman received first prize, David Diamond third, and Elliott Carter fifth Looten, Christophe more...       Looy, Jos van more... 29 Jul. 1927 Lierre, Belgium   Belgian composer, organist, choral cirector and teacher [corrected by Terry L. Mueller] Lopatnikoff, Nikolai L'vovich 16 Mar. 1903 Reval, Estonia 7 Oct. 1976 Rittsburgh, PA, USA Russian pianist and composer Lope, Santiago more...       Lopez, Felix Maximo more...       Lopez, Francis more...       Lopez, Francisco III more...       Lopez, George more...       Lopez, Miguel more...       Lopez Graca, Fernando more...       Loqueville, Richard de more...   1418 Cambrai Franco-Flemish composer who played and taught the harp to the son of the Duke of Bar in 1410, is believed to have taught plainsong to Guillaume Dufay (1397-1474) and the other choirboys of the Duke of Bar. From 1413 to his death he taught music at Cambrai Cathedral Lorano, Filippo de (see Lurano, Filippo de)       Lorentzen, Bent more...       Lorenzani, Paolo more...       Lorenziti, Joseph Antoine more...       Lorenzo da Firenze (see Firenze, Lorenzo da)       Lorenzo, Leonardo de more...       Loriers, Nathalie more...       Lortzing, Albert more...       Losada, Francisco more...       Losy, Jan Antonin more...       Lotis, Theodoros more...       Lotter, Adolph (or Adolf) more... 1871 Czechoslovakia 1942 studied at the Prague Conservatoire, prinicpal bass of the Queen's Hall Orchestra, London, composer of typically charming salon music, much of it published by Hawkes and Son, London as well as The Ragtime Bass Player which was composed and published in 1913 at the height of the ragtime era, and has been popular for over 80 years. The startup and ident music used by Associated-Rediffusion and Rediffusion, London on their opening night, September 22, 1955, began with Variations on a theme of The British Grenadiers (trad., probably arr. Adolf Lotter). For London musicians and music lovers, the destruction of Queens Hall by a Nazi incendiary bomb on the night of Saturday 10th May 1941 was an appalling tragedy. Elgar's oratorio, The Dream of Gerontius, had been performed there in an afternoon concert given by the Royal Choral Society and the LPO, conducted by Dr Malcolm Sargent. The final words of the Angel, 'Be brave and patient, swiftly shall pass thy night of trial here, and I will come and wake thee on the morrow' as the chorus breathes 'Amen, Amen', have never been more fitting or prophetic. The night of trial began within hours, and although no lives were lost, many instruments were destroyed. "Adolf Lotter lost one of his basses," the trombonist Lawrence Martin remembered. "The next day we were recording at Denham Studios and arrived to find that Studio 1 was out of action, an escaping raider having jettisoned his bombs, as they frequently did, one falling on the studio. That was the end of another of Adolf's basses, and nearly the end of him. He didn't live much longer." Lotti, Antonio more... 1667 Venice or Hanover 5 Jan. 1740 Venice, Italy Italian composer Lotz, Hans Georg more...       Lotz, Mark Alban more... 12 Jun. 1963 Tübingen, Germany   Mark grew up in Thailand, Uganda and Germany. Mark started playing the flute at age seventeen and has studied both jazz and classical/contemporary music at the Amsterdam School of Arts in the Netherlands. His professional activities include composing as well as performing in musical settings ranging from improvised music, jazz, beat & world music Loucheur, Raymond more... 1 Jan. 1899 Tourcoing, France 14 Sep. 1979 Nogent-sur-Marne, France French composer of orchestra music, ballet (Hop-Frog, 1953) and chamber music Loud, John Hermann 1873   organist of Park Church in Boston, Massachusetts. He studied with Guilmant in Paris and composed a number of works for organ Louel, Jean more...       Loufenberg (or Laufenburg), Heinrich (see Castro, Henricus de Libero) more...       Loughborough, Raymond more... fl. 1925-1955   English composer of songs who dabbled in the light genre piece for chamber ensemble, Mirage and Song of Sunset, both for piano trio, appearing in 1927 and 1938 respectively Louie, Alexina more...       Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia more...       Louis, Mme. fl. 17th century France   composed a well received operetta Fleur d’Epine and had a song published in Paris Louiguy more...       Lourie (or Lurie, Lurye), Arthur Vincent 14 May 1892 St. Petersburgh, Russia 12 Oct. 1966 Princeton, NJ, USA Russian-born composer Louisa Frederica, Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin 1722 1792 composer Lovano, Joe more...       Lovenjoul, Jean-Henri-Joseph Spoelberch de 9 Oct. 1766 Louvain, Belgium 28 Dec. 1838 Louvain, Belgium Belgian composer Lovland, Rolf more...       Lovreglio, Donato more...       Lubeck, Louis, more... 14 Feb 1838 The Hague, The Netherlands   his father, the Hof-Kapellmeister, Johann Heinrich Lilbeck, so highly esteerned by the Dutch musical world (died on February 7, 1865, at the Hague), gave him his first regular instruction, after he had up to his seventeenth year occupied himself with music as a dilettante. In order still further to perfect himself he studied from 1857-1859 under Leon Jacquard's direction in Paris. He then made successful journeys through France and Holland, took up his residence in Colmar, where he often joined in concerts with Clara Schumann and Jul. Stockhausen; in 1866 he was summoned to Leipzig as first cellist at the Gewandhaus Concerts and teacher at the Conservatoire. He fulfilled these duties until 1868, in which year he occupied a similar position in Frankfurt-on-the-Maine, and he also undertook fresh concert journeys through Germany, Holland, and England. In the year 1871 Lubeck was a member of the Carlsruhe Capelle. He did not, however, remain long in this position, but he next went, in 1873, to Berlin and St. Petersburg. From the latter place lie went to Sondershausen, where he belonged to the Ducal Band as soloist, and afterwards to North America. In the year 1881 he returned to Europe, and was engaged as successor to the Concertmaster, Jul. Stahlknecht, for the Berlin Royal Band. Besides a collection of small pieces, amongst which are some transcriptions, Lubeck has written two Concertos Lubeck, Vincent more...       Lublin, Jan de more...       Luc, Sylvain more... 1965 Bayonne, France   French jazz guitarist, arranger, composer and accompanist Luc, de more... c. 17th-century   composer Lucas, Adrian more...       Lucas, Charles more... 1808 Salisbury, U.K. 23 Mar 1869 London, U.K. he received his first musical instruction as chorister of the Cathedral, under Arthur Thomas Corfe, after which he attended the Royal Academy of Music in London, pupil of Robert Lindley. In 1830 he was named Composer and Violoncellist to Queen Adelaide, and performed the duties of Organist at St. George's Chapel. Two years later be was entrusted with the duties of Orchestra Conductor at the Royal Academy of Music, and succeeded Cipriani Potter as Principal in 1859. He had already taken the place of his master, Lindley, as first Violoncellist of the Italian Opera. He died on March 23, 1869, in London. His successor in the Opera was the cellist, Collins Lucas, Leighton more... 5 Jan 1903 London, U.K. 1982 largely self-taught, later he became a Professor at the RAM. Experiences with Diaghilev's Ballet Russes (1918-21) and at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre (1921-3) was followed by his conducting a performance of Rutland Boughton's opera The Immortal Hour in 1923. He later had further experience conducting for the ballet and after coming out of the RAF in 1946 formed his own orchestra, giving concerts of unfamiliar and modern, especially French, music. He broadcast and lectured on ballet, music and the theatre. And he composed Lucchesi, Andrea more...       Lucchinetti, Giovanni more...       Lucia, Paco de more...       Lucic, Franjo more...       Lucier, Alvin more...       Ludford, Nicholas more... c.1485 1557 the name, at least, of Nicholas Ludford is familiar to most students of English music. He is generally perceived as a lesser contemporary of Robert Fayrfax (Ludford's festal masses are preserved with those by Fayrfax in the great early 16th-century choirbooks at Lambeth Palace, London, and Caius College, Cambridge),and all that is commonly known of him is that his music defines the gap between Fayrfax and John Taverner. However, most are unaware that, with eleven complete and three incomplete mass settings (with a record of another three which are now lost), Ludford was the most prolific composer of masses in Tudor England. He possessed compositional skills equal to any of his better-known contemporaries, and was indeed one of the greatest composers for the pre-Reformation church in England Lüdig, Mihkel more... 9 May 1880 Reiu, Estonia 7 May 1958 Vändra, Estonia Estonian composer, organist and choir conductor. As a composer, he particularly worked on a cappella choral songs Ludwig, Marcus more... 1960 Leipzig, Germany   German-born composer Ludwig, Peter more... Brannenburg, Germany   composer and pianist who writes tangos, chansons, melodramas and chamber music. His music for the stage has been performed internationally, and his orchestra arrangements are much sought after. As a solo performer he appears as improviser and pianist for silent films Luengen, Ramona more...       Luening, Otto more...       Luigini, Alexandre more...       Lukacic, Ivan 1584 Sibenik, Croatia 1648 conductor and organist in Split Cathedral, in 1620 he published a collection Sacrae cantiones, containing 27 motets for 1-5 voices accompanied by organs. Lukacic's collection, the only surviving copy, was lost during the Second World War but was rediscovered in the 1980s at the Jagiellon Library in Krakow, Poland Lukas, Zdenek more... 21 Aug. 1928 Prague, Czechoslovakia 13 Jul. 2007 Prague, Czechoslovakia after graduating from the Theater Institute in Prague, Lukas was an elementary teacher for five years. From 1953-1964, he was employed by the Czechoslovak Radio Studio in Plzen as an editor and literary manager where, in 1954, he founded and directed the mixed choir, Ceska Pisen (Czech Song), whose overall artistic standards he raised immeasurably during the course of its first 20 years. The choir achieved international acclaim under his direction, a tradition which it continues to this day [entry prompted by Dr. Amy Dunker] Lukaszewski, Pawel more...       Lully, Jean-Baptiste more... 28 Nov. 1632 Florence, Italy 22 Mar. 1687 Paris, France Jean-Baptiste Lully, originally Giovanni Battista Lulli was an Italian-born French composer, who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He took French citizenship in 1661 go here for an excellent biography by Bethany Kissell Lumbye, Hans Christian more...       Luna, Pablo more...       Lunceford, Jimmie more...       Lund, Erik more...       Lundgren, Stefan more...       Lundin, Bengt more...       Lundquist, Torbjorn Iwan more...       Lundvik, Hildor more...       Luolajan-Mikkola, Vilho more... 22 Dec. 1911   a composer of solo songs — including the ever popular Häätanhu (Wedding Dance, 1945) — and sprightly instrumental works Lupi (Second), Didier more...   after 1559 French composer, not identical with any composer called Lupus. Lived in Lyons, and published sacred and secular chansons (Lassus' very popular Susanne un jour is based on his chanson of the same name) and French psalm settings Lupi, Johannes more... c.1506 20 Dec. 1539 Cambrai, Flanders a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. A representative of the generation after Josquin, he was a minor but skilled composer of polyphony who was mainly active in Cambrai. Lupi is sometimes confused with several other musicians of the 16th-century. Johannes Lupi was the name of two other obscure figures, neither of whom was a composer. One was active at Nivelles, the other at Antwerp, both in the first half of the century. In addition, there was a composer named Lupus, often referred to by contemporary musicologists as the "Italian Lupus", whose works survive in the Medici codex, another composer named Lupus Hellinck, who may be the same as the "Italian Lupus", and an entire family of musicians named Lupo. Of this family, only Ambrose Lupo, of Milan, was active in the early 16th century Lupo, Ambrose (or Lupus Italus, de Almaliach) more... c.1505 Italy c.1591 Italian musician, one of six string (viol or violin) players, including Alexandro and Romano Lupo, all of whom had been brought to England in November 1540 on orders from Henry VIII Lupo, Thomas I more... bap. 7 Aug. 1571 London, England probably Dec. 1627 London, England son of Joseph Lupo, an English composer and violinist of the late Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. Along with Orlando Gibbons, John Coprario, and Alfonso Ferrabosco, he was one of the principal developers of the repertory for viol consort. there were in fact at least two and possibly three musicians active during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in England under the name Thomas Lupo. We know relatively little of any of them, except that there were two Thomas Lupos in court service in the early seventeenth century, the other being Thomas Lupo, Jr, son of Peter Lupo. In particular we do not know with certainty which of them is the composer of some eighty viol consorts, including fantasias and In nomines, that have survived attributed to Thomas Lupo, though Jennings concludes that most of the surviving works were written by Joseph's son, attributing differences in style to the evolution of the elder composer's technique rather than two composers. There also some anthems, motets and songs attributed to a Thomas Lupo. Works include Oberon by Ben Jonson (1611); Love Freed from Ignorance and Folly by Ben Jonson (1611) and The Lords' Masque by Campion (1613) [comment taken from Thomas Lupo ("The Elder")] Lupo, Thomas II more... 1577 England 1642 England English musician, son of Peter Lupo, grandson of Ambrose Lupo. Musician for the violins to the King c.1603-c.1641 (see note in entry for Thomas Lupo I) Lupus more...     known only by works that survive in the Medici codex (1518) Lupus Italus (see Lupo, Ambrose)       Lupus, Joannes (see Lupus Hellinck)       Lurano (or Luprano or Lorano), Filippo de more... c.1475 probably Cremona, Italy after 1520 probably Aquileia, Italy an Italian composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the most prolific composers of frottola after Marchetto Cara and Bartolomeo Tromboncino. One of his frottola was evidently the favourite song of Cesare Borgia, the son of Pope Alexander VI, according to a manuscript source of the time Lurie, Arthur (see Lourie, Arthur Vincent)       Lurie, Evan more...       Lurie, John more...       Lusitano, Vicente more... date unknown Olivença, Portugal after 1561 Portuguese music composer and important theorist of the late Renaissance Lustig, Jacob Wilhelm more...       Luther, Martin more...       Lutkemann, Paul more...       Lutoslawski, Witold more... 25 Jan. 1913 Warsaw, Poland 7 Feb. 1994 Warsaw, Poland one of the major composer of the twentieth century he established his international reputation with Musique Funèbre (1958), written in memory of Bartok. His own personal aleatoric technique whereby the performers have freedom within certain controlled parameters was first demonstrated in his Jeux Venitiens (1961) and is to be found in almost all the later music Lutyens, Elisabeth more... 9 Jul. 1906 London, UK 14 Apr. 1983 London, UK a combative and idiosyncratic character and a composer of music that has been described as ‘sensuously beautiful’, Elisabeth Lutyens had to struggle to earn her place among the composers of classical twentieth century musical canon, and her music is still seldom heard or recorded Lutz, Alfred more...       Lutzenberger, padre Ambros more...       Lutzow Holm, Ole more...       Luython, Karel 1557 Antwerp 1620 Prague Carl Luython was an excellent composer, though he failed to be properly appreciated in his time. He joined the Rudolfian orchestra around 1577, and from January 1582 be was its organist. A quiet introvert (as witnessed by the organmaker Jachym Rudner, who built the organ at St. Vitus'), he nevertheless lived a disorganized life full of conflicts (particularly with the said Rudner), perhaps even a life plagued by failure. He was prematurely fired in 1612, failed to receive the promised sum of 200 gold pieces, and was in such difficult financial straits that he had to sell his specially built archycymbalum based on absolute tuning, a reflection of the composer's high qualities as theoretician. His work Liber I. Missarum... was printed in Mikulat Straus' shop in Prague in 1609, a luxurious, richly illustrated work dedicated to Rudolf II consisting of church compositions Luzzaschi, Luzzasco more... c.1545 Ferrara, Italy 10 Sep. 1607 Ferrara, Italy Italian composer, organist, and teacher of the late Renaissance. His accompanied madrigals would have a considerable influence on Gesualdo Lvov (or Lwoff), Alexy (or Alexis) Fyodorovich 5 Jun. 1798 Reval, Estonia 28 Dec. 1870 (possible 7 Jan. 1871) Kovno, Lithuania Estonian violinist and composer Lvovsky, Grigory Fyodorovich 25 Jan. 1830 Bessarabia, Russia 5 Oct. 1894 Bessarabia, Russia Russian choral director and composer Lwowczyk, Marcin more...       Lyadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich (see Liadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich)       Lyakhnov, Ivan Yegorovich 1813 Moscow, Russia 25 Feb. 1877 Moscow, Russia Russian guitarist and composer Lyapunov (or Liapunoff, Liapounoff, Liapunov, Liapounov, Ljapoenov, Ljapunov), Sergey Mikhaylovich 30 Nov. 1859 Yaroslav, Russia 8/9 Nov. 1924 Paris, France Russian conductor, pianist and composer Lyatoshynsky (or Lyatoshinsky, Liatoshinski, Ljatosjinski, Liatoshynsky, Liatoshinsky, Lyatoshinsky), Boris Mikolayovich 3 Jan. 1895 Zhitomir, Ukraine 15 Apr. 1968 Kiev, Ukraine as a law student, he also took lessons from Gliere at the Kiev Conservatory. Eventually, he taught there from 1935 – 1968. In his operas, symphonic and chamber music, Lyatoshynsky attempted to form a broadly “national” style, blending Ukrainian folk motifs with a characteristically Russian romanticism. Lyatoshynsky has been viewed as the most influential 20th century composer in Ukraine Lybin, Dmitri more... 27 Jun 1963 Minsk, Belarus   Belarusian composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and organ works. Together with Sergey Beltiukov, Galina Gorelova, Vyacheslav Kuznetsov, Yevgeny Poplavsky, and others he founded the Belarusian Society for Contemporary Music in 1990. He has served as its permanent secretary since 1991 and as its chairman since 2001. He has also served as a musical consultant to the Atlar Company since 1993. He has taught form, orchestration and score reading at the Belarusian Academy of Music in Minsk since 2001 Lynch, David more...       Lynton, Everett (see Wright, Lawrence)       Lyon, David more...       Lysenko, Mykola more... 1842 Krynky, Ukraine 1912 sometimes called the “father of Ukrainian music”, the son of a landowner, Lysenko was deeply impressed by the folk songs of local peasants during his youth. His art songs, to texts of Shevchenko, recapture a sense of his rustic early surroundings. He later studied natural science at the University of Kyiv, and between 1866 and 1868 took courses in piano and composition with Karl Reinecke at the Leipzig Conservatory. From 1874 – 1876, Lysenko studied orchestration with Rimsky-Korsakov in Saint Petersburg, where he also organized a choir to give performances of Ukrainian folk music. In 1904, he founded a musical institute in Kyiv and was active as a composer, performer, ethnomusicologist, and teacher Lysight, Michel more...       Lyudkevych, Stanislav more... 1879 1979 studied with Zemlinsky in Vienna and then taught in L’viv. His works include operas, patriotic cantatas, and symphonic pieces. He also made editions and settings of Ukrainian folk songs Lyytikäinen, Pasi more... 2 Oct. 1975 Lapinlahti, Finland   Finnish flautist and composer who studied composition at the Sibelius Academy with Erkki Jokinen 1997-2002 and Paavo Heininen from autumn 2002