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Name Born Died Information Saar, Louis Victor 10 Dec. 1868 Rotterdam, The Netherlands 23 Nov. 1937 St. Louis, USA after completing a degree in history and literature (1885) and later one in music from the Munich Conservatory where his principal teacher was Josef Rheinberger, Saar continued his studies in Vienna, Leipzig and Berlin, before settling in New York in 1894, where for many years he was an accompanist at The Metropolitan Opera and later teacher of theory at various institutions in that city and elsewhere in USA. Antonín Dvorák offered him a job to teach harmony and counterpoint at the National Conservatory from 1896 to 1898. In 1917 he joined the faculty of the Chicago Musical College and in 1934 he moved to the St. Louis Institute of Music, where he remained until his death. As a composer he is hardly remembered today - but if he were, it would be for his Psalm CXXVIII for solo, chorus and orchestra and other choral pieces. He also left an orchestral suite: From The King of the Great North West, Three Silhouettes, the suite Rococo op. 27 (1915) and other orchestral works, chamber music (Piano quartet op. 39; Violin sonata op. 44; Piano trio op. 97; Cello sonata, op. 121), violin and piano pieces and songs such as, Song of Consolation (1912) Saar, Mart more... 28 Sep. 1882 Hüpassaare, Estonia 28 Oct. 1963 Tallinn, Estonia Estonian composer, who composition with Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Aleksander Ljadov, who though a composer in a wide range of genres is best known for his piano music as well as for his pioneering work as a collector of old Estonian folk songs Saariaho, Kaija more... 14 Oct. 1952 Helsinki, Finland   one of Finland's internationally most successful composers, and she also leads an international lifestyle. She first studied with Paavo Heininen at the Sibelius Academy and went on to study with Brian Ferneyhough and Klaus Huber in Freiburg. She settled in Paris in 1982 and has lived there ever since, only a stone's throw away from the famous studios of Ircam, an important base for her career Saban, Antun Tomislav 1 Jan. 1971 Zagreb, Croatia   studied composition at the Zagreb Music Academy in the class of Professor Kempf, and graduated from Vienna High School of Music and Drama with Erod. Saban is both a composer and an arranger as well as being Head of the Croatian Composers Society Sabaneyev (or Sabanejev, Sabaneev, Sabanejew), Leonid Leonidovich 1 Oct. 1881 Moscow, Russia 3 May 1968 Antibes, France Russian-born musicologist and composer Sabata, Victor (Vittorio)de more... 10 Apr. 1892 Trieste, Italy 11 Dec. 1967 Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy Italian composer and conductor Sabino, Francesco more...       Sabino, Giovanni Maria more...       Sabio, Alfonso el more...       Sacchini, Antonio more... 14 Jun. 1730 Florence, Italy 6 Oct. 1786 Paris, France Italian opera composer Sachsen-Julich-Cleve (von), Anna Maria 1627 1669 composer Sacré, Louis-Joseph (real name: Louis-Joseph Berlot) more... 8 Dec. 1810 Brussels, Belgium 30 May 1891 Etterbeck, Belgium Belgian composer and conductor Sacton, Robert more...       Sadikov, Oltun more... 1947   composer and conductor, son of Tolibjon Sadikov Sadikov, Tolibjon more... 14 Mar. 1907 Samarkand, Uzbekistan 1957 studied composition with Viktor Uspensky and then, in Moscow, with Reinold Glière. He founded the Uzbek Composers Union in 1934, wrote the first Uzbek opera Leili and Mejnun in 1939, composed over 100 songs and film scores Sadikova, Aziza more... 6 Oct. 1978 Tashkent, Uzbekistan   Uzbek organist, pianist, composer and conductor, grand-daughter of Tolibjon Sadikov. Her work includes mainly chamber, choral, vocal and piano works Sadze, Christianus 1410 1490 Flemish music theorist Saebelmann Kunileid, Aleksander more...       Saegusa, Shigeaki more...       Saeverud, Harald more...       Saeys, Eugène 10 Sep. 1887 Ixelles, Belgium 22 Aug. 1969 Bruxelles, Belgium Belgian composer and teacher Saffery, Eliza (Mrs. Henry Shelton) fl. early 19th century England   composer of songs Safonov (or Safonoff), Vasily Ilyich more... 6 Feb. 1852 Itschory, Russia 27 Feb. 1918 Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and composer Sager, Brian 5 Nov. 1964 Madison, WI, USA   American composer Sagreras, Julio more...       Sahakdust fl. early 700s   Armenian woman composer Sahl, Michael more...       Saikkola, Lauri more... 31 Mar. 1906 Viiruri, Finland 24 Sep. 1995 Helsinki, Finland he began his symphonic career before the Second World War. His output blends Neo-Classical elements into a National Romantic style. He wrote a total of ten Symphonies (1939–89), and twelve Sinfoniettas in his late period Saint Circ, Uc de more...       Saint-Croix (de), Mlle     theatre performances of her operettas took place in France between 1873-1875 Saint-Didier (Comtesse de) 1790 France   wrote a successful cantata in 1820 Sainte-Colombe, Monsieur de more... 1640 France 1690 France a celebrated player of the viol. He is most likely one and the same with Jean de Sainte-Colombe, and father to Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe le fils. He is known only through a handful of contemporary references, one of which attributes to him the innovation of adding a seventh (AA) string to the bass viol. Jean Rousseau stated that Sainte-Colombe "perfected" the art of viol playing. Marais wrote Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, published in 1701, for him. Sainte-Colombe presumably also taught his own children: he is said to have given concerts at his home at which he and his two daughters played in consort Sainte-Colombe, Sieur de 'le fils' more...       Saint-Georges, Joseph Boulogne more...       Saint-Ghislain, Arnulphus de more... fl. 1400   Flemish music theorist, possibly a composer, who came almost certainly from Saint-Ghislain Saint Godric more...       Saint-Luc, Jacques de more... 19 Sep. 1616 Ath, Belgium c.1710 Vienne Belgian lutenist and composer Saint Quentin, Huon de more...       Saint-Saens, Camille more... 9 Oct. 1835 Paris, France 16 Dec. 1921 Algiers, Algeria French composer and performer, best known for his orchestral work The Carnival of the Animals Saint-Trond, Rodolphe de c.1070 possibly Moustier-sur-Sambre, Flanders 1138 Flemish composer and music theorist Saint Victor, Adam of more...       Sainton-Dolby, Charlotte Helen 1821 London 1885 contralto soloist at a London Philharmonic concert in 1842. Also a composer who wrote a large number of songs and founded a vocal school in London in 1872 Sainz de la Maza, Eduardo more...       Sakac, Branimir more...       Sakai, Itaru more...       Sakamoto, Ryuichi more...       Sakhnovsky, Yuri Sergeyevich 1866 Moscow, Russia 1930 Russian composer and writer Sala, Oskar more...       Salaber, Piotr more... 30 Jul. 1966 Wroclaw, Poland   Polish composer, pianist and conductor who has written music for theatre, TV and movies [entry prompted by Pawel Nowak] Salaks, Vilnis more...       Salas y Castro, Esteban more...       Salazar, Alvaro more...       Salazar, Diego Jose de more...       Salé (or Sallé), Adrien Trudon (Trudo) bap. 6 Jun. 1722 Saint-Trond, Belgium 19 Mar. 1782 Averbode, Belgium Belgian composer and organist Sale, Sophia   1869 Westminster, UK a choirmaster, organist and teacher who composed hymns and songs Salgan, Horacio more...       Salieri, Antonio more... 18 Aug 1750 Legnago, Italy 7 May 1825 Vienna, Austria composer and conductor, as well as one of the most important and famous musicians of his time Salieri, Francesco more...       Salinas, Horacio more... Lautro, Chile   Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music director of Andes folk group Inti Illimani Salinis, Hymbert de more... 1378-1384 Salins, Flanders after 1413 Flemish composer Sallé, Adrien Trudon (Trudo) (see Salé (or Sallé), Adrien Trudon (Trudo))       Sallinen, Aulis more... 9 Apr. 1935 Salmi, Finland (now Russia)   he wrote his first compositions in the late 1950s, at the time of the advent of Modernism in Finnish music. Sallinen initially wrote orchestral and chamber music, but with Ratsumies (The Horseman) his focus shifted to opera Salmanov, Vadim more... 4 Nov. 1912 St. Petersburg, Russia 27 Feb. 1978 St. Petersburg, Russia teacher and composer whose early works are marked by a broad Russian melodism, with an harmonic structure following the models of Prokofiev and Shostakovich. From 1960 he adopted more advanced techniques, including polyphony Salmenhaara, Erkki more... 12 Mar. 1941 Helsinki, Finland 19 Mar. 2002 Helsinki, Finland always a composer of extremes, for a time the most radical Modernist, then a master of ceremonies at 'nursery concerts', sao too in his new style he went to extremes, progressing beyond free-tonality to a sort of neo-tonality or neo-simplicity that is something quite different from 'traditionalism' or a 'return to the past'. One might call him unique among Finnish composers, a sort of musical dissenter. In his radical early period, Salmenhaara experimented with a variety of composition techniques not yet widely used in Finland, such as aleatorics and playing the piano directly on the strings, as in Suoni successivi (1962) for piano. The Concerto for Two Violins (1963) makes use of electronic amplification, resulting reportedly in "spine-chilling" sounds. Salmenhaara also invented an instrument called the ferrophone, which remained a curiosity Salomon, Johann Peter more...       Salonen, Esa-Pekka more... 30 Jun. 1958 Helsinki, Finland   better known as a conductor than as a composer, although he originally began to study conducting to be able to conduct his own music, Salonen has performed an enormous body of music as a conductor — including a considerable amount of contemporary music. Even so, he has been able to cultivate his own voice as a composer. He took the whole of the year 2000 off from conducting in order to focus on composition Salonen, Sulo Nikolai more... 27 Feb. 1899 Finland 21 May 1976 a choral composer of the older generation for whom dodecaphony was a rejuvenating force. He is best known for his sacred music; his earliest works show the influence of Bach and Gregorian chant. He experimented with dodecaphony in the organ work Toccata (1955). Later, for example in the Missa a cappella (1957) and the Requiem (1962), he did not apply row technique as such, but his dodecaphonic experiments had lent an increased chromatic flavour to his style Saluzzi, Dino more...       Salvatore, Giovanni more...       Salvetti, Simone more...       Salzburg, monch von more...       Salzedo, Carlos more...       Salzedo, Leonard more...       Samama, Leo more... 25 Mar. 1951 Apeldoorn, The Netherlands   Dutch administrator, teacher and composer, Samama graduated from the University of Utrecht in musicology and for a number of years studied composition with Rudolf Escher. In 1976/77 he continued his doctoral studies with a Rotary Foundation Grant at UCLA in Los Angeles, California, and lectured on Dutch music in the 20th Century (a.o. at UCLA and the University of Maryland). Leo Samama has taught the history of music and culture (history of art, philosophy and aesthetics) at the Utrecht Conservatory (1977-1988), lectured on ‘Musical criticism in theory and practice’ at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague (1987-1989), was on the faculty of the Musicology Department of the Utrecht University, specializing in Music of the Twentieth Century and Musical Criticism (1988-1992), was a critic at De Volkskrant (1978-1984) and a correspondent of the Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant/Handelsblad (1986-1990) (both leading newspapers in The Netherlands). Leo Samama was on the board of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam as the orchestra’s artistic advisor (1988-1994) and was head of the orchestra’s artistic department as a delegate of the board (1991-1993). Samama has also been artistic adviser of the Centrum Nederlandse Muziek (1988-1993) (an organisation that promotes Dutch music) and advisor of the broadcasting company NCRV (1992-1994) Samara, Spiro more...       Samazeuilh, Gustave more...       Saminsky, Lazare 8 Nov 1882 Odessa, Ukraine 20 Jun. 1959 Port Chester, NY, USA Ukrainian born composer, conductor and writer on music Samiou, Domna more...       Samkopf, Kjell more...       Sammartini, Giovanni Battista more... 1700/1701 Milan, Italy 1775 Milan, Italy an Italian composer, organist, choirmaster and teacher. He counted Gluck among his students, and was himself a prolific composer of 3 operas, over 70 symphonies, concertos and chamber music, which show, the symphonies especially, the beginnings of a change from the brief opera-overture style and the introduction of a new seriousness and use of thematic development that prefigure Haydn and Mozart. His earliest music was for liturgical use Sammartini, Giuseppe more... 1693/95 Milan, Italy; c. 1750 London, England an Italian composer and an oboist, brother of Giovanni Battista Sammons, Albert more...       Sammut, Eric more...       Sampson, David more... 1951 Charlottesville, Virginia   American composer who was Composer-in-Residence with the Colonial Symphony Orchestra (1998-2003) Sampson, Edgar more... 31 Aug. 1907 New York City, USA 16 Jan. 1973 Englewood, New Jersey, USA noted jazz musician, composer and arranger Sampson, Richard more... c.1470 1554 English churchman and composer who was Dean of the Chappell Royal (1516-54) and later, Bishop of Chichester, Coventry, and Lichfield, from 1536. Sampson has left two motets in a MS dating from c.1517-1520: a four-part Psallite felices, believed to have been written in honour of Henry VIII, and a five-part Quam pulchra es Samson, René more... 1948 Paramaribo, Surinam   chemist who started composing at the age of 40. Since 1998 a small enthusiast group of musicians has regularly performed his music Samuel more... fl. 10th century   musician, possibly a composer, attached to the monastery of Bilsen, in Limbourg Samuel, Gerhard more... 20 Apr. 1924 Bonn, Germany 25 Mar. 2008 Seattle, Washington, USA German-born composer and conductor Samuel, Léopold 5 May 1883 Saint-Gilles, Belgium 10 Mar. 1975 Uccle Belgian composer and teacher Samuel, Rhian more... 1944 Aberdare, Wales   composed around 80 published works, and her music has been performed in many countries, from Chile to Japan. She has also written about music; as co-editor of the New Grove (Norton) Dictionary of Women Composers, she has been at the forefront of issues concerning Gender and Music Samuel-Rousseau, Alexandre (true name Samiel or Samuel Alexandre Rousseau) more... 11 Jun. 1853Neuves-Maisons, France 1 Oct. 1904 Paris, France maitre de chapelle (director of music and choir director) at St-Clotilde in Paris, collaborating with Franck during the latter 15 years of Franck’s tenure as titulaire organist there. Composer of operas, masses, choral works, etc. Father of the noted composer Marcel Samuel-Rousseau (1882-1955) Samuel-Rousseau, Marcel Louis Auguste more... 18 Aug. 1882 Paris, France 11 Jun. 1955 Paris, France son of French organist Samuel Rousseau (1853-1904), French composer and teacher San, Herman van more... 19 Mar. 1929 Malines, Belgium 26 Oct. 1975 Malines, Belgium Belgian composer and music theorist Sancan, Pierre more...       Sances, Giovanni Felice more...       Sanchez, Chalino more...       Sancho I, rei d. more...       Sancho, Ignatius more... c.1729 14 Dec. 1780 Westminster, London, UK composer, music theorist, actor, and writer, he is the first known Afro-Briton to vote in a British election. He gained fame in his time as "the extraordinary Negro", and to 18th century British abolitionists he became a symbol of the humanity of Africans and immorality of the slave trade Sancto Johanne, Matheus de Sancto Josepho, Benedictus a more...       Sanders, John more...       Sandrin, Pierre more... c.1490 probably St. Marcel, nr. Paris, France after 1561 probably Italy a French composer of the Renaissance. He was a prolific composer of chansons in the middle of the 16th century, some of which were extremely popular and widely distributed. One of his chansons, Doulce memoire, became one of the most popular pieces of the entire 16th century, and exists in countless copies and arrangements in sources in many countries, including many for lute and for keyboard Sandstrom, Jan more...       Sandstrom, Sven David more...       Sandvold, Arild more...       Sandys, William more...       Sani, Nicolà more... 1961 Ferrera, Italy   composer and journalist, works for Italian radio and television (RAI), movie (he has worked for M. Antonioni), audio-visual field and realises multimedia installations Sankey, Stuart more...       Santa Cruz, Antonio de more...       Santa Maria, Tomás de more... Madrid, Spain 1570 Ribadavia, Spain a Spanish music theorist, organist and composer of the Renaissance. Little is known about his life except that he joined the Dominican order of friars in 1536, he was employed as an organist in various locales in mid-century, and he published his major work, Arte de tañer fantasía, a comprehensive work on keyboard technique of the time, in Valladolid in 1565 Santa Maria de los Conejos (see Wright, Mary C.)       Santamaría, Ramón "Mongo" more... 7 Apr. 1917 Havana, Cuba 1 Feb. 2003 Miami, Florida Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist, most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard Afro Blue Santaolalla, Gustavo more...       Santiago, Felipe Perez more...       Santoliquido, Francesco more...       Santoro, Claudio more...       Santoso, Renadi more... 06 Aug. 1964 Cologne, Germany   specialist in gamelan cross-over, composer, teacher, performer and improvisor, who has been based in the Netherlands since 1969 Santos, Paulo Sergio dos more...       Santos, Moacir more... 8 Apr. 1924 Pernambuco, Brazil   he started playing the clarinet at age 11. During the 1940s, working around Bahia, Ceará and Paraíba. By that time, he learned to play the saxophone. He joined Severino Araújo's Orquestra Tabajara and headed for Rio de Janeiro in 1948. He was soon hired by Rádio Nacional, remaining for 19 years. Besides being an excellent instrumentalist, he is also a maestro and arranger. He taught music to Roberto Menescal, Nara Leão, Sérgio Mendes and others, and in the 1950s and 60s, he wrote music with Vinicius de Moraes, Mário Telles and other simiilar figures. His debut album, "Coisas", was released in 1965 on the label Forma, and all of the tracks are named Coisa ('Thing'). He later wrote soundtracks, which led him to the United States, where he eventually settled. There, he works in the film industry and is a music professor Santos Discepolo, Enrique more...       Sanz, Gaspar more... 4 Apr. 1640 Calanda 1710 Madrid, Spain Spanish priest and musician who taught as professor of music at the University of Salamanca. He was organist to the viceroy of Naples and author of Instucción de música sobre la Guitarra Española Sapellnikov, Vassily 2 Nov. 1867 Odessa, Ukraine 17 Mar. 1941 San Remo, Italy Ukrainian pianist and composer Sapir, Naomi (Schemer-Sapir or Shemer-Saphir) more... 1930 Kibbutz Kinneret, Palestine 26 June 2004 Tel Aviv, Israel composer and songwriter, her most famous song being Y-Rushelayim Schel Zahav (Jerusalem, City of Gold). She was awarded the Israel Prize in 1983 for her contribution to music Sappho fl. 612 BC Ancient Greece   composed women's laments Sappho, pseudonym     composer who published in England in 1755 Sarasate, Pablo de more... 10 Mar. 1844 Pamplona, Spain 28 Sep. 1908 Biarritz, France one of the greatest of the 19th century violin virtuosos, worked closely with a number of composers and was the dedicatee and first performer of Bruch's Second Concerto and Scottish Fantasy, of Lalo's First Concerto and Symphonie Espagnole, and of Saint-Saëns Rondo Capriccioso. His own compositions were primarily showpieces for his phenomenal technique. The best known of these today is the Carmen Fantasy Sarcoli, Alfredo more...       Sarda, Albert more...       Sarde, Philippe more...       Sardinha, Anibal more...       Sardonius (or Sardinony), Jean more... fl. first half 17th century   Belgian composer Sargent, Malcolm more...       Sari, Jozsef more...       Sarkisyan, V more...       Sarly, Henry more... 28 Dec. 1883 Tirlemont 3 Dec. 1954 Brussels, Belgium Belgian composer, conductor and teacher Sarmanto, Heikki more... 22 Jun. 1939 Finland   the first Finn to study at Berklee College of Music. He was first enrolled there in 1968–69, when his main teachers were Charlie Mariano and Herb Pomeroy. Meanwhile his studies with Margaret Chaloff were to have a decisive impact on his pianism. As a composer Heikki Sarmanto is an open-minded, forever curious experimenter whose works have in the course of their development acquired major proportions. Despite his studies at the University of Helsinki and the Sibelius Academy, he is still something of a self-taught composer. This has, on the other hand, led to an aversion for placing music in categories. The jazz tradition, classical music and uninhibited avant-garde tendencies are naturally woven together in his music Sarri, Domenico more...       Sarrier, Antonio more...       Sars, Gerard more...       Sarsfield, Michael (see Clifford, Hubert John)       Sarti, Giuseppe more...       Sarto, Johannes de fl. first half 15th century   Flemish priest and composer Sarto, Mattheus (see Dusart, Mathieu)       Sartorio, Antonio more...       Sary, Laszlo more...       Sas Andre more...     Peruvian composer. His compositions highlight the influence of native music Sas Orchassal, André (Andrés) 6 Apr. 1900 Paris, France 26 Aug. 1967 Lima, Peru French-born later naturalised Peruvian composer, violinist, conductor, musicologist and teacher Sasnauskas, Ceslovas more...       Sasse, Karl Ernst more...       Sateren, Leland more...       Satie, Erik (Alfred Leslie) more... 17 May 1866 Honfleur, France 1 Jul. 1925 Paris, France a French composer, pianist and writer. He wrote articles for several periodicals; there appears to have been a brief period in the late 1880s during which he published articles under the pseudonym Virginie Lebeau Sato, Michihiro more...       Satoh, Somei more...       Sauer, Arthur more...       Sauer, Emil von more...       Sauguet, Henri more...       Saumell, Manuel more...       Saunders, James more...       Saunders, Max more...       Saunders, Rebecca more...       Sauter, Eddie 1914 1981 he arranged for "Red" Norvo, Benny Goodman, and the Sauter-Finegan bands, among others, and did the arranging of the Broadway musicals 1776 and Superman. His original compositions included the movie score Mickey One, Focus Suite, and the Tanglewood Concerto Sauton, Jean-Baptiste   2 Feb. 1733 Mons, Belgium Belgian composer and organist Sauzay (or Sauzai, Sausay), (Charles) Eugène more... 14 Jul. 1809 Paris, France 24 Jan. 1901 French violinist and composer of instrumental and choral music, violin études; author of books on performance Savage, Jane c. 1780 England c. 1830 England flourished as a composer of harpsichord pieces and songs in England at the end of the 18th century. She was also a virtuoso keyboard player Savage, (William) Dudley more... 20 Mar. 1920 Gulval, Cornwall 25 Nov. 2008 Liskeard, Cornwall organist, broadcaster, composer and arranger Savall, Jordi more...       Savenberg, Peter 18 Jul. 1961 Uccle< Belgium   Belgian composer Savikangas, Max more... 31 Mar. 1969 Finland   Finnish composer and viola player Savinio, Alberto more...       Savari, Jean Nicolas more...       Savolainen, Jarmo more...       Savonarola, Girolamo more...       Savouret, Alain more... 1942 Le Mans, France   pianist, conductor and composer, member of the IMEB College of Composers, and is particularly interested in the sociology of music and in improvisation, which he teaches at the Conservatory of Paris Savvopoulos, Dionisis more...       Sawer, David more...       Sax, Adolphe more...       Saxton, Robert more...       Say, Fazil more...       Saygun, Adnan more...       Saylor, Bruce more...       Sayve (or Saife, Sainne, Saive, Seave, Seyve), Lambertus (Lambert) de 1549 Liege 1619 Linz, Austria de Sayve came from a family of musicians originally from the region of Liège which was active in the 16th and 17th centuries. In his time, he was admired as composer, the theoretician and composer Michael Praetorius valued him highly. He wrote madrigals during his stay in Prague Scaife, George Arthur more...       Scarani, Giuseppe more...       Scarlatti, Alessandro more... 2 May 1660 Sicily, Italy 24 Oct. 1725 Naples, Italy Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other Baroque composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti Scarlatti, Domenico more... 26 Oct. 1685 Naples, Italy 23 Jul. 1757 Madrid, Spain Italian composer who spent much of his life in Spain and Portugal. He was extremely influential in the development of the Classical period in music through his individual style, though he lived mostly during the Baroque era Scarlatti, Francesco more... 1666 Palermo, Sicily after 1741 possibly Dublin, Ireland Italian composer, younger brother of Alessandro. He was appointed violinist of the Royal Chapel in 1684, where he remained seven years. After his marriage in 1691 he returned to Palermo, no doubt to take up various posts as maestro of different institutions in the city. By 1733 he was in Dublin, where he posted a notice in a newspaper, declining responsibility for the debts of his second wife, Jane “who hath elop'd from her husband.” He is last heard of in “distressful circumstances thro’ a long confinement by sickness” - the beneficiary of a benefit concert there in 1741 Scarlatti, Pietro Filippo more... 5 Jan. 1679 Rome, Italy 22 Feb. 1750 Naples, Italy Italian composer, organist and choirmaster Scarmolin, Louis more...       Scartazzini, Andrea Lorenzo more...       Scelsi, Giacinto more... 8 Jan. 1905 La Spezia, Italy 9 Aug. 1988 Rome, Italy born to an aristocratic family living on an old estate in the country surrounding Naples in southern Italy, he had little formal musical training, he is now recognized as one of the most creative composers of the twentieth century. Scelsi's mature music is marked by a supreme concentration on single notes, combined with a masterly sense of form. Scelsi revolutionized the role of sound in western music - his best known work is the Quattro Pezzi per Orchestra, each on a single note. These single notes are elaborated through microtonal shadings, harmonic allusions, and variations in timbre and dynamics Schaathun, Asbjorn more...       Schacht, Theodor von more...       Schaeffer, Pierre more...       Schafer, Dirk more...       Schafer, Murray more...       Schaffen, Henri more... early 16th century   French or Flemish composer known to have worked in Italy Schaffer, Boguslaw more... 6 Jun. 1929 Lwów (Lviv, Ukraine)   Polish composer, theoretician, music critic and teacher Schaffrath, Christoph more...       Schampaert, Jozef 18 Feb. 1899 Puurs, Belgium 11 Jan. 1985 Willebroek, Belgium Belgian composer and teacher Schanderl, Hans II more...       Schantz, Filip von 1835 1865 studied in Leipzig in the late 1850s becoming conductor of the theatre orchestra in Helsinki in the 1860s and wrote his Kullervo Overture (1860), reflecting the influence of Beethoven and German early Romanticism, for the inauguration of the new theatre building. This was apparently the first composition to have been inspired by the Finnish national epic. Von Schantz also wrote vocal music. He died of typhoid Scharmann, Andreas more...       Scharwenka, Philipp more...       Scharwenka, Xaver more...       Schat, Peter more...       Schechter, Boris 20 Jan. 1900 Odessa, Ukraine 16 Dec. 1961 Moscow, Russia Ukrainian composer Scheibe, Johann Adolph more...       Scheidemann, Heinrich more... c. 1596 1663 German organist and composer, a pupil of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Scheidler, Christian Gottlieb more...       Scheidt, Gotfried more... 1593 1661 German organist and composer, a younger brother of Samuel Scheidt Scheidt, Samuel more... bap. 3 Nov. 1587 Halle, Germany 24 Mar. 1654 Germany German composer and organist, one of Germany's most distinguished composers at that time, especially in the field of keyboard music. His three volumes of Tabulatura nova (1624) are a monumental compendium of song and dance arrangements, sets of variations, fantasias, toccatas, fugues and liturgical pieces (often plainsong-based) for the Lutheran Mass and Office. Likewise his four books of Geistliche Konzerte illustrate the ways of elaborating a chorale, fusing declamatory ideas with contrapuntal writing. He also published motets and instrumental dance music Schein, Johann Hermann more...       Scheinsberg, Frans Johan more...       Schelle, Johann more...       Schelling, Ernest more...       Schemelli, Georg Christian more...       Schenck, Johann more...       Schenck, Peter Petrowitsch 23 Feb. 1870 St. Petersburg, Russia 1915 Russian pianist and composer Schenker, Friedrich more...       Scherchen-Hsiao, Tona more...       Scherer, Sebastian Anton 1631 1712 south German composer who was organist at the Cathedral in Ulm Schermers, François-Corneille more... 11 Nov. 1822 Anvers, Belgium 2 Jul. 1874 Anvers, Belgium Belgian composer, pianist and teacher Schiassi, Gaetano Maria more...       Schiavetto, Giulio more...       Schibler, Armin more...       Schickele, Peter more...       Schickhardt, Johann Christian more...       Schie, Tjako van more... 1961 Coevorden, The Netherlands   Dutch classical concert pianist and composer Schierbeck, Poul more...       Schifrin, Lalo more...       Schikaneder, Emanuel more...       Schildt, Melchior more...       Schiller, Friedrich more...       Schilling, Otto Erich more...       Schillinger, Joseph (Moiseyevich) 31 Aug. 1895 Kharkov, Ukraine 23 Mar. 1943 New York, USA Russian born theorist, teacher, conductor and composer Schillings, Max von more...       Schindelmeisser, Ludwig more...       Schindloeker, Philippe more... 25 Oct. 1753 Mons, Belgium 16 Apr. 1827 Vienne Belgian composer and cellist Schiphorst, Iris ter more...       Schipizky, Frederick more...       Schiske, Karl more...       Schlager, Christof more...       Schlee, Thomas Daniel more...       Schleg, Ludmilla more...       Schlegel, Leander more...       Schleiermacher, Steffen more...       Schlenker, Manfred more...       Schlick, Arnolt more... c.1460 nr. Heidelburg, Germany after 1521 a German organist and composer of the Renaissance. Though records of his early life are sparse, most likely he was from the area around Heidelberg (based on linguistic evidence). He was blind for much of his life. His method of weaving contrapuntal lines around a cantus firmus, derived from a chorale tune, can be seen as foreshadowing the development of the chorale prelude in a later age. Schlick can be seen as the first figure in a long line of development which culminated in the music of J.S. Bach more than two hundred years later Schlosberg, Benoit more...       Schlunz, Annette more...       Schmelzer, Johann Heinrich more...       Schmid, Franz Xaver more...       Schmid, Heinrich Kaspar more...       Schmid, Karl Norbert more...       Schmid, Martin more...       Schmidseder, Ludwig more...       Schmidt, Franz more... 22 Dec. 1874 Bratislava, Slovakia 11 Feb. 1939 Vienna, Austria an Austrian composer, cellist and pianist Schmidt, Mia more...       Schmidt, Ole more...       Schmidt-Gentner, Willy more...       Schmidt Sistermanns, Johannes more...       Schmit, Camille more... 30 Mar. 1908 Aubange, Belgium 11 May 1976 Limelette, Belgium Belgian composer, organist and teacher Schmitt, Alphonse 1875 Alsace, France 1912 French organist, conductor and composer, Alphonse Schmitt studied with Guilmant until 1901. Choirmaster of the Église Saint-Philip-du-Roule in Paris Schmitt, Florent more... 28 Sep. 1870 Blamont, Meurthe et Moselle 17 Aug. 1958 Neuilly-sur-Seine a French composer. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1889, studying under Lavignac, Pierre Dubois, Jules Massenet, and Gabriel Fauré. In 1900 Schmitt won the Prix de Rome after his fourth attempt Schmitt, Matthias more...       Schmittbaur, Joseph Aloys more...       Schmitz, Manfred more...       Schmohl, Gunther more...       Schmucki, Annette more...       Schmugel, Johann Christoph II more...       Schnabel, Artur more...       Schnebel, Dieter more...       Schneider, Enjott more...       Schneider, Georg Abraham more...       Schneider, Johann I more...       Schneider, Maria more... 27 Nov. 1960 Windom, Minnesota, US   arriving in New York City in 1985 after studies at the University of Minnesota, the University of Miami and the Eastman School of Music, she immediately sought out Bob Brookmeyer to study composition. At the same time she became an assistant to Gil Evans, working on various projects with him, but most notably, the film The Color of Money and music for the Gil Evans/Sting tour in 1987. In the latest years she's been invited to conduct Evans' music extensively featuring such musicians as Jon Faddis, Wallace Roney, Miles Evans, Ingrid Jensen and David Sanborn Schneitzhoeffer, Jean Madeleine Marie more... 13/15 Oct. 1785 Toulouse, France 4 Oct. 1852 Paris, France French timpanist and composer of ballets, operas, instrumental music, etc. Schnittke, Alfred more... 24 Nov. 1934 Engels, Russia 3 Aug. 1998 Hamburg, Germany wrote film scores for over 60 films, 9 symphonies, 6 concerti grossi, 4 violin concertos, 2 cello concertos, concertos for piano and a triple concerto for violin, viola and cello, as well as 4 string quartets and much other chamber music, ballet scores, choral and vocal works. His first opera, Life with an Idiot, was premiered in Amsterdam (April 1992). His operas Gesualdo and Historia von D. Johann Fausten were unveiled in Vienna (May 1995) and Hamburg (June 1995) respectively Schnitzer, Franz more...       Schnyder, Daniel more... 1961 Zurich, Switzerland   saxophonist and composer, Schnyder now lives in New York City. His orchestral works and his chamber music compositions have been performed and recorded all over the world. He has written for the Vienna Art Orchestra, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich (4th Symphony, commissioned by David Zinman), the Opera of Bern (Tempest by Shakespeare), the NDR Orchestra in Hannover, the NDR Big Band in Germany, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the New York based new music group "Absolute Ensemble" under the direction of Kristjan Jaervi (Bass Trombone Concerto for David Taylor) and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Schnyder von Wartensee, Franz Xaver more...       Schobert, Johann more...       Schoeck, Othmar more... 1 Sep. 1886 Brunnen, Switzerland 8 Mar. 1957 Zurich, Switzerland Swiss composer Schoeller, Philippe more...       Schoemaker, Maurice more... 27 Dec. 1890 Anderlecht, Belgium 24 Aug. 1964 Etterbeek, Belgium Belgian composer Schoendorff, Philippe more... 1565-1570 Liège, Belgium c.1617 Belgian composer, instrumentalist and music editor Schoenfield, Paul more...       Scholbas, Arnold de fl. second half 17th century   Belgian composer Scholl, Amalia 1823 Germany 1879 a composer of songs Scholl, Michael Gregor more...       Scholl, Andreas more...       Schollaert, Paul more... 15 Nov. 1940 Hasselt Belgium   Belgian composer, choral director and teacher Schollhorn, Johannes more...       Scholz, Bernhard E. more...       Schonberg, Arnold Franz Walter more... 13 Sep. 1874 Vienna, Austria 13 Jul. 1951 Los Angeles, USA (the anglicized form of Schönberg — Schoenberg changed the spelling officially when he left Germany and re-converted to Judaism in 1933) an Austrian and later Austrian-American composer. Many of Schoenberg's works are associated with the expressionist movements in early 20th-century German poetry and art, and he was among the first composers to embrace atonal motivic development. Schoenberg is particularly well-known as the innovator of the twelve-tone technique, a compositional technique involving tone rows. He was also a painter, an important music theorist, and an influential teacher of composition Schonberg, Claude Michel more... 6 Jul. 1944 Vannes, France   French record producer, actor, singer, popular songwriter, and musical theatre composer, best known for his collaborations with the librettist Alain Boublil Schonberg, Stig Gustav more...       Schonberger, Elmer more...       Schondorff, Philippe 1558 Liege after 1617 Prague he was trumpeter in the imperial orchestra and music tutor to aristocratic families. In Prague he was supported by the chaplain and Imperial Almoner Jacob Cimarrhae of the Netherlands, to whom Schondorff dedicated his five- and six-voice odes. His otherwise unknown super Usqueqpo Domine Mass was included in the rare Mass collection in St. James' church at Kutna Hora, Bohemia. In 1587 he composed another mass, hitherto unidentified, dedicating it to Rudolf II Schonherr, Max more...       Schonherz, Richard more...       Schoonenbeek, Kees more...       Schönthal, Ruth (Ruth Schonthal) more... 27 Jun. 1924 Hamburg, Germany 11 Jul. 2006 New York, USA composer and pianist Schoor, Hendrik van more... 7 Aug. 1887 Anvers, Belgium 30 Oct. 1954 Anvers, Belgium Belgian composer and teacher Schop, Johann more...       Schorijn (or Schorie), Jean more... fl. early 17th century   Belgian composer and organist Schoth, Delphine 1814 Germany   a composer and brilliant pianist praised by Mendelssohn and Schumann Schott, Georg II more...       Schouwman, Hans more...       Schrammel, Johann more...       Schreiber, Andreas more...       Schreinzer, Frau F. M. 1812 Germany 1873 published composer of songs and piano works Schreiter, Heinz more... 9 Aug. 1915 Leipzig, Germany 1 Jan. 2006 Berlin, Germany German composer and painter. He composed music for the films Emil und die Detektive (1963), Gruss aus Wien (1961) and Sperrbezirk (1966) Schreker, Franz more...       Schreurs, Jokke more...       Schrey, Julius more... 26 Dec. 1870 Anvers, Belgium 3 Dec. 1936 Anvers, Belgium Belgian composer, violinist, conductor and teacher Schrijver, Remigius more...       Schröder, Friedrich more... 6 Aug. 1910 Näfels, Switzerland 1972 Swiss composer particularly of operettas and film music who worked extensively in Germany Schroeder, Hermann I more...       Schroeder, Hermann II more...       Schroeter, Corona Elisabeth Wilhelmine 1751 Germany 1802 a singer, actor and published composer who made her debut at fourteen. She acted in Goethe's dramas Schroeter, Leonhard more...       Schroeven, Léopold Henri more... 2 Aug. 1911 Walem, Belgium 12 Dec. 1995 Montignies-sur-Sambre Belgian composer and conductor Schroter, Corona more...       Schroter, Johann Samuel more...       Schroyens, Raymond more...       Schubart, Christian Friedrich Daniel more...       Schubert, Franz more... 31 Jan. 1797 Vienna, Austria 19 Nov. 1828 Vienna, Austria prolific composer of songs, chamber music (including the Trout Quintet), music for piano, and symphonic music but particularly of German lied, a form he established as a new art form in the 19th century Schubert, Georgine 1840 Germany 1878 a brilliant dramatic soprano who toured Europe and composed many songs Schubert, Joseph more...       Schuberth, Dietrich more...       Schuermans, Pieter more... 3 Mar. 1970 Wilrijk, Belgium   Belgian composer, flautist, contrabassist and teacher Schulhoff, Erwin more...       Schulhoff, Julius more...       Schuller, Gunther more...       Schults, Ulfert more...       Schultz, Johannes more...       Schultz, Svend more...       Schultze, Norbert more...       Schulz, Johann Abraham Peter more...       Schulz, Johann Philipp Christian more...       Schulz, Raimund more...       Schulz Evler, Adolf more...       Schulze, Tristan more...       Schumacher, Michael J. more... 1961 Washington, DC, USA   American pianist and composer Schuman, William more...       Schumann, Clara Josephine Wieck more... 13 Sep. 1819 Germany 20 May 1896 Bonn, Germany a child prodigy on piano, she toured at age eleven with great success and followed this with a monumental career. She married Robert Schumann. Her compositions are increasingly performed and recorded. Her works include songs, piano pieces, a piano concerto, a piano trio with violin and cello, choral pieces, and three Romances for violin and piano. Inspired by her husband's birthday, the three Romances were composed in 1853 and dedicated to Joseph Joachim who performed them for George V of Hanover. He declared them a "marvelous, heavenly pleasure." Schumann, Robert more... 8 Jun. 1810 Zwickau, Saxony 29 Jul. 1856 Bonn, Germany a German composer and pianist, he was one of the most famous Romantic composers of the first half of the 19th century, as well as a famous music critic Schuncke, Ludwig more...       Schurmann, Gerard more...       Schurmans, Werner more...       Schuster, Joseph more...       Schutt, Eduard more...       Schutz, Heinz more...       Schutz, Heinrich more... bap. 9 Oct. 1585 Köstritz Germany 6 Nov. 1672 Dresden, Germany German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and is often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi. He wrote what is thought to be the first German opera, Dafne, performed at Torgau in 1627; however, the music has since been lost Schuurman, Adriaan more...       Schuyt, Cornelis more...       Schuyt, Nico more...       Schvartz, Émile (Jean Baptiste) more... 8 Feb. 1858 Paris, France Jun. 1928 French viola player, composer of ballets; author of treatises on reading music Schytte, Ludvig more... 28 Apr. 1848 Aarhus, Denmark 10 Nov. 1909 Berlin, Germany a Danish composer, pianist, and teacher Schwaen, Kurt more...       Schwantner, Joseph more...       Schwantner, Rudolf more...       Schwartz, Arthur more...       Schwartz, Elliott more...       Schwartz, Eric J. more...   5 Nov. 1976 American composer Schwartzburg (von), Anastasia     composer who published in 1555 Schwartzkopff, Theodor more...       Schwarz, Gerhard more...       Schwehr, Cornelius more...       Schwencke, Christian more...       Schwertsik, Kurt more...       Schwindl, Friedrich more...       Sciarrino, Salvatore more...       Sclavis, Louis more...       Scodanibbio, Stefano more...       Scofield, John more...       Scohy, Marcel more... 30 Oct. 1899 Liège, Belgium 29 May 1987 Jette, Belgium Belgian composer and cellist Scott, Billy "Uke" more... 12 Mar. 1923 Sunderland, England 23 Nov. 2004 Southport, Lancs., England British music hall star who inspired three generations of ukulele players, composing, singing and writing a "teach-yourself" ukulele manual Scott, Cyril more... 27 Sep 1879 Oxton, England 31 Dec 1970 Cyril Scott was highly praised for his composing talents during the early part of the twentieth century, and was often compared with Vaughan Williams, Arnold Bax, Percy Grainger and Claude Debussy who described him as “…one of the rarest artists of the present generation”. George Bernard Shaw apparently once told Elgar that he had become “… quite daring in your harmonies of late”, to which Elgar is supposed to have replied: “Yes, but don’t forget it was Scott who started it all” Scott, Francis George more...       Scott, James Sylvester more...       Scott, Marion Margaret more... 16 Jul. 1877 London, England 24 Dec. 1953 England English violinist, musicologist, writer, music critic, editor, composer, and poet Scott, Raymond more...       Scott, Shirley more...       Scott, Stephen more...       Scotto, Vincent more...       Scott-Wood, George more... 27 May 1903 Glasgow, Scotland 28th. Oct. 1978 in his youth he was a classical pianist who performed concertos at home (especially in his native Scotland) and abroad. His career in popular music began in the 1920s; between 1930 and 1939 he became Director of Light Music for Parlophone and later other EMI labels. In 1934 he formed the Six Swingers for jazz related repertoire. He became an exponent of the piano-accordion; he brought out a tutor in 1940 and formed, pre war, the Grand Accordion band (which continued post-war with fewer players) and in 1958 George Scott-Wood and His Music, comprising three accordions, piano, guitar, bass and percussion. His compositions look attractive [dates of birth & death corrected by Brian Reynolds, author of Music While You Work - An Era in Broadcasting pub. The Book Guild Ltd.] Scriabin (or Scriabine, Skryabin, Skrjabin, Skriabin), Alexander Nikolayevich more... 6 Jan. 1872 Moscow, Russia 27 Apr. 1915 Moscow, Russia Russian composer and pianist Scronx, Gérard more... fl. early 17th century   composer active in Liège, Belgium Sculthorpe, Peter more...       Searle, Humphrey more...       Sebastian z Felsztyna more... 1480-1490 Poland in or after 1543 Poland Polish musical theorist, priest and composer Sebastiani, Johann more...       Sechter, Simon more... 11 Oct 1788 Friedberg, Bohemia 10 Sep 1867 Vienna, Austria Austrian music theorist, teacher, organist, conductor and composer and in that capacity is mostly remembered for writing about 5000 fugues (he tried to write at least one fugue every day), but he also wrote masses and oratorios. He may have been the most prolific composer who ever lived, outdoing even Telemann in the size of his output Second, Didier Lupi (see Lupi (Second), Didier)       Sedaka, Neil more... 13 Mar. 1939 Brooklyn, New York, USA   an American pop singer, pianist, and songwriter often associated with the Brill Building. He teamed up with Howard Greenfield to write many major hit songs for himself and others Seeger, Charles more...       Seeger, Mike more...       Seeger, Pete more...       Seeger, Ruth Crawford more...       Seger, Josef more...       Segers, Jan more... 27 Jul. 1929 Malines, Belgium   Belgian composer, conductor and teacher Segerstam, Leif more... 2 Mar. 1944 Finland   a composer of feelings and visions — grand, overflowing feelings and immeasurably broad visions. Segerstam is an easily inspired shaman-like composer who can write a 20-minute orchestral piece in a few days. His output has reached Baroque proportions, and not even his active career as a conductor has slowed him down. Indeed, Segerstam emulates Mahler in that he divides his time between conducting in winter and composing in summer Sehested, Hilda more...       Sehling, Josef Antonin more...       Seiber, Mátyás more... 4 May 1905 Hungary 24 Sep. 1960 South Africa a Hungarian-born composer who lived in England from 1935 onward. He studied in Budapest with Zoltán Kodály, and in 1928 gave the first academic lectures on jazz in Frankfurt. From 1942, he was on the staff of Morley College in London, and he became a respected teacher of composition. Several of his students went on to become great musicians themselves, including Peter Racine Fricker, Anthony Milner and Hugh Wood Seikilos more...       Seither, Charlotte more...       Seixas, (José Antonio) Carlos de more... 11 Jun. 1704 Coimbra, Portugal 25 Aug. 1742 Lisbon, Portugal Portuguese composer, harpsichordist and organist most of whose work is believed to have been lost in the devastating Lisbon earthquake of 1755 [entry provided by Victor Krasovsky] Selby, William more...       Seligmann, Hippolyte Prosper more... 28 Jul 1817 Paris, France 5 Feb. 1882 Monte Carlo French cellist and composer of études and works for cello, songs Selim III more... 24 Dec. 1761 Istanbul, Turkey 28/29 Jul. 1808 Istanbul, Turkey the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807. A great lover of music, Sultan Selim III was a composer and performer of significant talent. He created fourteen makams, melodic types, three of which are in current use today. Sixty-four compositions belonging to Selim III are known, some of which are part of the regular repertory of Turkish classical music performers. Aside from composing music, Selim III also performed on the ney and tanbur Selle, Thomas more...       Sellenik, Adolphe Valentin more...       Selma y Salaverde, Bartolome de more...       Semilli, Richart de more...       Semini, Carlo Florindo more...       Semionov, Viatcheslav more...       Senaillé, Jean Baptiste more... 23 Nov. 1687 Paris, France 8 Oct. 1730 Paris, France French violinist; pupil of Queversin, Baptiste Anet and Vitali. From about 1720 he was a member of Louis XV's court band at Paris. He influenced the French school of violin playing by the introduction of Italian methods. He composed 50 sonatas for unaccompanied violin [entry provided by Mark Mordue] Senderovas, Anatolijus more...       Seneke, Teresa 1848 Italy 1875 a composer who published a large amount of music for piano and songs. Her opera was produced in Rome Senfl, Ludwig more... c. 1486 Basle, Switzerland 1542/3 probably Munich, Germany a Swiss composer of the Renaissance, active in Germany. He was the most famous pupil of Heinrich Isaac, was music director to the court of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and was an influential figure in the development of the Franco-Flemish polyphonic style in Germany Senilow (or Senilof), Vladimir 9 Jul. 1875 Viatka, Russia 18 Sep. 1918 St. Petersburg, Russia Russian composer Senleches, Jacob (Jacques) de more... fl. 1378-95   French composer. Probably worked before 1378 at the court of John I of Aragon at Barcelona (where he was known as 'Lo Begue' and is not to be confused with Jacomi the bagpiper who was there 1372-1404). In 1378 he accompanied the Duke of Gerona to Flanders; in 1379 he was at the court of Castile and in 1383 was harpist to Cardinal Pedro de Luna. He was again at the Aragon court between 1391 and 1395 Senny, Édouard more... 22 Dec. 1923 Filot, Belgium 15 Jan. 1980 Hamoir, Belgium Belgian composer, pianist, organist and teacher Sentis, Jose more...       Serebrier, Jose more...       Sergiers (or Serigiers), Paul c.1683 Anvers, Belgium   Belgian composer Sergeyeva, Tatiana more... 28 Nov. 1951 Kalinin, Russia   graduated from and completed post-graduate studies at the Moscow Conservatory as a composer, pianist and organist. In 1987 she won the Shostakovich Composer's Prize Seriese, Astrid more...       Serly, Tibor more... 25 Nov. 1901 Losonc, Hungary 8 Oct. 1978 London, England Hungarian violist, violinist and composer Sermilä, Jarmo more... 16 Aug. 1939 Hämeenlinna, Finland   he arrived at concert music through jazz, and to this day he occasionally performs jazz, playing the trumpet and the flugelhorn. Sermilä's concert music hardly ever displays jazz influences, however. Improvisation does play an important role in his work, but this is related more to the avant-garde aesthetic of Vinko Globokar than to jazz. Sermilä's work is characterized by a free sort of exploration of the Modernist vocabulary and the avoidance of strictly controlled systems Sermisy, Claudin de more... c.1490 Picardy, Burgundy, or Île-de-France 13 Oct. 1562 probably Paris, France a French composer of the Renaissance. Along with Clément Janequin he was one of the most renowned composers of French chansons in the early 16th century; in addition he was a significant composer of sacred music. His music was both influential on, and influenced by, contemporary Italian styles Serocki, Kazimierz more... 3 Mar. 1922 Torun, Poland 9 Jan. 1981 Warsaw, Poland Polish pianist and composer who studied composition with Kazimierz Sikorski and Nadia Boulanger and was one of the founders of the Warsaw Autumn contemporary music festival Serov (or Serrov, Seroff), Alexander Nikolayevich 23 Jan. 1820 St. Petersburg, Russia 1 Feb. 1871 St. Petersburg, Russia Russian critic and composer Serova, Valentina,Semenovna (née Bergman, Valentina) 1846 Moscow, Russia 1924/1927 Russian composer Serqueira de Lima, Juan more...       Serra, Luis II Maria more...       Serrano, Emilio more...       Serrano, Jose more...       Servais, Adrien Francois more... 6 Jun. 1807 Hal, nr. Brussels, Belgium 26 Nov. 1866 Hal, nr. Brussels, Belgium Belgian cellist who studied with Platel at the Brussels Conservatory and succeeded Platel at the conservatory. Berlioz described him as "Paganinian." He was probably the finest cellist of his day, praised for his intense, pure sound, flawless intonation, and acrobatic technique. He collaborated with Vieuxtemps and Leonard in composing duos for violin and cello. Alone, Servais composed music only for solo cello. It was not by chance that his favourite genre was the fantasia: there are sixteen fantasias for cello and orchestra and only three concertos among his published works Sessa, Claudia Donna fl. Milan   composer who was published in Venice in 1613 Sessions, Roger more... 28 Dec. 1896 Brooklyn, New York, USA 16 Mar. 1985 Princeton, New Jersey, USA American composer, critic and teacher of music Seter, Mordecai more...       Setti, Kilza more...       Seuriot, (Louis) Auguste more... 7 May 1801 Paris, France 1880 or 1881 French viola player who wrote violin duos Séverac, Déodat de 20 Jul. 1872 24 Mar. 1921 a student at the Schola Cantorum with d'Indy (composition) and Guilmant (organ), he completed his studies in 1907 and then left Paris. He composed only a few organ works; his other compositions are for piano and voice(s) Sexsmith, Ron more...       Seyfried, Ignaz Xaver Ritter von more... 15 Aug 1776 Vienna, Austria 27 Aug 1841 an Austrian musician, conductor and composer. von Seyfried was a pupil of both Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Albrechtsberger. He published Albrechtsberger's complete written works after his death. His own pupils included Franz von Suppé. In 1805, von Seyfried conducted the première of the original version of Beethoven's Fidelio Seymer, William more... 21 Aug. 1890 Stockholm, Sweden 17 Mar. 1964 Stockholm, Sweden writer and composer, particularly of miniatures for the piano entitled Strofer i sol och skugga, Skizzer and Sommarcroquiser Op.11, which includes the ever-popular Solöga Sgambati, Giovanni more...       Sha, Han Kun more...       Shackford, Charles Reeve 1918 1979 composer; after bachelor and master degrees at Yale, where he studied with Paul Hindemith and Ralph Kirkpatrick, et al., Shackford received a Ph.D. at Harvard, where he studied with Walter Piston and A. T. Davison and was a research fellow in acoustics. His longest teaching experience was at Connecticut College from 1964 to 1979, when he was killed in an automobile accident Shaiman, Marc more... 22 Oct. 1959 Newark, New Jersey, USA   multiple-award-winning American composer, lyricist, arranger, and performer for films, television, and theatre Shaked, Yuval more...       Shakhidi, Tolibhon more... 13 Mar. 1946 Dushanbe, Tajikistan   a master of different genres, including operas, ballets, symphonies and instrumental compositions, his work represents a unique fusion of the very best of the European and Asian musical traditions Shankar, Lakshmi more...       Shankar, Ravi more...       Shapey, Ralph more...       Shaporin (or Schaporin, Sjapoerin, Sjaporin, Saporin, Sciaporin, Caporine, Chaporine), Yury Alexandrovich more... 8 Nov. (Old Style 27 Oct.) 1887 Glukhov, Ukraine 9 Dec. 1966 Moscow he received his secondary and higher education in St. Petersburg, where he graduated from the Law Faculty of the University. He entered the Conservatory in 1913 and graduated as composer and conductor in 1918. His teachers were Nikolai Sokolov, Maximilian Steinberg and Nikolai Tcherepnin. Together with Maxim Gorki and Alexander Blok he founded the Great Dramatic Theatre of Leningrad Shaposhnikov (or Shaposchnikow, Schaposchnikow, Schaposchnikov, Chapochnikov), Adrian Grigoryevich 9 Jun 1888 (or 1887) St. Petersburg, Russia 22 Jun. 1967 Moscow, Russia Russian composer Sharman, Rodney more...       Sharon, Ralph more...       Sharp, Elliott more...       Shavers, Charlie more...       Shaw, Artie more...       Shaw, Oliver more... 1779 Middleboro, Mass, USA 1848 Providence, RI, USA organist who was blind from early childhood, active teacher and composer of anthems, songs and a number of widely played instrument pieces Shaw, Thomas more...       Shaw, Woody more...       Shchedrin, Rodion more... 16 Dec. 1932 Moscow, Russia   his early works are written in an orthodox Soviet idiom. In the 1960s Shchedrin began incorporating newer different styles of music, such as neoclassicism, pop music and jazz. Shchedrin defines his position as "post-avant-garde" Shcherbachov, Nikolay Vladimirovich 24 Aug. 1854 St. Petersburg, Russia Mone Carlo, Monaco Russian composer Shcherbachov, Vladimir Vladimirovich more... 24 (Old Style 12) Jan. 1889 Warsaw, Poland 5 Mar. 1952 Leningrad, Russia Polish born composer who worked variously at Conservatories in Leningrad and Tblisi before returning to Leningrad in 1948 Shchetynsky, Alexander (Oleksandr) more... 22 Jun. 1960, Kharkiv, Ukraine   Ukrainian composer who graduated in 1983 from V. Borisov's composition class at the Kharkiv art Insitute Shea, David more...       Shearer, Allen more...       Shearing, George more...       Shebalin (or Schebalin, Sjebalin, Sebalin, Chebaline), Vissarion Yakovlevich more... 11 Jun. 1902 Omsk, Siberia 28 May 1963 Moscow, Russia Russian composer who entered the Omsk College of Music in 1921. From 1923 until 1928 Shebalin studied at the Moscow Conservatory (under Miaskovsky) Shelbye, William more...       Shenderev, Georgi more...       Sheng, Bright 6 Dec. 1955 Shanghai, China   during the Cultural Revolution, he worked in Qinghai for seven years as a pianist and percussionist in a folk music and dance troupe, and avidly studied and collected folk music. In 1978, when China's universities reopened, he was one of the first students accepted by the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He moved to New York in l982. Among his teachers were Leonard Bernstein (composition and conducting), George Perle, Hugo Weisgall, Chou Wen-Chung, and Jack Beeson. In addition to the MacArthur Foundation fellowship, and awards received in China and Europe, Sheng has received a number of prizes in the United States Sheng, Lihong more...       Shenshin (or Chenchine), Alexander 18 Nov. 1890 Moscow, Russia 1944 Russian composer Shephard, Richard more...       Shepherd, Arthur more...       Shepherd, John I more... c.1515 England 1558 England English composer and organist Shepp, Archie more...       Sheppard, David more...       Sheppard, John more... c.1515 1558 English composer and organist. He was choirmaster at Magdalen College, Oxford from 1543 to 1548, and was a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal by no later than 1552. He remained unpublished in his lifetime and was largely re-discovered in the late 20th century as a composer of extraordinary originality in voicings and textures of choral sound. His six-voice Media vita in morte sumus throws an intense melodic emphasis on a trio of high soprano with a pair of tenor-alto lines, and has the Gregorian cantus firmus melody moving in regular note-values at twice the normal speed in the baritone Sherard, James more...       Sheremetiev, Boris (Sergeyevich) more... 1822 Russia 1906 Russian composer Sheriff, Noam more...       Sherman, Jimmy more...       Sherman, Richard M more...       Sherman, Robert B II more...       Sherrington, Helena Lemmens 1834 England 1906 a celebrated soprano who composed a number of songs Sherwin, Manning more...       Sherwood, Gordon 25 Aug. 1929 USA   from studies with Copland at Tanglewood, Jarnach in Hamburg and at the Santa Cecilia Academy in Rome and the last two movements of his symphony winning the George Gershwin Memorial Award Contest and being performed in Carnegie Hall by Mitropoulos and the New York Philharmonic in 1957, Sherwood took to living as a beggar in the streets of Paris, only to be rediscovered by an old acquaintance from his Hamburg days who makes a television documentary about him. Sherwood travelled widely, playing piano in Beirut hotels and movie theatres, writing on commission for the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, spending eight years in Kenya composing and studying Swahili under the patronage of President Jomo Kenyatta, as well as periods in Nepal, India, Singapore, Japan, China, Russia, South America and elsewhere. From his opus numbers, it's obvious he never stopped writing producing tonal music, using traditional forms while not sounding particularly American at all, colourful works which come out of the European tradition of Stravinsky, Shostakovich and Bartók Shibano, Satsuki more...       Shibata, Minao more...       Shield, Leroy more...       Shield, William more... 1748 1829   Shiels, Andrew more...       Shifrin, Seymour Jack 1926 1979 composer; studied composition with William Schuman, Otto Luening, and Darius Milhaud, and taught composition at the University of California at Berkeley and at Brandeis University Shimada, Aiko more...       Shimoyama, Hifumi more...       Shinohara, Makoto more...       Shipp, Matthew more...       Shire, David more...       Shirinsky, Vasily Petrovich 17 Jan. 1901 Ekaterinodar, Russia 16 Aug. 1965 Mamontovka, nr. Moscow, Russia Russian violinist, conductor and composer Shirtliff, Andrew more...       Shishido, Mutsuo more...       Shishov (or Schischow, Chichov), Ivan Petrovich 8 Oct. 1888 Novocherkassk, Russia 6 Feb. 1947 Moscow, Russia Russian composer Shleg, Ludmilla more...       Shmotova, Marina more... 1959 Irkutsk, Siberia   after leavin