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Christian Ferdinand Abel Christian Ferdinand Abel (July or August 1682, Hanover, Germany – buried 3 April 1761 (or 1737?), Köthen, Germany) was one of the most famous German Baroque violinists, cellists and especially viol virtuosos. His father was the composer, ...

*Randel (1996), p.1.


Hermann Abendroth Hermann Paul Maximilian Abendroth (19 January 1883 – 29 May 1956) was a German conductor. Early life Abendroth was born on 19 January 1883, at Frankfurt, the son of a bookseller. Several other members of the family were artists in diverse dis ...

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Hans Abrahamsen

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Dieter Acker

*Sadie & Samuel (1994), p.160.


Adolphe Adam Adolphe Charles Adam (; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets ''Giselle'' (1841) and '' Le corsaire'' (1856), his operas '' Le po ...

*Randel (1996), p.206.Jones (2014), p.164. * *Mason (1917), p.100.


Louis Adam Louis Adam or Jean-Louis Adam (born Johann Ludwig Adam) (3 December 1758 – 8 April 1848) was a French composer, music teacher, and piano virtuoso.Baker, Theodore"Adam, Louis in '' A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians'', p. 3 (New York: G. Sch ...

* *Brubaker, Bruce and Gottlieb, Jane; eds. (2000). ''Pianist, Scholar, Connoisseur: Essays in Honor of Jacob Lateiner'', p.39. Pendragon. . * *


John Luther Adams John Luther Adams (born January 23, 1953) is an American composer whose music is inspired by nature, especially the landscapes of Alaska, where he lived from 1978 to 2014. His orchestral work '' Become Ocean'' was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Priz ...

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Murray Adaskin

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Guido Adler Guido Adler (1 November 1855, Ivančice (Eibenschütz), Moravia – 15 February 1941, Vienna) was a Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and writer. Biography Early life and education Adler was born at Eibenschütz in Moravia in 1855. He moved ...

* * * *Jones (2014), p.501. * *


Oskar Adler Oskar Adler (4 June 187515 May 1955) was an Austrian violinist, physician and esoteric savant. He was the brother of the political theorist Max Adler and a key early influence on his contemporary Arnold Schoenberg. His friend and student Hans K ...

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Samuel Adler

* * * *Biography
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, ''GregDanner.com''.
* * * * * * * * * *Marc Mellits Biography
, ''AllMusic.com''.
* *Famous Composers I (Almost) Studied With
, ''RobertPaterson.com''.
* * * * *Sadie & Samuel (1994), p.418. * * * * * * * * *
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Jakob Adlung Jakob Adlung, or Adelung, (14 January 1699 – 5 July 1762) was a German organist, teacher, instrument maker, music historian, composer and music theorist. Biography He was born in Bindersleben, near Erfurt, to David Adlung, an organist and his ...

*Randel (1996), p.450.


Albrecht Agthe Wilhelm Johann Albrecht Agthe (14 April 1790 – 8 October 1873) was a German music teacher. Agthe was born in Ballenstedt to Karl Christian Agthe, a court organist and composer. He studied under Michael Gotthard Fischer in Erfurt, and in 1810 be ...

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Webster Aitken Webster Aitken (June 17, 1908 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada – May 11, 1981 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was an American pianist. He studied piano in Europe with Artur Schnabel and Emil von Sauer. In 1929, he made his professional debut in ...

*Randel (1996), p.79.


Jean-Delphin Alard Jean-Delphin Alard (8 March 181522 February 1888) was a French violinist, composer, and teacher. He was the son-in-law of Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, and had Pablo de Sarasate amongst his students. Biography Alard was born in Bayonne, the son of a ...

*Randel (1996), p.310. *Greene (1985), p.739. * *


Jules Alary Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius" (e.g. Jules César, the French name for Julius Caesar). It is the given name of: People with the name *Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer * Jules Abadie (1876–19 ...

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Johann Friedrich Alberti Johann Friedrich Alberti (11 January 1642 – 14 June 1710) was a German composer and organist. Alberti was born in Tönning, Schleswig. He received his musical training in Leipzig from Werner Fabricius and in Dresden from Vincenzo Albrici ...

*Georg Friedrich Kauffmann
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, ''Bach-Cantatas.com''.


Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (3 February 1736 – 7 March 1809) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist, and one of the teachers of Ludwig van Beethoven. He was a friend of Haydn and Mozart. Biography Albrechtsberger was born at K ...

*van Boer (2012), p.66.Greene (1985), p.356. *van Boer (2012), p.120. *Randel (1996), p.255.Jones (2014), p.203. * *Randel (1996), p.399. *Wier (1938), p.924. * *Randel (1996), p.614. * * *Randel (1996), p.746. *Thomas Christensen, ed. (2002). ''The Cambridge History of Western Music Theory'', unpaginated. Cambridge. . * * *Randel (1996), p.973. *


Vincenzo Albrici Vincenzo Albrici (26 June 1631 in Rome - 7 September 1687 in Prague) was an Italian composer, brother of Bartolomeo and nephew of Fabio and Alessandro Costantini. Albrici was born as the son of singer who settled from Marche in Rome. In 1641 he ...

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Putnam Aldrich

*Randel (1996), p.694.Greene (1985), p.1486.


Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge Amanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge, also known as Amanda Ira Aldridge (10 March 1866 – 9 March 1956), was a British opera singer and teacher who composed love songs, Suite (music), suites, sambas, and Light music, light orchestral pieces und ...

*Sadie & Samuel (1994), p.7. * * *


Arthur Alexander Arthur Alexander (May 10, 1940 – June 9, 1993) was an American country soul songwriter and singer. Jason Ankeny, music critic for AllMusic, said Alexander was a "country-soul pioneer" and that, though largely unknown, "his music is the stuff ...

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Charles-Valentin Alkan

* *Griffiths, Paul (2004). ''The Penguin Companion to Classical Music'', . Penguin UK. .


Joe Allard

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Pedro Humberto Allende

*Greene (1985), p.1512.


Julius Alsleben

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Johann Christoph Altnickol Johann Christoph Altnickol, or Altnikol, (baptised 1 January 1720, buried 25 July 1759) was a German organist, bass singer, and composer. He was a student, copyist and son-in-law of Johann Sebastian Bach. Biography Altnikol was born in Berna bei ...

*van Boer (2012), p.32.


Javier Álvarez

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William Alwyn William Alwyn (born William Alwyn Smith; 7 November 1905 – 11 September 1985), was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher. Life and music William Alwyn was born William Alwyn Smith in Northampton, the son of Ada Tyler (Tompkins ...

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August Ferdinand Anacker

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Jorge Anckermann Jorge Anckermann (22 March 1877 – 3 February 1941) was a Cuban pianist, composer and bandleader. Havana-born, he started in music at eight with his father. At age ten he was able to substitute in a trio. In 1892, he went to Mexico as musica ...

*Randel (1996), p.782.


Johann Anton André Johann Anton André (6 October 1775 – 6 April 1842) was a German composer and music publisher of the Classical period, best known for his central place in Mozart research. Life Born in Offenbach am Main, André wrote operas, symphonies, masses ...

* *Mason (1917), p.162.


Volkmar Andreae Volkmar Andreae (5 July 1879 – 18 June 1962) was a Swiss conductor and composer. Life and career Andreae was born in Bern. He received piano instruction as a child and his first lessons in composition with Karl Munzinger. From 1897 to 1900, ...

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Mihail Andricu Mihail Andricu (22 December 1894, Bucharest - 4 March 1974, Bucharest ) was a Romanian composer, violinist, and pianist. He studied with Alfonso Castaldi, Robert Klenck and Dumitru Kiriac. Andricu graduated from the National University of Music B ...

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Hendrik Andriessen Hendrik Franciscus Andriessen (17 September 1892 – 12 April 1981) was a Dutch composer and organist. He is remembered most of all for his improvisation at the organ and for the renewal of Catholic liturgical music in the Netherlands. Andrie ...

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Louis Andriessen Louis Joseph Andriessen (; 6 June 1939 – 1 July 2021) was a Dutch composer, pianist and academic teacher. Considered the most influential Dutch composer of his generation, he was a central proponent of The Hague school of composition. Although ...

* *Steenhuisen, Paul (2009). ''Sonic Mosaics: Conversations with Composers''. University of Alberta Press. . * * *John David White & Jean Christensen, eds. (2002). ''New Music of the Nordic Countries'', p.370. Pendragon Press. . * * * * * * *Dutch Composer Louis Andriessen Highlighted In Carnegie Hall Residency
, ''BroadwayWorld.com''

/ref> *Cottrell, Stephen (2012). ''The Saxophone'', p.278. Yale. .Cross, Jonathan (1998). ''The Stravinsky Legacy'', p.179. Cambridge. . * * * *Homepage
, ''RozalieHirs.com''.
* * * * * * * *Jones (2014), p.401. * * *Edwin Michael Richards, Kazuko Tanosaki; eds. (2008). ''Music of Japan Today'', p.112. Cambridge Scholars. . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Pasquale Anfossi Pasquale Anfossi (5 April 1727 – February 1797) was an Italian opera composer. Born in Taggia, Liguria, he studied with Niccolò Piccinni and Antonio Sacchini, and worked mainly in London, Venice and Rome. He wrote more than 80 operas, both ...

*Randel (1996), p.569.


Domenico Annibali Domenico Annibali (c. 1705 – 1779) was an Italian castrato who had an active international career from 1725–1764. He began his career in his native country and was then committed to the Grosses Königliches Opernhaus in Dresden from 1 ...

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Conrad Ansorge

* * * *Mason (1917), p.65. *Mason (1917), p.159. *


George Antheil George Johann Carl Antheil (; July 8, 1900 – February 12, 1959) was an American avant-garde composer, pianist, author, and inventor whose modernist musical compositions explored the modern sounds – musical, industrial, and mechanical – of t ...

*McGraw (2001), p.40. * *


Alfredo Antonini Alfredo Antonini (May 31, 1901 – November 3, 1983) was a leading Italian-American symphony conductor and composer who was active on the international concert stage as well as on the CBS radio and television networks from the 1930s through the e ...

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Giuseppe Aprile

*Composers
, ''NeapolitanMusicSociety.org''.
* *Jones (2014), p.334.


Violet Archer Violet Louise Archer (24 April 191321 February 2000) was a Canadian composer, teacher, pianist, organist, and percussionist. Born Violet Balestreri in Montreal, Quebec, in 1913, her family changed their name to Archer in 1940. She died in Ottawa o ...

*Gagné (2012), p.22.


Bülent Arel

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Anton Arensky

*W&L'E (1915), p.4. *McGraw, Cameron (2001). ''Piano Duet Repertoire: Music Originally Written for One Piano, Four Hands'', p.55. Indian University. . *The Julius Block Cylinders
", ''MarstonRecords.com''.
* * * * *Paul Juon The Russian Brahms
, ''WRTI.org''.
* *Wyndham & L'Epine (1915), p.225. *


Dominick Argento Dominick Argento (October 27, 1927 – February 20, 2019) was an American composer known for his lyric operatic and choral music. Among his best known pieces are the operas '' Postcard from Morocco'', '' Miss Havisham's Fire'', ''The Masque of An ...

* * * * * * * *Bio: Richard Marriott
", ''RichardMarriott.com''.
* * * *Obituaries: Eric Stokes, 68, Minneapolis composer
, ''StarTribune.com''.
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Carl Armbrust

* *Mason (1917), p.189.


Thomas Armstrong

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Michael Arne Michael Arne (c. 174014 January 1786) was an English composer, harpsichordist, organist, singer, and actor. He was the son of the composer Thomas Arne and the soprano Cecilia Young, a member of the famous Young family of musicians of the sevente ...

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Richard Arnell Richard Anthony Sayer Arnell (15 September 191710 April 2009) was an English composer of classical music. Arnell composed in all the established genres for the concert stage, and his list of works includes six completed symphonies (a seventh w ...

* * *Christopher Wright


Simha Arom Simha Arom (born 1930) is a French-Israeli ethnomusicologist who is recognized as a world expert on the music of central Africa, especially that of the Central African Republic. His books include '' African Polyphony and Polyrhythm: Musical Stru ...

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Claudio Arrau Claudio Arrau León (; February 6, 1903June 9, 1991) was a Chilean pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning the baroque to 20th-century composers, especially Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and B ...

* * * * * * * *Piano Lessons with Claudio Arrau: A Guide to His Philosophy and Techniques; Page 203
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Désirée Artôt Désirée Artôt (; 21 July 1835 – 3 April 1907) was a Belgian soprano (initially a mezzo-soprano), who was famed in German and Italian opera and sang mainly in Germany. In 1868 she was engaged, briefly, to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who may h ...

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Vicente Asencio

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Robert Ashley Robert Reynolds Ashley (March 28, 1930 – March 3, 2014) was an American composer, who was best known for his television operas and other theatrical works, many of which incorporate electronics and extended techniques. His works often involve i ...

*Hinkle-Turner (2006), p.54.Sadie & Samuel (1994), p.13. * * * * * * *Hinkle-Turner (2006), p.92. * * * * * * * * * *


Thomas Attwood

* *Mason (1917), p.267. *


Daniel Auber Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (; 29 January 178212 May 1871) was a French composer and director of the Paris Conservatoire. Born into an artistic family, Auber was at first an amateur composer before he took up writing operas professionally when ...

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Louis Aubert Louis François Marie Aubert (19 February 1877 – 9 January 1968) was a French composer. Biography Born in Paramé, Ille-et-Vilaine, Louis Aubert was a child prodigy. His parents, recognizing their son's musical talent, sent him to Paris to rec ...

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Tony Aubin Tony Louis Alexandre Aubin (8 December 1907 – 21 September 1981) was a French composer. Career Aubin was born in Paris. From 1925 to 1930, he studied at the Paris Conservatory under Samuel Rousseau (music theory), Noel Gallon (counterpoint) ...

* * * * * * *Randel (1996), p.172. * * * * * * * *


Leopold Auer Leopold von Auer ( hu, Auer Lipót; June 7, 1845July 15, 1930) was a Hungarian violinist, academic, conductor, composer, and instructor. Many of his students went on to become prominent concert performers and teachers. Early life and career Au ...

* * * * * *Randel (1996), p.31. * Moritz Frenkel * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Mason (1917), p.304.


Larry Austin

*Jones (2014), p.21. * *


Charles Avison Charles Avison (; 16 February 1709 (baptised)9 or 10 May 1770) was an English composer during the Baroque and Classical periods. He was a church organist at St John The Baptist Church in Newcastle and at St. Nicholas's Church (later Newcas ...

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Edmund Ayrton Dr. Edmund Ayrton (1734 – 22 May 1808) was an English organist who was Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal. Early life Edmund Ayrton was born in Ripon and baptised on 19 November 1734. His father was Edward Ayrton (1698-1774), a 'bar ...

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Kees van Baaren Kees van Baaren (;In isolation, ''van'' is pronounced . 22 October 1906 – 2 September 1970) was a Dutch composer and teacher. Early years Van Baaren was born in Enschede. His early studies (1924–29) were in Berlin with Rudolph Breithaup ...

* * *Gagné (2012), p.18. * * * *


Milton Babbitt

Theorists *Griffiths (2011), p.232. * * Composers * * *Randel (1996), p.45. *Gagné (2012), p.37. * *Randel (1996), p.94. * *Hinson (1993), p.325. *Randel (1996), p.199. * * *Randel (1996), p.229. *Randel (1996), p.237. *Randel (1996), p.249. * *Randel (1996), p.362.Gagné (2012), p.25. *Randel (1996), p.373. *Randel (1996), p.382.Hinson (1993), p.130. *Randel (1996), p.385. * (jazz guitarist and composer) * * *Randel (1996), p.484. *Randel (1996), p.504. *Randel (1996), p.557.Jones (2014), p.400. *Randel (1996), p.568. * * * * *Gagné (2012), p.233. *Randel (1996), p.781. * * * Other * (theatre composer) *


August Wilhelm Bach

* * *Mason (1917), p.164. *Mason (1917), p.172. *Mason (1917), p.224. *Mason (1917), p.278.


Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), also formerly spelled Karl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, and commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German Classical period musician and composer, the fifth child and sec ...

*Greene (1985), p.486. * *


Johann Christian Bach Johann Christian Bach (September 5, 1735 – January 1, 1782) was a German composer of the Classical period (music), Classical era, the eighteenth child of Johann Sebastian Bach, and the youngest of his eleven sons. After living in Italy for ...

*Sadie & Samuel (1994), p.63.


Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...

J.S. Bach (1685–1750) studied with teachers including , his brother
Johann Christoph Bach Johann Christoph Bach (baptised – 31 March 1703) was a German composer and organist of the Baroque period. He was born at Arnstadt, the son of Heinrich Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach's first cousin once removed and the first cousin of J.S. B ...
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Dieterich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; ; born Diderik Hansen Buxtehude; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707)  was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal a ...
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Karl Hermann Bitter Karl Hermann Bitter (27 February 1813 – 12 September 1885) was a Prussian statesman and writer on music. Biography He was born at Schwedt, Province of Brandenburg, and studied law and cameralistics at Berlin and Bonn. He served as the plenipot ...
(1865). ''Johann Sebastian Bach''. Berlin: Schneider
Vol. 1
p. 308 ff.
*Randel (1996), p.7.van Boer (2012), p.25. * * * * *Greene (1985), p.216. * * * * * * *van Boer (2012), p.163. *Randel (1996), p.301. * * * * * *Randel (1996), p.466. * * * * * * * * (1708–1780) * * * * *Mason (1917), p.300. * (1715)


Wilhelm Friedemann Bach Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (22 November 17101 July 1784), the second child and eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach, was a German composer and performer. Despite his acknowledged genius as an organist, improviser and compose ...

*Greene (1985), p.362.


Oskar Back Oskar Back (9 June 18793 January 1963) was a noted Austrian-born Dutch classical violinist and pedagogue. He taught at the Amsterdam Conservatory for 42 years, and also had a significant earlier teaching career in Belgium. Biography Oskar Back w ...

*Randel (1996), p.242. * * * * * *


Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

*Madame Sadie & Samuel (1994), p.130.


Ernst Bacon Ernst Lecher Bacon (May 26, 1898 – March 16, 1990) was an United States of America, American composer, pianist, and Conductor (music), conductor. A prolific author, Bacon composed over 250 songs over his career. He was awarded three Guggenheim ...

* *Randel (1996), p.274. *


Carl Baermann

* *Wyndham & L'Epine (1915), p.60. * * * *


Pierre Baillot

* * *Jones (2014), p.274. * * * *Mason (1917), p.19. * * *Mason (1917), p.226.


Simon Bainbridge Simon Bainbridge (30 August 1952 – 2 April 2021) was a British composer. He was also a professor and head of composition at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and visiting professor at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, in the United ...

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Giuseppe Baini Abbate Giuseppe Baini (21 October 1775 – 21 May 1844) was an Italian priest, music critic, conductor, and composer of church music. He was born in Rome. He was instructed in composition by his uncle, Lorenzo Baini, and afterwards by G. Jann ...

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Edward Bairstow Sir Edward Cuthbert Bairstow (22 August 18741 May 1946) was an English organist and composer in the Anglican church music tradition. Life and career Bairstow was born in Trinity Street, Huddersfield in 1874. His grandfather Oates Bairstow was ...

*Jones (2014), p.218.


Claude Baker W. Claude Baker Jr. (born April 12, 1948 Lenoir, North Carolina) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. Biography Claude Baker attained a B.M. degree, magna cum laude, from East Carolina University in 1970. He subsequently s ...

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Julius Baker Julius Baker (September 23, 1915 – August 6, 2003) was one of the foremost American orchestral flute players. During the course of five decades he concertized with several of America's premier orchestral ensembles including the Chicago Sympho ...


Mily Balakirev Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (russian: Милий Алексеевич Балакирев,BGN/PCGN transliteration of Russian: Miliy Alekseyevich Balakirev; ALA-LC system: ''Miliĭ Alekseevich Balakirev''; ISO 9 system: ''Milij Alekseevič Balakir ...

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Sergey Balasanian

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Claude Balbastre

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Artur Balsam Artur Balsam (February 8, 1906 – September 1, 1994) was a Polish-born American classical pianist and pedagogue. Biography He was born in Warsaw, Poland, and studied in Łódź, making his debut there at the age of 12 then enrolled at the Berlin ...

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Nikhil Banerjee Pandit Nikhil Ranjan Banerjee (14 October 1931 – 27 January 1986) was an Indian classical sitarist of the Maihar Gharana. Along with Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Vilayat Khan, he emerged as one of the leading exponents of the sitar. He ...

*Paul Dresher Bio
, ''DresherEnsemble.org'


Paul Dresher Biography
, ''AllMusic.com''.

, ''Lovely.com''.


Granville Bantock Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (7 August 186816 October 1946) was a British composer of classical music. Biography Granville Ransome Bantock was born in London. His father was an eminent Scottish surgeon.Hadden, J. Cuthbert, 1913, ''Modern Music ...

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Samuel Barber Samuel Osmond Barber II (March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator, and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. The music critic Donal Henahan said, "Proba ...

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Stanisław Barcewicz Stanisław Barcewicz (16 April 18581 September 1929) was a noted Polish violinist, conductor and teacher. Although his repertoire included almost all of the classical and romantic violin literature, he was valued primarily for his interpretati ...

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Woldemar Bargiel Woldemar Bargiel (3 October 182823 February 1897) was a German composer. Life Bargiel was born in Berlin, and was the younger maternal half-brother of Clara Schumann. Bargiel’s father Adolph was a well-known piano and voice teacher while his m ...

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Clarence Barlow Clarence Barlow (also Klarenz, born 27 December 1945) is a composer of classical and electroacoustic works. Career Barlow was one of the founders of Initiative Musik und Informatik Köln. In 1988 he was the director of music at the Internatio ...

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Joseph Barnby Sir Joseph Barnby (12 August 183828 January 1896) was an English composer and conductor. Life Barnby was born at York, as a son of Thomas Barnby, who was an organist. Joseph was a chorister at York Minster from the age of seven, was educated ...

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Georges Barrère Georges Barrère (Bordeaux, October 31, 1876 - New York, June 14, 1944) was a French flutist.Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001) Early life Georges Barrère was the son of a cabinetmaker, Gabriel Barrère, and Marie Périne Courtet ...

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Karl Heinrich Barth

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Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...

*Randel (1996), p.24.McGraw (2001), p.8. * * *Randel (1996), p.57.Jones (2014), p.58. * * * * * * * * * *Greene (1985), p.1091. *Gyorgy Sandor, Pianist Who Trained Under Bartok, Is Dead at 93
, ''NYTimes.com''.
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Marmaduke Barton Marmaduke Barton FRCM (29 December 186524 July 1938) was an English pianist, composer and teacher at the Royal College of Music for almost 50 years. Career Marmaduke Miller Barton was born in Manchester, the son of a United Methodist Free Chur ...

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Leslie Bassett Leslie Raymond Bassett (22 January 1923 – 4 February 2016) was an American composer of classical music. Bassett received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize in Music. Bassett had a lifelong relationship with the University of Michigan School of Music. ...

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Harold Bauer Harold Victor Bauer (28 April 1873 – 12 March 1951) was a noted pianist of Jewish heritage who began his musical career as a violinist. Biography Harold Bauer was born in Kingston upon Thames; his father was a German violinist and his mot ...

*John Elvin


Marion Bauer Marion Eugénie Bauer (15 August 1882 – 9 August 1955) was an American composer, teacher, writer, and music critic. She played an active role in shaping American musical identity in the early half of the twentieth century. As a composer, ...

*Randel (1996), p.53.Gagné (2012), p.28. * * *


Julián Bautista Julián Bautista (21 April 1901 – 8 July 1961) was a Spanish composer and conductor. He was a member of Generation of '27 and the Group of Eight, the latter of which also included composers Jesús Bal y Gay, Ernesto Halffter and his brother ...

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François Bazin

* * * * * * * *Mason (1917), p.252. *Mason (1917), p.294.


Antonio Bazzini

*Greene (1985), p.1267. *


Robert Beadell

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Franz Ignaz Beck Franz Ignaz Beck (20 February 1734 – 31 December 1809) was a German violinist, composer, conductor and music teacher who spent the greater part of his life in France, where he became director of the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux. Possibly the m ...

*Greene (1985), p.496. * *


Reginald Bedford

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Jack Beeson

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Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical ...

*Randel (1996), p.20.Greene (1985), p.445. * *Jones (2014), p.546. *Randel (1996), p.772.


David Behrman David Behrman (born August 16, 1937) is an American composer and a pioneer of computer music. In the early 1960s he was the producer of Columbia Records' ''Music of Our Time'' series, which included the first recording of Terry Riley's ''In C''. ...

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Felix Benda

* *Mason (1917), p.179.


Franz Benda Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

*(1889). ''The Monthly Musical Record, Volume 19'', p.29. Augener & Co., London.
/ref> * * * * * Hoffmann, Carl Julius Adolf(1830). ''Die Tonkünstler Schlesiens: ein Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte Schlesiens vom Jahre 960 bis 1830'', p.327. In Kommission bei G. P. Aderholz.
/ref> * * * *


Agostino Bendinelli

*Jones (2014), p.80.


Julius Benedict Sir Julius Benedict (27 November 1804 – 5 June 1885) was a German-born composer and conductor, resident in England for most of his career. Life and music Benedict was born in Stuttgart, the son of a Jewish banker, and in 1820 learnt compo ...

* *Mason (1917), p.158.


Orazio Benevoli Orazio Benevoli or Benevolo (19 April 1605 – 17 June 1672), was a Franco-Italian composer of large scaled polychoral sacred choral works (e.g., one work featured forty-eight vocal and instrumental lines) of the mid-Baroque era. He was born ...

*Greene (1985), p.172. *van Boer (2012), p.118. *Morelli, Arnaldo (2005)
"Liberati, Antimo"
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Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani The ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' ( en, Biographical Dictionary of the Italians) is a biographical dictionary published by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, started in 1925 and completed in 2020. It includes about 40,000 biograp ...
'', Vol. 65. Treccani. Online version retrieved 2 November 2018 .


Paul Ben-Haim Paul Ben-Haim (or Paul Ben-Chaim, Hebrew: פאול בן חיים) (5 July 1897 – 14 January 1984) was an Israeli composer. Born Paul Frankenburger in Munich, Germany, he studied composition with Friedrich Klose and he was assistant conductor t ...

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Arthur Benjamin Arthur Leslie Benjamin (18 September 1893, in Sydney – 10 April 1960, in London) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher. He is best known as the composer of '' Jamaican Rumba'' (1938) and of the '' Storm Clouds Cantata'' ...

* *
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (''ODNB'') was published on 23 September ...
*Jones (2014), p.63. * * * * * * * * * *


Frank Bennett

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William Sterndale Bennett Sir William Sterndale Bennett (13 April 18161 February 1875) was an English composer, pianist, conductor and music educator. At the age of ten Bennett was admitted to the London Royal Academy of Music (RAM), where he remained for ten years. B ...

* * * *Mason (1917), p.28. * * * * *Mason (1917), p.203. * *


Antonín Bennewitz

* * * * * * * * * *Mason (1917), p.288.


François Benoist

* * * *Randel (1996), p.279. * * * * *


Peter Benoit Peter Benoit (17 August 18348 March 1901) was a Flemish composer of Belgian nationality. Biography Petrus Leonardus Leopoldus Benoit was born in Harelbeke, Flanders, Belgium in 1834. He was taught music at an early age by his father and the vil ...

*Mason (1917), p.244.


Warren Benson

* *


Emerik Beran

*Randel (1996), p.656.


Charles Auguste de Bériot

* *Randel (1996), p.70.Mason (1917), p.251. *


Yara Bernette

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Alban Berg Alban Maria Johannes Berg ( , ; 9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School. His compositional style combined Romantic lyricism with the twelve-tone technique. Although he left a relatively sma ...

* *Hinson (1993), p.7. *Gillespie (2013), p.422.Gagné (2012), p.100. * * * * * *


Arthur Berger

*Randel (1996), p.156. * * *Gagné (2012), p.80. * *Gagné (2012), p.161. * * * *


Ludwig Berger

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Erik Bergman Erik Valdemar Bergman (24 November 1911, in Nykarleby – 24 April 2006, in Helsinki) was a composer of classical music from Finland. Bergman's style ranged widely, from Romanticism in his early works (many of which he later prohibited from bei ...

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William Bergsma William Laurence Bergsma (April 1, 1921 – March 18, 1994) was an American composer and teacher. He was long associated with Juilliard School, where he taught composition, until he moved to the University of Washington as head of their music ...

* * * * * * *McGraw (2001), p.248.Peter Schickele Bio
, ''Schickele.com''.
*Randel (1996), p.889.


Oscar Beringer Oscar Beringer (14 July 1844 – 21 February 1922) was an English pianist and teacher of German descent. He was born in Furtwangen in the Black Forest, but by 1849 he had moved to London when his father became a political refugee. Due to impo ...

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Lennox Berkeley Sir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley (12 May 190326 December 1989) was an English composer. Biography Berkeley was born on 12 May 1903 in Oxford, England, the younger child and only son of Aline Carla (1863–1935), daughter of Sir James Char ...

* *Jones (2014), p.96. * *Jones (2014), p.406.Gagné (2012), p.169. * *Gagné (2012), p.271.


Luciano Berio Luciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work (in particular his 1968 composition ''Sinfonia'' and his series of virtuosic solo pieces titled '' Sequenza''), and for his pioneering work ...

* * * * *Randel (1996), p.258. * * * * * * * *Jones (2014), p.575. * * * *


Charles-Wilfrid de Bériot Charles-Wilfrid de Bériot (12 February 183322 October 1914) was a French pianist, teacher and composer. He was born in Paris in 1833, the son of the violinist Charles Auguste de Bériot and his then common-law wife, the famed soprano Maria Mal ...

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Hector Berlioz

*Randel (1996), p.350. *Mason (1917), p.130.


Ercole Bernabei

*


Antonio Bernacchi Antonio Maria Bernacchi (23 June 1685 – 1 March 1756) was an Italian castrato, composer, and teacher of singing. He studied with Francesco Antonio Pistocchi. His pupils included Farinelli, for a brief period during 1727, and the tenor Anton Ra ...

* *Mason (1917), p.105. *G&T (1908), p.314.


Nicolas Bernier

*Greene (1985), p.278. *Randel (1996), p.196. *


Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first America ...

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Martin Berteau Martin Berteau (2 February 1691 in Valenciennes – 23 January 1771 in Angers) was a French classical cellist, cello teacher, and composer. He is widely regarded as the founder of the French school of cello playing. Life Descriptions of Berte ...

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Henri-Montan Berton Henri-Montan Berton (17 September 1767 – 22 April 1844) was a French composer, teacher, and writer, mostly known as a composer of operas for the Opéra-Comique. Career Henri-Montan Berton was born the son of Pierre Montan Berton.Charlton ...

* *Jones (2014), p.152. * *Mason (1917), p.94. *


Ferdinando Bertoni Ferdinando Bertoni (15 August 1725 – 1 December 1813) was an Italian composer and organist. Early years He was born in Salò, and began his music studies in Brescia, not far from his birthplace. Around 1740 he went to Bologna, where he studied ...

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Franz Berwald Franz Adolf Berwald (23 July 1796 – 3 April 1868) was a Swedish Romantic composer. He made his living as an orthopedist and later as the manager of a saw mill and glass factory, and became more appreciated as a composer after his death than he ...

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William Berwald William Henry Berwald (1864–1948) was an American composer and conductor of German origin. He published some 400 compositions and won numerous prizes, including the Manuscript Music Society in 1901, the Clemson Gold Medal in 1913, the Prosser ...

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William Thomas Best William Thomas Best (13 August 182610 May 1897) was an English organist and composer. Life He was born at Carlisle, Cumberland, the son of William Best, a local solicitor.Henry Charles Lahee (1903) ''The Organ and Its Masters'', L. C. Page, Bo ...

*Mason (1917), p.281.


Carlo Besozzi

*


Philip Bezanson Philip Thomas Bezanson (January 6, 1916 – March 11, 1975) was an American composer and educator. Life Born in Athol, Massachusetts, he graduated from Yale University School of Music in 1940 and after war services enrolled in the graduate progr ...

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Franz Bieling

*van Boer (2012), p.82.


E. Power Biggs

*


Marie Bigot Marie Kiéné Bigot de Morogues (3 March 1786 – 16 September 1820) was a French pianist and composer. She is best known for her sonatas and études. Career Marie Kiéné was born in Colmar in Alsace. After marrying M. Bigot, she moved to Vienn ...

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William Billings William Billings (October 7, 1746 – September 26, 1800) is regarded as the first American choral composer and leading member of the First New England School. Life William Billings was born in Boston, Massachusetts. At the age of 14, t ...

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Harrison Birtwistle Sir Harrison Birtwistle (15 July 1934 – 18 April 2022) was an English composer of contemporary classical music best known for his operas, often based on mythological subjects. Among his many compositions, his better known works include '' T ...

*Jones (2014), p.435.


Henry Bishop

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Giancarlo Bizzi

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Boris Blacher Boris Blacher (30 January 1975) was a German composer and librettist. Life Blacher was born when his parents (of German-Estonian and Russian backgrounds) were living within a Russian-speaking community in the Manchurian town of Niuzhuang () (h ...

* *Jones (2014), p.50. *McGraw (2001), p.19. *Randel (1996), p.120. * * * * *Jones (2014), p.235. * * * * * * * * * * * *


Easley Blackwood

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Michel Blavet Michel Blavet (March 13, 1700 – October 28, 1768) was a French composer and flute virtuoso. Although Blavet taught himself to play almost every instrument, he specialized in the bassoon and the flute which he held to the left, the opposite of ho ...

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Ernest Bloch Ernest Bloch (July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch was a preeminent artist in his day, and left a lasting legacy. He is recognized as one of the greatest Swiss composers in history. As well as producing music ...

*Greene (1985), p.1297.Gagné (2012), p.19. * *Randel (1996), p.97. *McGraw (2001), p.57. * * * * * *


Joseph Bloch

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Karl-Birger Blomdahl Karl-Birger Blomdahl (19 October 1916 – 14 June 1968) was a Swedish composer and conductor born in Växjö. He was educated in biochemistry, but was primarily active in music and by his experimental compositions he became one of the big names ...

*Jones (2014), p.82.


Robert Bloom

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John Blow John Blow (baptised 23 February 1649 – 1 October 1708) was an English composer and organist of the Baroque period. Appointed organist of Westminster Abbey in late 1668,Greene (1985), p.164. * * *


Felix Blumenfeld Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (russian: Фе́ликс Миха́йлович Блуменфе́льд; – 21 January 1931) was a Russian and Soviet composer, conductor of the Imperial Opera St-Petersburg, pianist, and teacher. He was bor ...

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Nicolas-Charles Bochsa Robert Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (9 August 1789 – 6 January 1856) was a harpist and composer. His relationship with Anna Bishop was popularly thought to have inspired that of Svengali and Trilby in George du Maurier's 1894 novel '' Trilby' ...

*Greene (1985), p.497. *


Carl Maria von Bocklet

* *Mason (1917), p.13. *


Peer Bode

*Andrew Deutsch
, ''Discogs.com''.


Theobald Boehm Theobald Böhm, photograph by Franz Hanfstaengl, ca. 1852. Theobald Böhm (or Boehm) (9 April 1794 – 25 November 1881) was a German inventor and musician, who perfected the modern Western concert flute and improved its fingering system (n ...

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Semyon Bogatyrev

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Georg Böhm Georg Böhm (2 September 1661 – 18 May 1733) was a German Baroque organist and composer. He is notable for his development of the chorale partita and for his influence on the young J. S. Bach. Life Böhm was born in 1661 in Hohenkirchen. H ...

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Joseph Böhm Joseph Böhm ( hu, Böhm József; 4 April 1795 – 28 March 1876) was a Hungarian violinist and a director of the Vienna Conservatory. Life He was born in Pest, to a Jewish family. He was taught by his father and by Pierre Rode. His brother F ...

* * *(1889), p.56. * * * * * *Mason (1917), p.108. *Randel (1996), p.738.


François-Adrien Boieldieu François-Adrien Boieldieu (, also ) (16 December 1775 – 8 October 1834) was a French composer, mainly of operas, often called "the French Mozart". His date of birth was also cited as December 15 by his biographer and writer Lucien Augé de Lass ...

* * *Greene (1985), p.478. * Théodore Labarre


Giuseppe Bonno Giuseppe Bonno (29 January 1711 – 15 April 1788) Michael Lorenz gives his first name as "Joseph" because Emperor Joseph I was his godfather; Lorenz also asserts that Bonno was born on 30 JanuaryHaydn Singing at Vivaldi's Exequies: An Ineradic ...

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Giovanni Maria Bononcini Giovanni Maria Bononcini (bap. 23 September 1642 – 18 November 1678) was an Italian violinist and composer, the father of a musical dynasty. In 1671 Bononcini the elder became a court musician at Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label= Modene ...

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Josiah Booth

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Tomás Borba

*Randel (1996), p.167. *Randel (1996), p.189. *Randel (1996), p.283. *Randel (1996), p.517.


Marco Bordogni Giulio Marco Bordogni (23 January 1789 – 31 July 1856), usually called just Marco Bordogni, was an Italian operatic tenor and singing teacher of great popularity and success, whose mature career was based in Paris.Principal source: Joannes Rochu ...

* * *Mason (1917), p.112. *Mason (1917), p.170. *


Benjamin Boretz Benjamin Aaron Boretz (born October 3, 1934) is an American composer and music theorist. Life and work Benjamin Boretz was born in Brooklyn, New York to Abraham Jacob Boretz and Leah (Yullis) Boretz. He graduated with a degree in music from Br ...

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Giovanni Borghi

*van Boer (2012), p.62.


Felix Borowski Felix Borowski (March 10, 1872 – September 6, 1956) was a British/American composer and teacher. He taught composers Silvestre Revueltas and Louise Cooper Spindle at Chicago Musical College. Life and career Felix Borowski was of Polish des ...

*Greene (1985), p.1291.


Hélène Boschi Hélène Boschi ( ; 11 August 19179 July 1990) was a Franco-Swiss pianist, born in Lausanne. She studied with Yvonne Lefébure and Alfred Cortot at the Ecole normale de musique in Paris. Throughout her life she led a dual career as a teacher and as ...

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Marco Enrico Bossi Marco Enrico Bossi (25 April 1861 – 20 February 1925) was an Italian organist, composer, improviser and teacher. Life Bossi was born in Salò, a town in the province of Brescia, Lombardy, into a family of musicians. His father, Pietro, was ...

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Nadia Boulanger Juliette Nadia Boulanger (; 16 September 188722 October 1979) was a French music teacher and conductor. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and organist. From a ...

Neither Boulanger nor Annette Dieudonné, her lifelong friend and assistant, kept a record of every student who studied with Boulanger. In addition, it is virtually impossible to determine the exact nature of an individual's private study with Boulanger. All in all, Boulanger is believed to have taught a very large number of students from Europe, Australia, Mexico, Argentina and Canada, as well as over 600 American musicians. ;A * * * * * * * ;B * * * * * * * * * * *Gagné (2012), p.33. *Jones (2014), p.83. * * * * * * * *Gagné (2012), p.38. * * * * * * * ;C * * * *Gagné (2012), p.58. *McGraw (2001), p.50. * * * * * *Hinson (1993), p.69. * * * * * * * *Randel (1996), p.190. * ;D * * * * * * * * ;E * * * * * * ;F * * * *Greene (1985), p.1433.Randel (1996), p.268.Gagné (2012), p.99. * * * * ;G * * * * * * *Jones (2014), p.252. * * * * * ;H * * * * * *Gagné (2012), p.125. *Jones (2014), p.291. * * * * * * ;I * ;J * * * * * ;K * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ;L * * * * * * * * *Jones (2014), p.366. * * * * * ;M * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Gagné (2012), p.174. * * * * * * *Randel (1996), p.623. * ;N * * *Jones (2014), p.452. ;O * ;P * * * * * * * * * *Gann (1997), p.106.Jones (2014), p.499. * * * ;R *Greene (1985), p.1327. * * * * * * * * * * * ;S * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Greene (1985), p.1368. * * ;T * * * * * * *Gagné (2012), p.275. * * * * ;V * Jane Vignery ;W *Randel (1996), p.963. * * * * * * * * * ;X * ;Y * * * * * ;Z * * *


Pierre Boulez Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war Western classical music. Born in Mont ...

*Jones (2014), p.20. * * * * * *Jones (2014), p.195. * *Hinson (1993), p.80. *Griffiths (2011), p.214. * * * * * * * *


Adrian Boult

*Randel (1996), p.306. *
Nicholas Cleobury Nicholas Cleobury (born 23 June 1950) is an English conductor. Cleobury was organ scholar at Worcester College, Oxford, conductor of Schola Cantorum of Oxford and held assistant organist posts at Chichester Cathedral and Christ Church, Oxford b ...
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Victor Hely-Hutchinson Christian Victor Noel Hope Hely-Hutchinson (26 December 1901 – 11 March 1947) was a British composer, conductor, pianist and music administrator. He is best known for the ''Carol Symphony'' and for humorous song-settings.Hurd, Michael'Hely ...
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Stanford Robinson Stanford Robinson OBE (5 July 190425 October 1984) was an English conductor and composer, known for his work with the BBC. He remained a member of the BBC's staff until his retirement in 1966, founding or building up the organisation's choral g ...
* Stanley Herbert Wilson *
Barry Wordsworth Barry Wordsworth (born 20 February 1948, Worcester Park, Surrey, U.K.) is a British conductor. Wordsworth is Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Ballet and has had a long relationship with company. He was first appointed as Assistant Cond ...


York Bowen Edwin York Bowen (22 February 1884 – 23 November 1961) was an English composer and pianist. Bowen's musical career spanned more than fifty years during which time he wrote over 160 works. As well as being a pianist and composer, Bowen was a ...

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Armen Boyajian

* * *Randel (1996), p.725. *


William Boyce William Boyce may refer to: *William Boyce (composer) (1711–1779), English-born composer and Master of the King's Musick * William Binnington Boyce (1804–1889), English-born philologist and clergyman, active in Australia *William Waters Boyce ( ...

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Martin Boykan Martin Boykan (April 12, 1931 – March 6, 2021) was an American composer known for his chamber music as well as music for larger ensembles. Biography Boykan was born in New York City. He studied composition first with Walter Piston at Harvard ...

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Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid- Romantic period. Born in Hamburg into a Lutheran family, he spent much of his professional life in Vienna. He is sometimes grouped wit ...

* *Greene (1985), p.1046.


Hans Brandts-Buys

*Jones (2014), p.222.


Henry Brant Henry Dreyfuss Brant (September 15, 1913 – April 26, 2008) was a Canadian-born American composer. An expert orchestrator with a flair for experimentation, many of Brant's works featured spatialization techniques. Biography Brant was born i ...

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Marianne Brandt Marianne Brandt (1 October 1893 – 18 June 1983) was a German painter, sculptor, photographer, metalsmith, and designer who studied at the Bauhaus art school in Weimar and later became head of the Bauhaus ''Metall-Werkstatt'' (Metal Workshop ...

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Louis Brassin

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Martin Bresnick

* * * North American Works Directory: ''Noach'' by Sidney Corbett
, ''OPERAAmerica.org''

/ref> * * *Gagné (2012), p.117. * * * *Randel (1996), p.482.Gagné (2012), p.156. * * * * *Gagné (2012), p.294. *


Herbert Brewer Sir Alfred Herbert Brewer (21 June 18651 March 1928) was an English composer and organist. As organist of Gloucester Cathedral from 1896 until his death, he contributed a good deal to the Three Choirs Festival for 30 years.Edwards, F.G. 'Brew ...

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Frank Bridge Frank Bridge (26 February 187910 January 1941) was an English composer, violist and conductor. Life Bridge was born in Brighton, the ninth child of William Henry Bridge (1845-1928), a violin teacher and variety theatre conductor, formerly a m ...

*Gagné (2012), p.47.


Frederick Bridge Sir John Frederick Bridge (5 December 1844 – 18 March 1924) was an English organist, composer, teacher and writer. From a musical family, Bridge became a church organist before he was 20, and he achieved his ambition to become a cathedral ...

* * * * * * * *Wyndham & L'Epine (1915), p.307. *


Richard Brind

*


José Brocá José Brocá y Codina (in Catalan: Antoni Josep Mateu Brocà i Codina) (21 September 1805 – 3 February 1882) was a Spanish guitarist and composer of the Romantic period. Life and music Brocá was born in Reus, province of Tarragona. Mainly s ...

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Charles Broche

*Greene (1985), p.459.


Jascha Brodsky Jascha Brodsky (June 6, 1907 – March 3, 1997) was a Russian-American violinist and teacher. Born in Kharkiv, in the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire (in present-day Ukraine), he began his violin studies with his violinist father at the ...

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Moritz Brosig

* *Mason (1917), p.165.


Harriet Brower

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Earle Brown Earle Brown (December 26, 1926 – July 2, 2002) was an American composer who established his own formal and notational systems. Brown was the creator of "open form," a style of musical construction that has influenced many composers since ...

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Max Bruch Max Bruch (6 January 1838 – 2 October 1920) was a German Romantic composer, violinist, teacher, and conductor who wrote more than 200 works, including three violin concertos, the first of which has become a prominent staple of the standard ...

* * * *Randel (1996), p.452. * * *Randel (1996), p.936. *


Anton Bruckner Josef Anton Bruckner (; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known for his symphonies, masses, Te Deum and motets. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of Austro-Germ ...

* * *Sadie & Samuel (1994), p.175. * *Greene (1985), p.893. * * * *Mason (1917), p.197. *Mason (1917), p.256.


Fritz Brun Fritz Brun (18 August 1878 – 29 November 1959) was a Swiss pianist, conductor and composer of classical music. Life Brun was born in Lucerne. He was a student of Franz Wüllner at the conservatory at Cologne, and studied piano and theory t ...

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Herbert Brün Herbert Brün (July 9, 1918 – November 6, 2000) was a composer, pioneer of electronic and computer music, and cybernetician. Born in Berlin, Germany, he taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1962 until he retired, several ...

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Hans Buchner Hans Buchner (also Joannes Buchner, Hans von Constanz; born 26 October 1483 in Ravensburg; died March 1538, probably in Konstanz) was an important German organist and composer. Buchner was a student of Paul Hofhaimer, and may have worked for the ...

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Dudley Buck

* * * *Mason (1917), p.44. * *Mason (1917), p.184. * *Mason (1917), p.293.


Harold Budd Harold Montgomory Budd (May 24, 1936December 8, 2020) was an American composer and poet. Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Mojave Desert, he became a respected composer in the minimalist and avant-garde scene of Southern California in the ...

*Gagné (2012), p.112.


Hans von Bülow Freiherr Hans Guido von Bülow (8 January 1830 – 12 February 1894) was a German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer of the Romantic era. As one of the most distinguished conductors of the 19th century, his activity was critical for es ...

* *Randel (1996), p.194. * * * *Mason (1917), p.140. * *Mason (1917), p.176. *


Friedrich Burgmüller

*


Adolf Busch Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch (8 August 1891 – 9 June 1952) was a German–Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer. Life and career Busch was born in Siegen in Westphalia. He studied at the Cologne Conservatory with Willy Hess and Bram Elderin ...

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Alan Bush Alan Dudley Bush (22 December 1900 – 31 October 1995) was a British composer, pianist, conductor, teacher and political activist. A committed communist, his uncompromising political beliefs were often reflected in his music. He composed pro ...

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Ferruccio Busoni

* (the noted dancer) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Jones (2014), p.269. * * * * *Griffiths (2011), p.29. * * *Jones (2014), p.609. * * * * * * * * * * *Randel (1996), p.955. * * *Greene (1985), p.1324. *Mason (1917), p.299.


Henri Büsser Paul Henri Büsser (16 January 1872 – 30 December 1973) was a French classical composer, organist, and conductor. Biography Büsser was born in Toulouse of partly German ancestry. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1889, where he studied ...

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Ludwig Bussler Ludwig Bussler (26 November 1838 – 18 January 1900) was a German musical instructor, critic and conductor. He was born in Berlin. His father, Robert Bussler, was a painter, author and privy counsellor. He was a pupil of A.E. Grell, Siegfried ...

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Dieterich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; ; born Diderik Hansen Buxtehude; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707)  was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal a ...

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William Byrd William Byrd (; 4 July 1623) was an English composer of late Renaissance music. Considered among the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he had a profound influence on composers both from his native England and those on the continent. He ...

*Randel (1996), p.609.Mason (1917), p.34.


See also

*
List of former students of the Conservatoire de Paris This is a partial list of alumni of the Conservatoire de Paris. *Marie-Claire Alain (1926-2013) * Jean-Delphin Alard (1815–1888) *Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888) *Mark Andersen (born 1947) * Maurice André (1933–2012) *Juan Crisóstomo A ...


References

Citations Sources * * * Gann, Kyle (1997). ''American Music in the Twentieth Century''. Schirmer. . * Green, Janet M. & Thrall, Josephine (1908).
The American history and encyclopedia of music
'. I. Squire. * Greene, David Mason (1985). ''Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers''. Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd.. . * Griffiths, Paul (2011). ''Modern Music and After''. Oxford University Press. . * Highfill, Philip H. (1991). ''A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers, and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660 – 1800: S. Siddons to Thrnne''. SIU Press. . * Hinkle-Turner, Elizabeth (2006). ''Women Composers and Music Technology in the United States: Crossing the Line''. Ashgate Publishing. . * Hinson, Maurice (2001). ''Music for More than One Piano: An Annotated Guide''. Indiana University Press. . * Jones, Barrie; ed. (2014). ''The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Music''. Routledge. . * Mason, Daniel Gregory (1917).
The Art of Music: A Comprehensive Library of Information for Music Lovers and Musicians
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Who's who in Music: A Biographical Record of Contemporary Musicians
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The Macmillan encyclopedia of music and musicians
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