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American conductors

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Victor YoungPerson · Music memorabiliaAlbert Victor Young (August 8, 1899 – November 10, 1956) was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor.
Vincent LopezPerson · Music memorabiliaVincent Lopez (December 30, 1895 – September 20, 1975) was an American bandleader, actor, and pianist.
Virgil ThomsonPerson · Music memorabiliaVirgil Thomson (November 25, 1896 – September 30, 1989) was an American composer and critic. He was instrumental in the development of the "American Sound" in classical music.
Vladimir BakaleinikovPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — 1929
Wallace DavenportPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Wallace Davenport at the 1976 North Sea Jazz Festival.
Walter DamroschPerson · Music memorabiliaWalter Johannes Damrosch (January 30, 1862December 22, 1950) was a Prussian and American conductor and composer.[1] He was the director of the New York Symphony Orchestra and conducted the…
Walter PistonPerson · Music memorabiliaWalter Hamor Piston, Jr. (January 20, 1894 – November 12, 1976), was an American composer of classical music, music theorist, and professor of music at Harvard University.
Werner KlempererPerson · Film memorabiliaWerner Klemperer (March 22, 1920 – December 6, 2000) was an American actor. He was best known for playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the CBS television sitcom Hogan's Heroes, for which he…
Wesley LaViolettePerson · Music memorabiliaWallace Wesley LaViolette (4 Jan 1894 Saint James, Minnesota - 29 Jul 1978 Escondido, California) was an American musician who composed, conducted, lectured, and wrote about music.
Wilbur de ParisPerson · Music memorabiliaWilbur de Paris (January 11, 1900 – January 3, 1973) was a trombone player and band leader known for mixing Dixieland jazz with swing.
Wilbur SchwandtPerson · Music memorabiliaWilbur Clyde Schwandt (June 28, 1904 – July 23, 1998) was an American musician, singer, composer and bandleader best known for his song "Dream a Little Dream of Me" with Fabian Andre and…
Wilbur SweatmanPerson · Music memorabiliaWilbur Coleman Sweatman (February 7, 1882 – March 9, 1961) was an American ragtime and dixieland jazz composer, bandleader and clarinetist.
Will BradleyPerson · Music memorabiliaWilbur Schwichtenberg (July 12, 1912 – July 15, 1989), known professionally as Will Bradley, was an American trombonist and bandleader during the 1930s and 1940s.
Willard RobisonPerson · Music memorabiliaWillard Robison (September 18, 1894 – June 24, 1968) was an American vocalist, pianist, and composer of popular songs, born in Shelbina, Missouri.
William AxtPerson · Music memorabiliaWilliam Axt (April 19, 1888 – February 13, 1959) was an American composer of nearly two hundred film scores.
William KraftPerson · Music memorabiliaWilliam Kraft (September 6, 1923 – February 12, 2022) was an American composer, conductor, teacher, timpanist, and percussionist.
Woody HermanPerson · Music memorabiliaWoodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader.
Xavier CugatPerson · Music memorabiliaXavier Cugat (lang; 1 January 1900 – 27 October 1990) was an American musician and bandleader who was a leading figure in the spread of Latin music in the United States.

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