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Chapelmasters

96 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adam DresePerson · Music memorabiliaAdam Drese (December 1620 – 15 February 1701 in Arnstadt) was a German composer, kapellmeister, and bass viol player of the baroque period.
Alexander Egorovich VarlamovPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Egorovich Varlamov was a Russian composer, chapelmaster, singer, music critic, violinist and guitarist (1801–1848). He was born in Moscow and died in Saint Petersburg.
Alexander RitterPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Sascha Ritter (7 June 1833 – 12 April 1896) was a German composer and violinist. He wrote two operas, Der faule Hans and Wem die Krone?; a few songs; a symphonic waltz;
Andrea LuchesiPerson · Music memorabiliaAndrea Luca Luchesi (also spelled Lucchesi; 23 May 1741 – 21 March 1801) was an Italian composer. He knew Mozart and Beethoven.
Antonio CaldaraPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonio Caldara (c. 1670 – 28 December 1736) was an Italian Baroque composer.
Antonio RipaPerson · Music memorabiliaJuan Antonio Ripa Blanque, usually referred to as Antonio Ripa and also known as Antonio Ripa y Blanque, (1721 - 3 November 1795) was a Spanish composer, priest, and choirmaster.
Antonio SalieriPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonio Salieri (18 August 17507 May 1825) was an Italian composer and teacher of the classical period.
August ConradiPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Conradi (27 June 1821 – 26 May 1873) was a German organist and composer.
August MannsPerson · Music memorabiliaSir August Friedrich Manns (12 March 1825 – 1 March 1907) was a German-born British conductor who made his career in England.
Béla KélerPerson · Music memorabiliaBéla Kéler (13 February 182020 November 1882) was a Hungarian composer of romantic music period and orchestral conductor. Béla Kéler was born as Albert Paul Keler (Adalbert Paul von Keler).
Bernardino de FigueroaPerson · Music memorabiliaBernardino de Figueroa (c.1510-November 1586) was a Spanish composer, afterwards Archbishop of Brindisi in Italy.
Bernhard EichhornPerson · Music memorabiliaBernhard Eichhorn (17 April 1904 – 6 February 1980) was a German composer, who produced a number of film scores.
Bernhard SeklesPerson · Music memorabiliaBernhard Sekles (20 June 1872 – 8 December 1934) was a German composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue.
Bruno WalterPerson · Music memorabiliaBruno Walter was born in Berlin, he left Nazi Germany in 1933.
Carl MillöckerPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl (or Karl) Joseph Millöcker (–), was an Austrian composer of operettas and a conductor.
Conradin KreutzerPerson · Music memorabiliaConradin Kreutzer or Kreuzer (22 November 1780 – 14 December 1849) was a German composer and conductor.
Diego de PontacPerson · Music memorabiliaDiego Pontac, later in life Diego de Pontac (1603 in Loarre – 1654 in Madrid) was a Spanish composer.
Erasmus WidmannPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Erasmus Widmann
Erich KleiberPerson · Music memorabiliaErich Kleiber (5 August 1890 – 27 January 1956) was an Austrian, later Argentine, conductor, known for his interpretations of the Western classics and as an advocate of Neue Musik.
Ernst Wilhelm WolfPerson · Music memorabiliaErnst Wilhelm Wolf (baptised 25 February 1735 – 29 or 30 November 1792) was a German composer.
Estêvão de BritoPerson · Music memorabiliaEstêvão de Brito (c.
Felix Otto DessoffPerson · Music memorabiliaFelix Otto Dessoff (14 January 1835 – 28 October 1892) was a German conductor and composer.
Felix WeingartnerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Weingartner c.
Ferdinand HellmesbergerPerson · Music memorabiliaFerdinand Hellmesberger (24 January 1863 – 15 March 1940) was an Austrian cellist and conductor.
Ferdinand LöwePerson · Music memorabiliaFerdinand Löwe (19 February 1865 – 6 January 1925) was an Austrian conductor.
Francesco CavalliPerson · Music memorabiliaFrancesco Cavalli (born Pietro Francesco Caletti-Bruni; 14 February 1602 – 14 January 1676) was a Venetian composer, organist and singer of the early Baroque period.
Franz BendaPerson · Music memorabiliaFranz Benda (František Benda; c. 22 November 1709 – 7 March 1786) was a Czech violinist and composer.
Franz GläserPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Franz Glaeser by Emil Bærentzen
Franz TeyberPerson · Music memorabiliaFranz Teyber (bapt. 25 August 1758 in Vienna – 21 October 1810 in Wien-Josefstadt, today 8.
Friedrich Heinrich HimmelPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Friedrich Heinrich Himmel
Friedrich SchneiderPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Christian Friedrich Schneider (3 January 1786 in Alt-Waltersdorf – 23 November 1853 in Dessau) was a German pianist, composer, organist, and conductor.
Gennaro MannaPerson · Music memorabiliaGennaro Manna (12 December 1715 - 28 December 1779) was an Italian composer based in Naples. He was a member of the Neapolitan School.
Georg JarnoPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Jarno (3 June 1868 – 24 May 1920) was a Hungarian composer, mainly of operettas.
Georg Joseph VoglerPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Joseph Vogler, also known as Abbé Vogler (15 June 1749 – 6 May 1814), was a German composer, organist, teacher and theorist.
Georg Philipp TelemannPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Philipp Telemann (German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfiːlɪp ˈteːləman]; 24 March [O.S. 14 March] 1681 – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist.
Giacomo Antonio PertiPerson · Music memorabiliaUnknown, 18th century
Giacomo RustPerson · Music memorabiliaGiacomo Rust or Rusti (1741 in Rome, Italy – 1786 in Barcelona, Spain) was an Italian opera composer, probably of German ancestry.
Giovanni Felice SancesPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Felice Sances (also Sancies, Sanci, Sanes, Sanchez, c. 160024 November 1679) was an Italian singer and a Baroque composer.
Giovanni PaciniPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Pacini (11 February 17966 December 1867) was an Italian composer from the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He is best known for his operas.
Günter WandPerson · Music memorabiliaGünter Wand (7 January 1912, in Elberfeld, Germany – 14 February 2002, in Ulmiz near Bern, Switzerland) was a German orchestra conductor and composer.
Gustav MahlerPerson · Music memorabiliaGustav Mahler (German: [ˈɡʊstaf ˈmaːlɐ]; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation.
Hans PfitznerPerson · Music memorabiliaHans Erich Pfitzner (5 May 1869 – 22 May 1949) was a Russian-born German composer, conductor and polemicist who was a self-described anti-modernist.
Hans SittPerson · Music memorabiliaHans Sitt (born Jan Hanuš Sitt on 21 September 1850, Prague – 10 March 1922, Leipzig), was a Bohemian violinist, violist, teacher, and composer.
Harry WinterPerson · Music memorabiliaHarry Winter (24 September 1914 – 3 December 2001), born Horst Winter, was a German-Austrian singer, musician and band director.
Hermann ZumpePerson · Music memorabiliaHermann Zumpe (9 April 1850 – 4 September 1903) was a German conductor and composer.
Ignaz HolzbauerPerson · Music memorabiliaIgnaz Jakob Holzbauer (18 September 1711 – 7 April 1783) was an Austrian composer of symphonies, concertos, operas, and chamber music, and a member of the Mannheim school.
Jacques OffenbachPerson · Music memorabiliaJacques Offenbach (20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario.
Jan Ladislav DussekPerson · Music memorabiliaJan Ladislav Dussek (baptised Jan Václav Dusík, with surname also written as Duschek or Düssek; 12 February 1760 – 20 March 1812) was a Czech classical period composer and virtuoso pianist.
Jean-Marie LeclairPerson · Music memorabiliaJean-Marie Leclair l'aîné (Jean-Marie Leclair the Elder) (10 May 1697 – 22 October 1764) was a French Baroque violinist and composer.
Jean-Paul-Égide MartiniPerson · Music memorabiliaJean-Paul-Égide Martini, also known as Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini (31 August 1741 – 14 February 1816) was a French composer of German birth during the classical period.
Jimmy HeathPerson · Music memorabiliaJames Edward Heath (October 25, 1926 – January 19, 2020), nicknamed Little Bird, was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader.
Johan AgrellPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Johan Joachim Agrell by Valentin Daniel Preisler (1754)
Johann Abraham Peter SchulzPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Abraham Peter Schulz (31 March 1747 – 10 June 1800) was a German musician. He is best known as the composer of the melody for Matthias Claudius's poems "Der Mond ist aufgegangen" and…
Johann Adolf HassePerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Adolph Hasse (baptised 25 March 1699 – 16 December 1783) was an 18th-century German composer, singer and teacher of music.
Johann Baptist GänsbacherPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Baptist Gänsbacher (8 May 1778 in Sterzing – 13 July 1844 in Vienna), was an Austrian musical composer, from the County of Tyrol.
Johann Christoph PezPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Christoph Pez, also Petz, (9 September 1664 – 25 September 1716) was a German Baroque musician, Kapellmeister, and composer who worked in the courts of the Electorate of Bavaria and…
Johann David HeinichenPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann David Heinichen (17 April 1683 – 16 July 1729) was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus II the Strong in…
Johann Ernst BachPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Ernst Bach was an organist, composer, chapelmaster and jurist (1722–1777). He was born in Eisenach.
Johann Franz Xaver SterkelPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Franz Xaver Sterkel (3 December 1750 in Würzburg – 12 October 1817 in Würzburg) was a German composer and pianist in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Johann Friedrich ReichardtPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Friedrich Reichardt (25 November 1752 – 27 June 1814) was a German composer, writer and music critic.
Johann Gottfried WaltherPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Gottfried Walther (18 September 1684 – 23 March 1748) was a German music theorist, organist, composer, and lexicographer of the Baroque era.
Johann Heinrich SchmelzerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
Johann Joseph FuxPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Johann Joseph Fux
Johann Ludwig BachPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Johann Ludwig Bach.
Johann Melchior MolterPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Melchior Molter (10 February 1696 – 12 January 1765) was a German composer and violinist of the late Baroque period.
Johann Nepomuk HummelPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Nepomuk Hummel (14 November 177817 October 1837) was an Austrian composer and pianist. His music reflects the transition from the Classical to the Romantic musical era.
Johann Nikolaus HanffPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Nikolaus Hanff (25 September 1663 – 25 December 1711) was a North German organist and composer. Hanff was born in Wechmar in Thuringia and worked in Eutin, Hamburg and Schleswig.
Johannes EccardPerson · Music memorabiliaJohannes Eccard (1553–1611) was a German composer and kapellmeister. He was an early principal conductor at the Berlin court chapel.
Josef HellmesbergerPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Heinrich Georg Hellmesberger Jr. (9 April 1855 – 26 April 1907), also known as Pepi Hellmesberger, was an Austrian composer, violinist and conductor.
Josef MyslivečekPerson · Music memorabiliaJosef Mysliveček (9 March 1737 – 4 February 1781) was a Czech composer. He contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music.
Joseph HellmesbergerPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Hellmesberger Sr. (3 November 182824 October 1893) was an Austrian violinist, conductor, and composer.
Juan de AraujoPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Araujo was first chapelmaster at Lima Cathedral, Peru
Karl KingPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Karl L. King.
Karl Schröder IIPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Carl Schroeder (1890)
Kurt WeillPerson · Music memorabiliaKurt Julian Weill (German: [vaɪl]; March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United…
Leonardo VinciPerson · Music memorabiliaLeonardo Vinci (1690 – 27 May 1730) was an Italian Baroque composer known chiefly for his 40 or so operas. Comparatively little of his work in other genres survives.
Leopold HofmannPerson · Music memorabiliaLeopold Hofmann (also Ludwig Hoffman, Leopold Hoffman, Leopold Hoffmann; 14 August 1738 – 17 March 1793) was an Austrian composer of classical music.
Leopold WenzelPerson · Music memorabiliaLéopold de Wenzel (23 January 1847 – 21 August 1923), also known as Leopold Wenzel, was an Italian-born conductor and composer, known for his ballets and contributions to Edwardian musical…
Louis SpohrPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis Spohr (5 April 178422 October 1859), baptized Ludewig Spohr, later often in the modern German form of the name Ludwig, was a German composer, violinist and conductor.
Ludvig NormanAuthor · BooksLudvig Norman (28 August 183128 March 1885) was a Swedish composer, conductor, pianist, and music teacher.
Ludwig SenflPerson · Music memorabiliaLudwig Senfl (born around 1486, died between December 2, 1542 and August 10, 1543) was a Swiss composer of the Renaissance, active in Germany.
Michael UmlaufPerson · Music memorabiliaMichael Umlauf (August 9, 1781 – June 20, 1842), was an Austrian composer, conductor, and violinist. His father, Ignaz Umlauf, was also a notable composer.
Niccolò PaganiniPerson · Music memorabiliaNiccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (27 October 178227 May 1840) was an Italian violinist, guitarist and composer.
Nicolas GombertPerson · Music memorabiliaNicolas Gombert (c. 1495 – c.
Oscar StrausPerson · Music memorabiliaOscar Nathan Straus (6 March 1870 – 11 January 1954) was a Viennese composer of operettas, film scores, and songs.
Paul Ben-HaimPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Ben-Haim (or Paul Ben-Chaim; 5 July 1897 – 14 January 1984) was an Israeli composer.
Pedro BermúdezPerson · Music memorabiliaPedro Bermúdez (1558–1605) was a Spanish composer and chapel master, who has been recognised as one of the most outstanding polyphonists in the New World, and who was active in Granada,…
Pedro de ArdanazPerson · Music memorabiliaPedro de Ardanaz (or Ardanas) (1638–1706) was a Spanish baroque composer. Some of his works are preserved in Latin American manuscripts, and in the El Escorial archive.
Richard SahlaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Richard Sahla
Samuel ScheidtPerson · Music memorabiliaSamuel Scheidt (baptized 3 November 1587 – 24 March 1654) was a German composer, organist and teacher of the early Baroque era.
Saverio MercadantePerson · Music memorabiliaGiuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante (baptised 17 September 179517 December 1870) was an Italian composer, particularly of operas.
Vinzenz LachnerPerson · Music memorabiliaVinzenz Lachner (also spelled Vincenz) (19 July 1811 – 22 January 1893) was a German composer and conductor.
Wilhelm BergerPerson · Music memorabiliaWilhelm Reinhard Berger (9 August 1861 – 16 January 1911) was a German composer, pianist and conductor.
Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst BachPerson · Music memorabiliaWilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, also known as William Bach (24 May 1759 – 25 December 1845) was the eldest son of Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach and the only grandson of Johann Sebastian…
Wilhelm FurtwänglerPerson · Music memorabiliaGustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler (25 January 188630 November 1954) was a German conductor and composer.
Wilhelm KienzlPerson · Music memorabiliaWilhelm Kienzl (17 January 1857 – 3 October 1941) was an Austrian composer.

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