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Aaron CoplandPerson · Music memorabiliaAaron Copland (November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, critic, writer, teacher, pianist, and conductor of his own and other American music.
Abdylas MaldybaevPerson · Music memorabiliaAbdylas Maldybaevich Maldybaev (July 7, 1906 – June 1, 1978) was a Soviet and Kyrgyz composer, actor, and operatic tenor singer.
Abramo BaseviPerson · Music memorabiliaAbramo Basevi (December 1818 – November 1885) was an Italian musicologist and composer.
Achille GraffignaPerson · Music memorabiliaAchille Graffigna (5 May 1816, San Martino dall'Argine - 19 July 1896, Padua) was an Italian composer and conductor.
Adela MaddisonPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Adela Maddison in The Sketch, 1910
Adelina PattiPerson · Music memorabiliaAdela Juana Maria Patti (19 February 184327 September 1919), commonly known as Adelina Patti, was a Spanish-Italian opera singer.
Adolf Fredrik LindbladPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Adolf Fredrik Lindblad; by
Ādolfs SkultePerson · Music memorabiliaĀdolfs Skulte (28 October 1909 – 20 March 2000) was a Latvian composer and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1979).
Adolphe AdamPerson · Music memorabiliaAdolphe Charles Adam (24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic.
Adriana Ferrarese del BenePerson · Music memorabiliaAdriana Ferrarese del Bene (September 19, 1759, Ferrara – after 1803) was an Italian operatic soprano.
Agostino SteffaniPerson · Music memorabiliaAgostino Steffani (25 July 165412 February 1728) was an Italian bishop, polymath, diplomat and composer.
Ahmet Adnan SaygunPerson · Music memorabiliaAhmed Adnan Saygun (7 September 1907 – 6 January 1991) was a Turkish composer and musicologist.
Ahn Eak-taiPerson · Music memorabilia
Aimé MaillartPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis-Aimé Maillart (24 March 1817 – 26 May 1871) was a French composer, best known for his operas, particularly Les Dragons de Villars.
Ainhoa Arteta IbarrolaburuPerson · Music memorabiliaAinhoa Arteta Ibarrolaburu, better known as Ainhoa Arteta (born 24 September 1964), is a Spanish soprano.
Alban BergPerson · Music memorabiliaAlban Maria Johannes Berg (9 February 1885 – 24 December 1935) was an Austrian composer of the Second Viennese School.
Albert DupuisPerson · Music memorabiliaAlbert Dupuis (1 March 1877 – 19 September 1967) was a Belgian composer.
Albert LortzingPerson · Music memorabiliaGustav Albert Lortzing (23 October 1801 – 21 January 1851) was a German composer, librettist, actor and singer.
Albert Louis WolffPerson · Music memorabiliaAlbert Louis Wolff was a French conductor, choir director, composer and pianist (1884–1970). He was born in 7th arrondissement of Paris and died in Suresnes.
Albert SzirmaiPerson · Music memorabilia
Alberto NepomucenoPerson · Music memorabiliaAlberto Nepomuceno (July 6, 1864October 16, 1920) was a Brazilian composer and conductor.
Alberto SavinioArtist · PaintingsAlberto Savinio alˈbɛrto saˈvinjo, born as Andrea Francesco Alberto de Chirico (25 August 1891 – 5 May 1952) was a Greek-Italian writer, painter, musician, journalist, essayist, playwright,…
Alessandro MoreschiPerson · Music memorabiliaAlessandro Moreschi (1 November 1858 – 21 April 1922) was an Italian chorister of the late 19th century and the only castrato to make solo recordings.
Alessandro ScarlattiPerson · Music memorabilia
Alexander AlyabyevPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Aleksandrovich Alyabyev (15 August 17876 March 1851), also rendered as Alabiev or Alabieff, was a Russian composer known as one of the fathers of the Russian art song.
Alexander ArutiunianPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Grigori Arutiunian (23 September 192028 March 2012), was a Soviet and Armenian composer and pianist, widely known for his 1950 Trumpet Concerto.
Alexander GoedickePerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Fyodorovich Goedicke (Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gyodike; 4 March 18779 July 1957) was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist.
Alexander GoldenweiserPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Borisovich Goldenweiser 26 November 1961) was a Russian and Soviet pianist, teacher and composer.
Alexander IlyinskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alexander Ilyinsky
Alexander MoyzesPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Moyzes (4 September 1906 – 20 November 1984) was a Slovak neoromantic composer.
Alexander RaskatovPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Mikhailovich Raskatov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Раска́тов; born 9 March 1953, in Moscow) is a Russian composer.
Alexander ReinaglePerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Robert Reinagle (23 April 1756 – 21 September 1809) was an English-born American composer, organist, and theater musician.
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;
Alexander SerovPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Nikolayevich Serov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Серо́в, 23 January [O.S. 11 January] 1820 – 1 February [O.S. 20 January] 1871) was a Russian composer and music critic.
Alexander SpendiaryanPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Afanasyevich Spendiarov (Alek’sandr Step’anosi Spendiaryan, November 1, 1871, Kakhovka, Russian Empire – May 7, 1928, Yerevan, Armenia) was a Russian composer and conductor of…
Alexander TcherepninPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Черепни́н, romanized: Aleksandr Nikolayevich Cherepnin;
Alexander VeprikPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Moiseyevich Veprik, also Weprik, (Олександр Мойсейович Веприк, Oleksandr Mojsejovyč Vepryk;
Alexander von ZemlinskyPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Zemlinsky or Alexander von Zemlinsky (14 October 1871 – 15 March 1942) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher.
Alexandra David-NéelAuthor · BooksAlexandra David-Néel (born Louise Eugénie Alexandrine Marie David; 24 October 1868 – 8 September 1969) was a French explorer, spiritualist, Buddhist, anarchist, opera singer, and writer.[1]…
Alexandre GeorgesPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alexandre Georges (1903)
Alexandre MontfortPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexandre Montfort (12 May 1803 – 13 February 1856) was a French classical composer. His works included instrumental music, art songs and six operas.
Alfred GrünfeldPerson · Music memorabiliaAlfred Grünfeld (4 July 1852 in Prague – 4 January 1924 in Vienna) was an Austrian pianist and composer.
Alfred SchnittkePerson · Music memorabiliaAlfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Soviet and Russian composer.
Alfredo KeilArtist · PaintingsAlfredo Cristiano Keil (3 July 1850 – 4 October 1907) was a Portuguese composer, painter, poet, archaeologist and art collector.
Alfredo KrausPerson · Music memorabiliaAlfredo Kraus Trujillo (24 November 192710 September 1999) was a distinguished Spanish tenor from the Canary Islands, particularly known for the artistry he brought to opera's bel canto…
Alois HábaPerson · Music memorabiliaAlois Hába (21 June 1893 – 18 November 1973) was a Czech composer, music theorist and teacher.
Alun HoddinottPerson · Music memorabiliaAlun Hoddinott CBE (11 August 1929 – 12 March 2008) was a Welsh composer of classical music, one of the first to receive international recognition.
Álvaro BrechnerPerson · Film memorabiliaÁlvaro Brechner (born 9 April 1976, Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Spanish-Uruguayan film director, screenwriter and producer based in Madrid.
Amel Brahim-DjelloulPerson · Music memorabiliaAmel Brahim-Djelloul (born 1975) is an Algerian soprano opera singer and concert recitalist.
Amy BeachPerson · Music memorabiliaAmy Marcy Cheney Beach (September 5, 1867December 27, 1944) was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music.
André BoucourechlievPerson · Music memorabiliaAndré Boucourechliev (28 July 1925 – 13 November 1997) was a French composer of Bulgarian origin.
André CampraPerson · Music memorabiliaAndré Campra (lang; baptized 4 December 1660 – 29 June 1744) was a French composer and conductor of the Baroque era.
André Cardinal DestouchesPerson · Music memorabiliaAndré Cardinal Destouches (sometimes called des Touches) (baptised 6 April 1672 – 7 February 1749) was a French composer best known for the opéra-ballet Les élémens.
André GrétryPerson · Music memorabiliaAndré Ernest Modeste Grétry (French: [gʁɛtʁi]; baptised 11 February 1741; died 24 September 1813) was a
André JolivetPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — André Jolivet in 1930
André MessagerPerson · Music memorabiliaAndré Charles Prosper Messager (lang; 30 December 1853 – 24 February 1929) was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor.
André PrevinPerson · Music memorabiliaAndré George Previn (born Andreas Ludwig Priwin; April 6, 1929 – February 28, 2019) was a German and American conductor, composer, and pianist.
Andrea BernasconiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Andrea Bernasconi - La Betulia liberata - titlepage of the libretto - Munich 1754
Andrea BocelliPerson · Music memorabiliaAndrea Bocelli (lang; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor. He rose to fame in 1994 after winning the newcomers' section of the 44th Sanremo Music Festival performing "Il mare calmo…
Andrea LuchesiPerson · Music memorabiliaAndrea Luca Luchesi (also spelled Lucchesi; 23 May 1741 – 21 March 1801) was an Italian composer. He knew Mozart and Beethoven.
Andrzej DobberPerson · Music memorabiliaAndrzej Dobber (born 28 May 1961 in Więcbork) is a Polish baritone, honored with the title of Kammersänger by the Senate of the City of Hamburg and awarded the silver medal for Merit to…
Angela GheorghiuPerson · Film memorabiliaAngela Gheorghiu (Romanian: [anˈdʒela ɡe̯orˈɡi.u]; née Burlacu; born 7 September 1965) is a Romanian soprano, especially known for her performances in the operas of Puccini and Verdi,…
Anna GermanPerson · Music memorabiliaAnna Wiktoria German-Tucholska[1] (Anna Viktoria German, 14 February 193626 August 1982) was a Polish singer (lirico-spinto), immensely popular in Poland and in the Soviet Union in the…
Anna NetrebkoPerson · Film memorabiliaAnna Yuryevna Netrebko (born 18 September 1971) is a Russian operatic soprano who has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera and La…
Antoine DauvergnePerson · Music memorabiliaAntoine Dauvergne (3 October 1713 – 11 February 1797) was a French composer and violinist.
Antoine Louis ClapissonPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis Clapisson (15 September 1808 – 19 March 1866) was a French composer and violinist. He composed numerous art songs as well as 22 operas, largely in the opéra comique genre.
Anton ArenskyPerson · Music memorabiliaAnton Stepanovich Arensky (–) was a Russian composer of Romantic classical music, pianist, conductor and professor of music.
Antoni RadziwiłłPerson · Music memorabiliaPrince Antoni Henryk Radziwiłł (anˈtɔɲi ˈxɛnrɨk raˈd͡ʑiviww; 13 June 1775 – 7 April 1833) was a Polish–Lithuanian and Prussian noble, aristocrat, musician, and politician.
Antonia BemboPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonia Padoani Bembo (c. 1640 – c.
Antonín DvořákPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonín Leopold Dvořák (8September 18411May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the…
Antonio Bartolomeo BruniPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni by Césarine Davin-Mirvault, circa 1804 (New York, The Frick Collection)
Antonio BibaloPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonio Gino Bibalo (18 January 1922 – 20 June 2008) was an Italian-Norwegian pianist and composer of contemporary classical music, primarily operas.
Antonio BragaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Antonio Braga
Antonio DraghiPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonio Draghi (17 January 1634 – 16 January 1700) was a Baroque composer. He possibly was the brother of Giovanni Battista Draghi.
Antônio Francisco BragaPerson · Music memorabiliaAntônio Francisco Braga (15 April 1868 – 14 March 1945) was a Brazilian music composer. Braga was born in Rio de Janeiro, and studied with Luiz António de Moura and Carlos de Mesquita.
Antonio Maria AbbatiniPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonio Maria Abbatini (c. 1609 or 1610 – c.
Antonio QuintavallePerson · Music memorabiliaAntonio Quintavalle (c. 1665) was an Italian opera composer.
Aribert ReimannPerson · Music memorabiliaAribert Reimann (4 March 1936 – 13 March 2024) was a German composer, pianist, and accompanist, known especially for his literary operas.
Arif MalikovPerson · Music memorabiliaArif Malikov (also Melikov; Baku, 13 September 1933 – Baku, 9 May 2019) was an Azerbaijani composer. He graduated from the Baku Conservatory as a music composer in 1958.
Aristide HignardPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Aristide Hignard
Arkady FilippenkoPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Monument to Filippenko in Kyiv
Arnold MendelssohnPerson · Music memorabiliaArnold Ludwig Mendelssohn (26 December 1855 – 18 February 1933), was a German composer and music teacher.
Arnold SchoenbergPerson · Music memorabiliaArnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian and American modernist composer, music theorist, and teacher associated with developing variation, the…
Arseny KoreshchenkoPerson · Music memorabiliaArseny Nikolayevich Koreshchenko (18 December 1870 – 6 January 1921) was a pianist and composer of classical music, including operas and ballets. He was from the Russian Empire.
Arthur BenjaminPerson · Music memorabiliaArthur Leslie Benjamin (September 18, 1893 – April 10, 1960) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher.
Arthur BlissPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss (2 August 189127 March 1975) was British composer and conductor.
Arthur SullivanPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Sullivan in 1888
Artur LembaPerson · Music memorabiliaArtur Lemba (24 September 1885 – 21 November 1963) was an Estonian composer and piano teacher, and one of the most important figures in Estonian classical music.
Attilio AriostiPerson · Music memorabiliaAttilio Malachia Ariosti (or Frate Ottavio) (5 November 1666 – 1729) was a Servite Friar and Italian composer in the Baroque style.
Attilio ParelliPerson · Music memorabiliaAttilio Enrico Paparella, known professionally as Attilio Parelli (31 May 1874 – 26 December 1944) was an Italian conductor and composer.
August ConradiPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Conradi (27 June 1821 – 26 May 1873) was a German organist and composer.
August EnnaPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Enna (13 May 1859 – 3 August 1939) was a Danish composer, known mainly for his operas.
August KlughardtPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — August Klughardt's memorial in Dessau
Augusta HolmèsAuthor · BooksAugusta Mary Anne Holmès (Holmes; 16 December 1847 – 28 January 1903), also known by the pseudonym Hermann Zenta, was a French and Irish composer.
Aulis SallinenPerson · Music memorabiliaAulis Heikki Sallinen (born 9 April 1935) is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer.
Avet TerterianPerson · Music memorabiliaAlfred Roubenovich "Avet" Terterian (also Terteryan) (July 29, 1929 – December 11, 1994) was an Armenian composer, awarded the Konrad Adenauer Prize.
Azio CorghiPerson · Music memorabiliaAzio Corghi (9 March 1937 – 17 November 2022) was an Italian composer, academic teacher and musicologist. He composed mostly operas and chamber music.
Barbara BonneyPerson · Music memorabiliaBarbara Bonney (born April 14, 1956) is an American soprano. She is associated with lyric soprano roles in operas by Mozart and Richard Strauss as well as lieder performances.
Bedřich Diviš WeberPerson · Music memorabiliaBedřich Diviš Weber (German: Friedrich Dionys Weber; 9 October 1766 – 25 December 1842) was a Czech composer and musicologist.
Béla BartókPerson · Music memorabiliaBartók Béla Viktor János
Benedikt SchackPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Benedikt Schack in performance with the Schikaneder troupe: the number "O Anton du bist mein" from the Singspiel Die Zween Anton.
Benjamin BernheimPerson · Music memorabiliaBenjamin Bernheim (9 June 1985) is a French lyric tenor known for his interpretation of Italian and French roles.
Benjamin BrittenPerson · Music memorabiliaEdward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist.
Benjamin GodardPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Benjamin Godard, c. 1880, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Bernard Germain de LacépèdePerson · Music memorabiliaBernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède or La Cépède (26 December 17566 October 1825) was a French naturalist and an active freemason.
Bernard RogersPerson · Music memorabiliaBernard Rogers (4 February 1893 – 24 May 1968) was an American composer. His best known work is The Passion, an oratorio written in 1942.
Bernardo PasquiniPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Bernardo Pasquini
Bernd Alois ZimmermannPerson · Music memorabiliaBernd Alois Zimmermann (20 March 1918 – 10 August 1970) was a German composer. He is perhaps best known for his opera Die Soldaten, which is regarded as one of the most important German…
Bernhard CrusellPerson · Music memorabiliaBernhard Henrik Crusell (15 October 1775 – 28 July 1838) was a Finland-Swedish clarinetist, composer and translator, "the most significant and internationally best-known Finnish-born…
Bernhard KleinPerson · Music memorabiliaBernhard Joseph Klein (6 March 1793 – 9 September 1832) was a German composer.
Bernhard LangPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Bernhard Lang (2007)
Bernhard SeklesPerson · Music memorabiliaBernhard Sekles (20 June 1872 – 8 December 1934) was a German composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue.
Blagoj NacoskiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Blagoj Nacoski
Blagoje BersaPerson · Music memorabiliaBlagoje Bersa (born as Benito Bersa, 21 December 1873 – 1 January 1934) was a Croatian musical composer of substantial influence.
Bogusław SchaefferPerson · Music memorabiliaBogusław Julian Schaeffer (also Schäffer) (6 June 1929 – 1 July 2019) was a Polish composer, musicologist, and graphic artist, a member of the avant-garde "Cracow Group" of Polish composers…
Bohuslav MartinůPerson · Music memorabiliaBohuslav Jan Martinů (December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music.
Boris BlacherPerson · Music memorabiliaBoris Blacher (19 January [O.S. 6 January] 1903 – 30 January 1975) was a German composer and librettist.
Boris TchaikovskyPerson · Music memorabiliaBoris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky (10 September 1925 – 7 February 1996), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian composer, born in Moscow, whose oeuvre includes orchestral works, chamber music, and…
Brett DeanPerson · Music memorabiliaBrett Dean (born 23 October 1961) is an Australian composer, violist and conductor.
Brian FerneyhoughPerson · Music memorabiliaBrian John Peter Ferneyhough[1] (born 16 January 1943) is an English composer. Ferneyhough is typically considered the central figure of the New Complexity movement.[3] Ferneyhough has…

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