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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.
Francesco CileaPerson · Music memorabiliaFrancesco Cilea (franˈtʃesko tʃiˈlɛːa; 23 July 1866 – 20 November 1950) was an Italian composer. Today he is particularly known for his operas L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur.
Francesco FeoPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Francesco Feo.
Francesco GaspariniPerson · Music memorabiliaFrancesco Gasparini (19 March 1661 – 22 March 1727) was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher whose works were performed throughout Italy, and also on occasion in the Holy Roman Empire…
Francesco Maria PiaveAuthor · BooksIllustration — Francesco Maria Piave
Francesco SacratiPerson · Music memorabiliaFrancesco Sacrati (17 September 1605 in Parma, Italy – 20 May 1650 in Modena, Italy) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era, who played an important role in the early history of opera.
Francis Edward BachePerson · Music memorabiliaFrancis Edward Bache (14 September 183324 August 1858) was an English organist and composer.
Francisco AraizaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Francisco Araiza as Romeo in Roméo et Juliette, Zurich 1990
Francisco de Sá NoronhaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Francisco de Sá Noronha.png
Francisco Manuel da SilvaPerson · Music memorabiliaFrancisco Manuel da Silva (21 February 1795 – 18 December 1865) was a Brazilian songwriter and music professor, notable for composing the Brazilian National Anthem.
Franco AlfanoAuthor · BooksFranco Alfano (8 March 1875 – 27 October 1954) was an Italian composer and pianist, best known today for his operas Risurrezione (1904), Sakùntala (1921), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1936), and…
Franco DonatoniPerson · Music memorabiliaFranco Donatoni (9 June 1927 – 17 August 2000) was an Italian composer.
Franco OppoPerson · Music memorabiliaFranco Oppo (2 October 1935 – 14 January 2016) was an Italian composer and scholar.
François-André Danican PhilidorPerson · Music memorabiliaFrançois-André Danican Philidor (7 September 1726 – 31 August 1795), born François-André Danican and often referred to as André Danican Philidor during his lifetime, was a French composer…
François-Joseph FétisPerson · Music memorabiliaFrançois-Joseph Fétis (25 March 1784 – 26 March 1871) was a Belgian musicologist, critic, teacher and composer. He was among the most influential music intellectuals in continental Europe.
Franghiz Ali-ZadehPerson · Music memorabiliaFranghiz Ali Aga Kïzï Ali-Zadeh (born 28 May 1947) is an Azerbaijani composer and pianist of contemporary classical music.
Frank MartinPerson · Music memorabiliaFrank Théodore Martin (15 September 1890 – 21 November 1974) was a Swiss composer who spent much of his life in the Netherlands.
František ŠkroupPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Škroup by Antonín Machek
Franz DanziPerson · Music memorabiliaFranz Ignaz Danzi (15 June 1763 – 13 April 1826) was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi (1730–1798) and brother of the noted singer…
Franz DopplerPerson · Music memorabiliaAlbert Franz Doppler (16 October 182127 July 1883) was a flute virtuoso and a composer best known for his flute music.
Franz GläserPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Franz Glaeser by Emil Bærentzen
Franz Ignaz von BeeckePerson · Music memorabiliaFranz Ignaz von Beecke (28 October 1733 – 2 January 1803) was a classical music composer born in Wimpfen am Neckar, Holy Roman Empire.
Franz LehárPerson · Music memorabilia
Franz SalmhoferAuthor · BooksIllustration — Franz Salmhofer c1953 whilst Director of the Vienna State Opera
Franz SchrekerPerson · Music memorabiliaFranz Schreker (originally Schrecker; 23 March 1878 – 21 March 1934) was an Austrian composer, conductor, librettist, teacher and administrator.
Fred RaymondPerson · Music memorabiliaFred Raymond aka Raimund Friedrich Vesely (20 April 1900 – 10 January 1954) was an Austrian composer.
Frederick CorderPerson · Music memorabiliaFrederick Corder (26 January 1852 – 21 August 1932) was an English composer and music teacher.[1]
Frederick DeliusPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Delius, photographed in 1907
Fredrik PaciusPerson · Music memorabiliaFredrik Pacius (ˈfreːdrik ˈpɑːsius); in German and in Estonian Friedrich Pacius; 19 March 1809 – 8 January 1891) was a German composer, violinist and conductor who lived most of his life in…
Friedrich CerhaPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Cerha (lang; 17 February 1926 – 14 February 2023) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and academic teacher.
Friedrich Heinrich HimmelPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Friedrich Heinrich Himmel
Friedrich KuhlauPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Daniel Rudolf Kuhlau, sometimes written as Frederick Kulav, (11 September 1786 – 12 March 1832) was a Danish pianist and composer during the late Classical and early Romantic…
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.
Friedrich von FlotowPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Adolf Ferdinand, Freiherr von Flotow (lang; 27 April 1812 – 24 January 1883) was a German composer.
Friedrich WittPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Score of the Symphonie turque by Friedrich Witt, c.
Fritz StiedryAuthor · BooksFritz Stiedry (11 October 18838 August 1968) was an Austrian conductor and composer.
Fromental HalévyPerson · Music memorabiliaJacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy (27 May 179917 March 1862), was a French opera composer, widely regarded in his lifetime as one of the central…
Gabriel FauréPerson · Music memorabiliaGabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher.
Gabriel PiernéPerson · Music memorabiliaHenri Constant Gabriel Pierné (16 August 1863 – 17 July 1937) was a French composer, conductor, pianist and organist.
Gaetano BragaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Gaetano Braga.
Gaetano DonizettiPerson · Music memorabiliaDomenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 – 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer of the early Romantic era, best known for his over 70 operas.
Gavin BryarsPerson · Music memorabiliaRichard Gavin Bryars (born 16 January 1943) is an English composer and double bassist.
Gavino GabrielPerson · Music memorabiliaGavino Gabriel (Tempio Pausania, 1881 – Rome, 1980) was an Italian composer, ethnomusicologist scholar of Sardinian music, especially that of Gallura, and has written and published many…
Gaziza ZhubanovaPerson · Music memorabiliaGaziza Akhmetkyzy Zhubanova (Ǵazıza Ahmetqyzy Jubanova; with middle name "Akhmetovna"; 2 December 1927 – 13 December 1993) was a Soviet and Kazakh composer and pedagogue.
Gegham GrigoryanPerson · Music memorabiliaGegham Grigorian (also written Grigoryan; 29 January 1951 – 23 March 2016) was an Armenian operatic tenor.
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.
Geoffrey GreyPerson · Music memorabiliaJeff Gray (disambiguation)
Georg Caspar SchürmannPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Caspar Schürmann (1672 (or early 1673), in Idensen bei Neustadt am Rübenberge – 25 February 1751, in Wolfenbüttel) was a German Baroque composer.
Georg Christoph WagenseilPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Christoph Wagenseil (29 January 1715 – 1 March 1777) was an Austrian composer.
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.
George AdamsPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorge Adams was an American saxophonist, composer and musician (1940–1992). He was born in Covington and died in New York City.
George Alexander MacfarrenPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — George Alexander Macfarren
George BenjaminPerson · Music memorabiliaSir George William John Benjamin, CBE (born 31 January 1960) is an English composer, conductor, pianist and teacher.[1]
George DreyfusPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Dreyfus in 1972
George EnescoPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorge Enescu (– 4 May 1955), known in France as Georges Enesco, was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, teacher and statesman.
George Frederick BristowPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorge Frederick Bristow (December 19, 1825 – December 13, 1898) was an American composer, conductor, violinist, and educator, born in Brooklyn, New York.
George Frideric HandelPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorge Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (baptised Georg Fried[e]rich Händel; 5 March 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well-known for his operas, oratorios, anthems,…
George OnslowPerson · Music memorabiliaAndré George(s) Louis Onslow (27 July 1784 – 3 October 1853) was a French composer of English descent.
George StephănescuPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorge Stephănescu (13 December 1843 – 25 April 1925) was a Romanian composer, one of the main figures in Romanian national opera.
George Whitefield ChadwickPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorge Whitefield Chadwick (November 13, 1854 – April 4, 1931) was an American composer.
Georges AperghisPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Composer Georges Aperghis in his studio
Georges AuricPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorges Auric (lang; 15 February 1899 – 23 July 1983) was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault, France.
Georgy SviridovPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorgy Vasilyevich Sviridov (16 December 1915 – 6 January 1998) was a Soviet and Russian composer.
Gerard VictoryPerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Joseph Gerard Victory (24 December 1921 – 14 March 1995) was a prolific Irish composer.
Gerardo GandiniPerson · Music memorabiliaGerardo Gandini (Buenos Aires (Argentina), October 16, 1936 – Buenos Aires, March 22, 2013) was a pianist, composer, and music director, who became one of the most relevant figures of…
Gervase HughesPerson · Music memorabiliaGervase Alfred Booth Hughes (1 September 1905 – July 1984) was an English composer, conductor and writer on music.
Giacomo Antonio PertiPerson · Music memorabiliaUnknown, 18th century
Giacomo PucciniPerson · Music memorabiliaGiacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (22 December 1858 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas.
Giacomo RustPerson · Music memorabiliaGiacomo Rust or Rusti (1741 in Rome, Italy – 1786 in Barcelona, Spain) was an Italian opera composer, probably of German ancestry.
Gian Francesco de MajoPerson · Music memorabiliaGian Francesco de Majo (24 March 1732 – 17 November 1770) was an Italian composer. He is best known for his more than 20 operas.
Gilbert BécaudPerson · Film memorabiliaFrançois Gilbert Léopold Silly (24 October 1927 – 18 December 2001), known professionally as Gilbert Bécaud (ʒilbɛʁ beko), was a French singer, composer, pianist and actor, known as…
Gino BechiPerson · Film memorabiliaGino Bechi (16 October 1913 – 2 February 1993) was an Italian operatic baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, especially in Verdi roles.
Gioacchino CocchiPerson · Music memorabiliaGioacchino Cocchi (circa 1712 – 11 September 1796) was a Neapolitan composer, principally of opera.
Gioachino RossiniPerson · Music memorabiliaGioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer and conductor of the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
Giovanni Alberto RistoriPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Alberto Ristori (1692 – 7 February 1753) was an Italian opera composer and conductor.
Giovanni AlleviPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Allevi (dʒoˈvanni alˈlɛːvi; born 9 April 1969) is an Italian pianist and composer. His song "O Generosa" is the current theme tune of the top flight of Italian football, Serie A.
Giovanni Battista BassaniPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Battista Bassani (c. 1650 – 1 October 1716) was an Italian composer, violinist, and organist.
Giovanni Battista CasaliPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Battista Casali (1715–6 July 1792) was an Italian musician.
Giovanni Battista FerrandiniPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Battista Ferrandini (c. 1710 – 25 October 1791), an Italian composer of the Baroque and Classical eras, was born in Venice, Italy and died in Munich, at the age of about 81.
Giovanni BononciniPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Bononcini (or Buononcini) (18 July 1670 – 9 July 1747) (sometimes cited also as Giovanni Battista Bononcini) was an Italian Baroque composer, cellist, singer and teacher, one of a…
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 LegrenziPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — 18th-century portrait of Giovanni Legrenzi by anonymous painter, Civico museo bibliografico musicale, Bologna
Giovanni Marco RutiniPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Giovanni Marco Rutini
Giovanni Maria BononciniPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Maria Bononcini (1642-1678) was an Italian violinist, theorist, composer, and the father of a musical dynasty.
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.
Giselher KlebePerson · Music memorabiliaGiselher Wolfgang Klebe (28 June 19255 October 2009) was a German composer, and an academic teacher.
Giulio RicordiArtist · PaintingsGiulio Ricordi (19 December 1840 – 6 June 1912) was an Italian editor and musician who joined the family firm, the Casa Ricordi music publishing house, in 1863, then run by his father,…
Giuseppe BonnoPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Giuseppe Bonno
Giuseppe CambiniPerson · Music memorabiliaGiuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini (February 13, 1746, Livorno—1825, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre) was an Italian composer and violinist.
Giuseppe Dell'OreficePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Giuseppe Dell'Orefice
Giuseppe GiordaniPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alleged portrait of Giordani
Giuseppe VerdiPerson · Music memorabiliaGiuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas.
Giusto Fernando TenducciPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Giusto Fernando Tenducci
Goffredo PetrassiPerson · Music memorabilia
Gottfried Heinrich StölzelPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Stölzel composed Die Freuden-Ernde for the 48th birthday of Magdalena Augusta, the wife of his employer Duke Frederick II, (Gotha, 23 October 1727)
Gottfried von EinemPerson · Music memorabiliaGottfried von Einem (24 January 1918 – 12 July 1996) was an Austrian composer. He is known chiefly for his operas influenced by the music of Stravinsky and Prokofiev, as well as by jazz.
Grace MoorePerson · Music memorabiliaMary Willie Grace Moore (December 5, 1898 January 26, 1947) was an American operatic lyric soprano and actress in musical theatre and film.
Granville BantockPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Granville Bantock (picture first published 1913)
Grażyna BacewiczPerson · Music memorabiliaGrażyna Bacewicz Biernacka (LL- (pol)-Poemat-Grażyna Bacewicz.wav; 5 February 1909 – 17 January 1969) was a Polish composer and violinist of Lithuanian origin.
Grażyna BrodzińskaPerson · Film memorabiliaGrażyna Brodzińska (née Wayda; born May 5, 1951) is a Polish soprano singer in opera and operetta, and musical actress, nicknamed "The First Lady of Polish Operetta".
Grigory FridPerson · Music memorabiliaGrigory Samuilovich Frid, also known as Grigori Fried (Russian: Григо́рий Самуи́лович Фри́д, 22 September N.S.
Guglielmo ZuelliPerson · Music memorabiliaGuglielmo Zuelli (20 October 1859 – 17 October 1941) was an Italian composer, conductor, and music educator. Both his fir
Guillermo Uribe HolguínPerson · Music memorabiliaGuillermo Uribe Holguín (sometimes spelled Uribe-Holguín) (17 March 1880 – 26 June 1971) was a Colombian composer and violinist and one of the most important Colombian cultural figures of…
Gundula JanowitzPerson · Film memorabiliaGundula Janowitz (born 2 August 1937)[1] is an Austrian lyric soprano singer of operas, oratorios, lieder, and concerts.
Günter KochanPerson · Music memorabiliaGünter Kochan (2 October 1930 – 22 February 2009) was a German composer. He studied with Boris Blacher and was a master student for composition with Hanns Eisler.
Gunther SchullerPerson · Music memorabiliaGunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, educator, publisher, and jazz musician.
Gustav ErnesaksPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — A statue of Gustav Ernesaks during XXVI Estonian Song Celebration
Gustav HolstPerson · Music memorabiliaGustav Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst; 21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934) was an English composer, arranger and teacher.
György RánkiPerson · Music memorabiliaGyörgy Ránki (30 November 1907 – 22 May 1992) was a Hungarian composer.
Hamish MacCunnPerson · Music memorabiliaHamish MacCunn, né James MacCunn (22 March 18682 August 1916) was a Scottish composer, conductor and teacher.
Hans Bronsart von SchellendorffPerson · Music memorabiliaHans Bronsart von Schellendorf (11 February 18303 November 1913) was a classical musician and composer who studied under Franz Liszt.
Hans HaugPerson · Music memorabiliaHans Haug (27 July 1900 in Basel – 15 September 1967 in Lausanne) was a Swiss composer and conductor, mainly of operas and theatrical music.
Hans HuberPerson · Music memorabiliaHans Huber was a Swiss composer, pianist and music teacher (1852–1921). He was born in Eppenberg-Wöschnau and died in Locarno.
Hans KnappertsbuschPerson · Music memorabiliaHans Knappertsbusch (12 March 1888 – 25 October 1965) was a German conductor, best known for his performances of the music of Wagner, Bruckner and Richard Strauss.
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 von KoesslerPerson · Music memorabiliaHans von Koessler (1 January 1853 – 23 May 1926) was a German composer, conductor and music teacher. In Hungary, where he worked for 26 years, he was known as János Koessler.
Hans-Jürgen von BosePerson · Music memorabilia
Haykanoush DanielyanPerson · Film memorabiliaHaykanoush Bagdasari Danielyan (15 December 189319 April 1958) was an Armenian and Soviet opera singer (soprano) and music educator.
Heinrich BiberPerson · Music memorabiliaHeinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (correctly Biber von Bibern; bapt. 12 August 1644 – 3 May 1704) was a Czech-Austrian composer and violinist of the middle Baroque era.

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