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Joyce DiDonatoPerson · Music memorabiliaJoyce DiDonato (née Flaherty; born February 13, 1969) is an American opera singer and recitalist.
Józef KorolkiewiczArtist · PaintingsJózef Korolkiewicz (27 April 1902 – 18 November 1988) was a Polish painter, graphic designer, operatic singer and athlete.
Juan ManénPerson · Music memorabiliaJuan Manén (or Joan Manén; 14 March 1883 – 26 June 1971) was a Spanish violinist and composer, born in Barcelona.
Judith WeirPerson · Music memorabiliaDame Judith Weir (born 11 May 1954) is a British composer. She served as Master of the King's Music from 2014 to 2024.
Jules MassenetPerson · Music memorabiliaJules Émile Frédéric Massenet (12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty.
Júlia VáradyPerson · Music memorabilia
Julián CarrilloPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Julián Carrillo in Paris, September 4th, 1899
Juliane KleinPerson · Music memorabiliaJuliane Klein (born 3 November 1966) is a German composer and publishing director.
Julije BajamontiPerson · Music memorabiliaJulije (Julio) Bajamonti (Italian: Giulio Bajamonti; 4 August 1744 – 12 November 1800) was a medical historian, writer, translator, encyclopedist, historian, philosopher and musician from…
Julius BenedictPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Julius Benedict (27 November 1804 – 5 June 1885) was a German-born composer and conductor, resident in England for most of his career.
Julius RöntgenPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Julius Röntgen
Julius WeismannPerson · Music memorabiliaJulius Weismann (26 December 1879 22 December 1950) was a German pianist, conductor, and composer.
Karel Boleslav JirákPerson · Music memorabiliaKarel Boleslav Jirák (né Karel Bohuslav Jirák; January 28, 1891, Prague, Bohemia – January 30, 1972, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.) was a Czechoslovak composer and conductor.
Karel KovařovicPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait by Jan Vilímek
Karl GoldmarkPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Karl Goldmark
Karl Schröder IIPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Carl Schroeder (1890)
Karl WeiglPerson · Music memorabiliaKarl Ignaz Weigl (6 February 1881 – 11 August 1949) was a Jewish Austrian composer and pianist, who later became a naturalized American citizen in 1943.
Karólína EiríksdóttirPerson · Music memorabiliaKarólína Eiríksdóttir (born 10 January 1951) is an Icelandic composer.
Kerstin MeyerPerson · Music memorabiliaKerstin Margareta Meyer, CBE (3 April 1928 – 14 April 2020) was a Swedish mezzo-soprano who enjoyed an international career in opera and concert.
Kevin VolansPerson · Music memorabiliaKevin Volans (born 26 July 1949) is a South African-born Irish composer and pianist.
Kim BorgPhotographer · PhotographyKim Borg (August 7, 1919 – April 28, 2000) was a Finnish bass, teacher and composer. He had a wide-ranging, resonant, warm voice.
Klaus AgerPerson · Music memorabiliaKlaus Ager (born 10 May 1946) is an Austrian composer and conductor.
Konstanty GorskiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Photograph by Alfred Fedecki
Korla Awgust KocorPerson · Music memorabiliaKorla Awgust Kocor (3 December 1822 – 19 May 1904; Karl August Katzer) was a Sorbian composer and conductor.
Kōsaku YamadaPerson · Music memorabilia
Krzysztof MeyerPerson · Music memorabiliaKrzysztof Meyer (born 11 August 1943) is a Polish composer, pianist, and music scholar, formerly dean of the Department of Music Theory (1972–1975) at the State College of Music (now…
Kulyash BaiseitovaPerson · Film memorabiliaKüläş Jasynqyzy Baiseiıtova (born Gülbahram, 1912 – 1957) was a Soviet and Kazakh opera singer and actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1936).
Kurt AtterbergPerson · Music memorabiliaKurt Magnus Atterberg (Swedish: [²atːɛrbærj], 12 December 1887 – 15 February 1974) was a Swedish composer and civil engineer.
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…
Lars Johan WerlePerson · Music memorabiliaLars Johan Werle (23 June 1926 – 3 August 2001) was a Swedish modernist composer.
Lars-Erik LarssonPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Larsson
Lauro RossiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Lauro Rossi
Lennox BerkeleyPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley CBE (12 May 190326 December 1989) was an English composer.
Leo FallPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Leo Fall, 1915;
Leo SlezakAuthor · BooksLeo Slezak (18 August 1873 – 1 June 1946) was an Austrian dramatic tenor.[1] He was associated in particular with Austrian opera as well as the title role in Verdi's Otello.[2][3] He is the…
Léon EhrhartPerson · Music memorabiliaLéon Ehrhart (11 May 1854 – 4 October 1875) was a French composer.
Léon GastinelPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — A portrait of Léon Gastinel the French composer
Leon KirchnerPerson · Music memorabiliaLeon Kirchner (January 24, 1919 – September 17, 2009) was an American composer of contemporary classical music.
Leonard BernsteinAuthor · BooksLeonard Bernstein (born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian.
Leonard WarrenPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Warren in 1950
Leonardo LeoPerson · Music memorabiliaLeonardo Leo (5 August 1694 – 31 October 1744), more correctly Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, was a Baroque composer.
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.
Léopol HaimonPerson · Music memorabiliaPamphile Léopold François Aimon (4 October 1779 – 2 February 1866) was a French cellist and composer.
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…
Leopoldine BlahetkaPerson · Music memorabiliaMarie Leopoldine Blahetka (16 November 1809 – 17 January 1885) was an Austrian pianist and composer.
Lepo SumeraPerson · Music memorabiliaLepo Sumera (8 May 1950 – 2 June 2000) was an Estonian composer and teacher.
Lera AuerbachAuthor · BooksLera Auerbach (born Valeria Lvovna Averbakh; October 21, 1973) is a Soviet-born Austrian-American classical composer, conductor and concert pianist.
Lidija Horvat-DunjkoPerson · Music memorabiliaLidija Horvat-Dunjko (born 1967) is a Croatian soprano vocalist and a Docent at the Zagreb Academy of Music.
Lodewijk MortelmansPerson · Music memorabiliaLodewijk Mortelmans (5 February 1868, Antwerp – 24 June 1952, Antwerp) was a Belgian composer and conductor of Flemish ancestry.
Lord BernersPerson · Music memorabiliaGerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners (18 September 188319 April 1950), also known as Gerald Tyrwhitt, was a British composer, novelist, painter, and aesthete.
Lorenzo GibelliPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Lorenzo Gibelli published in 1830
Lotfi MansouriPerson · Music memorabiliaLotfollah "Lotfi" Mansouri (15 June 1929 – 30 August 2013) was an Iranian-born opera director and manager. His directing career began in around 1960.
Lotte LehmannArtist · PaintingsCharlotte "Lotte" Pauline Sophie Lehmann (February 27, 1888 – August 26, 1976) was a German-American dramatic soprano noted for her successful performances with international opera houses,…
Louis DureyPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis Edmond Durey (lang; 27 May 18883 July 1979) was a French composer. He was among the Les Six group of composers.
Louis GruenbergPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis Gruenberg (June 9, 1964) was a Russian-born American pianist and prolific composer, especially of operas.
Louis LacombePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Louis Lacombe, photo by Étienne Carjat, ca. 1880, Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Louis Moreau GottschalkPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis Moreau Gottschalk (May 8, 1829 – December 18, 1869) was a Louisiana Creole and Jewish-American composer, pianist, and virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano works.
Louis NiedermeyerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Niedermeyer, ca.
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.
Luciano BerioPerson · Music memorabiliaLuciano Berio (24 October 1925 – 27 May 2003) was an Italian composer noted for his experimental work (in particular Sequenza, his series of solo pieces using extended techniques, and his…
Luciano ChaillyPerson · Music memorabiliaLuciano Chailly (Ferrara, 19 January 1920 – Milan, 24 December 2002) was an Italian composer and arts administrator of French descent.
Ludwig AbeillePerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Christian Ludwig (Louis) Abeille (20 February 1761 in Bayreuth – 2 March 1838 in Stuttgart) was a German pianist, organist, conductor, music teacher and composer.
Ludwig ThuillePerson · Music memorabiliaLudwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille /ˈtui̯lə/ (30 November 1861 – 5 February 1907) was an Austrian composer and teacher, numbered for a while among the leading operatic composers of the…
Ludwig van BeethovenPerson · Music memorabiliaLudwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer, conductor, and pianist.
Luigi ArditiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Luigi Arditi
Luigi CherubiniPerson · Music memorabiliaMaria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini (8 or 14 September 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian Classical and Romantic composer.
Luigi MancinelliPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Mancinelli by F. Garibotti
Luigi RicciPerson · Music memorabiliaLuigi Ricci was a composer and conductor (1805–1859). He was born in Naples and died in Prague.
Luigi RossiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Luigi Rossi (1597–1653)
Magnus LindbergPerson · Music memorabiliaMagnus Gustaf Adolf Lindberg (born 27 June 1958) is a Finnish composer and pianist.
Malena ErnmanPerson · Film memorabiliaSara Magdalena Ernman (born 4 November 1970), known professionally as Malena Ernman, is a Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer.
Manfred GurlittPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Manfred Gurlitt in 1942
Manuel GarcíaPerson · Music memorabiliaManuel del Pópulo Vicente Rodriguez García (also known as Manuel García the Senior;
Manuel PenellaPerson · Music memorabiliaManuel Penella Moreno (31 July 1880 in Valencia – 14 January 1939 in Cuernavaca) was a Spanish composer. His father was the composer Manuel Penella Raga.
Marc-André DalbaviePerson · Music memorabiliaMarc-André Dalbavie (born 10 February 1961 at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is a French composer. He had his first music lessons at age 6.
Marcel LandovskiPerson · Music memorabiliaMarcel François Paul Landowski (18 February 1915 – 23 December 1999) was a French composer, biographer and arts administrator.
Marco da GaglianoPerson · Music memorabiliaMarco da Gagliano (1 May 1582 – 25 February 1643) was an Italian composer of the early Baroque era.
Marco UccelliniPerson · Music memorabiliaMarco Uccellini (Forlimpopoli, Forlì 1603 or 1610 - 10 December 1680) was an Italian Baroque violinist and composer.
Marga RichterPerson · Music memorabiliaFlorence Marga Richter (October 21, 1926 – June 25, 2020) was an American composer of classical music, and pianist.
Maria Antonia Walpurgis of BavariaPerson · Music memorabiliaMaria Antonia of Bavaria (18 July 1724 – 23 April 1780) was a German princess, composer, singer, harpsichordist and patron of the arts, known particularly for her operas: Il trionfo della…
Maria Meneghini CallasPerson · Film memorabiliaMaria Callas (born Maria Anna Cecilia Sophia Kalogeropoulos; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American and Greek soprano, and one of the most renowned and influential opera…
Marin MaraisPerson · Music memorabiliaMarin Marais (lang; 31 May 1656, Paris – 15 August 1728, Paris) was a French composer and viol player of the middle Baroque era.
Mario FrangoulisPerson · Music memorabiliaMario Frangoulis (Mários Frankoúlis; born 18 December 1966) is a Greek opera singer and actor, famous for his refined tenor vocals.
Mario ZafredPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Image of Mario Zafred
Marius ConstantPerson · Music memorabiliaMarius Constant (7 February 192515 May 2004) was a Romanian-born French composer and conductor.
Mariusz KwiecieńPerson · Music memorabiliaMariusz Kwiecień (lang, born 4 November 1972) is a Polish artistic director and retired operatic baritone who sang leading roles in the major opera houses of Europe and North America.
Mark AdamoPerson · Music memorabiliaMark Adamo (born August 1, 1962) is an American composer, librettist, and professor of music composition at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human…
Mark MinkovPerson · Music memorabiliaMark Anatolievich Minkov (25 November 1944 – 29 May 2012) was a Soviet and Russian music composer. His music is featured in a number of operas, ballets, stage performances, and films.
Mark-Anthony TurnagePerson · Music memorabiliaMark-Anthony Turnage (born 10 June 1960) is an English composer of contemporary classical music.
Mary CostaPerson · Music memorabiliaMary Costa (born April 5, 1930) is an American actress and soprano. A native of Knoxville, Tennessee, she moved to Glendale, California in 1946 to pursue vocal training at the Los Angeles…
Matthias PintscherPerson · Music memorabiliaMatthias Pintscher (born 29 January 1971) is a German composer, conductor and academic teacher.
Maureen ForresterPerson · Music memorabiliaMaureen Kathleen Stewart Forrester, (July 25, 1930 – June 16, 2010) was a Canadian operatic contralto.
Mauricio KagelPerson · Film memorabiliaMauricio Raúl Kagel (mawˈɾisjo ˈkaɣel; 24 December 1931 – 18 September 2008) was an Argentine-German composer and academic teacher.
Max BruchPerson · Music memorabiliaMax 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…
Mayako KuboPerson · Music memorabiliaMayako Kubo (born 5 December 1947) is a Japanese pianist and composer.
Meredith MonkPerson · Music memorabiliaMeredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer.
Michael CostaPerson · Music memorabiliaMichael Costa was an Italian composer and conductor (1808–1884). He was born in Naples and died in Hove.
Michael GlinkaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Mikhail Glinka by Karl Bryullov, 1840
Michael HaydnPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Michael Haydn by Franz Xaver Hornöck
Michael JarrellPerson · Music memorabiliaMichael Jarrell (born 8 October 1958) is a Swiss composer and academic teacher, whose operas, such as Cassandre, have been performed internationally.
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.
Michelangelo RossiPerson · Music memorabiliaMichelangelo Rossi (Michel Angelo del Violino) (ca. 1601/1602 – 1656) was an important Italian composer, violinist and organist of the Baroque era.
Michele de FalcoPerson · Music memorabiliaMichele de Falco (also Falco, di Falco, Farco: c. 1688 in Naples – after 1732) was an Italian composer, maestro di cappella, and a pioneer of the opera buffa genre.
Mikhail Ippolitov-IvanovPerson · Music memorabiliaMikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (born Mikhail Mikhailovich Ivanov; 28 January 1935) was a Russian and Soviet composer, conductor and teacher.
Mikhail MatyushinArtist · PaintingsMichael Vasilyevich Matyushin (Russian: Михаил Васильевич Матюшин; 1861 in Nizhny Novgorod – 14 October 1934 in Leningrad) was a Russian painter and composer, leading member of the Russian…
Mikhail VielgorskyPerson · Music memorabiliaCount Mikhail Vielgorsky (Michał Wielhorski); (22 November 1788 – 21 September 1856) was a Russian official and composer of Polish descent.
MilvaPerson · Music memorabiliaMaria Ilva Biolcati (17 July 1939 – 23 April 2021), known as Milva, was an Italian singer, stage and film actress, and television personality.
Modest Petrovich MussorgskyPerson · Music memorabiliaModest Petrovich Mussorgsky (Modest Petrovich Musorgsky; –) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five." He was an innovator of Russian music in the Romantic period and…
Modest TchaikovskyAuthor · BooksIllustration — Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Montserrat CaballéPerson · Music memorabiliaMaría de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch or Folc (12 April 1933 – 6 October 2018), simply known as Montserrat Caballé (i Folch), was a Spanish (Catalan) operatic soprano.
Mozart Camargo GuarnieriAuthor · BooksMozart Camargo Guarnieri (February 1, 1907 – January 13, 1993) was a Brazilian composer.
Mukhtar AshrafiPerson · Music memorabiliaMukhtar Ashrafovich Ashrafi (11 June15 December 1975) was a Soviet Uzbek composer. He was awarded the title People's Artist of the USSR in 1951.
Mykola LeontovychPerson · Music memorabiliaMykola Dmytrovych Leontovych (23 January 1921) was a Ukrainian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist, and teacher.
Nadia MeiherDesigner · FashionNadiya Oleksandrivna Urzhumtseva (born 10 April 1982), known professionally under her maiden name Nadia Meiher, is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, actress, poet, television host, and…
Napoléon Henri ReberPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Napoléon Henri Reber. C.
Natale AbbadiaPerson · Music memorabiliaNatale Abbadia (11 March 1792 – 25 December 1861) was an Italian composer, harpsichordist, and conductor. Natale Abbadia was born in Genoa, Italy, he studied music at the Genoa Conservatory.
Natanael BergPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Natanael Rexroth-Berg (9 February 1879 – 14 October 1957) was a Swedish composer.
Nellie MelbaPerson · Music memorabiliaDame Nellie Melba (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 186123 February 1931) was an Australian operatic lyric coloratura soprano.
Niccolò JommelliPerson · Music memorabiliaNiccolò Jommelli (Italian: [nikkoˈlɔ jomˈmɛlli]; 10 September 1714 – 25 August 1774) was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School.
Nicola FagoPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Nicola Fago.

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