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Spiridon XyndasPerson · Music memorabiliaSpyridon Xyndas or Spiridone Xinda (June 8, 1812 – November 25, 1896) was a Greek composer and virtuoso guitarist.
Stanyslav LiudkevychPerson · Music memorabiliaStanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych (Stanisław Ludkiewicz; 24 January 1879 – 10 September 1979) was a Ukrainian and Soviet composer, theorist, teacher and musical activist.[1] He was a People's…
Stefano DonaudyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Stefano Donaudy, 1906
Stefano Ronchetti-MontevitiPerson · Music memorabiliaStefano Ronchetti-Monteviti (1814–1882) was an Italian composer, music educator, and college administrator.
Suzanne GiraudPerson · Music memorabiliaSuzanne Giraud (born 31 July 1958) is a French music educator and composer of contemporary music. Her works are marked by a predilection for percussion, voices and strings;
Svyatoslav LunyovPerson · Music memorabiliaSvyatoslav Ihorovych Lunyov (born April 19, 1964), is a Ukrainian composer. He is the author of symphonic, chamber, choral, piano and electroacoustic music.
Sylvain DupuisPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Sylvain Dupuis
Sylvano BussottiArtist · PaintingsSylvano Bussotti (1 October 1931 – 19 September 2021) was an Italian composer of contemporary classical music and also a painter, set and costume designer, opera director and manager, and…
Tadeusz BairdPerson · Music memorabilia
Tadeusz SzeligowskiPerson · Music memorabiliaTadeusz Szeligowski (13 September 1896 – 10 January 1963) was a Polish composer, educator, lawyer and music organizer.
Temistocle SoleraAuthor · BooksTemistocle Solera (25 December 1815 – 21 April 1878) was an Italian opera composer and librettist.
Teodulo MabelliniPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Teodulo Mabellini
Theodor SzántóPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Tivadar Szántó
Théodore LabarrePerson · Music memorabiliaThéodore François Joseph Berry Labarre (23 March 1805 – 9 March 1870) was a French harpist and composer.
Thomas AdèsPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Adès conducting the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris (2025)
Thomas ArnePerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Augustine Arne (12 March 1710 – 5 March 1778) was an English composer of the late Baroque and early Classical periods.
Thomas DunhillPerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Frederick Dunhill (1 February 187713 March 1946) was a prolific English composer in many genres, though he is best known today for his light music and educational piano works.
Thomas LinleyPerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Linley (17 January 1733 – 19 November 1795) was an English bass and musician active in Bath, Somerset.
Tikhon KhrennikovPerson · Music memorabiliaTikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (10 June 1913 – 14 August 2007) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, and General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers (1948–1991), who was also…
Tito SchipaPerson · Music memorabiliaTito Schipa (December 27, 1888 – December 16, 1965) was an Italian tenor.
Tom JohnsonPerson · Music memorabiliaTom Johnson was an American and French composer, pianist, music critic and opinion journalist (1939–2024). He was born in Greeley and died in 11th arrondissement of Paris.
Tomaso AlbinoniPerson · Music memorabiliaTomaso Giovanni Albinoni (8 June 1671 – 17 January 1751) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era.
Tommaso TraettaPerson · Music memorabiliaTommaso Michele Francesco Saverio Traetta (30 March 1727 – 6 April 1779), was an Italian composer of the Neapolitan School.
Ulysses KayPerson · Music memorabiliaUlysses Simpson Kay (January 7, 1917, in Tucson, Arizona – May 20, 1995, in Englewood, New Jersey) was an American composer. His music is mostly neoclassical in style.
Väinö RaitioPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Väinö Raitio
Vasily KalinnikovPerson · Music memorabiliaVasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov (13 January 1866 [O.S. 1 January 1866] – 11 January 1901 [O.S. 29 December 1900]) was a Russian composer.
Vatroslav LisinskiPerson · Music memorabiliaVatroslav Lisinski (8 July 1819 – 31 May 1854) was a Croatian composer.
Veli MukhatovPerson · Music memorabiliaVelimuhammet Muhadov or Welimuhammet Muhadow (Turkmen Cyrillic: Велимухаммет Мухадов; Velimukhammed Mukhatov;
Veljo TormisPerson · Music memorabiliaVeljo Tormis (7 August 1930 – 21 January 2017) was an Estonian composer, regarded as one of the great contemporary choral composers and one of the most important composers of the 20th…
Victor JacobiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Viktor Jacobi
Victorin de JoncièresPerson · Music memorabiliaFélix-Ludger Rossignol (12 April 1839 – 26 October 1903), known as Victorin de Joncières (viktɔʁɛ̃ də ʒɔ̃sjɛʁ), was a French composer and music critic.
Viktor NesslerPerson · Music memorabiliaViktor (or Victor) Ernst Nessler (28 January 1841 – 28 May 1890) was an Alsatian composer who worked mainly in Leipzig.
Vincenzo PucittaPerson · Music memorabiliaVincenzo Pucitta (or Puccitta; 17 February 1778 – 20 December 1861) was an Italian composer. Vincenzo Pucitta was born in Civitavecchia, he wrote more than 20 operas during his career.
Vincenzo ValentePerson · Music memorabiliaVincenzo Valente (21 February 1855 in Corigliano Calabro – 6 September 1921 in Naples) was an Italian composer and writer. He was known for his Neapolitan songs and for his operettas.
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.
Vittorio GnecchiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Vittorio Gnecchi
Vittorio GuiPerson · Music memorabiliaVittorio Gui (14 September 1885 – 16 October 1975) was an Italian conductor, composer, musicologist and critic.
Vladimir CosmaPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in Bucharest.
Vladimir MartynovPerson · Music memorabiliaVladimir Ivanovich Martynov (Russian: Владимир Иванович Мартынов) (Moscow, 20 February 1946) is a Russian composer, known for his compositions in the concerto, orchestral music, chamber…
Vladimir ShcherbachovPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — The grave of Vladimir Shcherbachov
Vyacheslav OvchinnikovPerson · Music memorabiliaVyacheslav Aleksandrovich Ovchinnikov (29 May 1936 in Voronezh, Soviet Union – 4 February 2019 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet and Russian composer.
Vytautas BacevičiusPerson · Music memorabiliaVytautas Bacevičius (9 September 1905, in Łódź, Poland [then Russian Empire] – 15 January 1970, in New York City, United States) was a Lithuanian composer of radical and modernistic…
Walter BraunfelsPerson · Music memorabiliaWalter Braunfels (German pronunciation: [ˈvaltɐ ˈbʁaʊnfɛls]; 19 December 1882 – 19 March 1954) was a German composer, pianist, and music educator.
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 GoehrPerson · Music memorabiliaWalter Goehr (28 May 19034 December 1960) was a German composer and conductor who from 1937, lived and worked in the UK. He was the father of composer Alexander Goehr.
Walter RablPerson · Music memorabiliaWalter Rabl (30 November 1873 in Vienna – 11 July 1940 in Klopein, Klopeiner See/Carinthia) was a Viennese composer, conductor, and teacher of vocal music.
Wenzel MüllerPerson · Music memorabiliaWenzel Müller (26 September 1767 – 3 August 1835) was an Austrian composer and conductor. He is regarded as the most prolific opera composer of all time with his 166 operas.
Wenzel PichlPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Bust of Pichl on his birth house
Werner EgkPerson · Music memorabiliaWerner Egk (17 May 1901 – 10 July 1983), born Werner Joseph Mayer, was a German composer.
Werner JaegerhuberPerson · Music memorabiliaWerner Anton Jaegerhuber (17 March 1900 – 20 May 1953) was a Haitian composer known for composing "Messe sur les Airs Vodouesques", "Musique pour Aieules", "Naissa" and many others.
Wiesław OchmanArtist · PaintingsWiesław Ochman (ˈvjɛswaf ˈɔxman; born 6 February 1937) is a Polish tenor.
Wilhelm KienzlPerson · Music memorabiliaWilhelm Kienzl (17 January 1857 – 3 October 1941) was an Austrian composer.
Wilhelm KillmayerPerson · Music memorabiliaWilhelm Killmayer (21 August 1927 – 20 August 2017) was a German composer of classical music, a conductor and an academic teacher of composition at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater…
Wilhelm StenhammarPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammar (February 7, 1871 – November 20, 1927) was a Swedish composer, conductor and pianist.
Wilhelm TaubertPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert (23 March 1811 – 7 January 1891) was a German pianist, composer, and conductor, and the father of philologist and writer Emil Taubert.
Wilhelmine Schröder-DevrientAuthor · BooksWilhelmine Schröder-Devrient (Schröder; 6 December 180426 January 1860), was a German operatic soprano.
William AlwynArtist · PaintingsWilliam Alwyn (born William Alwyn Smith;[1] 7 November 1905 – 11 September 1985)[2] was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher who composed over 200 cinematic scores, of which…
William WaltonPerson · Music memorabiliaSir William Turner Walton (29 March 1902 – 8 March 1983) was an English composer. During a sixty-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to…
Władysław ŻeleńskiPerson · Music memorabiliaWładysław Żeleński was a Polish pianist, composer, music educator, professor, organist and conductor (1837–1921). He was born in Grodkowice and died in Kraków.
Wolfgang FortnerPerson · Music memorabiliaWolfgang Fortner (12 October 1907 – 5 September 1987) was a German composer, academic composition teacher and conductor.
Wolfgang RihmPerson · Music memorabiliaWolfgang Michael Rihm (German: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ ˈʁiːm]; 13 March 1952 – 27 July 2024) was a German composer of contemporary classical music and an academic teacher based in Karlsruhe.
Xian XinghaiPerson · Music memorabilia
Yann BeuronPerson · Music memorabiliaYann Beuron (born 1969) is a French operatic tenor.
Yasushi AkutagawaPerson · Music memorabiliaJuly 12, 1925 – January 31, 1989 was a Japanese composer and conductor. His father was Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.
Yevgeny BrusilovskyPerson · Music memorabiliaYevgeny Grigoryevich Brusilovsky (Russian: Евгений Григорьевич Брусиловский; 12 November [O.S. 30 October] 1905 – 9 May 1981) was a Soviet and Russian composer who settled in Kazakhstan.
Yevgeny NesterenkoPerson · Music memorabiliaYevgeny Yevgenievich Nesterenko (8 January 1938 – 20 March 2021) was a Soviet and Russian operatic bass. He made an international career, based at the Bolshoi Theatre.
Yevstigney FominPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Fomin, 1780s
Yuri KhanonArtist · PaintingsYuri Khanon is a pen name of Yuri Feliksovich Soloviev-Savoyarov, a Russian composer.
Zbyněk VostřákPerson · Music memorabiliaZbyněk Vostřák (10 June 1920 – 4 August 1985) was a prominent Czech composer of New Music.
Zlata TkachPerson · Music memorabiliaZlata Moiseyevna Tkach (née Zlata Beyrihman; Russian: Злата Моисеевна Ткач; Zlata Tcaci; 16 May 19281 January 2006) was a Moldovan composer and music educator.

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