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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.
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).
Ahmet Adnan SaygunPerson · Music memorabiliaAhmed Adnan Saygun (7 September 1907 – 6 January 1991) was a Turkish composer and musicologist.
Alan RawsthornePerson · Music memorabiliaAlan Rawsthorne (2 May 1905 – 24 July 1971) was a British composer. He was born in Haslingden, Lancashire, and is buried in Thaxted churchyard in Essex.
Alberto WilliamsPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Composer Alberto Williams
Aleksandra PakhmutovaPerson · Music memorabiliaAleksandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova (born 9 November 1929) is a Soviet and Russian composer.
Alexander GlazunovPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (– 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period.
Alexander MoyzesPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Moyzes (4 September 1906 – 20 November 1984) was a Slovak neoromantic composer.
Alexander TcherepninPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Черепни́н, romanized: Aleksandr Nikolayevich Cherepnin;
Alexander von ZemlinskyPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Zemlinsky or Alexander von Zemlinsky (14 October 1871 – 15 March 1942) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and teacher.
Alexandre GuilmantPerson · Music memorabiliaFélix-Alexandre Guilmant (French pronunciation: [feliks alɛksɑ̃dʁ ɡilmɑ̃]; 12 March 1837 – 29 March 1911) was a French organist and composer.
Alfred SchnittkePerson · Music memorabiliaAlfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Soviet and Russian composer.
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.
André JolivetPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — André Jolivet in 1930
Anton BrucknerPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Anton Bruckner (4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his symphonies and sacred music, which includes Masses, Te Deum and motets.
Antonio BrioschiPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonio Brioschi (fl. C. 1725 – 1750) was an Italian symphony composer who wrote at least twenty six symphonies;
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.
Arthur HoneggerPerson · Music memorabiliaOscar-Arthur Honegger (lang; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. Honegger was a member of Les Six.
Arthur SullivanPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Sullivan in 1888
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
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.
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.
Benjamin BrittenPerson · Music memorabiliaEdward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist.
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.
Bohuslav MartinůPerson · Music memorabiliaBohuslav Jan Martinů (December 8, 1890 – August 28, 1959) was a Czech composer of modern classical music.
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…
Bruno WalterPerson · Music memorabiliaBruno Walter was born in Berlin, he left Nazi Germany in 1933.
Carl Ditters von DittersdorfPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Ditters von Dittersdorf (2 November 1739 – 24 October 1799) was an Austrian composer and violinist. He was a friend of both Haydn and Mozart.
Carl Philipp Emanuel BachPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach (8 March 1714 – 14 December 1788), commonly abbreviated C. P. E. Bach, was a German composer and musician of the Baroque and Classical eras.
Carl ReineckePerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (23 June 182410 March 1910) was a German composer, conductor, and pianist in the mid-Romantic era.
Carles BaguerPerson · Music memorabiliaCarlos (or Carles) Baguer (March 1768 – 29 February 1808) was a Spanish classical era composer and organist.
Carlos ChávezPerson · Music memorabiliaCarlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (13 June 1899 – 2 August 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, music theorist, educator, journalist, and founder and director of the Mexican…
César FranckPerson · Music memorabiliaCésar Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck (10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in present-day Belgium.
Charles GounodPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Gounod in 1860 soon after his greatest success, Faust
Charles KoechlinPerson · Music memorabiliaCharles-Louis-Eugène Koechlin (27 November 186731 December 1950), commonly known as Charles Koechlin, was a French composer, teacher and musicologist.
Charles TournemirePerson · Music memorabiliaCharles Arnould Tournemire (22 January 1870 – 3 or 4 November 1939) was a French composer and organist, notable partly for his improvisations, which were often rooted in the music of…
Charles Villiers StanfordPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Anglo-Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Romantic era.
Christian SindingPerson · Music memorabiliaChristian August Sinding (11 January 18563 December 1941) was a Norwegian composer. He is best known for his lyrical work for piano Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring, 1896).
Christoph Ernst Friedrich WeysePerson · Music memorabiliaChristoph(er) Ernst Friedrich Weyse (5 March 1774 – 8 October 1842) was a Danish composer during the Danish Golden Age.
Cornelis DopperPerson · Music memorabilia(painting by F.P. ter Meulen, 1931)
Daniel JonesPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in Pembroke and died in Swansea.
David DiamondPerson · Music memorabiliaDavid Leo Diamond (July 9, 1915 – June 13, 2005) was an American composer of classical music. He is considered one of the preeminent American composers of his generation.
Dmitri ShostakovichPerson · Music memorabiliaDmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 19069 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in…
Donald ToveyPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Donald Francis Tovey (17 July 1875 – 10 July 1940) was a British music analyst, musicologist, writer on music, composer, conductor and pianist.
Edgar BaintonPerson · Music memorabiliaEdgar Leslie Bainton (14 February 18808 December 1956) was a British-born, latterly Australian-resident composer.
Edison DenisovPerson · Music memorabiliaEdison Vasilievich Denisov (6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called "Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music.
Edmund RubbraPerson · Music memorabiliaEdmund Rubbra (23 May 190114 February 1986) was a British composer. He composed both instrumental and vocal works for soloists, chamber groups and full choruses and orchestras.
Edward ElgarPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire.
Edwin CarrPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Edwin Carr in 1994.
Egon KornauthPerson · Music memorabiliaEgon Kornauth (14 May 1891 – 28 October 1959) was an Austrian composer and music teacher. Kornauth was among the most important 20th-century composers active in Salzburg.
Egon WelleszPerson · Music memorabiliaEgon Joseph Wellesz, CBE, FBA (21 October 1885 – 9 November 1974) was an Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist, notable particularly in the field of Byzantine music.
Elliott CarterPerson · Music memorabiliaElliott Cook Carter Jr. (December 11, 1908 – November 5, 2012) was an American modernist composer who was one of the most respected composers of the second half of the 20th century.
Emánuel MoórPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Emánuel Moór, self-portrait.
Emil von ReznicekPerson · Music memorabiliaEmil Nikolaus Joseph, Freiherr von Reznicek (4 May 1860, in Vienna – 2 August 1945, in Berlin) was an Austrian composer of Romanian-Czech ancestry.
Erland von KochPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Erland von Koch at his summer residence in Ornö, Sweden, in 1952.
Ernst PeppingPerson · Music memorabiliaErnst Pepping (12 September 1901 – 1 February 1981) was a German composer of classical music and academic teacher.
Ernst RudorffPerson · Music memorabiliaErnst Friedrich Karl Rudorff (January 18, 1840 – December 31, 1916) was a German composer and music teacher, also a founder of the nature protection movement "Heimatschutz".
Ernst Wilhelm WolfPerson · Music memorabiliaErnst Wilhelm Wolf (baptised 25 February 1735 – 29 or 30 November 1792) was a German composer.
Eugene Aynsley GoossensPerson · Music memorabiliaEugene Aynsley Goossens was a British composer, conductor and music educator (1893–1962). He was born in Camden Town and died in Hillingdon.
Eyvind AlnæsPerson · Music memorabiliaEyvind Alnæs (29 April 1872 – 24 December 1932) was a Norwegian composer, pianist, organist and choir director.
Felix WeingartnerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Weingartner c.
Ferdinand HéroldPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis Joseph Ferdinand Herold (28 January 1791 – 19 January 1833), better known as Ferdinand Hérold, was a French composer.
Florent SchmittPerson · Music memorabiliaFlorent Schmitt (28 September 187017 August 1958) was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches.
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…
František Xaver DušekPerson · Music memorabiliaFrantišek Xaver Dušek (Franz Xaver Duschek or Dussek); 8 December 1731 – 12 February 1799) was a Czech composer and musician.
Franz KrommerPerson · Music memorabiliaFranz Krommer (František Vincenc Kramář; 27 November 1759 – 8 January 1831) was a Czech composer of classical music and violinist.
Franz LisztPerson · Music memorabilia
Franz Xaver Wolfgang MozartPerson · Music memorabiliaFranz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (26 July 1791 – 29 July 1844), also known as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Jr., was the youngest child of six born to composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his wife…
Frederic Ernest FescaPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Ernst Fesca (15 February 1789 – 24 May 1826) was a German violinist and composer of instrumental music of the late Classical and early Romantic periods.
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 GernsheimPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Gernsheim (July 17, 1839 – September 11, 1916) was a German composer, conductor, and pianist.
Galina UstvolskayaPerson · Music memorabiliaGalina Ivanovna Ustvolskaya (Russian: Галина Ивановна Уствольская) (17 June 1919 – 22 December 2006), was a Russian composer of classical music.
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.
Georg Christoph WagenseilPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Christoph Wagenseil (29 January 1715 – 1 March 1777) was an Austrian composer.
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 OnslowPerson · Music memorabiliaAndré George(s) Louis Onslow (27 July 1784 – 3 October 1853) was a French composer of English descent.
George Whitefield ChadwickPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorge Whitefield Chadwick (November 13, 1854 – April 4, 1931) was an American composer.
Georgy SviridovPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorgy Vasilyevich Sviridov (16 December 1915 – 6 January 1998) was a Soviet and Russian composer.
Giuseppe MartucciPerson · Music memorabiliaGiuseppe Martucci (6 January 1856, in Capua – 1 June 1909, in Naples) was an Italian composer, conductor, pianist and teacher.
Glenn BrancaPerson · Music memorabiliaGlenn Branca (October 6, 1948 – May 13, 2018) was an American avant-garde composer, guitarist, and luthier.
Gloria CoatesIllustrator · IllustrationGloria Coates (née Kannenberg; October 10, 1933 – August 19, 2023) was an American composer who lived in Munich from 1969 until her death.
Gottfried MannPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Gottfried Mann (ca.
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.
Günter RaphaelPerson · Music memorabiliaGünter Raphael (30 April 1903 – 19 October 1960) was a German composer. Günter Raphael was born in Berlin, Raphael was the grandson of composer Albert Becker.
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.
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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.
Heino EllerPerson · Music memorabiliaHeino Eller (7 March 188716 June 1970) was an Estonian composer and pedagogue, known as the founder of contemporary Estonian symphonic music.
Heitor Villa-LobosPerson · Music memorabiliaHeitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in…
Henri DutilleuxPerson · Music memorabiliaHenri Paul Julien Dutilleux (22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer of late 20th-century classical music.
Henri RabaudPerson · Music memorabiliaHenri Benjamin Rabaud (10 November 187311 September 1949) was a French conductor, composer and teacher, who held important posts in the French musical establishment and upheld mainly…
Henri SauguetPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Sauguet (fourth right), with Mstislav Rostropovich (fourth left), in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, 1964
Heorhii MaiborodaPerson · Music memorabiliaHeorhiy Ilarionovych Maiboroda (6 December 1992) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer. People's Artist of the USSR (1960).
Hikaru HayashiPerson · Music memorabiliaHikaru Hayashi was a Japanese composer, pianist and conductor. Hayashi is considered to be one of the most renowned and accomplished Japanese composers of the postwar period.
Hubert ParryPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Hubert Parry in The Musical Quarterly, c.
Hugo StaehlePerson · Music memorabiliaHugo Staehle (21 June 1826, Fulda – 29 March 1848, Kassel) was a German composer.
Ignacy Feliks DobrzyńskiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński. Portrait by Maksymilian Fajans.
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.
Ignaz PleyelPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Ignaz Joseph Pleyel
Igor StravinskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIgor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (17 June 1882 – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945).
Ikuma DanPerson · Music memorabilia7 April 1924 – 17 May 2001 was a Japanese composer. Dan was born in Tokyo, the descendant of a prominent family, his grandfather Baron Dan Takuma having been President of Mitsui before…
Jaan RäätsPerson · Music memorabiliaJaan Rääts (15 October 1932 – 25 December 2020) was an Estonian composer who worked extensively on Estonian film scores of the 1960s and 1970s.
Jan van GilsePerson · Music memorabiliaJan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse (11 May 1881 – 8 September 1944) was a Dutch conductor and composer. Among his works are five symphonies and the Dutch-language opera Thijl (1940).
Jānis MediņšPerson · Music memorabiliaJānis Mediņš (October 9, 1890 – March 4, 1966) was a Latvian composer.
Jean AbsilPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jean Absil
Jean RivierPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jean Rivier
Jef Van HoofPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — van Hoof in the 1940s
Joachim RaffPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Joachim Raff (27 May 182224 or 25 June 1882) was a Swiss composer, pedagogue and pianist.
Johan SvendsenPerson · Music memorabiliaJohan Severin Svendsen (30 September 184014 June 1911) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist.
Johann Gottlieb GraunPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Gottlieb Graun (1702/1703 – 27 October 1771) was a German Baroque/Classical era composer and violinist, born in Wahrenbrück.
Johann Gottlieb NaumannPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Naumann in 1780, by his brother Friedrich Gotthard Naumann
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 von HerbeckPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Ritter von Herbeck (25 December 1831 – 28 October 1877) was an Austrian conductor and composer, best known for leading the premiere of Franz Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony.
Joly Braga SantosPerson · Music memorabiliaJosé Manuel Joly Braga Santos, ComSE (May 14, 1924July 18, 1988) was a Portuguese composer and conductor, who was born and died in Lisbon. He wrote six symphonies.

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