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Music Arrangers

352 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adolf BuschPerson · Music memorabiliaAdolf Georg Wilhelm Busch (8 August 1891 – 9 June 1952) was a German-Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer.
Adolph DeutschPerson · Music memorabiliaAdolph Sender Charles Deutsch (20 October 1897 – 1 January 1980) was a British-American composer, conductor and arranger.
Adrian EnescuPerson · Music memorabiliaAdrian-Floru Enescu (31 March 1948 – 19 August 2016) was a Romanian composer of film soundtracks and contemporary music.
Ahmad JamalPerson · Music memorabiliaAhmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones; July 2, 1930 – April 16, 2023) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator.
Aivars KalējsPerson · Music memorabiliaAivars Kalējs (April 22, 1951, Riga, Latvian SSR) is a Latvian composer, organist and pianist.
Akino AraiPerson · Music memorabiliaBorn August 21, 1959, in Tokyo is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and lyricist for various anime theme songs and shows, including Record of Lodoss War, Please Save My Earth, Macross Plus,…
Alan PricePerson · Music memorabiliaAlan Price (born 19 April 1942) is an English musician who first found prominence as the original keyboardist of the English rock band the Animals.
Alan RubinPerson · Music memorabiliaAlan Rubin (February 11, 1943 – June 8, 2011) was an American musician. He played trumpet, flugelhorn, and piccolo trumpet.
Aleksandra KovačPerson · Music memorabiliaAleksandra Kovač (Александра Ковач; born 1972) is a Serbian singer-songwriter, composer, and music producer.
Aleksey IgudesmanPerson · Music memorabiliaAleksey Mikhailovich Igudesman (Russian: Алексей Михайлович Игу́десман; born 22 February 1973) is a Russian-German violinist and composer.
Alex AcuñaPerson · Music memorabiliaAlejandro Neciosup Acuña (born December 12, 1944), known professionally as Alex Acuña, is a Peruvian–American jazz drummer and percussionist.
Alexander CouragePerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Mair Courage Jr. (December 10, 1919May 15, 2008) familiarly known as "Sandy" Courage, was an American orchestrator, arranger, and composer of music, primarily for television and…
Alexander RaskatovPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Mikhailovich Raskatov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Раска́тов; born 9 March 1953, in Moscow) is a Russian composer.
Alexander von SchlippenbachPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander von Schlippenbach (born 7 April 1938) is a German jazz pianist and composer.
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.
Alexandre TharaudAuthor · BooksIllustration — Tharaud performing in 2018
Alexis ContantPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Pierre Alexis Contant (12 November 1858 – 28 November 1918) was a Canadian composer, organist, pianist, and music educator.
Amintore GalliPerson · Music memorabiliaAmyntor "Amintore" Flaminio Claudio Galli (12 October 1845 – 8 December 1919) was an Italian music publisher, journalist, historian, musicologist, and composer.
André MessagerPerson · Music memorabiliaAndré Charles Prosper Messager (lang; 30 December 1853 – 24 February 1929) was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor.
André NavarraPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — André Navarra
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.
Andreas BoydePerson · Music memorabilia
Ann RonellPerson · Music memorabiliaAnn Ronell (née Rosenblatt; December 25, 1905 – December 25, 1993) was an American composer and lyricist.
Anne-Sophie MutterPerson · Music memorabiliaAnne-Sophie Mutter (born 29 June 1963) is a German violinist.
Anthony PaynePerson · Music memorabiliaAnthony Edward Payne (2 August 1936 – 30 April 2021) was an English composer, music critic and musicologist.
Anton StadlerPerson · Music memorabiliaAnton Paul Stadler (28 June 1753, in Bruck an der Leitha – 15 June 1812, in Vienna) was an Austrian clarinet and basset horn player for whom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote, amongst others,…
Anton WebernPerson · Music memorabiliaAnton Webern (3 December 1883 – 15 September 1945) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and musicologist whose modernist music was among the most radical of its milieu in its lyrical,…
Anton Wilhelm von ZuccalmaglioAuthor · BooksIllustration — Zuccalmaglio Memorial, Waldbröl.
Antony BeaumontPerson · Music memorabiliaAntony Beaumont (born 27 January 1949 in London) is an English and German musicologist, writer, conductor and violinist.
Aribert ReimannPerson · Music memorabiliaAribert Reimann (4 March 1936 – 13 March 2024) was a German composer, pianist, and accompanist, known especially for his literary operas.
Armando TrovajoliPerson · Music memorabiliaArmando Trovajoli (also Trovaioli; 2 September 1917 – 28 February 2013) was an Italian film composer and pianist with over 300 credits as composer and/or conductor, many of them jazz scores…
Armin KnabPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — A bust of Armin Knab from the Armin Knab Gymnasium in Kitzingen
Armin SuppanPerson · Music memorabiliaArmin Suppan (born 16 October 1959) is an Austrian brass musician and composer.
Audun KleivePerson · Music memorabiliaAudun Kleive (born 20 October 1961) is a Norwegian jazz drummer. He was raised in Skien and is the son of organist Kristoffer Kleive and brother of organist Iver Kleive.
August WenzingerPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Wenzinger (14 November 1905 - 25 December 1996) was a prominent cellist, viol player, conductor, teacher, and music scholar from Basel, Switzerland.
Avi AvitalPerson · Music memorabiliaAvi Avital (born 19 October 1978) is an Israeli mandolinist. He is best known for his renditions of well-known Baroque and folk music, much of which was originally written for other…
Ayumi MiyazakiPerson · Music memorabiliaAyumi Miyazaki, also credited as Ayumi, is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Miyazaki has sung several songs in the Digimon series.
Babette HaagPerson · Music memorabiliaBabette Haag (born 31 October 1967) is a German percussionist, who specialises in Marimba playing.
Barry CooperPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in Southend-on-Sea.
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…
Bernd WiesemannPerson · Music memorabiliaBernd Wiesemann (4 August 1938 – 10 August 2015) was a German pianist, composer, music educator and conceptual artist.
Bert GrundPerson · Music memorabilia
Bert KaempfertPerson · Music memorabiliaBert Kaempfert (born Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert; 16 October 1923 – 21 June 1980) was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer.
Bill MaysPerson · Music memorabilia
Bill MedleyPerson · Music memorabiliaWilliam Thomas Medley (born September 19, 1940) is an American singer best known as one of the Righteous Brothers.
Billy MayPerson · Music memorabiliaEdward William May Jr. (November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004) was an American composer, arranger and trumpeter.
Billy StrayhornPerson · Music memorabiliaWilliam Thomas Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967) was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington for…
Bob JamesPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in Missouri.
Bob MintzerPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Alan Mintzer (born January 27, 1953) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, arranger, and big band leader.
Bojan AdamičPhotographer · PhotographyBojan Adamič a.k.a. Master (Mojster; 9 August 1912 – 3 November 1995), Slovene Partisans nom de guerre Gregor, was a well-known Slovene composer of jazz, the Slovenian song festival music,…
Bruno CanforaPerson · Music memorabiliaBruno Canfora (ˈbruːno ˈkaɱfora; 6 November 1924 – 4 August 2017) was an Italian composer, conductor, and music arranger.
Bud ShankPerson · Music memorabiliaClifford Everett "Bud" Shank Jr. (May 27, 1926 – April 2, 2009) was an American alto saxophonist and flutist.
Burton GreenePerson · Music memorabiliaBurton Greene (June 14, 1937 – June 28, 2021) was an American free jazz pianist born in Chicago, Illinois, though most known for his work in New York City.
Carl DavisPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Davis (October 28, 1936 – August 3, 2023) was an American-born British conductor and composer.
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…
Cecilia PilladoPerson · Music memorabiliaCecilia Pillado (born 1966) is an Argentine German actress, a classical pianist and composer.
Cheick Tidiane SeckPerson · Music memorabiliaCheick Tidiane Seck (born December 11, 1953) is a Malian musician, arranger and composer.
Christian Gottlob NeefePerson · Music memorabiliaChristian Gottlob Neefe (lang; 5 February 1748 – 28 January 1798) was a German opera composer and conductor. He was known as one of the first teachers of Ludwig van Beethoven.
Christopher BlenkinsopPerson · Music memorabilia17 Hippies is a band from Berlin, Germany, playing largely on acoustic instruments, a radically democratic collective of professionals and amateurs.
Clara SchumannPerson · Music memorabiliaClara Josephine Schumann (lang; née Wieck; 13 September 1819 – 20 May 1896) was a German virtuoso pianist, composer, and piano teacher.
Clare FischerPerson · Music memorabiliaDouglas Clare Fischer (October 22, 1928 – January 26, 2012) was an American keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader.
Clark TraceyPerson · Music memorabiliaClark Tracey (born 5 February 1961) is a British jazz drummer, band leader, and composer.
Claude BalbastrePerson · Music memorabiliaClaude Balbastre (8 December 1724 – 9 May 1799) was a French composer, organist, harpsichordist and fortepianist. He was one of the most famous musicians of his time.
Claus OgermanPerson · Music memorabiliaClaus Ogerman (born Klaus Ogermann; 29 April 1930 – 8 March 2016) was a German arranger, conductor, and composer best known for his work with Billie Holiday, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Frank…
Clément DucolPerson · Music memorabiliaClément Ducol is a French multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger. (Linda veut du poulet), for which he received a Lumière Awar
Clément LoretPerson · Music memorabiliaClément Loret (10 October 1833 – 14 February 1909) was an organist, music educator, and composer of Belgian origin, French naturalized.
Constant LambertPerson · Music memorabiliaLeonard Constant Lambert (23 August 190521 August 1951) was a British composer, conductor, and author.
Curt BeilschmidtPerson · Music memorabiliaCurt Ludwig Hermann Beilschmidt (20 March 1886 in Magdeburg − 7 March 1962) was a German composer.
Cyrille AiméePerson · Music memorabiliaCyrille Aimée Daudel (lang; born 10 August 1984) is a French jazz singer.
Cyrillus KreekPerson · Music memorabiliaCyrillus Kreek (born Karl Ustav Kreek; in Võnnu, Lääne county – 26 March 1962 in Haapsalu) was an Estonian composer.
David BedfordPerson · Music memorabiliaDavid Vickerman Bedford (4 August 1937 – 1 October 2011) was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music.
David GarrettPerson · Film memorabiliaDavid Christian Bongartz (born 4 September 1980), known by his stage name David Garrett, is a German classical and crossover violinist and recording artist.
David RussellPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in Glasgow.
Dennis McCarthyPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in Los Angeles.
Deryck CookePerson · Music memorabiliaDeryck Cooke (14 September 1919 – 26 October 1976) was a British musician, musicologist, broadcaster and Gustav Mahler expert.
Detto MarianoPerson · Music memorabiliaDetto Mariano (27 July 1937 – 25 March 2020) was an Italian composer, arranger, lyricist, pianist, record producer and music publisher.
Dimitri TiomkinPerson · Music memorabiliaDimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin (May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979) was a Russian and American film composer and conductor.
Dinu LipattiPerson · Music memorabiliaConstantin "Dinu" Lipatti (2 December 1950) was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was cut short by his death from effects related to Hodgkin's disease at age 33.
Dónal LunnyPerson · Music memorabiliaDónal Lunny (born 10 March 1947) is an Irish folk musician and producer. He plays guitar and bouzouki, as well as keyboards and bodhrán.
Doug RileyPerson · Music memorabiliaDouglas Brian Riley, CM (April 12, 1945 – August 27, 2007) was a Canadian musician, also known as Dr.
Douglas GamleyPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Douglas Gamley (13 September 19245 February 1998) was an Australian composer, who worked on orchestral arrangements and on local, British and American films.
Duke EllingtonPerson · Music memorabiliaEdward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life.
Earl WildPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Earl Wild in 1978
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.
Eduard SteuermannPerson · Music memorabiliaEduard Steuermann (June 18, 1892, in Sambor, Austria-Hungary – November 11, 1964, in New York City) was an Austrian-born American pianist and composer.
Edward DownesPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Edward Thomas Downes, CBE (17 June 1924 – 10 July 2009), known as Ted Downes, was an English conductor, specialising in opera.
Edward H. PlumbPerson · Music memorabiliaEdward Holcomb Plumb (June 6, 1907– April 18, 1958) was an American film composer and orchestrator best known for his work at Walt Disney Studios.
Emanuel Aloys FörsterPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Emanuel Alois Förster
Emánuel MoórPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Emánuel Moór, self-portrait.
Ennio MorriconePerson · Music memorabiliaEnnio Morricone (10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, trumpeter, and pianist who wrote music in a wide range of styles.
Enric CasalsPerson · Music memorabiliaEnric Casals i Defilló (July 26, 1892 in Barcelona – July 31, 1986), brother of Pablo Casals, was a Spanish violinist, composer and conductor.
Erika StuckyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Erika Stucky (2016)
Ernst BaconPerson · Music memorabiliaErnst Lecher Bacon (May 26, 1898 – March 16, 1990) was an American composer, pianist, and conductor. A prolific composer, Bacon wrote over 250 songs over his career.
Eugen BrixelPerson · Music memorabiliaEugen Brixel (27 March 1939 – 16 October 2000) was an Austrian composer, musician and musicologist. The focus of his work was international wind music research.
Evgeni OrkinPerson · Music memorabiliaEvgeni Orkin (born 2 October 1977) is a Ukrainian composer, clarinetist, saxophonist, conductor and author, who is based in Germany.
Felix WeingartnerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Weingartner c.
Ferdinand LöwePerson · Music memorabiliaFerdinand Löwe (19 February 1865 – 6 January 1925) was an Austrian conductor.
Ferruccio BusoniPerson · Music memorabiliaFerruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto Busoni (1 April 1866 – 27 July 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher.
Francesco FlorimoPerson · Music memorabiliaFrancesco Florimo (12 October 1800 – 18 December 1888) was an Italian composer, music historian and critic.
Francisco CanaroPerson · Music memorabiliaFrancisco Canaro, also known by the nickname Pirincho, (November 26, 1888 – December 14, 1964) was a Uruguayan violinist and tango orchestra leader.
Francisco TárregaPerson · Music memorabiliaFrancisco de Asís Tárrega y Eixea (21 November 1852 – 15 December 1909) was a Spanish composer and classical guitarist of the late Romantic period.
François RauberPerson · Music memorabiliaFrançois Rauber (19 January 1933 – 14 December 2003) was a French pianist, composer, arranger and conductor known for his works with chansonnier Jacques Brel.
Frank Michael BeyerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Frank Michael Beyer in 1993
Frans BrüggenPerson · Music memorabiliaFranciscus ("Frans") Jozef Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist.
Franz AbtPerson · Music memorabiliaFranz Wilhelm Abt (22 December 1819 – 31 March 1885) was a German composer and choral conductor. He composed roughly 3,000 individual works mostly in the area of vocal music.
Franz SchrekerPerson · Music memorabiliaFranz Schreker (originally Schrecker; 23 March 1878 – 21 March 1934) was an Austrian composer, conductor, librettist, teacher and administrator.
Fred SteinerPerson · Music memorabiliaFrederick Steiner (February 24, 1923June 23, 2011) was an American composer, conductor, orchestrator, film historian and arranger for television, radio and film.
Fred StonePerson · Music memorabiliaFred Andrew Stone (August 19, 1873 – March 6, 1959) was an American actor. Stone began his career as a performer in circuses and minstrel shows, went on to act in vaudeville, and became a…
Freddy QuinnPerson · Music memorabiliaFreddy Quinn (born Franz Eugen Helmut Manfred Nidl; 27 September 1931) is a former Austrian singer and actor whose popularity in the German-speaking world soared in the late 1950s and 1960s.
Friedrich ChrysanderAuthor · BooksLeopold von Kalckreuth (1901)
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…
Fritz StiedryAuthor · BooksFritz Stiedry (11 October 18838 August 1968) was an Austrian conductor and composer.
Gábor SzabóPerson · Music memorabiliaSzabó Gábor István
Gabriel PiernéPerson · Music memorabiliaHenri Constant Gabriel Pierné (16 August 1863 – 17 July 1937) was a French composer, conductor, pianist and organist.
Gabriela MonteroPerson · Music memorabiliaGabriela Montero (born May 10, 1970) is a Venezuelan pianist, known both for her improvisations of musical pieces on themes suggested by her audience and other sources, as well as for her…
Gary SchockerPerson · Music memorabiliaGary Schocker (born October 18, 1959) is an American flutist, composer, and pianist who has performed with the New York Philharmonic (at age 15, in a nationally televised Young People's…
Gennady RozhdestvenskyPerson · Music memorabiliaGennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky, CBE (4 May 1931 – 16 June 2018) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, pianist, composer, and pedagogue.
Geoff ZanelliPerson · Music memorabiliaGeoffrey Zanelli (born September 28, 1974) is an American composer working primarily in the medium of film, television, and video game scores.

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