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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 BuschPerson · Music memorabiliaAdolf Georg Wilhelm Busch (8 August 1891 – 9 June 1952) was a German-Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer.
Adolf Fredrik LindbladPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Adolf Fredrik Lindblad; by
Adolf JensenPerson · Music memorabiliaAdolf Jensen (12 January 1837 – 23 January 1879) was a German pianist, composer and music teacher.
Adolf MišekPerson · Music memorabiliaAdolf Míšek (29 August 1875 – 20 October 1955) was a Czech double bassist and composer of the late romantic era.
Ādolfs SkultePerson · Music memorabiliaĀdolfs Skulte (28 October 1909 – 20 March 2000) was a Latvian composer and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1979).
Adolph BrodskyPerson · Music memorabiliaAdolph Davidovich Brodsky (Russian: Адольф Давидович Бродский, Adolf Davidovič Brodskij; 2 April [O.S.
Adolphe AdamPerson · Music memorabiliaAdolphe Charles Adam (24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic.
Agathe Backer GrøndahlPerson · Music memorabiliaAgathe Ursula Backer Grøndahl (1 December 1847 – 4 June 1907) was a Norwegian pianist and composer.
Akira IfukubePerson · Music memorabilia31 May 1914 – 8 February 2006 was a Japanese composer. He is best known for composing several entries in the Godzilla franchise as well as developing the titular monster's roar.
Alan SchneiderPerson · Film memorabiliaAlan Schneider (December 12, 1917 – May 3, 1984) was an American theatre director responsible for more than 100 theatre productions.
Albert LavignacPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexandre Jean Albert Lavignac (alɛksɑ̃dʁ ʒɑ̃ albɛʁ laviɲak; 21 January 1846 – 28 May 1916) was a French music scholar, known for his essays on theory, and a minor composer.
Albert MarkovPerson · Music memorabiliaAlbert Markov (Russian: Альберт Александрович Марков), is a Russian American violinist, composer, conductor, and pedagogue.
Alberto GuerreroPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonio Alberto García Guerrero (February 6, 1886November 7, 1959) was a Chilean composer, pianist, and teacher.
Alberto NepomucenoPerson · Music memorabiliaAlberto Nepomuceno (July 6, 1864October 16, 1920) was a Brazilian composer and conductor.
Alberto WilliamsPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Composer Alberto Williams
Alcides LanzaPerson · Music memorabiliaAlcides Emigdio Lanza (June 2, 1929 – July 17, 2024) was an Argentine-born Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, and music educator.
Aleksander ZarzyckiPerson · Music memorabiliaAleksander Zarzycki (26 February 1834 in Lwów (Lemberg), Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine) – 1 November 1895 in Warsaw) was a Polish pianist, composer and conductor.
Aleksei LosevAuthor · BooksAleksei Fyodorovich Losev (22 September 1893 – 24 May 1988) was a Soviet and Russian philosopher, philologist and culturologist, one of the most prominent figures in Russian philosophical…
Alexander ArutiunianPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Grigori Arutiunian (23 September 192028 March 2012), was a Soviet and Armenian composer and pianist, widely known for his 1950 Trumpet Concerto.
Alexander Egorovich VarlamovPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Egorovich Varlamov was a Russian composer, chapelmaster, singer, music critic, violinist and guitarist (1801–1848). He was born in Moscow and died in Saint Petersburg.
Alexander GlazunovPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (– 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period.
Alexander GoedickePerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Fyodorovich Goedicke (Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gyodike; 4 March 18779 July 1957) was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist.
Alexander GoldenweiserPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Borisovich Goldenweiser 26 November 1961) was a Russian and Soviet pianist, teacher and composer.
Alexander IlyinskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alexander Ilyinsky
Alexander ReinaglePerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Robert Reinagle (23 April 1756 – 21 September 1809) was an English-born American composer, organist, and theater musician.
Alexander RudinPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Israilevich Rudin (born 25 November 1960) is a Russian classical cellist and conductor.
Alexander SerovPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Nikolayevich Serov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Серо́в, 23 January [O.S. 11 January] 1820 – 1 February [O.S. 20 January] 1871) was a Russian composer and music critic.
Alexander SilotiPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Ilyich Siloti (also Ziloti; 9 October 18638 December 1945) was a Russian virtuoso pianist, conductor, composer and arranger
Alexander Uriah BoskovichPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander (Sándor) Uriah Boskovich (Boskovits, Boskowitz, etc.) (August 16, 1907 – November 5, 1964) was an Israeli composer born to a Hungarian-Jewish family.
Alexander VeprikPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Moiseyevich Veprik, also Weprik, (Олександр Мойсейович Веприк, Oleksandr Mojsejovyč Vepryk;
Alexandre GuilmantPerson · Music memorabiliaFélix-Alexandre Guilmant (French pronunciation: [feliks alɛksɑ̃dʁ ɡilmɑ̃]; 12 March 1837 – 29 March 1911) was a French organist and composer.
Alexis ContantPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Pierre Alexis Contant (12 November 1858 – 28 November 1918) was a Canadian composer, organist, pianist, and music educator.
Alexis WeissenbergPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexis Sigismund Weissenberg (26 July 1929 – 8 January 2012) was a Bulgarian-born French pianist.
Alfred GrünfeldPerson · Music memorabiliaAlfred Grünfeld (4 July 1852 in Prague – 4 January 1924 in Vienna) was an Austrian pianist and composer.
Alfred JaëllPerson · Music memorabiliaAlfred Jaëll (5 March 1832 – 27 February 1882) was an Austrian pianist. His students included Benjamin Johnson Lang and Samuel Sanford (the eponym of the Sanford Medal).
Alfred ReisenauerPerson · Music memorabiliaAlfred Reisenauer (1 November 1863 – 3 October 1907) was a German pianist, composer, and music educator.
Alfred SchnittkePerson · Music memorabiliaAlfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Soviet and Russian composer.
Alfred SittardPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alfred Sittard 1906
Alfred WhiteheadPerson · Music memorabiliaAlfred Ernest Whitehead (10 July 1887 – 1 April 1974) was an English-born Canadian composer, organist, choirmaster, music educator, painter, whose works are held in a number of important…
Alice Herz-SommerAuthor · BooksAlice Herz-Sommer (née Herz; 26 November 1903 – 23 February 2014), was a Czech-born Israeli classical pianist, music teacher, and supercentenarian who survived Theresienstadt concentration…
Alicia UrretaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alicia Urreta
Alois HábaPerson · Music memorabiliaAlois Hába (21 June 1893 – 18 November 1973) was a Czech composer, music theorist and teacher.
Alphons JosephPerson · Music memorabilia
Alphonse HasselmansPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alphonse Hasselmans, Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Alvin LucierPerson · Music memorabiliaAlvin Augustus Lucier Jr. (May 14, 1931 – December 1, 2021) was an American experimental composer and sound artist.
Amanda AldridgePerson · Music memorabiliaAmanda Christina Elizabeth Aldridge, also known as Amanda Ira Aldridge (10 March 1866 – 9 March 1956), was a British opera singer and teacher who composed love songs, suites, sambas, and…
Anatolii Kos-AnatolskyiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Anatoliy Kos-Anatolsky
Anatoly LyadovPerson · Music memorabiliaAnatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov (28 August 1914) was a Russian composer, teacher and conductor.
Anca ParghelPerson · Music memorabiliaAnca Parghel (September 16, 1957– December 5, 2008) was a Romanian jazz singer, composer, arranger, pianist, choir conductor, and music teacher.
André NavarraPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — André Navarra
André RaisonPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — A drawing of the front of the church of the Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève, in Paris, where Raison worked. The building was demolished after 1800.
Andre-Michel SchubPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Andre-Michel Schub, 1981
Andrea BernasconiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Andrea Bernasconi - La Betulia liberata - titlepage of the libretto - Munich 1754
Andrei SychraPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — G.Cherencov study - Sikhra and Aksenov
Andrés SegoviaPerson · Music memorabiliaAndrés Segovia Torres, 1st Marquis of Salobreña (21 February 1893 – 2 June 1987), was a Spanish virtuoso classical guitarist.
Andrew HillPerson · Music memorabiliaAndrew Hill (June 30, 1931 – April 20, 2007) was an American jazz pianist and composer.
Ann MounseyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Ann S. Mounsey
Anna YesipovaPerson · Music memorabiliaAnna Yesipova (born Anna Nikolayevna Yesipova; Russian: Анна Николаевна Есипова; 12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1851 – 18 August [O.S. 5 August] 1914) was a Russian pianist.
Anne-Sophie MutterPerson · Music memorabiliaAnne-Sophie Mutter (born 29 June 1963) is a German violinist.
Annie FischerPerson · Music memorabiliaAnnie Fischer (July 5, 1914April 10, 1995) was a Hungarian classical pianist.
Anthony PlogPerson · Music memorabiliaAnthony Plog (born November 13, 1947) is an American conductor, composer and trumpet player.
Antoine-François MarmontelPerson · Music memorabiliaAntoine François Marmontel (ɑ̃twan fʁɑ̃swa maʁmɔ̃tɛl; 18 July 1816 – 16 January 1898) was a French pianist, composer, teacher and musicographer.
Anton ArenskyPerson · Music memorabiliaAnton Stepanovich Arensky (–) was a Russian composer of Romantic classical music, pianist, conductor and professor of music.
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.
Anton DoorPerson · Music memorabiliaAnton Door (20 June 18337 November 1919) was an Austrian pianist and music educator, also known in Russia as Anton Andreyevich Door.
Antonín DvořákPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonín Leopold Dvořák (8September 18411May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the…
Antonín KraftPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonín Kraft (30 December 1749 – 28 August 1820) was a Czech cellist and composer. He was a close friend of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Antonio CiaccaPerson · Music memorabilia
Antônio MenesesPerson · Music memorabiliaAntônio Jeronimo de Meneses Neto (23 August 1957 – 3 August 2024) was a Brazilian cellist and an academic teacher based in Switzerland.
Antonio SalieriPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonio Salieri (18 August 17507 May 1825) was an Italian composer and teacher of the classical period.
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.
Arnaldo CohenPerson · Music memorabilia
Arnie LawrencePerson · Music memorabiliaArnold Lawrence Finkelstein (July 10, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York – April 22, 2005 in Jerusalem) was an American jazz saxophonist.
Arnold MendelssohnPerson · Music memorabiliaArnold Ludwig Mendelssohn (26 December 1855 – 18 February 1933), was a German composer and music teacher.
Arthur BenjaminPerson · Music memorabiliaArthur Leslie Benjamin (September 18, 1893 – April 10, 1960) was an Australian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher.
Arthur De GreefPerson · Music memorabiliaArthur De Greef was a Belgian pianist, composer, musicologist, music educator and musician (1862–1940). He was born in Leuven and died in Brussels metropolitan area.
Arthur FootePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Arthur Foote as a young man
Arthur GrumiauxPerson · Music memorabiliaBaron Arthur Grumiaux (21 March 1921 – 16 October 1986) was a Belgian violinist, considered by some to have been "one of the few truly great violin virtuosi of the twentieth century".
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 HutchingsPerson · Music memorabiliaArthur James Bramwell Hutchings (14 July 1906 – 13 November 1989) was an English musicologist, composer and professor of music.
Arthur OldhamPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Arthur William Oldham
Arthur ShepherdPerson · Music memorabiliaArthur Shepherd (February 19, 1880 – January 12, 1958) was an American composer and conductor in the 20th century.
Arthur SullivanPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Sullivan in 1888
Artur LembaPerson · Music memorabiliaArtur Lemba (24 September 1885 – 21 November 1963) was an Estonian composer and piano teacher, and one of the most important figures in Estonian classical music.
Arvīds JansonsPerson · Music memorabiliaArvīds Jansons (10 October 1914 – 21 November 1984) was a Latvian conductor and father of conductor Mariss Jansons.
August HalmPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Otto Halm (26 October 1869 – 1 February 1929) was a German music theorist, music educationist and composer.
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.
August Wilhelm AmbrosPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Wilhelm Ambros (17 November 1816 – 28 June 1876) was an Austrian music historian, critic and composer of Czech descent.
Augusta Read ThomasPerson · Music memorabiliaAugusta Read Thomas (born April 24, 1964) is an American composer and University Professor of Composition in the Department of Music at the University of Chicago, where she is also director…
Auguste GötzePerson · Music memorabiliaAuguste Götze (or Goetze; 24 February 1840 – 29 April 1908) was a German classical singer, actress, playwright, and a distinguished voice teacher.
Avet TerterianPerson · Music memorabiliaAlfred Roubenovich "Avet" Terterian (also Terteryan) (July 29, 1929 – December 11, 1994) was an Armenian composer, awarded the Konrad Adenauer Prize.
Barbara BonneyPerson · Music memorabiliaBarbara Bonney (born April 14, 1956) is an American soprano. She is associated with lyric soprano roles in operas by Mozart and Richard Strauss as well as lieder performances.
Barbara Hesse-BukowskaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Barbara Hesse-Bukowska in 2008
Barry DouglasPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in Belfast.
Barry GalbraithPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Barry Galbraith (December 18, 1919 – January 13, 1983) was an American jazz guitarist.
Barry TuckwellPerson · Music memorabiliaBarry Emmanuel Tuckwell, (5 March 1931 – 16 January 2020) was an Australian French horn player who spent most of his professional life in the UK and the United States.
Bedřich Diviš WeberPerson · Music memorabiliaBedřich Diviš Weber (German: Friedrich Dionys Weber; 9 October 1766 – 25 December 1842) was a Czech composer and musicologist.
Béla BartókPerson · Music memorabiliaBartók Béla Viktor János
Béla KélerPerson · Music memorabiliaBéla Kéler (13 February 182020 November 1882) was a Hungarian composer of romantic music period and orchestral conductor. Béla Kéler was born as Albert Paul Keler (Adalbert Paul von Keler).
Bella DavidovichPerson · Music memorabiliaBella Mikhaylovna Davidovich (Russian: Белла Миха́йловна Давидо́вич; born July 16, 1928) is a Soviet-American pianist.
Ben WolfePerson · Music memorabiliaBenjamin Jonah Wolfe is an American jazz bassist who has performed in groups with Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., and Diana Krall.
Benjamin CarrPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Benjamin Carr by John Sartain after John Clarendon Darley
Bernard GreenhousePerson · Music memorabiliaBernard Greenhouse (January 3, 1916 – May 13, 2011) was an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio.
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.
Bernard StevensPerson · Music memorabiliaBernard (George) Stevens (2 March 1916 – 6 January 1983) was a British composer who first became known to the wider public when he won a newspaper composition prize for a 'Victory Symphony'…
Bernd WiesemannPerson · Music memorabiliaBernd Wiesemann (4 August 1938 – 10 August 2015) was a German pianist, composer, music educator and conceptual artist.
Bernhard SeklesPerson · Music memorabiliaBernhard Sekles (20 June 1872 – 8 December 1934) was a German composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue.
Billy HartPerson · Music memorabiliaBilly Hart (born November 29, 1940) is an American jazz drummer and educator. He is known internationally for his contributions with Herbie Hancock's "Mwandishi" band in the early 1970s, as…
Bobby BroomPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Broom Jr. He was born and raised in New York City, then moved to Chicago, which has been his home town since 1984.
Bogusław SchaefferPerson · Music memorabiliaBogusław Julian Schaeffer (also Schäffer) (6 June 1929 – 1 July 2019) was a Polish composer, musicologist, and graphic artist, a member of the avant-garde "Cracow Group" of Polish composers…
Boris GoldsteinPerson · Music memorabiliaBoris Emmanuilovich Goldstein (25 December 19228 November 1987, known by the diminutive Busya) was a Soviet violinist whose career was greatly hindered by the political situation in the…
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…
Brigitte FassbaenderPerson · Music memorabiliaBrigitte Fassbaender (German: [bʁiˈɡɪtə ˈfasbɛndɐ]; born 3 July 1939), is a German mezzo-soprano opera singer and a stage director.
Carl CzernyPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Czerny (lang; 21 February 1791 – 15 July 1857) was an Austrian composer, music educator, and pianist of Czech origin. His music spanned the late Classical and early Romantic eras.
Carl Friedrich RungenhagenPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Friedrich Rungenhagen (first name also sometimes given as Karl; 27 September 1778 – 21 December 1851) was a German composer and academic teacher at the Prussian Academy of Arts in…
Carl Friedrich ZelterPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Friedrich Zelter was a composer, music educator, conductor, independent publisher, master builder and music teacher (1758–1832). He was born in Berlin.
Carl OrffPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Heinrich Maria Orff (10 July 1895 – 29 March 1982) was a German composer and music educator who is best known for composing the cantata Carmina Burana and formulating concepts of his…
Carl ReineckePerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (23 June 182410 March 1910) was a German composer, conductor, and pianist in the mid-Romantic era.
Carl TausigPerson · Music memorabiliaRafael Joseffy, Alexander Michalowski, Andrey Schulz-Evler Sophie Menter, Vera Timanoff, Amy Fay, Gustav V. Lewinsky

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