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Pauline OliverosPerson · Music memorabiliaPauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer and accordionist.
Pedro AlbénizPerson · Music memorabiliaPedro Albéniz y Basanta (14 April 179512 April 1855) was a Spanish pianist and composer. He was unrelated to Isaac Albéniz.
Pedro IturraldePerson · Music memorabiliaPedro Iturralde Ochoa (13 July 1929 – 1 November 2020) was a Spanish jazz saxophonist, teacher and composer.
Peter ErskinePerson · Music memorabiliaPeter Clark Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead.
Peter Racine FrickerPerson · Music memorabiliaPeter Racine Fricker (5 September 19201 February 1990) was an English composer, among the first to establish his career entirely after the Second World War.
Peter SerkinPerson · Music memorabiliaPeter Adolf Serkin (July 24, 1947 – February 1, 2020) was an American classical pianist.
Philip JarnachPerson · Music memorabiliaPhilipp Jarnach (26 July 1892 17 December 1982 in Börnsen) was a German composer of contemporary music ("Neue Musik"), pianist, teacher, and conductor.
Phyllis CurtinPerson · Music memorabiliaPhyllis Curtin (née Smith; December 3, 1921 – June 5, 2016) was an American soprano and academic teacher who had an active career in operas and concerts from the early 1950s through the…
Pierre DervauxPerson · Music memorabiliaPierre Jean-Émile Dervaux (3 January 1917 – 20 February 1992) was a French conductor, composer, and pedagogue.
Pierre LabricPerson · Music memorabiliaPierre André Labric (born 30 June 1921) is a French organist, pedagogue, and composer.
Piet KeePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Piet Kee
Pietro YonPerson · Music memorabiliaPietro Alessandro Yon (August 8, 1886 – November 22, 1943) was an Italian-born organist and composer who made his career in the United States at several churches including St.
Polibio FumagalliPerson · Music memorabiliaPolibio Fumagalli (26 October 1830 in Inzago – 21 June 1900 in Milan) was an Italian composer, organist, and pianist.
Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyPerson · Music memorabiliaPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period.
Quincy PorterPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Quincy Porter
Rafael JoseffyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Rafael Joseffy
Ran BlakePerson · Music memorabiliaRan Blake (born April 20, 1935) is an American pianist, composer, and educator. He is known for his unique style that combines blues, gospel, classical, and film noir influences into an…
Raoul de PugnoPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Raoul Pugno in 1897
Raymond DaveluyPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Eugène Raymond-Marie Daveluy (ʒozɛf øʒɛn ʁɛmɔ̃ maʁi davlɥi; 23 December 1926 – 1 September 2016) was a Canadian composer, organist, music educator, and arts administrator.
Regina ResnikPerson · Film memorabiliaRegina Resnik (born Regina Resnick, August 30, 1922 – August 8, 2013) was an American opera singer who had an active international career that spanned five decades.
Renate BirnsteinPerson · Music memorabiliaRenate Maria Birnstein (born 17 November 1946) is a German composer, violinist and pianist.
Rhené JaquePerson · Music memorabiliaRhené Jaque, the pen name of Marguerite Marie Alice Cartier (February 4, 1918 – July 31, 2006), was a Canadian musician, composer and music educator living in Quebec.
Ricardo OdnoposoffPerson · Music memorabiliaRicardo Odnoposoff (February 24, 1914 – October 26, 2004) was a Jewish Argentine-Austrian-American violinist of the 20th century.
Richard BuhligPerson · Music memorabiliaRichard Moritz Buhlig (December 21, 1880 – January 30, 1952) was an American pianist.
Richard James BurgessPerson · Music memorabiliaRichard James Burgess (born 29 June 1949) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, composer, author, manager, marketer and inventor.
Richard MünnichPerson · Music memorabiliaRichard Karl Emil Münnich (7 June 1877 – 4 July 1970) was a German musicologist and music pedagogue.
Richard RobertPerson · Music memorabiliaRichard Robert (25 March 1861 – 1 February 1924 in Kaltenleutgeben) was an Austrian pianist, composer, music critic, and music administrator, but he is most notable as a pedagogue in piano,…
Richard Rodney BennettPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Richard Rodney Bennett (29 March 193624 December 2012) was an English composer and pianist.
Richie BeirachPerson · Music memorabiliaRichard Alan Beirach (May 23, 1947 – January 26, 2026) was an American jazz pianist and composer.
Robert CasadesusPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Marcel Casadesus (kazadˈsy; 7 April 1899 – 19 September 1972) was a French pianist and composer.[1] He was the most prominent member of a distinguished musical family, being the…
Robert FuchsPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Fuchs (15 February 1847 – 19 February 1927) was an Austrian composer and music teacher.
Robert MannPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Nathaniel Mann (July 19, 1920 – January 1, 2018) was a violinist, composer, conductor, and founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet, as well as a faculty member at the…
Robert PlanelPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Planel (2 January 1908 – 25 May 1994) was a French composer, music pedagogue and violinist.
Robert SaxtonPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Saxton (born 8 October 1953 in London) is a British composer.
Robert SchollumPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Schollum (22 August 1913 – 30 September 1987) was an Austrian composer, conductor, music educator, music critic, musicographer and academic scholar.
Robert SchumannPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Schumann (lang; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic era.
Robert Thurston DartPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Thurston Dart (3 September 1921 – 6 March 1971) was an English musicologist, conductor and keyboard player.
Robert Veyron-LacroixPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Veyron-Lacroix (13 December 1922 in Paris – 2 April 1991 in Garches (Hauts-de-Seine)) was a French harpsichordist and pianist whose post-war career was defined by his musical…
Robert VolkmannPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Robert Volkmann (6 April 1815 – 30 October 1883) was a German composer.
Robert WardPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Ward (born 13 September 1917; died 3 April 2013) was a Robert Ward studied at Juilliard School and John Adams High School. The recorded working language is English.
Roberto OttavianoPerson · Music memorabiliaRoberto Ottaviano (Bari, 21 December 1957) is an Italian jazz saxophonist.
Robin BlazePerson · Music memorabilia
Rod MorgensteinPerson · Music memorabiliaRod Morgenstein (born April 19, 1953) is an American drummer with rock bands Winger and Dixie Dregs.
Rodion ShchedrinPerson · Music memorabiliaRodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin (rədʲɪˈon kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ɕːɪˈdrʲin; 16 December 1932 – 29 August 2025) was a Soviet and Russian composer, pianist, and music teacher.
Rodolphe KreutzerPerson · Music memorabiliaRodolphe Kreutzer (15 November 1766 – 6 January 1831) was a French violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer of forty French operas, including La mort d'Abel (1810).
Romualds KalsonsPerson · Music memorabiliaRomualds Kalsons (7 September 1936 – 15 November 2024) was a Latvian composer. Romualds Kalsons was born in Riga, he was a student of Ādolfs Skulte and Jāzeps Lindbergs.
Rosalyn TureckPerson · Music memorabiliaRosalyn Tureck (December 14, 1913 – July 17, 2003) was an American pianist and harpsichordist who was particularly associated with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Rosina BuckmanPerson · Music memorabiliaRosina Buckman (16 March 1881 – 31 December 1948) was a New Zealand soprano who became a prima donna during World War I and later a professor of singing at the Royal Academy of Music.
Roy HarrisPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Harris (seated) playing piano with his former student George Lynn
Roza TamarkinaPerson · Music memorabiliaRosa Vladimirovna Tamarkina (Russian: Ро́за Влади́мировна Тама́ркина; 23 March 1920 – 5 August 1950) was a Soviet pianist who won second prize in the III International Chopin Piano…
Rudolf KehrerPerson · Music memorabiliaRudolf Kehrer (10 July 192329 October 2013) was a Soviet and Russian classical pianist.
Rudolf KoelmanPerson · Music memorabiliaRudolf Koelman (born 1959 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch violinist and is professor for violin at the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) in Switzerland.
Rudolf TobiasPerson · Music memorabiliaRudolf Tobias (29 May [O.S. 17 May] 1873 – 29 October 1918) was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory.
Rudolph RetiPerson · Music memorabiliaRudolph Reti, also Réti (November 27, 1885 – February 7, 1957), was a musical analyst, composer and pianist.
Rudolph SimonsenPerson · Music memorabiliaRudolph Hermann Simonsen (April 30, 1889 in Copenhagen, Denmark – March 28, 1947 in Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish composer and pianist.
Russell FerrantePerson · Music memorabiliaYellowjackets is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, California.
Said RustamovPerson · Music memorabiliaSaid Rustamov, born Mir-Jabbar Ali oglu Seyid-Rustamzadeh (12 May 1907, Yerevan – 10 June 1983, Baku), was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer, conductor and pedagogue.
Salomon JadassohnPerson · Music memorabiliaSalomon Jadassohn (13 August 1831 – 1 February 1902) was a German pianist, composer, and teacher at the Leipzig Conservatory.
Samuel AdlerPerson · Music memorabiliaSamuel Adler was a German and American conductor, composer, musicologist, music educator, university teacher and music arranger (born 1928).
Samuel MaykaparPerson · Music memorabiliaSamuel Moiseyevich Maykapar (18 December 18678 May 1938) was a Russian romantic composer, pianist, professor of music at the St.
Samuil FeinbergPerson · Music memorabiliaSamuil Yevgenyevich Feinberg (Russian: Самуи́л Евге́ньевич Фе́йнберг, also Samuel; 26 May 1890 – 22 October 1962) was a Russian and Soviet composer and pianist.
Samuil SamosudPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Samuil Samosud in the 1930s
Sebald HeydenPerson · Music memorabiliaSebald Heyden (8 December 1499 – 9 July 1561) was a German musicologist, cantor, theologian, hymn-writer and religious poet.
Sebastián PianaPerson · Music memorabiliaSebastián Piana (26 November 1903 – 17 July 1994) was an Argentine musician, composer, orchestra conductor, and pianist, dedicated to tango music.
Serge KoussevitzkyPerson · Music memorabiliaSerge Koussevitzky (born Sergey Aleksandrovich Kusevitsky, sʲɪrˈɡʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ kʊsʲɪˈvʲitskʲɪj;
Sergei Ivanovich TaneyevPerson · Music memorabiliaSergey Ivanovich Taneyev (pron; –) was a Russian composer, pianist, teacher of composition, music theorist and author.
Sergei LyapunovPerson · Music memorabiliaSergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov (or Liapunov, sʲɪrˈɡʲej mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ lʲɪpʊˈnof; 8 November 1924) was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor.
Sergei SlonimskyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Sergei Slonimsky in October 2017
Seth RiggsPerson · Music memorabiliaSeth Riggs (born Samuel Riggs of Reuben III, September 19, 1930) is an American singer, actor, and vocal coach.
Shahram NazeriPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Shahram Nazeri & Parviz Meshkatian
Shigenobu NakamuraPerson · Music memorabiliaShigenobu Nakamura, born in Osaka in 1950, is a Japanese composer and music teacher. He teaches at Kyushu University (Faculty of Design).
Shih-Hui ChenPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Chen in 2006
Shoshana RudiakovPerson · Music memorabiliaShoshana Rudiakov (1948–2012) was a Latvian pianist and music educator. She was professor of piano at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart from 1981.
Shulamit RanPerson · Music memorabiliaShulamit Ran (born October 21, 1949, in Tel Aviv, Israel) is an Israeli-American composer.
Sidonie GoossensPerson · Music memorabiliaAnnie Sidonie Goossens OBE (19 October 1899 – 15 December 2004) was one of Britain's most enduring harpists.
Siegfried PalmPerson · Music memorabiliaSiegfried Palm (25 April 1927 – 6 June 2005) was a German cellist who is known worldwide for his interpretations of contemporary music.
Sigiswald KuijkenPerson · Music memorabiliaSigiswald Kuijken (lang; born 16 February 1944) is a Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor known for playing on period and original instruments.
Simon SechterPerson · Music memorabiliaSimon Sechter (11 October 1788 – 10 September 1867) was an Austrian music theorist, composer, conductor, and organist.
Simone FortiPerson · Music memorabiliaSimone Forti (March 25, 1935 – July 2026) was an American postmodern artist, dancer, choreographer, and writer.
Sophie MenterPerson · Music memorabiliaSophie Menter (29 July 1846 – 23 February 1918) was a German pianist and composer who became the favorite female student of Franz Liszt.
Spiridon MelikyanPerson · Music memorabiliaSpiridon Melikyan (Armenian: Սպիրիդոն Ավետիսի Մելիքյան; 1 December 1880; – 4 April 1933) was an Armenian musicologist, composer, choirmaster, and teacher.
Stanisław BarcewiczPerson · Music memorabiliaStanisław Barcewicz (16 April 18581 September 1929) was a Polish violinist, conductor and teacher.
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…
Stefan AskenasePerson · Music memorabiliaStefan Askenase (10 July 189618 October 1985) was a Polish-Belgian classical pianist and pedagogue.
Stefan GrossmanPerson · Music memorabiliaStefan Grossman (born April 16, 1945) is an American acoustic fingerstyle guitarist and singer, music producer and educator, and co-founder of Kicking Mule records.
Stefania Turkevych-LukiianovychPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — The composer as a young woman in 1920
Stefano Ronchetti-MontevitiPerson · Music memorabiliaStefano Ronchetti-Monteviti (1814–1882) was an Italian composer, music educator, and college administrator.
Steve ColsonPerson · Music memorabiliaAdegoke Steve Colson is an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. A member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) since the early 1970s, Colson has…
Sylvain DupuisPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Sylvain Dupuis
Szymon GoldbergPerson · Music memorabiliaSzymon Goldberg (1 June 1909 – 19 July 1993) was a Polish-born Jewish classical violinist and conductor, latterly an American.
Tadeusz BairdPerson · Music memorabilia
Tadeusz SzeligowskiPerson · Music memorabiliaTadeusz Szeligowski (13 September 1896 – 10 January 1963) was a Polish composer, educator, lawyer and music organizer.
Tamara KarsavinaPerson · Film memorabiliaTamara Platonovna Karsavina (9 March 1885 – 26 May 1978) was a Russian prima ballerina, renowned for her beauty, who was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and later of the…
Tarquinio MerulaPerson · Music memorabiliaTarquinio Merula (24 November 1595 – 10 December 1665) was an Italian composer, organist, and violinist of the early Baroque era.
Tatiana NikolayevaPerson · Music memorabiliaTatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva (Tatyana Petrovna Nikolaeva; May 4, 1924November 22, 1993) was a Soviet and Russian pianist, composer, and teacher.
Teodulo MabelliniPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Teodulo Mabellini
Th. A FindeisenPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Theodor Albin Findeisen
Theodor KullakPerson · Music memorabiliaTheodor Kullak (12 September 1818 – 1 March 1882) was a German pianist, composer and teacher.
Theodore HollandPerson · Music memorabiliaTheodore Samuel Holland, OBE (25 April 1878 – 29 October 1947), was a British composer and academic.
Theodore OestenPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Theodor Oesten
Thomas AdèsPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Adès conducting the Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris (2025)
Thomas SøndergårdPerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Søndergård (born 4 October 1969) is a Danish conductor and percussionist.
Tibor VargaPerson · Music memorabiliaTibor Varga (4 July 1921 – 4 September 2003) was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, and music teacher who developed pedagogic methods for teaching string music.
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…
Tofig BakikhanovPerson · Music memorabiliaTofig Ahmed-agha oglu Bakikhanov (Tofiq Əhmədağa oğlu Bakıxanov; 8 December 1930 – 23 August 2026) was an Azerbaijani composer.
Tommy VigPerson · Music memorabiliaTommy Vig (born July 14, 1938) is a percussionist, arranger, bandleader, and composer.
Tsippi FleischerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Tsippi Fleischer, 2015
Tsuyoshi TsutsumiPerson · Music memorabiliaTsuyoshi Tsutsumi (born July 28, 1942 in Tokyo) is a world-renowned Japanese cellist.
Ture RangströmPerson · Music memorabiliaAnders Johan Ture Rangström (30 November 1884 – 11 May 1947) belonged to a new generation of Swedish composers who, in the first decade of the 20th century, introduced modernism to their…
U. SrinivasPerson · Music memorabiliaUppalapu Srinivas (28 February 1969 – 19 September 2014) was an Indian mandolin player in Carnatic classical music and composer.
Václav SmetáčekPerson · Music memorabiliaVáclav Smetáček (30 September 1906 – 18 February 1986) was a Czech conductor, composer and oboist.
Valeri BraininPerson · Music memorabiliaValeri "Willi" Borisovich Brainin (Valeri "Villi" Borissovich Brainin, Willi Braynin.ru.vorb.oga;
Vasily SafonovPerson · Music memorabiliaVasily Ilyich Safonov (25 January 1852 – 27 February 1918), also known as Wassily Safonoff, was a Russian pianist, teacher, conductor and 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…
Vinzenz LachnerPerson · Music memorabiliaVinzenz Lachner (also spelled Vincenz) (19 July 1811 – 22 January 1893) was a German composer and conductor.
Virgil FoxPerson · Music memorabiliaVirgil Keel Fox (May 3, 1912 in Princeton, Illinois – October 25, 1980 in Palm Beach, Florida) was an American organist, known especially for his years as organist at Riverside Church in…
Vishnu Narayan BhatkhandePerson · Music memorabiliaVishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (10 August 1860 – 19 September 1936) was an Indian music theorist who wrote the first modern treatise on Hindustani classical music, an art which had been…
Vladimir BakaleinikovPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — 1929
Vladimir KrainevPerson · Film memorabiliaVladimir Krainev (Russian: Влади́мир Все́володович Кра́йнев; 1 April 1944 – 29 April 2011) was a Russian pianist and professor of piano, People's Artist of the USSR.

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