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Music Theorists

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

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Petrus de CrucePerson · Music memorabiliaPetrus de Cruce (also Pierre de la Croix) was active as a cleric, composer and music theorist in the late part of the 13th century. His main contribution was to the notational system.
Philibert Jambe de FerPerson · Music memorabiliaPhilibert Jambe de Fer (fl. 1548–1564) was a French Renaissance composer of religious music.
PhilolausAuthor · BooksWas a Greek Pythagorean and pre-Socratic philosopher. He was born in a Greek colony in Italy and migrated to Greece.
Pietro AronPerson · Music memorabiliaPietro Aron, also known as Pietro (or Piero) Aaron (c. 1480 – after 1545), was an Italian music theorist and composer.
Pietro CeroneAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Pietro Cerone
PorphyryAuthor · Books234 – c. 305) was a Phoenician Neoplatonic philosopher born in Tyre, Roman Phoenicia during Roman rule.
PtolemyAuthor · BooksClaudius Ptolemy (Πτολεμαῖος, Ptolemaios; Claudius Ptolemaeus; c. 100 – 160s/170s AD), better known mononymously as Ptolemy, was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer,…
PythagorasAuthor · BooksPythagoras of Samos (c. 570 BC) was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher, polymath, and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism.
René DescartesAuthor · BooksRené Descartes (day-KART, also DAY-kart; French: [ʁəne dekaʁt]; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French polymath, active across philosophy, including metaphysics, epistemology,…
René LeibowitzPerson · Music memorabiliaRené Leibowitz (17 February 1913 – 29 August 1972) was a Polish and French composer, conductor, music theorist and teacher.
Roger SessionsPerson · Music memorabiliaRoger Huntington Sessions (December 28, 1896March 16, 1985) was an American composer, teacher, and writer on music.
Rudolph RetiPerson · Music memorabiliaRudolph Reti, also Réti (November 27, 1885 – February 7, 1957), was a musical analyst, composer and pianist.
Salomon de CausDesigner · DesignSalomon de Caus (1576, Dieppe – 1626, Paris) was a French engineer and architect.
Salomon JadassohnPerson · Music memorabiliaSalomon Jadassohn (13 August 1831 – 1 February 1902) was a German pianist, composer, and teacher at the Leipzig Conservatory.
Sebald HeydenPerson · Music memorabiliaSebald Heyden (8 December 1499 – 9 July 1561) was a German musicologist, cantor, theologian, hymn-writer and religious poet.
Sebastian VirdungPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Sebastianus Virdung (right) and Andreas Siluanus, from Musica getutscht by Sebastian Virdung.
Sergei Ivanovich TaneyevPerson · Music memorabiliaSergey Ivanovich Taneyev (pron; –) was a Russian composer, pianist, teacher of composition, music theorist and author.
Siegfried Wilhelm DehnPerson · Music memorabiliaSiegfried Wilhelm (von) Dehn (24 or 25 February 1799 – 12 April 1858) was a German music theorist, editor, teacher and librarian.
Simon SechterPerson · Music memorabiliaSimon Sechter (11 October 1788 – 10 September 1867) was an Austrian music theorist, composer, conductor, and organist.
Václav VačkářPerson · Music memorabiliaVáclav Vačkář (12 August 1881 – 4 February 1954) was a Czech composer and conductor of the late romantic era. He is well known for his marches, especially for his march "Šohaj".
Valeri BraininPerson · Music memorabiliaValeri "Willi" Borisovich Brainin (Valeri "Villi" Borissovich Brainin, Willi Braynin.ru.vorb.oga;
Vincenzo GalileiPerson · Music memorabiliaVincenzo Galilei (3 April 1520 – 2 July 1591) was an Italian lutenist, composer, and music theorist.
Willi ApelAuthor · BooksWilli Apel (10 October 1893 – 14 March 1988) was a German-American musicologist and noted author of a number of books devoted to music.
William Tans'urPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — William Tans'ur
Yuri KholopovPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Yuri Kholopov in 2001, Moscow
Zhu Zaiyu, Prince of ZhengPerson · Music memorabilia

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