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Musicologists

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

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.
Abeer NehmePerson · Film memorabiliaAbeer Nehme (born 19 May 1980) is a Lebanese singer and a musicologist. She performs traditional Tarab music, Lebanese traditional music, Rahbani music, and sacred music from the Maronite,…
Abraham Zevi IdelsohnPerson · Music memorabiliaAbraham Zevi Idelsohn (Avrohom Tzvi Idelsohn in Ashkenazi Hebrew; middle name also rendered Tzvi, Zvi, Zwi, or Zebi;
Abramo BaseviPerson · Music memorabiliaAbramo Basevi (December 1818 – November 1885) was an Italian musicologist and composer.
Adam of FuldaPerson · Music memorabiliaAdam of Fulda (c. 1445 – 1505) was a German composer and music theorist of the second half of the 15th century.
Adolf Bernhard MarxPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Heinrich Adolf Bernhard Marx, also known as A. B. Marx (15 May 1795 – 17 May 1866), was a German music theorist, critic, and pedagogue.
Adrianus Petit CoclicoPerson · Music memorabiliaAdrianus Petit Coclico (1499 in Flanders – after September 1562 in Copenhagen) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance.
Adrienne ClarksonPerson · Film memorabiliaAdrienne Louise Clarkson (born February 10, 1939) is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as the 26th governor general of Canada from 1999 to 2005.
Agata ZubelPerson · Music memorabiliaAgata Zubel (born 1978 in Wrocław, Poland) is a Polish composer and singer.
Ahmet Adnan SaygunPerson · Music memorabiliaAhmed Adnan Saygun (7 September 1907 – 6 January 1991) was a Turkish composer and musicologist.
Akira NishimuraPerson · Music memorabilia8 September 1953 – 7 September 2023 was a Japanese composer from Osaka.
Alan LomaxPerson · Film memorabiliaAlan Lomax (January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music during the 20th century.
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.
Alberto NepomucenoPerson · Music memorabiliaAlberto Nepomuceno (July 6, 1864October 16, 1920) was a Brazilian composer and conductor.
Alberto SorianoPerson · Music memorabiliaAlberto Soriano (5 February 1915 – 1981) was an Argentine composer and ethnomusicologist. He was born in Santiago del Estero.
Alberto ZeddaPerson · Music memorabiliaAlberto Zedda (2 January 19286 March 2017) was an Italian conductor and musicologist whose specialty was the 19th-century Italian repertoire.
Albertus MagnusAuthor · BooksAlbertus Magnus (c. 1200 – 15 November 1280), also known as Saint Albert the Great, Albert of Swabia, Albert von Bollstadt, or Albert of Cologne, was a German Dominican friar, philosopher,…
Alejo CarpanterAuthor · BooksAlejo Carpentier y Valmont (karpanˈtje; December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its…
Alexander GlazunovPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Konstantinovich Glazunov (– 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period.
Alexander KoshetzPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Antonovich Koshetz (also transliterated as Oleksandr Antonovych Koshyts;
Alexander TcherepninPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Черепни́н, romanized: Aleksandr Nikolayevich Cherepnin;
Alexander VeprikPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Moiseyevich Veprik, also Weprik, (Олександр Мойсейович Веприк, Oleksandr Mojsejovyč Vepryk;
Alexander Wheelock ThayerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alexander Wheelock Thayer
Alfred EinsteinAuthor · BooksAlfred Einstein (December 30, 1880February 13, 1952) was a German-American musicologist and music editor.
Allan CunninghamAuthor · BooksIllustration — Allan Cunningham, Henry Room, c.1840
Alois HábaPerson · Music memorabiliaAlois Hába (21 June 1893 – 18 November 1973) was a Czech composer, music theorist and teacher.
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 BoucourechlievPerson · Music memorabiliaAndré Boucourechliev (28 July 1925 – 13 November 1997) was a French composer of Bulgarian origin.
André JolivetPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — André Jolivet in 1930
Andreas WerckmeisterPerson · Music memorabiliaAndreas Werckmeister (November 30, 1645 – October 26, 1706) was a German organist, music theorist, and composer of the Baroque era.
Angelo BerardiPerson · Music memorabiliaAngelo Berardi (c. 1636 in Sant'Agata Feltria – 9 April 1694 in Rome) was an Italian music theorist and composer.
Anthony PaynePerson · Music memorabiliaAnthony Edward Payne (2 August 1936 – 30 April 2021) was an English composer, music critic and musicologist.
Anthony PlogPerson · Music memorabiliaAnthony Plog (born November 13, 1947) is an American conductor, composer and trumpet player.
Anthony van HobokenPerson · Music memorabiliaAnthony van Hoboken (lang; 23 March 1887 – 1 November 1983) was a Dutch musical collector, bibliographer, and musicologist.
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 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 Friedrich Justus ThibautAuthor · BooksAnton Friedrich Justus Thibaut (4 January 1772 20 March 1840) was a German jurist and musician.
Anton HeillerPerson · Music memorabiliaAnton Heiller (15 September 1923 – 25 March 1979) was an Austrian organist, harpsichordist, composer and conductor.
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…
Antonio Gallego GallegoPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonio Gallego Gallego (21 April 1942 – 19 February 2024) was a Spanish writer and musicologist.
Antonio SalieriPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonio Salieri (18 August 17507 May 1825) was an Italian composer and teacher of the classical period.
Antony BeaumontPerson · Music memorabiliaAntony Beaumont (born 27 January 1949 in London) is an English and German musicologist, writer, conductor and violinist.
Anzhela AtarbekyanPerson · Music memorabiliaAnzhela Atabekyan (born April 11, 1938, in Yerevan) is an Armenian kanun (kanon) player, musicologist, art historian, and professor at the Yerevan State Conservatory.
Aribert ReimannPerson · Music memorabiliaAribert Reimann (4 March 1936 – 13 March 2024) was a German composer, pianist, and accompanist, known especially for his literary operas.
Armin SuppanPerson · Music memorabiliaArmin Suppan (born 16 October 1959) is an Austrian brass musician and composer.
Arnold SchoenbergPerson · Music memorabiliaArnold Schoenberg or Schönberg (13 September 187413 July 1951) was an Austrian and American modernist composer, music theorist, and teacher associated with developing variation, the…
Arnold WalterPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Arnold Walter (University of Toronto Archives)
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 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 SullivanPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Sullivan in 1888
Arvid August AfzeliusAuthor · BooksArvid August Afzelius (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈǎrːvɪd ˈǎʊɡɵst afˈsěːlɪɵs]; 8 October 1785, in Fjällåkra – 2 September 1871, in Enköping) was a Swedish pastor, poet, historian and…
Ashok RanadePerson · Music memorabiliaAshok Damodar Ranade (25 November 1937, in Pune – 30 July 2011, in Mumbai) was a scholar musician ("chanteur et musicologue") and ethnomusicologist.
Athanasius KircherPerson · Music memorabiliaAthanasius Kircher (2 May 1601/1602 – 27 November 1680) was a German Jesuit scholar and polymath who published around 40 major works of comparative religion, geology, and medicine.
August HalmPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Otto Halm (26 October 1869 – 1 February 1929) was a German music theorist, music educationist and composer.
August Heinrich Hoffmann von FallerslebenPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben ([ˈaʊɡʊst ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈhɔfman fɔn ˈfalɐsˌleːbn̩], after his hometown;
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…
Aulis SallinenPerson · Music memorabiliaAulis Heikki Sallinen (born 9 April 1935) is a Finnish contemporary classical music composer.
Azio CorghiPerson · Music memorabiliaAzio Corghi (9 March 1937 – 17 November 2022) was an Italian composer, academic teacher and musicologist. He composed mostly operas and chamber music.
Barry CooperPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in Southend-on-Sea.
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
Bengt HambraeusPerson · Music memorabiliaBengt Hambraeus (29 January 1928 – 21 September 2000) was a Swedish-Canadian organist, composer and musicologist.
Bénigne de BacillyPerson · Music memorabiliaBertrand "Bénigne" de Bacilly (Normandy c. 1625 - Paris, 27 September 1690), was a French composer and music theorist, a reformer of the air de cour according to the theories of Pierre de…
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 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…
Bharata MuniPerson · Music memorabiliaBharata (Devanagari: भरत) was a muni (sage) of ancient India. He is traditionally attributed authorship of the influential performing arts treatise Natya Shastra, which covers ancient…
BoethiusAuthor · BooksAnicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius (Latin: Boetius; c.
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 BlacherPerson · Music memorabiliaBoris Blacher (19 January [O.S. 6 January] 1903 – 30 January 1975) was a German composer and librettist.
Boris PorenaPerson · Music memorabiliaBoris Porena (Rome, 27 September 1927 - Cantalupo in Sabina, 3 May 2022) was an Italian thinker, music composer and didactical expert.
Bruce CockburnPerson · Music memorabiliaBruce Douglas Cockburn (born May 27, 1945)[1] is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Bruno MonsaingeonPerson · Music memorabiliaBruno Monsaingeon (lang; born 5 December 1943) is a French filmmaker, writer, and violinist.
Calixa LavalléePerson · Music memorabiliaCalixa Lavallée (kaliksa lavale; December 28, 1842 – January 21, 1891) was a Canadian musician and Union Army band musician during the American Civil War.
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 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 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 StrommenPerson · Music memorabiliaCarl Strommen (born May 7, 1939) is an American composer, music pedagogue and conductor.
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…
Carolina NairneAuthor · BooksCarolina Nairne, Lady Nairne (née Oliphant; 16 August 1766 – 26 October 1845), also known as Baroness Nairne, was a Scottish songwriter.
Charles GounodPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Gounod in 1860 soon after his greatest success, Faust
Charles Henri de BlainvillePerson · Music memorabiliaCharles-Henri de Blainville (1711–1769 [or after 1771]) was a French composer, cellist, pedagogue and music theorist.
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 MalherbePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Charles Malherbe
Charles-Émile PoisotPerson · Music memorabiliaCharles Poisot (7 July 1822 – 4 March 1904) was a French musician from the second half of the 19th century.
Chris CutlerPerson · Music memorabiliaChris Cutler (born 4 January 1947) is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist.
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.
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).
Christian Theodor WeinligPerson · Music memorabiliaChristian Theodor Weinlig (July 25, 1780 – March 7, 1842) was a German music teacher, composer, and choir conductor, active in Dresden and Leipzig.
Christoph BernhardPerson · Music memorabiliaChristoph Bernhard (1 January 1628 – 14 November 1692) was born in Kolberg, Pomerania, and died in Dresden. He was a German Baroque composer and musician.
Christoph DemantiusPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Christoph Demantius (15 December 1567 – 20 April 1643) was a German composer, music theorist, writer and poet.
Christoph WolffPerson · Music memorabiliaChristoph Wolff (born 24 May 1940) is a German-born music historian and musicologist specializing in the music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, particularly the life and works…
Christopher HogwoodPerson · Music memorabiliaChristopher Jarvis Haley Hogwood (10 September 1941 – 24 September 2014) was an English conductor, harpsichordist, and musicologist.
Christopher TheofanidisPerson · Music memorabiliaChristopher Theofanidis (born December 18, 1967, in Dallas, Texas) is an American composer whose works have been performed by leading orchestras from around the world, including the London…
Clarence Cameron WhitePerson · Music memorabiliaClarence Cameron White (August 10, 1880 – June 30, 1960) was an American neoromantic composer and concert violinist.
Colin LarkinPerson · Music memorabiliaColin Larkin (born 1949) is a British music writer. He founded and was the editor-in-chief of The Encyclopedia of Popular Music.
Colin McPheePerson · Music memorabiliaColin Carhart McPhee (March 15, 1900 – January 7, 1964) was a Canadian-American composer and ethnomusicologist.
Constant LambertPerson · Music memorabiliaLeonard Constant Lambert (23 August 190521 August 1951) was a British composer, conductor, and author.
Constantin BrăiloiuPerson · Music memorabiliaConstantin Brăiloiu (13 August 1893 – 20 December 1958) was a Romanian composer and internationally known ethnomusicologist.
Costin MiereanuPerson · Music memorabiliaCostin Miereanu (27 February 1943 – 20 August 2025) was a French composer and musicologist of Romanian origin.
Curt SachsPerson · Music memorabiliaCurt Sachs (German: [zaks]; 29 June 1881 – 5 February 1959) was a German musicologist. He was one of the founders of modern organology (the study of musical instruments).
Daniel Alomía RoblesPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alomía Robles c.
Daniel FridericiPerson · Music memorabiliaDaniel Friderici (1584 – 23 September 1638) was a German cantor, conductor, and composer.
Daniel Gottlob TürkPerson · Music memorabiliaDaniel Gottlob Türk (10 August 1750 – 26 August 1813) was a German composer, organist, and music professor of the Classical period.
Daniel Gregory MasonPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Daniel Gregory Mason circa 1915
Daniel HenselPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Hensel in 2014
Daniel SpeerPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Daniel Speer (2 July 1636 – 5 October 1707) was a German composer and writer of the Baroque.
Daron HagenPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Daron Hagen
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 Del TrediciPerson · Music memorabiliaDavid Walter Del Tredici (March 16, 1937 – November 18, 2023) was an American composer. He won a Pulitzer Prize for Music and was a Guggenheim and Woodrow Wilson fellow.
David FosterPerson · Music memorabiliaDavid Walter Foster (born November 1, 1949) is a Canadian and American record producer, composer, arranger, and musician.
Deryck CookePerson · Music memorabiliaDeryck Cooke (14 September 1919 – 26 October 1976) was a British musician, musicologist, broadcaster and Gustav Mahler expert.
Diego OrtizPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Diego Ortiz from the title page of his Trattado de Glosas (1553)
Dika NewlinPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Dika Newlin
Dimitri ArakishviliPerson · Music memorabiliaDimitri Arakishvili (Georgian: დიმიტრი არაყიშვილი; 11 February 1873 – 13 August 1953) was a Soviet and Georgian composer and ethnomusicologist who is considered one of the founding fathers…
Don LusherPerson · Music memorabiliaGordon Douglas "Don" Lusher (6 November 1923 – 5 July 2006) was an English jazz and big band trombonist best known for his association with the Ted Heath Big Band.
Donald Jay GroutPerson · Music memorabiliaDonald Jay Grout (September 28, 1902 – March 9, 1987) was an American musicologist. He is best known as the author of A Short History of Opera, first published in 1947.

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