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Musicologists

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

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Donald ToveyPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Donald Francis Tovey (17 July 1875 – 10 July 1940) was a British music analyst, musicologist, writer on music, composer, conductor and pianist.
Douglas MoorePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Douglas Moore
Echezonachukwu NdukaAuthor · BooksEchezonachukwu Chinedu Nduka (born 19 July 1989) is a Nigerian poet, pianist, essayist, author, recording artist, and ethnomusicologist specializing in African pianism by West African…
Edgard VarèsePerson · Music memorabiliaEdgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse (French: [ɛdɡaʁ viktɔʁ aʃil ʃaʁl vaʁɛz]; also spelled Edgar;
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.
Edith BorroffPerson · Music memorabiliaEdith Borroff (August 2, 1925 – March 10, 2019) was an American musicologist and composer. Her compositions include over 60 commissioned works, including pieces for the stage;
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 HanslickPerson · Music memorabiliaEduard Hanslick (11 September 1825 – 6 August 1904) was an Austrian music critic, aesthetician and historian.
Eduardo MataPerson · Music memorabiliaEduardo Mata (5 September 19424 January 1995) was a Mexican conductor and composer.
Edward DannreutherPerson · Music memorabiliaEdward George Dannreuther (4 November 1844, in Strasbourg – 12 February 1905, in Hastings) was a pianist and writer on music, resident from 1863 in England.
Edward Joseph DentPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Dent at King's College, Cambridge, 1900
Edwin CarrPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Edwin Carr in 1994.
Egon KornauthPerson · Music memorabiliaEgon Kornauth (14 May 1891 – 28 October 1959) was an Austrian composer and music teacher. Kornauth was among the most important 20th-century composers active in Salzburg.
Egon PetriPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Egon Petri
Egon WelleszPerson · Music memorabiliaEgon Joseph Wellesz, CBE, FBA (21 October 1885 – 9 November 1974) was an Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist, notable particularly in the field of Byzantine music.
Eivind GrovenPerson · Music memorabiliaEivind Groven (8 October 1901 – 8 February 1977) was a Norwegian composer and music-theorist.
Ellen Taaffe ZwilichPerson · Music memorabiliaEllen Taaffe Zwilich (born April 30, 1939) is an American composer, the first female composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Émile WaldteufelPerson · Music memorabiliaCharles Émile Waldteufel (valtøfɛl; 9 December 1837 – 12 February 1915) was a French composer, pianist, and conductor known for his numerous popular salon pieces.
Émile-Joseph-Maurice ChevéPerson · Music memorabiliaÉmile-Joseph-Maurice Chevé (May 31, 1804 – August 25, 1864) was a French music theorist and music teacher.
Engelbert HumperdinckPerson · Music memorabiliaEngelbert Humperdinck (lang; 1 September 1854 – 27 September 1921) was a German composer of opera. He is best known for his opera Hansel and Gretel (1893).
Enric Roig i MasrieraAuthor · BooksEnric Roig Masriera (Barcelona, 1892 - ibid, 17 December 1962) was a violinist, poet and musicologist.
EratosthenesAuthor · BooksEratosthenes of Cyrene (Ἐρατοσθένης eratostʰénɛːs; c. 276 BC – c.
Ercole BottrigariPerson · Music memorabiliaErcole Bottrigari (24 August 153130 September 1612) was an Italian scholar, mathematician, poet, music theorist, architect, and composer.
Erich MarckhlPerson · Music memorabiliaErich Marckhl (3 February 1902 in Celje – 8 July 1980 in Graz) was an Austrian musicologist and composer.
Erik ChisholmPerson · Music memorabiliaErik William Chisholm (4 January 1904 – 8 June 1965) was a Scottish composer, pianist, organist and conductor sometimes known as "Scotland's forgotten composer".
Erik Gustaf GeijerPerson · Music memorabiliaErik Gustaf Geijer (12 January 1783 – 23 April 1847) was a Swedish writer, historian, poet, romantic critic of political economy, philosopher, and composer.
Erland von KochPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Erland von Koch at his summer residence in Ornö, Sweden, in 1952.
Ernesto Enrique Cavour AramayoPerson · Music memorabiliaErnesto Cavour Aramayo (9 April 1940 – 7 August 2022) was a Bolivian singer, musician, inventor of musical instruments, and author of Bolivian music teaching books.
Ernst MärzendorferPerson · Music memorabiliaErnst Märzendorfer (26 May 192116 September 2009) was an Austrian conductor.
Ernst PeppingPerson · Music memorabiliaErnst Pepping (12 September 1901 – 1 February 1981) was a German composer of classical music and academic teacher.
Ernst RichterPerson · Music memorabiliaErnst Friedrich Eduard Richter (24 October 1808 – 9 April 1879), was a German musical theorist and composer, born in Großschönau, Saxony.
Erzsébet SzőnyiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Erzsébet Szőnyi (2004)
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.
Eva Badura-SkodaPerson · Music memorabiliaEva Badura-Skoda (née Halfar; 15 January 1929 – 8 January 2021) was a German-born Austrian musicologist.
Farhad BadalbeyliPerson · Music memorabiliaFarhad Shamsi oghlu Badalbeyli (born 1947) is an Azerbaijani pianist and composer.
Felip PedrellPerson · Music memorabiliaFelip Pedrell Sabaté (Spanish: Felipe) (19 February 1841 – 19 August 1922) was a Catalan composer, guitarist and musicologist.
Felix MendelssohnArtist · PaintingsJakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), simply known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic…
Felix WeingartnerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Weingartner c.
Ferdinand PfohlPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Ferdinand Pfohl, Pastell by Anton Klamroth, 1892
Ferruccio BusoniPerson · Music memorabiliaFerruccio Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto Busoni (1 April 1866 – 27 July 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher.
Filaret KolessaPerson · Music memorabiliaFilaret Mykhailovych Kolessa (17 July 18713 March 1947) was a Ukrainian composer, ethnographer, folklorist, musicologist and literary critic.
Flor PeetersPerson · Music memorabiliaFranciscus Florentinus Peeters, Baron Peeters (4 July 1903 – 4 July 1986) was a Belgian composer, organist and academic teacher.
Florent SchmittPerson · Music memorabiliaFlorent Schmitt (28 September 187017 August 1958) was a French composer. He was part of the group known as Les Apaches.
Francesco Antonio VallottiPerson · Music memorabiliaFrancesco Antonio Vallotti (11 June 1697 – 10 January 1780) was an Italian composer, music theorist, and organist.
Francesco FlorimoPerson · Music memorabiliaFrancesco Florimo (12 October 1800 – 18 December 1888) was an Italian composer, music historian and critic.
Francesco GaspariniPerson · Music memorabiliaFrancesco Gasparini (19 March 1661 – 22 March 1727) was an Italian Baroque composer and teacher whose works were performed throughout Italy, and also on occasion in the Holy Roman Empire…
Francesco Paolo TostiPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Francesco Paolo Tosti KCVO (9 April 1846, Ortona, Abruzzo – 2 December 1916, Rome) was an Italian composer and music teacher.
Francisco Salvador-DanielPerson · Music memorabiliaFrancisco Salvador-Daniel (Bourges 17 February 1831 - Paris 24 May 1871) was a French composer and ethnomusicologist of Spanish origin.
Franco AlfanoAuthor · BooksFranco Alfano (8 March 1875 – 27 October 1954) was an Italian composer and pianist, best known today for his operas Risurrezione (1904), Sakùntala (1921), and Cyrano de Bergerac (1936), and…
Franco of ColognePerson · Music memorabiliaFranco of Cologne (mid to late 13th century; also Franco of Paris) was a German music theorist, possibly a composer, one of the most influential theorists of the Late Middle Ages, and was…
Franco OppoPerson · Music memorabiliaFranco Oppo (2 October 1935 – 14 January 2016) was an Italian composer and scholar.
François GlorieuxPerson · Music memorabiliaFrançois Glorieux (27 August 1932 – 22 September 2023) was a Belgian pianist, conductor, composer, musicologist, and academic teacher who performed internationally.
François-Joseph FétisPerson · Music memorabiliaFrançois-Joseph Fétis (25 March 1784 – 26 March 1871) was a Belgian musicologist, critic, teacher and composer. He was among the most influential music intellectuals in continental Europe.
Franghiz Ali-ZadehPerson · Music memorabiliaFranghiz Ali Aga Kïzï Ali-Zadeh (born 28 May 1947) is an Azerbaijani composer and pianist of contemporary classical music.
Frank FosterPerson · Music memorabiliaFrank Benjamin Foster III (September 23, 1928 – July 26, 2011) was an American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer.
Frank HarteDesigner · DesignFrank Harte (14 May 1933 – 27 June 2005) was a traditional Irish singer, song collector, architect and lecturer. He was born in Chapelizod, County Dublin, and raised in Dublin.
Frans BrüggenPerson · Music memorabiliaFranciscus ("Frans") Jozef Brüggen (30 October 1934 – 13 August 2014) was a Dutch conductor, recorder player and baroque flautist.
Franz BrendelPerson · Music memorabiliaKarl Franz Brendel (26 November 1811 – 25 November 1868) was a German music critic, journalist and musicologist born in Stolberg, the son of a successful mining engineer named Christian…
Frédéric Nicolas DuvernoyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of French hornist Frédéric Nicolas Duvernoy (Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra National de Paris)
Frederick OuseleyPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, 2nd Baronet (12 August 18256 April 1889), was an English composer, organist, musicologist and priest.
Friedrich ChrysanderAuthor · BooksLeopold von Kalckreuth (1901)
Friedrich HögnerPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Johannes Paul Högner (11 July 1897 − 26 March 1981) was a German organist and church musician.
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…
Friedrich SchneiderPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Christian Friedrich Schneider (3 January 1786 in Alt-Waltersdorf – 23 November 1853 in Dessau) was a German pianist, composer, organist, and conductor.
Friedrich WieckPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Gottlob Friedrich Wieck (18 August 1785 – 6 October 1873) was a noted German piano teacher, voice teacher, owner of a piano store, and author of essays and music reviews.
Fritz JödePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Fritz Jöde, 1932
Gabriel FauréPerson · Music memorabiliaGabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher.
Garbis AprikianPerson · Music memorabiliaGarbis Aprikian (1926 – 15 October 2024) was a musician from the Armenian diaspora who was born in Egypt and moved to Paris in 1953, where he studied, inspired especially by Olivier…
Gavin BryarsPerson · Music memorabiliaRichard Gavin Bryars (born 16 January 1943) is an English composer and double bassist.
Gavino GabrielPerson · Music memorabiliaGavino Gabriel (Tempio Pausania, 1881 – Rome, 1980) was an Italian composer, ethnomusicologist scholar of Sardinian music, especially that of Gallura, and has written and published many…
Geoffrey GreyPerson · Music memorabiliaJeff Gray (disambiguation)
Georg Joseph VoglerPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Joseph Vogler, also known as Abbé Vogler (15 June 1749 – 6 May 1814), was a German composer, organist, teacher and theorist.
George Alexander MacfarrenPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — George Alexander Macfarren
George EnescoPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorge Enescu (– 4 May 1955), known in France as Georges Enesco, was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, teacher and statesman.
Gerd ZacherPerson · Music memorabiliaGerd Zacher (6 July 1929 – 9 June 2014) was a German composer, organist, and writer on music.
Germaine TailleferrePerson · Music memorabiliaMarcelle Germaine Tailleferre (French: [ʒɛʁmɛn tɑjfɛʁ]; née Taillefesse; 19 April 1892 – 7 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as…
Gervase HughesPerson · Music memorabiliaGervase Alfred Booth Hughes (1 September 1905 – July 1984) was an English composer, conductor and writer on music.
Ghiselin DanckertsPerson · Music memorabiliaGhiselin Danckerts (c. 1510 – late September 1567) was a Dutch composer, singer, and music theorist of the Renaissance.
Giambattista BenedettiDesigner · DesignGiambattista (Gianbattista) Benedetti (14 August 1530 – 20 January 1590) was an Italian mathematician from Venice who was also interested in physics, mechanics, the construction of…
Gianfranco PlenizioPerson · Music memorabiliaGianfranco Plenizio (10 January 1941 – 7 February 2017) was an Italian conductor, composer, pianist and essayist.
Gioseffo ZarlinoPerson · Music memorabiliaGioseffo Zarlino (31 January or 22 March 1517 – 4 February 1590) was an Italian music theorist and composer of the Renaissance.
Giovanna MariniPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanna Marini (born Giovanna Salviucci; 19 January 1937 – 8 May 2024) was an Italian singer, songwriter, researcher and ethnomusicologist.
Giovanni ArtusiPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Maria Artusi (c. 154018 August 1613) was an Italian music theorist, composer, and writer.
Giovanni Maria BononciniPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Maria Bononcini (1642-1678) was an Italian violinist, theorist, composer, and the father of a musical dynasty.
Girolamo DirutaPerson · Music memorabiliaGirolamo Diruta (c. 1546 – 1624 or 1625) was an Italian organist, music theorist, and composer.
Giulio CacciniPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Title page of Le nuove musiche (1601)
Giuseppe AdamiPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Giuseppe Adami
Giuseppe MartucciPerson · Music memorabiliaGiuseppe Martucci (6 January 1856, in Capua – 1 June 1909, in Naples) was an Italian composer, conductor, pianist and teacher.
Giuseppe Ottavio PitoniPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Giuseppe Ottavio Pittoni
Giuseppe TartiniPerson · Music memorabiliaGiuseppe Tartini (8 April 1692 – 26 February 1770) was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era born in Pirano in the Republic of Venice (now Piran, Slovenia).
Gordon JacobPerson · Music memorabiliaGordon Percival Septimus Jacob CBE (5 July 18958 June 1984) was an English composer and teacher.
Gottfried Heinrich StölzelPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Stölzel composed Die Freuden-Ernde for the 48th birthday of Magdalena Augusta, the wife of his employer Duke Frederick II, (Gotha, 23 October 1727)
Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizAuthor · BooksGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (or Leibnitz; 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist, and diplomat who is credited, alongside Isaac Newton, with…
Grażyna BacewiczPerson · Music memorabiliaGrażyna Bacewicz Biernacka (LL- (pol)-Poemat-Grażyna Bacewicz.wav; 5 February 1909 – 17 January 1969) was a Polish composer and violinist of Lithuanian origin.
Guillaume CosteleyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Guillaume Costeley in 1570: Le Roy & Ballard, Musique de Guillaume Costeley
Gunther SchullerPerson · Music memorabiliaGunther Alexander Schuller (November 22, 1925June 21, 2015) was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian, educator, publisher, and jazz musician.
Gustav LeonhardtPerson · Music memorabiliaGustav Maria Leonhardt (30 May 1928 – 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboardist, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor.
György RánkiPerson · Music memorabiliaGyörgy Ránki (30 November 1907 – 22 May 1992) was a Hungarian composer.
H. C. Robbins LandonPerson · Music memorabiliaHoward Chandler Robbins Landon (March 6, 1926 – November 20, 2009) was an American musicologist, journalist, historian and broadcaster, best known for his work in rediscovering the huge…
H. Robert ReynoldsPerson · Music memorabiliaHarrah Robert Reynolds (April 10, 1934 – January 30, 2026) was an American musician, conductor and academic.
Hamish MacCunnPerson · Music memorabiliaHamish MacCunn, né James MacCunn (22 March 18682 August 1916) was a Scottish composer, conductor and teacher.
Hans GrischkatPerson · Music memorabiliaHans Adolf Karl Wilhelm Grischkat (29 August 1903 – 10 January 1977) was a German conductor, especially a choral conductor, also a church musician and academic teacher.
Hans KellerPerson · Music memorabiliaHans (Heinrich) Keller (11 March 19196 November 1985) was an Austrian-born British musician and writer, who made significant contributions to musicology and music criticism, as well as…
Hans SchimmerlingPerson · Music memorabiliaHans Schimmerling (born Hanus Aldo Schimmerling; 5 September 1900 – 19 October 1967) was a Czech-American pianist, composer, teacher, musicologist and writer.
Hans StüwePerson · Film memorabiliaHans Stüwe (14 May 1901 – 13 May 1976) was a German stage and film actor, singer, film and opera director.
Hans von KoesslerPerson · Music memorabiliaHans von Koessler (1 January 1853 – 23 May 1926) was a German composer, conductor and music teacher. In Hungary, where he worked for 26 years, he was known as János Koessler.
Heinrich Eduard JacobAuthor · BooksHeinrich Eduard Jacob (7 October 1889 – 25 October 1967) was a German and American journalist and author.
Heinrich GlareanAuthor · BooksHeinrich Glarean also styled Henricus Glareanus (born as Heinrich Loriti on 28 February or 3 June 1488 – 28 March 1563) was a Swiss music theorist, poet, humanist, philosopher and…
Heinrich ReimannPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Heinrich Reimann
Heinrich SchenkerPerson · Music memorabiliaHeinrich Schenker (19 June 1868 – 14 January 1935) was an Austrian music theorist whose writings have had a profound influence on subsequent musical analysis.
Heitor Villa-LobosPerson · Music memorabiliaHeitor Villa-Lobos (March 5, 1887November 17, 1959) was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in…
Hendrik AndriessenPerson · Music memorabiliaHendrik Franciscus Andriessen (17 September 1892 – 12 April 1981) was a Dutch composer and organist.
Henk BadingsPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Henk Badings
Henri BüsserPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Henri Büsser (16 January 1872 – 30 December 1973) was a French classical composer, organist, conductor and teacher.
Henri DutilleuxPerson · Music memorabiliaHenri Paul Julien Dutilleux (22 January 1916 – 22 May 2013) was a French composer of late 20th-century classical music.
Henry CowellPerson · Music memorabiliaHenry Dixon Cowell (March 11, 1897 – December 10, 1965) was an American composer, writer, pianist, publisher, and music teacher.
Henry Edward KrehbielAuthor · BooksHenry Edward Krehbiel (10 March 1854 – 20 March 1923) was an American music critic and musicologist who was the chief music critic of The New York Tribune for more than forty years.
Henry PurcellPerson · Music memorabiliaHenry Purcell (rare; c. 10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer and organist of the middle Baroque era.
Henryk Mikolaj GóreckiPerson · Music memorabiliaHenryk Mikołaj Górecki (6 December 1933 – 12 November 2010) was a Polish composer of contemporary classical music.
Hermann AbertPerson · Music memorabiliaHermann Abert (lang; 25 March 1871 – 13 August 1927) was a German historian of music.

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