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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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Hermann BaumannPerson · Music memorabiliaHermann Rudolph Michel Konrad Baumann (1 August 1934 – 29 December 2023) was a German horn player who was a pioneer of the natural horn in the revival of both Baroque and Classical period…
Hermann DanuserPerson · Music memorabiliaHermann Danuser (born 3 October 1946) is a Swiss-German musicologist.
Hermann KellerPerson · Music memorabiliaHermann Keller (20 November 1885 – 17 August 1967) was a German Protestant church musician and musicologist.
Hermann of ReichenauAuthor · BooksBlessed Hermann of Reichenau or Herman the Cripple (18 July 1013– 24 September 1054), also known by other names, was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and scholar.
Hermann ScherchenPerson · Music memorabiliaHermann Scherchen (21 June 1891 – 12 June 1966) was a German conductor, who was principal conductor of the city orchestra of Winterthur from 1922 to 1950.
Hilarión EslavaPerson · Music memorabiliaMiguel Hilarión Eslava y Elizondo (21 October 1807 – 23 July 1878) was a Spanish composer and pedagogue.
Hubert ParryPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Hubert Parry in The Musical Quarterly, c.
Hugo LeichtentrittPerson · Music memorabiliaHugo Leichtentritt (1 January 1874, Pleschen, Pleszew, nearby Posen, Province of Posen13 November 1951, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a German-Jewish musicologist and composer who spent…
Hugo RiemannAuthor · BooksKarl Wilhelm Julius Hugo Riemann (18 July 1849 – 10 July 1919) was a German musicologist and composer who was among the founders of modern musicology.
Hyacinthe JadinPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Hyacinthe Jadin
Ignacy Jan PaderewskiPerson · Music memorabiliaIgnacy Jan Paderewski (6 November 1860 [or 1859] – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist, composer, philanthropist, and statesman.
Ignaz MoschelesPerson · Music memorabiliaIsaac Ignaz Moscheles (23 May 1794 10 March 1870) was a Bohemian piano virtuoso and composer.
Ikuma DanPerson · Music memorabilia7 April 1924 – 17 May 2001 was a Japanese composer. Dan was born in Tokyo, the descendant of a prominent family, his grandfather Baron Dan Takuma having been President of Mitsui before…
Imogen HolstPerson · Music memorabiliaImogen Clare Holst (von Holst; 12 April 1907 – 9 March 1984) was a British composer, arranger, conductor, teacher, musicologist and festival administrator.
Isabel BayrakdarianPerson · Music memorabiliaIsabel Bayrakdarian (born May 19, 1974) is a Lebanese-born Canadian operatic soprano of Armenian descent who now resides and works in the United States.
Isidore of SevilleAuthor · BooksIsidore of Seville (Isidorus Hispalensis; c. 5604 April 636) was a Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian and archbishop of Seville.
István LángPerson · Music memorabiliaIstván Láng (lang; 1 March 1933 – 23 October 2023) was a Hungarian composer, academic teacher and member of the board for international music organisations.
István SárközyPerson · Music memorabiliaIstván Sárközy (26 November 1920 – 6 July 2002) was a Hungarian classical composer, music critic, editor and academic teacher.
Ivan MedekPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Ivan Medek, Czech journalist, classical music critic, radio broadcaster, signatory of Charter 77
Ivan ZajcPerson · Music memorabiliaIvan von Zajc (also Ivan plemeniti Zajc, Giovanni de Zaytz; pron; August 3, 1832 – December 16, 1914) was a Croatian composer, conductor, director, and teacher who dominated Croatia's…
Jaap StotijnPerson · Music memorabiliaJacob Hendrik "Jaap" Stotijn (The Hague, 22 September 1891 – The Hague, 5 April 1970) was a Dutch oboist. He was also active as a pianist and conductor.
Jabbar GaryaghdiogluPerson · Music memorabiliaJabbar Garyagdioglu or Garyaghdyoglu (Cabbar Qaryağdıoğlu pronounced) (31 March 1861 – 20 April 1944) was an Azerbaijani folk singer (khananda).
Jack StampPerson · Music memorabiliaJack Stamp (born March 5, 1954, in College Park, Maryland) is a North American wind ensemble conductor and composer. He has approximately sixty compositions available from Neil A.
Jacob LateinerPerson · Music memorabiliaJacob Lateiner (March 31, 1928 – December 12, 2010) was a Cuban-American pianist.
Jacques IbertPerson · Music memorabiliaJacques François Antoine Marie Ibert (15 August 1890 – 5 February 1962) was a French composer of classical music.
Jakob AdlungPerson · Music memorabiliaJakob Adlung, or Adelung, (14 January 1699 – 5 July 1762) was a German organist, teacher, instrument maker, music historian, composer and music theorist.
Jan Frans WillemsAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jan Frans Willems.
Jan Gunnar HoffPerson · Music memorabiliaJan Gunnar Hoff (born 22 October 1958) is a Norwegian jazz pianist, composer, arranger and professor, living in Bodø, known from cooperations with jazz musicians like Pat Metheny, Mike…
Jan KoetsierPerson · Music memorabiliaJan Koetsier (14 August 1911 in Amsterdam – 28 April 2006 in Munich) was a Dutch composer and conductor.
Jan MaklakiewiczPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jan Maklakiewicz
Jean AbsilPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jean Absil
Jean BergerPerson · Music memorabiliaJean Berger (lang; September 27, 1909 – May 28, 2002) was a German-born American pianist, composer, and music educator. He composed extensively for choral ensemble and solo voice.
Jean DaetwylerPerson · Music memorabiliaJean Daetwyler (24 January 1907 in Basel – 4 June 1994 in Sierre) was a Swiss composer and musician.
Jean-Baptiste ArbanPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Jean-Baptiste Laurent Arban (28 February 1825 – 8 April 1889) was a cornetist, conductor, composer, pedagogue and the first famed virtuoso of the cornet à piston or valved cornet.
Jean-Claude MalgoirePerson · Music memorabiliaJean-Claude Malgoire (25 November 1940 – 14 April 2018) was a French oboist and later conductor.
Jean-Claude RissetPerson · Music memorabiliaJean-Claude Raoul Olivier Risset (French: [ʁisɛ]; 13 March 1938 – 21 November 2016) was a French composer, best known for his pioneering contributions to computer music.
Jean-Claude ZehnderPerson · Music memorabiliaJean-Claude Zehnder (born 1941) is a Swiss organist in church and concert, harpsichordist, and musicologist.
Jean-Georges KastnerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jean-Georges Kastner (1867)
Jean-Paul-Égide MartiniPerson · Music memorabiliaJean-Paul-Égide Martini, also known as Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini (31 August 1741 – 14 February 1816) was a French composer of German birth during the classical period.
Jean-Philippe RameauPerson · Music memorabiliaJean-Philippe Rameau (1683 9 25 – 1764 9 12) was a French composer and music theorist of the late Baroque era.
Jeanne LeleuPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jeanne Leleu
Jehan VaillantAuthor · BooksJehan Vaillant (also spelled Johannes Vayllant) was a French composer and music theorist.
Jenő TakácsPerson · Music memorabiliaJenő Takács (25 September 1902 – 14 November 2005) was a Hungarian composer and pianist.
Jiří PauerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jiří Pauer
Jo KondoPerson · Music memorabiliaJō Kondō (近藤譲; surname Kondō; born 28 October 1947 in Tokyo) is a Japanese composer of contemporary classical music.
Joe HickersonPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Charles Hickerson (October 20, 1935 – August 17, 2025), known professionally as Joe Hickerson, was an American folk singer, song finder, and musicologist.
Joel Eric SubenPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Joel Eric Suben in 1998.
Joel WhitburnAuthor · BooksJoel Carver Whitburn (November 29, 1939 – June 14, 2022) was an American author and music historian, responsible for setting up the Record Research, Inc.
Johan SvendsenPerson · Music memorabiliaJohan Severin Svendsen (30 September 184014 June 1911) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist.
Johann Abraham Peter SchulzPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Abraham Peter Schulz (31 March 1747 – 10 June 1800) was a German musician. He is best known as the composer of the melody for Matthias Claudius's poems "Der Mond ist aufgegangen" and…
Johann Adam HillerPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Adam Hiller (25 December 1728 – 16 June 1804) was a German composer, conductor and writer on music, regarded as the creator of the Singspiel, an early form of German opera.
Johann Adolf ScheibePerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Adolph Scheibe (5 May 1708 – 22 April 1776) was a German-Danish composer and significant critic and theorist of music.
Johann BeerPerson · Music memorabiliaPeter Schenk the Elder
Johann David HeinichenPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann David Heinichen (17 April 1683 – 16 July 1729) was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus II the Strong in…
Johann Friedrich AgricolaPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Friedrich Agricola (4 January 1720 – 2 December 1774) was a German composer, organist, singer, pedagogue, and writer on music.
Johann Friedrich ReichardtPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Friedrich Reichardt (25 November 1752 – 27 June 1814) was a German composer, writer and music critic.
Johann Friedrich RochlitzPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Friedrich Rochlitz (12 February 1769 – 16 December 1842) was a German playwright, musicologist and art and music critic.
Johann Georg AhlePerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Georg Ahle (June 1651 – 2 December 1706) was a German composer, organist, theorist, and Protestant church musician.
Johann Georg AlbrechtsbergerPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Georg Albrechtsberger (3 February 1736 – 7 March 1809) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist, widely regarded as one of the leading figures in counterpoint and…
Johann Gottfried WaltherPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Gottfried Walther (18 September 1684 – 23 March 1748) was a German music theorist, organist, composer, and lexicographer of the Baroque era.
Johann Joachim QuantzPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Joachim Quantz (30 January 1697 – 12 July 1773) was a German composer, flautist and flute maker of the late Baroque period.
Johann Joseph FuxPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Johann Joseph Fux
Johann Nikolaus ForkelPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Nikolaus Forkel (22 February 1749 – 20 March 1818) was a German musicologist and music theorist, generally regarded as among the founders of modern musicology.
Johann Rudolph AhlePerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Rudolph (or Rudolf) Ahle (24 December 1625 – 9 July 1673) was a German composer, organist, theorist, and Protestant church musician.
Johann StamitzPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Wenzel Anton Stamitz (Jan Václav Antonín Stamic; 18 June 1717 – 27 March 1757) was a Czech composer and violinist.
Johannes CiconiaPerson · Music memorabiliaJohannes Ciconia (c. 1370 – between 10 June and 13 July 1412) was an important Franco-Flemish composer and music theorist of trecento music during the late Medieval era.
Johannes de MurisPerson · Music memorabiliaJohannes de Muris (c. 1290–1295 – 1344), or John of Murs, was a French mathematician, astronomer, and music theorist best known for treatises on the ars nova musical style, titled Ars nove…
Johannes NuciusPerson · Music memorabiliaJohannes Nucius (also Nux, Nucis) (c. 1556 – March 25, 1620) was a German composer and music theorist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras.
John ArgyropoulosAuthor · BooksJohn Argyropoulos (Greek: Ἰωάννης Ἀργυρόπουλος Ioannis Argyropoulos; Italian: Giovanni Argiropulo; surname also spelt Argyropulus, or Argyropulos, or Argyropulo; c.
John CooperPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Coprario (c. 1570–80 – c.
John HothbyPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Hothby (Otteby, Hocby, Octobi, Ottobi, c. 1410–1487), also known by his Latinised names Johannes Ottobi or Johannes de Londonis, was an English Renaissance music theorist and composer…
John KirkpatrickPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Kirkpatrick (18 March 1905 – 8 November 1991) was an American classical pianist and music scholar, best known for championing the works of Charles Ives, Aaron Copland, Carl Ruggles,…
John LomaxPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Avery Lomax (September 23, 1867 – January 26, 1948) was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist, and a folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk music.
John PlayfordPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — John Playford portrait by David Loggan
Joonas KokkonenPerson · Music memorabiliaJoonas Kokkonen (13 November 1921 – 2 October 1996) was a Finnish composer. He was one of the most internationally famous Finnish composers of the 20th century after Sibelius;
Joscelyn GodwinPerson · Music memorabiliaJoscelyn Godwin (born 16 January 1945) is a historian of the occult and esotericism.
José BruyrAuthor · BooksIllustration — A photo of José Bruyr and his wife Berthe Bunel, taken in 1922.
José MacedaPerson · Music memorabiliaJosé Montserrat Maceda (31 January 1917 – 5 May 2004) was a Filipino ethnomusicologist and composer. He was named a National Artist of the Philippines for Music in 1998.
José Maurício Nunes GarciaPerson · Music memorabiliaJosé Maurício Nunes Garcia (September 20, 1767 – April 18, 1830) was a Brazilian composer and priest, who is known as one of the greatest exponents of the Classical style in the Americas.
José SerranoPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Statue of Serrano in València
José Vianna da MottaPerson · Music memorabiliaJosé Vianna da Motta (modern spelling as Viana da Mota; 22 April 1868 – 1 June 1948) was a Portuguese pianist, teacher, and composer. He was one of the last pupils of Franz Liszt.
Josef HellmesbergerPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Heinrich Georg Hellmesberger Jr. (9 April 1855 – 26 April 1907), also known as Pepi Hellmesberger, was an Austrian composer, violinist and conductor.
Josef LhévinnePerson · Music memorabiliaJosef Lhévinne (13 December 18742 December 1944) was a Russian pianist and piano teacher.
Josef Matthias HauerPerson · Music memorabiliaJosef Matthias Hauer (March 19, 1883 – September 22, 1959) was an Austrian composer and music theorist.
Josef RheinbergerPerson · Music memorabiliaJosef Gabriel Rheinberger (17 March 1839 – 25 November 1901) was a composer and organist from Liechtenstein, residing in Bavaria for most of his life.
Joseph BöhmPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Böhm (Böhm József; 4 April 179528 March 1876) was a Hungarian violinist and a director of the Vienna Conservatory.
Joseph FischhofPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Joseph Fischhof, lithograph by Andreas Staub, ca.
Joseph MarxAuthor · BooksJoseph Rupert Rudolf Marx (11 May 1882 – 3 September 1964) was an Austrian composer, teacher and critic.
Joseph SchillingerPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Moiseyevich Schillinger (Russian: Ио́сиф Моисе́евич Ши́ллингер; 1 September [O.S. 20 August] 1895 (other sources: 31 August [O.S.
Józef KofflerPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was the first Polish composer living before the Second World War to apply the twelve-tone composition tec
Juan Carlos PazPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Juan Carlos Paz
Juan María SolarePerson · Music memorabiliaJuan María Solare (born August 11, 1966) is an Argentine composer and pianist.
Judith WeirPerson · Music memorabiliaDame Judith Weir (born 11 May 1954) is a British composer. She served as Master of the King's Music from 2014 to 2024.
Jules MassenetPerson · Music memorabiliaJules Émile Frédéric Massenet (12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty.
Jules Semler-ColleryPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jules Semler-Collery
Julia HülsmannPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Julia Hülsmann
Julián CarrilloPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Julián Carrillo in Paris, September 4th, 1899
Julien TiersotPerson · Music memorabiliaJulien Tiersot (5 July 1857 in Bourg-en-Bresse (Rhône-Alpes) – 10 August 1936 in Paris), was a French musicologist, composer and a pioneer in ethnomusicology.
Julius SternPerson · Music memorabiliaJulius Stern (8 August 1820 – 27 February 1883) was a Jewish German musical pedagogue and composer.
Karel KovařovicPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait by Jan Vilímek
Karl Heinrich BarthPerson · Music memorabiliaKarl Heinrich Barth (12 July 1847 – 23 December 1922) was a German pianist and pedagogue.
Karl Hermann BitterPerson · Music memorabiliaKarl Hermann Bitter (27 February 1813 – 12 September 1885) was a Prussian statesman and writer on music.
Karl WeiglPerson · Music memorabiliaKarl Ignaz Weigl (6 February 1881 – 11 August 1949) was a Jewish Austrian composer and pianist, who later became a naturalized American citizen in 1943.
Kees van BaarenPerson · Music memorabiliaKees van Baaren (22 October 1906 – 2 September 1970) was a Dutch composer and teacher.
Kenneth GilbertPerson · Music memorabiliaKenneth Albert Gilbert FRSC (December16, 1931April15, 2020) was a Canadian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist, and music educator.
Kevin VolansPerson · Music memorabiliaKevin Volans (born 26 July 1949) is a South African-born Irish composer and pianist.
Knud JeppesenPerson · Music memorabiliaKnud Jeppesen (15 August 1892 – 14 June 1974) was a Danish musicologist and composer.
KomitasPerson · Music memorabiliaSoghomon Soghomonian, ordained and commonly known as Komitas (22 October 1935), was an Ottoman-Armenian priest, musicologist, composer, arranger, singer, and choirmaster, who is considered…
Kōsaku YamadaPerson · Music memorabilia
Krzysztof MeyerPerson · Music memorabiliaKrzysztof Meyer (born 11 August 1943) is a Polish composer, pianist, and music scholar, formerly dean of the Department of Music Theory (1972–1975) at the State College of Music (now…
Kurt SchindlerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Kurt Schindler in 1917
Lars-Erik LarssonPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Larsson
Lasus of HermioneAuthor · BooksLasus of Hermione was a Greek lyric poet of the 6th century BC from the city of Hermione in the Argolid. He is known to have been active at Athens under the reign of the Peisistratids.
Laurent MenagerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Laurent Menager
Lea CohenAuthor · BooksLea Cohen (born 1942), also known as Lea Koen, is a Bulgarian novelist, musicologist, and diplomat. In the 1990s, she was Bulgaria's Ambassador to the European Union.
Lennie NiehausPerson · Music memorabiliaLeonard Niehaus (June 1, 1929 – May 28, 2020) was an American alto saxophonist, composer and arranger on the West Coast jazz scene.
Lennox BerkeleyPerson · Music memorabiliaSir Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley CBE (12 May 190326 December 1989) was an English composer.
Leonard BernsteinAuthor · BooksLeonard Bernstein (born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian.
Lodewijk MortelmansPerson · Music memorabiliaLodewijk Mortelmans (5 February 1868, Antwerp – 24 June 1952, Antwerp) was a Belgian composer and conductor of Flemish ancestry.
Lodovico Grossi da ViadanaPerson · Music memorabiliaLodovico Grossi da Viadana (usually Lodovico Viadana, though his family name was Grossi; c.

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