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

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Giovanni Alberto RistoriPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Alberto Ristori (1692 – 7 February 1753) was an Italian opera composer and conductor.
Giovanni Battista BassaniPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Battista Bassani (c. 1650 – 1 October 1716) was an Italian composer, violinist, and organist.
Giovanni de MacquePerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni de Macque (Giovanni de Maque, Jean de Macque) (1548/1550 – September 1614) was a Netherlandish composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, who spent almost his entire life…
Giovanni GabrieliPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Gabrielli (disambiguation)
Giovanni LegrenziPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — 18th-century portrait of Giovanni Legrenzi by anonymous painter, Civico museo bibliografico musicale, Bologna
Giovanni PicchiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Picchi Nobiltà di Dame.png
Girolamo DirutaPerson · Music memorabiliaGirolamo Diruta (c. 1546 – 1624 or 1625) was an Italian organist, music theorist, and composer.
Giulio BasPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Image of Bas
Giulio Cesare MonteverdiPerson · Music memorabiliaGiulio Cesare Monteverdi (1573–1630/31) was an Italian composer and organist. He was the younger brother of Claudio Monteverdi.
Giuseppe GiordaniPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alleged portrait of Giordani
Giuseppe Ottavio PitoniPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Giuseppe Ottavio Pittoni
Gottlieb MuffatPerson · Music memorabiliaGottlieb Muffat (25 April 1690 – 9 December 1770), son of Georg Muffat, served as Hofscholar under Johann Fux in Vienna from 1711 and was appointed to the position of third court organist…
Graham BondPerson · Music memorabiliaGraham Bond (disambiguation)
Guillaume LasceuxPerson · Music memorabiliaGuillaume Lasceux (3 February 1740 - 1831) was a French organist, improviser and composer.
Gustaf DübenPerson · Music memorabiliaGustaf Düben (1624/1628December 19, 1690) was a Swedish organist and composer. Düben is best known for his contributions to the Düben collection, a collection of baroque music manuscripts.
Gustav LeonhardtPerson · Music memorabiliaGustav Maria Leonhardt (30 May 1928 – 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboardist, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor.
Heinrich AlbertAuthor · BooksHeinrich Albert (also Heinrich Alberti) (28 June 1604 – 6 October 1651) was a German composer and poet of the 17th century.
Heinrich BachPerson · Music memorabiliaHeinrich Bach (–) was a German organist, composer, and a member of the Bach family.
Heinrich ReimannPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Heinrich Reimann
Heinrich ScheidemannPerson · Music memorabiliaHeinrich Scheidemann (ca. 1595 – 1663) was a German organist and composer.
Heliodoro de PaivaPerson · Music memorabiliaDom Heliodoro de Paiva (fl. Coimbra, 1552) was a Portuguese composer, philosopher, and theologian.
Helmut KicktonPerson · Music memorabiliaHelmut Kickton (born 28 June 1956 in Cologne, West Germany) is a German church musician, publisher and multi-instrumentalist.
Helmut WalchaPerson · Music memorabiliaHelmut Harrison Walcha (27 October 1907 – 11 August 1991) was a blind German organist, harpsichordist, music teacher and composer who specialized in the works of the Dutch and German…
Helmuth RillingPerson · Music memorabiliaHelmuth Rilling (29 May 1933 – 11 February 2026) was a German choral conductor and an academic teacher who was internationally known as an authority on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Hendrik AndriessenPerson · Music memorabiliaHendrik Franciscus Andriessen (17 September 1892 – 12 April 1981) was a Dutch composer and organist.
Henri BüsserPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Henri Büsser (16 January 1872 – 30 December 1973) was a French classical composer, organist, conductor and teacher.
Henry PurcellPerson · Music memorabiliaHenry Purcell (rare; c. 10 September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer and organist of the middle Baroque era.
Hermann GoetzPerson · Music memorabiliaHermann Gustav Goetz (7 December 1840 – 3 December 1876) was a German composer who spent much of his career in Switzerland.
HervéPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis-Auguste Florimond Ronger (30 June 1825 – 3 November 1892), who used the pseudonym Hervé, was a French singer, composer, librettist, conductor and scene painter, whom Ernest Newman,…
Jacques ThomelinPerson · Music memorabiliaJacques Thomelin (c. 1635 – 28 October 1693), also named Jacques-Denis or Alexandre-Jacques-Denis, was a 17th-century French composer and organist.
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 August VitásekPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jan Augustin Vitásek
Jan Ladislav DussekPerson · Music memorabiliaJan Ladislav Dussek (baptised Jan Václav Dusík, with surname also written as Duschek or Düssek; 12 February 1760 – 20 March 1812) was a Czech classical period composer and virtuoso pianist.
Ján Levoslav BellaPerson · Music memorabiliaJán Levoslav Bella (German Johann Leopold Bella; 4 September 1843 – 25 May 1936) was a Slovak composer, conductor and music teacher, who wrote in the spirit of the Nationalist Romantic…
Jean YannePerson · Music memorabiliaJean Yanne (born Jean Roger Gouyé; 18 July 1933 – 23 May 2003) was a French actor, screenwriter, producer, director and composer.
Jean-Claude ZehnderPerson · Music memorabiliaJean-Claude Zehnder (born 1941) is a Swiss organist in church and concert, harpsichordist, and musicologist.
Jean-François DandrieuPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jean François Dandrieu: Les caractères de la guerre
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.
Jean-Yves Daniel-LesurPerson · Music memorabiliaDaniel Jean-Yves Lesur (19 November 1908 – 2 July 2002) was a French organist and composer. He was the son of the composer Alice Lesur.
Jeanne DemessieuxPerson · Music memorabiliaJeanne Marie-Madeleine Demessieux (14 February 1921 – 11 November 1968) was a French organist, pianist, composer, and teacher.
Jimmy SmithPerson · Music memorabiliaJames Oscar Smith (December 8, 1928 – February 8, 2005) was an American jazz musician who helped popularize the Hammond B-3 organ, creating a link between jazz and 1960s soul music.
Jiří HudecPerson · Music memorabiliaJiří Hudec (31 August 1923 – 28 July 1996) was a Czech composer, conductor, arranger and organist.
Johann Adam ReinckenPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Adam Reincken (also Jan Adams, Jean Adam, Reinken, Reinkinck, Reincke, Reinicke, Reinike; baptized 10 December 1643 – 24 November 1722) was a Dutch/German organist and composer.
Johann Baptist VanhalPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Baptist Wanhal (12 May 1739 – 20 August 1813) was a Czech composer of the Classical period. He was born in Nechanice, Bohemia, and died in Vienna.
Johann Christoph AltnickolPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Christoph Altnickol, or Altnikol, (baptised 1 January 1720, buried 25 July 1759) was a German organist, bass singer, and composer.
Johann Christoph Bach IPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Christoph Bach
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 Ernst BachPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Ernst Bach was an organist, composer, chapelmaster and jurist (1722–1777). He was born in Eisenach.
Johann Ernst EberlinPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Ernst Eberlin (27 March 1702 – 19 June 1762) was a German composer and organist whose works bridge the baroque and classical eras. He was a composer of church organ and choral music.
Johann Franz Xaver SterkelPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Franz Xaver Sterkel (3 December 1750 in Würzburg – 12 October 1817 in Würzburg) was a German composer and pianist in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
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 DolesPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Friedrich Doles (23 April 1715 – 8 February 1797) was a German composer and pupil of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Johann Friedrich FaschPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Friedrich Fasch (15 April 1688 – 5 December 1758) was a German violinist and composer. Much of his music is in the Baroque-Classical transitional style known as galant.
Johann Georg AhlePerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Georg Ahle (June 1651 – 2 December 1706) was a German composer, organist, theorist, and Protestant church musician.
Johann Gottfried Bernhard BachPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (11 May 1715 – 27 May 1739) was a German musician. It is not known whether he composed, and his career as an organist is not in itself notable, but his life…
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 Gottlieb GoldbergPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Gottlieb Goldberg (lang; baptized 14 March 1727 – 13 April 1756) was a German virtuoso harpsichordist, organist, and composer of the late Baroque and early Classical period.
Johann Joseph FuxPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Johann Joseph Fux
Johann Kaspar KerllPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait, made around 1685–1688 during his stay in Munich.
Johann KriegerPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Krieger (28 December 1651 – 18 July 1735) was a German composer and organist, younger brother of Johann Philipp Krieger.
Johann Ludwig KrebsPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Ludwig Krebs (baptized 12 October 1713 – 1 January 1780) was a German Baroque musician and composer for the pipe organ, harpsichord, other instruments and orchestras.
Johann Melchior MolterPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Melchior Molter (10 February 1696 – 12 January 1765) was a German composer and violinist of the late Baroque period.
Johann Michael Bach IPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Michael Bach (baptised, Arnstadt, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen –, Gehren) was a German composer of the Baroque period.
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 Nikolaus HanffPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Nikolaus Hanff (25 September 1663 – 25 December 1711) was a North German organist and composer. Hanff was born in Wechmar in Thuringia and worked in Eutin, Hamburg and Schleswig.
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 StadenPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Staden (baptized 2 July 1581 – 15 November 1634) was a German composer and organist of the early Baroque period. He is best known for establishing the so-called Nuremberg School.
Johann TheilePerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Theile (29 July 1646 – 24 June 1724) was a German composer of the Baroque era, famous for the opera Adam und Eva, Der erschaffene, gefallene und aufgerichtete Mensch, first performed…
Johann Wilhelm HertelPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Wilhelm Hertel (9 October 1727 – 14 June 1789) was a German composer, harpsichord and violin player.
John Baptiste CalkinPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Baptiste Calkin (16 March 1827, London – 15 April 1905, Hornsey, London) was an English composer, organist and music teacher.
John GossPerson · Music memorabilia
John IrelandPerson · Music memorabiliaJohn Nicholson Ireland (13 August 187912 June 1962) was an English composer and teacher of music. The majority of his output consists of piano miniatures and of songs with piano.
John StanleyPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — John Stanley
Jörg HalubekPerson · Music memorabiliaJörg Halubek (born 1977) is a German conductor, harpsichordist, organist and professor.
Josef LaborPerson · Music memorabiliaJosef Paul Labor (29 June 184226 April 1924) was an Austrian pianist, organist, and composer of the late Romantic era. Labor was an influential music teacher.
Josef MyslivečekPerson · Music memorabiliaJosef Mysliveček (9 March 1737 – 4 February 1781) was a Czech composer. He contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music.
Josef SegerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — The Church of Our Lady in front of Týn in Prague, one of the two churches Seger worked at throughout most of life
Josse-François-Joseph BenautPerson · Music memorabiliaJosse-François-Joseph Benaut (c. 1743 in Gullegem – 13 July 1794, Paris) was a Flemish composer, organist, harpsichordist, music educator and priest who had a career in France.
Juan Bautista CabanillesPerson · Music memorabiliaJuan Bautista José Cabanilles (also Juan Bautista Josep, Valencian: Joan) (6 September 1644 in Algemesí near Valencia – 29 April 1712 in Valencia) was a Spanish organist and composer in…
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.
Julius WeismannPerson · Music memorabiliaJulius Weismann (26 December 1879 22 December 1950) was a German pianist, conductor, and composer.
Karl MerzPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — A sketch of Karl Merz that was published on the front cover of The Musical Courier on February 5, 1890.
Karl RichterPerson · Music memorabiliaKarl Richter (15 October 1926 – 15 February 1981) was a German conductor, choirmaster, organist, and harpsichordist.
Kenneth GilbertPerson · Music memorabiliaKenneth Albert Gilbert FRSC (December16, 1931April15, 2020) was a Canadian harpsichordist, organist, musicologist, and music educator.
Klaus WunderlichPerson · Music memorabiliaKlaus Wunderlich (18 June 1931 – 28 October 1997) was a famous German easy-listening organist.
Lars EdlundPerson · Music memorabiliaLars Edlund (6 November 1922 – 21 December 2013) was a Swedish composer, organist and music teacher.
Lars-Erik LarssonPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Larsson
Laurent MenagerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Laurent Menager
Leo van DoeselaarPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Leo van Doeselaar, 2007
Leon Battista AlbertiArtist · PaintingsLeon Battista Alberti (14 February 1404 – 25 April 1472) was an Italian Renaissance humanist author, artist, architect, poet, priest, linguist, philosopher, and cryptographer;
Léon BoëllmannPerson · Music memorabiliaLéon Boëllmann (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ bɔ.ɛlman]; 25 September 1862 – 11 October 1897) was a French composer, known for a small number of compositions for organ.
Leonardo LeoPerson · Music memorabiliaLeonardo Leo (5 August 1694 – 31 October 1744), more correctly Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo, was a Baroque composer.
Leopold HofmannPerson · Music memorabiliaLeopold Hofmann (also Ludwig Hoffman, Leopold Hoffman, Leopold Hoffmann; 14 August 1738 – 17 March 1793) was an Austrian composer of classical music.
Leopold StokowskiPerson · Music memorabiliaFounder of the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra and the American Symphony Orchestra
Leroy AndersonPerson · Music memorabiliaLeroy Anderson (June 29, 1908 – May 18, 1975) was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of…
Lodewijk MortelmansPerson · Music memorabiliaLodewijk Mortelmans (5 February 1868, Antwerp – 24 June 1952, Antwerp) was a Belgian composer and conductor of Flemish ancestry.
Lorenzo GhielmiPerson · Music memorabiliaLorenzo Ghielmi (born 1 September 1959 in Milan) is an Italian organist and harpsichordist.
Louis ArchimbaudPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis Archimbaud (November 1705 – 13 May 1789) was a Comtadin composer. He was one of the last representatives of the Baroque style of French organ school.
Louis CouperinPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis Couperin (lang; c. 1626 – 29 August 1661) was a French Baroque composer and performer.
Ludvig Mathias LindemanPerson · Music memorabiliaLudvig Mathias Lindeman (28 November 1812 – 23 May 1887) was a Norwegian composer and organist.
Ludwig van BeethovenPerson · Music memorabiliaLudwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer, conductor, and pianist.
Luigi RossiPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Luigi Rossi (1597–1653)
Lyle MaysPerson · Music memorabiliaLyle David Mays (November 27, 1953 – February 10, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and member of the Pat Metheny Group.
Manuel CardosoPerson · Music memorabiliaManuel Cardoso was a composer, organist and monk (1566–1650). He was born in Fronteira and died in Lisbon.
Manuel PenellaPerson · Music memorabiliaManuel Penella Moreno (31 July 1880 in Valencia – 14 January 1939 in Cuernavaca) was a Spanish composer. His father was the composer Manuel Penella Raga.
Marc-Antoine CharpentierPerson · Music memorabiliaMarc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV.
Marcel DupréPerson · Music memorabiliaMarcel Jean-Jules Dupré (3 May 1886 – 30 May 1971) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue.
Marcello GiombiniPerson · Music memorabiliaMarcello Giombini (24 July 1928 in Rome, Italy – 12 December 2003 in Assisi, Italy) was an Italian composer, well known for scoring many Spaghetti Westerns, Italian horror and giallo…
Marilyn MasonPerson · Music memorabiliaMarilyn Mason (June 29, 1925 – April 4, 2019) was an American concert organist, recording artist, and professor.
Mart SaarPerson · Music memorabiliaMart Saar (– 28 October 1963) was an Estonian composer, organist and collector of folk songs.
Martin HaselböckPerson · Music memorabiliaMartin Haselböck (born 23 November 1954, Vienna, Austria) is the Austrian musical director of Musica Angelica in Long Beach, California, United States, and the musical director and founder…
Masaaki SuzukiPerson · Music memorabiliaMasaaki Suzuki (鈴木雅明, Suzuki Masaaki; born 29 April 1954) is a Japanese organist, harpsichordist, conductor, and the founder and music director of the Bach Collegium Japan.
Matthew LockePerson · Music memorabiliaMatthew Locke was a composer, musicologist, music theorist, singer, musician and organist (1621–1677). He was born in Exeter and died in London.
Matthias WeckmannPerson · Music memorabiliaMatthias Weckmann (Weckman) (c.1616 – 24 February 1674) was a German musician and composer of the Baroque period. He was born in Niederdorla (Thuringia) and died in Hamburg.
Maurice DurufléPerson · Music memorabiliaMaurice Gustave Duruflé (11 January 1902 – 16 June 1986) was a French composer, organist, musicologist, and teacher. He is particularly well known for his Requiem (1947).
Michael HaydnPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Portrait of Michael Haydn by Franz Xaver Hornöck
Michael PraetoriusPerson · Music memorabilia
Michel CorrettePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Michel Corrette
Michel Richard DelalandePerson · Music memorabiliaMichel Richard Delalande [de Lalande] (15 December 1657 – 18 June 1726) was a French Baroque composer and organist who was in the service of King Louis XIV.

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