| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Aguiar, Emani |
Aguiar, Ernani Henrique Chaves |
1950 |
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Brazilian composer, choral conductor, and musicologist. |
| Ahlen, Waldemar |
|
1894 |
1982 |
Swedish composer and organist |
| Ahlstrom, Leonard |
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Songwriter of Christian songs for groups such as NewSong |
| Ahrold, Frank |
|
1931 |
1989 |
Composer and Arranger of Religious Songs |
| Aichinger, Gregor |
|
1565 |
1628 |
German composer of religious music during the stylistic transition from the late Renaissance to early Baroque. His music is chiefly choral and ecclesiastical, set to Latin texts. It shows a conservative taste influenced by the Venetian school of composers, especially Giovanni Gabrieli, with whom he studied. |
| Aickin, George Ellis |
Aickin, George E |
1869 |
1937 |
English born Australian Anglican Priest |
| Aitken, George |
Aitken, George Benjamin Johnston |
1866 |
1942 |
British pianist, organist, choirmaster |
| Aked, Lindsay |
|
1930 |
2010 |
20th century Australian composer |
| Akers, Doris |
|
1923 |
1995 |
American Gospel music composer, arranger and singer. |
| Aks, Harold |
|
1922 |
2000 |
Choral Director and Lecturer |
| Akst, Harry |
|
1894 |
1963 |
American songwriter, and Pianist |
| Albrecht, Sally K. |
|
1954 |
|
Sally K. Albrecht is presently the Director of School Choral publications for Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. She is a popular choral conductor, composer and clinician |
| Alcock, Gilbert A. |
|
1870 |
1954 |
English organist, choirmaster, and composer |
| Alcock, Janey |
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20th century Music Arranger |
| Aldrich, Henry [Dr.] |
|
1647 |
1710 |
British theologian, historian (co-editor of Clarendon's Rebellion), architect (of Peckwater Quad, Christ Church) and Vice Chancellor of Oxford University. He was a great Patron and Promoter of Music and composed many valuable Compositions for the Cathedral Service |
| Aldrich, T. B. |
Alodrich, Thomas Bailey |
1836 |
1907 |
American Author and Poet |
| Aletter, Wilhelm |
Alphonse Tellier; Herbert Wells Thayer; Leo North; Sam Weller |
1867 |
1934 |
Worked as a pianist, composer and in a music shop. He wrote salon music for orchestra and piano, as well as numerous couplets and songs . |
| Alexander, C. F. |
Alexander, Cecil Frances |
1818 |
1895 |
Irish hymn-writer, poet |
| Alexander, Josef |
|
1908 |
1992 |
American composer and teacher. In 1955 and 1956 he held a Fulbright fellowship as a composer in residence in Finland. His compositions have been performed by orchestras including the New York Philharmonic and the NBC Symphony. For 35 years, he taught music at Brooklyn College |
| Alfvén, Hugo |
|
1872 |
1960 |
Swedish Violinist, Conductor and Composer |
| Alison, Richard |
|
1592 |
1606 |
English composer. His particular interest was in writing consort music |
| Allan, Lewis |
Meeropol, Abel |
1903 |
1986 |
Abel Meeropol was an American writer, teacher and song-writer, best known under his pseudonym Lewis Allan and as the adoptive father of the young sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Meeropol wrote the anti-lynching poem, "Strange Fruit", which was first published in the Marxist publication The New Masses and was subsequently set to music. |
| Allan, Robert |
|
1774 |
1841 |
Scottish poet |
| Allaway, Ben |
|
1958 |
|
20/21st century US composer. His work reflects a passion for cross-cultural experiences as well as the great choral traditions. |
| Allegri, Domenico |
|
1585 |
1629 |
Italian composer and singer of the early Baroque Roman School and was a younger brother of the more famous Gregorio Allegri. Allegri is mainly famous as being one of the first to include specific instrumental accompaniments to sacred vocal music on a small scale |
| Allegri, Gregorio |
|
1582 |
1652 |
Italian composer of the Roman School and brother of Domenico Allegri; he was also a priest and a singer. |
| Allen, Barclay |
|
1918 |
1966 |
American pianist and bandleader. |
| Allen, Deborah |
Thurmond, Deborah Lynn |
1953 |
|
American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| Allen, Denis |
|
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20th century singer/songwriter based in County.Limerick, Ireland. He wrote and sang the song "Limerick You're A Lady" which went to number one in Ireland in 1979 for several weeks and stayed in the chart for about a year. It has since been recorded by over 40 different artists. |
| Allen, George N. |
Allen, George Nelson |
1812 |
1877 |
He is primarily known today for writing the melody to the hymn Precious Lord, Take My Hand. Allen became professor of sacred music at Oberlin College, Ohio, in 1834. He was the first professor at an American university to teach music and his classes were enormously popul |