| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| 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 |
| Allen, H. P. |
Allen, Sir Hugh Percy |
1869 |
1946 |
English musician, academic and administrator. He was a leading influence on British musical life in the first half of the 20th century. In 1918 Sir Walter Parratt resigned the professorship of music at Oxford, and Allen succeeded him. But when Sir Hubert Parry died later in the year Allen was appointed director of the Royal College of Music in London, and Oxford thought it would lose him. Allen in fact retained his professorship for the rest of his life. He kept his rooms at New College, and fo |
| Allen, Leslie H. |
Allen, Leslie Holdsworth |
1879 |
1964 |
Australian academic and poet. |
| Allen, Peter |
Woolnough, Peter Richard |
1944 |
1992 |
Australian songwriter and singer. His song "I Still Call Australia Home", used extensively in advertising campaigns, was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry in 2013 |
| Allen, Steve |
Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen |
1921 |
2000 |
American television personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, and writer. |
| Allers, Franz |
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1905 |
1995 |
European-American conductor of ballet, opera, Broadway musicals, film scores, and symphony orchestras |
| Allitsen, Frances |
Allitsen, Mary Frances; Bumpus, Mary |
1848 |
1912 |
English composer. One of her most popular songs is a setting of Psalm 27, "The Lord is My Light" |
| Alter, Martha |
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1904 |
1976 |
American pianist, music teacher and composer. |
| Althouse, Jay |
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1951 |
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American Composer and Arranger |
| Altman, Arthur |
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1910 |
1994 |
American songwriter |
| Ambrose [Saint], |
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8th century writer |
| Ambrose, Paul |
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1868 |
1941 |
Canadian organist, conductor, composer, and music educator |
| Ameln, Konrad |
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1899 |
1994 |
German Hymn writer and musicologist |
| Amerson, Steve |
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1954 |
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Broadway, classical, inspirational, worship music |
| Ames, Jeffery L. |
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1969 |
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African American Assistant Professor of Music, and Director of Choral Activities at Belmont University. |
| Ames, Roger |
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1950 |
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American composer of works both sacred and secular |
| Amiran, Emanuel |
Pugatschov, Emmanuel; Amiran-Pougatchov, Emanuel |
1909 |
1993 |
Israeli composer of Polish descent. He was the first appointed Inspector of Music (Minister for Music Education) at the time of the establishment of the nation of Israel, this from 1948 to his retirement in 1975. He was best known for his holiday songs, although his repertoire also included symphonic music for orchestra and choir, music for the theater as well as over 600 folk-songs. |
| Ancell, Noel |
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Australian composer, teacher and conductor, Artistic director of Australian Boys' Choral Institute. He Has a sizeable number of choral compositions and arrangements which are frequently performed in Australia and North America. |
| Anders, Adam |
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1975 |
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Swedish music producer who writes and producies music for both established artists and up-and-comers |
| Andersen, Ann Kapp |
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1945 |
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American composer of Sacred and Gospel music |
| Anderson, Jon |
John Roy Anderson |
1944 |
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English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist musician |
| Anderson, Leroy |
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1908 |
1975 |
American composer of short, light concert pieces |
| Anderson, Roberta Joan |
Mitchell, Joni |
1943 |
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Canadian singer/songwriter |
| Anderson, Tom |
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1970 |
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President and co-founder of MySpace, a site intended to help fans connect with their favorite bands and share music. |
| Anderson, William Henry |
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1882 |
1955 |
Was a composer, choir director, tenor, and voice teacher of English birth. |
| Andersson, Benny |
Anderson, Benny; Göran Bror Benny Andersson |
1946 |
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Benny Andersson is a musician who played keyboard for 1970s pop super-group ABBA. With Ulvaeus,he wrote and produced all of the group's work. |
| Anderton, H. Orsmond |
Anderton, Howard Orsmond |
1861 |
1934 |
English composer , poet and essayist |
| Andre, Fabian |
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1910 |
1960 |
US composer, songwriter |
| Andrewes, Lancelot |
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1555 |
1626 |
English bishop and scholar, |