| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Bellamy, W. H. |
|
1800 |
1866 |
Poet and Lyricist |
| Belloc, Hilaire |
Belloc Joseph Hilaire Pierre René |
1870 |
1953 |
Anglo-French writer and historian. His verse, includes comic verses for children and religious poetry, |
| Bemet, G. |
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| Benatzky, Ralph |
Benatzki, Rudolf Josef František |
1884 |
1957 |
Austrian composer of Czech origin, composed operas and operettas |
| Bender, Jan |
|
1909 |
1994 |
Composer, organist, church musician, educator, |
| Benedetti, Mario |
|
1920 |
2009 |
Uraguayan novelist and poet |
| Benedict, Sir Julius |
|
1804 |
1885 |
German-born composer and conductor, resident in England |
| Benjamin, Arthur |
|
1893 |
1960 |
Australian born Composer and Teacher, mostly resident in Britain |
| Bennard, George |
|
1873 |
1958 |
Methodist Minister and composer of "The Old Rugged Cross" |
| Bennet, John |
Benet, John |
1570 |
1615 |
British composer of madrigal school. His madrigals include All creatures now as well as Weep, O Mine Eyes. The latter is an homage to John Dowland |
| Bennett, Rodney |
Barrie, Royden |
1890 |
1948 |
Under his pseudonym he wrote many song-lyrics for [among others] Eric Coates and Roger Quilter Father of Richard Rodney Bennett |
| Bennett, Angela |
Bennett, Angela Dannett |
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American gospel singer and music arranger |
| Bennett, Charles A. |
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Associate Professor Charles Bennett is a highly-regarded, prize-winning British poet whose work has been published to wide acclaim in Europe and America. He has a long association with composer Bob Chilcott. He is currently Associate Professor of Poetry at the University of Northampton where he leads the BA in Creative Writing. |
| Bennett, G. J. |
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British Teacher, Translator and Music editor |
| Bennett, Lou |
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Indigenous Australian musician and actor, part of the Australian vocal trio Tiddas (an Aboriginal word for Sisters) |
| Bennett, Richard Rodney |
|
1936 |
2012 |
English composer of film, TV and concert music, and also a jazz pianist based in New York from 1979 until his death |
| Bennett, William Sterndale. (Sir) |
|
1816 |
1875 |
English composer, pianist, conductor, editor and music educator. He was professor of music at the University of Cambridge from 1856 to 1866, and principal of the Royal Academy from 1866 until his death. |
| Benson, Arthur Christopher |
|
1862 |
1925 |
English essayist, poet and author |
| Benson, Lionel S. |
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19th Century composer Editor and Music arranger |
| Berg, Ken |
|
1955 |
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Choir Director and Music arranger |
| Berger, Jean |
|
1909 |
2002 |
German-born pianist, composer, and music educator. He composed extensively for choral ensemble and solo voice. |
| Berglund, Robert |
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American conductor of a cappella choral music and choral orchestral works. From 1959 to 1995 Dr. Berglund was Professor of Music at Bethel College (currently Bethel University) in St. Paul, MN and Conductor of the critically acclaimed Bethel Choir. |
| Bergman, Alan |
|
1925 |
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American lyricist and songwriter who with his wife Marilyn has written the music and lyrics for numerous celebrated television shows, films, and stage musicals. The Bergmans have won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song and have been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. |
| Bergman, Marilyn |
Katz, Marilyn |
1929 |
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American lyricist and songwriter, Co-writer with her husband Alan |
| Bergmann, Walter |
|
1902 |
1988 |
Music editor and arranger |
| Bergquist, Tomas |
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Swedish bassist, percussionist and Music arranger |
| Berio, Luciano |
|
1925 |
2003 |
Italian composer, noted for experimental work and electronc music |
| Berkeley, Lennox (Sir) |
Berkeley, Sir Lennox Randal Francis |
1903 |
1989 |
English composer who went to Paris in 1927 to study music with Nadia Boulanger, and there he became acquainted with Francis Poulenc, Igor Stravinsky, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger and Albert Roussel. Berkeley also studied with Maurice Ravel, often cited as a key influence in Berkeley's technical development as a composer. He was Professor of Composition in the Royal Academy of Music from 1946 to 1968 and his pupils included Richard Rodney Bennett, David Bedford and John Tavener. |
| Berkowitz, Sol |
|
1922 |
2006 |
American composer and music educator |
| Berlin, Irving |
Baline, Israel Isidore |
1888 |
1989 |
Russian-born Jewish-American composer and lyricist. |