| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Borthwick, Jane |
|
1813 |
1897 |
Born in Scotland, noted for her translations of German hymns into English |
| Bortniansky, Dimitri Stepanovich |
|
1751 |
1825 |
Russian composer and conductor of Ukrainian origin. |
| Borwick, Susan |
|
1946 |
|
American composer and musicologist |
| Boshell, Bias |
Boshell, Tobias |
1950 |
|
English songwriter and musician, best known as the founder of the folk rock band Trees |
| Botkin, Perry |
|
1933 |
|
American composer, producer, arranger, and musician |
| Botsford, Florence H. |
|
|
|
Compiler of Folk Songs |
| Botting, Alison |
|
|
|
20th century Australian composer chiefly for musical theatre |
| Boublil, Alain |
|
1941 |
|
musical theatre lyricist and librettist, best known for his collaborations with the composer Claude-Michel Schönberg for musicals on Broadway and London's West End |
| Boughen, Robert Keith (Dr) |
|
1929 |
|
Australian organist, choral and orchestral conductor, composer and performer based in Brisbane. Robert Boughen took the post of organist and choirmaster at St John's Cathedral in 1960, and it was there that his talents led to a long and distinguished career in church music, covering the next 44 years. |
| Boughton, Rutland |
|
1878 |
1960 |
English composer who became well known in the early 20th century as a composer of opera and choral music. |
| Boulanger, Lili |
|
1893 |
1918 |
French composer, and the first female winner of the Prix de Rome composition prize. Her older sister was the noted composer and composition teacher Nadia Boulanger. |
| Boulton, Harold (Sir) |
|
1859 |
1935 |
British baronet, songwriter and philanthropist, most famously author of the lyrics to the Skye Boat Song. |
| Boulton, James |
|
|
|
Music Editor |
| Bourdillon, F. W. |
Bourdillon, Francis William |
1852 |
1921 |
British poet and translator. |
| Bourgeois, L. |
|
1510 |
1561 |
French composer and music theorist of the Renaissance. He is most famous as one of the main compilers of Calvinist hymn tunes in the middle of the 16th century. |
| Boustead, A. |
|
|
|
Film and other Music Arranger |
| Bouzignac, Guillaume |
|
1592 |
1641 |
French composer. choirmaster at the Cathedrals of Angoulême, Bourges, Tours, and Clermont-Ferrand |
| Bowen, Christopher |
|
|
|
Sydney-based composer/conductor. His considerable body of composition comprises many orchestral and choral works, instrumental and chamber music. His most recent composition An Australian War Requiem was commissioned to commemorate the Centenary of World War 1 and the Anzac tradition. It received its premiere on August 10th 2014 in a performance given at the Sydney Town Hall which was acclaimed by critics and audience alike. |
| Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher |
|
1945 |
|
The English organist Christopher Bowers-Broadbent began his musical education as a chorister at King's College, Cambridge, and went on to study organ and composition in London at the Royal Academy of Music, where he became professor of organ in 1976 |
| Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher |
|
1945 |
|
The English organist Christopher Bowers-Broadbent began his musical education as a chorister at King's College, Cambridge, and went on to study organ and composition in London at the Royal Academy of Music, where he became professor of organ in 1976 |
| Bowie, David |
Jones, David Robert |
1947 |
2016 |
English singer-songwriter and actor. A leading figure in the music industry, Bowie is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. He was acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft had a significant impact on popular music. |
| Bowlus, William |
|
|
|
Composer |
| Bowman, Calvin |
|
1972 |
|
Australian composer who graduated of the University of Melbourne, and was the first Australian to graduate with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Yale University, Dr Bowman's major focus as a composer is in the composition of artsong. His songs have been lauded by many prominent musicians including Sir Neville Marriner,Lee Hoiby and Barbara Bonney |
| Bowman, Louise Morey |
|
1882 |
1944 |
Canadian Poet |
| Bowsher, Stan |
|
|
|
Australian Arranger, Author, Composer, Adapter 20th Century |
| Boyce, Ethel |
|
1963 |
1936 |
British Composer |
| Boyce, R. Fisher |
|
1887 |
1968 |
American farmer and musician mainly known for "Beutiful Star of Bethlehem |
| Boyce, William |
|
1711 |
1779 |
English organist and composer particularly of ,church music |
| Boyd-Jones, Ernest |
|
|
|
19th/20th century lyricist chiefly known for Musical Theatre |
| Boyd, Anne |
|
1946 |
|
Australian composer and professor of music at the University of Sydney. |