| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Clesi, N. J. |
Clesi, Nicholas Joseph |
1880 |
1950 |
Popular Music composer |
| Cleveland, Michael |
Cleveland, Michael Eugene |
1937 |
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Professor Emeritus of Music at the University of Nevada, Reno where he taught elementary music methods, women’s chorus, and graduate music education courses. He has a of number choral compositions published. |
| Clifford, W. |
|
1944 |
|
Canadian Poet |
| Clifton, Harry |
|
1824 |
1872 |
British Music Hall songwriter and performer |
| Clingan, Judith |
|
1945 |
|
Australian composer, conductor, performer and music educator |
| Cloake, Melissa |
|
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Australian composer, member of Couterpoint choir |
| Cloninger, Claire |
|
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One of the most successful modern gospel songwriters. A prolific writer, Cloninger has written 19 seasonal musicals for church choir. |
| Cloud, Lee |
|
1950 |
1995 |
American Composer, educator and choral clinician. He received a Ph.D. degree in music theory from the University of Iowa, and taught at several institutions, including Winston Salem State University, the University of Iowa, Grinnell College, and Northern Illinois University. He also served as Coordinator of Education for the Center for Black Music Research at Columbia College Chicago, where he developed a six-course curriculum on black music. |
| Clough-Leighter, Henry |
|
1874 |
1956 |
American Composer many art-songs, cycles, cantatas and large choral works with organ or orchestra accompaniments, including The Christ of the Andes, a symphonic ode for chorus and orchestra. Piano compositions and many organ transcriptions. Editor musical, pedagogical and technical works. Editor in chief Boston Music co from 1908 |
| Clough, A. H. |
Clough, Arthur Hugh |
1819 |
1861 |
English poet and educationalist |
| Clutsam, George H. |
|
1866 |
1951 |
Australian pianist, composer and writer, best remembered as the arranger of Lilac Time. Clutsam published over 150 songs. |
| Clydesdale, David T. |
|
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Church Music and Film Composer. Music Arranger, orchestrator and Producer. Along with his volumes of church choral music, David has also created works for Walt Disney World productions. |
| Coates, Eric |
|
1886 |
1957 |
English composer of light music and a viola player. |
| Coates, Henry |
|
1880 |
1963 |
Music Editor, arranger, author and English translator |
| Coates, John Jr. |
Coates, John Francis; Coates, John Francis Jr |
1938 |
|
American composer and music arranger |
| Cobb, James |
|
1756 |
1818 |
English librettist |
| Cobb, Nancy Hill |
|
1951 |
|
American music academic and composer. Associate Provost for Faculty at the University of Northern Iowa. |
| Cockburn, [Mrs] Alison |
Rutherford, Alison |
1712 |
1794 |
Scottish Poet |
| Cockshott, Gerald Wilfred |
|
1915 |
1979 |
English composer, librettist, writer and teacher |
| Coffin, Charles |
|
1676 |
1749 |
French teacher, writer and Jansenist who was Rector of the University of Paris. Among his writings are a number of hymns which have been translated into English. |
| Coggin, Elwood |
|
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Editor, Composer and arranger for Augsberg Fortress |
| Cohen, Dulcie M. |
|
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Early 20th century Sydney based Australian Composer |
| Cohen, Leonard |
|
1934 |
|
Jewish -Canadian poet. novelist, singer, songwriter and film maker |
| Cohen, Lisa-Catherine |
|
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Canadian born writer and editor based in California. A two-time-platinum, #1 hit lyricist and an internationally renowned writer, she brings to each project the poet's eye and an expert craftsman's attention to detail |
| Cokayne, Aston (Sir) |
|
1608 |
1684 |
British Cavalier and a minor literary figure, writer of poems and plays |
| Colahan, Arthur (Dr.) |
|
1884 |
1952 |
Irish doctor, British Army officer and songwriter. |
| Cole, William |
Cole. William Charles |
1909 |
1997 |
English conductor, composer and organist. In 1930 he became Organist and Choirmaster at Dorking Parish Church, where he stayed for 24 years, and in the following year he was appointed Music Master of Dorking County School. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where he met the organist Walter Emery, the beginning of a long and musically fruitful friendship - they even shared the FRCO prizes in January 1930. |
| Coleman, Cy |
Kaufman, Seymour |
1929 |
2004 |
American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. |
| Coleman, Henry |
|
1888 |
1965 |
English organist and music arranger |
| Coleman, Larry |
|
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composer, arranger and author |