| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| D'Aquin, Louis-Claude |
D'Aquino, d'Aquin, d'Acquin |
1694 |
1772 |
French composer of Jewish ancestry, writing in the Baroque and Galant styles. He was a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist. |
| Da Gagliano, Marco |
|
1582 |
1643 |
Italian composer of the early Baroque era. He was important in the early history of opera and the development of the solo and concerted madrigal. |
| da Todi, Jacopone |
|
1230 |
1306 |
13th Century Franciscan Friar. He wrote several laudi (songs in praise of the Lord) in Italian |
| Dacre, Harry |
Dean, Frank |
1857 |
1922 |
UK songwriter |
| Dakers, Lionel |
|
1924 |
2003 |
English organist and administrator, past director of Royal Society of Church Music, Church musician |
| Dale, Jim |
|
1935 |
|
English actor, voice artist, and singer-songwriter |
| Dale, P. |
|
|
|
Music Arranger |
| Daley, Eleanor |
Daley, Eleanor Joanne |
1955 |
|
Canadian composer of choral and church music, a church choirmaster, choral clinician and accompanist. |
| Dalglish, Malcolm |
|
1952 |
|
American hammered dulcimer player and builder, composer, and choral director. |
| Dalziel, Kathleen |
|
1881 |
1969 |
Australian author.poet and lyricist |
| Damrosch, Frank |
Damrosch, Frank Heino |
1859 |
1937 |
German-born American music conductor and educator. |
| Daniel-Lesur, Jean-Yves |
|
1908 |
2002 |
French organist and composer |
| Daniel, George |
|
1789 |
1864 |
English author and poet |
| Danzig, Evelyn |
Levine, Evelyn Danzig |
1902 |
1996 |
American songwriter |
| Darby, Kenneth Lorin |
Darby, Ken |
1909 |
1992 |
American composer, vocal arranger, lyricist, composer of film scores and conductor |
| Dare, Anthony |
Hall, Frederick (Fred) Fifield ; Morel, Gabriel, Brand, Georges , Stanbridge, C. and Surrey, Charles. |
1878 |
1956 |
Australian composer; lyricist; conductor; pianist; arranger |
| Dargomyzhsky, Aleksandr Sergeyevich |
|
1813 |
1869 |
19th-century Russian composer. He bridged the gap in Russian opera composition between Mikhail Glinka and the later generation of The Five and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. |
| Darion, Joe |
|
1917 |
2001 |
American musical theatre lyricist, |
| Darke, Harold |
|
1888 |
1976 |
English composer and organist. |
| Darley, George |
|
1795 |
1846 |
Irish poet, novelist, and critic. |
| Darling, Denver |
|
1909 |
1981 |
Best remembered for his patriotic World War II songs, Early American Hillbilly musician |
| Dart, Thurston |
|
1921 |
1871 |
British musicologist, conductor and keyboard player |
| Dash, Julian |
|
1916 |
1974 |
American swing music jazz tenor saxophonist |
| Dashnaw, Alexander |
|
|
|
American Professor of Music, composer, arranger and Choral Director. Professor Emeritus of Music at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University, has served as president of the Eastern Division of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), and as president of the New York State Association of College Music Programs (NYSACMP). Alexander Dashnaw has also been a champion of new choral music. He has commissioned 38 new works for chorus, from over 30 recognized composers. |
| Daumer, Georg Friedrich |
|
1800 |
1875 |
German poet and philosopher |
| Daunton, Frank |
|
1919 |
2007 |
British Music teacher, Arranger and broadcaster |
| Davalos, Jaime |
|
1921 |
1981 |
Argentinian Poet and Musician, particularly the folk music of Argentina |
| Davenant, W. |
D'Avenant, William, Sir; Davenant, William, Sir |
1606 |
1668 |
English poet and playwright |
| Davenport, John |
Blackwell, Otis |
1931 |
2002 |
African-American songwriter, singer, and pianist, whose work significantly influenced rock and roll |
| Davey, J. L. |
|
|
|
Music arranger |