| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Ducasse, Roger |
Roger-Ducasse, Jean Jules Aimable |
1873 |
1954 |
French composer who wrote music in nearly all classical forms, and was particularly known for his operatic stage works and orchestral compositions. |
| Ducloux, Walter |
|
1913 |
1997 |
Swiss born American international conductor, pianist, translator, writer, and educator whose career spanned over 50 years from Czechoslovakia to California. |
| Duey, Philip A. |
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American musician who came to the University of Michigan as Professor of Voice and Director of the Men's Glee Club in 1947. Previously he was a member of the faculties of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music and the College of the City of New York. Professor Duey sang professionally 1926-1946. A recipient of a three-year Julliard Scholarship and with degrees from Indiana and Columbia Universities, Dr. Duey wrote most of the arrangements for the Club during his tenure |
| Dufay, Guillaume |
|
1400 |
1474 |
Franco-Flemish composer of the early Renaissance. |
| Dufner, Dolores |
|
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Dolores Dufner is an American sacred music composer, librettist, and organist. Dufner is a nun of the Order of Saint Benedict, and is one of the best-known hymn writers in the church today |
| Duke, John Woods |
|
1899 |
1984 |
American pianist, music educator and composer of art songs |
| Duke, Vernon |
Dukelsky, Vladimir |
1903 |
1969 |
American composer/songwriter, who also wrote under his original name, Vladimir Dukelsky |
| Dumitrescu, Gabriel |
|
1958 |
|
Romanian born American composer. Director of University Singers University of Washington. |
| Dumont, Faye |
|
|
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Australian composer and Choir Director. Faye conducts the Melbourne Women’s Choir and Australian Catholic University (Melbourne) Chamber Choir. She has led choirs and choral education at MCAE, Melbourne, Latrobe, Monash and RMIT Universities, conducted the choir at APAC Festival Guangzhou, China, and has adjudicated widely |
| Dumont, Henri |
de Thier, Henry; Du Mont, Henri |
1610 |
1684 |
Southern-Netherlandisch composer |
| Dun, Finlay |
|
1795 |
1853 |
Scottish musician best known by the collections of Scottish songs which he edited |
| Dunaway, James |
|
|
|
American high school music teacher |
| Dunbar, Paul Laurence |
|
1872 |
1906 |
African American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
| Dunbar, William |
|
1460 |
1520 |
Scottish poet |
| Dunhill, Thomas Frederick |
|
1877 |
1946 |
English composer and writer on musical subjects. |
| Dunkley, Sally |
|
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Sally Dunkley, soprano, has enjoyed a distinguished career as a singer, scholar, vocal teacher, and musical editor. After postgraduate studies she moved to London, working as a professional solo and consort singer. As a member of The Tallis Scholars (Director: Peter Phillips) she sang more than 1,000 concerts all over the world for more than 20 years |
| Dunleavy, Houston |
|
1962 |
|
Irish born Australian composer of music for orchestra, the theatre (including dance), the voice and the church, Conductor of Illawarra Choral Society 2000-2007. Married to lyricist Lomda E. Goodin with whom he collaborates in many works |
| Dunn, Bernard |
|
|
|
Author and lyricist |
| Dunn, Marylou |
|
|
|
American composer/songwriter, music educator and actress. |
| Dunstable, John |
|
1390 |
1453 |
English composer of polyphonic music of the late mediaeval era and early Renaissance periods. |
| Dunstan, Sylvia |
|
1955 |
1993 |
Canadian writer of hymns |
| Dupré, Marcel |
|
1886 |
1971 |
French organist, composer, and pedagogue. |
| Durán, Joaquín Valverde |
|
1846 |
1910 |
Spanish composer, conductor and flautist. As a composer he is known for his collaborations on zarzuelas (he has been described as "the collaborative musician par excellence"). He was also the father of Joaquín "Quinito" Valverde Sanjuán, who achieved a greater level of fame. |
| Durante, Francesco |
|
1684 |
1755 |
Neapolitan composer. particularly of Sacred Music, and Teacher |
| Durham, Judith |
Cock, Judith Mavis |
1943 |
|
Australian singer and musician who became the lead vocalist for the Australian popular folk music group The Seekers in 1963. |
| Duritz, Adam F. |
Duritz, Adam Frederic |
1964 |
|
American musician, songwriter, record producer, and film producer. |
| Dürr, Alfred |
|
1918 |
2011 |
German musicologist. He was a principal editor of the Neue Bach-Ausgabe, the second edition of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach. |
| Duruflé, Maurice |
|
1902 |
1986 |
French composer, organist, and teacher. |
| Dvorák, Antonín |
|
1841 |
1904 |
Czech composer who frequently incuded in his music themes from his native Bohemia and of Moravia |
| Dwight, John Sullivan |
|
1812 |
1893 |
Unitarian minister, transcendentalist, and America's first influential classical music critic. |