| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Forrest, George |
Chichester, George Forrest , Jr.; Forrest, Chet . |
1915 |
1999 |
Writer of music and lyrics for musical theatre best known for the show Kismet, adapted from the works of Alexander Borodin. |
| Forrester, Elizabeth |
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Poet/lyricist ? Wife/sister of James Cliffe Forrester |
| Forrester, J. Cliffe |
Forrester, James Cliffe |
1860 |
1941 |
Early 20th century English Organist and Composer and pupil of Sir Frank Bridge |
| Forsyth, Cecil |
|
1870 |
1941 |
English composer and musicologist. who moved to New York in 1914 |
| Fortune, Nigel |
|
1924 |
2009 |
Leading member of the generation of musical scholars - including Thurston Dart, Oliver Neighbour and Stanley Sadie - who played a vital role in establishing professional musicological standards in Britain in the decades after the second world war. He was a senior member of the editorial team New Grove was published in 1980. He then took on co-editorship of the quarterly journal Music and Letters (1980-2007). |
| Fosdick, W. W. |
Fosdick, William Whiteman |
1825 |
1862 |
American lawyer and Poet |
| Foss, Lukas |
|
1922 |
2009 |
German born composer and conductor |
| Foster, A. |
Foster, Arnold |
1898 |
1963 |
British composer, orchestrator and conductor, music director of Westminster school and Morley College. Director of Music of Morley College in London from 1928 to 1940; director of the English Madrigal Choir from 1928 to 1940; Director Westminster School in London from 1939. He was also lecturer at the London University Institute of Education from 1945. He was founder and conductor of the Arnold Foster Choir & Orchestra from 1945. |
| Foster, David |
|
1949 |
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Canadian musician, record producer, composer, songwriter, and arranger |
| Foster, Myles Birket |
|
1851 |
1922 |
English organist and composer of church music, childrens' cantatas and orchestral works |
| Foster, Stephen |
Foster, Stephen Collins |
1826 |
1864 |
American songwriter primarily known for his parlor and minstrel music. Foster wrote over 200 songs |
| Foulds, John Herbert |
|
1880 |
1939 |
British composer of classical music. |
| Fowler, Frederick |
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1985 |
20th century English schoolteacher, music arranger and editor. Published music with William Appleby - It would be difficult to overestimate Appleby and Fowler's contribution to student music-making in the half century after, say, 1940. |
| Fowler, John Henry |
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Contemporary contributor and editor to CPDL |
| Fox, Charles Ira |
|
1940 |
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American composer for film and television. |
| Fox, George |
|
1960 |
|
Canadian singer/songwriter |
| Fox, William |
Fuchs, Wilhelm |
|
1579 |
English composer and organist for Ely cathedral |
| Frackenpohl, Arthur |
|
1924 |
|
American composer and music Professor |
| Frances-Hoad, Cheryl |
Hoad, Cheryl Frances |
1980 |
|
English composer |
| Francis [Saint] of Assisi, |
Bernardone, Giovanni di Pietro di |
1181 |
1226 |
Italian Catholic friar and preacher, writer of religeous canticles |
| Franck, César |
|
1822 |
1890 |
French composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher who worked in Paris during his adult life. |
| Franck, Melchior |
|
1579 |
1639 |
German composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was a hugely prolific composer of Protestant church music, especially motets |
| Franck, Salomon |
|
1659 |
1725 |
Libnrettist of some of JS Bach's best known Canatatas. |
| François, Claude |
Cloclo; François, Claude Antoine Marie |
1939 |
1978 |
Egyptian-born French pop singer, songwriter and dancer. |
| Frank, Helga |
Frank, Helga Adele |
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20th Century Composer |
| Frank, Paul |
|
1947 |
2009 |
American Lead singer, guitarist and drummer, recently a composer of Christian music |
| Fraser-Simpson, Harold |
Simpson, Harold Fraser |
1878 |
1944 |
English composer of light music, including songs and the scores to musical comedies. |
| Fraser, David |
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Contemporary Singer/songwriter and keyboardist |
| Fraser, Donald |
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British born, now a permanent US resident, British Academy Award winning Donald Fraser lives and works from his home outside of Chicago. He has written music for film, Television and many choirs all over the world. Donald continues to work as composer, conductor and recording producer |
| Fray, J. H. |
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Music Arranger |