| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Kabalevsky, Dmitry |
Kabalevsky, Dmitry Borisovich |
1904 |
1987 |
Russian composer, prolific composer of piano music and chamber music |
| Kaempfert, Bert |
Kämpfert, Berthold Heinrich |
1923 |
1980 |
German orchestra leader and songwriter. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, including "Strangers in the Night" and "Moon Over Naples". |
| Kahal, Irving |
|
1903 |
1942 |
American musician & songwriter |
| Kahn, Donald Gustave |
|
1918 |
2008 |
American songwriterand record producer, son of Gus Kahn |
| Kahn, Gus |
Kahn, Gustav Gerson |
1886 |
1941 |
German born American song writer and lyricist |
| Kaihau, Maewa |
Louisa Flavell [birth name], Kahan, Kaiha, Kaihan, Kaihans, Kaihau, Karham, Kashau, M. Kaihan, M. Kaihau, M. Kalhan, Maewa - Kaihau, Maewa Kaihan, Maewa Kaihan-Clement, Maihau Share |
1879 |
1963 |
New Zealand songwriter and composer |
| Kaiser, Amy |
|
1945 |
|
American conductor and choir director praised as being "among the best choral directors in the country" |
| Kaldor, Connie |
Kaldor, Connie Isabelle |
1953 |
|
Canadian folk singer/songwriter |
| Kālidāsa |
|
500 |
|
Indian Sanskrit poet and dramatist, born in the year 500, probably the greatest Indian writer of any epoch. |
| Kalinnikov, Vassili Sergeievich |
|
1866 |
1901 |
Russian composer of two symphonies, several additional orchestral works and numerous songs, all of them imbued with characteristics of folksong |
| Källman, Sten |
|
1952 |
|
Swedish composer, arranger and band leader. Professor of World Music at University of Gothenburg. Sten has visited Haiti several times to study, work, and tour. He has made it his priority to embrace the music of both Haiti and Scandinavia, seeking the crossroads where all cultures meet. He has introduced Haitian music to the West through his choral arrangements |
| Kálmán, Emmerich |
Kálmán, Imre |
1882 |
1953 |
Hungarian composer of operettas. |
| Kamen, Michael |
|
1948 |
2003 |
American composer (especially of film scores), orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, song writer, and session musician. Contents |
| Kander, John |
Kander, John Harold |
1927 |
|
American composer of a number of musicals as part of the songwriting team of Kander and Ebb. He wrote the music for the stage musical Cabaret, for which he won the Tony Award as Composer and Lyricist. |
| Kantor, Daniel |
|
1960 |
|
American musician and composer |
| Kaplan, Artie |
Kaplan, Arthur W. |
1945 |
|
American born saxophonist, singer-songwriter producer and composer, one of a very select group of musicians who helped shape the sound of pop, rock and RnB in the world today. |
| Kapper, Siegfried |
Kapper, Isaac Salomon |
1821 |
1879 |
Bohemian-born Austrian writer of Jewish origin. |
| Karlin, F. |
Karlin, Frederick James |
1936 |
2004 |
American composer of more than one hundred scores for feature films and television movies. He also was an accomplished trumpeter adept at playing jazz, blues, classical, rock, and medieval music. |
| Karmen, Steve |
|
1937 |
|
American composer, most famous for several jingles. He also composed several music scores for motion pictures during the 1960s |
| Kasha, Al |
|
1937 |
|
Brooklyn–born composer, songwriter, arranger and businessman. He started songwriting and producing at a young age and was hired as a producer at Columbia Records aged 22. |
| Kats-Chernin, Elena |
|
1957 |
|
Australian composer born in Tashkent. She studied in Moscow, Sydney and Europe.and is currently in Australia where she has composed many works for orchestra and voice |
| Kay, Don |
|
1933 |
|
Australian composer and Teacher at Hobart Conservatorium of Music |
| Keane, Larry |
|
|
1982 |
|
| Keats, Horace |
|
1895 |
1945 |
London born Australian composer of over a hundred and twenty works. Most of Keats’ works were written as songs for both piano and instrumental accompaniment. However, there were some notable exceptions when he wrote scores for some of the early Australian films |
| Keats, John |
|
1795 |
1821 |
English Romantic poet. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, |
| Keble, John |
|
1792 |
1866 |
English churchman and poet, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement. Keble College, Oxford was named after him. |
| Keeble, Brian |
|
|
|
20th century British poet |
| Keel, Frederick |
|
1871 |
1954 |
English composer of art songs, baritone singer and academic |
| Keen, Marta |
Thompson, Marta Keen |
|
|
Marta Keen has written and published children's songs and choral works since 1982. An American composer and educator, Marta continues to arrange for and accompany church and community choral groups in the Las Vegas area. |
| Keighley, Thomas |
|
1869 |
1935 |
British composer, music educator, conductor and organist. As a teacher of harmony and organ he worked at his alma mater, the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. In 1902, he was on the board of the Royal College of Organists professions and remained in this post until his death. |