| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Linda, Solomon |
Linda, Solomon Popoli ; Ntsele, Solomon |
1909 |
1962 |
South African Zulu musician, singer and composer of the song "Mbube", which later became the popular music success "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and gave its name to the Mbube style of isicathamiya a cappella popularized later by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. |
| Lindberg, Nils |
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1933 |
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Swedish composer and pianist. jazz composer and musician, but also as active within other styles. Several of his works are written in a style combining elements of jazz, Swedish folk music and classical music. |
| Linders, Karl |
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19th/20th century composer |
| Lindsay, Lady Anne |
Barnard. Lady Anne |
1750 |
1825 |
Scottish poet |
| Lindsay, Mary D. |
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Poet |
| Lindsay, Vachel |
|
1879 |
1931 |
American poet. He is considered a founder of modern singing poetry, as he referred to it, in which verses are meant to be sung or chanted. |
| Lindusky, Eugene |
Lindusky, Eugene Rev. |
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2003 |
American musician who had over 300 hymns in print He was a Catholic priest for 20 years, studied music in Rome and headed the Crozier seminary in Indiana. He married and became an Episcopal priest for another 20 years. |
| Ling-Tam, Jing |
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Professor of Music at the University of Texas Arlington she has conducted over thirty-five All-State Choirs in the US and numerous American Choral Directors Association national and divisional honor choirs Internatiional choir conductor and clinician. Founder / Director / Conductor American Chamber Choir 2000-2004 |
| Linger, Carl |
|
1810 |
1862 |
German Australian composer in South Australia who in 1859 wrote the melody for the patriotic "Song of Australia". The founder and conductor of the German Liedertafel in 1858 and composer of church music, |
| Linley, George |
|
1798 |
1865 |
English verse-writer and musical composer. Linley wrote and composed several hundred songs between 1830 and 1865. |
| Linley, Thomas (the Younger) |
|
1756 |
1778 |
He was one of the most precocious composers and performers that have been known in England, and became known as the "English Mozart" |
| Linn, Robert |
|
1926 |
1999 |
American composer and Professor at the school of Music, University of Southern California |
| Linton, Marion |
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Canadian pianist violinist, composer and arranger |
| Lissant, George B. |
Lissant, George Benjamin |
1823 |
1899 |
Composer of childrens' songs and Hymns |
| Lister, Thomas Mosie |
Lister, Mosie |
1921 |
2015 |
American singer and Baptist minister. |
| Liszt, Franz |
|
1811 |
1886 |
19th-century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, teacher and Franciscan tertiary. of enormous influence and originality. He was renowned in Europe during the Romantic movement. |
| Livingston, Jay Harold |
Levison, Jacob Harold |
1915 |
2001 |
American composer and singer best known as half of a songwriting duo with Ray Evans that specialized in songs composed for films. Livingston wrote the music and Evans the lyrics. |
| Livingston, Jerry |
|
1909 |
1987 |
American songwriter, and dance orchestra pianist. From the 1940s to the 1960s he had written songs for numerous films and television series, |
| ljames, Molly |
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American composer and accompanist. She is widely recognized for her sacred compositions and arrangements in various catalogs with over 200 choral anthems, several seasonal cantatas, multiple piano solo and duet collections, keyboard magazines, and instrumental ensemble pieces in publication. |
| Llewellyn, William |
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1925 |
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English musician, Master at Charterhouse and later Director of Music there. He was widely known in the 1950s as conductor of the Linden Singers. Editor of the Novello book of carols. |
| Lloyd Webber, Andrew |
Baron Lloyd-Webber |
1948 |
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English composer and impresario of musical theatre |
| Lloyd, Albert Lancaster |
Bert Lloyd |
1908 |
1982 |
English folk singer and collector of folk songs, and as such was a key figure in the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s. |
| Lloyd, Charles Harford |
|
1849 |
1919 |
Organist, music master at Oxford and Eton, composer of mostly anthems and part-songs but he did write a number of cantatas, odes, and instrumental works. |
| Lloyd, Richard |
Lloyd, Richard Hey |
1933 |
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British organist and composer. He was a chorister at Lichfield cathedral, and has been involved in one way or another in church music ever since. He is amongst the greats of the Anglican choral writers. Since retiring he has divided his time between examining and composing. Richard Lloyd has composed more than 500 pieces. In 2010 he received a Fellowship (FRSCM) of the Royal School of Church Music. |
| Lloyd, Thomas |
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CPDL Editor |
| Loam, Arthur S. |
Loam, Arthur Stedman |
1892 |
1976 |
Australian composer |
| Lobo, Alonso |
|
1555 |
1617 |
Alonso Lobo was an Andalusian composer of Renaissance music . Although not as famous as Tomás Luis de Victoria , was taken into great consideration and also Victoria considered his equal. |
| Lobo, Duarte |
Eduardus Lupus |
1563 |
1646 |
Portuguese composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque |
| Lochnane, C. |
Lochnane, Clement |
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British light music composer in the late 19th and early 20th Century |
| Lockhart, J. G. |
Lockhart, John Gibson |
1794 |
1854 |
Scottish writer and editor. He is best known as the author of the definitive biography of his father-in-law Sir Walter Scott |