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Name Other Names Birthyear Deathyear Notes
Praed, Winthrop Mackworth 1802 1839 English politician and poet.
Praetorius, Michael 1571 1621 German composer, organist, and music theorist.[1] He was one of the most versatile composers of his age, being particularly significant in the development of musical forms based on Protestant hymns, many of which reflect an effort to improve the relationship between Protestants and Catholics.
Prendergast, Arthur Hugh Dalrymple 1833 English composer and conductor
Prescott, Oliveria Prescott, Oliveria Louisa 1843 1919 English writer and composer. She lectured in harmony and composition for Newnham College, Cambridge, and also taught harmony at the High School for Girls in Baker Street, London. She composed several overtures, a piano concerto, shorter orchestral pieces, vocal and choral works and two symphonies
Preskett, Graham Writes and arranges music for movies and television, for production and advertising, as well as arranging songs for many artists and playing a whole array of instruments.
Presley, Elvis Presley, Elvis Aron 1935 1977 American Rock and Roll Singer and film actor
Preston, Billy 1946 2006 American singer-songwriter and performer whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel.
Prévert, Jacques 1900 1977 French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best regarded films formed part of the poetic realist movement, and include Les Enfants du Paradis (1945).
Prewitt, Frank Prewitt, Frank James 1893 1962 Canadian poet, who spent most of his life in the United Kingdom. He was a war poet of World War I, and was taken up by Siegfried Sassoon.
Price, Nancy American singer, teacher, choir director, composer and lyricist In collaboration with Don Besig, Nancy has written over four hundred compositions for school and church choirs.
Pride, Margaret Australian choral conductor with a doctorate in choral studies and conducting from University of Southern California. She is is currently Music Director of Collegium Choirs, Music Director of Perth Young Women's Choir and freelances in Perth, interstate and overseas both as clinician and conductor
Prima, Louis 1910 1978 Sicilian-American singer, actor, songwriter and trumpeter
Prime, Ralph R. American retired college choral conductor and professor of music. He was Director of Choral Organizations and Handbell Choirs for 21 years at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, Composer of many choral works much of it sacred California
Prince, Hugh Prince, Hugh Durham 1906 1960 American manager of a radio script agency and a songwriter,. His best known composition is "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy".
Printz, Brad 1905 1955 American music educator for ten years and the highly respected choral manager for J.W. Pepper at Wingert-Jones Music in Kansas City, Missouri, for nearly 20 years. Brad made the most of his diverse background, creating wonderfully crafted and inspiring choral music in a variety of styles for both the sacred and educational markets.
Pritchard, Arthur Pritchard, Dr. Arthur John 1908 1997 British organist, choir master, composer and arranger, mainly of sacred music
Proctor, Adelaide A. 1825 1864 English poet and philanthropist. She worked prominently on behalf of unemployed women and the homeless, and was actively involved with feminist groups and journals
Prokhorov, Vadim Russian born concert pianist, conductor and Music professor. His father was a diplomat. Now a US citizen. His choral compositions and arrangements of Russian vocal compositions and folk songs have been published by Oxford University Press, Hal Leonard, and Musica Russica. He is a member of the Authors Guild and ASCAP. Mosconcert, soloist and chamber music performer, 1969-87; composer and author, 1987 — . Moscow
Protheroe, Daniel 1866 1934 Welsh composer and conductor. He emigrated to the USA, where he was educated. He is best known for composing Calvinist Methodist hymns.
Proulx, Richard 1937 2010 American composer and editor of church music, including anthems, service music, hymn concertatos, organ music and music for handbell choir,
Prout, Ebenezer 1835 1909 English musical theorist, writer, teacher and composer, whose instruction, afterwards embodied in a series of standard works still used today, underpinned the work of many British classical musicians of succeeding generations.
Pryce, Mark Pryce, The Rev. Canon Mark British theological educator, poet and priest. His current research interest is using poetry as a means of theological reflection and professional development. He is based at the University of Birmingham.
Puccini, Giacomo 1858 1924 Italisn started the operatic trend toward realism with his popular works, which are among the most often performed in opera history
Puddy, A. P. Australian Music arranger
Puddy, G. M. Australian music arranger
Puddy, Mark Australian music educator, music publisher and composer who specialises in writing and arranging choral works for youth and community choirs. He is the resident composer and arranger for The Australian Girls Choir and his treble and mixed-voice works feature in eisteddfods and music festivals in Australia and overseas.
Puerling, Gene 1929 2008 American vocal performer and vocal arranger. He was awarded a Grammy Award for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices in 1982 for his arrangement of "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" (as performed by The Manhattan Transfer).
Purcell, Edward C. Purcell, Edward Cockram 1853 1932 English Romantic composer known primarily for his composition "Passing By".
Purcell, Harold Purcell., Harold Vousden 1907 1977 British playwright and television and screen writer
Purcell, Henry 1659 1695 One of the greatest English composers, flourishing in the period that followed the restoration of the monarchy after the Puritan Commonwealth period. He spent much of his short life in the service of the Chapel Royal as a composer, organist and singer He composed both sacred and secular music..