| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Robinson, Ray |
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Music editor for Hinshaw Press |
| Robinson, Robert |
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1735 |
1790 |
English Dissenter, an influential Baptist and scholar who made a lifelong study of the antiquity and history of Christian Baptism. He was also author of the hymns "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing" and "Mighty God, while angels bless Thee," |
| Robinson, Roland |
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1912 |
1992 |
Australian lyricist |
| Robinson, Russell |
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Professor of Music and Chair of the Music Education department where he the faculty at the University of Florida since 1984, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in choral and music education. He is published author, composer and arranger with over 200 publications in print, including choral compositions, arrangements, articles, books, and instructional DVD's. |
| Robinson, Smokey |
Robinson, William Jnr |
1940 |
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American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive director. Robinson was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer |
| Robinson, Stanford |
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1904 |
1984 |
English conductor and composer, known for his work with the BBC. He remained a member of the BBC's staff until his retirement in 1966, founding or building up the organisation's choral groups, both amateur and professional. |
| Robinson, Walter |
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Late 20th century African American com poser |
| Robinson, William |
Robinson, Smokey |
1940 |
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American R&B/pop singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles |
| Robles, Daniel Alomia |
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1871 |
1942 |
Peruvian composer and ethnomusicologist. He is best known for composing the song El Cóndor pasa in 1913 as part of a zarzuela, a musical play that alternates between spoken and sung parts, by the same name. This song was based on Andean folk songs |
| Rochberg, George |
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1918 |
2005 |
American composer of contemporary classical music. Long a serial composer, Rochberg abandoned the practice following the death of his teenage son in 1964. A teacher at the University of Pennsylvania until 1983, Rochberg also served as chairman of its music department until 1968 |
| Roche, Jerome |
Roche, Jerome Lawrence Alexander |
1942 |
1994 |
British musicologist, with a particular interest in Italian church music of the baroque era. |
| Rockliffe, J. Louis |
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19th century British lyricist |
| Rockwell, J. E. |
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Early 20th Century composer |
| Rodby, Walter |
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1917 |
2005 |
American composer, arranger, conductor, Mr. Rodby taught and directed music groups, primarily vocal, in three high schools and 15 colleges and universities. For over thirty years, he wrote a monthly column “The Choral Folio” for the School Musician Magazine, an internationally circulated publication for the school and church market |
| Rodgers, Nile |
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1952 |
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American musician, producer, and guitarist. He is the lead guitarist and co-founding member with Bernard Edwards of the band Chic, which has been active since 1976 and was one of the most successful groups of the disco era. |
| Rodgers, Richard |
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1902 |
1979 |
American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein |
| Rodgers, Thomas |
Tom Rodgers |
1979 |
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Contemporary Music arranger |
| Rodrigo, Joaquin |
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1901 |
1999 |
Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist. Rodrigo's music is among the most popular music of the 20th century. In particular, his Concierto de Aranjuez is considered one of the pinnacles of Spanish music and of the guitar concerto repertoire. |
| Roemen, Paul |
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Lyricist |
| Roever, Ulrich |
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1934 |
1997 |
German musician |
| Roff, Joseph |
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1911 |
1993 |
American Catholic priest and composer of church music. In addition to his sacred works, he boasts a lengthy list of orchestral compositions, as well as an operetta, Lady of Mexico, which was performed at the Blackfriars Theater in Manhattan in 1967. |
| Rogers, Earl |
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1911 |
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Contemporary music arranger |
| Rogers, Edmund |
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1851 |
1919 |
19th Century British Organist at Holy Trinity Church, Windsor. composer arranger |
| Rogers, Milt |
|
1925 |
1981 |
Music arranger for many popular singers, Assistant musical director of Dot and Ranwood Record companies |
| Rogers, Winthrop |
Rogers, Winthrop Lincoln |
1865 |
1921 |
American musician who believed in the importance of contemporary music . He joined G. Schirmer Music publishers, and shortly before the First World War, he became the firm’s representative in London. He eventually bought Schirmer’s London business and established a new publishing company under his own name Winthrop L. Rogers Co., Ltd. He championed the music of British composers, among the m Ivor Gurney, John Ireland, Peter Warlock, Roger Quilter, Frederick Delius and Frank Bridge. |
| Rollins, Walter E. |
Rollins, Jack |
1906 |
1973 |
American musician. Along with Steve Nelson, he co-wrote "Here Comes Peter Cottontail," used in the Easter special of the same name, in 1949, and "Frosty the Snowman" in 1950. Jack Rollins also wrote "Smokey the Bear" and co-wrote many country songs |
| Roma, Del |
Mauriat, Paul |
1925 |
2006 |
French orchestra leader, conductor of Le Grand Orchestre de Paul Mauriat, who specialized in the easy listening genre. He is best known in the United States for his million-selling remake of André Popp's "Love is Blue", which was #1 for 5 weeks in 1968 Using the pseudonym of Del Roma, Mauriat was to have his first international hit with Chariot, which he wrote in collaboration with friends Franck Pourcel (co-composer), Jacques Plante (French lyrics) and Raymond Lefèvre |
| Romanis, William |
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1824 |
1899 |
Church of England Minister and hymn writer |
| Romberg, Sigmund |
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1887 |
1951 |
Austro-Hungarian composer who spent most of his adult life in the United States. He is best known for his musicals and operettas, particularly The Student Prince (1924), The Desert Song (1926) and The New Moon (1928). |
| Romsey, Harold |
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Music editor |