| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Douglas, George |
Thiele, Bob |
1922 |
1996 |
American record producer and composer of popular music |
| Douglas, Roy |
Douglas, Richard Roy |
1907 |
2015 |
British composer, pianist and arranger. He worked as musical assistant to Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton |
| Douglas, Roy |
Douglas, Richard Roy |
1907 |
2015 |
British composer, pianist and arranger. He worked as musical assistant to Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton |
| Douglas, William |
|
1672 |
1748 |
Scottish poet |
| Douglas, Winfred |
|
1867 |
1944 |
American Episcopal Priest, church musician and editor |
| Dove, Jonathan |
|
1959 |
|
English composer of opera, choral works, plays, films, and orchestral and chamber music. |
| Dowland, John |
|
1563 |
1626 |
English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. |
| Doyle, Patrick |
|
1953 |
|
Scottish Actor and film composer |
| Dozier, Lamont Herbert |
|
1941 |
|
Afro- American songwriter and record producer. Dozier has co-written and produced 14 US Billboard #1 hits and 4 number ones in the UK. |
| Drake, Ervin |
Druckman, Irving Maurice |
1919 |
2015 |
American songwriter whose works include such American Songbook standards as "I Believe" and "It Was a Very Good Year". He wrote in a variety of styles and his work has been recorded by musicians around the world |
| Drake, John |
|
|
|
John has been with Hills Chorale since 1999. Well-known in Adelaide music circles, his experience includes television, radio, theatre, music education, arranging and recording. He was Director of Music at Pulteney Grammar School for over 20 years, and currently works with choirs and coaching music students at Woodcroft College. |
| Drake, Milton |
|
1912 |
2006 |
American lyricist and performing rights administrator, brother to songwriter Ervin Drake |
| Dransfield, Michael |
|
1948 |
1973 |
Australian Poet who was published when a teenager, and when he died before his talent had fully matured, he left close to a thousand poems. |
| Drayton, Michael |
|
1563 |
1631 |
English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era. |
| Drese, Adam |
|
1620 |
1701 |
German composer and bass viol player who wrote several pieces of vocal music |
| Dretke, Leora Nylee |
Klotz, Leora Nylee |
1928 |
2006 |
American music educator and vocalist. Past president of American Choral Directors Assoc. |
| Drewes, Barry H. [Captain] |
|
|
1958 |
Composer of Band Music, marches and secular songs for Mens' Voices, director of West Point Glee Club |
| Dreyer, Dave |
|
1894 |
1967 |
Worked in Vaudeville, for Irving Berlin music co. writing film scores, and became head of the music department of RKO Radio |
| Dreyfus, George |
|
1928 |
|
German born Australian contemporary classical, film and television composer. In 1992 was made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to music. |
| Drinkwater, John |
|
1882 |
1934 |
English poet and dramatist |
| Driskell, Gary |
|
1957 |
2008 |
American contemporary Christian songwriter, singer, and worship leader |
| Drislane, Jack |
|
|
|
As with many of Tin Pan Alley's songwriters, Drislane's fairly prolific production did nothing to assure that the details of his life would survive beyond his name association with many important songs of the era. His songs include Arrah Wanna (1906), Keep A Cozy Corner In Your Heart For Me (1905) and Nobody's Little Girl (1907) all in collaboration with Theodore Morse. |
| Druce, Duncan |
|
1939 |
|
British composer, string player and musicologist. |
| Drury, David |
|
1961 |
|
Australian Organist and composer |
| Dryburgh, Margaret |
|
1890 |
1945 |
British Teacher and Missionary who wrote the Captives' Hymn while a prisoner of war of the Japanese |
| Dryden, John |
|
1631 |
1700 |
English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made Poet Laureate in 1668. |
| Du Prez, John |
|
1946 |
|
British Musician, composer and conductor |
| Dubbs, Kip |
|
|
|
American Music educator, music arranger |
| Dubin, Al |
|
1891 |
1945 |
Songwriter, born in Switzerland, migrated to US aged 2. Inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame |
| Dubinski, Leon |
|
1941 |
|
Canadian songwriter |