| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Messiaen, Olivier |
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1908 |
1992 |
The most important French composer of the second half of the 20th Century. He composed for organ, chamber ensembles, electronic media, orchestra, art song and opera |
| Metcalf, John W. |
|
1856 |
1926 |
American composer, pianist and pedagogue, among the best known of California's musicians in his time. |
| Metcalfe, Richard |
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19th/20th century British organist and composer of anthems and part songs |
| Metis, Frank W. |
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20th Century music arranger |
| Mews, Douglas Kelson |
Mews, Erik Douglas Kelson |
1918 |
1993 |
Canadian born New Zealand composer and teacher |
| Mewton, Frederick |
|
|
1925 |
Australian organist and teacher of music at MLC in Melbourne in 1913, and later director of music at St. Andrew's Cathedral choir school in Sydney. Conductor of the Sydney Madrigal Society. Eventually became director of the NSW conservatorium of music |
| Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand |
|
1825 |
1898 |
Swiss writer |
| Meyer, Joseph |
|
1894 |
1987 |
His songwriting career started in the early 1920s. He wrote many Broadway and Film scores |
| Meyerbeer, Giacomo |
Beer, Jakob Liebmann |
1791 |
1864 |
Born Prussia, died Paris. Changed his name to Meyerbeer in homage to his grandfather, Liebmann Meyer, the most influential member of the family |
| Meyerowitz, Jan |
|
1913 |
1998 |
German-American composer, conductor, pianist, teacher and writer |
| Meynell, Alice |
Meynell, Alice Christiana Gertrude (née Thompson) |
1847 |
1922 |
English writer, editor, critic, and suffragist, now remembered mainly as a poet |
| Mganga, Boniface |
|
|
2011 |
African composer and founder and director of the Muungano National Choir. He was a leading figure in African choral music, with many arrangements published by earthsongs |
| Michaels, Matthew |
|
1950 |
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Canadian music composer from Gander, Newfoundland. He has lived in Canada since 1985. From 1985-2012, Matthews was head of composition at the Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg |
| Mickelson, Paul |
|
1928 |
2001 |
American organist, composer and arranger of chiefly Christian music, Music Director of Word Records and founder of Supreme Recordings. |
| Middenway, Ralph |
|
1932 |
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Australian composer writing play-music, teaching music and drama, singing and conducting, writing. Involved in the Adelaide festival , retired to Tasmania |
| Milchberg, J. |
Milchberg, Jorge |
1928 |
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Argentinian composer of choral and brass band works |
| Milford, Jonathan |
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Arranger and bass in Taverner Consort |
| Milford, Robin |
|
1903 |
1959 |
English composer whose writing was strongly influenced by Vaughan Williams |
| Military, Frank |
|
1928 |
2014 |
merican music publisher who was closely involved with composers and lyricists from Hollywood, Broadway and Tin Pan Alley, |
| Miller, C. E. |
Miller, Charles Edward |
|
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19th Century British Organist and composer |
| Miller, C. S. |
Miller, Charles Sholem; Selrac, Mellim |
|
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20th century American composer and lyricist |
| Miller, Carl S. |
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American musicologist and arranger |
| Miller, Cristi Cary |
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Contemporary American master teacher, conductor composer and arranger.. Mrs. Miller is frequently in demand as a clinician and director across the United States and Canada. She has numerous choral pieces and books in publication through the Hal Leonard Corporation |
| Miller, Edward |
Miller, E |
1720 |
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Miller left home to study music at King's Lynn. He was a flautist in Handel's orchestra. In 1752 he published “Six Solos for the German Flute”. In 1756 he was appointed organist of St. George Minster Doncaster, continuing in that post for 50 years. He also gave pianoforte lessons. He published hymns and sonatas for harpsichord, 16 editions of “The Institues of Music”, “Elegies for Voice & Pianoforte”, and Psalms of David set to music, arranged for each Sunday of the year. |
| Miller, Glenn |
|
1904 |
1944 |
American conductor, band leader and composer |
| Miller, John D. |
|
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Read music at Kings College, Cambridge, and followed up with postgraduate study of trumpet in USA. Now at RNCM Manchester Head of School of Wind, Brass and Percussion since 2013. |
| Miller, Roger |
Miller, Roger Dean Snr |
1936 |
1992 |
American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs. |
| Miller, Ron |
Miller, Ronald |
1932 |
1997 |
American popular songwriter and record producer, who attained many Top 10 hits with ballads written for Motown artists in the 1960s and 1970s. |
| Miller, Sy |
Miller, Seymour |
1908 |
1971 |
American Musician, composer and writer for Warner Brothers Music. Sy Miller and Jill Jackson were a husband and wife songwriting team. In 1955 they wrote a song about their dream of peace for the world and how they believed each one of us could help create it. |
| Milliken, Sandra |
|
1961 |
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Australian composer, conductor, adjudicator, music educator and music teacher. e is currently the musical director of the Sunshine Coast Oriana Choir and the Bayside Divas . From 1995 to 2008, Sandra was on the staff of Queensland Youth Choir , conducting several of their ensembles and in 2006 was appointed the QYC Artistic Director. |