Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
Stevenson, Robert Louis |
|
1850 |
1894 |
British novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. |
Stevenson, William |
Stevenson, William (Senior) |
1763 |
1836 |
Scottish watchmaker, schoolteacher, poet and songwriter, and father of William Stephenson (junior). His best known works are probably “The Quayside Shaver” and “The Skipper’s Wedding” |
Stewart, Bruce |
|
1959 |
|
Freelance oboist, tutor, arranger and composer resident in Adelaide |
Stewart, C. Hylton |
Stewart , Charles Hylton |
1884 |
1932 |
English cathedral organist, who served in Rochester Cathedral and St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. He also produced several compositions for organ, and a few for choir. |
Stewart, Dave |
Stewart David Allan; Stewart, David A. |
1952 |
|
British musician who Plays guitar, piano and synthesizers. Was a member of Eurythmics |
Stewart, H. C. |
Stewart, Haldane Campbell |
1868 |
1942 |
English musician, composer and cricketer. He was organist and choirmaster of Magdalen College, Oxford, and a composer known for his liturgical music. |
Stewart, Michael |
Rubin, Myron Stuart |
1924 |
1987 |
American playwright and librettist for the stage |
Stewart, Robert Prescott (Sir) |
|
1825 |
1894 |
Irish composer, organist, conductor, and teacher – one of the most influential (classical) musicians in 19th-century Ireland. He became became Professor of Music at Trinity College Dublin in 1862. in 1862 |
Stickles, William |
|
1882 |
1971 |
American composer, arranger, teacher, editor. He composed many original works and created many choral, organ and piano arrangements of standard compositions; |
Stilgoe, Richard |
Stilgoe , Sir Richard Henry Simpson |
1943 |
|
British songwriter, lyricist and musician. |
Stillman, Al |
|
1906 |
1979 |
American lyricist. |
Sting |
Sumner, Gordon Matthew Thomas |
1951 |
|
English musician, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, activist, actor, and philanthropist. He was the principal songwriter, lead singer, and bassist for the new wave rock band the Police from 1977 to 1983, before launching a solo career. |
Stirling, C. |
Stirling, Christine |
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|
Musicologist and compiler of part song books |
Stockman, Shawn |
|
1972 |
|
American R&B singer, best known as a member of the vocal group Boyz II Men He is currently a judge on the television show The Sing-Off, alongside Jewel Kilcher, Ben Folds, and host Nick Lachey. |
Stocks, H. C. L. |
Stocks, Harold Carpenter Lumb |
1884 |
1946 |
English cathedral organist, who served in St Asaph Cathedral. As well as a cathedral organist, Harold Stocks was a composer, principally of church music, and the author of books on the training of choristers and cathedral organists. |
Stockton, John H. [Rev.] |
Stockton, John Hart [Rev.] |
1813 |
1877 |
American Methodist minister. He was not only a preacher, but a musician and composer of tunes, as well as hymn writer. He published two gospel song books: Salvation Melodies, 1874, and Precious Songs, 1875 |
Stoddard, C. W. |
Stoddard, Charles Warren |
1843 |
1909 |
American author and editor. Stoddard began writing verses at a young age amid the growing literary climate of California. His first published work saw print in The Golden Era for September 1862 under the pseudonym "Pip Pepperpod". In 1885, having decided to settle down, he accepted the chair of English literature at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. |
Stole, J. W. |
Pourcel, Franck |
1913 |
2000 |
Frank Pourcell was a French conductor of Popular music and Classical music. |
Stoller, Mike |
|
1933 |
|
Stoller and Jerry Leiber songwriting partnership commenced when both were 17, in 1950, when they discovered a mutual love for boogie- woogie and the blues. They wrote many hits for Elvis Presley and wrote or co-wrote over 70 chart hits.. |
Stolz, Robert |
Stolz, Robert Elisabeth |
1880 |
1975 |
Austrian songwriter and conductor as well as a composer of operettas and film music. |
Stölzel, Gottfried Heinrich |
|
1690 |
1749 |
German baroque composer. |
Stone, David |
|
1922 |
|
English composer, conductor, teacher and arranger. As a composer he wrote pieces for school and amateur orchestras, wind band and brass band and choral and chamber music. |
Stone, Harry |
Stonum, Harry P. |
1925 |
2001 |
Harry Francis Stonum was an American big band drummer, a television talk show host, a radio personality, a jazz club co-owner and a music composer. |
Stone, K. |
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|
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Music editor |
Stone, Norman |
|
|
|
British composer of Art songs |
Stone, Norman Millard (Butch) |
|
1946 |
|
American music promoter of big bands and pop groups |
Storace, Stephen |
|
1762 |
1796 |
English composer |
Stothart, Herbert |
|
1885 |
1949 |
American songwriter, arranger, conductor, and composer. He was also nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning Best Original Score for The Wizard of Oz. |
Stowasser, Helen |
|
1933 |
|
English born Australian composer, arranger and educator |
Strachey, Jack |
|
1894 |
1972 |
English composer and songwriter. Strachey scored a success in 1940 (this time with Eric Maschwitz and Manning Sherwin) with the song "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square". |