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| Name | Other Names | Birth Date | Death Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swenson, May | Swenson, Anna Thilda May | American poet and playwright. | ||
| Tschesnokoff, Paul | Tchesnokov, Pawel Grigoriewitsch; Chesnokov, Pavel Grigorievich | Russian Empire and Soviet composer, choral conductor and teacher. He composed over five hundred choral works, over four hundred of which are sacred. Today, he is most known for his piece Salvation is Created as well as works such as Do Not Reject Me in Old Age (solo for basso profondo). His anthem O Lord God has served as the signature benedictory of Luther College's Nordic Choir (Decorah, Iowa, USA) since 1948. | ||
| Toselli, Enrico | Toselli, Enrico Count of Montignoso | Italian pianist and composer. His most popular composition is Serenata 'Rimpianto' Op.6 No.1. His other works include two operettas, La cattiva Francesca (1912) and La principessa bizzarra (1913). | ||
| Travis, Merle | Travis, Merle Robert | American country and western singer, songwriter and musician. His lyrics often discussed the life and exploitation of coal miners. Among his many well-known songs are "Sixteen Tons", "Re-Enlistment Blues" and "Dark as a Dungeon" | ||
| Varlamov, Alexander | Varlamov, Alexander Egorovich | 27/11/1801 | 27/10/1848 | One of the founding fathers of the Russian art song. He was the author of probably the first method of singing by a Russian author, Polnaya Shkola Penia - The Complete School of Singing (Moscow, 1840) |
| Verdi, Giuseppe | Verdi , Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco | 10/10/1813 | 27/01/1901 | Italian composer of operas. |
| Viadana, Ludovico Grossi Da | Viadana, Lodovico | 01/04/1520 | 01/04/1627 | Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (usually Lodovico Viadana, though his family name was Grossi, Italian composer, teacher, and Franciscan friar of the Order of Friars Minor Observants. He was the first significant figure to make use of the newly developed technique of figured bass, one of the musical devices which was to define the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras in music. |
| Cawthorne, Ronald Victor | Victor, Ronald | British Composer and conductor | ||
| Voullaire, Woldemar | Voullaire, Henri Marc Hermann Woldemar | 01/12/1825 | 01/12/1902 | German organist, composer and preacher. Voullaire published numerous works for organ solo, solo voice and chorus. His musical language is the mainstream of his time up to the late Romantic period. |
| Warnick, Clay | Warnick, H. Clay ; Warnick, Buck | American Composer, Lyricist, Arranger, particularly of Musical Theatre, Musical Director, Conductor | ||
| Des'ree | Weekes, Desirée Annette | English pop recording artist who rose to popularity during the 1990s. She is best known for her hits "Feel So High", "You Gotta Be", "Life", and "Kissing You" (from the soundtrack of the film Romeo + Juliet). | ||
| Carr-Boyd, Ann | Wentzel , Ann Kirsten | Australian classical composer and musicologist. | ||
| Behan, Dominic | Ó Beacháin, Doiminic | Irish songwriter, singer, short story writer, novelist and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English. He was the most influential songwriters of the 20th Century | ||
| Tyson, L. Craig | (Elder)Tyson, L. Craig | African American psalmist and co-founder of Tyscot Records with Dr. Leonard Scott 1976 in order to record their church choir, Christ Church Apostolic Radio Choir. | ||
| Abelard, Peter | Abaelardus, Petrus; Abélard, Pierre | Medieval French scholastic philosopher, theologian, and preeminent logician. His love for, and affair with, Héloïse d'Argenteuil has become legendary. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary describes him as "the keenest thinker and boldest theologian of the 12th century".[ | ||
| Abelard, Peter | Abaelardus, Petrus; Abélard, Pierre | Medieval French scholastic philosopher, theologian, and preeminent logician. His love for, and affair with, Héloïse d'Argenteuil has become legendary. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary describes him as "the keenest thinker and boldest theologian of the 12th century".[ | ||
| Abbott, Katy | Abbott Kvasnica, Katy | Australian 20th/21st century composer. her body of work incorporates orchestra, chamber and music for voice - an area where she exhibits a particular flair. As well as freelance composition, Abbott Kvasnica is Lecturer in Composition at Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne. | ||
| Abbs, Keith | British performer, teacher, arranger and composer. He has sung with many professional classical choirs such as the Linden Singers and the BBC Singers, and for five years was a member of the St. Paul’s Cathedral choir. Several of his jazz band arrangements have been featured in foyer concerts at the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Cadogan Hall, and two of his vocal arrangements have been recorded and published by the King’s Singers | |||
| Abrams, Rita | American songwriter, performer and writer who has specialised in childrens' songs | |||
| Abt, F. | Abt, Franz | German composer and choral conductor.[2] He composed roughly 3,000 individual works mostly in the area of vocal music. Several of his songs were at one time universally sung, and have obtained a more or less permanent place in the popular repertory. |
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