OPLDatabaseFile :0P0@Field 1Field 2Field 3Field 4Field 5Field 6" CLASSICAL COMPOSER DATABASE÷ÿThis database was created to give Psion users access to the basic biographic details of composers, living and deceased. The choice of the "Works to note" is obviousy subjective: I have tried to give an idea of the types and ranges of works of each composñer. The emphasis of the present database is on composers whose works can be found on CD, particularly in the UK. If your favourite is missing, please send me the details and I'll try to inlude them in future editions. f.odds@dial.pipex.comAbel, Carl FriedrichCöthen, 22 Dec 1723London, 20 Jun 1787+German composer of symphonies and concertosSix symphonies, op. 7 û Adam, AdolpheParis, 24 Jul 1803Paris, 3 May 1856French ballet composer¯Le Chalet (1834); La Dame Blanche (1825); Giselle (1841); Pierre et Catherine (1829); Les pantins de Violette (1856); Le Postillon de Longjumeau (1836); Si j'étais roi (1852) É Adams, John1947IMinimalist composer, sometimes basing works on contemporary news stories.kThe Chairman Dances; The Death of Klinghoffer; Fearful symmetries; Harmonium; Harmonielehre; Shaker Loops. žAddinsell, RichardLondon, 13 Jan 1904London, 14 Nov 1977_English composer remembered for the Warsaw Concerto, in the film score of (Dangerous Moonlight) ‡ Addison, JohnLondon, 1766 (?)London, 30 Jan 1844PEnglish composer/double bass player who wrote music for plays in London theatres Ä Addison, John!West Chobham, Surrey, 16 Mar 1920UEnglish composer best known for the ballet Carte Blanche and for several film scores.;Carte Blanche; Polly; Reach for the sky; A taste of honey. \Aguado, DionisioMadrid, 8 Apr 1784Madrid, 29 Dec 1849 Spanish composer of guitar music V Aho, Kalevi1949%Finnish composer of orchestral works.Violin concerto; Hiljaisuus | Alain, JehanSt-Germain-en-Laye, 3 Feb 1911Petit-Puy, 20 Jun 19405French composer and organist. Killed in World War 2. ÷Albéniz, Isaac!Camprodón, Catalonia, 29 May 1860Cambô-les-Bains, 18 May 1909dSpanish composer and pianist. Best known for piano and guitar works evoking Spanish musical styles.BAzuelos; Cantos de España; España; Iberia; Navara; Suite Española µAlbinoni, Tomaso GiovanniVenice, 8 Jun 1671Venice, 17 Jan 17512Italian composer of operas and instrumental music.?Adagio in G minor for organ and strings; Concerti à cinq, op. 9 Alfvén, HugoStockholm, 1 May 1872Falun, 8 May 19600Swedish composer of orchestral and choral music.5Symphonies; Swedish rhapsody; suite Gustav II Adolph ‘Aliabiev, Alexander17871851'Russian composer of instrumental music.IPiano trio in A minor; Introduction and theme with variations in D minor ÈAlkan, ValentinParis, 30 Nov 1813Paris, 20 Mar 18882French pianist and composer mainly of piano music.]Barcarolle; Gigue; Marche; Nocturnes; Scherzo diabolico; 12 studies in all minor keys op. 39 ªAlwyn, William19051985;English composer mainly of orchestral and some vocal works.SAutumn legend; Invocations; Lyra angelica; Miss Julie; Piano concertos; symphonies ÁAnderson, LeroyCambridge, Mass., 29 Jun 1908Woodbury, Conn. 18 May 1975>American composer best known for light, often humorous pieces.6Fiddle-faddle; Promenade; Sleigh ride; the Typewriter Andriessen, Hendrik18921981+Dutch composer, principally of vocal music.3Chromatic variations; Fiat domine; Miroir de Peine ™Antheil, George19001959`American composer (German ancestry) mainly of orchestral works including symphonies and ballets.Course; Dreams; symphonies. — Arditi, LuigiCrescentino, Italy, 1822Hove, UK, 1903MItalian conductor and composer of operas best remembered for some short songsIl bacio; Parlo. ñArensky, AntonNovgorod, Russia, 12 Jul 1861Terioki, Finland, 1906^Composer heavily influenced by Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov, with whom he studied.LPiano trios; String quartets; Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky, op. 35a ÆArne, Thomas AugustineLondon, 28 May 1710London, 5 Mar 1778&English Composer and theatre musician._Harpsichord concertos; overtures; operas; Rule, Brittania (written for the masque Alfred, 1740)\Arnell, RichardLondon, 15 Sep 1917English composer.#Ballets, symphonies, chamber music ±Arnold, Malcolm HenryNorthampton, 21 Oct 1921TProlific English composer of instrumental music of all types, including film scores.ÿConcertos for many solo instruments; symphonies; chamber music; Film music: The Bridge on the River Kwai (suite for large orchestra); Hobson 's Choice (orchestral Suite) The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (suite); The Sound Barrier (rhapsody), Whistle Down th*e Wind (small suite for small orchestra).¬Arnold, SamuelLondon, 10 Aug 1740London, 22 Oct 1802).:English organist, composer, conductor, and musical editor.6several oratorios, including the popular Prodigal Son º1Arriaga y Balzola, Juan Crisóstomo Jacobo AntonioBilbao, 27 Jan 1806Paris, 17 Jan 1826Spanish violinist and composer.?Sacred works; operas; string quartets, overtures, Symphony in D<Atterberg, Kurt18871974Nine symphonies; chamber music ¦Attwood, ThomasLondon, 23 Nov 1765London, 24 Mar 1838English organist and composer.MSacred music, particularly anthems; dramatic music; songs; some piano music. rAuber, Daniel François EspritCaen, 29 Jan 1782Paris, 12 or 13 May 1871French composer.Operas (Fra Diavolo). Auric, GeorgesLodève, Hérault, 15 Feb 1899Paris, 33 Jul 1983).Prolific French composer.0Ballets; scores for films; songs; piano pieces. Avison, Charles Newcastle upon Tyne, I6 Feb 1709&Newcastle upon Tyne, 9 or 10 May 1770.English composer$12 Concerti grossi after Scarlatti. WBacarisse, Salvator18981963Spanish composer.%Concertino for guitar and orchestra. Bach, Carl Philipp EmanuelWeimar, 8 Mar 1714Hamburg, 14 Dec 1788)German composer, son of Johann Sebastian.Concertos; sinfonias; sonatas ’Bach, Johann ChristianLeipzig, 5 Sep 1735London, 1 Jan 17822German composer, youngest son of Johann Sebastian.Concertos; sinfonias; quintets ’ Bach, Johann Christoph FriedrichLeipzig, 21 Jun 1732Bückeburg, 26 Jan 1795)German composer, son of Johann Sebastian.Sinfonias; chamber music lBach, Johann SebastianEisenach, 21 Mar 1685Leipzig, 28 Jul 1750iGerman composer, possibly the most revered composer ever, with a phenomenal output of all types of music.ÿBrandenburg concertos; orchestral suites; flute concertos; clavier concertos; harpsichord concertos; violin concertos; Musical offering, BWV 1079; The art of fugue, BWV 1080; suites; sonatas; chromatic fantasia & fugue, BWV 903; Italian concerto, BWV 971;ÿ French suites; 6 partitas for clavier; Goldberg variations, BWV 988; 48 preludes and fugues for the well-tempered clavier; organ music, including the famous Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565; 45 chorale preludes for organ; 214 cantatas, including no. ¾140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme; Christmas oratorio, BWV 248; Magnificat in D, BWV 243; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; St. John Passion, BWV 245; St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244; many others. –Bach, Wilhelm FriedemannWeimar, 22 Nov 1710Berlin, 1 Jul 17840German composer; eldest son of Johann Sebastian.#Sinfonias; fantasias for keyboard. Bachofen, Johann CasparZurich, 26 Dec 1695Zurich, 23 Jun 1755#Swiss composer and singing teacher.Psalm settings; passion. ‹ Badings, HenkBandung, Java, 17 Jan 19078Dutch composer of orchestral works and electronic music.&Symphonies; concertos; cantatas, etc. CBaermann, Heinrich17841847#Adagio for clarinet and orchestra. VBairstow, Edward18741946English composer.'Anthems, choral settings, organ music. Balakirev, Mily AlexeyevichNizhny-Novgorod, 2 Jan 1837St. Petersburg, 29 May 1910.9Russian composer, contemporary of Glinka and Tchaikovsky.‚Piano concertos; symphonies; overtures; Islamey (oriental fantasy, said to be one of the most difficult piano works ever written).kBalbastre, Claud-BénigneDijon, 22 Jan 1727Paris, 9 May 1799French organist and composer. Organ works. çBalfe, Michael WilliamDublin, 15 May 1808!Rowney Abbey, Herts., 20 Oct 18708Irish composer who first gained fame as an opera singer._Operas including Falstaff (1838), The Bohemian girl (1843); ballad Come into the garden, Maud. \ Ball, EricBristol, 31 Oct 19037English composer mainly of brass band and choral music. „ Banks, DonSouth Melbourne, 25 Oct 1923Melbourne, 12 Sep 1980Australian composer..Horn concerto (1965); violin concerto (1968). ’ Bantock, (Sir) Granville RansomeLondon, 7 Aug 1868London, 11 Oct 1946English conductor and composer.(Symphonies; The Rubayat of Omar Khayyam.OBarber, SamuelWest Chester, Penn., 9 Mar 1910New York, 23 Jan 1981(American composer in the Romantic style.ßVanessa (opera, 1958); Antony and Cleopatra (opera, 1966); concertos; ballets; 2 symphonies; Adagio for strings, op. 11 (orchestrated from the slow movement of his string quartet, op. 11); piano music; choral music; songs. FBargiel, Woldemar18281897'Octet in C minor for strings, op. 15a.  Barraqué, JeanPuteaux, Seine, 17 Jan 1928Paris, 17 Aug 1973French serialist composer.EConcerto for clarinet, vibraphone and six instrumental trios (1968). Ø Bart, LionelLondon, 1 Aug 1930 London, 1999#British composer of stage musicals.…Fings ain't wot they used t'be (1959); Lock up your daughters (1959); Oliver! (1960); Blitz (1962); Maggie May (1964); Twang (1965). ÃBartók, Béla Viktor JánosNagyszentmiklós, 25 Mar 1881New York, 26 Sep 1945"Best known of Hungarian composers.ÿConcerto for orchestra (1943); sonata for two pianos and percussion (1937); Music for strings, percussion and celesta (1936); 3 piano concertos; The miraculous mandarin (ballet, 1918-19); 2 violin concertos; numerous other orchestral pieces; 2 string quarQtets; piano pieces including Mikrokosmos; Duke Bluebeard's castle (opera, 1911).[Bartolozzi, BrunoFlorence, 8 Jun 1911Fiesole, 12 Dec 1980Italian serialist composer. Bax, (Sir) Arnold Edward TrevorStreatham, 8 Nov 1883Cork, 3 Oct 19532English composer, Master of the King's Music 1941.‘Tone poems (In the faery hills, The garden of Fand; Tintagel); 7 symphonies; 3 string quartets; 4 piano sonatas; cello concerto; violin concerto.6 Beach, Amy18671944Symphony in E minor (Gaelic). jBeaumont, AdrianHuddersfield, 1 Jun 1937;English composer of church music, songs and chamber pieces. yBeethoven, Ludwig VanBonn, 17 Dec 1770Vienna, 26 Mar 1827@German composer, probably the widest-known composer of all time.ÿ5 piano concertos, including no. 5 The emperor, op. 73; choral fantasia for piano, orchestra and choir, op. 80; violin concerto, op. 61; triple concerto for violin, cello and piano, op. 56, The creatures of Prometheus (overture and ballet music, op. 43); ÿovertures (The consecration of the House, op. 124; Coriolan, op. 62, Egmont, op. 84, Fidelio, op. 72c, King Stephen, op. 117, Leonora nos. 1-3, opp. 72a, 72b, 138, The ruins of Athens, op. 113, Zur Namensfeier, op. 115; 9 symphonies, including no. 3, Eroÿica, op. 55, no. 6, Pastoral, op. 68, no. 9, Choral, op. 125; 5 cello sonatas; 11 piano trios including no. 5, Ghost, op. 70 no. 1, no. 7, Archduke, op. 97; piano quartet; piano and wind quintet; septet; 16 string quartets plus Grosse fugue for string quÿartet, op. 133, including nos. 7-9, Rasumovsky nos. 1-3, op. 59, no. 10, Harp, op. 74; 4 string trios; 10 violin sonatas, including no. 5, Spring, op. 24, no. 9, Kreutzer, op. 47; wind quintet, sextet and octet; 32 piano sonatas, including no. 8, Pathétiÿque, op. 10 no. 1, no. 14, Moonlight, op. 27 no. 1, no. 15, Pastoral, op. 28, no. 17, Tempest, op. 31 no. 2, no. 21, Waldstein, op. 53, no. 23, Appassionata, op. 57, no. 26, Les adieux, op. 81a, no. 29, Hammerklavier, op. 106; Andante favori, WoO 57; Fürú Elise, WoO 59; bagatelles, op. 33, 119 and 126; 33 variations on a waltz by Diabelli, op. 120; Missa solemnis, op. 123; mass in C, op. 86; Fidelio (opera); many smaller pieces including piano variations on "God save the King" and "Rule Britannia". Ã-Bellini, Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo FrancescoCatania, Sicily, 3 Nov 1801Puteaux, nr. Paris, 23 Sep 1835Italian opera composer.?Beatrice di Tenda; Norma; Il pirata; I puritani; La sonnambula.PBen-Haim, PaulMunich, 5 Jul 18971984%Israeli composer of orchestral music. u Bendl, KarelPrague, 16 Apr 1838Prague, 20 Sep 1897#Czech conductor and opera composer.Lejla; Karel Skréta; etc. KBenjamin, George19601Ringed by the flat horizon; At first light; etc. ÈBennett, Richard RodneyBroadstairs, 29 Mar 1936,English composer of operas, film music, etc.gFar from the madding crowd; Nicholas and Alexandra; Murder on the Orient Express; The mines of sulphur ; Benoit, Peter18341901Belgian composer.Hoogmis (mass) iBentzon, Niels ViggoCopenhagen, 24 Aug 19197Danish composer with huge output of all types of music. íBerg, Alban Maria JohannesVienna, 9 Feb 1885Vienna, 24 Dec 1935Austrian composer.–Chamber concerto for piano, violin and 13 wind; violin concerto; piano sonata; Lyric suite; Three pieces for orchestra; Lulu (opera); Wozzeck (opera).wBerio, LucianoOneglia, 24 Oct 1925(Italian composer - much serialist music.'Sequenzas; Differences; Opera (opera). †&Berkeley, (Sir) Lennox Randall FrancisOxford, 12 May 19031989#English composer of charming music. 3 symphonies; divertimenti; etc.?Berkeley, Michael1948English composer.Clarinet concerto. þBerlin, Irving [Israel Baline]Temun, Siberia, 11 May 18881989XRussian-born song writer who became a naturalized American and composed much film music.cAnnie get your gun; Call me madam; Top hat; Follow the fleet; "White Christmas" (from Holiday Inn).MBerlioz, Louis-HectorIsère, 11 Dec 1803Paris, 8 Mar 1869HLeading French Romantic composer of operas, choral and orchestral music.ÇHarold in Italy, op. 16; La damnation de Faust, op. 24; Le corsaire, op. 21; Romèo et Juliette, op. 17; Le carnaval Romain, op. 9; Symphonie fantastique, op. 14; requiem mass, op. 5; Te Deum, op. 22.âBernstein, LeonardLawrence, Mass., 25 Aug 1918New York, 1990LAmerican conductor and composer whose music often had widely popular appeal.TFancy Free; West Side story; Candide; On the town; Chichester Psalms; 3 symphonies. ÅBerwald, Franz AdolphStockholm, 23 Jul 1796Stockholm, 3 Apr 1868=Swedish composer - probably the most famous from his country.BPiano concerto; violin concerto; 4 symphonies; chamber music; etc.Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz vonWartenberg, Bohemia, Aug 1644Salzburg, 3 May 1704Violin virtuoso and composer.Sonatas; requiem mass; etc. jBillings, WilliamBoston, Mass., 7 Oct 1746Boston, 26 Sep 1800&American author, teacher and composer. Birtwhistle, HarrisonAccrington, 15 Jul 1934English serialist composer.CEarth dances; Silbury air; Punch and Judy (opera); Gawain (opera). ®&Bizet, Georges Alexandre César LéopoldParis, 25 Oct 1838Bougival, 3 Jun 1875.French composerLL'Arlésienne; Carmen; Les pêcheurs de perles; Jeux d'enfants; Symphony in C.—Blacher, BorisNiu-chang, China, 6 Jan 1903Berlin, 30 Jan 1975German composer.DRomeo und Julia; Abstrakte Oper; Variations on a theme of Paganini. I Blake, DavidLondon, 2 Sept 1936English composer.Toussaint (opera). * Blake, Howard1938Clarinet concerto. ÿBliss, (Sir) Arthur DrummondLondon, 2 Aug 1891London, 27 Mar 1975HEnglish composer of orchestral music, including ballets and film scores.pAdam Zero; Miracle in the Gorbals; Checkmate; A colour symphony; Cello concerto; Piano concerto; Things to come.…Blitzstein, MarcPhiladelphia, 2 Mar 1905Martinique, 22 Jan 1964*American composer of stage and film music.The cradle will rock. Ò Bloch, ErnestGeneva, 24 Jul 1880Portland, Oregon, 15 Jul 1959@Swiss-born American composer, often of works with Jewish themes.OConcerti grossi; Violin concerto; Israel symphony; Schelomo; Avadath Hakodesh. „ Blodek, VilémPrague, 3 Oct 1834Prague, 1 May 1874%Czech flautist, pianist and composer.(Symphony (1859); Flute concerto (1862). UBlomdahl, Karl-Birger19161968Swedish composer.!3 symphonies; Sisyphos (ballet).  Blow, JohnNewark, NJ, Feb 1649London, 1 Oct 1708Church composer.JVenus and Adonis (opera); Ode on the death of Mr. Henry Purcell; Anthems. ŽBoccherini, LuigiLucca, 19 Feb 1743Madrid, 28 May 1805Italian cellist and composer.58 Cello concertos; 6 symphonies; much chamber music. Bochsa, Robert Nicholas CharlesLorraine, 9 Aug 1789Sydney, 6 Jan 1856BFrench composer who wrote mainly for his own instrument, the harp.Body, Jack John Stanley!Te Aroha, New Zealand, 7 Oct 1944+New Zealand composer of experimental music.&23 Pages; Caves of Ellora; Vox populi.‹Boieldieu, François-AdrienRouen, 16 Dec 1775Jarcy, 8 Oct 1834French composer.8Harp concerto; La dame blanche (opera); Les deux nuits. qBoito, Arrigo EnricoPadua, 24 Feb 1842Milan, 10 Jun 1918 Italian composer and librettist.Mefistofele; Neronev Bond, CapelGloucester, 14 Dec 1730Coventry, 14 Feb 1790English Midlands composer.Concertos and concerti grossi. ˜Bononcini, Giovanni MariaModena, 18 Jul 1670Vienna, 9 Jul 1747*Child prodigy, son of an Italian composer.*Sonatas; Cantatas; Il triomfo de Camilla. ëBorodin, Alexander PorfiryevichSt. Petersburg, 12 Nov 1833St. Petersburg, 27 Feb 1887,Russian professor of chemistry and composer.dIn the Steppes of Central Asia; Prince Igor (from which the famous Polovtsian Dances); 2 symphonies.¨Bottesini, Giovanninr. Milan, 22 Dec 1821Parma, 7 Jul 1889(Italian double bass player and composer.@Gran duo concertante; Cristoforo Colombo; The garden of Olivet. †Boughton, RutlandAylesbury, 23 Jan 1838London, 25 Jan 1960English composer.5Concertos; symphonies; The immortal hour (symphony). »Boulez, PierreMontbrison, 26 Mar 1925oFrench conductor and composer of highly experimental music (it has been jokingly nicknamed "wrong-note music").!Rituel; Le soleil des eaux; etc. |Boyce, WilliamLondon, Sep 1711London, 7 Feb 1779English organist and composer.(Overtures; symphonies; Cathedral music. ~Boyd, Anne ElizabethSydney, 10 Apr 1946 Australian avant-garde composer.1String quartets, As I crossed a bridge of dreams.‰Brahms, JohannesHamburg, 7 May 1833Vienna, 3 Apr 1897IGerman composer, often described as a successor to Beethoven's tradition.ÿ2 Piano concertos; Violin concerto; Double concerto; 2 Serenades; 4 Symphonies; Academic Festival overture; Tragic overture; Variations on a theme of Haydn; Hungarian dances (orig. for piano duet, nos. 1-10 later orchestrated by Brahms); much chamber musiÿc including piano trios, quartets and string quartets; 2 violin sonatas; piano music, including 3 sonatas, variations on themes by Handel and Paganini, many short works; lieder; Alto rhapsody; German requiem; Liebeslieder waltzes; Nanie; other choral works. ŒBrian, Havergal#Dresden, Staffordshire, 29 Jan 1876Shoreham, 28 Nov 1972>English composer of 32 symphonies and other orchestral pieces. ê Bridge, FrankBrighton, 26 Feb 1879Eastbourne, 10 Jan 1941English composer.šEnter Spring (tone poem, 1927); Phantasm for piano and orchestra, 1931; Oration for cello and orchestra; various suites and pshort pieces for solo piano. ±Britten, Edward BenjaminLowestoft, 22 Nov 1913Aldeburgh, 4 Dec 1976DEnglish conductor and composer who became Lord Britten of Aldeburgh.ÿPiano concerto; violin concerto; Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra; various orchestral pieces including The young person's guide to the orchestra (Variations and fugue on a theme of Purcell); Cello suites and sonata; 3 string quartets; A boy ÿwas born; Rejoice in the lamb; Hymn to St. Cecilia; Festival Te Deum; A ceremony of carols; Noye's Fludde; Folksong arrangements; War requiem; Spring symphony; Albert Herring; Billy Budd; Death in Venice; A Midsummer night's dream; Paul Bunyon; Peter Gri$mes; The rape of Lucretia; Phaedra.ÏBruch, Max Karl AugustCologne, 6 Jan 1838nr. Berlin, 20 Oct 1920German composer.yScottish fantasy; Karl Nidrei; 2 Violin concertos (no. 1 in G minor with famously beautiful slow movement); 3 symphonies.Bruckner, Josef AntonLinz, 4 Sep 1824Vienna, 11 Oct 1896Austrian organist and composer.@10 symphonies; Helgoland; Psalm 150; Te Deum; requiem; 3 masses.WBruhns, Nicolausnr, Husum, 1665Husum, 29 Mar 1697German composer of organ music. wBurgon, Geoffrey1941-English composer best known for choral music.0At the round earth's imagined corners; Requiem. UBush, GeoffreyLondon, 23 Mar 1920English composer.3 operas; 2 symphonies; etc. ñ-Busoni, Ferrucio Dante Michelangelo BenvenutoEmpoli, Tuscany, 1 Apr 1866Berlin, 27 Jul 1924:Italian virtuoso pianist and composer; settled in Germany.VConcertos; transcriptions of other music; operas, including Turandot and Doctor Faust.SBussotti, SylvanoFlorence, 1 Oct 1931'Italian composer of experimental music. ® Butterworth, George Sainton KayeLondon, 12 Jul 1885Pozières, 5 Aug 1916.4English composer, killed in the Battle of the Somme.,A shropshire lad; The banks of green willow.ŒBuxtehude, DietrichHolstein, ca. 1637Lubeck, 9 May 1707Danish organist and composer.2Sonatas; Chorales; Cantatas; Preludes and fugues. ¤ Byrd, William1543!Stondon Massey, Essex, 4 Jul 1623!Most famous Elizabethan composer.KAnthems; masses; motets; My Lady Nevell's Booke; Fitzwilliam virginal book ÷ Cage, JohnLos Angeles, 15 Sep 1912ÏAmerican author and composer who extends music into "happenings". Has written pieces for prepared piano, plus the famous 4' 33" in which a pianist sits for the stated time at the keyboard and plays nothing.bCaldara, AntonioVenice, ca. 1670Vienna, 28 Dec 1736)Italian composer of oratorios and operas.‹Camilleri, Charles MarioMalta, 7 Sep 1931'Maltese composer of instrumental music.53 piano concertos; Missa mundi (virtuoso organ work).Ö Campra, AndréAix-en-Provence, 4 Dec 1660Versailles, 29 Jun 1744bFrench composer of Italian background. Created the "opéra-ballet" combined form of theatre music./Requiem mass; L'Europe galante (opera-ballet). ¦Canteloube, Marie-Joseph18791957SFrench composer particularly of song settings that have gained a lot of popularity.-Chants d'Auvergne; Chants de Languedoc; etc. ‘ Caplet, AndréLe Havre, 23 Nov 1878Neuilly-sur-Seine, 22 Apr 1925./French composer of orchestral and church music.La masque de la mort rouge {Cardoso, ManuelPortalegre, 11 Dec 1566Lisbon, 24 Nov 1650"Portugese composer of vocal music.Requiem; magnificat; etc. {Carissimi, Giacomonr. Rome, 18 Apr 1605Rome, 12 Jan 1674)Italian composer noted for his oratorios.Jeptha; Jonas; etc. Carter, Elliott CookNew York, 11 Dec 19081American composer of complex, experimental forms.=Concerto for orchestra; piano concerto; violin concerto; etc.‚Carver, Robertca. 1490ca. 1568]Scottish composer of masses that survive in a large book at the National Library of Scotland. `Casella, AlfredoTurin, 25 Jul 1883Rome, 5 Mar 1947'Italian composer of neoclassical music. †Castelnovo-Tedesco, MarioFlorence, 3 Apr 1895Los Angeles, 17 Mar 1968)Italian composer who emigrated to the USAGuitar concertos. ŠCatalani, AlfredoLucca, 19 Jun 1854Milan, 7 Aug 1893?Italian composer who died of tuberculosis; famed for one opera.La Wally (1892). †Cavalli, Pietro FrancescoCrema, 14 Feb 1602Venice, 14 Jan 1676'Italian composer, principally of operasLa calisto; Giasone; Xerse.ÍCellier, AlfredLondon, 1 Dec 1844London, 28 Dec 1891jEnglish organist and composer best known for operettas. Occasional collaborator with Gilbert and Sullivan)The Sultan of Mocha; Nell Gwynne; Doris. –Chabrier, Alexis-EmmanuelPuy-de-Dôme, 18 Jan 1841Paris, 13 Sep 18945French composer best known now for orchestral suites.Espana; Suite pastorale.<Chadwick, George18541931English composer3 symphonies. ’"Chaminade, Cécile Louise StephanieParis, 8 Aug 1857Monte Carlo, 18 Apr 1944AFrench pianist and composer, mainly noted for salon piano pieces.‡Charpentier, GustaveDieuze, Moselle, 25 Jun 1860Paris, 18 Feb 19567French composer, best remembered for one of his operas.Louise. ÂCharpentier, Marc-AntoineParis, ca. 1645Paris, 24 Feb 1704'French composer, contemporary of Lully.[Messe de minuit pour Noël; Actéon (opera); Medée )opera; Te Deum; many other sacred works. £Chausson, Amédée-ErnestParis, 20 Jan 1855Mantes, Yvelines, 10 Jun 1899French composer.GPoème for violin and orchestra; symphony in B flat; many chamber works.)Chávez y Ramirez, Carlos Antonio de PaduaMexico City, 13 Jun 1899Mexico City, 2 Aug 1978Mexican pianist and composer."6 symphonies; Xochipilli (ballet).à-Cherubini, Luigi Carlo Zanobi Salvadore MariaFlorence, Sep 1760Paris, 15 Mar 1842DItalian composer who worked mainly in France. Admired by Beethoven.ESymphonies; masses; string quartets; Lodoiska (opera); Medea (opera).Chopin, Frédéricnr. Warsaw, 1 Mar 1810Paris, 17 Oct 1849Polish pianist and composer.©2 Piano concertos; 3 piano sonatas; Les Sylphides (ballet); ballades; waltzes; polonaises; nocturnes; études; mazurkas; scherzos; preludes; many other pieces for piano. }Cilea, FrancescoPalmi di Calabria, 26 Jul 1866Varazze, 20 Nov 1950Italian composer of operas.Gina; Adriana Lecouvreur. ‚Cimarosa, DomenicoNaples, 17 Dec 1749Venice, 11 Jan 1801-Italian composer, principally of opera buffa.Il matrimonio segreto. ¤Clarke, Jeremiahca. 1674London, 1 Dec 1707tEnglish composer, principally remembered for the Prince of Denmark's march, better known as the "Trumpet voluntary".lClarke, Rebecca18861979"British viola player and composer.-Piano trio; viola sonata; folksong settings. …Clementi, MuzioRome, 23 Jan 1752Evesham, 10 Mar 1832English composer born in Italy.,Piano concertos; symphonies; piano sonatas. ¾ Coates, EricHucknall, Notts., 27 Aug 1886Chichester, 23 Dec 1957BEnglish composer best known for his orchestral suites and marches.6London suite; Calling all workers; Dam Busters' March.wColeridge-Taylor, SamuelLondon, 15 Aug 1875Croydon, 1 Sep 1912English composer."Scenes from the Song of Hiawatha. rCooke, Arnold AtkinsonGomersal, Yorkshire, 4 Nov 1906English composer'Mary Barton (opera); clarinet concerto.ïCopland, AaronBrooklyn, NY, 14 Nov 19001990.American composer of Lithuanian-Jewish origin.Appalachian Spring (ballet); Billy the Kid (ballet); Rodeo (ballet); Fanfare for the common man; Quiet city; 3 symphonies; piano concerto; etc. uCorelli, ArchangeloFaenza, 17 Feb 1653Rome, 8 Jan 1713Italian violinist and composer.Concerti grossi; sonatas. UCorette, Michel Rouen, 1709Paris, 22 Jan 1759French composer.6 organ concertos. XCorigliano, John1938>Clarinet concerto; flute concerto; oboe concerto; symphonies. Couperin, FrançoisParis, 10 Nov 1668Paris, 11 Sep 1733SBest known of a family of French composers. Best known for his harpsichord suites. oCouperin, Louisca. 1626Paris, 29 Aug 1661?Father of François, also best known for his harpsichord suites. ÚCowell, Henry Dixon#Menlo Park, California, 11 Mar 1897New York, 10 Dec 1965‰American composer who introduced the use of the fist to play clusters of notes in piano pieces, also playing on the insides of the piano.4 Creston, Paul1906American serialist composer. ZCrusell, Bernhard17751838%Finnish clarinet player and composer.3 clarinet concertos. ’Cui, César AntonovichVilnius, 18 Jan 1853Petrograd, 26 Mar 1918MRussian Composer of French extraction. Remembered for his orchestral suites.ç Czerny, KarlVienna, 20 Feb 1791Vienna, 15 Jul 1857®Austrian pianist and composer, best known as a pupil of Beethoven. Wrote more than 1000 compositions, of which only his piano exercises are now widely remembered and played. Ýd'Albert, EugeneGlasgow, 10 Apr 1864Riga, 3 Mar 1932jGerman composer and pianist; many orchestral and instrumental works and operas. Much influenced by Brahms.9Symphony (1886); Cello concerto (1899); Tiefland (1901). ‰Danzi, Franz IgnazSchwetzingen, 15 Jun 1763Karlsruhe, 13 Apr 1826German conductor and composer.$Flute concertos; wind chamber music.ŒDavies, Peter MaxwellManchester, 8 Sept 1934?English serialist composer. With a Mediaeval touch in his worksSymphonies; chamber works. ŠDebussy, Achille-ClaudeSt-Germain-en-Laye, 22 Aug 1862Paris, 25 Mar 1918ZFrench composer who was a major force in liberating music from its long-established forms.âPréludes for piano; Petite suite; Images; La mer; Prélude a l'apres midi d'un faune; Cello sonata; violin sonata; piano trio; string quartet; children's corner; images; suite bergamasque; etudes; Pelléas et Mélissande (opera).™Delibes, Clément Philibert LéoSt Germain du Val, 21 Feb 1836Paris, 16 Feb 1891,French composer of light operas and ballets.Coppélia; Sylvias; Lakmé.!Delius, Frederick Theodore AlbertBradford, 29 Jan 1892Grez-sur-Loing, 10 Jun 1934English composer.·Brigg Fair; cello concerto; violin concertos; Eventyr; North Country Sketches; On hearing the first cuckoo of Spring; A village Romeo and Juliet (opera); many others, including songs.cDello Joio, NormanNew York, 24 Jan 1913American composer.$The triumph of St. Joan (symphony). RDering, Richardca. 1580 London, 1630!English composer of church music.Motets. ¹Diabelli, AntonSalzburg, 5 Sep 1781Vienna, 8 Aug 1858HAustrian music publisher whose compositions were not of particular note.ÿHe wrote a waltz theme that was circulated to 50 contemporary composers with an invitation to them to write one variation on it. Beethoven used the theme for his remarkable "33 variations on a theme of Diabelli, op. 120. Of the other variations, those o6f Liszt, then 11, and Schubert are the most notable. hDiamond, David1915American composer?Symphonies; violin concertos; Kaddish for cello and orchestra. ¢Didbin, CharlesSouthampton, 1745London, 25 Jul 1814English dramatist and composerKOperas; Tom Bowling (song heard annually at the "Last Night of the Proms") ¬Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters vonVienna, 2 Nov 1739Neuhof, Bohemia, 24 Oct 1799Prolific Austrian composer.@Concertos; symphonies; Singspiel, Doctor und Apotheker (opera). q Dodgson, Stephen Cuthbert VivianLondon, 17 Mar 19248Prolific English composer of attractive, likeable music.¼Dohnányi, Ernst von%Poszony (now Bratislava), 27 Jul 1877New York, 9 Feb 1960Hungarian composer.W2 Piano concertos; Variations on a nursery tune for piano and orchestra; chamber works Donizetti, GaetanoBergamo, 29 Nov 1797Bergamo, 8 Apr 1848Italian opera composer.±Anna Bolena; Il Campanello; Don Pasquale; L'elisir d'amore; Emelia di Liverpool; La Favorita; Lucia di Lammeermoor; Lucrezia Borgia; Maria Padilla; Maria Stuarda; Poliuto; etc. k Dowland, John London, 1563London, 20 Feb 1626English lutenist and composer.Many short works for lute. £ Dukas, PaulParis, 1 Oct 1865Paris, 17 May 1935French composer._L'apprenti sorcier (Sorceror's apprentice); Symphonies; ballets; Ariane et Barbe-bleu (opera). "Duparc, Marie Eugène Henri FouquesParis, 21 Jan 1848Mont-de-Marsan, 12 Feb 1933*French composer, remembered for his songs.Ž Dupré, MarcelRouen, 3 May 1886Meudon, nr. Paris, 30 May 1971French organist and composer./Symphony for organ and orchestra; organ works. eDuruflé, MauriceLouviers, 11 Jan 1902French organist and composer.Requiem, op. 9, organ works. ŒDussek, Jan LadislavCáslav, 12 Feb 1760 St. Germain-en-Laye, 20 Mar 1812Bohemian pianist and composer.!>30 sonatas, 17 piano concertos. sDutilleux, HenriAngers, 22 Jan 1916French composer.:Symphonies; cello concerto; string quartet; piano sonata. ÞDvorák, Antonín Leopold#Nelahozeves, nr. Prague, 8 Sep 1841Prague, 1 May 1904Czech composer.ÿCello concertos, piano concerto, violin concerto, overtures, serenade for strings, serenade for wind, 16 Slavonic dances, 9 symphonies, including no. 1 The bells of Zlonice, no. 9 From the New World; piano trios, quartets, quintet, including trio op. 90 D}umky; 14 string quartets, including no. 12 American; string quintets; string sextet; requiem; Stabat mater; Rusalka (opera).|Dyson, (Sir) GeorgeHalifax, 28 May 1883Winchester, 28 Sep 19648English composer of various orchestral and choral works.ŸDzerzhinsky, Ivan IvanovichTambov, 9 Apr 1909Leningrad, 18 Jan 1978'Soviet composer, principally of operas./Quiet Don; Podnytaya tselina; Sud'ba cheloveka.¾ Egk, Werner!Auchsesheim, Bavaria, 17 May 1901Inning, Bavaria, 10 Jul 19830German composer of ballets, cantatas and operas.@The temptation of St. Anthony; Peer Gynt; Irische Legende; etc. ×Elgar, (Sir) Edward WilliamBroadheath, Worcs., 2 Jun 1857Worcester, 23 Feb 1934DEnglish composer, possibly the best regarded of such for many years.ÿMany orchestral miniatures, including 5 Pomp and circumstance marches ("Land of Hope and Glory", sung annually at the Last Night of the Proms, is from no. 4); Cockaigne overture; Enigma variations; Introduction and allegro for strings; Falstaff; Crown of ÿIndia (suite); The starlight express (suite); King Arthur (suite); cello concerto; violin concerto; 2 symphonies; Sea pictures; piano quintet; string quartet; violin sonata; piano pieces; organ sonata; Coronation ode; The dream of Gerontius; The light o>f life; The music makers; Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands.ÝEnescu, Georges#Leveni-Virnav, Romania, 19 Aug 1881Paris, 4 May 1955LRomanian composer whose works often make use of traditional Romanian themes.H2 Symphonies; cello sonata; Romanian rhapsodies; octet; Oedipe (opera). 5Englund, Einar1916Finnish composer. Symphonies. Falla y Matheu, Manuel deCádiz, 23 Nov 1876#Alta Gracia, Argentina, 14 Nov 1946Spanish composer.³El amor brujo (ballet); Nights in the gardens of Spain; the Three-cornered hat (ballet); harpsichord concerto; Ritual fire dance; Fantasia bética for piano; La vida breve (opera).,Fauré, Gabriel UrbainPamiers, Ariège, 12 May 1845Paris, 4 Nov 1924French composer.ÔBallade for piano and orchestra; Elégie for cello and orchestra; Pelléas et Mélisande (suite); cello sonatas; piano trios, quartets, quintets; violin sonatas; barcarolle; Dolly suite; requiem; pavane; many songs.¢Fibich, ZdenekVreborice, Bohemia, 21 Dec 1850Prague, 15 Oct 1900Czech composer.MSymphonies; quintet; Piano diaries (just under 400 short pieces); Hippodamie.› Field, JohnDublin, 26 Jul 1782Moscow, 23 Jan 18378Irish pianist and composer, the inventor of the nocturne,19 Nocturnes; 4 sonatas; 7 piano concertos. ÍFinzi, Gerald RaphaelLondon, 14 Jul 1901Oxford, 27 Sep 1956English composer.{Cello concerto; clarinet concerto; The fall of the leaf (elegy); New Year music; Dies natalis; For St. Cecilia; Magnificat.ˆFoerster, Josef BohuslavPrague, 30 Dec 1859Vestec, Bohemia, 29 May 1951-Czech teacher, writer and composer of operas.Eva; Jessika. ´Fomin, Evstigny IpatovichSt. Petersburg, 16 Aug 1761St. Petersburg, May 1800Russian opera composer.KNovgorodskiy bogatyr' Boyeslayevich; The postdrivers; Orpheus and Euridice.‘Forqueray, Antoine Paris, 1671Mantes, 28 Jun 1745:Virtuoso French player of the viola da gamba and composer.!Pièces de viole; Pièces de gamba.e Foulds, John18801939English composer.:Dynamic tryptych for piano and orchestra; string quartets oFrançaix, JeanLe Mans, 23 May 1912French neoclassicist composer.)Operas; ballets; concertos; concertinos. TFranck, César AugusteLiège, 10 Dec 1822Paris, 8 Nov 18903Belgian composer who later took French nationality.ãSymphonic poems (Les Eolides, Le chasseur maudit, Les djinns, Rédemption); Symphonic variations for piano and orchestra; Symphony in D minor; Cello sonata; Violin sonata; Piano quintet; string quartet; Organ works; Piano works.‡Frankel, BenjaminLondon, 31 Jan 1906London, 12 Feb 1973Polymorpha (for string orchestra); St. Luke Passion; concertos ¨Pergolesi, Giovanni BattistaAncona, 4 Jan 1710"Pozzuoli, near Naples, 16 Mar 1736Italian composer.AMagnificat; Stabat Mater; Salve regina; La serva padrona (opera) ;Pettersson, Allan19111980Swedish composer. Symphonies cPfitzner, Hans ErichMoscow, 5 May 1869Salzburg, 22 May 1949German composer.Palestrina (opera)ŸPiccinni, NiccolòBari, 16 Jan 1728Passy, near Paris, 7 May 1800Italian opera composer.CLa Cecchina, ossia La buono figliuola; Iphigénie en Tauride; Didon ÀPiston, Walter HamorRockland, Maine, 20 Jan 1894$Belmont, Massachussetts, 12 Nov 1976American composer.T8 Symphonies; The incredible flutist (ballet); New England sketches; string quartets¢Pizzetti, Ildebrandonear Parma, 20 Sep 1880Rome, 13 Feb 1968Italian opera composer.IDevora e Jaele; Lo straniero; Fra Gherardo; Assassinio nella cattedrale. ¡Pleyel, Ignace JosephRuppersthal, 18 Jun 1757Paris, 14 Nov 1831-Austrian composer and manufacturer of pianos./Symphonies; string quartets; clarinet concerto gPonce, Manuel MariaFresnillo, 8 Dec 1886Mexico City, 24 Apr 1948Mexican composer.Works for guitar¤Ponchielli, Amilcarenear Cremona, 1 Aug 1834Milan, 17 Jan 1886Italian composer.OI promessi sposi (opera); La gioconda (ballet, including 'Dance of the hours') 'Porter, Cole AlbertPeru, Indiana, 9 June 1891Santa Monica, 15 Oct 1964(American composer of songs and musicals.³Fifty million Frenchmen; Gay divorce; Nymph errant; Anything goes; Red hot and blue; Leave it to me; Something for the boys; Mexican hayride; Kiss me Kate; Can-Can; Silk stockings|Poulenc, Francis Jean MarcelParis, 7 Jan 1899Paris, 30 Jan 1963French composer.ÿAubade; piano concerto; double piano concerto; Les biches (ballet); concerto for organ, strings and timpani; sinfonietta; piano music, including Badinage, Humoresque, Mouvements perpétuels; vocal music, including Gloria, Ave verum corpus, Exultate Deo, Ma'sses; Dialogues des Caremlites (opera)ˆ"Pousseur, Henri Léon Marie ThérèseLiège, 23 Jun 1929Belgina composer.=Votre Faust ('variable operatic fantasy'); Couleurs croissées‚Praetorius, Michaelnear Eisenach, ca, 1571Wolfenbüttel, 15 Feb 1621German composer.)Dances from Tersichore; Christmas music. —Previn, André GeorgeBerlin, 6 Apr 1929CAmerican pianist and composer, particularly of jazz and film music.(A different kind of blues; It's a breezeProkoviev, Sergey SergeyovichUkraine, 27 Apr 1891Moscow, 5 Mar 1953Russian composer.ÿBallets, including 'Chout', 'Cinderella', 'Romeo and Juliet'; Peter and the wolf; Lieutenant Kijé; Cello concerto; flute concerto; 5 piano concertos; 2 violin concertos; Russian overture; 7 symphonies, including no. 1, 'Classical'; sonatas for cello, viol¦in, piano; film music, including Alexander Nevsky, Ivan the Terrible; operas, including 'The love for three oranges', 'The fiery angel', 'Maddalena', 'War and peace'7Puccini, Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo MariaTuscany, 22 Dec 1858Brussels, 29 Nov 1924.Italian opera composer.”Le Villi; La Bohème; La Fanciulla del west; Gianni schicchi; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Rondine; Suor Angelica; Il Tabarro; Tosca; TurandotXPurcell, Henry16591695English composer.ÿ'Sonnatas' of 3- and 4-parts; Anthems & services; Come, ye sons of art away; Funeral music for Queen Mary; Odes & Welcome Songs, including Ode on St. Cecilia's day ('Hail bright Cecilia'); many songs; Dido and Aeneas (opera); Dioclesian; Timon of Athens; +The Fairy Queen; King Arthur; The tempest sQuantz, Johann JoachimGöttingen, 30 Jan 1697Potsdam, 12 Jul 1773German flautist and composer.Flute concertos Quilter, RogerBrighton, 1 Nov 1877London, 21 Sep 1953(English composer, particularly of songs.,A children's overture; As you like it; etc. ÏRachmaninov, Sergei VasilyevichSemyonovo, 1 Apr 1873&Beverly Hills, California, 28 Mar 1943=Russian virtuoso pianist and composer who settled in America.ÿ4 Piano concertos; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; 3 symphonies; Vocalise; The Isle of the Dead; The Rock; Aleko; Symphonic dances; much piano music, including suites, études-tableaux, preludes, moments musicaux, variations, transcriptions, 2 sonatas; Th2e Bells; Vespers; Monna Vanna (unfinished opera).ÎRaff, Joseph Joachimnear Zurich, 27 May 1822Frankfurt, 24 Jun 1882BGerman pianist and composer whose works are rarely heard nowadays.DCavatina (for violin and piano); symphonies; many short piano piecesåRameau, Jean-PhilippeDijon, 25 Sep 1683Paris, 12 Sep 1764French composer.–Les Boréades; Dardanus; Les Indes galantes; Les Paladins; harpsichord pieces; Anacréon (opera); Platée (opera); Pygmalion (opera); Zoroastre (opera). ;Rautavaara, Einojuhani1928Finnish composer symphonies ˆRavel, Joseph MauriceCiboure, 7 Mar 1875Paris, 28 Dec 1937+French composer of Swiss/Basque extraction.ÿAlborada del gracioso; Une barque sur l'océan; Boléro; 2 piano concertos, including one for the left hand; L'Eventail de Jeanne; Fanfare; Menuet Antique; Ma Mère l'Oye (mother Goose); Pavane pour une infante défunte; Rapsodie Espagnole; Le tombeau de Coupÿerin; La valse; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Daphnis et Chloé (ballet); piano trio; string quartet; piano music, including Gaspard de la nuit, A la manière de Borodine; A la manière de Chabrier; Miroirs; Jeux d'eau; Shéhérezade; L'enfant des sortilèges (opera); L'Heure EspagnoleµRawsthorne, AlanHaslingden, Lancs, 2 May 1905Cambridge, 27 Jul 1971English composer.[Clarinet concerto; piano concertos; Madame Chrysanthème (ballet); Street corner (overture) !'Reger, Johann Baptist Jospeh MaximilianBrand, Bavaria, 19 Mar 1873Leipzig, 11 May 1916German composer.µChoral fantasias; variations and fugue on B-A-C-H; variations and fugue on a theme of Bach; variations and fugue on a theme by Mozart; piano concerto; organ works; piano works; etc.æReich, Steve [Stephen] MichaelNew York, 3 Oct 19361American composer and performer of his own works.}Drumming (for tuned percussion, voices and piccolo); 8 lines; Six pianos; Tehillim; Variations for wind, strings and keyboardm Reinecke, Carl Heinrich CarlstenAltona, 23 Jun 1824Leipzig, 10 Mar 1910 German composer of piano pieces.ERespighi, OttorinoBologna, 9 Jul 1879Rome, 18 Apr 1936Italian composer.øThe birds; Ancient airs and dances; Ballata delle Gnomidi; Belkis, Queen of Sheba; Piano concertos; Brazilian impressions; Symphonic poems, including 'Feste romane', 'The fountains of Rome', 'The pines of Rome'; La Fiamma (opera); Semirama (opera) yRheinberger, Josef GabrielLiechtenstein, 17 Mar 1839Munich, 25 Nov 1901German organist and composer.Organ concertos~Rimmer, John FrancisAuckland, 5 Feb 1939)New Zealand composer of electronic music.'White Island; Where sea meets sky; etc.½$Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay AndreyevichTikhvin, 18 Mar 1844Lyubensk, 21 Jun 1908Russian composer.Y2 Symphonies; Capriccio Espagnole; piano concerto; Scheherezade; The Tsar's bride (opera)Rodgers, Richard CharlesLong Island, 28 Jun 1902New York, 30 Dec 1979$American composer of stage musicals.ÿDearest enemy; The girl friend; Lido lady; A Connecticut Yankee; Present arms; Heads up!; Evergreen; America's sweetheart; On your toes; Babes in arms; The boys from Syracuse; Pal Joey; By Jupiter; Oklahoma!; Carousel; South Pacific; The King and I; The S ound of music; Flower Drum song£Rodrigo, JoaquinValencia, 22 Nov 1902.Spanish composer, particularly of guitar musicJConcierto de Aranjuez; Concierto Andaluz; Concierto madrigal; piano music |Roman, John HelmichStockholm, 26 Oct 1694near Kalmar, 20 Nov 1758Swedish composer.$Violin concertos; suites; sinfonias Rossini, Gioachino AntonioPesaro, 29 Feb 1792Passy, 13 Nov 1868Italian opera buffa composer.ÿLa boutique fantastique; Stabat mater; Armida; L'assedio di Corinto; I barbiere di Siviglia (The barber of Seville); La scala di seta; Il Signor Bruschio; La Cenerentola; Le Comte Ory; La Donna del Lago; Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra; Ermione; Guglielmo¬ Tell (William Tell); I'Italiana in Algeri; Mosè in Egitto; Otello; Semiramide; Il signor Bruschino; Tancredi; Il viaggi a Reims; Zelmire; La gazza ladra (Thieving magpie)›"Roussel, Albert Charles Paul MarieTourcoing, Belgium, 5 Apr 1869Royan, Cote d'Azur, 23 Aug 1937French composer.&Ballets; symphonies; Padmâvatî (opera)dRubbra, Charles EdmundNorthampton, 23 May 19011986English composer.Violin concerto; symphonies®Rubinstein, Anton GrigoryevichVikhvatinets, 28 Nov 1829St. Petersburg, 20 Nov 1894Russian pianist and composer.9Piano concertos; symphonies; piano sonatas; 'Melody in F'¬Ruggles, Carl Sprague(East Marion, Massachussetts, 11 Mar 1876 Bennington, Vermont, 24 Oct 1971American composer.7Men and Mountains; Sen-treader; Angels (brass ensemble)o Rutter, John19434English composer of popular vocal and choral pieces.%Requiem; For the beauty of the earth ”Saint Saëns, Charles CamilleParis, 9 Oct 1835Algiers, 16 Dec 1921French composer.ÿAfrica fantasy for piano and orchestra; Sarabande et Rigadoun; Suite algérienne; Tarantelle for flute, clarinet and orchestra; Messe de Requiem; Carnival of the animals; Danse macabreLe rouet d'Omphale; 2 cello concertos; 5 piano concertos; 3 violin conce=rtos; 3 symphonies; chamber pieces; Samson et Dalila (opera)ÞSalieri, Antonionear Verona, 18 Aug 1750Vienna, 7 May 1825{Italian opera composer. Famous as the person whose jealously fictionally blighted Mozart's life in the play/film 'Amadeus'#Les Danaïdes; Falstaff; many othersœSallinen, AulisSalmi, 9 Apr 1935-Leading Finnish composer of the 20th century.ISymphonies; operas, including 'The Horseman', 'The red line', 'Kullervo' ‘Sarasate, Pablo dePamplona, 10 Mar 1844Biarritz, 20 Sep 1908Spanish violinist and composer.0Zigeurnerweisen; Jota aragonesa; Carmen fantasy Satie, Erik Alfred LeslieHonfleur, 17 May 1866Paris, 1 Jul 1925/French composer, partly of Scottish extraction.©Ballets, including 'Les aventures de Mercure', 'Parade', 'Relâche'; pieces, including '3 Gymnopédies', 'Pièces froides', 'Les fils des étoiles', 5 nocturnes; many others¥Saxton, Robert1953English composer.|Charmber symphony; Concerto for orchestra; In the beginning; Music to celebrate the resurrection of Christ; Caritas (opera) Scarlatti, Giuseppe DomenicoNaples, 26 Oct 1685Madrid, 23 Jul 1757)Most famous member of the Italian family.Keyboard sonatas´$Scarlatti, Pietro Alessandro GasparoPalermo, 2 May 1660Naples, 22 Oct 1725%One of a family of Italian musicians.?Concerti grossi; masses; Dixit Dominus; La Giuditta (oratorio).lScheidemann, HeinrichHamburg, ca. 1596 Hamburg, 1663German organist and composer.Organ works; cantatas ¢Schein, Johann HermannGrünhaim, 20 Jan 1586Leipzig, 19 Nov 1630German composer.MBanchetto musicale (dances); Opella nova; Cento concerti ecclesiastici; etc. ³Schmidt, FranzPressburg, 22 Dec 1874near Vienna, 11 Feb 1939Austrian cellist and composer.SVariations on a theme of Beethoven; piano concerto for the left hand; 4 symphonies ySchmitt, FlorentMeurthe-et-Moselle, 28 Sep 1870Neuilly-sur-Seine, 17 Aug 1958French composer.La tragédie de Salomé sSchnittke, Alfred1934German composer.HConcertos for various instruments; sonatas; Life with an idiot (opera). ySchoeck, Othmar18861957Swiss composer.MCello concerto; violin concerto; Serenade; Das Holde Bescheiden (song cycle) RSchoenberg, Arnold Franz WalterVienna, 13 sep 1874Los Angeles, 13 Jul 1951>Austro-Hungarian composer; pioneer of atonal and serial music.ÄChamber symphonies; piano concerto; violin concerto; 5 pieces for orchestra; Verklaerte nacht; string quartets; The book of the Hanging Gardens; Erwartung; Pierrot lunaire; Moses und Aron (opera).êSchubert, Franz PeterVienna, 31 Jan 1797Vienna, 19 Nov 1828ÔThe youngest to die (age 31) of all the 'greatest' classical composers, this Austrian composer leaves pieces of such accomplishment one wonders what he would have accomplished had he lived even as long as Mozart!ÿ9 symphonies, including no. 4 ('Tragic'), no. 8 ('Unfinished') and no. 9 ('Great C major'); overtures; arpeggione sonata; octet in F; piano quintet in A ('Trout'); 2 piano trios; 15 string quartets, including no. 12 ('quartettsatz'), no. 14 ('Death and thÿe maiden'); string quintet in C major; Piano music for four hands, including 'fantaisie in F minor', 'Grand duo', 'Lebensturme' , 'Rondo in A'; 6 Moments musicaux, 2 sets of 4 impromptus; 21 piano sonatas; fantasia in C ('Wanderer'); German dances; LiedeÕr, including 'Heidenröslein', 'Erlkönig', 'An die Harmonie', 'Die Forelle', 'Der Tod und das Mädchen', 'Who is Silvia?'; song cycles, 'Die schöne Müllerin', 'Schwanengesang', 'Die Winterreise'; Fierrabras (opera)cSchuller, GuntherNew York, 22 Nov 1925American composer.%Seven studies on themes of Paul Klee jSchuman, William HowardNew York, 4 Aug 19101992American composer.#10 symphonies; New England triptychLSchumann, Robert AlexanderZwickau, 8 Jun 1810near Bonn, 29 Jul 1856?German composer, particularly noted for his piano compositions.ÿ4 Symphonies; cello concerto; piano concerto; violin concerto; overtures; adagio and allegro for horn and piano; piano quartets; piano quintet; piano trios; 3 string quartets; piano works, including 'Abegg variations', 'Fantasiestücke', 'Noveletten', 'WalÄdszenen', 'Kreisleriana', 'Carnaval', 'Papillons', 'Kinderszenen', 'Davidsbündlertänzen', fantasia in C, toccata in C, 2 piano sonatas, 3 romances; lieder, including 'Dichterliebe', 'Liederkreis'´Schütz, Heinrichnear Gera, Oct 1585Dresden, 6 Nov 1672,Leading German composer of the 17th century.LThe Psalms of David; Christmas oratorio; Easter oratorio; madrigals; motets Ì Scriabin, Alexander NikolayevichMoscow, 6 Jan 1872Moscow, 27 Apr 1915Russian pianist and composer.dDivine Poem; Prometheus - Poem of Fire; 3 symphonies; piano concertos; Etudes for piano; 10 sonatas;¢Seiber, Mátyás GyorgyBudapest, 4 May 1905Capetown, 24 Sep 1960)British composer of Hungarian extraction.5Sonata da camera; clarinet concerto; Quartetto lyricoSessions, Roger HuntingtonBrooklyn, 28 Dec 1896American composer.V8 Symphonies; concerto for orchestra; The trial of Lucullus (opera); Montezuma (opera)jShaporin, Yury AlexandrovichGlukhov, 8 Nov 1887Moscow, 9 Dec 1966Soviet composer.Dekrabristy (opera)ESheppard, Johnca. 1515ca 1559!English composer of church music. f!Shostakovich, Dmitry DmitriyevichSt. Petersburg, 25 Sep 1906Moscow, 9 Aug 1975Soviet composer.ÿThe age of gold; 2 cello concertos; 2 piano concertos; Assault on Beautiful Gorky (for piano and orchestra; 2 violin concertos; Hamlet (incidental music); King lear (incidental music); The Gadfly (film music); The Golden Age (ballet); 15 symphonies, incluÿding no. 2 ('October revolution'), no. 3 ('The first of May'), no. 7 ('Leningrad'), no. 11 ('The year 1905'), no. 12 ('The year 1917'), no. 13 ('Babi-Yar'); cello sonata; 15 string quartets; piano trios; violin sonata; 24 preludes for piano; piano sonatasðSibelius, Jean Julius ChristianHämeenlinna, 8 Dec 1865Järvenpää, 20 Sep 1957†Finnish composer, probably the greatest Scandinavian composer of all time, who wrote almost no music during his last 30 years of life.ÿFinlandia; Belshazzar's feast (suite); violin concerto in D minor; Karelia (suite); En Saga; Luonnotar; Kuolema; Tapiola; Scaramouche; 7 symphonies; piano quintet; string quartets; bagatelles for piano, piano sonatinas; Kyllikki (3 lyric pieces); The maiden in the tower (opera)oSimpson, Robert Wilfred LevickLeamington Spa, 2 Mar 1921English composer. 9 symphonies; 12 string quartets‘Sinding, ChristianKongsberg, 11 Jan 1856Oslo, 3 Dec 1941RNorwegian composer, remembered now chiefly for his piano piece 'Rustle of Spring'. Smetana Bedrich FriedrichLitomysl, Bohemia, 2 Mar 1824Prague, 12 May 1884Czech composer.¬Wallenstein's camp (symphonic poems); Má Vlast (My fatherland), including 'Vlatava' - 'Die Moldau'; piano trios; string quartets; The Bartered Bride (opera); Libuse (opera)²Smyth, (Dame) Ethel MaryMarylebone, 22 Apr 1858Woking, 9 May 1944English conductor and composer.LThe Wreckers (opera); March of the women; The Prison (choral symphony); etc.mSoler, AntonioGerona, 3 Dec 1729El Escorial, 20 Dec 1783'Spanish organist and keyboard composer.Sonatas – Sor, FernandoBarcelona, 14 Feb 1778Paris, 10 Jul 1839Spanish composer.JGuitar pieces, including fantasias, sonatas; Hercules y Enfalia (bal;let) ¼Sousa, John PhilipWashington, DC, 6 Nov 1854!Reading, Pennsylvania, 6 Mar 19324American bandmaster and composer ('The March King').5Marches, including 'Liberty Bell', 'Washington Post' ¢Spohr, Louis [Ludwig]Brunswick, 5 Apr 1784Kassel, 22 Oct 1859German violinist and composer.AClarinet concertos; violin concertos; symphonies; string quartetsl Spontini, Gaspare Luigi PacificoAncona, 14 Nov 1774Maiolati, 24 Jan 1851Italian opera composer.Olympie]Stainer (Sir) JohnLondon, 6 Jun 1840Verona, 31 Mar 1901English composer.The Crucifixion•Stamitz, Johann Wenzel AntonNemecky Brod, Jun 1717Mannheim, Mar 1757Czech violinist and composer..Sinfonia pastorale in D; trumpet concerto in DŠ Stanford, (Sir) Charles VilliersDublin, 20 Seo 1852London, 29 Mar 1924British composer.-Clarinet concerto; 7 symphonies; church music€ Stanley, JohnLondon, 17 Jan 1712London, 19 May 1786$Blind English organist and composer.#Organ concertos; Teraminta (opera) ¢ Steiner, Max18881971!American composer of film scores.gDidge City; The big sleep; The charge of the Light Brigade; King Kong; Gone with the wind; many others qStenhammar, Wilhelm18711927Swedish composer.?Piano concertos; symphonies; string quartets; overtures; songs “ Sterndale Bennett, (Sir) WilliamSheffield, 13 Apr 1816London, 1 Feb 1875English composer.4Piano concertos; symphonies; The May Queen (cantata)oStevens, Bernard GeorgeLondon, 2 Mar 19161983English composer.+Cello concerto; violin concerto; symphonies¢Still, William Grant#Woodville, Mississippi, 11 May 1895Los Angeles, 3 Dec 1978American composer.Russian-born American composer best known for his film scores.OMars Ballet; Duel in the sun; High noon; The Alamo; The guns of Navarone; etc. Tippett, (Sir) Michael KempLondon, 2 Jan 1905English composer.ÏConcerto for double string orchestra; Suite for the birthday of Prince Charles; symphonies; piano sonatas; string quartets; A child of our time (oratorio); The Ice-Break; The mask of time; King Priam (opera)Tomkins, ThomasSt. Davids, Pembrokeshire, 1572Worcestershire, 9 Jun 1656English organist and composer.Madrigals; anthems ¸ Tubin, Eduard Estonia, 1905 Sweden, 1982(Estonian composer who settled in Sweden.d10 symphonies; chamber and piano music; Barbara von Tisenhusen (opera); The parson of Reigi (opera) vTurina, JoaquinSeville, 9 Dec 1882Madrid, 14 Jan 1949Spanish composer.*Danzas fantasticas; La oración del Torero @Tye, Christopherca 1505ca 1572English composer of masses. ½%Varèse, Edgard Victor Achille CharlesParis, 22 Dec 1883New Yoark, 6 Nov 1965-American avant garde composer born in France.>Ameriques; Arcana; Intégrales; Ionisation; Octandre; Offrandes¡Vaughan Williams, Ralph)Down Ampney, Gloucestreshire, 12 Oct 1872London, 26 Aug 1958English composer.ÿConcerto gross; oboe concerto; fantasia on Greensleeves; the lark ascending; piano concerto; 9 symphonies, including no. 1 ('Sea symphony'), no. 2 ('London symphony'), no. 3 ('pastoral'), no. 7 ('Sinfonia Antarctica'); fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis7; Job (a masque for dancing); many choral works; etc. Õ#Verdi, Giuseppe Fortunino Francesconear Parma, 10 Oct 1813Milan, 27 Jan 1901Italian opera composer.ÿRequiem mass; Four sacred pieces; Aida; Alzira; Aroldo; Un ballo in maschera; La Battaglia di Legnano; Il Corsaro; Don Carlos; I due Foscari; Ernani; Falstaff; La forza del destino; Un giorno di regno; I Lombardi; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; I Masnadieri; Nabulcco; Oberto; Othello; Rigoletto; Simon Boccanegra; Stiffelio; La Traviata; Il Trovatore; I vespri sicilianiVictoria, Tomás Luis de Avila, 1548Madrid, 20 Aug 1611Spanish composer.CMotets; masses; Missa Ave maris stella; Officium defunctorum; etc. ‹ Vierne, LouisPoitiers, 8 Oct 1870Paris, 2 Jun 1937#Blind French organist and composer.06 organ symphonies; Les Djinns (symphonic poem) tVieuxtemps, HenriVerviers, 17 Feb 1820near Algiers, 6 Jun 1881Belgian violinist and composer.Violin concertos ²Villa-Lobos, HeitorRio de Janeiro, 5 Mar 1887Rio de Janeiro,17 Nov 1959Brazilian composer.R12 Symphonies; 16 string quartets; Bachianas brasilieras; guitar concerto; Chôros wVivaldi, Antonio LucioVenice, 4 Mar 1678Vienna, 28 Jul 1741Italian violinist and composerÿL'Estro armopnico (12 concertos); La Stravaganza; violin concertos; flute concertos; bassoon concertos; cello concertos; lute concerto; mandolin concerto; oboe concertos; The Four Seasons; choral music, including Beatus Vir, Dixit Dominus, Glorias; Juditha triumphans (oratorio)lVorisek, Jan VáclavVamberk, 11 May 1791Vienna. 19 Nov 1825Bohemian composer.Symphony; keyboard pieces …Wagenseil, George ChristophVienna, 29 Jan 1715Vienna, 1 Mar 1777Austrain composer.-Symphonies; harp concerto; Ariodante (opera) èWagner, Wilhelm RichardLeipzig, 22 May 1813Venice, 13 Feb 1883'German composer, famous for his operas.ÿSiegfried idyll; lieder; Die feen; Der fliegende Holländer (Flying Dutchman); Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods); Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Parsifal; Das Rheingold; Rienzi; Der Ring des Nibelungen; Siegfried; Tannhäuser; Tristan und I}solde; Die Walküre(Valkyries); ('The Ring Cycle' consists of the four operas Rheingold, Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung)qWaldteufel, Emile18371915QFrench composer of dance music, best known for his Skaters' waltz (Les Patineurs) Ã Walker, James 7 Oct 1929English composer.•Sonatinas for horn, cello, clarinet, piano; This Airy Day; Choral Calendar; miscellaneous music for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon XWalton, (Sir) William TurnerOldham, 29 Mar 1902!Ischia, Bay of Naples, 8 Mar 1983English composer.ñFaçade; Portsmouth Point; Crown Imperial; Granada; cello concerto; viola concerto; sonata for string orchestral variations on a them of Hindemith; Coronation marches; 2 symphonies; Belshazzar's Feaststring quartets; Henry V; The Bear (opera)¦Warlock, PeterLondon 30 Oct 1894London 17 Dec 1930YEnglish composer, baptised Philip Arnold Heseltine, who chose to write under a pseudonym.Capriol suite; songs %Weber, Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst vonnear Lübeck, Nov 1786London, 5 Jun 1826German composer.£Bassoon concerto; clarinet concertos; horn concertino; symphonies; clarinet quintet; piano sonatas; Invitation to the dance; Der Freischütz (opera); Oberon (opera)¿#Webern, Anton Friedrich Wilhelm vonVienna, 3 Dec 1883Mittersill, 15 Sep 1945Austrian serialist composerRConcerto for 5 instruments; pieces for orchestra; Slow movement for string quartetüWeill, Kurt JulianDessau, 2 Mar 1900New York, 3 Apr 1950\German composer, best known as collaborator with Berthold Brecht to create songs and operas.bViolin concerto; symphonies; Happy End; Die Driegroschenoper (Threepenny opera); Seven deadly sinsŠWesley, SamuelBristol, 24 Feb 1766London, 11 Oct 1837%English instrumentalist and composer.*Ave Maris stella; symphonies; voluntaries © Widor, Charles-Marie-Jean-AlbertLyons, 21 Feb 1845Paris, 12 Mar 1937French organist and composer.BSymphonies; 10 organ symphonies (the famous toccata is from no. 5)_Wolf, Hugo Filipp JakobStyria, 13 Mar 1860Vienna, 22 Feb 1903Austrian composer of lieder.qWolf-Ferrari, ErmannoVenice, 12 Jan 1876Venice, 21 Jan 1948Italian opera composer.I gioielli della Madonna §Xenakis, IannisBraila, Romania, 29 May 1922RFrench composer of Romanian extraction who introduced so-called 'stochastic music'$Metastaseis; Terretektorh; Polytope z Ysaye, EugèneLiège, 16 Jul 1858Brussels, 12 May 1931Belgian violinist and composer.!Violin sonatas; violin concertos ‚Zelenka, Jan DismasBohemia, 16 Oct 1679Dresden, 22 Dec 1745@Czech composer of masses, psalms and other ecclesiastical music. ŽZemlinsky, Alexander vonVienna, 14 Oct 1872New York State, 15 Mar 1942Austrian composer.0Sarema (opera); Lyric symphony; string quartets