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AB

Composers whose names start with AB.

Classical

Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau

Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, born April 23, 1747, in Paris where he died January 13, 1828, is a French painter and musician, Priest-Catholic. Biography Son of the painter Charles-Jean Robineau,

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21st Century

Abbie Betinis

Abbie Betinis (born January 21, 1980) is an American composer. She has composed music for a variety of musical ensembles, and is best known for her choral music and other vocal works. Early life and

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Late Romantic

Abbie Gerrish-Jones

Abbie Jane Gerrish-Jones (September 10, 1863 – February 5, 1929) was an American composer, librettist and music writer. Early life and education Abbie Gerrish was born in Vallejo, California, and

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Late Romantic

Abbie Norton Jamison

Abbie Norton Jamison (May 18, 1869 – August 8, 1955) was an American pianist, composer and clubwoman, based in Los Angeles. She was first vice-president of the National Federation of Music Clubs in

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Romantic

Abby Hutchinson Patton

Abby Hutchinson Patton (August 29, 1829 – November 24, 1892) was an American singer and poet. She performed with siblings as part of a family group, the Hutchinson Family Singers. Early life Abby

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21st Century

Abdalla El-Masri

Abdallah Hani El Masri عبدالله هاني المصري (born 1962, Beirut) is a Lebanese -Russian composer, now resident in Kuwait, of mostly orchestral and chamber works that have been performed in Africa,

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Post-War

Abdelwahab Doukkali

Abdelwahab Doukkali (; 2 January 1941 – 8 May 2026) was a Moroccan composer and performer. He was born in Fes, one of the 13 children of a conservative family. At the age of 18, in 1959, he went to

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20th Century

Abdylas Maldybaev

Abdylas Maldybaevich Maldybaev (; July 7, 1906 – June 1, 1978) was a Soviet and Kyrgyz composer, actor, and operatic tenor singer. Maldybaev was one of the composers of the state anthem of the

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Late Romantic

Abe Holzmann

Abraham Holzmann (19 August 1874 – 16 January 1939) was an American composer, famous for his march "Blaze Away!". Life and career Abraham Holzmann was born in New York City on 19 August 1874. His

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21st Century

Abel Korzeniowski

Abel Korzeniowski (; born 18 July 1972) is a Polish composer of film and theatre scores. Early life and education Korzeniowski was born in Kraków. He had contact with music from early childhood: his

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Post-War

Abhijit Banerjee (composer)

Abhijit Banerjee (July 24, 1931 – February 21, 2022; ) was an Indian composer and lyricist, who primarily composed music for Bengali non-film songs (singles). He worked with musicians such as Hemanta

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21st Century

Abhijit Majumdar

Abhijit Majumdar (11 September 1971 – 25 January 2026) was an Indian film music director and composer in Odia films. Life and career Majumdar was born on 11 September 1971. He started his career from

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Post-War

Abie Rotenberg

Abie Rotenberg () is a prolific Orthodox Jewish musician, composer and entertainer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Rotenberg grew up in Queens, New York, surrounded by other up and coming religious

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Romantic

Abraham Baer

Abraham Baer (born in Filehne, Prussia, December 26, 1834; died at Gothenburg, Sweden, March 7, 1894) was a German cantor, musician, and composer. His father destined him for the rabbinate; but his

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20th Century

Abraham Binder

Abraham Wolf Binder (January 1895 – October 1966) was an American composer, conductor, educator, and a leading figure in the development of American Jewish liturgical music. Early life and education

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Entry

Abraham Caceres

Abraham de Caceres or Casseres () was a Dutch Jewish composer of the late baroque period. Caceres is primarily known as the composer-in-residence to the Amsterdam Sephardic community between 1720 and

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20th Century

Abraham Ellstein

Abraham "Abe" Ellstein (, , July 7, 1907 – March 22, 1963) was an American composer, bandleader and recording artist in the Yiddish theatre and Yiddish popular music milieu. Along with Sholom

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Baroque

Abraham van den Kerckhoven

Abraham van den Kerckhoven (c. 1618 – c. 1701) was a Flemish organist and composer. He was active in Brussels, working as organist at the local Saint Catherine's Church and as court organist. He was

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Post-War

Abu Taher (composer)

Abu Taher (1 November 1954 – 14 July 1999) and "Beder Meye Jyotsna Ammay Kotha Diyeche". He has composed music for 20 films in his career. His repertoire includes films Beder Meye Jyotsna (1989),

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Late Romantic

Abundio Martínez

Abundio Martínez (February 8, 1875 – April 26, 1914) was a Mexican musician and composer. He was born on February 8, 1875, in Huichapan. His father was a carpenter and band director. He taught

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