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Abbé Alexandre-Auguste Robineau

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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, Alexandre-Auguste Robineau studied painting at his side, and for music, as a composer and violinist, under the direction of Pierre Gaviniès in 1754. At the age of seven, he became a chorister at the Sainte-Chapelle, where he later took holy orders. «Robineau was one of Gaviniès’ best students» He entered the clergy before leaving it. From 1762 to 1767, he studied music mainly at the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto as a violin and composition student under Antonio Lolli, one of the most renowned Italian violinists and composers of the 18th century, master of the legendary Chevalier de Saint Georges. A brilliant violinist, Robineau often played in the Concert Spirituel, one of the earliest public concert series, after his return to Paris at the end of (1767). In 1772, he married Adélaïde Bertin de Bourdeilles, daughter of Henri Bertin. « He was accused of having a second brother, Auguste, who was a painter, and Alexandre, who was a composer of sonatas » Violin concertos for large orchest

Abbie Betinis

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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 education Born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Betinis began Suzuki piano and ear training at age 4 at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s American Suzuki Talent Education Center (now Aber Suzuki Center). Valedictorian of her high school class, she enrolled in St. Olaf College on a piano scholarship, but during her sophomore year was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and was forced to return home to begin chemotherapy. When she returned to St. Olaf, she changed course to pursue music composition and linguistics, graduating in 2001. She later earned a M.A. in music composition from the University of Minnesota, and studied harmony and counterpoint in the tradition of Nadia Boulanger at the European American Musical Alliance (EAMA) Summer Institute in Paris, France. Her teachers have included Mary Ellen Childs, Peter Hamlin, Philip Lasser, and Judith Lang Zaimont. Career The music of Abbie Betinis has been described as “inventive and richly melodic” (The New York Times), “the highligh

Abbie Gerrish-Jones

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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 grew up in Sacramento, the daughter of Samuel Howard Gerrish and Sarah Jane Rogers Gerrish. Both of her parents were born in New England; her father kept weather records for Sacramento. She began playing piano and composing at an early age and studied with Charles Winter. Career Gerrish-Jones composed nine operas. She also wrote over 100 songs. Her opera Priscilla is considered the first complete opera with both libretto and score composed by an American woman. One of her compositions won the Josef Hoffmann prize for “best American piano work”. Her songs for children were used in California public schools. Several concerts were given in California which featured Gerrish-Jones’s music exclusively, including “The Evening of Song” in Sacramento in 1906, and another in San Francisco in 1913. “They are the expression of a melodic gift which is often of great charm,” wrote critic Redfern Mason about Gerrish-Jones’ compositions in 1914, “supplemented by a keen sensibility to exotic influences and

Abbie Norton Jamison

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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 1915, president of the California Music Teachers Association, and president of the California Federation of Music Clubs. Early life and education Abbie (or Abby) Bennett Norton was born in Cooper, Michigan. She trained as a pianist, singer, and composer in the United States. Her composition teachers included Frederick Stevenson and Rudolf Friml. Career Music Jamison taught piano, voice, music theory, and musicianship in Los Angeles, and wrote music for songs, with titles including “The Rose and the Moth,” “Little Pigeon Lullaby”, “Mammy’s Lullaby” (1904, words by Maria Howard Weeden), “The First Blue Bird”, “The Rose and the Moth”, “Awakening”, “My Prayer” (set to a poem by Rabindranath Tagore), “When Love is Done”, “Thy Little One”, “Fate”, “Spirit of the Desert”, “Desert Love Song”, “Our Flag”, “Show Me the Way”, and “California is Calling to You”. She was involved with the Federal Music Project, a New Deal program, in Los Angeles. She hosted informal musical events with fellow compose

Abby Hutchinson Patton

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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 Hutchinson was born in Milford, New Hampshire, on August 29, 1829. She was the fourth daughter and the sixteenth and youngest child of Jesse Hutchinson (1778–1851) and Mary Hastings Leavitt (1783–1868), descendants of the Pilgrims. Thirteen of those children lived to adult age, but in 1892, only John and Abby were living. References External links * *

Abdalla El-Masri

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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, Europe and the Middle East. Life and career El-Masri studied guitar with Isaa Escaf at a music school in Hammana from 1977 to 1979 and studied guitar and music theory with Joseph Ashkhanyan at the Centre Culturel Espagnol in Beirut from 1979 to 1982. He then studied composition with Konstantin Batashov and Roman Ledenyov, theory and harmony with Yuri Vorontsov and Yuri Kholopov and orchestration with Nikolai Rakov at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow from 1982 to 1993, where he earned his MFA in 1991 and DMus in 1993. Among his honors is an honorable mention in the young composers competition of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory (1988). He has been an active member of the Russian Composers Union since 1998. His music has been performed in Egypt, France, Germany, Kuwait, Lebanon, Russia, and Switzerland. El-Masri is also active in other positions. He founded the vocal ensemble Al-Jabal in 1977 and wrote songs for it from 1977 to 1982. Later he founded the vocal ensemble Al-Wilada in 1984, wh

Abdelwahab Doukkali

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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 Rabat, where he worked briefly at RTM (Radio Television Maroc), but upon seeing his boredom, colleagues encouraged him to move to Casablanca where he first entered the music culture. From 1959 to 1962 he pursued careers in both theatre and radio. He toured Algeria in 1962, then left Morocco and settled in Cairo. During his three years in Egypt, he gained popularity outside North Africa, then returned to Morocco in 1965. Doukkali continued to write and perform music through the 1990s, including popularly acclaimed songs such as Kān yā mākān and Montparnasse. His works include songs in both Moroccan dialect as well as literary Arabic. He was the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Mérite et Dévouement français in 2004, the Grand Prix Humanitaire de France in 2006, and medals from both Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI. His music has been featured in several films from Morocco. Doukkali died on 8 May 2026, at the age of 85. Filmography * Vaincre pour Vivre (Life is

Abdylas Maldybaev

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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 Kirghiz SSR and is still renowned for his operatic composition. He helped popularize Kyrgyz music by skillfully using Western European techniques. The Kyrgyz one som banknote pictures him. Maldybayev provided folk melodies and composed music which was organized and prepared by Russian composers Vladimir Vlasov and Vladimir Fere into six Soviet state operas and other works. Their first full opera was Ai-churek. The collective is usually hyphenated as Vlasov-Fere-Maldybayev, which also composed the Kirghiz national anthem. Works * Ai-Churek, opera in four acts after an episode of the “Manas Epos” (1938–1939) Libretto: D. Tursubekov, D. Bokonbaev and K. Malikov. First performance in 1939 in Frunze. * The History of Happiness, cantata after V. Vinnikov (1949) * On the Banks of Issyk-Kula, opera after K. Bayalinov and V. Vinnikov (1950) * Toktogul, opera (1958) His work has been recorded and issued on media including: * Ai-Churek, LP Melodiya D 07269-74: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Kirgh

Abe Holzmann

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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 parents were Jacob Holzmann, a Hungarian-Jewish immigrant and Isabella Holzmann, a native of Louisiana. The young Holzmann learned music in Germany. A review originally published by the New York Herald on Sunday, 13 January 1901, entitled German Composer who Writes American Cakewalk Music describes " h is knowledge of bass and counterpoint is thorough, and his standard compositions bear the stamp of harmonic lore, which makes his proclivity for the writing of the popular style of music the more remarkable." Abe married Isabelle Fishblatt around 1908, and he became the manager of the Orchestra Department at Jerome Remick & Company, music publisher in New York. He was an early member (1923) of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). He earned his livelihood as composer/arranger for Tin Pan Alley publishers, including Leo Feist. He later was advertising manager for the American Federation of Musicians publication, International Musician. He was a member of Freemason

Abel Korzeniowski

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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 mother Barbara plays the cello and both his brothers Antoni and Andrzej are musicians. He graduated from the Academy of Music in Kraków majoring in cello and composer studies under the supervision of Krzysztof Penderecki. Career Korzeniowski won acclaim as the composer of music for films and theatre plays. In 2000, he received his first major individual prize – Golden Lions for Best Film Score at the Gdynia Film Festival for his music to Jerzy Stuhr’s (The Big Animal). In 2012, Korzeniowski arranged Patricia Kaas’s album, , which was recorded as a tribute to Edith Piaf. Since 2017, Korzeniowski has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. - 2010 World Soundtrack Awards Best Original Film Score of the Year - 2010 AFT Awards Best Original Score - 2010 The International Cinephile Society (ICS) Best Original Score - rowspan=2 2010 rowspan=2 World Soundtrack Award Public Choice - Discovery of the Year - Best Original Score for a Drama Film - 2016 Anthony Asquith Awar

Abhijit Banerjee (composer)

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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 Mukhopadhyay, Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey, Asha Bhosle, Pratima Bandyopadhyay, Pulak Bandyopadhyay and others. He was a close associate of Salil Chowdhury and a music teacher at Bani Chakra school. Banerjee was born in Kolkata in 1931 and took interest in Rabindra Sangeet. He was brought into music by his friend Prabir Mazumdar and first played xylophone while in class eight. He played near a railway station where meetings were held, and from there got to know Salil Chowdhury. His first composition was when his brother asked him to compose two poems. His second poem was acknowledged by Salil Chowdhury, who took the song to Saregama. It was sung by Shyamal Mitra. He inspired songs by Salil Chowdhury like “Dhitang Dhitang Bole” and “Ranar.” Later, he worked with Pulak Bandyopadhyay and composed film songs with him like “O Pakhi Ure Aay” by Asha Bhosle and “Ekhono Sarengita Bajche” by Haimanti Shukla. He died in 2022 from health issues of old age. Mamata Banerjee, Shukla and others respond

Abhijit Majumdar

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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 Sambalpuri Industry, later he started working on Ollywood. He has composed more than 700 songs for Odia movies, albums and Sambalpuri industry. Majumdar died from liver disease at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, on 25 January 2026, at the age of 54. Filmography * All films are in Odia, unless otherwise noted. References External links *

Abie Rotenberg

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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 Jewish musicians, including Eli Teitelbaum, who directed the first Pirchei boys choir, as well as Rabbi Baruch Chait and Label Sharfman who attended yeshiva with him. Rotenberg studied piano and taught himself guitar at a young age. Musical career Rotenberg has cited the musicians Rabbi Ben Zion Shenker and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach as strong influences. Rotenberg has also been a main fixture of the annual HASC A Time for Music concerts. He has produced a children’s audio series called the Marvelous Midos Machine comprising four volumes, with all original material. Rotenberg said that wanted to raise awareness of different traits inherent in each child through this series. He also produced the children’s audio CDs The Golden Crown and The Lost Treasure. Writing career In September 2015, Rotenberg published his first novel, The Season of Pepsi Meyers, a book about an 18-year old Jewish boy playing for the New York Yankees, set in the future (Audley Street Books). In November 2016, Rotenberg r

Abraham Baer

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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 love for music and the song of the synagogue caused him to choose to become a Cantor (Hazzan). At an early age he emigrated to Germany, and there under the tutelage of eminent ḥazanim prepared himself for his sacred calling. He officiated for a time at Pakosh and Schwetz in West Prussia, and at the age of twenty-three (in 1857) was called to Gothenburg. Well equipped with Hebrew and Talmudic learning, he applied himself to the acquisition of secular knowledge and the science and art of music. His researches were especially directed to the field of Jewish traditional melodies, then but little explored. In 1871, after fifteen years of hard work, he published his work, Bā’al Tefillah, oder der Practische Vorbeter — an almost complete collection of Jewish traditional melodies, of which a second revised and enlarged edition (358 pp. folio) appeared in 1883. The work contains fifteen hundred and five melodies, in German, Polish, and Portuguese (Sephardic) versions, and is divided into four par

Abraham Binder

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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 Binder was born on the Lower East Side of New York City into a family of cantorial background. His father was a baal tefillah who had learned synagogue music from his own father, a cantor in Galicia (Eastern Europe). At age four Binder began singing in his father’s synagogue choir, and from age seven to fourteen he sang as an alto soloist in the professional choir of Cantor Abraham Frachtenberg. Frachtenberg’s emphasis on choral discipline and composition strongly influenced Binder’s later approach to synagogue music. At fourteen Binder became choir director of the Kamenitzer Schul in Manhattan under Cantor Abraham Singer. Honors and death In 1960 Binder received the Frank L. Weil Award from the National Jewish Welfare Board for distinguished contribution to American Jewish culture. * Two Hassidic Moods (string quartet) * Orchestral suites (various) * Symphonic workshop compositions for the 92nd Street Y Folk song arrangements and collections Binder was an early American arranger of Pal

Abraham Caceres

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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 1740. He preceded the Gentile Christian Joseph Lidarti who was commissioned to compose Esther in Hebrew. He set to music the poems of Moses Hayyim Luzzatto. He also composed two melodies found in the Kabbalistic work Hon Ashir which was authored in 1730–31 by Rabbi Immanuel Hai Ricchi. Works and editions Some of his works are preserved in the Ets Haim Library. Discography * מוסיקה לבית הכנסת בתקופת הברוק/Synagogal music in the Baroque: Italy, Amsterdam, southern France (= Anthology of music traditions in Israel) (Jerusalem: מרכז לחקר המוסיקה היהודית, האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים/Jewish Music Research Centre, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1991. Jewish Music Research Centre AMTI CD 9101) includes two works by Caceres performed by The Cameran Singers and an ad hoc instrumental ensemble, conducted by Avner Itai: Ḥishḳi ḥizḳi (or as Hishqî hizqî ), and Hamasiaḥ ilemim (as ha-Mesiaḥ ilmim or Ham-mesîah illemîm). * מוסיקה לבית הכנסת בתקופת הבארוק. יונה בין חגוי סלע /Synagogal music in th

Abraham Ellstein

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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 Secunda, Joseph Rumshinsky, and Alexander Olshanetsky, Ellstein was one of the “big four” composers of his era in New York City’s Yiddish Theater District scene. His musical Yidl Mitn Fidl became one of the greatest hits of Yiddish-language cinema. Life and career He was born on the Lower East Side, Manhattan, at that time an Eastern European Jewish immigrant area. His musical education began at the Third Street Music School Settlement. From the age of nine to thirteen, he studied piano with Frederick Jacobi. He was the conductor of the boy’s choir of the Broadway production Richard III, at only thirteen years old. He went on to study at the Graduate School of Juilliard, training as a conductor, with a major in composition. Ellstein’s only opera, The Golem, had its world premiere at the New York City Opera under the baton of music director Julius Rudel on March 23, 1962. The libretto was created by the composer and his wife, Sylvia Regan, based on the mythical Golem tale of the Central Europea

Abraham van den Kerckhoven

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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 held in high regard by his contemporaries. A single collection of his works survives, containing numerous short versets and several longer works for organ, displaying his mastery of counterpoint and revealing the influence of various other composers, particularly Peeter Cornet. Biography The exact date and place of van den Kerckhoven’s birth is unknown. It is likely that he was born around 1618. The van den Kerckhoven family, which was active in Brussels as early as the late 16th century, included many distinguished artists, singers, and organists. Several van den Kerckhovens served at the royal chapel, and many were organists at local churches. From about 1632 Abraham was working in Brussels as second organist at the Saint Catherine’s Church (Sint-Katharinakerk or Sint-Katerijnekerk), and in 1634 he became first organist of the same church, succeeding one François Cornet. Van den Kerckhoven held the position for almost 70 years, until his death in late 1701. He was apparently able to c

Abu Taher (composer)

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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), Khotipuron (1989), Beder Meye Jyotsna (1991), Gariyal Bhai (1992), Kkhoma (1992), Tumi Amar (1994), Rakhal Raja (1995), Buk Bhora Bhalobasha (1999) etc. Early life and career Abu Taher was born in a musical family. He is the eldest son of Ekushey Padak-winning music director Dhir Ali Miah. Veteran composer Alauddin Ali and composer Mansur Ali are the paternal uncles of him. His younger brother is music director Ali Akram Shuvo. Discography Taher has scored music for 31 films. 1980s 1990s 2000s References External links *

Abundio Martínez

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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 Abundio carpentry skills and various instruments such as trumpet, violin and drum. The whole family, seeking a better life, relocated to Mexico City. Abundio liked to listen to a band directed by Sappers Miguel Rios Toledano rehearsing on Corregidora Street. He joined a band, playing the clarinet, and became the composer of many popular pieces. However, he remained poor. Abundio became a victim of tuberculosis on April 26, 1914, in Mexico City. Compositions * “Arpa de Oro” – waltz * “En es Espacio” - waltz * “≥s” – waltz * “Morir de Amor” – danza * “Noche apacible” – waltz * “Para que sepas lo que es amar” – danza * “Sonrisas de Angel” – waltz * “Te amo, te adoro” – waltz * “Consuelo” - Schottisch. Dedicado a la srita. Consuelo C. Cadena. References