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Composers whose names start with AD.
Ada Gentile
Ada Gentile (born 26 July 1947) is an Italian pianist and composer. She has taught at the Rome Conservatory and been artistic director of uovi Spazi Musicali, Rome, Goffredo Petrassi Chamber
Read → Late RomanticAda Jordan Pray
Adagerta "Ada" G. Jordan Pray (April 9, 1884 – August 25, 1961), B.L., was a composer, teacher and concert singer, the director of the Ada Jordan Pray Music School. Early life Adagerta "Ada" G.
Read → 20th CenturyAda Kent
Ada Twohy Kent (8 February 188823 July 1969) was a Canadian musician, composer, and music educator. She was described as "probably Canada's most successful woman composer" in a 1943 profile. Early
Read → ClassicalAdalbert Gyrowetz
Adalbert Gyrowetz (; 20 February 1763 – 19 March 1850) was a Czech-Austrian composer. He mainly wrote instrumental works, with a great production of string quartets and symphonies; his operas and
Read → 21st CenturyAdam Bałdych
Adam Bałdych (born 18 May 1986 in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland) is a Polish violinist, composer, and music producer. Baldych is an ACT MUSIC (Germany) recording artist. He is known from a series of
Read → RomanticAdam Darr
Adam Darr (29 September 1811 – 2 October 1866) was a German classical guitarist, singer, zither player and composer. Biography Adam Darr was born in Schweinfurt, Kingdom of Bavaria, and started
Read → MedievalAdam de la Halle
Adam de la Halle (1245–50 – 1285–8/after 1306) was a French poet-composer trouvère. Among the few medieval composers to write both monophonic and polyphonic music, in this respect he has been
Read → BaroqueAdam Drese
Adam Drese (December 1620 – 15 February 1701 in Arnstadt) was a German composer, kapellmeister, and bass viol player of the baroque period. Life Adam Drese was born in the German state of Thuringia.
Read → 21st CenturyAdam Fong
Adam Fong (born June 21, 1980) is an American composer, performer and producer active in the San Francisco Bay area. He studied English and Music at Stanford University earning an M.A. in 2004. He
Read → 21st CenturyAdam Gwon
Adam Gwon is an American composer and lyricist living in New York City. Personal life Gwon was born in Boston, and spent his childhood in Baltimore before attending New York University Tisch School
Read → RenaissanceAdam Jarzębski
Adam Jarzębski (c. 1590 in Warka – 1648/49 in Warsaw) was an early Baroque Polish composer, violinist, poet, and writer. His main extant work Canzoni e concerti (copied in 1627) is not only one of
Read → BaroqueAdam Michna z Otradovic
Adam Michna z Otradovic, or also Adam Václav Michna z Otradovic – literally Adam Michna of Otradovice (c. 1600 – 2 November 1676, Jindřichův Hradec), was a Czech Catholic poet, composer, hymn writer,
Read → RenaissanceAdam of Fulda
Adam of Fulda (c. 1445 – 1505) was a German composer and music theorist of the second half of the 15th century. He was born in Fulda and died in Wittenberg. In Heinrich Glarean's Dodecachordon he is
Read → MedievalAdam of Saint Victor
Adam of Saint Victor (; c. 1068 – 1146) was a prolific composer and poet of Latin hymns. A central figure of the sequences in high medieval music, he has been called "...the most illustrious exponent
Read → EntryAdam Peters (composer)
Adam Peters is a British composer. He is known for his work with various bands and artists, as well as film and television scoring. Career Band Peters' first band was called the Disruptive Patterns,
Read → Post-WarAdam Pounds
Adam Pounds (born ) is a British composer and conductor, mostly active in Cambridge. Biography Adam Pounds is the first living British composer recorded by the Sinfonia of London and its conductor,
Read → 21st CenturyAdam Schoenberg
Adam Schoenberg (born November 15, 1980) is an American composer. A member of the Atlanta School of Composers, his works have been performed by numerous orchestras and ensembles in the U.S.
Read → 21st CenturyAdam Scime
Adam Scime (born 1982) is a Canadian composer and double bassist based in Toronto, Ontario. Early life and education Scime was born in Hamilton. Career Scime played bass on Jim MacDonald's 2005 album
Read → EntryAdam Songbird
Aluko Damilola, professionally known as Adam Songbird, is a Nigerian film score composer, singer-songwriter and sound designer. Early life and education Adam Songbird is a Nigerian born in Lagos
Read → 21st CenturyAdam Vincent Clarke
Adam Vincent Clarke (born 1992) is a Canadian composer of contemporary classical music, opera, and dance. Clarke was born in Nova Scotia, later moving to Antwerp, Belgium where he co-founded the
Read → 21st CenturyAdam Wingard
Adam Wingard ( ; born December 3, 1982) is an American filmmaker. He has served as a film director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, actor, and composer on numerous American films.
Read → Late RomanticAddie Anderson Wilson
Addie Anderson Wilson (August 17, 1876 – October 8, 1966) was an American composer, organist and carillonist who was born in Lawrenceville, Alabama, and lived in Alabama for most of her life. She
Read → Post-WarAdegoke Steve Colson
Adegoke Steve Colson is an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. A member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) since the early 1970s, Colson has performed and
Read → Post-WarAdel Heinrich
Adel Verna Heinrich (July 20, 1926 – August 10, 2022) was an American composer, organist, and university teacher. She taught music at Colby College until her retirement in 1988. Personal life and
Read → Late RomanticAdela Maddison
Katharine Mary Adela Maddison, née Tindal (15 December 1862 (1811–76) On 4 October 1882 at Marylebone parish church, she married barrister and former footballer Frederick Brunning Maddison
Read → Early RomanticAdelaide Orsola Appignani
Adelaide Orsola Appignani (also known as Orsola Aspri; 1807 – 30 September 1884) was an Italian singer, conductor, music educator and composer. She was a singer and conductor in Florence and Rome in
Read → Post-WarAdelaide Pereira da Silva
Adelaide Pereira da Silva (São Paulo, July 5, 1928 - São Paulo, August 8, 2021) was a Brazilian pianist, composer and painter. Biography Adelaide Pereira da Silva was born in São Paulo. She started
Read → RomanticAdélard Joseph Boucher
Adélard Joseph François-Arthur Boucher (28 June 1835 – 16 November 1912) was a Canadian publisher, importer, choirmaster, organist, conductor, writer on music, composer and numismatist. In 1865 he
Read → Late RomanticAdele Laeis Baldwin
Adele Laeis Baldwin (1864 – 1927) was an American composer, contralto singer, and voice and speech teacher at the Institute of Musical Art. Early life and education Laeis was born in St. Louis,
Read → ClassicalAdelheid Maria Eichner
Adelheid Maria Eichner (1762–1787) was a German composer, singer and pianist who was noted during her brief lifetime for her fine three-octave singing voice and vocal technique. She was the only
Read → Late RomanticAdelina de Lara
Adelina de Lara OBE (23 January 1872 – 25 November 1961) was a British classical pianist and composer. Early life She was born Lottie Adelina Preston in Carlisle, Cumberland on 23 January 1872 to
Read → Late RomanticAdeline Frances Fitz
Adeline Frances "Fanny" Slade Fitz (July 12, 1861 – March 7, 1938) was an American composer and clubwoman, based in Boston. She was state president of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR),
Read → EntryAdiescar Chase
Adiescar Chase is an English multi-instrumentalist and composer. She composed the soundtrack of the Netflix series, Heartstopper. Early life and education Adiescar is from Bedford, England. Without
Read → 21st CenturyAdina Izarra
Adina Izarra (born 1959) is a Venezuelan musician, music educator and composer. Biography Adina Izarra was born in Caracas, Venezuela. She studied music under Alfredo del Mónaco in Caracas and
Read → Early RomanticAdolf Bernhard Marx
Friedrich Heinrich Adolf Bernhard Marx, also known as A. B. Marx (15 May 1795 – 17 May 1866), was a German music theorist, critic, and musicologist. Life Marx was the son of a Jewish doctor in Halle
Read → 20th CenturyAdolf Busch
Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch (8 August 1891 – 9 June 1952) was a German-Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer. Life and career Busch was born in Siegen in Westphalia. He studied at the Cologne
Read → Early RomanticAdolf Fredrik Lindblad
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1 February 1801 – 23 August 1878) was a Swedish composer from the Romantic era. He is mostly known for his compositions of Swedish song or lieder, of which he produced over
Read → Early RomanticAdolf Friedrich Hesse
Adolf Friedrich Hesse (30 August 1809 – 5 August 1863) was a German organist and composer. Life Hesse was born and died in Breslau. He studied in his home town with the organists Friedrich Wilhelm
Read → RomanticAdolf Jensen
Adolf Jensen (12 January 1837 – 23 January 1879) was a German pianist, composer and music teacher. Biography Jensen was born in Königsberg to a family of musicians. Although largely self-taught, he
Read → RomanticAdolf Reichel
Adolf Reichel (30 August 1816 – 5 March 1896) was a German-Swiss orchestral conductor and composer. Life Adolf Reichel was a son of an East Elbian German landowning family in Tursnitz, West Prussia
Read → Late RomanticAdolf Schulz-Evler
Adolf Andrey Schulz-Evler (12 December 185215 May 1905) was a Polish-born composer. Born in Radom, Poland (at that time part of the Russian Empire), he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory, then under
Read → 20th CenturyAdolf Strauss (composer)
Adolf Strauss (16 August 1902 – 28 September 1944) was a Czech pianist, violinist, accordion and harmonica player, composer and kapellmeister. Biography Strauss was born to Jewish parents, Josef and
Read → RomanticAdolf von Henselt
Georg Martin Adolf von Henselt (9 May 181410 October 1889) was a German composer and virtuoso pianist. Life Henselt was born at Schwabach, in Bavaria. At the age of three he began to learn the
Read → RomanticAdolfo Fumagalli
Adolfo Fumagalli (19 October 18283 May 1856) was a 19th-century Italian virtuoso pianist and composer, known today primarily for his virtuosic compositions for the left hand alone. Life Born in
Read → 20th CenturyAdolfo Mejía Navarro
Adolfo Mejía Navarro (1905–1973) was a Colombian musician and composer. He lived and worked in Cartagena and Bogotá and spent time in New York and several European countries. His 1938 suite "Pequeña
Read → 20th CenturyAdolfo Salazar
Adolfo Salazar Ruiz de Palacios (6 March 1890 – 27 September 1958) was a Spanish music historian, music critic, composer, and diplomat of the first half of the twentieth century. He was the
Read → Early RomanticAdolphe Adam
Adolphe Charles Adam (; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1841) and Le
Read → Late RomanticAdolphe Biarent
Adolphe Biarent (16 October 1871 – 4 February 1916) was a Belgian composer, conductor, cellist and music teacher. Biarent studied at the conservatories of Brussels and of Ghent, and was a pupil of
Read → RomanticAdolphe Danhauser
Adolphe-Léopold Danhauser (26 February 1835 – 9 June 1896) was a French musician, educator, music theorist and composer. Life and career Adolphe Danhauser was born in Paris and studied at the Paris
Read → RomanticAdolphe Deslandres
Adolphe Édouard Marie Deslandres (22 January 1840 – 30 July 1911) was a French composer and organist. Life Born in the former village of , Adolphe Deslandres was the son of Laurent Deslandres, who
Read → RomanticAdolphe Gutmann
Adolphe Gutmann (originally Wilhelm Adolf Gutmann) (12 January 1819 – 27 October 1882) was a German pianist and composer who was a pupil and friend of Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt. Life Gutmann
Read → Late RomanticAdolphe Marty
Adolphe Alexandre Silvain Marty (29 September 1865 – 28 October 1942) was a French organist, improviser, composer and music educator who was blind for most of his life. Early life and education Born
Read → Post-WarAdolphus Hailstork
Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III (born April 17, 1941) is an American composer and educator. He was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up in Albany, New York, where he studied violin, piano,
Read → 20th CenturyAdriaan Bonsel
Adriaan Bonsel (4 August 1918 - 9 July 2011) was a Dutch composer. He was born in Hilversum, Netherlands, and died at the age of 92 in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Education Bonsel studied the flute at
Read → RenaissanceAdrian Batten
Adrian Batten (c. 1591 – c. 1637) was an English organist and Anglican church composer. He was active during an important period of English church music, between the Reformation and the English Civil
Read → Post-WarAdrian Enescu
Adrian-Floru Enescu (31 March 1948 – 19 August 2016) was a Romanian composer of film soundtracks and contemporary music. As an individual musician, he also pioneered the local electronic scene during
Read → Post-WarAdrian Jack
Adrian Frederick Joseph Jack (16 March 1943 – June 2026) was a British composer. Life and career Adrian Frederick Joseph Jack was born in Datchet, near Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, on 16 March
Read → 21st CenturyAdrian Johnston (musician)
Adrian Johnston (born 1961) is an English musician and composer for film and television scores, who resides in London and Samois-sur-Seine. Early life and education Born in the county of Lancashire,
Read → 21st CenturyAdrian Knight (composer)
Adrian Knight (born 3 January 1987 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish composer, songwriter and musician living and working in New York City. Between 2006 and 2009 he studied with Pär Lindgren and
Read → RenaissanceAdrian Le Roy
Adrian Le Roy (c.1520–1598) was an influential French music publisher, lutenist, mandore player, guitarist, composer and music educator. Life Le Roy was born in the town of Montreuil-sur-Mer in
Read → 21st CenturyAdrian Sutton
Adrian Geoffrey Sutton (15 August 1967 – 10 October 2025) was a British composer, best known for his theatre music but also widely known for his symphonic and chamber music for the concert hall. He
Read → RenaissanceAdrian Willaert
Adrian Willaert (c. 1490 – 7 December 1562) was a Flemish composer of High Renaissance music. Mainly active in Italy, he was the founder of the Venetian School. He was one of the most representative
Read → 21st CenturyAdrian Younge
Adrian Younge (born May 7, 1978) is an American composer, arranger and music producer based in the Los Angeles area. Background Younge grew up in Fontana, California, United States. His father is a
Read → RenaissanceAdriana Basile
Adriana Basile (baptized 21 December 1586 – after c. 1642) was an Italian composer, musician, poet, and singer of the Baroque period. Life She was born and died in Naples. From 1610, she worked for
Read → Post-WarAdriana Hölszky
Adriana Hölszky (born 30 June 1953) is a Romanian-born German music educator, composer and pianist who has been living in Germany since 1976. During her studies she performed as a pianist of the Trio
Read → RenaissanceAdriano Banchieri
Adriano Banchieri (Bologna, 3 September 1568 – Bologna, 1634) was an Italian composer, music theorist, organist and poet of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He founded the Accademia dei
Read → Post-WarAdriano Guarnieri (composer)
Adriano Guarnieri (born 10 September 1947, in Sustinente, Italy) is an Italian composer of contemporary classical music. Biography Guarnieri studied at the Conservatory in Bologna, where he got his
Read → RenaissanceAdrianus Petit Coclico
Adrianus Petit Coclico (1499 in Flanders – after September 1562 in Copenhagen) was a Netherlandish composer of the Renaissance. Biography Like many Renaissance composers, very little is known about
Read → RenaissanceAdrianus Valerius
Adrianus Valerius, also known as Adriaen Valerius, (c. 1575 – 1625) was a Dutch poet and composer, known mostly for his poems dealing with peasant and burgher life and those dealing with the Dutch
Read → RenaissanceAdrien Basin
Adrien Basin ( 1457 – 1476; died after 1498) was a Franco-Flemish composer, singer, and diplomat of the Burgundian School of the early Renaissance. He was listed along with Antoine Busnois and Hayne
Read → Early RomanticAdrien-François Servais
Adrien-François Servais (6 June 180726 November 1866) was one of the most influential cellists of the nineteenth century. He was born and died in what is now Halle, Belgium. He is one of the founders
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