BA
Composers whose names start with BA.
Baba Sunder
Baba Sunder, also spelt as Sundar, was one of the four Gursikhs whose gurbani is present in Guru Granth Sahib. Biography He was the great-grandson of the third Sikh Guru, Guru Amar Das. Works He was
Read → 21st CenturyBalázs Havasi
Balázs Havasi (born 18 September 1975) is a Hungarian pianist and composer. As a contemporary composer, he has founded four different musical projects, including compositions for a symphony
Read → RenaissanceBaldassare Donato
Baldassare Donato (also Donati) (1525-1530 – June 1603) was an Italian composer and singer of the Venetian school of the late Renaissance. He was maestro di cappella of the prestigious St. Mark's
Read → BaroqueBaldassare Galuppi
Baldassare Galuppi (18 October 17063 January 1785) was a Venetian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic. He belonged to a generation of composers, including Johann Adolph
Read → Post-WarBalduin Sulzer
Balduin Sulzer (Cistercians) (as Josef Sulzer (15 March 1932 – 10 April 2019) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest. He became known as a music educator and composer. Life Sulzer was born in
Read → RenaissanceBálint Bakfark
Bálint Bakfark (; in contemporary sources Valentin Bakfark or (from 1565 onward) Valentin Greff alias Bakfark, his name is variously spelled as Bacfarc, Bakfarc, Bakfarkh, Bakffark, Backuart) (c.
Read → EntryBalthasar Christian Bertram
Balthasar Christian Bertram (died 1787) was a German violinist and composer of the late Baroque era. Life Bertram was born in
Read → RenaissanceBalthasar de Beaujoyeulx
Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx ( modernized French: Balthazar de Beaujoyeux ), originally Baldassare da (or di) Belgiojoso ( modern Italian pronunciation: ; died c. 1587 in Paris) was an Italian violinist,
Read → RenaissanceBalthasar Resinarius
Balthasar Resinarius (born Balthasar Harzer; c. 1483 – 12 April 1544) was a German composer, and a Lutheran bishop, one of the first Lutherans in Bohemia. Life and career It is regarded as proven the
Read → EntryBanda Osiris
Banda Osiris are an Italian ensemble of musicians, actors and composers. Career The group formed in 1980, in Vercelli. Their name is a pun/tribute to Italian revue soubrette, actress and singer Wanda
Read → 21st CenturyBang Si-hyuk
Bang Si-hyuk (; born August 9, 1972), also known as "Hitman" Bang, is a South Korean music executive, record producer and songwriter who is the co-founder of JYP Entertainment, founder of record
Read → 21st CenturyBang Ye-dam
Bang Ye-dam (; born May 7, 2002) is a South Korean singer, songwriter and producer. He is best known as a former member of South Korean boy band Treasure and for competing in the second installment
Read → EntryBanks & Wag
Banks & Wag are composers based in London. Chris Banks and Wag Marshall-Page studied Commercial Music together at the University of Westminster (1996-1999). After graduation, Chris studied
Read → MedievalBarbad
Barbad (; ) was a Persian musician-poet, music theorist and composer of Sasanian music. He served as chief minstrel-poet under the Shahanshah Khosrow II (). A barbat player, he was the most
Read → Post-WarBarbara Benary
Barbara Benary (April 7, 1946 – March 17, 2019) was an American composer and ethnomusicologist specializing in Indonesian and Indian music. Benary composed music for a number of theatrical
Read → Post-WarBarbara Buczek
Barbara Buczek (9 January 1940 – 17 January 1993) was a Polish composer and music teacher who taught at the Academy of Music in Kraków. Early life and education Barbara Buczek was born on 9 January
Read → 20th CenturyBarbara Giuranna
Elena Barbara Giuranna (18 November 1899 – 30 July 1998) was an Italian pianist and composer. She taught at the Rome Conservatory from 1937 until 1970, and also edited 18th-century music. She
Read → Post-WarBarbara Heller
Barbara Heller (born 6 November 1936) is a German composer and pianist. She lives in Darmstadt, in the Odenwald and at times on the Canary Island of La Gomera. Biography Barbara Heller was born in
Read → Post-WarBarbara Jazwinski
Barbara Jazwinski is a Polish-American composer and pianist known for her contributions to contemporary music. She is Head of the Composition Program at the Newcomb Music Department, Tulane
Read → BaroqueBarbara Kluntz
Barbara Kluntz (born 5 February 1661 in Ulm; buried 22 May 1730 in Ulm) was a German composer and music teacher. On all of her book titles, she calls herself "Barbara Kluntz, Lover of the Noble Art
Read → Post-WarBarbara Kolb
Barbara Kolb (February 10, 1938 – October 21, 2024) was an American composer and educator, the first woman to win the Rome Prize in musical composition. Her music features sound masses of colorful
Read → Post-WarBarbara Maria Zakrzewska-Nikiporczyk
Barbara Maria Zakrzewska-Nikiporczyk (Poznań, 1 January 1946 – Poznań, 30 November 2023) was a Polish composer and musicologist. She studied composition with Florian Dąbrowski at the Poznań Academy
Read → Post-WarBarbara Monk Feldman
Barbara Monk Feldman is a Canadian composer. She was born in 1953, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Education She studied composition with Bengt Hambraeus at McGill University from 1980 to 1983 where she
Read → ClassicalBarbara of Portugal
Barbara of Portugal (Maria Madalena Bárbara Xavier Leonor Teresa Antónia Josefa; 4 December 1711 – 27 August 1758) was an Infanta of Portugal, and a Queen of Spain by marriage to Ferdinand VI. Life
Read → 20th CenturyBarbara Pentland
Barbara Pentland C.M. (January 2, 1912 – February 5, 2000) was one of the pre-eminent members of the generation of Canadian composers who came to artistic maturity in the years after World War II.
Read → BaroqueBarbara Strozzi
Barbara Strozzi (also called Barbara Valle; baptised 6 August 1619 – 11 November 1677) was a Venetian composer and singer of the middle Baroque Period. During her lifetime, Strozzi published eight
Read → EntryBarbara White (composer)
Barbara White (born December 3, 1965) is an American composer, clarinetist, and musicologist. A 2003 Guggenheim Fellow, she has released four albums, all but one of which she performs as the
Read → Post-WarBarbara York
Barbara York née Spence (23 February 1949 – 6 November 2020) was a Canadian-American composer and pianist. She is noted for her many contributions to chamber and solo repertoire for low brass
Read → EntryBard
A bard was a poet and singer who composed and performed verse in the service of a patron, a calling attested among the ancient Celts and continued in the medieval Celtic-speaking world. The ancient
Read → 20th CenturyBarnabás von Géczy
Barnabás von Géczy (4 March 1897 – 2 July 1971) was a Hungarian violinist, composer and bandleader. Biography von Géczy was born in Budapest, and studied at the Budapest Academy of Music. After World
Read → Post-WarBarney Childs
Barney Sanford Childs (February 13, 1926 – January 11, 2000) was an American composer and teacher. Born in Spokane, Washington, he taught and composed avant-garde music and literature at universities
Read → Post-WarBarry Anderson (composer)
Michael Barrie Gordon Anderson (22 February 1935 – 27 May 1987), known as Barry Anderson, Biography Anderson was born in Stratford, New Zealand, in 1935. His father was a civil engineer and his
Read → Post-WarBarry Conyngham
Barry Ernest Conyngham (born 27 August 1944) is an Australian composer and academic. He has over 70 published works and over 30 recordings featuring his compositions, and his works have been
Read → Post-WarBarry Guy
Barry John Guy (born 22 April 1947, in London, England) is an English composer and double bass player. His range of interests encompasses early music, contemporary composition, jazz and
Read → Post-WarBarry Truax
Barry Douglas Truax (born 10 May 1947) is a Canadian composer of electroacoustic music, a writer, and a teacher. He is best known for his association with the World Soundscape Project at Simon Fraser
Read → Post-WarBart Berman
Bart Berman (; born 29 December 1938) is a Dutch-Israeli pianist and composer, best known as an interpreter of Franz Schubert and 20th-century music. Career Bart Berman studied piano with Jaap
Read → RenaissanceBartholomäus Gesius
Bartholomäus Gesius (also: Göß, Gese, c. 1562 – 1613) was a German theologian, church musician, composer and hymn writer. He worked at Schloss Muskau and in Frankfurt (Oder) and is known for choral
Read → BaroqueBartłomiej Pękiel
Bartłomiej Pękiel (; b. ca. 1600; fl. from 1633; d. ca. 1670) was a Polish composer of baroque music. Biography The writer and composer Johann Mattheson claimed that the composer was German and his
Read → MedievalBartolino da Padova
Bartolino da Padova (also "Magister Frater Bartolinus de Padua") (fl. c. 1365 – c. 1405) was an Italian composer of the late 14th century. He is a representative of the stylistic period known as the
Read → RenaissanceBartolomé Ramos de Pareja
Bartolomé Ramos de Pareja (ca. 1440 – after 1490), Life By his own testimony at the end of his Musica practica, Ramos de Pareja was born in Baeza, possibly around 1440. Most of the biographical
Read → RenaissanceBartolomeo Barbarino
Bartolomeo Barbarino (known as "il Pesarino") (c. 1568c. 1617 or later) was an Italian composer and singer of the early Baroque era. He was a virtuoso falsettist, and one of the most enthusiastic
Read → Early RomanticBartolomeo Bortolazzi
Bartolomeo Bortolazzi (born Toscolano-Maderno 1772; died 1846 ) was a performing musician, composer, author, and virtuoso of both the guitar and the mandolin. He was credited by music historian
Read → RenaissanceBartolomeo da Bologna
Bartolomeo da Bologna (fl. 1405 – 1427) was an Italian composer of the transitional period between the late medieval style of the Trecento and the early Renaissance. Life Little is known with
Read → RenaissanceBartolomeo degli Organi
Bartolomeo degli Organi (24 December 1474 – 12 December 1539) was an Italian composer, singer and organist of the Renaissance. Living in Florence, he was closely associated with Lorenzo de' Medici,
Read → RenaissanceBartolomeo Tromboncino
Bartolomeo Tromboncino (c. 1470 – 1535 or later) was an Italian composer of the middle Renaissance. He is mainly famous as a composer of frottole; he is principally infamous for murdering his wife.
Read → Post-WarBarton McLean
Barton McLean (born 8 April 1938) is an American composer, performer, music reviewer, and writer. Life Barton McLean was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, the son of John and Grace McLean, on April 8,
Read → 21st CenturyBartosz Chajdecki
Bartosz Chajdecki (born 28 September 1980) is a Polish film music composer. Biography He started composing at the age of 12. Four years later, he was already working with the Akne Theatre in Kraków,
Read → Post-WarBaruch Berliner
Baruch Berliner (; born in 1942) is an Israeli composer, mathematician and poet. He is the author of musical works, songs, books, and articles. Biography Baruch Berliner was born in Tel Aviv. He
Read → Late RomanticBasil Harwood
Basil Harwood (11 April 1859 – 3 April 1949) was an organist and composer in the English church music tradition, best known today for his liturgical works, particularly his anthem O How Glorious is
Read → Post-WarBasil Poledouris
Basil Konstantine Poledouris (; August 21, 1945 – November 8, 2006) was an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator of film and television scores, best known for his long-running collaborations
Read → EntryBatu Sener
Batu Sener is a Turkish composer, orchestrator, and arranger based in Los Angeles. Sener is known for his work on the Ice Age franchise, Harold and the Purple Crayon, and Better Man. He actively
Read → MedievalBaude Cordier
Baude Cordier () was a French composer in the style of late medieval music. Virtually nothing is known of Cordier's life, aside from an inscription on one of his works which indicates he was born in
Read → 21st CenturyBaudime Jam
Baudime Jam (born 1972 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a French violist, composer and musicologist. Biography He has made himself known by composing original scores for accompanying silent films, performing
Read → Post-WarBayan Northcott
Bayan Peter Northcott (24 April 1940 – 13 December 2022) was an English music critic and composer. Biography Born in Harrow on the Hill, London to Roy and Cecilia Northcott (née Venning) on 24 April
Read → ClassicalBazyli Bohdanowicz
Bazyli Bohdanowicz (born in Eastern Lesser Poland in 1740, died on 23 February 1817 in Vienna) was a Polish violinist and composer. He was a member of the orchestra in the Leopoldstädter Theater
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