CH
Composers whose names start with CH.
Chad Klinger
Chad Klinger is a Canadian country music artist. Klinger recorded his self-titled debut CD in Nashville in 1998, produced by Dean Sams of Lonestar. Two singles released from the project, "Who Needs
Read → 21st CenturyChage
, known professionally as Chage, is a Japanese musician and radio personality. He was born in Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture. He dropped out from Japan University of Economics. He is
Read → Post-WarChan Ka Nin
Chan Ka Nin (born 3 December 1949) is a Canadian composer and music educator of Chinese descent. He became a naturalized Canadian citizen in 1971. He has been commissioned to write works for the
Read → Post-WarChan Wing-wah
Chan Wing-wah (JP (; born 1954, in Hong Kong) is a Chinese conductor and composer. He is professor of music at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and president of the Composers and Authors Society
Read → 21st CenturyChañaral Ortega-Miranda
Chañaral Ortega-Miranda (born 1973) is a Chilean composer of classical music. Born in Arica, Chile, in 1973, Ortega-Miranda was exiled in France for the first six years of his life. After studying
Read → 21st CenturyChancha Vía Circuito
Pedro Pablo Canale, better known as his stage name Chancha Vía Circuito is a producer, DJ/remixer and composer, from Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fusion of electronic music and cumbia is key
Read → Post-WarChandrabose (composer)
Chandrabose (11 July 1950 – 30 September 2010) was an Indian composer and singer. He composed music for more than 300 films between 1977 and 1995. In 2007 he made his debut on the silver screen as an
Read → 21st CenturyChanyeol
Park Chan-yeol (; born November 27, 1992), better known mononymously as Chanyeol, is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, and actor. He is a member of the South Korean-Chinese boy
Read → 21st CenturyChar (musician)
, known professionally as Char, is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is considered one of Japan's greatest guitar players. In 2003, Char was ranked by HMV at number 38 on
Read → 20th CenturyCharity Bailey
Charity Alberta Bailey (September 7, 1904 – September 15, 1978) was an African American music educator in New York City and a children's television pioneer who hosted the programs Sing-A-Song
Read → 21st CenturyCharity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick
Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick was an American soprano and presenter. A recipient of two bilateral (double) lung transplants, she spoke and performed frequently at concerts, conferences and events
Read → Post-WarCharlemagne Palestine
Chaim Moshe Tzadik Palestine (born August 15, 1945 or '47), known professionally as Charlemagne Palestine, is an American visual artist and musician. He has been described as being one of the
Read → Late RomanticCharles A. E. Harriss
Charles Albert Edward Harriss (16 or 17 December 1862 – 31 July 1929) was a British-Canadian composer, impresario, educator, organist-choirmaster and conductor. Early life and education Harriss was
Read → Late RomanticCharles A. Zimmermann
Charles A. Zimmermann (1861 – January 16, 1916) was an American composer of marches and popular music. A graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, he was appointed bandmaster at the
Read → Early RomanticCharles Ambrose
Charles Ambrose (1791 – 17 February 1856) was an English organist, composer, choir director, and music educator who was active in his native country during his early career and later in Canada.
Read → Post-WarCharles Amirkhanian
Charles Benjamin Amirkhanian (born January 19, 1945; Fresno, California) is an American composer. He is a percussionist, sound poet, and radio producer of Armenian origin. He is mostly known for his
Read → Late RomanticCharles Ancliffe
Charles William Ancliffe (25 July 1880 – 20 December 1952) was an Irish-born composer of light music, chiefly remembered for his salon piano music, genre dance pieces, light character pieces and his
Read → EntryCharles Auchester
Charles Auchester is a novel by Elizabeth Sara Sheppard, published in 1853. Its hero is an idealised portrait of the composer Felix Mendelssohn. The novel, which is notable for its positive portrayal
Read → Early RomanticCharles Auguste de Bériot
Charles Auguste de Bériot (; 20 February 18028 April 1870) was a Belgian violinist, artist and composer. Biography Charles de Bériot was born in 1802 in Leuven, France (now part of Belgium) into a
Read → BaroqueCharles Avison
Charles Avison (; 16 February 1709 (baptised)9 or 10 May 1770) was an English composer during the Baroque and Classical periods. He was a church organist at St John The Baptist Church at St John the
Read → RomanticCharles Balmer
Charles Balmer (September 21, 1817 – December 15, 1892), pseudonyms: Charles Remlab, T. van Berg, Alphonse Leduc, Charles Lange, Henry Werner, August Schumann, T. Meyer, F. B. Rider, was a
Read → Early RomanticCharles Baudiot
Charles-Nicolas Baudiot (29 March 1773 – 26 September 1849) was a French classical cellist and composer. Biography Baudiot received lessons from Jean-Baptiste Janson the older, and succeeded his
Read → Post-WarCharles Bernstein (composer)
Charles Bernstein (born February 28, 1943) is an American composer of film and television scores. He is a Daytime Emmy Award winner, and a two-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee. Since 1995, he has
Read → Post-WarCharles Boone (composer)
Charles Boone (born Cleveland, on June 21, 1939) is an American composer of contemporary classical music, living in San Francisco. Biography Charles Boone studied at the Akademie für Musik und
Read → Post-WarCharles Camilleri
Charles Camilleri (7 September 1931 – 3 January 2009) was a Maltese composer. Early life Camilleri was born in Ħamrun on 7 September 1931 He received initial piano tuition and grounding in the
Read → Post-WarCharles Chaynes
Charles Augustin Chaynes (11 July 1925 – 24 June 2016) was a French composer. Biography Chaynes was born in Toulouse in 1925. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Darius Milhaud and Jean
Read → EntryCharles Curtis (musician)
Charles Curtis is a performer and composer of a wide variety of music, with particular emphasis on the avant-garde. Curtis is most strongly associated with minimalism, modern classical, and so-called
Read → Late RomanticCharles Cuvillier
Charles Cuvillier (24 April 1877 – 14 February 1955) was a French composer of operetta. He won his greatest successes with the operettas La reine s'amuse (1912, played as The Naughty Princess in
Read → RenaissanceCharles d'Helfer
Charles d'Helfer (1598–1661) was a French baroque composer and maître de musique at Soissons Cathedral. His masses follow a strict one syllable per note style. He is best remembered for his requiem
Read → RomanticCharles Dancla
(Jean Baptiste) Charles Dancla (; 19 December 181710 November 1907) was a French violinist, composer and teacher. Biography Dancla was born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre. When he was nine years old,
Read → 21st CenturyCharles Deenen
Charles Deenen (born 15 January 1970 in Holthees), is a Dutch video game audio director, composer, sound designer, and mixer. He wrote music created sound effects for many Commodore 64 and Amiga
Read → RomanticCharles Delioux
Jean-Charles Delioux (de) Savignac (17 April 1825 – 12 November 1915) was a French composer, a pupil of Halévy and potentially Chopin, who was quite popular in the Paris salons of the nineteenth
Read → BaroqueCharles Dieupart
Charles Dieupart (16761751) was a French harpsichordist, violinist, and composer. Although he was known as Charles to his contemporaries according to some biographers, his real name was actually
Read → Post-WarCharles Dodge (composer)
Charles Malcolm Dodge (born June 5, 1942 in Ames, Iowa) is an American composer best known for his electronic music, specifically his computer music. He is a former student of Darius Milhaud and
Read → Late RomanticCharles E. King
Charles Edward King (January 29, 1874 – February 27, 1950) was a Hawaiian-born American educator, Hawaii territorial legislator, and a songwriter who is most widely known as the composer of "Ke Kali
Read → Post-WarCharles Fussell
Charles Clement Fussell (born February 14, 1938, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American composer and conductor of contemporary classical music. He has composed six symphonies and three
Read → 21st CenturyCharles Gavin
Charles de Souza Gavin (born 9 July 1960) is a Brazilian drummer and music producer, perhaps best known for his 25-year tenure with rock band Titãs. Before Titãs, he had brief stints at Ira! and RPM.
Read → Early RomanticCharles Godfrey (bandmaster)
Charles Godfrey (November 22, 1790, Kingston-upon-Thames – December 12, 1863, London) was an English bandmaster, drummer and bassoonist, and the founder member of an extensive musical family. He
Read → RomanticCharles Gounod
Charles-François Gounod ( , ; ; 17 June 181818 October 1893) was a French composer, conductor, and organist of the Romantic era. He wrote twelve operas, of which the most popular has always been
Read → EntryCharles Greenberg
Charles Louis "Charlie" Greenberg is an American composer and arranger of instrumental and vocal arrangements for classical, jazz, contemporary and musical theater productions. His career spans more
Read → Post-WarCharles Gross
Charles Gross (May 13, 1934 – March 24, 2026) was an American film and television composer who lived in New York City. Life and career Gross was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 13, 1934. He was
Read → Post-WarCharles Hamm
Charles Edward Hamm (April 21, 1925 – October 16, 2011) was an American musicologist, writer, composer, and music educator. He is credited with being the first music historian to seriously study and
Read → RomanticCharles Harford Lloyd
Charles Harford Lloyd (Thornbury, 16 October 1849 – Eton, 16 October 1919) was an English composer who became a well-known organist in his time. His most successful area was organ and choral works
Read → Early RomanticCharles Hommann
Charles Hommann (July 25, 1803-?1872) was an American composer. A native of Philadelphia, he was among the first American-born composers to produce chamber and orchestral music successfully. Life
Read → 20th CenturyCharles Houdret
Charles Houdret (6 July 1905 – 1965) was a Canadian conductor, cellist, radio producer, and composer. He began his career in Belgium and was highly active as a conductor throughout Europe during the
Read → BaroqueCharles Hurel
Charles Hurel was a French Baroque composer, lutenist and theorbist active between 1665 and 1692. Biography Charles Hurel was a musician and eminent professor from a prosperous family of Parisian
Read → Late RomanticCharles Hylton Stewart
Arthur Charles Lestoc Hylton Stewart (21 March 1884 – 14 November 1932 ) was an English organist and composer. Early life and education The son of the Rev. Charles Henry Hylton Stewart and Florence
Read → 20th CenturyCharles Ives
Charles Edward Ives (; October 20, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American modernist composer, actuary and businessman. Ives was among the earliest renowned American composers to achieve recognition on
Read → Late RomanticCharles J. Orth
Charles Joseph Orth (April 11, 1867 – February 1, 1921) was an American pianist, composer, and businessman known primarily for American march music and the novelty descriptive piece "In a Clock
Read → RomanticCharles Jerome Hopkins
Charles Jerome Hopkins (April 4, 1836 November 4, 1898) was a 19th-century musician, Composer and Champion of the Arts. He is often confused, in historical texts, with his nephew, Edward Hopkins, who
Read → ClassicalCharles John Frederick Lampe
Charles John Frederick Lampe (173910 September 1767) was an English composer and organist, and the son of composer John Frederick Lampe and the singer Isabella Lampe (maiden name of Young). Biography
Read → 20th CenturyCharles Jones (composer)
Charles Jones (June 21, 1910 – June 6, 1997) was a Canadian-born music educator and composer of contemporary classical music who lived and worked mainly in the United States. Early life and education
Read → RomanticCharles Kensington Salaman
Charles Kensington Salaman (3 March 1814 – 23 June 1901) was a British Jewish composer, pianist, and writer. He was the composer of more than one hundred settings of Hebrew texts for the West London
Read → Post-WarCharles Knox (composer)
Charles C. Knox (April 19, 1929 – December 11, 2019 ) was an American composer and music educator. He is particularly noted for his music for brass instruments and chamber music, among his over 100
Read → Late RomanticCharles Koechlin
Charles-Louis-Eugène Koechlin (; 27 November 186731 December 1950), commonly known as Charles Koechlin, was a French composer, teacher and musicologist. Among his better known works is Les Heures
Read → RomanticCharles Lecocq
Alexandre Charles Lecocq (; 3 June 183224 October 1918) was a French composer, known for his opérettes and opéras comiques. He became the most prominent successor to Jacques Offenbach in this sphere,
Read → Late RomanticCharles Legh Naylor
Charles Legh Naylor (14 October 1869 – 22 November 1945) was a composer and organist based in Harrogate. Life He was the son of John Naylor and Mary Ann Chatwin. His father was organist of York
Read → RomanticCharles Lenepveu
Charles-Ferdinand Lenepveu (4 October 1840 – 16 August 1910), was a French composer and teacher. Destined for a career as a lawyer, he defied his family and followed a musical career. He studied at
Read → RomanticCharles Lucien Lambert
Charles Lucien Lambert (1828–1896), also known as Lucien Lambert, Sr. or Lucien Lambert père, was an American pianist, music teacher and composer. Born a free person of color in New Orleans, he was
Read → RomanticCharles Macintosh (composer and naturalist)
Charles Macintosh (1839–1922), known as 'the Perthshire Naturalist', was a musician and self-taught amateur naturalist from Inver, near Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland. He, with his younger brother
Read → Late RomanticCharles Malherbe
Charles Théodore Malherbe (; 21 April 1853 – 5 October 1911) was a French violinist, musicologist, composer and music editor. Life and career Malherbe was born in Paris, son of Pierre Joseph Malherbe
Read → RomanticCharles Manry
Charles Casimir Manry (8 February 1823 – 18 January 1866) was a French composer and choral conductor. Life Charles Manry was the son of Jean Manry, a physician at the hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris and
Read → Late RomanticCharles Martin Loeffler
Charles Martin Tornov Loeffler (January 30, 1861 – May 19, 1935) was a German-born American violinist, composer, and viola d'amore player. Family background Charles Martin Loeffler was born Martin
Read → Early RomanticCharles Mayer (composer)
Charles Mayer (21 March 1799 – 2 July 1862), also known as Carl Mayer or Charles Meyer, was a Prussian pianist and composer active in the early 19th century. Life Mayer was born in Königsberg. His
Read → Early RomanticCharles Michael Alexis Sola
Charles Michael Alexis Sola morales de alaquas (born as Carlo Michele Alessio Sola, mostly known as "C.M. Sola") (6 June 1786 – 21 January 1857) was an Italian guitarist, flutist, and composer active
Read → 20th CenturyCharles Naginski
Charles Naginski (Cairo, Egypt, May 29, 1909 – Lenox, Massachusetts, August 4, 1940) was an American composer of art songs and other musical works. Biography Charles Naginski was the son of Russian
Read → Early RomanticCharles Nicholson (flautist)
Charles Nicholson (1795–1837), was a Liverpool-born flautist and composer, who performed regularly in London. He was soloist at many of the Philharmonic Society Concerts from 1816-1836, and first
Read → Late RomanticCharles O'Neill (musician)
Charles O'Neill (31 August 1882 – 9 September 1964) was a Canadian bandmaster, composer, organist, cornetist and music educator of Scottish birth and Irish parentage. Although he wrote many symphonic
Read → RomanticCharles Oberthür (composer)
Charles Oberthür (born as Carl Oberthür) (4 March 1819 – 8 November 1895) was a German harpist and composer active in Germany, Switzerland and England. Biography The son of a violin maker, Oberthür
Read → EntryCharles Piroye
Charles Piroye (c. 1668–16721724) was a French Baroque organist and composer. Biography Very little is known about his life, and even the dates of his birth and death have not yet been determined. He
Read → RomanticCharles Poisot
Charles Poisot (7 July 1822 – 4 March 1904) was a French musician from the second half of the 19th century. A pianist, composer and musicographer, he was also director of the Dijon Conservatory,
Read → RenaissanceCharles Racquet
Charles Racquet (1597–1664) was a French organist and composer, best known for his monumental organ Fantaisie. He came from a large family of Parisian organists and himself was appointed organist of
Read → Post-WarCharles Ravier
Charles Ravier (5 June 1934 – 5 March 1984) was a 20th-century French composer, music director and choral conductor. Biography Born in Savigny-sur-Grosne in Saône-et-Loire, Charles Ravier first
Read → Late RomanticCharles Sanford Skilton
Charles Sanford Skilton (August 16, 1868 – March 12, 1941) was an American composer, teacher and musicologist. Along with Charles Wakefield Cadman, Blair Fairchild, Arthur Nevin, and Arthur Farwell,
Read → Early RomanticCharles Sauvageau
Michel-Charles Sauvageau (October or November 1807 – 16 June 1849) was a Canadian conductor, composer, and music educator. He is believed to be the first native of what is now Quebec to devote his
Read → Post-WarCharles Shere
Charles Shere (August 20, 1935 — December 15, 2020) was an American composer. He studied composition briefly with Robert Erickson and Luciano Berio but was largely self-taught. His music was
Read → BaroqueCharles Theodore Pachelbel
Charles Theodore Pachelbel (baptized Carl Theodorus, also spelled Karl Theodor, on 24 November 1690; buried 15 September 1750) was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist of the late Baroque
Read → ClassicalCharles Thomas Carter
Charles Thomas Carter (c. 1735 – 12 October 1804) was an Irish composer and organist with mixed success as an opera composer in London, but with some songs that remained popular beyond his lifetime.
Read → Late RomanticCharles Tomlinson Griffes
Charles Tomlinson Griffes ( ; September 17, 1884 – April 8, 1920) was an American composer for piano, chamber ensembles and voice. His initial works are influenced by German Romanticism, but after he
Read → Late RomanticCharles Tournemire
Charles Arnould Tournemire (22 January 1870 – 3 or 4 November 1939) was a French composer and organist, notable partly for his improvisations, which were often rooted in the music of Gregorian chant.
Read → 20th CenturyCharles Turner (English composer)
Charles Turner (1907 – 1977) was an English composer and part-time spy, who took the last recorded British pre-World War II photographs of Adolf Hitler. Born in the early 1900s, Turner's life changed
Read → Late RomanticCharles Villiers Stanford
Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924) was an Anglo-Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Romantic era. Born to a well-off and highly musical family in
Read → Late RomanticCharles Wakefield Cadman
Charles Wakefield Cadman (December 24, 1881 – December 30, 1946) was an American composer. For 40 years, he worked closely with Nelle Richmond Eberhart, who wrote most of the texts to his songs,
Read → 20th CenturyCharles Williams (composer)
Charles Williams (8 May 1893 – 7 September 1978) was a British composer and conductor, contributing music to over 50 films. While his career ran from 1934 through 1968, much of his work came to the
Read → Post-WarCharles Wilson (composer)
Charles Mills Wilson (8 May 1931 – 13 June 2019) was a Canadian composer, choral conductor, and music educator. Early life and education Wilson was born in Toronto, Ontario. He began studying piano
Read → Late RomanticCharles Wood (composer)
Charles Wood (15 June 1866 – 12 July 1926) was an Irish composer and teacher; his students included Ralph Vaughan Williams at Cambridge and Herbert Howells at the Royal College of Music. He is
Read → RomanticCharles Wugk Sabatier
Charles-Désiré-Joseph Wugk Sabatier (1 December 1819 – 22 August 1862) was a Canadian pianist, organist, composer, and music educator of French birth. Early life and career in Europe Born Charles
Read → Post-WarCharles Wuorinen
Charles Peter Wuorinen (, ; June 9, 1938 – March 11, 2020) was an American composer of contemporary classical music based in New York City. He also performed as a pianist and conductor. Wuorinen
Read → BaroqueCharles Young (musician)
Charles Young (September 1686 – 12 December 1758) was an English organist and composer. He was part of a well-known English family of musicians that included several professional singers and
Read → RomanticCharles-Alexis Chauvet
Charles-Alexis Chauvet (; 7 June 1837 – 29 January 1871) was a French organist and composer. Biography Born in Marines, Charles-Alexis Chauvet made his debut at the organ of St. Remi church in
Read → ClassicalCharles-Antoine Campion
Charles-Antoine Campion, italianized as Carlo Antonio Campioni (16 November 172012 April 1788 ) was a French-Italian composer who was born in the Duchy of Lorraine. He was a prolific composer and
Read → Early RomanticCharles-Frédéric Kreubé
Charles-Frédéric Kreubé (Lunéville, 5 November 1777 – Saint-Denis, 3 May 1846) was a 19th-century French violinist, conductor and composer. Biography A student of Rodolphe Kreutzer, he was admitted
Read → Late RomanticCharles-Gaston Levadé
Charles-Gaston Levadé (3 January 1869 – 27 October 1948) was a French composer. A pupil of Jules Massenet, Grand Prix de Rome in 1863, Levadé wrote chamber music, melodies, religious music, drama and
Read → ClassicalCharles-Guillaume Alexandre
Charles-Guillaume Alexandre (ca.1735 – 1787 or 1788) was a French classical violinist and composer. Biography Born in Paris, Alexandre was a violinist at the Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique from 1753 to
Read → ClassicalCharles-Henri de Blainville
Charles-Henri de Blainville (1711–1769 or after 1771 ) was a French composer, cellist, pedagogue and music theorist. Biography The birthplace of Charles-Henri de Blainville remains uncertain.
Read → ClassicalCharles-Henri Plantade
Charles-Henri Plantade (14 October 1764 – 18 December 1839) was a French classical composer and singing professor. His compositions included several operas, numerous romances, sacred music, and a
Read → BaroqueCharles-Hubert Gervais
Charles-Hubert Gervais (19 February 1671 – 14 January 1744) was a French composer of the Baroque era. The son of a valet to King Louis XIV's brother, Monsieur, Gervais was born at the Palais Royal in
Read → RomanticCharles-Louis Hanon
Charles-Louis Hanon (2 July 181919 March 1900) was a French piano pedagogue and composer. He is best known for his work The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises, which is still used today for modern
Read → Early RomanticCharles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens
Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, known under the name Hanssens the elder (4 May 1777 – 6 May 1852), was a Belgian violinist, composer, conductor and theatre director. His brother Joseph-Jean Hanssens
Read → RomanticCharles-Marie Widor
Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor (21 February 1844 – 12 March 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher of the late Romantic era. As a composer he is known for his ten organ symphonies,
Read → Early RomanticCharles-Simon Catel
Charles-Simon Catel (; 10 June 1773 – 29 November 1830) was a French composer and educator born at L'Aigle, Orne. Biography Catel studied at the Royal School of Singing in Paris. He studied
Read → RomanticCharles-Valentin Alkan
Charles-Valentin Alkan (; 30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888) was a French composer and virtuoso pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues
Read → RomanticCharles-Wilfrid de Bériot
Charles-Wilfrid de Bériot (12 February 183322 October 1914) was a French pianist, teacher and composer. He was born in Paris in 1833, the son of the violinist Charles Auguste de Bériot and his then
Read → 20th CenturyCharley Straight
Charles Theodore "Charley" Straight (January 16, 1891 – September 22, 1940) During the 1920s, Straight worked with Roy Bargy on the latter's eight Piano Syncopations. In describing "Rufenreddy", the
Read → 20th CenturyCharlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, singer, film editor and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a
Read → Post-WarCharlie Parker
Charles Parker Jr. (August 29, 1920 – March 12, 1955), nicknamed "Bird" or "Yardbird", was an American jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. Parker was a highly influential soloist and leading
Read → 20th CenturyCharlotte Blake
Charlotte M. Blake (May 30, 1885 – August 21, 1979) was an American composer of waltzes, marches and ragtime. Blake was the oldest of six children born to Edward and Caroline Blake of Ohio. At age
Read → 21st CenturyCharlotte Bray
Charlotte Bray (born 1982) is a British composer. Her work has been performed by The Royal Opera, London Sinfonietta, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, and BBC Symphony Orchestra. Biography
Read → ClassicalCharlotte Caroline Wilhelmine Bachmann
Charlotte Caroline Wilhelmine Bachmann, née Stöwe (2 November 1757 – 19 August 1817) was a German soprano, harpsichordist and composer. She was born in Berlin, the daughter of musician Wilhelm
Read → Early RomanticCharlotte le Pelletier
Elizabeth Charlotte Taillevis de Perrigny le Pelletier (1778–) was a French-born musician, composer, and music teacher. She is thought to be the first female composer in Maryland. Life Charlotte le
Read → 20th CenturyCharlotte Ruegger
Charlotte Ruegger (17 November 187616 June 1959) was a Swiss composer, conductor, violinist, and music educator who taught at several colleges in the United States. She received Belgium's Medal for
Read → 20th CenturyCharlotte Schlesinger
Charlotte Schlesinger (1909–1976) was a German pianist and composer. She was a student of Franz Schreker at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik from 1925 to 1930. In 1935 she left the Vienna Conservatory
Read → 20th CenturyCharlotte Sohy
Charlotte Sohy (7 July 1887 - 19 December 1955) was a French composer. Life Charlotte Sohy was born as Charlotte Marie Louise Durey on 7 July 1887 in Paris, the daughter of an industrialist. A
Read → RomanticCharlotte Sporleder
Charlotte Wilhelmine Eringarde Freiin Spiegel von und zu Peckelsheim Sporleder (November 8, 1836 – January 9, 1915) was a German composer who won a medal at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. She
Read → RomanticCharlotte W. Hawes
Charlotte White Hawes (7 February 1840 – 5 September 1926) was an American composer, lecturer, music educator, poet and critic from Massachusetts. "God Bless the Soldier", written in 1890, was
Read → Post-WarCharly Oleg
Charles Olejniczak (7 August 1931 – 8 September 2025), better known by the stage name Charly Oleg, was a French organist, pianist, composer and orchestra conductor. Life and career Born in Hayange on
Read → Post-WarChava Flores
Salvador Flores Rivera (14 January 1920 – 5 August 1987), known as Chava Flores, was a Mexican composer and singer of popular and folkloric music. His songs often described the lives of Mexico City's
Read → Post-WarChaya Arbel
Chaya Arbel (; June 8, 1921 – December 14, 2006) was an Israeli composer. She is one of Israel's best known female classical composers and the recipient of the ACUM Prize. Biography Arbel studied
Read → 21st CenturyChaya Czernowin
Chaya Czernowin (, ; born December 7, 1957) is an Israeli American composer and Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music at Harvard University. She is the lead composer at the Schloß Solitude
Read → 21st CenturyChelsea Chen
Chelsea Chen (born December 30, 1983, in San Diego) is an internationally renowned American organist and composer. Chen has been successful in establishing a concert career in North America, Europe
Read → 20th CenturyChen Ta-ju
Chen Ta-ju (; 10 February 1917 – 24 October 1992), also known by his style name Fa Sheng (), was a Taiwanese pop song lyricist born in , Taipei. He wrote about 300 lyrics in his lifetime, and his
Read → Post-WarChen Yi (composer)
Chen Yi () (born April 4, 1953) is a Chinese-American composer of contemporary classical music and violinist. Chen Yi has earned global fame as a prolific composer who integrates Chinese and Western
Read → 20th CenturyChen Zi
Chen Zi (陈紫, Huiyang, 1919–1999) was a Chinese composer. He was one of the composers at the original revolutionary Lu Xun Academy in Yan'an and one of the collaborators assisting Ma Ke in composition
Read → 21st CenturyCheryl Frances-Hoad
Cheryl Ann Frances-Hoad (born 1980) is a British composer. Early life Frances-Hoad began composing at the age of eight while studying cello and piano at the Yehudi Menuhin School. She graduated from
Read → Post-WarChester Biscardi
Chester Biscardi (b. Kenosha, Wisconsin, October 19, 1948; nicknamed Chet) is an Italian American composer and educator. He received a B.A. degree in English literature from the University of
Read → ClassicalChevalier d'Herbain
Jean-Louis Cuchot d'Herbain (Chevalier d'Herbain; 10 April 1720 – 28 May 1768) was an 18th-century French baroque composer with a professional career in the military. Short biography Born in
Read → ClassicalChevalier de Saint-Georges
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George(s) (; ; 25 December 17459 June 1799) was a French violinist, conductor, composer, and soldier of African descent. Moreover, he demonstrated excellence as a
Read → 20th CenturyChiang Wen-yeh
Kang Bûn-iā, Chiang Wen-yeh or Jiang Wenye (; June 11, 1910 – October 24, 1983) was a Taiwan-born composer, active mainly in Japan and later in China. He was born in Dadaocheng, Taipei, Taiwan and
Read → BaroqueChiara Margarita Cozzolani
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (27 November 1602 – ca. 1676–1678), was a Baroque music composer, singer and Benedictine nun. She spent her adult life cloistered in the convent of Santa Radegonda, Milan,
Read → Post-WarChie Mukai
is a female Japanese composer and musician, best known for her underground improv-folk group Ché-SHIZU. She has been involved in improvised performance since 1975, when she participated in the East
Read → Post-WarChiel Meijering
Michael Maria "Chiel" Meijering (born 15 June 1954, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch composer. He studied composition with Ton de Leeuw, percussion with Jan Labordus and Jan Pustjens, and piano at the
Read → 21st CenturyChihchun Chi-sun Lee
Chihchun Chi-sun Lee (, born 1970) is a composer of contemporary classical music. Lee is originally from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and is currently an invited professor of composition at Ewha Womans
Read → 21st CenturyChihiro Fujioka
is a Japanese video game designer, composer, and rock drummer. He has worked at Xtalsoft, Square, and AlphaDream where he is primarily known for directing Super Mario RPG as well as his involvement
Read → Post-WarChinary Ung
Chinary Ung ( ) (born November 24, 1942, in Takéo, Cambodia) is a composer currently living in California, United States. Career After arriving in the US in 1965 to study clarinet, he turned to
Read → EntryChino Toledo
Josefino "Chino" Javier Toledo (born March 6, 1959) is a Filipino composer and conductor. Biography Early life Josefino Toledo is born on March 6, 1959, to Victor Toledo and Lolita Javier. Born to a
Read → RomanticChiquinha Gonzaga
Francisca Edwiges Neves Gonzaga, better known as Chiquinha Gonzaga (; October 17, 1847 – February 28, 1935) was a Brazilian composer, pianist and the first woman conductor in Brazil. Chiquinha
Read → 21st CenturyChoi Hyun-suk
Choi Hyun-suk (; born April 21, 1999) is a South Korean rapper, singer and dancer under YG Entertainment. As a member of boy band Treasure, Choi debuted on August 7, 2020, with the single album
Read → EntryChoi Seung-hyun
Choi Seung Hyun, also known as Shawn Choi, is a South Korean film score composer. He was one of the composers of Oldboy References External links *https://www.schoimusic.com/?lang=en * * * Shawn Choi
Read → 21st CenturyChoi Si-won
Choi Si-won (; born April 7, 1986 ), known mononymously as Siwon, is a South Korean singer, songwriter, model, and actor, known for his work as a member of South Korean boy group Super Junior. Choi
Read → EntryChopin National Edition
The National Edition of the Works of Fryderyk Chopin (), also known as the Chopin National Edition and the Polish National Edition, is an urtext edition of the complete works by Frédéric Chopin,
Read → EntryChopin, a Sonata in Paris
Chopin, a Sonata in Paris () is a 2025 Polish period biographical drama film directed by Michał Kwieciński. Starring Eryk Kulm as Frédéric Chopin, it follows the life of Chopin in the 1830s. It
Read → Post-WarChou Wen-chung
Chou Wen-chung (; July 28, 1923 – October 25, 2019) was a Chinese American composer of contemporary classical music. He emigrated in 1946 to the United States and received his music training at the
Read → Early RomanticChrétien Urhan
Chrétien Urhan (Baptised as Christian Urhan; 16 February 1790 – 2 November 1845) was a French violinist, violist, organist and composer. Career outline Born in Montjoie, Urhan's father first
Read → 20th CenturyChris Alvares
Christiaan Hermanus Cornelis Alvares (1901–1994), more commonly known as Chris Alvares, was a Surinamese musician, composer, conductor, and educator known for his contributions to classical music in
Read → 21st CenturyChris Botti
Christopher Stephen Botti ( ; born October 12, 1962) is an American trumpeter and composer. In 2013, Botti won the Grammy Award in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category, for the album Impressions.
Read → Post-WarChris Brown (composer)
Chris Brown (born 1953) is an American composer, pianist and electronic musician, who creates music for acoustic instruments with interactive electronics, for computer networks, and for improvising
Read → 21st CenturyChris Cummings
Christopher Allen Thomas Cummings (born August 11, 1975) is a Canadian country music artist. In his career, he has released five studio albums, one compilation album, and one extended play. Several
Read → Post-WarChris de Souza
Christopher Edward de Souza (born 6 June 1943) is an English composer, teacher, music director, broadcaster, opera producer and author. He has presented programmes on BBC Radio 3, Radio 4 and World
Read → EntryChris Field (composer)
Chris Field is a Los Angeles-based composer, songwriter, producer and musician, best known as a founding member of X-Ray Dog. He was raised in the San Fernando Valley, and played guitar in Los
Read → 21st CenturyChris Hung (composer)
Chris Hung (洪銘健; born 13 April 1977) is a Hong Kong composer and teacher. Early life and education Chris Hung was born on 13 April 1977 in Hong Kong. He pursued research in the field of composition.
Read → 21st CenturyChris Jones (American musician)
Chris Jones (November 11, 1958 – September 13, 2005) was an American singer and guitarist who worked mainly in Europe, having moved to Germany after he joined the United States Army. He often
Read → Post-WarChris Mary Francine Whittle
Chris Mary-Francine Whittle (born 23 May 1927) is a Belgian composer, performer (harpsichord and piano) and teacher. Biography Chris Mary-Francine Whittle was born in Antwerp, Belgium, on 23 May
Read → 21st CenturyChris Newman (artist)
Chris Newman (born 1958 in London) is an English-born contemporary composer, painter, author and performance artist. He lives in Berlin. Biography Newman is an experimental interdisciplinary artist
Read → 21st CenturyChris Tilton
Chris Tilton (born June 9, 1979 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States) is an American soundtrack composer and has helped compose several television, film and video game scores. He has collaborated
Read → 21st CenturyChriss Rune Olsen Angvik
Chriss Rune Olsen Angvik (born 12 August 1988 in Molde, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (guitar and vocals) and composer, and known from the bands Red Hot and Envy and the current member of Point and
Read → Late RomanticChristiaan Kriens
Christiaan Pieter Wilhelm Kriens (April 29, 1881 – December 17, 1934) was an American composer, pianist, violinist and conductor of Dutch parentage. He was born in Germany while his father,
Read → EntryChristian Benda
Christian Benda is a conductor, composer and cellist, descended from the eighteenth-century Benda family of composers. He performs worldwide both as a soloist and a conductor. His numerous recordings
Read → 21st CenturyChristian Biegai
Christian Biegai (born 14 December 1974) is a film composer, sound designer and saxophonist. Education He studied music at the Berlin University of the Arts, the Royal College of Music in London and
Read → Post-WarChristian Calon
Christian Calon (born 5 September 1950) is a French-born Canadian composer who is active in electroacoustic music. He has worked extensively in large computer-based studios in Canada and Europe and
Read → ClassicalChristian Cannabich
Johann Christian Innocenz Bonaventura Cannabich (baptised 28 December 1731 – 20 January 1798), was a German violinist, composer, and Kapellmeister of the Classical era. A composer of around 200
Read → RomanticChristian Cappelen
Christian Cappelen (26 January 1845 – 11 May 1916) was a Norwegian organist and composer. Biography Cappelen was born in Drammen, Norway. He studied under Ludvig Mathias Lindeman and at the Leipzig
Read → 20th CenturyChristian Darnton
Philip Christian Darnton (born Philip Christian von Schunck; 30 October 1905 – 14 April 1981), also known as Baron von Schunck, was a British composer and writer. Amongst his admirers was Vaughan
Read → 21st CenturyChristian Dierstein
Christian Dierstein (born 1965) is a German percussionist and academic teacher. He has performed internationally as a soloist and as a regular chamber music player with ensemble recherche and Trio
Read → BaroqueChristian Flor
Christian Flor (162628 September 1697) was a German composer and organist. Working at churches in Rendsburg and Lüneburg, he was widely known for vocal and organ compositions. He composed one of the
Read → Early RomanticChristian Frederick Hassé
Christian Frederick Hassé (1771–1831) was a composer of church music and an organist. He was a member of the Moravian community. In an 1829 "directory of trades and professions" for Pudsey he is
Read → ClassicalChristian Friedrich Penzel
Christian Friedrich Penzel (25 November 173714 March 1801) was a German musician. Although he was a composer in his own right, he is remembered more for his association with Johann Sebastian Bach. He
Read → BaroqueChristian Friedrich Witt
Christian Friedrich Witt, or Witte (c. 1660 – 13 April 1716 ) was a German composer, music editor and teacher. Biography Christian Friedrich Witt was born in Altenburg, where his father, Johann Ernst
Read → Late RomanticChristian Geisler
Christian Peder Wilhelm Geisler (28 April 186919 August 1951) was a Danish organist and composer. He graduated at the Conservatory of Music in the years 1887–1890 of, among others, Niels W. Gade,
Read → BaroqueChristian Geist
Christian Geist (c. 1650 – 27 September 1711) was a German composer and organist, who lived and worked mainly in Scandinavia. Biography He was born in Güstrow, where his father, Joachim Geist, was
Read → ClassicalChristian Gottfried Krause
Christian Gottfried Krause (17 April 1717 – 4 May 1770) was a German lawyer, composer and music commentator. Life Krause was born in Winzig (today Wińsko, Poland) into a musical family. His father
Read → Early RomanticChristian Gottlob Höpner
Christian Gottlob Höpner, also Hoepner (7 November 1799 – 26 October 1859) was a German composer, organist and music educator. Life and career Born in Frankenberg, Höpner grew up in the family of a
Read → ClassicalChristian Gottlob Neefe
Christian Gottlob Neefe (; 5 February 1748 – 28 January 1798) was a German opera composer and conductor. He was known as one of the first teachers of Ludwig van Beethoven. Life and career Neefe was
Read → RomanticChristian Heinrich Hohmann
Christian Heinrich Hohmann (March 7, 1811 in Niederwerrn – May 12, 1861 in Schwabach) was a German composer, music educator and the author of Violin School. Life Hohmann was a son of farmer and
Read → Early RomanticChristian Heinrich Rinck
Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck (18 February 1770 – 7 August 1846) was a German composer and organist of the late classical and early romantic eras. Life and career Rinck was born in Elgersburg (in
Read → 21st CenturyChristian Henson
Christian Henson is a British composer, primarily working on television and film soundtracks. He has also soundtracked video games, and is the co-founder of Spitfire Audio with fellow composer Paul
Read → 21st CenturyChristian Jost (composer)
Christian Jost (born 17 October 1963) is a German composer and conductor. He has served as composer-in-residence for several German orchestras; in 2003, he was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Composer
Read → RomanticChristian Julius Hansen
Christian Julius Hansen (6 May 1814 – 15 March 1875) was a Danish composer, organist, voice teacher and choirmaster. He studied with Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann; his works include songs, choral and
Read → ClassicalChristian Kalkbrenner
Christian Kalkbrenner (Hann. Münden, September 22, 1755 – Paris, August 10, 1806 ) was a German Kapellmeister, violinist, organ and keyboard player, and composer. Almost an exact contemporary of
Read → BaroqueChristian Keymann
Christian Keymann (also Christian Keimann; 27 February 1607 – 13 January 1662) was a German hymnwriter. He is known for writing the chorale "Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht" in 1658, which served as the
Read → Post-WarChristian Lauba
Christian Lauba (born 26 July 1952) is a Tunisian-born French composer and teacher, especially noted for his compositions for saxophone. His compositions often incorporate the music of his native
Read → 21st CenturyChristian Lindberg
Christian Lindberg (born 15 February 1958) is a Swedish trombonist, conductor and composer. Biography Early life and career Lindberg was born in Danderyd. As a youth, he learned to play the trumpet,
Read → Post-WarChristian Manen
Christian Manen (3 July 1934 – 11 September 2020 ) was a French composer and music teacher. Born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Manen studied at the Conservatory of Nice and between 1949 and 1961 at the
Read → ClassicalChristian Mengis
Christian Mengis (flourished c. 1745 – c. 1766) was a German composer and horn player of the late Baroque era. Life Mengis was born in Treffurt,
Read → Post-WarChristian Münch
Christian Münch (born 11 April 1951) is a German composer, organist, pianist and conductor. Life Münch was born in Freiberg in 1951 in a cantor's family. With his father he learned trumpet and organ.
Read → BaroqueChristian Petzold (composer)
Christian Petzold (1677 – 1733) was a German composer and organist. He was active primarily in Dresden, Electorate of Saxony, and achieved a high reputation during his lifetime, but his surviving
Read → BaroqueChristian Ritter
Christian Ritter (probably 1645 to 1650 – probably after 1725) was a composer and organist of the North German organ school. Biography Ritter, likely a pupil of Christoph Bernhard in Dresden. A
Read → ClassicalChristian Samuel Barth
Christian Samuel Barth (13 January 1735 – 8 July 1809) was a German oboist and composer of the classical period. Life Christian Samuel Barth was born in Glauchau, as the son of the merchant George
Read → Late RomanticChristian Sinding
Christian August Sinding (11 January 18563 December 1941) was a Norwegian composer. He is best known for his lyrical work for piano Frühlingsrauschen (Rustle of Spring, 1896). He was often compared
Read → Early RomanticChristian Theodor Weinlig
Christian Theodor Weinlig (July 25, 1780 – March 7, 1842) was a German music teacher, composer, and choir conductor, active in Dresden and Leipzig. Biography Born in Dresden, Weinlig initially
Read → Post-WarChristian Wolff (composer)
Christian G. Wolff (born March 8, 1934) is an American composer of experimental classical music and classicist. Biography Wolff was born in Nice, France, to the German literary publishers Helen and
Read → Post-WarChristian Zanési
Christian Zanési (born 22 May 1952) is a French composer. Biography Born in Lourdes, Zanési studied with Guy Maneveau and Marie-Françoise Lacaze at the Pau University (South of France) (1974–1975),
Read → EntryChristina Agamanolis
Christina Agamanolis (born August 31, 1975) is an American composer and songwriter of Hellenic descent. Her work includes film scoring, classical composition, and experimental and electroacoustic
Read → Post-WarChristina Kubisch
Christina Kubisch (born 31 January 1948) is a German composer, sound artist, performance artist, professor and flautist. She composes both electronic and acoustic music for multimedia installations.
Read → EntryChristina's World (opera)
Christina's World is a 1983 Australian operetta, composed by Ross Edwards with libretto by playwright Dorothy Hewett. An old woman recalls her youthful memories of her family and her tragic love
Read → 20th CenturyChristine Asdurian
Christine Asdurian (born Armenia; February 17, 1893 – April 29, 1963) was an American pianist who composed the music to the University of Miami Alma Mater in 1926, (lyrics by William Seth Lampe). She
Read → Post-WarChristine Berl
Christine Berl (born 1943) is an American composer, pianist, and Egyptian-style Oriental dancer. Biography Christine Berl is the daughter of Paul Berl, longtime accompanist of Victoria de los
Read → 21st CenturyChristine Ott
Christine Ott (born 10 August 1963) is a French pianist, vocalist, ondist, and composer. She was a member of Yann Tiersen's band for eight years and played in classical orchestras for ten. She has
Read → 21st CenturyChristine Southworth
Christine Southworth (b. Boston, Massachusetts, January 2, 1978) is an American composer of postminimal music and works with combinations of Western ensembles, electronics, and world music ensembles
Read → BaroqueChristoph Bernhard
Christoph Bernhard (; 1 January 1628 – 14 November 1692) was born in Kolberg, Pomerania, and died in Dresden. He was a German Baroque composer and musician. He studied with former Sweelinck-pupil
Read → 21st CenturyChristoph Brüx
Christoph Brüx (born 13 December 1965) is a German sculptor, painter, composer, pianist, keyboardist, arranger and music producer. He composed for artists such as No Angels, Matthias Reim, The
Read → RenaissanceChristoph Demantius
Johann Christoph Demantius (15 December 1567 – 20 April 1643) was a German composer, music theorist, writer and poet. He was an exact contemporary of Monteverdi, and represented a transitional phase
Read → Early RomanticChristoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse
Christoph(er) Ernst Friedrich Weyse (5 March 1774 – 8 October 1842) was a Danish composer during the Danish Golden Age. Biography Weyse was born at Altona in Holstein, which was in a personal union
Read → BaroqueChristoph Förster
Christoph Förster (30 November 1693 – 6 December 1745) was a German composer of the baroque period. Life Christoph Förster (spelled Johann Christoph Friedrich in his death register) was born in
Read → BaroqueChristoph Gottlieb Schröter
Christoph Gottlieb Schröter (10 August 169920 May 1782 ), was a German composer and organist, who is best known for his contributions to the tangent piano, which in 1717 he invented a keyboard
Read → BaroqueChristoph Graupner
Christoph Graupner (23 January 168310 May 1760) was a German composer and harpsichordist of late Baroque music who was a contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Philipp Telemann and George
Read → Post-WarChristoph Lehmann (musician)
Christoph Lehmann (7 May 1947 – 31 August 2024 ) was a German organist, harpsichordist, church musician and composer, especially in the field of Neues Geistliches Lied (NGL). He had worked as a
Read → ClassicalChristoph Nichelmann
Christoph Nichelmann (13 August 1717 – 20 July 1762) was a German composer and harpsichordist. He was second keyboard player in the Royal Ensemble of Frederick the Great. Biography Born in
Read → RenaissanceChristoph Praetorius
Christoph Praetorius (died 1590) was an author, choirmaster and composer. He entered the University of Wittenberg in 1551. appears to be from around 1560, He was obliged to resign as Kantor because
Read → BaroqueChristoph Schaffrath
Christoph Schaffrath (1709 in Hohnstein, Electorate of Saxony 7 February 1763 in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia) was a German musician and composer of the late Baroque to Classical transition era. Career
Read → 21st CenturyChristoph Silber
Christoph Silber (born 26 April 1975, in Berlin) often credited as Chris Silber, is a German-American author, filmmaker and performer. Silber works and lives in the United States. Early life Silber
Read → ClassicalChristoph Sonnleithner
Christoph Sonnleithner (28 May 1734 in Szeged, Hungary – 25 December 1786 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian jurist and composer. He was the father of Ignaz von Sonnleithner and Joseph Sonnleithner.
Read → 21st CenturyChristoph Staude
Christoph Staude (born 30 September 1965) is a German composer. Life Born in Munich, Staude studied 1984–86 at the University of the Arts with Witold Szalonek and in 1986–91 at the Frankfurt
Read → Post-WarChristoph von Blumröder
Christoph von Blumröder (born 18 July 1951) is a German musicologist. Career Born in Northeim, Blumröder studied musicology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg in Breisgau with Hans Heinrich
Read → 21st CenturyChristoph Wigelbeyer
Christoph Wigelbeyer (born 1973) is an Austrian choir director, conductor, singer and music educator. Life Born in Wels, Wigelbeyer completed singing school, piano and violin in his hometown and at
Read → ClassicalChristoph Willibald von Gluck
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (; ; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia,
Read → 21st CenturyChristophe Bertrand
Christophe Louis-Pascal Bertrand (24 April 1981 – 17 September 2010) was a French composer of contemporary classical music. Biography Bertrand, a French pianist and composer of mainly chamber works,
Read → 21st CenturyChristophe Julien
Christophe Julien is a French composer of film and television music, largely classical, twice-nominated for César Award for best original film music. Background Christophe Julien was born on November
Read → EntryChristophe Lamarche-Ledoux
Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux is a Canadian musician and composer from Sherbrooke, Quebec. He began his career as an indie rock and experimental music musician, performing with bands such as Sexyboy,
Read → 21st CenturyChristophe Looten
Christophe Looten (born 5 April 1958) is a French composer. Born in Bergues, he was made Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in January 2000. Biography Looten has been composing since the age of seven,
Read → BaroqueChristophe Moyreau
Christophe Moyreau (4 April 1700 – 11 May 1774) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. Biography Moyreau was born and spent most of his life in Orléans into an old family of the
Read → 21st CenturyChristophe Rezai
Christophe Rezai (; born 1966 in Toulouse) is a French-Iranian composer living in Tehran since 1994. Career He was born from an Iranian Father and a French mother in 1966 in the city of Toulouse in
Read → 21st CenturyChristopher Adler (musician)
Christopher Adler (born 1972) is a musician, composer and music professor at University of San Diego. A virtuoso player of the khaen, a reed instrument native to Laos and Thailand, he has been
Read → Post-WarChristopher Bochmann
Christopher Consitt Bochmann (born November 8, 1950) is a British-born composer, conductor, music teacher, arranger and orchestrator who has lived and worked in Portugal since 1980. Known for
Read → Post-WarChristopher Bowers-Broadbent
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (born 13 January 1945) is an English organist and composer. Biography Christopher Bowers-Broadbent was born in Hertfordshire UK on 13 January 1945. He was a boy chorister
Read → Post-WarChristopher Brown (British composer)
Christopher Roland Brown (born 17 June 1943) is a British composer. Career He was born in Tunbridge Wells. and from the age of 9 he was a chorister at Westminster Abbey. He studied under director of
Read → 21st CenturyChristopher Cerrone
Christopher Cerrone (born March 5, 1984) is an American composer based in New York City. He was a 2014 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, a 2014 Fromm Foundation commission recipient, a 2015 Rome Prize
Read → 20th CenturyChristopher Edmunds
Christopher Montague Edmunds (26 November 1899 – 2 January 1990) was an English composer, academic and organist who lived and worked in Birmingham. Edmunds was born in Small Heath, Birmingham. After
Read → 21st CenturyChristopher Fox (composer)
Christopher Fox (born 10 March 1955) is an English composer and writer on music. Biography He studied at the universities of Liverpool, Southampton and York, where his teachers included Hugh Wood and
Read → BaroqueChristopher Gibbons
Christopher Gibbons (bapt. 22 August 1615 – 20 October 1676) was an English composer and organist of the Baroque period. He was the second son, and first surviving child of the composer Orlando
Read → 21st CenturyChristopher Gordon (composer)
Christopher John Gordon (born 1956) is an English-born Australian composer and politician best known for his film scores, but has also received major classical commissions. His film scores include,
Read → Post-WarChristopher Gunning
Christopher Gunning (5 August 1944 – 25 March 2023) was an English composer of concert works and music for films and television. Early life Gunning was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire on 5 August
Read → Post-WarChristopher Hobbs
Christopher Hobbs (born 9 September 1950) is an English experimental composer, best known as a pioneer of British systems music. Life and career Hobbs was born in Hillingdon, near London. He was a
Read → 21st CenturyChristopher Jessup (composer)
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Read → 20th CenturyChristopher Le Fleming
Christopher Kaye Le Fleming (26 February 1908 – 19 June 1985) was an English composer of choral music, pianist, teacher and administrator. Nevertheless he sung in the Minster Choir (where Edmund
Read → 21st CenturyChristopher Marshall (composer)
Christopher Marshall (born 1956 in Paris, France) is a New Zealand classical music composer who resides in Orlando, Florida, United States. His works include choral works, works for chamber ensemble,
Read → 21st CenturyChristopher Mayo
Christopher Mayo (born 1980) is a Canadian composer of contemporary classical music. Born in Toronto, Mayo studied at the University of Toronto where he was awarded the Glenn Gould Composition Prize
Read → Early RomanticChristopher Meineke
Christopher Meineke (né Christoph Meineke; 1 May 1782, Oldenburg – 6 November 1850, Baltimore) was an American organist and composer. Life Born in Oldenburg, he later moved to England around 1810 and
Read → 21st CenturyChristopher North (composer)
Christopher North Renquist (born February 6, 1969), known professionally as Christopher North, is an American composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician, conductor, producer, and educator.
Read → Post-WarChristopher Rouse (composer)
Christopher Chapman Rouse III (February 15, 1949 – September 21, 2019) was an American composer. Though he wrote for various ensembles, Rouse is primarily known for his orchestral compositions,
Read → Post-WarChristopher Shaw (composer)
__NOTOC__ Christopher Shaw (30 July 1924 – 27 September 1995) was a British composer. Shaw was born and lived in London, and studied at New College, Oxford, from 1942 through 1944 with R. O. Morris
Read → BaroqueChristopher Simpson (musician)
Christopher Simpson (1602/1606–1669) was an English musician and composer, particularly associated with music for the viola da gamba. Life Simpson was born between 1602 and 1606, probably at Egton,
Read → 21st CenturyChristopher Slaski
Christopher Slaski (born 3 September 1974) is a composer who has created music for films, television, theatre and live performance. He is a past recipient of the award for Best Young European Film
Read → 21st CenturyChristopher Tambling
Christopher Tambling (13 May 1964 – 3 October 2015) was a British composer, organist and choirmaster. From 1997 to 2015 he was Director of Music at Downside School and organist and Choirmaster of the
Read → 21st CenturyChristopher Theofanidis
Christopher Theofanidis (born December 18, 1967, in Dallas, Texas ) is an American composer whose works have been performed by leading orchestras from around the world, including the London Symphony
Read → 21st CenturyChristopher Tin
Christopher Chiyan Tin (born May 21, 1976) is an American composer and conductor. His work is primarily orchestral and choral, often with a world music influence. He is a two-time Grammy Award
Read → 21st CenturyChristopher Trapani
Christopher Trapani (born 1980) is an American/Italian composer of contemporary classical music. In 2007 he won the Gaudeamus Award of the Dutch Gaudeamus Foundation. A CD of his music, Waterlines,
Read → RenaissanceChristopher Tye
Christopher Tye (c. 1505before 1573) was an English Renaissance composer and organist. Probably born in Cambridgeshire, he trained at the University of Cambridge and became the master of the choir at
Read → Post-WarChristopher Whelen
Christopher Whelen (17 April 1927 – 18 September 1993) was an English composer, conductor and playwright, best known for his radio and television operas. Because much of his work was written for
Read → EntryChristopher Wilke
Christopher Wilke (born 1973) is an American composer, lutenist, guitarist, recording artist, and teacher. Biography Born in Cincinnati, Wilke studied guitar and composition at the College of Mount
Read → Post-WarChristopher Willcock
Christopher Willcock (born 1947) is an Australian Jesuit priest and composer of liturgical music. Life Willcock studied music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music (graduated 1974) and theology in
Read → Post-WarChristopher Wright (composer)
Christopher Wright (30 April 1954 – 4 December 2024) was a British music teacher and composer. He described the style of his own music as "largely tonal with atonal flavourings". Others have noted an
Read → Post-WarChristos Hatzis
Christos Hatzis (; born 1953) is a Juno Award-winning Greek-Canadian composer. Many of his compositions are performed internationally, and he is a professor at the Faculty of Music, University of
Read → EntryChronological list of American classical composers
The following is a chronological list (by year of birth) of American composers of classical music. Baroque *John Tufts (1689–1750) *Charles Theodore Pachelbel (1690–1750) *Thomas Walter (1696–1725)
Read → EntryChronological list of Austrian classical composers
The following is a chronological list of Austrian classical composers: that is, those who live in, work in, or are citizens of Austria. Medieval *Walther von der Vogelweide (c.1170–c.1230)
Read → EntryChronological list of English classical composers
This is a chronological list of classical music composers living or working in England or originating from there. Entries are alphabetical within each year. Medieval Renaissance Baroque Classical era
Read → EntryChronological list of French classical composers
The following is a chronological list of classical music composers who lived in, worked in, or were citizens of France. Medieval *Leonin (c. 1150 – 1201) *Perotin (1160 – 1230) *Adam de la Halle
Read → EntryChronological list of Italian classical composers
This is a chronological list of classical music composers from Italy, whose notability is established by reliable sources in other Wikipedia articles. Medieval Renaissance Baroque Classical era
Read → EntryChronological list of Scottish classical composers
The following is a chronological list of classical music composers living and working in Scotland, or originating from Scotland. Renaissance Baroque Classical era Romantic Modern/Contemporary See
Read → 21st CenturyChu Ishikawa
was a Japanese composer and musician, best known for creating the soundtracks of many films by Shinya Tsukamoto and Takashi Miike. He also founded industrial music groups Der Eisenrost and Zeitlich
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