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Composers whose names start with HU.
Huang Ruo
Huang Ruo (黃若, born 1976) is a Chinese-born composer, pianist and vocalist who now lives in the United States. In 2001, Huang was one of the founding members of the International Contemporary
Read → EntryHuang Tiange
Huang Tiange (Chinese: 黄天戈) (born April 16, 2004) is a Chinese composer, pianist, educator, and a music prodigy. Early life and education Huang Tiange was born into a family of artists in Beijing,
Read → Post-WarHuang Zhun (composer)
Huang Zhun (25 June 1926 – 3 December 2024) was a Chinese composer known for film scores. Life and career Huang Zhun was born in Huangyan, Zhejiang. She studied in the drama department of Lu Xun
Read → 21st CenturyHuang Zitao
Huang Zitao (; born May 2, 1993), also known by his stage name Tao (), is a Chinese rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He is a former member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band
Read → Late RomanticHubert Bath
Hubert Charles Bath (6 November 188324 April 1945) was an English film composer, music director, and conductor. His credits include the music to the Oscar-winning documentary Wings Over Everest
Read → Post-WarHubert Giraud
Hubert Yves Adrian Giraud (; 3 March 1920 – 16 January 2016) was a French composer and lyricist. Career Giraud began his career playing the harmonica with Django Reinhardt's jazz group, the Quintette
Read → 20th CenturyHubert Klyne Headley
Hubert Klyne Headley (1906–1996) was an American composer, musician, and educator. Early life and education Headley was born at Parkersburg, West Virginia on June 19, 1906. When he was six, his
Read → RenaissanceHubert Naich
Hubert Naich (Huberti, Huberto; Naixh, Naxhe) (c. 1513 – c. 1546) was a composer of the Renaissance, probably of Flemish origin, principally active in Rome. He was mainly a composer of madrigals,
Read → RomanticHubert Parry
Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, 1st Baronet (27 February 1848 – 7 October 1918), was an English composer, teacher and historian of music. Born in Richmond Hill, Bournemouth, Parry's first major
Read → RenaissanceHubert Waelrant
Hubert Waelrant or Hubertus Waelrant (last name also spelled Waelrand and Latinised name: Hubertus Waelrandus) (c. 1517 – 19 November 1595) was a Flemish composer, singer, teacher, music editor,
Read → 21st CenturyHuck Hodge
Huck Hodge (born July 14, 1977) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. Hodge's first musical training took place in Oregon. In 1999, he began a course of study in Germany at the
Read → Post-WarHugh Aitken (composer)
Hugh Aitken (September 7, 1924 – December 24, 2012 ) was a 20th-century American composer. Biography Aitken was born in New York City to Hugh Aitken Sr. and Florence Aitken. He grew up in the Bronx
Read → 20th CenturyHugh Armigel Wade
Hugh Armigel Wade (1 July 1907 – 10 April 1949) was an English songwriter and musician. Biography Hugh Armigel Wade was born in Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, on 1 July 1907. He was the third son of
Read → RenaissanceHugh Aston
Hugh Aston (also spelled Asseton, Assheton, Ashton, Haston; 1485 – buried 17 November 1558) was an English composer of the early Tudor period. While little of his music survives, he is notable for
Read → Post-WarHugh Davidson (composer)
Hugh Hanson Davidson (27 May 1930 in Montreal – 14 July 2014 in Victoria) was a Canadian composer, music critic, radio producer, writer, and arts administrator. His compositional output includes
Read → Post-WarHugh Davies (composer)
Hugh Seymour Davies (23 April 1943 – 1 January 2005) was an English musicologist, composer, and inventor of experimental musical instruments. History Davies was born in Exmouth, Devon, England. After
Read → Post-WarHugh Shrapnel
Hugh Shrapnel (born Birmingham, England, 1947) is an English composer of contemporary classical music. Biography Shrapnel was born in 1947 in Birmingham. From 1966 to 1969 he studied composition at
Read → Late RomanticHugo Alfvén
Hugo Emil Alfvén (; 1 May 18728 May 1960) was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter. Alfvén was one of Sweden's principal composers. His "Swedish Rhapsody No. 1”, written when he was
Read → RomanticHugo Alpen
Hugo Alpen (26 October 184220 June 1917) was a German-born Australian composer, choral conductor and singing teacher. Early life Born on 26 October 1842 in Kellinghusen, (then part of Denmark), Alpen
Read → Late RomanticHugo Becker
Hugo Becker (born Jean Otto Eric Hugo Becker; 13 February 1863 – 30 July 1941) was a German cellist, cello teacher, and composer. He studied at a young age with Alfredo Piatti, and later Friedrich
Read → 20th CenturyHugo Chaim Adler
Hugo Chaim Adler (17 January 1894 – 24 December 1955), was a Belgian cantor, composer, and choir conductor. He is primarily recognized for creating and popularizing contemporary versions of
Read → EntryHugo de Lantins
Hugo de Lantins (fl. 1420–1430) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Medieval era and early Renaissance. He was active in Italy, especially Venice, and wrote both sacred and secular music; he
Read → 20th CenturyHugo Distler
August Hugo Distler (24 June 1908 – 1 November 1942) was a German organist, choral conductor, teacher and composer. Life and career Born in Nuremberg, Distler attended the Leipzig Conservatory from
Read → 20th CenturyHugo Friedhofer
Hugo Wilhelm Friedhofer (May 3, 1901 – May 17, 1981) was an American composer and cellist, known for his film scores. He won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for The Best Years of Our Lives
Read → 20th CenturyHugo Kauder
Hugo Kauder (9 June 188822 July 1972) was an Austrian-Jewish composer, music theorist, and teacher. He composed in a relatively traditional, Brahmsian contrapuntal–harmonic manner with substantial
Read → Late RomanticHugo Kaun
Hugo Wilhelm Ludwig Kaun (21 March 1863 – 2 April 1932) was a German composer, conductor, and music teacher. Biography Kaun was born in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia and completed his musical training
Read → Late RomanticHugo Leichtentritt
Hugo Leichtentritt (1 January 1874, Pleschen, , nearby Posen, Province of Posen13 November 1951, Cambridge, Massachusetts) was a German-Jewish musicologist and composer who spent much of his life in
Read → Post-WarHugo Montenegro
Hugo Mario Montenegro (September 2, 1925 – February 6, 1981) was an American orchestra leader and composer of film soundtracks. His best-known work is interpretations of the music from Spaghetti
Read → Late RomanticHugo Rüter
Hugo Rüter (7 September 1859 – 25 December 1949) was a German composer. Born in Hamburg, he studied at the Conservatory of his hometown and later settled down in Wandsbek as director of choral
Read → Post-WarHugo Strasser
Hugo Strasser (April 7, 1922, Munich-Schwabing - March 17, 2016, Munich-Trudering) was a German swing and jazz musician, composer, clarinetist and big band leader of the Orchester Hugo Strasser (Hugo
Read → RomanticHugo Ulrich
Hugo Ulrich (26 November 1827 – 23 March 1872) was a German Romantic composer, music educator and arranger. Life Childhood and youth Hugo Ulrich was born on 26 November 1827 in Oppeln in Silesia
Read → MedievalHugo von Montfort
Hugo von Montfort (1357 – 4 April 1423) was an Austrian minstrel of the Late Middle Ages. Life Hugo VII was a scion of the comital house of Montfort at Bregenz, head of an old and influential Swabian
Read → Late RomanticHugo Wolf
Hugo Philipp Jacob Wolf (; ; 13 March 1860 – 22 February 1903) was an Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity
Read → Post-WarHugues Dufourt
Hugues Dufourt () is a French composer and philosopher associated with the spectral school of composition. Born in Lyon on 28 September 1943, Dufourt studied piano and composition at the Geneva
Read → 21st CenturyHumblesmith
Ekenedirichukwu Ijemba (born May 14, 1991), better known by his stage name Humblesmith, is a Nigerian afropop recording artist who achieved recognition upon the release of his hit single titled
Read → Late RomanticHumfrey Anger
Joseph Humfrey Anger (3 June 186211 June 1913) was a Canadian organist, pianist, conductor, composer, and music educator of English birth. His compositional output consists mainly of church music and
Read → 20th CenturyHumphrey Procter-Gregg
Humphrey Procter-Gregg (31 July 1895 – 13 April 1980) was an English composer and academic. Career He was born in Kirkby Lonsdale and educated at King William's College on the Isle of Man and at
Read → 20th CenturyHumphrey Searle
Humphrey Searle (26 August 1915 – 12 May 1982) was an English composer and writer on music. His music combines aspects of late Romanticism and modernist serialism, particularly reminiscent of his
Read → 20th CenturyHunter Johnson (composer)
Hunter Johnson (April 14, 1906 – August 27, 1998) was an American composer. His compositions include a piano sonata and the orchestral music for Martha Graham's ballets Letter to the World, based on
Read → 21st CenturyHuw Watkins
Huw Thomas Watkins (born 13 July 1976 ) is a British composer and pianist. Born in South Wales, he studied piano and composition at Chetham's School of Music in Manchester, where he received piano
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