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Composers whose names start with IR.
Ira B. Arnstein
Ira B. Arnstein (born Itzig Arenstein April 12, 1879 – September 13, 1956) was a musical composer, songwriter, and "chronic litigator". Arnstein was born in Litzingen, Russia (now Letychiv Ukraine),
Read → RomanticIra D. Sankey
Ira David Sankey (August 28, 1840 – August 13, 1908) was an American gospel singer and composer, known for his long association with Dwight L. Moody in a series of religious revival campaigns in
Read → EntryIra F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies
The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies serves as a museum, research center, and host of lectures and performances devoted solely to the life and works of Ludwig van Beethoven. It is the
Read → 21st CenturyIraida Yusupova
Iraida Yusupova (born February 20, 1962) is a Turkmenistani composer of half Russian half Tatar ethnicity who lives in Moscow, Russia. Iraida Yusupova was born in Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR, and graduated
Read → EntryIrena Kosíková
Irena Kosíková is a Czech organist and composer. Irena Kosíková was born in Prague the daughter of the banned philosopher Karel Kosík and the literary historian Růžena Grebeníčková. She began her
Read → 20th CenturyIrene Britton Smith
Irene Britton Smith (December 22, 1907 – February 15, 1999) was an American classical composer and educator. Biography Childhood and youth Irene Britton Smith was born on December 22, 1907, in
Read → 20th CenturyIrene Cozad
Irene Cozad (July 4, 1888 – August 2, 1970), later known as Irene Cozad-Sherer, was an American pianist, piano teacher, and composer of ragtime music. Early life Irene Bazelle Cozad was born in
Read → Late RomanticIrène Fuerison
Irène Fuerison, née Van Santen, (8 January 1875 - 26 June 1931) was a Belgian composer. Biography Irène Van Santen was born in Ghent to a tradesman, August Van Santen, and a contralto singer, Florine
Read → 20th CenturyIrene M. Giblin
Irene Marie Giblin (August 12, 1888 – May 12, 1974), also known as Irene Giblin O'Brien, was an American pianist and composer of ragtime. She published a total of ten pieces between 1905 and 1911.
Read → Late RomanticIrénée Berge
Irénée Bergé (February 1, 1867 – July 30, 1926) was a French composer, conductor and instructor who lived in the United States. In spite of confusions between his given name and "Irène", Bergé was
Read → EntryIrina Dubkova
Irina Dubkova () is a Russian composer, music teacher and an associate professor at the Moscow Conservatory. Life Irina Dubkova was born in Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg). She began composing at the age
Read → Post-WarIrina Elcheva
Irina Mikhaylovna Elcheva (; 28 November 1926 – 8 May 2013) was a Russian composer. Biography Her mother, Nadezhda Bogolyubova, was also a composer, music theorist, and pianist, and her father, M.D.
Read → Post-WarIrina Hasnaș
Irina Olga Hasnaș (born 15 July 1954) is a Romanian composer. Life and career She was born in Bucharest, Romania, and studied at the Ciprian Porumbescu Academy of Music with Ștefan Niculescu, Aurel
Read → Post-WarIrina Odagescu
Irina Odăgescu-Țuțuianu (23 May 1937) is a Romanian music educator and composer. She was a professor at the Bucharest Conservatory, and won the Romanian Composers' Union Prize and in 2001 the
Read → Post-WarIris Sanguesa
Iris Sanguesa de Ichasso (née Sanguesa Hinostroza) (born March 3, 1933), known as Iris Sangüesa, is a Chilean composer, pianist and percussionist defined as the first composer in electronic music in
Read → 21st CenturyIris Szeghy
Iris Szeghy (born 1956) is a Slovak composer living in Switzerland. Biography Iris Szeghy was born in Prešov, Slovakia. She studied piano and composition at the Conservatory in Košice and composition
Read → 21st CenturyIris ter Schiphorst
Iris ter Schiphorst (born 22 May 1956) is a German composer and musician. Early life Iris ter Schiphorst was born in Hamburg into a middle-class family, her father a Dutch technician and her mother a
Read → 21st CenturyIrma (singer)
Irma Pany (born 15 July 1988), better known as Irma (), is a Cameroonian singer-songwriter living in France. Early life and education She was born in Douala in a family with a scientific background.
Read → Post-WarIrma Ravinale
Irma Ravinale (1 October 19377 April 2013) was an Italian composer and music educator. She taught at the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia in Rome. Ravinale has received many awards for her compositions,
Read → Post-WarIrma Urteaga
Irma Urteaga (March 7, 1929 – February 14, 2022) was a composer and pianist from Argentina. Biography Irma Urteaga was born in San Nicholas, Buenos Aires. She began her studies in Paraná (Entre Ríos)
Read → 20th CenturyIrmgard Farden Aluli
"Auntie" Irmgard Keali'iwahinealohanohokahaopuamana Farden Aluli (October 7, 1911 – October 4, 2001) was a Hawaiian composer who wrote over 200 songs. In Hawaii, she was considered a haku mele, or
Read → Post-WarIrmin Schmidt
Irmin Schmidt (born 29 May 1937) is a German keyboardist and composer, best known as a founding member of the Krautrock band Can and composer of numerous film scores. Following the death of Can's
Read → 20th CenturyIrving Actman
Irving Actman (June 2, 1907 – September 24, 1967) was an American conductor, musical director and composer. He is known for his work in film and on Broadway musicals, most notably as the music
Read → 20th CenturyIrving Berlin
Irving Berlin (born Israel Isidore Beilin; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-born American songwriter. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received
Read → 20th CenturyIrving Fine
Irving Gifford Fine (December 3, 1914 – August 23, 1962) was an American composer. Fine's work assimilated neoclassical, romantic, and serial elements. Composer Virgil Thomson described Fine's
Read → Post-WarIrwin Bazelon
Irwin Bazelon (June 4, 1922 in Evanston, Illinois – August 2, 1995) was an American composer of contemporary classical music. Contemporary American composer Irwin Bazelon's music is known for its
Read → 20th CenturyIrwin Dash
Irwin Louis Dash (December 1, 1892 – March 18, 1984) was an American songwriter, music publisher and pianist, who sometimes used the pseudonym Lewis Ilda. Biography He was born in Baltimore,
Read → 20th CenturyIrwin Heilner
Irwin Heilner (May 14, 1908 – January 18, 1991) was an American composer of contemporary classical music. His works are published by American Composers Alliance. Early life and education Heilner was
Read → 20th CenturyIrwin Leroy Fischer
Irwin Leroy Fischer (July 5, 1903 ) was an American composer and organist. He was a long-standing Dean of Faculty of the American Conservatory of Music and organist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Read → 20th CenturyIrwin Swack
Irwin Swack (November 8, 1916 – January 2, 2006) was an American composer of contemporary classical music from West Salem, Ohio. He held degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music (where he
Read → Post-WarIryna Kyrylina
Iryna Yakovlevna Kyrylina (; 25 March 1953 – 4 September 2017) was a Ukrainian composer. She was born in Dresden, Germany, and studied with R.I. Vereschagin at the Kyiv Musical College, and with M.V.
Read → Post-WarIryna Vilinska
Iryna Mykolaivna Vilinska (; 7 September 1920 – 21 or 31 August 1986) was a Soviet and Ukrainian soprano, composer, and music teacher. She was the daughter of Mykola Vilinsky. Biography Iryna
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