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Composers whose names start with JE.
J. E. P. Aldous
John Edmund Paul Aldous (8 December 1853 – 23 January 1934) was a Canadian organist, conductor, composer, and music educator of English birth. His compositional output includes many short pieces for
Read → Late RomanticJ. Emory Shaw
J. Emory D. Shaw (1863 – June 10, 1943) was an American musician, educator, and academic administrator. He served as the musical director of Wilson College, president of Kee Mar College, and director
Read → 21st CenturyJeajoon Ryu
Jeajoon Ryu (born 1970) is a South Korean composer. His works have been by performed some of the world's leading orchestras, such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO), l'Orchestre régional de
Read → 20th CenturyJean Absil
Jean Absil (23 October 1893 – 2 February 1974) was a Belgian composer, organist, and professor at the Brussels Conservatoire. Biography Absil was born in Bonsecours, Hainaut, Belgium. His teacher
Read → 21st CenturyJean Ahn
Jean Ahn (; born 1976) is a composer based in San Francisco, originally from Korea. Her music is inspired by Korean and Asian traditional music and instruments. She composes for a variety of
Read → RomanticJean Antoine Zinnen
Jean Antoine Zinnen (25 April 1827 – 16 May 1898) was a Luxembourgish composer, best known for the Luxembourgish national anthem, Ons Heemecht. Career Zinnen was born in Neuerburg, in the Prussian
Read → BaroqueJean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent
Jean Baptiste Loeillet (6 July 1688 – c. 1720), who later styled himself Loeillet de Gant, was a Flemish composer, born in Ghent. He spent the largest part of his life in France in service to the
Read → Post-WarJean Barraqué
Jean-Henri-Alphonse Barraqué (17 January 1928 – 17 August 1973) was a French composer and music writer. His relatively small is known for its serialism. Life Barraqué was born in Puteaux,
Read → 20th CenturyJean Berger
Jean Berger (; September 27, 1909 – May 28, 2002) was a German-born American pianist, composer, and music educator. He composed extensively for choral ensemble and solo voice. Early years Berger was
Read → Post-WarJean Bonfils (composer)
Jean-Baptiste Marcel Éloi Bonfils (21 April 1921 – 26 November 2007) was a 20th-century French organist, music educator, musicologist and composer. Biography Born in Saint-Étienne (Loire), Bonfils
Read → RenaissanceJean Boyer (composer)
Jean Boyer (born before 1600 – died 1648) was a French viol player and composer, active in Paris during the first half of the 17th century. He must not be confused with Noël Boyer, who was master of
Read → RenaissanceJean Braconnier
Jean Braconnier ("Braconnier dit Lourdault") (died just before January 22, 1512) was a French singer and composer of the Renaissance. Little of his music has survived, but he had a considerable
Read → BaroqueJean Cappus
Jean (Baptiste) Cappus (Dijon, 6 October 1689 – 10 March 1751) was a French composer. The second name ‘Baptiste’ is attested only on his 1730 book of viol music. Biography Youngest son of François
Read → EntryJean Cathala
Jean Cathala was a French singer, composer and cornettist, active in the years (1645 – 1680). Biography His career began and ended in Paris, but also took place in Amiens and Auxerre. Paris A mention
Read → Post-WarJean Chatillon
Jean Chatillon (13 September 1937 – 16 January 2019 ) was a Canadian composer and music educator. Early life Jean Chatillon was born into a family of musicians on 13 September 1937 in Nicolet,
Read → Post-WarJean Constantin (songwriter)
Jean Constantin (9 February 1923 – 30 January 1997) was a French singer, songwriter and composer. A prominent songwriter in France, he wrote several songs that became hits like Mon manège à moi sung
Read → 20th CenturyJean Coulthard
Jean Coulthard, (February 10, 1908 – March 9, 2000) was a Canadian composer and teacher. She was one of a trio of women composers who dominated Western Canadian music in the twentieth century:
Read → Late RomanticJean Cras
Jean Émile Paul Cras (; 22 May 1879 – 14 September 1932) was a 20th-century French composer and career naval officer. His musical compositions were inspired by his native Brittany, his travels to
Read → RenaissanceJean de Bournonville
Jean de Bournonville was a French composer active in the first third of the 17th century, born in Noyon around 1585 and died in Paris on 27 May 1632. He should not be confused with his son Valentin
Read → BaroqueJean de Cambefort
Jean de Cambefort (c. 1605 – 4 May 1661) was a French Baroque singer and composer of ballets and liturgical music. He died in Paris, France. He is now mostly remembered for composing six airs
Read → RenaissanceJean de Latre
Petit Jean De Latre (c. 1505 or 1510 – 31 August 1569) or Joannes de Latre (his surname is also recorded as Delattre, Delatre, De Lattre and Laetrius) was a Flemish Renaissance composer and
Read → 20th CenturyJean Déré
Jean Déré (23 June 1886 – 6 December 1970) was a French music educator and composer. Life Born in Niort, Déré was introduced to classical music by his father, who was organist and choir director in
Read → 21st CenturyJean Derome
Jean Derome (born June 29, 1955) is a French Canadian avant-garde saxophonist, flautist, and composer. A prominent figure in the Montreal musique actuelle (new music) scene, Derome has been a member
Read → 20th CenturyJean Deslauriers
Jean Deslauriers (24 June 1909 – 30 May 1978) was a Canadian conductor, violinist, and composer. As a conductor he had a long and fruitful partnership with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation;
Read → 20th CenturyJean Doyen
Jean Doyen (8 March 1907 – 21 April 1982) was a French classical pianist, pedagogue and composer. Biography Jean Doyen was born in Paris on 8 March 1907. He graduated from the Conservatoire de Paris
Read → Late RomanticJean E. Williams
Jean Elizabeth Williams (20 January 1876 – July 1965) was a composer. She was born in Wednesbury, England, then moved to Toronto, Canada. After graduating from the Royal Conservatory of Music of the
Read → Post-WarJean Eichelberger Ivey
Jean Eichelberger Ivey (July 3, 1923 – May 2, 2010) was an American composer who produced an extensive and diverse catalog of solo, chamber, vocal, and orchestral works as an innovator and "respected
Read → 20th CenturyJean Françaix
Jean René Désiré Françaix (; 23 May 1912 – 25 September 1997) was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator known for his prolific output and vibrant style. Françaix composed for
Read → Late RomanticJean Gabriel-Marie
Jean Gabriel Prosper Marie (8 January 1852 – 29 August 1928), known professionally as Gabriel-Marie, * Adagio for violin and piano * Cassandre, Bouffonnerie * Chanson Capriceuse for various
Read → Late RomanticJean Gilbert
Jean Gilbert (11 February 1879 – 20 December 1942), born Max Winterfeld, was a German operetta composer and conductor. Life and career Gilbert was born in Hamburg into a family of musicians; his
Read → BaroqueJean Gilles (composer)
Jean Gilles (8 January 1668 – 5 February 1705) was a French composer, born at Tarascon. Biography After receiving his musical training as a choirboy at the Cathedral of Saint-Sauveur at
Read → 21st CenturyJean Goldenbaum
Jean Goldenbaum ( in São Paulo, Brazil) is a German composer and musicologist. He is a researcher at the European Centre for Jewish Music of the Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media. Life
Read → Post-WarJean Guillou
Jean Victor Arthur Guillou (18 April 1930 – 26 January 2019) was a French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue. Principal Organist at Saint Eustache in Paris, from 1963 to 2015, he was widely
Read → 20th CenturyJean Hubeau
Jean Hubeau (22 June 191719 August 1992) was a French pianist, composer and pedagogue known especially for his recordings of Gabriel Fauré, Robert Schumann and Paul Dukas, which are recognized as
Read → Late RomanticJean Huré
Jean-Louis Charles Huré (17 September 1877 – 27 January 1930) was a French composer and organist. Though educated in music at a monastery in Angers, he was mostly self-taught. Life Born in Gien,
Read → RenaissanceJean Japart
Jean Japart (fl. c. 1474 – 1481) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in Italy. He was a popular composer of chansons, and may have been a friend of Josquin des Prez. Life and
Read → RomanticJean Joseph Bott
Jean Joseph Bott (9 March 1826 – 28 April 1895) was a German violinist and composer who emigrated to the United States late in his life. Early life and education He was born in Cassel, Grand Duchy of
Read → 20th CenturyJean Kurt Forest
Jean Kurt Forest (2 April 19093 March 1975) was a German violinist and violist, Kapellmeister and composer. He began his career as concertmaster in film orchestras conducted by Paul Dessau, then
Read → RenaissanceJean l'Héritier
Jean L'Héritier (Lhéritier, Lirithier, Heritier and other spellings also exist) (c. 1480 – after 1551) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was mainly famous as a composer of motets, and is
Read → 20th CenturyJean Langlais
Jean François-Hyacinthe Langlais III (15 February 1907 – 8 May 1991) was a French composer of modern classical music, organist, and improviser. He described himself as "" ("Breton, of Catholic
Read → Post-WarJean Leccia
Jean Hubert Leccia (19 February 1938 – 10 January 2023), known in the United States as Jean Lexia, was a French composer, conductor, singer, and pianist. Leccia was active in various musical genres,
Read → RenaissanceJean Maillard
Jean Maillard (c. 1515 – after 1570) was a French composer of the Renaissance. While little is known with certainty about his life, he may have been associated with the French royal court, since he
Read → RenaissanceJean Molinet
Jean Molinet (1435 – 23 August 1507) was a French poet, chronicler, and composer. He is best remembered for his prose translation of Roman de la rose. Born in Desvres, which is now part of France, he
Read → RenaissanceJean Mouton
Jean Mouton (c. 1459 – 30 October 1522) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was famous both for his motets, which are among the most refined of the time, and for being the teacher of Adrian
Read → Post-WarJean Perrin (composer)
Jean Perrin (September 17, 1920 – September 24, 1989) was a Swiss composer and pianist. He composed in a neo-classical style, sometimes approaching polytonality, and his music shows the influence of
Read → Late RomanticJean Pietrapertosa
Jean Pietrapertosa (1855–1940) was a composer and virtuoso of the mandolin who performed in Paris in the 1880s. He taught the mandolin and wrote a two-volume mandolin method book, Méthode de
Read → 20th CenturyJean Rivier
Alexis Fernand Félix Jean Rivier (21 July 1896 – 6 November 1987) was a French composer of classical music in the neoclassical style. The son of , a co-inventor of Armenian paper, he composed over
Read → Late RomanticJean Roger-Ducasse
Jean Jules Aimable Roger-Ducasse (Bordeaux, 18 April 1873 – Le Taillan-Médoc (Gironde), 19 July 1954) was a French composer. Biography Jean Roger-Ducasse studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Émile
Read → Late RomanticJean Rogister
Jean François Toussaint Rogister (25 October 1879 in Liège – 20 March 1964 in Liège) was a Belgian virtuoso violist, teacher and composer. Life and career Jean Rogister came from a family of
Read → Post-WarJean Roussel
Jean Alain Roussel (born 1951) is a Mauritian-born musician, composer, record producer, arranger, educator and Sono-Therapist. Career He is best known for his keyboard work from the 1970s through
Read → Late RomanticJean Schwartz
Jean Schwartz (November 4, 1878 – November 30, 1956) was a Hungarian-born Jewish American composer and pianist. He is best known for his work writing the scores for more than 30 Broadway musicals,
Read → Late RomanticJean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius (; ; born Johan Christian Julius Sibelius; 8 December 186520 September 1957) was a Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early modern periods. He is widely regarded as his country's
Read → RenaissanceJean Titelouze
Jean (Jehan) Titelouze (c. 1562/63 – 24 October 1633) was a French Catholic priest, composer, poet and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. He was a canon and organist at Rouen
Read → 20th CenturyJean Vallerand
Jean Vallerand, CQ (December 24, 1915 – June 24, 1994) was a composer, music critic, violinist, conductor, arts administrator, writer, and music educator from Quebec. As a composer he was active from
Read → 21st CenturyJean Ven Robert Hal
Jean Ven Robert Hal (born 11 May 1970), known as his stage name Roberto D'Agostino Vendola, is an Italian musician and composer of krautrock, progressive rock, ambient, jazz, synthpop, electronic,
Read → 20th CenturyJean Wiener
Jean Wiener (or Wiéner) (19 March 1896, 14th arrondissement of Paris – 8 June 1982, Paris) was a French pianist and composer. He was of some significance in the promotion of new music, both by his
Read → 21st CenturyJean Wiertz
Jean Wiertz (; born 1958 or 1959) is a Dutch composer, music teacher, and school administrator. He has served as chairperson of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) since March 2024. Life Wiertz was
Read → BaroqueJean-Adam Guilain
Jean-Adam Guilain Freinsberg (born Johann Adam Wilhelm Freinsberg; c. 1680 – after 1739) was a German-French organist and harpsichordist who was mostly active in Paris during the first half of the
Read → RomanticJean-Baptiste Accolay
Jean-Baptiste Accolay (; 17 April 1833 – 19 August 1900) was a Belgian violin teacher, violinist, conductor, and composer of the romantic period. His best-known composition is his one-movement
Read → BaroqueJean-Baptiste Barrière
Jean-Baptiste Barrière (2 May 1707 – 6 June 1747) was a French cellist and composer. He was born in Bordeaux, Gascony and died in Paris, at 40 years of age. Musical career Barrière first studied the
Read → ClassicalJean-Baptiste Bréval
Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Bréval (6 November 1753 – 18 March 1823) was a French cellist and composer. He wrote mostly for his own instrument, including pedagogical works as well as virtuoso display
Read → Early RomanticJean-Baptiste Chollet
Jean-Baptiste Marie Chollet (20 May 1798 – 10 January 1892) was a French musician and operatic singer (baritone, later tenor). He also composed a few romances and nocturnes. He married the opera
Read → ClassicalJean-Baptiste Davaux
Jean-Baptiste Davaux (19 July 1742 – 2 February 1822) was a French classical violinist and composer. Biography Born in La Côte-Saint-André, Davaux came from a bourgeois family. His father was King's
Read → RomanticJean-Baptiste Faure
Jean-Baptiste Faure (; 15 January 1830 – 9 November 1914) was a French operatic baritone and art collector who also composed several classical songs. Singing career Faure was born in Moulins. A
Read → 21st CenturyJean-Baptiste Favory
Jean-Baptiste Favory (born 1967) is a French sound artist and composer of musique concrète, electronic and instrumental music. Biography Jean-Baptiste Favory was born in Paris in 1967. His mother,
Read → BaroqueJean-Baptiste Forqueray
__NOTOC__ Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (3 April 1699 – 28 June 1782), the son of Antoine Forqueray, was a player of the viol and a composer. Forqueray was born in Paris. He is most famous today for his
Read → ClassicalJean-Baptiste Janson
Jean-Baptiste Janson (9 March 1742 – 2 September 1803) was a French cellist and composer of the classical period. Life Jean-Baptiste Janson was a pupil of Martin Berteau. At age thirteen he played at
Read → ClassicalJean-Baptiste Krumpholz
Jean-Baptiste Krumpholz (; Czech: Jan Křtitel Krumpholtz) (8 May 1742 – 19 February 1790) was a Czech composer and harpist who lived in the Holy Roman Empire. Biography Krumpholz was born in, near
Read → RomanticJean-Baptiste Labelle
Jean-Baptiste Labelle (September 1825 – 9 September 1898) was a Canadian composer, organist, pianist, and conductor. He is best known for composing the music to the song Ô Canada! mon pays, mes
Read → Late RomanticJean-Baptiste Lemire
Jean-Baptiste Lemire (8 June 1867 – 2 March 1945) was a French composer. He joined the French army in 1888 as a musician as Quarter-Major Musician Second-Class and later served as a drummer in a navy
Read → ClassicalJean-Baptiste Lemoyne (composer)
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, or Lemoyne, (; 3 April 1751 – 30 December 1796) was a French composer, chiefly of operas. Born in Eymet, Dordogne, he first worked as a musician in Berlin and Warsaw, where in
Read → BaroqueJean-Baptiste Loeillet of London
Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London (18 November 1680 – 19 July 1730), was a Flemish composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is called the London Loeillet to distinguish him from another famous
Read → BaroqueJean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste Lully (born Giovanni Battista Lulli; 28 or 29 November 1632 – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-French composer, dancer and instrumentalist, who is considered a master of the French Baroque
Read → BaroqueJean-Baptiste Morin (composer)
Jean-Baptiste Morin (2 February 1677 – 27 April 1745) was a French composer and the Ordinaire de la Musique to Philippe, Duke of Orléans before and perhaps during his regency. From 1719 to 1731 Morin
Read → ClassicalJean-Baptiste Nôtre
Jean-Baptiste Nôtre (4 September 1732 – 20 February 1807) was a French composer and organist. Biography Born in Toul, Jean-Baptiste Nôtre's father, Jacob Notter, from Mels near Sargans in
Read → ClassicalJean-Baptiste Rey
Jean-Baptiste Rey (18 December 1734 – 15 July 1810) was a French conductor and composer. Rey was born at Lauzerte. He remains the longest-serving conductor of the Paris Opera; his tenure spans from
Read → Early RomanticJean-Baptiste Roucourt
Jean-Baptiste Roucourt (Brussels, 28 October 1780 - Brussels, 1 May 1849) was a music pedagogue, singer and composer. He founded the music school which was the cradle of the Royal Conservatoire of
Read → BaroqueJean-Baptiste Senaillé
Jean Baptiste Senaillé (23 November 1687 – 15 October 1730) was a French Baroque composer and violin virtuoso. Biography His father Jean Senaillé was a member of Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi from
Read → BaroqueJean-Baptiste Stuck
Jean-Baptiste Stuck (also known by the single moniker "Baptistin," "Batistin" or "Battistin") (6 May 16808 December 1755) was an Italian-French composer and cellist of the Baroque era. Little is
Read → RomanticJean-Baptiste Weckerlin
Théodore Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin or Wekerlin (9 November 1821 – 20 May 1910) was a French composer and music publisher from Alsace. Biography Weckerlin was born at Guebwiller. In 1844, he began
Read → ClassicalJean-Benjamin de La Borde
Jean-Benjamin François de la Borde (5 September 1734 – 22 July 1794) was a French composer, writer on music and fermier général (farm tax collector). Born into an aristocratic family, he studied
Read → RomanticJean-Chrisostome Hess
Jean-Chrisostome Hess (26 January 1816 – 8 March 1900) was one of the most prolific French composers of salon music for the piano as well as transcriptions of popular songs and arias from operas. He
Read → Post-WarJean-Christian Michel
Jean-Christian Michel (born 1938) is a composer and clarinetist. His compositions are influenced by jazz and by baroque music, particularly that of Johann Sebastian Bach. Before starting his musical
Read → RomanticJean-Chrysostome Brauneis II
Jean- or John-Chrysostome Brauneis II, (26 January 1814 – 11 August 1871) was a Canadian composer, organist, and music educator. A multifaceted musician, Brauneis instructed students in many musical
Read → Post-WarJean-Claude Éloy
Jean-Claude Éloy (15 June 1938 – 19 November 2025) was a French composer of instrumental, vocal and electroacoustic music. He taught at the University of California, Berkeley, and collaborated with
Read → Post-WarJean-Claude Risset
Jean-Claude Raoul Olivier Risset (; 13 March 1938 – 21 November 2016) was a French composer, best known for his pioneering contributions to computer music. He was a former student of André Jolivet
Read → Post-WarJean-Claude Touche
Jean-Claude Touche (7 August 1926 – 29 August 1944) was a French musician, organist and composer. Biography Jean-Claude Touche was born in Paris. His father, Firmin Touche (Avignon, 25 juillet
Read → 20th CenturyJean-Étienne Marie
Jean-Étienne Marie (; 22 November 1917 – 25 December 1989) was a French composer of contemporary music. He is an important figure in the history and exploration of Microtonal music and
Read → BaroqueJean-Féry Rebel
Jean-Féry Rebel (18 April 1666 – 2 January 1747) was an innovative French Baroque composer and violinist. Biography Rebel, a child violin prodigy, was the most famous offspring of Jean Rebel, a tenor
Read → BaroqueJean-François Dandrieu
Jean-François Dandrieu, also spelled D'Andrieu (c. 168217 January 1738) was a French Baroque composer, harpsichordist and organist. Biography Dandrieu was born in Paris into a family of artists and
Read → BaroqueJean-François Lalouette
Jean-François Lalouette (1651-1728) was a French composer of the Baroque period (ca. 1600–1750). Early life Lalouette (also spelled "Lallouette") had his first musical education in the school choir
Read → ClassicalJean-François Le Sueur
Jean-François Le Sueur (more commonly Lesueur; ; 15 February 17606 October 1837) was a French composer, best known for his oratorios and operas. Life He was born at Plessiel, a hamlet of Drucat near
Read → 21st CenturyJean-François Zygel
Jean-François Zygel (born 23 November 1960) is a French pianist, improviser, composer and improvisation teacher for piano at the Conservatoire de Paris. Born in Paris, he is also known for his work
Read → ClassicalJean-Frédéric Edelmann
Jean-Frédéric Edelmann (born Johann Friedrich Edelmann; 5 May 1749 – 17 July 1794) was a French classical composer. He was born in Strasbourg to a Protestant family of Alsatian descent. After
Read → 21st CenturyJean-Frédéric Neuburger
Jean-Frédéric Neuburger (born 29 December 1986) is a French pianist, organist, and composer. His repertoire extends from Bach to Barraqué and the works of his own contemporaries. He was born in Paris
Read → RomanticJean-Georges Kastner
Jean-Georges Kastner, born 9 March 1810 in Strasbourg, died 19 December 1867 in Paris, was a composer and musicologist. Biography Kastner's parents were Johann Georg Kastner, from Dettwiller, and
Read → BaroqueJean-Henri d'Anglebert
Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (baptized 1 April 1629 – 23 April 1691) was a French composer, harpsichordist and organist. He was one of the foremost keyboard composers of his day. Life D'Anglebert's father
Read → ClassicalJean-Henri Naderman
Jean-Henri Naderman (baptised 20 July 1734 – 4 February 1799) was one of the leading harp-makers in Paris in the 18th century, and also a music publisher. He supplied the Royal Household with his
Read → 20th CenturyJean-Jacques Grunenwald
Jean-Jacques Charles Grunenwald, also known by his pseudonym Jean Dalve (2 February 1911 – 19 December 1982), was a French organist, composer, architect, and pedagogue. Life and work Grunenwald was
Read → ClassicalJean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, philosophe, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment
Read → ClassicalJean-Joseph de Mondonville
Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (, 25 December 1711 (baptised) – 8 October 1772), also known as Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville, was a French violinist and composer. He was a younger contemporary of
Read → BaroqueJean-Joseph Mouret
Jean-Joseph Mouret (11 April 1682 in Avignon, Papal States – 10 December 1738 in Charenton-le-Pont) was a French composer whose dramatic works made him one of the leading exponents of Baroque music
Read → Post-WarJean-Louis Florentz
Jean-Louis Florentz (19 December 1947 – 4 July 2004) was a French composer. Biography Born in Asnières-sur-Seine, Florentz was a student of Pierre Schaeffer and Olivier Messiaen. In 1978, he won the
Read → Post-WarJean-Louis Petit (composer)
Jean-Louis Petit (born 20 August 1937) is a French composer, conductor and organist. He studied composition with Georges Moineau and organ with Arsène Muzerelle at the Conservatoire de Reims before
Read → Early RomanticJean-Louis Tulou
Jean-Louis Tulou (born 12 September 1786 in Paris – died 23 July 1865 in Nantes) was a French flute teacher and performer, composer, and instrument maker. Family and life His father, Louis-Prosper
Read → Post-WarJean-Luc Darbellay
Jean-Luc Darbellay (born 2 July 1946) is a Swiss composer, conductor, clarinetist and physician. He was chairman of the Swiss Society for New Music and board member of the International Society for
Read → 21st CenturyJean-Marc Volcy
Jean-Marc Volcy (born January 29, 1966) is a Seychellois composer, performer and songwriter regarded as one of the pioneering musicians to propagate creole music in Seychelles. His repertoire of
Read → BaroqueJean-Marie Leclair
Jean-Marie Leclair l'aîné (Jean-Marie Leclair the Elder) (10 May 1697 – 22 October 1764) was a French Baroque violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school. His
Read → RomanticJean-Maurice Bourges
Jean-Maurice Bourges (Bordeaux, 2 December 1812 - Paris, 15 March 1881), distinguished musical critic, translator and composer who came early to Paris to study composition under Auguste Barbereau. He
Read → 21st CenturyJean-Michel Bernard
Jean-Michel Bernard (born 23 November 1961) is a French pianist, composer, educator, orchestrator, and music producer. He is well known for regularly writing, performing, and scoring for films, such
Read → Post-WarJean-Michel Damase
Jean-Michel Damase (; 27 January 1928 – 21 April 2013) was a French pianist, conductor and composer of classical music. Career Damase was born in Bordeaux, the son of harpist Micheline Kahn. He was
Read → Post-WarJean-Michel Defaye
Jean-Michel Defaye (18 September 1932 – 1 January 2025) was a French pianist, composer, arranger and conductor known for his collaboration with French poet and singer-songwriter Léo Ferré. Life and
Read → Post-WarJean-Michel Jarre
Jean-Michel André Jarre (; born 24 August 1948) is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient, and new-age genres, and is known for organising
Read → 21st CenturyJean-Pascal Beintus
Jean-Pascal Beintus (born 1966) is a French composer. Beintus was born in Toulouse. He studied double bass and composition at the conservatories of Nice, Lyon and Paris during the 1980s. When Sir
Read → 21st CenturyJean-Pascal Chaigne
Jean-Pascal Chaigne (born 1977) is a French composer. Following initial studies at the Conservatoire National de Région de Tours and the University of Tours, he was admitted to the Conservatoire de
Read → 21st CenturyJean-Paul Maunick
Jean-Paul Edouard Maunick (born 19 February 1957, Mauritius), known by his stage name Bluey is a British guitarist, bandleader, composer and record producer. He has led the British acid jazz band
Read → ClassicalJean-Paul-Égide Martini
Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, also known as Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini (31 August 1741 – 14 February 1816) was a French composer of German birth during the classical period. He is best known today for the
Read → Post-WarJean-Philippe Goude
Jean-Philippe Goude is a French composer and keyboardist, born in Paris on 27 July 1952. Early work * 1969: first compositions * 1975: composition and recording of the soundtrack for Frankenstein, a
Read → BaroqueJean-Philippe Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau (; ; – ) was a French composer and music theorist of the late Baroque era. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he
Read → Post-WarJean-Pierre Bourtayre
Jean-Pierre Bourtayre (31 January 1942 – 4 March 2024) was a French composer. He worked for numerous performers, such as Jacques Dutronc, Michel Sardou, and Claude François. Biography Born in Paris
Read → Post-WarJean-Pierre Drouet
Jean-Pierre Drouet (born 30 October 1935) is a French multi-instrumentist percussionist and composer. Born in Bordeaux, Drouet studied with René Leibowitz, Jean Barraqué and André Hodeir. In India,
Read → Post-WarJean-Pierre Guézec
Jean-Pierre Guézec (19 August 1934 – 9 March 1971) was a French composer. Life Born in Dijon, Guézec studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris with Darius Milhaud, Jean Rivier and Olivier Messiaen.
Read → Post-WarJean-Pierre Leguay
Jean-Pierre Leguay (born 4 July 1939 in Dijon) is a French organist, composer and improviser. On 1 January 2013, he became a Chevalier (Knight) of the Legion of Honour, the most prestigious French
Read → 20th CenturyJean-Siegfried Blumann
Jean-Siegfried Blumann (2 February 1887 – 1965) was a German conductor and composer. Life Blumann was born in Osnabrück, in Hamburg according to other sources. Already at the age of four he showed
Read → RomanticJean-Théodore Radoux
Jean-Théodore Radoux (; 9 November 1835 – 20 March 1911) was a Belgian composer and bassoonist. In 1859 he won the Belgian Prix de Rome for his cantata Le Juif errant which he had composed earlier
Read → 21st CenturyJean-Yves Malmasson
Jean-Yves Malmasson (born 1963) is a French composer and conductor. Malmasson was born in Saint-Cloud in the Paris suburbs. After studies in piano, ondes Martenot, and composition at the
Read → Post-WarJeanine Rueff
Jeanine Rueff (5 February 1922 – c. September 1999) was a French composer and music educator. Biography Jeanine Rueff was born in Paris and studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Tony Aubin,
Read → 20th CenturyJeanne Barbillion
Jeanne Marie Louise Barbillion (12 October 1895 – 8 August 1992) was a French pianist, violinist, and composer. Life Born in Paris, Barbillion attended the Schola Cantorum de Paris from the age of 8.
Read → 20th CenturyJeanne Behrend
Jeanne Behrend (11 May 1911 – 20 March 1988) was an American pianist, music educator, musicologist and composer. Life Jeanne Behrend was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the Curtis Institute
Read → Late RomanticJeanne Blancard
Jeanne Blancard (1884–1972) was a French composer and pianist. Early life In 1884, Blancard was born in France. Blancard's mother was Célestine Blancard, a composer. Career Blancard was a child
Read → 20th CenturyJeanne Boyd
Jeanne Margaret Boyd (February 25, 1890 – August 8, 1968) was an American pianist, composer, arranger, and music educator, based in Chicago. Early life and education Boyd was born in Mount Carroll,
Read → Post-WarJeanne Colin-De Clerck
Jeanne (Albertine) Colin-De Clerck (born 9 January 1924) is a Belgian composer who also uses the names Jeanne Colin and Albertine De Clerck. She was born in Brussels, Belgium, and studied at Royal
Read → Post-WarJeanne Demessieux
Jeanne Marie-Madeleine Demessieux (14 February 1921 – 11 November 1968) was a French organist, pianist, composer, and teacher. She was the chief organist at Saint-Esprit for 29 years and at La
Read → 20th CenturyJeanne Leleu
Jeanne Leleu (29 December 1898 – 11 March 1979) was a French pianist and composer. She was born in Saint-Mihiel in northeastern France; her father was a bandmaster and her mother a piano teacher. She
Read → EntryJeanne Rivet
Jeanne Rivet (1850-1913) was a French composer of songs and music for piano. Her compositions were widely published during her lifetime. Little is known about Rivet’s life. The composer Justin
Read → Post-WarJeannie G. Pool
Jeannie Gayle Pool (born November 6, 1951) is an American composer, musicologist, filmmaker, producer, and lecturer. An expert on and advocate for women in classical and popular music, she founded
Read → Post-WarJeannine Richer
Jeannine Paulette Albertine Richer (6 June 1924 – 18 August 2022) was a French composer and music educator who taught music theory and published four books before she began composing. Richer was born
Read → Post-WarJeannine Vanier
Marie Antoinette Jeannine Vanier (21 August 1929 – 7 March 2023) was a Canadian composer and organist who was born blind. Vanier was born in the Laval-des-Rapides neighbourhood of Laval, Quebec, to
Read → 20th CenturyJef van Hoof
Jef van Hoof (8 May 1886 – 24 April 1959) was a Flemish composer and conductor. Biography Born on 8 May 1866, in Antwerp, van Hoof was a pupil of Paul Gilson and was heavily influenced by the works
Read → 21st CenturyJeff Danna
Jeff Danna is a Canadian film and television composer. He has composed or co-composed scores for a wide range of films and television, including The Boondock Saints (1999), Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Read → 21st CenturyJeff Fairbanks
Jeff Fairbanks (born January 6, 1980) is an American composer, band leader, and multiinstrumentalist. Awards Music awards and honors include a fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts, US
Read → EntryJeff Fisher (composer)
Jeff Fisher is a SOCAN award-winning Canadian composer, producer, arranger and musician born in Montreal, Quebec. He is probably best known for composing the soundtrack for the original run of the
Read → 21st CenturyJeff Hamburg
Jeff Hamburg (born 1956) is an American composer. Born in Philadelphia, he studied acoustics and composition at the University of Illinois and moved to the Netherlands in 1978 to continue his studies
Read → 21st CenturyJeff Miyahara
Jeff Miyahara (born February 4, 1977) is a Japanese record producer and songwriter based in Tokyo, Japan. He is the chief creative officer for the Japanese branch of HYBE. Beginning his career in the
Read → 21st CenturyJeff Myers (composer)
Jeff Myers (born August 11, 1977) is an American composer. Early life Born and raised in Fremont, California, Myers attended San Jose University (earning a Bachelor of Music degree), the Eastman
Read → 21st CenturyJeff Toyne
Jeffrey William Toyne (born January 7, 1975) is a Canadian film composer and recipient of Playback Magazine's 'Ten to Watch' honour. Early life Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, Toyne earned
Read → 21st CenturyJeff Tymoschuk
Jeff Tymoschuk is a Canadian composer who writes music for film, television, video games and theatrical productions. His music is often fast-paced and intense to accompany lively action sequences.
Read → 21st CenturyJeff Walls
Jeffrey Kermit Walls (August 29, 1956 – May 29, 2019) was an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He gained prominence as the lead guitarist of the 1980s alternative rock band Guadalcanal
Read → 21st CenturyJefferson Friedman
Jefferson Friedman (born 1974) is an American composer. He has composed several orchestral pieces and television scores including Harley Quinn. Friedman was born in Swampscott, Massachusetts. He
Read → EntryJeffery Alan Jones
Jeffery Alan Jones is a composer, sound designer and re-recording mixer. In 2017, Jeffery won the Grand Jury Award – Best Narrative Feature at SXSW Film Festival for music and sound design in the
Read → 21st CenturyJeffrey Brooks
Jeffrey Brooks (born 1956) is an American composer living in Minneapolis. Brooks composed the popular work Dreadnought (for wind ensemble) as well as several works for Bang on a Can. Brooks holds
Read → 21st CenturyJeffrey Ching
Jeffrey Ching (, born 4 November 1965) is a contemporary classical composer. He was born in the Philippines, to Chinese parents. He is married to the operatic soprano Andión Fernández and has two
Read → Post-WarJeffrey Hass
Jeffrey Hass (born November 24, 1953, in New York) is a contemporary American classical composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music. He is best known for his compositions combining electronic
Read → 20th CenturyJeffrey Mark
Jeffrey Mark (1898 – December 1965) was an English composer, folk song collector and writer. Life and career Mark was born in Carlisle, Cumberland, the son of a cabinet maker, and in 1909 won a
Read → 21st CenturyJeffrey Mumford
Jeffrey Mumford (born June 22, 1955) is a U.S. composer whose orchestral works have been performed by the National Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland
Read → 21st CenturyJeffrey Ryan
Jeffrey Ryan (born 1962) is a Canadian composer based in Vancouver, British Columbia. His compositional style ranges from opera, art song, and choral music to chamber ensemble and orchestral works.
Read → 20th CenturyJehan Alain
Jehan-Ariste Paul Alain (; 3 February 1911 – 20 June 1940) was a French organist, composer and soldier. Born into a family of musicians, he learned the organ from his father and a host of other
Read → EntryJehan Chardavoine
Jehan Chardavoine (baptized on 2 February 1538 at Beaufort-en-Vallée, Anjou – died c. 1580) was a French Renaissance composer mostly active in Paris. He was one of the first known editors of popular
Read → MedievalJehan de Lescurel
Jehan de Lescurel (; also Jehannot de l'Escurel) was a composer-poet of late medieval music. Jehan's extensive surviving oeuvre is an important and rare examples of the formes fixes before the time
Read → EntryJehan Fresneau
Jehan Fresneau (also Fresnau, Frasnau) (fl. ca. 1468 – 1505) was a French composer of the Renaissance. He was one of the composers in the renowned Milan chapel in the mid-1470s, which was disbanded
Read → EntryJehan Vaillant
Jehan Vaillant (; also spelled Johannes Vayllant) was a French composer and music theorist. He is named immediately after Guillaume de Machaut by the Règles de la seconde rhétorique, which describes
Read → 21st CenturyJen Trynin
Jennifer Trynin (born 1963), is an American singer-songwriter and author from Boston, Massachusetts. Career She recorded her debut album Cockamamie in 1994 while running her own desktop publishing
Read → EntryJenaer Liederhandschrift
The (German, the "Jena song manuscript") is a 14th-century manuscript containing lyrics and melodies to songs in Middle High German. The majority of the lyrics belong to the genre of Spruchdichtung
Read → EntryJenne Lennon
Jenne Lennon is a Celtic singer. In 2012, she received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Elgin Children's Chorus. Jenne has performed all over the United States and Europe headlining events
Read → Post-WarJennifer Fowler
Jennifer Joan Fowler (born 14 April 1939) is a British composer of Australian birth. She was born in Bunbury, Australia, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in music and a Bachelor of Music from
Read → 21st CenturyJennifer Higdon
Jennifer Elaine Higdon (born December 31, 1962 ) is an American composer of contemporary classical music. She has received many awards, including the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Music for her Violin
Read → 21st CenturyJennifer Margaret Barker
Jennifer Margaret Barker (born 6 May 1965 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish-American classical composer and pianist. Her compositional style is highly influenced by the landscape, culture and
Read → 21st CenturyJennifer Walshe
Jennifer Walshe (born 1 June 1974) is an Irish composer, vocalist and artist. Biography Jennifer Walshe was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1974. She studied composition with John Maxwell Geddes at the
Read → Post-WarJenny McLeod
Jennifer Helen McLeod (12 November 1941 – 28 November 2022) was a New Zealand composer and professor of music at Victoria University of Wellington. She composed several major works for big groups
Read → 20th CenturyJenő Ádám
Jenő Ádám (12 December 1896 15 May 1982) was a Hungarian music educator, composer, and conductor. Early life and education Jenő Ádám was born in Szigetszentmiklós (Kingdom of Hungary) on 12 December
Read → Late RomanticJenő Hubay
Jenő Hubay de Szalatnya ( ; 15 September 1858 – 12 March 1937), also known by his German name Eugen Huber (), was a Hungarian violinist, composer and music teacher. Early life Hubay was born into a
Read → Late RomanticJenő Huszka
Jenő Huszka (a.k.a. ; 24 April 1875, Szeged – 2 February 1960, Budapest) was a Hungarian composer of operettas. Life At the age of 5, he had his first performance – nicely played violin. He studied
Read → 20th CenturyJenő Takács
Jenő Takács (; 25 September 1902 – 14 November 2005) was a Hungarian composer and pianist. Life and work Born in Cinfalva on 25 September 1902, he studied at the Academy of Music and Performing Arts
Read → 20th CenturyJens Bjerre Jacobsen
Jens Bjerre Jacobsen (13 October 1903 – 3 January 1986) was a Danish composer and organist. Jacobsen was born in Aarhus but grew up in Salling, where his father was a Grundtvigian Community pastor in
Read → 21st CenturyJens Joneleit
Jens Gerd Joneleit (born 17 September 1968) is a German composer, known for his operas. Early life and education Joneleit was born in Offenbach am Main in Germany. His parents both played piano, and
Read → 21st CenturyJens Josef
Jens Josef (born 5 August 1967) is a German composer of classical music, a flutist and academic teacher. Career Born in Solingen-Ohligs, Josef received flute instructions from Rita Eggenweiler and
Read → BaroqueJeremiah Clarke
Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674 – 1 December 1707) was an English baroque composer and organist, best known for his Trumpet Voluntary, a popular piece often played at wedding ceremonies or commencement
Read → ClassicalJeremiah Dencke
Jeremiah Dencke was born October 2, 1725, in Langenbielau, Silesia and died May 28, 1795, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He joined the Moravian Congregation at Gnadenfrei and was called to Moravian
Read → ClassicalJeremiah Ingalls
Jeremiah Ingalls (March 1, 1764 – April 6, 1838) was an early North-American composer, considered a part of the First New England School. Biography Jeremiah Ingalls was born in Andover,
Read → 21st CenturyJeremy Adelman (composer)
Jeremy Adelman (born 1973) is an American composer for film and television, trumpet player and multi-instrumentalist, and major-label music producer and arranger in genres including funk, indie and
Read → 21st CenturyJeremy Beck
Jeremy Beck (born 1960) is an American composer who "knows the importance of embracing the past while also going his own way." The critic Mark Sebastian Jordan has said that "Beck was committed to
Read → 21st CenturyJeremy Filsell
Jeremy Daniel Filsell (born 10 April 1964) is a British pianist, organist and composer who has served as director of music at Christ Episcopal Church in Bradenton, Florida since September 2025. He
Read → 21st CenturyJeremy Soule
Jeremy Soule ( ) is an American composer of soundtracks for film, television, and video games. He has composed soundtracks for over 60 games and over a dozen other works during his career, including
Read → 21st CenturyJeremy Turner (composer)
Jeremy Turner (born June 18, 1975 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist living in California. Biography Jeremy Turner began playing the piano and the cello as
Read → 21st CenturyJeren Kurbanklycheva
Jeren Gurbangylyjova (; ; also written as Jeren Kurbanklycheva; born 3 June 1955) is a Turkmen composer who holds the official title of The First Woman Composer of Turkmenistan. Early life and
Read → 21st CenturyJerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate
Jerod Impichch a achaaha' Tate (, ), born July 25, 1968) is a Chickasaw classical composer and pianist. His compositions are inspired by North American Indian history, culture and ethos. He has had
Read → Post-WarJérôme Dorival
Jérôme Dorival (born in 1952) is a French clarinetist, composer and musicologist. Biography Born in Paris, Jérôme Dorival is one of the four sons of historian and art critic, Bernard Dorival. He
Read → 21st CenturyJerome Kitzke
Jerome Kitzke (born 1955) is a composer who grew up along the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. History He received his B.F.A. from the University of
Read → 21st CenturyJérôme Leroy (composer)
Jérôme Leroy is a French composer and orchestrator based in Los Angeles. Early life and family Born in Paris, Leroy was first introduced to music as a young child playing the piano. He started
Read → Post-WarJérôme Naulais
Jérôme Naulais (born 1951) is a French trombonist and composer. Life Born in 1951 into a family of musicians, he began studying music at the age of six. He obtained his first prizes of violin and
Read → 20th CenturyJeronimas Kačinskas
Jeronimas Kačinskas (or Kacinskas; 17 April 1907 – 15 September 2005 ) was a Lithuanian-born American composer. Kačinskas was born in Viduklė, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire, to the family of a
Read → Post-WarJerry Bilik
Jerry H. Bilik (born October 7, 1933 in New Rochelle, New York, United States) is an American composer, arranger, songwriter, conductor, and director of stage productions. He received a B.M.E. degree
Read → Post-WarJerry Brubaker
Jerry Brubaker (born 1946) is an American composer and arranger of more than 300 works of music for concert band, symphony, and chorus and a professional French horn soloist. Education and career In
Read → 21st CenturyJerry Calliste Jr.
Gerald C. Calliste Jr. (born November 26, 1965), also known as Hashim, is an American entrepreneur, producer, songwriter, publisher, and former DJ who is best known for the hip hop, electro, and
Read → Post-WarJerry Hunt
Jerry Edward Hunt (November 30, 1943 – November 27, 1993) was an American composer who created works using live electronics partly controlled by his ritualistic performance techniques which were
Read → Post-WarJerry Toth
Jaroslav "Jerry" Toth (15 November 1928 – 31 March 1999) was a Canadian saxophonist, clarinetist, flutist, arranger, composer, and record producer. Life and career Born in Windsor, Ontario, Toth was
Read → 20th CenturyJerzy Fitelberg
Jerzy Fitelberg (May 20, 1903 – April 25, 1951) was a Polish-American composer. Biography Son of Grzegorz Fitelberg, Jerzy was born in Warsaw. He first studied music with his father. At a young age,
Read → Post-WarJerzy Milian
Jerzy Stanisław Milian (April 10, 1935 – March 7, 2018) was a Polish jazz musician, painter, composer and vibraphonist. At sixteen he graduated from the Secondary School of Music in Poznań. His
Read → 21st CenturyJesper Nordin (Swedish composer)
Jesper Nordin (born 6 July 1971 in Stockholm) is a Swedish composer. His music mixes traditional Swedish folk music, rock music, electroacoustics and improvisation. In 2002 his composition Calm Like
Read → 21st CenturyJess Langston Turner
Jess Langston Turner (born 1983) is an American composer, who is known primarily for his concert band and choir music. Biography Jess Langston Turner was born in Greenville, South Carolina in 1983,
Read → 21st CenturyJessi (musician)
Jessica Hyunju Ho (; born December 17, 1988), better known by the stage name Jessi (), is an American rapper and singer based in South Korea. She was born in New York City and raised in New Jersey.
Read → 21st CenturyJessica Jung
Jessica Jung (born April 18, 1989) is an American and South Korean singer-songwriter, actress, author, and businesswoman. She is best known for her work as a former member of the South Korean girl
Read → Post-WarJessica Suchy-Pilalis
Jessica Ray Suchy-Pilalis (born 1954) is an American harpist. She is specialist in the theory and practice of Byzantine chant. Life and career Jessica Suchy-Pilalis was born and grew up in Milwaukee.
Read → 20th CenturyJessie Baetz
Jessie Baetz (born Jessie Elizabeth Drummer; June 28, 1894 – November 28, 1980) the daughter of John Drummer and Esther Ann Oughtred Drummer. She studied and taught at the Toronto Conservatory of
Read → Late RomanticJessie Gaynor
Jesse L. Smith Gaynor (February 17, 1863 - February 20, 1921) was an American composer of children's music. She wrote the music for the well-known children's lullaby "The Slumber Boat", in
Read → 21st CenturyJessie Montgomery
Jessie Montgomery (born December 8, 1981, New York City) is an American violinist, composer, chamber musician, and music educator. Her compositions focus on the vernacular, improvisation, language,
Read → RomanticJessie Seymour Irvine
Jessie Seymour Irvine (26 July 1836 – 2 September 1887) was the daughter of a Church of Scotland parish minister who served at Dunottar, Peterhead, and Crimond in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She is best
Read → 20th CenturyJesús Arámbarri
Jesús Arámbarri Gárate (13 April 1902 in Bilbao – 11 July 1960 in Madrid) was a Spanish classical music conductor and composer native to the Basque Country. Jesús Arámbarri has been classed among the
Read → 20th CenturyJesús Bal y Gay
Jesús Bal y Gay (23 June 1905 – 3 March 1993) was a Spanish composer, music critic, and musicologist. He was a member of Generation of '27 and the Group of Eight, the latter of which also included
Read → 20th CenturyJesús García Leoz
Jesús García Leoz (Olite, Navarra, 10 January 1904 – 1953) was a Spanish composer, particularly noted for his film scores. He was a favourite pupil of Joaquín Turina and one of the "músicos del '27."
Read → 20th CenturyJesús Guridi
Jesús Guridi Bidaola (25 September 1886 – 7 April 1961) was a Spanish Basque composer who was a key player in 20th-century Spanish and Basque music. His style fits into the late Romantic idiom,
Read → Post-WarJesús Rodríguez Picó
Jesús Rodríguez Picó (born Barcelona, Spain, 12 July 1953) is a composer of contemporary classical music, a clarinet player and a pedagogue. He studied at the Conservatori del Liceu where he obtained
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