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Late Romantic

Ruben Liljefors

Ruben Mattias Liljefors (30 September 1871 – 4 March 1936) was a Swedish composer and conductor, brother of the artist Bruno Liljefors. Life Liljefors was born and died in Uppsala. He also studied in

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Ruben Radica

Ruben Radica (19 May 1931 – 28 July 2021) was a Croatian composer. Biography He was born in Split, Yugoslavia, and acquired a music grounding from his grandfather, the composer Josip Hatze. At the

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Ruben Sargsyan

Ruben Sargsyan, also seen as Sarkisyan (; November 22, 1945 – April 6, 2013 ), was an Armenian composer, laureate of the State Award of Armenia, professor of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.

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Rubin Goldmark

Rubin Goldmark (August 15, 1872 – March 6, 1936) was an American composer, pianist, and educator. He is best known as the teacher of other important composers, including Aaron Copland and George

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Ruby Reynolds-Lewis

Ruby Reynolds-Lewis (13 November 1881 – 13 December 1964) was an Australian composer. Her work "Foxhunt" was entered in the music event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics. She was the

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Rudi Gfaller

Rudi Gfaller (10 November 1882 – 11 February 1972) was an Austrian operetta composer and singer. Born in Vienna, he began his career as an actor and singer and appeared in various provincial theatres

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Rudi Martinus van Dijk

Rudi Martinus van Dijk (27 March 1932 – 29 November 2003) was a Dutch and Canadian composer of orchestral, chamber and vocal music. The voice of a highly original creator is heard in every Van Dijk

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Rudi Spring

Rudi Spring (17 March 1962 – 28 December 2025) was a German composer of classical music, pianist and academic teacher. He also worked as a church organist and conductor. He was known for vocal

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Rudi Stephan

Rudi Stephan (29 July 1887 – 29 September 1915) was a German composer of great promise who was considered one of the leading talents of his generation. * Opus 1 for Orchestra * Liebeszauber for

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Rudolf Alberth

Rudolf Alberth (writing into the 1950s: Albert) (28 March 1918 – 29 May 1992 ) was a German conductor. Born in Frankfurt am Main, Alberth originally studied in composition at the Hoch Conservatory,

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Rudolf Bial

Rudolf Bial (26 August 1834 – 23 November 1881) was a German violinist, composer, conductor and theater director. Life Born in Habelschwerdt, Prussia, Bial received his musical education in Breslau,

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Rudolf Braun (composer)

Rudolf Braun (21 October 186930 December 1925) was an Austrian pianist and composer who was born congenitally blind. He was born and died in Vienna. Very little is recorded of Braun's early life. He

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Rudolf Dellinger

Rudolf Dellinger (8 July 1857 – 24 September, 1910) was a German Bohemian composer and Kapellmeister. He almost exclusively composed operettas and was considered to be among the most outstanding

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Rudolf Escher

Rudolf Escher (8 January 1912 in Amsterdam – 17 March 1980 in De Koog) was a Dutch composer and music theorist. He left compositions for chamber orchestra and orchestra, vocal and one electronic

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Rudolf Hindemith

Rudolf Hindemith, since 1951 officially Paul Quest, pseudonym Hans Lofer They made music together early. From age 10, Rudolf took cello lessons at Dr. Hoch's Konservatorium in Frankfurt. a project of

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Rudolf Jettel

Rudolf Jettel (21 March 1903 – 23 November 1981) was an Austrian composer, clarinettist and academic teacher. Life and career Born in Vienna, Favoriten district, Jettel trained as an instrument maker

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Rudolf Karel

Rudolf Karel (9 November 1880 – 6 March 1945) was a distinguished Czech composer. Biography Rudolf Karel was a son of a railway employee. He studied law at Charles University and then composition

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Rudolf Kelterborn

Rudolf Kelterborn (3 September 1931 – 24 March 2021) was a Swiss musician and composer. Life Born in Basel, Kelterborn studied in Basel, Detmold, Salzburg, and Zürich, among other places, with the

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Rudolf Maria Breithaupt

Rudolf Maria Breithaupt (11 August 1873 – 2 April 1945) was a German composer and music educator (piano). Life Born in Braunschweig, Breithaupt attended the grammar school in Braunschweig. He studied

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Rudolf Mauersberger

Rudolf Mauersberger (29 January 1889 – 22 February 1971) was a German choral conductor and composer. His younger brother Erhard was also a conductor and composer. Career After positions in Aachen and

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Rudolf Mors

Rudolf Mors (16 July 1920 also broadcast by ZDF in the sixties, is still occasionally found on playbills today. In 1963, Mors changed to the position of a drama composer at the Bielefeld Theatre,

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Rudolf Neuhaus

Rudolf Neuhaus (3 January 1914 − 7 March 1990) was a German conductor. Life Born in Cologne, Neuhaus studied at the Musikhochschule Köln, especially with Hermann Abendroth. From 1934 to 1944 he

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Rudolf Nováček

Rudolf Nováček (7 April 1860 – 11 August 1929) was a Czech composer, military conductor, and pedagogue. Life and career Rudolf Nováček was born to the conductor and Maria Hildebrand in the village of

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Rudolf Tobias

Rudolf Tobias (29 May 1873 – 29 October 1918) was the first Estonian professional composer, as well as a professional organist. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. His compositions

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Rudolf Wagner-Régeny

Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (28 August 1903, Szászrégen, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Reghin, Romania) – 18 September 1969, Berlin) was a composer, conductor, and pianist.

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Rudolph Edward Schirmer Jr.

Rudolph Edward Schirmer Jr. (June 18, 1919 – Nov 19, 2000) was a composer, lyricist, poet, and the former chairman of the Board of G. Schirmer Music Inc., an American classical music publishing

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Rudolph Reti

Rudolph Reti, also Réti (; November 27, 1885 – February 7, 1957), was a musical analyst, composer and pianist. He was the older brother of the chess master Richard Réti, but unlike his brother, Reti

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Rudolph von Procházka

Rudolph Freiherr von Procházka (23 February 1864 – 24 March 1936) was a Czech lawyer, composer and music writer. He wrote under the pseudonym Leon Elms. Life Born in Prague (where he also died), he

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Rudy Pérez

Rudy Amado Pérez (born May 14, 1958) was a Cuban-born American musician, songwriter, composer, producer, arranger, sound engineer, musical director and singer, composed over 1,000 songs (over 300 of

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Rudy Schrager

Rudolph "Rudy" Noachim Schrager (28 August 190024 August 1983) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American composer, conductor, pianist, and organist. A native of Czernowitz, Bukovina, he immigrated to the

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Rudy Toth

Rudy Toth (16 December 1925 – 9 July 2009) was a Canadian composer, arranger, conductor, pianist, and cimbalom player of Slovak birth. As a composer he wrote works mainly for television and the

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Rued Langgaard

Rued Langgaard (; born Rud Immanuel Langgaard; 28 July 1893 – 10 July 1952) was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist. His then-unconventional music was at odds with that of his Danish

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Ruggero Leoncavallo

Ruggero (or Ruggiero) Leoncavallo (23 April 18579 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Throughout his career, Leoncavallo produced numerous operas and songs, but it is his 1892

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Ruggier Trofeo

Ruggier Trofeo (c. 1550 – 19 September 1614) was an Italian composer and organist. His name is sometimes rendered as Ruggiero De Trofeis. Trofeo appears to have been a native of Mantua; an anthology

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Ruggiero Giovannelli

Ruggiero Giovannelli (c. 1560 – 7 January 1625) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was a member of the Roman School, and succeeded Palestrina at St. Peter's.

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Rui Massena

Rui Manuel Massena da Silva Pereira (born 26 December 1972) is a Portuguese conductor, composer and pianist. He has also worked on television. Life and career Rui Massena was born on 26 December 1972

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Runtown

Douglas Jack Agu (born 19 August 1989), known by his stage name Runtown, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and producer. His music blends Afrobeats, hip-hop, R&B, and reggae. He first gained

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Rupert Gregson-Williams

Rupert Gregson-Williams (born 12 October 1966) is an English composer, conductor, and music producer best known for his film and television scores. His filmography includes Hotel Rwanda, for which he

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Ruperto Chapí

Ruperto Chapí y Lorente (27 March 1851 – 25 March 1909) was a Spanish composer, and co-founder of the Spanish Society of Authors and Publishers. Biography Chapí was born at Villena, the son of a

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Russell Alexander

Russell Alexander (February 26, 1877 – October 1, 1915) was an entertainer and composer, active primarily with vaudeville shows and musical comedy organizations. Alexander was born in Nevada,

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Russell Atkins

Russell Atkins (February 25, 1926 – August 15, 2024) was an American poet, playwright and composer from Cleveland, Ohio, known primarily for his contributions to avant garde poetry. He was born

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Russell Shaw (composer)

Russell Shaw is a BAFTA-nominated British composer and sound designer. He is known for his work in many video games, particularly those designed by Peter Molyneux. Biography and career Shaw was

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Russell Woollen

Charles Russell Woollen (January 7, 1923, Hartford, Connecticut – March 16, 1994) was an American keyboard artist and composer. With composers Robert Evett (1922–1975), and Robert Parris (1924–1999),

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Rutger Gunnarsson

Johan Rutger Gunnarsson (12 February 1946 – 30 April 2015) was a Swedish musician, bass guitarist, guitarist, arranger and producer. He was closely associated with the pop group ABBA. Career

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Rutger Hoedemaekers

Rutger Hoedemaekers (born 1976) is a Dutch composer and producer. Career Early life and career Hoedemaekers' interest in music was first sparked when he started making electronic compositions on a

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Ruth Almén

Ruth Sofia Almén (pen name Runar Alm; 24 September 1870 – 19 November 1945), was a Swedish composer, pianist, teacher, author and poet. She published a number of compositions, including nine songs,

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Ruth Anderson (composer)

Evelyn Ruth Anderson (March 21, 1928 – November 29, 2019) was an American composer, orchestrator, teacher, and flutist. Biography Evelyn Ruth Anderson was born March 21, 1928, in Kalispell, Montana.

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Ruth Barrett

Ruth Barrett (born 1976) is a British film score composer. Her film score credits include Harry Brown, The Durrells, Collateral, Legacy, Law & Order: Organized Crime, and Victoria. For her work on

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Ruth Bodenstein-Hoyme

Ruth Bodenstein-Hoyme (13 March 1924 – 11 January 2006) was a German composer and piano teacher. Life Hoyme was born in Wurzen as the second daughter of the commercial gardener Walter Hoyme. She

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Ruth Crawford Seeger

Ruth Crawford Seeger (born Ruth Porter Crawford; July 3, 1901 – November 18, 1953) was an American composer and musicologist. Her music heralded the emerging modernist aesthetic, and she became a

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Ruth Gipps

Ruth Dorothy Louisa ("Wid") Gipps (21 February 1921 – 23 February 1999) was an English composer, oboist, pianist, conductor and educator. She composed music in a wide range of genres, including five

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Ruth Lomon

Ruth Lomon (7 November 1930 – 26 September 2017) was a Canadian-American classical composer. Life and career A native of Montreal, Canada, she was born in Montreal and died in Cambridge,

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Ruth Schönthal

Ruth Esther Hadassah Schonthal (June 27, 1924 – July 10, 2006) was an acclaimed classical composer, pianist, and teacher. Born in Germany, she lived in the U.S. for most of her life. After she moved

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Ruth Shaw Wylie

Ruth Shaw Wylie (24 June 191630 January 1989) was a U.S.-born composer and music educator. She described herself as “a fairly typical Midwestern composer,” pursuing musical and aesthetic excellence

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Ruth Tripp

Ruth Erskine Tripp (December 26, 1897 – May 1971) was an American composer, music critic, educator, and pianist. She administered the Works Progress Administration's Federal Music Project (WPA FMP)

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Ruth White (composer)

Ruth S. White (September 1, 1925 – August 26, 2013) was an American composer known for her electronic music compositions. While most of her career was dedicated to educational recordings, she is best

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Ruth Zechlin

Ruth Zechlin (22 June 1926 – 4 August 2007) was a German composer. Life Ruth Oschatz was born in Grosshartmannsdorf, where she began piano lessons at the age of five years, and wrote her first

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