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Sickotoy

Alexandru (Alex) Cotoi, known professionally as Sickotoy (stylised in all capitals) is a Romanian sound producer, composer, and DJ. He is widely known for his work with many singers such as Delia,

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Siddharth Haldipur

Siddharth Haldipur is an Indian singer and music director. He is a part of the Sangeet-Siddharth music director duo. The duo has given music for prominent Hindi as well as Marathi movies. In their

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Siddhu Kumar

Siddhu Kumar is an Indian music director who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. He made his debut as a music director with Sivappu Manjal Pachai. Career In 2019, Siddhu Kumar made his debut with

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Sidney Corbett

Sidney Corbett (born April 26, 1960, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American composer based in Germany. Biography Sidney Corbett was born in Chicago in 1960, the son of a Jewish mother and a Catholic

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Sidney Homer

Sidney Homer Sr. (December 9, 1864 – July 10, 1953) was a classical composer, primarily of songs. Biography Homer was the youngest child born to deaf parents in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 9,

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Sidney Lambert

Sidney Lambert (c. 18381905) was an African-American pianist, music educator and composer, born before the American Civil War as a free person of color. He and his family were noted for talent in

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Sidney Nelson

Sidney Nelson (1 January 1800 – 7 April 1862) was an English composer, particularly of songs, including the popular "Rose of Allendale" and "Mary of Argyle". Life Nelson was born in London in 1800,

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Sidney Torch

Sidney Torch (born Sidney Torchinsky; 5 June 1908 – 16 July 1990) was a British pianist, cinema organist, conductor, orchestral arranger and a composer of light music. Early life Torch was born of

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Siegfried Alkan

Siegfried Alkan (30 March 1858 – 24 December 1941) was a German composer from Saarland in the Kingdom of Prussia. He was assaulted and his musical business was looted during the Kristallnacht.

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Siegfried Behrend

Siegfried Behrend (19 November 1933 – 20 September 1990) was a German classical guitarist and composer. Biography Behrend was born in Berlin. He studied piano, harpsichord, conducting and composition

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Siegfried Bimberg

Siegfried Bimberg (5 May 1927 – 2 July 2008) was a German composer, conductor and musicologist Life Born in Halle (Saale), After his return from the war and captivity, Bimberg completed his

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Siegfried Borris

Siegfried Borris (born Siegfried Jakob Boris Zuckermann; His dissertation was Kirnbergers Leben und Werk und seine Bedeutung im Berliner Musikkreis um 1750, about the life and influence of Johann

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Siegfried Fietz

Siegfried Fietz (; born 25 May 1946) is a German singer-songwriter, composer, music producer and sculptor. He is known for songs of the genre Neues Geistliches Lied, particularly his setting of

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Siegfried Fink

Siegfried Fink (born 8 February 1928 in Zerbst/Germany, died 3 May 2006 in Würzburg/Germany) was a German percussionist, composer and professor. He is recognized as an important figure in the

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Siegfried Geißler

Siegfried Rudolf Geißler (26 March 1929 – 10 July 2014) was a German composer, conductor, hornist and politician. He founded the Thüringen Philharmonie Suhl in 1979. After the Wende, he was a member

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Siegfried Kurz

Siegfried Kurz (18 July 1930 – 8 January 2023) was a German conductor, composer and academic. He influenced the musical scene of Dresden, as the conductor of the Semperoper for three decades, and a

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Siegfried Matthus

Siegfried Matthus (13 April 1934 – 27 August 2021) was a German composer, conductor, and festival founder and manager. Some of his operas, such as Judith, were premiered at the Komische Oper Berlin

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Siegfried Ochs

Siegfried Ochs (19 April 1858 – 6 February 1929) was a German choral conductor and composer. Life Born in Frankfurt, Ochs first studied medicine and chemistry at the Polytechnikum Darmstadt (today

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Siegfried Saloman

Siegfried Saloman (2 October 1816 – 22 July 1899) was a Danish violinist and composer. A contemporary of Franz Liszt, he was a pupil of Johannes Frederik Fröhlich, Holger Simon Paulli, Frederik

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Siegfried Translateur

__NOTOC__ Salo Siegfried Translateur, or Siegfried "Salo" Translateur, (19 June 1875 – 1 March 1944) was a German conductor and composer of waltzes, marches, and other light dance music. Today he is

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Siegfried Wagner

Siegfried Helferich Richard Wagner (6 June 18694 August 1930) was a German composer and conductor, the son of Richard Wagner. He was an opera composer and the artistic director of the Bayreuth

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Siegmund von Hausegger

Siegmund von Hausegger (16 August 1872 – 10 October 1948) was an Austrian composer and conductor. Early life Siegmund was born in Graz, the son of Friedrich von Hausegger (1837-1899), a lawyer and

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Siegrid Ernst

Siegrid Ernst (3 March 1929 – 20 March 2022) was a German pianist, music educator and composer. Biography Siegrid Ernst was born in Ludwigshafen am Rhein and studied piano, violin and music theory as

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Sigfrid Karg-Elert

Sigfrid Theodor Karg-Elert (né Karg; 21 November 18779 April 1933) was a German composer and organist who wrote prolifically for pipe and reed organs. Biography Karg-Elert was born Siegfried Theodor

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Sigfús Einarsson

Sigfús Einarsson (30 January 1877 – 10 May 1939) was an Icelandic composer, organist, and music critic. He was a pioneer in Icelandic music in the early twentieth century and is particularly well

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Sigismond Thalberg

Sigismond Thalberg (8 January 1812 – 27 April 1871) was an Austrian composer and one of the most distinguished virtuoso pianists of the 19th century. Family Thalberg was born in Pâquis near Geneva on

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Sigismondo d'India

Sigismondo d'India (c. 1582 – before 19 April 1629) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was one of the most accomplished contemporaries of Monteverdi, and wrote

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Sigismund Bachrich

Sigismund Bachrich (23 January 1841 – 16 July 1913), aka Sigmund Bachrich or Siegmund Bachrich, was a Hungarian composer, violinist, and violist of Jewish origin. He was born in Žabokreky in 1841. He

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Sigismund von Neukomm

Sigismund Neukomm or Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm after ennoblement as a knight (10 July 1778 – 3 April 1858) was an Austrian composer, conductor and pianist. He was a transitional figure between the

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Signe Lund

Signe Lund-Skabo (15 April 1868 – 6 April 1950) was a Norwegian composer and music teacher. Biography Signe Lund was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel

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Sigurd Islandsmoen

Sigurd Islandsmoen (August 27, 1881 – July 1, 1964) was a Norwegian composer. Sigurd Islandsmoen made significant contributions to the music of the Church of Norway. In all he wrote some 70 opuses,

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Sigurd Jansen

Sigurd Jansen (born 4 March 1932) is a Norwegian composer, pianist and conductor. Biography Sigurd Alf Jansen was born in Horten, in Vestfold county, Norway. He studied classical music at the

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Sigvaldi Kaldalóns

Sigvaldi Kaldalóns (Stefánsson) (13 January 1881 – 28 July 1946) * * * * * * *

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Silvana Di Lotti

Silvana Di Lotti (born 29 November 1942) is an Italian pianist, lecturer and composer. She was born in Agliè, Turin, and studied in Turin and Salzburg with Roberto Goitre, Amalia Pierangeli Mussato

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Silvestre Revueltas

Silvestre Revueltas Sánchez (December 31, 1899 – October 5, 1940) was a Mexican classical music composer, a violinist, and conductor. Life Revueltas was born in Santiago Papasquiaro in Durango, and

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Silvina Milstein

Silvina Milstein (born 12 February 1956, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine composer and scholar of twentieth-century music, living in the United Kingdom and teaching at King's College London. Her

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Silvio Amato

Silvio Amato (born April 10, 1961, in Catania, Italy), is a composer of classical, contemporary and popular music, and film soundtracks. Currently, he resides in Marina del Rey, CA with his family.

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Silvio Barbato

Silvio Sergio Bonaccorsi Barbato (11 May 19591 June 2009) was an Italian-Brazilian opera conductor and composer. He died on board Air France Flight 447. Life and career Maestro Barbato was born in

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Sílvio Ferraz

Sílvio Ferraz (born 1959 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian contemporary composer. His works have been performed in Brazil and abroad. In 1993 he received two commissions from the British Council when he

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Silvio Hein

Silvio Hein (March 15, 1879 – December 19, 1928) was an American composer, songwriter, conductor, and theatrical producer. He was a songwriter for Tin Pan Alley and composed the scores to fourteen

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Silvius Leopold Weiss

Silvius Leopold Weiss (12 October 1687 – 16 October 1750) was a German composer and lutenist. He was born in Silesia (in present-day Poland) to the lutenist Johann Jacob Weiss, who taught the lute to

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Sima Bina

Sima Bina (, Simā Binā, born 4 January 1945) is an Iranian traditional musician, composer, researcher, painter and teacher, described by Radio WDR Germany as the "grand lady of Iranian folk music".

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Simeon G. Murafa

Simeon Gheorghevici Murafa (also spelled Simion or Semion Murafa; May 24, 1887 – August 20, 1917) was a Bessarabian politician in the Russian Empire, also known as a publicist and composer. A trained

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Simeon ten Holt

Simeon ten Holt (24 January 1923 – 25 November 2012) was a Dutch contemporary classical composer. Ten Holt was born in Bergen, North Holland, and studied with Jakob van Domselaer, eventually

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Simi (singer)

Simisola Bolatito Kosoko ( ; née Ogunleye; born April 19, 1988), better known as Simi, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and actress. She began her career as a gospel singer and released her debut

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Simon Bainbridge

Simon Bainbridge (30 August 1952 – 2 April 2021) was a British composer. He was also a professor and head of composition at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and visiting professor at the

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Simon Bar Jona Madelka

Simon Bar Jona Madelka or Šimon Bariona Oppollensis (before 1550 in Opole – c. 1598 in Plzeň) was a Czech composer. In addition to being a composer, he was also a member of the butcher's guild in the

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Simon Boyleau

Simon Boyleau (fl. 1544–1586) was a French composer of the Renaissance, active in northern Italy. A prolific composer of madrigals as well as sacred music, he was closely connected with the court of

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Šimon Brixi

Šimon Brixi (28 October 1693 – 2 November 1735) was a Czech composer and organist. He was the father of composer František Brixi. Life Brixi was born on 28 October 1693 in Vlkava, Bohemia. From 1711

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Simon Bucharoff

Simon Bucharoff (April 20, 1881 – November 24, 1955, born Simon Buchhalter) was an American pianist, composer and educator. Bucharoff was born in Berdychiv, Russian Empire. His father was a cantor.

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Simón Díaz

Simón Narciso Díaz Márquez (August 8, 1928 – February 19, 2014), also known as tío Simón, was a Venezuelan singer, actor, TV host, comedian, and Grammy Award-winning composer of Venezuelan music.

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Simon Emmerson (composer)

Simon Emmerson is an electroacoustic music composer working mostly with live electronics. He was born in Wolverhampton, UK, on 15 September 1950. Simon Emmerson studied at Cambridge and at City

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Simon Gjoni

Simon Gjoni (Shkodër, 1925–1991) was an Albanian conductor, and composer of many popular pieces for piano and orchestra. Life Simon Gjoni was born on October 28, 1925, in the city of Shkodër,

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Simon Holt

Simon Holt (born 21 February 1958) is an English composer. Biography Simon Holt was born in Bolton, Lancashire on 21 February 1958. Educated at Bolton School, Holt immersed himself in organ, piano

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Simon Le Duc

Simon Le Duc, more commonly Leduc (Paris, 15 January 1742 – 22 January 1777), was a French violinist, soloist at the Concert Spirituel, music publisher and composer. His younger brother, Pierre Le

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Simon Lohet

Simon Lohet (Loxhay) (born before c. 1550 – buried 5 July 1611) was a Flemish composer and organist of the late Renaissance, active in Germany. He is best known as one of the earliest exponents of

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Simon Mayr

Johann(es) Simon Mayr (also spelled Majer, Mayer, Maier), also known in Italian as Giovanni Simone Mayr or Simone Mayr (14 June 1763 – 2 December 1845), was a German composer. His music reflects the

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Simon Molitor

(Alois Franz) Simon (Joseph) Molitor (3 November 1766 – 21 February 1848) was a German-born Austrian composer, guitarist, violinist and music historian – an influential figure both in early

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Simon Petrén

Simon Petrén (born 14 March 1986) is a Swedish music producer, songwriter, mix engineer and mastering engineer. He holds a Diploma in Piano Music Performance at the Royal Schools of Music in London

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Simon Power (composer)

Simon Power (born 14 February 1958) is an English composer & sound designer, best known for his work on the BBC's Classic Novelisation range of Doctor Who audiobooks. Career Between the late 1980s

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Simon Preston

Simon John Preston (4 August 1938 – 13 May 2022) was an English organist, conductor and composer who was admired as one of the most important English church musicians of his generation. Family and

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Simon Ravn

Simon Ravn (born 25 January 1974 ) is a Danish composer who composes orchestral music for film, television and video games. Ravn was born in Copenhagen. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he wrote

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Simon Russell (composer)

Simon Russell is a British composer for TV and film. He has worked on many documentaries and films including James Bluemel's Exodus; Our Journey to Europe, Once Upon a Time in Iraq and Once Upon a

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Simon Sargon

Simon Arthur Sargon (April 6, 1938 – December 25, 2022) was a composer, pianist, conductor, music educator, and major creative figure in contemporary American Jewish music. His compositions include

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Simon Sechter

Simon Sechter (11 October 1788 – 10 September 1867) was an Austrian music theorist, composer, conductor, and organist. He is best known as a strict music teacher, whose many students included Anton

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Simon Simon

Simon Simon (born in either in 1720 or 1735, near Rambouillet; died after 1788 in Dreux) was a French harpsichordist and composer. Biography Most of the accounts of his life derive from the

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Simon Söfelde

Simon Söfelde (born 23 November 1988 in Gothenburg) is a Swedish composer. and musician, active in both art music and popular music genres. Biography Söfelde pursued his studies in composition at the

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Simon Steen-Andersen

Simon Steen-Andersen (born 1976) is a Danish composer, performer, director and media artist. Biography Steen-Andersen studied composition with Karl Aage Rasmussen, Mathias Spahlinger, Gabriel

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Simon Stockhausen

Simon Stockhausen (born 5 June 1967) is a German composer. His parents are the artist Mary Bauermeister and the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen; the musician Markus Stockhausen is his half-brother.

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Simon Viklund

Simon Viklund (born Simon Wiklund, December 1, 1979) is a Swedish freelance video game composer, music producer, sound designer and game designer, who was first known for his work on the 2008 game

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Simon Waley

Simon Waley Waley (23 August 182730 December 1875) was one of the leading members of Anglo-Jewry in the 19th century. Waley was born in Stockwell, London. He was a leading broker on the London Stock

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Simon Wallace

Simon Wallace (born 1957) is a British composer and pianist. Simon Wallace was born in Newport, South Wales. He studied music at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama and University College,

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Simon-Joseph Pellegrin

The abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin (1663 – 5 September 1745) was a French poet and playwright, a librettist who collaborated with Jean-Philippe Rameau and other composers. Biography He was born at

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Simone Cilio

Simone Antonio Cilio (born 4 September 1992) is an Italian film composer best known for his film scores. Life and career Simone Cilio was born in Niscemi, Italy. In his early career, he worked on the

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Simone Molinaro

Simone Molinaro (c. 1570 – May 1636) was a composer of the late Renaissance in Italy. He was especially renowned for his lute music. Life and career Molinaro was born in Genoa. He studied music with

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Sinan Savaskan

Sinan Carter Savaşkan (born 11 August 1954 ) is a Turkish-born, British composer of contemporary classical music. He works and lives in London, England, where he is the Composer in Residence for the

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Singer-songwriter

A singer-songwriter is a musician who writes, composes, and performs their own musical material, including lyrics and melodies. In the United States, the category is built on the folk-acoustic

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Sinne Eeg

Sinne Eeg (born 1 September 1977) is a Danish jazz vocalist and composer. Eeg has received a number of recognitions and positive reviews both nationally and internationally, and is considered among

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Sinta Wullur

Sinta Wullur (born 16 November 1958) is an Indonesian-Dutch gamelan musician, pianist, singer, and classical composer. Biography Sinta Wullur was born in Bandung, Indonesia, and emigrated to the

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Sinyan Shen

Sinyan Shen (; born November 12, 1949 - died November 7, 2016) was a Singaporean physicist and classical composer. Life Born in Singapore to the parents of Shanghai background, Sinyan Shen studied

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Siobhán Cleary

Siobhán Cleary (born 10 May 1970) is an Irish composer. She has also worked as a film composer, and is a member of Aosdána. Early life and education Born in Dublin, Cleary started to compose from an

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Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet

Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet (c. 1676 – 4 October 1755) was a Scottish politician, lawyer, judge and composer. He was vice-president of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, the pre-eminent learned

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Sirvart Kalpakyan Karamanuk

Sirvart Kalpakyan Karamanuk (; 1 December 1912 – 20 October 2008) was an Armenian composer, pianist and teacher, living in Istanbul. Early life Karamanuk was born in the Üsküdar district of

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Sixto María Durán Cárdenas

Sixto María Durán Cárdenas (August 6, 1875 – January 13, 1947) was an Ecuadorian pianist, composer, and lawyer. He served as a judge, composed more than one hundred musical works, and was director of

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