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Composers whose names start with SY.

Classical

Syama Sastri

Syama Sastri (Telugu: శ్యామ శాస్త్రి; Tamil: ஷ்யாமா சாஸ்திரி; ; 26 April 1762 – 1827) or Shyama Shastri was a musician and composer of Carnatic music. He was the oldest among the Trinity of Carnatic

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Post-War

Syd Dale

Syd Dale (20 May 1924 – 15 August 1994) was an English self-taught composer and arranger of big band, easy listening and library music. His themes and underscore music played an important role on

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Romantic

Sydir Vorobkevych

Sydir Ivanovych Vorobkevych (, ; 17 May 183631 September 1903), was a Ukrainian composer, writer, Eastern Orthodox priest, teacher, and artist. During his career he was the editor of the Austrian

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20th Century

Sydney John Kay

Kurt Kaiser (3 November 1906 – 24 May 1970), better known as Sydney John Kay, was a German-born composer, musician and theatre entrepreneur. Biography Germany Born in Leipzig, Germany of

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Late Romantic

Sylvain Dupuis

Joseph Michel Sylvain Dupuis (; 9 October 1856 – 28 September 1931) was a Belgian conductor, composer, oboist, and music educator. Life Born in Liège, Dupuis was trained at the Royal Conservatory of

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Post-War

Sylvano Bussotti

Sylvano Bussotti (1 October 1931 – 19 September 2021) was an Italian composer of contemporary classical music, also a painter, set and costume designer, opera director and manager, writer and

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Post-War

Sylvester Potts

Sylvester Potts (January 22, 1938 - January 6, 2017) was a singer and composer as well as an off and on member of The Contours and a one-time member of The Four Sonics. Songs that he has either

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21st Century

Sylvia Constantinidis

Sylvia Constantinidis (born December 3, 1962) is a Venezuelan-American pianist, composer, and conductor. Early life and education Sylvia Constantinidis was born in Venezuela and began her study of

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Post-War

Sylvia Hallett

Sylvia Hallett (born 1953) is an English musician and composer. She plays many instruments including the violin and she is known for improvisations on unusual instruments. She has appeared at

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Post-War

Sylvia Soublette

Sylvia Soublette Asmussen (February 5, 1924 – January 29, 2020) was a Chilean composer, singer, choirmaster and educator. She won the 1964 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Gold Medal, the 1997 Critics

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Post-War

Sylvie Bodorová

Sylvie Bodorová (born 31 December 1954, České Budějovice) is a Czech composer. During a career spanning from the late 1970s to the present day she has composed a large number of works for various

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21st Century

Sylvie Courvoisier

Sylvie Courvoisier (born 30 November 1968) is a Swiss American composer, pianist, improviser and bandleader. She was born and raised in Lausanne, Switzerland, and has been a resident of New York City

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Late Romantic

Sylvio Lazzari

Sylvio Lazzari (born Josef Fortunat Silvester Lazzari; 30 December 1857 – 10 June 1944) was a French composer of Austrian and Italian origin. Life Born in Bolzano – then part of the Austro-Hungarian

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Baroque

Symeon Pekalytsky

Symeon Pekalytsky (), sometimes Semen Pekalytsky () or Simeon Pekalitsky (born c. 1630) was a Ukrainian composer, choral director and teacher. He wrote partsong choral works. Biography Very little is

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Entry

Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)

The Symphony No. 3 in E major, Op. 55, titled as the Eroica Symphony, is a symphony in four movements by Ludwig van Beethoven. One of Beethoven's most celebrated works, the Eroica symphony is a

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Post-War

Synne Skouen

Synne Skouen (born 8 August 1950) is a Norwegian music writer and composer. Biography Skouen was born in Oslo. She studied at the Vienna Academy of Music with Alfred Uhl and Erwin Ratz for

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