Composers

Factual Information about Famous Composers

Page written & data compiled by: Phill Jury, (Cruciverbalist, Lexicologist, Lexicographer)

 
Name Full Name Date of Birth Place of Birth Date of Death
Arnold, Malcolm Arnold, Malcolm Henry 21/Oct/1921 England  
Bach, Carl Bach, Carl Philippe Emanuel (2nd son) 08/Mar/1714 Weimar 14/Dec/1788
Bach, Johann Christian J.S. Bach's youngest son also a composer 05/Sep/1735

Leipzig, Germany

 01/Jan/1782
Bach, Johann Sebastian   21/Mar/1685 Eisenach 28/Jul/1750
Bach, Wilhelm Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann (eldest son) 22/Nov/1710 Weimar 01/Jul/1784
Barber, Samuel   09/Mar/1910 England 23/Jan/1981
Bartók, Béla   25/Mar/1881 Hungary 26/Sep/1945
Beethoven, Ludwig van   b. 17/Dec/1770 Germany 26/Mar/1827
Berlin, Irving   11/May/1888 Mogilyov, Russia 22/Sep/1989
Berlioz, Hector Berlioz, Louis-Hector 11/Dec/1803 France 08/Mar/1869
Bernstein, Leonard   25/Aug/1918 Massachusetts 14/Oct/1990
Bizet, Georges Orig. name: Bizet, Alexandrecésar-Léopold 25/Oct/1838 Paris 03/Jun/1875
Britten, Benjamin Britten, Edward Benjamin (Baron) 22/Nov/1913 Suffolk, England 04/Dec/1976
Brahms, Johannes   07/May/1833 Germany 03/Apr/1897
Bruckner, Anton Bruckner, Joseph Anton 04/Sep/1824 Austria 11/Oct/1896
Carmichael, Hoagy Carmichael, Hoagland Howard 22/Nov/1899 Indiana 27/Dec/1981
Chopin, Frederic Chopin, Frederic Francois 08/Feb/1851 Poland 22/Aug/1904
Conti, Bill   13/Apr/1943 Rhode Island  
Cooder, Ry Cooder, Ryland Peter 15/Mar/1947 Los Angeles  
Cooke, Arnold (Dr.) Cooke, Arnold Atkinson 94/Nov/1906 England  
Copland, Aaron   14/Nov/1900 New York City 02/Dec/1990
Debussy, Claude Debussy, Achille-claude  22/Aug/1862 France 25/Mar/1918
Dvorak, Antonin Dvorak, Antonin Leopold 08/Sep/1841 now Czech Rep. 01/May/1904
Elgar, Edward (Sir) Elgar, Edward William 02/Jun/1857 England 23/Feb/1934
Enescu, George   19/Aug/1881 Romania 04/May/1955
Falla, Manuel Maria de Falla, y Mathey Manuel Maria de 23/Nov/1876 Cadiz, Spain 14/Nov/1946
Finzi, Gerald   14/Jun/1901 London 27/Sep/1956
Fuchs, Robert   1847 Frauenthat, Styria 19/Feb/1927
Gershwin, George Gershwin, Jacob 26/Sep/1898 Brooklyn 11/Jul/1937
Glass, Philip   31/Jan/1937 Maryland  
Grainger, Percy Grainger, Percy Aldridge 08/Jul/1882 Melbourne, Aust. 20/Feb/1961
Grieg, Edvard Grieg, Edvard Hagerup 15/Jun/1843 Bergen, Norway 04/Sep/1907
Handel, George Handel, George Frederic 23/Feb/1685 Saxony, Germany 14/Apr/1759
Haydn, Joseph Haydn,  Franz Joseph 31/Mar/1732 Austria 31/May/1809
Hammerstein II, Oscar   12/Jul/1895 New York City 23/Aug/1960
Holst, Gustav Theodore Orig. name: Holst, Gustavus Theodore Von 21/Sep/1874 England 25/May/1934
Jacob, Gordon   05/Jul/1895 London 08/Jun/1984
Kern, Jerome Kern, Jerome David 27/Jan/1885 New York City 11/Nov/1945
Lehar, Franz   30/Apr/1870 Hungary 24/Oct/1948
Liszt, Franz   22/Oct/1811 Hungary 31/Jul/1886
Maconchy, Elizabeth   19/Mar/1907 England 11/Nov/1994
Mahler, Gustav   07/Jul/1860 now Austria 18/May/1911
Mendelsson, Felix Mendelsson-bartholdy, Jacob Ludwig  03/Feb/1809 Hamburg 04/Nov/1847
Monteverdi, Claudio   15/May/1567 Italy 29/Nov/1643
Mozart, Leopold Mozart, Johann Georg Leopold (father & principal teacher of Wolfgang Mozart). 14/Nov/1719 Germany 28/May/1787
Mozart, Wolfgang Mozart, Chrysostomus Wolfgang Amadeus 27/Jan/1756 Austria 06/Dec/1791
Offenbach, Jacques Orig. name: Offenbach, Jacob 20/Jun/1819 Cologne 05/Oct/1880
Paganini, Niccolò   27/Oct/1782 Genoa, Italy 27/May/1840
Porter, Cole   09/Jun/1891 Peru, Indiana 15/Oct/1964
Previn, Andre George Orig. name: Priwin, Andreas Ludwig 06/Apr/1929 Berlin, Germany  
Prokofiev, Sergey Prokofiev, Sergeyevich 23/Apr/1891 Ukraine 05/Mar/1953
Puccini, Giacomo Puccini, Giacomo Antonio Domenico 22/Dec/1858 Tuscany, Italy 29/Nov/1924
Rachmaninoff, Sergey Rachmaninoff, Sergey Vasilyevitch 01/Apr/1873 Russia 28/Mar/1943
Ravel, Maurice Ravel, Joseph-Maurice 07/Mar/1875 Cibourne, France 28/Dec/1937
Rawsthorne, Alan   02/May/1905 England 24/Jul/1971
Rimsky-Korsakov Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich 18/Mar/1844 Russia 21/Jun/1908
Rodgers, Richard   28/Jun/1902 New York City 30/Dec/1979
Romberg, Andreas   24/Apr/1767 Germany 10/Nov/1821
Scarlatti, Domenico Scarlatti, Guiseppe Domenico 26/Oct/1685 Naples, Italy 23/Jul/1757
Schubert, Franz Schubert, Franz Peter 31/Jan/1797 Austria 19/Nov/1828
Schumann, Clara Robert Schumann's wife also a composer 13/Sep/1819 Germany 20/May/1896
Schumann, Robert Schumann, Robert Alexander 08/Jun/1810 now Germany 29/Jul/1856
Sculthorpe, Peter Sculthhorpe, Peter Joshua 19/Apr/1929 Launceston, Aust.  
Shostakovich, Dmitry Shostakovich, Dmitry Dmitriyevich 25/Sep/1906 St. Petersburg 09/Aug/1975
Sibelius, Jean Sibelius, Johan Julius Christian 08/Dec/1865 Finland 20/Sep/1957
Stanford, Charles Stanford, Charles Villiers 30/Sep/1852 Dublin, Ireland 29/Mar/1924
Stravinsky, Igor Stravinsky, Igor Fedorovich  17/Jun/1882 Russia 06/Apr/1971
Strauss, Johann (the younger, known as the "waltz king") 25/Oct/1825 Vienna, Austria 03/Jun/1899
Strauss, Johann (the elder) 14/Mar/1804 Vienna, Austria 24/Sep/1849
Strauss, Richard Strauss, Richard Georg 11/Jun/1864 Munich, Germany 08/Sep/1949
Strayhorn, Billy Strayhorn, William Thomas 29/Nov/1915 Ohio 31/May/1967
Tavener, John Tavener, John Kenneth 28/Jan/1944 London  
Tchaikovsky, Peter Tchaikovsky, Peter Il'ich 07/May/1840 Russia 06/Nov/1893
Verdi, Giuseppe Verdi, Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco 09/Oct/1813 Italy 27/Jan/1901
Vivaldi, Antonio Vivaldi, Antonio Lucio 04/Mar/1678 Italy 28/Jul/1741
von Weber, Carl von Weber, Carl Maria 18/Nov/1786 Germany 05/Jun/1826
Wagner, Richard Wagner, Wilhelm Richard 22/May/1813 Venice 13/Feb/1883
Weill, Kurt   02/Mar/1900 Dessau, Germany 03/Apr/1950
Williams, Vaughan Williams, Vaughan Ralph 12/Oct/1872 England 26/Aug/1958
Zimmermann, Bernd Zimmermann, Bernd Alois 20/Apr/1918 Germany 10/Aug/1970

Note: b. in the Date of Birth column = baptized (means Date of Birth not known)

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