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Name	Born	Died	Information
East, Michael more...	c.1580	1648	English Renaissance madrigalist
Eastwood, Thomas Hugh more...	1922 Hawley, Hants., UK	1999	English composer
Ebdon, Thomas more...	1738 Durham, England	23 Sep. 1811 Durham, England	English church music composer and organist [entry prompted by Ton Meijer]
Ebel II of Ventadorn more...	after 1086 Corrèze, France	1155 Montecassino, Italy	Viscount of Ventadour (Corrèze, France), known as the Ebolus cantator (a singer named Eble, Eble le chanteur), who according to a contemporary historian, Geoffroy, prior of Vigeois, erat valde gratiosus in cantilenis ("gave a great deal of pleasure by his songs"). None of his poems survive: perhaps none were written down. He is often credited as the first Provençal troubadour, an immediate predecessor of and an influence on William IX of Aquitaine and Bernart de Ventadorn
Ebeling, Johann Georg more...	July 1637 (or 1620) Lüneburg, Germany	1676 Stettin, Germany	German composer and hymn-writer
Eben, Petr more...	22 Jan. 1929 Zamberk, Czechoslovakia	24 Oct. 2007 Prague, Czech Republic	Czech composer and organist
Eberl, Anton more...	13 Jun. 1765 Vienna, Austria	11 Mar. 1807 Vienna, Austria	Austrian composer, teacher and pianist
Eberlin, Daniel more...	Jan. 1646/Dec. 1647 (bap. 4 Dec. 1647) Nürnberg, Germany	between Dec. 1713 and 5 Jun. 1715 Kassel, Germany	German Kapellmeister and composer
Eberlin, Johann Ernst more...	27 Mar. 1702 Jettingen, Germany	19 Jun. 1762 Salzburg, Austria	German composer and organist whose works bridge the baroque and classical eras. He was a prolific composer, chiefly of church organ and choral music
Eberlin, Maria Caecilia Barbara	1728	1806	Mozart's E. Waberl
Eberwein, Traugott Maximilian more...	27 Oct. 1775 Weimar, Germany	2 Dec. 1831 Rudolstadt, Germany	German musical director and composer
Ebolus cantator (see Eble II of Ventadorn)
Ebreo da Pesaro, Guglielmo (Benjamin) more...	fl. 15th century		Italian dancing-master who wrote a treatise on dancing, Trattato dell' Arte del Ballare. It is one of the earliest in existence
Eccard, Johannes more...	1553 Mühlhausen, Thuringia, Germany	1611 Königsberg, Germany	German composer and kapellmeister. He was an early principal conductor at the Berlin court chapel
Eccles, Daniel more...	fl. 1690-1710		English musician and composer, brother of Henry Eccles
Eccles, Henry more...	1670	1742	English composer, the son of Solomon Eccles and the brother of John Eccles
Eccles, John more...	1668 London, UK	12 Jan. 1735 Kingston-upon-Thames, UK	English composer, the son of Solomon Eccles and the brother of Henry Eccles
Eccles (or Eagle), Solomon more...	1618	1683	English composer who became a Quaker. He burned all his books and compositions so as to distance himself from church music. His repugnance for the organised church showed in his name for them: "steeple-houses"
Echenfeld, Katharina	fl. 1521		wrote music for unaccompanied voice
Eckard, Johann Gottfried more...	1735 Augsburg, Germany	1809 Paris, France	composer and vituoso keyboard player; when Johann Gottfried Eckard died at the age of 74, the Parisian press commemorated him as the most celebrated keyboard player in Europe. In his life-time Eckard was a well-known and celebrated artist but his music is rarely played today
Eckart, Edmundo more...	1935 Barcelona, Spain		Spanish composer
Eckhardt-Gramatté, Sophie-Carmen (born Sofia or Sonia Fridman-Kochevskaya) more...	24 Dec. 1902 Moscow, Russia	2 Dec. 1974 Stuttgart, Germany	Russian-born Canadian composer and virtuoso pianist and violinist
Eddy, Clarence Hiram	23 Jun. 1851 Greenfield, MA, USA	10 Jun. 1937 Chicago, IL, USA	a pupil of Dudley Buck, he was the organist of the First Congregational Church and the First Presbyterian Church in Chicago. In his time he was a famous concert organist, giving numerous recitals throughout the United States. He went to Paris to study with Franck, Guilmant and Widor. He became a good friend of Guilmant and arranged the first concert trip of Guilmant to the United States. He composed a mere handful of works himself among which the best known are Praeludium in a minor, Festival Prelude on 'Old Hundredth' (1909), Faust-Fantasie and Concert Pieces [supplementary information provided by Terry L. Mueller]
Edelman, Mademoiselle	fl. 1780s		composer and member of a prominent Strasbourg family that moved to Paris in the 1770's. Her brother, Johann Friedrich, was a distinguished performer, teacher and composer who promoted the piano as a fashionable instrument. She was published in Paris in the 1780s
Edelinck, Pieter (or Elinc, Petrus)	fl. c.1500		Dutch composer who was choirmaster at the Nieuwe Kerk in Delft from 1504 to 1506
Edelman, Randy more...	10 Jun. 1947 Paterson, New Jersey, USA		American film and TV score composer
Edelmann, Jean Frederic more...	5 May 1749 Strasbourge, France	c. 17 Jul. 1794 France	French pianist and composer who, during the French Revolution, was arrested and executed
Edens, Roger more...	9 Nov. 1905 Hillsbro, Texas, USA	13 Jul. 1970 Hollywood, California, USA	Hollywood composer, arranger and associate producer, and is considered one of the major creative figures in Arthur Freed's musical film production unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during the "golden era of Hollywood"
Eder, Helmut more...	26 Dec. 1916 Linz, Austria	8 Feb. 2005 Salzburg, Austria	Austrian conductor and composer
Edlund, Lars more...	1922		Swedish composer
Edmunds, Christopher Montague	1899 Birmingham, England	1990 England	spent his life in the area in which he was born, as a teacher of harmony and composition at the Birmingham School of Music (now the Birmingham Conservatoire) from 1929 and as Principal from 1945-56. He was one of the talented circle of pupils surrounding Sir Granville Bantock during his time as Payton Professor and Principal of the School until 1934. Edmunds composed several symphonies, operas, choral works and numerous chamber works. He was prolific too as a composer for the piano. Many of his part-songs were written for the choral festival movement of the 1920s and 30s. His style was described in a December 1990 obituary written by his pupil James Langley as being "rhapsodic, rather late-romantic". His 'Second Symphony in D' was started soon after the outbreak of war in 1939 and completed early the following year. Edmunds wrote in his programme note: "The underlying character of this symphony is one of sober relief from the long years of tension and anxiety and an expression of firm conviction in the successful outcome of the gigantic struggle which lay ahead." Sir Adrian Boult performed separate movements from it before Julius Harrison broadcast the work with the BBC Northern Orchestra in April 1944
Edmundson, Garth more...	11 Apr. 1900 Prospect, PA, USA	2 Apr. 1971 New Castle, PA, USA	American organist and composer. His best known organ work is Toccata 'Vom Himmel hoch' [supplementary information provided by Terry L. Mueller]
Edwards, John David more...	1805 Penderlwyngoch, Gwnnws Isaf, Wales	1885	Welsh cleric and composer of the Welsh hymn tune Rhosymedre sometimes known as 'Lovely'
Edwards, Richard more...	1525 England	1566 England	English composer who was was Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal in London under Henry VIII
Edwards, Ross more...	23 Dec. 1943 Sydney, Australia		Australian composer of a wide variety of music including orchestral and chamber music, choral music, children's music, opera and film music
Eechaute, Prosper van more...	2 Jul. 1904 Ghent, Belgium	26 Jun. 1964 Ghent, Belgium	Belgian composer and teacher
Eeckhoute, Rogier Van (see Rogierus de Lignoquercu)
Eeden (or Vandeneet), Gilles Van den	c.1708 possibly Liège	17 Jun. 1782 Bonn, Germany	Belgian organist and composer
Eeden, Jan (Jean-Baptiste) van den	24 or 26 Dec. 1842 Ghent, Belgium	4 or 7 Apr. 1917 Mons, Belgium	Belgian composer and pianist
Eerola, Lasse	1945 Finland	2000 Finland	a teacher of clarinet at the Joensuu School of Music, he composed many works for wind orchestra, as well as chamber and orchestral music
Eespere, Rene more...	14 Dec. 1953 Tallinn, Estonia		Estonian composer
Efeski, P more...	fl. 19th century		Russian composer of music for the Orthodox church
Egea, J Vicente more...	1961 Cocentaina, Alicante, Spain		Spanish composer
Eggert, Moritz more...	25 Nov. 1965 Heidelburg, Germany		German composer and pianist
Eghiazaryan (or Egiazaryan, Egiazarov, Yegiarazyan), Grigor (Yegizarovich)	8 Dec. 1908 Blur, Turkey		Turkish born composer
Egidius de Francia (Magister Egidius, Magister Guilielmus de Francia) more...			French medieval composer. He may be identifiable with the composer Egidius named in the Chantilly codex (c.1400) or with a number of other musicians of the same name
Egidius de Pusieux more...	fl. 14th century		this Egidius is probably identical with 'Egidius de Puiseus', chaplain and familiar to Hugues Roger de Beaufort, a nephew of Pope Clement VI, who died in 1348. His single motet Portio nature is known from 5 sources
Egidius de Thenis more...			medieval composer know for a Sanctus (à 3; Strasbourg 222 No. 201) from the Bibliothèque Municipale, Strasbourg
Egk, Werner more...	17 May 1901 Auchsesheim, Germany	10 Jul. 1983 Inning, Germany	German composer
Ehrlich, Abel more...	1915 Cranz, East Prussia	30 Oct. 2003 Tel Aviv, Israel	Israeli composer notable for winning the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers and the Israel Prize for Music
Ehrlich, Marty more...	31 May 1955 St. Paul, Minnisota, USA		multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinets, flutes) who is one of the leading figures in experimental or avant-garde jazz
Ehrström, Fredrik August	1801	1850	Finnish composer who focused on vocal music, and known today by virtue of a handful of well-written miniatures: Svanen (The swan, 1833) and Vid en källa (At a spring, 1834) for male voice choir
Eichendorff, Joseph von more...	10 Mar. 1788 Schloß Lubowitz, nr Ratibor in Upper Silesia	26 Nov. 1857 Neiße, Upper Silesia	German poet and novelist considered the greatest of the German Romantic lyric poets. His guiding poetic theme was that Man should find happiness in full absorption of the beauties and changing moods of Nature. He also wrote a history of German literature that was posthumously published. Eichendorff's poetry been set by many composers, including Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, Friedrich Nietzsche, Hans Pfitzner, and Alexander Zemlinsky
Eichmann, Dietrich more...	1966 Erlangen, Germany		German pianist and composer
Eichner, Ernst more...	15 Feb. 1740 Arolsen, Germany	1777 Potsdam, Germany	German composer
Eielsen, Steinar more...	26 Sep. 1948 Norway		Norwegian composer and conductor
Eiges, Konstantin Romanovich (or Karl Konstantinovich)	5 Jun. 1875 Bogodukhov, Ukraine	2 Dec. 1950 Moscow, Russia	Russian composer and musicologist
Eijken, Gerrit Jan van more...	5 May 1832 Amersfoort, The Netherlands	1879 Dalston, England	Dutch organist and composer, who died in England of the effects of excessive consumption of alcohol
Eijken, Jan Albert van more...	1823 Amersfoort, The Netherlands	1868 Elberfeld, Germany	Dutch organist and composer
Eijsackers, Hans more...	15 Feb. 1967 The Hague, The Netherlands		Dutch pianist and composer
Eilenberg, Richard more...	13 Jan. 1848 Merseburg, Germany	6 Dec. 1925 Berlin, Germany	German composer
Eimert, Herbert more...	8 Apr. 1897 Bad Kreuznach, Germany	15 Dec. 1972 Düsseldorf, Germany	a German music theorist, musicologist, and composer
Einaudi, Ludovico more...	23 Nov. 1955 Turin, Italy		Italian pianist and composer
Einem, Gottfried von more...	24 Jan. 1918 Bern, Switzerland	12 Jul. 1996 Oberdürnbach, Austria	Austrian composer, known chiefly for his operas influenced by the music of Stravinsky and Prokofiev, as well as by jazz
Einfelde, Maija more...	2 Jan. 1939 Valmiera, Latvia		Latvian composer
Einhorn, Richard more...	1952 USA		American composer
Eiriksdottir, Karolina more...	10 Jan. 1951 Reykjavik, Iceland		Icelandic composer
Eisemann, Michael (or Mihály) more...	19 Jun. 1898 Bács, Paripás, Hungary	25 Feb. 1966 Budapest, Hungary	Hungarian composer, noted particularly for his film scores
Eisenhuet, Thomas	1644 Augsburg, Germany	1702 Kempten, Germany	south-German cleric and composer
Eisenga, Douwe more...	25 Dec. 1961 Apeldoorn, The Netherlands		Dutch composer
Eisler, Hanns more...	6th July 1898	6th September 1962	Student of Arnold Schoenberg who spent the period 1934-48 in the United States of America before returning to the newly created East Germany. His compositions include 325 lieder, songs, ballades and small cantatas, as well as many works for choir, orchestra, and instruments. He also wrote film scores. He is best known as the composer of the National Anthem of the former East Germany (Auferstanden aus Ruinen) written in 1949. The lyrics were written by Johannes Becher. Lyrics: 1. Auferstanden aus Ruinen Und der Zukunft zugewandt, Laß uns dir zum Guten dienen, Deutschland, einig Vaterland. Alte Not gilt es zu zwingen, Und wir zwingen sie vereint, Denn es muß uns doch gelingen, Daß die Sonne schön wie nie \|: Über Deutschland scheint. :\| 2. Glück und Frieden sei beschieden Deutschland, unserm Vaterland. Alle Welt sehnt sich nach Frieden, Reicht den Völkern eure Hand. Wenn wir brüderlich uns einen, Schlagen wird des Volkes Feind! Laßt das Licht des Friedens scheinen, Daß nie eine Mutter mehr \|: Ihren Sohn beweint. :\| 3. Laßt uns pflügen, laßt uns bauen, Lernt und schafft wie nie zuvor, Und der eignen Kraft vertrauend, Steigt ein frei Geschlecht empor. Deutsche Jugend, bestes Streben, Unsres Volks in dir vereint, Wirst du Deutschland neues Leben, Und die Sonne schön wie nie \|: Über Deutschland scheint. :\|
Eisma, Will Leendert more...	13 May 1929 Soengailiat, Indonesia		Dutch composer and violinist
Èiurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas (see Ciurlionis, Mikalojus Konstantinas)
Eklund, Hans more...	1 Jul. 1927 Sandviken, Sweden	8 Mar. 1999 Stockholm, Sweden	Swedish composer
Ekstrom, Lars more...	23 Mar. 1956 Kalmar, Sweden		Swedish composer of mostly orchestral and chamber works
El-Din, Hamza more...	10 Jul. 1929 Toshka, Southern Egypt	22 May. 2006 Berkeley, California, USA	a Nubian composer, oud player, tar player, and vocalist
Eldridge, Roy more...	30 Jan. 1911 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	26 Feb. 1989 New York, USA	nicknamed "Little Jazz", Eldridge was an American jazz trumpet player. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos and his strong influence on Dizzy Gillespie mark him as one of the most exciting musicians of the Swing Era and a precursor of bebop
Elewyck, Xavier van more...	24 Apr. 1825 Ixelles, Belgium	28 Apr. 1888 Tirlemont, Belgium	Belgian composer and choral conductor
Elfman, Danny more...	29 May 1953 Los Angeles, California, USA		American composer of music for film (Batman, Mars Attacks, etc.) and TV (The Simpsons, etc.)
Elgar, Edward more...	2 Jun 1857 Lower Broadheath, UK	23 Feb 1934 Worcester, UK	an English composer. Several of his first major orchestral works, including the Enigma Variations and the Pomp and Circumstance Marches were greeted with acclaim. He also composed oratorios, chamber music, symphonies and instrumental concertos. He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924
Elias, Brian more...	30 Aug. 1948 Bombay, India		British composer
Elias, José	before 1712	after 1725	Spanish organist and composer
Eliasson, Anders more...	3 Apr. 1947 Borlänge, Sweden		Swedish composer
Elinc, Petrus (see Edelinck, Pieter)
Elkjer, Robert more...	1957 U.S.A.		American composer and arranger
Ella, John more...	19 Dec. 1802 Leicester, England	2 Oct. 1888 London, England	(some sources give his birth-place as Thirsk, which was his father's birth-place). John Ella was the founder of the Musical Union (London) in 1845. He wrote a Victoria March in November 1837, almost his only experiment as a composer [birth-place information supplied by Ray and Marie Ella]
Eller, Heino more...	7 Mar. 1887 Tartu, Estonia	16 Jun. 1970 Tallinn, Estonia	Estonian composer
Ellerby, Martin more...	1957 Worksop, Notts., England		English composer who was educated at the Royal College of Music, London, where he was taught by Joseph Horovitz
Elliott, Vernon more...	27 Jul 1912	12 Oct 1996	a bassoonist who trained at the RCM and was subsequently principal bassoon in a variety of ensembles: the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra, sundry dance bands, the Band of the Irish Guards, the (New) Philharmonia, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and the English Opera Group. His career as a TV composer began when ATV was looking for someone to write a bassoon tune for a children's cartoon about an anthropomorphic railway engine. This was, of course, Ivor the Engine, and the tunes Elliott composed became so popular that they have been arranged as concert pieces. He went on to write tunes for other children's television programmes: Noggin the Nog, The Pingwings, The Clangers, and Pogle's Wood
Elliott, "Zo"	1891	1964	the composer of There's a Long, Long Trail a Winding and the opera Top Sergeant. He wrote many popular songs and had a particular interest in the history of John Brown
Ellington, Duke more...	29 Apr. 1899 Washington, D.C., USA	24 May 1974 New York, USA	American composer, pianist, and bandleader
Ellington, Mercer more...	11 Mar. 1919 Washington, D.C., USA	8 Feb. 1996 Copenhagen, Denmark	American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger, son of Duke Ellington
Ellis, Don more...	25 Jul. 1934 Los Angeles, California, USA	17 Dec. 1978 Hollywood, California, USA	American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer and bandleader, best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of unusual time signatures. Later in his life he worked as a film composer, among other works contributing a score to 1971's The French Connection
Ellis, Vivian more...	29 Oct. 1904 Hampstead, London, England	19 Jun. 1996 London, England	English composer, lyricist and author who wrote romantic music for reviews and musicals and a number of film scores
El-Salamouny, Ahmed more...	1957 Germany		of Egyptian-German descent, El-Salamouny lives in Munich, Germany. He completed his classical music education under the direction of Professor Barna Kovats at the Academy of Music, Mozarteum, in Salzburg, Austria. Extended travelling and contacts with musicians in Europe, South America and Egypt broadened his interest and knowledge in other music cultures and nurtured a very individual music style. El-Salamounys interpretations and compositions have become well known and appreciated in Europe as well as in North and South America
Elsner, Józef Antoni Franciszek (often, also, Elsner, Józef Ksawery or Elsner, Joseph Xaver) more...	1 Jun. 1769 Grottkau, nr. Breslau, Prussia	18 Apr. 1854 Warsaw, Poland	Polish composer, music teacher and music theoretician, and a Freemason who taught Fryderyk (Frédéric) Chopin and Ignacy Feliks Dobrzynski
Elst Johannes (Jan) van der	1598 possibly Ghent, Belgium	6 Feb. 1670 Ghent, Belgium	Belgian organist and composer who also known for his writings of the theory of music
Elstak, Nedley Andrew Gurk	1931 Semarang, Indonesia	1989 Amsterdam, Netherlands	Javanese-born Dutch jazz trumpeter, pianist and composer
Elven, Maurice van more...	1950		Dutch organist and composer
Elvey, Sir George Job more...	27 Mar. 1816 Canterbury, Kent	9 Dec. 1893 Windlesham, Surrey	English organist and composer
Emer, Michel (né Michel Rosenstein) more...	19 Jun. 1906 St. Petersburg, Russia	23 Nov. 1984 Paris, France	Russian-born French composer
Emery, James more...	1951 Youngstown , Ohio, USA		American guitarist and composer, in 1977, co-founder of The String Trio of New York
Emmanuel, Maurice more...	2 May 1862 Burgundy, France	14 Dec. 1938 France	French composer and choirmaster
Emmanuel, Tommy more...	31 May 1955 Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia		Australian guitarist, arranger and songwriter, best known for his fingerpicking style and energetic performances
Emmer, Huib more...	6 Sep. 1951 Utrecht, The Netherlands		Dutch guitarist and composer
Emmerich, Wolfgang Joseph more...	1772	1839	German composer
Emmerik, Ivo van more...	1961 Amsterdam, The Netherlands		Dutch composer
Emmerson, Simon more...	1950 Wolverhampton, England		composer, author of numerous articles and electroacoustic music books and Senior Lecturer at City University, London
Emmett, Dan (Daniel Decatur) more...	29 Oct. 1815 Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA	28 Jun. 1904 Mount Vernon, Ohio, USA	American composer of Dixie and organizer of one of the first minstrel show troupes
Emre, Yunus more...	c.1238 Turkey	c.1320 Turkey	Turkish poet, a troubadour and Sufi mystic who has exercised immense influence on Turkish literature, from his own day until the present. Because Yunus Emre is, after Ahmet Yesevi and Sultan Veled, one of the first known Turkish poets to have composed works in the spoken Turkish of his own age and region rather than in Persian or Arabic, his diction remains very close to the popular speech of his contemporaries in Central and Western Anatolia. This is also, it should be noted, the language of a number of anonymous folk-poets, folk-songs, fairy tales, riddles (tekerlemeler), and proverbs
Encina, Juan del more...	c. 1469 Salamanca, Spain	c.1533 Salamanca, Spain	at one time he served the second duke of Alba, and also received favours from Pope Leo X in Rome, at whose court he stayed for five years; he also undertook a journey to the Holy Land. As well as being a composer, Encina was also a poet of great delicacy, and translated the Bucolics of Virgil. He was a pioneer in the Spanish secular theatre and several of his compositions, which are presented in the Cancionero de Palacio, are based on Virgil's Eclogues, and were written for stage presentation
Endler, Johann Samuel	1694 Olbernhau, Germany	1762 Darmstadt, Germany	Kapellmeister, violinist and composer, one of the earliest symphonists, who is known to have played in Bach's collegium musicum in Leipzig in 1736
Endo, Koji more...	1964 Japan		Japanese composer known also for his film scores
Enesco, Georges [Enescu, George] more...	19 Aug. 1881 Liveni-Virnav, Romania	3 May 1955 Paris, France	violinist, conductor, pianist and composer, he studied violin with Marsick and composition with Faure and Massenet. His pupils included Menuhin, Grumiaux, Gitlis and Ferras. He made his US debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1923, appearing as violinist, conductor and composer
Engel, Joel (Yuliy) more...	1868	1927	musical critic, composer and folklorist who was born in Russia, worked for a time in Germany before emigrating to Palestine in 1924
Engel, Lehman	1910	1982	a major figure in the American musical theatre - writing for it, conducting performances, and writing about it. Near the end of his career he led the BMI Workshops, training many aspiring Broadway musical composers. His compositions cover a variety of media, though he was most attracted to theatrical works
Engelberg, August	1817	1850	minor Finnish composer who died prematurely, drowning himself in the Aura River in Turku on the 100th anniversary of the death of J.S. Bach
Engels, Adriaan more...	1906 Haarlem, The Netherlands	2003 The Netherlands	Dutch composer and organist, Engels composed primarily church music (published by Ars Nova, Harmonia et al.), including works for organ, organ with brass, choral music both a cappella and accompanied, hymn melodies, and many arrangements for the Hervormde Bundel 1938 and the Liedboek voor de Kerken (1973)
Englund, Einar more...	17 Jun. 1916 Ljugarn, Gotland, Sweden	27 Jun. 1999 Gotland	Finnish composer. "After that concert, we were all Englundians," Joonas Kokkonen said of the premiere of Englund's First Symphony (1946) in January 1947. Englund had already attracted attention with his Piano Quintet (1941), but the Symphony was his real breakthrough, consolidated further by his masterly Second Symphony (1948). Within a short space of time, Englund became the most talked-about new composer in the country. Compared with earlier Finnish Neo-Classicism, Englund's music was quite new, more powerful and broader in scope. His Neo-Classical style also injected a new flavour into Finnish films. His music to the film Valkoinen peura (The White Reindeer, 1952) by Erik Blomberg is a classic in its genre in Finland comparable to Prokofiev's music to Serge Eisenstein's films Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (194346)
Enheduanna	fl. later 2300s or early 2200s BC Mesopotamia		the songs of Enheduanna comprise the oldest literature by an identified author written in cuneiform. She was first appointed high-priestess during the reign of her father the Sumerian king, Sargon
Enna, August Emil more...	13 May 1859 Nakskov, Denmark	3 Aug. 1939 Cpenhagen, Denmark	Danish composer of Italian descent, the son of a cobbler, Enna was almost entirely self-taught. The family moved to Copenhagen in 1870. In 1888 Gade helped him to study in Germany for a year. He had already produced an operetta by that time and become a provincial conductor
Eno, Brian (Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle) more...	15 May 1948 Woodbridge, Suffolk, England		English musician, singer, music theorist and record producer. As a solo artist, he is best known as the father of modern ambient music
Enríquez, Manuel	17 Jun. 1926 Ocotlán, Jalisco, Mexico	26 Apr. 1994 Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	Mexican composer with a strong interest in serialism who was also director of CENIDIM (Centro Nacional de Investigación, Documentación e Información Musical 'Carlos Chávez') and founder of the Mexican Society for Contemporary Music
Enríquez de Valderrábano more...	c.15400 Spain	after 1557 Spain	Spanish vihuelist and known author of one work, Libro de música (1547), which contains lute songs, many based on folk tunes or dances; arrangements of pieces by such composers as Josquin Desprez, Willaert and Morales for one or two lutes; thirty-three imaginative and expressive fantasias; and diferencias, including a set of 120 variations on Gúardame las vacas
Enstrom, Rolf more...	1951 Sweden		Swedish composer known particularly for his electro-acoustic works
Entelis, Leonid	1903 Kamenetz-Podolsk, Ukraine		Russian composer
Eötvös, Peter more...	2 Jan. 1944 Odorheiu Secuiesc/Székelyudvarhely (then part of Hungary, now in Romania)		Hungarian composer and conductor
Episcopius, Ludovicus (or Ludovicus de Bisschop) more...	c.1520 Low Countries	29 Apr. 1595 Straubing Southern Germany	from 1545 till 1565 and from 1577 till 1585, he was choirmaster at the Basilica of Saint Servatius in Maastricht. He was replaced by Jean de Chaynée; after his successor had been assassinated, Episcopius recovered his former position. About 1582, he exchanged the Low Countries for Munich where in 1584 he became a singer in the choir that was lead by Orlando di Lasso. He retired in 1591 and became a canon in Straubing. Only few of his works have survived; Missa super 'si mon service a merite', four motets, a Salve regina and 12 Dutch songs of which some have been partially preserved
Erart, Jehan more...	c.1200	c.1258/59	trouvère
Erb, Donald more...	17 Jan. 1927 Youngstown, Ohio, USA		American composer best known for large orchestral works such as Concerto for Brass and Orchestra and Klangfarbenfunk
Erbach, Christian	c.1570 Algesheim, nr. Mainz, Germany	1635 Augsburg, Germany	German organist, teacher and composer
Erdenko, Mikhail	1885	1940	Mikhail Erdenko was the founder of a dynasty of Russian Roma musicians, singers, dancers and artists. An outstanding violinist, he was professor at the Moscow conservatory and a personal friend of Lev Tolstoy, for whom he also played. He was a master in arrangements of popular music, of which the most celebrated is his version of the Kol Nidrei, a Jewish prayer in Aramaic which is said in the Synagogue at the evening service on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Erdenko's Kol Nidrei is still considered to be the most beautiful version of the prayer
Erdenko, Sergei more...	1958 Khabarovsk, Eastern Siberia, USSR		Russian violinist and composer
Erdmann, Eduard more...	5 Mar. 1896 Wenden, Livonia	21 Jun. 1958 Hamburg, Germany	Baltic German pianist and composer
Eredi (or Heredi), Francesco more...	10 Oct. 1575 or 8 Jan. 1581	in or after 1629	Italian composer and maestro di cappella
Erkel, Ferenc more...	7 Nov. 1810 Gyula, Hungary	15 Jun. 1893 Budapest, Hungary	Hungarian composer and noted chess player, the father of Hungarian grand opera, written mainly on historical themes, which are still often performed in Hungary. He also composed the music of Himnusz, the national anthem of Hungary, which was adopted in 1844
Erkin, Ulvi Cemal more...	14 Mar. 1906 Istanbul, Turkey	15 Sep. 1972 Ankara, Turkey	virtuoso pianist and composer, a member of the "Turkish Five" group, Erkin studied in Paris under Jean Galion and Isidor Philip, and later under Nadia Boulanger. He graduated 1930, and returned to Turkey. When the Ankara State Conservatory was founded (in 1936), he was appointed head of piano department. His compositions include two symphonies, a piano concerto, a violin concerto, a sinfonia concertante for piano and orchestra, a string quartet, a piano quintet and a piano sonata [entry supplied by Colin Davis]
Erkkilä, Eero	1941 Finland		Kalastaja (The Fisher, 1988/96/2000) is an example of the religious or meta-religious genre found in Finnish opera. Erkkilä has also written sacred choral music
Erköse, Barbaros more...	1936 Bursa, Turkey		his father was the ud player for famous Turkish singer Hafiz Burhan. He started playing the clarinet at the age of nine and started to attend the classes of Saffet Gündeger. In Ankara he played before the plays in the Sen Theatre where Ismail Dümbüllü was working too. After five years in that theatre, he passed the entrance exams for the State Radio of Ankara. He came to play for a performance in Istanbul and stayed to work for the State Radio of Istanbul. He accompanied many famous Turkish singers like Zeki Müren and Nesrin Sipahi. He also played for the albums of famous jazz players like Anvar Brahem, Craig Harris and Peter Pannke. He took stage with many foreign musicians, in many festivals all around the world.
Erlanger, Frédéric d' more...	29 May 1868 Paris, France	23 Apr. 1943 London, England	Anglo-French composer
Erlebach, Philipp Heinrich more...	25 Jul. 1657 Esens, East Friesland	17 Apr. 1714 Thuringa, Germany	German composer and Kapellmeister particularly associated with the Thuringian court. A fire in 1735 wiped out the entire collection of Erlebach's manuscripts which had been purhcased by Prince Ludwig Friedrich I. Posterity is dependent upon published editions, manuscript copies and a single holograph in Erlebach's own hand to account for his talents
Ernesaks, Gustav more...	12 Nov. 11908 Peningi, Harjumaa, Estonia	24 Jan. 1993 Tallinn, Estonia	Estonian composer who played an integral role in the Singing Revolution and was one of the father figures of the Estonian Song Festival tradition; one of his songs, set to Lydia Koidula's poem Mu isamaa on minu arm, became an unofficial national anthem during the years of Soviet occupation; ironically, he was also the composer of the Anthem of Estonian SSR used between 1945 and 1990
Ernst, Heinrich Wilhelm more...	Jan. 1814 Brünn, Moravia	8 Oct. 1865 Nice, France	Moravian violinist and composer. Ernst was widely seen as the superior violinist of his time and Paganini's greatest successor
Eröd, Iván more...	2 Jan. 1936 Budapest, Hungary		Hungarian-born Austrian pianist and composer
Erquiaga, Steve more...	20th century San Francisco, USA		cross-over guitarist, composer and arranger
Erskine, Peter more...	5 Jun. 1954 Somers Point, New Jersey, USA		American percussionist and composer
Erskine, Thomas Alexander, 6th Earl of Kellie more...	1 Sep. 1732 Fife, Scotland	9 Oct. 1781 Brussels, Belgium	composer and violinist who studied in Mannheim with Johann Stamitz, and because of his skills with the violin, he became known as "fiddler Tam" [entry suggested by Kenneth John Holmes]
Ertamo, Sampsa more...	6 Oct. 1973 Helsinki, Finland		Finnish composer and conductor. He studied trumpet and piano at the Sibelius Academy (from 1992) and composition, with Erkki Jokinen and Tapio Nevanlinna (1995). He gained a Master of Music from the Sibelius Academy in 2004
Erythraus (or Erythraeus), Gotthart	c.1560 Strasbourg, Germany	1617 Altdorf, Germany	German composer primarily of religious music
Esbroeck, Dirk Van more...	1 Jun. 1946 Gent, Belgium	23 May 2007 Belgium	Belgian singer, musician and composer who grew up in Argentina
Escalona (Martínez), Rafael (Calixto) more...	27 May 1927 Patillal, Colombia	13 May 2009 Bogotá, Colombia	Colombian singer and composer, known as el maestro of vallenato folk music from the northern Caribbean coast
Escande, Pablo more...	22 Jan. 1971 Buenos Aires, Argentina		pianist, harpsichordist, arranger and composer who lives in the Netherlands
Eschenbach, Wolfram von more...	c.1170	c.1220	poet and Minnesinger, who took part in the Sängerkrieg at the Wartburg in 1207 that appears in Wagner's Tannhäuser. The real Tannhäuser was also present. The association of von Eschenbach with Wagner is found also in the opera Parsifal which is based on the poet's epic poem Parzival
Escher, Rudolf (George) more...	8 Jan. 1912 Amsterdam, The Netherlands	17 Mar. 1980 De Koog, The Netherlands	Dutch composer and music theoretician especially noted for his chamber works. He is noted also for his arrangement for small orchestra of the Six épigraphes antiques originally composed by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) for piano four hands
Escobar, Maria Luisa	5 Dec. 1912 Valencia, Venezuela	14 May 1985 Caracas, Venezuela	Venezuelan composer, singer and pianist
Escobar, Pedro de (or Pedro do Porto) more...	c.1465 Portugal	after 1535 Évora, Portugal	a Portuguese composer of the Renaissance, mostly active in Spain. He was one of the earliest and most skilled composers of polyphony in Spain whose music has survived
Escobedo, Bartolomeo (Bartolomé) more...	c. 1500 Zamora, Spain	11 Aug. 1563 probably Segovia, Spain	irascible Spanish composer who was a Papal singer from 1536 to 1541 and is best known as the teacher of Tomás Luis de Victoria
Escoudé, Christian more...	23 Sep. 1947 France		French jazz guitarist. His father, gypsy and guitarist, played in the popular dances of the region and has a boundless passion for Django Reinhardt that he passed on to his son
Escribano, Juan I more...	c. 1480 Spain	1557 Spain	Spanish composer who sang in the Papal Choir (1507-1539)
Escudero, Mario more...	1928 Alicante, Spain	19 Nov. 2004 Miami, Florida	guitarist, composer, teacher
Escurel, Jehannot de l' (or Jehan de Lescurel) more...	fl. 13th century/14th century		medieval poet and composer
Esenvalds, Eriks more...	26 Jan. 1977 Priekule, Latvia		Latvian composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works
Eshpai, Andrei more...	15 May 1925 Kosmodemhansk Russia		he draws his inspriation from the folklore of his native Mari people. His colourful orchestral sounds are a distillation of the essence of the natural world of the far north. He uses syncopated rhythms, alternating ostinatos and tuttis, and rhythmic shifts as found in folk music
Eshpai (or Eshpay), Jakov Andreyevich	29 Oct. 1890 Kokshamary, Russia	20 Feb. 1963 Moscow, Russia	Russian composer and musicologist
Eskelin, Ellery more...	16 Aug. 1959 Wichita, Kansa, USA		American tenor saxophonist, improviser and composer
Espinal, Gautier d' (Gautier V d'Èpinal) more...	between 1205 ↦ 1230	1272	trouvère from Lorraine (although there is an alternative identification with Gautier, a cleric, the nephew of the Bishop of Metz, who died c.1232.)
Esplá y Triay, Oscar more...	5 Aug. 1886 Alicante, Spain	6 Jan. 1976 Madrid, Spain	Spanish composer who was a student of Max Reger and Saint-Saens and lived in Belgium from 1936 to 1949
Esposito, Genaro more...	17 Feb. 1886 Buenos Aires, Argentina	24 Jan. 1944 Paris, France	bandoneonist, guitarist, pianist, composer and leader
Esposito, Michele more...	29 Sep. 1855 Castellammare di Stabia, Italy	1929 Florence, Italy	Italian pianist and composer who lived most of his professional life in Dublin, Ireland
Essex, Kenneth (real name Rufus Isaacs) more...			a composer who seemed to have a gift of being able to composer numerous bright and frothy numbers, his works were published by many mood music companies. Some of his other pseudonyms include Derek Dwyer, Howitt Hale and Claude Vane
Essex, Margaret	fl. 1775 England		composer whose compositions included chamber and vocal music
Essl jnr., Karlheinz more...	15 Aug. 1960 Vienna, Austria		Austrian composer, performer, sound artist, improviser and composition teacher
Estendorffer, Anton more...	1670	1711	Estenfdorffer was a monk in the Benedictine abbey of Ottobeuren. Twenty-one of his compositions are preserved in the archive there, possibly constituting his complete works. They were written for keyboard instruments and demonstrate the influence of the French music popular at the time, making frequent use of variation and cyclical forms (such as the aria with variations and the ciaccona)
Esterhazy de Galantha, Pal Fuerst more...	7 Sep. 1635 Kis Marton (Eisenstadt)	26 Mar. 1713 Kis Marton (Eisenstadt)	a lover of the arts and sciences, he wrote several religious works, and was one of the chief compilers of the Trophaeum Domus Inclytae Estoratianae
Estes, Sleepy John (born John Adam Estes) more...	25 Jan. 1899/1900 Ripley, Tennessee, USA	5 Jun. 1977 Durhamville, Tennessee	U.S. blues guitarist, songwriter and vocalist
Esteve, Pablo more...	18th century		Spanish librettist and composer, who was jailed in 1779 as the result of insufficiently circumspect references to his patronesses, the Duquesa de Alba and the Condesa-Duquesa de Benavente-Osuna, in one of his operettas (tonadillas)
Esteves, João Rodrigues more...	1699 Portugal	1 Nov. 1755 Lisbon, Portugal	a Portuguese composer of the early eighteenth century and a key practitioner of Latin sacred composition whose surviving works number about 100. All of his manuscripts are located in Portuguese libraries, the majority of them in the Lisbon Cathedral archive. All that is known about Esteves is found in the marginalia of these manuscripts; the first mention of him dates from 1719, when he was sent to Rome under the aegis of King João V to study with composer Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni. He was back in Portugal by 1726, but it wasn't until 1729 that he was installed as master of music in the Basilica de Santa Maria, a chapel attached to the main body of Lisbon Cathedral. Some manuscripts were sent by Esteves from Rome to Lisbon, and a few others are located in Evora and in the ducal palace of Vila Viçosa
Estocart, Paschal de l' more...	1539 Noyon, France	after 1584	French Renaissance composer
Estrada Velasco, Julio more...	10 Apr. 1943 Mexico City, Mexico		composer, theoretician, historian, pedagogue, and interpreter
Estrange, Alexander more...	1974		published composer and arranger, jazz double bass player and pianist, jazz examiner for the Associated Board
Etsen, Julius van	23 Sep. 1881 Anvers, Belgium	13 Oct. 1957 Anvers, Belgium	Belgian composer and musicologist
Europe, James Reese more...	22 Feb. 1881 Mobile, Alabama, USA	9 May 1919 USA	an American ragtime and early jazz bandleader, arranger, and composer. He was the leading figure on the African American music scene of New York City in the 1910s
Evangelatos, Antiochos (see Evanghelatos, Antiochos)
Evangelista, Jose more...	5 Aug. 1943 Valencia, Spain		Spanish-born composer and teacher now based in Canada
Evangelisti, Franco more...	21 Jan. 1926 Rome, Italy	28 Jan. 1980 Rome, Italy	Italian composer specifically interested in the scientific theories behind sound
Evanghelatos (or Evangelatos), Antiochos more...	25 Dec. 1904 Lixouri, Greece	1981	Greek composer and conductor
Evans, Bill more...	16 Aug. 1929 Plainfield, New Jersey, USA	15 Sep. 1980 New York, USA	one of the most famous and influential American jazz pianists of the 20th century. His use of impressionist harmony, his inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and his syncopated and polyrhythmic melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists and guitarists
Evans, Ray more...	4 Feb. 1915 Salamanca, New York, USA	15 Feb. 2007 Los Angeles, California, USA	American songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and songwriting duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films. Evans wrote the lyrics and Livingston the music for the songs
Eve, Alphonse d'	20 Aug. 1666 Brussels, Belgium	10 Oct. 1727 Antwerp, Belgium	Belgian choirmaster and composer. Alphonse d'Eve was appointed choirmaster at Antwerp Cathedral on November 5, 1718, having previously directed the choir of the church of St. Martin in Courtrai for many years
Evett, Robert more...	30 Nov. 1922 Loveland, California, USA	3 Feb. 1975 Takoma Park, Maryland, USA	Evett studied composition with Roy Harris and Vincent Persichetti. The bulk of his instrumental work is in standard forms; for the piano there are sonatas, etudes, and a concerto. He also composed a number of choral works. Evett settled in Washington, D.C., where he pursued a double career as an editor of The New Republic and The Atlantic Monthly and as a composer
Ewald (or Evald), Victor Vladimirovich	27 Nov. 1860 St. Petersburg, Russia	26 Apr. 1935 Leningrad, Russia	Russian engineer and composer
Ewazen, Eric more...	1 Mar. 1954 Cleveland, Ohio, USA		American composer, pianist and teacher
Ewing, Alexander Lt.-Col.	3 Jan. 1830 Aberdeen, Scotland	14 Jul. 1895 Taunton, England	Ewing trained for the law, but went into the army and served with distinction in the Crimean War and also in China with General Gordon. He was connected with a body of singers who, under the title of The Harmonic Choir, devoted themselves to the study of old English music, sacred and secular. His only piece of written music published in 1853 has been, since 1861, the tune for the hymn known as Ewing. The original rhythm is different (in triple time), and the composer was unhappy that in the new form it sounded `a good deal like a polka'
Ewing, Montague more...	1890	1957	primarily an arranger of pot pourris and also a writer of light music for piano and of popular songs. A surprising number of his piano suites were orchestrated, usually by other hands, and broadcast. Ewing also wrote songs (e.g. Butterflies in the Rain, Scarecrow and Moonlight on the Ganges) and piano pieces (some, like Fiddler in the Rain, Highland Fiddler and Wedding of the Wasps, orchestrated by other hands) under the name of Sherman Myers
Eybler, Joseph Leopold von	1765	1846	pianist, singer and composer who was a pupil of Mozart's and assisted him in the 1790 rehearsals for Cosi fan tutti. Mozarts wife asked him to complete the Requiem (K.626) after Mozart died, but he returned the work after sketching only a few bars. Eybler conducted the work at a memorial service for Haydn in 1809, and he suffered a stroke while directing the Requiem in 1833. He succeeded Salieri as Kapellmeister in 1824
Eyck, Jacob van more...	c.1589/90 probably Heusden nr, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands	26 Mar. 1657 Utrecht, The Netherlands	one of the most remarkable figures in Dutch musical life during the Golden Age: a nobleman, blind from birth, widely known as a carillonneur, leading expert in the field of bell casting and tuning, and... admired as a brilliant recorder virtuoso. His demanding solo variations, preludes and fantasias from Der Fluyten Lust-hof are both loved and feared by recorder players today, all over the world
Eycken, Stefan Van more...	31 Dec. 1975 Ninove, Belgium		studied musicology at the K.U.Leuven and attended summer courses in English literature at the University of Edinburgh and composition in Avignong (with Marco Stroppa). In 1997, he moved back to Edinburgh to undertake a PhD on the work of Brian Ferneyhough at the Faculty of Music. He also taught analysis and aesthetics of contemporary music there. In October 2000, he moved to Tokyo on a one-year Japan Foundation Fellowship, affiliated to the Kunitachi College of Music, to work on a book dealing with the music of the most prominent Japanese contemporary composers. He continues to reside in Tokyo, where he also has close working relationships with exponents of the improvised music and traditional music (gagaku a.o.) scene, but also spends time in Belgium, where he holds a Fellowship (the first in its sort) with the Ictus ensemble
Eyken, Ernest van der more...	23 Jul. 1913 Anvers, Belgium		Belgian composer, viola player and conductor and teacher
Eylar, Leo more...	1958 Los Angeles, California, USA		American violinist, conductor and composer
Eysler, Edmund more...	12 Mar. 1874 Vienna, Austria	4 Oct. 1949 Vienna, Austria	Austrian composer