| Name | Born | Died | Information |
| Qarayev, Qara (see Gara Garayev) | | | |
Qin Daping
more... | 18 Jun. 1957
Beijing, China | | Chinese-born Finnish pianist and composer |
| Qin, Wencheng | Shanghai, China | | represents the younger generation of Chinese composers. Originally
from Shanghai, he now teaches at the Central Conservatory in Beijing |
| Qin, Yong Cheng | 1933
China | | Chinese composer of Musical Poem by the Sea for violin and piano, Happy Grassland (1957) for orchestra and and Romance for violin and orchestra |
Qu, Xiaosong
more... | 1952 | | 1983 graduate of the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music's Composition Department and instructor there, Qu Xiaosong came to the United States at the invitation of the Centre for U.S.-China Arts Exchange at Columbia University. He currently resides in New York. Typical of his work, The Test, a chamber opera, combines Far Eastern tradition with Western modernity. Lasting about 100 minutes, the work employs instrumentalists from both the western and eastern worlds. Seven string players and a mixed percussion group are set against Chinese players of pipa, Chinese flutes, a Sheng (mouth organ) and a Gusheng (a kind of zither). He has also written the music for Ang Lee's film Pushing Hands (1992) |
Quagliati, Paolo
more... | 1555 | 1628 | Italian composer and organist |
| Qualey, David Ernest | 1947 | | American composer for guitar |
Quantz, Johann Joachim
more... | 30 Jan. 1697
Oberscheden, Hanover | 12 Jul. 1773
Potsdam | German flautist and composer for the flute. In 1741 he became chamber musician and teacher of the flute to Frederick the Great, for whom Quantz wrote more than 500 pieces, including flute sonatas and concertos. He also wrote a famous textbook for the flute, Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversière zu spielen (1752). He also invented several improvements on his instrument |
| Quaregnon, Regnier de | fl. 13th century | | trouvère |
| Quarenghi, Guglielmo | 22 Oct. 1826
Casalmaggiore, Italy | 3 Feb. 1882
Milan, Italy | Italian cellist and composer whose opera Il dì di San Michele was produced in Milan in 1863 |
Quartier, Bart
more... | 2 Jun. 1961
Anderlecht, Belgium | | after six years of percussion studies he concentrated on keyboard percussion playing and performed in several European countries. Together with Gert Francois, he formed the mallet duo Miroir and released a debut album called Meeting (Circle Productions, Belgium). Contacts with Robert Van Sice led to further emphasis on the marimba. At present, Bart Quartier performs as a mallet player and teaches at the Brussels Royal Conservatory. He has written music for the marimba |
| Quasimov, Alim [Kasimov] | 1957
Baku, Azerbaijan | | musical arranger and the greatest classical Azerbaijani singer of his generation |
Quebec, Ike
more... | 17 Aug 1918
Newark, NJ, USA | 1963 | influenced by Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster but definitely his own person, Ike Quebec was one of the finest swing-oriented tenor saxmen of the 1940s and 1950s. Though maybe not as innovative as some of his peers, Quebec had a big, breathy sound that was distinctive and made him a cornerstone of many a recording session |
Queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani
more... | 2 Sep. 1838
Honolulu, Hawaii | 11 Nov. 1917
Honolulu, Hawaii | known for composing many Hawaiian songs, including the popular Aloha Oe (Farewell to Thee). Hawaii's motto still bears words which Liliuokalani herself spoke, Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka 'Aina I Ka Pono (The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness) |
| Quef, Charles | 1 Nov. 1873
Lille, France | 2 Jul. 1931
Paris, France | French organist and composer, Quef studied first at Lille Conservatory. Later he went to Paris, where he studied with Charles-Marie Widor, Alexandre Guilmant and Louis Vierne. He was organist at a number of churches in Paris: the Église Sainte-Marie-des-Batignolles (1895-1898) and the Église Saint-Laurent (1898). In 1898 he was awarded First Prize for organ at the conservatory following which he was appointed assistant organist at La Trinité in Paris succeeding Théodore Salomé, and where he worked with Guilmant. After Guilmant's resignation in 1900 he became the organiste titulaire in November 1901 a position he held until his death |
| Quehl, Hieronymus Florentinus | fl. late 17th century | | organist and composer, composition teacher of Johann Peter Kellner (1705-72), known for his 205 Choralfugen which are in the Jagellonian University Library, Krakow, Poland (Mus. Ms. 40301) |
| Queiroz, Jose Oliveira | 1897
Brazil | 1968 | Brazilian composer for guitar |
| Quentin, Jean Baptiste [le jeune] | c. 1685 | c. 1750 | French composer |
| Quentin, Tity | fl. 1930s | | she was a French jazz accordionist, bandleader and composer of a tango for accordion and orchestra |
| Quercu, Simon de | fl. early 16th century | | Flemish composer and musical theorist born in Brabant |
| Querrero, Francisco | | | early renaissance composer of church music |
Quesnel, (Louis) Joseph (Marie)
more... | 15 Nov. 1746
St. Malo, France | 3 Jul. 1809
Montreal, Canada | French violinist and composer of two operettas, Colas et Colinette, described as a comedy with ariettas, produced in Montreal on 14 Jan. 1790, and Lucas et Cécile |
Quijano, Joe
more... | 27 Sep. 1935
Puerta De Tierra, San Juan, Puerto Rico | | Latin bandleader, singer, percussionist, composer and label boss |
Quill, Gene
more... | 15 Dec. 1927
Atlantic City, NJ, USA | Jan 1989
Atlantic City, NJ, USA | jazz alto saxophonist |
Quilter, Roger
more... | 1 Nov. 1877
Hove, W. Sussex, England | 21 Sep. 1953
St. John's Wood, London, England | fellow-student of Percy Grainger, Cyril Scott and Balfour Gardner at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, Quilter's reputation in England rests largely on his songs and on his light music for orchestra, such as his Children's Overture, with its interwoven nursery rhyme tunes |
Quin, Douglas H.
more... | 17 Nov. 1956
Fayetteville, NC, USA | | an American soundscape composer, Douglas Quin grew up in Algeria, Sweden, Canada, Iceland and Great Britain. After graduating from Gordonstoun School in Scotland, he went on to receive a BA in Art from Oberlin College and an MFA in Sculpture and Performance Art from Tufts University and The School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He holds a Ph.D. in Acoustic Ecology from the Union Institute. Quin's music and soundscape projects have been performed at festivals and venues and for radio broadcast internationally. He has been commissioned to compose and perform music for diverse media and genres including film, video and dance. His latest recording, "Forests: A Book of Hours" is available on the Earth Ear label. In a decade of recording wildlife, Quin's field work has taken him from the mountain rainforests of Madagascar to the Brazilian Amazon and from Antarctica to the Alaskan Arctic. His recordings have been used by scientists and zoos internationally for research and education |
| Quinault, Marie Anne | 1692
France | | a French singer and composer who was awarded the Order of St. Michael by the King of France in recognition of her musical accomplishments, the first time it was ever awarded a woman. She was also a composer of church music |
| Quinciani, Lucia | fl. 1611
Italy | | composer who published in Venice in 1611, in the Affetti Amorosi of Mark-Antonio Negri, where she is listed as his disciple |
| Quinet, Ferdinand | 29 Jan. 1898
Charleroi, Belgium | 24 Oct. 1971
Liège, Belgium | Belgian conductor, cellist and composer, one of of the teachers of Arthur Grumiaux (1921-1986) |
| Quinet, Marcel | 6 Aug. 1915
Binche, Hainaut, Belgium | 16 Dec. 1986
Woluwé-St. Lambert, Belgium | Belgian pianist, composer and teacher. His opera, entitled Les Deux bavards, was produced in 1966 |
Quinichette, Paul
more... | 17 May 1916
Denver, Colorado | 25 May 1983
New York City, New York | jazz saxophonist |
| Quintavalle, Antonio | fl. 1699-1713 | c. 1724 | Italian composer of operas, including L'oracolo in sogno, produced in Mantua on 6 Jun. 1699, Il trionfo d'amore, produced on 19 Dec. 1703, Paride sull'Ida, ovvero Gli amori di Paride con Enone (1704) and Partenope produced in Trento in 1713 |
Quinton, Jose Ignacio
more... | 1 Feb. 1881
Caguas, Puerto Rico | 19 Dec. 1925
Coamo, Puerto Rico | pianist, bandleader and composer of danzas. Aside from the danza, he also composed other types of music: Quartet for stringed instruments, Variations on a theme by Hummel, Overture, Triumphal March, etc. He also wrote waltzes, marches, nocturnes, religious music and some masses, as well as a Requiem Mass written as a posthumous tribute to the Puerto Rican composer Angel Mislán |
| Quitschreiber, Georg | 30 Dec. 1569
Kranichfeld, Germany | 1638
Magdala, Germany | organist and composer who was Stadtkantor at Rudolstadt (1594) and Schulkantor in Jena (1598). He is also remembered for his observation that "...one sings best with a quivering voice..." which is quoted in Greta Moens-Haenen's book Das Vibrato in der Musik des Barock (1988) as evidence for the use of vocal vibrato in early seventeenth century Germany. Quitschrieber wrote De Parodia, tractatus musicalis which was published in Jena and Musikbüchlein für die Jugend published in 1605 |
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