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Name	Born	Died	Information
Nabokov, Nicolas	17 Apr. 1903 Lyubcha, Novogrudok, Minsk	6 Apr. 1978 New York, USA	Russian-born composer
Naderman, (Jean) François Joseph more...	12 Feb. 1781 Paris, France	3 Apr. 1835 Paris, France	French harpsist and composer, son of publisher and instrument maker Jean-Henri Naderman (1734-1799)
Nadirov, Ovanes	1907 Gyandja, Azerbaijan	1941	Azerbaijani composer
Nadler, Serge (see Natra, Sergiu)
Nagasawa, Katsutoshi more...	1923 Tokyo, Japan		Japanese composer
Nagel, Matthias more...	1958 Luening Westfalen, Germany		German organist and composer
Nagl, Max more...	1960		Austrian composer, arranger and saxophone player
Nakanishi, Satoru more...	1934 Osaka, Japan		Japanese composer
Nakano, Jiro more...	10 Apr. 1902 Japan	10 Jun. 2000 Japan	Japanese composer
Nakata, Yoshinao more...	1923	2000	Japanese composer
Nakhchivanlyh, Muradaga	fl. 18th century		noted chahargah-player and composer from Azerbaijan
Nakisa more...	fl. c. 600		court musician of the Sassanids. The main theme of his songs were in praise of king Khosrau II. He collaborated with Barbod on his famous septet piece the Royal Khosravani (al-torogh l-molokiah)
Namtchylak, Sainkho more...	1957 Tuva, Russia		Tuvan composer and singer. She has an exceptional voice, spanning seven octaves and proficient in overtone singing; her music combines avant-jazz, electronica, modern composition and Tuvan influences. In Tuva numerous cultural influences collide: the Turkic roots it shares with Mongolia, Xinjiang Uighur and the Central Asian states; various Siberian nomadic ethnic groups, principally those of the Tungus-Manchu group; Russian Old Believers; migrant and resettled populations from the Ukraine, Tatarstan and other minority groups west of the Urals
Namyslowski, Zbigniew more...	9 Sep. 1939 Warsaw, Poland		Polish jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, cellist, trombonist, pianist and composer
Nancarrow, Conlon more...	27 Oct. 1912 Texarkana, Arkansas, USA	10 Aug. 1997 Las Águilas, Mexico City, Mexico	American experimentalist composer who worked in Mexico for most of his life, becoming a Mexican citizen in 1955
Nanes, Richard more...	1941 Philadelphia, USA		American contemporary composer and pianist
Nanino (or Nanini), Giovanni Bernardino more...	c.1560 Vallerano, Italy	1623 Italy	Italian composer, teacher and singing master of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, and a leading member of the Roman School of composers. He was the younger brother of the somewhat more influential composer Giovanni Maria Nanino
Nanino, Giovanni Maria more...	1543/1544 Tivoli, Italy	11 Mar. 1607 Rome, Italy	Italian composer and teacher of the late Renaissance. He was a member of the Roman School of composers, and was the most influential music teacher in Rome in the late 16th century. He was the older brother of composer Giovanni Bernardino Nanino
Napravnik (or Naprawnik), Eduard Francevic	24 Aug. 1839 Byst,nr. Hradec Kralove, Czechoslovakia	23 Nov. 1916 St. Petersburg, Russia	organist, composer and conductor
Narbutaite, Onute more...	1956 Vilnius, Lithuania		Lithuanian composer
Nardetti, Antonio more...		1859 Venice, Italy	Italian organist and composer Nardetti was second organist at the Basilica del Santo (S. Antonio) in Padua from 1827 to 1857: first as substitute for Carlo Bernardino Lenzi of Bergamo, then as titular organist. He was forced to give up his position when he broke his arm
Nardini, Pietro more...	12 Apr. 1722 Fibiana, Italy	7 May. 1793 Florence, Italy	Italian composer and violinist, pupil of Tartini and much admired by Leopold Mozart
Nares, James more...	19 Apr. 1715 England	10 Feb. 1783 England	English composer of mostly sacred vocal works, though he also composed for the harpsichord and organ
Nargeot, Pierre Julien more...	8 Jul. 1799 Paris, France	30 Aug. 1891 Passy, Paris, France	viola player and composer of operas
Narvaez, Luys de more...	c. 1500 Spain	after 1550	Spanish choir director, vihuelist and composer
Narvilaite, Loreta more...	1965 Lithuania		Lithuanian composer
Nascimento, Milton more...	26 Oct. 1942 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		self-taught Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and guitarist who is considered an icon of Brazilian music
Nascinbeni (Nascimbeni, Nascembeni), Maria Francesca	1657	c. 1685	pupil of Lazarini and composer of madrigals and canzoni in 1674
Nash, Peter Paul more...	1950 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England		British composer
Nasidze, Sulkhan more...	17 Mar. 1927 Tblisi	21 Sep. 1996 Tblisi	Georgian pianist and composer
Nasveld, Robert more...	26 May 1955 The Netherlands		Dutch pianist and composer
Nath, Pandit Pran more...	3 Nov. 1918 Lahore, Pakistan	13 Jun. 1996 USA	Hindustani classical singer and teacher of the Kirana gharana (school). In 1972, he established his Kirana Center for Indian Classical Music in New York City and stayed in the U.S. for the rest of his life. He taught at several universities and above all attracted a strong following among the American minimalist composers
Nathanson, Roy more...	17 May 1951 Brooklyn, N.Y., USA		saxophonist, composer, band-leader, actor and teacher. He is leader and principal composer of the Jazz Passengers, a six piece group that he founded with Curtis Fowlkes in 1987
Nathusius, Marie	1817 Germany	1857	composer and publisher of over 100 songs, she also wrote numerous novels
Natori, Goro more...	1921 Japan	1992 Japan	Japanese composer
Natra, Sergiu (Nadler, Serge) more...	12 Apr. 1924 Bucharest, Romania		Romanian-born Israeli composer
Naudot, Jean Jacques-Christophe more...	c.1690 France	1762 France	French composer and flautist
Naujalis, Juozas more...	1869	1934	Lithuanian composer who organized a private music school in 1892, which in 1919 became the State Conservatory in the newly independent nation
Naumann, Johann Gottlieb more...	17 Apr. 1741 Blasewtz, Germany	23 Oct. 1801 Dresden, Germany	German composer, conductor and Kapellmeister
Naumov, Lev more...	12 Feb. 1925 Russia	21 Aug. 2005 Russia	Russian classical pianist, composer and educator. Received a title of People's Artist of Russia and was nicknamed the "Godfather of the Russian piano school"
Naushad Ali more...	25 Dec. 1919 India	5 May 2006 Mumbai, India	Indian musician, who was one of the foremost music directors (composers) for Bollywood films
Nauss, Johann Xaver more...	c.1690	1764 Augsburg, Germany	German organist and composer
Nauwach, Johann more...	c.1595 Brandenburg, Germany	c.1630 Dresden, Germany	German composer
Navarre, Thibault de (or Thibault the Chansonnier) more...	30 May 1201 Troyes, France	14 Jul. 1253 Pampelune, Spain	trouvère
Navarre-Champagne (de), Agnès	c. 1320 France		composer
Navarro, Fats more...	24 Sep. 1923 Key West, Florida, USA	6 Jul. 1950 New York City, USA	American jazz trumpet player. He was a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940's. He is regarded by many to have been one of the first modern jazz trumpet improvisers and in his short career had a strong stylistic influence on many other players, most notably Clifford Brown
Navarro, Juan more...	c. 1530 Spain	c. 1610 Mexico	author of the first work devoted entirely to music to be printed in the New World
Navas, Juan de more...	c.1650 Spain	1719 Medrid, Spain	Spanish harpist and composer
Navok, Lior more...	1971 Tel Aviv, Israel		recipient of numerous awards, Navok established himself as one of today's leading young composers. A partial list of his awards include the Lily Boulanger Award, the Jerome Foundation, "Prime Minister Award" (Israel), America-Israel Cultural Foundation, the Omaha Symphony Composition Award, Massachusetts Cultural Council, and Alea III Composition Competition Prize. Navok is the chosen artist of Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation (IcExcellence) for the year 2003/2004. Recent commissions include the Fromm Music Foundation, American Composers Forum, Collage New Music and a consortium of twenty U.S. wind ensembles (including MIT, New England Conservatory, Harvard, and Yale.)
Naylor, Edward Woodall more...	9 Feb. 1867 Scarborough, UK	7 May 1934 Cambridge, UK	English organist and composer
Nazareth, Ernesto more...	20 Mar. 1863 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4 Feb. 1934 Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazilian composer and pianist, especially noted for his creative tango and Choro compositions
Nazianzenos, Grigorios more...	c.329 Greece	c.389 Greece	early Byzantine poet/composer
N'dour, Youssou more...	1 Oct. 1959 Dakar, Senegal		Senegalese singer and percussionist
Neander, Joachim (Neumann)	1650	1680	Protestant vicar and church hymn composer
Neander, Joachim (Neumann)	The Neanderthal was first discovered in August 1856 by Dr. Johan Karl Fuhlrott (a schoolteacher from the town of Elberfed) near the Dussel River in the western part of Germany. Technically, this was not the first Neanderthal skull ever found. Researchers did not realize until the 1860s, that a skull found in 1848 at Gibraltar was of a Neanderthal. Fuhlrott's find was in a valley called Neander (Tal means valley in German). Thus, the site and the creature are known as Neanderthal. The valley's name comes from the 17th-century composer, Joachim Neander, best known for his hymn which we know in its English translation as Praise the Lord, the mighty King of God. Actually, Neander was not the author's real name. Joachim Neumann, similar to other composers of his time, created a last name, a practice predicated on a classical language meaning. In Greek, Neander translates as "New Man" and thus a suitable choice for Mr. Neumann. How ironic: the find was not the new man, but rather, the old man [taken from Neanderthal and Humans - Long-Term Climate Change, Conflict and Extinction - by James R. Lee]
Neander, Juliane (pseudonym of Klaus L Neumann)	19 Aug. 1933 Innsbruck, Austria		Protestant chorale settings (e.g.: Gott des Himmels und der Erden, 5v, 1963; O Licht, geboren aus dem Lichte, 4v, 1982; Lobt Gott in seinem Heiligtum, 5v, 1983; Meerstern, ich dich gruesse, 5v, 1993; Geh aus mein Herz und suche Freud, 5v/3v, 1995; Du hoechstes Licht, ewiger Schein, 5v, 1996) [information provided by Klaus L Neumann]
Near, Gerald more...	1942		American organist and composer of works for organ as well as anthems, services, motets, etc. for church use
Neaum, Michael more...	20th century		composer, arranger and accompanist for the Cantamus Girls Choir
Nebbia, Félix "Litto" more...	21 Jul. 1948 Rosario, Argentina		Argentinian jazz musician
Nebra (Blasco), José (Melchor de) more...	1702 Spain	1768 Spain	Spanish composer
Necasova Nardelli, Jindra more...	5 Jul. 1960 Prague, Czech Republic		studied at the Conservatory of Music in Prague from which she graduated in piano under Dr. Jaromir Kriz (1982) and in composition under Dr. Jindrich Feld (1985). The symphonic picture, Jackson's Journey, based on the novel by Gerard Herzog about the American mountainer in the Alps, became her graduating work for which she was awarded Best Composition of the Year from the Conservatory in 1982. Doctoral study in composition was completed in 1991 at the Academy of the Performing Arts in Prague under Dr. Vaclav Riedlbauch [entry prompted by Dr Amy Dunker]
Nechayew (or Netchayev), Wassilij	28 Sep. 1895 Moscow, Russia	5 Jun. 1956 Moscow, Russia	Russian composer
Necke, Hermann more...	1850	1912	composer remembered mainly for his galop Csikos Post
Nedbal, Oskar more...	26 Mar. 1874 Tábor, Czech Republic	24 Dec. 1930 Zagreb, Croatia	conductor and composer
Neefe, Christian Gottlob more...	5 Feb. 1748 Chemnitz, Saxony	26 Jan. 1798 Dessau, Germany	organist, singer, teacher and composer
Neele, Perrot de	fl. second half 13th century		poet and composer
Nees, Staf more...	2 Dec. 1901 Mechelen, Belgium	2 Jan. 1965 Mechelen, Belgium	Belgian carilloneur and composer
Nees, Vic more...	8 Mar. 1936 Mechelen, Belgium		Belgian composer
Nef, Dirk De more...	17 May 1957 Ghent, Belgium		Belgian conductor and composer of orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal and piano works
Neglia, Francesco Paolo more...	22 May 1874 Castrogiovanni (Enna), Italy	31 Jul. 1932 Lago Maggiore, Italy	Italian conductor and composer
Negri, Francesco more...	c.1609 Verona, Italy	after 1635	Italian composer
Negri, Gino more...	25 May 1919 Perledo, Italy	1991 Montevecchia, Italy	Italian composer
Neikrug, Marc Edward more...	24 Sep. 1946 New York, NY, USA		pianist, composer and conductor
Neill, Ben more...	1957 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA		trumpeter, composer and inventor of the mutantrumpet
Nelhybel, Vaclav more...	24 Sep. 1919 Polanka, Czechoxlovakia	22 Mar. 1996 Scranton, Penssylvania, USA	Czech-born composer. After World War II he was affiliated as composer and conductor with Swiss National Radio and became lecturer at the University of Fribourg. In 1950 he became the first musical director of Radio Free Europe in Munich, Germany, a post he held until he immigrated to the United States in 1957
Nelson, Havelock more...	25 May 1917 Cork, Ireland	5 Aug. 1996 Belast, Norther Ireland	Irish composer, conductor and adjudicator
Nelson, Jalalu Kalvert more...	1951 Oklahoma City, USA		composer and trumpet player
Nelson, John Arrigo- (see Arrigo-Nelson, John)	California, USA		jazz pianist, composer, and recording artist
Nelson, Josh more...	California, USA		jazz pianist, composer, and recording artist
Nelson, Oliver more...	4 Jun. 1932 St. Louis, Missouri, USA	28 Oct. 1975 Los Angeles, California, USA	American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and composer
Nelson, Ron more...	14 Dec. 1929 Joliet, Illinois, USA		American composer of two operas, a mass, music for films and television, 90 choral works, and over 40 instrumental works
Nelson, Rudolf more...	4 Apr. 1878 Germany	5 Feb. 1960 Berlin, Germany	German composer of hit songs, film music, operetta and vaudeville, and the founder/director of the Nelson Revue, a significant cabaret troupe on the 1930s Berlin nightlife scene
Nenna, Pomponio more...	bap. 13 Jun. 1556 Bari, Italy	before 22 Oct. 1613 probably Rome, Italy	an Italian composer of the Renaissance. He is mainly remembered for his madrigals - his eighth book of madrigals went through several printings in the 17th century, and was widely distributed - which were influenced by Gesualdo
Nenov, Dimitar more...	19 Dec. 1901 Razgrad, Bulgaria	30 Aug. 1953 Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgarian classical pianist, composer, music pedagogue and architect
Nepomuceno, Alberto more...	6 Jul. 1864 Fortaleza, Brazil	16 Oct 1920 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Brazilian composer and conductor
Neri, Massimiliano more...	c.1615 Brescia, Italy	1666 Bonn, Germany	Italian organist and composer. He was first organist of St Mark's, Venice, in 1644-64, also working at SS Giovanni e Paolo, and later served at Cologne. His principal works are his sonatas and canzonas (1644, 1651)
Nerijnen, Jan van more...	14 Mar. 1935 Dubbeldam, The Netherlands		Dutch composer and conductor
Neruda, Johann Baptist Georg more...	c.1707 Bohemia	c.1780	violinist, conductor and composer
Nervo (de) Montgeroult (de), Hèléne	1764 Lyons	1836	composer
Nesbett, John more...		c.1488	Nesbett is represented in the Eton Choirbook only by a Magnificat, one of the most attractive settings surviving
Ness, Jon Øivind	1968 Norway		his knowledge and mastery of compositorial techniques is impressive. In Norway he is well known and respected for his completion of Geirr Tveitts Prillar, a large symphonic poem in three movements
Nessler, Victor E. more...	1841	1890	conductor and director of operas. His opera Otto der Schütz was first produced in 1886
Nestico, Sammy more...	6 Feb. 1924 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA		prolific and well known composer and arranger of big band music, Nestico is most known for his arrangements for the Count Basie orchestra. He made tours with the Woody Herman and Tommy Dorsey bands and performed with the Boston Pops. His arrangements and compositions have been a part of over 60 television programs, including MASH* and Love Boat
Neubauer, Franz Christoph more...	c.1760 Horin nr. Prague, Czechoslovakia	11 Oct. 1795 Buckeburg, Germany	German composer
Neubert, Gunther more...	11 Mar. 1936 Crimmitschau, Germany		German composer and Tonmeister
Neuen, Jacques more...	1947 Luxembourg		multimedia, audiovisual productions and intellectual property lawyer and composer
Neuendorff, Adolf [Heinrich Anton Magnus] more...	13 Jun. 1843 Hamburg, Germany	4 Dec. 1897 New York, USA	came to New York with his parents in 1854. Two years later he began his studies on the violin with Joseph Weinlich, becoming chorus-master and member of an orchestra before he was sixteen. He also studied theory and composition with Gustav Schilling, under whose direction he also made his first appearance as a pianist at Dodworth hall in 1859. After a two-years' trip to South America, he became conductor of the orchestra at the German theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and in 1864 was chorus-master of Carl Ansehtitz's Get-man opera company. Later he succeeded Anschutz as conductor, and in 1867 became music-director of the New Stadt theatre, New York. In 1870-1 he brought a German company from Europe, produced Tannhauser and Lohengrin, the latter being seen for the first time in America. In 1872 he brought Theodor Wachtel to this country, and, with Carl Rosa, gave a season of Italian opera at the Academy of music. In that year he also established the Germania theatre in New York, of which he was manager for eleven years. During that time he was also organist of a church and conductor of a choral society. In 1875 he gave a season of German opera with Wachtel and Madame Pappenheim, conducted the Beethoven centennial concerts, and went to the first Wagner festival at Bayreuth as correspondent for the New Yorker Staats-Zeitung. In 1878 Neuendorff succeeded Theodore Thomas as conductor of the New York philharmonic. In 1881 he transferred his German theatre to the building that had been vacated by Lester Wallack but the change proved disastrous, and he lost a fortune in two years. He has directed operas and concerts in all the large cities of the Union. His compositions include two symphonies and three operas, Der Rattenfänger von Hameln (1880), Don Quixote (1882), Prince Waldmeister (1887), and numerous other instrumental and vocal works [information from Adolph Neuendorff]
Neufville, Johann Jacob de more...	bap. 5 Oct. 1684 Nuremberg, Germany	bur. 4 Aug. 1712 Nurembuerg, Germany	German organist and composer
Neugart, Joachim more...	1960 Germany		German organist, conductor and composer
Neukomm, Sigismond (Ritter) von more...	10 Jul. 1778 Salzburg, Austria	3 Apr. 1858 Paris, France	Austrian composer and pianist
Neuling, Vincent more...	18th century	19th century	Austrian composer, an obscure Viennese contemporary of Beethoven's
Neumark, Georg more...	16 Mar. 1621 Langensalza, Thuringa, Germany	18 Jul. 1681 Weimar, Germany	hymn writer, composer, court poet, librarian, and registrar of the administration at Weimar
Neupert, (Carl Fredrik) Edmund more...	1842	20 Mar. 1888 Oslo, Denmark	a Norwegian pianist and composer
Neusidler, Hans more...	c.1508 Pressburg, Germany	2 Feb. 1563 Nuremberg, Germany	composer and lutenist of the Renaissance
Neuss, Heinrich Georg more...	11 Mar. 1654 Elbingerode, Germany	30 Sep. 1716 Wernigerode, Germany	German composer
Neuwirth, Olga more...	4 Aug. 1968 Graz, Austria		Austrian composer
Nevanlinna, Otto Tapio more...	7 Apr. 1954 Finland		a sensitive explorer of tonal colour who constructs fields from melodic fragments, clarity and brightness are his guiding ideals. Nevanlinna is first and foremost an instrumental composer; he has written no vocal music since the mid-1980s. His output is rather limited, and especially since the early 1990s he has written very little
Neves, Ignacio Parreiras more...	1730 Vila Rica, Brazil	1794 Vila Rica, Brazil	Brazilian singer, conductor and composer
Nevin, Arthur Finley more...	27 Apr. 1871 Edgeworth, PA, USA	10 Jul. 1943 Sweickley, PA, USA	American conductor, ethnomusicologist, and composer
Nevin, Ethelbert Woodbridge more...	25 Nov. 1862 Edgeworth, PA, USA	17 Feb. 1901 New Haven, Connecticut, USA	American composer and pianist. He wrote mainly songs and short piano pieces, which are graceful and daintily chromatic but often predictable and over-sentimental; his song The Rosary (1898) was particularly popular
Nevonmaa, Kimmo	10 May 1960 Finland	18 Sep. 1996	he wrote a very limited but deeply expressive body of work. His teacher Kalevi Aho wrote in his obituary that the "feelings [generated by his illness] and proximity to the threshold of death are reflected in his compositions. His highly concentrated and dense principal works are all, in a sense, music of extreme mental states." Nevonmaa's principal works are the strange ghostlike String Quartet (1990), the pain-exploring Dolor nascens et effluens (1992) for string orchestra, piano, harp and percussion, and the more confident Lux intima (1994) for orchestra. He was working on the Saxophone Concerto Heros serenatos at the time of his death of a cerebral haemorrhage
Newborn, Ira (sometimes James Ira Newborn) more...	20 Dec. 1949 New York, USA		American musician and composer, best known for his work composing motion picture soundtracks
Newcombe, Georgianne H.	1843 London		composer of piano pieces and the prize-winning song The Miner and His Boy
Newitow (or Nevitov), Mikail	28 Dec. 1886 Wolsk, Russia		Russian composer
Newley, Anthony more...	24 Sep. 1931 London, UK	14 Apr. 1999 Jensen Beach, Florida, UKA	English actor, singer and songwriter known for the stage hit Stop the World -- I Want to Get Off' and the 1967 film version of the children's classic Doctor Doolittle
Newlin, Dika more...	22 Nov. 1923 Portland, Oregon, USA		Dika Newlin took private lessons with Roger Sessions and Arnold Schoenberg when she was astudent at University of California in Los Angeles. She taught at several American colleges and universities and eventually established the Department of Music at Drew University. While she is an important composer, her writings on music have been valuable because of their importance to the study of twelve-tone music. Among these, one finds a significant analytical study Bruckner-Mahler-Schoenberg (1947) and the translation of Schonberg's seminal text Style and Idea (1951). Dika Newlin also edited an important Schoenberg memoir, Schoenberg Remembered: Diaries and Recollections, 1938-76
Newman, Alfred more...	17 Mar. 1900 New Haven, Connecticut, USA	17 Feb. 1970 Hollywood, California, USA	American composer of music for films. He received 45 Academy Award nominations making him (currently) the second most nominated person in the history of the Academy Awards, tied with John Williams, and behind Walt Disney (Newman's scores for The Hurricane and The Prisoner of Zenda were also nominated at a time when composers were not eligible to be nominated in the score category). He won the Oscar 9 times; in 1940 he was nominated for 4 different films. Between 1938 and 1957, he was nominated an incredible twenty years in a row
Newman, Chris more...	1958 London, UK		contemporary composer, painter, author and performance artist
Newman, David more...	11 Mar. 1954 Los Angeles, California, USA		American composer known particularly for his music for the movies, sister of Maria Newman
Newman, Lionel more...	4 Jan. 1916 New Haven, Connecticut, USA	3 Feb. 1989 USA	the brother of Alfred Newman and Emil Newman, uncle of Randy Newman, David Newman and Thomas Newman, and grandfather of Joey Newman. His life was in film,initially as a rehearsal pianist, then Musical Director for Television at Twentieth Century Fox, followed by promotion to senior vice president of all music for Twentieth Century Fox Films. He wrote several classic TV themes for Fox, including The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Adventures in Paradise and Daniel Boone
Newman, Maria more...	1962 Los Angeles, California, USA		conductor, violinist, violist, composer and pianist, Maria Newman was born into one of the most famous and influential musical families in Hollywood. She is the youngest daughter of the nine-time Academy Award-winning composer/conductor, Alfred Newman
Newman, Master more...	15th century (?)		compose of a gravely beautiful Pavan for virginal found in the Mulliner Book, an historically important musical commonplace book compiled, probably in the late 1560s, by Thomas Mulliner, about whom practically nothing is known, except that he figures in 1563 as modulator organorum (organist) of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He is supposed to have lived between circa 1545 and 1570. This is the only manuscript sources for works by Newman about whom nothing more is known
Newman, Randy more...	28 Nov. 1948 Los Angeles, USA		Academy Award- winning American songwriter, arranger, composer, singer and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores. The paternal side of his family includes three uncles who were noted Hollywood film-score composers: Alfred Newman, Lionel Newman and Emil Newman. Newman's cousins Thomas and David, and nephew Joey are also composers for motion pictures
Newman, Thomas more...	20 Oct. 1955 Los Angeles, California, USA		American Academy Award-nominated film score composer who is a member of a film-scoring dynasty in Hollywood that includes his father Alfred Newman, his uncle Lionel Newman, his brother David Newman, and his cousins Joey Newman and Randy Newman (who is best known as a singer and songwriter)
Newson, George more...	1932 London, UK		British composer
Newton, Mrs. Alexander	1821 London	1881	a bravura singer of exceptional ability who also wrote songs and piano pieces
Newton, Lauren more...	16 Nov. 1952 Coos Bay, Oregon, USA		avant-garde jazz and contemporary classical singer, composer and teacher, best known as a founding member of the Vienna Art Orchestra
Newton, John	1725	1807	English slavetrader who renouced his profession upon experiencing a religious converstion. The composer of the hymn Amazing Grace set to a traditional American sacred harp tune New Britain
Nguyên, Lê more...	14 Jan. 1959 Paris, France		guitarist and composer of Vietnamese parents
Nibelle, Henri Jules Joseph more...	1883 Briare, Franche	1967	French organist and composer. He studied with Guilmant, Vierne, Gigout and Fauré. As organist he worked as choir organist at the Versailles Cathedral and the Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in Paris. From 1912 to 1931 he was 'organist titulaire' of the church of Saint-Francois-de-Sales in Paris. He served this church as maître de chapelle until 1959
Niblock, Phill more...	2 Oct. 1933 Anderson, Indiana		New York-based minimalist composer and multi-media musician and director of Experimental Intermedia
Niccolò di Francesco (see Francesco, Niccolò di)
Nichelmann, Christoph more...	13 Aug. 1717 Treuenbreitzen, Germany	20 Jul. 1762 Berlin, Germany	German composer
Nichifor, Serban more...	25 Aug. 1954 Bucharest, Romania		Romanian cellist and composer
Nicholls, Frederick more...			not to be confused by Frederick Nicholls Crouch, this Frederick Nicholls was active especially between the two wars, was noted for his songs; but he published instrumental miniatures as well
Nicholls, Horatio (see Wright, Lawrence)
Nichols, Herbie more...	3 Jan. 1919 New York City, USA	12 Apr. 1963 New York City, USA	American jazz pianist and composer
Nicholson, Richard more...	c.1570	1639	English composer and organist who was appointed the first Professor of Music at Oxford University (1627)
Nicholson, Sydney more...	9 Feb. 1875 London, UK	30 May 1947 Ashford, Kent, UK	English choir director, organist and composer, now chiefly remembered as the founder of the Royal School of Church Music (RSCM)
Nicholson, Vanessa-Mae more...	27 Oct. 1978 Singapore		Vanessa-Mae is a Singaporean-born British pop and classical musician, especially noted for her violin skills. Her music style is self-described as "violin techno-acoustic fusion," as several of her albums prominently feature the techno style
Nick, Edmund more...	22 Sep. 1891 Reichenberg, Czechoslovakia	11 Apr. 1973 Geretsried, Germany	German composer, conductor, and music writer
Nickerson, Camille (Lucie) more...	30 Mar. 1888 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	27 Apr. 1982 Washington, D.C., USA	pianist, composer, arranger, collector, and Howard University professor from 19261962. She was influenced by Creole folksongs of Louisiana which she arranged and sung
Nicode, Jean Louis more...	12 Aug. 1853 Jerczig, nr. Poznan, Poland	5 Oct. 1919 Langebruck, Germany	Prussian pianist, composer and conductor
Nicolai (or Nicolaÿ), Johann Michael more...	1629 Ulrichshalben, near Weimar, Germany	26 Jan. 1685 Stuttgart, Germany	German composer
Nicolai, Otto more...	9 Jun. 1810 Königsberg, Germany	11 May 1849 Berlin, Germany	German composer, conductor, and founder of the Vienna Philharmonic
Nicolau, Dimitri more...	21 Oct. 1946 Keratea, Greece		Greek-born but now a naturalised Italian working in Rome as a stage director, conductor and musicologist, Nicolau has written more than 280 works including 3 Operas, 5 symphonies for large orchestra, numerous concertos, many works for plucked string orchestra, soloist and ensembles, works for chamber ensemble, many works for voice, two cantatas for soloist, choir, actors and large orchestra and ballet music. He has also produced sound tracks for cinema, television and radio , music and songs for children and over a 100 scores for the theatre. His music make technical demands on player and instrument alike, exploiting unusual tonal effects and calling for extended playing techniques
Nicolson, Alasdair more...	1961 Inverness, Scotland		Scottish composer who also works in music theatre
Niebelschitz (von), Anna	fl. 1601		she published some of her works in 1601
Nieder, Fabio more...	1957 Trieste, Italy		Italian-born German-based composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works
Niederberger, Max more...	active 1930s & 40s		German conductor and composer
Niedermeyer, Louis more...	27 Apr. 1802 Nyon, Switzerland	14 Mar. 1861 Paris, France	Swiss composer chiefly of church music but also of a few operas, and a teacher who took over a school for the study and practice of church music, where several eminent French musicians studied including Gabriel Fauré and André Messager
Niël, Matty more...	1918	1989	composer
Nieland, (Hermanus Jacobus Josephus) Herman more...	1910 Amsterdam, The Netherlands	1993	Dutch organist, pianist and composer
Nielsen, Carl more...	9 Jun. 1865 Sortelung, Denmark	3 Oct. 1931 Copenhagen, Denmark	conductor, violinist, and the most internationally known composer from Denmark. He is especially admired for his six symphonies
Nielsen, Ludolf more...	29 Jan. 1876 Norre Tvede, Denmark	16 Oct. 1939 Hellerup, Denmark	Danish violinist, conductor and composer
Niemann, Walter more...	10 Oct. 1876 Hamburg, Germany	17 Jun. 1953 Leipzig, Germany	German composer, pianist, and writer on music
Niemeläinen, Ilkka more...	9 Mar. 1956 Finland		Finnish guitarist and composer
Nieminen, Kai more...	1953 Finland		a guitarist and composes specifically for the guitar. He has also written chamber music, orchestral works and the Flute Concerto Palomar (2001) for Patrick Gallois
Nietzsche, Friedrich more...	15 Oct. 1844 Röcken bei Lützen, Germany	25 Aug. 1900 Weimar, Germany	German philosopher and unsuccessful compser
Nieuwehove, Ernest van more...	31 Mar. 1880 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium	10 Jan. 1968 Schaerbeek	Belgian composer and pianist
Nieuwkerk, Willem Wander van more...	1955 Amsterdam, The Netherlands		Dutch composer. The music he wrote for early music ensembles (especially the recorder) has now gained acceptance worldwide from delighted professionals and amateurs alike through numerous performances and recordings. From this interest in early music he developed a Classicist approach that is unique in the soundscape of Dutch new music, one that speaks to the audiences from the outlook of Classical and Early Romantic music but with a strong sensibility to the idioms that mark our own musical age. van Nieuwkerk is a lecturer in 20th-century Music History and New Music at the Conservatory of Amsterdam
Niewerth (Niewerth, Neuwerth, Niewardt and Niewardh), Hinrich more...	before 1 Jan. 1666	before Nov. 1699	lutenist at the Swedish court, formerly attached to the Hofkapelle, and composer for the instrument
Nightingale, Mark more...	1967		British trombonist and composer
Niimi, Tokuhide more...	1947		Japanese composer
Niitvägi, Taivo more...	fl. 20th century		Estonian musicologist, folksong collector, arranger and composer
Nikolayev, Aleksei more...	24 Apr. 1931 Moscow, Russia	28 Dec. 2003 Moscow, Russia	Russian composer whose work exhibits simplicity and lyrical charm. The fresh and individual harmony is intimately linked with the Russian tradition, though the expressive quality of Nikolayev's work is distinctly contemporary
Nikolayev, Leonid (Vladimirovich)	13 Aug. 1878 Kiev, Ukraine	11 Oct. 1942 Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Ukrainian pianist, teacher and composer
Nikolayev, Vladimir more...	1953 Nikolayev, Ukraine		Ukrainian-born Russian composer of mostly stage, orchestral, chamber, vocal, and electroacoustic works
Nikolayeva, Tatyana more...	4 May 1924 Bezhitsa, Russia	22 Nov. 1993 San Francisco, USA	Russian pianist, composer and teacher
Nikolopoulos, Hristos (or Christos) more...	11 Jul. 1947 Kamohori, Greece		Greek bouzouki player and composer
Nikoloudis, Mihalis (or Michalis) more...	20th century Pireaus, Greece		Greek manoline and guitar player and composer
Nikolov, Lazar more...	26 Aug. 1922 Bourgas, Bulgaria	7 Feb. 2005 Sofia, Bulgaria	Bulgarian pianist and composer
Niks, Arend more...	1960 Schiedam, The Netherlands		Dutch percussionist and composer
Nikula, Markku more...	25 Oct. 1959 Helsinki, Finland		Finnish composer who works in the fields of pop and jazz
Nilsen, Lillebjorn more...	21 Dec. 1951 Norway		Norwegian singer and composer
Nilsson, Bo more...	1937 Sweden		Swedish composer
Nilsson, Stefan more...	27 Jul. 1955 Kukasjärvi, Sweden		composer of Swedish film music
Nilsson, Torsten more...	21 Jan. 1920 Höör, Sweden		Swedish composer, church musician and teacher
Nimax jr., Pierre more...	1961 Luxembourg		organist, conductor and composer from Luxembourg
Nin y Castellanos, Joaquin more...	1879 Havana, Cuba	1949 Havana, Cuba	Cuban pianist, composer and musicologist
Nin-Culmell, Joaquin Maria more...	5 Sep. 1908 Berlin, Germany	14 Jan. 2004 Oakland, California, USA	the son of the pianist, composer and musicologist Joaquin Nin Castellanos, and the singer Rosa Culmell Vaurigaud, pianist, composer and teacher
Nitsch, Hermann more...	1938 Vienna, Austria		Austrian-born actionist and painter, composer and stage designer
Nitschké, Alain more...	1955 Luxembourg		music teacher and composer from Luxembourg
Nivers, Guillaume(-Gabriel) more...	1632 Paris, France	1714 Paris, France	French organist, musical theorist and composer
Nixon, Roger more...	8 Aug. 1921 California, USA		American composer, musician, and professor of music
Noble, John			until his retirement a lecturer in music at Doncaster College, his works, all delightfully tuneful with just a whiff of jazz - which their composer enjoyed playing - include sonatas for recorder (originally a clarinet sextet) and clarinet, a saxophone quartet and a Sonatina for alto saxophone. Compositions in light vein include a suite, Fiesta for piano duet, a Suite for two clarinets and piano, another suite, of delicious Fairy Dances for recorder and piano - based on a 13 note "motto" and written in 13 bar phrases, as it was originally written for a concert put on by a local society on a certain Friday the 13th - and, Noble's only work to achieve publication to date, a charming Cats Suite
Noble, Ray more...	17 Dec. 1903 Brighton, England	3 Apr. 1978 London, England	British bandleader, composer, arranger and actor
Noble, (Thomas) Tertius more...	5 May 1867 Bath, England	4 May 1953 Rockport, Massachusetts, USA	English-born organist and composer, resident in the United States for the latter part of his career
Nobre, Marlos more...	18 Feb. 1939 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil		Brazilian composer
Nock, Mike (Michael Anthony) more...	27 Sep. 1940 Christchurch, New Zealand		pianist, composer, bandleader and jazz educator
Noda, Teruyuki more...	15 Jun. 1940 Mie, Japan		Japanese conductor and composer
Nohain, Jean more...	16 Feb. 1900 Paris, France	25 Jan. 1981 Paris, France	French lyricist and songwriter
Nola, Gian Domenico del Giovanni da more...	c.1510 Italy	1592 Italy	Italian organist and composer, possibly a pupil of Giovanni Tommaso Maio. One of the first important composers of canzone villanesche, he published two books of canzoni villanesche has tre voci (1541) and one of three and four part canzoni napolitana (1567) in the deliberately primitive early villanella style, with consecutive fifths, which became very popular
Nono, Luigi more...	29 Jan. 1924 Venice, Italy	8 May. 1990 Venice, Italy	an Italian composer of contemporary music
Noord, Adriaan van more...	1954 The Netherlands		Dutch composer and clarinetist
Noordt, Anthoni van more...	c.1619 Amsterdam, The Netherlands	23 Mar. 1675 Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Dutch composer and organist
Noordt, Sybrandus van more...	1659	1705	Dutch organist and composer
Norbury, Kevin more...			British-Canadian pianist, brass-band conductor and composer who is Director of Music at the Salvation Army in Toronto
Norby, Erik more...	9 Jan. 1936 Gentofte, Denmark	16 Jan. 2997 Frederiksberg, Denmark	Danish composer of orchestral music and songs
Norcombe (Nercom, Nercome, Nercum, Norcome, Nurcombe, Nurcome), Daniel more...	c.1576	1655 Brussels	English lutenist and composer. The fine madrigal With angels face in The Triumphes of Oriana (RISM 160116) may be by an older (Daniel) Norcombe
Nordal, Jón Sigurdsson more...	6 Mar. 1926 Reykjavik, Iceland		Icelandic composer
Norden, Maarten van more...	1955 Amsterdam, The Netherlands		Dutch composer, saxophonist and clarinetist
Nordensten, Frank Tveor more...	1955 Frederikstad, Norway		Norwegian composer
Nordentoft, Anders more...	1957 Denmark		Danish violinist and composer
Nordgren, Pehr Henrik more...	19 Jan. 1944 Saltvik, Finland	25 Aug. 2008 Kaustinen, Finland	Nordgren writes, "Music is not an isolated, 'made' phenomenon, and thus composing cannot be separated from life, from everything that one sees and experiences and feels. I see composition as a manifestation of a need to express, broader than speech, a mode of communicating with my fellow men." Pehr Henrik Nordgren studied musicology at the University of Helsinki, taking an MA in 1967, and composition as a private student of Joonas Kokkonen from 1965 to 1969. From 1970 to 1973, he studied composition and traditional Japanese music at the Tokio University of Art and Music
Nordheim, Arne more...	20 Jun. 1921 Larvik, Norway		Norwedian composer
Nordholm, Adolf more...	19th century	20th century	Swedish composer
Nordin, Jesper more...	6 Jul. 1971 Stockholm, Sweden		Swedish conductor and composer
Nordine, Ken more...	13 Apr. 1920 Chicago, Illinois, USA		American voiceover and recording artist best known for his series of Word Jazz albums. His deep, resonant voice has also been featured in many commercial advertisements and movie trailers. He is also noted for being associated with the poetry-and-jazz movement
Nørgård, Per more...	13 Jul. 1932 Gentofte, Denmark		Danish composer
Nørholm, Ib more...	24 Jan. 1931 Soborg, Copenhagen, Denmark	10 Jun. 2019 Copenhagen, Denmark	Danish organist and composer
Norman, Ludvig more...	28 Aug. 1831 Stockholm, Sweden	28 Mar. 1885 Stockholm, Sweden	Swedish composer, conductor, pianist, and music teacher who together with Franz Berwald and Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, ranks among the most important Swedish symphonists of the 19th century
Norman, Monty more...	4 Apr. 1928 London, UK		singer and film composer best known for the creation of The James Bond Theme
Normandeau, Robert more...	11 Mar. 1955 11 Mar. 1955 Québec City, Canada		Canadian electroacoustic music composer
Normiger, August more...	c. 1560	1613	German composer and keyboard player
Norris, Homer Albert more...	1860	1920	organist who studied with Guilmant, Dubois and Gigout. He was organist of Saint George's Church in New York City. The only organ composition published was Christmas Fantasy on Antioch
Norris, Michael more...	1973 Dunedin, New Zealand		New Zealand freelance composer and computer programmer
North, Alex (born Isadore Soifer) more...	4 Dec. 1910 Chester, Pennsylvannia, USA	8 Sep. 1991 Los Angeles, California, USA	American composer responsible for the first jazz-based film score (A Streetcar Named Desire) and the first truly modernist film score (Viva Zapata!)
Norton, Caroline Elizabeth Sarah	1808 England	1877	a novelist, poet and composer of songs
Norton, George Frederic more...	11 Oct 1869 Broughton-in-Salford, U.K.	15 Dec 1946 Holford, U.K.	Norton is connected in the minds of music lovers with just one work, the musical comedy Chu Chin Chow, produced at His Majesty's Theatre on 3rd August 1916 and which ran for five years and a total of 2238 performances, then a record
Norvo, Red	1908		percussionist and leader of his big band in the 1930s. Norvo's staff arranger was Eddie Sauter who also played trumpet in the band
Noskowski, Zygmunt more...	(2 May 1846 Warsaw, Poland	23 Jul. 1909 Warsaw, Poland	Polish composer, conductor and teacher
Nossov, Gueorgui Nikiforovich	1911 Ural, Russia		Russian composer
Nosyrev, Mikhail more...	28 May 1924 Leningrad, Russia	28 Mar. 1981 Voronezh, Russia	Russian composer whose membership of the USSR Union of Composers was supported by the recommendation of Dmitri Shostakovich
Notker (the Stammerer), Balbulus more...	c.840 Jonswil, Switzerland	c.912 St. Gallen, Switzerland	musician, author, poet, and Benedictine monk at the Abbey of St. Gall (the modern St. Gallen in Switzerland)
Nottebohm, Gustav more...	12 Nov. 1817 Lüdenscheid, Westphalia	29 Oct. 1882 Graz, Austria	pianist, teacher, musical editor and composer who spent most of his career in Vienna. He is particularly celebrated for his studies of Beethoven
Nouailles (de), Mme		fl. 1699	composer who published in Paris in 1699
Novacek, John more...	1964 USA		American pianist and composer
Novácek, Ottokar Eugen more...	13 May 1866 Fehertemplom, Hungary	3 Feb. 1900 New York City, USA	Hungarian violinist and composer of Czech descent and is perhaps best known for his work Perpetuum Mobile for violin and orchestra
Novacek Rudolph more...	1860 Yugoslavia	1929	joined the 11th Infantry regiment in 1879 playing in the military string orchestra under the baton of Karel Komzack. He joined the Infantry band number 74 in Pilsen in 1880. He succeeded Komzack as leader of the 74th Regiment band in 1885. During his tenure as bandmaster he wrote numerous compositions including the Castaldo March which became the regiments official march. His military career ended in 1890 and continued to write music for military band throughout his life.
Novák, Jan Frantisek more...		1771	Austrian composer
Novak, Vitezslav (baptised Viktor Nováahojry) more...	5 Dec. 1870 Czechoslovakia	18 Jul. 1849 Skutec in Eastern Bohemia, Czeckoslovakia	one of the most well-respected Czech composers and pedagogues, almost singlehandedly founding a mid-century Czech school of composition.
Novello, Ivor [pseudonym of David Ivor Davis] more...	15 Jan. 1893 Cardiff	6 Mar. 1951 England	Welsh actor, composer, songwriter and dramatist
Novello Davis, Clara	1861	1943	Welsh-born, wrote many songs of the ballad type, such as A Voice From the Spirit, The Vigil and Comfort. She sang in public and conducted the Royal Welsh Ladies Choir, which she had formed and toured with world wide, earning prizes at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 and the Paris Exposition of 1900. She also published a book about singing and an autobiography, but is best known as the mother of Ivor Novello
Novotny, Franz Nikolaus more...	6 Dec. 1743 Eisenstadt, Austria	25 Aug. 1773	Austrian organist at the Esterhazy court and composer
Nowowiejski, Feliks more...	7 Feb. 1877 Wartenburg, East Prussia	18 Jan. 1946 Poznan, Poland	Polish composer, conductor, concert organist, and music teacher
Nucius, Johannes more...	c.1556 Görlitz, in Lower Silesia	25 Mar. 1620 Jemielnica, Poland	German composer and music theorist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. His Musices poeticae which gained him his reputation which lasted at least until the 18th century; this treatise was influential on three of the most famous German Baroque treatises of all, the Syntagma musicum (1618) of Michael Praetorius, the Critica musica (1722-1723) of Johann Mattheson, and Johann Gottfried Walther's Musicalisches Lexicon (1732)
Nuffel, Jules van more...	21 Mar. 1883 Hemiksem, nr. Anvers	29 Jun. 1953 Wilrijk, nr. Anvers	Belgian composer, choral director, organist and teacher
Numan, Toek more...	26 Aug. 1971 Schagen, The Netherlands		Dutch composer
Nummi, Seppo more...	30 May 1932 Oulo, Finland	1 Aug. 1981 Tampere, Finland	Finnish composer who focused almost exclusively on solo songs. He wrote some 230 solo songs, many of which form song cycles. The best-known of these is Vuoripaimen (The Mountain Shepherd, 195161/80), a cycle of settings of poems by his brother Lassi Nummi. Another important set is the Kiinalainen laulukirja (Chinese Song Book, 194577), divided into four separate cycles: Lauluja hyljätyltä seudulta (Songs from a Deserted Place), Kevätteiltä (From Spring Roads), Länsilinnan lauluja (Songs of the Western Palace) and Joen lauluja (Songs of the River)
Nunes, Emmanuel more...	31 Aug. 1941 Portugual		Portuguese composer presently living in Paris
Nunes Garcia, José Mauricio more...	20 Sep. 1767 Rio de Janeiero, Brazil	18 Apr. 1830 Rio de Janeiero, Brazil	Brazilian harpsichordist, singer and composer, one of the greatest of the Classical era in South America
Núñez, Juan Carlos	1949 Caracas, Venezuela		Venezuelan composer. In 1973 he travelled to Warsaw, Poland to study conducting at the PWSM state school. Later he conducted the orchestra of the Warsaw Conservatory and of La Fenice in Venice, Italy. He was awarded the National Prize of Music with the work Tocata sinfónica (1972). Nowadays he heads the school of composition Cátedra Latinoamericana de Composición Antonio Estevez which he founded
Nunn, Elizabeth Annie	1861 England	1894	composer of religious works
Nuorvala, Juhani more...	5 Dec. 1961 Finland		Nuorvala's first significant work was Kajauksia, väreitä (Rings and Ripples, 1985) for chamber ensemble. It weaves a Minimalist texture with rich tonal colour, incorporating an almost Romantic violin solo rising from the static background towards the end. Tonal colour is also an important element in Glissements progressifs du plaisir (1987) for chamber orchestra and Pinta ja säe (Surface and Phrase, 1991) for orchestra, Nuorvala's closest approach to French spectral music
Nuyts, Frank more...	3 Feb. 1957 Ostend, Belgium		Belgian percussionst and composer
Nyman, Michael more...	23 Mar. 1944 London, UK		English composer of minimalist music, pianist, librettist and musicologist, perhaps best known for the many scores he wrote during his lengthy collaboration with the filmmaker Peter Greenaway
Nyro, Laura (born Laura Nigro) more...	18 Oct. 1947 New York, USA	8 Apr. 1997 Danbury, Connecticut, USA	an American songwriter and singer, one of the most influential musicians to emerge in the 1960s
Nystedt, Knut more...	3 Sep. 1915 Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway		orchestral and choral composer who grew up in a Christian home where hymns and classical music were an important part of everyday life. His major compositions for choir and vocal soloists are mainly based on texts from the Bible or sacred themes. Old church music, especially Palestrina and Gregorian chants, have had a major influence on his compositions.
Nystroem, Gösta	13 Oct. 1890 Silvberg, Sweden	9 Aug. 1966 Göteborg, Sweden	studying in 1920 Paris, he let himself be influenced by French modernism and composed for the Ballets Suédois that scandalised Paris. But even this troupe found the Skating Rink ballet, with Cubist-inspired costumes by Fernand Léger, far too rich. The sea fascinated Nystroem and his magnum opus is the gripping Sinfonia del Mare. As well as composing for large orchestras, he also wrote well-formed and touching songs, here too, often with sea motifs