Composers & Musicians Codexery

A source-cited reference to composers & musicians

Composers & Musicians (37)

• Hank Williams — Pioneer of country music and iconic songwriter
• Hildegard of Bingen — Sibyl of the Rhine, Benedictine abbess, composer, and visionary
• Jean Sibelius — Finnish composer of the late Romantic and early modern periods, known for his seven symphonies and works like Finlandia.
• Julie Andrews — Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells, 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, author, and theatre…
• Julio Iglesias — The most commercially successful Spanish singer in history, with over 300 million records sold worldwide.
• Leonard Bernstein — First American-born conductor to receive international acclaim.
• Luciano Pavarotti — Italian operatic tenor and member of the Three Tenors.
• Nadia Boulanger — French teacher, conductor, and composer who shaped 20th-century music
• Richard Strauss — German composer and conductor of tone poems and operas.
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Leading composer of late 16th-century Europe, central representative of the Roman School.
• Glenn Gould — Canadian pianist renowned for Bach interpretations and eccentricities.
• Guillaume de Machaut — French composer and poet, central figure of ars nova.
• Guillaume Du Fay — Leading European composer of the early Renaissance, known for his cosmopolitan style and influential sacred works.
• György Ligeti — Avant-garde composer known for micropolyphony and film music adaptations.
• Hector Berlioz — French romantic composer, conductor and critic.
• Henry Purcell — English Baroque composer and organist of the middle Baroque era.
• Herbert von Karajan — Austrian conductor, Berlin Philharmonic leader for 34 years.
• Irving Berlin — Russian-born American songwriter and composer whose music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook.
• Johann Strauss II — Austrian composer known as 'The Waltz King'.
• John Cage — American composer known for 4′33″ and chance-controlled music.
• John Coltrane — American jazz saxophonist and composer who pioneered modal and free jazz.
• Joni Mitchell — Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and painter.
• Josquin des Prez — Franco-Flemish composer central to Renaissance polyphony.
• Kraftwerk — Widely considered innovators and pioneers of electronic music, Kraftwerk was among the first successful acts to…
• Lata Mangeshkar — Indian playback singer with an eight-decade career.
• Little Richard — American singer-songwriter and pianist called the "Architect of Rock and Roll"
• Modest Mussorgsky — Russian composer of The Five, innovator of national music.
• Mstislav Rostropovich — Cellist who expanded the repertoire and championed human rights.
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Russian composer who shaped the nationalist style and trained generations.
• Nirvana (band) — American rock band that popularized alternative rock.
• Pablo Casals — Catalan cellist who revived Bach's Cello Suites and opposed Franco.
• Paco de Lucía — Spanish flamenco guitarist who expanded the genre's boundaries.
• Philip Glass — American composer of repetitive structures and minimalist works.
• Prince (musician) — Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, dancer, actor, and…
• Queen (band) — Queen are a British rock band that started in London in 1970. The original members were Freddie Mercury (lead vocals…
• Ralph Vaughan Williams — English composer who broke from German-dominated style.
• Ravi Shankar — Indian sitar virtuoso who globalized Indian classical music.

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