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~ B ~ BAAREN, Kees Van (Case vuhn BAH ren) (1906-1970)D BABIN, Viktor (13 DEC - )Rus=Com-P BABBITT, Milton (Philadelphia, 1916 - )Am BABELL, William (Canonbury, c. 1690 - )Eng=Organist-harpscd, V- comp. BABOU, Thomas (1656-c.1740) BACCUSI, Ippolito (c.1550-1609) BACEWICZ, Grazyna (Lodz, 1913 - Warsaw, 1969)Pl=comp-V BACH, Carl Philipp Emmanuel (8 MAR 1714 - 14 DEC 1788)Ger 3rd son of JS Selected Works BACH, Johann Christian (5 SEP 1735 - 1 JAN 1782)Ger - 11th son of JS Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (Leipzig, 21 JUN 1732 - Bukeburg, 26 JAN 1795) 9th Son of JS BACH, Johann Sebastian (YO han seh BAHS tee an Bahk) (21MAR1685 - 28JUL1750) Selected Works Bach, 101 An Introductory discography. Works List The Johann Sebastian Bach Home Page and how to join Bach recordings discussion group. The Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis BACH...site BACH, Wilhelm Friedemann (VIL um FREED ah maan) (22 NOV 1710 - 1 JUL 1784)Ger - 1st son of JS BACHELET, Alfred (Paris, 1864 - Nancy, 1944)Fr BACHELER, Daniel (c.1574-c.1611) BACILLY, Benigne de (c.1625-1690) BACKOFEN, Johann Georg Heinrich (1768-1839) BACK, Sven-Erik (Stockholm, 1919 - )Swed=comp-cond-V BACON, Ernst (Chicago, 26 MAY 1898 - Orinda, CA 16 MAR 1990)Am BADARZEWSKA-BARANOWSKA, Tekla (1838-1861) BADIA, Carlo Agostino (Venice, 1672 - Vienna, 1738)It BADINGS, Henk (Bandoeng, Java, 1907 - )Dutch1907-1987) BAERMANN, Heinrich Joseph (1784-1847) BAGLEY, Edwin (1857-1922) BAILLOT, Perre Marie Francois de Sales (Passy, 1771 - Paris, 1842)Fr=comp-V BAINBRIDGE, Simon (1952 - )Eng BAINES, William (Horbury, Yorkshire, 1899 - York, 1922)Eng BAINTON, Edgar Leslie (London, 1880 - Sydney, 1956)Eng=Com-P-Con-T BAIRD, Tadeusz (Grodzisk, 1928 - 1981)Pol BAIRSTOW, Edward Cuthbert (Huddersfield, 1874 - York, 1946)Eng=Comp-Organist BAKER, David N. BAKFARK, Balint (1507-1576) BALAKIREV, Mily (Nizhny-Novgorad, 21 DEC 1837 - St Petersburg, 29 MAY 1910) (MEE lee Bah LAH' kee ref)Rus BALART, Gabriel (Barcelona, 1824 - Barcelona, 193)Sp=comp-V BALASSA, Sandon (Budapest, 1935 - )Hung BALBASTRE, Claude-Benigne (1727 - 1799) BALBI, Lodovico (Venice, 1545 -Venice, c.1604)It BALBULUS, Notker (ca. 840-912) BALDASSARE, Pietro (c.1690-c.1768) BALDWIN, John (c.1550-1615) BALFE, Michael William (Dubli, 15 MAY 1808 - Rowney Abbey, Herts., 1870 )Ir BALL, Eric (Bristol, 1903 - )Eng=comp-cond-band arr BALLARD, Robert (1575-1650) BALLIFF, Claude (Paris, 1924 - )Fr BALTZAR, Thomas (c.1630-1663) BANCHIERI, Adriano (Bologna, 1568 - Bologna, 1634)It=comp-organist BANFIELD, Raffaello de (Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922 - )It BANISTER, John (1630-1679) BANK, Jacques (zhak bahnk) ( - )Danish BANKS, Don Oscar (Melbourne, 1923 - )Australian BANSHCHIKOV, Gennady Ivanovich (Kazan City, 1943 - )Russ BANTOCK, Granville ( London, 7 AUG 1868 - London, 1946 )Eng=cond-comp BARAB, Seymour ( - ) BARAT, Joseph-Edouard (bah RAHT) ( 1882 - 1963 )Fr=Saxophone-com BARBER, Samuel ( West Chester, PA, 9 MAR 1910 - 23 JAN 1981)Am Selected Works Samuel Barber: American Composer BARBELLA, Emanuele (1718-1777) BARBELLA, Francesco (1692-1732) BARBETTA, Giullio Cesare (c.1540-c.1604) BARBIERI, Francisco Asenjo (Madrid, 3 AUG 1823 - 1894)Sp BARBIERI, Lucio (1568-1659) BARBIREAU, Jacques (c.1408-1491) BARDI, Giovanni de (1534-1612) BARGAGLIA, Scipione (1590 - )Neapolitan, early concerto form BARGIEL, Woldemar (Berlin, 1828 - Berlin, 1897)Ger=P-comp BARIE, Augustin (1884-1915) BARLOW, David Frederick ( Rothwell, Northants, 1927 - Newcastle upon Tyne, 1975 )Eng BARLOW, Wayne (Elyria, OH, 1912 - )Am BARMANN, Carl (1811-1885) BARNARD, Charlotte Arlington Clribel (1830 - Dover, 1869)Eng BARNBY, Joseph (York, 1838 - London, 1896)Eng=comp-organist-cond BARNETT, John (1802-1890) BARNETT, John Francis (1837-1916) BARON, Ernst Gottlieb Theofil (1696-1760) BARRAINE, Elsa ( Paris, 1910 - )Fr BARRAQUE, Jean ( Paris, 1928 - Paris, 1973)Fr - BARRAUD, Henri (ahn REE bah ROH) ( Bordeaux, 23 APR 1900 - 28 DEC 1997)FR=Comp BARRE, Michel de la (c.1674-c.1744) BARRETT, John (1674-1735) BARRI, Odoardo (aka Edward Slater) (Dublin, 1844 - London, 1920)Ir songs BARRIERE, Jean (c.1705-1747) BARRIOS, Augustin (AH goos teen bah REE ohz) ( 1885 - 1944 )Paraguay BARRIOS FERNANDEZ, Angel (Granada, 4 JAN 1882 - Madrid, 27 NOV 1964)Sp=comp-V BARRIOS MANGORE, Pio Agustin (1885-1944) BARRIOSO, Ary BARRY, John (York, 1933 - )Eng=Filmscore Comp BARSANTI, Francesco (1690-1772) BART, Lionel (1 AUG 1930 - London, 3 APR 1999 )Eng BARTH, Hans (Leipzig, 1897 - Jacksonville, FL, 1956)Ger=P-comp BARTHALI, Antonio (1605-1669) BARTHELEMON, rancois Hippolyte (Bordeaux, 1741 - London, 1808)Ir-Fr=V-comp BARTLET, John (aka Bartlett) (c. 1870 - c. 1830)Eng=comp-lute BARTLETT, James Caroll (1850-1929) BARTOK, Bela (BAY lah BAR tok) ( Nagyszentmiklos, Hung. [Romania], 25 MAR 1881 - NYC, 1945)Hung=Comp-P Selected Works Hungary's favorite musical son bio Bela Bartok Classics World BARTOLOZZI, Bruno (Florence, 1911 - )It=V-comp BARTOS, Jan Zdenek (Dvur Kralove nad Labem, CZ, 1908 - )Cz=comp-V BASEGMEZLER, Nejat ( 1950 - ) BASSANI, Giovanni Battista (Padua, c. 1657 - Bergamo, 1716)It=comp-V BASSANO, Giovanni (c.1558-1617) BASSANO, Girolamo (c.1770 - 1830)It=comp-lute BASSETT, Leslie (22 JAN 1923 - ) BATAILLE, Gabriel (c.1575-1630) BATE, Stanley Richard (Plymouth, 1913 - London, 1959)Eng=comp-P BATESON, Thomas (c.1570-1630) BATH, Hubert (Barnstaple, 1883 - Uxbridge, 1945)Eng BATISTE, Antoine-Edouard (1820-1876) BATON, Rene (1879-1940) BATTEN, Adrian (Salisbury, 1591 - London, 1637)Eng=comp-organist Westminster A BATTIFERRI, Luigi (1600-c.1682) BATTISHILL, Jonathan (1738-1801) BATTON, Desere Alexandre (Paris, 1798 - Versailles, 1855)Fr BAULD, Alison (Sydney, 1944 - )Australian BAUR, Barthelemy (1751-1823) BAUR, Jean (1719-c.1773) BAUR, Jurg (Dusseldorf, 1918 - )Ger BAUTISTA, Julian (Mdrid, 1901 - Buenos Aires, 1961)Sp BAVICCHI, John (1922-) BAX, Arnold Edward Trevor (backs) ( Streatham, 8 NOV 1883 - Cork, 1953)Eng Master of Queen's Musick Bax Photo Gallery BAYER, Josef (6 MAR 1852 - 12 MAR 1913) BAYLE, Francois (Tamatave, Madagascar, 1932 - )Fr BAYNES, Sydney (1879-1938) BAZELON, Irwin ( Chicago, 4 JUN 1922 - )Am BAZIN, Francois Emmanuel-Joseph (1816-1878) BAZZINI, Antoni (Brescia, 1818 - Milan, 1897)It=comp-V BAZZINI, Francesco (Lovere, Brescia, 1600 - Bergamo,1660)It=comp-organist BEACH, Amy (Amy Marcy Cheney, Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, M.D.) (beach) ( Henniker, NH, 1867 - NYC, 1944)Am=P-comp )Am Women in American History BEACH, John Parsons (Gloverville, NY, 1877 - Pasadina, CA, 1953)Am BEALE, William (1784-1854) BECCHI, Marc' Antonio (1522-1568) BECK, Conrad (Lohn, 1901 - )Swiss BECK, Franz Ignaz (1734-1809) BECKER, Gunther Hugo (Forbach, 1924 - )Ger BECKER, John Joseph ( Henderson, KY, 22 JAN 1886 - Wilmette, IL, 1961)Am BECKER, Reinhold (Adorf, 1842 - Dresden, 1924)Ger=comp-V-cond BECKWITH, John (Victoria, BC, 1927 - )Can BEDFORD, David Vickerman (London, 4 AUG 1937 - )Eng BEDFORD, Herbert (1867-1945) BEDYNGAM, John (c.1600 - )Eng BEECHAM, Sir Thomas (1879-1961) BEERHALTER, Alois (1800-1852) BEESON, Jack Hamilton (Muncie, IN, 15 JUL 1921 - )Am BEETHOVEN, Ludwig Van (LOOT vik fahn BAY toh fev) (Bonn, 1770 - Vienna, 1827)Ger Beethoven 101 ~ Recordings Selected Works Works List BEETHOVEN longer biog-BMG Beethoven Web Page Beethoven Biog Classical Insites Beethoven Page Altus Beethoven Center Beethoven at 3732 Vienna Strasse Beethoven Beethoven at 4098 Vienna Beethoven Beethoven BEGLARIAN, Grant (Tiflis, USSR, 1927 - )Russ-Am BEGUE, Nicolas le (c.1630-1702) BEHREND, A. H. (1853-1935) BEHRMAN, DAVID ( 16 AUG - )Am BEIER, Franz (Berlin, 1857 - Kassel, 1914)Ger opera BELL, Willam Henry (St Albans, 1873 - Capetown, 1946)Eng-Am=comp-organist-V - ) BELL'HAVER, Vincenzo (Venice, 1530 - Venice, 1588)It=comp-organist BELLA, Jan Levoslav (1843 - 1936) BELLI, Giulio (Longgiano, c.1560 - 1621)It BELLINI, Vincenzo (vin CHEN zoh beh LEE nee) (Catania, Sicily, 3 NOV 1801 - Puteaux, 23 SEP 1835)It BELLMAN, Carl Michael (Stockholm, 1740 - Stockholm, 1795)Swed BELLONI, Gioseffo (Lodi, c. 1575 - )It BELLSTEDT, Herman (1858-1926) BEMBERG, Hermann-Emmanuel (Paris, 1859 - Berne, 1931)Fr BENATZKY, Ralph (1887-1957) BENDA, Frantisek (1709-1786) BENDA, Jiri Antonin (Jungbunzlau, 1722 - Kostritz, 1795)Bohemian=comp-oboist-V-kbd BENDINELLI, Agostino (1635-c.1703) BENDIX, Victor (1851 - 1926) BENDL, Karel (Prague, 1838 - Prague, 1897)Boh BENEDETTI, Piero (c.1585-1649) BEN-HAIM, Paul (aka Frankenburger) (Munich, 5 JUL 1897 - 14 JAN 1984)Isr=Com-Cond BENEDICT, Sir Julius (Stuttgart, 27 NOV 1804 - London, 1885)Ger-Eng=comp-cond BENEVOLI, Orazio (Rome, 1605 - Rome, 1672)Fr-It BENJAMIN, Arthur (Sydney, 18 SEP 1893 - London, 1960)Australian=comp-P BENJAMIN, George (London, 31 JAN 1960 - )Eng=Comp-P BENNER, Al ( - ) BENNET, John (1575-1614)Eng=Madrigal Com BENNETT, John (c.1725-1784) BENNETT, Richard Rodney (Broadstairs, 29 MAR 1936 - )Eng=Com-Arr-P BENNETT, Robert Russell ( Kansas City, 1894 - 1981 )Am=Com-Arr Robert Russell Bennett BENNETT, T.C. Sterndale (1882-1944) BENNETT, William Sterndale (Sheffield, 1816 - London, 1875)Eng=Com-P (1816-1875) BENOIT, Pierre (Peter - Leopold Leonard) (ben WAH) (Harlebeke, 17 AUG 1834 - Antwerp, 8 MAR 1901)Bel BENOLIEL, Bernard John (Detroit, 1943 - )Am=comp-P BENTZON, Neils Viggo (Copenhagen, 1919 - )Dan BERCHEM, Jachet de (c.1505-c.1565) BEREZOVSKY, Nicolai (beh reh ZOFF skee) ( 1900 - 1953 )Rus-Am=Com-V BERG, Alban (BAIRg) (Vienna, 9 FEB 1885 - Vienna, 24 DEC 1935)Austrian Berg from ClassicalNet BERG, Fred Jonny (1973 - ) BERG, Gunnar (GOO nahr BAIRg) (1909 - 1989) BERG, Natanael (Stockholm, 1879 - Stockholm, 1957)Swed BERGER, Andreas (1584-1656) BERGER, Arthur (NYC, 1912 - )Am BERGER, Francesco, (London, 1834 - London, 1933)Eng=comp-P BERGER, Jean (Hamm, 1909 - )Ger-Am BERGER, Ludwig (1777-1838) BERGER, Theodor (Traismauer, 1905 - )Austrian BERGH, Gertrude van den (1793-1840) BERGMAN, Erik Valdermar(Uusikaarlepvy, 24 NOV 1911 - )Fin BERGSMA, William (Oakland, CA, 1 APR 1921 - )Am BERIO, Luciano (loo CHAH noh BEH ree oh) (Oneglia, [Imperia], 24 OCT 1925 - )It BERIOT, Charles-Auguste de (Louvain, 1802 - Brussels, 1870) Belg BERKELEY, Sir Lennox Randal Francis(BARK' lee) (Boar's Hill, Oxford, 12 MAY 1903 - )Eng (father) BERKELEY, Michael (London, 29 MAY 1948 - )Eng (so) BERLIN, Irving (1888-1989) BERLIN, Johann Daniel (1714-1787) BERLINSKI, Herman (Leipzig, 1910 - )Ger BERLIOZ, Hector (EK tor BAIR' lyoz) (La Core-St Andre, Grenoble, 11 DEC 1803 - Paris, 1869)Fr Selected Works Works List The Hector Berlioz Page BERMAN, Bart (1938-) BERMAN, Karel (1919-) BERMUNDO, Juan (c.1510-c.1565) BERNARD, Anthony (London, 1891 - London, 1963)Eng=cond-P-comp BERNARDI, Steffano (c.1576-1635) BERNERS, Lord (aka Geral Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson) (Arley Park, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, 18 SEP 1883 - Faringdon, Berks, 1950)Eng BERNHARD, Christoph (Danzig, 1627 - Dresden, 1692)Ger=comp-singer BERNIER, Nicolas (1665-1734) BERNIER, Rene (St Gilles, 1905 - )Belg BERNSTEIN, Leonard (BURN styn) (Lawrence, MA 25 AUG 1918 - 14 OCT 1990)Am The Leonard Bernstein Web Page Another Bernstein site Longer Bernstein Site AND Another Bernstein Site A British Leonard Bernstein Web site BERO, Michel (1950-) BERR, Jose (1874-1947) BERTALI, Antonio (ber TAHL ee) (11 MAR 1605 - 17 APR 1669)It=Com-V BERTE, Heinrich (Galgocz, 1858 - Vienna, 1924)Hung BERTIN, Louise Angelique (Roche, 1805 - Paris, 1877)Fr=cop-P BERTINI, Gary (Birzewo, Bessarabia, 1 MAY 1927 - )Isr=Cond-Comp BERTINI, Henri Jerome (London,1798 - Melan, Grenoble, 1876)Eng BERTOLDO, Sperindio (c.1530-1570) BERTON, Henri Montan (Paris, 1767 - Paris, 1844)Fr=comp-V BERTONI, Ferinando Guiseppe (Salo, Venice, 1725 - Desenzano, Brescia, 1813)It BERTRAND, Antoine de (c.1540 - Touluse, c.1580)Fr BERUTTI, Arturo (San Juan, 1862 - Buenos Aires, 1938)Arg BERWALD, Franz Adolf (BAIR' vald) (Stockholm, 23 JUL 1796 - Stockholm, 1868)Swed BERWALD, Johann Gottfried (1737-1814) BESARD, Jean Baptiste (Besancon, 1567 - c.1625)Fr BEST, William Thomas (1826-1897) BEVIGNANI, Enrico (Naples, 1841 - Naples, 1903)It=com-cond BEVIN, Elway (1554 1639)Welsh=comp-organist BEYDTS, Louis (Bordeaux, 1895 - Cauderon, 1953)Fr BEYSCHLAG, Adolf (Frankfurt-am-Main, 1845 - Mainz, 1914)Ger=con-comp BIALES, Gunter ( Silesia, 19 JUL 1907 - )Ger BIANCHI, Franceso (Cremona, 1752 - Hamersmith, 1810)It BIBER, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von(HYN rik fun BEE' ber) (Wartenberg, 12 AUG 1644 - Salzburg, 1704)Bohemian Biber Home Page BIEHL, Albert (1836-1899) BIGAGLIA, Diogenio (1666-c.1735) BIGGS, John (1932- ) BIHARI, Janos (Nagyabony, 1764 - Pest, 1872)Hung=comp-V BILLI, Vincenzo (1869-1938) BILLINGS, William (Boston MA, 7 OCT 1746 - Boston, 29 SEP 1800)Am BINCHOIS, Gilles de Bins (GIL les be SHWAH) (Mons, c.1400 - Soignies, 1460)Flemish Mass BINET, Jean (Geneva, 1893 - Trelex-sur-Nyon, 1960 -)Swis BINGE, Ronald (Derby,[DAHR' bee] 15 JUL - 1910 - 1979)Eng=Com-Arr BINGEN, Hildegard von (1098-1179) BINGHAM, Judith (21 JUL - )Eng BINGHAM, Seth (16 APR 1882 - 21 JUN 1972)Am=Com-Organist BINKERD, Gordon Wars (Lynch, NB, 1916 - )Am BIRMINGHAM (BERR ming em) West Midlands Central England BIRTWISTLE, Sir Harrison Paul (Accrington, 15 JUL 1934 - )Eng=comp-clar BISHOP, Henry Rowley [ROH lee] (London, 1786 - London, 1855)Eng=comp-cond BITNER, Julius (Vienna, 1874 - Vienna, 1939)Austrian BIZET, Georges (zhorzh bee ZAY') ( 25 OCT 1838 - 1875)Fr Compton's Bizet Bio BIZONI, Celia (Berlin, 1904 - )Ger=comp-harpscd B ~ Composers, continued

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