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  1. BAAREN, Kees Van (Case vuhn BAH ren) (1906-1970)D
  2. BABIN, Viktor (13 DEC - )Rus=Com-P
  3. BABBITT, Milton (Philadelphia, 1916 - )Am
  4. BABELL, William (Canonbury, c. 1690 - )Eng=Organist-harpscd, V- comp.
  5. BABOU, Thomas (1656-c.1740)
  6. BACCUSI, Ippolito (c.1550-1609)
  7. BACEWICZ, Grazyna (Lodz, 1913 - Warsaw, 1969)Pl=comp-V
  8. BACH, Carl Philipp Emmanuel (8 MAR 1714 - 14 DEC 1788)Ger 3rd son of JS Selected Works
  9. BACH, Johann Christian (5 SEP 1735 - 1 JAN 1782)Ger - 11th son of JS
  10. Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich (Leipzig, 21 JUN 1732 - Bukeburg, 26 JAN 1795) 9th Son of JS
  11. BACH, Johann Sebastian (YO han seh BAHS tee an Bahk) (21MAR1685 - 28JUL1750)
  12. BACH, Wilhelm Friedemann (VIL um FREED ah maan) (22 NOV 1710 - 1 JUL 1784)Ger - 1st son of JS
  13. BACHELET, Alfred (Paris, 1864 - Nancy, 1944)Fr
  14. BACHELER, Daniel (c.1574-c.1611)
  15. BACILLY, Benigne de (c.1625-1690)
  16. BACKOFEN, Johann Georg Heinrich (1768-1839)
  17. BACK, Sven-Erik (Stockholm, 1919 - )Swed=comp-cond-V
  18. BACON, Ernst (Chicago, 26 MAY 1898 - Orinda, CA 16 MAR 1990)Am
  19. BADARZEWSKA-BARANOWSKA, Tekla (1838-1861)
  20. BADIA, Carlo Agostino (Venice, 1672 - Vienna, 1738)It
  21. BADINGS, Henk (Bandoeng, Java, 1907 - )Dutch1907-1987)
  22. BAERMANN, Heinrich Joseph (1784-1847)
  23. BAGLEY, Edwin (1857-1922)
  24. BAILLOT, Perre Marie Francois de Sales (Passy, 1771 - Paris, 1842)Fr=comp-V
  25. BAINBRIDGE, Simon (1952 - )Eng
  26. BAINES, William (Horbury, Yorkshire, 1899 - York, 1922)Eng
  27. BAINTON, Edgar Leslie (London, 1880 - Sydney, 1956)Eng=Com-P-Con-T
  28. BAIRD, Tadeusz (Grodzisk, 1928 - 1981)Pol
  29. BAIRSTOW, Edward Cuthbert (Huddersfield, 1874 - York, 1946)Eng=Comp-Organist
  30. BAKER, David N.
  31. BAKFARK, Balint (1507-1576)
  32. BALAKIREV, Mily (Nizhny-Novgorad, 21 DEC 1837 - St Petersburg, 29 MAY 1910) (MEE lee Bah LAH' kee ref)Rus
  33. BALART, Gabriel (Barcelona, 1824 - Barcelona, 193)Sp=comp-V
  34. BALASSA, Sandon (Budapest, 1935 - )Hung
  35. BALBASTRE, Claude-Benigne (1727 - 1799)
  36. BALBI, Lodovico (Venice, 1545 -Venice, c.1604)It
  37. BALBULUS, Notker (ca. 840-912)
  38. BALDASSARE, Pietro (c.1690-c.1768)
  39. BALDWIN, John (c.1550-1615)
  40. BALFE, Michael William (Dubli, 15 MAY 1808 - Rowney Abbey, Herts., 1870 )Ir
  41. BALL, Eric (Bristol, 1903 - )Eng=comp-cond-band arr
  42. BALLARD, Robert (1575-1650)
  43. BALLIFF, Claude (Paris, 1924 - )Fr
  44. BALTZAR, Thomas (c.1630-1663)
  45. BANCHIERI, Adriano (Bologna, 1568 - Bologna, 1634)It=comp-organist
  46. BANFIELD, Raffaello de (Newcastle upon Tyne, 1922 - )It
  47. BANISTER, John (1630-1679)
  48. BANK, Jacques (zhak bahnk) ( - )Danish
  49. BANKS, Don Oscar (Melbourne, 1923 - )Australian
  50. BANSHCHIKOV, Gennady Ivanovich (Kazan City, 1943 - )Russ
  51. BANTOCK, Granville ( London, 7 AUG 1868 - London, 1946 )Eng=cond-comp
  52. BARAB, Seymour ( - )
  53. BARAT, Joseph-Edouard (bah RAHT) ( 1882 - 1963 )Fr=Saxophone-com
  54. BARBER, Samuel ( West Chester, PA, 9 MAR 1910 - 23 JAN 1981)Am
  55. BARBELLA, Emanuele (1718-1777)
  56. BARBELLA, Francesco (1692-1732)
  57. BARBETTA, Giullio Cesare (c.1540-c.1604)
  58. BARBIERI, Francisco Asenjo (Madrid, 3 AUG 1823 - 1894)Sp
  59. BARBIERI, Lucio (1568-1659)
  60. BARBIREAU, Jacques (c.1408-1491)
  61. BARDI, Giovanni de (1534-1612)
  62. BARGAGLIA, Scipione (1590 - )Neapolitan, early concerto form
  63. BARGIEL, Woldemar (Berlin, 1828 - Berlin, 1897)Ger=P-comp
  64. BARIE, Augustin (1884-1915)
  65. BARLOW, David Frederick ( Rothwell, Northants, 1927 - Newcastle upon Tyne, 1975 )Eng
  66. BARLOW, Wayne (Elyria, OH, 1912 - )Am
  67. BARMANN, Carl (1811-1885)
  68. BARNARD, Charlotte Arlington Clribel (1830 - Dover, 1869)Eng
  69. BARNBY, Joseph (York, 1838 - London, 1896)Eng=comp-organist-cond
  70. BARNETT, John (1802-1890)
  71. BARNETT, John Francis (1837-1916)
  72. BARON, Ernst Gottlieb Theofil (1696-1760)
  73. BARRAINE, Elsa ( Paris, 1910 - )Fr
  74. BARRAQUE, Jean ( Paris, 1928 - Paris, 1973)Fr -
  75. BARRAUD, Henri (ahn REE bah ROH) ( Bordeaux, 23 APR 1900 - 28 DEC 1997)FR=Comp
  76. BARRE, Michel de la (c.1674-c.1744)
  77. BARRETT, John (1674-1735)
  78. BARRI, Odoardo (aka Edward Slater) (Dublin, 1844 - London, 1920)Ir songs
  79. BARRIERE, Jean (c.1705-1747)
  80. BARRIOS, Augustin (AH goos teen bah REE ohz) ( 1885 - 1944 )Paraguay
  81. BARRIOS FERNANDEZ, Angel (Granada, 4 JAN 1882 - Madrid, 27 NOV 1964)Sp=comp-V
  82. BARRIOS MANGORE, Pio Agustin (1885-1944)
  83. BARRIOSO, Ary
  84. BARRY, John (York, 1933 - )Eng=Filmscore Comp
  85. BARSANTI, Francesco (1690-1772)
  86. BART, Lionel (1 AUG 1930 - London, 3 APR 1999 )Eng
  87. BARTH, Hans (Leipzig, 1897 - Jacksonville, FL, 1956)Ger=P-comp
  88. BARTHALI, Antonio (1605-1669)
  89. BARTHELEMON, rancois Hippolyte (Bordeaux, 1741 - London, 1808)Ir-Fr=V-comp
  90. BARTLET, John (aka Bartlett) (c. 1870 - c. 1830)Eng=comp-lute
  91. BARTLETT, James Caroll (1850-1929)
  92. BARTOK, Bela (BAY lah BAR tok) ( Nagyszentmiklos, Hung. [Romania], 25 MAR 1881 - NYC, 1945)Hung=Comp-P
  93. BARTOLOZZI, Bruno (Florence, 1911 - )It=V-comp
  94. BARTOS, Jan Zdenek (Dvur Kralove nad Labem, CZ, 1908 - )Cz=comp-V
  95. BASEGMEZLER, Nejat ( 1950 - )
  96. BASSANI, Giovanni Battista (Padua, c. 1657 - Bergamo, 1716)It=comp-V
  97. BASSANO, Giovanni (c.1558-1617)
  98. BASSANO, Girolamo (c.1770 - 1830)It=comp-lute
  99. BASSETT, Leslie (22 JAN 1923 - )
  100. BATAILLE, Gabriel (c.1575-1630)
  101. BATE, Stanley Richard (Plymouth, 1913 - London, 1959)Eng=comp-P
  102. BATESON, Thomas (c.1570-1630)
  103. BATH, Hubert (Barnstaple, 1883 - Uxbridge, 1945)Eng
  104. BATISTE, Antoine-Edouard (1820-1876)
  105. BATON, Rene (1879-1940)
  106. BATTEN, Adrian (Salisbury, 1591 - London, 1637)Eng=comp-organist Westminster A
  107. BATTIFERRI, Luigi (1600-c.1682)
  108. BATTISHILL, Jonathan (1738-1801)
  109. BATTON, Desere Alexandre (Paris, 1798 - Versailles, 1855)Fr
  110. BAULD, Alison (Sydney, 1944 - )Australian
  111. BAUR, Barthelemy (1751-1823)
  112. BAUR, Jean (1719-c.1773)
  113. BAUR, Jurg (Dusseldorf, 1918 - )Ger
  114. BAUTISTA, Julian (Mdrid, 1901 - Buenos Aires, 1961)Sp
  115. BAVICCHI, John (1922-)
  116. BAX, Arnold Edward Trevor (backs) ( Streatham, 8 NOV 1883 - Cork, 1953)Eng
  117. BAYER, Josef (6 MAR 1852 - 12 MAR 1913)
  118. BAYLE, Francois (Tamatave, Madagascar, 1932 - )Fr
  119. BAYNES, Sydney (1879-1938)
  120. BAZELON, Irwin ( Chicago, 4 JUN 1922 - )Am
  121. BAZIN, Francois Emmanuel-Joseph (1816-1878)
  122. BAZZINI, Antoni (Brescia, 1818 - Milan, 1897)It=comp-V
  123. BAZZINI, Francesco (Lovere, Brescia, 1600 - Bergamo,1660)It=comp-organist
  124. BEACH, Amy (Amy Marcy Cheney, Mrs. H. H. A. Beach, M.D.) (beach) ( Henniker, NH, 1867 - NYC, 1944)Am=P-comp )Am
  125. BEACH, John Parsons (Gloverville, NY, 1877 - Pasadina, CA, 1953)Am
  126. BEALE, William (1784-1854)
  127. BECCHI, Marc' Antonio (1522-1568)
  128. BECK, Conrad (Lohn, 1901 - )Swiss
  129. BECK, Franz Ignaz (1734-1809)
  130. BECKER, Gunther Hugo (Forbach, 1924 - )Ger
  131. BECKER, John Joseph ( Henderson, KY, 22 JAN 1886 - Wilmette, IL, 1961)Am
  132. BECKER, Reinhold (Adorf, 1842 - Dresden, 1924)Ger=comp-V-cond
  133. BECKWITH, John (Victoria, BC, 1927 - )Can
  134. BEDFORD, David Vickerman (London, 4 AUG 1937 - )Eng
  135. BEDFORD, Herbert (1867-1945)
  136. BEDYNGAM, John (c.1600 - )Eng
  137. BEECHAM, Sir Thomas (1879-1961)
  138. BEERHALTER, Alois (1800-1852)
  139. BEESON, Jack Hamilton (Muncie, IN, 15 JUL 1921 - )Am
  140. BEETHOVEN, Ludwig Van (LOOT vik fahn BAY toh fev) (Bonn, 1770 - Vienna, 1827)Ger
  141. BEGLARIAN, Grant (Tiflis, USSR, 1927 - )Russ-Am
  142. BEGUE, Nicolas le (c.1630-1702)
  143. BEHREND, A. H. (1853-1935)
  144. BEHRMAN, DAVID ( 16 AUG - )Am
  145. BEIER, Franz (Berlin, 1857 - Kassel, 1914)Ger opera
  146. BELL, Willam Henry (St Albans, 1873 - Capetown, 1946)Eng-Am=comp-organist-V - )
  147. BELL'HAVER, Vincenzo (Venice, 1530 - Venice, 1588)It=comp-organist
  148. BELLA, Jan Levoslav (1843 - 1936)
  149. BELLI, Giulio (Longgiano, c.1560 - 1621)It
  150. BELLINI, Vincenzo (vin CHEN zoh beh LEE nee) (Catania, Sicily, 3 NOV 1801 - Puteaux, 23 SEP 1835)It
  151. BELLMAN, Carl Michael (Stockholm, 1740 - Stockholm, 1795)Swed
  152. BELLONI, Gioseffo (Lodi, c. 1575 - )It
  153. BELLSTEDT, Herman (1858-1926)
  154. BEMBERG, Hermann-Emmanuel (Paris, 1859 - Berne, 1931)Fr
  155. BENATZKY, Ralph (1887-1957)
  156. BENDA, Frantisek (1709-1786)
  157. BENDA, Jiri Antonin (Jungbunzlau, 1722 - Kostritz, 1795)Bohemian=comp-oboist-V-kbd
  158. BENDINELLI, Agostino (1635-c.1703)
  159. BENDIX, Victor (1851 - 1926)
  160. BENDL, Karel (Prague, 1838 - Prague, 1897)Boh
  161. BENEDETTI, Piero (c.1585-1649)
  162. BEN-HAIM, Paul (aka Frankenburger) (Munich, 5 JUL 1897 - 14 JAN 1984)Isr=Com-Cond
  163. BENEDICT, Sir Julius (Stuttgart, 27 NOV 1804 - London, 1885)Ger-Eng=comp-cond
  164. BENEVOLI, Orazio (Rome, 1605 - Rome, 1672)Fr-It
  165. BENJAMIN, Arthur (Sydney, 18 SEP 1893 - London, 1960)Australian=comp-P
  166. BENJAMIN, George (London, 31 JAN 1960 - )Eng=Comp-P
  167. BENNER, Al ( - )
  168. BENNET, John (1575-1614)Eng=Madrigal Com
  169. BENNETT, John (c.1725-1784)
  170. BENNETT, Richard Rodney (Broadstairs, 29 MAR 1936 - )Eng=Com-Arr-P
  171. BENNETT, Robert Russell ( Kansas City, 1894 - 1981 )Am=Com-Arr
  172. BENNETT, T.C. Sterndale (1882-1944)
  173. BENNETT, William Sterndale (Sheffield, 1816 - London, 1875)Eng=Com-P (1816-1875)
  174. BENOIT, Pierre (Peter - Leopold Leonard) (ben WAH) (Harlebeke, 17 AUG 1834 - Antwerp, 8 MAR 1901)Bel
  175. BENOLIEL, Bernard John (Detroit, 1943 - )Am=comp-P
  176. BENTZON, Neils Viggo (Copenhagen, 1919 - )Dan
  177. BERCHEM, Jachet de (c.1505-c.1565)
  178. BEREZOVSKY, Nicolai (beh reh ZOFF skee) ( 1900 - 1953 )Rus-Am=Com-V
  179. BERG, Alban (BAIRg) (Vienna, 9 FEB 1885 - Vienna, 24 DEC 1935)Austrian
  180. BERG, Fred Jonny (1973 - )
  181. BERG, Gunnar (GOO nahr BAIRg) (1909 - 1989)
  182. BERG, Natanael (Stockholm, 1879 - Stockholm, 1957)Swed
  183. BERGER, Andreas (1584-1656)
  184. BERGER, Arthur (NYC, 1912 - )Am
  185. BERGER, Francesco, (London, 1834 - London, 1933)Eng=comp-P
  186. BERGER, Jean (Hamm, 1909 - )Ger-Am
  187. BERGER, Ludwig (1777-1838)
  188. BERGER, Theodor (Traismauer, 1905 - )Austrian
  189. BERGH, Gertrude van den (1793-1840)
  190. BERGMAN, Erik Valdermar(Uusikaarlepvy, 24 NOV 1911 - )Fin
  191. BERGSMA, William (Oakland, CA, 1 APR 1921 - )Am
  192. BERIO, Luciano (loo CHAH noh BEH ree oh) (Oneglia, [Imperia], 24 OCT 1925 - )It
  193. BERIOT, Charles-Auguste de (Louvain, 1802 - Brussels, 1870) Belg
  194. BERKELEY, Sir Lennox Randal Francis(BARK' lee) (Boar's Hill, Oxford, 12 MAY 1903 - )Eng (father)
  195. BERKELEY, Michael (London, 29 MAY 1948 - )Eng (so)
  196. BERLIN, Irving (1888-1989)
  197. BERLIN, Johann Daniel (1714-1787)
  198. BERLINSKI, Herman (Leipzig, 1910 - )Ger
  199. BERLIOZ, Hector (EK tor BAIR' lyoz) (La Core-St Andre, Grenoble, 11 DEC 1803 - Paris, 1869)Fr
  200. BERMAN, Bart (1938-)
  201. BERMAN, Karel (1919-)
  202. BERMUNDO, Juan (c.1510-c.1565)
  203. BERNARD, Anthony (London, 1891 - London, 1963)Eng=cond-P-comp
  204. BERNARDI, Steffano (c.1576-1635)
  205. BERNERS, Lord (aka Geral Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson) (Arley Park, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, 18 SEP 1883 - Faringdon, Berks, 1950)Eng
  206. BERNHARD, Christoph (Danzig, 1627 - Dresden, 1692)Ger=comp-singer
  207. BERNIER, Nicolas (1665-1734)
  208. BERNIER, Rene (St Gilles, 1905 - )Belg
  209. BERNSTEIN, Leonard (BURN styn) (Lawrence, MA 25 AUG 1918 - 14 OCT 1990)Am
  210. BERO, Michel (1950-)
  211. BERR, Jose (1874-1947)
  212. BERTALI, Antonio (ber TAHL ee) (11 MAR 1605 - 17 APR 1669)It=Com-V
  213. BERTE, Heinrich (Galgocz, 1858 - Vienna, 1924)Hung
  214. BERTIN, Louise Angelique (Roche, 1805 - Paris, 1877)Fr=cop-P
  215. BERTINI, Gary (Birzewo, Bessarabia, 1 MAY 1927 - )Isr=Cond-Comp
  216. BERTINI, Henri Jerome (London,1798 - Melan, Grenoble, 1876)Eng
  217. BERTOLDO, Sperindio (c.1530-1570)
  218. BERTON, Henri Montan (Paris, 1767 - Paris, 1844)Fr=comp-V
  219. BERTONI, Ferinando Guiseppe (Salo, Venice, 1725 - Desenzano, Brescia, 1813)It
  220. BERTRAND, Antoine de (c.1540 - Touluse, c.1580)Fr
  221. BERUTTI, Arturo (San Juan, 1862 - Buenos Aires, 1938)Arg
  222. BERWALD, Franz Adolf (BAIR' vald) (Stockholm, 23 JUL 1796 - Stockholm, 1868)Swed
  223. BERWALD, Johann Gottfried (1737-1814)
  224. BESARD, Jean Baptiste (Besancon, 1567 - c.1625)Fr
  225. BEST, William Thomas (1826-1897)
  226. BEVIGNANI, Enrico (Naples, 1841 - Naples, 1903)It=com-cond
  227. BEVIN, Elway (1554 1639)Welsh=comp-organist
  228. BEYDTS, Louis (Bordeaux, 1895 - Cauderon, 1953)Fr
  229. BEYSCHLAG, Adolf (Frankfurt-am-Main, 1845 - Mainz, 1914)Ger=con-comp
  230. BIALES, Gunter ( Silesia, 19 JUL 1907 - )Ger
  231. BIANCHI, Franceso (Cremona, 1752 - Hamersmith, 1810)It
  232. BIBER, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von(HYN rik fun BEE' ber) (Wartenberg, 12 AUG 1644 - Salzburg, 1704)Bohemian
  233. BIEHL, Albert (1836-1899)
  234. BIGAGLIA, Diogenio (1666-c.1735)
  235. BIGGS, John (1932- )
  236. BIHARI, Janos (Nagyabony, 1764 - Pest, 1872)Hung=comp-V
  237. BILLI, Vincenzo (1869-1938)
  238. BILLINGS, William (Boston MA, 7 OCT 1746 - Boston, 29 SEP 1800)Am
  239. BINCHOIS, Gilles de Bins (GIL les be SHWAH) (Mons, c.1400 - Soignies, 1460)Flemish
    Mass
  240. BINET, Jean (Geneva, 1893 - Trelex-sur-Nyon, 1960 -)Swis
  241. BINGE, Ronald (Derby,[DAHR' bee] 15 JUL - 1910 - 1979)Eng=Com-Arr
  242. BINGEN, Hildegard von (1098-1179)
  243. BINGHAM, Judith (21 JUL - )Eng
  244. BINGHAM, Seth (16 APR 1882 - 21 JUN 1972)Am=Com-Organist
  245. BINKERD, Gordon Wars (Lynch, NB, 1916 - )Am
  246. BIRMINGHAM (BERR ming em) West Midlands Central England
  247. BIRTWISTLE, Sir Harrison Paul (Accrington, 15 JUL 1934 - )Eng=comp-clar
  248. BISHOP, Henry Rowley [ROH lee] (London, 1786 - London, 1855)Eng=comp-cond
  249. BITNER, Julius (Vienna, 1874 - Vienna, 1939)Austrian
  250. BIZET, Georges (zhorzh bee ZAY') ( 25 OCT 1838 - 1875)Fr
  251. BIZONI, Celia (Berlin, 1904 - )Ger=comp-harpscd

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