| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Halsey, E. |
Halsey, Ernest |
1876 |
1939 |
British Organist of the Congregational Church and composer of both religeous and secular music |
| Halsey, Simon |
|
1958 |
|
English choral conductor. He is the Chorus Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, a position he has held since 1983, and has been Chorus Director of the London Symphony Chorus since 2012. He was the choral director for Mahler's 8th Symphony before the Sydney Olympics |
| Hamberg, Pat H. |
Hurlbutt, Patricia H.; Hurlbutt, Patricia Hamberg |
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American composerand arranger for choir and handbells. She has served churches of various denominations as organist and music director, leading vocal and handbell ensembles and contemporary worship band. She has also taught elementary classroom music, music theory and private piano, and has worked as a music therapist, accompanist, and sing-along leader. |
| Hamblen, Bernard |
|
1877 |
1962 |
Australian Composer and lyricist of mainly sacred Music |
| Hamblett, |
|
|
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Australian early 20th century Composer |
| Hamilton, Arthur |
|
1926 |
|
American songwriter,who is best known for writing the song "Cry Me a River" |
| Hamilton, David |
|
1955 |
|
New Zealand composer and arranger with a strong interest and involvement in choral music |
| Hamilton, Hariette |
Merola, Hariette |
|
|
20th Century American lyricist, administrator for Polygram Holdings, which owned several music labels. |
| Hamilton, Iain Ellis |
|
1922 |
2000 |
Scottish composer |
| Hamilton, Nancy |
|
1908 |
1985 |
American actress, playwright, lyricist, director and producer |
| Hamilton, Newburgh |
|
1691 |
1761 |
Irish librettist for among others Handel |
| Hamlisch, Marvin F. |
|
1944 |
2012 |
American composer and conductor involved in Musical Theatre, Film and Popular Music |
| Hammerstein, Oscar |
|
1995 |
1960 |
American lyricist who wrote for 5 Rogers and Hammerstein Broadway shows |
| Hammond, Albert |
|
1944 |
|
Gibraltarian singer songwriter |
| Hampton, Christopher |
|
1946 |
|
Portuguese British playwright, screen writer and film director. |
| Hampton, Keith |
|
1957 |
|
American conductor, composer, educator, church musician, organ performer and adjudicator known mostly for his gospel music. He is also director of music ministries and organist at the Park Manor Christian Church in Chicago. |
| Hanawalt, Michael |
|
1978 |
|
Michael Hanawalt is the Associate Professor of Choral Conducting and Music Education at Florida State University |
| Handel, George Frideric |
|
1685 |
1759 |
German-born, British Baroque composer who spent the bulk of his career in London, becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, and organ concertos |
| Handl, Jacob (Jacobus Gallus) |
Carniolus, Jacobus Gallus ; Handl,Jacobus ; Händl Jacob; Gallus Jacob; Slovene: Jakob Petelin Kranjski) |
1550 |
1599 |
Late-Renaissance composer of Slovene ethnicity. |
| Handman, Lou |
|
1894 |
1956 |
American composer who In his early career toured in vaudeville shows in Australia and New York. He wrote many top selling songs with Roy Turk |
| Handy, William Christopher |
Handy, W. C. |
1873 |
1958 |
American blues composer and musician. He was widely known as the "Father of the Blues" |
| Hanmer, Ronald |
|
1917 |
1994 |
British conductor, composer and arranger of light music, who spent his latter years in Australia. |
| Hanna, Jeff |
|
1947 |
|
American Guitarist, Composer, Member of "The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band" |
| Hanna, William |
|
1910 |
2001 |
American animator, director, producer, voice actor, and cartoon artist, whose film and television cartoon characters entertained millions of people for much of the 20th century. |
| Hannenford, Noel |
|
|
|
Early 20th century Music arranger |
| Hannisian, Raymond R. |
|
|
|
American composer and lyricist |
| Hansen, Greg |
|
|
|
American composer, record producer/arranger, and new age recording artist residing in Utah. Greg has produced and arranged over 400 albums for various clients, and has over 900 sheet music arrangements and compositions in print, and also works in the LDS music scene |
| Hanson, Howard Harold |
|
1896 |
1981 |
American composer and conductor |
| Harbach, Otto |
|
1873 |
1963 |
American lyricist and librettist of about 50 musical comedies. He is most remembered for being Oscar Hammerstein II's mentor and was one of the first librettists to believe that songs should be woven into a show, not just placed there. |
| Harbeson, Eric J. |
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Eric Harbeson is Music Special Collections Librarian in the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, and curates the American Music Research Center's collections. His edition of the Motecta (1590) by Orazio Vecchi (with co-editor William R. Martin) was published in 2013 |