| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Rathbone, Jonathan |
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1957 |
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British composer and singer who sang with St Bride’s Choir, Fleet Street and the BBC Singers before joining the Swingle Singers in 1984. He was musical director of the group for eight of the twelve years he sang with them, during which time he created the majority of their arrangements, both a cappella and with orchestra. He is now an in-house composer with Peters Edition. He conducts three choirs in north London, for whom has written numerous piece |
| Ratner, Lisa |
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American songwriter and musician who writes primarily pop but has elements of rock, hip hop, rap, dance, funk, r&b, blues, big band jazz, classical, folk and world beat. |
| Raugh, Anne |
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Anne is responsible for CASA songbooks (I & II). She founded Contemporary A Cappella Publishing with Deke Sharon and Don Gooding, and privately does typesetting of original works (songs, an opera, piano concerti, etc.) for use in publication and in mounting productions. |
| Rautavaara, Einojuhani |
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1928 |
2016 |
Finnish composer of contemporary classical music, and was one of the most notable Finnish composers after Jean Sibelius. A prolific composer, he wrote eight symphonies, nine operas, 12 instrumental (and one choral) concertos, plus a wide variety of orchestral, chamber, instrumental, choral and vocal works |
| Ravel, Maurice |
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1875 |
1937 |
French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, |
| Ravenscroft, Thomas |
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1588 |
1635 |
English musician, theorist and editor, notable as a composer of rounds and catches, and especially for compiling collections of British folk music. |
| Rawsthorne, Alan |
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1905 |
1971 |
British freelance composer of mainly orchestral works. He also wrote a number of film scores; his best known work in this field was the music for the 1953 British war film, The Cruel Sea |
| Rawsthorne, Noel |
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1929 |
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British organist and composer. He became Organist of Liverpool Cathedral from 1955 to 1980. While there, he composed many original choral works, and his compositions and arrangements are found in many contemporary collections of organ music |
| Ray, Jerry |
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American Pianist, organist, choir director, vocalist, composer/arranger primarily of church music |
| Ray, Robert |
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American pianist, composer and conductor, and is currently professor of music and coordinator of keyboard studies at the University of Missouri St. Louis. He is also director of the University Community Chorus and Director of the Saint Louis Symphony IN UNISON® Chorus. |
| Raye, Don |
Wilhoite, Jr, Donald MacRae |
1909 |
1985 |
American vaudevillian and songwriter, best known for his songs for the Andrews Sisters After serving in World War 2 he wrote for Universal Studios |
| Raymond, Joseph |
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Salt Lake City based composer. Director of Music in 1954 of Rowland Hall and a member of the faculty of Mozart School of music |
| Razaf, Andy |
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1895 |
1973 |
African American poet, composer and lyricist of such well-known songs as "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose". |
| Razat, Andy |
Razafinkeriefo, Andreamenentania Paul |
1895 |
1973 |
American poet, composer, lyricist and occasional singer |
| Read, Paul |
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Paul’s work includes many jazz compositions and arrangements (both instrumental and vocal) as well as assorted compositions for brass quintet, woodwind ensembles, choir and other combinations of instruments. |
| Rebikov, Vladimir |
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1866 |
1920 |
Late romantic 20th-century Russian composer and pianist. |
| Red , Buryl |
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1936 |
2013 |
American composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator and producer known world-wide as the musical director of The Century Men and composer of the 1972 classic Celebrate Life. He had more than 1,600 published compositions and arrangements, produced more than 2,500 recordings and supervised, composed or arranged the music for several hundred shows, documentaries and musical specials for network and cable television. Married to Virgina Stroh |
| Reda, Siegfried |
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1916 |
1968 |
German composer and organist. In 1946 he headed the Institute for Protestant Church Music in Essen, where he also taught in organ and composition. In 1953 he became director of church music at the St. Peter's Church, Hamburg to Mülheim an der Ruhr. |
| Redding, Otis Ray |
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1941 |
1967 |
American singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. Nicknamed the "King of Soul", Redding's style of singing gained inspiration from the gospel music that preceded the genre. His singing style influenced many other soul artists of the 1960s. |
| Redford, John |
|
1500 |
1547 |
Major English composer, organist, and dramatist of the Tudor period. |
| Redlich, H. F. |
Redlich, Hans Ferdinand |
1903 |
1968 |
Austrian classical composer, conductor, musicologist and writer. |
| Redman, Reginald |
|
1892 |
1972 |
British conductor and composer. Hen wrote Light orchestral music,. songs and choral music and Piano pieces. Many of his compositions have titles related to the West Country. |
| Redmond, John |
Lynskey, John Redmond |
1906 |
1982 |
American songwriter. Among his better known songs was "Christmas in Killarney |
| Redner, Lewis Henry |
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1831 |
1908 |
American musician, best known as the composer of the popular Christmas carol "St. Louis", better known as "O Little Town of Bethlehem". |
| Reed, Les |
Reed, Leslie David |
1935 |
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English songwriter, arranger, musician and light orchestra leader. |
| Reed, William |
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1958 |
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Scottish guitarist, composer and, at times, singer for the Scottish alternative rock band, The Jesus and Mary Chain. |
| Rees, Bryn |
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1911 |
1983 |
British United church minister who, in collaboration with Dr William S. Lloyd Webber, organist of the Methodist Central Hall, Westminster, wrote several anthems and an Easter cantata |
| Reger, Max |
Reger, Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian |
1873 |
1916 |
German composer, conductor, pianist, organist, and academic teacher. |
| Regnard, Francois |
|
1530 |
1602 |
French Renaissance composer |
| Regnart, Jacob |
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1544 |
1599 |
Flemish Renaissance composer. He spent most of his career in Austria and Bohemia, where he wrote both sacred and secular music. |