| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Riddell, Henry Scott |
|
1798 |
1870 |
Scottish poet |
| Ridge, Antonia |
|
1895 |
1981 |
Dutch-born writer and broadcaster, who wrote the English lyrics for Friedrich-Wilhelm Möller's popular song, "The Happy Wanderer |
| Ridout, Alan |
|
1934 |
1996 |
British composer and teacher. He had four years of study at the Royal College of Music, London with Herbert Howells and Gordon Jacob. He was later taught by Michael Tippett and Peter Fricker and Henk Badings. By the time he was 12, he had composed 100 works. His entire life was devoted to composition and to the teaching and encouragement of other musicians. |
| Ridout, G. |
|
1918 |
1984 |
Canadian composer, conductor, music educator, and writer. |
| Riedel, Georg |
|
1934 |
|
Georg Riedel is a Swedish double bass player and composer. Riedel migrated to Sweden at the age of four and attended school in Stockholm, including the Adolf Fredrik's Music School. |
| Riegger, Wallingford |
Farrell, Edwin , Gore, Gerald Wilfring , Long, Leonard Griegg Edgar, McCurdy, John H., George Northrup, Richards, William , Sedgwick, Robert and Scotson, Walter. |
1884 |
1961 |
Riegger was an American American composer , music educator , conductor and cellist . Under various pseudonyms, he wrote innumerable choral arrangements and teaching pieces for piano |
| Riley, Dave |
Riley, David Michael |
1949 |
|
American Blues singer and player |
| Riley, Mike |
|
1904 |
1984 |
American jazz trombonist and songwriter. He is best known for co-writing the 1935 song "The Music Goes Round and Round", one of the biggest hits of that year |
| Rilke, Rainer Maria |
|
1875 |
1926 |
German poet |
| Rimbault, Edward Francis |
|
1816 |
1876 |
English organist, composer, musicologist, book collector and author. |
| Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai |
Rimskij-Korsakow, Nikolaj ; Rimsky-Korsakov , Nikolai Andreyevich |
1844 |
1908 |
Russian composer, and a member of the group of composers known as The Five. He was a master of orchestration. His best-known orchestral compositions—Capriccio Espagnol, the Russian Easter Festival Overture, and the symphonic suite Scheherazade—are staples of the classical music repertoire, along with suites and excerpts from some of his 15 operas. Scheherazade is an example of his frequent use of fairy tale and folk subjects. |
| Ringwald, Roy |
|
1910 |
1995 |
Choir leaders everywhere rated Roy Ringwald as one of the most accomplished arrangers of our time. He became very well known when many of his choral arrangements were performed bythe Fred Waring n Glee club |
| Ripley, Frederic H. |
Ripley, Frederic Herbert |
1854 |
1941 |
American musicologist of the late 19th and early 20th century |
| Rishel, Dean |
|
1978 |
|
American conductor, composer, interpretive coach and teacher in the Philadelphia area. Particularly interested in choral music |
| Risher, Anna Priscilla |
|
1875 |
1946 |
Miss Risher has made many valuable contributions to American music and is an indefatigable worker in promoting the work of all American composers Her biographer laments the little music that has survived.. |
| Ritchie, Anthony |
|
1960 |
|
One of New Zealand's most prolific composers. His works number over a hundred, and include three symphonies, two operas, seven concertos, choral works, chamber music and solo works. |
| Ritsing, Alo |
|
1936 |
|
Estonian composer and conductor, teacher at the Heino Eller Music School in Tartu, Estonia, and Professor of Music at Tartu University. |
| Rivaflecha, Martin de |
|
1470 |
1528 |
Spanish priest. As a musician if not as a clergyman or a cathedral bureaucrat he was well-thought-of, Cristóbal de Villalón said that only Francisco de Peñalosa outranked him amongst Spanish composers of the time |
| Rizzo, Jacques C. |
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American composer, music educator and conductor. He is author of over two hundred educational publications ranging from a set of texts on reading jazz to a songbook for the kindergarten-primary classroom. His publications include original works for chorus, orchestra, and band, transcriptions of classical composers such as Handel, Mozart, and Beethoven, and arrangements of works by standard American composers such as Gershwin, Kern, Porter, and Rogers. |
| Roberton, Kenneth |
|
1913 |
2003 |
Scottish composer and music publisher whose father was the composer Sir Hugh Roberton. He was a competent pianist, a fine choral conductor, a notable festival adjudicator and an exceptional music publisher. |
| Roberton, Sir Hugh Stevenson |
|
1874 |
1952 |
Scottish composer and Britain`s leading choral-master. He founded the Glasgow Orpheus Choir, and set new standards in choral technique and interpretation. |
| Roberts, J. Varley |
|
1841 |
1920 |
Halifax Parish Church Organist and Director of the Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford 1882-1919. |
| Roberts, June |
|
|
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Musical Director Portland Choral Group |
| Roberts, R. Ellis |
|
1879 |
1953 |
Author, Librettist, Translator, Editor |
| Robin, Leo |
|
1900 |
1984 |
American composer, lyricist and songwriter. He is probably best known for collaborating with Ralph Rainger on the 1938 Oscar-winning song "Thanks for the Memory" |
| Robinovitch, Sid |
|
1942 |
|
20th century Canadian composer. In addition to his concert works, Robinovitch has written music for film, radio and TV, where he is probably best known for his theme for CBC-TV’s satirical comedy series, "The Newsroom." |
| Robinson, Edward G. |
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Composer, songwriter and Music arranger |
| Robinson, Kevin |
|
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American music arranger |
| Robinson, Marc |
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Composer and arranger with music published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company. |
| Robinson, Phil |
Robinson, Phillip Stewart |
1847 |
1902 |
Indian born British naturalist, journalist , poet and popular author who popularized the genre of humorous Anglo-Indian literature. Phil was educated at Marlborough College and after graduating in 1865 worked as a librarian at Cardiff. In 1869 he returned to India to assist his father at the Pioneer. He edited several other publications and in 1873 he joined Allahabad College as a professor of literature. Retiring in 1877 he returned to England to work for the Daily Telegraph. |