| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Spofford, Harriet Prescott |
Spofford , Harriet Elizabeth Prescott |
1836 |
1921 |
American writer remembered for her novels, poems and detective stories. |
| Spofforth, Reginald |
|
1769 |
1827 |
English musician active as an organist, conductor and music teacher, but he is best remembered as a composer. His best known works are the glees Hail Smiling Morn and Hark! the Lark at Heaven's Gate Sings, which are included in a number of recent collections of part-songs. |
| Spohr, Louis |
Spohr, Ludwig Louis |
1784 |
1859 |
German composer, violinist and conductor. Highly regarded during his lifetime,[2] Spohr composed ten symphonies, ten operas, eighteen violin concerti, four clarinet concerti, four oratorios and various works for small ensemble, chamber music and art songs |
| Spottiswoode, Alicia |
Scott, Alicia [Lady John] |
1810 |
1900 |
Scottish songwriter and composer known chiefly for the tune, "Annie Laurie", to which the words of a 17th-century poet, William Douglas, were set. married Lord John Douglass Scott |
| Sprague, Charles J. |
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1791 |
1875 |
American poet. He worked for 45 years for the State and Globe Banks and was often referred to as the "Banker Poet of Boston". His odes and prologues won several competitive prizes and were collected and published in 1841 as The Writings of Charles Sprague. |
| Sprague, N. B. |
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Early 20th Century composer and educator |
| Sprague, Raymond |
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American professor of music, director of choral activities and currently serves as chair of the music department at Davidson College. He conducts the concert choir and chamber singers, as well as teaching courses in music history |
| Spresser, Michael |
|
1969 |
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American composer with over twenty-five combined years of choral music teaching and publishing experience. In his current position with Alfred Music Publishing, he oversees all Pop Choral releases as well as the historic Lawson-Gould catalog. |
| Spring-Rice, Cecil [Sir] |
Rice, Cecil [Sir] Spring |
1859 |
1918 |
British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1912 to 1918. He is most well known as the writer of the lyrics of the patriotic hymn, I Vow to Thee My Country. He was also a close friend of US President Theodore Roosevelt, and served as best man at his second wedding. |
| Springer, Philip |
|
1926 |
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20th century American composer and lyricist particularly known for "Santa Baby" |
| Springfield, Tom |
O'Brien, Dionysius P. A.; O'Brien, Dion |
1934 |
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Was an important figure in the 1960s folk and pop music scene. He is the brother of the late pop star Dusty Springfield, with whom he performed in The Springfields. |
| Sprunger, David |
|
1964 |
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American composer Gospel Funk Jazz Piano |
| Squatrito, Fred |
Squatrito, Charles |
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American arranger and music teacher with Cabrillo College since 1975 |
| Squire, W. Barclay |
Squire, William Barclay |
1855 |
1927 |
British music enthusiast who spent 35 years of his life working for the British Museum, where he took charge of the collections of the music department and added many antiquarian publications to it. Occasionally, Squire acted as a librettist |
| Squire, William Henry |
|
1871 |
1963 |
British cellist, composer and music professor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. |
| Srebotnjak, Alojz |
|
1931 |
2010 |
Slovenian composer and music educator |
| St. Bernard, |
Bernard of Clairvaux |
1090 |
1153 |
French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian order. He is also the attributed author of the poems often translated in English hymnals as "O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" and "Jesus the Very Thought of Thee". |
| St. Fulbert of Chartres, |
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1028 |
Bishop of Chartres from 1006 to 1028 and a teacher at the Cathedral school there. He was responsible for the advancement of the Nativity of the Virgin's feast day. Fulbert wrote approx. 24 poems which have been sometimes described as humorous, such as his poem about the monk in the desert, or lovely, as when describing his “Ode to the Nightingale”. |
| Staden, Johann |
|
1581 |
1634 |
German Baroque organist and composer. He is best known for establishing the so-called Nuremberg school. He published both secular and sacred songs |
| Stainer, [Sir] John |
|
1840 |
1901 |
English composer and organist whose music, though not generally much performed today (except for The Crucifixion, still heard at Passiontide in many churches of the Anglican Communion |
| Staines, Bill |
|
1947 |
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American folk musician and singer/songwriter |
| Stallybrass, J. S. |
Stallybrass, James Steven |
1826 |
1888 |
Editor and translator particularly of German mythology |
| Stamford, John J. |
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American Lyricist who wrote McNamara's band with Shamus O'Connor in 1889 . Stamford was then the manager of the Alhambra Theatre in Belfast and the song was written expressly for the theater's owner, the Irish-American music hall veteran William J. "Billy" Ashcroft. |
| Stanbridge, C. |
Hall, Frederick |
1878 |
1954 |
Australian Composer; lyricist; conductor; pianist; arranger. Frederick (Fred) Fifield Hall wrote under numerous psuedonymns, including Gabriel Morel, Georges Brand, Anthony Dare, C. Stanbridge and Charles Surrey. For works by this composer under psuedonyms see: Gabriel Morel, Georges Brand, Anthony Dare, C. Stanbridge and Charles Surrey. For works by this composer under real name see: Frederick Hall. |
| Stanely, Ian Christopher |
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1957 |
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English musician, songwriter and record producer. He was previously a member of the English band Tears for Fears for most of the 1980s |
| Stanford, Charles Villiers |
|
1852 |
1924 |
Irish composer, music teacher, and conductor. Stanford composed a substantial number of concert works, including seven symphonies, but his best-remembered pieces are his choral works for church performance, chiefly composed in the Anglican tradition. |
| Stanhope, Paul |
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1969 |
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Sydney-based composer and a leading figure in his generation. 2014 saw the premiere of Jandamarra: Sing for the Country a major new dramatic cantata based on the life of the Western Australian indigenous resistance hero. |
| Stanton, Royal Waltz |
|
1916 |
1995 |
Well known American choral conductor and teacher |
| Starer, Robert |
|
1924 |
2001 |
20th century Jewish-American composer |
| Starkey, Richard |
Starr, Ringo |
1940 |
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English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals, |