| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Vail, George M. |
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1892 |
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American organist, choir director, music publisher and hymn writer. He served as organist at five churches, worked with the G. Schirmer music publisher, and later was Vice president and music editor of Harold Flammer music publishers |
| Vajda, János |
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1949 |
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Hungarian composer of songs and operas |
| Vale, Charles |
|
1912 |
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British light music composer active either side of the Second War, composed or arranged many songs, some, like Everyone Sang (words, Sassoon), quite serious, but other lighter, notably Green Meadow and Lane, ten songs for young singers dating from 1947. |
| Valentin, Erich |
|
1906 |
1993 |
German musicologist. |
| Valls, Francisco |
|
1665 |
1747 |
Spanish composer, theorist and maestro de capilla. Among his most known works are the mass Missa Scala Aretina and tract Mapa Armónico Práctico. |
| Van Bree, Johannes Bernardus |
|
1801 |
1857 |
Dutch composer, violinist and conductor. |
| Van Camp, Leonard |
|
1934 |
2003 |
US Professor of Music, composer, arranger |
| Van den Dyck, G. |
Van den Dyke, Guillaume |
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Early 20th century Author, Editor, Music arranger |
| Van der Muelen, Servaes |
|
1525 |
1592 |
Dutch composer and organist |
| Van Heusen, James |
Babcock, Edward Chester; Van Heusen, Jimmy |
1913 |
1990 |
American composer. He wrote songs for films, television and theater Van Heusen teamed up with lyricist Sammy Cahn. Their three Academy Awards for Best Song were won for "All the Way" (1957) from The Joker Is Wild, "High Hopes" (1959) from A Hole in the Head, and "Call Me Irresponsible" (1963) from Papa's Delicate Condition. Their songs were also featured in Ocean's Eleven (1960) and Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) |
| Van Howten, Robert C |
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American Music arranger for Laurendale Associates |
| Van Hoy, Rafe |
|
1955 |
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American songwriter, musician and producer |
| Van Slyck, Nicholas |
|
1922 |
1983 |
American composer of classical music. He founded the New School of Music in 1976. |
| Van, Jeffrey |
Van, Jeffrey W. |
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Guitarist and composer Jeffrey Van has premiered over 50 works for guitar including Dominick Argento’s Letters from Composers, five concertos and a broad variety of chamber music. Mr. Van’s compositions include works for guitar, guitar and violin, guitar and flute, chorus, chamber ensemble, vocal solo, organ and a concerto for two guitars and chamber orchestra |
| Vance, Paul |
|
1929 |
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American songwriter and record producer. With over 300 recorded songs, Vance co-wrote (with Lee Pockriss) such hits as "Catch a Falling Star," recorded in 1957 by Perry Como, |
| Vance, Richard |
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Music Arranger |
| Vandross, Luther |
|
1951 |
2005 |
Singer and Songwriter |
| Vanhoy, Rafe |
|
1956 |
|
American singer songwriter |
| Vantine, Bruce |
|
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American composer, conductor and artistic director of the Bel Canto Chorus of St. Louis. He has served in that role since January 2002, and previously held the position from June 1983 through May 1991. Composer of sacred music |
| Vardanega, Barbara |
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American choral educator for over 30 years. She was also a classical vocalist with Portland State Chamber Choir and Choral Arts Ensemble. |
| Various, |
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Used in Publications of collections and medleys associated with no particular composer(s), or where there are too many works/composers included to list separately |
| Varlamov, Alexander |
Varlamov, Alexander Egorovich |
1801 |
1848 |
One of the founding fathers of the Russian art song. He was the author of probably the first method of singing by a Russian author, Polnaya Shkola Penia - The Complete School of Singing (Moscow, 1840) |
| Vasks, Pēteris |
|
1946 |
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Latvian Composer who is one of the most influential and praised European contemporary composers |
| Vásquez, Juan |
|
1500 |
1560 |
Spanish priest and composer of the renaissance. He can be considered part of the School of Andalusia group of composers along with Francisco Guerrero, Cristóbal de Morales, Juan Navarro Hispalensis and others |
| Vauclin, Laurent |
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CPDL editor |
| Vaughan Williams, Ralph |
|
1872 |
1958 |
English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, which were written across nearly fifty years. Strongly influenced by Tudor music and English folk-song, his output marked a decisive break in British music from its German-dominated style of the 19th century. |
| Vaughan Williams, Ursula |
Williams, Ursula Vaughan |
1911 |
2007 |
English poet and author, and biographer of her second husband, the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. |
| Vaughan, Denis |
Vaughan, Denis Edward |
1926 |
|
Australian-born orchestral conductor and multi-instrumentalist. In 1950, he joined the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. By 1954 Vaughan was assistant conductor and chorus master of the RPO and formed the Beecham Choral Society. and by 1966 had settled in Rome. Vaughan moved back to London in 1987 and became involved in the effect of music on health. Denis Vaughan is a world authority on the manuscript scores of Verdi, Puccini and Antonín Dvořák |
| Vaughan, Henry |
|
1621 |
1695 |
A 'Cavalier' poet who sided with the king during the civil war. |
| Vautor, Thomas |
|
1590 |
1625 |
English musician and poet. Vautor received his Bachelors of Music from Oxford in 1616 and served a number of years for the Duke of Buckingham. A number of his madrigals were composed in the 1590s though his later works in the madrigal volume tend to be more old-fashioned |