| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Burke, Johnny |
Burke, John "Johnny" Francis |
1908 |
1964 |
Lyricist, widely regarded as one of the finest writers of popular songs in America between the 1920s and 1950s. |
| Burke, P. |
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| Burleigh, Henry Thacker |
Burleigh, Henry Thacker "Harry" |
1866 |
1949 |
African-American classical composer, arranger, and professional singer. |
| Burnell, I. |
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20th century song composer |
| Burnett, Henry |
Burnett, Henry Horaku |
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Professor Burnett, musicologist , specializes in Japanese chamber music of the Tokugawa period (1603-1868). |
| Burns, James Drummond |
Burns, J. D. |
1823 |
1864 |
Scottish presbyterian minister and poet. |
| Burns, Robert |
Burns, Robbie; Rabbie Burns, Scotland's favourite son, |
1759 |
1796 |
Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. |
| Burris, Jim |
Burris, James Henry |
1874 |
1923 |
African American lyricist |
| Burroughs, Bob |
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1937 |
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composer and arranger of church music |
| Burrows, Donald |
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20th century Professor of Music at UK Open University, and Novello editor |
| Burrows, Mark |
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writer, composer, and clinician whose works are published by many major houses. |
| Burt, Alfred S. |
Burt, Alfred Shaddick |
1920 |
1954 |
American jazz musician who is best known for composing the music for fifteen Christmas carols between 1942 and 1954. |
| Burt, Bates G. |
Burt, Bates Gilbert (Rev) |
1878 |
1948 |
He started the tradition of writing family Christmas carols, a tradition which was continued by his son Alfred and grandneice Abbie Burt Betinis |
| Burton, Daniel |
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1944 |
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American composer and performer on organ, piano, harpsichord and harp |
| Burwell, Cliff |
|
1898 |
1977 |
American pianist and songwriter. |
| Bush, Geoffrey |
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1920 |
1998 |
British composer, organist and scholar of 20th-century English music. |
| Bush, Nancy |
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Married to Alan Bush, composer, writer of his biography. She wrote the lyrics of songs for Alan and the libretti for three of his four full-length operas, as well as translating songs and choral works by other composers, including Bartok, Eisler, Kodaly, Mahler and Moussorgsky. |
| Busto, Javier |
Javier Busto Sagrado |
1949 |
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Spanish choral music composer and conductor. |
| Buszin, Walter |
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1898 |
1973 |
American Theologian, church musician , a hymnologist, a liturgiologist, a writer, an editor, a teacher, a preacher, a church organist and choir director |
| Butcher, M. A. |
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Australian Music arranger |
| Buti, Francesco |
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1604 |
1682 |
Italian Abbot and doctor of law, he moved to Paris and Settling in Paris , he became the confidant of Cardinal Jules Mazarin , and had the task of organizing and overseeing court performances. He brought to the French capital the musicians Luigi Rossi , Francesco Cavalli and Carlo Caprioli. For Rossi he wrote the libretti for three works Orfeo ( 1647 ), the wedding of Peleus and Thetis ( 1654 ) and Hercules lover ( 1662 ). |
| Butler, Eugene Sanders |
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1935 |
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American composer, conductor, educator and church musician. |
| Butler, J. Melvin |
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American Composer, organist, writer and editor of music. Professor at Stanford University Department of Music |
| Butterley, Nigel |
Butterley, Nigel Henry Cockburn |
1935 |
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Australian composer and pianist. |
| Butterworth, Hezekiah |
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1839 |
1905 |
American writer of books for young people, and a poet. |
| Button, H. Elliott |
Button, Henry Eliot |
1861 |
1925 |
Composer, arranger and Music Editor |
| Buxtehude, Dietrich |
|
1637 |
1707 |
Danish-German organist and composer of the Baroque period. |
| Buxton, John |
|
1912 |
1989 |
English Literary critic, biographer, poet and editor. |
| Byrd, J. R. |
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American singer-songwriter |
| Byrd, William |
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1543 |
1623 |
English composer of the Renaissance who wrote both Anglican and Catholic music. |