| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Casals, Pablo |
Casals, Pau Carlos Salvador Defillo de |
1876 |
1973 |
Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor |
| Casaus, Manolo |
|
|
|
CPDL editor |
| Casey, Ken |
Casey , Kenneth William |
1969 |
|
bass guitarist, primary songwriter, and one of the lead singers of the Boston Celtic punk group Dropkick Murphys |
| Casey, Warren |
|
1935 |
1988 |
American theatre composer, lyricist, writer, and actor. He is best known for being the writer and composer, with Jim Jacobs, of the stage and film musical Grease. |
| Cashmore, Donald |
Cashmore, Donald Joseph |
1926 |
2013 |
British classical composer, Music arranger |
| Cassey, Chuck |
Cassey , Charles Richard |
1933 |
|
American Composer, conductor, arranger and singer |
| Castelli,I. F. |
"Brother Fatalis", "Kosmas", "Rosenfeld", "CA silence" and "Höhler"; Ignaz Franz Castelli |
1781 |
1862 |
Austrian poet and dramatist |
| Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario |
Tedesco, Mario Castelnuovo |
1895 |
1968 |
Italian composer. After migrating to the United States he became became a film composer for MGM Studios |
| Caswall, Edward |
|
1814 |
1878 |
British hymn writer and clergyman |
| Cauchie, Maurice |
|
1882 |
1963 |
French music historian and editor, specializing in 16th- and 17th-century French music, notably that of Clément Jannequin, whose chansons he edited (1925-28), and François Couperin, of whose works he published a complete edition (1932-33) as well as a thematic index (1949) |
| Causey, Billy |
Causey, Bill Clayton Snr |
1944 |
2015 |
American musician. Billy served as the Minister of Music at First Baptist Church in Zachary for 40 years, and wrote mainly sacred Music. |
| Cavacas, J. |
Cavacas, John |
1930 |
2014 |
American composer and conductor probably best known for his television scores, such as Kojak, for which he was the chief composer. |
| Cavalli, Pietro Francesco |
Caletti-Bruni, Pietro Francesco |
1602 |
1676 |
Italian composer of the early Baroque period. |
| Cavendish, Michael |
|
1565 |
1628 |
English composer of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. |
| Cawrse, Anne |
|
1981 |
|
Australian composer of Orchestral, Chamber, Vocal/Choral and Solo music. She lives in Adelaide, South Australia. |
| Cawthorne, Ronald Victor |
Victor, Ronald |
1894 |
1962 |
British Composer and conductor |
| Cayabyab, Ryan |
Cayabyab, Raymundo Cipriano Pujante ; Mr. C |
1954 |
|
Filipino musician, composer, arranger, singer and conductor. He is the executive director of the PhilPop MusicFest Foundation Inc., the organization behind the Philippine Popular Music Festival. |
| Cellier, Alexandre |
|
1883 |
1968 |
French organist and composer and French translator of the texts of the Bach Chorales. |
| Cellier, Alfred |
|
1844 |
1891 |
English composer, orchestrator and conductor. |
| Certon, Pierre |
|
1510 |
1572 |
French composer of the Renaissance |
| Chaffin, Lucien G. |
|
1846 |
1927 |
American organist and composer |
| Chalkill, John |
|
1600 |
|
English poet, Two songs by him are included in Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler |
| Challender, Jeremy |
|
|
|
Australian Jazz composer, who became a Barista in London and is one third of Prufrock Coffee in 2009 |
| Challinor, Frederick Arthur |
|
1866 |
1952 |
British Composer. Cantatas such as Judah in Babylon, The Gardens of the Lord, and Bethany were well received. His music is attractive partly because of its simplicity and expressive qualities but also for its originality and directness. |
| Chambers, H. A. |
Chambers, Herbert Arthur |
1880 |
1967 |
English composer, arranger and editor |
| Champion, Will |
|
1978 |
|
William Champion (born 31 July 1978) is an English musician and songwriter. He is best known as the drummer and percussionist of the rock band Coldplay.Jonathan Mark Buckland (born 11 September 1977) is a British musician and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay. |
| Chance, Alice |
|
1994 |
|
Australian composer, conductor, arranger, and lyricist |
| Chandler, Hugh |
|
|
|
American composer and classical/acoustic guitarist |
| Chaplin, Charles |
Charlie Chaplin |
1889 |
1977 |
English comic actor and filmmaker who rose to fame in the silent film era. Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in, and composed the music for most of his films. |
| Chapman, Edward T. |
|
1902 |
1981 |
20th century composer and arranger |