| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| DeCou, Harold |
De Cou, H. |
1932 |
2008 |
American concert artist (piano and organ), composer, arranger and orchestrator - |
| Deering, Richard |
Dering,, Richard |
1580 |
1630 |
English Renaissance and Baroque composer who worked most of his life in Spanish North Netherlands due to his Catholic Faith |
| deFord, Sally |
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American songwriter and composer |
| Deigh, M. |
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Poet |
| Deis, Carl |
|
1883 |
1960 |
Music editor and arranger |
| Dekker, Thomas |
|
1572 |
1632 |
English Elizabethan dramatist, poet and pamphleteer, a versatile and prolific writer, whose career spanned several decades and brought him into contact with many of the period's most famous dramatists. |
| del Barrio, Eddie |
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Argentinian composer, arranger, songwriter, and pianist. |
| Del Riego, Theresa |
Del Riego, Teresa Clotilde; Leadbitter, Teresa |
1876 |
1968 |
English violinist, pianist, singer and composer of Spanish ancestry. |
| Delalande, Michel-Richard |
de Lalande, Michel Richard |
1657 |
1726 |
French Baroque composer and organist |
| Delaney, Robert M. |
|
1903 |
1956 |
American composer, arranger and teacher. Alongside his compositional activities, Delaney taught at several institutions, most notably Northwestern University, where he served as Assistant Professor of Theory and Composition (1945–55). The majority of Delaney’s published works are orchestrated for voice (vocal solo or chorus) or large instrumental ensemble |
| DeLange, Eddie |
|
1904 |
1949 |
American band leader and lyricist |
| Delibes, Léo |
Delibes, Clément Philibert Léo |
1836 |
1891 |
French composer particularly of ballets and operas |
| Delius, Frederick |
Delius, Frederick Theodore Albert |
1862 |
1934 |
English composer |
| Deller, Mark |
|
1938 |
|
English counter-tenor and conductor, son of Alfred Deller |
| Dello Joio, Norman |
DeGioio, Nicodemo |
1913 |
2008 |
American Composer |
| DeLong, R. |
DeLong, Richard |
1951 |
1994 |
American organist, harpsichordist, conductor, composer, and clinician, |
| Demeny, D. |
Demeny, Desiderius |
1871 |
1937 |
Composer |
| DeMoraes, Vinicius |
de Moraes, Marcus Vinicius |
1913 |
1980 |
Brazililan diplomat , playwright , journalist , poet and composer |
| Dempster, Allan |
Dempster, Allan H. |
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Victorian based Australian Composer |
| Dengler, Lee |
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American composer, arranger, director and singer particulary of church music. Also, he is a freelance editor and engraver for several major sacred music publishers in the United States. Lee is a bass/baritone soloist and has sung in recitals in many churches and in numerous oratorio and operatic production. Lee composes a wide range of choral, vocal and piano works and has over 220 works published by most of the nation's major music publishers. |
| Denham, Barbara |
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|
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Australian composer |
| Denham, John (Sir) |
|
1614 |
1669 |
Anglo-Irish poet and courtier |
| Dennard, Brazeal |
|
1929 |
2010 |
African-American singer, educator, Choral director, and musical arranger |
| Dennis, C. J. |
|
1876 |
1938 |
Australian poet |
| Dennison, Peter |
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Music editor |
| Denniss, Graeme Wright. |
|
1954 |
|
Australian composer, performer on French horn and piano, and as a music educator. |
| Dent, Edward |
Dent, E. J.; Dent, Edward Joseph |
1876 |
1957 |
British writer on music. |
| Denver, John |
Deutschendorf, Henry John |
1943 |
1997 |
American singer-songwriter, actor, activist and humanitarian, |
| Denys, Carl |
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Music Editor |
| Denza, Luigi |
|
1846 |
1922 |
Italian Composer who composed hundreds of popular songs including "Funiculì, Funiculà", |