| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Dingley, Bob |
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General manager of Southern Music Company, purchased by Lauren Keiser Music Publishing on June 22, 2012. |
| Dinham, K. J. |
Dinham, Kenneth J. |
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Composer and arranger |
| Discant, Mack |
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1916 |
1961 |
Lyricist, chiefly for film scores |
| Distler, Hugo |
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1908 |
1942 |
German composer forerunner of the New German Church Music, and composer of many secular choral works |
| Dix, William Chatterton |
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1837 |
1898 |
English poet and clergyman. He wrote more than 40 hymns over the course of his life. |
| Dixon, Graham |
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20th century musicologist, music editor and author |
| Dobbins, Bayne |
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Choir director at Jacksonville State University |
| Dobell, Sydney |
Dobell, Sydney Thompson |
1824 |
1874 |
English poet |
| Dodd, Andy |
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1977 |
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US songwriter |
| Dodd, Dorothy |
Sturm, Dorothy Dodd |
1926 |
2006 |
American Lyricist, translator and Writer |
| Doddridge, Philip |
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1702 |
1751 |
English Nonconformist leader, educator, and hymnwriter |
| Dodson, Sir Gerald |
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Eminent Lawyer who became Recorder of London 1937-1959. After World War 1 he wrote th Lyrics for The Rebel Maid |
| Dolben, Digby Mackworth |
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1848 |
1867 |
English poet |
| Dole, Nathan Haskell |
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1852 |
1935 |
American author, editor and translator |
| Dolloff, Lori-Anne |
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Coordinator of Music Education and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Toronto, teaching elementary music and choral conducting |
| Donaldson, D. |
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Early 20th century British Poet/lyricist |
| Donaldson, Walter |
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1893 |
1947 |
Prolific United States popular songwriter, composing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s. |
| Donati, Ignazio |
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1575 |
1638 |
Italian composer of the early Baroque era |
| Donato, Baldassare |
Donati, Baldassare; Donato, Balthazar |
1527 |
1603 |
Italian composer and singer of the Venetian school of the late Renaissance. |
| Donizetti, Gaetano |
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1797 |
1848 |
An Italian leading composer of the bel canto opera style during the first fifty years of the nineteenth century. |
| Donne, John |
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1571 |
1631 |
English poet and a cleric in the Church of England. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets |
| Donnelly, Dorothy |
Donnelly, Dorothy Marie |
1880 |
1928 |
American poet and essayist, the author of six books of poetry and prose and numerous articles published in Europe and the US. |
| Donnelly, Mary |
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1949 |
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American Composer and Teacher, with George Strid has composed 100 songs and 25 musicals. |
| Dooley, Michael |
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Michael Dooley is an Australian 21st century professional musician and classical composer |
| Dor, Moshe |
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1932 |
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Israeli poet, children’s book author, interviewer, translator and essayist. He has also co-edited three English anthologies of contemporary Israeli poetry. |
| Dörfler, Wilhelm |
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1899 |
1980 |
German composer, choir director, musicologist and editor |
| Dorsey, Thomas A. |
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1899 |
1933 |
music director at the famous Pilgrim Baptist Church, Chicago, composed the text Take My Hand, Precious Lord, when he was in deep grief over the death of his wife and his infant child during childbirth in 1932. He set his words to an adaptation of the tune Maitland (Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone) , by George Allen. |
| Dougherty, C. |
Dougherty, Celius |
1902 |
1986 |
American pianist and composer of art songs and other music. |
| Douglas, Bill |
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1944 |
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Canadian musician, composer, pianist, and bassoonist |
| Douglas, George |
Thiele, Bob |
1922 |
1996 |
American record producer and composer of popular music |