Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
Eggebrecht, Hans Heinrich |
|
1919 |
1999 |
German Musicologist |
Eggleston, John W. |
Eggleston, John Waterhouse |
1847 |
1912 |
Son of Wesleyan minister, and lawyer, |
Ehret, Walter Charles |
Granville, Roger; Norman Greyson; Williamson, Warren |
1918 |
2009 |
American choral editor and arranger,Author, Editor, Performer, Compiler, Translator, Composer, Speaker, Conductor, Adapter, with over 2000 publications in print. He arranged and published music with hundreds of pseudonyms over a career of more than 50 years. |
Eilers, Joyce Elaine |
Bacak, Joyce Eilers |
1941 |
2009 |
One of America's top choral composers , with hundreds of compositions and arrangements in her catalog,together with best-selling methods for teaching sight-singing, and for her mentoring of young composers |
Ekwueme, Laz |
Ekwueme, Lazarus |
1936 |
|
Nigerian musicologist, composer, scholar and actor. |
Elder, Daniel |
|
1986 |
|
American 20,21st century composer of choral and instrumental music |
Elgar, Caroline Alice |
Alice Elgar |
1848 |
1920 |
English author of verse and prose fiction, wife of Edward |
Elgar, Edward |
Elgar, Edward William (Sir) |
1857 |
1934 |
English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. |
Eliot, T. S. |
|
1888 |
1965 |
American born British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic, and "one of the twentieth century's major poets" |
Ellerton, John |
Ellerton, John (Rev) |
1926 |
1893 |
British hymn writer and hymnologist. |
Ellicott, Rosalind F. |
|
1857 |
1924 |
English Composer |
Ellingboe, Bradley |
|
1958 |
|
American composer. Since 1985 he has been on the faculty of the University of New Mexico, where he is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities. |
Ellington, Edward Kennedy |
Ellington, Duke |
1899 |
1974 |
American composer, pianist and bandleader of jazz orchestras. He led his orchestra from 1923 until his death, his career spanning over 50 years. |
Elliot, Charlotte (Lady) |
|
1789 |
1871 |
English poet and hymn writer. |
Elliot, D. J. |
Elliot, David J. |
|
|
Prior to joining NYU in 2002, Dr. Elliott was Professor of Music and Music Education at the University of Toronto for twenty-eight years.Professor of Music and Director of Music Education at New York University in New York City. Author of many journal articles and book chapters, as well as the highly acclaimed Music Matters: A New Philosophy of Music Education . In addition, he is an award-winning jazz composer/arranger and a professional jazz trombonist. |
Elliot, J. W. |
|
1833 |
1915 |
English collector of nursery rhymes. He is cited as the author of the hymn tune "Church Triumphant" which is used to sing "I know that my Redeemer lives |
Ellis, Martin |
|
|
|
20/21st Century American church, concert and theatre organist and music arranger. Indianapolis, Martin became the Senior Staff Pianist/Organist for the Indianapolis Children's Choir—a touring organization with more than 2,000 children! He recently orchestrated 15 pieces that were performed and recorded with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and ICC. For seven years, Martin has concurrently served as Artistic Assistant/Pianist for the Pacific Rim Children's Choir Festival in Honolulu, Hawaii. |
Ellis, Vivian |
Ellis, Vivian John Herman |
1904 |
1996 |
English musical comedy composer best known for the song "Spread a Little Happiness" and the theme "Coronation Scot". |
Elsässer, C. G. |
Elsässer, Carl Gottlieb |
1817 |
1875 |
German born musician who migrated in 1853 to Victoria and spent the rest of his life in Melbourne as a music teacher, conductor and composer. |
Elton, Anthony |
|
1935 |
|
New Zealand Contemporary Composer |
Éluard, Paul |
Grindel , Eugène Émile Paul |
1895 |
1952 |
French poet who was one of the founders of the surrealist movement. |
Elvey, George Job |
|
1816 |
1893 |
English organist and composer |
Elwin, Maurice |
Blair, Norman MacPhail |
1898 |
1975 |
Pseudonym for Norman MacPhail Blair who wrote music under many aliases. Scottish born singer who wrote music under many pseudonyms. He moved to England and Norman's obituary in the local Hampstead paper in 1975 describes him as, one of the most recorded artists in the world and that he had made hundreds of 78rpm recordings under many pseudonyms. His death was registered in Hampstead in December 1975 and he was buried in Hampstead Cemetery. |
Embury, Phil |
|
1902 |
|
Music Arranger particularly of Barbershop quartets |
Emerson, Ralph Waldo |
|
1803 |
1882 |
American essayist, lecturer, and poet |
Emerson, Roger |
|
1950 |
|
American professional composer and arranger with over 900 choral titles in print and over 30 million copies in circulation. He is the most widely performed composer/arranger of popular choral music in the world today. |
Emery, Walter |
Emery, WaIter Henry James |
1909 |
1974 |
The English organist, music editor and writer, |
Emmett, Daniel Decatur |
|
1815 |
1904 |
American songwriter, entertainer, and founder of the first troupe of the blackface minstrel tradition. |
Encina, Juan del |
de Fermoselle, Juan |
1468 |
1530 |
Spanish composer,poet and playwright |
England, Paul |
|
1863 |
1932 |
Translator |