| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Gershwin, Ira |
|
1896 |
1983 |
American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.[ |
| Gesner, Clark |
|
1938 |
2002 |
American composer, songwriter, author, and actor. He is probably best known for composing You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |
| Gesualdo, [Don] Carlo [Prince of Venosa] |
Gesualdo da Venosa |
1566 |
1613 |
Italian nobleman, lutenist and composer of the late Renaissance era. He is remembered for writing intensely expressive madrigals and sacred music |
| Gevaert, Francois-Auguste |
|
1828 |
1908 |
Belgian composer and Head of Brussels Conservatoire |
| Giardiniere, David |
|
|
|
American teacher, conductor, soloist, clinician, adjudicator, composer and arranger. Over a 20-year teaching career, his choral and instrumental groups performed throughout the eastern United States, Canada and in Vienna, Austria. |
| Gibb, Barry |
|
1946 |
|
British musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who rose to worldwide fame as the co-founder of the pop group Bee Gees |
| Gibb, James |
|
|
|
Music Editor |
| Gibb, Robin |
|
1949 |
2012 |
British singer, songwriter and record producer, best known as a member of the Bee Gees. |
| Gibbons, Ellis |
|
1573 |
1603 |
English composer and one of the older brothers of Orlando Gibbons |
| Gibbons, Orlando |
|
1583 |
1625 |
English composer, virginalist and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods |
| Gibbs, Cecil Armstrong |
Armstrong-Gibbs, Cecil |
1889 |
1960 |
English composer, best known for his output of songs. Gibbs also devoted much of his career to the amateur choral and festival movements in Britain |
| Gibbs, Stacey |
|
|
|
American composer and muusic arranger whose arrangements have been performed by colleges, universities and high school choral ensembles both domestically and internationally. |
| Gibney, Somerville |
Fitzgibbon, Edward |
|
|
Victorian author of John o'London, Song of the Vikings and other works |
| Gibson, Don |
Gibson, Donald Eugene |
1928 |
2003 |
American songwriter and country musician |
| Giebler, Cyndee |
|
1958 |
|
American composer and music educator. |
| Gietz, Bernd Hans |
|
1936 |
|
20th Century German composer, arranger and conductor |
| Giffen, Charles H. |
|
1940 |
|
Composer and music editor |
| Giffin, Amy Clare |
|
|
|
Music Editor, arranger, author and English translator |
| Giglio, Louie |
|
1958 |
|
American Christian Songwriter |
| Gilbert, Norman |
Gilbert, N. |
1912 |
1975 |
British Organist and musician |
| Gilbert, Ray |
|
1912 |
1976 |
American lyricist. Gilbert is best remembered for the lyrics to the Oscar winning song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" from the film Song of the South |
| Gilbert, William Schwenk [Sir] |
|
1836 |
1911 |
English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for the fourteen comic operas (known as the Savoy operas) produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan |
| Giles, Earle |
|
1615 |
|
English collector of songs, poet and composer many of whose songs have been set to music by Peter Warlock |
| Gilfedder, John |
|
1925 |
2015 |
Australian Composer |
| Gilkyson, Eliza |
|
1950 |
|
US singer songwriter |
| Gilkyson, Terry |
Gilkyson, Hamilton H. III |
1916 |
1999 |
US singer, composer, lyricist |
| Gill, Randall |
|
|
|
Worship Minister for the Woodmont Hills Church of Christ in Nashville, Tennessee. Before moving to Nashville in 1998, he was Associate Director of Church Relations and a professor at Pepperdine University . Randy is a successful songwriter and arranger |
| Gillespie, Haven |
Gilliespie, James Lamont |
1888 |
1975 |
American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. |
| Gilliam, R. Lee |
Gilliam, Robert Lee |
1902 |
1984 |
US Choral Arranger |
| Gilpin, Greg |
|
1964 |
|
American choral composer and arranger with hundreds of publications to his credit and is a highly respected choral conductor. |