| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Goldman, Maurice |
|
1910 |
1984 |
Internationally known American composer and conductor. Goldman’s compositions and arrangements are largely in the areas of Yiddish and Hebraic music |
| Goldsbrough, A. |
Goldsborough, Arnold |
1892 |
1964 |
English organist, harpsichordist, and conductor. In 1923 Arnold Goldsbrough joined the faculty of the Royal College of Music, and concurrently held various posts as an organist. In 1948 he founded his own orchestra in London, with which he devoted himself to the performance of early music. In 1960 the orchestra became the English Chamber Orchestra, which subsequently gained a distinguished reputation. |
| Goldsmith, Oliver |
|
1728 |
1774 |
Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright and poet |
| Gombert. Nicolas |
|
1495 |
1560 |
Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. |
| Gonciu, Emil |
|
1928 |
|
Romanian Poet |
| Gonzales, Anna Marie |
Gonzales, Anna Marie Maddelena |
|
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20th century Composer chiefly of Choral Music |
| Gooch, Warren |
|
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American contemporary composer and teacher who is coordinator of the Theory-Composition Area at Truman State University, and has approximately thirty published works |
| Goodale, Robert |
Goodale, Robert L. |
|
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20th century Music editor |
| Goodall, Howard |
|
1958 |
|
English composer of musicals, choral music and music for television. |
| Goodin, Laura E. |
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American born Australian lyricist, poet, writer of science fiction and fantasy, playright and music arranger, married to Houston Dunleavy with whom she has colllaborated in many works |
| Goodrich, Jeff |
|
|
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American Mormon composer of Christian songs |
| Goodwin, Paul |
|
1956 |
|
English conductor, and former oboist who works closely with the Academy of Ancient Music |
| Goodyear, Kay Hawkes |
|
|
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American composer and music arranger particularly of sacred music |
| Gorczycki, Grzegorz Gerwazy |
|
1665 |
1734 |
Polish Baroque composer |
| Gordon, Alan |
|
1944 |
2008 |
American songwriter of popular songs and film and television music |
| Gordon, Christopher |
|
|
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20th century English-born Australian composer of mainly film music |
| Gordon, D. |
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| Gordon, Harry |
|
1893 |
1957 |
Scottish music hall entertainer who in his day was described is 'Scotland's Greatest Entertainer', a music hall performer of the stature of Harry Lauder and Will Fyffe. |
| Gordon, Irving |
Goldener, Israel |
1915 |
1996 |
American songwriter. composer and lyricist |
| Gordon, John |
|
1963 |
|
Songwriter, mainly of protest songs, from Queensland, Australia. |
| Gordon, Mack |
|
1904 |
1959 |
American composer and lyricist of songs for the stage and film |
| Gordon, Peter |
|
1951 |
|
American experimental composer and musician, whose music has influences as diverse as jazz, opera, rock and world music. He has released several albums, and has also composed film and theatre scores. |
| Gordon, Philip |
|
1894 |
|
American composer, conductor and teacher |
| Gordon, Ricky Ian |
|
1956 |
|
Contemporary American composer of opera, dance, theatre and film music |
| Gore, Gerald Wilfring |
Riegger, Wallingford |
1885 |
1961 |
Riegger was an American contemporary classical composer, editor and teacher. Under various pseudonyms, including Gerald Gore he wrote innumerable choral arrangements and teaching pieces for piano |
| Górecki, Henryk Mikołaj |
|
1933 |
2010 |
Polish composer of contemporary classical music. |
| Gorrell , Stuart Graham Steven |
|
1901 |
1963 |
Is best known for writing the lyrics for the song "Georgia on My Mind".. Gorrell became a banker and never wrote another lyric |
| Goss, [Sir] John |
|
1800 |
1880 |
English organist, composer and teacher best known for his vocal music, both religious and secular. |
| Gottwald, Clytus |
|
1925 |
|
German composer, conductor and musicologist, focused on chorale music. He is known for his arrangements for a vocal ensemble of up to 16 voices. |
| Goudimel, Claude |
|
1505 |
1572 |
French composer, music editor and publisher, and music theorist of the Renaissance. |