| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Morris, R. O. |
Morris , Reginald Owen |
1886 |
1948 |
British composer whose compositions have been overshadowed by his formidable reputation as a teacher. He was professor of counterpoint and composition at the Royal College of Music Students of Morris included composers Gerald Finzi, Sir Michael Tippett, Constant Lambert, Robin Milford, Anthony Milner, Edmund Rubbra, Bernard Stevens and Jean Coulthard. |
| Morris, Robert L. |
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Conductor, Accompanist, Composer. Director of the Leigh Morris Chorale whose performances educate audiences about African American classical and written choral music traditions. |
| Morris, Stevland (Judkins) |
Morris, Stevland Hardaway; Wonder, Stevie |
1950 |
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American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. A child prodigy, he became one of the most creative and loved musical performers of the late 20th century |
| Morris, Wanya |
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1973 |
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American R&B singer, best known as a member of the R&B group Boyz II Men. |
| Morris, William |
|
1835 |
1896 |
English textile designer, poet, novelist, translator, and socialist activist. Associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movemen |
| Morrison, George Ivan |
Morrison, Sir George Ivan; Morrison, Van |
1945 |
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Northern Irish singer, songwriter and musician. He has received six Grammy Awards, the 1994 Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music and has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2016 he was knighted for his musical achievements and his services to tourism and charitable causes in Northern Ireland. |
| Morrissey, Wendy |
Morrisey, Wendy |
1926 |
2005 |
Australian composer of . Vocal and choral music ranging from children's songs and operettas to a capella choral works, as well as instrumental music, mostly for strings, includes light-hearted as well as serious approaches. |
| Morse, Theodore |
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1873 |
1924 |
American songwriter and composer, many in association with Jack Drislane. Among his most famous works are, Blue Bell (1904), M-O-T-H-E-R (1915), Down In Jungle Town (1908) and Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here (1917). In 1903, Morse wrote Hurray For Baffin Bay for a new stage show that would become the basis for a blockbuster movie, The Wizard of Oz. |
| Morton, Graeme |
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director of choral activities at St. Peter's Lutheran College in Brisbane, Australia. One of Australia's more eclectic choral musicians, he conducts the Brisbane Chamber Choir, St. Peter's Chorale, and the choir at Christ Church St. Lucia. During the 2003 season, he was artistic director and conductor of the Australian National Youth Choir. He is also passionate about liturgical music and is an accomplished organist. In 1993 he and Stephen Leek created The Australian Voices |
| Morton, Ralph |
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President of RSCM Australia. Co publisher with his brother Graeme of Morton publishing Brisbane |
| Morton, Thomas |
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1764 |
1838 |
English playwright who wrote about 25 popular plays. There is a brief comment about Bishop's Glees, the Tramp Chorus being adapted by popular playwright Thomas Morton |
| Moss, Jeff |
Moss, Jeffrey Arnold |
1942 |
1998 |
Composer, lyricist, playwright and television writer, best known for his award winning work on the children's television series Sesame Street. |
| Moss, John |
|
1948 |
2010 |
American composer, arranger, and orchestrator in a wide variety of musical styles and formats. John's music is a major contribution to the band and orchestra catalog of educational music publisher Hal Leonard Corporation and he has several hundred published works to his credit |
| Mote, Arnold |
Mote, Arnold R. |
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Australian composer of the early 20th Century |
| Mother Teresa of Calcutta, |
Bojaxhiu, Agnes ; Teresa, Mother, of Calcutta |
1910 |
1997 |
Roman Catholic nun, who devoted her life to serving the poor and destitute around the world. |
| Mother Thekla, |
Sharf, Marina |
1919 |
2012 |
Russian born Abbess of a Greek Orthodox Monastery in Yorkshire, England, best known to the wider world as the spiritual muse of the composer Sir John Tavener. |
| Motteux, Peter Anthony |
Motteux, Pierre Antoine |
1660 |
1718 |
French born English author, playwright, and translator. Motteux wrote a series of plays and musical librettos that were produced during the 1690s and early 18th century, |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus |
|
1756 |
1791 |
Composed a string of operas, concertos, symphonies and sonatas that profoundly shaped classical music. |
| Müchler, Karl |
|
1763 |
1857 |
German poet |
| Muczynsky, Robert |
|
1929 |
2012 |
Polish American Composer |
| Mueller, Carl Frank |
|
1892 |
1982 |
American composer, organist and choir conductor with a published output of 500 works, most of which are sacred music |
| Muir, Edwin |
|
1887 |
1959 |
Orkney Isles born poet, novelist and translator, |
| Mukalay, Asukulu 'Yunu |
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The Christian song O Sifuni Mungu's" lyrics & music were composed in the mid 1980s by Asukulu 'Yunu Mukalay, David Maddux, Marty McCall, and Mmunga Mwenebulongo Mulongoy an adaptation of "All Creatures Of Our God And King" by St. Francis Assisi) |
| Mulholland, James Quitman |
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1935 |
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American composer, Professor of Music at Butler University and was Director of Music at First-Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church. The majority of his compositions are for choral ensembles. |
| Mullen Jr, Laurence "Larry" Joseph |
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1961 |
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Member of U2 |
| Müller, August Eberhard |
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1767 |
1817 |
German composer, organist and choir leader. |
| Müller, August Eberhard |
Mueller, A E |
1767 |
1817 |
German composer, organist and choir leader. |
| Müller, Gottfried |
|
1914 |
1993 |
German composer and organist at the time of the Reich. Müller wrote choral and orchestral works |
| Müller, Johann |
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German music arranger |
| Mullinar, Michael |
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1895 |
1973 |
Welsh born pianist/composer, studied at RCM with Vaughan-Williams. V-W's Symphony no 6 is dedicated to him. He was a composer of songs |