| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Martin Y Soler, Vicente |
Martini |
1754 |
1806 |
Born Valencia, Spain and died St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Martin, Chris |
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1977 |
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Christopher Anthony John Martin (born 2 March 1977) is an English singer, songwriter, musician and producer. He is best known as the vocalist, pianist and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay. |
| Martin, Civilla D. |
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1866 |
1948 |
Canadian-American writer |
| Martin, Easthope |
Martin, Frederick John Easthope |
1882 |
1925 |
English composer, mainly of songs |
| Martin, Frank |
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1890 |
1974 |
Swiss composer, who lived a large part of his life in the Netherlands. Martin developed his mature style based on a very personal use of Arnold Schoenberg's twelve tone technique, having become interested in this around 1932, but did not abandon tonality. |
| Martin, G. W. |
Martin George W. |
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American author, musicologist , arranger and editor, noted Verdi authority |
| Martin, George Clement |
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1844 |
1916 |
Organist at Lambourn Church. He then studied under John Stainer, organist of Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1876, he succeeded George Cooper as sub-organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral |
| Martin, Gilbert M. |
G. M. M. |
1941 |
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American free lance composer and an editor of choral music. For more than 30 years, organists, pianists, schools and churches have performed and enjoyed his many and varied original compositions and arrangements. |
| Martin, Hugh |
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1914 |
2011 |
American musical theater and film composer, arranger, vocal coach, and playwright. He was best known for his score for the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me In St. Louis, |
| Martin, Joseph M. |
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1959 |
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Composer, pianist and director of Sacred Publications at Shawnee Press, recognized throughout the United States for his many choral compositions, both sacred and secular, |
| Martin, Paul |
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| Martin, Robert |
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British late 19th and early 20th century composer |
| Martin, Stephanie |
Martin, Stéphanie |
1962 |
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Composer, teacher, performer and church musician. She recently received an honorary membership in the Elgar Society, and holds the distinction of being the first Canadian woman to conduct a full performance of Elgar’s Dream of Gerontius. Martin holds degrees from the University of Toronto and Wilfrid Laurier University, and is an Associate of the Royal Canadian College of Organists. |
| Martin, William R. |
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2013 |
Dr. Martin musicologist and performer, was Head of the Divisions of Music History and Graduate Studies in the Department of Music at Cleveland State University until his retirement. As Professor Emeritus, he continued to teach courses at CSU, CIM, and BW on a part-time basis. His doctorate in musicology was from Oxford University in England where he did his research in sixteenth-century Italian music under the direction of the noted musicologist, Sir Jack Westrup |
| Martin. Michael |
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1985 |
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Michael Martin, became the youngest member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops as Third/Utility trumpet in July 2010, at the age of 24. He has a doctorate in music and is a performer, composer and arranger at the highest level |
| Martini, Giovanni Battista |
Martini, Giambattista; Martini, Padre |
1706 |
1784 |
Italian Conventual Franciscan friar, who was a leading musician and composer of the period. |
| Martini, Jean-Paul-Égide |
Martini, Il Tedesco,; Martini, Giovanni; Martini, Johann; Schwarzendorf , Johann Paul Aegidius |
1741 |
1816 |
German born, he He adopted the family name Martini after moving to France as a young man. There, he established a successful career as a court musician. Having directed concerts for the Queen, he adapted to the changing regimes throughout the French Revolution, and later wrote music for Napoleon's marriage as well as for the restored Chapelle royale |
| Martinů, Bohuslav |
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1890 |
1959 |
Czech composer of modern classical music and teacher |
| Marvell, Andrew |
|
1621 |
1678 |
English poet |
| Marvin, Jameson |
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1941 |
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American choral conductor, composer, arranger, and editor |
| Mary, Queen of Scots, |
|
1542 |
1587 |
It is thought that Mary wrote "Think on me" while awaiting her execution at Forthinghay castle. Some 39 poems have been attributed to Mary - is likely some of these poems were not written by the queen, but were forgeries. All, however, were circulated as Mary’s writing and under her signature |
| Marzuki, Marilyn S. |
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| Mascagni, Pietro |
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1863 |
1945 |
Italian composer most noted for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music. |
| Maschwitz, Eric |
Marvell, Holt |
1901 |
1969 |
English entertainer, writer, lyricist, broadcaster and broadcasting executive. |
| Masefield, John |
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1878 |
1967 |
English poet and writer, and Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1930 until his death in 1967. He is remembered as the author of the classic children's novels The Midnight Folk and The Box of Delights, and poems, including "The Everlasting Mercy" and "Sea-Fever". |
| Maselwa, J.N. |
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Edited Choral songs of the Bantu from African part songs. |
| Mason, B. |
Mason , Babbie Yvett Robie Wade |
1955 |
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American gospel singer, songwriter, writer, and adjunct professor of songwriting at Point University and Lee University, and also a television talk-show host. |
| Mason, Barry |
Mason, John Barry |
1935 |
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English songwriter who wrote the bulk of his most successful songs in partnership with Les Reed & Sylvan Whittingham. |
| Mason, Gaylord |
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Early 20th Century Music Theatre Musician and director |
| Mason, Geoffrey M. |
G. M. M. |
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Music editor for Walton Music. Pseudonym of Harry Robert Mason |