| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Mason, Lowell |
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1792 |
1872 |
Leading figure in American church music, the composer of over 1600 hymn tunes, many of which are often sung today. His most well-known tunes include his arrangement of "Joy to the World" and "Bethany", his setting of the hymn, "Nearer, My God, to Thee". |
| Mason, Neil |
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Music Director of Bach Society of Queensland, and member of a capella group Jones and Co. |
| Mason, Veronica |
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British born Tasmanian poet of the early 20th Century |
| Massenet, Jules |
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1842 |
1912 |
French composer best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are Manon (1884) and Werther (1892). He also composed oratorios, ballets, orchestral works, incidental music, piano pieces, songs and other music. |
| Masser, Michael |
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1941 |
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American composer |
| Massey, J. |
Massey, Joseph |
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Son of Joseph Massey senior, also an organist. Organist of St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney in 1920-23 |
| Massey, V. |
Massey, Victor Roy |
1896 |
1959 |
Australian Composer, was educated at St Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney and organist and master of the choristers at St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, for 23 years. . He was organist at St Cuthbert's Naremburn, All Saints' Woollahra and St Mark's Darling Point. Son of Joseph Massey senior |
| Matheson, George |
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1842 |
1906 |
Blind Scottish minister and writer of Hymns |
| Mathias, William |
|
1934 |
1992 |
Welsh Composer, much of whose music was written for the Anglican choral tradition, most famously the anthem Let the people praise Thee, O God written for the July 1981 royal wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales, |
| Matson, Vera |
Darby, Ken; Matson , Vera Almeda |
1909 |
1994 |
Love me Tender , the words and music of which are credited to Ken Darby under the pseudonym "Vera Matson", the name of his wife, |
| Mattei, Severio |
|
1742 |
1795 |
Italian writer, Lawyer,Musician and Historian. At only seventeen, in 1759, he published his first work, the Exercitationes per saturam . He then began to work on the poetic translation into Italian of the biblical Psalms , his major work. |
| Matthews, Michael |
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1950 |
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Canadian composer. He is currently director of the composition program at the Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music at the University of Manitoba. |
| Matthews, Thomas |
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1915 |
1999 |
Had a distinguished career as a church musician in Philadelphia, Chicago, and Tulsa. He also taught music at the Northwestern University School or Music and was Director of Music for Seabury-Western Theological Seminary. |
| Mattson, Phil |
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American Grammy-nominated pianist, teacher, arranger and conductor who has written many arrangements for vocal jazz ensemble and choir |
| Matusovsky, M. |
Matusovsky, Mikhail Lvovich |
1915 |
1990 |
Soviet poet, a winner of the USSR State Prize (1977). |
| Mauduit, Jacques |
|
1557 |
1627 |
French composer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the most innovative French composers of the late 16th century, |
| Mauersberger, Rudolf |
|
1889 |
1971 |
German choral conductor and composer |
| Mauldin, Russell |
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American string arranger and conductor with The Nashville String Machine. Member of Christian rock band, Petra. |
| Maunder, John Henry |
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1858 |
1920 |
English composer and organist best known for his cantata "Olivet to Calvary" . |
| Maunder, Richard |
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English musicologist and Emeritus Fellow in Musicology of Christ's College Cambridge., best known for his completion of Mozart's Requiem |
| Maurice, Sydney |
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| Maw, Nicholas |
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1935 |
2009 |
British composer From 1998 until 2008, Maw served on the faculty of the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University, where he taught music composition |
| Mawby, Colin |
|
1936 |
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English organist, choral conductor and composer. From 1961 he was Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral, then from 1981 he was the choral director at Radio Telefís Éireann. As a composer, his extensive output includes over 50 masses, five song cycles, a large number of settings for choir and two children’s operas. In 2004, he was awarded the Knighthood of St Gregory by Pope Benedict XVI. |
| Maxson, Frederick |
|
1862 |
1937 |
American organist and Composer. Director of Music at the 1st Baptist church Philadelphia 1902-1934 |
| Maxwell, R. |
Maxwell. Robert |
1921 |
2012 |
American songwriter and Harpist who wrote the music for two well-known songs: "Ebb Tide" and "Shangri-La |
| May, Brian |
May, Brian Harold |
1947 |
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English musician and astrophysicist who achieved fame as lead guitarist of the rock band Queen. May was a co-founder of Queen with lead singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor. His songwriting contributions helped Queen become one of the most successful bands in rock history. |
| May, Hans |
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1886 |
1958 |
Austrian-born film composer who went into exile in Britain after the Nazis came to power in his homeland. May composed over a hundred film scores. He wrote a musical Wedding in Paris in 1954. |
| May, Robert L. |
May, Robert Lewis |
1905 |
1976 |
American Jewish creator of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. |
| May, Winifred |
Strong, Patience |
1907 |
1990 |
Poet from the United Kingdom, best known for her work under the pen name Patience Strong. Her poems were usually short, simple and imbued with sentimentality, the beauty of nature and inner strength. She was also a successful lyricist, composing English words for the tango "Jealousy" and "The Dream of Olwen" and an author of several books dealing with Christianity and practical psychology. |
| Maybrick, Michael |
Adams, Stephen |
1844 |
1913 |
English composer and singer, best known under his pseudonym Stephen Adams as the composer of "The Holy City," one of the most popular religious songs in English. |