| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Niles, John Jacob |
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1892 |
1980 |
American composer, singer, and collector of traditional ballads. Called the "Dean of American Balladeers" |
| Nissenson, Gloria |
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Multi-award winning lyricist whose credits include recordings, theater, television and film |
| Nitzsche, Jack |
Nitzsche , Bernard Alfred |
1937 |
2000 |
American musician, arranger, producer, songwriter, and film score composer. |
| Noble, Clifton J. Jnr. |
Noble, Clifton Jerry |
1961 |
|
Since 1987, he has served as pianist for Smith College choral ensembles, and currently holds the position of Staff Pianist in the Smith Music Department. Many of his compositions, including Pastorale, A Tonic of Wilderness, Windows of the Morning, and numerous arrangements of folk songs and spirituals have been written for Smith choirs. His original choral compositions and arrangements have been performed by choruses throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. |
| Noble, Harold |
|
1903 |
1988 |
British composer, conductor and teacher, took a particular interest in folk music, arranging songs such as "The Ballad of Semmerwater", "Naples Bay" and "The Road of Evening" for voice and piano accompaniment, while his liturgical music includes a Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis and Te Deum. . |
| Noble, Ray |
|
1903 |
1978 |
English bandleader, composer, arranger, radio comedian, and actor. Noble wrote both lyrics and music for many popular songs during the British dance band era |
| Noble, Thomas Tertius |
|
1867 |
1953 |
English-born organist and composer, resident in the United States for the latter part of his career. Noble composed orchestral and chamber music, but is now remembered for his music for the Anglican church, particularly his Evening services in a A major, B minor and A minor, and his anthems |
| Noble, Weston |
Noble, Weston H |
1922 |
2016 |
American music educator. Noble was an internationally acclaimed conductor as well as a music educator. His distinguished career includes conducting more than 900 music festivals throughout the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe, Russia, Asia, and South America. He was best known for his 57-year tenure on the faculty as conductor of the Nordic Choir from 1948 to 2005 and the Luther College Concert Band from 1948 to 1973. |
| Noonuccal, Oodgeroo |
Ruska, Kathleen Jean Mary; Walker, Kath |
1920 |
1993 |
Poet and Aboriginal rights activist |
| Norman, Ludwig |
Norman, Fredrik Vilhelm Ludvig |
1831 |
1885 |
Swedish composer, conductor, pianist, and music teacher. |
| Norman, Marsha |
|
1947 |
|
American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist |
| Norman, Robert |
|
1909 |
2002 |
Pseudonym of Robert Gardner, American composer and arranger, founder of Staff Music Publishing co |
| Norred, Larry |
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Keyboardist, composer, arranger and former Vice-President of Production for Jenson Publications in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has over 300 published arrangements for jazz ensemble, concert band, choral ensemble and marching band in distribution throughout the United States, Canada, the Far East and Europe. He is an owner and managing editor for Jon Ross Music, |
| Norris, John |
|
1657 |
1711 |
Rev. Norris was a clergyman and philosopher. Norris wrote on numerous topics, including politics, religion, philosophy and the Christian life. He also composed poetry. |
| North, Alex |
|
1910 |
1991 |
Film composer who composed the musical scores for "Death of a Salesman," "A Streetcar Named Desire," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| North, Michael |
|
1902 |
1960 |
British lyricist, BBC producer and composer. |
| Norton, Christopher |
|
1953 |
|
New Zealand born pianist and composer. He is is now well established as a composer, producer, arranger and educationalist and has written stage musicals, ballet scores, piano music, popular songs and orchestral music |
| Norton, Frederic |
Norton, George Frederic |
1969 |
1946 |
British composer, most associated with the record breaking Chu Chin Chow, which opened in 1916. |
| Noske, Frits |
|
1920 |
|
Dutch musicologist and author |
| Novello, Ivor |
Davies , David Ivor |
1893 |
1951 |
Welsh composer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. |
| Novello, Vincent |
|
1781 |
1861 |
English chorister, organist and composer. Many of his compositions were sacred music. His great contribution lay in the introduction to England of unknown compositions by the great masters, such as the Masses of Haydn and Mozart, the works of Palestrina, the treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and innumerable, now well known great compositions. |
| Nowak, Jerry |
Nowak, Gerald Chester |
1936 |
|
American composer, music educator, conductor, clarinetist and saxophonist.. |
| Nowak, Leopold |
|
1904 |
1991 |
Austrian born pianist, organist and musicologist. chiefly known for editing the works by Anton Bruckner for the International Bruckner Society. He reconstructed the original form of some of those works, most of which had been revised and edited many times. |
| Nowowiejski, Feliks |
|
1877 |
1946 |
Polish composer, conductor, concert organist, and music teacher. |
| Noyes, Alfred |
|
1880 |
1958 |
English poet, short-story writer and playwright, best known for his ballads, "The Highwayman" and "The Barrel-Organ". |
| Nørgård, Per |
|
1932 |
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Danish composer of new music |
| Núñez, Francisco J. |
|
1965 |
|
conductor, composer, leading figure in music education, and the founder of the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award-winning Young People’s Chorus of New York City |
| Nunn, E. Cuthbert |
Nunn, Edward Cuthbert |
1868 |
1914 |
He was an organist, composer and translator of hymns born in Britain. He published several works such as Four Old French Carols, Two Characteristic Pieces and Four Little Studies for the Pianoforte. He composed the opera The Fairy Slipper, several pieces for the organ and piano, and is remembered for his translation of the French Christmas carol "Un Flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle" |
| Nunn, Philip |
Nunn, Philip Alban |
1961 |
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Australian composer |
| Nunn, Trevor |
Nunn, Sir Trevor Robert |
1940 |
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English theatre, film and television director. Nunn has been the Artistic Director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and, currently, the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. He has directed musicals and dramas for the stage, as well as opera. His well-known musicals are Cats (1981) and Les Misérables (1985) |