| Name |
Other Names |
Birthyear |
Deathyear |
Notes |
| Schmutte, Pete |
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Pete Schmutte holds the position of professor of music at the University of Indianapolis where he serves as director of music technology programs He continues to write choral arrangements for Alfred Publications and Shawnee Press with over 75 works listed in their catalogs. |
| Schneider, Max |
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Late 19th and early 20th century music scolar and Music editor |
| Schnepel, Julie (Dr) |
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Holds graduate degrees in music and heads the U.S. office of an international database of music literature at Cornell University. She has taught music history at Ithaca College, and is active in the music and spiritual gifts ministries at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Ithaca. |
| Schnittke, Alfred |
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1934 |
1998 |
German composer |
| Schober, Franz Von |
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1798 |
1882 |
Swedish born Austrian poet, librettist, lithographer, actor in Breslau and Legationsrat in Weimar. Schober wrote lyric poetry and in 1821 the libretto for Schubert's opera Alfonso und Estrella. |
| Schoenberg, Arnold |
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1874 |
1951 |
Austrian composer and painter, associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School. With the rise of the Nazi Party, by 1938 Schoenberg's works were labelled as degenerate music because he was Jewish . He moved to the United States in 1934. |
| Schöggl, Franz |
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1930 |
1982 |
Austrian musician and composer, active in Wing instruments and choral singing |
| Scholefield, Clement Cotterill |
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1839 |
1904 |
Scholefield was ordained in the Church of England in 1867. He served at Hove, Brighton, St. Peter's in Kensington (1869-1879) From 1880 to 1890 he was chaplain at Eton College. Scholefield became an accomplished pianist and composed some songs and hymn tunes |
| Scholz, Robert |
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1902 |
1986 |
American composer, choir director and teacher. As a composer and arranger, Scholz's compositions have been published by Morning Star, Mark Foster, and Augsburg-Fortress. He made valuable contributions to the world of pedagogy, conducting, vocal coaching, and music theory. |
| Schon, Neal |
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1954 |
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American rock guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist best known for his work with the bands Journey and Bad English |
| Schonberg, Arnold |
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1874 |
1951 |
Austrian composer and painter |
| Schönberg, Claude-Michel |
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1944 |
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French record producer, actor, singer, songwriter, and musical theatre composer, best known for his collaborations with lyricist Alain Boublil. Major works include La Révolution Française (1973), Les Misérables (1980), Miss Saigon (1989), Martin Guerre (1996), The Pirate Queen (2006), and Marguerite (2008). |
| Schrader, Jack |
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1942 |
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US composer arranger |
| Schram, Ruth Elaine |
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1956 |
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Choral Music for Church and Childrens' choirs, and her songs appear on thirty albums |
| Schramm, Harold |
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1935 |
1971 |
Sitarist and expert in Indian music |
| Schreck, G. |
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1849 |
1918 |
German music teacher, composer and a choir director. In 1887 Gustav Schreck became teacher for composition and music theory at the Konservatorium in Leipzig. In 1893 he was appointed as a successor of Wilhelm Rust as the Kantor of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. |
| Schroeder, Hermann |
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1904 |
1984 |
German composer. From 1946-1981 he taught music theory at the Cologne Musikhochschule and was director of Cologne’s Bach Society (1947-1962). With H. Lemacher, Schroeder has published several textbooks on harmony, counterpoint and musical form, which have gained wide currency in German-speaking countries. Schroeder is one of the most important German composers of the 20th century for organ. |
| Schroth, Gerhard |
Schroth, Gerhard Paul |
1915 |
1973 |
American conductor and composer. He conducted many choirs in the Milwaukee district |
| Schubert, Franz (Peter) |
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1797 |
1828 |
Austrian composer. Schubert died at 31 but was extremely prolific during his lifetime. His output consists of over six hundred secular vocal works (mainly Lieder), seven complete symphonies, sacred music, operas, incidental music and a large body of chamber and piano music |
| Schubring. , Julius, Rev |
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1806 |
1889 |
German Protestant pastor and consistory councillor in Dessau. He became famous for his friendship and collaboration with Felix Mendelssohn. was the librettist of Mendelssohn's oratorio St. Paul, first performed in 1836, and advised Mendelssohn also in the drafting of Elijah. In 1882 |
| Schulte, Karl |
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1871 |
1941 |
German cardinal and Archbishop of Cologne |
| Schultz, Donna Gartman |
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American composer of numerous works for choirs which are regularly performed throughout both the United States and internationally. She has written for and been commissioned by choral groups at all levels, from children’s to university and professional organizations. |
| Schuman, William Howard |
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1910 |
1992 |
US composer who wrote a plethora of works in virtually every musical genre. He incorporated American jazz and folk traditions into works which ranged from a harmonically conservative early style to later excursions into dissonance and polytonality. |
| Schumann, Clara |
Wieck, Clara Josephine |
1819 |
1896 |
German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished pianists of the Romantic era. |
| Schumann, Georg |
Schumann, Georg Alfred |
1866 |
1952 |
German conductor and composer, He conducted a choral society in Danzig from 1890 to 18796, and the Bremen Philharmonic from 1896 to 1899 |
| Schumann, Robert (Alexander) |
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1810 |
1856 |
German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. |
| Schuon, Frithjof |
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1907 |
1998 |
Swiss-born poet and writer |
| Schurmann, Gerard |
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1924 |
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erard Schurmann was born of Dutch parents in the former Dutch East Indies, but lived in England from childhood until 1981, when he settled in the United States. He composed in multiple media including choral works |
| Schuster, Ludwig |
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German Poet |
| Schütz, Heinrich |
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1585 |
1672 |
German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century. |