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| Name | Other Names | Birth Date | Death Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackwell, David | freelancer composer, editor, and journalist. He has worked extensively with choirs, and is co-editor of In the Mood: 17 Popular Classics for Choirs (OUP, 1995) and Carols for Choirs book 5 (OUP, 2011), and has published a number of choral octavos. He has published a number of choral compositions and arrangements and was co-editor of In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs (OUP, 1995) and Carols for Choirs 5 (OUP, 2011). He is also co-editor of OUP’s series of new hymn settings for organ. | |||
| Davenport, John | Blackwell, Otis | African-American songwriter, singer, and pianist, whose work significantly influenced rock and roll | ||
| Blair, Elizabeth | Early 20th century Australian composer | |||
| Blair, Hugh | 01/09/1864 | 01/09/1932 | English musician, composer and organist. | |
| Elwin, Maurice | Blair, Norman MacPhail | Pseudonym for Norman MacPhail Blair who wrote music under many aliases. Scottish born singer who wrote music under many pseudonyms. He moved to England and Norman's obituary in the local Hampstead paper in 1975 describes him as, one of the most recorded artists in the world and that he had made hundreds of 78rpm recordings under many pseudonyms. His death was registered in Hampstead in December 1975 and he was buried in Hampstead Cemetery. | ||
| Blake, Howard | 01/04/1938 | English composer whose career has spanned over 50 years and produced more than 650 works. Blake's most successful work is his soundtrack for Channel 4’s 1982 film The Snowman including the song "Walking in the Air". He is increasingly recognised for his classical works including concertos, oratorios, ballets, operas and many instrumental pieces. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians states: ‘Howard Blake has achieved fame as pianist, conductor and composer.’ | ||
| Blake, William | 01/05/1757 | 01/05/1827 | English poet, engraver, and painter. | |
| Bland, James A. | African-American musician and song writer. | |||
| Blane, Ralph | American composer, lyricist, and performer. | |||
| Blangini, Guiseppe Marco Maria Felice | 18/11/1781 | 18/12/1841 | Italian musical composer. | |
| Newman, John Henry [Cardinal] | Blessed John Henry Newman; Cardinal Newman | 01/12/1801 | 01/12/1890 | Originally an evangelical Oxford academic and priest in the Church of England. Newman left the Church of England and his teaching post at Oxford University and was received into the Catholic Church. In 1879, he was created a cardinal by Pope Leo XIII and beatified in 2010. He was also a literary figure of note and wrote many poems including the Dream of Gerontius. |
| Blezzard, Judith | Author and Music Editor. Biographer of John Goss. Dr. Judith Blezzard is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Music, Liverpool University. Her work on church music manuscripts (particularly of early English Protestant music) resulted in her election to a Fellowship of the Society of Antiquaries of London. She has written and lectured extensively on various aspects of English church music. | |||
| Bliss, Paul | Bliss, P. Paul; Bliss, Phillip Paul Jr. | 20th century American composer, lyricist and arranger. Son of Phillip Paul Bliss, also composer | ||
| Newton, Edward | Bliss, P. Paul | Pseudonym of P. Paul Bliss, American composer, conductor, writer of hymns and a bass-baritone | ||
| Bliss, Phillip Paul | Bliss, Phillip Paul Snr; Newton, Edward | American composer, conductor, writer of hymns and a bass-baritone | ||
| Blitheman, John | 01/01/1525 | 23/05/1591 | Organist and Composer | |
| Block, Alan | Block, Alan W. | American Composer of Country Music | ||
| Chesterton, Frances | Blogg, Frances Alice | English Poet who wrote six plays and numerous poems, and was the wife of G. K. Chesterton | ||
| Blow, John | 23/02/1649 | 01/10/1708 | Composer of choral music in English language | |
| Blower, Maurice | British Composer and Arranger. Blower was long associated with the Petersfield Festival, and is reasonably well known as a composer of mainly vocal music. He also composed a horn concerto for Dennis Brain. He wrote a symphony in C major, which dates from just before the Second World War but lay unplayed and forgotten in a loft for over six decades until 2005, when it was discovered by his son, Thomas. |
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