Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland

male, deceased (1990)
Death from respiratory failure, LGBT, pianist, Classical musician, Congressional Gold Medal recipient, film score composer…Jewish American, composer, Modernist composer, Classical composer, American classical music
Aaron Copland was an American composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. Instrumental in forging a distinctly American...
Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

male, deceased (1990)
west side story, American, Conductor, composer, musician, Classical composer…Americancomposer, Operetta composer, film score composer, Opera composer, Jewish American
Leonard Bernstein (August 25 1918 – October 14 1990) was an American conductor, composer, and pianist. He was the first conductor born in the Un...
George Gershwin

George Gershwin

male, deceased (1937) (New York, New York, United States)
From Manhattan, Classical composer, Brain tumour death, Vaudeville performer, buried at Westchester Hills Cemetery, from New York City…film score composer, American, American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee, Jewish American, Opera composer
George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 - July 11, 1937) was an American composer. He wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration...
John Williams

John Williams

male, 77 years old
Star Wars music, film score composer, Schindler's List, American, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Jaws…Americancomposer, composer, Classical composer
John Towner Williams (born February 8 1932) is an American composer, conductor and pianist. In a career that spans six decades, Williams has...
Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin

male, deceased (1989)
buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, death by myocardial infarction, Belarusian American, god bless america, Jewish, Congressional Gold Medal recipient…film score composer, Jewish American, Musical theatre composer, composer, American
Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 - September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, one of the most prodigious and famous American songwriters...
Scott Joplin

Scott Joplin

male, deceased (1917)
From st. louis, missouri, Ragtime composer, James Scott, African American, from Texas, African American classical composer…composer, Classical composer, American, Americancomposer
Scott Joplin was an American musician and composer of ragtime music. He remains the best-known ragtime figure and is regarded as one of the three...
Terry Riley

Terry Riley

male, 74 years old
minimalist, New Age musician, American, composer, minimalism, Classical composer…Postmodern composer, Americancomposer
Terry Riley (born 24 June 1935) is an American composer associated with the minimalist school.

Craig Russell

male, 58 years old
Rhapsody for Horn and Orchestra, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, middle earth, composer, Chanticleer male vocal ensemble…Americancomposer, American, Classical composer
Craig Russell, American composer (born April 3, 1951), is an American composer of classical music. Russell was educated at the University of New...
Casey Mongoven

Casey Mongoven

male, 30 years old
Americancomposer, composer, American, Golden ratio, Casey Patrick Mongoven
Casey Patrick Mongoven (born April 30, 1979) is an American composer who works with Fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio.
Garrett Byrnes

Garrett Byrnes

male
Boston Conservatory, Peabody Institute, ball state university, Classical composer, Indiana University, Yaddo…American Music Center, American, composer, Americancomposer
Garrett Byrnes (born December 30, 1971) is an American composer. Raised in a military family, Byrnes was born in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, and then...