Zoltán Kodály

Zoltán Kodály

male, deceased (1967)
Zoltán Kodály, (approximate pronunciation, Zol-tan Koddah-ee) (December 16, 1882 - March 6, 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, ed...
Ruth Crawford Seeger

Ruth Crawford Seeger

female, deceased (1953)
Ruth Crawford Seeger (July 3, 1901 in East Liverpool, Ohio - November 18, 1953 in Chevy Chase, Maryland), born Ruth Porter Crawford, was a...
Asha Bhosle

Asha Bhosle

female, 76 years old
Asha Bhosle (born September 8, 1933) is an Indian singer. She is best known as a Bollywood playback singer, although she has a much wider...
George Butterworth

George Butterworth

male, deceased (1916)
George Sainton Kaye Butterworth (July 12, 1885 - August 5, 1916) was a British composer best known for his settings of A. E. Housman's poems....
Jean Redpath

Jean Redpath

female, 72 years old
Jean Redpath, MBE (born on 28 April, 1937) is a singer of folk songs and Scottish music. Redpath was born in Edinburgh, to musical parents. Her...
Esther Ofarim

Esther Ofarim

female, 68 years old
Esther Ofarim (born Esther Zaied, 13 June 1941 in Safed) is an Israeli female vocalist. She met Abi Ofarim, a guitarist and dancer, in 1959 and...
Tom Clancy

Tom Clancy

male, deceased (1990)
Tom Clancy (October 29, 1924 - November 7, 1990) was a member of the Irish folk singing group The Clancy Brothers. Some may say he had the most...
Joseph Canteloube

Joseph Canteloube

male, deceased (1957)
Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret, was a French composer. Canteloube was born in Annonay in the Ardèche, and died at Grigny in Essonne (a part of t...
Irwin Silber

Irwin Silber

male, 84 years old
Irwin Silber (born October 171925) is an American journalist, editor, publisher, radio show host, and political activist. The former long-time...
Edward Bunting

Edward Bunting

male, deceased (1843)
Edward Bunting (1773-1843) was an Irish musician and folk song collector. Bunting was born in County Armagh. At the age of seven he was sent to...