Howard Ashman

Howard Ashman

male, deceased (1991)
Bill Lauch, LGBT, Jewish person, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Proud of Your Boy, gay…sheetmusic, music producer
Howard Ashman (May 17, 1950 - March 14, 1991) was an American playwright and movie music lyricist. Ashman first studied at Boston University and...
Jean Schwartz

Jean Schwartz

male, deceased (1956)
musician, Songwriter, pianist, hungarian, Broadway, sheetmusic
Jean Schwartz was a songwriter. Schwartz was born in Budapest, Hungary. His family moved to New York City when he was 13 years old. He took various...
Ben Selvin

Ben Selvin

male, deceased (1980)
Jewish, 78-rpm discs, Musical styles, The Guinness Book of World Records, labels, musical band…sheetmusic
Ben Selvin (March 5, 1898 - July 15, 1980), son of Russian-immigrant Jewish parents, started his professional life at age 15 as a fiddle player in...
Domenico Dragonetti

Domenico Dragonetti

male, deceased (1846)
Milanollo, Dragonetti, Dragonetti-Walton, Rivaz-Baron Gutmann, Dragonetti-Milanollo, English classical double-bassist…sheetmusic
Violin<br>"Milanollo" 1620 Amati<br>"Dragonetti" 1706 Stradivari<br>"Rivaz-Baron Gutmann" 1707 Stradivari<br>"Dragonetti-Milanollo" 1728...

Alan Tyson

male, deceased (2000)
Alumni of the University of Oxford, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, British Academy, autograph, piano, Fellow of the British Academy…sheetmusic
Alan Walker Tyson (October 27, 1926 - November 10, 2000) was a British musicologist who specialized in studies of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus...
Ottaviano Petrucci

Ottaviano Petrucci

male, deceased (1539)
from the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, Printer of incunabula, Publisher of sheet music, Music print publisher, movable type, printing press…sheetmusic, Renaissance music, Renaissance music printer
Ottaviano Petrucci (June 18, 1466 - May 7 1539) was an Italian printer. Petrucci is credited with producing, in 1501, the first book of sheet music...

Antonio de Cabezón

male, deceased (1566)
Spanish classical organist, organ, Blind musician, Renaissance, spanish, sheetmusic…Renaissance music
Antonio de Cabezón was a Spanish composer and organist of the Renaissance. He was blind from early childhood. He is best known for his T...
Fate Marable

Fate Marable

male, deceased (1947)
Minneapolis, paducah, Bandleader, jazz, pianist, Jazz bandleader…sheetmusic
Fate Marable was a jazz pianist and bandleader. Marable was born in Paducah, Kentucky and learned piano from his mother. At age 17, he began...

F. D. Benteen

male, deceased (1864)
american civil war, composer, from Baltimore, sheetmusic, American
F. D. Benteen (d. 1864) was an American sheet music publisher and composer during the 19th century, based out of Baltimore, Maryland. His...