Francis Poulenc

Francis Poulenc

male, deceased (1963)
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc was a French composer and a member of the French group Les Six. He composed music in all major genres, including art...
Paul Taffanel

Paul Taffanel

male, deceased (1908)
Paul Taffanel is regarded as the founder of the French Flute School that dominated much of flute composition and performance during the mid-20th...
Franz Lachner

Franz Lachner

male, deceased (1890)
Franz Paul Lachner was a German composer and conductor. He was born in Rain am Lech to a musical family (his brothers Ignaz, Theodor and Vinzenz...
Alexander Arutiunian

Alexander Arutiunian

male, 89 years old
Alexander Grigorevich Arutiunian (b. Yerevan, Armenia, September 23 1920) is an Armenian composer and pianist. In 1949, he was awarded the USSR...
Bill Cole

Bill Cole

male, 72 years old
William (Bill) Cole (b. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1937) is an American jazz musician and educator. Cole, most unusually for his genre, specializes...
Erland von Koch

Erland von Koch

male, 99 years old
Erland von Koch is a Swedish composer. His father was the composer Sigurd von Koch (1879-1919). Von Koch studied at the Stockholm Conservatory from...

François Devienne

male, deceased (1803)
François Devienne was a French composer and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory. François Devienne was born in Joinville (Haute-Marne), as...
Elliot del Borgo

Elliot del Borgo

male, 71 years old
Elliot A. del Borgo is an American composer for winds and strings. He is also in demand as a guest conductor. Though Del Borgo's primary instrument...

Václav Nelhýbel

male, deceased (1996)
Václav Nelhýbel was a Czech-American composer, mainly of works for student performers. He is considered one of the most prolific composers of the 20...
Matthaeus Pipelare

Matthaeus Pipelare

male, deceased (1515)
Matthaeus Pipelare (c. 1450 - c. 1515) was a Franco-Flemish composer, choir director, and possibly wind instrument player of the Renaissance. He...