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classical composer
[edit]| name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niccolò Paganini |  |
Italian violinist and composer (1782–1840) | Republic of Genoa | 1782-10-27 | 1840-05-27 | Genoa | Nice | Q66075 |
| Antonín Dvořák |  |
Czech composer (1841–1904) | Kingdom of Bohemia Cisleithania |
1841-09-08 | 1904-05-01 | Nelahozeves | Prague New Town |
Q7298 |
| Paul Hindemith |  |
German composer (1895–1963) | Germany West Germany United States of America |
1895-11-16 | 1963-12-28 | Hanau | Frankfurt | Q57244 |
composer
[edit]| name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enríquez de Valderrábano | Spanish composer | Spain | 1500 | 1557 | Peñaranda de Duero | Q1344198 | ||
| Arcangelo Corelli | _-_2.jpg) |
Italian violinist and composer | Papal States | 1653-02-17 | 1713-01-08 1713-01-13 |
Fusignano | Rome | Q164475 |
| Giuseppe Torelli |  |
Italian violist, violinist, teacher and composer (1658–1709) | Republic of Venice | 1658-04-22 | 1709-02-08 | Verona | Bologna | Q207532 |
| Pietro Nardini |  |
Italian composer and violinist | Grand Duchy of Tuscany | 1722-04-12 1722-04-17 |
1793-05-07 | Livorno | Florence | Q727374 |
| Frantisek Kotzwara |  |
Czech composer and violist | 1740s 1750 |
1791-09-02 | Prague | London | Q1355499 | |
| Ferdinand Kauer | Czech composer | Austria | 1751-01-18 | 1831-04-13 | Dyjákovičky | Vienna | Q347096 | |
| Joseph Schubert | German composer | Austrian Empire | 1754-12-20 1757 |
1837-07-28 | Varnsdorf | Dresden | Q77909 | |
| Federigo Fiorillo |  |
Italian and French musician and composer | Holy Roman Empire | 1755-06-01 1755-05 |
1823 | Brunswick | London Paris |
Q324652 |
| Alessandro Rolla |  |
Italian viola and violin virtuoso, composer, conductor and teacher | 1757-04-22 1757-04-06 |
1841-09-15 | Pavia | Milan | Q2143613 | |
| Charles Henry Wilton | British musician | Kingdom of Great Britain United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1761 | 1832 | Q16859226 | |||
| Johan Fredrik Berwald |  |
Swedish musician | Sweden | 1787-12-04 | 1861-08-26 | Stockholm | Stockholm | Q1550949 |
| Franz Berwald |  |
Swedish composer | Sweden | 1796-07-23 | 1868-04-03 | Stockholm | Parish of St Gertrud of Germany | Q217044 |
| Antonio Rolla |  |
Italian composer (1798–1837) | 1798-04-18 | 1837-05-19 1837-03-19 |
Parma | Dresden | Q604683 | |
| Casimir Ney | French musician | France | 1801-02-24 | 1877-02-03 | former 6th arrondissement of Paris | Arras | Q5048804 | |
| Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst |  |
Czech violinist, composer and violist (1814-1865) | Austrian Empire | 1812-06-08 | 1865-10-08 | Brno | Nice | Q528748 |
| Pavel Křížkovský |  |
Czech music educator, composer, pianist, organist and roman catholic priest (1820–1885) | Austrian Empire Austria-Hungary |
1820-01-09 | 1885-05-08 | Holasovice | Brno | Q1355527 |
| Engelbert Röntgen |  |
German violinist and music educator (1829-1897) | German Reich | 1829-09-30 | 1897-12-12 | Deventer | Leipzig | Q1341962 |
| Joseph Joachim |  |
Hungarian violinist, composer, and teacher (1831–1907) | Hungary | 1831-06-28 | 1907-08-15 | Kittsee | Berlin | Q159976 |
| Thorvald Lammers |  |
Operatic and concert singer (1841–1922) | Norway | 1841-01-15 | 1922-02-08 | Modum Municipality | Aker | Q166613 |
| Guido Papini | Italian composer and violinist | Kingdom of Italy | 1847-08-01 | 1912-10-03 | Camaiore | London | Q15407454 | |
| Benjamin Godard |  |
French violinist and composer (1849–1895) | France | 1849-08-18 | 1895-01-10 | Paris | Cannes | Q817524 |
| Hans Sitt | .jpg) |
Czech violinist, music educator and composer (1850–1922) | Cisleithania | 1850-09-21 | 1922-03-10 | Prague | Leipzig | Q566457 |
| Justus Weinreich | German Reich | 1858-05-24 | 1927-01-19 | Kassel | Baden-Baden | Q87758388 | ||
| Ottokar Nováček |  |
Czech composer and violist (1866-1900) | Hungary Austria-Hungary |
1866-05-13 | 1900-02-03 | Bela Crkva | New York City | Q670142 |
| Frederick Stock |  |
German composer (1872–1942) | German Reich | 1872-11-11 | 1942-10-20 | Jülich | Chicago | Q481438 |
| Armande de Polignac |  |
composer (1876-1962) | France | 1876-01-08 | 1962-04-29 | 16th arrondissement of Paris | Neauphle-le-Vieux | Q953220 |
| Gusztáv Szerémi | Hungarian musician (1877-1952) | Hungary | 1877-05-09 | 1952-08-16 | Budapest | Budapest | Q15998311 | |
| Frank Bridge |  |
English composer and violist (1879–1941) | United Kingdom | 1879-02-26 | 1941-01-10 | Brighton | Eastbourne | Q366636 |
| Ottorino Respighi | .jpg) |
Italian composer, musicologist and conductor | Kingdom of Italy Italy |
1879-07-09 | 1936-04-18 | Bologna | Rome | Q243837 |
| Jean Rogister | Belgian musician (1879-1964) | Belgium | 1879-10-25 | 1964-03-20 | Liège | Liège | Q598693 | |
| Ladislav Vycpálek |  |
Czech composer (1882–1969) | Czechoslovakia | 1882-02-23 1882-01-23 |
1969-01-09 | Vršovice Prague |
Prague | Q1800020 |
| Rebecca Clarke |  |
English composer and violist (1886–1979) | United Kingdom | 1886-08-27 | 1979-10-13 | Harrow | New York City | Q259670 |
| Carlton Cooley | American classical violist | United States of America | 1898-04-15 | 1981 | Milford | Q5042974 | ||
| Ödön Pártos |  |
Hungarian born Israeli composer (1907-1977) | Israel Hungary |
1907-10-01 | 1977-07-06 | Budapest | Tel Aviv Jaffa |
Q294073 |
| Allan Pettersson | Swedish composer and violist | Sweden | 1911-09-19 | 1980-06-20 | Västra Ryd | Stockholm | Q183359 | |
| František Domažlický | Czech violinist and composer (1913–1997) | Czech Republic | 1913-05-13 | 1997-10-29 | Prague | Prague | Q3497886 | |
| Ebbe Grims-land |  |
Swedish musician (1915–2015) | Sweden | 1915-06-11 | 2015-01-27 | Malmö | Q361096 | |
| Vic Legley | Belgian composer (1915-1994) | Belgium | 1915-06-18 | 1994-11-28 | Hazebrouck | Ostend | Q729510 | |
| Claude Loyola Allgén | Swedish composer | Sweden | 1920-04-16 | 1990-09-18 | Kolkata | Q5547039 | ||
| Ingvar Lidholm |  |
Swedish composer (1921-2017) | Sweden | 1921-02-24 | 2017-10-17 | Jönköping | Salem | Q629243 |
| Peter Schidlof |  |
Austrian musician (1922–1987) | Austria | 1922-07-09 | 1987-08-15 1987-08-16 |
Göllersdorf | Cumbria | Q7176803 |
| Milan Křížek |  |
Czech composer | Czech Republic | 1926-03-09 | 2018-02-15 | Lišov | České Budějovice | Q18698434 |
| Paul Walter Fürst |  |
Austrian composer (1926-2013) | Austria | 1926-04-25 | 2013-02-28 | Vienna | Q1801820 | |
| Leroy Jenkins |  |
American composer and violinist (1932–2007) | United States of America | 1932-03-11 | 2007-02-24 | Chicago | New York City | Q13036399 |
| John Kinsella | Irish composer | Ireland | 1932-04-08 | 2021-11-09 | Dublin | Dublin | Q11866752 | |
| Johannes Fritsch |  |
German musician (1941–2010) | Germany | 1941-07-27 | 2010-04-29 | Auerbach | Bonn | Q1563434 |
| Ig Henneman | .jpg) |
Dutch composer | Kingdom of the Netherlands | 1945-12-21 | Haarlem | Q1295102 | ||
| Vladimir Mendelssohn |  |
Romanian composer and violist (1949-2021) | Romania | 1949-11-29 | 2021-08-13 | Bucharest | The Hague | Q9094671 |
| Bertil H. van Boer | musicologist | United States of America | 1952-10-02 | Tallahassee | Q828266 | |||
| Jocelyn Pook | Composer, pianist | United Kingdom | 1960-02-14 | Birmingham | Q445096 | |||
| Kalle Moraeus |  |
Swedish musician | Sweden | 1963-07-15 | Orsa församling | Q4348115 | ||
| Michał Jelonek |  |
Polish musician and composer | Poland | 1971-05-30 | Kielce | Q2074072 | ||
| Lev Zhurbin | Russian/American musician | United States of America Russia |
1978-08-18 | Moscow | Q195817 | |||
| Catherine Lamb | American composer and violist | United States of America | 1982 | Q94608974 | ||||
| Marina kifferstein | American violinist, composer, improviser, and educator | 1989 | Q104971672 | |||||
| Edward W. Hardy |  |
American composer, musician and producer | United States of America | 1992-01-12 | Manhattan | Q51337607 |
conductor
[edit]| name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski |  |
German musician (1822-1896) | Kingdom of Prussia German Reich |
1822-06-17 | 1896-12-13 | Gdańsk | Sondershausen | Q85072 |
| Oskar Nedbal |  |
Czech conductor, composer, and violist (1874–1940) | Czechoslovakia | 1874-03-26 | 1930-12-24 | Tábor | Zagreb | Q920997 |
| Henri Casadesus |  |
violist, viola d'amore player, composer, and music publisher (1879-1947) | France | 1879-09-30 | 1947-05-31 | 19th arrondissement of Paris | Paris | Q1197441 |
| František Brož |  |
(1896-1962) Czech conductor, music educator, composer and choirmaster | Czechoslovakia | 1896-04-10 | 1962-07-21 | Prague | Prague | Q5492493 |
| Franz Konwitschny |  |
German conductor (1901-1962) | Germany | 1901-08-14 1876-01-09 |
1962-07-28 1938-12-01 |
Fulnek | Belgrade Fulnek |
Q63454 |
| Åke Uddén |  |
Swedish musician | Sweden | 1903-08-18 | 1987-04-28 | Upplands-Bro Municipality | Maria Magdalena parish | Q6218623 |
| David Oistrakh |  |
Soviet violinist (1908-1974) | Russian Empire Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Soviet Union |
1908-09-17 | 1974-10-24 | Odesa | Amsterdam | Q47120 |
| Paul Doktor |  |
Austrian-American violist and conductor | Austria United States of America |
1919-03-28 1917-03-28 |
1989-06-21 | Vienna | New York City | Q1637797 |
| Rudolf Barshai | .jpg) |
Russian conductor (1924–2010) | Russia | 1924-09-28 | 2010-11-02 | Labinsk | Basel | Q362806 |
| Saulius Sondeckis |  |
Lithuanian violinist, conductor, orchestra leader and professor | Lithuania Soviet Union |
1928-10-11 | 2016-02-03 | Šiauliai | Vilnius | Q2983565 |
| Simon Streatfeild | British-Canadian violist, conductor and teacher (1929-2019) | United Kingdom | 1929-10-05 | 2019-12-07 | Windsor | Q4542823 | ||
| Bruno Giuranna | .jpg) |
Italian musician | Italy | 1933-04-06 | Milan | Q1427050 | ||
| Jorge Mester | American conductor | Mexico | 1935-04-10 | Mexico City | Q4291321 | |||
| Sigiswald Kuijken |  |
Belgian musician | Belgium | 1944-02-16 | Dilbeek | Q506771 | ||
| Leif Segerstam |  |
Finnish conductor and composer (1944–2024) | Finland | 1944-03-02 | 2024-10-09 | Vaasa | Helsinki | Q381726 |
| Yury Bashmet | .jpg) |
Russian conductor, violinist and violist (born 1953) | Soviet Union Russia |
1953-01-24 | Rostov-on-Don | Q156546 | ||
| Maxim Vengerov |  |
Russian violinist, violist, and conductor | Germany Israel Soviet Union |
1974-08-20 | Novosibirsk Chelyabinsk |
Q441388 | ||
| Maxim Rysanov |  |
Ukrainian violist | Ukraine Soviet Union United Kingdom |
1978 | Kramatorsk | Q4402042 |
music educator
[edit]| name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Svećenski |  |
Croatian American violinist | United States of America | 1862-11-07 | 1926-06-18 | Osijek | New York City | Q6688236 |
| Théophile Laforge |  |
French musician (1863–1918) | France | 1863-03-06 | 1918-10-31 | 18th arrondissement of Paris | Paris | Q2430607 |
| Louis Octave Bailly | _in_1918.jpg) |
Canadian music educator, violinist and violist (1882–1974) | Canada France |
1882-06-13 | 1974-11-21 | Valenciennes | Cowansville | Q1871508 |
| Ladislav Černý | Czech musician | Czechoslovakia Austria-Hungary |
1891-04-13 1891-04-12 |
1975-07-13 | Plzeň | Dobříš | Q6469727 | |
| Vadim Borisovsky | Russian musician (1900–1972) | Soviet Union | 1900-01-07 | 1972-08-02 | Moscow | Moscow | Q2449037 | |
| Eugene Lehner | .jpg) |
Hungarian musician | Hungary | 1906-07-05 | 1997-09-13 | Bratislava | Boston | Q5407437 |
| Walter Trampler | German-American viola player | United States of America | 1915-08-25 | 1997-09-27 | Munich | Nova Scotia | Q1979818 | |
| Cecil Aronowitz | British classical violist (1916-1978) | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1916-03-04 | 1978-09-07 | Qonce | Ipswich | Q5055931 | |
| Pál Lukács |  |
violist, violinist, music pedagogue (1919–1981) | Hungary | 1919-04-27 | 1981-05-22 | Budapest | Budapest | Q766449 |
| Karen Tuttle | American violist and viola teacher (1920-2010) | United States of America | 1920-03-28 | 2010-12-16 | Lewiston | Philadelphia | Q3193131 | |
| Günter Bust | German music pedagogue and composer (1930-2005) | German Democratic Republic | 1930-07-12 | 2005-05-27 | Ottersleben | Schönebeck | Q86261911 | |
| Michael Tree |  |
American musician | United States of America | 1934 | 2018-03-31 | Newark | Manhattan | Q6834950 |
| Rivka Golani | Israeli viola player | Israel | 1946-03-22 | Tel Aviv Jaffa |
Q1993134 | |||
| Paul Silverthorne | violist | United Kingdom | 1951 | Cheshire | Q7153612 | |||
| Kim Kashkashian |  |
American violist | United States of America | 1952-08-31 | Detroit | Q284694 | ||
| Lawrence Dutton | American music educator and violist | United States of America | 1954-05-09 | New York City | Q12408639 | |||
| Paul Neubauer | American violist and music pedagogue | United States of America | 1962-10-17 | Los Angeles | Q3371904 | |||
| Tabea Zimmermann |  |
German violist | Germany | 1966-10-08 | Lahr/Schwarzwald | Q269838 | ||
| Nokuthula Ngwenyama | American classical composer and violist | United States of America | 1976-06-16 | Los Angeles | Q513619 |
musician
[edit]| name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Eccles Nichols | violist (1873–1962) | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1873 | 1962 | Q29876241 | |||
| Egon Kenton | Hungarian-American violist and musicologist | Hungary United States of America |
1891-05-22 | 1987-12-03 | Salonta | Paris | Q12346836 | |
| William Primrose |  |
Scottish violist (1904-1982) | Scotland | 1904-08-23 | 1982-05-01 | Glasgow | Provo | Q541922 |
| Max Rostal | British-Austrian violinist | United Kingdom | 1905-08-07 | 1991-08-06 | Cieszyn | Bern | Q215652 | |
| Luigi Sagrati |  |
Italian musician (1921–2008) | Italy Kingdom of Italy |
1921-11-10 | 2008-03-20 | Rome | Rome | Q3840126 |
| Fyodor Druzhinin | Russian composer and musician (1932–2007) | Soviet Union Russia |
1932-04-06 | 2007-07-01 | Moscow | Moscow | Q93835 | |
| Lars Anders Tomter | Norwegian viola player | Norway | 1959-11-30 | Furnes | Q164184 | |||
| Ellen Nisbeth |  |
Swedish violist | Sweden | 1987-06-16 | Uppsala Cathedral Assembly | Q15624500 | ||
| Nathan Schram | American composer and violist | Q117290954 |
musicologist
[edit]| name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Beck | American musician and musicologist | United States of America | 1906-09-02 | 2001-04-07 | New York City | Brattleboro | Q7508953 | |
| Alexandre Dratwicki | French musicologist, clarinetist and violist | France | 1977-01-31 | Thionville | Q2833615 |
organist
[edit]| name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrétien Urhan |  |
French violinist, violist, organist and composer | France | 1790-02-16 | 1845-11-02 | Monschau | Belleville | Q567065 |
| Ernst Münch |  |
French musician (1859-1928) | France | 1859-12-31 | 1928-04-01 | Niederbronn-les-Bains | Strasbourg | Q530103 |
pedagogue
[edit]| name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jiří Herold | .jpg) |
Czech violin maker, music educator and violist (1875–1934) | Czechoslovakia | 1875-04-16 | 1934-11-13 | Rakovník | Vinohrady | Q4137479 |
| Bohuslav Matoušek | Czech violinist, music educator, violist and university educator | Czech Republic Czechoslovakia |
1949-09-26 | Havlíčkův Brod | Q3504532 |
singer
[edit]| name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johann Aegidius Bach | German organist, father of Johann Bernhard Bach | Germany | 1645-02-09 | 1716-11-22 | Erfurt | Erfurt | Q681465 | |
| Seth Lakeman |  |
English folk singer | United Kingdom | 1977-03-26 | Buckland Monachorum | Q1131249 |
teacher
[edit]| name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Best | musical artist | 1936-09-28 1936 |
2013-10-08 2013 |
Q110213032 | ||||
| Sebastian Ruth | American violinist, violist, and music educator | United States of America | Q22096058 |
violinist
[edit]| name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luigi de Baillou | Italian violinist and composer | 1736-07-27 1736-04-27 |
1804-03-14 | Milan | Milan | Q52717740 | ||
| Franz Weiss | Austrian violist (1778-1830) | Austrian Empire | 1778-01-18 | 1830-01-25 | Kłodzko | Vienna | Q19017702 | |
| Charles Philippe Lafont |  |
French violinist and composer (1781–1839) | France | 1781-12-01 | 1839-08-23 | Paris | Hiis | Q517502 |
| Karel Ondříček |  |
Czech violinist (1863–1943) | Czechoslovakia | 1865-01-01 1863-01-01 |
1943-03-30 | Prague | Boston | Q4334843 |
| Lionel Tertis |  |
British musician (1876–1975) | United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
1876-12-29 | 1975-02-22 | West Hartlepool | London | Q718637 |
| Stephen Vost Janssen | Australian violinist and violist | 1880 | 1945 | Q29942707 | ||||
| Leo Zeitlin | Russian violist , cellist and composer (1884-1930) | Russian Empire Soviet Union |
1884-12-07 | 1930-07-08 | Pinsk | New York City | Q6524341 | |
| Dino Asciolla | Italian musician (1920–1994) | Italy Kingdom of Italy |
1920-06-06 1920 |
1994-09-09 1994 |
Rome | Siena | Q3707885 | |
| Eduard Melkus | Austrian violinist and conductor | Austria | 1928-09-01 | Baden | Q84897 | |||
| Luigi Alberto Bianchi | Italian violinist and violist (1945–2018) | Italy Kingdom of Italy |
1945-01-01 | 2018-01-03 | Rimini | Rome | Q4101360 | |
| Henning Kraggerud | Norwegian musician | Norway | 1973-06-23 | Oslo | Q5715017 | |||
| Julian Rachlin |  |
Austrian musician | Austria | 1974-12-08 | Vilnius | Q78796 | ||
| Jessica Pavone | American musician | United States of America | 1976-12-17 | Q16215679 | ||||
| Katalin Kokas | Hungarian violinist and violist (born 1978) | Hungary | 1978-11-22 | Pécs | Q1115090 | |||
| Rob Moose | American musician | United States of America | 1982-07-17 | Q94694511 | ||||
| Sergey Malov |  |
Russian violinist and violist | Russia | 1983-06-18 | Saint Petersburg | Q4278094 | ||
| Shunsuke Sato |  |
Japanese musician | Japan | 1984-06-10 | Tokyo | Q11383657 | ||
| Mela Tenenbaum | Ukrainan violinist and violist | United States of America | 2023-10-15 | Ukraine | Q18098624 | |||
| Irina Morozova | Australian violinist and chamber musician | Australia | Q131452387 |
violist
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Misc
[edit]| name | image | description | country of citizenship | date of birth | date of death | place of birth | place of death | item |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alessandro Striggio | Italian opera librettist | Republic of Venice | 1573 | 1630-06-06 1630-06-15 |
Mantua | Venice | Q1334439 | |
| Ferdinand Rudolph Fränzl | German musician | 1710-08-12 | 1782-09-15 | Q55908934 | ||||
| Karla Höcker | German writer | Germany | 1901-09-01 | 1992-10-15 | Berlin | Q6372443 | ||
| Walter Sidney Metcalf | New Zealand physical chemist (1918–2008) | New Zealand | 1918-05-18 | 2008-07-24 | Kaitangata | New Zealand | Q7966134 | |
| Ulrich Koch | German musician (1921-1996) | Germany | 1921-03-14 | 1996-06-07 | Brunswick | Tokyo | Q100650 | |
| Hatto Beyerle | German musician | Germany | 1933-06-20 | 2023-10-16 | Frankfurt | Hanover | Q1150238 | |
| Alison Crum | Viola da gamba player | United Kingdom | 1949-11-23 | United Kingdom | Q4727054 | |||
| Ari Poutiainen | Finnish musician | Finland | 1972 | Q4790120 | ||||
| Nils Mönkemeyer | German university teacher and violist | Germany | 1978 | Bremen | Q1992400 | |||
| Tamara Stajner |  |
Austria | 1987-09-06 | Q110727002 | ||||
| Marco Fusi | Italian violinist and violist | Q84819313 |
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