A TO Z: A SELECTION

This document contains a selection of musicians, from all times and all places, for whom the Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music includes entries. The entries in the Dictionary themselves range in length from a paragraph to five or more pages.

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ABSIL, Jean	(b. Bon-Secours, Hainaut, Belgium, 1893; d. Brussels, 1974). Composer.
ACUFF, Roy (Claxton)	(b. Maynardville, Tenn., 1903; d. Nashville, 1992). Country-and-western singer, fiddler, songwriter, and publisher.
ADDERLY, Cannonball [Julian Edwin]	(b. Tampa, 1928; d. Gary, Ind., 1975). Jazz alto saxophonist and leader of small groups.
ADORNO, Theodor W(iesengrund)	(b. Frankfurt am Main, 1903; d. Visp, Switzerland, 1969). Philosopher and writer on music.
ANDERSON, Laurie	(b. Chicago, 1947). Composer and performer.
ANDERSON, Marian	(b. Philadelphia, 1897; d. Portland, Ore., 1993). Contralto.
ANDREWS, LaVerne, Maxene [Maxine], Patti [Patricia]	(b. Minneapolis, 1915; d. Brentwood, Calif., 1967) (b. Minneapolis, 1918; d. Hyannis, Mass., 1995) (b. Minneapolis, 1920). Popular vocal trio (Andrews Sisters).
ANNA AMALIA [Amalie]	(b. Berlin, 1723; d. there, 1787). Composer, patroness of music, and Princess of Prussia.
ARISTOXENUS	(b. Tarentum, ca. 375-60 B.C.E.; d. Athens?). Theorist.
BARTÓK, Béla	(b. Nagyszentmiklós, now Sînnicolau Mare, Romania, 1881; d. New York, 1945). Composer and ethnomusicologist.
BETHUNE (Green), Thomas [Blind Tom]	(b. Columbus, Ga., 1849; d. Hoboken, 1908). Pianist and composer.
BLAKE, Eubie [James Hubert]	(b. Baltimore, 1883; d. New York, 1983). Ragtime and revue pianist and composer.
BLEY, Carla [née Borg]	(b. Oakland, Calif., 1938). Jazz composer, bandleader, and entrepreneur.
BOULANGER, Nadia	(b. Paris, 1887; d. there, 1979). Teacher, conductor, and composer.
BOULEZ, Pierre	(b. Montbrison, 1925). Composer, conductor, and writer on music.
BUSONI, Ferruccio (Dante Michelangiolo Benvenuto)	(b. Empoli, near Florence, 1866; d. Berlin, 1924). Composer, pianist, writer on music.
CAGE, John	(b. Los Angeles, 1912; d. New York, 1992). Composer and writer on music.
CARTE, Richard D'Oyly	(b. London, 1844; d. there, 1901). Impresario.
CHRÉTIEN [Crétien] DE TROYES	(b. Troyes; fl. ca. 1160-90). Trouvère.
CLEMENCIC, René	(b. Vienna, 1928). Recorder player, composer, and musicologist.
CLEMENTI, Muzio [Mutius Philippus Vincentius Franciscus Xaverius]	(b. Rome, 1752; d. Evesham, England, 1832). Composer, music publisher, and pianist.
COOLIDGE, Elizabeth (Penn) Sprague	(b. Chicago, 1864; d. Cambridge, Mass., 1953). Patron of music and composer.
CORNAZANO [Cornazzano], Antonio	(b. Piacenza, ca. 1430; d. Ferrara, 1484). Dance theorist.
COWARD, Noël (Pierce)	(b. Teddington, Middlesex, 1899; d. Blue Harbor, Jamaica, 1973). Songwriter, playwright, and actor.
CRAWFORD (Seeger), Ruth (Porter)	(b. East Liverpool, Ohio, 1901; d. Chevy Chase, Md., 1953). Composer, teacher, and folk music collector.
CURWEN, John	(b. Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, 1816; d. Manchester, 1880). Educator and publisher.
CZERNY, Carl	(b. Vienna, 1791; d. there, 1857). Piano teacher and composer.
D'ALEMBERT, Jean le Rond	(b. Paris, 1717; d. there, 1783). Philosopher and mathematician.
DAN, Ikuma	(b. Tokyo, 1924). Composer.
DENNER, Johann Christoph	(b. Leipzig, 1655; d. Nuremberg, 1707). Woodwind instrument maker.
DIAGHILEV, Sergei (Pavlovich)	(b. Gruzino, Novgorod district, 1872; d. Venice, 1929). Impresario.
DOMINGO, Plácido	(b. Madrid, 1941). Tenor and conductor.
DOWLAND, John	(b. London? 1563; d. there, 1626). Composer and lutenist.
DUNSTABLE [Dunstaple], John	(b. ca. 1390; d. 1453). Composer, mathematician, and astronomer.
EFFINGER, Cecil	(b. Colorado Springs, 1914; d. Boulder, 1990). Composer, oboist, inventor.
EL-DABH, Halim (Abdul Messieh)	(b. Cairo, 1921). Composer.
ELGAR, Edward (William)	(b. Broadheath, near Worcester, 1857; d. Worcester, 1934). Composer.
EMMETT, Dan(iel Decatur)	(b. Mt. Vernon, Ohio, 1815; d. there, 1904). Minstrel show musician and composer.
ENESCU, George [Enesco, Georges]	(b. Liveni-Virnav [now George Enescu], Romania, 1881; d. Paris, 1955). Composer, conductor, and violinist.
FENDER, (Clarence) Leo	(b. Anaheim, Calif., 1909). Electric guitar maker.
FLAGG, Josiah	(b. Woburn, Mass., 1737; d. Boston? 1795?). Psalmodist, bandmaster, and engraver.
FLATT, Lester (Raymond)	(b. Overton County, Tenn., 1914; d. Nashville, 1979). Bluegrass singer and guitarist.
FORKEL, Johann Nicolaus	(b. Meeder, Lower Franconia, 1749; d. Göttingen, 1818). Music historian and bibliographer.
FOSS, Lukas	(b. Berlin, 1922). Composer, conductor, and pianist.
FOSTER, Stephen Collins	(b. Lawrenceville [now in Pittsburgh], 1826; d. New York, 1864). Composer.
FRANCK, Salomo [Salomon]	(bapt. Weimar, 1659; buried there, 1725). Poet and court official.
FRANKLIN, Aretha	(b. Memphis, Tenn., 1942). Soul and gospel singer.
FRAUENLOB [Heinrich von Meissen]	(b. in or near Meissen?, between 1250 and 1260; d. Mainz, 1318). Minnesinger.
FREDERICK II OF PRUSSIA [Frederick the Great]	(b. Berlin, 1712; d. Sanssouci, Potsdam, 1786). Monarch, flutist, and composer.
FUKUSHIMA, Kazuo	(b. Tokyo, 1930). Composer.
GALIN, Pierre	(b. Samatan, near Toulouse, 1786; d. Bordeaux, 1821). Mathematician and music pedagogue.
GALPIN, Francis W(illiam)	(b. Dorchester, Dorset, 1858; d. Richmond, Surrey, 1945). Writer on old musical instruments.
GARCÍA, Manuel (Patricio Rodríguez)	(b. Madrid, 1805; d. London, 1906). Singing teacher.
GAY, John	(bapt. Barnstaple, 1685; d. London, 1732). Poet and dramatist.
GAYE [Gay], Marvin	(b. Washington, D.C., 1939; d. Los Angeles, 1984). Soul singer and songwriter.
GHENT, Emmanuel (Robert)	(b. Montreal, 1925). Composer and psychoanalyst.
GIRAUT [Guiraut] de Bornelh [de Borneill]	(b. Excideuil, near Périgeux, ca. 1140; d. ca. 1200). Troubadour.
GIUNTA [Junta].	Family of printers and booksellers (late 15th to 17th century Florence, Venice, Rome, Lyons, and Spain).
GOLDBERG, Johann Gottlieb	(bapt. Danzig, 1727; buried Dresden, 1756). Organist, harpsichordist, and composer.
GOLDONI, Carlo	(b. Venice, 1707; d. Paris, 1793). Librettist and playwright.
GORDY, Berry, Jr.	(b. Detroit, 1929). Soul songwriter, record producer, and record company executive.
GRAINGER, (George) Percy (Aldridge)	(b. Melbourne, Australia, 1882; d. White Plains, N.Y., 1961). Composer, pianist, folk song collector, and musical inventor.
GREGORY THE GREAT [Gregory I]	(b. Rome, ca. 540; d. there, 604). Pope.
HAMMERSTEIN, Oscar (Greeley Clendenning), II	(b. New York, 1895; d. Doylestown, Pa., 1960). Lyricist and librettist.
HAMMOND, Laurens	(b. Evanston, Ill., 1895; d. Cornwall, Conn., 1973). Inventor and entrepreneur.
HANSLICK, Eduard	(b. Prague, 1825; d. Baden, near Vienna, 1904). Critic.
HARRELD, Kemper	(b. Muncie, Ind., 1884; d. Detroit, 1972). Violinist and music educator; helped organize the National Association of Negro Musicians.
HASLINGER, Tobias	(b. Zell, Upper Austria, 1787; d. Vienna, 1842). Music publisher.
HEFTI, Neal	(b. Hastings, Nebr., 1922). Jazz, film, and television composer and arranger.
HENRICI, Christian Friedrich [Picander]	(b. Stolpen, Saxony, 1700; d. Leipzig, 1764). Poet.
HENSEL, Fanny (Cäcilie) Mendelssohn (Bartholdy)	(b. Hamburg, 1805; d. Berlin, 1847). Composer.
HILDEGARD OF [VON] BINGEN	(b. Bemersheim, near Alzey, Rheinhessen, 1098; d. Rupertsberg, near Bingen, 1179). Abbess, mystic, writer, and composer.
HINDEMITH, Paul	(b. Hanau, near Frankfurt am Main, 1895; d. Frankfurt, 1963). Composer, theorist, violist, and conductor.
HOPKINSON, Francis	(b. Philadelphia, 1737; d. there, 1791). Musician, statesman, and inventor.
HOTTETERRE, Jacques(-Martin) ["Le Romain"]	(b. Paris, 1674; d. there, 1763). Woodwind player and maker, theorist, and composer.
HSU, John (Tseng-Hsin)	(b. Shantou, 1931). Viol player, barytonist, and cellist.
IKENOUCHI, Tomojiro	(b. Tokyo, 1906). Composer.
INDY, (Paul Marie Théodore) Vincent d'	(b. Paris, 1851; d. there, 1931). Composer.
IRINO, Yoshiro	(b. Vladivostok, 1921; d. Tokyo, 1980). Composer.
ISIDORE OF SEVILLE	(b. Cartagena?, ca. 559; d. Seville, 636). Cleric and encyclopedist.
IVES, Charles (Edward)	(b. Danbury, Conn., 1874; d. New York, 1954). Composer.
JACKSON, Mahalia	(b. New Orleans, 1911; d. Chicago, 1972). Gospel singer.
JACQUET DE LA GUERRE, Élisabeth-Claude	(b. ca. 1666-67; d. Paris, 1729). Harpsichordist and composer.
JEHAN DES MURS [Johannes de Muris]	(b. diocese of Lisieux, ca. 1300; d. ca. 1350). Astronomer and music theorist.
JOHANNES DE GARLANDIA [Johannes Gallicus]	(fl. ca. 1240). Theorist.
JOHN [João] IV, KING OF PORTUGAL	(b. Villa Viçosa, 1604; d. Lisbon, 1656). Writer on music, collector, and composer.
JOHN DAMASCENE [John of Damascus]	(b. Damascus, ca. 675; d. St. Sabas, near Jerusalem, ca. 749). Theologian and hymnographer.
JOHNSON, Frank [Francis]	(b. Martinique?, ca. 1792; d. Philadelphia, 1844). Dance and military bandmaster.
JONES, Quincy (Delight, Jr.)	(b. Chicago, 1933). Composer, arranger, conductor, producer, and bandleader.
JONES, Thad(deus Joseph)	(b. Pontiac, Mich., 1923; d. Copenhagen, 1986). Jazz trumpeter, cornetist, flugelhorn player, composer, and bandleader; brother of Elvin and Hank Jones.
JOPLIN, Scott	(b. near Marshall, Tex., or Shreveport, La., 1868; d. New York, 1917). Composer, pianist.
JOSQUIN DESPREZ [Juschino; Jodocus Pratensis; Joducus a Prato]	(b. Picardy?, northern France, ca. 1440; d. Condé-sur-Escaut, Hainaut, 1521). Composer.
KALLMAN, Chester	(b. Brooklyn, 1921; d. Athens, 1975). Poet, librettist, and translator.
KALOMIRIS, Manolis	(b. Smyrna, Turkey, 1883; d. Athens, 1962). Composer.
KHAN, Ali Akbar	(b. Shibpur, Bengal, 1922). Sarod player and composer.
KIMBALL, Jacob	(b. Topsfield, Mass., 1761; d. there, 1826). Composer and tunebook editor.
KIRCHGÄSSNER [Kirchgessner], Marianne (Antonia)	(b. Bruchsal, 1769; d. Schaffhausen, 1808). Glass harmonica player.
KITT, Eartha	(b. North, S.C., 1928). Popular singer, actress, dancer.
KODÁLY, Zoltán	(b. Kecskemét, Hungary, 1882; d. Budapest, 1967). Composer and ethnomusicologist.
KOMEDA [Trzcinski], Krzysztof	(b. Poznan, 1931; d. Warsaw, 1969). Film and jazz composer, and jazz pianist.
LARA, Agustín	(b. Tlacotalpán, Mexico, 1900; d. Mexico City, 1970). Popular songwriter.
LASSUS, Orlande de [Orlando (di) Lasso, Orlandus Lassus, Roland Delattre]	(b. Mons, Hainaut, 1532; d. Munich, 1594). Composer.
LENYA, Lotte [Blamauer, Karoline Wilhelmine]	(b. Vienna, 1898; d. New York, 1981). Actress and singer.
LEOPOLD I	(b. Vienna, 1640; d. there, 1705). Holy Roman Emperor and composer.
LEWIS, Meade (Anderson) "Lux"	(b. Chicago, 1905; d. Minneapolis, 1964). Boogie-woogie pianist.
LILI'UOKALANI [Kamaka'eha Paki, Lydia]	(b. Honolulu, 1838; d. there, 1917). Queen, songwriter.
LISZT, Franz [Franciscus]	(b. Raiding, Hungary [now Austria], 1811; d. Bayreuth, 1886). Pianist and composer.
LOBKOWITZ, Joseph Franz Maximilian	(b. Roudnice nad Labem, 1772; d. Trebon, 1816). Singer and patron of the arts.
LOWRY, Robert	(b. Philadelphia, 1826; d. Plainfield, N.J., 1899). Hymn writer.
LYSENKO [Lissenko], Nicolay (Vitalyevich)	(b. Grinki, near Kremenchug, Ukraine, 1842; d. Kiev, 1912). Composer, pianist, and folk song collector.
MACHITO [Frillo, Frank Raul]	(b. Tampa, Fla., 1912; d. London, 1984). Jazz and salsa bandleader, singer, and maraca player.
MAELZEL, Johann[es] Nepomuk	(b. Regensburg, 1772; d. in the harbor of La Guiara, Venezuela, 1838). Inventor (Panharmonicon, musical chronometer).
MARLEY, Bob [Robert Nesta]	(b. Rhoden Hall, St. Ann, Jamaica, 1945; d. Miami, 1981). Reggae singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
MASON, Lowell	(b. Medford, Mass., 1792; d. Orange, N.J., 1872). Educator and composer.
MATHEWS, Max V(ernon)	(b. Columbus, Nebr., 1926). Computer scientist and composer.
MATTHESON, Johann	(b. Hamburg, 1681; d. there, 1764). Composer, theorist, and lexicographer.
MERCER, Johnny [John Herndon]	(b. Savannah, Ga., 1909; d. Los Angeles, 1976). Popular lyricist, songwriter, and singer.
METASTASIO, Pietro [Trapassi, Antonio Domenico Bonaventura]	(b. Rome, 1698; d. Vienna, 1782). Librettist.
MIYAGI [Wakabe; Suga], Michio [Nakasuga Kengyo]	(b. Kobe, 1894; d. Kariya, 1956). Composer and performer of the zoku-so (13-string koto).
MOOG, Robert A(rthur)	(b. Flushing, N.Y., 1934). Engineer and inventor.
MOSCHELES, Ignaz	(b. Prague, 1794; d. Leipzig, 1870). Teacher, pianist, composer.
MUMMA, Gordon	(b. Framingham, Mass., 1935). Composer and performer of electronic music.
MUSET, Colin	(fl. ca. 1200-1250). Trouvère and jongleur.
NEWLIN, Dika	(b. Portland, Oreg., 1923). Musicologist and composer.
NIELSEN, Carl (August)	(b. Nörre-Lyndelse, near Odense, 1865; d. Copenhagen, 1931). Composer.
NILSSON [Svennsson], (Märta) Birgit	(b. Västra Karups, Sweden, 1918). Soprano.
NONO, Luigi	(b. Venice, 1924; d. there, 1990). Composer.
NORDOFF, Paul	(b. Philadelphia, 1909; d. Herdecke, Germany, 1977). Composer and music therapist.
OBRECHT [Hobrecht], Jacob	(b. Bergen op Zoom? or Sicily?, 1450; d. Ferrara, 1505). Composer.
OFFENBACH, Jacques	(b. Cologne, 1819; d. Paris, 1880). Composer.
OGINSKI, (Prince) Michal Kleofas	(b. Guzów, near Warsaw, 1765; d. Florence, 1833). Composer, diplomat, and politician.
OLIVEROS, Pauline	(b. Houston, 1932). Composer and performer.
ORFF, Carl	(b. Munich, 1895; d. there, 1982). Composer and music educator.
ØRSTED PEDERSEN, Niels-Henning	(b. Osted, Denmark, 1946). Jazz double bass player.
OZAWA, Seiji	(b. Fenytien [now Shenyang, Liaoning, China], 1935). Conductor.
PACHECO, Johnny [John]	(b. Dominican Republic, 1935). Jazz and salsa flutist, percussionist, and bandleader.
PADEREWSKI, Ignacy Jan	(b. Kurylówka, Poland, 1860; d. New York, 1941). Pianist, composer, premier.
PARRY, John	(b. Bryn Cynan [northern Wales], ca. 1710; d. Ruabon, 1782). Harp player and poet.
PAUL, Les [Polfus, Lester]	(b. Waukesha, Wis., 1915). Popular guitarist, inventor (solid-body electric guitar, several forms of electric guitar pickup; pioneered multitrack recording and overdubbing).
PETERS, Carl Friedrich	(b. Leipzig, 1779; d. Sonnenstein, Bavaria, 1827). Music publisher.
PETRILLO, James C(aesar)	(b. Chicago, 1892; d. there, 1984). Labor leader.
PETRUCCI, Ottaviano (dei)	(b. Fossombrone, 1466; d. Venice, 1539). Printer.
POTHIER, Joseph	(b. Bouzemont, Vosges, 1835; d. Conques, Belgium, 1923). Editor of Gregorian chant.
POUND, Ezra (Loomis)	(b. Hailey, Idaho, 1885; d. Venice, 1972). Poet and amateur composer.
PRAN NATH	(b. Lahore, India [now Pakistan], 1918). Classical Indian vocalist and composer.
PROUT, Ebenezer	(b. Oundle, 1835; d. Hackney, 1909). Scholar and editor.
PUCCINI, Giacomo	(Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria) (b. Lucca, 1858; d. Brussels, 1924). Composer.
QUANTZ, Johann Joachim	(b. Oberscheden, Hanover, 1697; d. Potsdam, 1773). Flutist and composer.
QUINAULT, Philippe	(b. Paris, 1635; d. there, 1688). Dramatist, librettist, and poet.
RAN, Shulamit	(b. Tel Aviv, 1949). Composer.
REVELLI, William D(onald)	(b. Spring Gulch, Colo., 1902). Band director.
RICE, Thomas Dartmouth ("Daddy")	(b. New York, 1808; d. there, 1860). Minstrel performer.
RICHARD I, COEUR DE LION	(b. Oxford, 1157; d. Limoges, 1199). King of England (1189-99), trouvère poet and composer.
RILEY, Terry (Mitchell)	(b. Colfax, Calif., 1935). Composer and performer.
ROBERTS, (Charles) Luckey (Luckeyeth)	(b. Philadelphia, 1887; d. New York, 1968). Ragtime, musical theater, and jazz pianist and composer.
ROBESON, Paul	(b. Princeton, N.J., 1898; d. Philadelphia, 1976). Bass-baritone and actor.
ROCKEFELLER, Martha Baird	(b. Madera, Calif., 1895; d. New York, 1971). Philanthropist and pianist.
RODGERS, Richard (Charles)	(b. Hammels Station, N.Y., 1902; d. New York City, 1979). Popular songwriter.
RODRÍGUEZ (Amador), Augusto (Alejandro)	(b. San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1904). Chorusmaster, conductor, and composer.
ROMANOS THE MELODE	(b. Emesia?, Syria, late 5th century; d. Constantinople, after 555). Hymn writer.
RORE, Cypriano de	(b. Machelen, Flanders, Mechelen, or Ronse, 1515 or 1516; d. Parma, 1565). Composer.
ROSENBOOM, David	(b. Fairfield, Iowa, 1947). Composer; designer and maker of electronic instruments.
ROSPIGLIOSI, Giulio, Pope Clement IX	(b. Pistoia, 1600; d. Rome, 1669). Librettist.
RUSSOLO, Luigi	(b. Portogruaro, 1885; d. Cerro di Laveno, Varese, 1947). Composer, inventor, painter.
SACHS, Hans	(b. Nuremberg, 1494; d. there 1576). Meistersinger and poet.
SAINT-SAËNS, (Charles) Camille	(b. Paris, 1835; d. Algiers, 1921). Composer.
SAUVEUR, Joseph	(b. La Flèche, 1653; d. Paris, 1716). Acoustician.
SAX, Adolphe [Antoine Joseph]	(b. Dinant, Belgium, 1814; d. Paris, 1894). Instrument maker (including the saxophone).
SAYGUN, Ahmet Adnan	(b. Izmir, 1907; d. Istanbul, 1991). Composer and ethnomusicologist.
SCHULLER, Gunther	(b. New York, 1925). Composer, conductor, author, educator.
SCHUMAN, William (Howard)	(b. New York, 1910; d. New York, 1992). Composer, educator, administrator.
SCHUYLER, Philippa Duke	(b. New York, 1931; d. Danang, Vietnam, 1967). Pianist, composer, author.
SCHWEITZER, Albert	(b. Keysersberg, Alsace, 1875; d. Lambaréné, Gabon, 1965). Organist, Bach scholar, theologian, physician, and humanitarian.
SECHTER, Simon	(b. Friedberg, Bohemia, 1788; d. Vienna, 1867). Teacher, theorist.
SEEGER, Pete(r R.)	(b. Patterson, N.Y., 1919). Folk singer, songwriter, banjo player, and guitarist.
SHANKAR, Ravi	(b. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, 1920). Sitar player and composer.
SHUDI [Schudi, Tschudi, Tshudi], Burkat [Burkhardt]	(b. Schwanden, canton of Glarus, 1702; d. London, 1773). Harpsichord maker.
SMITH [née Robinson], Mamie	(b. Cincinnati, 1883; d. New York, 1946). Blues and vaudeville singer.
SONDHEIM, Stephen (Joshua)	(b. New York City, 1930). Popular composer and lyricist.
SUN RA [Blount, Herman ("Sonny"); Le Sony'r Ra]	(b. Birmingham, Ala., 1914; d. there, 1993). Jazz bandleader, composer, and keyboard player.
SUZUKI, Shin'ichi	(b. Nagoya, 1898). Violinist and teacher.
SWEENEY, Joel Walker [Joe]	(b. Appomattox, Va., ca. 1810; d. there, 1860). Banjo player and maker.
TERRY, Sonny [Terrell, Sanders]	(b. Greensboro, Ga., 1911; d. Mineola, N.Y., 1986). Blues singer and harmonica player.
THIELEMANS, Toots [Jean Baptiste]	(b. Brussels, 1922). Jazz harmonica player, guitarist, and whistler.
TIPPETT, Michael (Kemp)	(b. London, 1905). Composer.
UM KALTHOUM [Kalthum, Ibrahim Um]	(b. Tamayet el Zahayra, Sinbellawein, Egypt, 1898; d. Cairo, 1975). Singer.
VAUGHAN, Sarah (Lois)	(b. Newark, N.J., 1924; d. Hidden Hills, 1990). Jazz singer.
VERDI, Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco)	(b. Le Roncole, near Parma, 1813; d. Milan, 1901). Composer.
VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor	(b. Rio de Janeiro, 1887; d. there, 1959). Composer.
WALLER, Fats [Thomas Wright]	(b. New York, 1904; d. Kansas City, Mo., 1943). Jazz and popular pianist, organist, singer, bandleader, and composer.
WEILL, Kurt (Julian)	(b. Dessau, 1900; d. New York, 1950). Composer.
WELLS, Kitty [Muriel Ellen Deason]	(b. Nashville, 1919). Country singer and songwriter.
WHITE, Josh(ua Daniel) [Pinewood Tom]	(b. Greenville, S.C., 1915; d. Manhasset, N.Y., 1969). Blues, gospel, and folk singer and guitarist.
YAMADA, Kosaku [Kosçak]	(b. Tokyo, 1886; d. there, 1965). Composer.
ZAPPA, Frank [Francis Vincent]	(b. Baltimore, 1940; d. Los Angeles, 1993). Rock songwriter and guitarist, composer.
ZARLINO, Gioseffo [Gioseffe]	(b. Chioggia, 1517; d. Venice, 1590). Music theorist and composer.
ZILDJIAN.	Family of cymbal makers (Avedis Zildjian Co. of Norwell, Mass., and K. Zildjian of Istanbul).
ZWILLICH, Ellen Taaffe	(b. Miami, 1939). Composer.