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L'Affilard, Michel
French composer, theorist, and singer Michel L'Affilard (c. 1656-1708) introduced metronome marking to music manuscripts.
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L'Héritier, Jean
French composer Jean L'Héritier (c. 1480-c. 1552) is survived by many motets and a Mass.
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Labate, Bruno
Italian-born oboist and composer Bruno Labate (1883-1968) lived much of his life in the United States, serving for many years as Principal Oboist of the New York Philharmonic.
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Labroca, Mario
Italian composer Mario Labroca (1896-1973) wrote instrumental and vocal works, including film scores.
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Lacépède, Bernard Germain Etienne de la Ville-sur-Illon, Comte de
Born in 1756, this French composer, music theorist, and naturalist (herpetology and ichthyology) was also involved in politics and government.
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Lacerda, Osvaldo Costa de
Brazilian composer Osvaldo Costa de Lacerda (1927-) has actively involved himself in almost all non-dramatic genres and styles of music.
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Lachenmann, Helmut Friedrich
German composer Helmut Friedrich Lachenmann (1935-).
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Lachner, Franz Paul
German Romantic composer and conductor Franz Lachner (1803-1890) was a close friend of Schubert, perhaps drawing from him inspiration for song writing.
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Lachnith, Ludwig Wenzel
Bohemian composer and hornplayer Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith (1746-1820) is better known for mutilating Mozart's Die Zauberflöte than for any of his own compositions.
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Lacombe, Louis
French Composer Louis Lacombe (1818-1884) was known for his writing as well as his compositions in many genres.
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Laderman, Ezra
American composer Ezra Laderman (1924-) usually displays Romantic tendencies and often incorporates Jewish themes in his works.
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Lafont, Charles Philippe
French composer Charles Philippe Lafont (1781-1839) was also a virtuoso violinist.
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Lajtha, László
Hungarian composer, conductor, and ethnomusicologist László Lajtha (1892-1963) worked with Bartók and Kodály in preserving the traditional music of Hungary while himself often composing tunes that sounded much more western.
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Lakner, Yehoshua
Composer Yehoshua Lakner (1924-2003) was born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, moved to Palestine in 1941 and to Zürich in 1963.
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Lalande, Michel-Richard de
(1657-1726) French composer also known as Delalande. He was the most influential composer of grands motets, writing over 70 such works; greatly expanded in scope compared to those of his predecessors, they remained staples of the Concert spirituel repertory until the Revolution.
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Lalo, Edouard Victoire Antoine
Romantic composer Edouard Lalo (1823-1892) was also a violinist and many of his works feature this instrument.
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Lambe, Walter
English composer Walter Lambe (c.1450/51-after Michaelmas 1499) was a chief contributor to the Eton Choirbook.
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Lambert, Leonard Constant
English composer Constant Lambert (1905-1951) made a tremendous impact in his brief life. Aside from composition, much in a jazz idiom, Lambert also made his mark in ballet and orchestral conducting and in music criticism.
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Lambert, Michel
French Baroque composer Michel Lambert (1610-1696) is survived by hundreds of airs, a set of leçons de ténèbres, and some stage music from a collaboration with Lully.
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Lampe, John Frederick
Saxon-born John Frederick Lampe (c. 1703-1751), a bassoonist in Handel's English orchestra, had mixed success as a composer.
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Lampugnani, Giovanni Battista
Italian composer Giovanni Battista Lampugnani (1706-1788) is most remembered for his operas, although he wrote numerous other secular and sacred works and was a singing teacher and harpsichordist.
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Landi, Stefano
Italian Baroque composer Stefano Landi (c. 1590-1639) receives credit for the first Roman opera, the groundbreaking Il Sant'Alessio, as well as madrigals, arias, psalms, masses, and motets.
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Landini, Francesco
Sometimes called il Cieco (the Blind), Italian composer Francesco Landini (c.1325-1397) apparently lost his sight to a childhood case of small pox.
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Landowski, Marcel
French composer Marcel Landowski (1915-1999) occupied a middle ground between conservatism and avant garde. He was also Director of Music for the French Ministry of Culture.
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Landré, Guillaume
Dutch composer Guillaume Landré (1905-1968) wrote operas and other vocal works, symphonies, and string music.
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Lang, David
American composer David Lang was born in Los Angeles in 1957. His music is difficult to categorize or label.
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Láng, István
Hungarian composer István Láng (1933-) worked in several genres and was a noted organist.
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Lang, Johann Georg
Born in Svojšín, Bohemia, German composer Johann Georg Lang (1722-1798) was Konzertmeister of the Prince of Augsburg's court and had a large and varied output.
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Lang, Josephine Caroline
German composer Josephine Lang (1815-1880) focused on songs throughout her career.
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Lange-Müller, Peter Erasmus
Danish composer Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850-1926) continued the Romantic tradition in his works, most of which were vocal pieces often displaying a subtle nature.
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Langgaard, Rued Immanuel
Danish composer Rued Langgaard lived from 1893 to 1952. Viewed as a "loner" or an "outsider," he nevertheless produced a substantial body of instrumental and vocal works.
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Langhans, Friedrich Wilhelm
German composer Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans (1832-1892) was also a violinist and a writer. Among his publications was The History of Music in Twelve Lectures.
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Langlais, Jean
Most of the output for French organist and composer Jean Langlais (1907-1991) was either masses or organ works.
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Lanier, Nicholas
Baroque composer Nicholas Lanier (1588-1666; also Lanière or Laneer) was the first man named "Master of the King's Musick" in 1626.
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Lanner, Joseph Franz Karl
Austrian composer Joseph Franz Karl Lanner (1801-1843), a friend, sometimes collaborator, and sometimes rival of Johann Strauss the elder, receives credit as founder of the Viennese waltz.
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Lapicida, Erasmus
Austrian composer Erasmus Lapicida (c. 1445-1547) wrote mainly vocal music in a variety of styles.
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Lara, Isidore de
Born Isidore Cohen, English composer Isidore de Lara (1858-1935) wrote a number of songs. He also composed several operas under private patronage.
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Larsson, Lars-Erik Vilner
Swedish composer (1908-1986).
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Laruette, Jean-Louis
French composer Jean-Louis Laruette (1731-1792) did much to popularize the comic tenor role and helped develop the opéra comique.
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Laserna, Blas de
Spanish composer Blas de Laserna (1751-1816) wrote a large body of vocal works as well as other pieces.
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Lassen, Eduard
Danish-born Belgian composer Eduard Lassen (1830-1904) succeeded Liszt at Weimar and wrote operas, songs, and incidental pieces.
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Lassus, Orlando de
Belgian Renaissance composer Orlando de Lassus was born in Mons, Hainault, Belgium, sometime between 1520 and 1534 (depending upon the source).
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Latilla, Gaetano
Italian composer Gaetano Latilla (1711-1788) composed operas, oratorios and other sacred music, arias, ensembles, and instrumental works.
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Latrobe, Christian Ignatius
English composer and Moravian minister Christian Ignatius Latrobe (1758-1836) wrote hymns and other religious music and introduced church music by Graun, Pergolesi, Haydn and Mozart to England.
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Laub, Thomas Linnemann
Danish composer and church musician Thomas Linnemann Laub (1852-1927) did much to restore plainsong and the chorale to Danish religious life.
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Lauridsen, Morten
American-born of Swedish immigrants, composer Morten Lauridsen's (1943-) output is largely choral. The environment and religious themes greatly influence his works.
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Lavallée, Calixa
Calixa Lavallée (1842-1891) was born in Quebec, traveled abroad for years, fought as a Union officer in the American Civil War, and was a theater musician, bandsman, and choirmaster before achieving lasting fame for composing O Canada.
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Lavry, Marc
Israeli composer Marc Lavry (1903-1967) was born in Riga, Latvia and moved to Palestine in 1935.
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Lawes, Henry
English Baroque composer Henry Lawes (1596-1662) was elder brother to William, another accomplished composer. Besides his other sterling accomplishments, Lawes is credited with inspiring or instigating John Milton's Comus.
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Lawes, William
(1602-1645) Innovative composer in the court of Charles I. He died in battle during the English Civil War.
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Layolle, François de
(1492-1540) French composer who worked in Italy and France. He wrote church music as well as Italian style madrigals.
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La Barbara, Joan
Born in 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, La Barbara is an experimentalist using the human voice, instruments, and interactive technology both as a composer and a performer.
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La Borde, Jean-Benjamin-François de
French composer Jean-Benjamin de La Borde (1734-1794) was also a violinist and a student of older music.
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La Garde, Pierre de
French composer and baritone Pierre de la Garde (1717-c. 1792) was active in the French court and Paris Opéra.
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La Guerre, Michel de
French composer Michel de La Guerre (c. 1605-1679) has some claim to composing that nation's first opera, Le triomphe de l'Amour sur des bergers et bergères.
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La Montaine, John
(1920- ), Oak Park, Ilinois. He won the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, op.9.
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La Rue, Pierre de
(c.1460-1518) Franco-Flemish master of vocal polyphony. La Rue's output consists entirely of vocal music: masses, motets and chansons.
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Lebič, Lojze
Slovene composer Lojze Lebič (1934-) produced choral and solo vocal works and various solo, ensemble, and orchestral instrumental pieces.
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Lebrun, Ludwig August
German composer and oboist Ludwig August Lebrun (1752-1790) not only left behind a significant body of oboe, ballet, and chamber music; he also married violinst-composer Franziska Lebrun (née Danzi) and their daughters continued the musical tradition, one as a pianist and the other as a singer and actress.
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Lechner, Leonhard
(1553-1606) Austrian Renaissance composer, a pupil of Lassus. The little we know shows him to have been one of the most important composers of choral music, whose later endeavours to blend the elements of madrigal and motet led to a uniform individual style towering over contemporary art-forms.
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Leclair, Jean-Marie
French violin virtuoso and composer Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764) began his performing career as a dancer.
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Lecocq, Alexandre Charles
French composer Alexandre Charles Lecocq (1832-1918) studied under Bazin and Halévy, was friends with Bizet and Saint-Saëns, and was considered by many to be the successor to Offenbach following the success of his early operettas.
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Lecuona, Ernesto
Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona (1896-1963) was an accomplished pianist and band leader. He wrote instrumentals, songs, and other vocal works, specializing in the Zarzuela.
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Lee, Dai-Keong
American composer Dai-Keong Lee (1915-) wrote in many genres, especially for the stage. He composed a number of operas and wrote the music for the Broadway comedy Teahouse of the August Moon.
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Lees, Benjamin
American composer Benjamin Lees (1924-), born in China to Russian parents, often wrote in a grand and vigorous style.
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Leeuw, Ton de
Dutch composer Ton de Leeuw (1926-1996) felt early influence from Bartók, Hindemith, and Pijper but later resembled Boulez and Berio.
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LeFanu, Nicola Frances
English composer Nicola Frances LeFanu (1947-), daughter of Irish-English composer Elizabeth Maconchy and wife of composer David Lumsdaine, has written for orchestra, chamber groups, voice, opera.
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Lefèvre, Jean Xavier
French clarinettist and composer Jean Xavier Lefèvre (1763-1829) wrote the first handbook for his instrument.
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Legley, Victor
Belgian composer Victor Legley (1915-1994) was at home in a number of different genres. Among his best known works is La cathédrale dacier.
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Legnani, Luigi Rinaldo
Italian composer Luigi Rinaldo Legnani (1790-1877) was also a virtuoso guitarist, praised by Paganini as greatest on that instrument.
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Legrand, Michel
Michel Legrand was born in Paris, France in 1932. He was fluent in jazz and classical idioms.
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Legrant, Guillaume
French composer and singer Guillaume Legrant (14??-1458) was also a papal chapel singer for Martin V.
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Legrenzi, Giovanni
(1626-1690) Italian composer of opera, church music, several collections of sonatas, and secular vocal works.
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Leguerney, Jacques Alfred Georges Emile
French composer Jacques Alfred Georges Emile Leguerney (1906-1997), a student of Boulanger, is especially remembered for his harmonic, elegant songs.
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Lehár, Franz
Although born in what is now Slovakia, Franz Lehar (1870-1948) was thoroughly Austrian, a son of a bandmaster in the Austro-Hungarian army.
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Lehmann, Elisabetha Nina Mary Frederica
English singer and composer Elisabetha Nina Mary Frederica "Liza" Lehmann (1862-1918) was born in London to German painter Rudolf Lehmann and his Italian wife.
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Lehmann, Hans Ulrich
Swiss composer Hans Ulrich Lehmann (1937-) wrote orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and organ works and taught composition and music theory.
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Leibowitz, René
Polish-born French composer René Leibowitz (1913-1972) studied under Schönberg. He also taught, conducted, and involved himself in music theory, publishing a pair of volumes on 12-note music.
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Leifs, Jón
Twentieth century Icelandic composer Jón Leifs (1899-1968) helped to form a nationalist view among native composers by incorporating folk music and sounds echoing the natural elements of Iceland.
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Leigh, Walter
English composer Walter Leigh (1905-1942), a student of Hindemith, wrote light stage works and other, more ambitious works.
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Leighton, Kenneth
English composer Kenneth Leighton lived only fifty-nine years, from 1929 to 1988. An accomplished pianist, he wrote symphonic, chamber, and choral pieces, operas and organ works, in addition to piano works.
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Leighton, William, Sir
A member of the landed gentry, English composer and poet Sir William Leighton (c. 1560/65-c.
Tears and Lamentations of a Sorrowful Soul,
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Lekeu, Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas
The life of Belgian composer Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu (1870-1894) was cut tragically short by typhoid.
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Lendvay, Kamilló
Hungarian composer Kamilló Lendvay (1928-) studied under János Viski at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music and later became a professor there.
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Lentz, Daniel
Born in 1942 Lentz founded and directed several new music performiing groups in California including the California Time Machine, the San Andreas Fault, and the Daniel Lentz Group.
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Lentz, Georges
Georges Lentz was born in Luxembourg in 1965. He became an Australian resident in 1990 and began playing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra in 1991.
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Leo, Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de
(1694-1744) Leonardo Leo was one of the leading Neapolitan composers of his day, particularly in the genres of theatre and church music.
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Leon, Felipe Padilla de
Filipino composer Felipe Padilla de Leon (1912-) also translated the Philippine national anthem into Tagalog.
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Leon, Tania
Cuban born American composer Tania León came to New York City in 1967. She has written operatic, symphonic, chamber, and dance music.
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Leoncavallo, Ruggero
Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919) is remembered as a verisimo opera composer and librettist. Often thought of as a Romantic Period "one hit wonder," most people only know him from I Pagliacci.
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Leoni, Franco
Italian composer Franco Leoni (1864-1949) wrote operas, oratorios, and songs. His opera L'Oracolo, with the evil opium dealer's role created by Antonio Scotti, became his best known work.
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Leoni, Leone
Italian composer Leone Leoni (c. 1560-1627) composed mainly madrigals and motets.
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Léonin
French composer Magister Leoninus (Léonin) developed Medieval polyphony in the form of the Organum. He is remembered for his Magnus Liber and for his influence on subsequent composers, including his student Perotin.
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Leontovych, Mykola Dmytrovich
Ukrainian composer Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych (1877-1921) established himself as a national favorite with Shchedryk.
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Lerdahl, Fred Whitford
American composer Fred Whitford Lerdahl (1943-) grew into more tonality through the years. He also taught at a number of universities and remained active as a theorist.
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Leschetizky, Theodor
Theodor Leschetizky (Leszetycki; 1830-1915) was a Polish-born pianist, composer, teacher, and conductor. Most of his corpus is for the piano, for which he also developed a noted teaching method.
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Leveridge, Richard
English composer Richard Leveridge (c. 1670-1758), an accomplished singer, performed in English and Italian operas and composed several himself.
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Levy, Marvin David
American composer Marvin David Levy (1932-) is best known for the opera Mourning Becomes Electra.
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Lewkovitch, Bernhard
Danish composer Bernhard Lewkovitch (1927-), also a church musician and choral conductor, evolved from modality to serialsim.
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Le Flem, Paul
French composer Paul Le Flem (1881-1984) was born in Brittany and livied to be 103 years old, writing operas, orchestral pieces, and arranging Breton music for chorus.
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Le Gallienne, Dorian Leon Marlois
Australian composer Dorian Leon Marlois Le Gallienne (1915-1963) not only was well-respected for his own works but used his position as Melbourne newspaper critic to promote other Australian composers and musicians.
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Le Heurteur, Guillaume
French composer Guillaume Le Heurteur, whose exact dates are unknown, began to appear in anthologies from 1530 onward.
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Le Jeune, Claude
(c.1528-1600) French Renaissance composer. His musical output includes numerous secular chansons, a huge number of Protestant psalm settings, a dozen or so Latin motets, a Magnificat, a mass, and three instrumental fantasias (landmarks in the genre).
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Le Maistre, Matthaeus
Franco-Flemish composer Matthaeus Le Maistre (c. 1505-1577) is best known for his German sacred and secular songs, which range from solo voice to larger chorus.
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Le Roux, Maurice
French composer Maurice Le Roux (1923-1992) wrote much for films and was a noted conductor.
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Le Sueur, Jean-François
French composer Jean-François Le Sueur (1760-1837) wrote operas and other works, many religious choral pieces.
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Lhotka, Fran
Yugoslav-Croatian composer Fran Lhotka (1883-1962) was a pupil of Antonín Dvořák.
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Lidholm, Ingvar Natanael
Swedish composer Ingvar Natanael Lidholm (1921-) focused on choral works but also produced pieces in other genres.
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Lie, Sigurd
Among all of Nowwegian composer Sigurd Lie's ((1871-1904) works, perhaps his song Sne is most known.
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Liebermann, Rolf
Swiss composer Rolf Liebermann (1910-1999) managed in succession the Hamburg Staatsoper and Paris Opéra for over twenty years.
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Lieberson, Peter
American composer Peter Lieberson (1946-) based much of his output on his studies of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Lienas, Juan de
Mexican composer Juan de Lienas (c. 1620-50) left some of the most accomplished of early New World musical works.
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Ligeti, György Sándor
Born in 1923 to Hungarian parents in Dicsöszentmárton (now Târnarveni) in Transylvania, Romania, Ligeti survived the Nazi occupation, although his family did not.
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Ligeti, Lukas
Austrian composer Lukas Ligeti was born in 1965. His compositions and musical tastes move among classical, jazz, rock, and other genres.
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Lilburn, Douglas Gordon
New Zealand composer Douglas Gordon Lilburn (1915-2001) felt Vaughn Williams' strong early influence. He later moved into electronic music.
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Lindberg, Magnus
Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg was born in 1958. His works often are a synthesis of instrumental and computer-generated sounds.
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Lindberg, Oskar Fredrik
Swedish composer Oskar Fredrik Lindberg (1887-1955) wrote religious and secular works, contributing much to Swedish hymnody.
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Lindblad, Adolf Fredrik
Swedish composer Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801-1878), a friend of Mendelssohn, wrote a symphony, an opera ((Frondörerna), and over 200 lieder, including the nature songs En sommardag and Aftonen.
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Lindpaintner, Peter Josef von
German composer and conductor Peter Josef von Lindpaintner (1791-1856) wrote in a variety of genres, including opera, chamber music, and songs.
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Linley, Thomas, Jr.
English composer Thomas Linley, Jr. (1756-1778), the second son of the same-named composer, was a contemporary of W.
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Linley, Thomas, Sr.
English composer and harpsichordist Thomas Linley, Sr. (1733-1795) is noted both for his music, especially operas, and for fathering a number of musical children, of whom Thomas, Jr.
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Lipkin, Malcolm Leyland
English composer Malcolm Leyland Lipkin (1932-) includes songs, chamber works, and instrumental pieces among his compositions.
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Lisinski, Vatroslav
Composer Vatroslav Lisinski (1819-1854) is known as founder of modern Croatian music.
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Liszt, Franz Joseph
Ferenc Liszt was born on 22 October, 1811 placing him solidly in the Romantic era of music history.
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Litaize, Gaston Gilbert
French organist and composer Gaston Gilbert Litaize (1909-1991) didn't let blindness stop him from composing, giving concerts, or teaching.
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Líteres Carrión, Antonio
Spanish composer Líteres Antonio Líteres Carrión (1673?-1747) wrote numerous sacred and secular works including many zarzuelas.
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Litolff, Henry Charles
English-born French composer Henry Charles Litolff (1818-1891) is chiefly remembered for his four piano concertos, the concertos symphonique.
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Lloyd, George
Twentieth century English composer George Lloyd (1913-1998) began a strong career before being traumatized during World War II.
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Lobo, Alonso
Spanish composer Alonso Lobo (c. 1555-1617) published masses and motets and left many other works in manuscript form.
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Lôbo, Duarte
Duarte Lobo (c. 1565-1646) was the most acclaimed Portuguese composer of his day. He tutored several who became outstanding composers and published six volumes of liturgical polyphony.
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Locatelli, Pietro Antonio
(1695-1764) Italian composer and violin virtuoso. As a composer he focused on the sonata and concerto, achieving a fusion of sorts between the Roman and Venetian styles; his caprices for solo violin in L'arte del violino (Amsterdam, 1733) at one time earned him the title "Paganini of the 18th century."
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Locke, Matthew
English Baroque composer Matthew Locke (c.1621/2-1677) helped to bring English opera to fruition, even though his musical contribution to the first known true opera is lost.
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Lockwood, Annea
Composer, born in 1939. During the 70s and 80s 1970s she did works focused on environmental sounds, life-narratives and performance works.
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Lockwood, Normand
American composer Normand Lockwood (1906-2002), a student of Nadia Boulanger, produced works in a wide variety of genres, including song settings of American poetry.
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Loder, Edward James
English composer Edward James Loder (1813-1865) wrote quality operas, art songs, and a string quartet.
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Loeffler, Charles Martin Tornov
German-born American composer Charles Martin Tornov Loeffler (1861-1935) fabricated an Alsatian origin in response to his father's treatment by German authorities.
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Loesser, Frank Henry
American composer and lyricist Frank Henry Loesser (1910-1969) worked many years in Hollywood but is best known for the musicals Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying.
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Loewe, Frederick
German-born American composer Frederick "Fritz" Loewe (1904-1988). His father starred in musical theater throughout Europe and the Americas.
Movies,
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Loewe, Johann Carl Gottfried
German composer Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe (1796-1869), also a noted baritone, was sometimes called "The north German Schubert." While he wrote in a variety of genres, his songs continue to bring him the greatest fame.
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Logroscino, Nicola Bonifacio
Italian organist and composer Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino (1698-c. 1765-7) composed comic and some serious operas as well as a few oratorios and a small amout of church music.
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Löhlein, Georg Simon
German composer and theorist Georg Simon Löhlein (1725-1781) wrote theoretical works, keyboard concertos, sonatas, and vocal music.
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Löhner, Johann
German organist and composer Johann Löhner (1645-1705) composerd over 300 home devotional songs and other religious music as well as three known operas.
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Lopes-Graça, Fernando
Portuguese composer Fernando Lopes-Graça (1906-1994) studied under Koechlin and was influenced by Béla Bartók. He was also teacher, conductor and critic.
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Loqueville, Richard de
Franco-Flemish composer Richard de Loqueville (??-1418) tutored the son of the Duke of Bar and was music teach at Cambrai Cathedral.
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Lord, Jon Douglas
English composer and musician Jon Douglas Lord (1941-) gained international fame as a founding member of the rock band Deep Purple.
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Lorentzen, Bent
Danish composer Bent Lorentzen (1935-) wrote in a number of genres, ranging from vocal and operatic to electronic.
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Lorentzen, Jakob
Danish organist, conductor and composer (1968-). He holds the title Master of the Music at Holmen Kirke (The Royal Naval Church in Copenhagen) and Castle Organist at Christiansborg, Copenhagen.
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Lorenzani, Paolo
Italian composer Paolo Lorenzani (1640-1713) came to France in 1678 and became a champion of the Italian style.
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Lorenzo da Firenze
Florentine composer Lorenzo (??-c. 1372-3) wrote often complex and experimental works, including secular songs based on Boccaccio's writings.
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Lorenzo Fernândez, Oscar
Brazilian composer Oscar Lorenzo Fernândez (1897-1948) produced works in almost all genres, although his songs are his greatest claim to fame.
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Lortzing, Gustav Albert
Often straddling the line between true (if comic) opera and musical theatre, German Romantic composer Albert Lortzing nevertheless left a charming if under-appreciated body of work.
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Lothar, Mark
German composer Mark Lothar (1902-1985) wrote operas, instrumental pieces, and songs and scored a number of films.
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Lotti, Antonio
(1667-1740) Italian organist and composer, he became the organist at St. Mark's cathedral in Venice.
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Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia
Composer, pianist, and war hero are all apt titles for Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1773-1806), who died a hero's death at the Battle of Saalfeld.
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Lourié, Arthur Vincent
Russian-American composer Arthur Vincent Lourié (1892-1966) progressed in style from late Romantic through 12-tone and atonalism.
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Lübeck, Vincent
German composer Vincent Lübeck (c. 1654-1740) was also a brilliant organist.
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Lucas, Clarence Reynolds
Canadian composer Clarence Reynolds Lucas (1866-1947) wrote in a variety of genres. Although much of his music had tremendous depth, he is probably best remembered for songs and light music.
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Lucas, Leighton
British composer Leighton Lucas (1903-1982), son of the Canadian composer Clarence, after a time with the Ballets Russes, wrote a considerable amount of instrumental music, much of it as movie scores.
Movies,
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Lucchesi, Andrea
Italian composer Andrea Lucchesi (1741-1801) not only stands on his own merits but also had a life that interacted with those of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven.
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Lucier, Alvin Augustus, Jr.
American experimental composer Alvin Lucier (1931-) has used notation of performers' physical gestures, brain waves, the generation of visual imagery by sound in vibrating media, and the evocation of room acoustics for musical and performance purposes.
I Am Sitting In A Room,
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Ludecus, Matthäus
German composer Matthäus Ludecus (1527-1606) made important contributions to Lutheran hymnody and church music.
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Ludford, Nicholas
English composer Nicholas Ludford (c. 1485-c. 1557) was a member of the Royal Free Chapel of St Stephen's, Westminster.
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Luening, Otto Clarence
Otto Clarence Luening (1900-1996), along with Vladimir Ussachevsky, was the American pioneer of electronic music.
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Lugge, John
English composer John Lugge (c. 1587-c. 1647) was organist and lay vicar-choral of Exeter cathedral.
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Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Baroque composer Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) was born in Italy and christened as Giovanni Battista Lulli.
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Lumbye, Hans Christian
Danish composer Hans Christian Lumbye (1810-1874) conducted dance orchestras, often leading his own works. Sons Carl and Georg were likewise composers and conductors.
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Lumsdaine, David
Australian-born British composer David Lumsdaine (1931-) built much of his corpus on a foundation of serialism.
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Lupo, Thomas, the Elder
English composer and musician Thomas Lupo the Elder (?1571-1627/8) paralleled the career of another of the same name.
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Lusitano, Vicente
Portuguese composer Vicente Lusitano (ND; composed during 1550-60) was a member of the Papal Choir and noted theorist.
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Lusse, Charles de
Charles de Lusse (?1720/25-c. 1774), French flutist and teacher, left behind many brilliant works and the treatise L'Art de la flûte traversière.
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Lutosławski, Witold
(1913-1994), Warsaw, Poland. An important figure in 20th century music, he won many international prizes including the UNESCO Prize (1959,1968), the French order of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (1982), Grawemeyer Award (1985), Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal (1986).
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Lutyens, Agnes Elisabeth
English composer Agnes Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983), daughter of noted architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, often seemed a walking contradiction.
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Luython, Carl
Flemish organist and composer Carl Luython (c. 1556-1620) mainly followed the late conservative style of the Netherlands in his sacred music, madrigals, and keyboard works.
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Luzzaschi, Luzzasco
Italian composer Luzzasco Luzzaschi (c. 1545-1607) spent his entire life in Ferrara. Most noted as keyboard player and singer during his own life, his surviving works include madrigals, motets, and keyboard works.
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Lvov, Alexei Feodorovich
Lithuanian-born composer Alexei Feodorovich Lvov (1798-1870) composed the Russian anthem God Save the Tsar, which Tschaikovsky worked into his 1812 Overture and which became a common hymn tune in the Christian Church.
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Lyadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich
Russian Romantic composer Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov was born in St. Petersberg in 1855. He produced few large-scale works and that may have contributed to the general neglect he and his music suffered.
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Lyapunov, Sergei Mikhailovich
Russian composer and pianist Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov (1859-1924), a friend of Balakirev, was influenced by Russia's Late Romantic nationalism.
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Lyatoshynsky, Boris Mykolayovich
Ukrainian composer Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshynsky (1895-1968) is honored as the father of contemporary Ukrainian music.
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Lysenko, Mykola Vytalyevych
(1842-1912)
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Lyudkevych, Stanislav Pylypovych
Ukrainian composer Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych (1879-1979) was also a theorist, a philologist interested in folklore, and student of music, including that of his native land.
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Łuciuk, Juliusz
Polish composer Juliusz Łuciuk (1927-) composed in a number of genres, including ballet, opera, instrumental, and vocal.
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