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Maayani, Ami Maayani, Ami View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Israeli composer Ami Maayani (1936-) has written a variety of stage, instrumental, and vocal works, including a large body of harp pieces.
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MacCunn, Hamish MacCunn, Hamish View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Scottish composer Hamish MacCunn (1868-1916) was also a conductor and a teacher at the Royal Academy of Music and the Guildhall School of Music.
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MacDowell, Edward Alexander MacDowell, Edward Alexander View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860-1908) was an American composer, virtuoso pianist, and intellectual. Proud of his Scots Protestant heritage, he changed his family name from McDowell back to that of his great-grandfather.
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Mace, Thomas Mace, Thomas View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
English composer Thomas Mace (1612?-1706?) wrote a defense of English music over the French style favored by Charles II in th 1676 tome Musick's Monument.
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Maceda, José Maceda, José View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Filipino composer José Maceda (1917-2004) was also an accomplished pianist and a noted ethnomusicologist.
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Macfarren, George Alexander, Sir Macfarren, George Alexander, Sir View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
English composer George Alexander Macfarren (1813-1887) wrote operas, songs, hymns, and instrumental music and was also an author and editor.
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Macfarren, Walter Cecil Macfarren, Walter Cecil View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
English composer Walter Cecil Macfarren (1826-1905) wrote works for piano and voice, taught piano, and was a music critic.
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Machaut, Guillaume de Machaut, Guillaume de View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Medieval French composer Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377) was probably educated in Reims, and served various members of the French high nobility.
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Mackenzie, Alexander Campbell, Sir Mackenzie, Alexander Campbell, Sir View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Scottish composer and conductor Alexander Campbell Mackenzie (1847-1935) was also an accomplished violinist. His oratorio The Rose of Sharon contributed to his lasting fame.
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MacMillan, Ernest Alexander Campbell, Sir MacMillan, Ernest Alexander Campbell, Sir View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Canadian composer, conductor, and organist Ernest Alexander Campbell MacMillan (1893-1973) helped define Canadian music for much of the 20th Century.
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MacMillan, James MacMillan, James View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Scottish composer James MacMillan (1959-) includes energy, emotion, religion, and his native land's folk music in his works.
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Maconchy, Elizabeth, Dame Maconchy, Elizabeth, Dame View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Anglo-Irish composer Elizabeth Maconchy may be one of the most underrated string composers the British Isles have ever produced.
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Macque, Giovanni de Macque, Giovanni de View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
(1559-1614) Flemish composer who took residence in Italy. As a musician he played the organ and was known for his teaching.
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Maderna, Bruno Maderna, Bruno View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer Bruno Maderna (1920-1973) was a prodigy as violinist and conductor before studying composition.
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Maderna, Osmar Héctor Maderna, Osmar Héctor View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Argentinian composer Osmar Héctor Maderna (1918-1951) specialized in his nation's dance music and was called "The Chopin of the Tango."
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Madetoja, Leevi Antti Madetoja, Leevi Antti View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Finnish composer Leevi Antti Madetoja (1887-1947) carried nationalist romanticism into the 20th Century while also synthesizing much of the newer French music into his works.
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Maegaard, Jan Carl Christian Maegaard, Jan Carl Christian View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Danish composer Jan Carl Christian Maegaard (1926-) was strongly influenced by Schoenberg, who he also studied extensively as a music theorist.
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Maessens, Pieter Maessens, Pieter View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Franco-Flemish composer Pieter Maessens (c. 1505-1563) was first a soldier and then a priest before embarking on his musical career.
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Magle, Frederik Magle, Frederik View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Danish composer, organist, and pianist Frederik Magle (1977-) began composing when only five years old.
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Magnard, Lucien Denis Gabriel Albéric Magnard, Lucien Denis Gabriel Albéric View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
French composer Lucien Denis Gabriel Albéric Magnard (1865-1914) wrote mainly orchestral, operatic, and chamber works.
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Mahler, Alma Schindler Mahler, Alma Schindler View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Austrian composer Alma Schindler (1879-1964) composed Lieder and instrumental works as well as beginning an opera before marrying Gustav Mahler in 1902.
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Mahler, Gustav Mahler, Gustav View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Mahler was born into a poor Jewish family in the town of Kali?te in Bohemia.
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Maier, Michael Maier, Michael View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
(1558-1622?) writer, diplomat, physician, poet, classical scholar, alchemist and Rosicrucian apologist, was born at Rendsburg, educated at the University of Rostock, and later received his doctorate of medicine at Basel.
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Maklakiewicz, Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, Jan Adam View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Polish composer Jan Adam Maklakiewicz (1889-1954) followed the newer, experimental styles during his early career but later reverted to a simpler style and spent much of his later years writing Masses and other church music.
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Malawski, Artur Malawski, Artur View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Polish composer Artur Malawski (1904-1957) studied under Sikorski and was influenced by Szymanowski.
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Malec, Ivo Malec, Ivo View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Slovak composer and conductor Ivo Malec (1925-) was among the first Yugoslavs to gain international renown for his compositions.
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Malipiero, Gian Francesco Malipiero, Gian Francesco View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973) produced a considerable body of original works, including symphonic, vocal, piano, and operatic.
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Malling, Otto Valdemar Malling, Otto Valdemar View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Danish composer Otto Valdemar Malling (1848-1915) wrote many organ works along with orchestral and other pieces.
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Malvezzi, Cristofano Malvezzi, Cristofano View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer Cristofano Malvezzi (1547-1599) worked for the Medici family, was canon and organist of several Florentine churches, and wrote madrigals and instrumental music.
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Mamangakis, Nicos Mamangakis, Nicos View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Greek composer Nicos Mamangakis (1929-) studied under Orff and Genzmer. Among his works are a number of film scores.
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Manchicourt, Pierre de Manchicourt, Pierre de View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Franco-Flemish composer Pierre de Manchicourt (c. 1510-1564) rose from choirboy to choir director and, finally, master of Philip II's Flemish chapel in Madrid.
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Mancinelli, Luigi Mancinelli, Luigi View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian conductor and composer Luigi Mancinelli (1848-1921) championed classic German operas and demanded fidelity to the score.
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Mancini, Francesco Mancini, Francesco View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
(1672-1737) Italian organist and composer. Mancini is typically Neapolitan. His concertos are imbued with the kind of pungent harmonic shifts which made early eighteenth-century Neapolitan opera sound so dramatic.
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Mancini, Henry Mancini, Henry View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini (1924-1994) - American composer of film scores. Films include 'The Glen Miller Story', 'The Benny Goodman Story', 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' (with the unforgettable 'Moon River'), and 'Days of Wine and Roses'.
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Manfredini, Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, Francesco Onofrio View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
(1684-1762) Italian violinist and composer. He became the head of music at St. Philip's Cathedral in Pistoia in 1727, where he remained until his death in 1762.
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Manfredini, Vincenzo Manfredini, Vincenzo View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer Vincenzo Manfredini (1737-1799), son of Francesco, spent much of his time in Russia in the Tsar's court.
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Manziarly, Marcelle de Manziarly, Marcelle de View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
French-born of Russian and American parentage, Marcelle de Manziarly (1899-1989) was a composer and a renowned pianist.
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Manzoni, Giacomo Manzoni, Giacomo View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer Giacomo Manzoni (1932-) includes opera and electronic music among his chosen genres.
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Marais, Marin Marais, Marin View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Spending most of his life in service to French King Louis XIV, Marin Marais (1656-1728) was one of the premier bass viola da gamba players of the Baroque Period and a respected composer.
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Marcello, Alessandro Marcello, Alessandro View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
(1684-1750) Venetian composer. Marcello did not publish many works but his "Oboe Concerto in D-mol" was his best known composition probably because it was transcribed by J.S.
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Marcello, Benedetto Marcello, Benedetto View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
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Marchetto da Padova Marchetto da Padova View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer and theorist Marchetto da Padova (b. 1274?; fl. 1305-26) is best known for his treatises Lucidarium and Pomerium.
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Marenzio, Luca Marenzio, Luca View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer Luca Marenzio (1553-1599) wrote a large number of madrigals plus many motets and villanellas.
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Mariani, Angelo Maurizio Gaspare Mariani, Angelo Maurizio Gaspare View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer Angelo Maurizio Gaspare Mariani (1821-1873) received greater fame as a conductor and musical director who introduced and promoted some of the 19th Century's greatest operas and composers.
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Mariétan, Pierre Mariétan, Pierre View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Swiss composer Pierre Mariétan (1935-) went from a Boulez-inspired style to guided improvisation.
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Marini, Biagio Marini, Biagio View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer Biagio Marini (c. 1587-1663) was a violinist and contributed to the development of the instrument and the sonata form.
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Marino, Carlo Antonio Marino, Carlo Antonio View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian Carlo Antonio Marino (c. 1670-c. 1717) was an accomplished violinist and cellist. Much of his extant music features these two instruments.
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Marinuzzi, Gino, Jr. Marinuzzi, Gino, Jr. View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Son of the noted composer, Gino Marinuzzi, Jr. (1920-) wrote orchestral and film music, including the score to Terrore nello spazio.
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Marinuzzi, Gino, Sr. Marinuzzi, Gino, Sr. View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Gino Marinuzzi, Sr. (1882-1945) wrote operas and other works. However, his greatest claim to fame is conducting the operas of others, most notably Wagner and Strauss.
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Markevitch, Igor Markevitch, Igor View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer and conductor Igor Marketvich (1912-1983) was born in Russia but his family fled in 1914.
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Maros, Miklós Maros, Miklós View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Hungarian born composer Miklós Maros (1943-) was born in a musical family. His mother was a musician, his father noted composer Rudolf Maros.
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Maros, Rudolf Maros, Rudolf View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Hungarian composer Rudolf Maros (1917-1982) moved from folk influences toward 12-note serialism.
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Marpurg, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, Friedrich Wilhelm View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
German composer, music writer, and theorist Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (1718-1795) is better known for his writings about Bach's fugues than for his own works.
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Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Wynton View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1961. After attending Juilliard he pursued performing careers (trumpet)in both jazz and classical music.
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Marschner, Heinrich August Marschner, Heinrich August View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
German composer Heinrich August Marschner (1795-1861) originally intended a legal career but meeting Beethoven inspired him to follow a musical path.
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Marsh, John Marsh, John View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
English composer John Marsh (1752-1828) also wrote about music. One of his principal publications was A Comparison between the Ancient and Modern Styles of Music, which examined the Baroque and Classical periods.
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Marshall, Ingram Marshall, Ingram View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
American composer Ingram Marshall has used everything from modern electronics to the ancient Indonesian gamelon in his works.
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Marshall-Hall, George William Louis Marshall-Hall, George William Louis View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Anglo-Australian composer, conductor, and professor George William Louis Marshall-Hall (1862-1915) shocked Melbourne upon his arrival in 1891 with his bohemian, atheistic, and socialist ways.
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Martin, Frank Martin, Frank View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Swiss composer Frank Martin (1890-1974), born into a French Huguenot family and the son of a Calvinist minister, was inspired toward a musical vocation when he heard Bach's St.
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Martinez, Odaline de la Martinez, Odaline de la View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Cuban-born Anglo-American conductor and composer Odaline de la Martinez wrote books, composed the opera Sister Aimee, founded the ensemble Lontano and the record company Lorelt, and led the European Women's Orchestra and the London Chamber Symphony.
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Martini, Giovanni Battista, Padre Martini, Giovanni Battista, Padre View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian monk, priest, and composer Giovanni Battista Martini (1706-1784) also taught and wrote on music.
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Martini, Johannes Martini, Johannes View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Flemish composer Johannes Martini (c. 1440-1487/8) spent his entire later career in Ferrara serving Duke Ercole I.
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Martini, Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, Johann Paul Aegidius View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
German composer Johann Paul Aegidius Martini (1741-1816) composed in a variety of genres, notably opera and other vocal music and is best known for the song Piacer d'amor.
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Martino, Donald James Martino, Donald James View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
American composer Donald Martino was born in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1931. He began music lessons at nine, learning to play the clarinet, saxophone, and oboe, and started composing at 15.
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Martinon, Jean Martinon, Jean View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
French conductor and composer Jean Martinon (1910-1976) served time as a prisoner of the Germans during World War II.
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Martinů, Bohuslav Jan Martinů, Bohuslav Jan View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Twentieth Century Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959) went through a series of personal and musical changes during his life.
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Martín y Soler, Atanasio Martín Ignacio Vicente Tadeo Francisco Pellegrín Martín y Soler, Atanasio Martín Ignacio Vicente Tadeo Francisco Pellegrín View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Spanish composer Atanasio Martín Ignacio Vicente Tadeo Francisco Pellegrín Martín y Soler (1754-1806) was active in Spain, Italy, and Russia.
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Martirano, Salvatore Giovanni Martirano, Salvatore Giovanni View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
American composer, inventor, and teacher Salvatore Giovanni Martirano (1927-1995) developed what Science Digest called "the world's first composing machine," the Sal Mar Construction.
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Martucci, Giuseppe Martucci, Giuseppe View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer Giuseppe Martucci (1856-1909) was a pianist praised by Liszt and Anton Rubenstein, a teacher, and a leader in the late Romantic renaissance of Italian instrumental music.
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Marx, Adolf Bernhard Marx, Adolf Bernhard View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
German music theorist, writer, and composer Adolf Bernhard Marx (1795-1866) wrote the technical work Die Lehre von der musikalischen Komposition.
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Marx, Joseph Marx, Joseph View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Austrian Romantic composer Joseph Marx (1882-1964) lived most of his life after the Romantic Period ended, yet his form of Impressionism is intimately tied to that bygone era.
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Marx, Karl Marx, Karl View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Not to be confused with the political and economic theorist, German composer Karl Marx studied with Orff and wrote a large body of choral music.
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Masaoka, Miya Masaoka, Miya View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Washington, D.C.-born Miya Masaoka (1958-) integrates jazz, Western classical music, electronic music, traditional Japanese music, and free improvisation in her works.
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Mascagni, Pietro Mascagni, Pietro View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) is chiefly remembered as composer for the one-act opera Cavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Cavalry.
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Maschera, Florentio Maschera, Florentio View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Composer, organist, violist, and violinist Florentio Maschera (c. 1540-c. 1584) wrote some of the earliest works for instrumental ensembles.
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Mason, Daniel Gregory Mason, Daniel Gregory View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
American composer Daniel Gregory Mason (1873-1953), grandson of Lowell Mason, produced three symphonies, chamber works, and songs.
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Mason, Lowell Mason, Lowell View: News Rack - DMoz

Massé, Victor Massé, Victor View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
French composer Victor Massé (1822-1884) wrote over 20 operas, with the opéra comique offering Les noces de Jeannette and certain romances and operettas bringing him the most lasting fame.
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Massenet, Jules Emile Frédéric Massenet, Jules Emile Frédéric View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
(1854-1912) Principally an opera composer he also wrote ballets and oratorios. He was a professor at the Paris Conservatoire and very influential on other French composers of the late 19th century.
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Mata, Eduardo Mata, Eduardo View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Mexican composer and conductor Eduardo Mata (1942-1995) was also renowned as a conductor and is credited with elevating the Dallas (Texas) Symphony Orchestra to world-class status.
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Mather, James Bruce Mather, James Bruce View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Canadian composer and concert pianist Bruce Mather (1939-) composed in a variety of styles for numerous genres.
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Matheus de Sancto Johanne Matheus de Sancto Johanne View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Medieval French composer Matheus de Sancto Johanne, also known as Mayshuet, flourished in the last quarter of the 14th Century.
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Mathews, Max Vernon Mathews, Max Vernon View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
American composer and computer scientist Max Vernon Mathews worked with Bell Labs in the area of computer sound synthesis, Stanford University, and IRCAM in Paris.
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Mathias, William James Mathias, William James View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Welsh composer William James Mathias (1934-1992) is noted for his tonal music and choral works.
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Matsudaira, Yoritsune Matsudaira, Yoritsune View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Japanese composer Yoritsune Matsudaira (1907-) changed styles throughout his long career but focused on instrumental music.
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Matteis, Nicola the Elder Matteis, Nicola the Elder View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Anglo-Italian violinist and composer Nicola Matteis was in England by the 1670s amd likely died after 1714.
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Matteis, Nicola the Younger Matteis, Nicola the Younger View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
English-born composer and violinist Nicola Matteis the Younger (late 1670s-1760) spent much of his career in the Viennese imperial court.
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Matteo da Perugia Matteo da Perugia View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer Matteo da Perugia (??-1418) spent much of his career serving the Archbishop of Milan.
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Mattheson, Johann Mattheson, Johann View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
German composer Johann Mattheson (1681-1764), a child prodigy who sang in the Hamburg Opera was also a virtuoso organist, personal friend of Handel, and theorist.
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Matthews, Colin Matthews, Colin View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
English composer Colin Matthews (1946-) worked with Deryck Cooke and Benjamin Britten.
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Matthews, David Matthews, David View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
English composer David Matthews (1943-) counted Britten, Tippett, and Schoenberg among his influences.
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Mauduit, Jacques Mauduit, Jacques View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
French composer Jacques Mauduit (1557-1627), a member of the aristocracy, wrote in the musique mesurée style.
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Mauersberger, Rudolf Mauersberger, Rudolf View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
German conductor and composer Rudolf Mauersberger (1889-1971) is most noted for his leadership of the Dresdner Kreuzchor.
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Maw, John Nicholas Maw, John Nicholas View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Anglo-American composer John Nicholas Maw (1935-) studied with Berkeley and Boulanger. Works include comic operas, orchestral pieces, and chamber music.
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Maxwell Davies, Peter Maxwell Davies, Peter View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
English composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1934-) has worked in a number of styles but seems most influenced by Renaissance and Medieval music.
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May, Frederick May, Frederick View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Irish composer Frederick May (1911-1985) studied under such luminaries as Vaughn Williams and Wellesz. Noted works include Scherzo for Orchestra, Songs from Prison, and String Quartet in C Minor.
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Maynard, John Maynard, John View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
English composer and lutenist John Maynard (1576/7-1614/33). His The XIII Wonders of the World combined serious works with a series of satires on stock characters of the period.
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Mayone, Ascanio Mayone, Ascanio View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer Ascanio Mayone (c. 1565-1627) spent much of his life in his native Naples.
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Mayr, Johann Simon Mayr, Johann Simon View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
German composer Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845) studied under Bertoni and spent most of his career in Italy composing operas, religious music, and other works, teaching, and organizing performances of the works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
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Mayuzumi, Toshirô Mayuzumi, Toshirô View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Japanese composer Toshirô Mayuzumi (1929-1997) studied under Ikenouchi, Ifukube, and Aubin. He introduced avant-garde music to Japan, worked with electronic and tape music, and from the late 1950s onward involved more traditional Japanese and Buddhist traditions in his works.
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Mazzinghi, Joseph Mazzinghi, Joseph View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
English composer Joseph Mazzinghi (1765-1844) studied under J. C. Bach, was music director and harpsichordist of the King's Theatre, and taught piano (among his students was the Princess of Wales).
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Mazzocchi, Domenico Mazzocchi, Domenico View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer Domenico Mazzocchi (1592-1665) counted Cardinal Ippolito Aldobrandini and Pope Urban VIII among his patrons.
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Mazzocchi, Virgilio Mazzocchi, Virgilio View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer Mazzocchi, Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597-1646) studied under his brother Domenico before entering a series of positions as maestro di cappella and writing a number of sacred and secular vocal works and operas.
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Mazzucato, Alberto Mazzucato, Alberto View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian composer Alberto Mazzucato (1813-1887) also taught, wrote on musical topics, and was maestro direttore e concertatore at La Scala.
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McCabe, John McCabe, John View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
English composer John McCabe was born in Huyton, Liverpool, in 1939. He and trained as a musician at Manchester University and the Royal Manchester College of Music.
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McEwan, John Blackwood, Sir McEwan, John Blackwood, Sir View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Scottish composer John Blackwood McEwan (1868-1948) wrote orchestral, choral, chamber, and instrumental music. Among his more ambitious projects was a setting of Milton's Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity for chorus and orchestra.
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McGibbon, William McGibbon, William View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Scottish composer William McGibbon (c. 1690-1756) was also an accomplished violinist.
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McPhee, Colin Carhart McPhee, Colin Carhart View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
American composer and ethnomusicologist Colin Carhart McPhee (1900-1964). Much of his life was involved in the research and performance of Balinese music.
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Meale, Richard Graham Meale, Richard Graham View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Australian composer Richard Graham Meale (1932-) moved through various influences including Messiaen, Boulez, and Japanese art.
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Mechem, Kirke Mechem, Kirke View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
American composer Kirke Mechem (1925-) wrote instrumental and choral music but is most known for his operas.
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Medtner, Nikolai Karlovich Medtner, Nikolai Karlovich View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
(1880-1951) He was born in Moscow and trained as a pianist and composer at the Moscow Conservatory where he also taught for a while.
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Belgian composer Louis August Edmond Hendrik de Meester (1904-1987) earned an early living playing everywhere from silent films in his native land to a café in Morocco.
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Méfano, Paul Méfano, Paul View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
French composer Paul Méfano (1937-), a student of Messiaen and Milhaud, also became a noted conductor.
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Méhul, Étienne-Nicolas Méhul, Étienne-Nicolas View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
French composer Étienne-Nicolas Méhul (1763-1817) sometimes known as Étienne-Henri, was especially known for his contributions to opéra comique and his general utilization of the orchestra in opera.
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Mellers, Wilfrid Howard Mellers, Wilfrid Howard View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
English composer and music writer Wilfrid Howard Mellers (1914-) studied English and music at Cambridge and composition under Edmund Rubbra and Egon Wellesz.
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Melli, Domenico Maria Melli, Domenico Maria View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
While neither the birth nor death dates are known for Italian composer Domenico Maria Melli, it is known that he flourished during the early 17th Century and was for a time a lawyer.
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Mellnäs, Arne Mellnäs, Arne View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Swedish composer Arne Mellnäs (1933-2002) studied, taught, and worked in Europe, Japan, and the United States.
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Mendelssohn, Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn, Arnold Ludwig View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
German composer Arnold Ludwig Mendelssohn (1855-1933) was a second cousin once removed of Felix. He taught Hindemith and championed Lutheran church music, especially that of Bach and Schütz.
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Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jakob Ludwig Felix View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) was grandson of Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. Born in Hamburg, brought up in Berlin, he was a piano prodigy in his youth.
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Mendelssohn Hensel, Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn Hensel, Fanny Cäcilie View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel (1805-1847) was born in Hamburg to parents Abraham Mendelssohn, a banker and litterateur, and Leah Solomon, an amateur musician and artist.
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Mengelberg, Josef Willem Mengelberg, Josef Willem View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Dutch composer and conductor Josef Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951) led the Amsterdam Concertgebouw into the forefront of international orchestras but suffered as a result of working under the Nazis during the Second World War.
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Mengelberg, Karel Mengelberg, Karel View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Dutch composer, critic, and conductor Karel Mengelberg ((1902-1984) led orchestras in Germany and elswhere and wrote in numerous genres.
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Mengelberg, Kurt Rudolf Mengelberg, Kurt Rudolf View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Dutch composer and conductor Kurt Rudolf Mengelberg (1892-1959) was nephew of Willem, brother of Karel, and uncle of Misha Mengelberg.
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Mengelberg, Misha Mengelberg, Misha View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Dutch composer Misha Mengelberg (1935-) was born in St. Petersberg, Russian SSR, to a Dutch composer (Karel) and a German harpist.
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Menotti, Gian Carlo Menotti, Gian Carlo View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Born in 1911 in Cadegliano, Italy, Menotti came to the United States in 1928 to study at the Curtis Institute.
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Messiaen, Olivier Messiaen, Olivier View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
(1908-1992), Avignon, France. Influential French composer, teacher of both Karlheinz Stockhausen and Pierre Boulez, many of his compositions were influenced by Roman Catholic theology.
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Meyerbeer, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
French-German composer Giacomo Meyerbeer was born in 1791 in Vogelsdorf, Germany as Yaakov Liebmann Beer.
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Mikołaj z Radomia Mikołaj z Radomia View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Polish composer Mikołaj z Radomia (c. 1400-c. 1450) was among Poland's first truly European composers.
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Milhaud, Darius Milhaud, Darius View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
French composer Darius Milhaud (1892-1974), a member of Les Six, was influenced by American jazz and popular Brazilian music: ragtime, maxixe, samba, and tango.
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Minkus, Ludwig Minkus, Ludwig View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
(1826-1917) Worked mostly in Paris and St. Petersburg as a violinist, conductor and ballet composer.
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Moeran, Ernest John Moeran, Ernest John View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
English-Irish composer Ernest John "Jack" Moeran (1894-1950) was the son of a Norfolk clergyman of Irish descent.
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Molter, Johann Melchior Molter, Johann Melchior View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
German Baroque Period composer Johann Melchior Molter (1696-1765) produced an enormous number of works, including some 170 known symphonies.
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Monteverdi, Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi, Claudio Giovanni Antonio View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Italian Renaissance composer Claudio Monteverdi ((1567-1643) showed the way for other composers leaving Medieval style behind.
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Moondog Moondog View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Avant-garde composer and conductor born Louis T. Hardin on May 26, 1916. He lost his sight in his teens when a dynamite cap exploded and studied music at the Iowa School for the Blind.
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Moore, Douglas Stuart Moore, Douglas Stuart View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
(1893-1969), Long Island, New York. He studied with Horatio Parker at Yale and Vincent D'Indy and Nadia Boulanger in Paris.
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Moore, Undine Smith Moore, Undine Smith View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Undine Smith Moore (1904-1988), a graduate of Fisk University, taught music for forty-five years at Virginia State College, Pertersburg, Virginia.
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Moravec, Paul Moravec, Paul View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in music.
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Morley, Thomas Morley, Thomas View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
(1557-1602) English composer best known for his madrigals and his development of the art form.
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Morricone, Ennio Morricone, Ennio View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Ennio Morricone (1928-) was a classmate of Sergio Leone in Italy and forged a partnership with the director at the beginning of the "Spaghetti Western" period.
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Mozart, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Franz Xaver Wolfgang View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Franz Xaver Mozart.
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Mozart, Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Chrysostom Wolfgang Amadeus View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Christened Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, Austrian Classical Period composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) ranks among the greatest composers of all time.
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Mozart, Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Johann Georg Leopold View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Leopold Johann Georg Mozart (1719-1787) was violinist in the orchestra of the Archbishop of Salzburg.
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Mumma, Gordon Mumma, Gordon View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Gordon Mumma (1935-) was born in Framingham, Massachusetts. An accomplished French horn player, he became involved with electronic music in its infancy and was one of the first composers to use his own circuitry designs in composition and performance.
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Munro, Ian Munro, Ian View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Australian composer and pianist Ian Munro is comfortable playing in a variety of styles and periods, both as solo performer and as part of the Australia Ensemble.
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Musgrave, Thea Musgrave, Thea View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Scottish-born Thea Musgrave (1928-) is especially noted as an opera composer, as well as a conductor.
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Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky was born in 1839, in the Karevo, district of Pskov and died in 1881 in St.
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Myaskovsky, Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky, Nikolai Yakovlevich View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Nikolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky (1881-1950) studied under Glière, Liadov, and Rimsky-Korsakov. He wrote symphonies, sonatas, and various other instrumental pieces.
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Møller, Peter Møller, Peter View: News Rack - Sub-Categories - DMoz
Danish composer 1947-1999.
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