| 单词 | musician |
| 释义 | musician (once / 331 pages) n Anyone who plays music can be called a musician. Whether you're playing the cello on stage at Carnegie Hall or playing the harmonica on a subway platform, you're a musician. While this word is most often used to mean a professional instrumentalist, it can also refer to someone who writes or sings music, and even your brother's friend who occasionally plays the drums in a Led Zeppelin cover band. Musician originally meant "one skilled in music," from the Latin musica, "the art of music and poetry," which has a Greek root, mousike, "art of the Muses." WORD FAMILYmusician: musicians, musicianship+/music: musical, musician, musics/musical: musicality, musically, musicalness, musicals, nonmusical, unmusical/unmusical: unmusicalest, unmusically USAGE EXAMPLESThe venue, called Reina, is perched on the Bosporus and is popular with Istanbul’s elite, including musicians and soccer players. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) This will be the first child for Conrad and her 36-year-old musician husband, William Tell. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) And the increased use of music, they say, will only help them do that on a show built around musicians. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper instrumentalist, player Marian Anderson United States contralto noted for her performance of spirituals (1902-1993) Louis ArmstrongUnited States pioneering jazz trumpeter and bandleader (1900-1971) Johann Sebastian BachGerman baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750) Pearl Mae BaileyUnited States singer (1918-1990) Bela BartokHungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945) Charles Edward BerryUnited States rock singer (born in 1931) Marc BlitzsteinUnited States pianist and composer of operas and musical plays (1905-1964) Anton BrucknerAustrian organist and composer of romantic music (1824-1896) William ByrdEnglish organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623) Maria Meneghini CallasGreek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977) Enrico Carusooutstanding Italian operatic tenor (1873-1921) Pablo Casalsan outstanding Spanish cellist noted for his interpretation of Bach's cello suites (1876-1973) Johnny CashUnited States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003) Maurice ChevalierFrench actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972) Frederic Francois ChopinFrench composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849) Arcangelo CorelliItalian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713) Francois CouperinFrench composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733) Harry Lillis CrosbyUnited States singer and film actor (1904-1977) Karl CzernyAustrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857) Miles Dewey Davis Jr.United States jazz musician; noted for his trumpet style (1926-1991) Maria Magdalene von LoschUnited States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992) Placido DomingoSpanish operatic tenor noted for performances in operas by Verdi and Puccini (born in 1941) Antoine DominoUnited States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928) John DowlandEnglish lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626) Bob DylanUnited States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941) Edward Kennedy EllingtonUnited States jazz composer and piano player and bandleader (1899-1974) Georges EnescoRomanian violinist and composer (1881-1955) Manuel de FallaSpanish composer and pianist (1876-1946) Eileen FarrellUnited States operatic soprano noted for the clarity and power of her voice (1920-2002) Ella FitzgeraldUnited States scat singer (1917-1996) Judy GarlandUnited States singer and film actress (1922-1969) John Birks GillespieUnited States jazz trumpeter and exponent of bebop (1917-1993) Benjamin David GoodmanUnited States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986) Stephane GrappelliFrench jazz violinist (1908-1997) Woodrow Wilson GuthrieUnited States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967) William John Clifton Haley Jr.United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981) Lionel HamptonUnited States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (1913-2002) George HarrisonEnglish rock star; lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943-2001) Coleman HawkinsUnited States jazz saxophonist (1904-1969) James Marshall HendrixUnited States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970) Woodrow Charles HermanUnited States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987) Dame Myra HessEnglish pianist (1890-1965) Charles Hardin HolleyUnited States rock star (1936-1959) Lena Calhoun HorneUnited States singer and actress (born in 1917) Marilyn HorneUnited States operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1934) Vladimir HorowitzRussian concert pianist who was a leading international virtuoso (1904-1989) Julio IglesiasSpanish singer noted for his ballads and love songs (born in 1943) Mahalia JacksonUnited States singer who did much to popularize gospel music (1911-1972) Michael Joe JacksonUnited States singer who began singing with his four brothers and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s (born in 1958) Michael Philip JaggerEnglish rock star (born in 1943) Joseph JoachimHungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907) Asa YoelsonUnited States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the first full-length talking film (1886-1950) Janis JoplinUnited States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970) Riley B KingUnited States guitar player and singer of the blues (born in 1925) Fritz KreislerUnited States violinist (born in Austria) (1875-1962) Wanda LandowskaUnited States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959) Sir Harry MacLennan LauderScottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950) Huddie LeadbetterUnited States folk singer and composer (1885-1949) John LennonEnglish rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980) Jerry Lee LewisUnited States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935) Swedish NightingaleSwedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887) Franz LisztHungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886) Madonna Louise CicconeUnited States pop singer and sex symbol during the 1980s (born in 1958) Robert Nesta MarleyJamaican singer who popularized reggae (1945-1981) Dino Paul CrocettiUnited States singer (1917-1995) Sir James Paul McCartneyEnglish rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942) John McCormickUnited States operatic tenor (born in Ireland) (1884-1945) Helen Porter MitchellAustralian operatic soprano (1861-1931) Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel MelchiorUnited States operatic tenor (born in Denmark) noted for his Wagnerian roles (1890-1973) Sir Yehudi MenuhinBritish violinist (born in the United States) who began his career as a child prodigy in the 1920s (1916-1999) Ethel MermanUnited States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984) Thelonious Sphere MonkUnited States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982) James Douglas MorrisonUnited States rock singer (1943-1971) Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe MortonUnited States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941) Marta Brigit NilssonSwedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918) Jessye NormanUnited States operatic soprano (born in 1945) Joseph OliverUnited States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938) Roy OrbisonUnited States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988) Ignace Jan PaderewskiPolish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941) Niccolo PaganiniItalian violinist and composer of music for the violin (1782-1840) Charles Christopher ParkerUnited States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of jazz (1920-1955) Luciano PavarottiItalian tenor (born in 1935) Edith Giovanna GassionFrench cabaret singer (1915-1963) Alice-Josephine PonsUnited States coloratura soprano (born in France) (1904-1976) Rosa Melba PonselleUnited States soprano (1897-1981) Francis PoulencFrench pianist and composer (1899-1963) Elvis Aron PresleyUnited States rock singer whose many hit records and flamboyant style greatly influenced American popular music (1935-1977) Mary Leontyne PriceUnited States operatic soprano (born 1927) Henry PurcellEnglish organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695) Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoffcomposer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943) Paul Bustill RobesonUnited States bass singer and an outspoken critic of racism and proponent of socialism (1898-1976) Anton Grigorevich RubinsteinRussian composer and pianist (1829-1894) Arthur RubinsteinUnited States pianist (born in Poland) known for his interpretations of the music of Chopin (1886-1982) Lillian RussellUnited States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922) Charles Camille Saint-SaensFrench pianist and composer (1835-1921) Artur SchnabelUnited States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951) Clara Josephine SchumannGerman pianist and composer of piano music; renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896) Ernestine Schumann-HeinkUnited States operatic contralto (1861-1936) Albert SchweitzerFrench philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965) Peter SeegerUnited States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919) Andres SegoviaSpanish guitarist who made classical guitar a concert instrument (1893-1987) Rudolf SerkinUnited States concert pianist (born in Czechoslovakia) (1903-1991) Ravi ShankarIndian sitar player who popularized classical Indian music in the West (born in 1920) Arthur Jacob ArshawskyUnited States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004) Belle Miriam SilvermanUnited States operatic soprano (born in 1929) Paul SimonUnited States singer and songwriter (born in 1942) Francis Albert SinatraUnited States singer and film actor (1915-1998) Bessie SmithUnited States blues singer (1894-1937) Kathryn Elizabeth SmithUnited States singer noted for her rendition of patriotic songs (1909-1986) Richard Starkeyrock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940) Isaac SternUnited States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920) Barbra Joan StreisandUnited States singer and actress (born in 1942) Dame Joan SutherlandAustralian operatic soprano (born in 1926) Thomas TallisEnglish organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585) Arthur TatumUnited States jazz pianist who was almost completely blind; his innovations influenced many other jazz musicians (1910-1956) Renata TebaldiItalian operatic soprano (born in 1922) Dame Kiri Janette Te KanawaNew Zealand operatic soprano (born in 1944) Helen TraubelUnited States operatic soprano (1903-1972) Sarah VaughanUnited States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990) Antonio Lucio VivaldiItalian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741) Thomas Wright WallerUnited States jazz musician (1904-1943) Ethel WatersUnited States actress and singer (1896-1977) Hiram King WilliamsUnited States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953) Tammy Wynetter PughUnited States country singer (1942-1998) Lester Willis YoungUnited States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959) Efrem ZimbalistUnited States violinist (born in Russia) (1889-1985) Pinchas ZukermanIsraeli violinist (born in 1948) accompanist, accompanyist a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano) accordionista musician who plays the accordion bandsmana player in a band (especially a military band) bassista musician who play the bass viol bassoonista musician who plays the bassoon bell ringersomeone who plays musical handbells carillonneura musician who plays a carillon cellist, violoncellistsomeone who plays a violoncello clarinetist, clarinettista musician who plays the clarinet flautist, flute player, flutistsomeone who plays the flute gambista musician who performs upon the viola da gamba guitar player, guitarista musician who plays the guitar harmoniser, harmonizera musician who sings or plays in harmony harper, harpistsomeone who plays the harp harpsichordistsomeone who plays the harpsichord hornista musician who plays a horn (especially a French horn) jazz musician, jazzmana musician who plays or composes jazz music keyboardista musician who plays a keyboard instrument koto playera musician who plays the koto lutanist, lutenist, lutista musician who plays the lute oboista musician who plays the oboe organista person who plays an organ percussionista musician who plays percussion instruments pianist, piano playera person who plays the piano bagpiper, pipersomeone who plays the bagpipe recorder playersomeone who plays the recorder rhythm and blues musiciana performer (and sometimes composer) of rhythm and blues music rock 'n' roll musician, rockera performer or composer or fan of rock music saxist, saxophonista musician who plays the saxophone singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizera person who sings sitar playera musician who plays the sitar soloista musician who performs a solo trombone player, trombonista musician who plays the trombone cornetist, trumpetera musician who plays the trumpet or cornet vibist, vibraphonista musician who plays the vibraphone fiddler, violinista musician who plays the violin violista musician who plays the viola altoa singer whose voice lies in the alto clef alto saxophonist, altoista musician who plays the alto saxophone baritone, barytonea male singer bass, bassoan adult male singer with the lowest voice buglersomeone who plays a bugle canarya female singer caroler, carollera singer of carols castratoa male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice choristera singer in a choir contraltoa woman singer having a contralto voice balladeer, croonera singer of popular ballads cymbalista performer on the cymbals drummersomeone who plays a drum folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadoura singer of folk songs hummera singer who produces a tune without opening the lips or forming words lieder singera singer of lieder madrigalista singer of madrigals opera star, operatic starsinger of lead role in an opera pipe majorthe chief piper in a band of bagpipes rappersomeone who performs rap music recitalista musician who gives recitals rock stara famous singer of rock music songstera person who sings sopranoa female singer syncopatora musician who plays syncopated jazz music (usually in a dance band) tenoran adult male with a tenor voice tenor saxophonist, tenorista musician who plays the tenor saxophone thrusha woman who sings popular songs torch singera singer (usually a woman) who specializes in singing torch songs voice(metonymy) a singer warblera singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song xylophonistsomeone who plays a xylophone yodellera singer who changes register rapidly (popular is Swiss folk songs) performer, performing artist an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience 2n artist who composes or conducts music as a profession Exp|Hypo|Hyper Victor Herbert United States musician and composer and conductor noted for his comic operas (1859-1924) Yoko OnoUnited States musician (born in Japan) who married John Lennon and collaborated with him on recordings (born in 1933) Carl OrffGerman musician who developed a widely used system for teaching music to children (1895-1982) Saint Ambrose(Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397) Johann Sebastian BachGerman baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750) Samuel BarberUnited States composer (1910-1981) Bela BartokHungarian composer and pianist who collected Hungarian folk music; in 1940 he moved to the United States (1881-1945) Ludwig van BeethovenGerman composer of instrumental music (especially symphonic and chamber music); continued to compose after he lost his hearing (1770-1827) Vincenzo BelliniItalian composer of operas (1801-1835) Alban BergAustrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935) Irving BerlinUnited States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989) Louis-Hector BerliozFrench composer of romantic works (1803-1869) Leonard BernsteinUnited States conductor and composer (1918-1990) Georges BizetFrench composer best known for his operas (1838-1875) Marc BlitzsteinUnited States pianist and composer of operas and musical plays (1905-1964) Ernest BlochUnited States composer (born in Switzerland) who composed symphonies and chamber music and choral music and a piano sonata and an opera (1880-1959) Aleksandr Porfirevich BorodinRussian composer (1833-1887) Pierre BoulezFrench composer of serial music (born in 1925) Johannes BrahmsGerman composer who developed the romantic style of both lyrical and classical music (1833-1897) Lord Britten of Aldeburghmajor English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976) Max BruchGerman composer (1838-1920) Anton BrucknerAustrian organist and composer of romantic music (1824-1896) William ByrdEnglish organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623) John Milton Cage Jr.United States composer of avant-garde music (1912-1992) Hoagland Howard CarmichaelUnited States songwriter (1899-1981) Carlos ChavezMexican composer of nationalistic works using themes from Indian folk music (1899-1978) Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio CherubiniItalian composer of church music and operas (1760-1842) Frederic Francois ChopinFrench composer (born in Poland) and pianist of the romantic school (1810-1849) George Michael CohanUnited States songwriter and playwright famous for his patriotic songs (1878-1942) Aaron CoplandUnited States composer who developed a distinctly American music (1900-1990) Arcangelo CorelliItalian violinist and composer of violin concertos (1653-1713) Francois CouperinFrench composer of music for organ and a member of a family of distinguished organists (1668-1733) Sir Noel Pierce CowardEnglish dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973) Karl CzernyAustrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857) Claude Achille DebussyFrench composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918) Clement Philibert Leo DelibesFrench composer of operas (1836-1891) Frederick DeliusEnglish composer of orchestral works (1862-1934) Antoine DominoUnited States rhythm and blues pianist and singer and composer (born in 1928) Gaetano DonizettiItalian composer of operas (1797-1848) John DowlandEnglish lutenist and composer of songs for the lute (1563-1626) Paul DukasFrench composer (1865-1935) Antonin DvorakCzech composer who combined folk elements with traditional forms (1841-1904) Bob DylanUnited States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born in 1941) Sir Edward William ElgarBritish composer of choral and orchestral works including two symphonies as well as songs and chamber music and music for brass band (1857-1934) Georges EnescoRomanian violinist and composer (1881-1955) Manuel de FallaSpanish composer and pianist (1876-1946) Arthur Fiedlerpopular United States conductor (1894-1979) Stephen Collins FosterUnited States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864) Cesar FranckFrench composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890) George GershwinUnited States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937) Mikhail Ivanovich GlinkaRussian composer (1804-1857) Christoph Willibald von GluckGerman composer of more than 100 operas (1714-1787) Benjamin David GoodmanUnited States clarinetist who in 1934 formed a big band (including black as well as white musicians) and introduced a kind of jazz known as swing (1909-1986) Charles Francois GounodFrench composer best remembered for his operas (1818-1893) George Percy Aldridge GraingerUnited States composer (born in Australia) who lived in London and collected English folk songs (1882-1961) Edvard Hagerup GriegNorwegian composer whose work was often inspired by Norwegian folk music (1843-1907) Woodrow Wilson GuthrieUnited States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967) Jacques Francois Fromental Elie HalevyFrench operatic composer (1799-1862) George Frederick Handela prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759) William Christopher HandyUnited States blues musician who transcribed and published traditional blues music (1873-1958) Franz Joseph Haydnprolific Austrian composer who influenced the classical form of the symphony (1732-1809) Woodrow Charles HermanUnited States jazz musician and bandleader (1913-1987) Paul HindemithGerman neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963) Charles Hardin HolleyUnited States rock star (1936-1959) Arthur HoneggerSwiss composer (born in France) who was the founding member of a group in Paris that included Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau (1892-1955) Engelbert HumperdinckGerman composer of six operas and other incidental music (1854-1921) Jacques Francois Antoine IbertFrench composer (1890-1962) Charles Edward IvesUnited States composer noted for his innovative use of polytonality (1874-1954) Joseph JoachimHungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907) Scott JoplinUnited States composer who was the first creator of ragtime to write down his compositions (1868-1917) Aram KachaturianArmenian composer who incorporated oriental folk music (1903-1978) Jerome David KernUnited States composer of musical comedies (1885-1945) Aram Ilich KhachaturianRussian composer (born in Armenia) whose works are romantic and reflect his interest in folk music (1903-1978) Sergei Aleksandrovich KoussevitzkyUnited States conductor (born in Russia) who was noted for performing the works of contemporary composers (1874-1951) Leonard Constant LambertEnglish composer and conductor (1905-1951) Orlando di LassoBelgian composer (1532-1594) Huddie LeadbetterUnited States folk singer and composer (1885-1949) Franz LeharHungarian composer of light operas (1870-1948) John LennonEnglish rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980) Franz LisztHungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886) Baron Lloyd Webber of SydmontonEnglish composer of many successful musicals (some in collaboration with Sir Tim Rice) (born in 1948) Frederick LoeweUnited States composer (born in Austria) who collaborated with Lerner on several musicals (1901-1987) Jean Baptiste LullyFrench composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687) Edward MacDowellUnited States composer best remembered as a composer of works for the piano (1860-1908) Gustav MahlerAustrian composer and conductor (1860-1911) Jules Emile Frederic MassenetFrench composer best remembered for his pop operas (1842-1912) Sir James Paul McCartneyEnglish rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942) Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-BartholdyGerman musician and romantic composer of orchestral and choral works (1809-1847) Gian Carlo MenottiUnited States composer (born in Italy) of operas (born in 1911) Jakob Liebmann BeerGerman composer of operas in a style that influenced Richard Wagner (1791-1864) Darius MilhaudFrench composer of works that combine jazz and polytonality and Brazilian music (1892-1974) Alton Glenn MillerUnited States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944) Claudio MonteverdiItalian composer (1567-1643) Douglas MooreUnited States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartprolific Austrian composer and child prodigy; master of the classical style in all its forms of his time (1756-1791) Modest Petrovich MoussorgskyRussian composer of operas and orchestral works (1839-1881) Carl August NielsenDanish composer (1865-1931) Jacques OffenbachFrench composer of many operettas and an opera (1819-1880) Roy OrbisonUnited States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988) Eugene OrmandyUnited States conductor (born in Hungary) (1899-1985) Seiji OzawaUnited States conductor (born in Japan in 1935) Giovanni Pierluigi da PalestrinaItalian composer (1526-1594) Walter PistonUnited States neoclassical composer (1894-1976) Cole Albert PorterUnited States composer and lyricist of musical comedies (1891-1946) Francis PoulencFrench pianist and composer (1899-1963) Sergei Sergeyevich ProkofievRussian composer of ballets and symphonies and operas (1891-1953) Giacomo PucciniItalian operatic composer noted for the dramatic realism of his operas (1858-1924) Henry PurcellEnglish organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695) Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoffcomposer and piano virtuoso born in Russia (1873-1943) Jean-Philippe RameauFrench composer of operas whose writings laid the foundation for the modern theory of harmony (1683-1764) Maurice RavelFrench composer and exponent of Impressionism (1875-1937) Stephen Michael ReichUnited States composer (born in 1936) Ottorino RespighiItalian composer remembered for his symphonic poems (1879-1936) Nikolai Andreyevich Rimski-KorsakovRussian composer of operas and orchestral works; often used themes from folk music (1844-1908) Richard RodgersUnited States composer of musical comedies (especially in collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II and with Lorenz Hart) (1902-1979) Sigmund RombergUnited States composer (born in Hungary) who composed operettas (1887-1951) Giloacchino Antonio RossiniItalian composer remembered for his operas (1792-1868) Anton Grigorevich RubinsteinRussian composer and pianist (1829-1894) Charles Camille Saint-SaensFrench pianist and composer (1835-1921) Erik Alfred Leslie SatieFrench composer noted for his experimentalism and rejection of Romanticism (1866-1925) Artur SchnabelUnited States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951) Arnold SchoenbergUnited States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951) Franz Seraph Peter SchubertAustrian composer known for his compositions for voice and piano (1797-1828) Robert Alexander SchumannGerman romantic composer known for piano music and songs (1810-1856) Clara Josephine SchumannGerman pianist and composer of piano music; renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896) Aleksandr Nikolayevich ScriabinRussian composer of orchestral and piano music (1872-1915) Andres SegoviaSpanish guitarist who made classical guitar a concert instrument (1893-1987) Roger Huntington SessionsUnited States composer who promoted 20th century music (1896-1985) Arthur Jacob ArshawskyUnited States clarinetist and leader of a swing band (1910-2004) Dmitri Dmitrievich ShostakovichRussian composer best known for his fifteen symphonies (1906-1975) Johan Julius Christian SibeliusFinnish composer (1865-1957) Paul SimonUnited States singer and songwriter (born in 1942) Bedrich SmetanaCzech composer (1824-1884) Stephen SondheimUnited States composer of musicals (born in 1930) John Philip Sousaa United States bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932) Leopold Antoni Stanislaw StokowskiUnited States conductor (born in Britain) (1882-1977) Strauss the ElderAustrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849) Strauss the YoungerAustrian composer and son of Strauss the Elder; composed many famous waltzes and became known as the `waltz king' (1825-1899) Richard StraussGerman composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949) Igor Fyodorovich Stravinskycomposer who was born in Russia but lived in the United States after 1939 (1882-1971) Arthur Seymour SullivanEnglish composer of operettas who collaborated with the librettist William Gilbert (1842-1900) George SzellUnited States conductor (born in Hungary) (1897-1970) Thomas TallisEnglish organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585) Joseph Deems TaylorUnited States composer and music critic (1885-1966) Peter Ilich Tchaikovskyimportant Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893) Georg Philipp TelemannGerman baroque composer (1681-1767) Virgil Garnett ThomsonUnited States composer who collaborated with Gertrude Stein (1896-1989) Arturo ToscaniniItalian conductor of many orchestras worldwide (1867-1957) Edgar VareseUnited States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965) Ralph Vaughan WilliamsEnglish composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958) Guiseppe Fortunino Francesco VerdiItalian operatic composer (1813-1901) Heitor Villa-LobosBrazilian composer (1887-1959) Antonio Lucio VivaldiItalian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741) Wilhelm Richard WagnerGerman composer of operas and inventor of the musical drama in which drama and spectacle and music are fused (1813-1883) Bruno WalterGerman conductor (1876-1962) Sir William Turner WaltonEnglish composer (1902-1983) Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von WeberGerman conductor and composer of romantic operas (1786-1826) Kurt WeillGerman composer; collaborated with Bertolt Brecht (1900-1950) Hiram King WilliamsUnited States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953) Hugo WolfAustrian composer (1860-1903) Sir Henry Joseph WoodEnglish conductor (1869-1944) adapter, arranger, transcriber a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance cantor, choirmaster, precentorthe musical director of a choir composersomeone who composes music as a profession conductor, director, music directorthe person who leads a musical group virtuosoa musician who is a consummate master of technique and artistry contrapuntista composer who specializes in counterpoint bandleaderthe leader of a dance band bandmasterthe conductor of a band drum majorthe leader of a marching band or drum corps drum majorette, majorettea female drum major orchestratoran arranger who writes for orchestras psalmista composer of sacred songs ballad maker, songster, songwritera composer of words or music for popular songs symphonista composer of symphonies artist, creative person a person whose creative work shows sensitivity and imagination |
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