California composers : biographical notes
Compiled by Jessica M. Fredericks, Federation Chairman of Music in Libraries
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| Alchin, Carolyn | teacher |
| Arrillaga, Santiago (b. 1847 d. 1915) | composer, piano |
| Arriola, Alfred (b. 1882) | composer |
| Attl, Kajetan | composer |
| Aylwin, Josephine Crew (b. 1878 a. 1919) | organ, teacher |
| Bacon, Ernst (b. 1898 d. 1990) | composer, conductor |
| Baldwin, Anita M. (b. 1876) | composer |
| Bartlett, Lucy Seator | piano, teacher |
| Battram, Florence Colby (b. 1889) | composer |
| Beal, Bernice (a. 1911) | violin, piano |
| Becker, Grace | composer |
| Beckett, Wheeler Martin Alfred (b. 1898 d. 1986) | composer |
| Bendix, Otto Julius Emanuel (b. 1845) | oboe, piano |
| Bendix, Theodore (b. 1863 d. 1935) | composer, music director |
| Beringer, Joseph (b. 1866 d. 1922) | teacher, composer |
| Betty, Helen Magaret (b. 1893) | composer |
| Bevitt, Zay Rector (b. 1866) | piano, composer |
| Biggs, Richard Keys (b. 1886 d. 1962) | organ |
| Blickfelt, Fredrik Ernst (b. 1887) | composer, teacher of singing |
| Bloch, Ernest (b. 1880) | composer, compositore |
| Bodley, J. Russell (b. 1902) | composer |
| Bond, Carrie Jacobs (b. 1862 d. 1946) | composer, publisher |
| Borissoff, Josef (Piastro) (b. 1890) | composer |
| Brandt, Noah (b. 1859 d. 1926) | composer |
| Breil, Joseph Carl (b. 1870 d. 1926) | singer, conductor |
| Brescia, Domenico (b. 1866 a. 1900) | artista, compositor |
| Bruguiere, Emil Antoine (b. 1876) | composer |
| Bush, Grace E. (b. 1884) | piano, composer |
| Cadman, Charles Wakefield (b. 1881 d. 1946) | composer, piano |
| Callinan, Gale W. (b. 1882) | composer |
| Campanari, Leandro (b. 1857 d. 1939) | violin, conductor |
| Carrington, Otis Mills (b. 1884) | composer |
| Cator, Thomas Vincent (b. 1886 d. 1931 a. 1919) | composer |
| Chalfin, Mabel (d. 1928) | composer |
| Chaney, Charles Ross (b. 1886) | composer |
| Chylinski, Charles (Karol) William (b. 1892) | composer |
| Clifford, Beatrice Mary (b. 1880) | composer |
| Cohen, Sol B. (b. 1891) | violin, composer |
| Colby, Frank H. (b. 1869) | organ, composer |
| Courcil, Louis (b. 1888) | composer |
| Cowell, Henry (Dixon) (b. 1897 d. 1965) | composer, Komposition |
| Cowles, Cecil Marion (b. 1898 d. 1968) | composer, piano |
| Crawford, Dorothy (b. 1897) | songwriter, vocals |
| Curtis, Louis Woodson (b. 1885) | piano, composer |
| Danz, Louis (b. 1887) | composer |
| Darvas, Franz (b. 1889 a. 1925) | piano, teacher |
| Davise, Hugo [Hugh Edward] (b. 1907) | piano, composer |
| Diggle, Roland (b. 1885 d. 1954) | organ, choir master |
| Dillon, Fannie Charles (b. 1881 d. 1947) | piano, composer |
| Dohrmann, John Henry (b. 1840 d. 1921 a. 1862) | composer |
| Donner, Max (b. 1884) | violin, composer |
| Douglas, Ernest (b. 1874) | organ, teacher |
| Douillet, Pierre (b. 1861 d. 1936) | piano, composer |
| Eames, Henry Purmont (b. 1872 d. 1950) | piano, composer |
| Earle, Henry Edmond (b. 1876) | composer |
| Edson, Charles Farwell (b. 1864) | bass, teacher of singing |
| Edwards, George (b. 1884 d. 1925) | composer, piano |
| Elkus, Albert Israel (b. 1884 d. 1962) | teacher, composer |
| Ellis, Cecil Osik (b. 1884) | composer |
| Ellis, Melville M. (b. 1875 a. 1902) | composer |
| Engel, S. Camillo (b. 1864 a. 1902) | composer |
| Farnese, Harold (b. 1890) | composer |
| Farrelle, Vitold C. (b. 1903) | violin, conductor |
| Farwell, Arthur (b. 1872 d. 1952) | composer, critic |
| Ferry, Charles Theodore (b. 1890) | piano, organ |
| Fickenscher, Arthur (b. 1871 d. 1954) | composer, piano |
| Fisher, William Arms (b. 1861 d. 1948) | composer, lyricist |
| Fitch, Dudley Warner (b. 1884) | organ |
| France, Leila (b. 1868) | composer |
| Frankel, Bessie Bartlett | songwriter |
| Frankenstein, A.F. (a. 1925) | violin, director |
| Frederiksen, Sigurd Erhard (b. 1884) | composer, cello |
| Fuhrer, Conrad William (b. 1876) | composer |
| Fuller, Arthur Franklin (b. 1880) | composer |
| Gainfort, Emma (b. 1879) | composer |
| Genss, Hermann (b. 1856 d. 1940) | Dirigent, Klavier |
| Gerrish-Jones, Abbie (b. 1863 d. 1929) | critic, writer |
| Gordohn, Theodor Isipovich (b. 1876 d. 1926) | violin |
| Gottschalk, Louis Fedinand (b. 1869 d. 1934) | composer, music director |
| Grassi, Antonio (b. 1880) | violin, piano |
| Green, Ray Burns (b. 1908) | composer, publisher |
| Gregory, Adolf (b. 1863) | composer |
| Greven, Joseph M. (b. 1860) | composer |
| Groton, Frederic (Locksley) (b. 1880) | piano, organ |
| Grunn, Homer (b. 1880) | composer |
| Hadley, Henry (Kimball) (b. 1871 d. 1937) | composer, conductor |
| Hanson, Howard (Harold) (b. 1896 d. 1981) | composer, conductor |
| Harris, Edward (b. 1899) | composer, piano |
| Harris, Roy (b. 1898 d. 1979) | composer, musicisti |
| Hart, Charles (b. 1883) | composer |
| Hartley, Walter Earle (b. 1883) | piano, organ |
| Hartmann, Ernst Charles Ferdinand (b. 1840 d. 1894 a. 1862) | composer |
| Hastings, Ray (b. 1890) | organ, composer |
| Haugh, Benjamin S. (b. 1873) | teacher, composer |
| Heft, Arthur (b. 1872) | composer |
| Heller, Herman (b. 1881) | violin, conductor |
| Herrmann, Frederick (b. 1877) | organ, piano |
| Heyman, Henry (b. 1856) | violin, teacher |
| Heymann, Katherine Ruth Willoughby (b. 1877 d. 1944) | Klavier, piano |
| Hibbs, Cleo Allen (b. 1907) | piano, tenor |
| Hibler, Nellie | composer, musician |
| Hicks, Hobart (b. 1896) | composer |
| Hicks, John Pendleton (b. 1904) | composer |
| Hill, Maurice Schussler | composer |
| Hinrichs, Gustav (b. 1850 d. 1942 a. 1870) | conductor |
| Holmes, Henry (b. 1839 d. 1905) | violin, composer |
| Housman, Rosalie (b. 1888 d. 1949) | composer |
| Hughes, Rupert (b. 1872 d. 1956) | author, composer |
| Jacobi, Frederick (b. 1891 d. 1952) | conductor, composer |
| Jaffa, Ruby M. (b. 1839) | composer |
| Jamison, Abbie Norton | composer |
| Jenkins, Cora W. | teacher, music director |
| Kastner, Alfred (b. 1870 d. 1948) | harp, composer |
| Keller, Lue Alice (b. 1888) | concert pianist, organ |
| Kelley, Edgar Stillman (b. 1857 d. 1944) | organ, composer |
| King, Frank Loui (a. 1895) | composer, teacher |
| Klumpkey, Julia | composer |
| Knott, Marion | composer |
| Koppitz, George (b. 1832 d. 1907 a. 1847-1850) | arranger, composer |
| Lada, Edward (b. 1873) | composer |
| Langstroth, Ivan Shed (b. 1887 d. 1971) | composer |
| Leach, Rowland (b. 1885) | violin, composer |
| Lehmer, Derrick Norman (b. 1867 a. 1933-1934) | composer |
| Lejeal, Alois F. (b. 1840 d. 1920) | composer, piano |
| Lemare, Edwin Henry (b. 1865 d. 1934) | organ, composer |
| Lewis, Franklin J. (b. 1838 d. 1910) | composer |
| Liebling, Georg (Lothar) (b. 1865 d. 1946) | piano |
| Lindsey, Pearl (b. 1879) | composer |
| Lloyd, Robert (b. 1864) | composer |
| Locher, Adolphe (b. 1858) | composer |
| Lorenzo, Leonardo (b. 1875 d. 1962) | flute, composer |
| Lucchesi, Ricardo Astore (b. 1852 d. 1915) | composer |
| Manning, Kathleen Lockhart (b. 1890 d. 1951) | singer, composer |
| Mansfeldt, Hugo Leonhardt (b. 1847 d. 1932) | composer |
| Marcelli, Nino (b. 1890 d. 1967 a. 1920) | composer, cello |
| Marcelli, Ulderico [Rico] (b. 1887 a. 1914) | composer, conductor |
| Martin, Paul (b. 1867) | composer |
| Maurer, Frederick (b. 1873) | composer |
| McCoy, William Johnston (b. 1848 d. 1925) | composer |
| McCray, Bertha (b. 1886) | composer |
| McCurrie, Charles H. (b. 1846 a. 1871) | composer |
| McGettigan, Francisca Vallejo (b. 1875) | composer |
| McNally, Georgia Maud (b. 1901) | composer |
| Metcalf, John William (b. 1856 d. 1926) | songwriter, composer |
| Mihailoff, Sergei (b. 1898) | concert pianist, composer |
| Millard, Harrison (b. 1830 d. 1895) | tenor, composer |
| Moore, Mary Carr [Mary Louise Carr] (b. 1873 d. 1957) | composer, teacher |
| Moore, Willard C. (b. 1887) | composer |
| Oehmler, Leo (b. 1867 d. 1930) | teacher, organ |
| Olds, William Benjamin (b. 1874 d. 1948) | baritone, choir conductor |
| Page, Nathaniel Clifford (b. 1866 d. 1956) | composer |
| Parrott, John (b. 1859 d. 1918) | composer |
| Pascal, Julian (b. 1868 d. 1928) | piano, composer |
| Pasmore, Henry Bickford (b. 1857 d. 1944) | bass, teacher of singing |
| Pease, Sibley Gilbert (b. 1888) | organ, music director |
| Pemberton, Charles Edmond (b. 1867) | violin, composer |
| Pendleton, Emmet (b. 1887) | concert pianist, composer |
| Perlet, Herman (b. 1863 d. 1918) | composer, lyricist |
| Persinger, Louis (b. 1887 d. 1966) | Geige, violin |
| Peycke, Frieda (a. 1910) | piano, recitalist |
| Pinkham, Adelaide Tillinghart (b. 1843) | organ, soprano |
| Pratt, John Haraden (b. 1848 d. 1938) | organ, composer |
| Preston, Matilee Loeb Evans (b. 1879) | piano, cornet |
| Puyans, Buenaventura Emilio (b. 1883 d. 1957) | Flote, flute |
| Quinn, Alfred Price (b. 1885) | piano teacher, composer |
| Rasbach, Oscar (b. 1888 d. 1975) | composer, piano teacher |
| Redding, Joseph D. (b. 1859 d. 1932 a. 1911) | lawyer, composer |
| Ridder, Allard (b. 1887 d. 1966) | conductor, violin |
| Risher, Anna Priscilla (b. 1875) | composer, organ |
| Roeckel, Joseph (Jean Guillaume) (b. 1827 d. 1906) | composer |
| Roma, Caro (b. 1869 d. 1937) | cast, composer |
| Roma, Elise Parlow (b. 1858) | composer |
| Rosenbloom, Sydney (b. 1889 d. 1967 a. 1921) | piano, composer |
| Rosewald, Jacob (b. 1841 d. 1895) | violin, composer |
| Ross, Gertrude (a. 1898) | composer, musician |
| Rothwell, Walter Henry (b. 1872 d. 1927) | conductor, composer |
| Rudhyar, Dane (b. 1895 d. 1985) | composer, writer |
| Sabin, Wallace Arthur (b. 1860 d. 1937 a. 1894) | organ, composer |
| Salz, Henri E. (b. 1878) | composer |
| Saunders, Laurel Nemeth (b. 1903) | composer |
| Saunders, Richard Drake (b. 1898) | editor, composer |
| Schneider, Edward Faber (b. 1872) | composer, musician |
| Schramm, Paloma (b. ERR1>) | composer |
| Schulz, Leo (b. 1865 d. 1944) | cello |
| Search, Frederick Preston (b. 1889 d. 1959) | cello, composer |
| Seaver, Blanche Ebert (b. 1891) | composer |
| Seeger, Charles (Louis) (b. 1886 d. 1979) | musicologist, composer |
| Seyler, Julius V. (b. 1864 a. 1907) | piano, teacher |
| Silva, Giulio (b. 1875 a. 1926) | composer, teacher of singing |
| Simmons, Homer (b. 1900 d. 1971) | piano, composer |
| Sistarelli, Umberto (b. 1891 a. 1920) | violin, composer |
| Smale, Lola Gwin | composer |
| Stark, Edward J. (b. 1861 d. 1918) | Kantor, composer |
| Stein, Heinrich Curt (b. 1877) | composer |
| Stevenson, Frederick (b. 1845) | composer, conductor |
| Stewart, Humphrey John (b. 1854 d. 1932) | organ, conductor |
| Stone, Roberta Russell Summers (b. 1886) | composer |
| Tandler, Adolf (b. 1875 d. 1955 a. 1910) | composer, viola |
| Tandler, Heinrich Joseph (b. 1881) | composer |
| Teale, Agnes Rachel (b. 1881) | composer |
| Tebbs, Charles Harding (b. 1841) | composer |
| Thatcher, Gladys Knesel (b. 1894) | soprano, composer |
| Tovey, Herbert George (b. 1888) | composer |
| Towner, Earl (b. 1890) | music educator, composer |
| Trowbridge, Carrie Adelaide (b. 1883) | piano, teacher |
| Troyer, Carlos (b. 1837 d. 1920) | composer, arranger |
| Usigli, Gastone (b. 1897) | composer, compositore |
| Vargas, Giullaume (b. 1878 d. 1924) | composer |
| Vogt, Theodore (b. 1852 d. 1926) | composer |
| Von der Mehden, J. Louis (b. 1873) | composer |
| Wachtmeister, Axel Raoul (b. 1865 d. 1947) | composer |
| Waldrop, Uda (b. 1885) | composer, organ |
| Warnke, Frederick William [Fritz] (b. 1892) | composer |
| Warren, Elinor Remick (b. 1900 d. 1991) | composer, piano |
| Weber, Bertha Anna (b. 1887) | composer |
| Weil, Oscar (b. 1839 d. 1921) | composer, critic |
| Weinstock, Jacob (b. 1881) | composer |
| Westgate, Elizabeth (b. 1871) | piano, organ |
| Whitcomb, Pearl Hossack (b. 1888) | composer |
| Wicks, Ingvald Kristian (b. 1892 d. 1967) | composer |
| Wicks, Ruby La Nora (b. 1889) | composer |
| Widener, Stanley F. (b. 1873) | composer, organ |
| Wilson, Harriet (b. 1870) | composer |
| Wismer, Hother | composer |
| Woods, Glenn H. (b. 1875) | organ, conductor |
| Zech, Frederick (b. 1858 d. 1926) | conductor, composer |
| Zielinski, Jaroslaw (b. 1847 d. 1922) | piano, composer |