Music and musicians of Pennsylvania
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| A Becket, Thomas (b. 1843 d. 1918) | organ, critic |
| Adgate, Andrew (b. 1762 d. 1793) | organ, choir conductor |
| Albrecht, Mecklenberger |
| Aldrich, Percy Dunn (b. 1863 d. 1933) | singer, composer |
| Alwyne, Horace (b. 1891 a. 1912) | piano, composer |
| Anderson, Marian (b. 1897 d. 1993) | accordion, chanteur |
| Appel, Richard Gilmore (b. 1889 d. 1975) | organ, composer |
| Aronoff, Max (b. 1907) | viola, violin |
| Ayres, Eugene Edmund (b. 1859 d. 1920) | professor of Greek, amateur musician |
| Babcock, Alpheus (b. 1785 d. 1842) | piano maker |
| Bader, Helen D. (b. 1898) |
| Baltzell, Winton James (b. 1864 d. 1928) | teacher, editor |
| Barber, Samuel (b. 1910 d. 1981) | baritone, composer |
| Barbour, Inez (d. 1971) | soprano |
| Barnes, Edward Shippen (b. 1887 d. 1958) | manager, organ |
| Baseler, Dorothy Johnston | harp |
| Bawden, Clarence K. (b. 1887) | conductor, piano |
| Beck, Jean Baptiste (b. 1881 d. 1943) | musicologist, philologist |
| Beckel, James Cox (b. 1811) | organ, composer |
| Behrent, John (a. 1774) | piano maker |
| Beissel, Johann Conrad (b. 1690 d. 1768) | composer |
| Belov, Joel | violin |
| Benson, Louis Fitzgerald (b. 1855 d. 1930) | editor, psalmodist |
| Bidwell, Marshall (b. 1893) | organ teacher |
| Bispham, David Scull (b. 1857 d. 1921) | baritone, vocals |
| Bixby, Allene K. | organ, piano |
| Black, James M. (b. 1858) |
| Blake, George E. (b. 1775 d. 1871) | lyricist, music engraver |
| Bliss, Philip Paul (b. 1838 d. 1876) | itinerant Baptist music teacher, hymn composer |
| Blitzstein, Marc (b. 1905 d. 1964) | author, cast |
| Bok, Mary Louise Curtis (b. 1875 d. 1970) | music patron |
| Bonaccoroa, Antonio (b. 1893) |
| Borch, Gaston Louis Christopher (b. 1871 d. 1926) | cello, conductor |
| Boyd, Charles N. (b. 1875 d. 1937) | organ, editor |
| Braun, John Frederick (b. 1867 d. 1939) | piano, violin |
| Braun, Robert (b. 1886) | piano |
| Breil, Joseph Carl (b. 1870 d. 1926) | singer, conductor |
| Bremner, James (d. 1780 a. 1763) | composer, teacher |
| Brockenshire, James O. (b. 1865 d. 1938) | composer, arranger |
| Brosky, Frank James (b. 1889) | violin |
| Brown, William (a. 1783 active: 1784) | flute |
| Bull, Ole Bornemann (b. 1810) | violin, Violinvirtuos |
| Burleigh, Henry Thacker (b. 1866 d. 1949) | composer, singer |
| Burtler, Will George | composer, violin |
| Cadman, Charles Wakefield (b. 1881 d. 1946) | composer, piano |
| Caley, Neville Herbert | organ, composer |
| Callender, Romaine (b. 1857) | lyricist, composer |
| Campbell, LeRoy Brotzman (b. 1873) | music educator, writer on music |
| Candidus, William (b. 1845 d. 1910) | tenor |
| Carey, Bruce Anderson (b. 1876 d. 1960) | choral director, choral conductor |
| Carr, Benjamin (b. 1768 d. 1831) | publisher, composer |
| Chesnutt, Nelson Alexander (b. 1872 d. 1940) |
| Clarke, Hugh Archibald (b. 1839 d. 1927) | conductor, music educator |
| Cohn, Arthur (b. 1910) | composer, author |
| Combs, Gilbert Raynolds (b. 1863 d. 1934) | organ, choir master |
| Connell, Horatio (b. 1876 d. 1936) | bass-baritone, Bass |
| Cooke, James Francis (b. 1875 d. 1960) | editor, organ |
| Cross, Benjamin (b. 1786 d. 1857) | singer, conductor |
| Cross, Michael Hurley (b. 1833 d. 1897) | organ, educator |
| Curry, W. Lawrence (b. 1906 d. 1966) |
| Dann, Hollis Ellsworth (b. 1861 d. 1939) | musician, educator |
| Davis, Katherine Kennicott (b. 1892 d. 1980) | composer, hymnologist |
| De Cevee, Edwin J. (b. 1863 d. 1918) | organ, composer |
| De Luca, Edmond (b. 1910) | composer |
| Demmler, Oscar William (b. 1892) | musicologist, music educator |
| Diffenbach, John | pipe organ maker |
| Diton, Carl Rossini (b. 1886 d. 1962) | piano, composer |
| Douty, Nicholas (b. 1870) | tenor, teacher of singing |
| Duddy, John H. (b. 1904) | music educator, choral director |
| Duss, John S. (b. 1860 d. 1951) | cornet, bandmaster |
| Eakin, Vera O. (b. 1890 d. 1977) | composer, hymnologist |
| Earhart, Will (b. 1871 d. 1960) | choir conductor, music educator |
| Eddy, Nelson (b. 1901 d. 1967) | baritone, vocals |
| Edmundson, Garth (b. 1895) | composer |
| Elkan, Henri (b. 1897 d. 1980) | music publisher |
| Elmore, Robert Hall (b. 1913 d. 1985) | organ, composer |
| Engelmann, Hans (b. 1872 d. 1914) | composer |
| Erb, John Lawrence (b. 1877 d. 1950) | composer, organ |
| Erb, John Warren (b. 1887 d. 1948) | composer, teacher |
| Erb, Mae-Aileen | piano, composer |
| Evans, Edwin (b. 1876) | singer, educator |
| Evans, George Marks (b. 1860 d. 1929) | organ, composer |
| Evans, Wilbur (b. 1906) | baritone, cast |
| Fairlamb, James Remington (b. 1837 d. 1908) | organ, teacher |
| Falk, Jules (a. 1914) | violin, conductor |
| Felton, William M. (b. 1887) | composer, teacher |
| Fillion, Ferdinand (b. 1892) | violin, teacher |
| Finney, Theodore Mitchell (b. 1902 d. 1978) | musicologist |
| Floyd, Alan | organ, composer |
| Foerster, Adolph Martin (b. 1854 d. 1927) | organ, composer |
| Foster, Stephen Collins (b. 1826 d. 1864) | bass guitar, composer |
| Franklin, Benjamin (b. 1706 d. 1790) | author, statesman |
| Freed, Isadore (b. 1900 d. 1960) | composer, teacher |
| Freer, Eleanor Warner Everest (b. 1864 d. 1942) | composer |
| Fry, Henry S. (b. 1875 d. 1946) | organ, composer |
| Fry, William Henry (b. 1813 d. 1864) | composer, critic |
| Frysinger, J. Frank (b. 1878 d. 1954) | church organist, composer |
| Gaul, Harvey Bartlett (b. 1881 d. 1945) | composer, church organist |
| Gehot, Joseph (b. 1756 d. 1820 a. 1790) | violin, composer |
| Geibel, Adam (b. 1855 d. 1933) | composer, organ |
| Genet, Marianne (b. 1876) | composer |
| Gest, Elizabeth (a. 20th century |
arranger, teacher |
| Gilchrist, William Wallace (b. 1846 d. 1916) | church organist, composer |
| Gillingham, George (d. 1826 a. 1784) | violin, cello |
| Gillis, P. | cello |
| Goepp, Philip Henry (b. 1864 d. 1936) | composer, lawyer |
| Golz, Walter (b. 1881) | piano, composer |
| Graf, Grace |
| Greenewalt, Mary Elizabeth Hallock- (b. 1871) | piano, author |
| Grey, Frank Herbert (b. 1883 d. 1951) | composer, conductor |
| Hahn, Frederick Elias (b. 1869) | violin, music educator |
| Hamilton, Eber C. | organ |
| Harding, Milton (b. 1895) | composer |
| Hartmann, Arthur (Martinus) (b. 1881 d. 1956) | violin, teacher |
| Heckscher, Celeste de Longpre (b. 1860 d. 1928) | composer |
| Henry, Hugh Thomas (b. 1862 d. 1946) | composer |
| Hesselius, Gustavus (a. 1742) | organ builder |
| Heyser, Elwood K. (b. 1863) | composer |
| Hinkle, Florence (b. 1885 d. 1940) | soprano |
| Hipsher, Edward Ellsworth (b. 1871) | editor, composer |
| Hofmann, Josef (Casimir) (b. 1876 d. 1957) | composer, Klavier |
| Hohnstock, Carl (b. 1828 d. 1889) | violin, piano |
| Homer, Louise (b. 1871) | contralto, vocals |
| Hopkinson, Francis (b. 1737 d. 1791) | statesman, musician |
| Hopkinson, Joseph (b. 1770 d. 1842) | lawyer, poet |
| Huneker, James Gibbons (b. 1857 d. 1921) | critic, essayist |
| Ilgenfritz, McNair (b. 1886 d. 1953) | piano, composer |
| Jarvis, Charles (b. 1837 d. 1895) | piano, composer |
| Jennings, Arthur Bates (b. 1887) | organ, choir master |
| Johnson, Alfred (b. 1900) | organ, teacher |
| Johnstone, Arthur Edward (b. 1860 d. 1944) | theorist, editor |
| Jones, Addison (b. 1906) | piano, teacher |
| Kagan, Pescha (b. 1908) | piano |
| Kaufmann, Harry (b. 1894 d. 1961) | piano |
| Kincaid, William Morris (b. 1895 d. 1967) | flute, principal |
| Kinder, Ralph (b. 1876 d. 1952) | organ, composer |
| Klemm, Johann Gottlob (b. 1690 d. 1762) | organ builder |
| Kneass, Nelson (b. 1823 d. 1868) | composer, leader |
| Koch, Caspar Petrus (b. 1872 d. 1970) | organ, composer |
| Kohlmann, Clarence (b. 1891 d. 1944) | composer, arranger |
| Korson, George G. (d. 1967) | folklorist |
| Kountz, Richard (b. 1896 d. 1950) | composer |
| Langston, Marie Stone | contralto |
| Lemon, Melvin (b. 1906) | organ, teacher |
| Leopold, Ralph Hermann (b. 1884 d. 1955) | concert pianist |
| Leps, Vassili (b. 1870 d. 1943) | composer, conductor |
| Lerch, Louise (d. 1967) | soprano |
| Levant, Oscar (b. 1906 d. 1972) | cast, composer |
| Lewando, Ralph (b. 1891) | composer, violin |
| Lifschey, Samuel (b. 1889) | viola, principal |
| Lindsay, George LeRoy (b. 1888) | musicologist |
| Lippa, Kate Ockleston (b. 1856) |
| Loud, Thomas (b. 1762 d. 1833) | piano maker |
| Lowry, Robert (b. 1826 d. 1899) | composer, compiler of Sunday school songs |
| Macdonald, Jeannette (Anna) (b. 1907 d. 1965) | cast, soprano |
| Madeira, Louis Cephas (a. 1843-1858) | writer on music, manager |
| Malchereck, Karl August (b. 1872) | violin, teacher |
| Matthews, Harvey Alexander (b. 1879 d. 1973) | music educator, conductor |
| Maxson, Frederick (b. 1862 d. 1934) | organ, composer |
| McCollin, Frances (b. 1892 d. 1960) | composer, conductor |
| McCurdy, Alexander (b. 1905 d. 1983) | organ |
| McDonald, Harl (b. 1899 d. 1955) | composer, piano |
| Meisle, Kathryn (b. 1899 d. 1970) | contralto, vocals |
| Meyer, Conrad (d. 1881) | piano maker |
| Miller, Christine (b. 1877 a. 1916) | contralto |
| Miller, Russell King (b. 1871 d. 1939) | organ, composer |
| Mitchell, Viola (b. 1911) | interprete, violin |
| Mohr, Hermann (b. 1830 d. 1896) | music director, composer |
| Moller, John Christopher (b. 1755 d. 1803 a. 1790) | composer, organ |
| Nearing, Homer (b. 1895) | composer, organ |
| Nevin, Arthur (Finlay) (b. 1871 d. 1943) | composer, music educator |
| Nevin, Ethelbert (Woodbridge) (b. 1862 d. 1901) | composer |
| Nevin, George Balch (b. 1859 d. 1933) | composer, baritone |
| Nevin, Gordon Balch (b. 1892 d. 1943) | organ, composer |
| Nordoff, Paul (b. 1909 d. 1977) | composer, music therapist |
| Nordon, N. Lindsay (b. 1887) | organ, conductor |
| Norton, Albert Reeves (b. 1870) | organ, teacher |
| O'Brien, J. Vick | musicologist |
| Oetting, William H. (b. 1875 d. 1969) | piano, organ |
| Orem, Preston Ware (b. 1865 d. 1938) | organ, editor |
| Ormandy, Eugene (b. 1899 d. 1985) | card, conductor |
| Ornstein, Leo (b. 1892) | composer, piano |
| Peabody, A. Jackson (b. 1882) |
| Peery, Rob Roy (b. 1900 d. 1973) | composer |
| Phile, Phillip (d. 1793) | violin, composer |
| Pratt, Silas Gamaliel (b. 1846 d. 1916) | composer, author |
| Pratt, Waldo Selden (b. 1857 d. 1939) | scholar, educator |
| Presser, Theodore (b. 1848 d. 1925) | publisher, music patron |
| Rebe, Louise Christine (b. 1900) | piano, composer |
| Reiff, Stanley T. (b. 1881) | organ, composer |
| Reinagle, Alexander (b. 1756 d. 1809) | composer, piano |
| Reinagle, Alexander Robert (b. 1799 d. 1877) | organ |
| Rich, Thaddeus (b. 1885 d. 1969) | violin, conductor |
| Richter, William Benson (b. 1901) | song composer, lyricist |
| Risher, Anna Priscilla (b. 1875) | composer |
| Rohrer, Gertrude Martin (b. 1875) | composer |
| Rosenberry, M. Claude (b. 1889) | music educator |
| Rosenkrans, George Hendricks (b. 1881 d. 1955) | organ, composer |
| Royer, Clarence de Vaux (b. 1874 d. 1919) | violin, teacher |
| Russell, Dallmeyer (b. 1886) | piano, teacher |
| Sankey, Ira David (b. 1840 d. 1908) | evangelist singer, song leader |
| Sawyer, Henry S. (b. 1864 d. 1941) | composer, editor |
| Scott, Henri (b. 1876 d. 1942) | bass, musician |
| Shields, Thomas Edgar (b. 1877) | organ |
| Spaeth, Sigmund (b. 1885 d. 1965) | composer, critic |
| Steiner, William Kossuth (b. 1874) | piano, composer |
| Stokowski, Leopold (Anthony) (b. 1882 d. 1977) | cast, conductor |
| Stults, Robert Morrison (b. 1860 d. 1933) | composer |
| Sykes, Harry A. (b. 1887) | musicologist, composer |
| Taylor, Rayner (b. 1747 d. 1825) | composer, organ |
| Thunder, Henry Gordon (b. 1865) | organ, composer |
| Tily, Herbert James (b. 1866) | composer, choir conductor |
| Tomer, William Gould (b. 1833 d. 1896) | composer |
| Towner, Daniel Brink (b. 1850 d. 1919) | composer of gospel hymns |
| Truxall, Earl (b. 1893) |
| Van Vleck, Jacob (b. 1751 d. 1831) | composer |
| Verrees, Leon B. (b. 1893) |
| Vincent, Henry Bethuel (b. 1872 d. 1941) | organ, choir master |
| Von Grabill, S. Becker (b. 1873) |
| Ward, Frank Edwin (b. 1872) | composer, organ |
| Watson, Mabel Madison | composer |
| Weaver, Powell (b. 1890 d. 1951) | accompanist, composer |
| Webster, Beveridge | piano |
| Wells, John Barnes (b. 1880 d. 1935) | tenor, teacher |
| Wentzell, William |
| Whitmer, Thomas Charles (b. 1873 d. 1959) | organ, composer |
| Wickham, Florence Pauline (b. 1880 d. 1962) | composer, contralto |
| Wignell, Thomas (b. 1753 d. 1803) | actor, theater manager |
| Winner, Septimus (b. 1827 d. 1902 a. 1870) | composer, lyricist |
| Wittell, Chester (b. 1893) | composer, piano |
| Wolle, John Frederick (b. 1863 d. 1933) | choir conductor, organ |
| Wood, Dave Duffle (b. 1838 d. 1910) | organ, composer |
| Yost, Gaylord (b. 1888 d. 1958) | violin, teacher |
| Zech, Frederick (b. 1858 d. 1926) | conductor, composer |
| Zeckwer, Camille (b. 1875 d. 1924) | piano, composer |
| Zeckwer, Richard (b. 1850 d. 1922) | piano, inventor |
| Zitterbardt, Fidelis (b. 1845 d. 1915) | violin, composer |