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| Abe, Keiko (b. 1943) | marimba, composer |
| Anderson, Marian (b. 1897 d. 1993) | accordion, chanteur |
| Arlen, Harold (b. 1905 d. 1986) | cast, composer |
| Armstrong, Louis (b. 1900) | cast, composer |
| Ashkenazy, Vladimir Davidovich (b. 1937) | conductor, piano |
| Baker, Julius (b. 1915) | flauta, flute |
| Barrows, John R. (b. 1913 d. 1974) | composer |
| Basie, [William] (b. 1904 d. 1984) | bandleader, composer |
| Bennett, Robert Russell (b. 1894 d. 1981) | arranger, composer |
| Bennett, Tony (b. 1926 a. 1951) | singer, vocals |
| Benny, Jack (b. 1894 d. 1974) | comedian |
| Benson, Warren Frank (b. 1924) | composer, teacher |
| Bertoncini, Gene (b. 1937) | composer, guitar |
| Biggs, E. Power [Edward George Power] (b. 1906 d. 1977) | organ, pedal harpsichord |
| Bloch, Suzanne (b. 1907) | lute, luth |
| Boulez, Pierre (b. 1925) | composer, conductor |
| Bream, Julian (Alexander) (b. 1933) | alaude, guitar |
| Brubeck, Dave [David Warren] (b. 1920) | alto saxophone, composer |
| Bundra, Francis (b. 1927) | viola |
| Burge, David (Russell) (b. 1930) | composer, piano |
| Caldwell, Sarah (b. 1924) | opera impresario, conductor |
| Carter, Elliott (Cook) (b. 1908) | composer, Komposition |
| Carter, Ron [Ronald Levin] (b. 1937) | bass (instrument), bass |
| Casadesus, Robert (Marcel) | Klavier, pianista |
| Celentano, John (a. 1960) | violin |
| Chavez y Ramirez, Carlos (Antonio de Padua) (b. 1899) | composer, conductor |
| Copland, Aaron (b. 1900) | composer, Dirigent |
| Cowell, Henry (Dixon) (b. 1897 d. 1965) | composer, Komposition |
| Craighead, David (b. 1924) | organ, editor |
| Crumb, George (Henry) (b. 1929) | composer, music educator |
| De Gaetani, Jan (b. 1933 d. 1989) | mezzo-soprano |
| Desmond, Paul (b. 1924 d. 1977) | alto saxophone |
| Diamond, David (Leo) (b. 1915) | composer, musicisti |
| Dickenson, Vic [Victor] (b. 1906 d. 1984) | trombone, vocals |
| Dorati, Antal (b. 1906 d. 1988) | conductor, director |
| Downes, Olin [Edwin Olin] (b. 1886 d. 1955) | critic |
| Ellington (b. 1899 d. 1974) | composer, direttore d'orchestra |
| Evans, Bill (b. 1929 d. 1980) | composer, flute |
| Fennell, Frederick (b. 1914) | conductor, composer |
| Fitzgerald, Ella (b. 1920 a. 1936) | composer, interprete |
| Foss, Lukas (b. 1922 a. 1937) | composer, conductor |
| Galway, James (b. 1939) | conductor, flauto |
| Garner, Erroll (Louis) (b. 1921 d. 1977) | musicista, piano |
| Getz, Stan [Stanley] (b. 1927 d. 1991) | tenor saxophone, leader |
| Gillespie, Dizzy [John Birks] (b. 1917) | tromba, trumpet |
| Gould, Glenn (Herbert) (b. 1932 d. 1982) | Klavier, piano |
| Grappelli, Stephane (b. 1908) | guitar, violin |
| Haas, Karl (b. 1900 d. 1970) | Buchhandlung, conductor |
| Hall, Herb [Herbert] (b. 1907) | clarinet, alto saxophone |
| Hanson, Howard (Harold) (b. 1896 d. 1981) | composer, conductor |
| Heiller, Anton (b. 1923 d. 1979) | basso continuo, organ |
| Hendl, Walter (b. 1917) | conductor, piano |
| Herman, Woody (b. 1913 d. 1987) | bandleader, clarinet |
| Horne, Lena (b. 1917 a. 1943) | cast, singer |
| Horne, Marilyn (Bernice) (b. 1929) | interprete, mezzo-soprano |
| Horowitz, Vladimir (Samoilovich) (b. 1904 d. 1989) | concert pianist, Klavier |
| Husa, Karel (b. 1921) | composer, trumpet |
| Iturbi, Jose (b. 1895 d. 1980) | piano, conductor |
| Jarrett, Keith Daniel (b. 1945) | piano, pianoforte |
| Jones, Thad (b. 1923 d. 1986) | cornet, trumpet |
| Khachaturian, Aram Il'yich (b. 1903 d. 1978) | composer |
| Kipnis, Igor (b. 1930) | harpsichord, clavichord |
| Knitzer, Joseph (b. 1913) | violin |
| Kreisler, Fritz (b. 1875) | composer, compositore |
| Landon, H.C. Robbins [Howard Chandler Robbins] (b. 1926) | musicologist, musikforsker |
| Larrocha, Alicia (b. 1923) | piano, pianoforte |
| Legrand, Michel (b. 1932 a. 1953) | arranger, author |
| Leinsdorf, Erich (b. 1912) | conductor, direttore sostituto |
| Lewis, Henry (b. 1932) | cast, composer |
| Maderna, Bruno (b. 1920 d. 1973) | composer, conductor |
| Mangione, Chuck [Charles Frank] (b. 1940) | trumpet, trumpeter |
| Mariano, Joseph (b. 1911) | flute |
| McPartland, Jimmy (b. 1907 d. 1991) | cornet, trumpet |
| McPartland, Marian (b. 1920) | piano, composer |
| Melchior, Lauritz (b. 1890 d. 1973) | cast, sanger |
| Mennin, Peter (b. 1923 d. 1983) | composer, teacher |
| Menuhin, Yehudi (b. 1916) | conductor, Dirigent |
| Miller, Mitch [Mitchell William] (b. 1911) | cor anglais, oboe |
| Miquelle, Georges (b. 1896) | cello |
| Mitropoulos, Dimitri (b. 1896 d. 1960) | conductor, direttore d'orchestre |
| Monteux, Pierre (Benjamin) (b. 1875 d. 1964) | conductor, direttore d'orchestre |
| Moore, Mike (a. 1978) | string bass |
| Mulligan, Gerry [Gerald Joseph] (b. 1927) | arranger, baritone sax |
| Munch, Charles (b. 1891 d. 1968) | chef d'orchestre, conductor |
| Nelson, Oliver (Edward) (b. 1932 d. 1975) | composer, arranger |
| Oistrakh, David (Fyodorovich) (b. 1908 d. 1974) | Dirigent, Soloist: Violine |
| Peerce, Jan (b. 1904 d. 1984) | cast, Soloist: Gesang |
| Penderecki, Krzysztof (b. 1933) | composer, conductor |
| Perlman, Itzhak (b. 1945 a. 1958) | bass, conductor |
| Persichetti, Vincent (b. 1915 d. 1987) | composer, piano |
| Peterson, Oscar (Emmanuel) (b. 1925) | piano, pianoforte |
| Phillips, Harvey (Gene) (b. 1929) | tuba |
| Price, Leontyne [Mary Violet Leontyne] (b. 1927) | Sanger, soprano |
| Primrose, William (b. 1903 d. 1982) | cello, musicista |
| Rampal, Jean-Pierre (Louis) (b. 1922) | conductor, flauta |
| Remington, Emory (b. 1891 d. 1971) | trombone |
| Rochberg, George (b. 1918) | composer, Komposition |
| Rose, Leonard (Joseph) (b. 1918 d. 1984) | cello, music educator |
| Rostropovich, Mstislav (Leopoldovich) (b. 1927) | cello, conductor |
| Rubinstein, Artur (b. 1887 d. 1982) | piano |
| Rudel, Julius (b. 1921) | conductor, direttore d'orchestra |
| Sargeant, Winthrop (b. 1903 d. 1986) | composer, violin |
| Schneider, Alexander [Abraham Alexander] (b. 1908) | comic, conductor |
| Schonberg, Harold Charles (b. 1915) | critic |
| Schuller, Gunther Alexander (b. 1925) | composer, conductor |
| Serkin, Rudolf (b. 1903 d. 1991) | interprete, Klavier |
| Shaw, Harold [Francis Harold] (b. 1923) | artist manager |
| Sills, Beverly (b. 1929) | cast, interprete |
| Starker, Janos (b. 1924) | cello |
| Stern, Isaac (b. 1920) | violin, violinista |
| Stokowski, Leopold (Anthony) (b. 1882 d. 1977) | cast, conductor |
| Stravinsky, Igor (Fyodorovich) (b. 1882 d. 1971) | composer, compositore |
| Sutherland, Joan (b. 1926) | interprete, sangerinde |
| Suzuki, Shinichi (b. 1898) | music educator, violin teacher |
| Svetlanov, Evegny (Fyodorovich) (b. 1928) | composer, conductor |
| Szeryng, Henryk (b. 1918 d. 1988) | hornista, Soloist: Violine |
| Taylor, Millard (a. 1959) | concertmaster |
| Thomas, Michael Tilson (b. 1944) | conductor, Dirigent |
| Torme, Mel (b. 1925) | composer, lyricist |
| Tourel, Jennie (b. 1900 d. 1973) | interprete, mezzo-soprano |
| Trampler, Walter (b. 1915 d. 1997) | viola, viola d'amore |
| Tursi, Francis (b. 1922 d. 1991) | viola |
| Venuti, Joe [Giuseppe] (b. 1903 d. 1978) | violin, orchestra |
| Warfield, William (Caesar) (b. 1920) | baritone, bass-baritone |
| Watts, Andre (b. 1946) | Klavier, piano |
| Wilder, Alec (Lafayette Chew) (b. 1907 d. 1980) | composer, director |
| Williams, Joe (b. 1918) | banjo, bass (instrument) |
| Woods, Phil [Philip Wells] (b. 1931) | alto saxophone, clarinet |
| Zimmermann, Oscar | double bass |
| Zinman, David [Joel] (b. 1936) | conductor |