Mr. and Mrs C.W. Best collection of autographs in the Mary M. Vial Music Library of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
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| Adams, Crosby (b. 1858 d. 1951) | organ, lecturer |
| Albert, Eugen (b. 1864 d. 1932) | composer, compositore |
| Bach, Carl Philip Emanuel (b. 1714) | Komponist, Musiker |
| Balfe, Michael William (b. 1808 a. 19th century |
composer, singer |
| Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney (b. 1867 d. 1944) | piano, composer |
| Beethoven, Ludwig (b. 1770 d. 1827) | composer, compositore |
| Beriot, Charles Auguste (b. 1802) | compositore, violin |
| Berlioz, Hector [Louis-Hector] (b. 1803 d. 1869) | composer, compositore |
| Best, Cyrus Williams (b. 1865 d. 1948) | organ, collector |
| Bizet, Georges (b. 1838) | author, composer |
| Bohm, Karl (b. 1844 d. 1920) | conductor, direttore d'orchestre |
| Bond, Carrie Jacobs (b. 1862 d. 1946) | composer, publisher |
| Brahms, Johannes (b. 1833) | composer, compositore |
| Bruch, Max (Karl August) (b. 1838) | composer, compositore |
| Buck, Dudley (b. 1839 d. 1909) | composer, organ |
| Cadman, Charles Wakefield (b. 1881 d. 1946) | composer, piano |
| Chaminade, Cecile (Louise Stephanie) (b. 1857 d. 1944) | composer, compositor |
| Cherubini, Luigi (Carlo Zanobi Salvadore Maria) (b. 1760 d. 1842) | ballerina, composer |
| Chopin, Fryderyk Franciszek (b. 1810) | composer, compositore |
| Czerny, Carl (b. 1791 a. 1830-1831) | musicisti, piano teacher |
| Debussy, Claude (b. 1862) | composer, compositore |
| Delibes, Leo (b. 1836) | choriste mineur, composer |
| Donizetti, Gaetano [Domenico Gaetano Maria] (b. 1797 d. 1848) | composer |
| Dreyschock, Alexander (b. 1818 d. 1869) | virtuso pianist, composer |
| Dvorak, Antonin (b. 1841) | composer, compositore |
| Eames, Emma (Hayden) (b. 1865) | cantante de opera, chanteuse |
| Elgar, Edward (William) (b. 1857) | composer, compositore |
| Faure, Jean-Baptiste (b. 1830 d. 1914) | chanteur, choriste du Theatre-Italien |
| Flotow, Friedrich (b. 1812) | composer, compositor |
| Franz, Robert (b. 1815 d. 1892) | composer |
| Gade, Niels Wilhelm (b. 1817) | composer, Komponist |
| Gaul, Alfred Robert (b. 1837 d. 1913) | composer, organ |
| Gottschalk, Louis Moreau (b. 1829 d. 1869) | composer, musicisti |
| Gounod, Charles (b. 1818) | composer, compositore |
| Grainger, Percy (Aldridge) (b. 1882 d. 1961) | composer, Klavier |
| Grieg, Edvard (Hagerup) (b. 1843) | composer, compositor |
| Guilmant, Alexandre [Felix Alexandre] (b. 1837 d. 1911) | organ, organiste |
| Hegner, Otto (b. 1876 d. 1907) | Klavier, pianiste |
| Heller, Stephen Istvan (b. 1813 d. 1888) | piano, composer |
| Herbert, Victor (August) (b. 1859 d. 1924) | composer, conductor |
| Hiller, Ferdinand (von) (b. 1811 d. 1885) | conductor, composer |
| Hubay, Jeno (b. 1858 d. 1937) | compositore, Dirigent |
| Hummel, Johann Nepomuk (b. 1778) | Komponist, musicisti |
| Humperdinck, Engelbert (b. 1854) | composer, compositore |
| Indy, Vincent [Paul Marie Theodore Vincent] (b. 1851 d. 1931) | composer, theorist |
| Jadassohn, Salomon (b. 1831 d. 1902) | conductor, Dirigent |
| Joachim, Joseph (b. 1831 d. 1907) | Dirigent, violin |
| Klengel, Julius (b. 1859 d. 1933) | cello, violoncelliste |
| Koczalski, Raoul (Armand Georg) (d. 1948) | Klavier, pianiste |
| Kreisler, Fritz (b. 1875) | composer, compositore |
| Lassen, Eduard Ludvig (b. 1830) | composer, Komponist |
| Lehar, Franz (b. 1870) | author, composer |
| Leschetizky, Theodor (b. 1830 d. 1915) | piano, teacher |
| Lind, Jenny (b. 1820 d. 1887) | sangerinde, sopran |
| Liszt, Franz (b. 1811) | composer, compositore |
| Macdowell, Edward (Alexander) (b. 1860 d. 1908) | composer, piano |
| Mascagni, Pietro (b. 1863) | composer, compositore |
| Massenet, Jules (Emile Frederic) (b. 1842 d. 1912) | composer, compositore |
| Melba, Nellie (b. 1861) | Sanger, soprano |
| Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix [Jakob Ludwig Felix] (b. 1809) | composer, compositore |
| Meyer-Helmund, Erik (b. 1861 d. 1932) | Dirigent, singer |
| Meyerbeer, Giacomo (b. 1791) | composer, compositore |
| Moscheles, Ignaz (b. 1794 d. 1870) | compositor, compositore |
| Moszkowski, Moritz (b. 1854) | compositore, Dirigent |
| Nevin, Ethelbert (Woodbridge) (b. 1862 d. 1901) | composer |
| Nilsson, Christine (b. 1843 d. 1921) | chanteuse, soprano |
| Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (b. 1860 d. 1941) | compositeur, compositore |
| Paganini, Niccolo (b. 1782 d. 1840) | compositore, musicisti |
| Patti, Adelina (Juana Maria) (b. 1843 d. 1919) | cantante de opera, interprete |
| Puccini, Giacomo (b. 1858) | author, composer |
| Rachmaninov, Sergey (Vasilyevich) (b. 1873 a. 1936) | composer, compositore |
| Raff, Joachim [Joseph Joachim] (b. 1822 d. ?) | composer, teacher |
| Reger, Max [Johann Baptist Joseph Maximilian] (b. 1873 a. 1904) | composer, compositeur |
| Reinecke, Carl (Heinrich Carsten) (b. 1824) | composer, Dirigent |
| Rheinberger, Joseph (Gabriel) (b. 1839 d. 1901) | composer, organ |
| Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich (b. 1844 d. 1908) | complet., composer |
| Rosenthal, Moritz (d. 1946) | Klavier, pianista |
| Rossini, Gioachino (Antonio) (b. 1792 d. 1868) | composer, compositore |
| Rubinstein, Anton (Grigoryevich) (b. 1829 d. 1894) | compositore, Dirigent |
| Saint-Saens, Camille [Charles Camille] (b. 1835) | composer, compositore |
| Sarasate, Pablo (Martin Meliton) (b. 1844) | composer, compositore |
| Sauret, Emile (b. 1852 d. 1920) | Dirigent, violin |
| Scharwenka, Xaver [Franz Xaver] (b. 1850 d. 1924) | compositore, Dirigent |
| Schumann, Clara (Josephine) (b. 1819 d. 1896) | Klavier, pianiste |
| Schumann, Robert (Alexander) (b. 1810 d. 1856) | composer |
| Schumann-Heink, Ernestine (b. 1861) | cast, contralto |
| Sibelius, Jean (Julius Christian) (b. 1865) | composer, compositore |
| Siloti, Alexander Ilyich (b. 1863 d. 1945) | Dirigent, Klavier |
| Sontag, Henriette (Gertrude Walpurgis) (b. 1806 d. 1854 a. 1830) | soprano |
| Sousa, John Philip (b. 1854 d. 1932) | additional Music, cast |
| Spalding, Albert (b. 1888 d. 1953) | violin, Violine |
| Spontini, Gasparo (Luigi Pacifico) (b. 1774 d. 1851 a. 1820-1842) | opera composer, conductor |
| Sullivan, Arthur (Seymour) (b. 1842) | author, composer |
| Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (b. 1840 d. 1893) | composer |
| Thomas, Ambroise [Charles Louis Ambroise] (b. 1811 a. 19th century |
composer, compositor |
| Thomas, Theodore (Christian Friedrich) (b. 1835 d. 1905) | conductor, musician |
| Verdi, Giuseppe (Fortunio Francesco) (b. 1813 d. 1901) | author, composer |
| Vieuxtemps, Henry Francois Joseph (b. 1820 d. 1881) | violin, composer |
| Wagner, Cosima [Francesca Gaetana Cosima] (b. 1837 d. 1930) | Wagner's second wife |
| Wagner, Richard [Wilhelm Richard] (b. 1813 d. 1883) | composer |
| Weber, Carl Maria (Friedrich Ernst) (b. 1786) | composer, compositore |
| Wieniawski, Henryk (b. 1835 d. 1880) | compositor, compositore |
| Wieniawski, Jozef (d. 1912) | compositore, Dirigent |
| Wilhelmj, August (Emil Daniel Ferdinand Viktor) (b. 1845 d. 1908) | violin, Violine |
| Wolf-Ferrari, Ermanno (b. 1876) | composer, direttore d'orchestre |
| Zeisler, Fannie (b. 1863 d. 1927) | Klavier, pianiste |