A dictionary of music and musicians
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| A Kempis, Joannes Florentius (b. 1635 d. 1711) | organ, composer |
| Aaron, Pietro (b. 1480 d. 1550) | theorist, composer |
| Abbatini, Antonio Maria (b. 1609 d. 1679) | composer, maestro di cappella |
| Abbe (b. 1727 d. 1803) | composer, violin |
| Abbey, John (York) (b. 1785 d. 1859 a. 1830-1831) | organ builder |
| Abeille, Ludwig [Johann Cristian Ludwig] (b. 1761 d. 1838) | piano, organ |
| Abel, Carl Friedrich (b. 1723 d. 1787) | composer, viola da gamba |
| Abel, Clamor Heinrich (b. 1634 d. 1696) | composer, Ratsmusikmeister |
| Abel, Leopold August (b. 1718 d. 1794) | composer, violin |
| Abell, John (b. 1653 d. 1716 a. 1679-1700) | composer, violin in the private music for the voic |
| Abos, Girolamo (b. 1715 d. 1760) | composer, musico |
| Abrams, Eliza (a. 1784-1785) | singer |
| Abrams, Harriet (b. 1758 d. 1822 a. 1784-1785) | soprano, composer |
| Abrams, Theodosia (b. 1766 d. 1834) | mezzo-soprano |
| Abt, Franz Wilhelm (b. 1819 d. 1885) | composer, compositore |
| Abyngdon, Henry (b. 1420 d. 1497) | church musician, organ |
| Adam, Adolphe Charles (b. 1803 a. 19th century |
composer, compositore |
| Adam, Jean Louis (Johann Ludwig) (b. 1758 d. 1848 a. 1830-1831) | compositore, piano |
| Adamberger, Valentin [Joseph Valentin] (b. 1743 d. 1804) | tenor, teacher of singing |
| Adami da Bolsena, Andrea (b. 1663 d. 1742) | singer, writer |
| Adams, Thomas (b. 1785 d. 1858) | organ, composer |
| Adcock, James (b. 1778 d. 1860 a. 1819-1827) | choir master, composer |
| Addison, John (b. 1766 d. 1844) | double bass, composer |
| Adlgasser, Anton Cajetan (b. 1729 d. 1777) | composer, organ |
| Adlung, Jakob (b. 1699 d. 1762) | organ, scholar |
| Adolfati, Andrea (b. 1721 d. 1760) | composer |
| Adrien, Martin Joseph (b. 1767 d. 1822) | bass, teacher |
| Aerts, Egide (b. 1822 d. 1853) | flute, composer |
| Afranio degli Albonesi (a. 16th century |
cleric |
| Afzelius, Arvid August (b. 1785 d. 1871) | pastor, folksong collector |
| Agazzari, Agostino (b. 1578 d. 1640) | composer, organ |
| Agnesi, Maria Teresa (b. 1720 d. 1795 a. 1771) | composer, harpsichord |
| Agostini, Lodovico (b. 1534 d. 1590) | composer, singer |
| Agostini, Paolo (b. 1583 d. 1629) | composer, organ |
| Agrell, Johan Joachim (b. 1701 d. 1765) | composer, violin |
| Agricola, Alexander (b. 1446 d. 1527) | composer |
| Agricola, Georg Ludwig (b. 1643 d. 1676) | composer, writer |
| Agricola, Johann Friedrich (b. 1720 d. 1774) | Kgl. Kapellmeister, musicographer |
| Agricola, Johannes (b. -1570 d. 1601 a. 1601) | composer |
| Agricola, Martin (b. 1486 d. 1556) | theorist, teacher |
| Agricola, Wolfgang Christoph (b. -1610 d. 1659 a. 1651) | composer, organ |
| Agthe, Albrecht Wilhelm Johann (b. 1790 d. 1873) | piano, teacher |
| Agthe, Carl Christian (b. 1762 d. 1797) | organ, harpsichord |
| Aguado y Garcia, Dionisio (b. 1784 d. 1849) | guitar, composer |
| Aguiari, Lucrezia (b. 1743 d. 1783) | soprano |
| Aguilera de Heredia, Sebastian (b. 1565 d. 1627 a. 1618) | composer, organista |
| Ahle, Johann Rudolf (b. 1625 d. 1673) | composer, organ |
| Ahlstrom, Olof (b. 1756) | composer, musikforlaegger |
| Aiblinger, Johann Kaspar (b. 1779 d. 1867) | composer, compositore |
| Aichinger, Gregor (b. -1565 d. 1628) | composer, musicisti |
| Aimon, Pamphile Leopold Francois (b. 1779 d. 1866) | composer, cello |
| Airy, George Biddell (b. 1801 d. 1892) | astronomer |
| Akeroyd, Arthur Thomas (b. 1862 d. 1943) | organ, composer |
| Ala, Giovanni Battista (b. 1598 d. 1630 a. 1617-1634) | composer, organ |
| Alard, Jean-Delphin (b. 1815) | violin, composer |
| Albani, Mathias (b. 1621 d. 1712) | violin maker |
| Albeniz, Mateo Perez (b. 1755 d. 1831) | composer, theorist |
| Albeniz y Basanta, Pedro (b. 1795 d. 1855) | piano, teacher |
| Albergati Capacelli, Pirro (b. 1663 d. 1735 a. 1682-1721) | composer, conte |
| Albert (b. 1819 d. 1861) | composer, piano |
| Albert, Heinrich (b. 1604 d. 1651) | composer, poet |
| Albertazzi, Emma (b. 1813 d. 1847) | contralto, soprano |
| Albinoni, Tommaso Giovanni (b. 1671) | composer, musicisti |
| Alboni, Marietta [Maria Anna Marzia] (b. 1826 d. 1894) | contralto, soprano |
| Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg (b. 1736 d. 1809 a. 1830-1831) | composer, musicisti |
| Alcock, John (b. 1715 d. 1806) | organ, composer |
| Alday (b. 1737) | violin teacher, composer |
| Alday, Francois (b. 1761 d. 1835) | violin, organ |
| Alday, Jerome Paul Bonaventure (b. 1763 d. 1835 a. 1815-1835) | composer |
| Aldrich, Henry (b. 1648 d. 1710) | divine, scholar |
| Aldrovandini, Giuseppe Antonio Vincenzo (b. 1672 d. 1707) | composer |
| Alford, John (a. 1568) | lutenist, translator |
| Aliani, Francesco (d. 1812) | cello |
| Aliprandi, Bernardo (b. 1710 d. 1792) | cello, composer |
| Alison, Richard (a. 1592-1606) | composer, professor |
| Alkan, Charles-Henri-Valentin (b. 1813 d. 1888 a. 1830-1831) | musicisti, piano |
| Allaci, Leone (b. 1588 d. 1669) | theologian, scholar |
| Allegranti, Teresa Maddalena (b. 1754 d. 1801 a. 1771-1799) | soprano, attrice |
| Allegri, Gregorio (b. 1582 d. 1652) | composer, singer |
| Altenburg, Johann Ernst (b. 1734 d. 1801) | troubador, organ |
| Amati, Andrea (b. 1511 d. 1580) | violin maker |
| Amati, Antonio (b. 1540) | violin maker |
| Amati, Girolamo (b. 1561 d. 1630) | violin maker |
| Amati, Girolamo (b. 1694 d. 1740) | violin maker |
| Amati, Nicolo (a. 1725-1750) | violin maker |
| Ambros, August Wilhelm (b. 1816 d. 1876) | music historian, Musikgeschichte |
| Amicis, Antonio Domenico (a. 1740) | cantante, singer |
| Amner, John (b. 1579 d. 1641) | composer, conductor |
| Amner, Ralph (d. 1664) | bass, gentleman of the Chapel |
| Amorevoli, Angelo Maria (b. 1716 d. 1798 a. 1741) | cantante, tenor |
| Anacker, August Ferdinand (b. 1790 d. 1854) | Kantor, composer |
| Anckermann, Jorge (b. 1877 d. 1941) | piano, composer |
| Anderson, George Frederick (b. 1793 d. 1876) | violin |
| Anderson, Lucy (b. 1797 d. 1878) | piano |
| Andre, Johann (b. 1741 d. 1799 a. 1838) | composer, Musikverlag |
| Andreoli, Carlo (b. 1840 d. 1908) | piano, composer |
| Andreoli, Evangelista (b. 1810 d. 1875) | piano, organ |
| Andreoli, Giuseppe (b. 1757 d. 1832) | double bass, harp |
| Andreoli, Guglielmo (b. 1835 d. 1860) | piano, composer |
| Andreoni, Giovanni Battista (b. 1720) | cantante, cantore |
| Andrevi y Castellar, Francisco (b. 1786 d. 1853) | composer, compositore |
| Anerio, Felice (b. 1560 d. 1614) | composer, compositore |
| Anerio, Giovanni Francesco (b. 1567) | composer, organ |
| Anet, Jean Baptiste (b. 1650 d. 1710) | violin |
| Anet, Jean Jacques Baptiste (b. 1676 d. 1755) | violin, composer |
| Anfossi, Pasquale (b. 1727) | composer, compositore |
| Anglebert, Jean-Baptiste-Henri (b. 1661 d. 1735 a. 1689) | musician |
| Angrisani, Carlo (b. 1760) | bass, cantante |
| Animuccia, Giovanni (b. 1500) | composer, compositore |
| Animuccia, Paolo (b. 1500 d. 1570) | composer, maestro di cappella |
| Anna Amalia (b. 1739 d. 1807) | amateur musician, music patron |
| Anna Amalia (b. 1723 d. 1787) | music patron, amateur musician |
| Annibali, Domenico (b. 1705 d. 1779 a. 1736) | alto-castrato, contraltino |
| Ansani, Giovanni (b. 1744 d. 1826) | cantante, Sanger |
| Antinori, Luigi (b. 1697) | cantante, cantore |
| Antiquis, Giovanni Jacopo (b. 1540 d. 1600 a. 1574-1606) | composer |
| Aprile, Giuseppe (b. 1732 d. 1813) | singer, composer |
| Aranaz y Vides, Pedro (d. 1820) | composer, compositore |
| Arbeau, Thoinot (b. 1520 d. 1595 a. 1588) | cleric, author |
| Arcadelt, Jacques (b. 1505 d. 1568) | composer |
| Arditi, Luigi (b. 1822) | conductor, musicisti |
| Ariosti, Attilio (b. 1666 d. 1740) | composer |
| Arne, Michael (b. 1740 d. 1786) | composer |
| Arne, Thomas Augustine (b. 1710 d. 1778) | composer, violin |
| Arnold, Johann Gottfried (b. 1773 d. 1806) | cello, Musiker |
| Arnold, Samuel (b. 1740 d. 1802) | composer, organ |
| Arnould, Magdeleine Sophie (b. 1740 d. 1802) | soprano |
| Arriaga y Balzola, Juan Crisostomo (b. 1806 d. 1826) | composer, compositore |
| Arrigoni, Carlo (b. 1697) | lute, suonatore |
| Arteaga, Stefano (b. 1730 d. 1799) | writer on music |
| Artusi, Giovanni Maria (b. 1540 d. 1613) | theorist, polemicist |
| Arwidsen, Adolf Ivar (b. 1791 d. 1858) | librarian |
| Asantschevsky, Michael (b. 1838 d. 1881) | teacher, piano |
| Ascher, Joseph (b. 1829 d. 1869) | composer, piano |
| Ashe, Andrew (b. 1759 d. 1838) | flute, composer |
| Ashley (b. 1769 d. 1818) | violin |
| Ashley, Charles Jane (b. 1773 d. 1843) | cello |
| Ashley, John (d. 1834 a. 1780) | singer, composer |
| Ashley, John (b. 1734 d. 1805 a. 1788) | bassoon, Musikverlag |
| Ashley, John James (b. 1772 d. 1815) | singer, organ |
| Ashwell, Thomas (b. 1478 d. 1513 a. 1530) | composer |
| Asola, Giammateo [Giovanni Matteo] (b. 1532 d. 1609 a. 1578-1581) | composer |
| Aspull, George (b. 1813 d. 1832) | piano, composer |
| Assmayer, Ignaz (b. 1790 d. 1862) | composer, Musiker |
| Aston, Hugh (b. 1485 d. 1558) | composer, organ |
| Astorga, Emanuele (b. 1680 d. 1757) | composer, barone |
| Attaignant, Pierre (b. 1494 d. 1552 a. 1537) | Musikdrucker, printer |
| Atterbury, Luffman (b. 1740 d. 1796 a. 18th century |
composer, musician |
| Attey, John (d. 1640 a. 1622) | lute, composer |
| Attwood, Thomas (b. 1765 d. 1838) | composer, organ |
| Auber, Daniel Francois Esprit (b. 1782 a. 19th century |
composer, compositore |
| Aubert, Jacques (b. 1689 d. 1755 a. 1759) | clerc au Palais, elu en l'election de Beauvais |
| Aubert, Louis (b. 1720 d. 1783) | violin, composer |
| Aubert, Pierre Francois Oliver (b. 1763 d. 1830) | cello, guitar |
| Auer, Leopold (b. 1845 d. 1930) | violin, Violine |
| Aux-Cousteaux, Artus (b. 1590 d. 1654 a. 1630) | composer, pretre habitue en la Sainte-Chapelle |
| Avery (b. 1470 d. 1543) | composer |
| Avery, John (b. 1755 d. 1808) | organ builder |
| Avison, Charles (b. 1710 d. 1770) | composer, conductor |
| Aylward, Theodore Edward (b. 1730 d. 1801) | organ, composer |
| Ayrton, Edmund (b. 1734 d. 1808) | organ, composer |
| Ayrton, William (b. 1777 d. 1858) | composer, writer |
| Baban, Gracian (b. 1620 d. 1675 a. 1650-1665) | composer, maestro |
| Babbini, Matteo (b. 1754 d. 1816) | cantante, interprete |
| Babell, William (b. 1690 d. 1723) | violin, composer |
| Baccusi, Ippolito (b. 1550 d. 1609) | compositore, musicologo |
| Bach, Christoph (b. 1613 d. 1661) | organ |
| Bach, Georg Christoph (b. 1641 d. 1697 a. 1689) | Musiker |
| Bach, Heinrich (b. 1615 d. 1692) | town musician, Musiker |
| Bach, Johann [Johannes] [Hans] (b. 1604 d. 1673) | town musician, organ |
| Bach, Johann Ambrosius (b. 1645 d. 1695) | organ |
| Bach, Johann Bernhard (b. 1676 d. 1749) | Musiker |
| Bach, Johann Christian (b. 1735 d. 1782) | composer, Musiker |
| Bach, Johann Egidius (b. 1645 d. 1717) | organ |
| Bach, Johann Ernst (b. 1722 d. 1777) | jurist, Musiker |
| Bach, Johann Michael (b. 1648 d. 1694 a. 1679-1699) | Musiker |
| Bachofen, Johann Caspar (b. 1695 d. 1755 a. 1754) | composer, teacher |
| Bacon, Richard Mackenzie (b. 1776 d. 1844) | journalist, inventor |
| Badialli, Cesare (b. 1805 d. 1865) | baritono, bass-baritone |
| Baermann, Carl (b. 1782 d. 1842) | Fagott |
| Baermann, Carl (b. 1810 d. 1885) | clarinet, basset horn |
| Baermann, Carl (b. 1839 d. 1913) | piano, composer |
| Baermann, Heinrich Joseph (b. 1784 d. 1847) | clarinet |
| Bagge, Selmar (b. 1823 d. 1896) | critic, composer |
| Bagnolesi, Anna (a. 1726-1743) | contralto |
| Baildon, Joseph (b. 1727 d. 1774 a. 1760-1780) | composer, singer |
| Baillot, Pierre Marie Francois de Sales (b. 1771 d. 1842) | violin, composer |
| Baini, Giuseppe Giacobbe Baldassare (b. 1775 d. 1844) | musicologist, composer |
| Baj, Tommaso (b. 1650 d. 1714) | composer, singer |
| Baker, George (b. 1773 d. 1847) | arranger, baritone |
| Balbi, Luigi (a. 1585-1621) | composer, organ |
| Baldassari, Benedetto (a. 1708-1725) | castrato |
| Baldi, Antonio (a. 1722-1735) | alto-castrato |
| Balfe, Michael William (b. 1808 a. 19th century |
composer, singer |
| Balfe, Victoire (b. 1837 d. 1871) | soprano |
| Ball, William (b. 1784 d. 1869) | writer, composer |
| Ballard, Christophe (b. 1641 d. 1715 a. 1677-1695) | music printer |
| Ballard, Christophe-Jean-Francois (b. 1701 d. 1765) | music printer |
| Ballard, Robert (b. 1575 d. 1650) | lute, composer |
| Baltzar, Thomas (b. 1630 d. 1663) | violin, composer |
| Banchieri, Adriano (b. 1568) | composer, compositore |
| Banderali, Davide (b. 1789 d. 1849 a. 1830-1831) | tenor, musicien |
| Banister, John (d. 1725) | composer, violin |
| Banister, John (b. 1625 d. 1679) | composer, violin |
| Banti, Brigida Giorgi (b. 1755 d. 1806) | cantante, soprano |
| Barbaia, Domenico (b. 1778 d. 1841) | impresario |
| Barbella, Emanuele (b. 1718 d. 1777) | violin, composer |
| Barbieri, Francisco Asenjo (b. 1823 d. 1894) | bajo, composer |
| Barbireau, Jacques (b. 1420 d. 1491 a. 1448) | composer, Musiker |
| Barcroft, Thomas (a. 1535) | composer, organ |
| Bardi, Giovanni (b. 1534 d. 1612 a. 16th century |
literary critic, poet |
| Bargaglia, Scipione (a. 1587) | viola, compositore |
| Bargiel, Woldemar (b. 1828 d. 1897) | composer, Dirigent |
| Barker, Charles Spackman (b. 1804 d. 1879) | inventor, organ builder |
| Barnard, John (b. 1591 a. 1641) | editor, composer |
| Barnby, Joseph (b. 1838 d. 1896) | conductor, composer |
| Barnett, John (b. 1802 d. 1890) | composer |
| Barnett, John Francis (b. 1837 d. 1916) | composer, conductor |
| Barre, Antonio (a. 1588) | singer, printer |
| Barre, Leonardo (a. 1537-1555) | composer, singer |
| Barret, Apollon Marie Rose (b. 1808 d. 1879) | oboe, instrument designer |
| Barrett, John (b. 1676 d. 1719 a. 1710) | cast, child of the Chapel |
| Barrington, Davies (b. 1727 d. 1800) | lawyer, antiquarian |
| Barsanti, Francesco (b. 1690 d. 1772) | composer, musician |
| Bartei, Girolamo (b. 1565 d. 1618 a. 1607) | composer, organ |
| Barthel, Johann Christian (b. 1776 d. 1831) | piano, composer |
| Barthelemon, Francois Hippolyte (b. 1741 d. 1808) | violin, composer |
| Bartholomew, William (b. 1793 d. 1867) | translator, chemist |
| Bartleman, James (b. 1769 d. 1821) | bassist |
| Bartlet, John (a. 1606-1610) | composer |
| Bartolini, Vincenzo (a. 18th century |
cantante, interprete |
| Basevi, Abramo (b. 1818 d. 1885 a. 1840) | critic, medico |
| Basili, Andrea (b. 1705) | composer, compositore |
| Basiron, Philippe (b. CAD2> d. 1497 a. 1513) | composer |
| Bassani, Giovanni Battista (b. 1657) | composer, compositore |
| Bassi, Luigi (b. 1766 d. 1825 a. 1589-1657) | baritone, trombetta |
| Baston, Josquin (a. 1542-1563) | composer |
| Bates, Joah (b. 1740 d. 1799) | civil servant, organ |
| Bates, William (b. 1740 d. 1784 a. 1760-1775) | composer |
| Bateson, Thomas (b. -1575 d. 1630) | organ |
| Bathe, William (b. 1564 d. 1614 a. 1596) | teacher, writer |
| Baton, Charles (b. CAD2> d. 1754 a. 1733-1754) | composer, virtuoso on the vielle (hurdy-gurdy) |
| Baton, Henri (b. CAD2> d. 1728) | luthier, musette |
| Batten, Adrian (b. -1599 d. 1637) | composer, singing man at Westminster |
| Battishill, Jonathan (b. 1738 d. 1801) | organ, composer |
| Batton, Desire-Alexandre (b. 1798 d. 1855) | composer |
| Bauldeweyn, Noel (b. 1480 d. 1530 a. 1513-1518) | composer |
| Baumgarten, Karl Friedrich (b. 1740 d. 1824 a. 1784-1786) | composer, violin |
| Bayly, Anselm (b. 1719 d. 1794 a. 1783) | clergyman, writer |
| Bazzini, Antonio (b. 1818 a. 19th century |
compositore, violin |
| Beale, John (b. 1791 d. 1833 a. 1820) | composer, piano |
| Beale, William (b. 1784 d. 1854) | organ, composer |
| Beard, John (b. 1717 d. 1791) | tenor, actor |
| Beaujoyeux, Balthasar (b. 1535 d. 1587 a. 1577) | ballet master, violin |
| Beaulieu, Marie Desire Martin (b. 1791 d. 1863) | composer, writer on music |
| Becher, Alfred Julius (b. 1803 d. 1848) | critic, composer |
| Bechstein, Friedrich Wilhelm Carl (b. 1826 d. 1900) | piano maker |
| Beck, Franz Ignaz (b. 1734 d. 1809) | composer, conductor |
| Becker, Carl Ferdinand (b. 1804 d. 1877) | organ, skuespildirektor |
| Becker, Dietrich (b. 1623 d. 1679) | composer, compositore |
| Becker, Jakob (d. 1879) | piano maker |
| Becker, Jean (b. 1833 d. 1884) | violin |
| Becker, Julius Constantin (b. 1811 d. 1859) | writer, teacher |
| Beckwith, John (Christmas) (b. 1750 d. 1809) | organ, composer |
| Bedos de Celles, Francois (b. 1709 d. 1779) | organ builder, writer on organs |
| Beer, Josef (b. 1744 d. 1812 a. 1792-1807) | clarinet, Musiklehrer |
| Beethoven, Ludwig (b. 1770 d. 1827) | composer, compositore |
| Beffara, Louis Francois (b. 1751 d. 1838) | police commissioner, lexicographer |
| Begnis, Giuseppe (b. 1793 d. 1849) | bass, chanteur du Theatre-Italien |
| Begrez, Pierre Ignace (b. 1787 d. 1863) | tenor |
| Belcke, Friedrich (August) (b. 1795 d. 1874) | trombone |
| Bellamy, Thomas (Ludford) (b. 1770 d. 1843) | bass, singer |
| Bellermann, Heinrich [Joann Gottfried Heinrich] (b. 1832 d. 1903) | scholar, composer |
| Bellermann, Johann Joachim (b. 1754 d. 1842) | theologian, music educator |
| Bellermann, Konstantin (b. 1696 d. 1758) | composer |
| Belletti, Giovanni Battista (b. 1813 d. 1890) | baritone |
| Bellini, Vincenzo (b. 1801) | composer, compositore |
| Belloc-Giorgi, Teresa [Maria Teresa] (b. 1784 d. 1855) | contralto |
| Bemetzrieder, Anton (b. 1743 d. 1817) | theorist, Musiker |
| Benda, Franz [Frantisek] (b. 1709 d. 1786) | violin, composer |
| Benda, Friedrich (Wilhelm Heinrich) (b. 1745 d. 1814) | composer, violin |
| Benda, Johann (Georg) (b. 1713 d. 1752) | violin, composer |
| Benda, Joseph (b. 1724 d. 1804) | violin, composer |
| Benda, Karl Hermann Heinrich (b. 1748 d. 1836) | violin |
| Bendler, Salomon (b. 1683 d. 1724) | bass |
| Benedict, Julius (b. 1804) | composer, compositore |
| Benelli, Antonio (Pellegrino) (b. 1771 d. 1830 a. 1799-1810) | composer, tenor |
| Benincori, Angelo Maria (b. 1779 d. 1821) | composer, violin |
| Bennet, Saunders (d. 1809 died: 1809) | organ, piano |
| Bennett, Alfred William (b. 1805 d. 1830) | organ, composer |
| Bennett, Thomas (b. 1779 d. 1848) | choreographer, Musikverleger |
| Bennett, William (b. 1767 d. 1830) | organ, choir master |
| Bennett, William Sterndale (b. 1816 d. 1875) | composer |
| Benucci, Francesco (b. 1745 d. 1824) | bass |
| Berbiguier, Antoine (Benoit) Tranquille (b. 1782 d. 1838) | flute |
| Berchem, Jacquet (b. 1505 d. 1565) | composer |
| Berenstadt, Gaetano (b. 1690 d. 1735 a. 1708-1734) | alto-castrato |
| Berg, Adam (d. 1610) | Musikdrucker, printer |
| Berg, George (b. 1730 d. 1770) | alto saxophone, clarinet |
| Berg, Johann (d. 1563) | printer |
| Berger, Ludwig (b. 1777 d. 1839) | composer, piano |
| Bergonzi, Benedetto (b. 1791 d. 1839) | composer |
| Bergonzi, Carlo (b. 1683 d. 1747 a. 1716-1755) | violin maker |
| Bergonzi, Michel Angelo (b. 1721 d. 1758) | violin maker |
| Beriot, Charles Auguste (b. 1802) | compositore, violin |
| Berlioz, Hector [Louis-Hector] (b. 1803 d. 1869) | composer, compositore |
| Bermudo, Juan (b. 1510 d. 1565) | theorist, composer |
| Bernacchi, Antonio Maria (b. 1685 d. 1756) | alto-castrato |
| Bernasconi, Andrea (b. 1706 d. 1784 a. 1741-1766) | maestro di cappella, compositore |
| Berner, Friedrich Wilhelm (b. 1780 d. 1827) | organ, teacher |
| Bernhard, Christoph (b. 1628 d. 1692) | theorist, composer |
| Bernsdorf, Eduard (b. 1825 d. 1901) | composer, lexicographer |
| Berselli, Matteo (b. 1690) | cantante, cantore |
| Bertin, Louise-Angelique (b. 1805 d. 1877) | composer |
| Bertini, Giuseppe (b. 1759 d. 1852) | cantante, musician |
| Bertini, Henri-Jerome (b. 1798 d. 1876) | piano, composer |
| Bertinotti-Radicati, Teresa (b. 1776 d. 1854) | soprano, teacher |
| Bertolli, Francesca (d. 1767) | contralto, interprete |
| Berton, Henri (b. 1784 d. 1832) | composer, piano |
| Berton, Henri-Montan (b. 1767 d. 1844 a. 1830-1831) | composer, writer |
| Bertoni, Ferdinando (b. 1725) | compositore, musicisti |
| Bertrand, Jean (Edouard) Gustave (b. 1834 d. 1880) | writer on music |
| Berwald, Franz (b. 1796 d. 1868) | composer |
| Besler, Samuel (b. 1574 d. 1625 a. 1611) | composer |
| Besozzi, Alessandro (b. 1702 d. 1793) | oboe |
| Besozzi, Antonio (b. 1714 d. 1781) | oboe |
| Besozzi, Carlo (b. 1745 d. 1791) | oboe |
| Besozzi, Gaetano (b. 1727 d. 1798) | oboe |
| Besozzi, Girolamo (b. 1745 d. 1785) | oboe |
| Besozzi, Girolamo (b. 1713 d. 1798) | composer, bassoon |
| Bessems, Antoine (b. 1809 d. 1868) | violin, composer |
| Best, William Thomas (b. 1826 d. 1897) | organ |
| Bevin, Elway (b. 1554 d. 1639) | composer, theorist |
| Bexfield, William Richard (b. 1824 d. 1853) | composer, organ |
| Beyer, Ferdinand (b. 1803 d. 1863 a. 1840) | composer, piano |
| Bianchi, Francesco (b. 1752) | composer, compositore |
| Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz (b. 1644 d. 1704) | violin, composer |
| Bierey, Gottlob Benedikt (b. 1772 d. 1840) | composer |
| Bigonzi, Giuseppe (a. 1707-1724) | alto-castrato |
| Billington, Thomas (b. 1754 d. 1832) | composer |
| Billon, Jehan (a. 1534-1556) | composer |
| Binchois, Gilles de Bins (b. 1400) | composer, maestro |
| Bini, Pasquale (b. 1716 d. 1770) | violin, composer |
| Bioni, Antonio (b. 1698 d. 1739) | composer |
| Birchall, Robert (b. 1760 d. 1819) | music seller, instrument dealer |
| Bischoff, Ludwig Friedrich Christian (b. 1794 d. 1867) | editor, writer |
| Bishop, Henry Rowley (b. 1786 d. 1855) | composer |
| Bishop, John (b. 1818 d. 1890) | organ, author |
| Bizet, Georges (b. 1838) | author, composer |
| Blaes, Arnold Joseph (b. 1814 d. 1892) | clarinet, cornettiste |
| Blaes, Elisa (b. 1817 d. 1878) | coloratura soprano |
| Blagrove, Henry Gamble (b. 1811 d. 1872) | violin |
| Blahetka, Marie Leopoldine (b. 1811 d. 1887) | piano, composer |
| Blake, Edward (b. 1708 d. 1765) | prebendary, composer |
| Blanchard, Henri-Louis (b. 1791 d. 1858 a. 1830-1831) | violin, composer |
| Blancks, Edward (b. 1550 d. 1633) | composer |
| Blangini, Felice [Giuseppe Marco Maria Felice] (b. 1781 d. 1841 a. 1830-1831) | composer, teacher of singing |
| Blankenburg, Quirinus Gerbrandszoon (b. 1654 d. 1739 a. 1739) | composer |
| Blaze de Bury, Henry (b. 1813 d. 1888) | writer on music |
| Blewitt, Jonas (b. 1757 d. 1805) | organ, composer |
| Blewitt, Jonathan (b. 1782 d. 1853) | organ, conductor |
| Blow, John (b. 1649 d. 1708) | child of the Chapel, composer |
| Blumenthal, Jacob (b. 1829 d. 1908) | piano, composer |
| Bluthner, Julius (b. 1824 d. 1910) | piano maker |
| Boccabadati, Luigia (b. 1800 d. 1850) | mezzo-soprano, soprano |
| Boccherini, Luigi [Ridolfo Luigi] (b. 1743) | composer, compositore |
| Bochsa, Nicholas Charles [Robert Nicholas Charles] (b. 1789 d. 1856 a. 1830-1831) | compositore, harp |
| Bocklet, Carl Maria (b. 1801 d. 1881) | piano |
| Bocklet, Heinrich (b. 1850 d. 1926~) | piano teacher, Musiker |
| Bode, Johann Joachim Christoph (b. 1730 d. 1793 a. 1773) | translator, publisher |
| Bodenschatz, Erhard (b. 1576 d. 1636) | editor, composer |
| Boehm, Joseph (b. 1795 d. 1876) | violin, teacher |
| Boehm, Theobald (b. 1794 d. 1881) | flute, goldsmith |
| Boesset, Antoine (b. 1586 d. 1643) | composer, maitre des enfants de la musique du roi, |
| Boesset, Claude Jean Baptiste (b. 1664 d. 1701) | musician |
| Boesset, Jean-Baptiste (b. 1614 d. 1685) | composer |
| Bohrer, Anton (b. 1783 d. 1863) | violin |
| Bohrer, Gaspard (b. 1741 d. 1809) | double bass |
| Bohrer, Max (b. 1785 d. 1867) | cello, violoncelliste |
| Boieldieu, Adrien [Francois-Adrien] (b. 1775 a. 1774) | compositeur, compositore |
| Bomtempo, Joao Domingos (b. 1775 d. 1842) | piano, composer |
| Bond, Hugh (b. 1735 d. 1792 a. 1795) | organ, composer |
| Bonno, Giuseppe (b. 1711 d. 1788) | Kapellmeister, Komponist |
| Bonporti, Francesco Antonio (b. 1660 d. 1749 a. 1702-1714) | musicisti, nobile |
| Boom, Johan (b. 1807 d. 1872) | piano, composer |
| Borghi, Luigi (b. 1745 d. 1806 a. 1780) | violin, composer |
| Borjon de Scellery, Charles-Emmanuel (b. 1715 d. 1795) |
| Borosini, Francesco (b. 1690 a. circa) | cantante, tenor |
| Boschi, Giuseppe Maria (b. 1675 a. 1698-1744) | bass |
| Bosendorfer, Ludwig (b. 1835 d. 1919) | piano maker |
| Bosio, Angiolina (b. 1830 d. 1859) | soprano, cantante |
| Bottee de Toulmon, Auguste (b. 1797 d. 1850) | music historian, librarian |
| Bottomley, Joseph (b. 1786 d. 1850) | organ |
| Boucher, Alexandre-Jean (b. 1778 d. 1862) | musicien, percussion |
| Boulanger, Marie-Julie (b. 1786 d. 1850) | actrice de l'Opera-Comique, mezzo-soprano |
| Bourgeois, Louis Thomas (b. 1676 d. 1751 a. 1713-1715) | composer, singer |
| Bourgeois, Loys (b. -1515 d. 1560) | composer, theorist |
| Bourges, Clementine (b. 1561) | composer |
| Bourges, Jean Maurice (b. 1812 d. 1881) | critic, composer |
| Bousquet, Georges (b. 1818 d. 1854) | critic, composer |
| Bowman, Henry (a. 1670-1685) | composer, organ |
| Boyce, William (b. 1710 d. 1779) | composer, organ |
| Brade, William (b. 1560 d. 1630 a. 17th century |
violin, viola |
| Braham, John (b. 1774 d. 1856) | composer, lyricist |
| Brahms, Johannes (b. 1833) | composer, compositore |
| Brambilla, Marietta (b. 1807 d. 1875) | chanteuse du Theatre-Italien, contralto |
| Brandl, Johann (b. 1760 d. 1837) | composer, Musiker |
| Breitkopf, Bernhard Christoph (b. 1695 d. 1777) | printer |
| Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob Immanuel (b. 1719 d. 1794) | publisher |
| Bremner, Robert (b. 1713 d. 1789 a. 1763) | Musikdrucker, publisher |
| Brendel, Karl Franz (b. 1811 d. 1868) | music historian, writer |
| Brewer, Thomas (b. 1611 d. -1670) | violin, composer |
| Briard, Etienne (a. 1530-1535) | graveur, type designer |
| Bridgetower, George (Augustus) Polgreen (b. 1779 d. 1860) | violin |
| Briegel, Wolfgang Carl (b. 1626 d. 1712) | composer, organ |
| Brind, Richard (d. 1718) | cathedral musician, chorister |
| Brito, Estevao (b. 1575 d. 1641) | composer |
| Britton, Thomas (b. 1644 d. 1714) | music patron, amateur musician |
| Broadwood, John (b. 1732 d. 1812) | piano maker |
| Bronsart von Schellendorf, Hans (August Alexander) (b. 1830 d. 1913) | composer, piano |
| Brossard, Sebastien (b. 1654 d. 1730) | lexicographer, bibliophile |
| Brownsmith, John Leman (b. 1809 d. 1866) | chorister, organ |
| Bruch, Max (Karl August) (b. 1838) | composer, compositore |
| Brumel, Antoine (b. 1460 d. 1515) | composer |
| Brunetti, Gaetano (b. 1744 d. 1798) | composer, violin |
| Buhl, Joseph David (b. 1781 d. 1860) | trumpeter, trompettiste |
| Bull, John (b. -1563 d. 1628) | librettist, musicisti |
| Bunn, Alfred (b. 1798 d. 1860) | author, lyricist |
| Bunting, Edward (b. 1773 d. 1843) | collector of Irish folk songs, organ |
| Burgmuller, Norbert (b. 1810 d. 1836) | music director, composer |
| Burney, Charles (b. 1726 d. 1814) | composer, storiografo |
| Burrowes, Katherine (b. 1869 d. 1939) | piano, educator |
| Burton, John (b. 1730 d. 1782) | cello, composer |
| Busby, Thomas (b. 1755 d. 1838) | writer, musician |
| Busnois, Antoine (b. 1430 d. 1492) | composer |
| Butler, Thomas Hamly (b. 1755 d. 1823) | piano, editor |
| Buxtehude, Dietrich (b. 1637) | composer, musicisti |
| Byrd, William (b. 1543 d. 1623) | composer, compositore |
| Capricornus, Samuel Friedrich (b. 1628 d. 1665) | composer, teacher |
| Dall Abaco, Evaristo Felice (b. 1675 d. 1742) | musicisti, violin |
| Hatasova, Anna Franziska (b. 1726 d. 1781) | soprano |
| Naldi, Antonio (a. 1589-1619) | chitarrone, singer |
| Stuck, Johann-Baptiste (b. 1680 d. 1755 a. 1709-1729) | composer, cello |