William Grant Still, (born May 11, 1895, Woodville, Mississippi, U.S.—died December 3, 1978, Los Angeles, California), American composer and conductor and…

George Theophilus Walker (June 27, 1922 - August 23, 2018) was an African-American composer, the first to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He…

Wallingford Constantine Riegger (April 29, 1885 - April 2, 1961) was a prolific American music composer, well known for orchestral and modern dance…

William Mason (Boston, January 24, 1829 – New York City, July 14, 1908) was an American composer and pianist and a member of a musical family.…

David Chesky is an American pianist, composer, producer, arranger, and co-founder of the independent, audiophile label Chesky Records. He is also…

Born in Park Ridge, Illinois, on February 28, 1876, Carpenter was raised in a musical household. He was educated at Harvard, where he studied under…

George Templeton Strong (May 26 1856 in New York City –June 27 1948 Geneva) was an American composer of classical music who spent his last…

William Henry Fry (1813–1864) was a pioneering American composer, music critic, and journalist. Fry was the first person born in the United States…

Quincy Porter (February 7, 1897 – November 12, 1966) was an American composer and teacher of classical music.

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, he…

Stephen Paulus (born August 24, 1949) is an American composer, best known for his operas and choral music. His best-known piece is his 1982 opera…

Charles Wakefield Cadman (December 24, 1881 - December 30, 1946) was an American composer.

Cadman’s musical education, unlike that of most of his…

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Henry Fillmore (3 December 1881 – 7 December 1956) was an American musician, composer, publisher, and…

William Billings (1746-1800) is considered one of the first significant composers of the United States. He composed and published over 340 choral…

Henry Kimball Hadley (20 December 1871 – 6 September 1937) was an American composer and conductor.

Hadley was born into a musical family in…

Edward Auer has long been recognized as a leading interpreter of the works of Chopin. As the first American to win a prize in the prestigious…

Frederick Shepherd Converse (January 5, 1871 – June 8, 1940), was an American composer of classical music.

Converse was born in Newton,…

Lowell Mason (January 8, 1792 - August 11, 1872) was a leading figure in American church music, the composer of over 1600 hymn tunes, many of which…

Robert Russell Bennett (June 15, 1894 – August 18, 1981) was an American composer and arranger, best known for his orchestration of many…

James Curnow is a music composer for concert bands, brass bands, vocal and instrumental solos and ensembles. Curnow has also written…

Charles Sanford Skilton (August 16, 1868 - March 12, 1941) was an American composer, teacher and musicologist. Along with Charles Wakefield Cadman,…

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