American composers American composers Bruce Montgomery is an American composer, author, musical theater performer, painter, conductor, and director. He is also one of the world's foremost experts on Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bruce Montgomery (entertainer)"
Dr. Bunita Marcus (born May 5, 1952 in Madison, Wisconsin) is a composer, subtle energy healer, and former student of Morton Feldman. Her nickname and professional pseudonym is Bunny (DrBunny). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bunita Marcus"
Burt Bacharach (born May 12, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a Jewish- American pianist and composer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Burt Bacharach"
(George) Calvin Hampton (born December 31 1938, Kittanning, PA; died August 5 1984, Port Charlotte, FL) was a leading American organist and sacred music composer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Calvin Hampton"
Camille Nickerson ( 1888– 1982) was a pianist, composer, arranger, collector and Howard University professor in the period of 1926– 1962. She was influenced in the Creole folksongs of Louisiana which she arranged and sung. ...more on Wikipedia about "Camille Nickerson"
Carl Davis CBE (b 1936) is an American conductor and composer who has been living in the UK for the past two decades. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl Davis"
American composer Charles Sprague Ruggles ( March 11, 1876 - October 24, 1971), better known as Carl, wrote finely-crafted pieces using " dissonant counterpoint", a term coined by Charles Seeger to describe Ruggles' music. Famous for his prickly personality, Ruggles was nonetheless friends with Henry Cowell, Edgard Varese, Charles Ives, Ruth Crawford Seeger, and Charles Seeger. One time friend Lou Harrison dissasociated himself from Ruggles after the 1949 performance of Angels because of the older composer's racism, noting specifically a luncheon at Pennsylvania Station in New York at which Ruggles shouted anti-black and anti-semitic slurs (Miller and Lieberman 1998, p.44). Ruggles wrote painstakingly slowly so his output is quite small with compositions including: ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl Ruggles"
Carl W. Stalling ( November 10, 1892– November 29, 1972) was the most famous composer and arranger of cartoon music. He composed several early cartoon scores for Walt Disney, although not Steamboat Willie (despite claims that he did). He is one of three composers credited with having invented the click track, the others being Max Steiner and Scott Bradley (long-time composer for the Tom and Jerry cartoons). He was the first music director to extensively use the metronome to time scores. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl Stalling"
Carl Stone is an American composer, primarily working in the field of live electronic music. His works have been performed in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America, and the Near East. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl Stone"
Carla Bley, née Borg, (born May 11, 1938 in Oakland, California) is an American jazz composer, pianist and band leader. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carla Bley"
Carlisle Floyd (born 1926 in Latta, South Carolina) is an American opera composer. Many of his works are based on themes from Southern states. His opera Susannah (1956) is considered to be his masterpiece, and it is regularly performed in the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carlisle Floyd"
Los Angeles based musician Carlos Rafael Rivera was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, and Miami. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carlos Rafael Rivera"
Carmine Coppola (born June 11, 1910 in New York City, died April 26, 1991 in Northridge, CA) was an American composer, editor, musical director, and songwriter. Coppola was a composer and conductor who contributed to many of the musical scores in The Godfather, Part II and Apocalypse Now. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carmine Coppola"
Caroline Saladino is an American composer. She is a graduate of New York University, and was raised in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. She began to play the piano on her own at a very early age and demonstrated a natural adeptness for vocal harmony as well. Her parents - both musicians - didn’t let her talent go unnoticed; she gave her first piano recital at the age of 5. At 7, Caroline discovered she had perfect pitch. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caroline Saladino" http://www.shortopedia.com Is Good For You. shortopedia
Carrie Minetta Jacobs-Bond ( August 11, 1862 – December 28, 1946) was an American singer and songwriter who composed many pieces of popular sheet music during from the 1890s through the early 1940s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carrie Jacobs-Bond"
Carson P. Cooman, American Composer and Organist ...more on Wikipedia about "Carson Cooman"
Carter Burwell (born November 18, 1955, in New York City) is a composer of film soundtracks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carter Burwell"
Charlemagne Palestine (born Charles Martin or Chaim Moshe Palestine August 15, 1945 or 1947, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American minimalist composer and visual artist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charlemagne Palestine"
Charles Amirkhanian (born 19 January 1945) is a California-based composer of Armenian origin best known for his electroacoustic and text-sound music. Performance artist Laurie Anderson praises his work: "The art of audio collage has been reinvented here...A brilliant sense of imaginary space." ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Amirkhanian"
Charles Dodge (b. Ames, Iowa, June 5, 1942) is an American composer best known for his electronic music. He is a former student of Darius Milhaud, Gunther Schuller. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Dodge"
Charles Earland (The Mighty Burner); born 24 May, 1941 in Philly, USA - died 11 Dec, 1999 in Kansas City, USA ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Earland"
Charles Tomlinson Griffes ( Elmira, New York September 17, 1884 – April 8, 1920 in New York City} was an American composer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Griffes"
Charles H. Hunter ( May 16, 1876 - January 23, 1906) was an American composer of ragtime music. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Hunter"
Charles Edward Ives ( October 20, 1874– May 19, 1954) was an American composer of classical music. He is widely regarded as one of the first American classical composers of international significance. Ives's music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives would come to be regarded as one of the "American Originals", a composer working in a uniquely American style, with American folk tunes woven through his music, and a reaching sense of the possibilities in music. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles Ives"
Charles Kassel Harris ( May 1, 1867 – December 2, 1930) was a well regarded American songwriter of popular music. During his long career, he advanced the relatively new genre, publishing more than 300 songs, often deemed by admirers as the "king of the tear jerkers". He is one of the early pioneers of Tin Pan Alley. ...more on Wikipedia about "Charles K. Harris"
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