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Index to Short Biographies of Poets & Composers - B |
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Name |
Category |
Works / Country |
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Johann Baal [Missing Biography] |
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Bavaria, Germany |
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Victor Babin |
Arranger |
Russia |
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Grażyna Bacewicz |
Composer |
Poland |
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Bach Family: Sorted by Name | Sorted by Number | Family Tree | Family History |
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Anna Magdalena (Wilcken) Bach |
J.S. Bach's 2nd wife |
Saxony, Germany |
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach [46] (C.P.E. Bach) |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Caspar Bach [3/56] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Caspar Bach [3/58] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Christoph Bach [5] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Ernst Carl Gottfried Bach [81] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Ernst Christian Bach [82] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Georg Christoph Bach [10] |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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George Michael Bach [74] |
Musician |
Saxony, Germany |
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Gottfried Heinrich Bach [48] |
Musician |
Saxony, Germany |
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Gottlieb Friedrich Bach [76] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Heinrich Bach [3/62] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Heinrich Bach [6] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann(es) [Hans] Bach [2] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann(es) Bach [3/59] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann(es) [Hans] Bach [4] |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Bach [67] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Aegidius Bach [8] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Aegidius Bach [36] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Ambrosius Bach [11] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Andreas Bach [44] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Balthasar Bach [71] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Bernhard Bach [18] |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Bernhard Bach [41] |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Christian Bach [7] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Christian Bach [32] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Christian Bach [50] |
Composer |
Saxony, Germany / England |
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Johann Christian Bach [77] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Christoph Bach [13] |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Christoph Bach [12] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Christoph Bach [22] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Christoph Bach [17] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Christoph Bach [28] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Christoph Bach [19] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Christoph Bach [26] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Christoph Bach [42] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach [49] |
Musician |
Saxony, Germany |
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Johann Christoph Georg Bach [83] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Elias Bach [39] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Ernst Bach [25] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Ernst Bach [34] |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Friedrich Bach [29] |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Friedrich Bach [35] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Georg Bach [78] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach [47] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Günther Bach [15] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Günther Bach [33] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Heinrich Bach [43] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Heinrich Bach [53] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Jacob Bach [3/68] |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Jacob Bach [16] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Jacob Bach [23] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany / Sweden |
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Johann Lorenz Bach [38] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Ludwig Bach [3/72] |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Michael Bach [14] |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Michael Bach [30] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Michael Bach (13) NW |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Nicolaus Bach [9] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Nicolaus Bach [27] |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Philipp Bach [85] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Samuel Bach [31] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Sebastian Bach [24] |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany
BWV 315, BWV 345, BWV 384 |
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Johann Stephan Bach [3/70] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Valentin Bach [21] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Lips [Philippus] Bach [65] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Maria Barbara Bach |
J.S. Bach's 1st wife |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Melchior Bach [3/60] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Nicolaus Bach [3/61] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Nicolaus Ephraim Bach [73] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Philipp Christian Georg Bach [80] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Samuel Anton Bach [75] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Tobias Friedrich Bach [40] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Tobias Friedrich Bach [79] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Veit Bach [1] |
Musician |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Wilhelm Friedemann Bach [45] (W.F. Bach) |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach [84] |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Johann Caspar Bachofen |
Composer |
Switzerland |
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Sigismund Bachrich |
Composer, Arranger |
Hungary |
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Nicolas Bacri |
Composer |
France |
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Ludovic Bács |
Composer, Arranger |
Hungary / Romania |
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Henk Badings |
Composer |
Java / Holland |
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Nikolai Badinski |
Composer |
Bulgaria |
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Peter Baekgaard |
Arranger |
Denmark |
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Walter Baer |
Composer |
Switzerland |
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Selmar Bagge |
Composer, Arranger |
Germany |
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Jason Bahr |
Composer |
USA |
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Frederic Balazs |
Composer, Arranger |
Hungary / USA |
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Richard Bales |
Composer, Arranger |
USA |
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Johann Nathanael Bammler |
Bach's Pupil |
Saxony, Germany |
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Henry Charles Banister |
Composer, Arranger |
England |
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Granville Bantock |
Composer, Arranger |
England |
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Cinzia Barbagelata |
Arranger |
Italy |
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Samuel Barber |
Composer, Arranger |
USA |
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John Barbirolli |
Arranger |
England |
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Otto Barblan |
Composer |
Switzerland |
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Christian Samuel Barth |
Bach’s Pupil |
Saxony, Germany |
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Hans Barth |
Composer, Arranger |
Germany |
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Richard Bartmuß |
Composer |
Saxony, Germany |
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Béla Bartók |
Composer, Arranger |
Hungary |
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Giovanni Battista Bassani |
Composer |
Italy |
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James Bastien |
Arranger |
USA |
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Harold Bauer |
Arranger |
England / USA |
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Alfred Baum |
Composer, Arranger |
Switzerland |
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Herbert Baumann |
Composer |
Germany |
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Max Georg Baumann |
Composer |
Germany |
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Johann Christoph Baumgarten |
Bach’s Pupil |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Jürg Baur |
Composer |
Germany |
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Arnold Bax |
Composer, Arranger |
England |
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John Bayless |
Composer, Arranger |
USA |
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Albert Becker |
Composer |
Germany |
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Carl Ferdinand Becker |
Composer, Writer |
Saxony, Germany |
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Cornelius Becker |
Hymn-Writer |
Saxony, Germany |
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Gustav Louis Becker |
Arranger |
USA |
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René-Louis Becker |
Composer |
France / USA |
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Alfred von Beckerath |
Composer |
Germany |
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Christopher à Becket-Williams |
Composer, Arranger |
England |
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Pierre Michel Bédard |
Composer |
Canada / France |
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Robert Leech Bedell |
Composer, Arranger |
USA |
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Bram Beekman |
Composer |
Holland |
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Ludwig van Beethoven |
Composer |
Germany |
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Karol Beffa |
Composer, Arranger |
France |
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Martin Behm |
Hymn-Writer |
Silesia, Germany |
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Siegfried Behrend |
Composer, Arranger |
Germany |
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Jack Behrens |
Composer |
USA / Canada |
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Ján Levoslav Bella |
Composer |
Slovakia |
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Johann Gottfried Heinrich Bellermann |
Composer, Music Theorist |
Germany |
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Vladimir Belov |
Arranger |
Russia |
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Franz Benda |
Composer |
Bohemia |
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Paul Ben-Haim |
Composer, Aeranger |
Germany / Israel |
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André Bénichou |
Arranger |
France |
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Heinz Benker |
Composer |
Germany |
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Niels Viggo Bentzon |
Composer |
Denmark |
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William Sterndale Bennett |
Composer, Arranger |
England |
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Alban Berg |
Composer |
Austria |
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Erich Bergel |
Arranger |
Romania / Germany |
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Erik Bergman |
Composer |
Finland |
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Luciano Berio |
Composer, Arranger |
Italy |
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Ralph Berkowitz |
Composer, Arranger |
USA |
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Boris Berlin |
Arranger |
Russia / Canada |
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Friedrich Wilhelm Berner |
Composer |
Silesia, Germany |
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Lord Berners |
Composer, Arranger |
England |
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Christoph Bernhard |
Composer |
Prussia, Germany |
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Leonard Bernstein |
Composer |
USA |
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Henri Bertini |
Composer, Arranger |
England / France |
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Hans Georg Bertram |
Composer |
Germany |
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Maurice Besly |
Composer, Arranger |
England |
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Kaspar Bienemann |
Hymn-Writer |
Bavaria, Germany |
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Richard Keys Biggs |
Composer |
USA |
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Peter Billam |
Composer, Arranger |
England |
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Anton Bilotti |
Composer, Arranger |
USA |
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Sigismund von Birken |
Hymn-Writer |
Bohemia, Germany |
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Marcel Bitsch |
Composer, Arranger |
France |
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Georges Bizet |
Composer |
France |
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Michael Blake |
Composer |
South Africa |
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Amando Blanquer Ponsoda |
Composer |
Spain |
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Oskar Gottlieb Blarr |
Composer, Arranger |
Germany |
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Arthur Bliss |
Composer, Arranger |
England |
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Waldemar Bloch |
Composer |
Austria |
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Robert Blum |
Composer |
Switzerland |
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Joachim Blume |
Composer |
Germany |
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Martin Traugott Wilhelm Blumner |
Composer |
Germany |
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Erwin Bodky |
Arranger |
East Prussia, Germany / USA |
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Alexandre Pierre François Boëly |
Composer |
France |
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Herman Boessenroth |
Arranger |
USA |
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Moissaye Boguslawski |
Composer, Arranger |
USA |
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Georg Böhm |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Arrigo Boito |
Poet, Composer |
Italy |
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Otto Bolm |
Arranger |
Germany |
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Mario di Bonaventura |
Arranger |
USA |
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Ulrich Bogislaus von Bonin |
Poet |
Pomerania, Prussia, Germany |
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Francesco Antonio Bonporti |
Composer |
Italy |
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Jan (Johan) Van Boom |
Composer, Arranger |
Holland / Sweden |
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Colin Booth |
Arranger |
England |
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Helmut Bornefeld |
Composer |
Germany |
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Jeremiah Bornfield |
Composer |
USA |
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Siegfried Borris |
Composer |
Germany |
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Leonard Borwick |
Arranger |
England |
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Marco Enrico Bossi |
Composer |
Italy |
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Nadia Boulanger |
Compos |
France |
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Pierre Boulez |
Composer |
France |
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Hendrik Bouman |
Composer |
The Netherlands |
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Louis Bourgeois |
Composer |
France |
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Ivan Bounikoff |
Composer, Arranger |
Russia |
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Guy Bovet |
Composer |
Switzerland |
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Jeanne Bovet [Missing Biography] |
Arranger |
Switzerland |
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Rayner Brown |
Composer, Arranger |
USA |
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York Bowen |
Composer, Arranger |
England |
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Mario Braggiotti |
Composer, Arranger |
Italy |
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Johannes Brahms |
Composer |
Germany |
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Henry Brant |
Composer, Arranger |
Canada / USA |
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Johannes Brassart |
Composer |
Burgundia |
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Louis Brassin |
Composer, Arranger |
Belgium |
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Alexander Braudo |
Arranger |
Russia |
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Peter Michael Braun |
Composer |
Germany |
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Walter Braunfels |
Composer, Arranger |
Hesse, Germany |
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Friedrich Nicolaus Brauns |
Composer |
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
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Volker Bräutigam |
Composer |
Germany |
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Reiner Bredemeyer |
Composer |
Colombia / Germany |
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Hans Brehme |
Composer |
Germany |
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Peter Breiner |
Composer, Arranger |
Czechoslovakia |
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Georg Friedrich Breithaupt [Missing Biography] |
Hymn-Writer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Rudolf Breithaupt |
Arranger |
Lower Saxony, Germany |
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Franz-Josef Breuer |
Composer |
Germany |
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Alfred Herbert Brewer |
Composer |
England |
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Frank Bridge |
Composer, Arranger |
England |
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David Briggs |
Composer, Arranger |
England |
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John Brimhall |
Arranger |
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George F. Bristow |
Composer, Arranger |
USA |
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Benjamin Britten |
Composer |
England |
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Barthold Heinrich Brockes |
Librettist |
Germany |
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Georg Bronner |
Composer |
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Richard Brooks |
Composer |
USA |
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Francis James Brown > Joseph James |
Composer, Arranger |
USA |
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Robert J. Brownlow |
Composer, Arranger |
USA |
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Dave Brubeck |
Composer |
USA |
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Rudolf Bruči |
Composer |
Yugoslavia |
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Arnold von Bruck |
Composer |
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Ferdinand Bruckmann |
Composer, Arranger |
Germany |
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Johannes Bruckner |
Thomaskantor |
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Nicolaus Bruhns |
Composer |
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Adolf Brunner |
Composer |
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Christian Brunnmann [Missing Biography] |
Hymn-Writer |
BWV 435 |
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Karl Debrois van Bruyck [Missing Biography] |
Composer, Arranger |
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Constantin Bugeanu |
Composer, Arranger |
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Richard Buhlig |
Arranger |
USA |
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Hans von Bülow |
Composer, Arranger |
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Stanislav Bunin |
Arranger |
Russia |
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Carl Burchard [Missing Biography] |
Arranger |
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Joachim a Burck |
Hymn-Writer, Composer |
BWV 309 |
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John Burke |
Composer |
Canada |
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Willy Burkhard |
Composer |
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Franz Joachim Burmeister |
Hymn-Writer |
Lower Saxony, Germany |
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Richard Burmeister |
Composer, Arranger |
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Ferruccio Busoni |
Composer |
Italy |
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Crato Bütner |
Composer |
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Max Butting |
Composer |
Germany |
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Johann Heinrich Buttstett |
Composer |
Thuringia, Germany |
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Dietrich Buxtehude |
Composer |
Schlezwig-Holstein, Germany |
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Jean-Paul Byloo |
Composer |
Belgium |
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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (May 2003 - January 2013) |
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