Index to Short Biographies of Poets & Composers - H

Babette Haag, Arranger (Germany)

Johann Gottlob Haase, Organ, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Samuel Siegfried Haase, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Michael Habermann, Composer, Arranger (France)

Konrad Hagius (von Hagen), Composer (Westphalia, Germany)

Cory Hall, Arranger (USA)

Johann Gottfried Hallbauer, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Paul Hallmann, Composer (Silesia, Germany)

Iain Hamilton, Composer, Arranger (Scotland, UK)

Andreas Hammerschmidt, Composer, Hymn-Writer (Bohemia, Germany)

Steven Hancoff, Arranger (USA)

George Frideric Handel (Georg Friedrich Händel), Composer (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany / England)

Jakob Handl (Jacobus Gallus), Composer (Slovenia)

Johann Nicolaus Hanff, Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann August Hannemann, Bach's Pupil (Lower Saxony, Germany)

Ilmari Hannikainen, Composer, Arranger (Finland)

Sten Hanson, Composer (Sweden)

Jürgen Happe, Arranger (Germany)

John Harbison, Composer (USA)

Johann Samuel Harich, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Aharon Harlap, Composer (Canada / Israel)

Johann Gottlob Harrer, Composer, Thomaskantor (Saxony, Germany)

Arthur Harris, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Johana Harris, Arranger (Canada)

Roy Harris, Composer, Arranger (USA)

William Henry Harris, Composer, Arranger (England)

Julius Harrison, Composer, Arranger (England)

Thomas de Hartmann, Composer, Arranger (Russia)

Johannes Hartung, Composer (Country ?) [Missing Biography]

Karl Hartwig, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Gottlob Friedrich Hase, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Adolf Hasse, Composer (Germany)

Nikolaus Hasse, Composer (Schlezwig-Holstein, Germany)

Peter Hasse, Composer (Franconia)

Hans Leo Hassler, Composer (Bavaria, Germany)

Carl Ephraim Haupt, Sexton, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Carl August Haupt, Composer (Silesia, Germany)

Christian Friedrich Haupt, Librettist (Country ?) [Missing Biography]

Johann Gottlob Haupt, Copyist, Catechist, Bach's Pupil (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)

Johann Christian Hauptmann, Kantor, Organ, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Moritz Hauptmann, Composer, Thomaskantor (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Christian Hauptvogel, Notary, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Gottlob Ernst Hausius, Bach's Pupil ? (Germany)

Gottlieb Jacob Hausius, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Michael Haydn, Composer (Austria)

Bruce Haynes, Musicologist, Arranger (USA / Canada)

Johann Samuel Hebenstreit, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Christian Friedrich Hecht, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Samuel Gottlieb Heder, Copyist, Court Musician, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Heermann, Hymn-Writer (Silesia, Germany)

Erhart Hegenwalt, Hymn-Writer (Germany)

Melchior Heger, Thomaskantor (Germany ?)

Ilya Heifets, Composer (Russia / Israel)

Johann Heinrich Heil, Organ, Harpsichord, Violin, Bach's Pupil (Thurnigia, Germany)

Peter Heilbut, Composer, Arranger (Thuringia, Germany)

Anton Heiller, Composer (Austria)

Gottfried Heine, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Johann Michael Heineccius, Librettist (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann David Heinichen, Composer (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Friedrich Wilhelm Heinicke, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Georg Heinrich, Copyist, Organ, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Wolff Heintz, Composer (Germany ?)

Raaf Hekkema, Arranger (The Netherlands)

Christian Gotthold Helbig, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Friedrich Helbig, Librettist (Thuringia, Germany)

Lupus [Wulfaert] Hellinck, Composer (Flanders)

Joseph Hellmesberger, Jr., Composer, Arranger (Austria)

Christoph Helm, Librettist (Thuringia, Germany)

Ludwig Helmbold, Hymn-Writer, Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Gottfried Wilhelm Hendel, Kantor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander), Librettist (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Samuel Hensel, Sexton, School Owner, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Valerius Herberger, Hymn-Writer (Posen, Germany)

Petrus Herbert, Hymn-Writer (Moravia)

Johann Andreas Herbst, Composer (Bavaria, Germany)

Paul C. Herfurth, Arranger (Germany / USA)

Friedrich Hermann, Composer, Arranger (Hesse, Germany)

Johannes (Iralus) Hermann, Hymn-Writer, Thomaskantor (Saxony, Germany)

Zacharias Hermann, Hymn-Writer (Poland / Germany)

Nikolaus Herman, Hymn-Writer, Composer (Bavaria, Germany)

Leberecht Herold, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Johann Theodor Herrmann, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Daniel Herrnschmidt, Hymn-Writer (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Philippe Hersant, Composer (Italy)

Fred Hersch, Composer (USA)

Johann Gottlob Hertel, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Carl Wendelin Hertzberg, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Friedrich Hertzog, Hymn-Writer (Saxony, Germany)

Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Composer (Austria)

Johann Gottlieb Herzsch, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Myra Hess, Arranger (England)

Christian Gottfried Heße, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Georg Hesse, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Kurt Hessenberg, Composer (Hesse, Germany)

Carl Hermann Heuckenrott, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Christian Samuel Heuckenrott, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johannes Heugel, Composer (Bavaria, Germany)

Carl Heinrich Gotthard Heunicke, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Angela Hewitt, Arranger (Canada)

Johann Friedlieb Hey, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Sebald Heyden, Hymn-Writer, Poet, Musicologist (Bavaria, Germany)

Johann August Heye, Kantor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Johann Heyer, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Gottlob Friedrich Hildebrand, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Ulrich Hildebrandt, Composer (Country ?) [Missing Biography]

Zacharias Hildebrandt, Organ Builder (Silesia, Germany)

Roch Hill, Arranger (Poland) [Missing Biography]

Johann Adam Hiller, Composer, Thomaskantor (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Heinrich Hillmeyer, Kantor, Organist, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Paul Hindemith, Composer (Germany)

Ewaldt Hintz, Composer (Germany)

Jacob Hintze, Composer (Germany)

Masataka Hirano, Arranger (Japan)

John Karl Hirten, Composer (USA)

Charles K. Hoag, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Heinrich Ludwig Carl von Hochberg, Bach's Pupil? (Bavaria, Germany)

Caesar Hochstetter, Arranger (Country ?)

Alun Hoddinott, Composer (Wales, UK)

Bodo von Hodenberg, Poet (Lower Saxony, Germany)

Harry Hodge, Arranger (Country ?) [Missing Biography]

Leslie Hodge, Arranger (Australia / USA)

Paul Höffer, Composer (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Richard Hoffman, Composer, Arranger (England)

Balthasar Hoffmann, Librettist (Country ?)

Christian Friedrich Hoffmann, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Georg Melchior Hoffmann, Composer (Saxony, Germany)

Gottfried Christoph Hoffmann, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Gottlob Friedrich Hoffmann, Kantor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Samuel Gotthelf Hoffmann, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Paul Gottfried Hoffmann, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Wolfgang Hofmann, Composer (Germany)

Lee Hoiby, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Christian Janszon Hollander, Composer (Country ?)

Karl Höller, Composer (Germany)

Robin Holloway, Composer, Arranger (England)

Gustav Holst, Composer, Arranger (England)

Ernst Christoph Homburg [Hamburg], Hymn-Writer (Thuringia, Germany)

Gottfried August Homilius, Composer, Organ, Kantor, Copyist, Bach's Pupil? (Saxony, Germany)

Arthur Honegger, Composer, Arranger (France)

Jascha Horenstein, Arranger (Russia / USA)

Johann Horn, Hymn-Writer (Bohemia).

Johann Kaspar Horn, Composer (Austria)

Mary Howe, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Herbert Howells, Composer, Arranger (England)

Jenő Hubay, Composer, Arranger (Hungary

Konrad Hubert, Hymn-Writer (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Johann Gottlieb Hüblein, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Christian Friedrich Hübler, Rector, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Jacob Ernst Hübner, Composer, Organ, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Benjamin Hudson, Arranger (USA)

Edwin Hughes, Arranger (USA)

Walden Hughes, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Anne Hull, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Engelbert Humperdinck, Composer, Arranger (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Hans Humpert, Composer (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Johann Siegismund Hund, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Christian Friedrich Hunold (Menantes), Librettist (Thuringia, Germany)

Peter Hurford, Composer (England)

Karel Husa, Composer (Czechoslovakia / USA)

Heinrich Husmann, Arranger (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (May 2003 - May 2020)