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Index to Short Biographies of Poets & Composers - B

Johann Baal, Composer (Bavaria, Germany) [Missing Biography]

Victor Babin, Arranger (Russia)

Bogdan Bácanu, Arranger (Romania)

Grażyna Bacewicz, Composer (Poland)

Bach Family: Sorted by Name | Sorted by Number | Family Tree | Family History

Anna Magdalena (Wilcken) Bach, J.S. Bach's 2nd wife, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach [46] (C.P.E. Bach), Composer, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Caspar Bach [3/56], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Caspar Bach [3/58], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Christoph Bach [5], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Ernst Carl Gottfried Bach [81], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Ernst Christian Bach [82], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Georg Christoph Bach [10], Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

George Michael Bach [74], Musician (Saxony, Germany)

Gottfried Heinrich Bach [48], Musician, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Gottlieb Friedrich Bach [76], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Heinrich Bach [3/62], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Heinrich Bach [6], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann(es) [Hans] Bach [2], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann(es) Bach [3/59], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann(es) [Hans] Bach [4], Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Bach [67], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Aegidius Bach [8], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Aegidius Bach [36], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Ambrosius Bach [11], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Andreas Bach [44], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann August Bach, Law Professor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Balthasar Bach [71], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Bernhard Bach [18], Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Bernhard Bach [41], Composer, Organ, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Christian Bach [7], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Christian Bach [32], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Christian Bach [50], Composer, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany / England)

Johann Christian Bach [77], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Christoph Bach [13], Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Christoph Bach [12], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Christoph Bach [22], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Christoph Bach [17], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Christoph Bach [28], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Christoph Bach [19], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Christoph Bach [26], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Christoph Bach [42], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach [49], Composer, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Christoph Georg Bach [83], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Elias Bach [39], Kantor, School Inspector, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Ernst Bach [25], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Ernst Bach [34], Composer, Organ, Lawyer, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Friedrich Bach [29], Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Friedrich Bach [35], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Georg Bach [78], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach [47], Musician, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Günther Bach [15], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Günther Bach [33], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Heinrich Bach [43], Organ, Kantor, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Heinrich Bach [53], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Jacob Bach [3/68], Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Jacob Bach [16], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Jacob Bach [23], Musician (Thuringia, Germany / Sweden)

Johann Lorenz Bach [38], Composer, Kantor, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Ludwig Bach [3/72], Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Michael Bach [14], Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Michael Bach [30], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Michael Bach (13), Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Nicolaus Bach [9], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Nicolaus Bach [27], Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Philipp Bach [85], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Samuel Bach [31], Organ, Painter, Lawyer, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Sebastian Bach [24], Composer, Thomaskantor (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Stephan Bach [3/70], Musici(Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Valentin Bach [21], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Lips [Philippus] Bach [65], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Maria Barbara Bach, J.S. Bach's 1st wife (Thuringia, Germany)

Melchior Bach [3/60], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Nicolaus Bach [3/61], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Nicolaus Ephraim Bach [73], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Philipp Christian Georg Bach [80], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Samuel Anton Bach [75], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Tobias Friedrich Bach [40], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Tobias Friedrich Bach [79], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Veit Bach [1], Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach [45] (W.F. Bach), Composer, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach [84], Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

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Johann Caspar Bachofen, Composer (Switzerland)

Sigismund Bachrich, Composer, Arranger (Hungary)

Nicolas Bacri, Composer (France)

Ludovic Bács, Composer, Arranger (Hungary / Romania)

Henk Badings, Composer (Java / The Netherlands)

Nikolai Badinski, Composer (Bulgaria)

Peter Baekgaard, Arranger (Denmark)

Walter Baer, Composer (Switzerland)

Selmar Bagge, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Jason Bahr, Composer (USA)

Frederic Balazs, Composer, Arranger (Hungary / USA)

Richard Bales, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Andrew Balio, Arranger (USA)

Alison Balsom, Arranger (England)

Johann Nathanael Bammler, Kantor, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Henry Charles Banister, Composer, Arranger (England)

Granville Bantock, Composer, Arranger (England)

Michael Bapzien, Hymn-Writer (Germany)

Cinzia Barbagelata, Arranger (Italy)

Helmut Barbe, Composer (Germany)

Samuel Barber, Composer, Arranger (USA)

John Barbirolli, Arranger (England)

Otto Barblan, Composer (Switzerland)

Johann Friedrich Barisien, Civil Servant, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Georg Heinrich Barth, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Christian Samuel Barth, Oboe, Composer, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Karl Friedrich Barth, Kantor, Copyist, Bach's Pupil, Thomaskantor (Saxony, Germany)

Hans Barth, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Georg Christian Bärtichen, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Richard Bartmuß, Composer (Saxony, Germany)

Béla Bartók, Composer, Arranger (Hungary)

Giovanni Battista Bassani, Composer (Italy)

James Bastien, Arranger (USA)

Harold Bauer, Arranger (England / USA)

Johann David Bauer. Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Alfred Baum, Composer, Arranger (Switzerland)

Herbert Baumann, Composer (Germany)

Johann Friedrich Baumann, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Jacob Baumann, Organ, Teacher, Rector, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Max Georg Baumann, Composer (Germany)

Johann Christoph Baumgarten, Organ, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Jürg Baur, Composer (Germany)

Arnold Bax, Composer, Arranger (England)

John Bayless, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Christian Beck, Rector, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Gottfried Beck, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Albert Becker, Composer (Germany)

Carl Ferdinand Becker, Composer, Writer (Saxony, Germany)

Cornelius Becker, Hymn-Writer (Saxony, Germany)

Gustav Louis Becker, Arranger (USA)

Johann Becker, Organ, Teacher, Composer, Bach's Pupil (Hesse, Germany)

René-Louis Becker, Composer (France / USA)

Alfred von Beckerath, Composer (Germany)

Christopher à Becket-Williams, Composer, Arranger (England)

Pierre Michel Bédard, Composer (Canada / France)

Robert Leech Bedell, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Gwilym Edward Beechey, Composer, Arranger (England)

Bram Beekman, Composer (The Netherlands)

Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer (Germany)

Karol Beffa, Composer, Arranger (France)

Martin Behm, Hymn-Writer (Silesia, Germany)

David Behme, Hymn-Writer (Silesia, Germany)

Siegfried Behrend, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Jack Behrens, Composer (USA / Canada)

Ján Levoslav Bella, Composer (Slovakia)

Johann Gottfried Heinrich Bellermann, Composer, Music Theorist (Germany)

Vladimir Belov, Arranger (Russia)

Franz Benda, Composer (Bohemia)

Paul Ben-Haim, Composer, Arranger (Germany / Israel)

André Bénichou, Arranger (France)

Heinz Benker, Composer (Germany)

Niels Viggo Bentzon, Composer (Denmark)

William Sterndale Bennett, Composer, Arranger (England)

Alban Berg, Composer (Austria)

Adam Gottlob Siegfried Berger, Rector, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

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

Erich Bergel, Arranger (Romania / Germany)

Joseph Berggrun (Europe/ Egypt / Argentina / USA)

Erik Bergman, Composer (Finland)

Mats Bergström, Arranger (Sweden)

Luciano Berio, Composer, Arranger (Italy)

Ralph Berkowitz, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Boris Berlin, Arranger (Russia / Canada)

Friedrich Wilhelm Berner, Composer (Silesia, Germany)

Lord Berners, Composer, Arranger (England)

Christoph Bernhard, Composer (Prussia, Germany)

Leonard Bernstein, Composer (USA)

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

Henri Bertini, Composer, Arranger (England / France)

Hans Georg Bertram, Composer (Germany)

Maurice Besly, Composer, Arranger (England)

Johann Christian Beyer, Lute, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Kaspar Bienemann, Hymn-Writer (Bavaria, Germany)

Tobias Bigger, Arranger (Germany)

Richard Keys Biggs, Composer (USA)

Peter Billam, Composer, Arranger (England)

Anton Bilotti, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Eleonor Bindman, Composer, Arranger (Latvia / USA)

Sigismund von Birken, Hymn-Writer (Bohemia, Germany)

Christoph Birkmann, Poet, Bach's Pupil (Bavaria, Germany)

Harrison Birtwistle, Composer, Arranger (England)

Marcel Bitsch, Composer, Arranger (France)

Georges Bizet, Composer (France)

Michael Blake, Composer (South Africa)

Émile-Robert Blanchet, Composer, Arranger (Switzerland)

Amando Blanquer Ponsoda, Composer (Spain)

Oskar Gottlieb Blarr, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Arthur Bliss, Composer, Arranger (England)

Waldemar Bloch, Composer (Austria)

Robert Blum, Composer (Switzerland)

Heinrich August Blume, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Joachim Blume, Composer (Germany)

Martin Traugott Wilhelm Blumner, Composer (Germany)

Erwin Bodky, Arranger (East Prussia, Germany / USA)

Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, Composer (France)

Herman Boessenroth, Arranger (USA)

Moissaye Boguslawski, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Georg Böhm, Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Gottried Böhm, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Gottfried Böhme, Musician, Tenor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Arrigo Boito, Poet, Composer (Italy)

Otto Bolm, Arranger (Germany)

Mario di Bonaventura, Arranger (USA)

Ulrich Bogislaus von Bonin, Poet (Pomerania, Prussia, Germany)

Hermann Bonnus, Hymn-Writer (Lower Saxony, Germany)

Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Composer (Italy)

Jan (Johan) Van Boom, Composer, Arranger (The Netherlands / Sweden)

Colin Booth, Arranger (England)

Helmut Bornefeld, Composer (Germany)

Jeremiah Bornfield, Composer (USA)

Siegfried Borris, Composer (Germany)

Leonard Borwick, Arranger (England)

Marco Enrico Bossi, Composer (Italy)

Johann Gottfried Böttger, Schoolmaster, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Nadia Boulanger, Composer (France)

Pierre Boulez, Composer (France)

Hendrik Bouman, Composer (The Netherlands)

Louis Bourgeois, Composer (France)

Ivan Bounikoff, Composer, Arranger (Russia)

Guy Bovet, Composer (Switzerland)

Jeanne Bovet, Arranger (Switzerland)

Rayner Brown, Composer, Arranger (USA)

York Bowen, Composer, Arranger (England)

Heinrich Abraham von Boyneburg, Various offices at the court, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Mario Braggiotti, Composer, Arranger (Italy)

Johannes Brahms, Composer (Germany)

Luise Henriette von Brandenburg, Hymn-Writer (The Netherlands / Brandenburg, Germany)

Markgraf Albrecht von Brandenburg, Hymn-Writer (Brandenburg, Germany)

Henry Brant, Composer, Arranger (Canada / USA)

Johannes Brassart, Composer (Burgundia)

Louis Brassin, Composer, Arranger (Belgium)

Alexander Braudo, Arranger (Russia)

Peter Michael Braun, Composer (Germany)

Johann Friedrich Braun, Doctor of Medicine, Bach's Pupil (Germany)

Johann Friedrich Braune, Bach's Pupil (Germany)

Walter Braunfels, Composer, Arranger (Hesse, Germany)

Friedrich Nicolaus Brauns, Composer (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Volker Bräutigam, Composer (Germany)

Reiner Bredemeyer, Composer (Colombia / Germany)

Hans Brehme, Composer (Germany)

Peter Breiner, Composer, Arranger (Czechoslovakia)

Georg Friedrich Breithaupt, Hymn-Writer (Thuringia, Germany) [Missing Biography]

Rudolf Breithaupt, Arranger (Lower Saxony, Germany)

Franz-Josef Breuer, Composer (Germany)

Heribert Breuer, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Alfred Herbert Brewer, Composer (England)

George MacKenzie Brewer, Composer, Arranger (Canada)

Frank Bridge, Composer, Arranger (England)

David Briggs, Composer, Arranger (England)

John Brimhall, Arranger (USA)

Arthur Briskier, Arranger (USA) [Missing Biography]

George F. Bristow, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Benjamin Britten, Composer (England)

Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Librettist (Germany)

Georg Bronner, Composer (Hamburg, Germany)

Richard Brooks, Composer (USA)

Grover Ackley Brower, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Francis James Brown > Joseph James, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Robert J. Brownlow, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Chris Brubeck, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Dave Brubeck, Composer (USA)

Rudolf Bruči, Composer (Yugoslavia)

Arnold von Bruck, Composer (Lower Austria)

Ferdinand Bruckmann, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Johannes Bruckner, Thomaskantor (Country ?)

Nicolaus Bruhns, Composer Silesia, (Germany)

Adolf Brunner, Composer (Switzerland)

Christian Brunnmann (pseudonym for Martin Hanke), Composer (Counter ?) [Missing Biography]

Karl Debrois van Bruyck, Composer, Arranger (Upper Palatinate, Germany) [Missing Biography]

Johann Rudolf Buddensieg, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Constantin Bugeanu, Composer, Arranger (Romania)

Richard Buhlig, Arranger (USA)

Hans von Bülow, Composer, Arranger (Saxony, Germany)

Stanislav Bunin, Arranger (Russia)

Carl Burchard, Arranger (Hamburg, Germany) [Missing Biography]

Franz Burchart, Hymn-Writer (Thurinigia, Germany)

Joachim a Burck, Hymn-Writer, Composer (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

John Burke, Composer (Canada)

Samuel Burckhard, Bach's Pupil (Germany)

Willy Burkhard, Composer (Switzerland)

Franz Joachim Burmeister, Hymn-Writer (Lower Saxony, Germany)

Richard Burmeister, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Ferruccio Busoni, Composer (Italy)

Crato Bütner, Composer (Germany)

Max Butting, Composer (Germany)

Johann Heinrich Buttstett, Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Dietrich Buxtehude, Composer (Schlezwig-Holstein, Germany)

Jean-Paul Byloo, Composer (Belgium)

 

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (May 2003 - November 2020)


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