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Musicologist Biographies
Every archived life recorded as musicologist, ordered by their place in the ledger.
Early Modern era
Christiaan Huygens
April 14, 1629 – July 8, 1695
Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)
Early Modern era
René Descartes
March 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
Early Modern era
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
Early Modern era
Arthur Schopenhauer
February 22, 1788 – September 21, 1860
German philosopher (1788-1860)
Early Modern era
Robert Burns
January 25, 1759 – July 21, 1796
Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796)
Contemporary era
Jean-Michel Basquiat
December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988
American artist (1960–1988)
Early Modern era
Joseph Haydn
March 31, 1732 – May 31, 1809
Austrian composer (1732–1809)
Modern era
Sergei Rachmaninoff
April 1, 1873 – March 28, 1943
Russian composer, pianist and conductor (1873–1943)
Modern era
Jean Sibelius
December 8, 1865 – September 20, 1957
Finnish composer (1865–1957)
Modern era
Leonard Bernstein
August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990
American conductor and composer (1918–1990)
Modern era
Komitas
September 26, 1869 – October 22, 1935
Ottoman Armenian priest, musicologist, composer and vardapet (1869–1935)
Medieval era
Isidore of Seville
560 CE – April 4, 636 CE
Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian and bishop (c. 560–636)
Medieval era
Albertus Magnus
1193 – 1280
German-Dominican friar and saint (c. 1200–1280)
Medieval era
Roger Bacon
1220 – 1292
English polymath, philosopher and friar (c.1219/20–c.1292)
Medieval era
Guido of Arezzo
992 CE – 1050
11th century Italian monk, inventor of modern musical notation
Medieval era
Notker the Stammerer
840 CE – April 6, 912 CE
Benedictine monk and musician
Early Modern era
Henry Purcell
September 10, 1659 – November 21, 1695
English composer (1659–1695)
Early Modern era
Antonio Salieri
August 18, 1750 – May 7, 1825
Italian composer and teacher (1750–1825)
Modern era
Gabriel Faure
May 12, 1845 – November 4, 1924
French composer, organist, pianist and teacher (1845–1924)
Modern era
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
March 6, 1844 – June 20, 1908
Russian composer (1844–1908)
Modern era
Arnold Schoenberg
September 13, 1874 – July 13, 1951
Austrian-Jewish American composer (1874-1951)
Modern era
Carl Orff
July 10, 1895 – March 29, 1982
German composer (1895–1982)
Modern era
Samuel Barber
March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981
American composer (1910-1981)
Modern era
Heitor Villa-Lobos
March 5, 1887 – November 17, 1959
Brazilian composer (1887–1959)
Modern era
Woody Guthrie
July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967
American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)
Modern era
Pete Seeger
May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014
American folk singer (1919–2014)