S: (n) Berlin, Irving Berlin, Israel Baline (United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989))
S: (n) Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose ((Roman Catholic Church) Roman priest who became bishop of Milan; the first Church Father born and raised in the Christian faith; composer of hymns; imposed orthodoxy on the early Christian church and built up its secular power; a saint and Doctor of the Church (340?-397))
S: (n) Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach (German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750))
S: (n) Bloch, Ernest Bloch (United States composer (born in Switzerland) who composed symphonies and chamber music and choral music and a piano sonata and an opera (1880-1959))
S: (n) Byrd, William Byrd (English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623))
S: (n) Czerny, Karl Czerny (Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer of many works for the piano; studied with Beethoven and was a teacher of Liszt (1791-1857))
S: (n) Franck, Cesar Franck (French composer and teacher who influenced a generation of composers (1822-1890))
S: (n) Gershwin, George Gershwin (United States composer who incorporated jazz into classical forms and composed scores for musical comedies (1898-1937))
S: (n) Hindemith, Paul Hindemith (German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963))
S: (n) Honegger, Arthur Honegger (Swiss composer (born in France) who was the founding member of a group in Paris that included Erik Satie and Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc and Jean Cocteau (1892-1955))
S: (n) Moore, Douglas Moore (United States composer of works noted for their use of the American vernacular (1893-1969))
S: (n) Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (prolific Austrian composer and child prodigy; master of the classical style in all its forms of his time (1756-1791))
S: (n) Rodgers, Richard Rodgers (United States composer of musical comedies (especially in collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II and with Lorenz Hart) (1902-1979))
S: (n) Schnabel, Artur Schnabel (United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951))
S: (n) Schumann, Clara Josephine Schumann (German pianist and composer of piano music; renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896))
S: (n) Strauss, Richard Strauss (German composer of many operas; collaborated with librettist Hugo von Hoffmannsthal to produce several operas (1864-1949))
S: (n) Tallis, Thomas Tallis (English organist and composer of church and secular music; was granted a monopoly in music printing with William Byrd (1505-1585))
S: (n) Varese, Edgar Varese (United States composer (born in France) whose music combines dissonance with complex rhythms and the use of electronic techniques (1883-1965))