INSTRUMENTALISTS

This document contains a selection of instrumentalists for whom the Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music includes entries. (For the most part these are classical musicians; jazz pianists, for example, will be found on the page devoted to jazz musicians.)

BETHUNE (Green), Thomas [Blind Tom]	(b. Columbus, Ga., 1849; d. Hoboken, 1908). Pianist and composer.
CHAMINADE, Cécile (Louise Stéphanie)	(b. Paris, 1857; d. Monte Carlo, 1944). Pianist and composer.
CHUNG, Kyung Wha	(b. Seoul, 1948). Violinist.
CLEMENCIC, René	(b. Vienna, 1928). Recorder player, composer, and musicologist.
DAVIDOVICH, Bella (Muhazhlovna)	(b. Baku, Azerbaijan, 1928). Pianist.
DROUET, Louis (-François-Philippe)	(b. Amsterdam, 1792; d. Bern, 1873). Flutist.
FIZDALE, Robert GOLD, Arthur	(b. Chicago, 1920; d. New York, 1995). Duo pianist (with Arthur Gold).(b. Toronto, 1917; d. New York, 1990). Duo pianist (with Robert Fizdale.
FRESCOBALDI, Girolamo	(b. Ferrara, 1583; d. Rome, 1643). Keyboardist and composer.
GALAMIAN, Ivan (Alexander)	(b. Tabriz, Persia, 1903; d. New York, 1981). Violinist and teacher.
GEMINIANI, Francesco	(bapt. Lucca, 1687; d. Dublin, 1762). Violinist, composer, and theorist.
GOLDBERG, Johann Gottlieb	(bapt. Danzig, 1727; buried Dresden, 1756). Organist, harpsichordist, and composer.
GOULD, Glenn (Herbert)	(b. Toronto, 1932; d. there, 1982). Pianist.
HEIFETZ, Jascha	(b. Vilna, Lithuania, 1899; d. Los Angeles, 1987). Violinist.
HOROWITZ, Vladimir	(b. Berdichev, 1903; d. New York, 1989). Pianist.
HSU, John (Tseng-Hsin)	(b. Shantou, 1931). Viol player, barytonist, and cellist.
JACQUET DE LA GUERRE, Élisabeth-Claude	(b. ca. 1666-67; d. Paris, 1729). Harpsichordist and composer.
JOACHIM, Joseph	(b. Kittsee [now Köpcsény] near Poszony, 1831; d. Berlin, 1907). Violinist.
KARR, Gary (Michael)	(b. Los Angeles, 1941). Double bass virtuoso and educator.
KHAN, Ali Akbar	(b. Shibpur, Bengal, 1922). Sarod player and composer.
KIRCHGÄSSNER [Kirchgessner], Marianne (Antonia)	(b. Bruchsal, 1769; d. Schaffhausen, 1808). Glass harmonica player.
LANDOWSKA, Wanda [Alexandra]	(b. Warsaw, 1879; d. Lakeville, Conn., 1959). Harpsichordist and pianist.
LIBERACE, (Walter) [Wladziu Valentino]	(b. West Allis, Wis., 1919; d. Palm Springs, Calif., 1987). Pianist.
LISZT, Franz [Franciscus]	(b. Raiding, Hungary [now Austria], 1811; d. Bayreuth, 1886). Pianist and composer.
LONGY, (Gustave-) Georges (-Leopold)	(b. Abbeville, 1868; d. Moreuil, France, 1930). Oboist, conductor, and educator.
MA, Yo-Yo	(b. Paris, 1955). Cellist.
MENUHIN, Yehudi	(b. New York, 1916). Violinist.
MILLER, Dayton C(larence)	(b. Strongsville, Ohio, 1866; d. Cleveland, 1941). Flutist and acoustician.
MONTOYA, Carlos	(b. Madrid, 1903; d. Wainscott, N.Y., 1993). Guitarist, principally in the flamenco style.
MUTTER, Anne-Sophie	(b. Rheinfelden, 1963). Violinist.
PADEREWSKI, Ignacy Jan	(b. Kurylówka, Poland, 1860; d. New York, 1941). Pianist, composer, premier.
PAGANINI, Niccolò	(b. Genoa, 1782; d. Nice, 1840). Violinist, composer.
PERLMAN, Itzhak	(b. Tel Aviv, 1945). Violinist.
ROMERO.	Family of guitarists. Celedonio Romero (b. Málaga, Spain, 1918) and his three sons, Celín (b. Málaga, 1940), Pepe (b. Málaga, 1944), and Ángel (b. Málaga, 1946), formed the guitar quartet Los Romeros.
ROSEN, Charles (Welles)	(b. New York, 1927). Pianist and writer on music.
ROSTROPOVICH, Mstislav (Leopoldovich)	(b. Baku, Azerbaijan, 1927). Cellist, conductor.
SCHUMANN [née Wieck], Clara (Josephine)	(b. Leipzig, 1819; d. Frankfurt am Main, 1896). Pianist, composer.
SEGOVIA, Andrés	(b. Linares, 1893; d. Madrid, 1987). Guitarist.
SHANKAR, Ravi	(b. Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, 1920). Sitar player and composer.
SUZUKI, Shin'ichi	(b. Nagoya, 1898). Violinist and teacher.
SWEENEY, Joel Walker [Joe]	(b. Appomattox, Va., ca. 1810; d. there, 1860). Banjo player and maker.