Al DubinSong lyricist · 1891
Alex NorthFilm composer of A Streetcar Named Desire and Spartacus; wrote Unchained Melody · 1910
Alexander MarkovClassical violinist · 1963
Alfred SchnittkeSoviet-Russian composer known for polystylistic symphonies and concertos · 1934
Anna SpitzerMusician
Anthony ShafferTony Award — Best Play
Arthur CaesarScreenwriter of Manhattan Melodrama (Academy Award 1934) · 1934
Arthur SchwartzBroadway composer · 1900
Artur SchnabelAustrian pianist and composer, celebrated interpreter of Beethoven and the first to record the complete Beethoven piano sonatas. · 1932
Bernard GreenhouseClassical cellist (Beaux Arts Trio) · 1916
Bob WellsCo-wrote 'The Christmas Song' ('Chestnuts roasting on an open fire') with Mel Tormé; born Robert Levinson · 1945
Burton LaneBroadway composer (Finian's Rainbow) · 1912
Carl TausigPianist and composer · 1841
Charles BernsteinPoet / lyricist
Charles LedererTony Award — Best Musical
Charles-Valentin AlkanFrench Romantic composer and virtuoso pianist of formidable technical works · 1813
Clara HaskilRomanian pianist celebrated for her Mozart and Schumann interpretations · 1895
Cynthia WeilSongwriter · 1940
David AmramClassical composer and conductor · 1930
David Cohen (David the Red Sea Singer)Israeli singer of the 1960s, billed across Europe as David the Red Sea Singer, who carried Hebrew and Israeli song from an Eilat nightclub to Dutch television and cut a record for the Dutch… · 1967
David FriedmanComposer and songwriter for stage and screen. · 1973
David PopperCellist and composer · 1843
David RaksinFilm composer (Laura) · 1912
Debbie FriedmanInfluential American composer of contemporary Jewish liturgical music.
Edmond FlegPoet / lyricist
Eliahu InbalOrchestra conductor · 1936
Ellie GreenwichSongwriter of 'Da Doo Ron Ron,' 'Leader of the Pack' and 'River Deep - Mountain High.' · 1940
Elliot GoldenthalComposer of Frida (Academy Award 2002) · 2002
Eric CarmenSinger-songwriter · 1949
Ernest GoldFilm composer (Exodus) · 1921
Ernst TochClassical and film composer · 1887
Ervin DrakeSongwriter (It Was a Very Good Year) · 1919
Ferdinand HillerComposer and conductor · 1811
Franz WaxmanFilm composer of Sunset Boulevard and A Place in the Sun · 1906
Fred EbbBroadway lyricist (Cabaret, Chicago) · 1928
Frederic Hymen CowenComposer and conductor · 1852
Gary GraffmanClassical pianist · 1928
George BenjaminClassical composer and conductor · 1960
George SidneyDirector of MGM musicals ('Anchors Aweigh', 'Show Boat', 'Kiss Me Kate') · 1916
George SzellOrchestra conductor · 1897
Gerry GoffinPoet / lyricist
Gregor PiatigorskyCellist and teacher who premiered numerous concertos written for him · 1903
Gustav HollaenderViolinist and composer · 1855
György FaludyPoet / lyricist
Hannah SeneshPoet / lyricist
Hans KrásaClassical composer (Brundibar) · 1899
Hofni CohenIsraeli singer and entertainer called Suleiman the Little after his father, whose Al El Yisrael became the anthem of the national football team and who sang Hatikvah before its matches from 1989 to… · 1976
Howard AshmanAmerican lyricist known for The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. · 1950
Howard DietzSong lyricist · 1896
Isaac KarabtchevskyOrchestra conductor · 1934
Itamar MosesTony Award — Best Musical
Izhar CohenIsraeli singer who won Israel's first Eurovision Song Contest in 1978 with 'A-Ba-Ni-Bi' · 1978
Jack FeldmanTony Award — Best Original Score
Jack YellenPoet / lyricist
Jacques LevyCo-wrote the musical Fame; Bob Dylan's co-writer on Desire · 1988
Jascha HorensteinOrchestra conductor · 1898
Jay LivingstonSongwriter (Que Sera, Sera) · 1915
Jeff MarxTony Award — Best Musical
Jerry BockComposer of Fiddler on the Roof and Fiorello! · 1928
Jerry MossCo-founded A&M Records (the 'M') — home of The Carpenters, The Police and Janet Jackson · 1962