Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750) German composer, organist

Balanchine, George (1904-1983) Russian choreographer

Baryshnikov, Mikhail (1948-____) Latvian-USA ballet dancer

Beecham, Thomas (1879-1961) English conductor

Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827) German composer

Berlin, Irving (1888-1989) US composer

Berlioz, Hector (1803-1869) French composer

Bernstein, Leonard (1918-1990) US composer, conductor

Boulanger, Nadia (1887-1979) French conductor, educator

Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976) English composer

Cage, John (1912-1992) US composer, poet, essayist, painter, pianist

Caldwell, Sarah (1924-____) US opera conductor, producer, impresario

Callas, Maria (1923-1977) US opera singer

Casals, Pablo (1876 -1973) Spanish cellist, conductor

Debussy, Claude (1862-1918) French composer

Fonteyn, Margot (1919-____) English dancer

Graham, Martha (1894-1994) US dancer, choreographer

Hammerstein, Oscar (1895-1960) US lyricist, musical comedy author

Levant, Oscar (1906-1972) US composer, musician, actor

Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911) Austrian composer, conductor

Melba, Nellie (1861-1931) Australian opera singer

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) Austrian composer

Pavarotti, Luciano (1935-____) Italian lyric tenor

Pavlova, Anna (1881-1931) Russian ballerina

Porter, Cole (1893-1964) US composer, lyricist

Post, Emily (1872-1960) US etiquette authority

Price, Leontyne (1927-____) US opera singer

Rorem, Ned (1923-____) US composer

Rossini, Gioacchino (1792-1868) Italian opera composer

Rubinstein, Artur (1887-1982) Polish-USA virtuoso pianist

Satie, Erik (1866-1925) French composer

Schnabel, Artur (1882-1951) Austrian pianist, teacher

Schumann, Robert Alexander (1810-1856) German composer

Sills, Beverly (1929-____) US opera singer

Stern, Isaac (1920-____) Russian-USA violinist

Stravinsky, Igor (1882-1971) Russian composer

Thomson, Virgil (1896-1989) US composer, conductor, music critic

Toscanini, Arturo (1867-1957) Italian conductor

Vanderbilt, Amy (1908-1974) US etiquette authority

Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901) Italian composer

Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) German opera composer