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Classical Composers ~ K

  • Kaasinen, Sari
  • KABALEVSKY, Dimitri (DMEE' tree kah bahl YEF' skee) (30DEC1904 -
    14FEB1987)Rus

  • Kabelac, Miloslav
  • Kabelis, Ricardas
  • Kacsoh, Pongrac
  • Kaczmarek, Jan
  • Kadar, Matthias
  • Kadosa, Pal
  • KAEFER, John F. (1976-)
  • KAEL, Minna
  • KAGEL, Mauricio (24 DEC 1931- )Arg=Com-Con
  • Kagel, Mauricio
  • Kagenaar, Laurens
  • KAHCHATURIAN (See KHachaturian)
  • Kahn, Erich Itor
  • KAHN, Gus (1886-1941)
  • KAHN, Percy Benedict (1880-1966)
  • Kainz, Joseph
  • Kaipainen, Jouni
  • Kaiser, Wollie
  • Kaiser-Lindemann, Wilhelm
  • KAJANUS, Robert (KAH yah nooz Rah bert) (Helsinki, 1865 - 1933)
    Founded Helsinki Phil. Fin=Com=con Photo
  • Kalabis, Viktor
  • Kalaniemi, Maria
  • Kalas, Julius
  • Kalashnikov, Nicolai
  • Kalhor, Kayhan
  • KALINNIKOV, Vassily (VAH' seh lee kah LEN' ee kov)
    (13 JAN 1866 - 11 JAN 1901)Rus.
  • Kalinnikov, Viktor
  • Kalischnig, Walter
  • Kalitzke, Johannes
  • Kaliviotis, Stathis
  • KALKBRENNER, Christian (Hannover, 22 SEP 1755 - Paris, 10 AUG 1806)Ger (father)
  • KALKBRENNER, Friedrich Wilhelm Michael (Kassel, c.5 NOV 1785 - 10 JUN 1849)Fr=comp-P (son)
  • Kallimulin, Rashid
  • KALLIWODA, Johann Wenzel (1801-1866)
  • KALLSTENIUS, Edvin (1881-1967)
  • KALMAN, Emmerich (1882-1953)
  • Kalnins, Alfreds
  • KALNINS, Imants (EE mahnts KAHL neesh) ( 1941 - )Latvian
  • KALOMIRIS, Manolis (1883-1962)
  • KAMINSKY, Heinrich (1886-1946)
  • Kammel, Antonin
  • Kampela, Arthur
  • KANCHELI, Giya (10 AUG 1935 -
    )Rus=Comp-Violist
  • Kandirali, Mustafa
  • Kandov, Aleksandar
  • Kanengiser, William
  • Kang, Eyvind
  • Kanga, Skaila
  • Kangro, Raimo
  • KANNO, Yoshiro (1953 - )
  • Kaper, Bronislaw
  • Kapi, Gyula
  • Kapp, Artur
  • Kapp, Eugen
  • Kapp, Villem
  • Kapr, Jan
  • Kapsberger, Johann
  • Kapustin, Nicolai
  • KAPRAL, Vaclav (1889-1947)
  • HREF="http://www.kapralova.org/">KAPRALOVA,
    Vitezslava (Brno, 24 JAN 1915 - Montpellier, 16 JUN 1940)Czech
  • KAPSPERGER, Johann Hieronymous (c.1580-1651)
  • Karai, Jozsef
  • Karaindrou, Eleni
  • Karajev, Faradj
  • KARAMANOV, Alemdar (1934-)
  • Karapetyan, Armid
  • KARAYEV, Faradj (1943-)
  • KARCHIN, Louis Loutz (Philadelphia, 1951 - )
    Am=Comp
  • KAREL, Rudolph (1880-1945)
  • HREF="http://utopia.knoware.nl/~jsmeets/k/kargeler.htm">KARG-ELERT,
    Sigfrid (ZEG' fred KARg' a lert) (21 NOV 1877 - 9 APR
    1933)Ger=Com-P-Organist-Harmonium
  • Karjalainen, Ahti
  • KARKOFF, Ingvar ( - )
  • Karkoff, Maurice
  • Karkowski, Zbigniew
  • Karlins, William M ( - )
  • KARLOWICZ, Mieczyslaw [myeh-CHEE-swahf kar-WOHV-ich](1876-1909)
  • Karlsen, Kjell Mork
  • Karlsson, Erik Mikael
  • Karrasch, Kurt
  • Karsemeijer, Rudolf
  • Karssen, Rolf
  • Kasbergen, Marinus
  • Kaschubec, Erich
  • Kaser, Mischa
  • KASKI, Heino (1885-1957)
  • Kasparov, Andrey
  • Kassia
  • KASTALSKY, Alexander Dmitrievich (1856-1926)
  • Kastner, Jean Georges
  • Kats-Chernin, Elena
  • Katt, Friedemann
  • Kattnigg, Rudolf
  • Katzer, Georg
  • Kauchlitz, Johann Andreas
  • KAUDER, Hugo (1888 - 1972)
  • Kauffmann, Georg Friedrich
  • Kaufman, Christopher
  • Kaufmann, Dieter
  • Kaumann, Tonis
  • Kavanagh, Dale
  • Kavina, Lydia
  • Kawamoto, Hideko
  • Kawasaki, Masaru
  • Kay, Alison
  • Kay, Hershey (Phila, 17 NOV 1919 - Danbury, CT 2 DEC 1981)Am = Comp-Orch arr
  • KAY, Ulysses Simpson
    (Tucson, AZ, 7 JAN 1917 - Englewood, NJ, 20 MAY 1995) Am = Comp
  • KAZANDJIEV, Vassil (1934-)
  • Kazazian, Georges
  • Keane, Brian
  • Keane, John
  • Keating, Geoffrey
  • KEATS, D (27 MAY - )Am
  • Kechley, David
  • Kedrov, Nikolai sr
  • KEDROV, Nikolai (1871-1940)
  • KEE, Cor (1900-1997)
  • KEE, Piet (1927-)
  • KEEBLE, John (1711-1786)
  • KEEL, James Frederick (1871-1954)
  • Keetman, Gunild
  • Kef, Kees
  • Kehl, Johann Balthasar
  • KEISER, Reinhard (1674-1739)
  • Keizer, Henk
  • Kelemen, Milko
  • KELER, Bela (1820-1882)
  • Kelkel, Manfred
  • KELLER, Karl (1784-1855)
  • Keller, Max
  • Keller, Wilhelm
  • KELLNER, David (c.1760-1748)
  • KELLNER, Johann Christoph (1737-1803)
  • Kellner, Johann Peter
  • Kelly, Bryan
  • KELLY, Edgar Stillman (1857-1944)
  • Kelly, Earl of
  • KELLY, Frederick Septimus (1881-1916)
  • KELLY, Michael (1762-1826)
  • KELLY, Robert ( - )
  • KELTERBRAUN, R (3 SEP - )Sw
  • Kelway, Thomas
  • Kemenade, Paul van
  • Kemp, Bart de
  • Kempff, Wilhelm
  • Kempis, Nicolas
  • Kenins, Talivaldis

  • KENNAN, Kent Wheeler     (Milwaukee, WI 18 APR 1913 - Austin, TX 1 NOV 2003 )Am
  • Kennel, Hans
  • Kennis, Willem Gommaer
  • Kenny, Dawn
  • Kenny, John
  • Kenny, Terry
  • Ker, Dorothy
  • KERCKHOVEN, Abraham van den (1627-1702)
  • KERN, Jerome
    (NYC, 27 JAN 1885 - 1945) Am.

      Successful MUSICALS were Show Boat (1927; with
      Oscar HAMMERSTEIN 2d) and Roberta (1933). He
      wrote many popular songs, including Smoke Gets in
      Your Eyes      , Silver Lining.

  • KERNIS, Aaron Jay
  • KERRY, Gordon (1961-)
  • KERSTENS, Huub (1947-1999)
  • Kes, Willem
  • Kesselman, Alla
  • Kessels, Jos
  • Kessler, Thomas
  • Kessner, Daniel
  • KETELBY, Arthur William (Birmingham, 9 AUG 1875 - Cowes, 26 NOV 1969)Eng=Comp-Con
  • KETTING, Otto (1935-)
  • KETTING, Piet (1905-1984)
  • Keulen, Geert van
  • KEURIS, Tristan (1946-1996)
  • HREF="http://www.hnh.com/composer/khachatu.htm">KHACHATURIAN, Aram
    (ah RAHM' kah cha toor YAN')
    (6 JUN 1903 - 1978)Armenian

  • Khachaturian, Karen
  • KHANDOSHKIN, Ivan Evstafevich (c.1746-1804)
  • Kharizna, Vladimir
  • KHRENNIKOV, Tikhon Nikolayevich (1913 - )RUS
  • KHUMBALO, Mzilikazi (1932 - )
  • Kicken, Hubert
  • Kiel, August
  • Kiel, Friedrich
  • KIENZL, Wilhelm (1857-1941)
  • Kiesewetter, Peter
  • HREF="http://www.carsonkievman.com">KIEVMAN, Carson (1949 - )Am
  • Kilar, Wojciech
  • Killmayer, Wilhelm
  • Kilpinen, Yrjo
  • KILSTOFTE, Mark (1958-)
  • KIM, Chun Gil ( - )
  • Kim, Earl
  • Kim, Suk-Jun
  • Kim, Lyun Joon
  • Kindermann, Johann Erasmus
  • Kineya, Seiho
  • King, Alastair
  • King, Geoffrey
  • King, Karl
  • KING, Matthew Peter (1773-1823)
  • Kingma, Piet
  • Kinkel, Johanna
  • Kinsella, John
  • Kipourgos, Nikos
  • Kiraly, Laszlo
  • KIRBYE, George (c.1565-1634)
  • Kircher, Athanasius
  • KIRCHNER, Leon (LEE ahn KERSH ner) ( - )
  • KIRCHNER, Theodore (TAY oh door KEERSH ner) (1823 - 1903)
  • Kirchner, Volker David
  • KIRCKA, Jaroslav (1882-1969)
  • Kirk, Rahsaan Roland
  • Kirkpatrick, William James
  • KIRNBERGER, Johann Philipp (1721-1783)
  • Kisielewski, Stefan
  • KISTLER, Cyrill (1848-1907)
  • KITSON, Charles Herbert (1874-1944)
  • KITT, Johann Christian (1732-1809)
  • Kittel, Caspar
  • Kittel, Johann Christian
  • Kittl, Jan Bedrich
  • KIYOSE, Yasuji (13 JAN 1900 - Tokyo, 14 SEP 1981)Japn
  • KJERULF, Halfdan (1815-1868)
  • Kladas, daughter of Ioannes
  • KLAMI, Uuno (OO noh KLAH mee)
  • Klanac, Petar Kresimir
  • Klatzow, Peter
  • Klaveren, Wijnand van
  • KLEBE, Giselher (28 JUN - )Ger
  • Klebe, Kleijn, Johannes Carel
  • KLEIN, Bernhard Joseph (1793-1832)
  • Klein, Georg
  • Klein, Jacob
  • KLEIN, Gideon (1919-1945)
  • Klein, Joseph II
  • Klein, Juliane
  • KLEIN, Lothar ) - )
  • Kleinknecht, Jakob Friedrich
  • KLEMPERER, Otto (1885-1973)Ger=Cond-Comp
  • KLENAU, Paul August von (1883-1946)
  • KLENGEL, Julius (1859-1933)
  • KLENOVSKY, Nicolai Semenovich (1857-1915)
  • KLERK, Albert de(1917-1998)
  • Kletzki, Paul
  • Kleynjans, Francis
  • Klicka, Josef
  • Klobucar, Andelko
  • Klop, Henk
  • Klucevsek, Guy
  • Klughardt, August
  • KMOCH, Frantisek (Zasmuky,1848 - 1912)Bohemian
  • Knaifel, Alexander
  • Knecht, Justin Heinrich
  • Kneller, Andreas
  • Knezek, Jan Vaclav
  • Knieper, Jurgen
  • Knigge, Adolph von
  • Knight, Gerald
  • KNIGHT, Joseph Philip (1812-1887)
  • KNIGHT, Morris ( - )
  • Knipper, Lev
  • KNORR, Iwan (1853-1916)
  • Knupfer, Sebastian
  • KNUSSEN, Oliver
    (12 JUN 1952 - )Eng
  • Kobayashi, Akira
  • Kobrich, Johann Anton
  • Koch, Erland von
  • Koch, Jesper
  • Koch, Jobst Hermann
  • Koch, Johannes
  • Koch, Sigurd von
  • Kochan, Gunther
  • KOCHER, Conrad (1786-1872)
  • Kochetov, Nikolai
  • Kocsar, Miklos
  • Koczwara, Frantisek
  • KODALY,
    Zoltan     (ZOHL' tahn KOH' die) (16 DEC 1882 - 6 MAR 1967)Hung

  • KOECHLIN,
    Charles     (sharl Kersh LAHN') ( 27 NOV 1867 - 1950)Fr
  • Koehne, Graeme
  • Koenig, Gottfried Michael
  • Koennemann, Miloslav
  • Koepf, Siegfried
  • Koessiakov,
  • Koessler, Hans
  • KOETSIER, Jan (yan KOOT seer) (1911 - )
  • Koglmann, Franz
  • KOHAUT, Wenzel Joseph (1738-c.1793)
  • KOHLER, Ernesto (1867-1907)
  • Kohlermann, Angelika
  • KOHLERT, Christian Louis Heinrich (1820-1886)
  • KOHN, Victor
  • Kokai, Rezso
  • KOKKOKEN, Joonas (13 NOV - )Finn
  • Kolb, Karlmann
  • KOLB, Barbara (10 FEB - )Am
  • KOLB, Karlmann (1703-1765)
  • Kolb, Simon
  • Kolberg, Kare
  • Kolessa, Mykola
  • Kollo, Walter
  • Kollo, Willi
  • Kolodner, Ken
  • Komarova, Tatyana
  • Komitas, Sogomon
  • Komma, Karl Michael
  • Komorous, Rudolf
  • Komter, Jan Maarten
  • KOMZAK, Karel (1850-)
  • KOMZAK, Karel III. (1878-1924)
  • Kon, Severyn
  • Kondo, Jo
  • KONINK, Sevaas de(1654-1701)
  • Koningshofer, Franz
  • Konitopoulos, Yorgos
  • Konitopoulou, Irini
  • Konitz, Lee
  • Konjovic, Petar
  • Konjus, July
  • Koolmees, Hans
  • Koomans, Dick
  • Kopelent, Marek
  • Koper, Karl Heinz
  • Kopitz, Klaus Martin
  • Koppel, Anders
  • KOPPEL, Herman D. (1908 - )Dan.
  • Koppel, Thomas Herman II
  • Koppoolse, David
  • Kopriva, Karel Blazej
  • Kopriva, Vaclav Jan
  • Kopylov, Alexander
  • Korndorf, Nikolai

  • KORNGOLD, Erich Wolfgang     (1897 - 1957)
  • Kornowicz, Jerzy
  • Korte, Oldrich
  • Kos Anatolsky, Anatoly

    KOSCHELICH See: KOZELUCH
  • Koshits, Alexander
  • Koshkin, Nikita
  • Kosk, Patrick
  • Koskinen, Juha
  • Kosma, Joseph
  • Kosmas de melode
  • KOSSENKO, Sergei (1970-)
  • KOSSLOVSKY, Jozef (1757-1831)
  • Kostiainen, Pekka
  • KOSZEGHY, Peter (1971-)
  • Kotik, Petr
  • Kotilainen, Esa
  • Kotonski, Wlodzimierz
  • KOTTER, Hans (c.1485-1541)
  • Kotter, Johannes

    KOTZELUCH see: KOZELUCH
  • KOTZWARA, Franz (1730-1791)
  • Koukouzelis, Ioannis
  • Koumans, Rudolf
  • Kourliandsky, Dmitry
  • KOUSSEVITZKY, Serge (1874 - 1951)Rus.=Comp.-Cond.
  • Kovac, Boris
  • KOVARIK, Frantisek (1858-1936)
  • Kovarovic, Karel
  • KOVEN, Henry Louis Reginald de (1859-1920)
  • Kovats, Barna
  • Kowalski, Michael
  • KOX, Hans (1930-)
  • KOYAMA, Kaoru (1955 - )


    KOZELUH or KOZELUCH, KOTZELUCH, KOSCHELICH
  • KOZELUCH, Johann Antonin Thomas
      aka Jan Evangelista Antonin Tomas Kozeluch (Welwarn, 14 DEC 1738 - Prague, 3 FEB 1814). Cousin of Leopold, see below.

  • KOZELUCH, Leopold
      aka Jan Antonio Kozeluch (Welwarn, 26 JUN 1747 - Vienna, 7 MAY 1818) Cousin of Johann, see above.

  • Kozlov, Sergei
  • Krafft, Franz Jozef

  • KRAFT, Anton (1749-1820)
  • KRAFT, Georg Andreas (c.1660-1726)
  • Krajci, Mirko
  • KRAL, Jan Nepomuk (1839-1896)
  • Kramer, Jonathan
  • Kramer, Leo
  • Kramer, Otto
  • Kramer, Thomas
  • KRAMMAR, Frantisek Vincenc (1759-1831)
  • KRASA, Hans (1899-1944)
  • KRASNOSTOVSKI, Aleksei (1880-1967)
  • KRASSHOLD, Lorenz (1803-1881)
  • KRAUS, Joseph Martin (1756-1792)
  • KRAUSE, Christian Gottfried (1719-1770)
  • Krauze, Zygmunt
  • Krcek, Jaroslav
  • Krcha, Bartlomiej
  • Krebs, Joachim
  • KREBS, Johann Ludwig (1713-1780)
  • Krebs, Johann Tobias
  • Kreek, Cyrillus
  • Krehl, Stephan
  • KREIN, Alexander Abramovich (1883-1951)
  • KREIN, Grigory Abramovich (1879-1955)
  • KREIGER, Adam (1634-1666)
  • KREIGER, Johann Philipp (1649-1725)
  • KREISLER, Fritz (1875 - 1962)Austrian=Comp.-Violinist
  • Kreisler, Georg
  • KREISLER, Hugo (1884-1929)
  • KREK, Uros (1922-)
  • KRENEK, Ernst (ehrnst KHREH nik) (23 AUG 1900 - 1991 )Austrian
  • Krenz, Jan
  • Kretenzer, Georgis de
  • Kreuder, Peter Paul
  • Kreutzer, Auguste
  • KREUTZER, Joseph (1778-1832)
  • KREUTZER, Konradin (1780-1849)
  • KREUTZER, Rodolphe (1766-1831)
  • Krieg, Hans
  • Krieger, Adam
  • Krieger, Edino
  • Krieger, Johann
  • Krieger, Johann Philipp
  • KROEGER, Karl ( - )
  • Kroesen, Jill
  • KROHN, Ilmari Henrik Reinhold (1867-1960)
  • Krol, Bernhard
  • KROLL, Erwin (1886-1976)
  • Kroll, Georg
  • KROMMER, Franz (KRAW' mair) (1759 - 1831)
  • Kromolicki, Joseph
  • Kropfgans, Johann
  • Krouse, Ian
  • KRUISBRINK, Annette (1958-)
  • KRUFFT, Baron Nikolaus von (1779-1818)
  • Kruisbrink, Annette
  • Kruisselbrink, Astrid
  • KRUMPHOLZ, Johann Baptist (1745-1790)
  • Krupowicz, Stanislaw
  • Kruse, Bjorn
  • Kruyf, Ton de
  • KRYGELL, Johan Adam (1835-1915)
  • Kubatschek, Hermann
  • KUBELIK, Jan (1880-1940)
  • Kubelik, Rafael
  • Kubisch, Christina
  • Kubizek, Augustin
  • Kuchar, Jan Krtitel
  • KUCHARD, Larry ( -
    )Chicago
  • Kuchynka, Vojta
  • KUEHN, Mikel (1967-)
  • Kufferath, Johann Hermann
  • KUFFNER, Joseph (1777-1856)
  • KUHLAU, Friedrich
    Daniel     (FREED' rich koo LAWL') (11 SEP 1786 - 1832)Dan=Com-P
  • Kuhn, Rolf
  • Kuhn, Siegfried
  • Kuhn, Steve
  • KUHNAU, Johann (koo NOW') (1660 - 1722)
  • KUHNEL, August (c.1645-1700)
  • Kuhr, Gerd
  • Kuiler, Kor
  • Kuivalatar, Mateli
  • Kuivila, Ronald
  • Kukal, Ondrej
  • Kukuck, Felicitas
  • Kukuzel, Yoan
  • KULENTY, Hanna (1961-)
  • Kulikovich, Nikolay
  • Kuljeric, Igor
  • KULJUNTAUSTA, Petri (1961-)
  • Kull, Raimund
  • KULLAK, Theodor (1818-1882)
  • KUMMER, Gaspard (1795-1870)
  • Kunileid, Aleksander
  • KUNNECKE, Eduard (1885-1953)
  • KUNST, Jos (1936-1996)
  • Kunzen, Friedrich
  • Kupferman, Meyer ( NYC, 3 JUL 1926 - Rhinebeck, NY - 3 DEC 2003) Am
  • Kupkovic, Ladislav
  • Kupper, Leo
  • Kupsch, Thomas
  • Kurakina, Natalia
  • Kurka, Robert
  • Kurosawa, Akiro
  • Kurpinski, Karol Kazimierz
  • KURTAG, Gyorgy (19 FEB 1926 - )Hung
  • Kuryokhin, Sergey
  • Kutavicius, Bronius
  • KUULA, Toivo ( - )Fin.
  • Kuular, Oleg
  • Kuusisto, Ilkka
  • Kuusisto, Taneli
  • Kuwahara, Yasuo
  • KUYPER, Elisabeth (KY per) (Amsterdam, 13 SEP 1877 - Lugano, 26 FEB 1953 )Dutch=comp-cond
  • Kvandal, Johan
  • Kverno, Trond
  • Kyburz, Hanspeter
  • Kyriakides, Yannis
  • Kytasty, Julian
  • Kyurkchiyski, Krassimir