* 1879 – John Ireland, English composer ( d. 1962 )

William Walker ( composer ) | William Walker, the composer who first joined John Newton's verses to " New Britain ", to create the song that has become " Amazing Grace "

The first known instance of Newton's lines joined to music was in A Companion to the Countess of Huntingdon's Hymns ( London, 1808 ), where it is set to the tune " Hephzibah " by English composer John Jenkins Husband.

* 1946 – John Rubinstein, American actor, composer, director

* 1949 – John Altman, British film composer

Fern Hill has been set to music by the American composer John Corigliano, for SATB chorus with orchestral accompaniment.

* 1938 – John Harbison, American composer

Hugh Le Caine, John Hanert, Raymond Scott, composer Percy Grainger ( with Burnett Cross ), and others built a variety of automated electronic-music controllers during the late 1940s and 1950s.

* 1947 – John Coolidge Adams, American composer

* 1721 – John Reid, British army general and composer ( d. 1807 )

* Sir John in Love, 1924 – 1928, an opera by composer Ralph Vaughan Williams based upon The Merry Wives of Windsor.

* 1876 – John Alden Carpenter, American composer ( d. 1951 )

* 1938 – John Corigliano, American composer

American avant-garde composer John Zorn released an album called Grand Guignol by Naked City in 1992, in a reference to " the darker side of our existence which has always been with us and always will be ".

* John Young ( composer ) ( born 1962 ), New Zealand-born composer

* 1962 – John Ireland, English composer ( b. 1879 )

* 1952 – John Tesh, American composer

* 1782 – John Field, Irish composer ( d. 1837 )

* 1712 – John Stanley, English composer ( d. 1786 )

* 1886 – John J. Becker, American composer ( d. 1961 )

* 1676 – John Weldon, English musician and composer ( d. 1736 )

John Dowland ( 1563 – buried 20 February 1626 ) was an English Renaissance composer, singer, and lutenist.

John Coolidge Adams ( born February 15, 1947 ) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer with strong roots in minimalism.

* Company, the subtitle of String Quartet No. 2 by composer Philip Glass

Leading contemporary composer Philip Glass described Low as " a work of genius " in 1992, when he used it as the basis for his Symphony No. 1 " Low "; subsequently, Glass used Bowie's next album as the basis for his 1996 Symphony No. 4 " Heroes ".

US minimalist composer Philip Glass wrote a prelude focused on the lower register that he scored for timpani and double bass.

* 1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer ( d. 1932 )

* Cameos in the film include science fiction and film industry personalities ( Forrest J. Ackerman, Angelique Pettyjohn, Ward Kimball, Will Ryan ), as well as actual " Big Name " stars ( composer John Massari, a pre -" Miami Vice " Philip Michael Thomas ).

** Philip Glass, American composer

* March 6 – John Philip Sousa, American band leader, conductor, and composer ( The Stars and Stripes Forever ) ( b. 1854 )

* November 6 – John Philip Sousa, American composer and conductor ( Stars and Stripes Forever ) ( d. 1932 )

Philip Glass returns as the film's composer, and Jon Kane as the Visual Designer ( having also worked on Naqoyqatsi with Reggio in 2002 ).

The instrument is named after American bandmaster and composer John Philip Sousa, who popularized its use in his band.

John Philip Sousa (; November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932 ) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, known particularly for American military and patriotic marches.

A cantata for children's choir & piano, ' Arion and the Dolphin ', by the English composer Philip Godfrey, was first performed in 2003.

Akhnaten is an opera in three acts based on the life and religious convictions of the pharaoh Akhenaten ( Amenhotep IV ), written by the American minimalist composer Philip Glass in 1983.

The American composer Philip Glass has also written a symphonic cantata named Itaipu, in honour of the structure.

American composer John Philip Sousa revolutionized the march.

The area inspired Douglas Furber ( lyricist ) and Philip Braham ( composer ) in 1921 to write the popular jazz standard Limehouse Blues, which was introduced by Jack Buchanan and Gertrude Lawrence in the musical revue " A to Z ".

His liberal views on musical cooperation led him to contemporary composer Philip Glass, with whom he released an album, Passages, in 1990.

* Philip Aaberg, jazz keyboardist and composer, attended Chester High School.

In 1928, America's most famous march composer and conductor, John Philip Sousa, presented Governor Arthur T. Hannett and the people of New Mexico an arrangement of the State Song embracing a musical story of the Indian, the Cavalry, the Spanish, and the Mexican.

* Philip Maneval ( born 1956 ), composer.

A sampling of his versatility in addition to numerous recordings of the standard classical repertoire would include his recordings of Baroque pieces using period instruments ; American bluegrass music ; traditional Chinese melodies including the soundtrack to the film Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon ; the tangos of Argentinian composer Ástor Piazzolla ; an eclectic and unusual collaboration with Bobby McFerrin ( where Ma admitted to being terrified of the improvisation McFerrin pushed him toward ); as well as the music of modern minimalist Philip Glass in such works as the 2002 piece Naqoyqatsi.

Philip R. J. Pope is a British composer and actor.

In 1915, The Musical Times published a profile of him by his admirer, the composer Philip Heseltine ( known as " Peter Warlock "), who commented:

In the early 19th century, America produced diverse composers such as Anthony Philip Heinrich, who composed in an idiosyncratic, intentionally " American " style and was the first American composer to write for a symphony orchestra.