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He charted the rise of musical minimalism on New York's downtown scene in the 1970s. He later gained notice for abstract works of his own. Tom Johnson, a composer and [...]

LEIF SEGERSTAM, who has died aged 80, was a prolific composer, a maverick conductor and an ebullient performer on violin, piano and any other instrument he could lay his hands [...]

Mr. Solal, who also wrote music for films and symphony orchestras, was revered in Europe and hailed in the United States on his rare visits there. Martial Solal, Europe's pre-eminent [...]

He conducted Broadway shows and worked with Bernadette Peters. But he was probably best known for writing the music for the darkly comic ''Ruthless!'' Marvin Laird, a conductor for Broadway [...]

Byline: Jon Henley Charles Dumont composed melodies for French and international stars ranging from Dalida to Jacques Brel, Juliette Gréco and Barbra Streisand. But the singer-songwriter, who has died aged [...]

For decades, he had many of the pop world's best players on call -- and knew how to coax out their sharpest performances. 'Quincy called me.' That is the opening [...]

Byline: Kristin McGrath, USA TODAY Quincy Jones, best known as the architect of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' and the man who made stars collide for 1985's 'We Are the World,' had [...]

QUINCY JONES, who has died aged 91, was one of the most important and versatile figures in the history of 20th-century music; in a career that spanned 70 years, he […]

Byline: Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — Charles Dumont, who composed Édith Piaf's biggest hit, 'Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,' has died at age 95. Dumont's wife told French [...]

Byline: Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) -- (CNN) — Musical titan Quincy Jones, the composer and producer who added his tasteful polish to recordings by everyone from Ray Charles and [...]

Byline: Adam Nossiter He mystified his Finnish countrymen with an unstoppable flow of compositions. He was also, one journalist said, 'an alarming person to interview.' Leif Segerstam, a Finnish conductor [...]

Byline: Matt Schudel Benny Golson, a preeminent tenor saxophonist who was also the composer of such elegant jazz standards as 'I Remember Clifford,' 'Along Came Betty' and 'Whisper Not,' died [...]

Byline: Tim Page Richard Dyer, who became one of the country's foremost classical music reviewers as chief music critic for the Boston Globe from 1976 to 2006, died Sept. 20 [...]

Byline: Marco Cummings Jim Green, the musician composer behind the beloved jingles that have been the soundtrack for millions of travelers on Denver International Airport's train, made his final departure [...]

A pianist, composer and arranger, he rose to fame with the group Brasil '66 and remained a force in popular music for more than six decades. Sergio Mendes, the Brazilian-born [...]

Byline: Matt Schudel Sergio Mendes, a Brazilian pianist, composer and arranger whose group Brasil '66 offered a tropical-flavored countermelody to the hard edge of rock-and-roll in the late 1960s and [...]

ALEXANDER GOEHR, who has died aged 92, was the last surviving member of the 'Manchester School' of composers that included Harrison Birtwistle and Peter Maxwell Davies. Goehr came to prominence […]

Byline: Andrew Clements The death of Alexander Goehr at the age of 92 brings to a close what was perhaps the most important chapter in British music in the second [...]

CHARLES BLACKWELL, the composer, music director and producer, who has died aged 84, was one of the busiest music arrangers of the 1960s, adapting, harmonising and orchestrating dozens of pop […]

His music, which was performed by many prominent ensembles, mixed melodic themes and rich textures with the sharp-edged angularity of modernism. Harold Meltzer, a composer who set aside a career [...]

WOLFGANG RIHM, who has died aged 72, was the most prominent of postwar German composers; he produced more than 500 works ranging from string quartets and concertos to symphonies and […]

The brother, son and grandson of famous English writers, he carved out his own space as a composer, critic, columnist and historian. Alexander Waugh, who throughout his varied career as [...]

Byline: Telegraph Obituaries Leif Segerstam, who has died aged 80, was a prolific composer, a maverick conductor and an ebullient performer on violin, piano and any other instrument he could [...]

Byline: Telegraph Obituaries Ken Howard, who has died aged 84, was, with his schoolfriend Alan Blaikley, the elder half of one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 1960s. [...]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jazz great Benny Golson, a tenor saxophonist and composer of standards such as “Killer Joe” and “Along Came Betty,' has died. He was 95. Golson died [...]

Likened to a ''court composer'' for Germany, he wrote more than 500 pieces and was considered one of the most original and independent musical voices in Europe. Wolfgang Rihm, a [...]

Byline: Tim Page Sarah Gibson, an American pianist and composer whose music combined grace, invention, lyricism and prismatic color, died July 14 at her home in Los Angeles. She was [...]

Byline: Tim Page Sarah Gibson, an American pianist and composer whose music combined grace, invention, lyricism and prismatic color, died July 14 at her home in Los Angeles. She was [...]

As a performer, he was a leading figure in the early days of Nashville rock 'n' roll. He later found success as a writer, producer and publisher. Buzz Cason, a [...]

With the Contortions and James White and the Blacks, the songwriter and saxophonist set out to challenge musicians and stir up audiences. James Chance, the singer, saxophonist and composer who [...]

JERROLD NORTHROP MOORE, who has died aged 90, was an American academic who devoted much of his career to the British composer Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934), sweeping up the biographical […]

Byline: Matt Schudel Bill Holman, a Grammy Award-winning jazz arranger and composer who helped shape the big-band music of Stan Kenton and Doc Severinsen's 'Tonight Show' orchestra and wrote orchestrations [...]

Byline: Matt Schudel Bill Holman, a Grammy Award-winning jazz arranger and composer who helped shape the big-band music of Stan Kenton and Doc Severinsen's 'Tonight Show' orchestra and wrote orchestrations [...]

STEVE BROWN, who has died aged 69, was a composer of comedy songs, notably for the satirical puppet show Spitting Image, eventually becoming its house composer; he also wrote several […]

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, who won a 2005 Oscar for the musical score of “Finding Neverland,” died on Tuesday. He was 71. Kaczmarek’s death was [...]