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| Marian Anderson | First black soloist to sing at the Metropolitan Opera of New York City |
| Irving Berlin | Russian-born, known for "God Bless America" and "White Christmas" |
| Leonard Bernstein | American composer who wrote "West Side Story" and "Fancy Free" |
| John Cage | avant-garde composer, American, who used flower pots, coffee cans in his compositions, also wrote 4'33" in which the performer makes no sound, then closes the piano |
| George Cohan | 20th century musical showman, wrote "Give My Regards to Broadway" and "Over There", called "Yankee Doodle Boy" |
| Aaron Copland | 20th century composer, wrote, Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid, Fanfare for the Common Man, and Rodeo |
| Stephen Foster | American composer known for songs "Camptown Races" and "Oh! Susanna!" |
| George Gershwin | composer of "Rhapsody in Blue", "An American in Paris", and "Porgy and Bess" |
| Phillip Glass | 20th century minimalist composer, known for operas "Einstein on the Beach", "Satyagraha", and "The Voyage" |
| Ferde Grofe | 20th century composer best known for orchestrating Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and "The Grand Canyon Suite" |
| Woody Guthrie | 20th century lyricist and popular songwriter, known for "This Land is Your Land" |
| Oscar Hammerstein II | The Lyricist who wrote many musicals with Rodgers, including: Oklahoma, South Pacific, The King and I, The Flower Drum Song, and The Sound of Music |
| Gian Carlo Menotti | winner for two Pulitzer Prizes in Music, one for The Consul, the other for The Saint of Bleecker Street |
| Cole Porter | 20th century composer and popular music writer, wrote "Begin the Beguine", "Let's Do it", also wrote Kiss Me Kate and Can-Can |
| Richard Rodgers | 20th century MUSIC composer of the team Rodgers/Hart and Rodgers/Hammerstein: wrote the music for Oklahoma, South Pacific, The King and I, and the Flower Drum Song |
| John Phillip Sousa | bandmaster who wrote: "March King", "Stars and Stripes Forever", and "Semper Fidelis" |
| Leopold Stokowski | Conductor who was featured in the Disney movie Fantasia |
| John Williams | Film-score writer, known for Star Wars, Jaws, E.T., Schindler's List, also wrote the theme songs to most major Olympic Games |
