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Tunemaker Hall of Fame
The Tune Lovers Society sponsors an annual event known as
National Carry A Tune Week
Read about this year's survey at
For the survey lists, click on these links:
Carry A Tune Week 2008
Carry A Tune Week 2007
Carry A Tune Week 2006
Carry A Tune Week 2005
Carry A Tune Week 2001-2004
Each year ten American composers or songwriters from the past
are chosen for the Tunemakers Hall of Fame
by Roger Hall, President of The Tune Lovers Socety.These composers and songwriters (but not lyricists)
are chosen to recognize their considerable skill and talent
in writing memorable music.In some cases there are several categories (classical, folk, popular)
for a composer or songwriter.
But most are listed under only one category...
2008
Leroy Anderson, 1908-1975 - classical composer/ songwriter
George Duning, 1908 - 2000 - film composer
Daniel Decatur Emmett, 1815-1904 - popular songwriter
Frederick Loewe, 1901-1988 - popular songwriter
David Raksin, 1912-2004 - film composer
George Frederick Root, 1820-1895 - popular songwriter
Virgil Thomson, 1896-1989 - classical composer
James Van Heusen, 1913-1990 - popular songwriter
Hank Williams, Sr, 1923-1953 - popular songwriter
Victor Young, 1900-1956 - film composer/ songwriter
2007
Thomas A. Dorsey, 1899-1993 - gospel songwriter
Hugo Friedhofer, 1902-1981 - film composer
Charles Tomlinson Griffes, 1884-1920 - classical composer
Roy Harris, 1899-1979 - classical composer
Billy Hill, 1899-1940 - popular songwriter
Jay Livingston, 1915-2001 - popular songwriterAlex North, 1910-1991 - film composer
Daniel Read, 1757-1836 - classical composer
William Grant Still, 1895-1978 - classical composer
Franz Waxman, 1906-1987 - film composer
2006
Amy Marcy (Cheney) Beach, 1867-1944 - classical composer
W.C. (William Christopher) Handy, 1873-1958 - blues songwriter
Howard Hanson, 1896-1981 - classical composer
Victor Herbert, 1859-1924 - classical composer
Edward MacDowell, 1860-1908 - classical composer
Lowell Mason, 1792-1872 - classical composer
Alfred Newman, 1900-1970 - film composer
William Schuman, 1910-1992 - classical composer
Dimitri Tiomkin, 1894-1979 - film composer/ songwriter
Harry Warren, 1893-1981 - popular songwriter
2005
Harold Arlen, 1905-1986 - popular songwrite
Elmer Bernstein, 1922-2004 - film composer
George Whitefield Chadwick, 1854-1931 - classical composer
Jerry Goldsmith, 1929-2004 - film composer
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1829-1869 - classical composer
Woody Guthrie, 1912-1967 - folk songwriter
Bernard Herrman, 1911-1975 - film composer
Miklos Rozsa, 1907-1995 - film composer
John Philip Sousa, 1854-1932 - classical composer
Jule Styne, 1905-1994 - popular songwriter
2004
Samuel Barber, 1910-1981 - classical composer
Hoagy Carmichael, 1899-1981 - popular songwriter
Charles Ives, 1874-1954 - classical composer
Scott Joplin, 1868-1917 - classical (ragtime) composer
Jerome Kern, 1885-1945 - popular songwriter
Henry Mancini, 1924-1994 - film composer/ songwriter
John Knowles Paine, 1839-1906 - classical composer
Max Steiner, 1888-1971 - film composer
Randall Thompson, 1899-1974 - classical composer
Fats Waller, 1904-1943 - popular songwriter
2003
Irving Berlin, 1888-1989 - popular songwriter
Leonard Bernstein, 1918-1990 - classical composer/ songwriter
William Billings, 1746-1800 - classical composer
George M. Cohan, 1878-1942 - popular songwriter
Aaron Copland, 1900-1990 - classical composer
Duke Ellington, 1899-1974 - jazz composer/ songwriter
Stephen Foster, 1826-1864 - popular songwriter
George Gershwin, 1898-1937 - popular songwriter/ classical composer
Cole Porter, 1891-1964 - popular songwriter
Richard Rodgers, 1902-1979 - popular songwriter
Totals:
Classical Composers = 23
Film Composers & Songwriters = 14
Popular Songwriters = 23
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See also these links:
100 Essential American Songs (1861 - 1961)
50 Essential American Songs (1759 - 1860)
Film Composers and Soundtracks
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