Tunemaker Hall of Fame

Each year ten American composers or songwriters from the past were chosen for the Tunemakers Hall of Fame by Roger Hall, Director of The American 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 for a composer or songwriter. But most are listed under only one category.

Note: This listing has been discontinued and no more names will be added.

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

Oliver Holden, 1765-1844 - classical songwriter

Jay Livingston, 1915-2001 - popular songwriter

Alex 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, 1824-1864 - 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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National Carry A Tune Week

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For past survey lists, click on these links:

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National Carry A Tune Week 2021

National Carry A Tune Week 2020

National Carry A Tune Week 2019

National Carry A Tune Week 2018

National Carry A Tune Week 2017

National Carry A Tune Week 2016

National Carry A Tune Week 2015

National Carry A Tune Week 2014

National Carry A Tune Week 2013

National Carry A Tune Week 2012

National Carry A Tune Week 2011

National Carry A Tune Week 2010

National Carry a Tune Week 2009

National Carry a Tune Week 2008

National Carry a Tune Week 2007

National Carry a Tune Week 2006

National Carry a Tune Week 2005

National Carry a Tune Week 2001-2004

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