Musicians - private listing compliation

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A.R. Rahman 17 - 20
Lata Mangeskar 21 - 25
Michael Jackson 26 - 30
Michael W. Smith 31 - 34

4. Johann Sebastian Bach

5. Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March 1685
– 28 July 1750) was a German composer
and musician of the Baroque period.
He enriched established German styles
through his skill in counterpoint,
harmonic and motivic organization,
and the adaptation of rhythms, forms,
and textures from abroad, particularly
from Italy and France.

6. Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach's compositions include the
Brandenburg Concertos, the Goldberg
Variations, the Mass in B minor, two
Passions, and over three hundred
cantatas of which around two hundred
survive. His music is revered for its
technical command, artistic beauty,
and intellectual depth.

7. Johann Sebastian Bach
Bach's abilities as an organist were
highly respected during his lifetime,
although he was not widely recognized
as a great composer until a revival of
interest in and performances of his
music in the first half of the 19th
century. He is now generally regarded
as one of the greatest composers of all
time.

8. Xian Xinghai

9. Xian Xinghai
Xian Xinghai (13 June 1905 – 30 October
1945) was one of the earliest generation of
Chinese composers influenced by western
classical music and has influenced
generations of Chinese musicians.
Although he composed in all the major
musical forms (two symphonies, a violin
concerto, four large scale choral works,
nearly 300 songs and an opera),.

10. Xian Xinghai
He is best known for his Yellow River
Cantata upon which the Yellow River
Concerto for piano and orchestra is
based
His 1939 epic Yellow River Cantata was
written as a protest against the
Japanese occupation of Manchuria. His
seminal composition, it is a moving
and patriotic call for solidarity.

11. Xian Xinghai
But Xinghai's legacy also includes over
300 other works, and his unique
perspective on western classical
traditions challenged his
contemporaries to move beyond
imitating European composers. In the
process, he gave form to a distinctive
Chinese art form that has guided
generations of Eastern musicians.

12. Wolfgang Mozart

13. Wolfgang Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January
1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as
Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus
Theophilus Mozart,was a prolific and
influential composer of the Classical
era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart showed
prodigious ability from his earliest
childhood.

14. Wolfgang Mozart
 Already competent on keyboard and violin, he
composed from the age of five and performed
before European royalty.
 At 17, Mozart was engaged as a musician at the
Salzburg court, but grew restless and traveled
in search of a better position. While visiting
Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his
Salzburg position. He chose to stay in the
capital, where he achieved fame but little
financial security.

15. Wolfgang Mozart
 During his final years in Vienna, he
composed many of his best-known
symphonies, concertos, and operas, and
portions of the Requiem, which was largely
unfinished at the time of his death
 He composed more than 600 works, many
acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic,
concertante, chamber, operatic, and
choralmusic.

16. Wolfgang Mozart
He is among the most enduringly
popular of classical composers, and his
influence is profound on subsequent
Western art music. Ludwig van
Beethoven composed his own early
works in the shadow of Mozart, and
Joseph Haydn wrote that "posterity will
not see such a talent again in 100
years".

17. A.R.Rahman

18. Allah-Rakha Rahman
A.R Rahman - Allah-Rakha Rahman is
an Indian composer, singer-songwriter,
music producer, musician and
philanthropist. A. R. Rahman's works
are noted for integrating Eastern
classical music with electronic
music,world music and traditional
orchestral arrangements.

19. Allah-Rakha Rahman
Among his awards are two Academy
Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA
Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film
Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and
thirteen Filmfare Awards South. Rahman's
body of work for film and stage has given
him the nickname of "the Mozart of
Madras", and Tamil commentators and
fans call him Isai Puyal(English: the
Musical Storm).

20. Allah-Rakha Rahman
In a notable two-decade career, he has
been acclaimed for redefining
contemporary Indian film music and
contributing to the success of several
films. Rahman has become a notable
humanitarian and philanthropist,
donating and raising money for a
number of causes and charities.

21. Lata Mangeskar

22. Lata Mangeskar
Lata Mangeshkar (born 28 September
1929) is an Indian playback singer, and
occasional music-composer. She is one
of the best-known and most respected
playback singers in India.
Mangeshkar's career started in 1942
and has spanned over seven decades.
She has recorded songs for over a
thousand Hindi films

23. Lata Mangeskar
and has sung songs in over thirty-six
regional Indian languages and foreign
languages, though primarily in Marathi
and Hindi.
Lata Mangeshkar has won several awards
and honours, including Bharat Ratna
(India's Highest Civilian Award), Padma
Bhushan (1969),Padma Vibhushan
(1999), Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1989)

24. Lata Mangeskar
Maharashtra Bhushan Award
(1997),NTR National Award (1999),
Bharat Ratna (2001), ANR National
Award (2009), three National Film
Awards, and 12 Bengal Film Journalists'
Association Awards. She has also won
four Filmfare Best Female Playback
Awards.

25. Lata Mangeskar
In 1984, the State Government of
Madhya Pradesh instituted the Lata
Mangeshkar Award in honour of Lata
Mangeshkar. The State Government of
Maharashtra also instituted a Lata
Mangeshkar Award in 1992.

26. Michael Jackson

27. Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29,
1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American
singer, songwriter, record producer,
dancer, and actor. Famously called the
King of Pop, his contributions to
music, dance and fashion along with
his publicized personal life made him a
global figure in popular culture for over
four decades.

28. Michael Jackson
In the early 1980s, Jackson became a
dominant figure in popular music. His
music videos, including those of "Beat
It", "Billie Jean", and "Thriller" from his
1982 album Thriller, are credited with
breaking racial barriers and
transforming the medium into an art
form and promotional tool.

29. Michael Jackson
The popularity of these videos helped
bring the television channel MTV to
fame.
Jackson's 1987 album Bad spawned the
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one
singles "I Just Can't Stop Loving You",
"Bad", "The Way You Make Me Feel",
"Man in the Mirror", and "Dirty Diana",

30. Michael Jackson
becoming the first album to have five
number-one singles on the Billboard
Hot 100. He continued to innovate with
videos such as "Black or White" and
"Scream" throughout the 1990s, and
forged a reputation as a touring solo
artist.

31. Michael W. Smith

32. Michael W. Smith
Michael Whitaker Smith (born October
7, 1957) is an American musician, who has
charted in both contemporary Christian
and mainstream charts. His biggest
success in mainstream music was in 1991
when "Place in this World" hit No. 6 on
the Billboard Hot 100. Over the course of
his career, he has sold more than 18
million albums.

33. Michael W. Smith
Smith is a three-time Grammy Award
winner, an American Music Award has
earned 45 Dove Awards. In 1999,ASCAP a
recipient, and warded him with the
"Golden Note" Award for lifetime
achievement in songwriting, and in 2014
they honored him as the "cornerstone of
Christian music" for his significant
influence on the genre

34. Michael W. Smith
Smith's album, Healing Rain, was
released in 2004 and debuted at No. 11
on the Billboard Hot 200 Chart. The
title track rose to No. 1 on the Radio &
Records Charts and a music video for
the song was released. It was also
nominated for a Grammy Award for
Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel
Album.