Index to Short Biographies of Poets & Composers - R

Sylvia Rabinof, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Sergei Rachmaninov, Composer, Arranger (Russia / USA)

Gottlob Ludwig Raden, Organ, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Otto Friedrich Räder, Organ, Town Clerk, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Joachim Raff, Composer, Arranger (Switzerland)

André Raison, Composer (France)

Thomas Rajna, Composer, Arranger (Hungary)

Natan Rakhlin, Arranger (Ukraine)

Thomas Ranstete, Thomaskantor (Germany ?)

Iiro Rantala, Piano (Finland)

Günter Raphael, Composer (Germany)

Andreas Raselius, Composer (Upper Palatinate, Germany)

Mario Raskin, Arranger (Argentina)

Johann Gottlieb Rausch, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Wolfgang Rebner, Composer, Arranger (Hesse, Germany)

Yves Rechsteiner, Arranger (France)

Mordechai Rechtman, Arranger (Germany / Israel)

Siegfried Reda, Composer (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Kurt Redel, Arranger (Germany)

Alfred Reed, Composer, Arranger (USA)

John Reese, Composer (USA)

Berthold von Regensburg, Hymn-Writer (Bavaria, Germany)

Max Reger, Composer, Arranger (Bavaria, Germany)

Jacob Regnart, Composer (The Netherlands)

Karl Regnart, Composer (The Netherlands)

David Salomon Reichardt, Copyist, Rector, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Gottfried Reiche, Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Christian Theodor Reichel, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Friedrich Gottlob Reichel, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Balthasar Reimann, Kantor, Organ, Composer, Bach's Pupil (Lower Silesia, Germany)

Johann Adam Reincken, Composer (The Netherlands)

Carl Reinecke, Composer, Arranger (Denmark)

August Reinhard, Composer, Arranger (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Johann Georg Reinhardt, Composer (Austria)

Theodor Christlieb Reinhold(t), Composer (Saxony, Germany)

Alfonso Rendano, Composer, Arranger (Italy)

Balthasar Resinarius, Composer (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Johann Friedrich Reiss, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Ottorino Respighi, Composer (Italy)

Johann Gottfried Reusmann, Rector, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Adam Reusner, Hymn-Writer (Bavaria, Germany)

Esaias Reusner, Composer (Silesia, Germany)

Fritz Reuter, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Georg (von) Reutter (i), Composer (Austria)

Lev Revutsky, Composer, Arranger (Ukraine)

Georg Rhau, Composer, Thomaskantor (Franconia, Germany)

Josef Rheinberger, Composer, Arranger (Bavaria, Germany)

Johann Friedrich Rhode, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Alan Richardson, Composer, Arranger (Scotland, UK)

Bernhard Friedrich Richter, Church Musician, Arranger (Germany)

Christian Friedrich Richter, Poet (Silesia, Prussia)

Christian Friedrich Richter, Schoolmaster, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Ernst Friedrich Eduard Richter, Composer, Thomaskantor Lusatia, Germany

Georg Ephraim Richter, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Gregorius Richter, Hymn-Writer (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Friedrich Richter, Kantor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Karl Riedel, Composer, Arranger (Rhine provinces, Germany)

Wallingford Riegger, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Hugo Riemann, Musicologist, Arranger (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Salomon Riemer, Copyist, Horn, Viola, Porter, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Ferdinand Ries, Composer (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Composer (Russia)

David Riniker, Arranger (Switzerland)

Johann Christian Rinck, Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Martin Rinckart, Hymn-Writer (Saxony, Germany)

Bartholomäus Ringwaldt, Hymn-Writer, Composer (Brandenburg, Germany)

Johann Rist, Hymn-Writer, Composer (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Johann Christoph Ritter, Composer, Organ, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Germany)

Pavel Rivils, Compser, Arranger (Ukraine / MoLdova, former USSR)

Cameron Roberts, Composer, Arranger (Australia)

George Rochberg, Composer (USA)

William Rockstro, Composer, Arranger (England)

Johann August Rockstroh, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Christian Sigismund Röder, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Otto Friedrich Röder, Organ, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Samuel Rodigast, Hymn-Writer Bavaria, Germany

Jean Roger-Ducasse, Composer, Arranger (France)

Christian Friedrich Rolle, Composer (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Philippe Rombi, Composer (France)

Julius Röntgen, Composer, Arranger (Saxony, Germany)

Charles Rosen, Arranger (USA)

Lawrence Rosen, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Gottlieb Joachim Rosenfeld, Theology Student, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Rosenmüller, Composer, Hymn-Writer (Saxony, Germany)

Christian Knorr von Rosenroth, Composer (Silesia, Germany)

Franz Anton Rösler (Francesco Antonio Rosetti), Composer (Bohemia)

Arnold Rosner, Composer (USA)

Christoph Gotthelf Rost, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Nino Rota, Composer (Italy)

Christian Friedrich Rothe, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Gottlob Friedrich Rothe, Sexton, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Gabriel Rothe, Kantor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Albert Roussel, Composer (France)

Renato Rozic, Composer, Arranger (Croatia)

Johann Christoph Rube, Hymn-Writer (Thuringia, Germany)

Anton Rubinstein, Composer, Arranger (Ukraine)

Bruno Rudan, Composer, Arranger (Italy)

August Wilhelm Rudorf, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Heinrich Rudorf, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Christian Ruhmer, Bach's Pupil (Germany)

Walter Rummel, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Christophe Runge, Hymn-Writer (Germany ?)

Franz Rupp, Arranger (Bavaria, Germany / USA)

Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, Composer (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Johann Ludwig Anton Rust, Archivist, Librarian, Jurist, Copyist. Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Wilhelm Rust, Composer, Thomaskantor (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Martin Rutilius, Hymn-Writer (Saxony-Anhalt, Germanyt)

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (May 2003 - October 2025)