Index to Short Biographies of Poets & Composers - S

Louis Victor Saar, Composer, Arranger (The Netherlands / USA)

Gottfried Wilhelm Sacer, Hymn-Writer (Saxony, Germany)

Hans Sachs, Poet, Composer (Bavaria, Germany)

Ernst August von Sachsen-Weimar, Regent, Bach's Pupil? (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Weimar, Composer, Bach's Pupil? (Thuringia, Germany)

Leonhard Sailer, Composer (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer, Arranger (France)

Hideo Saito, Arranger (Japan)

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Composer (Finland)

Olga Samaroff, Arranger (USA)

Francis G. Sanders, Arranger (England)

György Sándor, Arranger (Hungary / USA)

Sven-David Sandström, Composer (Sweden)

François Sarhan, Composer, Arranger (France)

Johann Gottfried Sachse, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Junichi Steven Sato, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Emil von Sauer, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Johann Jacob Sauter, Organ, Watchmaker, Bach's Pupil (Bavaria, Germany)

Antonio Scandello, Composer (Italy)

Alessandro Scarlatti, Composer (Italy)

Martin Schalling, Hymn-Writer (Pomerania, Germany)

Melchior Schärer, Composer (Country ?) [Missing Biography]

Carl Heinrich Scharff, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johannnes Scharnagel, Thomaskantor (Bavaria, Germany)

John W. Schaum, Arranger (USA)

Jakob Peter Schechs, Hymn-Writer (Franconia, Germany)

Georg Scheel, Composer (Country ?) [Missing Biography]

Rainer Scheerer, Bass-Baritone (Germany)

Johann Adolph Scheibe, Composer, Organ, Music Critic, Copyist, Bach's Pupil? (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Heinrich Scheidemann, Composer (Holstein, Germany)

Gottfried Scheidt, Composer (Saxony-Anhalt)

Samuel Scheidt, Composer (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Johann Hermann Schein, Composer, Hymn-Writer, Thomaskantor (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Schelle, Composer, Thomaskantor (Saxony, Germany)

Christian Friedrich Schemelli, Kantor, Organ, Bach's Pupil (Brandenburg, Germany)

Georg Christian Schemelli, Music Editor, Poet (Brandenburg, Germany)

Johann Gottfried Schicht, Composer, Thomaskantor (Saxony, Germany)

Melchior Schildt, Composer (Hannover, Germany)

Peter Schimert, Organ, Music Director, Bach's Pupil (Transylvania)

Steffen Schleiermacher, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Johann Friedrich Schleußner, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

August Schmid-Lindner, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Balthasar Schmid, Music Printer, Music Publisher, Composer, Organ, Bach's Pupil (Bavaria, Germany)

Franz Schmidt, Composer (Austria / Slovakia)

Johann Schmidt, Organ (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Christian Jacob Schmidt, Kantor, Organ, Bach's Pupil? (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Christoph Schmidt, Composer (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Christoph Schmidt, Organ, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Johann Eusebius Schmidt, Hymn-Writer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Michael Schmidt, Theologian, Writer, Rector, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Arranger (Germany)

Johann Christoph Schmied, Bach's Pupil? (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Michael Schmiedel, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Benjamin Schmolck, Hymn-Writer (Silesia, Germany)

Maximilian Schnaus, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Cyriakus Schneegaß, Composer, Music Theorist, Hymn-Writer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Schneider, Composer, Organ, Violin, Bach's Pupil (Bavaria, Germany)

Max Schneider, Musicologist, Arranger (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Balthasar Schnurr, Hymn-Writer, Composer (Franconia, Germany)

Arnold Schoenberg, Composer, Arranger (Austria / USA)

Bernhard Scholz, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Johann Sigismund Scholze (Sperontes), Librettist (Lower Silesia, Germany)

Johann Gottfried Schönemann, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Schop, Composer (Lower Saxony, Germany)

Georg Balthasar Schott, Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Georg Schott, Composer (Hesse, Germany)

Gustav Ernst Schreck, Composer, Thomaskantor (Thuringia., Germany)

Frederick Schreiber, Composer, Arranger (Austria)

Johann Heinrich Schröder, Hymn-Writer (Lower Saxony, Germany)

Christoph Friedrich Schröer, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Leonhard Schroeter, Composer (Saxony, Germany)

Jacob Schuback, Composer (Hamburg, Germany)

Johann Martin Schubart, Chamber Musician, Organ, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Heino Schubert, Composer (Prussia, Germany)

Johann Georg Schübler, Engraver, Organ, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Julius Schulhoff, Composer, Arranger (Czechoslovakia)

Gunther Schuller, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Rudolph Friedrich von Schultt, Poet (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Julia Patientia von Schultt, Poet (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Andrew Schultz, Composer, Arranger (Australia)

Robert Schultz, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Johann Heinrich Schultze, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Andrey Schulz-Evler, Composer, Arranger (Poland)

Christian Andreas Schulze, Composer (Saxony, Germany)

Hans-Joachim Schulze, Musicologist, Arranger (Saxony, Germany)

Clara Schumann, Composer, Arranger (Saxony, Germany)

Georg Schumann, Composer (Saxony, Germany)

Robert Schumann, Composer (Saxony, Germany)

Valentin Schumann, Music Publisher, Composer (Saxony, Germany)

Heinrich Schütz, Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Jakob Schütz, Hymn-Writer (Hesse, Germany)

Georg Heinrich Ludwig Schwanberg, Violin, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Germany)

Gottlieb Wilhelm Schwartze, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling, Composer (Lower Saxony, Germany)

Ämilie Juliane Gräfin von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Hymn-Writer (Rudolstadt., Germany)

Johann Christoph Schwedler, Hymn-Writer (Silesia, Germany > Poland)

Johann Friedrich Schweinitz, Organ, Kantor, Music Director, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Silvio Scionti, Arranger (Italy / USA)

Cyril Scott, Composer, Arranger (England)

Christian Scriver, Hymn-Writer (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Caelius Sedulius, Poet (Country ?)

Stanley Joseph Seeger > Joseph James, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Peter Seehausen, Thomaskantor (Thuringia, Germany)

Josef Seger (Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger), Composer (Bohemia)

Gregor Christian Segnitz, Cathedral Treasurer, Bach's Pupil (Brandenburg, Germany)

Karl Friedrich Segnitz, Bach's Pupil (Brandenburg, Germany)

Bruno Seidlhofer, Arranger (Austria)

Max Seiffert, Musicologist, Arranger (Brandenburg, Germany)

Thomas Selle, Composer (Saxony, Germany)

Nikolaus Selnecker, Hymn-Writer, Composer (Bavaria, Germany)

Johann Daniel Senfft, Bach's Pupil? (Saxony, Germany)

Ludwig Senfl, Composer (Switzerland)

Elisabeth von Senitz, Poet Silesia, Germany

Claudin de Sermisy, Composer (France)

Heinrich Seuse, Hymn-Writer (Germany)

Fabien Sevitzky, Arranger (Russia / USA)

Johann Gottlieb Seyffarth, Candidate of Law, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Christian David Seyffert, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Heinrich Seymann, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Geoffrey Shaw, Composer, Arranger (England)

Rodion Shchedrin, Composer (Russia)

Mordecai Shehori, Arranger (Israel / USA)

Yasuaki Shimizu, Composer, Arranger (Japan)

Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer (Russia)

Johann Samuel Siebold, Kantor, Rector, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Paul Siefert, Composer (Prussia, Germany)

Richard J. Siegel, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Philipp Christoph Siegler, Theology Student, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Martinus Sieveking, Composer, Arranger (The Netherlands)

Gerhard Rudolph Albrecht Sievers, Organ, Bach's Pupil (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Alexander Siloti, Arranger (Russia)

Ján Šimbracký, Composer (Country ?)

Johann Caspar Simon, Composer, Organ, Kantor, Teacher, Merhcant (Thuringia, Germany)

Otto Singer, Composer, Arranger (Germany / USA)

Johann Christian Siring, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Arranger (Azerbaijan / Russia)

Alfred Sittard, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Joseph Slencszynsky, Arranger (Poland / USA)

Ruth Slenczynska, Arranger (USA)

William R. Smith, Arranger (USA ?) [Missing Biography]

Don Smithers, Arranger (USA)

Raphaëlla Smits, Arranger (Belgium)

Ethel (Mary) Smyth, Composer (England)

Christoph Heinrich Söffner, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Matthias Sojka, Composer, Organ (Bohemia)

Johann Gottlieb Söllner, Kantor, Pastor, Composer, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Jouni Somero, Arranger (Finland)

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Sonnenkalb, Kantor, Organ, Schoolmaster, Bach's Pupil (T, Germany)

Ernst Sonnemann, Hymn-Writer (Germany)

Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Composer, Arranger (England)

Georg Andreas Sorge, Composer, Music Theorist (Thuringia, Germany)

Raoul Sosa, Arranger (Argentina / Canada)

Cyriakus Spangenberg, Hymn-Writer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Spangenberg, Composer, Hymn-writer (Germany)

Daniel Specht, Hymn-Writer (Country ?) [Missing Biography]

Friedrich Spee, Hymn-Writer (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Lazarus Spengler, Hymn-Writer (Bavaria, Germany)

Paul Speratus, Hymn-Writer (Württemberg, Germany)

Matthias Spiegler, Composer (Baden, Germany)

Charles Spinks, Composer, Arranger (England)

Philipp Spitta, Music Historian, Composer (Lower Saxony, Germany)

Johann Staden, Composer (Bavaria, Germany)

Jacob von Stählin, Historian, Writer on music, Bach's Pupil (Bavaria, Germany / Russia)

Martin Stadtfeld, Arranger (Germany)

Robert Stallman, Arranger (USA)

Svetislav Stančić, Composer, Arranger (Croatia, former Yugoslavia)

Johann Abraham Stäps, Schoolmaster, Kantor?, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Ludwig Stark, Arranger (Bavaria, Germany)

Johann Steffens, Composer (Holstein, Germany)

Joshua Stegmann, Hymn-Writer (Thuringia, German)

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

Johann Ulrich Steigleder, Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Ira Stein, Composer (USA)

Johann Augustin Stein, Schoolmaster, Kantor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Maximilian Steinberg, Composer, Arranger (Russia)

Johann Martin Steindorff, Musician (Thuringia, Germany)

Paul Steiniger (Steininger), Composer (Germany) [Missing Biography]

Johann Steurlein, Hymn-Writer (Thuringia, Germany)

Ronald Stevenson, Composer, Arranger (England)

Christian Gottlob Steyer, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Fritz Stiedry, Arranger (Austria / USA)

Caspar von Stieler, Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Frederick Stock, Composer, Arranger (Germany / USA)

Paul Stockmann, Hymn-Writer (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Johann Melchior Stockmar, Kantor, Bach's Pupil? (Saxony, Germany)

Albert Stoessel, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Leopold Stokowski, Arranger (England)

Johann Christian Stolle, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Paul Christian Stolle [Stoll], Kantor, Rector, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Andreas Stollmann, Kantor, Pastor, Bach's Pupil? (Transylvania)

Thomas Stoltzer, Composer (Silesia, Germany)

Kaspar Stolzhagen, Poet (Germany)

Richard Stoltzman, Arranger (USA)

Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Composer (Saxony, Germany)

Johannes Stomius (Mulinus), Composer (North Bavaria, Germany)

August Stradal, Composer, Arranger (Bohemia)

Joep Straesser, Composer (The Netherlands_

Rudolf Straube, Copyist, Composer, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany / England)

Andreas Strauss, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Igor Stravinsky, Composer, Arranger (Russia / France / USA)

Jules Strens, Composer, Arranger (Belgium)

Johann Gottlob Streubel, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Siegfried Strohbach, Composer (Saxony, Germany)

Johann David Strosch, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Nicolaus Adam Strungk, Composer (Saxony, Germany)

Hans Studer, Composer (Switzerland) [Missing Biography]

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

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

Heinrich Seuse, Hymn-Writer (Germany)

Wilhelm Eusebius Suppius, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Carl Ernst Süße, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Composer (The Netherlands)

Jacobus Syring, Composer (Lower Saxony, Germany)

Theodor Szántó, Composer, Arranger (Austro-Hungarian Empire)

Eugen Szenkar, Arranger (Hungary)

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (May 2003 - December 2025)