Index to Short Biographies of Poets & Composers - K

Dmitry Kabalevsky, Composer, Arranger (Russia)

Johann Gottfried Kade, Kantor, Librarian, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Mauricio Kagel, Composer (Argentina / Germany)

Kurt Kaiser, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Aivars Kalējs, Composer (Latvia)

Edvin Kallstenius, Composer, Arranger (Sweden)

Heinrich Kaminski, Composer (Germany)

Jozef Kapustka, Arranger (Poland)

Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Composer (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Wilhelm Karges, Composer (Brandenburg, Germany)

Carl Karow, Composer (West Pomerania, Germany) [Missing Biography]

Léon Kartun, Arranger (France)

Gottlob Andreas Kästner, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Gottlieb Kästner, Kantor, Organ, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Cyprien Katsaris, Arranger (France)

Paul van Katwijk, Composer, Arranger (The Netherlands)

Rudolph Katzschmann, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Dieter Kaufmann, Composer (Austria)

Benjamin Christian Kaulisch, Bach's Pupil (Germany)

Hugo Kaun, Composer (Germany)

Bernhard Christian Kayser, Lawyer, Organ, Chamber Musician, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Johann Balthasar Kehl, Composer (Upper Franconia, Thuringia, Germany)

Reinhard Keiser, Composer (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Alexander Kelberine, Arranger (Russia / USA)

Hermann Keller, Arranger (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Johann Christian Keller, Court Servant, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Johann Christoph Keller, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Christoph Kellner, Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Peter Kellner, Composer, Kantor, Copyist, Bach's Pupil? (Thuringia, Germany)

Davorin Kempf, Composer (Croatia)

Wilhelm Kempff, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Johann Kaspar Kerll, Composer (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Friedemann Kern, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Willem Kes, Composer, Arranger (The Netherlands)

Andreas Keßler, Hymn-Writer (Bavaria, Germany)

Christian Keymann, Hymn-Writer (Bohemia)

Johann Erasmus Kienscherf, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Jacob Kieser, Organ, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Gottfried Kiesslich, Rector, Kantor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Balthasar Kindermann, Hymn-Writer (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Erasmus Kindermann, Composer (Bavaria, Germany)

Hans Kindler, Arranger (The Netherlands / (USA)

Samuel Kinner, Hymn-Writer (Silesia)

Luke Kirby, Composer (USA)

Gottfried Kirchhoff, Composer (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Gerhard Kirchner, Arranger (Country ?) [Missing Biography]

Theodor Kirchner, Composer, Arranger Saxony, Germany

Johann Philipp Kirnberger, Composer, Music Theorist, Violin, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Christian Kittel, Composer, Organ, Teacher, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Michael Heinrich Kittler, Bach's Pupil? (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Samuel Kittler, Copyist, Magister, Kantor, Rector, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Richard Kleinmichel, Composer, Arranger (Prussia, Germany)

Otto Klemperer, Arranger (Germany)

Martin Klotzsch, Thomaskantor (Country ?)

Manfred Kluge, Composer (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) [Missing Biography]

Johann Oswald Knauer, Librettist (Germany)

Justin Heinrich Knecht, Composer (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Andreas Kneller, Composer (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Johann Knöfel, Composer (Silesia, Germany)

Christoph Knoll, Hymn-Writer (Lower Silesia, Germany)

Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, Composer (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Peter Knudsvig, Arranger (USA)

Sebastian Knüpfer, Composer, Thomaskantor (Bavaria, Germany)

Hideo Kobayashi, Composer, Arranger (Japan)

Johann Sebastian Koch, Kantor, Music Director, Bach's Pupil? (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Wilhelm Koch, Kantor, Copyist, Bach's Pupil? (Thuringia, Germany)

Johannes H.E Koch, Composer (Germany)

Zoltán Kodály, Composer, Arranger (Hungary)

Józef Koffler, Composer, Arranger (Poland)

Louis Köhler, Composer, Arranger (Lower Saxony, Germany)

Christian Jakob Koitsch, Poet (Saxony, Germany)

Karl-Andreas Kolly, Arranger(Switzerland)

Johann Kolrose, Hymn-Writer (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Friedlieb König, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Ger)

Johann Balthasar König, Composer (Thuringia, Germany)

Wilhelm Christoph Koppe, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Benjamin Köppelin, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Gottlieb Köpping, Preacher, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany);

Johann Andreas Köpping, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Christian Köpping, Copyist, Curator, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Dagmar Koptein, Composer (Westphalia, Germany) [Missing Biography]

Francis [Ferenc] Korbay, Composer, Arranger (Hungary)

Reuven Kosakoff, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Hans Kotter, Composer (France)

Arthur Walter Kramer, Composer, Arranger (USA)

Friedrich Immanuel Krause, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Gottfried Theodor Krause, Copyist, Teacher, Subrector, Bach's Pupil (Brandenburg, Germany)

Johann Georg Krause, Bach's Pupil (Poland)

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

Wilhelm Theodor Krauss, Bach's Pupil (Lower Saxony, Germany)

Philipp David Kräuter, Composer, Kantor, Music Director, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Bavaria, Germany)

Johann Carl Krebs, Rector, Kantor, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Ludwig Krebs, Copyist, Composer, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Tobias Krebs, Composer, Kantor, Organ, Copyist, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Johann Tobias Krebs, Jr., Composer, Rector, Bach's Pupil (Thuringia, Germany)

Hinrich Conrad Kreising, Organ, Bach's Pupil (Hamburg, Germany)

Johann Georg Kreising, Composer, Harpsichord, Bach's Pupil? (Germany)

Richard Krentzlin, Arranger (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany) [Missing Biography]

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

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

Hermann Kretzschmar, Composer, Arranger (Saxony, Germany)

Leonid Kreutzer, Arranger (Russia)

Elisabeth Kreuziger, Hymn-Writer (Eastern Pomerania, Germany)

Adam Krieger, Composer, Hymn-Writer (Prussia)

Johann Krieger, Composer (Prussia)

Andreas Kritzelmann, Hymn-Writer (Saxony, Germany)

Bernhard Krol, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Gustav Clemens Felix Krug, Arranger (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Krüger, Parish, Bach's Pupil (Brandenburg, Germany)

Reinhold Kubik, Musicologist (Austria)

Carl Friedrich Küchler, School Owner, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Kugelmann, Composer (Brandenburg)

Friedrich August Kuhl, Preacher, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

Karl Kühn, Composer (Country ?) [Missing Biography]

Johann Kuhnau Composer, Thomaskantor (Bohemia)

Johann Andreas Kuhnau, Copyist, Kantor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

Johann Gottfried Kuhnau, Bach's Pupil? (Saxony, Germany)

Markus Kühnis, Arranger (Switzerland)

Franz Kullak, Composer, Arranger (Germany)

Christian August Kunze, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany)

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

György Kurtág, Composer, Arranger (Romania-Hungary)

Ilkka Taneli Kuusisto, Composer, Arranger (Finland)

Johann Samuel Küttner, Pastor, Bach's Pupil (Saxony, Germany

James Kwast, Composer, Arranger (The Netherlands)

Vladimir Kuznetsov, Arranger (Russia / USA)

Prepared by Aryeh Oron (May 2003 - February 2025)