The Beatles
George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr.
8 memorials
Sidney Bechet
Saxophonist, clarinetist and composer. Born in New Orleans. He was an outstanding clarinetist in his teens and toured Europe with Will Marion Cook's Syncopated Orchestra. In London he was imprisone...
1 memorial
Harry Beckett
Harold Winston "Harry" Beckett. Trumpeter and flugelhorn player. Born Barbados. Resident in the UK from 1954.
1 memorial
Sir Thomas Beecham
Conductor and impresario. Born in Westfield Street, St Helens, grandson of the inventor of the eponymous digestive pills. He began his career as a conductor with the New Symphony Orchestra in 1906,...
2 memorials
Bee Gees
Three members of the group: Barry Gibb and his brothers, the twins Robin & Maurice, all born on the Isle of Man. The family emigrated to Australia in 1958 and that was where they began their m...
1 memorial
Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer. Born (we only have his baptism date) in Bonn (now Germany). His ninth, the Choral, symphony, Ode to Joy, was commissioned in 1822 by the Philharmonic Society of London and first performed...
5 memorials
Sir Julius Benedict
Conductor and composer. Born Stuttgart. Settled in London in 1834. His works include the opera The Lily of Killarney. Died at home, 2 Manchester Square.
1 memorial
William Sterndale Bennett
Composer. Born in Sheffield. He was accepted by the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) at the age of 10. They were so impressed with him that they waived his fees. By the age of twenty, he had become a s...
1 memorial
Sir Lennox Berkeley
Composer. Born in Oxford. He studied in Paris along with Ravel. Here he also became acquainted with Poulenc, Stravinsky, Milhaud, Honneger and Roussel. In 1936 he met Benjamin Britten with whom he ...
1 memorial
Hector Berlioz
Born: La Côte-Saint-André, Isère, France. Died: Paris. Raymond E.O.Ella has sent me the link to the Hector Berlioz Website, which has a huge amount of information about Berlioz in London.
1 memorial
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