Alain family of French musicians, particularly organists [ 1] Albert Alain (1880–1971), organist, composer and organ builder Jehan Alain (1911–1940), organist, composer and soldier Marie-Odile Alain (1914–1937), organist Olivier Alain (1918–1994), organist, pianist, musicologist and composer Marie-Claire Alain (1926–2013), organist and scholar Andriessen family of Dutch composers [ 2]
Bach family of notable composers of the baroque and classical periods [ 3] Bassano family of Italian musicians, many of whom moved to England [ 4] Jeronimo Bassano , piffero player to the Doge of Venice between 1506 and 1512 Alvise (died London, 15–31 Aug 1554), worked for the Scuola di San Marco, Venice in 1515, and the Concerto Palatino in Bologna between 1519 and 1521 Augustine (bur. London, Oct 24, 1604) Lodovico (bur. London, July 18, 1593) Jasper [Gasparo] (bur. London, 8 May 1577) John [Zuane] (died Venice, Sept–Dec 1570) Anthony [Antonio] (i) (bur. London, 19 Oct 1574) Mark Anthony (born London, 10 Jan 1546; died London, 11 Sep 1599) Arthur (born London, 31 Oct 1547; bur. London, 10 Sept 1624) Anthony (ii) (born London, 15 Oct 1579; bur. London, 22 Apr 1658) Andrea (born London, 12 Aug 1554; bur. Horne, Surrey, 3 Aug 1626) Thomas (?bap. London, 27 Feb 1589; bur. London, 29 Sept 1617) Edward (i) (born London, 19 Oct 1551; bur. London, 25 May 1615) Jeronimo (ii) (born London, March 11, 1559; bur. Waltham Abbey, Essex, Aug 22, 1635) Scipio (bap. London, 11 Dec 1586; died London, 26 Nov 1613) Edward (ii) (bap. London, 28 Dec 1588; died London, 22 Oct 1638) Henry (bap. London, 8 April 1597; bur. London, 29 Aug 1665) Jacomo (in Venice between 1542 and 1545) Giovanni Bassano (grandson of Jacomo, born ?Venice, 1560/61; died Venice, Aug 16, 1617) Baptista (bur. London, 11 April 1576) Bedford family of English musicians [ 5] Herbert Bedford (1867–1945) Liza Lehmann (1862–1918), married Herbert Bedford in 1894 Leslie Herbert Bedford (1900–1989), inventor, married to Lesley Duff (1903–1987), singer. Borsdorf family of horn players, the younger generation changed their surname to Bradley [ 6] Adolf Borsdorf (1854–1923), German horn player, founder player London Symphony Orchestra Oskar Borsdorf (aka Oscar Bradley, 1889–1948), German-English horn player, composer and conductor, active in America Francis Bradley (born 1899, died after 1976), English horn player, founder player BBC Symphony Orchestra (1930), London Philharmonic (1933). He changed his name from Borsdorf during the 1st World War Emil Borsdorf (1903–1969), English horn player, BBC Television Orchestra , London Symphony Orchestra The Brain family , founded a great school of horn playing in England [ 7] The Bull family of Norway, including musicians [ 8] Ole Bull (1810–1880), Norwegian virtuoso violinist and composer
The Carter family , English organists, three of whom were later active in Canada [ 9] John Carter (1802–????), organist at St Matthew's, Bethnal Green, married Anne Leach, 1831 John Carter (1832–1916), organist and composer, emigrated to Canada in 1853 George Carter (1835–1890), organist and composer, emigrated to Canada in 1861, organist at Christ Church Cathedral , Montreal. Henry Carter (1837–1901), organist and composer, emigrated to Canada 1850s and to the US in 1864 William Carter (1838–1917), organist and composer, founded the original Royal Albert Hall choir Casadesus family , prominent French artistic family including many musicians (1870s-1990s) [ 10] Chaplin family , members of the Chaplin Trio, reviving early music from 1889 until the late 1920s [ 11] Couperin family , musical dynasty of professional composers and performers of the French Baroque (17th—18th centuries) [ 12] Cramer family of German musicians, active in England [ 13] Jakob Cramer (1705–70), Mannheim violinist
Devriès family of Dutch opera singers over three generations (1830s-1940s) [ 14] Draper family , English musical family including two pioneering clarinetists, Charles and Haydn. [ 15] Samuel Draper (1824–1888), amateur cellist and flautist Paul Draper (1854–1922), bassoonist, teacher, military musician Marion Draper (1887–????), violinist and pianist Haydn Draper (1889–1934), clarinetist, military and orchestral player Mendelssohn Draper (1891–1970), bass clarinet specialist, orchestral player Richard Draper (1857–1938), bassoonist, Queen's Hall Orchestra, D’Oyle Carte and Carl Rosa Opera companies. Charles Draper (1869–1952), "the grandfather of English clarinetists" [ 16] Charles Carrington Draper (1897–1930), violinist Paul Beaumont Draper (1899–1971), bassoonist, founder member of the Melos Ensemble Düben family , exerted a significant influence on the golden age of music (17th century) at the Swedish Royal Court Orchestra [ 17]
Fawcett family of 19th and 20th century professional orchestral players and amateur musicians from Yorkshire [ 18]
Gibbons family of English composers and musicians [ 19] Godfrey family of English bandmasters and musicians [ 20] Charles Godfrey (1790–1863), bandmaster, Coldstream Guards , civilian bandmaster Daniel Godfrey (1831–1903), bandmaster, Grenadier Guards Fred Godfrey (1837–1882), bandmaster, Coldstream Guards Charles Godfrey II. (1839–1919), bandmaster, Royal Horse Guards Charles George Godfrey (1866–1935), composer, bandmaster, musical director of spa resorts, Buxton, Scarborough Arthur Eugene Godfrey (1868–1939), organist, composer, musical director of the Shaftesbury Theatre Herbert A Godfrey (1870–1952), bandmaster, Christ's Hospital , Crystal Palace Military Band Winnie Godfrey, pianist, studied Royal College of Music, 1890s Rosie Godfrey, singer, pianist, studied Royal College of Music, 1890s Goossens family of conductors, composers and performers, moved from Belgium to Britain in 1873 [ 21] Grimson family of classical musicians active in London from the early 1870s [ 22]
Hambourg family , of Russian origins [ 23] Michael Hambourg (1855–1916), Russian pianist, pupil of Nikolai Rubinstein , emigrated to London (1890), then Canada (1910) Mark Hambourg (1879–1960), internationally famous pianist Michal Augusta Hambourg (1919–2004), pianist Jan Hambourg (1882–1947), violinist, music editor, active in Europe as a concert violinist Boris Hambourg (1885–1954), cellist, settled in Toronto, Canada (1910) Clement Hambourg (1900–1973), Canadian pianist and jazz promoter, Alexander Hambourg (1870–????), conductor, came to England in 1896 Charles Hambourg (1895–1979), cellist and conductor Hann family of English musicians from South London [ 24] William Henry Hann , viola (1831–1920) (married to Sophie Hopkins of the Hopkins Family, see below ) Edward Hopkins Hann (1861–1929), violin, founding member of London Symphony Orchestra William Charles Hann (1863–1926), cellist, Philharmonic Society Orchestra Lewis Robert Hann (1865–1937), violinist, composer, music professor at Cheltenham Ladies College Sydney Herbert Hann (1867–1921), organist, pianist, hymn tune composer, teacher Clement Walter Hann (1870–1921), cellist, 2nd violin, Philharmonic Society Orchestra Marianne Sophia Hann (1878–1926), mezzo soprano, teacher Hannikainen family of Finnish composers and performers [ 25] Hanssens family of Flemish musicians [ 26] The Harrison family , four English sisters, all musical child prodigies [ 27] May Harrison (1890–1959), violinistBeatrice Harrison (1892–1965), cellistMonica Harrison (1897–1983), mezzo–sopranoMargaret Harrison ((1899–1995), violinist
Hobday family of English musicians [ 29] Charles Dunn Hobday had a music-selling business in Faversham , and later Rochester Bessie Hobday, pianist Alfred Charles Hobday (1870–1942), viola player, married to the Irish pianist Ethel Hobday , née Sharpe (1872–1947) Claude Hobday (1872–1954) double bass player Maud Hobday (1874–1941), violinist and pianist Gertrude Hobday, pianist and singer Hopkins family of English instrumentalists, particularly early clarinetists and organists [ 30] Edward Hopkins (c1757–c1790), horn player Edward Hopkins (1779–1859), bandmaster (Scots Guards), violinist and clarinetist Louise Lloyd, née Hopkins (c1817–1880), RAM, music teacher Richard Lloyd, married to Louise Lloyd, counter tenor and vicar choral at Westminster Abbey Edward Hopkins (1818–1842), organist at Armagh Cathedral John Larkin Hopkins (1819–1873), organist and composer Sophia Hann, née Hopkins (1835– died before 1912), married viola player W.H. Hann (see 'Hann' above ) Eliza Frances Hopkins (c1837–1921), married Charles Ould, cellist (see 'Ould', below) George Hopkins (????–1869), clarinetist
Järvi family of conductors, composers and performers, of Estonian origin [ 31] Vallo Järvi (1923–1994), Estonian American conductor Andrus Järvi (born 1953), violist, married pianist Sirje Järvi Teet Järvi (1958–2025), cellist, married pianist Mari Järvi (born 1959) Marius Järvi (born 1981), cellist Miina Järvi (born 1983), violinist Mihkel Järvi (born 1985), pianist Madis Järvi (born 1988), violist Martin Järvi (born 1994), violist Neeme Järvi (born 1937), conductor Paavo Järvi (born 1962), conductor, ex wife is Tatiana Berman, violinist Maarika Järvi (born 1964), flautist Kristjan Järvi (born 1972), conductor, composer and producer, ex wife is American-Canadian violinist Leila Josefowicz (born 1977)
Kanneh-Mason family , British musical siblings of Antiguan descent [ 32] Isata Kanneh-Mason (born 27 May 1996) pianistSheku Kanneh-Mason (born 4 April 1999), cellist
Kerzelli family , large family of musicians of Italian, Czech or Austrian origin [ 33]
Lloyd Webber family of English musicians [ 34] Lupo family of court musicians in England in the 16th and 17th centuries [ 35]
Mendelssohn family , extensive German Jewish family, descendants of Mendel of Dessau [ 36] Menuhin family of American musicians [ 37] Moralt family : 18 members in the Munich Hofkapelle orchestra between 1787 and 1920 [ 38] Adam Moralt (c1741–1811), orchestral manager Johann Wilhelm Moralt (1774 – died after 1842), viola player Wilhelm Moralt (1815–1874), violinist, (the second) Moralt Quartet Joseph Moralt (1775–1855), violinist, Moralt String Quartet Johann Baptist Moralt (1777–1825), violinist and composer, Moralt String Quartet Jacob Moralt (1780–1820), violinist, Moralt String Quartet Philipp Moralt (1780–1830) cellist, dedicatee of Danzi 's Cello Concerto in E minor Peter Moralt (1814– died after 1866), violinist Theodor Moralt (1817–1877), treasurer for the Royal Theater, Munich John Alvis Moralt (1780–1830s?), viola player, married Sophia Giustina Dussek (1775– c1831), singer, pianist and composer Clementine Moralt (1797–1845), contralto Mozart family , ancestors, relatives and descendants of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [ 39] The Mukle family of England, originally from GermanyLeopold Mukle (c1829 – died after 1896), German born organ builder, originally from the Black Forest, active in England Anne Mukle (1866–1941), pianist Flora Mukle (1873–????), singer Lillian Mukle (1874–????), trumpeter Fred Mukle (c1877–????), organ builder Louisa Mukle (1879–????), musician May Mukle (1880–1963), cellist and composer Stanley Herbert Mukle (1883–1970), organ builder Nora Mukle (1911-1993), double bass player, wife of Vernon Elliott Naomi Elliott (born 1938), cellist Münch family of Alsatian French conductors Ernst Münch (1859–1928), organist and choir conductor Eugen Münch, conductor, brother of Ernst
Naylor family of English organists and composersNovello family of English musicians and music publishers [ 40]
Ould family of English musicians [ 24] Charles Ould (1835–1913), cellist, married Eliza Frances Hopkins in 1862 (see 'Hopkins', above ) Charles Hopkins Ould, organist and pianist (1865–????) Percy Ould, violinist (1868-????) Kate Emma Ould, cellist (????-????) Mary Ould, violinist and pianist (1879-????)
Philidor family of French court musicians (1580s to 1790s)Piffet family of French violinists and composers [ 41] Pierre Piffet (born late 17th century; died after 1760) Pierre-Louis Piffet (c1706–1773) Joseph-Antoine Piffet (c1710– died late 18th century) Louis-François-Barthélemy Piffet (1734–1779) Puccini family of Italian musicians over five generations [ 42] Jacopo Puccini (1712–1781) Antonio Puccini (1747–1832), composer and organist Domenico Puccini (1772–1815), composer Michele Puccini (1813–1864), teacher, composer, organist
Sanderling family of German conductors Kurt Sanderling (1912–2011), conductor Barbara Sanderling (born 1938), double bass player, wife of Kurt Scarlatti family of Italian composers from the Baroque and classical eras [ 43] Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1757), composer known for operas and chamber cantatas Anna Maria (1661–1703), singer Melchiorra Brigada Scarlatti (1663–1736), singer Francesco Scarlatti (1666–1741), composer Tommaso Scarlatti (c1669–1760), tenor Schnabel family of Austrian musicians [ 44] The Simonson family of French origins, active in Australia and New Zealand Fanny Simonsen (1835–1896), soprano, Leonora Martina Simonsen (1859–1884), soprano, married David Davis. Strauss family of Austrian composers [ 45] Szervánszky family of Hungarian musicians
Tcherepnin family of Russian musicians [ 46]
Vecoli family of Italian composers and musicians from Lucca [ 47] The Verne sisters , (née Würm ), English pianists of German descent Mary Wurm (1860–1938), pianist and composerAlice Verne-Bredt (1864–1958), piano teacher, violinist and composerMathilde Verne (1865–1936), pianist and teacherAdela Verne (1877–1952), pianist
Wagner family , ancestors, relatives and descendants of Richard Wagner . [ 48] Walenn family , Walenn String Quartet (1890s), annual Waleen Chamber concerts series [ 49] Skene Charlotte Walenn (née Barth, 1837-1927), British musical amateur, mother of 15 children Isabella Walenn (1857–1936), Royal Choral Society Ellie Walenn (1858–1929), musician and for 15 years head teacher at Roedean School James Walenn (1860–1884), composer, from 1879 organist at St Alban's Holborn, conductor of the St Alban's Choral Society Arthur Walenn (mid-1860s–1937), viola player, dubut as baritone, Queen's Hall, November 1895 Charles Walenn (1867–1948), singer and actor comic baritone roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas Frederick Dudley Walenn (1869-1933), amateur musician and the composer Herbert Walenn (1870–1953), cellist (Kruse Quartet and Walenn Quartet) Gerald Walenn (1871–1942), violinist and composer, leader of the Walenn Quartet, emigrated to Australia in 1917 Dorothea Walenn (1875–1948) taught violin at St Paul's Girls' School, performed in the Walenn Quartet Alice Barth (1848–1910), operatic soprano, sister of Skene Weber Family , German musical family [ 50] Wesley family , English founders of Methodism and noted musicians [ 51] Charles Wesley (1707–1758), principal leader of the Methodist movement, prolific hymnwriter, married harpsichord player and singer Sarah Wesley (1726–1832) Willmann family of German/Austrian musicians [ 52] Johann Ignaz Willmann (1739–1815), flute/violin/cello player and conductor Marianne Willmann (1768–1813), singer, second wife of Johann Winterbottom family of British military band musicians in 19th and 20th centuries [ 53]
Young family of English musicians Anthony Young (1683–1747), organist and composer. Charles Young (1686–1758), organist and composer Charles Young (17??-????), clerk to the Treasury Cecilia Young (1712–1789), celebrated soprano, married composer Thomas Arne in 1737 Michael Arne (1740–1786), composer, harpsichordist, organist, singer and actor Isabella Lampe (1715–1795), soprano, married composer John Frederick Lampe in 1737 Esther Young (1717–1795), soprano, married music publisher Charles Jones This page is based on this
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