The Tune Lovers Society sponsors an annual event known as
National Carry A Tune Week
See this year's survey list at:
Carry A Tune Week 2007
For the lists from previous years, click on these links:
Carry A Tune Week 2006
Carry A Tune Week 2005
Carry A Tune Week 2001-2004
Tunemaker Hall of Fame
Each year, 10 American composers or songwriters from the past are selected by Roger Hall, President of The Tune Lovers Society.
These composers and songwriters (but not lyricists) are chosen to recognize their considerable skill and talent in writing memorable music.
Here are the American composers and songwriters named for...
2007
Thomas A. Dorsey, 1899-1993
Hugo Friedhofer, 1902-1981
Charles Tomlinson Griffes, 1884-1920
Roy Harris, 1899-1979
Billy Hill, 1899-1940
Jay Livingston, 1915-2001
Alex North, 1910-1991
Daniel Read, 1757-1836
William Grant Still, 1895-1978
Franz Waxman, 1906-1987
2006
Amy Marcy (Cheney) Beach, 1867-1944
W.C. (William Christopher) Handy, 1873-1958
Howard Hanson, 1896-1981
Victor Herbert, 1859-1924
Edward MacDowell, 1860-1908
Lowell Mason, 1792-1872
Alfred Newman, 1900-1970
William Schuman, 1910-1992
Dimitri Tiomkin, 1894-1979
Harry Warren, 1893-1981
2005
Harold Arlen, 1905-1986
Elmer Bernstein, 1922-2004
George Whitefield Chadwick, 1854-1931
Jerry Goldsmith, 1929-2004
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1829-1869
Woody Guthrie, 1912-1967
Bernard Herrman, 1911-1975
Miklos Rozsa, 1907-1995
John Philip Sousa, 1854-1932
Jule Styne, 1905-1994
2004
Samuel Barber, 1910-1981
Hoagy Carmichael, 1899-1981
Charles Ives, 1874-1954
Scott Joplin, 1868-1917
Jerome Kern, 1885-1945
Henry Mancini, 1924-1994
John Knowles Paine, 1839-1906
Max Steiner, 1888-1971
Randall Thompson, 1899-1974
Fats Waller, 1904-1943
2003
Irving Berlin, 1888-1989
Leonard Bernstein, 1918-1990
William Billings, 1746-1800
George M. Cohan, 1878-1942
Aaron Copland, 1900-1990
Duke Ellington, 1899-1974
Stephen Foster, 1826-1864
George Gershwin, 1898-1937
Cole Porter, 1891-1964
Richard Rodgers, 1902-1979
For comments or questions, write to:
Tune Lovers Society
For additional information, click on these links:
Past American Composers
Popular Songwriters
Film Music Review

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