Famous music theorists

person who studies music theory

282 people

All Alive Deceased
René Descartes

René Descartes

1596 – 1650 · Age 53
Deceased
Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo

0354 – 0430 · Age 75
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Pythagoras

Pythagoras

Deceased
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1646 – 1716 · Age 70
Deceased
Avicenna

Avicenna

0980 – 1037 · Age 57
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Leonhard Euler

Leonhard Euler

1707 – 1783 · Age 76
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Johannes Kepler

Johannes Kepler

1571 – 1630 · Age 58
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Ptolemy

Ptolemy

0100 – 0170 · Age 70
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Christiaan Huygens

Christiaan Huygens

1629 – 1695 · Age 66
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Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

1717 – 1783 · Age 65
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Eratosthenes

Eratosthenes

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Farabi

Farabi

0872 – 0951 · Age 78
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

1844 – 1908 · Age 64
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Roger Bacon

Roger Bacon

1220 – 1292 · Age 72
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Boethius

Boethius

0480 – 0525 · Age 45
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Anton Bruckner

Anton Bruckner

1824 – 1896 · Age 72
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Jami

Jami

1414 – 1492 · Age 78
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Leon Battista Alberti

Leon Battista Alberti

1404 – 1472 · Age 68
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Claudio Monteverdi

Claudio Monteverdi

1567 – 1643 · Age 76
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Al-Kindi

Al-Kindi

0801 – 0870 · Age 69
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Arnold Schoenberg

Arnold Schoenberg

1874 – 1951 · Age 76
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Hermann von Helmholtz

Hermann von Helmholtz

1821 – 1894 · Age 73
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Isidore of Seville

Isidore of Seville

0560 – 0636 · Age 76
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John Cage

John Cage

1912 – 1992 · Age 79
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Marcus Terentius Varro

Marcus Terentius Varro

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Source: Wikidata Q16031530