Music
- Andrew Berenyi (1963-), musician and glam-rock composer
- Bill Booth, musician, former member of The Airmen of Note, principal trombone in the Los Angeles Opera Company, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and the Pasadena Symphony; Adjunct Associate Professor (Trombone) at U.C.L.A..
- Scott Hayden (1882–1915), composer of ragtime music
- George Thomas Ireland (1866–1963), renowned ragtime clarinet player, journalist in Sedalia for almost 50 years
- Scott Joplin (1867/1868-1917), musician and composer of ragtime music
- Arthur Marshall (1881–1968), composer and performer of ragtime music
- Etilmon Justus Stark (1868–1962), ragtime composer and arranger
- John Stillwell Stark (1841–1927) piano dealer, publisher of ragtime music, and promoter of Scott Joplin
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Famous quotes containing the word music:
“Orpheus with his lute made trees
And the mountain tops that freeze
Bow themselves when he did sing.
To his music plants and flowers
Ever sprung, as sun and showers
There had made a lasting spring.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Through music the passions enjoy themselves.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)