List of music patrons and sponsors

This is a list of music patrons and patrons . Music loyalty and patronage continued in some families. The following list is sorted alphabetically. It does not claim to be up-to-date or complete. Some musicians and composers are also among the music patrons and sponsors. The main focus of the list is on classical music.

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Personalities

Nadeschda von Meck

Paul Sacher

Andrei Rasumowski on a painting by Johann Baptist von Lampi

María Josefa Pimentel y Téllez-Girón on a painting by Goya

A.

• Anton Georg Count Apponyi von Nagy-Apponyi (1751–1817), co-founder of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna in 1812

B.

• Mitrofan Petrowitsch Beljajew (1836–1904), Russian music lover
• Carl Christoph Bernoulli (1861–1923), Swiss librarian
• Johann Georg von Browne-Camus (1767–1827), Russian colonel and Maltese knight
• Carl Eduard Burckhardt (1855–1946), lawyer

C.

• Guido Chigi Saracini (1880–1965), Italian composer from Siena
• Christine of Sweden (1626–1689), second daughter of the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf

D.

• Joseph von Deym (Joseph Graf von Deym Freiherr von Střítež, alias Joseph Müller; 1752–1804), Bohemian nobleman, art patron and wax artist

E.

• Count Erdödy
• Esterházy family (Princes Paul II Anton and Nikolaus I )

F.

• Henry Fanshawe (1569–1616), collector of the treasury
• Carsten Faurschou (1920–1986), Danish insurance broker and art collector
• Avery Fisher (1906–1994), American entrepreneur, inventor
• Edwin A. Fleisher (1877–1959), businessman
• Betty Freeman (1921-2009), USA

G

• Giulio Litta (1822-1891), Italian composer
• Nikolai Borissowitsch Golitsyn (1794–1866), Russian nobleman

H

• Andreas Heusler , Basel
• Joseph Hoch (1815–1874), German donor

I.

• Ibrahim Adil Shah II (1571-1627), Sultanate of Bijapur

K

• Friedrich Wilhelm Konstantin (1801–1869), last Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, patron of music and protector of the music avant-garde of his time

L.

• Alexandre Jean Joseph Le Riche de La Pouplinière (1693–1762), French tax farmer, art patron and promoter of the French Enlightenment
• Lajb Landau (1882–1943), Lviv lawyer
• Ferdinand von Lobkowitz (1797–1868), industrialist
• Ferdinand Georg August Lobkowitz (1850–1926)
• Franz Joseph Maximilian von Lobkowitz (1772–1816), Bohemian-Austrian Major General
• Moritz von Lobkowitz (1831–1903), musicologist
• Ludwig II (Bavaria) (1845–1886), King of Bavaria

M.

• Robert Mayer (1879–1985), German-British businessman
• Otto Mayr (1887–1977), Austrian lawyer
• Margaret of Austria (1480–1530), governor of the Habsburg Netherlands
• Maria Casimira of Poland (1641–1716), French nobleman
• Nadeschda Filaretowna von Meck (1831-1894)
• Anton Melchior von Menz (1757–1801), Bolzano merchant
• Tatiana von Metternich-Winneburg (1915–2006), German painter, writer and patron of Russian origin
• Mykola Muraschko (1844–1909), Russian diplomat and art collector

N

• Hans Niemeyer (1834–1917), German judicial councilor

O

• Pietro Ottoboni (Cardinal) (1667–1740), Italian cardinal and librettist

P

• Benedetto Pamphilj (1653–1730), Italian cardinal, librettist and composer
• Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (1574–1655), Pope
• Silvester Paumgartner , Steyr cellist
• María Josefa Pimentel y Téllez-Girón (1750–1834), Spanish nobleman
• Edmond de Polignac (1834–1901), composer

R.

• Anton Radziwiłł (1775–1833), Polish and Prussian politician, landowner, composer
• Andrei Kirillowitsch Rasumowski (1752–1836), Russian diplomat and art collector; Son of the last hetman of the Zaporozhian Cossacks (' Rasumowski Quartets ')
• Werner Reinhart (1884–1951), Swiss industrialist and patron
• Friedrich Riggenbach-Stehlin (1821–1904), Basel, Swiss banker
• Jacques Rouché (1862–1957), French editor and opera director

S.

• Paul Sacher (1906–1999), Swiss conductor
• Wilhelm Speyer (1790–1878), German composer, also known under the name "Lieder-Speyer"
• Count Ferenc Széchényi (1754–1820), patron of the arts, founder of the Hungarian National Museum
• Ignaz von Sonnleithner (1770–1831), Austrian lawyer, author and music patron
• Gottfried van Swieten (1733–1803), Austrian diplomat

T

• Klaus Toyka (* 1945), neurologist

V

• Alberto Vilar (* 1940), USA

W.

• Christian Heinrich von Watzdorf (1698–1747), Saxon court official from the von Watzdorf family

See also

cs: Category: Hudební mecenáši - en: Category: Patrons of music - fr: Catégorie: Mécénat musical - pl: Category: Mecenasi muzyki - ru: Категория: Меценаты по странам - en: Category: Haydn's patrons etc.