- Ballou, Esther Williamson, 1915-19731
- Band (Musical group)4
- Bank, Danny1
- Barab, Seymour2
- Barak, Ann1
- Baraka, Amiri, 1934-20149
- Barber, Julian1
- Barber, Samuel, 1910-19812
- Barlow, Samuel L. M. (Samuel Latham Mitchill), 1892-19823
- Barnard-Columbia Chorus1
- Barnes, Ethel Beatty1
- Baron, Samuel, 1925-19978
- Barra, Donald1
- Barrio Choral Group1
- Barrows, John, 1913-19741
- Bartlet, John, active 1606-16101
- Bartók, Béla, 1881-19452
- Barzun, Jacques, 1907-20121
- Basie, Count, 1904-19841
- Basney, Eldon1
- Bass, Hyman, 1932-1
- Bassey, Shirley1
- Battle, Kathleen1
- Baum, Gerald1
- Bauman, Alvin2
- Baumel, Herbert, 1919-20102
- Beardslee, Bethany4
- Beatles10
- Beaux-Arts String Quartet2
- Beck, Brian E., 1933-20221
- Beckenstein, Ray1
- Bedford, David1
- Beebe, Howard1
- Beerman, Burton, 1943-1
- Beeson, Jack, 1921-20104
- Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-18276
- Behrman, David1
- Beizel, Geraldine1
- Belanger, Adrienne1
- Belinck, Susan1
- Ben Israel, Steve1
- Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-19731
- Benedetti, Donald1
- Benjamin, Arthur, 1893-19601
- Benjamin, Jeanne1
- Benson, Reed Amussen1
- Berezowsky, Nicolai, 1900-19532
- Berg, Alban, 1885-19352
- Bergamo, John2
- Berger, Arthur, 1912-20031
- Bergsma, William, 1921-19941
- Berio, Luciano, 1925-20032
- Berry, Walter1
- Biel, Wilfred1
- Billings, William, 1746-18001
- Binder, Peter (Baritone)1
- Binkerd, Gordon, 1916-20031
- Biret, Idil14
- Bizet, Georges, 1838-18751
- Blackwood, Easley2