Josephus Antonius Gerardus Maria [Jozef] Baars (10/02/1937 - 27/03/2005), a Dutch conductor and composer (born in Goirle). He was conductor of the Churchchoir Margarita Maria (Tilburg, The Netherlands) from 1982 - 2001. He composed a lot of motets and masses. Besides the Missa pro defunctis: Missa da Pacem, Missa Brevis in Es and Missa in honorem St Mariae, and more, over 200 compositions.