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Musicians Born in 1887

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  • Jan 21 Alfred Henry Ackley, American composer, born in Spring Hill, Pennsylvania (d. 1960)
  • Jan 28 Artur Rubinstein, Polish-American concert pianist, born in Łódź, Russian Empire (now Poland), (d. 1982)
  • Jan 28 Lily (Theresa) Strickland, American composer of art songs, piano, and silent film music, and ethnomusicologist (The Music Courier), born in Anderson, South Carolina (d. 1958)
  • Feb 3 Carlo Jachino, Italian composer, born in San Remo, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1971)
  • Feb 7 (James Hubert) "Eubie" Blake, American ragtime composer and pianist ("Memories of You"; "I'm Just Wild About Harry"), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1983) [1]
  • Feb 17 Leevi Antti Madetoja, Finnish composer (Pohjalaisia), conductor and teacher, born in Oulu, Finland, (d. 1947)
  • Feb 20 David McKinley Williams, Welsh-American church musician and composer, born in Carnarvonshire, Wales (d. 1978)
  • Feb 23 Oskar Lindberg, Swedish composer (Requiem), born in Gagnef, Sweden (d. 1955)
  • Mar 5 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer, cellist, guitarist, and conductor (Bachianas Brasileiras), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1959)
  • Mar 6 Henri Gagnon, Canadian organist (Notre-Dame Basilica (Quebec), 1915-1961), composer (Rondel de Thibaut de Champagne), and music educator, born in Quebec City, Quebec (d. 1961)
  • Mar 7 Heino Eller, Estonian composer (Koit (Dawn); Videvik (Twilight)), pedagogue (Tallinn Conservatory, 1940 -70), and teacher of Arvo Pärt, born in Tartu, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Estonia) (d. 1970)
  • Mar 13 Carlos Isamitt, Chilean composer, born in Rengo, Chile (d. 1974)
  • Mar 14 Lawrance Collingwood, British composer, and opera conductor, born in London, England (d. 1982)
  • Mar 23 Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn catalog), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1983)
  • Mar 28 Rudolf Frederik Willem Boskaljon, musician and composer, born in Curacao, Portugal (d. 1969)
  • Mar 31 Jose Maria Usandizaga, Spanish Basque composer (Mendi Mendiyan - High in the Mountains), born in Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain (d. 1915)
  • Apr 10 Heinz Tiessen, German composer, born in Königsberg, Germany (d. 1971)
  • May 2 Vernon Castle, English-American dancer, born in Norwich, Norfolk, England (d. 1918)
  • May 11 Paul Wittgenstein, left handed pianist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1961)
  • May 12 Nandor Zsolt, Hungarian composer, born in Esztergom, Hungary (d. 1936)
  • May 30 Gino Tagliapietra, Italian pianist and composer (Antologia di musica antica e moderna per pianoforte), born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 1954)
  • Jun 2 Howard Johnson, American lyricist (nclude: "When the Moon Comes over the Mountain", "M-O-T-H-E-R"), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 1941)
  • Jun 3 Emil Axman, Czech composer and musicologist (Moravian folk songs), born in Rataje (d. 1949)
  • Jun 3 Roland Hayes, American lyric tenor, arranger, and composer, born in Curryville, Georgia (d. 1977)
  • Jun 23 John Finley Williamson, American choral conductor (Westminster Choir College, 1920-58), born in Canton, Ohio (d. 1964)
  • Jun 28 Boleslav Vomácka, Czech composer (Vodntk - The Water Sprite), critic, and musicologist (Josef Suk), born in Mladá Boleslav, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1965)
  • Jul 10 Alfred Ernest Whitehead, English-Canadian composer, born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England (d. 1974)
  • Jul 29 Rudi Stephan, German composer (Die ersten Menschen), born in Worms, Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (now Germany) (d. 1915)
  • Jul 29 Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American operetta composer (Blossom Time), born in Nagykanizsa, Austria-Hungary (d. 1951)
  • Aug 7 (Charles Luckyth) "Luckey" Roberts, stride pianist and composer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1968) [various sources dispute year - 1887 to 1895] [1]
  • Aug 25 (Olav) Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer, pianist, polyglot, and rosarian, born in Stavanger, Norway (d. 1952)
  • Aug 26 Luis Abraham Delgadillo, Nicaraguan pianist and composer (Inca Symphony), born in Managua (d. 1961)
  • Aug 28 Daniel Zamudio, Colombian organist, composer and folklorist, born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1952)
  • Sep 3 Frank Christian, American jazz trumpeter, born in Bywater, New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1973)
  • Sep 12 George Georgescu, Romanian conductor and composer, born in Sulina, Romania (d. 1964)
  • Sep 16 Nadia Boulanger, French composer and conductor (1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony), born in Paris, France (d. 1979)
  • Sep 19 (Cora) "Lovie" Austin (née Taylor), American jazz and blues pianist, songwriter ("Down Hearted Blues"), and band leader (The Blues Serenaders), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1972) [1]
  • Sep 21 Lodewijk de Vocht, Belgian composer (Prayer for My Fatherland), conductor, kapellmeister (Antwerp Cathedral, 1913-50), and educator (Antwerp Conservatory, 1921-52), born in Antwerp (d. 1977)
  • Oct 6 Maria Jeritza [Marie Jedličková], Czech soprano known as the Moravian Thunderbolt (Vienna Opera, 1912-34, 1953-56; Metropolitan Opera, 1921-32, 1951), born in Brno, Moravia, Austrian Empire (d. 1982) &)
  • Oct 7 Gastone De Zuccoli, Italian organist, composer (Autunno; Messa Francescana), and pedagogue, born in Trieste, Austria-Hungary (d. 1958)
  • Oct 25 Willem Andriessen, Dutch composer and pianist (Beethoven), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1964)
  • Nov 1 Max Trapp, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1971)
  • Nov 4 Knut Algot Håkanson, Swedish composer, born in Kinna, Sweden (d. 1929)
  • Nov 8 Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, Russian-Ukrainian Soviet composer, born in Hlukhiv, Russian Empire (d. 1966)
  • Nov 14 Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian musicologist, conductor, and composer, born in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1971)
  • Nov 23 Paul Malengreau, Belgian organist, composer, and educator (Brussels Conservatory, 1813-53), born in at Trélon, Nord, France (d. 1956)
  • Nov 28 Jacobo Palm, Dutch Antillean classical organist, violist, pianist, and composer, born in Curaçao, Dutch Antilles (d. 1982)
  • Dec 6 Joseph Lamb, American ragtime pianist and composer ("Bohemia Rag"), born in Montclair, New Jersey (d. 1960) [1] [2]
  • Dec 7 Ernst Toch, Austrian composer (Geographical Fugue), music theorist (Melodielehre), and Pulitzer Prize winner (1956), born in n Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria (d. 1964)
  • Dec 8 Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan composer, born in Guatire, Miranda state, Venezuela (d. 1974)
  • Dec 12 Kurt Magnus Atterberg, Swedish composer, born in Gothenburg, Sweden (d. 1974)
  • Dec 29 Kiyoshi Nobutoki, Japanese cellist and composer, born in Osaka (d. 1965)
  • Dec 30 Henry George Ley, British organist, composer, and teacher (Eton, 1926-45), born in Chagford, England (d. 1962)


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