October1896

Musicians Born in October 1896

Oct 6 Frutuoso de Lima Viana, Brazilian pianist and composer, born in Itajubá, Brazil (d. 1976)
Oct 6 Otto Siegl, Austrian composer, born in Graz (d. 1978)

Howard Hanson (1896-1981)

Oct 28 American classical music composer and conductor (Nordic), born in Wahoo, Nebraska

Howard Hanson

Oct 30 Anatoly Novikov, Russian-Soviet composer (Red Spider; The Hymn of Democratic Youth of the World), choral conductor, and pedagogue, born in Skopin, Russia (d. 1984)
Oct 31 Ethel Waters, American actress (Beulah), singer (Stormy Weather), born in Chester, Pennsylvania (d. 1977)

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