Events in Music
Events 1 - 2 of 2
1906 - Reginald A Fessenden became 1st to broadcast music over radio (Mass)
1951 - 1st televised opera (Amahl & Night Visitor)
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 54 of 54
1653 - Georg Motz,
composer
1679 - Domenico Natale Sarro,
composer
1719 - Johann Christoph Altnikol,
composer
1726 - Johann Ernst Hartmann,
composer
1761 - Selam III,
poet/composer/sultan of Turkey (1789-1808)
1773 - Joseph Wolfl,
composer
1812 - Henry Russell,
composer
1813 - Henry Wellington Greatorex,
composer
1824 - Peter Cornelius,
composer
1826 - Ignacy Krzyzanowski,
composer
1829 - Benjamin Ipavec,
composer
1829 - Jose Rogel, composer
1859 - Roman Statkowski,
composer
1870 - Rosario Scalero,
composer
1879 - Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych,
composer
1881 - Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc,
composer
1881 - Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer
1898 - Baby Dodds,
American jazz drummer (d. 1959)
1904 - Daniel K Womack,
singer/guitarist
1906 - Franz Waxman,
German film composer (d. 1967)
1909 - Adam Popovich,
composer
1910 - Mitchell Ayres,
Milwaukee Wisc, orchestra leader (Hollywood Palace)
1913 - Karl Michael Komma,
composer
1920 - Dave Bartholomew,
La, jazz artist/songwriter (Blueberry Hill)
1921 - Gerard Thomas Victory,
composer
1924 - [Irving] Lee Dorsey,
New Orleans, vocalist (Working in the Coal Mines)
1924 - Lee Dorsey, American singer (d. 1986)
1925 - Mohd. Rafi,
Indian actor and playback singer (d. 1980)
1925 - Yafa Yarkoni, Israel, singer (Road to Jerusalem, Don't Say Goodbye, Say I will see You) (d.2012)
1927 - Teresa Stich-Randall,
US soprano (Vienna State Opera)
1929 - Noel Da Costa,
composer
1930 - Robert Joffrey,
[Abdullah Jaffa Anver Bey Khan], US, dancer
1931 - Mauricio Kagel,
Argentina/German composer
1944 - Mike Curb,
Savannah Ga, singer (Mike Curb Congregation)
1945 - Lemmy,
[Ian Kilminster], rocker (Hawkwind, Motorhead-Built for Speed)
1946 - John Akkerman,
Dutch guitarist/composer (Focus-Can't Stand Noise)
1950 - Libbi Larsen,
composer
1950 - Peter te Bos, Dutch singer (Claw Boys Claw)
1951 - Johnny Contardo,
rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon)
1957 - Ian Burden,
S Yorks England, rock bassist (Human League-Only Human)
1957 - Diane Tell, Quebec singer
1958 - Munetaka Higuchi,
Japanese drummer
1962 - Michael Ray,
rocker
1963 - Mary Ramsey,
singer (10,000 Maniacs)
1965 - Millard Powers,
American musician and songwriter
1968 - Doyle Bramhall II,
American guitarist
1969 - Kenny "Damn" Kelly,
Paterson NJ, rapper (Riff-Judy had a Boyfriend)
1970 - Will Oldham,
American singer and songwriter
Singer/Actor Ricky Martin (1971)
1971 - Ricky Martin,
San Juan, Puerto Rico, singer (Menudo)/actor (General Hospital)
1971 - Giorgos Alkaios, Greek singer
1980 - Tomas Kalnoky,
American musician (Streetlight Manifesto)
1982 - Aiba Masaki,
Japanese singer and actor
1982 - Robert Carmine, American singer
1986 - Edward Southall,
British composer
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 25 of 25
1453 - John Dunstable,
English composer, dies
1823 - Philipp Christoph Kayser,
composer, dies at 68
1862 - Joseph Funk,
composer, dies at 84
1898 - Eugeniusz Pankiewicz,
composer, dies at 41
1908 - Francois-Auguste Gevaert,
Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80
1930 - Oskar Nedbal,
composer, dies at 56
1932 - Eyvind Alnaes,
composer, dies at 60
1935 - Alban Maria Johannes Berg,
composer, dies at 50
1941 - Siegfried Alkan,
German composer (b. 1858)
1942 - Friedrich Klose,
composer, dies at 80
1944 - Joseph Gustav Mraczek,
composer, dies at 66
1945 - Francisco Pujol,
composer, dies at 67
1961 - Guy de Lioncourt,
composer, dies at 76
1966 - Gaspar Cassado Moreu,
composer, dies at 69
1975 - Bernard Herrmann,
US movie composer, dies at 64
1980 - Alec Lafayette Chew Wilder,
composer, dies at 73
1980 - Siggie Nordstrom, model, actress, entertainer, socialite and lead singer of The Nordstrom Sisters (b. 1893)
1994 - Jimmy Buddy Lee Land Ace,
singer, dies at 57
1997 - Alan Fluck,
musical educationalist, dies at 69
1997 - Anthea Joseph, music producer, dies at 57
2000 - Nick Massi,
American singer (The Four Seasons) (b. 1935)
2006 - "Braguinha",
Brazilian songwriter (b. 1907)
2006 - Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian singer, poet and comedian (b. 1961)
2010 - Eino Tamberg,
Estonian composer (b. 1930)
2012 - Richard Rodney Bennett,
English composer, dies at 76
