Events in Music
Events 1 - 4 of 4
1923 - Andre Charlot's musical "Rats," premieres in London
1927 - Franz Lehr's opera "Zarewitsch," premieres
1964 - UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US
1990 - 32nd Grammy Awards: Wind Beneath My Wings, Nick of Time wins
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 49 of 49
1556 - Sethus Calvisius,
composer
1674 - Johann Augustin Kobelius,
composer
1690 - Christoph Stoltzenberg,
composer
1776 - Vincenzo Lavigna,
composer
1795 - Francisco Manuel da Silva,
composer
1801 - Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda,
composer
1814 - Nicolo Gabrielli,
composer
1821 - Charles Scribner,
US, music publisher (Scribner Catalog)
1831 - Eduard Rappoldi,
composer
1836 - Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes,
composer
1836 - Emil Hartmann, composer
1844 - Charles-Marie Widor,
Lyons France, composer/prof (Paris Conservatory)
1861 - Pierre Breville,
composer
1867 - Otto Hermann Kahn,
Banker, organized Metropolitan Opera Co
1878 - Fritz Cortolezis,
composer
1893 - Andres Segovia,
Linares Spain, classical guitarist, (d. 1987)
1898 - Vassily Vainonen,
Russian ballet dancers/choreographer (Gayaneh)
1902 - Bob [Hijman] Scholte,
Dutch vocalist [or 1909]
1903 - Eric Fogg,
composer
1904 - Armand Preud'homme,
Flemish organist/poet
1909 - George G F van Renesse,
Dutch pianist/music director
1912 - Nikita Magaloff,
Russian/Swiss pianist (Arkadia 598-Schubert)
1922 - Uros Krek,
composer
1923 - Lucille Bremer,
dancer/actress (Ruthless, Ziegfeld Follies)
1923 - Zvi Zeitlin, Dubrovnik Yugoslavia, violinist/prof (Eastman School)
1927 - Pierre Mercure,
composer
1933 - Nina Simone,
[Eunice Waymon], Tyron NC, vocalist/pianist (Porgy)
1943 - Duncan Swift,
jazz pianist
1945 - Paul Newton,
rock bassist
1949 - Jerry Harrison,
Milwaukee, rock keyboardist (Talking Heads)
1951 - Vince Welnick,
rock keyboardist (Tubes)
1952 - Jean-Jacques Brunel,
rock bassist (Stranglers-Dreamtime)
1958 - Mary-Chapin Carpenter,
Princeton NJ, country vocalist (This Shirt)
1959 - José María Cano,
Spanish musician
1960 - Steve Wynn,
American singer (
1961 - Ranking Roger,
rock vocalist (English Beat-Drowning)
1966 - Tommy Hendricks,
rocker
1966 - Wendy James, London England, vocalist (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
1969 - James Dean Bradfield,
Welsh musician
1969 - Eric Wilson, American musician
1971 - Randy Blythe,
American musician
1972 - Seo Taiji,
Korean musician
1973 - Heri Joensen,
Faroese musician
1973 - Bowie Tsang, Taiwanese singer and TV host
1974 - Wish Bone,
American rapper, (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
1980 - Tiziano Ferro,
Italian singer
1982 - Chantal Claret,
American musician
1986 - Charlotte Church,
Welsh singer
1989 - Corbin Bleu,
American actor and singer
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 20 of 20
1790 - Johann Friedrich Kloffler,
composer, dies at 64
1842 - Wojciech Zywny,
composer, dies at 85
1876 - Henry John Gauntlett,
composer, dies at 70
1884 - John Pike Hullah,
composer, dies at 71
1919 - Giovanni Bolzoni,
composer, dies at 77
1924 - Salvatore Auteri Manzocchi,
composer, dies at 78
1925 - Alfred Baldwin Sloan,
composer, dies at 52
1938 - Albert Huybrechts,
composer, dies at 39
1948 - Frederick Archibald Lamond,
composer, dies at 80
1949 - Ernest Walker,
composer, dies at 78
1956 - Edwin Franko Goldman,
composer, dies at 78
1971 - Adolph Weiss,
composer, dies at 79
1972 - Bronislava Nijinska,
Polish-Russian ballet dancer (b. 1891)
1976 - Florence Ballard,
rocker (Supremes), dies at 32
1979 - Ray Whitley,
composer, dies
1982 - Murray "the K" Kaufman,
NYC DJ (5th Beatle), dies at 60
1992 - Eva A Jessye,
US singer/actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97
1992 - Jane Pickens Langley Hoving, singer, dies at 83
1996 - Morton Gould,
composer, dies at 82
2005 - Ara Berberian,
American opera singer (b. 1930)
