Events in Music
Events 1 - 7 of 7
1563 - William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral
1814 - Ludwig von Beethovens 8th Symphony in F, premieres
1854 - Composer Robert Schumann saved from suicide attempt in Rhine
1966 - Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Diane Towler/Bernard Ford GRB
1980 - 22nd Grammy Awards: What a Fool Believe, Streisand-Diamond duet
1991 - Singer James Brown is released from prison
1997 - Singer Sade (Helen Folasade), arrest in Jamaica for disobeying a cop
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 52 of 52
1649 - Johann Philipp Krieger,
composer
1702 - Johann Valentin Gorner,
composer
1745 - Silverius Muller,
composer
1746 - Gian Francesco Fortunati,
composer
1759 - Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab,
composer
1784 - Job Plimpton,
composer
1822 - Eugene Gautier,
composer
1846 - Joaquin Valverde,
composer
1848 - Charles Hubert H Parry,
England, musicologist/composer (Jerusalem)
1867 - Wilhelm Peterson-Berger,
composer
1870 - Louis Coerne,
composer
1879 - Jose Sancho Marraco,
composer
1888 - Lotte Lehmann,
Perleberg Germany, soprano (Fidello)
1890 - Freddie Keppard,
American jazz musician (d. 1933)
1891 - Georges E Migot,
French composer
1893 - Joseph Messner,
composer
1894 - Robert-Lucien Siohan,
composer
1898 - Rutkowski Bronislaw,
composer
1899 - Sulo Nikolai Salonen,
composer
1907 - Mildred Bailey,
American singer (d. 1951)
1909 - Elisabeth Welch,
singer (Song of Freedom, Over the Moon)
1919 - Roman Haubenstock-Ramati,
composer
1920 - Jose Melis,
Havana Cuba, orchestra leader (Jack Paar Program)
1921 - Andras Szollosy,
composer
1923 - Dexter Gordon,
US, tenor saxophonist/actor (Connection)
1923 - Viktor Kalabis, composer
1927 - Guy Mitchell,
[Albert George Cernik], Detroit, Michigan, American singer and actor (Red Garters, 3 Redheads from Seattle) (d. 1999)
1935 - Alberto Remedios,
opera/concert singer
1935 - Mirella Freni, Modena Italy, lyric soprano (Madame Butterfly)
1936 - Chuck Glaser,
Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again)
1943 - Morten Lauridsen,
American composer
1947 - Gidon Kremer,
Riga Latvia, violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970)
1948 - Eddie Gray,
rock guitarist (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue)
1951 - Steve Harley,
rocker (Come Up & See Me)
1952 - Henk Westbroek,
Dutch singer (Good Cause)
1952 - Kevin Raleigh, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Michael Stanley Band)
1954 - Neal Schon,
rock guitarist (Journey-Open Arms, Bad English)
1955 - Garry Christian,
rocker
1955 - Peter Christopherson, English musician and video director
1957 - Adrian Smith,
heavy metal guitarist (Iron Maiden-Aces High)
1959 - Johnny Van Zant,
American singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
1960 - Bolik Dahan,
Suriname singer/radio host (Radio KBC)
1964 - Ewen Vernal,
British pop bassist (Deacon Blue-Your Town)
1965 - Frank Peter Zimmermann,
German violinist
1969 - Brad Vander Ark,
American musician
1970 - Patricia Petibon,
French opera singer
1971 - Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas,
American singer (TLC)
1973 - "Pooh" Clark,
rocker (High-5)
1980 - Bobby Valentino,
American singer
Singer Josh Groban (1981)
1981 - Josh Groban,
American singer
1984 - Antti Tuisku,
Finnish singer
1989 - Kelly Breeding,
American singer from B5
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 18 of 18
1731 - Angelo Predieri,
composer, dies at 76
1733 - Johann Adam Birkenstock,
composer, dies at 46
1797 - Benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele,
composer, dies at 61
1805 - Stefan Paluselli,
composer, dies at 57
1852 - Joseph Drechsler,
composer, dies at 69
1887 - Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin,
Russian composer, dies at 53
1923 - Charles Francis Abdy Williams,
composer, dies at 67
1929 - Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry,
composer, dies at 65
1956 - Frank Dailey,
orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54
1956 - Gunther Ramin, German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57
1968 - Ludvik Podest,
composer, dies at 46
1968 - Frankie Lymon, American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer (The Teenagers), dies at 25 of a heroin overdose
1972 - Pat Brady,
American actor and singer (b. 1914)
1973 - Lucijan Marija Skerjanc,
Yugoslav composer/conductor, dies at 72
1978 - Vadim Nikolayevich Salmanov,
composer, dies at 65
1982 - Malika A Sabirova,
Russian dancer, dies at 39
2003 - John Lanchbery,
English composer (b. 1923)
2007 - Bobby Rosengarden,
American jazz drummer (b. 1924)
