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Events in Music

Events 1 - 9 of 9

1785 - Mozart completes "Dissonantenkwartet" (opus 10)
1900 - Giacomo Puccini's opera "Tosca," premieres in Rome
1905 - Hubbell, Shubert & Smith's musical "Fontana," premieres in NYC
1925 - Alban Berg's atonale opera "Wozzeck," premieres in Berlin
1954 - Sandy Wilson's musical "Boyfriend," premieres in London
1973 - Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in Calif
1973 - Tap dancer Ray Castle measured at 1440 taps/min on BBC TV
1984 - Madonna 1st sings "Holiday" on American Bandstand
1996 - "Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 97 perfs

Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1 - 52 of 52

1451 - Franchinus Gaffurius, composer
1566 - Angelo Notari, composer
1655 - Angelo Predieri, composer
1722 - Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer
1751 - Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine Schroter, composer
1780 - Francois-Joseph Dizi, composer
1800 - Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Köchel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1877)
1804 - John Park, composer
1812 - Carl Gradener, composer
1814 - Johannes Josephus Viotta, composer
1819 - Fabio Campana, composer
1822 - Nicholas Mori, composer
1824 - Vladimir Stasov, Russian art and music critic (d. 1906)
1834 - William Cleaver Francis Robinson, composer
1839 - Emil Bohn, composer
1844 - Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer
1875 - Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist (Nobel 1954)
1889 - Vincenzo Davico, composer
1906 - Walter Knape, composer
1908 - Ruggiero de Rudolpho Columbo, US singer/actor (Miracle of Women)
1910 - Renier van der Velden, composer
1911 - George Amadee Tremblay, composer
1911 - Helmut Degen, composer
1921 - Mark Lawrence, Wash DC, pianist (Alice Pearce)
1927 - Zuzana Ruzickova, Czech harpsichordist
1929 - Billy Walker, Ralls Tx, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1930 - Edgar Sergeyi Hovhanesyan, composer
1931 - Juraj Pospisil, composer
1932 - Caterina Valente, Paris France, singer (Entertainers)
1936 - Clarence Carter, US singer (Thread the Needle)
1937 - Billie Jo Spears, country singer
1938 - Allen Toussaint, [Naomi Neville], pianist/songwriter (Ride Your Pony)
1938 - Jack Jones, LA California, singer (Love Boat Theme)
1943 - Jose Luis Rodriguez, Caracas Venezuala, singer (Dueno De Nada)
1943 - Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor
1945 - Maina Gielgud, British ballet dancer and administrator
1948 - T-Bone Burnett, musician/producer
1948 - Tim Harris, rocker (Foundations)
1951 - William Risrook, rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express)
1956 - Étienne Daho, French singer and songwriter
1956 - Ben Heppner, Canadian singer
1959 - Carl Chas Smash Smyth, rock bassist (Madness-Our House)
1959 - Geoff Tate, vocalist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence)
1962 - Patrica Morrison, rocker (Sisters of Mercy-Walk Away, Black Planet)
1967 - Zakk Wylde, American musician (Black Label Society)
1968 - L L Cool J, [James Todd Smith], St Albans NY, rapper (Bigger & Deffer)
1969 - Dave Grohl, drummer (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
1972 - Predrag Gosta, Yugoslav-born conductor
1981 - Rosa López, Spanish singer
1981 - Pitbull, American rapper
1988 - Jordy, French singer
1988 - Mikalah Gordon, American singer

Deaths in Music

Deaths 1 - 25 of 25

1676 - Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian (opera)composer, dies at 73
1786 - Michael Arne, English composer (b. 1740 or 1741)
1817 - Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, composer, dies at 87
1825 - George Dance the Younger, English architect (b. 1741)
1868 - Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66
1888 - Stephen Heller, composer, dies at 74
1889 - Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (b. 1834)
1890 - Francesco D'Arcais, composer, dies at 59
1907 - Karl von Perfall, composer, dies at 82
1943 - Adolf Sandberger, composer, dies at 78
1945 - Sandor Vandor, composer, dies at 43
1949 - Joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66
1952 - Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (b. 1878)
1961 - Henry Geehl, composer, dies at 79
1965 - Jeanette MacDonald, soprano (When I'm Calling You), dies at 63
1967 - Renato Lunelli, composer, dies at 71
1971 - Ethel Glenn Hier, composer, dies at 82
1978 - Robert Heger, composer, dies at 91
1984 - Paul Ben Haim, composer, dies at 86
1986 - Daniel Balavoine, French singer (b. 1952)
1995 - Alexander Gibson, Brit conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at 68
1995 - Alexander Gibson, conductor, dies at 69
1996 - Pamelo Mounk'a, musician, dies at 50
2004 - Valfar, Norwegian musician (Windir) (b. 1978)
2011 - Trish Keenan, lead vocalist of English band Broadcast (b. 1968)