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Events in Music

Events 1 - 5 of 5

1575 - English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis & William Byrd music press monopoly
1910 - Opera "Germania," premieres in NYC
1934 - Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' opera "Lady MacBeth," premieres in Leningrad
1969 - Billy Preston becomes 5th Beatle
1990 - 17th American Music Award: Milli Vanilli

Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1 - 60 of 60

1649 - Pascal Collasse, composer
1707 - Carl Hockh, composer
1709 - Joseph Reipel, composer
1727 - Claude-Benigne Balbastre, composer
1729 - Giuseppe Luigi Tibaldi, composer
1748 - Lewis Edson, composer
1753 - Peter Fuchs, composer
1756 - Vincenzo Righini, composer
1779 - Stefano Pavesi, composer
1781 - Francois-Antoine Habeneck, composer
1815 - Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer
1824 - Josef Leopold Zvonar, composer
1842 - Charles Henri Marechal, composer
1855 - Ernst Kullak, composer
1861 - Karel Stecker, composer
1870 - Charles Arnold Tournemire, composer
1871 - Leon Jessel, composer
1882 - Theodore Kosloff, Russian-born actor, ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1956)
1886 - John Joseph Becker, composer
1890 - Vinko Zganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (d. 1976)
1897 - Josef Stanislav, composer
1897 - Rosa Ponselle, opera diva (Casta Diva, La Forza del Destino)
1898 - Alexander Abramsky, composer
1898 - Gustaf Paulson, composer
1900 - Franz Salmhofer, composer
1901 - Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Sonata Ritmica)
1903 - Robin Humphrey Milford, composer
1904 - George Balanchine, composer/choreographer [OS=Jan 9]
1911 - Bruno Kreisky, Austria, bandleader/chancellor (1970-83)
1911 - Roberto Garcia Morillo, composer
1913 - Verdina Shlonsky, composer
1914 - Dimitri Dragatakis, composer
1914 - Suzanne Danco, Belgian singer
1916 - Henri Dutilleux, Angers France, composer
1917 - Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist
1920 - William Warfield, singer (Show Boat)
1921 - Andre Hodeir, composer
1923 - Friedrich Zehm, composer
1923 - Leslie Bassett, composer
1924 - J J Johnson, composer/jazz trombonist
1924 - Margaret Whiting, big band singer
1931 - Sam Cooke, American singer (d. 1964)
1935 - Sam Cooke, Chicago Ill, soul singer (You Send Me)
1940 - Addie "Micki" Harris, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
1940 - Tilo Medek, German composer
1945 - Michael Cristofer, actor/writer (Little Drummer Girl)
1945 - Oliver, rocker
1948 - Gilbert Levine, American conductor
1949 - James P Pennington, rocker (Exile)
1949 - Steve Perry, Hanford California, vocalist (Journey-Open Arms, Oh Sherry)
1952 - Teddy Gentry, Fort Payne Ala, country music star (Alabama-Mt Music)
1953 - Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor
1956 - Steve Riley, American drummer
1960 - Michael Hutchence, Australia, rock vocalist/actor (INXS-Dogs in Space)
1965 - Jazzy Jeff Townes, rapper (Parents Just Don't Understand)
1965 - Ray Mayhew, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111)
1965 - Steven Adler, Cleveland Ohio, drummer (Guns & Roses-Sweet Child)
1968 - Heath, Japanese bass guitarist (X Japan)
1980 - Ben Moody, American guitarist (Evanescence)
1981 - Willa Ford, American singer

Deaths in Music

Deaths 1 - 24 of 24

1599 - Cristofano Malvezzi, composer, dies at 51
1700 - Jacob Balthasar Schutz, composer, dies at 39
1781 - Johann Siebenkas, composer, dies at 66
1796 - Bernhard Hupfeld, composer, dies at 78
1847 - Georges-Julien Sieber, composer, dies at 71
1852 - George Rodwell, composer, dies at 51
1868 - Moritz Ganz, composer, dies at 61
1893 - Vincenz Lachner, composer, dies at 81
1895 - Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39
1900 - David E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831)
1914 - Frederik Rung, composer, dies at 60
1916 - Iwan Knorr, composer, dies at 63
1936 - Louis Glass, composer, dies at 71
1945 - Carlo Felice Boghen, composer, dies a day before 76th birthday
1951 - Eastwood Lane, composer, dies at 71
1964 - Marc Blitzstein, US composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58
1994 - Rhett Forrester, American singer (Riot) (b. 1956)
1997 - Irwin Levine, composer (Tie a Yellow Ribbon), dies at 58
1997 - Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster, dies at 66
1997 - Ron Holden, American singer (b. 1939)
1997 - Billy Mackenzie, Scottish musician (Associates) (b. 1957)
2004 - Billy May, American composer and musician (b. 1916)
2004 - Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (b. 1923)
2005 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (b. 1924)