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Events in Music

Events 1 - 10 of 10

1790 - Mozart's opera "Cosi Fan Tutte" premieres in Vienna
1833 - Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan
1911 - Richard Strauss's opera "Die Rosenkavalier" premieres, Dresden
1957 - Bernanos & Poulenc's opera "Dialogue des Carmelites," premieres
1979 - Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Neth
1987 - 14th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie & Alabama
1988 - "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 4,000+ perfs
1991 - "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 497 performances
1996 - "Les Miserables," opens at Musichall Theatre, Duisburg
1998 - 25th American Music Award: Spice Girls & Babyface win

Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1 - 52 of 52

1613 - Johann Jakob Wolleb, composer
1708 - William Hayes, composer
1742 - Johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer
1748 - Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer
1852 - Frederick Corder, composer
1855 - Arthur Hervey, composer
1900 - Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967)
1901 - Ervin Major, composer
1905 - Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music"
1907 - Eddie Ballantine, Chicago, orchestra leader (Don McNeill TV Club)
1908 - Stephane Grappelli, British (?) jazz/violinist
1910 - Marijan Lipovsek, composer
1911 - Norbert Schultze, composer
1913 - Jimmy Van Heusen, songwriter (Love & Marriage)
1916 - Lothar Jensch, composer
1921 - Frantisek Chaun, composer
1921 - Johannes Driessler, composer
1924 - Warren Frank Benson, composer
1924 - Alice Babs, Swedish singer
1926 - Ronnie Hilton, singer (Moonraker)
1928 - Eartha Kitt, SC, singer/actress (Catwoman-Batman)
1930 - A N Solomons, chairman (Singer & Friedlander)
1934 - Huey "Piano" Smith, pianist (Having a Good Time)
1935 - Peter Ronnefeld, composer
1935 - Zbigniew Penherski, composer
1936 - Noel Harrison, London, singer/actor (Mark-Girl from UNCLE)
1939 - Marshall Lieb, rocker (Teddy Bears)
1943 - Jean Knight, vocalist (Mr Big Stuff)
1943 - Peter Kenton Winkler, composer
1945 - Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)
1947 - Michel Sardou, French singer
1948 - Corky Laing, rocker (Mountain)
1949 - Derek Holt, rocker (Climax Blues Band)
1951 - Andy Hummell, Memphis Tn, rock bassist (Big Star)
1951 - David Briggs, rock guitarist (Little River Band-Help is on it's Way)
1953 - Bert Heerink, Amsterdam, rock vocalist
1953 - Lucinda Williams, singer
1955 - Lucia Mendez, Mexico, spanish singer (Lucia es Luna Moreno)
1956 - Lisa Boray, [Schulte Nordholt], Dutch singer (Lovers Until the End)
1957 - Eddie Van Halen, Nijmegan Neth, rock guitarist (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)
1958 - Anita Baker, Toledo Oh, singer (Giving You the Best That I Got)
1958 - B James Lowry, rocker (Boys Band)
1958 - Norman Lamont Hassan, British reggae musician (UB40-Red Red Wine)
1960 - Charlie Gillingham, American musician (Counting Crows)
1962 - Tom Keifer, rock guitarist/vocalist (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)
1963 - Andrew Ridgeley, England, rock guitarist (Wham-Wake Me Up)
1963 - Jazzie B, [Beresford Romeo], English rapper (Soul II Soul-Feel Free)
1967 - Pradip Somasundaran, Indian playback singer
1970 - Kirk Franklin, American singer
1976 - Willie Adler, American guitar player
1986 - Matt Heafy, American musician (Trivium)
1988 - Mia Rose, British-Portuguese singer

Deaths in Music

Deaths 1 - 18 of 18

1706 - Guillaume Poitevin, composer, dies at 59
1795 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, composer, dies at 62
1798 - Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49
1803 - Georg von Pasterwiz, composer, dies at 72
1870 - Cesare Pugni, composer, dies at 67
1922 - Luigi Denza, composer, dies at 75
1947 - Grace Moore, American soprano/actress (One Night of Love), dies at 48
1948 - Ignaz Friedman, composer, dies at 65
1962 - Fran Lhotka, composer, dies at 78
1973 - Jay C. Higginbotham, American musician (b. 1906)
1974 - Wiktor Labunski, composer, dies at 78
1975 - Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at 72
1996 - Henry Jay Lewis, conductor, dies at 63
1996 - Stevie Plunder, Australian musician (b. 1963)
1998 - S P Leary, Texan Blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67
1998 - Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher (Suzuki Method), dies at 99
2011 - Charlie Louvin, American musician (b. 1927)
2011 - Gladys Horton, American musician and singer, member of the group The Marvelettes (b. 1944)