Events in Music
Events 1 - 1 of 1
1782 - Mozart's opera "Das Entfuhrung aus dem Serail," premieres in Vienna
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 40 of 40
1725 - Georg Simon Lohlein,
composer
1728 - Henri Moreau,
composer
1822 - Luigi Arditi,
violinist/composer
1834 - Carlo Angeloni,
composer
1848 - Henri[cus A] Viotta,
Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music)
1855 - Charles Francis Abdy Williams,
composer
1858 - Eugene Ysaye,
composer
1901 - Fritz Mahler,
composer
1903 - Mary Philbin,
Chicago IL, actress (Phantom of the Opera)
1903 - Carmen Lombardo, Canadian musician (d. 1971)
1904 - Goffredo Petrassi,
Zagarolo Italy, composer (Beatitudines)
1909 - John Edward "Teddy" Buckner,
trumpeter
1911 - Ginger Rogers,
[Virginia McMath], Independ Mo, dancer (Gay Divorcee)
1912 - Ray Barr,
NYC, pianist (Vincent Lopez Show)
1918 - Bayani Casimiro,
Filipino dancer and actor (d. 1989)
1925 - Cal Tjader,
American musician (d. 1982)
1928 - Bella Davidovich,
Baku Russia, pianist (Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel)
1930 - John Everett Watts,
composer
1932 - John Chilton,
jazz trumpeter
1933 - Sollie McElroy,
R&B singer (Flamingos-Golden Teardrops)
1936 - Buddy Merrill,
Torrey Utah, guitarist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1938 - Thorkell Sigurbjornsson,
composer
1939 - William Bell,
[Yarborough], US singer (Tryin' to Love Two)
1940 - Tony Jackson,
Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist (Searchers)
1941 - Mišo Kovač,
Croatian musician
1942 - Desmond Dekker,
[Dacris], Jamaica, reggae pioneer (Aces-Israelites)
1947 - Tom Boggs,
rock drummer (Box Tops)
1948 - Pinchas Zukerman,
Tel Aviv Israel, violinist/violist (Leventritt 1967)
1948 - Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer and actor
1949 - Alan "Fitz" Fitzgerald,
rock keyboardist/vocalist (Night Ranger)
1949 - Ray Major, rock guitarist (British Lions)
1950 - Tom Terrell,
musicologist, deejay
1952 - Stewart Copeland,
Alexandria Egypt, drummer (Police-Roxanne)
1956 - Ian Curtis,
English rock vocalist (Joy Division-Transmission)
The Lord of the Dance Michael Flatley (1958)
1958 - Michael Flatley,
Chicago Ill, Irish choreographer (Lord of Dance)
1960 - Eus van Someren,
pop guitarist (Scene, Blaauw)
1971 - Ed Kowalczyk,
American singer (Live)
1972 - Mindy Carson,
NYC, vocalist (Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue)
1975 - Jamie Oliver,
Welsh keyboardist
1994 - Mark Indelicato,
American singer and actor
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 22 of 22
1698 - Cristoph Kaldenbach,
composer, dies at 84
1729 - Johann David Heinichen,
composer, dies at 46
1762 - Jacques Hotteterre,
composer, dies at 87
1868 - Louis-Francois Dauprat,
composer, dies at 87
1916 - Ludwig P Scharwenka,
German composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70
1917 - Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka,
Ger composer (Album Polonaise), dies at 70
1972 - Giorgio Nataletti,
composer, dies at 65
1972 - Max Zehnder, composer, dies at 70
1981 - Harry Chapin,
folk vocalist (Taxi), dies in car crash at 38
1984 - Billy Williams,
singer (Your Show of Shows), dies at 73
1985 - Wayne King,
orchestra leader (Wayne King Show), dies at 84
1989 - Herbert von Karajan,
Austrian conductor, dies at 81
1990 - Sidney Torch,
English composer, conductor and organist (b. 1908)
1995 - Charles Bruck,
Hungarian/French/US conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83
1995 - Travis Kemp, dancer/teacher, dies at 91
1996 - John Panozzo,
drummer, dies at 48
1999 - Hiromi Yanagihara,
Japanese singer (b. 1979)
2003 - Celia Cruz,
Cuban musician (b. 1924)
2005 - Camillo Felgen,
Luxembourgish singer, lyricist, and entertainer (b. 1920)
2008 - Jo Stafford,
American singer of traditional pop music (b. 1917)
2012 - Jon Lord,
English musician, dies from a pulmonary embolism at 71
2012 - Kitty Wells, American country singer, dies from complications after a stroke at 92
