Events in Music
Events 1 - 1 of 1
1882 - Richard Wagner's opera "Parsifal," premieres in Beirut
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 45 of 45
1694 - Johann Samuel Endler,
composer
1782 - John Field,
Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)
1791 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart,
6th child of Austrian composer WAM
1863 - Jazeps Witols,
composer
1866 - Francesco Cilea,
composer
1874 - Serge Koussevitzky,
Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp)
1876 - Ernest Schelling,
Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)
1892 - Philipp Jarnach,
composer
1903 - Donald Voorhees,
Allentown Pa, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour)
1904 - Jack Allan Westrup,
composer
1906 - Armando Jose Fernandes,
composer
1907 - Gioconda de Vito,
violinist
1914 - Ralph Hunsecker Blane,
songwriter
1914 - Erskine Hawkins, American musician and bandleader (d. 1993)
1922 - Andrzej Koszewski,
composer
1924 - Louis Bellson,
Rock Falls Ill, orchestra leader (Pearl Bailey Show)
1928 - Hans Haselbock,
composer
1928 - Tadeusz Baird, Polish composer (Giocosa)
1929 - Alexis Weissenberg,
Sofia Bulgaria, pianist (Levintritt-1948)
1933 - Lance Percival,
actor/singer (Darling Lili, Our Miss Fred)
1934 - Anthony Gilbert,
composer
1936 - Antonio Mastrogiovanni,
composer
1938 - Bobby Hebb,
Nashville Tn, country singer/songwriter (Sunny)
1938 - Darlene Love, American singer
1940 - Dobie Gray,
American singer (Drift Away)
1940 - Tolis Voskopoulos, Greek singer
1941 - Brenton Wood,
Shreveport La, rocker (Gimme Little Sign)
1941 - Darlene Love, singer/actress (Lethal Weapon)
1942 - Dobie Gray,
Brookshire Tx, singer (In Crowd)
1943 - Mick Jagger,
English, rock vocalist (Rolling Stones)
1943 - Roger Smalley, composer
1944 - Kiel Martin,
Pitts Pa, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues)
1949 - Roger Taylor,
British rock drummer (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody)
1953 - Robert Phillips,
classical guitarist
1958 - Angela Hewitt,
Canadian classical pianist
1961 - Andy Connel,
rocker (Swingout Sister-Swingout)
1961 - Gary Cherone, Boston, heavy metal vocalist (Extreme-More Than Words)
1961 - Terri Nunn, rock vocalist (Berlin-Takes My Breath Away)
1961 - Keiko Matsui, Japanese musician and composer
1963 - Andrew C Timmons,
Scottsdale Az, guitarist (Danger Danger-Screw It)
1965 - Jim Lindberg,
American musician (Pennywise)
1974 - Dan Konopka,
American musician (OK Go)
1977 - Rebecca St. James,
Australian-born singer
1980 - Dave Baksh,
Canadian guitarist (Sum 41)
1985 - Audrey De Montigny,
Quebec singer
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 20 of 20
1677 - Michael Franck,
composer, dies at 68
1719 - Johann Georg Christian Storl,
composer, dies at 43
1770 - Michael Schevenstuhl,
composer, dies at 65
1801 - Daniel Dal Barba,
composer, dies at 86
1826 - Freidrich Wilhelm Weis,
composer, dies at 82
1836 - Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer,
composer, dies at 45
1872 - Michele Carafa,
composer, dies at 84
1916 - Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro,
composer, dies at 52
1920 - Carlos Troyer,
composer, dies at 83
1956 - Miguel Bernal Jiminez,
composer, dies at 46
1967 - Matthijs Vermeulen,
Dutch composer/critic, dies at 79
1968 - Lilian Harvey,
British actress (Congress Dances), dies
1977 - Gena Branscombe,
composer, dies at 95
1977 - Hans-Otto Borgmann, composer, dies at 75
1981 - Donald Lybbert,
composer, dies at 58
1987 - Joe Liggins,
US composer (I've a Right to Cry), dies at 71
1990 - Brent Mydland,
rock keyboardist/vocalist (Grass Roots), dies at 38
1992 - Mary Wells,
US soul singer (My Guy), dies at 49
1995 - Laurindo Almeida,
composer/guitarist, dies at 76
1996 - Evelyn Levine,
composer, dies at 94
