Events in Music
Events 1 - 2 of 2
1824 - 1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis"
1986 - Geffen records signs Guns & Roses
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 62 of 62
1671 - Giacomo Cesare Predieri,
composer
1684 - Johann Graf,
composer
1717 - Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila,
composer
1758 - Johann Daniel Ferstenberg,
composer
1783 - Johann Baptist Weigl,
composer
1806 - Josef Slavik,
composer
1819 - Francisco Eduardo da Costa,
composer
1827 - Emanuel Kania,
composer
1830 - John Rogers Thomas,
composer
1840 - Carli Zoeller,
composer
1854 - Braulio Dueno Colon,
composer
1859 - Nikolay Alexandrovich Sokolov,
composer
1862 - George William Louis Marshall-Hall,
composer
1874 - Oskar Nedbal,
composer
1884 - Wilhelm Backhaus,
Leipzig Germany, pianist (Rubinstein 1905)
1885 - Julius Harrison,
composer
1889 - Vaclav Kapral,
composer
1894 - Viorica Ursuleac,
Romanian soprano (d. 1985)
1896 - Richard Flury,
composer
1898 - Renzo Massarani,
composer
1898 - Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (d. 1979)
1899 - William Baines,
composer
1900 - Isadore Freed,
composer
1904 - Hermann Schroeder,
composer
1905 - Pablo Garrido,
composer
1907 - Leigh Harline,
composer
1907 - Louis Saguer, composer
1908 - Hank Sylvern,
Bkln NY, orchestra leader (Jane Froman's USA Canteen)
1909 - Chris[tiaan R] Reumer,
Dutch opera singer
1916 - Vic Schoen,
Bkln NY, orchestra leader (Patti Page Olds Show)
1917 - Rufus Thomas,
Miss, singer (Walking the Dog)
1921 - Joe Loco,
[Jose Esteves, Jr], musician
1925 - Claudio Spies,
composer
1925 - Pierre Boulez, Montbrison France, composer/conductor (Visage Nuptial)
1928 - Carole Carr,
singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men)
1929 - Maurice Simon,
jazz musician
1930 - Cristobal Halffter,
composer
1936 - Erich Urbanner,
composer
1936 - Fred Paris, rocker (Five Satins)
1940 - Rod Lauren,
rocker (If I Had a Girl)
1944 - Diana Ross,
[Earle], Detroit, (Supremes, Lady Sings Blues, Mahogany)
1947 - Carmen Krolis,
Suriname/Neth singer
1948 - Kyung-Wha Chung,
Seoul Korea, violinist (Chung Sisters)
1948 - Richard Tandy, rock bassist (ELO)
1948 - Steven Tyler, NYC, rock vocalist (Aerosmith-Janie Got a Gun)
1949 - Fran Sheehan,
rock bassist (Boston-More than a Feeling)
1950 - Ronnie McDowell,
Fountain Head Tn, country singer (King is Gone)
1950 - Teddy Pendergrass, Phila, singer (Turn Off the Lights)
1950 - Alan Silvestri, American film score composer
1953 - Michael Bonagura,
Newark NJ, country singer (Baille & Boys-Oh Heart)
1955 - Dean Dillon,
Lake City TN, country singer (Chair)
1956 - Charly McClain,
Jackson Tn, country singer (Radio Heart)
1962 - Richard Coles,
rocker (Communards-Don't Leave Me This Way)
1964 - Baz Warne,
English Guitarist (The Stranglers)
1968 - Kenny Chesney,
American singer
1968 - James Iha, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle)
1974 - Hakeem Abdul-samad,
rocker (Boys)
1979 - Hiromi Uehara,
Japanese jazz pianist
1980 - Son Ho Young,
Korean singer
1981 - Jay Sean,
British Asian R&B singer
1984 - Stéphanie Lapointe,
French-Canadian singer
1987 - Yui,
Japanese musician
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 26 of 26
1517 - Heinrich Isaac,
Flemish composer
1566 - Antonio de Cabezon,
composer, dies
1713 - Pal Esterhazy,
composer, dies at 77
1736 - Georg Balthasar Schott,
composer, dies at 49
1809 - Gabriele Mario Piozzi,
composer, dies at 68
1820 - Jean-Etienne Despreaux,
composer, dies at 71
1827 - Ludwig van Beethoven,
German composer (Appassionata), dies at 56
1837 - Joseph Lincke,
composer, dies at 53
1880 - Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras,
composer, dies at 62
1892 - Anton Wallerstein,
composer, dies at 78
1909 - Nikolai Arkas,
composer, dies at 56
1918 - Caesar A Cui,
Lithuanian fort builder/composer, dies at 83
1924 - Augusto de Oliviera Machado,
composer, dies at 78
1932 - Jean Cartan,
composer, dies at 25
1933 - Eddie Lang,
American musician (b. 1902)
1953 - Albert Spalding,
composer, dies at 64
1956 - Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann,
composer, dies at 70
1973 - Safford Cape,
US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at 67
1980 - Jon-Jon Poulos,
rocker (Buckinghams), dies from drugs at 32
Composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1827)
1987 - Eugen Jochum,
German conductor (b. 1902)
1994 - Jan Bor,
Dutch violinist/painter, dies at 83
1995 - Rapper-E (Eazy Eric Wright),
dies at 31
2002 - Randy Castillo,
American drummer (Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe) (b. 1950)
2004 - Jan Berry,
American musician (Jan and Dean) (b. 1941)
2005 - Paul Hester,
Australian drummer (Split Enz and Crowded House) (b. 1959)
2006 - Nikki Sudden,
British singer/songwriter (b. 1956)
