Events in Music
Events 1 - 2 of 2
1896 - The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan)
1985 - Neil Simon's "Biloxi Blues," premieres in NYC
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 46 of 46
1592 - Jan Amos Komensky [Comenius],
Moravia, Czech-speaking Moravian teacher, educator and writer
1621 - Heinrich Schwemmer,
composer
1643 - Jose Solana,
composer
1737 - Francesco Zannetti,
composer
1741 - Johann Andre,
composer
1766 - Joseph Weigl,
Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline)
1779 - Angelo Maria Benincori,
composer
1817 - Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras,
composer
1868 - Wojciech Gawronski,
composer
1871 - Willem Mengelberg,
Utrecht Neth, conductor (NY Philharmonic 1922-30)
1883 - William H Harris,
composer
1885 - Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas,
composer
1886 - Jaroslav Novotny,
composer
1887 - Rudolf F W Boskaljon,
Curacao, musician/composer
1890 - Paul Whiteman,
Denver Co, orchestra leader (Paul Whiteman's TV Teen Club)
1900 - Achille Longo,
composer
1902 - Paul Godwin,
[Goldfein], Polish/Dutch violinist
1902 - Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (d. 1988)
1903 - Rudolf Serkin,
Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro Sch of Music)
1907 - Herbert "Herb" Hall,
clarinetist/saxophonist
1915 - Jay Livingston,
composer (Buttons & Bows, Mona Lisa, Tammy)
1918 - Youly Algaroff,
ballet dancer
1919 - Jacob Avshalomov,
Tsingtao China, composer (Sinfonietta, The Oregon)
1922 - Felice Chiusano,
Italian singer (d. 1990)
1926 - Francis Burt,
composer
1928 - Jose Luis de Delas,
composer
1930 - Robert Ashley,
composer
1930 - Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer
1933 - Tete Montoliu,
Catalonian jazz pianist (d. 1997)
1934 - Siegfried Thiele,
composer
1941 - Alf Clausen,
Minneapolis Mn, orchestra leader (Mary, Simpsons)
1945 - Chuck Portz,
Santa Monica Ca, bassist (Turtles-Happy Together)
1946 - Richard Sussman,
rocker
1948 - John Evans,
(Aka Evan) rock drummer (Jethro Tull)
1949 - Milan Williams,
US keyboardist (Commodores-Three Times a Lady)
1951 - Matti Pellonpää,
Finnish actor and musician (d. 1995)
1955 - Reba McEntire,
McAlester Ok, country singer (Can't Even Get the Blues)
1962 - Ged Grimes,
[Danny Wilson], rocker (Mary's Prayer)
1968 - Jon Lee,
British drummer (d. 2002)
1969 - Salt,
rocker (Salt 'n' Pepa-Shake Ya Thang)
1969 - Rodney Atkins, American country music singer-songwriter
1976 - David Keuning,
American guitar player (The Killers)
1977 - Angelo Garcia,
Brooklyn NY, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
1986 - Lady Gaga [Stefani Germanotta],
New York, singer/songwriter (Bad Romance)
1986 - J-Kwon, American rapper
1989 - Afrikan Boy,
a Nigerian rapper
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 35 of 35
1563 - Heinrich Glarean,
Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)
1687 - Constantine Huygens,
diplomat/poet/composer (Bluebottles), dies at 90
1818 - Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi,
composer, dies at 62
1847 - Mariano Rodriguiz de Ledesma,
composer, dies at 67
1856 - Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov,
composer, dies at 76
1860 - Johann Ludwig Bohner,
composer, dies at 73
1877 - Vincenzo Fioravanti,
composer, dies at 77
1880 - Achille Peri,
composer, dies at 67
1881 - Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky,
Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42 [OS=Mar 16]
1885 - Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman,
composer, dies at 53
1907 - Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg,
composer, dies at 65
1910 - Edouard [Judas] Colonne,
French violinist/conductor, dies
1914 - Hanus Trnecek,
composer, dies at 55
1927 - Karl Prohaska,
composer, dies at 57
1928 - Giuseppe Ferrata,
composer, dies at 63
1943 - Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov,
Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69
1947 - Rudolph Hermann Simonsen,
composer, dies at 57
1949 - Grigoras Dinicu,
composer, dies at 59
1958 - William Christopher Handy,
US conductor/composer (St Louis Blues), dies at 84 in New York
1963 - Alec A Templeton,
composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52
1971 - Felix Wolfes,
composer, dies at 78
1974 - Dorothy Fields,
US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68
1974 - Arthur Crudup, American blues singer and guitarist, dies of heart attack at 68
1975 - Renzo Massarani,
composer, dies at 77
1978 - Dino Ciani,
Italian pianist (d. 1941)
1984 - Carmen Dragon,
American conductor, composer and arranger (b. 1914)
1987 - Maria Augusta Trapp,
singer (Trapp Family Singers), dies at 82
1994 - Eugene Ionesco,
playwright (Rhinoceros, Bald Soprano), dies at 84
1999 - Freaky Tah,
American rapper (Lost Boyz) (b. 1971)
2001 - Moe Koffman,
Canadian musician (b. 1928)
2003 - Rusty Draper,
American country and pop singer (b. 1923)
2005 - Dame Moura Lympany,
British pianist (b. 1916)
2006 - Proinsias Ó Maonaigh,
Irish musician (b. 1922)
2012 - Alexander Arutiunian,
Armenian composer, dies at 91
2012 - Earl Scruggs, American bluegrass musician, dies from natural causes at 88
