Events in Music
Events 1 - 8 of 8
1792 - King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera just 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
1795 - Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna
1827 - 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna
1879 - Tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni Onegin," premieres in Moscow
1941 - WPAT radio in NJ begins broadcasting (country music format)
1986 - Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
1992 - Ice Dance Championship at Oakland won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (CIS)
1996 - 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 34 of 34
1484 - Johann Spangenberg,
composer
1616 - Johann Erasmus Kindermann,
composer
1636 - Esaias Reusner,
composer
1725 - Joseph Franz Xaver Dominik Stalder,
composer
1752 - Edward Jones,
composer
1875 - Paul Rubens,
composer
1876 - Jan Ingenhoven,
composer
1886 - Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson,
composer
1902 - William Walton,
England, composer (Troilus & Cressida, Wise Virgins)
1905 - Annunzio Mantovani,
Venice Italy, orchestra leader (Mantovani)
1906 - E Power Biggs,
Westcliff-on-Sea England, organist/composer (CBS)
1907 - "Braguinha",
Brazilian songwriter (d. 2006)
1909 - Moon Mullican,
hillbilly pianist (7 Nights of Rock)
1915 - George Chisholm,
Scottish jazz trombonist
1918 - Pearl Bailey,
Newport News Va, singer (Hello Dolly)
1924 - Jules de Corte,
blind Dutch ballad singer
1928 - Vaclav Felix,
composer
1930 - Donny Conn,
rocker (Playmates)
1934 - Ernstalbrecht Stiebler,
composer
1935 - Ruby Murray,
Irish pop singer (Softly Softly)
1936 - Richard Rodney Bennett,
Broadstairs Kent England, composer, (d. 2012)
1940 - Raymond Davis,
US rock vocalist (Funkadelic-Knee Deep)
1941 - Eden Kane,
British singer
1943 - Vangelis,
[Papathanasiou], composer/keyboardist (Chariots of Fire)
1946 - Billy Thorpe,
Australian singer (d. 2007)
1947 - Bobby Kimball,
[Robert Toteaux], Vinton LA, rocker (Toto-Roseann)
1949 - Michael Brecker,
rocker (Brecker Brothers)
1959 - Perry Farrell,
American musician, (Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros)
1967 - John Popper,
American musician
1968 - Sue Foley,
Canadian singer and guitarist
Actress & Singer Lucy Lawless (1968)
1968 - Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer
1969 - James Atkin,
rocker (EMF-Unbelievable)
1978 - Michael Kaczurak,
American singer and actor
1983 - Luiza Sá,
Brazilian musician
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 21 of 21
1697 - Nikolaus Bruhns,
composer, dies
1788 - Charles Wesley,
hymn writer, dies
1802 - Frederic Thieme,
composer, dies at 51
1803 - Gottfried van Swieten,
Dutch composer (b. 1733)
1880 - Jakob Axel Josephson,
composer, dies at 62
1888 - Charles-Henri Valentin Alkan,
composer, dies at 74
1911 - Felix Alexandre Guilmant,
composer, dies at 74
1917 - Fran Gerbic,
composer, dies at 76
1924 - Charles Villiers Stanford,
Irish composer/writer, dies at 71
1933 - Alexander Schmuller,
Russian/Dutch violinist/conductor, dies at 52
1937 - Karol Szymanowski,
Polish/Ukraine composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 54
1959 - Sara Wennerberg-Reuter,
composer, dies at 84
1964 - Ted Collins,
pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63
1966 - Harry Daugherty,
trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers), dies at 50
1980 - ... Mantovani,
orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 74
1982 - Carl Orff,
German composer (Mouth, Antigonae), dies at 86
1995 - Baltimora,
British singer (b. 1957)
1999 - Joe Williams,
American singer (b. 1918)
2001 - John Lewis,
American jazz pianist (b. 1920)
2009 - Maurice Jarre,
French composer (b.1924)
2009 - Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b.1975)
