Events in Music
Events 1 - 2 of 2
1885 - Johann Strauss' opera "Zigeunerbaron," premieres in Vienna
1939 - Benny Goodman records "Let's Dance"
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 48 of 48
1789 - Ramon Carnicer y Batlle,
composer
1808 - Ernst Friedrich Richter,
composer
1811 - Ferdinand Hiller,
German pianist/composer/conductor
1842 - Josef Nesvera,
composer
1863 - Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry,
composer
1867 - Franco Leoni,
composer
1877 - Pavel Grigor'yevich,
composer
1890 - Kathleen Lockhart Manning,
composer
1897 - Lazar Weiner,
composer
1900 - Karl Otto Runolfsson,
composer
1901 - Gilda Gray,
Polish-born American actress and dancer (d. 1959)
1905 - Elizabeth Poston,
composer
1911 - Sonny Terry,
rocker
1915 - Jean Vallerand,
composer
1924 - Jose Casanovas,
composer
1925 - Luciano Berio,
Oneglia Italy, composer (Chemins)
1927 - Renato de Grandis,
composer
1927 - Gilbert Bécaud, French composer and actor (d. 2001)
1929 - George H Crumb,
Charleston WV, composer (Pulitzer 1968-Echoes of Time)
1930 - Big Bopper,
[JP Richardson], Sabine Pass Tx, vocalist (Chantiily Lace)
1931 - Sofiya Asgatovna Gubaydulina,
composer
1931 - Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian composer
1936 - Bill Wyman,
England, rocker (Rolling Stones-Under My Thumb)
1936 - Rainer Kunad, composer
1937 - Miguel Angel Coria,
composer
1938 - Fred E Finn,
SF California, pianist (Mickie Finn's)
1939 - Uri Sharvit,
composer
1944 - Ted Templeman,
rocker
1946 - Jerry Edmonton,
Canada, rock drummer (Steppenwolf)
1947 - Edgar Broughton,
rocker
1948 - Dale "Buffin" Griffin,
rock drummer (Mott The Hoople)
1948 - Paul and Barry Ryan, British composers-singers
1950 - Terry Buffin,
rock drummer (British Lions)
1950 - Steven Greenberg, American composer
1953 - Billy Thomas,
Ft Meyers Fla, singer (McBride & Ride-I Count on You)
1954 - Perry Lee "Tiny" Tavares,
rocker
1954 - Jozef Ráž, Slovak musician
1958 - Mathilde Santing,
Dutch rock singer (Breast & Brow)
1960 - Carolien de Windt,
Suriname/Dutch singer (Mai Tai)
1970 - Alonza Bevan,
London, bassist/tabla (Kula Shaker)
1972 - Louis Michael Anthony Sassin,
Boston, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun)
1978 - Justin Lee Brannan,
American musician
1979 - Ben Gillies,
Australian musician (Silverchair)
1980 - Monica,
American singer
1983 - Adrienne Bailon,
American actress and singer
1984 - Kaela Kimura,
Japanese model and singer
1986 - Aubrey Graham,
Canadian actor and rapper
1987 - Charlie White,
American ice dancer
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 22 of 22
1521 - Robert Fayrfax,
composer, dies at 57
1785 - Jean-Jacques Robson,
composer, dies at 64
1789 - Joaquin de Oxinaga,
composer, dies at 69
1799 - Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf,
Austrian composer, dies at 59
1901 - Paul Henrion,
composer, dies at 82
1902 - Vladislav Ivanovich Zaremba,
composer, dies at 69
1918 - Alexander Charles Lecocq,
composer, dies at 86
1940 - Victor Hollaender,
composer, dies at 74
1948 - Franz Lehar,
Austrian/Hungarian composer (Wiener Frauen), dies at 78
1949 - Joaquin Nin y Castellanos,
composer, dies at 70
1952 - Frederick Jacobi,
composer, dies at 61
1953 - Ernest Irving,
composer, dies at 74
1958 - Martin Fallas Shaw,
composer, dies at 83
1969 - Otto Jochum,
composer, dies at 71
1971 - Carl Ruggles,
US composer (Evocations), dies at 95
1971 - Fernand Quinet, Belgian composer/conductor (Guerre), dies at 73
1974 - David Oistrach,
Russian violinist, dies at 65
1976 - Richard Sturzenegger,
composer, dies at 70
1996 - Sid Pye,
drummer, dies at 55
2003 - Rosie Nix Adams,
Stepdaughter of Johnny Cash (b. 1958)
2007 - Petr Eben,
Czech organ composer (b. 1929)
2008 - Moshe Cotel,
American composer and pianist (b. 1943)
