This Day in Music for 22nd September

Events in Music

Events 1 - 5 of 5

1869 - Richard Wagner's opera "Rhine Gold," premieres in Munich
1921 - Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th St NYC
1969 - "Music Scene" debuts on ABC-TV
1973 - "Little Night Music" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway
1985 - Rock and country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Illinois

Birthdays in Music

Birthdays 1 - 52 of 52

1720 - Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer
1729 - George Wilhelm Gruber, composer
1733 - Anton Filtz, composer
1860 - Heinrich Reitsch, composer
1870 - Arthur Willard Pryor, composer
1872 - Luis Villalba Munoz, composer
1875 - Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, composer
1882 - Emil Abranyi, composer
1883 - Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer
1891 - Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor (Residence Orch)
1894 - Hieronim Feicht, composer
1910 - Klement Slavicky, composer
1912 - Alfred G Vanderbilt, thoroughbred horse owner (Native Dancer)
1913 - Leroy Holmes, Pittsburgh Pa, orchestra leader (Tonight Show, 1956-57)
1918 - Archibald James Potter, composer
1918 - Henryk Szeryng, Zelazowa Wola Poland, violinist (Brahms Concerto)
1919 - Jack Russell, Saratoga Springs NY, singer (Your Show of Shows)
1926 - William O Smith, composer
1929 - Serge Garant, composer
1930 - Roger Durham Hannay, composer
1933 - Leonardo Balada, composer
1940 - Edward Boguslawski, composer
1943 - Toni Basil, American singer
1946 - King Sunny Ade, Nigerian singer
1948 - Jim Byrnes, American actor and musician
1949 - David Coverdale, England, rock vocalist (Whitesnake, Deep Purple)
1950 - Kirka, Finnish singer (d. 2007)
1951 - David Coverdale, English singer
1952 - Gary Holton, English actor and musician (d. 1985)
1956 - Debby Boone, Hackensack NJ, singer (You Light Up My Life)
1956 - Masayuki Suzuki, Japanese singer (Rats & Star)
1957 - Johnette Napolitano, rocker (Concrete Blonde)
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1957 - Nick Cave, Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australian singer/songwriter (Bad Seeds-Murder Ballads)
1957 - Pete Jones, rocker
1960 - Joan Jett, Phila, singer (Blackhearts-I Love Rock 'n Roll)
1964 - Marq Torien, rocker (Bullet Boys-For Love of Money)
1965 - Andy Cairns, Irish musician
1966 - Moustafa Amar, Egyptian singer
1969 - Matt Sharp, American musician (Weezer, The Rentals)
1970 - Mystikal, American rapper
1971 - Chesney Lee Haskes, England, singer (Feels So Alive)
1974 - Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer and actress
1975 - Svilen Noev, Bulgarian singer-songwriter
1979 - Emilie Autumn, American singer, violinist, and harpsichordist
1981 - Adam Lazzara, American singer (Taking Back Sunday)
1981 - Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer, dancer, actor (Kanjani8)
1982 - Mandy Chiang, Hong Kong singer and actress
1982 - Billie Piper, English singer and actress
1984 - Eduardo Rubio, Mexican pilot and pianist
1984 - Theresa Fu, Hong Kong singer and actress
1984 - Ross Jarman, Drummer The Cribs
1988 - Bethany Dillon, American musician

Deaths in Music

Deaths 1 - 22 of 22

1712 - Jose Solana, composer, dies at 69
1737 - Francesco Mancini, composer, dies at 65
1737 - Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer, dies at 69
1796 - George Wilhelm Gruber, composer, dies on 67th birthday
1796 - Joseph Lederer, composer, dies at 63
1927 - Giannotto Bastianelli, composer, dies at 44
1935 - Karl Schroder, composer, dies at 86
1949 - Sam Wood, US communist fighter/director (Night at Opera), dies at 66
1959 - Josef Matthias Hauer, composer, dies at 76
1971 - Yvonne St Clair, dancer, dies at 57
1975 - Franz Salmhofer, composer, dies at 75
1981 - Harry Warren, American composer and lyricist (b. 1893)
1987 - John F "Jaco" Pastorius, rock guitarist (Weather Report), dies at 35
1987 - Louis Philip Kentner, composer, dies at 82
1989 - Irving Berlin, composer (God Bless America), dies at 101
1994 - John Edward Teddy Buckner, trumpeter, dies at 85
1994 - Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician, dies at 80
1994 - Mattie Moss Clark, gospel Singer, dies at 69
1995 - Dorothy "Dolly" Ann Collins, folk musician/composer, dies at 62
1996 - Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer, dies at 72
2001 - Isaac Stern, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1920)
2010 - Eddie Fisher, American singer (b. 1928)

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