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)
Singer/Songwriter Nick Cave (1957)
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)
