Events in Music
Events 1 - 3 of 3
1791 - Mozart's opera "Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna
1967 - BBC starts their own popular music radio station
1992 - 26th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 48 of 48
1622 - Johann Sebastiani,
composer
1685 - Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus,
composer
1743 - Jeronymo Francisco de Lima,
composer
1752 - Justin Heinrich Knecht,
composer
1824 - Peter Milne,
composer
1840 - Johan Severin Svendsen,
composer
1852 - Charles Villiers Stanford,
Irish organist/composer
1856 - Andrejs Jurjans,
composer
1862 - Georgy Eduardovich Konyus,
composer
1871 - Ruben Mattias Liljefors,
composer
1879 - Ernst Isler,
composer
1879 - Henry Casadesus, composer
1880 - Henri G Casadesus,
French altviolist/composer (Viola d'amour)
1898 - Johannes Rontgen,
composer
1906 - Eamonn O Gallagher,
composer
1907 - Arnold Elston,
composer
1908 - David Oistrakh,
Odessa Russia, violinist/prof (Moscow Conservatory)
1912 - Kenny Baker,
radio singer/actor (Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back)
1917 - Buddy Rich,
New York, American jazz drummer and band leader (Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go), (d. 1987)
Jazz Drummer/Band Leader Buddy Rich (1917)
1919 - Patricia Neway,
Bkln NY, soprano (Consul, Maria Golovia), (d. 2012)
1920 - Ghazar Saryan,
composer
1920 - Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American musician and cellist
1926 - Peder Holm,
composer
1934 - Udo Jürgens,
Austrian singer
1935 - Jill Corey,
Avonmore Pa, singer (Your Hit Parade)
1937 - Valentin Vasil'yevich Sil'vestrov,
composer
1942 - Dewey Martin,
Canada, rock vocalist/drummer (Buffalo Springfield)
1942 - Frankie Lymon, NYC, rocker (The Teenagers-Why do Fools Fall in Love)
1943 - Marilyn McCoo,
Jersey City NJ, host/singer (Solid Gold, 5th Dimension)
1944 - Diane Dufresne,
French Canadian singer
1946 - Sylvia Peterson,
US vocalist (Chiffons-He's So Fine)
1946 - Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (d. 1993)
1947 - Marc Bolan,
London England, rock vocalist (T-Rex-Bang a Gong)
1950 - Renato Zero,
Italian musician
1952 - Frank Zincavage,
rocker (Romeo Void)
1953 - Deborah Allen,
Memphis Tn, country singer (Jim Stafford Show)
1954 - Patrice Rushen,
LA California, rock vocalist
1958 - Marty Stuart,
Phila Miss, country singer (Hillbilly Rock)
1958 - Rodwell Biggie Tembo Marasha, musician
1959 - Basia Trzetrzelevska,
Poland, jazz singer (Time & Life)
1961 - Sally Yeh,
Hong Kong singer and actress
1962 - Shaan,
Indian singer
1963 - Reb Beach,
rocker (Winger)
1964 - Trey Anastasio,
American musician (Phish)
1979 - Clio-Danae Othoneou,
Greek actress, musician and pianist
1979 - Vince Chong, Malaysian singer-songwriter
1984 - T-Pain,
American rapper/singer
1987 - Denise Laurel,
Filipine actress and singer
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 14 of 14
1612 - Ercole Bottrigari,
composer, dies at 81
1712 - Johann Michael Zacher,
composer, dies at 61
1716 - Heinrich Georg Neuss,
composer, dies at 62
1755 - Francesco Durante,
composer, dies at 71
1803 - Charles Broche,
composer, dies at 51
1819 - Nicolas Roze,
composer, dies at 74
1884 - Louis Lacombe,
composer, dies at 65
1904 - Sigurd Lie,
composer, dies at 33
1912 - Mary Frances Allitsen,
composer, dies at 63
1940 - Walter Kollo,
composer, dies at 62
1963 - Arnold Foster,
composer, dies at 66
1976 - Louis Fourestier,
composer, dies at 84
1983 - Freddy Martin,
orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76
1989 - Virgil Thomson,
US composer/critic (4 saints in 3 acts), dies at 92
