Events in Music
- 1690-01-14 The musical instrument, the clarinet is invented in Nürnberg, Germany
- 1855-10-09 Joshua Stoddard of Worcester, Massachusetts, patents first calliope (steam powered musical instrument)
Streisand & Other Musical Instruments
1973-11-02 "Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical Instruments" special premieres on CBS TV
Birthdays in Music
- 1655-05-04 Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker - considered the inventor of the piano, born in Padua (d. 1731)
- 1752-04-05 Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker, born in Strasbourg, France (d. 1831)
- 1777-01-03 Louis Poinsot, French mathematician and physicist (invented geometrical mechanics), born in Paris, France (d. 1859)
- 1791-02-01 Charles-Joseph Sax, Belgian music instrument builder of wind and brass instruments whose son invented the saxophone, born in Dinant, Wallonia, Belgium (d. 1865)
- 1798-10-07 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French musical instrument inventor, luthier and violin maker (Octobass), born in Mirecourt, France (d. 1875)
- 1830-03-30 Auguste Tolbecque, French-Belgian cellist instrument maker, and composer, born in Paris, France (d. 1919)
- 1858-02-24 Arnold Dolmetsch, French-Bohemian musician, instrument builder, and promoter of early music, born in LeMans, France (d. 1940)
- 1863-02-19 Emánuel Moór, Hungarian composer, pianist, and inventor of musical instruments, born in Kecskemét, Hungary (d. 1931)
- 1895-01-11 Laurens Hammond, American engineer and inventor with 91 patents, including musical instruments (Hammond organ; Novachord synthesizer)), born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 1973)
- 1896-08-27 Leon Theremin, Russian-Soviet electronic musical instruments inventor, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1993)
- 1938-06-24 Lowell Cross, American electronic music composer, instrument maker and laser light show inventor, born in Kingsville, Texas
- 1973-02-01 Yuri Landman, Dutch instrument inventor and musician, born in Zwolle, Netherlands
Deaths in Music
- 1397-09-02 Francesco Landini, Italian organist, composer, poet, and instrument maker, dies at about 72
- 1731-01-27 Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker - considered the inventor of the piano, dies at 75
- 1859-12-05 Louis Poinsot, French mathematician and physicist (invented geometrical mechanics), dies at 82
- 1865-04-26 Charles J Sax, Belgian musician, instrument maker, and father of Adolphe Sax - inventor of the saxophone, dies at 74
- 1875-02-19 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French musical instrument inventor, luthier and violin maker (Octobass), dies at 76
- 1882-01-25 Peter Singer, Austrian composer and instrument maker, dies at 71
- 1931-10-20 Emánuel Moór, Hungarian composer, pianist, and inventor of musical instruments, dies at 68
- 1940-02-28 Arnold Dolmetsch, French-Bohemian England-based musician, instrument builder, and promoter of early music, dies at 82
- 1973-07-01 Laurens Hammond, American engineer and musical instrument inventor (Hammond organ), dies at 78
- 1993-11-03 Leon Theremin, Russian-Soviet electronic musical instrument inventor, dies at 97