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Events in Music
Events 1 - 5 of 5
1795-03-29 - Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna
1822-12-01 - Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran
1919-01-15 - Pianist & statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes 1st premier of Poland
1940-01-23 - Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish government in exile
1950-03-27 - Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner's solo concert (Cleve OH)
Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 100 of 422
1715-01-29 - Georg Christoph Wagenseil,
Austrian (court) composer/pianist
1751-07-30 - Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart,
Austrian pianist/Wolfgang's sister
1760-02-12 - Jan Ladislav Dussek,
Bohemia, pianist/composer
1764-04-18 - Bernhard Anselm Weber,
pianist/conductor/composer
1766-08-01 - Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner,
pianist/composer
1771-02-24 - Johann Baptist Cramer,
German/British pianist/composer/publisher
1774-04-17 - Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek,
organist/pianist/composer
1782-07-26 - John Field,
Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)
1788-08-26 - Aloys Schmitt,
German music theory/composer/royal pianist
1791-02-20 - Carl Czerny,
Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)
1792-10-02 - Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter,
pianist/composer
Composer Frederic Chopin (1810-02-22)
1810-02-22 - Frederic F Chopin,
Polish/French pianist/composer [OS]
1810-03-01 - Frederic Chopin,
Poland, composer/pianist (Concert in F Minor) [NS]
1811-10-22 - Franz Liszt,
Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist ( Faust Symphony), (d. 1886)
1811-10-24 - Ferdinand Hiller,
German pianist/composer/conductor
1818-08-07 - Henry Charles Litolff,
French composer/pianist
1819-04-14 - Charles Halle,
pianist/conductor/founder (Halle Orch)
1819-09-13 - Clara Schumann,
German pianist and composer (d. 1896)
1829-05-08 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk,
1st internationally recognized US pianist
1829-11-16 - Anton G Rubinstein,
Russian pianist/conductor/composer [OS]
1830-01-08 - Hans von Bülow,
German pianist and composer (d. 1894)
1847-02-02 - Jules Francois Blasini,
Curacaos pianist/composer
1849-05-27 - "Blind" Tom Bethune,
pianist/composer
Composer/Pianist Franz Liszt (1811-10-22)
1850-01-06 - Franz Xaver Scharwenka,
German pianist/composer (Mataswintha)
1853-12-22 - Maria Teresa Carreno,
Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor
1863-10-09 - Alexander Siloti,
Kharkov Russia, pianist/prof (Moscow Cons 1888-91)
1864-04-10 - Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert,
German pianist/composer (Golem)
1866-04-01 - Ferruccio D M B Busoni,
Italy, pianist/composer/conductor (Arlecchino)
1868-04-02 - Eduard Jacobs,
singer/pianist (Dutch cabaret)
1870-02-13 - Leopold Godowsky,
Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer
1871-03-01 - Ben Harney,
American composer and ragtime pianist (d. 1938)
1873-03-19 - Max Reger,
Brand Bavaria, composer/pianist/prof (Leipzig Univ)
1873-03-20 - Sergei V Rachmaninov,
Russian/US pianist/composer (Aleko) [NS=Apr 1]
1873-04-28 - Harold Bauer,
English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association)
1876-01-20 - Józef Hofmann,
Polish pianist (d. 1967)
1878-02-16 - Selim Palmgren,
Finnish pianist/composer/conductor (Peter Schlemihl)
1878-03-04 - Egbert Van Alstyne,
American songwriter and pianist (d. 1951)
1878-07-05 - Joseph Holbrooke,
English pianist/conductor/composer
1879-08-13 - John N Ireland,
English composer/pianist (Mai-Dun)
1879-09-27 - Cyril M Scott,
English pianist/composer/author (Heroic Suite)
1879-10-05 - John Erskine,
US, poet/pianist (Private Life of Helen of Troy)
1880-01-11 - Rudolf T Palm,
Curacao, pianist/composer
1881-03-25 - Béla Bartok,
Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra)
1881-04-18 - Hermann KJ Zilcher,
German pianist/composer (Dr Eisenbart)
1882-04-17 - Artur Schnabel,
Lipnik Austria, pianist (Beethoven Piano Sonatas)
1882-07-08 - Percy Grainger,
Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs)
1882-07-09 - Richard Hageman,
Dutch/US pianist/composer/conductor (Caponsacchi)
1883-02-07 - Eubie Blake,
ragtime composer/pianist (Memories of You)
1884-02-26 - Christina A A [Dina] Koudijs-van Appeldoorn,
pianist/composer
1884-03-26 - Wilhelm Backhaus,
Leipzig Germany, pianist (Rubinstein 1905)
1884-12-05 - Evert Cornelis,
Dutch conductor/pianist
1886-10-06 - Edwin Fischer,
Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960)
1887-01-28 - Artur Rubinstein,
Lodz Poland, pianist
1887-02-02 - Ernst Hanfstängl,
German pianist and politician (d. 1975)
1887-09-19 - Lovie Austin,
American jazz pianist (d. 1972)
1887-10-25 - Willem CN Andriessen,
Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven)
1887-11-05 - Paul Wittgenstein,
Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist
1887-11-28 - Jacobo Palm,
Curacaos pianist/organist
1890-02-25 - Myra Hess,
London England, concert pianist
1890-10-20 - Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton,
New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer
1891-02-08 - Edgar Palm,
Curacao, pianist/composer
1892-02-14 - Nikolaj A Orloff,
Russian/British pianist (Chopin)
1892-06-23 - Mieczyslaw Horszowski,
Polish/US pianist
1893-02-15 - Walter Donaldson,
US pianist/composer (Girl Crazy, Whoopee)
1893-10-02 - Leroy B Shield,
US pianist/producer/composer (Laurel & Hardy)
1894-04-23 - Cow Cow Davenport,
American pianist (d. 1955)
1894-06-08 - Erwin Schulhoff,
Czech/Russian composer/pianist (Ogelala)
1895-01-07 - Clara Haskil,
Romanian pianist (d. 1960)
1895-02-28 - Guiomar Novaes,
Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit)
1895-11-05 - Walter Gieseking,
German pianist/composer
1895-11-25 - Wilhelm Kempff,
Juterbog Germany, pianist (Unter dem Zimbelstern)
1895-11-28 - José Iturbi,
Spanish pianist (d. 1980)
1895-12-02 - Harriet Cohen,
British pianist (d. 1967)
1895-12-05 - Henriette H Bosmans,
Dutch cellist/pianist/composer
1896-02-16 - Alexander Brailowsky,
Russia, pianist (Chopin)
1897-01-05 - Theo Mackeben,
German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)
1897-11-18 - Jules Buffano,
St Louis Mo, pianist (Jimmy Durante Show)
1898-05-31 - Johan Brouwer,
Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter
1899-01-07 - Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc,
Paris, composer/pianist (Les Biches)
1899-04-07 - Robert Casadesus,
French pianist (d. 1972)
1899-07-30 - Gerald Moore,
England, pianist (Am I Too Loud)
1900-12-22 - Alan Dudley Bush,
composer pianist/teacher
1902-06-26 - Antonia Brico,
Rotterdam Holland, conductor/pianist (Antonia)
1903-03-28 - Rudolf Serkin,
Eger Bohemia, pianist (Marlboro Sch of Music)
1904-02-06 - Claudio Arrau,
Chile, composer/pianist (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
1904-05-26 - Vlado Perlemuter,
Polish pianist (d. 2002)
1904-06-11 - Clarence "Pinetop" Smith,
jazz pianist/singer (Boogie Woogie Piano)
1904-07-17 - Jef Alpaerts,
Flemish pianist/conductor
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 100 of 239
1777-03-01 - Georg Christoph Wagenzeil,
Austria (court) composer/pianist, dies at 62
1812-03-20 - Jan Ladislav Dussek,
Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52
1821-03-23 - Bernhard Anselm Weber,
pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56
1829-10-29 - Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart,
Austrian pianist, dies
1837-01-11 - John Field,
Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54
1839-03-04 - Ignace Antoine Ladurner,
pianist/composer, dies at 72
1847-11-04 - Jacob L Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy,
German pianist/composer, dies at 38
1849-10-17 - Frederic F Chopin,
Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39
1850-04-03 - Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek,
organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75
1856-07-29 - Robert A Schumann,
German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46
1857-07-15 - Carl Czerny,
Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66
Composer Frederic Chopin (1849-10-17)
1858-04-16 - Johann Baptist Cramer,
Ger/Brit pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87
1866-07-25 - Aloys Schmitt,
German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies
1885-05-11 - Ferdinand Hiller,
German pianist/composer/conductor, dies at 73
1886-07-31 - Franz Liszt [Ferencz],
Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74
1887-12-26 - Jules Francois Blasini,
Curacaos pianist/composer, dies at 40
1888-03-10 - Ciro Pinsuti,
Italian pianist/composer, dies at 57
1891-08-05 - Henry Charles Litolff,
French pianist/componist, dies at 73
1894-02-12 - Hans von Bülow,
German pianist and composer (b. 1830)
1896-05-20 - Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann,
composer/pianist, dies at 76
1915-04-27 - Alexander N Skriabin,
Russ pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43
1916-05-11 - Max [Johann BJM] Reger,
German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43
1924-01-04 - Alfred Grünfeld,
Austrian pianist, composer (b. 1852)
1924-07-27 - Ferruccio Benvenuto busoni,
pianist/composer, dies
1924-12-08 - Franz X Scharwenka,
German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74
Composer/Pianist Franz Liszt (1886-07-31)
1929-03-15 - Pine-Top Smith,
jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24
1931-11-23 - Evert Cornelis,
Dutch conductor/pianist, dies
1933-01-06 - Vladimir de Pachmann,
Russian-German pianist (b. 1848)
1938-03-02 - Ben Harney,
American composer and pianist (b. 1871)
1938-08-14 - Landon Ronald,
composer/pianist, dies at 65
1938-11-21 - Leopold Godowsky,
pianist/composer, dies at 68
1938-12-04 - Dina Appeldoorn,
Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54
1938-12-05 - Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn,
pianist/composer, dies at 54
1941-06-29 - Ignace Jan Paderewski,
Polish statesman pianist, dies in NY at 80
1941-07-10 - Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton,
pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56
1942-08-18 - Erwin Schulhoff,
Czech/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48
1943-03-28 - Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov,
Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69
1943-12-15 - Thomas W "Fats" Waller,
jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 39 in KC Missouri
1945-09-26 - Béla V J Bartok,
Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64
1948-01-01 - Hermann K J Zilcher,
German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66
1949-01-14 - Joaquín Turina,
Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66
1951-04-02 - Simon Barere,
pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall
1951-06-02 - John Erskine,
US writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71
1951-08-15 - Artur Schnabel,
Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69
1951-09-17 - Jimmy Yancey,
American pianist (b. 1898)
1951-12-13 - Selim Palmgren,
Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73
1952-07-02 - Henriette H Bosmans,
Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56
1953-01-10 - Theo Mackeben,
German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56
1953-10-29 - William Kapell,
American pianist (b. 1922)
1955-12-03 - Cow Cow Davenport,
American pianist (b. 1894)
1956-10-26 - Walter Gieseking,
German pianist/composer, dies at 60
1956-11-04 - Art[hur] Tatum,
US jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46
1956-11-05 - Art Tatum,
black pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles
1956-11-07 - Una Mae Carlisle,
US pianist/singer, dies at 40
1958-08-02 - Joseph Holbrooke,
English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80
1958-08-05 - Joseph Holbrooke,
English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80
1959-05-08 - Renato Caccioppoli,
Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55
1959-11-17 - Heitor Villa-Lobos,
Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72
1960-04-10 - Arthur Benjamin,
Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66
1960-12-07 - Clara Haskil,
Swiss pianist (b. 1895)
1961-02-20 - Percy Aldridge Grainger,
Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78
1961-03-03 - Paul Wittgenstein,
Austrian-born pianist (b. 1887)
1962-01-09 - LeRoy B Shield,
US pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68
1962-06-12 - John N Ireland,
English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82
1962-06-15 - Alfred Cortot,
French pianist, dies at 84
1963-03-28 - Alec A Templeton,
composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52
1964-03-29 - Ted Collins,
pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63
1964-03-30 - Willem CN Andriessen,
Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76
1964-10-10 - Heinrich Neuhaus,
Soviet pianist (b. 1888)
1965-02-13 - Jerry Burke,
pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies
1965-11-25 - Dame Myra Hess,
British pianist (b. 1890)
1965-12-10 - Henry (Dixon) Cowell,
US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68
1966-08-01 - Bud Powell,
US jazz pianist/composer, dies
1966-11-26 - Harold Burrage,
US singer/pianist (Got to Find a Way), dies at 35
1967-05-31 - Billy Strayhorn,
American composer, pianist and arranger (b. 1915)
1967-11-13 - Harriet Cohen,
English pianist (b. 1895)
1968-06-02 - André Mathieu,
Quebec pianist and composer (b. 1929)
1968-08-18 - Cy Walter,
pianist (3's Company), dies at 52
1969-06-29 - Shorty Long,
soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge), dies at 29
1969-07-05 - Wilhelm Backhaus,
German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85
1971-04-12 - Wynton Kelly,
American jazz pianist (b. 1931)
1971-10-02 - Bola de Nieve,
Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (b. 1911)
1972-04-26 - Margaret A R Bonds,
US pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59
1972-07-10 - Lovie Austin,
American jazz pianist (b. 1887)
1972-09-19 - Robert Casadesus,
French pianist (b. 1899)
1973-01-15 - Jef Alpaerts,
Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68
1974-01-05 - Lev Oborin,
Russian pianist (b. 1907)
1974-03-01 - Bobby Timmons,
American jazz pianist (b. 1935)
1976-01-10 - Chester Arthur Burnett,
US blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65
1976-02-06 - Vince Guaraldi,
jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43
1976-08-22 - Gina Bachauer,
Greek pianist (b. 1913)
1977-01-02 - Erroll Garner,
jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53
1978-03-28 - Dino Ciani,
Italian pianist (d. 1941)
1979-03-07 - Guiomar Novaes,
pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84
1980-06-28 - José Iturbi,
Spanish pianist and conductor (b. 1895)
1980-09-15 - Bill Evans,
US jazz pianist, dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51
1981-01-01 - Hephzibah Menuhin,
American-Jewish concert pianist (b. 1920)
1981-05-16 - Ernie Freeman,
American pianist and arranger (b. 1922)
1981-10-02 - Hazel Scott,
Trinidadian singer/pianist, dies at 63
