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1634 FP of Lawes masque Comus, with text by Milton, at Ludlow Castle in Shropshire. 1641 Franz Tunder becomes organist at Marienkirche in Lubeck. Establishes evening music, Abendmusiken. 1652 Gala concert for Jakob Froberger by his French peers at Convent of the Jacobins in Paris. 1654 Birth of German organist and composer Vincenz Lubeck. 1674 Birth of composer Jacques Hotteterre.  1727 Birth of English composer Dr. Henry Harrington in Somerset. 1739 Handel finishes his Concerto Grosso in G, Op. 6, no. 1 in London. 1746 Birth of German organist and composer Ernst Ludwig Gerber. 1753 Birth of composer Johann Gottfried Schicht.

1789 Mozart completes Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, written for clarinetist Anton Stadler, who gave the first public performance in December 1789. 1794 Birth of composer William Michael Rooke.

1841 Birth of Italian conductor and composer Enrico Bevignani in Naples.  1847 FP of Franz Doppler's "Benjowsky" Budapest. 1849 Birth of composer Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal.

1854 Birth of composer Martin Plüddemann.

1855 Birth of Italian composer, pianist, and conductor Michele Esposito. 1858 Birth of composer Leopoldo Mugnone.

1869 Birth of English soprano Hedwig Helbig, in Plauen, Saxony. 

1879 Birth of Dutch cellist Willem Willeke in The Hague.  1879 Birth of Cuban-Spanish composer Joaquin Nin Castellano in Havana.  1881 Birth of American bandmaster and march composer William C. White in Centerville UT.

1893 Birth of Russian-American conductor Fabien Sevitzky.

1894 Birth of Italian conductor Franco Capuana in Fano.

1901 Death of Italian mezzo-soprano Adelaide Borghi-Mamo.  1903 Birth of cellist Karl August Andersen.

1903 Death of German soprano Marie Geistinger in Klagenfurt. 1915 Death of German composer Rudi Stephan fighting WW I in Tarnopol.  1915 Death of Finnish composer Aarre Merikanto in Helsinki. 1916 Birth of German tenor Josef Traxel in Mainz. 

1916 Birth of composer Minao Shibata

1918 Birth of American composer and conductor Harold Lawrence Walters. 1918 FP of Gustav Holst's The Planets in Queen's Hall, London 1920 Birth of Czech conductor Václav Neuman.  1921 FP of Sigmund Romberg's operetta Blossom Time in NYC. 1927 Birth of Iranian composer Hussein Dehlawi in Teheran. 1930 Birth of Australian conductor Richard Alan Bonynge in Sydney.  1942 Birth of French violinist Jean-Luc Ponty in Arranches

1943 Birth Welsh conductor and composer Alun Francis.

1945 Birth of Greek composer Kyriakos Sfetsas in Amphilochia. 1945 Birth of American soprano Lella Alice Cuberli, in Austin, TX.  1949 Birth of American composer Eric Funk in Deer Lodge, MT. 1949 FP of Arthur Bliss' opera The Olympians in London. 1949 Birth of mezzo-soprano Tuula Nieminen. 1953 Birth of Italian soprano Adelina Scarabelli, in Milan. 1955 Birth of American composer Steve Perillo in The Bronx, NYC. 1968 FP of Henze's Piano Concerto No. 2, in Bielefeld, Germany. 

1679 Birth of composer Mihael Omerza.

1612 Birth of opera composer Juan Hildago.

1681 Birth of German composer Johann Mattheson in Hamburg. 1705 Birth of composer Johann Peter Kellner.

1745 The British national anthem, God Save the King was first performed, at Drury Lane Theatre in London. 1748 Birth of composer Johann Michael Demmler. 1746 Birth of German composer Giovanni Punto. 1767 FP of Gossec's "Le Double Déguisement" in Paris. 1808 Death of Moravian composer, conductor and violinist Paul Pavel Hoesslin in Vienna. 1813 Birth of composer Anton Wallerstein.

1825 Death of Russian composer Dimitri Bortniansky. 1826 Death of Dutch metronome inventor Dietrich Winkel.  1844 Birth of composer Michael Hertz.

1855 Birth of German soprano Fanny Moran-Olden. 

1870 Birth of French composer Florent Schmitt in Blamont. 

1875 Birth of Bavarian soprano Hermine Bossetti.

1881 Birth of composer Henry Geehl.

1882 Birth of composer Mart Saar. 

1892 Birth of Hungarian soprano Adelina Adler. 1902 Birth of American musicologist Donald Jay Grout in Rock Rapids, Iowa.

1908 Birth of composer Marin Goleminov.

1913 Birth of American composer Vivian Fine in Chicago.

1914 Death of Yugoslavian composer Stevan Mokranjac in Skopje. 1917 Birth of composer Vaclav Kaslik, Czechoslovakia, opera conductor

1918 FP of Stravinsky's L'histoire du soldat, 'The Soldier's Tale'. Ernest Ansermet conducting at Lausanne's Theatre Municipal.

1923 Birth of musicologist Hugh Wiley Hitchcock.

1924 Birth of Russian conductor and violist Rudolph Barshai in Labinskaya. 1926 Birth of Austrian tenor Ferry Gruber, in Vienna. 1931 Birth of American composer Walter May. 1932 Birth of British impresario Sir Jeremy Isaacs in Glasgow. 1937 Birth of American composer Edward Appelbaum in LA. 1939 Birth of American tenor Harry Theyard in New Orleans. 1949 Birth of German tenor Hans Peter Blochwitz, in Garmisch.

1956 Birth of American composer Laura Kaminsky in NYC.

1959 Death of English humorist and musician Gerard Hoffnung in London. 1961 Birth of Belgian composer Alain De Ley in Wilrijk. 1961 FP Bartok's Scherzo for piano, in Budapest. 1964 Death of English composer Sir George Dyson.  1968 Debut of Spanish tenor Placido Domingo at the MET in NYC 1972 FP of Petrassi's Concerto for Orchestra No. 8, in Chicago. 1975 Death of Danish conductor Johan Hye-Knudsen in Copenhagen. 1976 Birth of Chinese-American composer Huang Ruo. 1991 Death of French composer Eugène Bozza in Valenciennes. 1997 FP of James MacMillan's Symphony Vigil, by the London Symphony, Mstislav Rostropovich conducting at the Barbican in London.

2000 FP of Tan Dun's Crouching Tiger Concerto by the London Sinfonietta at the Barbican Festival in London.

1637 Birth of composer Hieronymus Gradenthaler.

1677 Birth of composer Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari.

1711 Vivaldi is reappointed as violin master at the Pieta in Venice.

1732 FP of Pergolesi's "Lo Frate 'nnamorato" Naples.

1786 Birth of composer Jose Mariano Elizaga.

1827 Franz Schubert finishes his song cycle Winterreise.

1855 Death of Austrian composer August  Lanner in Vienna.

1873 FP of German soprano Katherine Fleischer-Edel, in Mülheim.

1877 Birth of American composer William Clifford Heilman in Williamsport.

1879 Birth of English composer and pianist Cyril Meir Scott.

1880 Birth of French violinist Jacques Thibaud in Bordeaux.

1881 Birth of composer Ernest Samuel Williams.

1898 Birth of American composer Vincent Youmans in NYC.

1905 Birth of Belgian composer and conductor Daniel Sternefeld.

1909 Birth of composer and pianist Jean Berger.

1912 Birth of Finnish composer Tauno Martinen.

1917 Birth of Italian soprano Sally Amato.

1919 Death of Spanish-born Italian soprano Adelina Patti in Brecon,

1921 Death of German composer Engelbert Humperdink.

1922 Birth of composer James Wilson.

1927 Birth of composer Boris Porena.

1929 Birth of American composer Albert Biales in Cleveland, OH.

1930 Birth of American harpsichordist Igor Kipnis in Berlin.

1932 Birth of composer Mario Bertoncini.

1940 Birth of English soprano Dame Josephine Barstow in Sheffield.

1945 Birth of American pianist Misha Dichter in Shanghai.

1952 Birth of American tenor Chris Merritt in Oklahoma City.

1953 Birth of Canadian composer Joel Hoffman in Vancouver.

1954 Birth of Russian violinist Dimitry Sitkovetsky in Baku/Azerbaijan.

1956 Death of British composer Gerald Finzi at age 55, in Oxford.

1960 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD annum in Venice.

1962 Birth of composer David Lieberman.

1963 Birth of American soprano Elizabeth Futral.

1600 Death of French composer Claude Le Jeune in Paris. 

1614 Death of Italian composer Felice Anerio in Rome. 1743 FP of Gluck: "Il Tigrane"

1767 Birth of composer Wenzel Müller.

1775 FP of Gossec's "Alexis et Daphné" in Paris. 1775 FP of Gossec's "Philémon et Baucis" pastorale, in Paris. 1800 Death of American composer William Billings in Boston.  1812 FP of Rossini's "La pieta del paragone" La Scala. 1816 FP of Rossini's "La Gazzetta" Naples. 1835 FP of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, at the Teatro San Carlos in Naples. 1841 Birth of composer Pavel Ivanovich Blaramberg.

1866 Birth of Australian pianist and composer George Howard Clutsam in Sydney. 1867 Birth of Belgian tenor Adolphe Maréchal, in Luettich. 1868 Birth of American composer Henry Franklin Belknap Gilbert. 1873 Birth of composer Amilcare Zanella.

1877 Birth of French pianist and conductor Alfred Cortot in Nyon, Switzerland.

1891 Birth of French conductor Charles Munch in Strasbourg.  1892 John Philip Sousa gave FP with his Band at Stillman Music Hall in Plainfield, New Jersey. Giving the FP of his Liberty Bell March.  1898 Birth of American composer and pianist George Gershwin. 1898 FP of Victor Herbert's operetta, The Fortune Teller in Toronto. 1900 Birth of Swedish soprano Helga Görlin, in Eda.  1911 Birth of Japanese conductor Hisatada Otaka in Tokyo.

1915 FP of Max Von Schillings' opera Mona Lisa at the Hoftheater in Stuttgart.

1926 Birth of composer Giuseppe Chiari.

1926 Birth of composer Imre Vincze.

1930 Birth of German tenor Fritz Wunderlich.  1932 Birth of Italian composer Giacomo Manzoni in Milan. 1941 Birth of Italian violinist Salvatore Accardo in Turin. 1945 Death of Hungarian composer Bela Bartok in NYC.  1946 Birth of American composer Stephen Truelove in Hobart, OK. 1947 Birth of American baritone Dale Duesing. 1950 Birth of American tenor Gary Lakes, in Dallas. 1957 FP of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's Broadway production of West Side Story. The production opens in NYC at Winter Garden Theater. 

1683 Birth of French composer and organist Jean-Philippe Rameau. 1716 Death of German composer Johann Christoph Pez.

1717 The Earl of Carnarvon commissions two anthems of Handel.

1718 Birth of Italian Opera composer Nicola Conforto in Naples. 

1741 Birth of Bohemian composer Vaclav Pichl in Bechyne.  1752 Birth of composer Carl Stenborg. 1785 Birth of composer George Frederic Pinto. 1830 Birth of German pianist, conductor and composer Karl Klindworth.  1849 Death of Austrian composer Johann Strauss Sr. at age 45, in Vienna.

1862 Birth of Alsace organist and composer Léon Boëllmann.

1869 Birth of German soprano Annie Dirkens in Berlin. 

1871 Birth of American composer Percy Lee Atherton. 1879 Birth of composer Luis da Costa.

1883 Birth of German baritone Peter van Der Bilt, in Amsterdam. 

1886 Birth of Spanish composer Jesus Guridi.

1887 Birth of Italian tenor Giuseppe Nessi in Bergamo.  1896 Birth of Spanish-Catalan-English composer Roberto Gerhard, in Valls. 

1898 Birth of composer and conductor Louis Cheslock. 

1899 Birth of English baritone Dennis Noble in Bristol. 

1899 Birth of cellist, composer and conductor Ricardo Lamote de Grignon in Barcelona 1902 Birth of composer Jenő Takács. 1906 Birth of Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich.

1906 Birth of Czech composer Jaroslav Jezek in Prague.  1907 FP of Jean Sibelius' Third Symphony, in Helsinki. 

1907 Birth of composer Jan Felderhof.

1908 Birth of Slovak composer Eugen Suchon in Pezinok. 

1911 Birth of American composer Lionel Nowak. 

1915 Birth of German soprano Gerda Lammers in Berlin.

1916 Birth of composer Tolia Nikiprowetzsy. 1916 Death of Czech band composer Julius Fucik.

1923 Birth of Czech bass-baritone Ladislav Mraz, in Strakonice. 

1925 FP of Paul Hindemith's Kammermusik No. 4, Op. 36, no. 3, conducted by Franz von Hoesslin, with Licco Amar the violin soloist in Dessau, Germany.

1927 Birth of English conductor Sir Colin Rex Davis in Weybridge. 

1932 Birth of Canadian pianist Glenn Herbert Gould in Toronto. 

1936 Birth of Italian bass Mario Rinaudo, in Chieti.

1936 FP of R. Vaughan Williams Five Tudor Portraits choral suite. Composer conducting in Norwich.

1937 Birth of composer Thomas Kessler. 1944 Birth of flutist Eugenia Zukerman in Cambridge MA.

1945 Birth of American composer Reynold Weidenaar.

1946 Death of German conductor Franz von Hoesslin in France. 

1946 Birth of English soprano Teresa Cahill, in Maidenhead. 

1951 Birth of Slovakian tenor Peter Dvorsky, in Partizánske. 

1955 Birth of American composer Robert Avalon.

1959 Birth of American composer Stella Sung.

1959 Death of Italian composer Ennio Porrino in Rome. 

1960 FP of Paul Ben-Haim's Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, in Tel Aviv.

1962 FP of Walter Piston's Lincoln Center Festival Overture by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy, at the third concert scheduled at the new Philharmonic Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, at Lincoln Center in NYC. 

1966 FP of Dimitri Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 2. USSR State Symphony, with Mstislav Rostropovich the soloist and the composer's son, Maxim, conducting in Moscow. Was the occasion of his 60th birthday and was nominated as a Hero of Socialist Labor by the Soviet government. 

1973 Death of Russian soprano Beata Malkin in NYC. 

1980 FP of Leonard Bernstein's Divertimento for Orchestra, Boston.

1982 Birth of Chinese-American composer Na Rong.

1986 FP of Karel Husa's Concerto for Orchestra. New York Philharmonic, conducted by Zubin Mehta. 1997 Death of French composer and pianist Jean Françaix.

1645 Death of British composer William Lawes in Chester.

1667 Birth of composer Jean-Louis Lully.

1735 FP of Hasse: "Tito Vespasiano" in Dresden.

1748 Birth of composer Philipp Meissner.

1754 FP of Gluck: "Le Cinesi" in Vienna.

1761 Birth of composer Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen.

1773 Birth of composer Johann Philipp Christian Schulz.

1779 FP of Gluck: "Echo et Narcisse" Paris.

1806 Birth of Irish composer and pianist George Alexander Osborne.

1813 Death of Belgian-born French composer André Grétry.

1806 Birth of composer George Alexander Osborne

1819 FP of Rossini: "La Donna del largo" Naples.

1834 Birth of French conductor and violinist Charles Lamoreux in Bordeaux. 

1838 Death of French clarinetist, bassoonist, and composer Friedrich Berr. 1863 Birth of American bandmaster William Henry Santelmann.

1879 Birth of Swedish soprano Signe Von Rappe, in Stockholm. 

1885 Birth of Estonian composer Arthur Lemba.

1888 Birth of English baritone Summer Austin in London. 

1891 Death of Austrian soprano Marie Wilt. 

1891 Birth of Swedish soprano Karin Branzell. 

1892 Death of Irish-American bandmaster and composer Patrick Gilmore.

1893 Birth of Spanish composer Rafael Millan.

1899 Birth of composer Eduardo Hernandez Moncada.

1907 Birth of composer Pierre Moulaert.

1906 FP of Victor Herbert's The Red Mill. NYC, Knickerbocker Theater.

1907 Birth of American conductor and pianist Edwin McArthur.

1907 Birth of Italian soprano Lina Bruna Rasa, nr. Padua.

1910 Birth of composer Frank Pelleg.

1910 Death of composer Rudolf Dellinger.

1913 Birth of German bass Max Proebstl in Munich. 

1914 Birth of Polish composer Andrzej Panufnik in Warsaw. 

1919 Birth of Czech composer Vaclav Nelhybel.

1921 Birth of American composer Robert Mols.

1921 Birth of composer Leonardo Lopez Salzedo.

1922 Birth of American baritone Cornell MacNeil in Minneapolis. 

1922 Birth of Italian baritone Ettore Bastianini, in Siena. 

1925 Birth of Italian tenor Florindo Andreolli, in Adria. 

1927 Birth of American composer Richard Swift in Middlepoint, OH.

1927 Birth of Spanish tenor Alfredo Kraus in Palmas.

1928 Birth of German composer Karl Haus in Schweinfurt.

1930 Birth of opera singer Edgar Waehlte.

1934 Birth of American composer and conductor Fisher Tull. 

1936 Birth of German baritone Marion Lippert, in Munich. 

1937 Birth of Puerto Rican baritone Pablo Elvira, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

1945 Birth of English conductor and composer John Rutter in London.

1946 Birth of American conductor Mark Neikrug in NYC.

1949 Death of French composer Pierre Onfroy de Breville in Paris. 

1951 Birth of American composer S. K. Waller in CA.

1954 FP of Badings: "Orestes" radio opera, Florence.

1955 FP of Andre Jolivet's Suite Transocene in Louisville, KY.

1960 Death of Hungarian cellist Matyas Seiber.

1962 FP of Samuel Barber's Piano Concerto. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln Center, NYC. Pianist John Browning, Erich Leinsdorf conducting.

1965 FP of George Rochberg's Black Sounds for winds and percussion. 

1973 Birth of American composer Amy Scurri.

1974 Birth of Mexican composer D'Mendo Boteli.

1975 Birth of composer Greg Robbin in Chicago, IL.

1986 FP of Karel Husa's Concerto for Orchestra.

1988 Death of Welsh composer Arwel Hughes in Cardiff. 

1989 FP of Balada: "Cristóbal Colón" Barcelona, with tenor José Carreras as 'Christopher Columbus'.

1992 FP of Tobias Picker's Bang!. The New York Philharmonic, Kurt Masur conducting a New York Philharmonic 150th Anniversary commission.

1994 FP of Ellen T. Zwilich's American Concerto for trumpet and orchestra, by the San Diego Symphony, JoAnn Faletta conducting, with soloist Doc Severinson. The inaugural concert of the California Center for the Arts in Escondido.

2001 Death of conductor Jens Nygaard in NYC.

1591 Birth of composer Michael Lohr.

1642 Birth of Italian composer Giovanni Maria Bononcini in Montecorone.

1684 Birth of German composer Johann Theodor Roemhildt in Eisenach. 1700 Death of German composer Nicolaus Adam Strungk in Dresden.  1777 FP in Paris of Gluck's opera Armide at the Académie Royale in Paris. 1782 Birth of French composer Jacques Féréol Mazas in Lavaur. 

1817 Birth of composer Leon Charles François Kreutzer.

1842 Birth of composer Karl Munzinger.

1835 Death of Italian composer Vincenzo Bellini in Puteaux.

1836 Death of Spanish mezzo-soprano Maria Malibran-Garcia.

1866 Birth of composer Edouard Combe. 1872 Russian pianist Anton Rubinstein makes his American debut in New York City.

1890 Birth of American composer A. Walter Kramer in NYC. 

1893 Birth of American composer, pianist, organist and conductor Clifford Vaughan in Philadelphia, PA. 

1896 FP of Schubert's "Der vierjährige Posten" singspiel, Dresden. 1899 Birth of Norwegian opera composer Odd Grüner-Hegge. 

1899 Birth of American composer William Levi Dawson, in Anniston, AL 1904 Birth of Romanian soprano Stella Roman. 1907 Birth of Greek bass Nicola Moscona in Athens.  1910 Birth of Russian pianist Sviatoslav Soulima Stravinsky in Lucerne. 

1913 Birth of composer Alexey Davidovich Machavariani.

1913 FP of Charles Wakefield Cadman's Piano Trio in D, at a private home in Denver. 

1914 Birth of American composer Norman Cazden. 

1915 Birth of American flutist Julius Baker, in Cleveland. 1915 Birth of composer Finn Arnestad.

1920 Birth of composer Jiri Jaroch.

1920 Birth of Soviet-Armenian composer Alexander Arutunian in Erevan. 

1923 Birth of Hungarian tenor Sandor Konya in Sarkad.  1928 Birth of Bulgarian tenor Spas Wenkoff in Tírnovo.

1928 Birth of American composer and pianist Robert Helps in Passaic, NJ. 

1930 Birth of bass Robert Hoyem.

1935 Birth of composer Pierre Marietan.

1940 Birth of Egyptian bass Peter Sidhom. 1940 Death of French composer Rhené-Bâton in Le Mans.

1942 Birth of soprano Margarita Kyriaki.

1945 Birth of bass Franz-Josef Kapellmann.

1952 Birth of English baritone William Shimell in Brentwood, Essex. 

1958 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Threni, by the North German Radio Orchestra of Hamburg, who had commissioned the work, conducted by the composer, at San Rocco in Venice. 

1962 FP of Aaron Copland's Connotations for Orchestra, at Philharmonic Hall, now Avery Fisher Hall, during the opening season of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein. This concert was televised by CBS, and also included the Gloria from Beethoven's Missa Solemnis along with the first movement Veni, creator spiritus from Mahler's Symphony No.8.

1964 Birth of Dutch composer Robert Zuidam in Gouda. 1965 FP of David Diamond's Elegies for Flute, English Horn, and Strings, by Murray Panitz, flute, Louis Rosenblatt, English horn, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting. 

1990 FP of James MacMillan's Sowetan Spring for winds, by the winds of the Royal Scottish Orchestra, John Paynter conducting at the Glasgow Hospitality Inn, Glasgow, Scotland. 

1720 Birth of German composer and harpsichordist Adolph Karl Kunzen.

1729 Birth of composer George Wilhelm Gruber.

1733 Birth of composer Anton Filtz.

1737 Death of Italian composer Francesco Mancini in Naples. 

1767 Birth of Brazilian composer Jose Nunes Garcia in Rio de Janeiro. 

1755 Birth of German composer and violinist Christian Kalkbrenner in Minden. 

1854 Birth of American music critic and writer Henry T. Finck in Bethel, MO.

1869 FP of Wagner's Das Rheingold in Munich, without his permission. Conducted by Franz Wullner.  

1870 Birth of soprano Georgette Bréjean-Silver.

1870 Birth of American Ragtime composer Arthur Pryor. 

1871 Birth of Spanish soprano Josefina Huguet. 

1871 Birth of German tenor Alois Burgstaller in Holzkirchen.

1872 Birth of English conductor and pianist Walter Henry Rothwell in London. 

1872 Birth of composer Luis Villalba Munoz.

1875 Birth of Lithuanian composer and painter Mikolajus Ciurlionis.

1882 Birth of composer Emil Abranyi.

1883 Birth of Austrian music writer Robert Hernried.

1891 Birth of American tenor and composer Ralph Errolle in Chicago, IL.  

1892 Birth of German-American baritone Herbert Janssen in Cologne. 

1894 Birth of German soprano Elisabeth Rethberg. 

1894 Birth of Rumanian composer Michel G. Andrico in Bucarest.

1894 Birth of composer Hieronim Feicht.

1900 Birth of Russian tenor Ivan Danilovich Jadan in Lugansk. 

1904 Birth of Russia bass Alexei Ivanov in Chizhova.

1905 Death of French soprano Maria Celestine Galli-Marie' in Nice. 

1910 Birth of composer Wlement Slavicky.

1917 Birth of Italian soprano Adriana Guerrini in Florence. 

1918 Birth of Polish-Mexican violinist Henryk Szeryng.

1918 Birth of composer Archibald James Potter.

1922 Death of English baritone Sir Charles Santley, in London. 

1926 Birth of American composer and clarinetist William Overton Smith.

1929 Birth of Canadian composer Serge Garant in Quebec City, Quebec. 

1929 Birth of English violinist Hugh Bean in Beckenham, Kent. 

1930 Birth of American avant-garde composer Roger Hannay in Plattsburgh.

1931 Birth of Italian conductor Nello Santi.

1931 Birth of English Opera director Colin Graham.

1933 Birth of Spanish composer Leonardo Balada in Barcelona.

1938 FP of A. Webern's String Quartet, Op. 28. Berkshire Chamber Music Festival, at South Mountain, Pittsfield, MA.

1940 Birth of composer Edward Boguslawski.

1941 Birth of Bulgarian soprano Anna Tomowa-Sintow in Stara Zagora.

1945 Birth of Italian tenor Maurizio Frusoni in Rome. 

1946 Birth of English bass John Tomlinson in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. 

1953 Birth of Russian baritone Vladimir Chernov. 

1958 Birth of American composer Mark Kilstofte.

1961 Birth of American composer Michael Torke in Milwaukee, WI. 

1963 Birth of Italian tenor Luca Canonici in Montevarchi.

1964 FP of Broadway musical Fiddler On the Roof.

1971 FP of S. Barber's The Lovers for solo voice and chorus, based on a poem by Pablo Neruda, in Philadelphia.

1988 Death of Hungarian composer Rezsõ Sugár in Budapest. 

1989 Death of American composer Irving Berlin.

1990 FP of James MacMillan's The Beserking piano concerto. Peter Donohoue and the Royal Scottish Orchestra, Matthias Bamert conducting at Henry Wood Hall in Glasgow.

1990 FP of Christopher Rouse's Jagannath for orchestra. Houston Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach conducting.

2000 FP of E. T. Zwilich's Millennium Fantasy for piano and orchestra. Jeffrey Biegel and Cincinnati Symphony, Jesús Lopez-Cobos conducting.

2000 FP of Philip Glass' Tirol Concerto for piano and orchestra. Dennis Russell Davies, pianist, and conductor with the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra. 7th annual Klangspuren Festival in Schwaz, Tirol, Austria.

1527 Birth of composer Matthaus Ludecus.

1698 Birth of French violinist and composer François Francoeur in Paris. 

1706 Birth of composer Jacob Wilhelm Lustig.

1728 Birth of composer Louis Emmanuel Eadin

1737 Birth of American composer Francis Hopkinson.

1760 Birth of composer Gaetano Valeri.

1809 Death of composer and conductor Alexander Reinagle.

1817 Birth of composer Charles Balmer.

1832 Birth of composer Friedrich Wilhelm Langhans.

1833 Birth of composer Josef Richard Rozkosny.

1836 Death of English organist and composer John Stafford Smith.

1845 Birth of German virtuoso and composer August Wilhelmj.

1850 Birth of composer Frederick Field Bullard in Boston.  1864 Death of American composer William Henry Fry.

1869 Birth of composer Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski.

1871 Birth of German tenor Alois Burgstaller in Holzkirechen. 

1874 Birth of British composer and conductor Gustav Theodore Holst. 

1882 Birth of composer Alf Thorbald Hurum.

1885 Birth of composer Thomas Alexandrovich de Hartmann.

1885 Tchaikovsky finishes his "Manfred" Symphony. 

1887 Birth of composer Lodewijk de Vocht.

1893 Birth of composer Moses Pergament.

1900 Birth of American conductor and pianist Alexander Steinert.

1909 Birth of American composer James Adair. 

1912 Birth of Hungarian pianist Gyorgy Sandor in Budapest.

1913 Birth of American musicologist Vincent Duckles.

1922 Birth of Flemish pianist Lode Backx.

1925 FP of Rudolph Friml's "The Vagabond King" in New York City. 

1938 Birth of Japanese composer Yuji Takahashi in Tokyo.

1938 Birth of composer Atli Heimir Sveinsson.

1942 Birth of English soprano Jill Gomez in New Amsterdam, British Guiana.

1953 Death of English composer Roger Quilter in London. 

1955 Birth of Russian pianist Andrei Gavrilov in Moscow. 

1957 Birth of Russian soprano Nina Rautio.

1961 Death of French composer Maurice Delage in Paris. 

1962 Igor Stravinsky returns to Moscow for the first time in 48 years. He also visits Leningrad and Oranienbaum.

1966 FP of Havergal Brian's Symphony No. 6 "Sinfonia Tragica" in London. 

1966 FP of Maliperio's Symphony No. 9 "Hélas" at the Warsaw Autumn Festival of Contemporary Music in Poland. 

1972 FP of Walter Piston's Flute Concerto. Doriot Anthony Dwyer and the Boston Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas

1988 FP of Peter Maxwell Davies' Trumpet Concerto. Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli conducting, with soloist John Wallace in Japan.

1460 Death of Belgian composer Gilles Binchois in Soignies.  1696 Death of Italian organist and singer Matteo Simonelli in Rome. 1593 Birth of composer Gottfried Scheidt.

1653 Birth of composer Benedict Schultheiss.

1706 Birth of composer Franz Habermann.

1777 Birth of composer Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba. 1795 Birth of German composer Charles Zeuner in Eisleben. 1800 Birth of American composer Benjamin Franklin White. 1832 Birth of composer Johann Joseph Abert.

1846 Birth of composer Agnes Tyrrell. 1852 Birth of English-American Opera composer Henry Housley. 1862 Founding of St. Petersburg Conservatory. 1866 Birth of Swiss conductor Gustave Doret in Aigle.  1868 Birth of American tenor George Hamlin.  1877 Birth of Belgian conductor and composer Armand Marsick in Liege.  1878 FP of Tchaikovsky’s Valse-scherzo for violin and orchestra. Nicolai Rubinstein conducting and Stanislaw Barcewicz the soloist in Paris. 1879 Birth of composer Jacobo Conrad.

1880 Birth of Italian composer Ildebrando Pizzetti in Parma. 1884 Birth of composer Piotr Rytel.

1885 Birth of Canadian contralto Eva Gauthier in Ottawa.  1886 Death of English pianist John Liptrot Hatton in Margate.  1890 Birth of Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow in Alberta.  1897 Birth of composer Efim Golishev.

1900 Birth of Finnish composer Uuno Klami in Virolahti.  1900 Birth of composer Wilhelm Weismann.

1901 Birth of composer Leo Justinus Kauffmann.

1906 Birth of American composer David Sheinfeld in St. Louis, MO. 1908 Death of Spanish violinist Pablo de Sarasate in Biarritz. 

1911 Birth of Dutch composer Jan Mul in Haarlem.

1922 Birth of American concert pianist William Kapell, in New York City. 

1923 FP of F. Delius’s incidental music for Flecker’s Hassan at His Majesty’s Theater in London. 

1930 FP of Sir Edward Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5, in London. 1938 Birth of English soprano Jane Manning in Norwich.  1945 Birth of American computer-music composer Laurie Spiegel.

1954 FP of Igor Stravinsky’s In Memoriam Dylan Thomas conducted by Robert Craft in Los Angeles, CA.

1957 Death of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. 1958 Birth of English saxophonist John Harle.

1967 Death of French composer and organist Henri Mulet in Draguignan. 

1705 Birth of composer Henri-Jacques de Croes.

1705 Birth of French harpsichordist Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin in Paris.  1824 Birth of Austrian zither virtuoso and composer Karl Ignaz Umlauf in Baden, nr Vienna.  1829 Birth of German music publisher Gustav Schirmer in Saxon. 1837 Birth of composer Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld.

1839 FP of Adam: "La Reine d'un jour" Paris. 1851 Birth of French composer, organist, and pianist Paul Etienne Wachs.  1855 Birth of Hungarian soprano Katharina Klafsky in St. Johann. 

1856 FP of Maillart: "Les Dragons de Villars" Paris. 1868 Birth of Prussian tenor Felix Senius in Königsbergorn.  1893 Birth of Austrian violinist Godfrey Ludlow.  1900 Birth of French composer Solomon Pimsleur in Paris. 

1906 Birth of composer Dalibor Cyril Vackar.

1906 Birth of composer Massimo Freccia.

1908 FP of Mahler's 7th Symphony, Song of the Night composer conducting in Prague. 1911 Birth of composer Weldon Hart.  1911 Birth of Swedish composer Allan Petterson in Vastra Ryd.  1912 Birth of German conductor Kurt Sanderling in Arys.  1918 Birth of American mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom in Monessen, PA.

1918 Death of English pianist and singer Elizabeth Lehmann in Pinner.  1920 Birth of composer Karen Khachiturian. 1920 Death of Russian composer Alexander Lazarevich Lokshin in Moscow.

1923 FP of F. Delius's A Song before Sunrise in London. Henry Wood conducting. 

1924 Birth of composer Ernest Tomlinson.

1925 FP of Boero's "Las Bacantes" Buenos Aires. 1926 Birth of English conductor, organist, and composer Arthur Wills. 1926 Birth of American composer Robert Jordahl. 1927 FP of A. Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 3, by the Kolisch Quartet, in Vienna. 1928 FP of Romberg's "The New Moon" operetta. 1930 Birth of composer Muhal Richard Abrams.

1938 Birth of composer Zygmunt Krauze. 1942 Birth of Ukranian composer Evgeny Stankovich in Spaliava. 1949 Death of Greek composer Nikos Skalkottas at age 45, in Athens.  1950 Birth of English tenor Bonaventura Bottone.  1950 Birth of American counter-tenor Jeffery Gall in Cleveland. 1959 Birth of American composer Mark Gustavson in Brooklyn, NY. 1963 Death of Bulgarian-American bass Ivan Petroff in Bulgaria. 1968 Birth of Polish composer Pawel Lukaszewski in Czestochowa. 1970 FP of Morton Feldman's The Viola in My Life No. 1 for viola and orchestra, in London. 1972 Death of French pianist and composer Robert Casadesus. 1972 Birth of American pianist Simone Dinnerstein. 1998 FP of André Previn's opera A Streetcar Named Desire with Rene Fleming, San Francisco Opera, Previn conducting. 1998 FP of Michael Torke's Jasper for orchestra. Madison Symphony, John DeMain conducting in Madison, WI. 1999 FP of Elmer Bernstein's Guitar Concerto. Honolulu Symphony conducted by Samuel Wong with soloist Christopher Parkening guitarist in Balisdell Concert Hall, Honolulu, HI. 2002 FP of John Adams's On the Transmigration of Souls for vocal soloists, chorus, and orchestra. New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel conducting. 2003 FP of Param Vir's Ion with libretto by David Lan. Soloists with Opera National du Rhin and Orchestra Symphonique de Mulhouse/Rafferty, in Strasbourg, France.

1587 Birth of Italian composer Francesca Caccini in Florence. 1636 Birth of composer Pietro Sanmartini.

1684 Birth of composer and musicologist Johann Gottfried Walther in Erfurt. 1693 Vivaldi enters clergy in Venice at age 15. 1700 Vivaldi becomes a deacon of the church in Venice at age 22. 1711 Birth of Austrian composer Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer in Vienna.  1752 Birth of composer Johann Anton Sulzer.

1765 Birth of American hymn composer Oliver Holden. 1772 Birth of composer Martin-Pierre Dalvimare.

1784 FP of Sacchini: "Dardanus" at Versaille in the presence of Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette. 1786 Death of Italian violin craftsman Giovanni Guadagnini in Turin.  1819 FP of Auber: "Le testament et les billets-doux" Paris. 1824 FP of Mercadante's "Doralice" dramma semiserio, Vienna. 1838 Birth of Austrian bass-baritone Emil Scaria in Graz. 

1856 Birth of Austrian mezzo-soprano Rosa Paper.

1859 Birth of French soprano Blanche Deschamps-Jéhin.  1860 Birth of Italian composer Alberto Franchetti in Turin.  1878 FP of Smetana: "Tajemství" Prague. 1883 Birth of English composer Gerald Tyrwhitt. 1885 Birth of composer Abdul Muslim Mahomayev. 1890 Birth of composer Vladimir Ambros.

1893 Birth of Australian composer Arthur Benjamin in Sydney. 

1897 Birth of Spanish composer Pablo Sorozabal in Donostia, San Sebastian. 

1903 Death of German composer Theodor Kirchner in Hamburg.  1906 Birth of German tenor Max Baltruschat in Berlin. 1910 Birth of  Israeli composer Josef Tal in Pinne. 1910 Birth of American composer Leon Stein.  1916 Birth of tenor Josef Simandy. 1917 The Honolulu Ad Club patents the ukulele. 1918 Death of English composer and organist Ernest Bristow Farrar. 1919 Death of soprano Julia Heinrich in Alabama. 1928 Birth of composer Adam Walacinski. 1933 Birth of composer Manfred Niehaus. 1937 Birth of American choral conductor and composer Norman Dinerstein.  1939 Birth of composer Naresh Kumar Sohal. 1941 Birth of composer Haflidi Magnus Hallgrimmson. 1942 Birth of American composer Robert S. Frost. 1943 Birth of composer Michael Vetter.

1944 Birth of bass Gunther Emmerlich, in Iron Mountain, Thuringia. 1944 Birth of soprano Siv Wennberg. 1948 Prokofiev begins work on his ballet Tale of the Stone Flower after a story by P. Bazhov. 1949 Birth of American conductor Thomas Fulton. 1953 Birth of American conductor John McGlinn. 1953 Birth of American baritone Brian Schexnayder. 1954 FP of Virgil Thomson's Concerto for flute, strings and percussion, in Venice. 1960 FP of Krystof Penderecki's Dimensions of Time and Silence during The Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music in Warsaw. 1961 FP of Norman Dello Joio's "Blood Moon" San Francisco. 1964 Birth of Italian composer Luca Belcastro in Como. 1971 Birth of Russian soprano Anna Yuryevna Netrebko.

1972 Birth of American pianist Simone Dinnerstein.

1179 Death of German composer Hildegard von Bingen in Rupertsburg. 

1605 Birth of composer Francesco Sacrati.

1762 Death of Italian composer Francesco Geminiani. 1767 Birth of French violinist, conductor and composer Henri-Montan Berton.

1795 Baptismal of Italian composer Giuseppe Severio Raffaele Mercadante in Altimura. 

1803 Death of Austrian composer Franz Xaver Sussmayr in Vienna.

1814 Birth of composer Stefano Ronchetti-Molnteviti.

1815 Birth of Norwegian composer and conductor Halfdan Kjerulf.

1821 Birth of composer Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon.

1827 Birth of German composer Ludwig Siegfried Meinardus in Hooksiel. 

1846 Death of Austrian pianist and composer Francesco Pollini in Milan. 

1849 Birth of composer Vaclav Juda Novotny.

1859 Birth of American composer Richard Henry Warren. 

1864 FP of Offenbach's La Belle Helene in Paris.

1868 Birth of Italian tenor Ferruccio Giannini.

1874 Birth of Dutch composer Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman.

1875 Birth of composer Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin.

1877 Birth of French pianist, organist, and composer Jean Hure.

1878 Birth of Italian composer Vincenzo Tommasini in Rome. 

1880 Birth of French conductor and composer D. E. Inghelbrecht in Paris.

1884 Birth of American composer and pianist, Charles Tomlinson Griffes.

1885 Birth of opera composer Uzeir Hajibeyev.

1892 Birth of Dutch composer Hendrik Andriessen in Haarlem. 

1905 Birth of composer Jorge Urrutia Blondel.

1907 Birth of Polish tenor Andrzej Francziszek Bielecki. 

1907 Birth of soprano Hilde Scheppan.

1907 Death of Austrian composer Ignaz Brull in Vienna. 

1908 Birth of German composer Franz J A Grothe.

1913 Birth of composer Jorgen Jersild.

1917 Birth of Korean teacher and composer Isang Yung in Tong Young.

1922 Birth of soprano Liane Synek.

1929 Birth of American conductor Vincent La Selva.

1930 Birth of Dutch composer Theo Loevendie in Amsterdam

1931 FP of Delius A Song of Summer in London.

1932 Birth of tenor Pierre Duval.

1934 Birth of Italian tenor Renato Francesconi in Rome. 

1936 Birth of German bass Roland Hermann in Bochum.

1939 Birth of American tenor David Griffith in Eugene, OR.

1949 Birth of Spanish opera composer Miguel Gomez-Martinez in Granada.

1952 Birth of bass John-Paul Bogart.

1952 FP of Fortner's "Die Witwe von Epheus" Berlin.

1954 Birth of French composer Joel-Francois Durand in Orleans.

1954 Death of Italian tenor Alessandro Dolci in Bergamo.

1957 FP of Henry Cowell's Persian Set. Minneapolis Symphony, Antal Dorati conducting at the Gulestan Palace in Tehran, Iran. 

1964 FP of Einem's "Der Zerrissene" Hamburg (1964).

1966 Death of German tenor Fritz Wunderlich.

1982 FP of Steve Reich's Tehillim for orchestra. New York Philharmonic conducted by Zubin Mehta, in NYC.

1991 Death of French violinist Rene 'Zino' Francescatti.

1998 Death of American composer William Albright in Ann Arbor, MI.

2002 FP of John Adams's Transmigration of Souls by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.

2003 First concert with Christoph Eschenbach conducting The Philadelphia Orchestra, as new music director, at the Kimmel Center for the performing arts in Philadelphia. Conducting Berlioz, Dvorak and Brahms.

1557 Birth of composer Jacques Mauduit.

1770 FP of Haydn: "Le Pescatrici" Esterháza.

1782 Death of Italian castrato Farinelli in Bologna.

1800 Birth of composer Jozef Nowakowski.

1800 FP of Francoise Boieldieu's opera The Caliph of Bagdad in Paris.

1844 Birth of French flutist and conductor Claude Paul Taffanel in Bordeaux. 

1847 Birth of composer Albert Ross Parsons.

1849 Birth of German violist and composer Hermann Ritter in Wismar. 

1887 Birth of French music composition teacher Nadia Boulanger in Paris. 

1891 Birth of Polish composer Czeslaw Marek in Przemysl. 

1895 Birth of Polish-German composer Karol Rathaus in Tarnopol. 

1896 Death of Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Gomes in Belém. 

1899 Birth of Hungarian conductor Hans Swarowsky in Budapest.

1903 Birth of composer Richard Hall.

1908 Birth of Austrian-American soprano Hertha Glaz in Vienna. 

1919 Birth of composer Milan Harasta.

1919 Birth of composer Sven-Erik Bäck.

1920 Enrico Caruso made his last recording for Victor Records in Camden, NJ.

1921 Birth of composer Fritz Geißler.

1925 Birth of American guitarist Charlie Byrd. 

1925 Death of Austrian composer Leo Fall. 

1925 FP in Broadway of Vincent Youmans musical comedy No No Nanette, in NYC. 

1936 Birth of Italian conductor Piero Gamba in Rome.

1941 Birth of English educator Ian Horsburgh.

1942 Birth of American electroacoustic composer Canary Burton in Moscow, Idaho.

1945 Birth of Japanese composer Nagako Konish in Agematsu.

1949 Birth of American composer Wayne Peppercorn in Cincinnati, OH.

1952 Birth of American composer Joseph Waters in Jackson, MI.

1958 Birth of American composer Gregg Wager in Adrian, MI.

1959 FP of Rota: "Lo scoiattolo in gamba" Venice (1959).

1965 FP of sacred music composed by Duke Ellington at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, CA.

1966 Opening of new MET Opera House with FP of Samuel Barber's Anthony and Cleopatra with Leontyne Price in NYC.

1976 Birth of Elīna Garanča a Latvian operatic mezzo-soprano.

1977 Death of soprano Maria Callas in Paris.

1980 Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall officially opened in San Francisco.

1995 FP of Harrison Birtwistle's Panic for alto sax, drummer, and orchestra, at the final concert of the Centenary Proms with the BBC Symphony conducted by Andrew Davis, with John Harle,sax and Oauk Clarvis, drums; at Royal Albert Hall in London.

1999 FP of Libby Larsen's Solo Symphony by the Colorado Symphony, Marin Alsop conducting.

1572 Birth of composer Erasmus Widmann.

1586 Birth of composer Cristobal de Isla Diego.

1685 Birth of composer Gottfried Kirkhoff.

1690 Birth of composer Ignazio Prota.

1744 Birth of composer Georg Ritschel.

1750 Gluck marries Maria Anna Bergin of aristocratic Viennese family.

1764 Birth of composer Paolo Francesco Parenti.

1795 FP of Dittersdorf: "Der Schach von Schiras" singspiel, Oles.

1808 Birth of composer Louis Clapisson.

1815 Birth of Norwegian conductor Halfdan Kjerulf in Oslo.

1816 Birth of composer Edward Wolff.

1837 Birth of composer Leo van Gheluwe.

1841 Death of Italian composer Alessandro Rolla in Pavia. 

1842 Death of French violinist Pierre Marie Baillot in Paris. 

1851 Birth of composer Josif Marinkovic.

1855 Birth of German-American organist and composer Adam Geibel. 

1858 Birth of Hungarian composer Jeno Hubay in Budapest.

1863 Birth of American composer of church music, Horatio William Parker.

1867 Birth of Swedish soprano Alma Hulting.

1875 Death of French pianist Louise Dumont Farrenc in Paris. 

1876 Birth in Berlin of American-naturalized conductor Bruno Walter in Berlin. 

1878 Birth of Polish baritone Waclaw Brzezinski.

1879 Birth of Italian baritone Taurino Parvis, in Turin. 

1884 Birth of Argentinian composer Floro Manuel Ugarte in Buenos Aires.

1890 Birth of Swiss composer Frank Martin in Geneva.

1892 Arrival of Czech composer Antonin Dvorák to take Director's position at the National Conservatory in NYC.

1895 Birth of Italian-American pianist and composer Aurelio Giorni in Perugia. 

1897 Borth of German bass-baritone Pail Schöeffler, in Dresden.

1903 Birth of Italian soprano-mezzo soprano Pia Tassinari, in Madigliana.

1909 Birth of Uruguayan composer Carlos Estrada in Montevideo.

1912 Birth of composer Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo.

1913 Birth of Canadian composer Henry Dreyfus Brant in Montreal. 

1913 Birth of German glass harmonica player Bruno Hoffmann in Stuttgart. 

1917 Birth of Austrian soprano Hilde Gueden in Vienna

1917 Birth of English composer Richard Arnell.

1921 Birth of composer Jan Frank Fischer.

1923 Birth of Austrian organist, conductor and composer Anton Heiller. 

1923 Birth of American composer David Kraehenbuehl.

1927 Birth of German soprano Erika Koth.

1933 Birth of Spanish conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos.

1945 Birth of American soprano Jessye Norman in Augusta, GA. 

1945 Death of Austrian composer Anton von Webern.

1946 FP of Henry Cowell's Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 5 for string orchestra. Spa Music Festival Orchestra, F. Charles Adler conducting at the Saratoga Springs, NY, Convention Hall.

1955 Birth of American composer John Sharpley.

1956 Birth of composer and woodwind performer Ned Rothenger.

1957 Birth of American composer Miguel del Aguila in Uraguay.

2000 FP of Sallinen's opera King Lear. Finnish National Opera in Helsinki.

1722 Birth of composer Joseph Paul Ziegler.

1731 J.S. Bach begins organ recitals in Dresden.

1737 Birth of Austrian composer Johann Michael Haydn.

1748 Birth of composer Johann Paul Schulthesius.

1760 Birth of Italian composer Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini. 

1761 Birth of composer Pavel Lambert Masek.

1768 Birth of composer Georg Johann Schinn.

1772 FP of Jommelli: "Cerere placata" Naples.

1833 Death of Irish composer and organist John Andrew Stephenson.

1839 Birth of Czech composer Johann Nepomuk Kral.

1840 Birth of composer George Elbridge Whiting.

1851 Birth of French pianist and composer Gabrielle Ferrari in Paris. 

1866 Birth of New Zealand composer Mentor Crosse in Dunedin.

1869 Birth of American soprano Ellen Beach-Yaw, in Boston, MA. 

1876 Birth of baritone Ernesto Badini.

1882 Birth of composer Harald Fryklof.

1882 Birth of Belgian mezzo-soprano Clair Croiza.

1885 Birth of Italian opera conductor Vittorio Gui, in Rome. 

1885 Birth of American tenor Charles Marshall, in Waterville, ME. 

1887 Birth of Polish violinist Paul Kochanski in Warsaw.

1891 Birth of Polish soprano Ada Nordenova.

1896 Birth of Mexican tenor José Mojica, in Mexico City DF.

1904 Birth of German composer Richard Mohaupt in Breslau.

1910 Birth of Swiss composer Rolf Liebermann, in Zurich. 

1910 Birth of American composer, conductor Lehman Engel.

1911 Birth of American mezzo-soprano Alice Tully. 

1914 Birth of composer Michael Spisak.

1917 Birth of Swiss conductor and violinist Rudolf Baumgartner in Zurich.

1919 Birth of composer Deryck Victor Cooke.

1922 Birth of English conductor and composer Michael Howard. 

1926 Birth of composer and conductor Richard Elsasser.

1936 Death of pianist composer Ossip Gabrilowitsch in Detroit.

1937 Birth of American composer Joseph Jarman.

1942 Birth of composer Kuldar Sink.

1944 Birth of English tenor Martyn Hill in Kent. 

1950 Birth of Argentinian tenor Raul Gimenez in Santa Fe, Argentina.

1951 Birth of Brazilian composer Arrigo Barnabé in Londrina.

1952 FP of Frank Martin's Concerto for Harpsichord, in Venice.

1954 FP of Benjamin Britten's opera The Turn of the Screw, at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.

1962 Death of French composer Marcel Francois Delannoy in Nantes. 

1964 Death of American composer and pianist Mary Howe in Washington.

1965 Birth of American composer Shawn Patterson in Athol, MA.

1968 Birth of Belgian composer Vincent Ghadimi in Rocourt.

1978 FP of Samuel Barber's Third Essay for Orchestra by NY Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. 

1994 FP of Richard Danielpour's Cello Concerto, by San Francisco Symphony, conducted by Herbert Blomstedt. Yo-Yo Ma, soloist in San Francisco, CA.

1997 FP of Kaija Saariaho's Graal Théâtre for chamber ensemble, by the Avanti Ensemble and violinist John Storgards, in Helsinki.

2000 Death of Spanish tenor Carlo Del Monte.

1551 Birth of composer Pandolfo Zallamella.

1594 Birth of composer Francesco Manelli.

1673 Birth of composer Hercule Brehy.

1682 Birth of composer Theodor Christleib Reinhold.

1688 Birth of composer Luca Antonio Praedieri.

1739 Birth of composer Giuseppe Sigismondo.

1731 J. A. Hasse becomes director of music to the King of Poland and Elector of Saxony.

1806 Birth of composer Moritz Ganz.

1819 Birth of German pianist, and composer Clara Wieck Schumann.

1825 Death of Italian baritone Luigi Bassi in Dresden. 

1841 Birthday gift to Clara from Robert Schumann, his Symphony #4 in d

1842 Birth of composer Odon Peter Jozsef de Mihalovic.

1847 Birth of composer Charles Dupee Blake.

1858 Birth of Norwegian composer and conductor Catharinus Elling in Oslo. 

1874 Birth of Austrian-American composer Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg.

1877 Birth of Dutch conductor Elisabeth Kuyper in Amsterdam.

1884 Birth of American composer Charles Edward "C.E." Duble.

1885 Death of German composer Friedrich Kiel. 

1887 Birth of tenor Hipolito Lazaro.1894 Death of French composer Emmanuel Chabrier in Paris.

1896 Birth of composer Tadeusz Szeligowski.

1898 Birth of French conductor Roger Desormiere in Vichy. 

1917 Birth of American composer Robert Ward in Cleveland, OH.

1917 Birth of composer Jon Thorarinsson.

1924 Birth of French composer Maurice Jarre in Lyon.

1924 FP of Schoenberg's Quintet for Wind instruments, on his birthday, in Vienna. 

1925 Birth of composer Gabriel Charpentier.

1929 Birth of Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov in Velingrad. 

1932 Birth of composer Bengt Hallberg.

1932 Death of German composer Julius Röntgen in Utrecht, The Netherlands. 

1933 Birth of composer Arif Melikov.

1937 Birth of Canadian composer Jean Chatillon in Nicolet, Québec.

1939 Birth of American soprano Arleen Auger in Los Angeles.

1945 Birth of composer Alain Louvier.

1948 FP of Cyril Scott's Oboe Concerto, at Royal Albert Hall in London.

1955 Birth of German harpsichordist Andreas Staier.

1956 FP of Igor Stravinsky'sCanticum sacrum, composer conducts, at St. Mark's in Venice

1958 Death of Dutch composer Gerard Bunk in Kamen, Germany.

 1967 FP of Aaron Copland's Inscape for Orchestra, a commission by the New York Philharmonic for its 125th Anniversary Year, by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, MI.

1977 Death of conductor Leopold Stokowski in Hampshire, England.

1985 Death of French-born American composer Dane Rudhyar.

1986 FP of Leonard Bernstein's Concerto for Orchestra Jubilee Games composer conducting the Israel Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City.

1989 Death of composer Géza Frid.