2015 Event Taylor Swift receives eight awards at the Billboard Music Awards; Pharrell Williams, Meghan Trainor, One Direction, and Sam Smith were also multiple winners at the ceremony 2014 Event Apple Inc. wins an antitrust lawsuit accusing it of blocking competing music providers in its iTunes 7.0 update; the company proved that its upgrades were product improvements and that consumers were still able to access music purchased elsewhere 2014 Event Google will be launching a paid subscription-based music service featuring YouTube music video content; the service will be separate from the company's existing subscription music service on Google Play 2014 Event Music curator and headphone maker Beats Electronics will become the latest acquisition of Apple, Inc.; Apple will pay $3 billion for the music company, started by music producer Jimmy Iovine and rap artist Dr. Dre 2014 Event The opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics is held in Sochi; the celebration includes a variety of performing artists in music and dance 2013 Event At the annual Billboard Music Awards, Taylor Swift wins top album, top artist, and 6 other awards 2013 Event UK's oldest music retailer HMV calls in administrators after talks to rescue the company fail; the company which has over 4,500 employees, opened its first shop on Oxford Street in 1921 2012 Event As part of a build-up to the London 2012 Summer Olympics, 100,000 people attend a two-day music concert at Hackney Marshes 2012 Event The Polar Music Prize is awarded to Paul Simon and Yo-Yo Ma 2012 Event Eli Young Band wins song of the year for 'Crazy Girl' and Taylor Swift wins 'Entertainer of the Year' at the 2012 Academy of Country Music awards 2012 Event Adele, One Direction, Coldplay and Ed Sheeran are among the winners at the 2012 BRIT Awards for British popular music 2011 Event The music video for the single, 'Marry the Night' is released by pop singer Lady Gaga; the song is from her 2011 album 'Born This Way' 2011 Event Musician Katy Perry wins the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards for Video for the Year award for her song 'Firework' 2011 Event Following a show in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the band U2's tour, 360 degrees, becomes the highest grossing music tour of all time 2011 Event The Academy of Country Music Awards 2010 selects Taylor Swift winner of the 2010 Entertainer of the Year award 2010 Event The 2010 Country Music Awards are held in Nashville, Tennessee; American singer Brad Paisley wins Entertainer of the Year 2009 Death Ellie Greenwich, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron', dies in Manhattan, New York, at age 68 2006 Death Otto Zykan, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim', dies in Sachsendorf, Austria 2005 Death Harold Kalin, singer, member of pop music duo with brother Herbert 'Herbie' Kalin, dies from automobile accident injuries, at age 71 2003 Death Abel Ehrlich, composer, won the Israel Prize for Music and the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers 2003 Death Buddy Hackett, comedian/actor, The Music Man, dies at 78 2003 Death Maki Ishii, composer, contemporary classical music, dies of thyroid cancer in Kashiwa, Japan, at age 66 2002 Death Arne Mellnas, composer, studied, taught orchestration at Royal College of Music in Stockholm, musical language filled with diverse moods 2002 Death Mickey Newbury, singer, member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote songs for Acuff-Rose Music, dies 2001 Death Lorenzo Music, voice, ", voice of Garfield, the Cat, ", dies at 64 1999 Death Boxcar Willie, born Lecil Travis Martin, guitarist, American hobo music singer, sang country, gospel music, dies from leukemia, in Branson, Missouri, at age 67 1999 Death Lionel Bart, composer, songwriter, wrote pop music, musicals, created book, music and lyrics for Oliver!, dies at 68 1998 Event 32nd TNN Music City News Country Awards 1998 Event "Sound of Music," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City 1998 Event 25th American Music Award: Spice Girls and Babyface win 1998 Death Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher (Suzuki Method), dies at 99 1998 Death Shinichi Suzuki, music educator, "developed the ""Suzuki Method"" which taugh violin to children", dies at 98 1998 Death Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher, dies at 99 1998 Death Michael Tippett, British composer (Royal Col of Music), dies at 93 1997 Death Anthea Joseph, music producer, dies at 57 1997 Event 8th Billboard Music Awards: LeAnn Rimes and Spice Girls win 1997 Event "Diary of Anne Frank," opens at Music Box Theater New York City 1997 Event "Barrymore," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 240 performances 1997 Death Stikkan Stig Anderson, music entrepreneur (Polar), dies at 66 1997 Event 31st Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and LeAnn Rimes 1997 Death Jeff Buckley, musician, singer, guitarist, alternative rock, folk music genres, performed with Gods and Monsters, dies of an accidental drowning at age 30 1997 Event 32nd Academy of Country Music Awards: LeAnn Rines and Brooks and Dunn 1997 Event "Barrymore," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 240 performances 1997 Event 11th Soul Train Music Awards 1997 Event 24th American Music Award: Toni Braxton and Alanis Morissette win 1996 Event 7th Billboard Music Awards 1996 Death Edward Kassner, music publisher, dies at 76 1996 Death John Bauldie, music journalist/Dylanologist, dies at 47 1996 Death James Wild, music teacher, dies at 68 1996 Event 30th Country Music Association Award: Brooks and Dunn win 1996 Death Ray Coleman, born in Britain, journalist, author, wrote biographies of The Beatles while editor-in-chief, Melody Maker, music magazine, dies at 59 1996 Death Bill Monroe, bluegrass vocalist (created bluegrass music), dies at 84 1996 Event MTV Video Music Awards 1996 Event "State Fair," closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 118 performances 1996 Event 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson 1996 Death Peter Fletcher, music teacher, dies at 60 1996 Event 31st Academy of Country Music Awards: Shania Twain 1996 Death Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher, dies at 89 1996 Event 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men 1996 Event "State Fair," opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 118 performances 1996 Death Alan Ridout, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, dies at 61 1996 Event 23rd American Music Award: Garth Brooks wins 1996 Event "Swinging On a Star" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 97 performances 1995 Event 6th Billboard Music Awards 1995 Death Louis Levy, Jr., music publisher, dies at 84 1995 Event "Swinging On a Star" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 97 performances 1995 Event 29th Country Music Association Award: Krauss Jackson win 1995 Death Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter, dies at 85 1995 Death Jorge Peixinho, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group, dies in Lisbon, Portugal 1995 Event 29th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Reba McEntire 1995 Death C. W. Stubblefield, music Promoter, dies at 64 1995 Event 30th Academy of Country Music Awards: Reba McEntire wins 1995 Event "Blood Brothers" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 839 performances 1995 Death Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer, dies at 75 1995 Event 9th Soul Train Music Awards: Boyz II Men, Anita Baker win 1995 Death Denny Cordel, rock music producer-Laverack, dies at 51 1995 Death Jan Bart Klaster, music editor (The Slogan), dies at 50 1995 Event 22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men and Ace of Base win 1994 Death Samuel Lipman, music critic, dies at 60 1994 Death George G F van Renesse, concert pianist/music director, dies at 85 1994 Event 5th Billboard Music Awards 1994 Death Irwin Kostal, U.S. arranger/conductor (Sound of Music), dies at 83 1994 Death Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer, dies at 76 1994 Death William Henry Swinburne, music teacher, dies at 87 1994 Death Joan Dickson, cellist, professor at Royal College of Music in London, dies at 72 1994 Event 28th Country Music Association Award 1994 Death Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, dies at 57 1994 Death Alan Frank, music publisher, dies at 83 1994 Event 28th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Ray Stevens 1994 Event 29th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins 1994 Event 8th Soul Train Music Awards: Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston win 1994 Event 21st American Music Award: Whitney Houston wins 1994 Death James Clay, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins, dies at 59 in Dallas, Texas 1993 Event 4th Billboard Music Awards 1993 Death Frank V Zappa, U.S. music/composer (Mothers of Invention), dies at 52 1993 Death Kenneth Burke, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University, dies of heart failure at his home in Andover, New Jersey 1993 Event 27th Country Music Association Award: Vince Gill wins 1993 Event 27th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Vince Gill 1993 Event Singer Mariah Carey weds Tommy Mottola, CEO (Sony Music) 1993 Event 28th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks wins 1993 Event "Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 839 performances 1993 Death Daniel Jones, Daniel Jenkyn Jones, Welsh composer, friend of Dylan Thomas, wrote 12 numbered symphonies, chamber music, made Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968 1993 Death Anthony Bowles, music writer (Jesus Christ Superstar), dies at 61 1993 Event 7th Soul Train Music Awards 1993 Event 20th American Music Award: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win 1992 Event 3rd Billboard Music Awards 1992 Death Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies 1992 Event 26th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins 1992 Event 26th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson and Garth Brooks 1992 Event "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 48 performances 1992 Event 27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks 1992 Event "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 48 performances 1992 Death Hank Penny, country music singer, dies at 73 of heart failure 1992 Event 6th Soul Train Music Awards: Natalie Cole and 'Color Me Badd' win 1992 Event "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" closes at Music Box New York City 1992 Event "Late Night's 10th Anniversary Show At Radio City Music Hall" on NBC 1992 Event 19th American Music Award: C and C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win 1991 Event 2nd Billboard Music Awards 1991 Event "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box New York City 1991 Event 25th Country Music Association Award: 1991 Death Alex North, music composer (Spartacus), dies at 80 of cancer 1991 Event "Little Night Music" closes at New York State New York City after 7 performances 1991 Event "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 7 performances 1991 Event "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Babalu Music" 1991 Event 25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton 1991 Event "Lucifer's Child" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 28 performances 1991 Event 26th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks 1991 Event "Lucifer's Child" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 28 performances 1991 Event 5th Soul Train Music Awards 1991 Event 18th American Music Award: M C Hammer and Janet Jackson 1991 Event "Few Good Men" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 497 performances 1991 Death Frank Mitchell, actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies 1990 Event 1st Billboard Music Awards: Janet Jackson wins 1990 Death Bulent Arel, composer, electronic music, contemporary classical music, dies at 72 1990 Event "Little Night Music" closes at New York State New York City after 11 performances 1990 Event 24th Country Music Association Award: George Strait wins 1990 Event "Little Night Music" opens at New York State Theater New York City for 11 performances 1990 Event 24th Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Patty Loveless 1990 Event 25th Academy of Country Music Awards: Clint Black and Kathy Mattea win 1990 Event World's largest bunny hop at Radio City Music Hall in New York City 1990 Event 4th Soul Train Music Awards: Soul II Soul, Janet Jackson 1990 Event 17th American Music Award: Milli Vanilli 1989 Event "Few Good Men" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 497 performances 1989 Death Conrad Beck, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, dies at 88 1989 Death Franco, Francis Luambo/"Makiadi", Zaire composer/music, dies at 51 1989 Event 23rd Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Kathy Mattea wins 1989 Event 23rd Music City News Country Awards: R Van Shelton and Randy Travis 1989 Event "Welcome to the Club" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 12 performances 1989 Event "Welcome to the Club" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 12 performances 1989 Event 3rd Soul Train Music Awards: Anita Baker 1989 Event 24th Academy of Country Music Awards: Hank Williams, Jr., Alabama 1989 Event 16th American Music Award: Randy Travis and George Michael wins 1988 Event 22nd Country Music Association Award: Highway 101, K T Oslin win 1988 Death Arwel Hughes, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn, dies at 79 1988 Event 22nd Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis and Statler Brothers 1988 Event "Mail" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 36 performances 1988 Event "Mail" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 36 performances 1988 Event 2nd Soul Train Music Awards 1988 Event 23rd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams, Jr. 1988 Event 15th American Music Award: Anita Baker, Paul Simon and Whitney Houston 1987 Event 21st Country Music Association Award: Hank William, Jr. wins 1987 Event WHN-AM in New York City changes call letters to WFAN (now WEVD) replacing WHN's country music, WYNY-FM adopts country music format 1987 Event 21st Music City News Country Awards: Randy Travis 1987 Death Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold, actress (Gigi, Music Man), dies at 89 1987 Event 22nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Randy Travis and Hank Williams Jr 1987 Event 1st Soul Train Music Awards: Janet Jackson, Luther Vandross 1987 Event 14th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie and Alabama 1986 Event 20th Country Music Association Award: 1986 Event MTV Music Awards - Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" wins 1986 Event 20th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn 1986 Event 21st Academy of Country Music Awards: G Strait, Alabama, R McEntire 1986 Death Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58 1986 Event 13th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis and C Gayle 1985 Event 19th Country Music Association Award: Ricky Skaggs wins 1985 Event Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47 million 1985 Event 19th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers, B Mandrell 1985 Event 20th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Judds win 1985 Event 12th American Music Award 1984 Event 18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins 1984 Death Ned Glass, actor (Charade, Street Music), dies of heart failure at 78 1984 Event 18th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers 1984 Event 19th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama 1984 Death Harry Salter, orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85 1983 Event 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins 1983 Death Claus Adam, composer, cellist, teacher, performed with Julliard String Quartet 1955 - 1974, composed music for a string trio and cello concerto, dies at 65 1983 Event 17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins and Roy Acuff 1983 Event 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Willie Nelson 1983 Event 10th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers 1982 Event 16th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson and Ricky Skagg 1982 Event ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened) 1982 Event "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" closes at Nederlander New York City after 333 performances 1982 Event 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell 1982 Event 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell 1982 Event "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at New York's Radio City Music Hall 1982 Event 9th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers win 1981 Event 15th Country Music Association Award: 1981 Event 15th Music City News Country Awards: Mandrell Sisters 1981 Event "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" opens at Nederlander New York City for 333 performances 1981 Event 16th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell and George Jones 1981 Event 1st Golden Raspberry Awards: Can't Stop the Music wins 1981 Death Bill Hopkins, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1981 Event George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine" 1981 Event 8th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers wins 1980 Event 14th Country Music Association Award 1980 Event 14th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers and Loretta Lynn 1980 Event 15th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell wins 1980 Death Professor Longhair, king of New Orleans music, dies at 61 1979 Death Stan Kenton, orchestra leader (Music 55), dies at 67 1979 Death Ben Weber, U.S. composer (Thorne Music Award 1965), dies at 62 1979 Event Radio City Music Hall (New York City) reopens 1979 Event 14th Academy of Country Music Awards: Kenny Rogers and Barbara Mandrell 1979 Event Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht, Netherlands 1979 Event 6th American Music Award: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win 1978 Birthday Vanessa-Mae, born in Singapore, violinist, pop and classical musician, techno style music, sold over 10 million copies worldwide, earned over $64 million 1978 Event 12th Country Music Association Award 1978 Birthday Tracie Spencer, born in Waterloo, Iowa, singer, songwriter, actress, model, performed pop, rhythm and blues, dance pop, quiet music genres, 'This House' reached Billboard Hot 100, guest on ABC sitcom Family Matters, sang background vocals for Eve, Kanye West, 50 Cent 1978 Event 5th American Music Award: Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac and C Twitty 1977 Event "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Imperial New York after 66 perf 1977 Event 11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins 1977 Event "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" opens at Imperial New York City for 66 performances 1977 Death Jim Boles, actor (Kraft Music Hall, One Man's Family), dies at 63 1977 Event "Side by Side by Sondheim" opens at Music Box New York City for 390 performances 1977 Event "Side by Side by Sondheim" closes at Music Box New York City after 390 performances 1976 Event "Music Is" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 8 performances 1976 Event "Music Is" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 8 performances 1976 Event 10th Country Music Association Award: Mel Tillis wins 1976 Death Alexander Gray, singer (This is Music), dies at 74 1976 Death Jan Kunc, composer, writer, pedagogue, composed chamber music, piano, solo vocal, dies at 93 in Brno, Czech Republic 1976 Event Beatles "Rock and Roll Music" LP is released in USA 1976 Birthday Lukas Hass, actor, Mars Attacks, Lady in White, Witness, Music Box 1976 Birthday Lukas Haas, actor, Music Box, Witness, Testament, Leap of Faith 1976 Death Akio Yashiro, Japanese composer, studied under Kunihiko Hashimoto, Leonid Kreutzer, String Quartet composition won the Eighth Mainichi Music prize in 1957, dies at 46 1976 Event CW McCall CB song "Convoy" hit #1 on the country music charts 1975 Event 1st broadcast of radio Hilversum IV (classic music) 1975 Event 9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins 1975 Event 2nd American Music Awards 1975 Death Lubov Orlova, actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at 72 1974 Event 8th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Rich 1974 Event "Little Night Music" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 601 performances 1974 Event "Words and Music" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 127 performances 1974 Event "Words and Music" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 127 performances 1974 Event "Rainbow Jones" opens and closes at Music Box Theater New York City 1973 Event 7th Country Music Association Award: Roy Clark wins 1973 Event "Little Night Music" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway 1973 Birthday Jeremy Jordan, born in Hammond, Indiana, singer, actor, pop, dance music, recorded music featured in the film 'Airborne', appeared in made-for-TV movies and theater performance of Never Been Kissed 1973 Event 27th Tony Awards: That Championship Season and Little Night Music win 1973 Event "Little Night Music" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 601 performances 1973 Event Steven Sondheim's musical "Little Night Music," premieres in New York City 1973 Event "Midnight Special" rock music show debuts on NBC-TV 1971 Event 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins 1971 Death Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance, dies at 40 1971 Event New York Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music 1971 Birthday Missy Elliot, born in Portsmouth, Virginia, actress, producer, recording artist, double platinum album 'Under Construction', produced music for Mya, Beyonce, Lil' Kim 1971 Birthday Selena, born Selena Quintanilla-Perez, born in Lake Jackson, Texas, Mexican American singer, called 'The Queen of Tejano music', released first album at age 12 1971 Birthday Mariah Carey, born in Huntington, New York, singer, rhythm and blues, pop music genres, five-time Grammy award winner, sold over 62.5 million albums 1970 Event 4th Country Music Association Award: Merle Haggard wins 1970 Event "Words and Music," debuts on NBC-TV 1970 Event Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton 1970 Event "Charles Aznavour" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 23 performances 1970 Event "Charles Aznavour" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 23 performances 1969 Event "Music Scene" debuts on ABC-TV 1969 Event Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in New York State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) 1969 Death Casper Howeler, music critic, dies at 71 1969 Birthday Graham Coxon, born in Rintein, West Germany, musician, instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, painter, lead guitarist and singer for Blur, art and music is featured on the band's seven albums, including Leisure, 1991, album titled 13, in 1999, and Think Tank, 2003, single-handedly recorded seven solo albums, including The Spinning Top on Transgressive records 1968 Birthday Guy Ritchie, born in Hatfield, England, filmmaker, screenwriter, music video director, directed 'Snatch', 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' 1968 Event Beatles form Python Music Ltd. 1968 Birthday Kenny Chesney, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, country music artist, over 30 hits, 13 albums certified gold or higher by RIAA, albums include, 'When the Sun Goes Down' 1967 Event Beatles' Apple Music signs its 1st group-Grapefruit 1967 Event Beatles Ltd and Apple Music Ltd swap names 1967 Event BBC starts their own popular music radio station 1967 Birthday Faith Hill, born in Ridgeland, Mississippi, singer, country music, sold 40 million records, hits include, 'This Kiss', appeared in 'The Stepford Wives', married to Tim McGraw 1967 Death Max Branch, music/radio commentator, dies at 75 1967 Event 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California 1967 Death Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42 1967 Event 2nd Academy of Country Music Awards 1966 Birthday Jeff Buckley, born in Anaheim, California, musician, singer, guitarist, alternative rock, folk music genres, performed with Gods and Monsters 1966 Birthday Ronna Reeves, born in Big Spring, Texas, female country music singer, albums titled, 'Only the Heart', 'The More I Learn', 'What Comes Naturally' 1966 Birthday Martina McBride, born in Sharon, Kansas, singer, country music genre, songwriter, successful songs include, 'Happy Girl', 'A Broken Wing', 'Wrong Again', dubbed the, 'Celine Dion of Country Music' 1966 Death Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 1966 Event 38th Academy Awards - "Sound of Music," Julie Christie and L Marvin win 1966 Birthday Freedom Williams, rock vocalist, C&C Music Factory-Everbody Dance Now 1965 Death Carl Hoff, orchestra leader (Music Hall), dies at 60 1965 Event "Sound Of Music" opens 1964 Death Ida Moore, actress (Mr Music, Johnny Belinda), dies at 82 1964 Event George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd music publishing company 1964 Death Carole Coleman, singer (Face the Music), dies at 42 1963 Event Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir played music together for the 1st time 1963 Death Mart Saar, composer, organist, combined folk music with contemporary sounds, composed choir, solo, piano music, dies at 81 1963 Event "Sound of Music" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 1443 performances 1963 Event Beatles begin their own music publishing company (Northern Songs) 1962 Birthday Elizabeth Daily, actress, Street Music 1962 Birthday Trace Adkins, born in Springhill, Louisiana, country music singer, successful album 'Songs About Me' was certified double multi-platinum 1961 Event Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller 1961 Event "Music Man" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 1375 performances 1961 Death Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies at 64 1960 Birthday Nancy Martinez, born in Montreal, Quebec, rocker, musician, singer, known for dance-pop music hit songs 'For Tonight', 'Move Out' 1960 Birthday Chuck D, born in Roosevelt, New York, rapper, author, leader, Public Enemy, created politically, socially conscious rap music, focused on hip hop genre, albums include, 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show', 'Fear of a Black Planet' 1960 Event John Cage's "Music for Amplified Toy Pianos," premieres 1959 Event "Sound of Music" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 1443 performances 1959 Birthday Alan "Wild"er, English rock vocalist/music, Depeche Mode-Wild! 1959 Event Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle, last airs on NBC-TV 1959 Death Billy Mayerl, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees, dies at 56 1958 Birthday Jello Biafra, born in Boulder, Colorado, born Eric Reed Boucher, musician, politician, anarchist, leading figure of the Green Party, wrote music for 'Dead Kennedy's' 1958 Event Dick Dale invents "surf music" with "Let's Go Trippin" 1958 Event 12th Tony Awards: Sunrise at Campobello and Music Man win 1958 Birthday Gary Brian Tibbs, London, rock bassist, Adam and The Ants, Roxy Music 1957 Event "Music Man" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 1375 performances 1957 Birthday John "Jellybean" Benitez, music producer 1957 Birthday Mari Wilson, born in Neasden, England, singer, influenced by early 1960s pop music songs 1957 Birthday Pam Tillis, born in Plant City, Florida, singer, country music genre, daughter of Mel Tillis, album, 'Put Yourself in My Place' certified gold by the RIAA 1957 Death William Orlamond, actor (Flesh and Devil, Words and Music), dies at 89 1956 Birthday Nigel Kennedy, born in Brighton, English, violinist, jazz and classical music, boy prodigy, play Fats Waller tunes by ear at age 10, featured on Sarah Brightman's album Harem 1956 Death Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42 1956 Death Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music composer (Levensschets), dies at 78 1956 Death Frank Dailey, orchestra leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54 1956 Event "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden New York City after 849 performances 1955 Event Pope Pius XII encyclical on sacred music and popular music 1955 Event RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer 1954 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad 1954 Birthday Danielle Alexander, Ft. Worth, Texas, country music pianist 1954 Birthday Tobias Picker, born in New York City, New York, composer, awarded Joseph H. Bearns Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Award in Music from American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer-in-residence for Houston Symphony, 1985 - 1990, music publisher, Schott Music Corporation 1954 Birthday Judith Weir, born in Cambridge, England, composer, professor of music at Cardiff University, Artistic Director, Spitafields Festival, Composer in Association for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 1954 Birthday Lesley-Anne Down, born in London, actress, A Little Night Music, Moonraker 1953 Birthday David Leisner, born in America, teacher, classical guitarist, composer, taught at Manhattan School of Music, expert in focal dystonia 1953 Birthday Betty Wright, born in Miami, Florida, singer, rhythm and blues, soul music, influenced the world of hip hop, sang with Alice Cooper, Gloria Estefan, song Shoorah! Shoorah!, used in movie Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1953 Birthday Tod Machover, born in Mount Vernon, New York, composer, innovative use of technology in music, designed interactive systems for Yo Yo Ma, Ying Quartet 1953 Event "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" opens at John Golden New York City for 849 perf 1953 Birthday Michael Byron, born in America, composer, released music on Koch Records, Meridien Records, editor, contemporary music anthologies 1953 Birthday Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999 1953 Birthday Johnny Clegg, born in Rochdale, Lancashire, England, Jonathan 'Johnny' Clegg, musician, recording artist, Grammy-Award nominee, mbaqanga, Afro-pop genres, formed and performed with Juluka band, formed Savuka band, popular figure in South African music history 1953 Birthday Rod Morgenstein, born in New York, drummer, member of '80's heavy metal band Wing, Dixie Dregs, educator, served as professor of percussion, Berklee College of Music 1953 Birthday Wayne Siegel, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, influenced by minimalist Steve Reich, music commissioned by Kronos Quartet, Harry Sparnaay, Safri Duo 1953 Birthday Alan Rubin, music figure, Blues Brothers 1953 Birthday Carl Joseph Stone, born in America, composer, electronic music genre, minimalist, studied composition at California Institute of the Arts, served as President of the American Music Center 1952 Birthday Hans Abrahamsen, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, musician, played French horn, studied at Royal Danish Academy of Music, compositions employ New Simplicity style 1952 Birthday Rhys Chatham, born in New York City, New York, composer, trumpet player, guitarist, minimalist, avant garde music 1952 Birthday Dominic Muldowney, born in Southampton, England, composer, created television, film scores for Loose Connections, King Lear, radio work, theater music, created large-scale oboe concerto, versatile has created music for David Bowie, Royal Academy of Music teacher 1952 Birthday David Pack, born in Los Angeles, California, musician, producer, Grammy-Award winning record producer for Wynnona, Aretha Franklin, Kenny Loggins, Phil Collins, Music Director for President Bill Clinton's Inaugurations, 1992 and 1996, cofounder, lead vocalist for band, Ambrosia 1952 Event 1st performance of John Cage's "Water Music" 1952 Birthday Teddy Gentry, Fort Payne, Alabama, country music star, Alabama - Mountain Music 1951 Event "Music in the Air" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 56 performances 1951 Event "Music in the Air" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 56 performances 1951 Death Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69 1951 Birthday Ned Sublette, born in Lubbock, Texas, composer, musician, musicologist, producer, guitarist, studied classical guitar with Emilio Pujol, composition with Kenneth Gaburo, Cuban music scholar, known for mixing country-western, afro-Caribbean salsa, cumbia, rumba music styles 1951 Birthday Peter Gordon, born in New York City, New York, Peter Laurence Gordon, experimental composer, musician, opera, world music, jazz, rock influences, founder, Love of Life Orchestra, composed for Suzanne Vega, Laurie Anderson, worked on Desperate Housewives soundtrack 1951 Birthday Paul Thompson, rock drummer, Roxy Music 1950 Birthday Richard Branson, British music enterperneur, Virgin Atlantic 1950 Birthday David Jensen, born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, David 'Kid' Jensen, popular British radio DJ, played progressive music, hosted BBC pop network, Radio 1, Top of the Pops presenter, interviewed Duran Duran, promoted The Police before they were commercially successful 1950 Event "Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 281 performances 1950 Event Brockway and Weinstock publish "Men of Music" 1950 Birthday Beth Anderson, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, singer, neo-romantic genre, invented swales, a musical form based on collages, samples of newly composed music vs. existing music, famous for singing with Limahl on 'The Never Ending Story' film title song 1949 Birthday Randy Owen, Fort Payne, Alabama, country music star, Alabama - Mountain Music 1949 Event "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts 1949 Event "Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 281 performances 1949 Birthday Shulamit Ran, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, composer, second woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Music, for Symphony, 1990 1949 Birthday Jeff Cook, Fort Payne, Alabama, country guitar/vocalist, Alabama - Mountain Music 1949 Birthday John Bauldie, music journalist/dylanologist 1948 Birthday Merry Clayton, born in Gert Town, New Orleans, singer, actress, sang gospel and soul music, famous for singing with The Rolling Stones' song 'Gimme Shelter' with Mick Jagger 1948 Event "Ballet Ballads" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 62 performances 1948 Birthday Peter Ruzicka, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, professor, composer, conductor, composes stage, orchestral, chamber, piano, vocal music 1948 Birthday Nigel Osborne, born in Manchester, England, composer, studied with Egon Wellesz, Kenneth Leighton, music professor, University of Edinburgh 1948 Event "Ballet Ballads" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 62 performances 1948 Event "Stop the Music" with Bert Parks premieres on ABC radio 1948 Event "Music in My Heart" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 124 performances 1948 Birthday T-Bone Burnett, born in St. Louis, Missouri, musician, songwriter, produced artists including BoDeans, Counting Crows, music for films 1948 Event 1st country music TV show, Midwestern Hayride, premieres on WLW Cin 1947 Birthday Christopher Parkening, born in Los Angeles, California, guitarist, transcribed sacred music 1947 Event "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 124 performances 1947 Birthday Paul Patterson, born in Britain, composer, professor, Royal Academy of Music, composes for orchestra, ensemble, film, television, education 1947 Birthday Barry Guy, born in London, England, composer, musician, double bass player, Guildhall School of Music teacher, influenced by contemporary jazz, member Michael Nyman Band 1947 Birthday Jim Nollman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, graduated from Tufts University, composer, musical theater, conceptual artist, environmental activist, recorded interspecies music with wolves, whales, dolphins, deer, elk, desert rats 1946 Birthday Alan "Bam" King, born in Kentish Town, London, guitarist, singer with British rock music band, Ace 1946 Birthday John Klemmer, born in Chicago, Illinois, musician, songwriter, arranger, saxophonist, plays jazz, pop, cross over jazz, co-written music with David Batteau 1946 Birthday Daria Semegen, born in Bambery, West German, composer, classical music, electronic music genres, Fulbright Fellow 1946 Birthday Janice Giteck, born in Hicksville, New York, composer, influenced by world music, American Indian music, studied with Olivier Messiaen 1946 Birthday Anne Boyd, born in Sydney, New South Wales, composer, professor of composition at the University of Sydney, recipient, Order of Australia, for contributions to music 1946 Birthday Barbara Benary, born in America, composer, co-founder, Gamelan Son of Lion, New York City repertory ensemble, composes theater music, chamber music 1946 Birthday Arthur Conley, U.S. soul singer, Sweet Soul Music 1945 Birthday Laurie Spiegel, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, guitar, known for algorithmic composition software Music Mouse, electronic-music compositions 1945 Birthday Barry Schrader, born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, composer, electro-acoustic genre, wrote, 'Introducton to Electro-Acoustic Music' 1944 Birthday Jonathan King, born in London, England, Kenneth George King, singer, songwriter, pop music producer, wrote song 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon', successful writer, producer for other musical artists 1944 Birthday Michael Franks, born in LaJolla, California, singer, songwriter, jazz music genre, worked with Art Garfunkel, Patti Austin 1944 Death Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75 1944 Birthday Michael Johnson, born in Alamosa, Colorado, pop, guitarist, country, pop music, known for song, 'Bluer Than Blue' 1944 Birthday Byron Berline, born in Caldwell, Kansas, musician, fiddle, mandolin player, famous for contemporary bluegrass music, played with The Flying Burrito Brothers, worked with Manassas, founded Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival 1944 Birthday Jon Hiseman, born in Woolwich, London, musician, drummer, record producer and music publisher, formed bands Colosseum, Coloseeum II with Don Airey, Gary Moore and Tempest with Alan Holdsworth 1944 Birthday Paul Lansky, born in New York, composer, electronic music, computer music language pioneer, studied with George Perle and Milton Babbitt, professor of music at Princeton University 1944 Birthday Rick Price, born in Birmingham, England, bassist, rock music, bass player, played with Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, The Move 1944 Birthday Mick Ralphs, born in Hereford, England, born Michael Geoffrey Ralphs, guitarist, songwriter, founding member of music bands Mott the Hopple and Bad Company 1944 Birthday Marcie Blane, born in Brooklyn, New York, given name, Marcia Blank, singer, pop music, known for hit song 'Bobby's Girl' 1944 Birthday Joseph Celli, born in America, composer, musician, experimental, contemporary music genres, worked with John Cage, the Kronos Quartet 1944 Birthday Neely Bruce, born in America, composer, conductor, pianist, scholar of American music, Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, chorus director for Connecticut Opera 1943 Birthday Kenny Vance, born in New York City, New York, musician, singer, producer, member of Jay and the Americans, guest singer on Saturday Night Live, supervised music for film Animal House 1943 Birthday Mike Smith, born in Edmonston, England, born Michael George Smith, singer, songwriter, keyboardist, music producer, played for The Dave Clark Five 1943 Birthday Udo Zimmermann, born in Dresden, Germany, composer, conductor, artistic director, music director, Leipzig Opera House 1943 Birthday Garrett List, born in Phoenix, Arizona, composer, vocalist, trombonist, formed Julliard Ensemble, composed classical, jazz, pop, free jazz music 1943 Birthday Judith Durham, born Melbourne, Australia, Judith Mavis Cock, singer, jazz, lead vocalist for The Seekers, Australian popular folk music group 1943 Birthday Johnny Halliday, born in Cite Malesherbes, France, Jean-Philippe Smet, actor, singer, 48-year music career, compared to Elvis Presley 1943 Birthday Bill Hopkins, born in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne 1943 Birthday Tison Street, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, violinist, contemporary classical music, winner, Guggenheim Fellowship 1943 Birthday Donnie Iris, born in Ellwood City, Pennsylvania, musician, guitarist, performed with The Jaggerz, Cellarful of Noise, The Cruisers, famous for Wild Cherry's hit 'Play That Funky Music' 1942 Birthday Frank Mills, pianist/composer/arranger, Music Box Dancer 1942 Birthday Charles Dodge, born in Ames, Iowa, composer, electronic music, computer music genres, studied with Gunther Schuller, Darius Milhaud 1942 Birthday Barbara Lynn, born in Beaumont, Texas, American guitarist, singer, rhythm and blues, toured with soul music greats like Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, recorded the song Oh Baby (We've Got A Good Thing Goin') with The Rolling Stones 1941 Birthday Dan Hicks, born in Little Rock, Arkansas, singer, songwriter, performed with dance bands, performed on Time Out For Teens radio program, part of San Francisco's folk music scene 1941 Birthday Imants Kalnins, born in Riga, Latvia, composer, wrote six symphonies, first composer of intellectual rock music, Latvia's most important composer 1941 Birthday Jackson Hill, born in Birmingham, Alabama, composer, vocal music, teacher, Ph.D. Musicology, teacher, Duke University, Bucknell University 1941 Event Nazi occupiers in Netherlands forbid Jewish music 1941 Event WPAT radio in New Jersey begins broadcasting (country music format) 1940 Birthday Bruce Channel, born in Jacksonville, Bruce McMeans, Texas, singer, rocker, known for hit song, 'Hey! Baby', rock and roll, pop music, recorded with Smash Records, Mercury Records 1940 Birthday Anthea Joseph, music producer 1940 Birthday Lewis Spratlan, born in Miami, Florida, composer, contemporary classical music genre, Professor of Music Emeritus, Amherst College 1940 Birthday Mickey Newbury, born in Houston, Texas, singer, member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, wrote songs for Acuff-Rose Music 1940 Death Florrie Forde, music hall artist, dies 1940 Birthday Dean Torrence, born in Los Angeles, California, surf music singer, Jan and Dean-Little Old Lady 1940 Birthday David C. Johnson, born in Batavia, New York, composer, flutist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, performed live-electronic music 1940 Birthday Jorge Peixinho, born in Montijo, Portugal, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group 1939 Birthday Tom Johnson, born in Greely, Colorado, composer, minimalist style, new music critic for the Village Voice, wrote music based on tiling, involving mathematical and logical processes 1939 Birthday Ellie Greenwich, born in Brooklyn, New York, record producer, singer, songwriter, rock and roll, pop music genres, co-wrote 'Da Doo Ron Ron' 1939 Event BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed 1939 Birthday Max Neuhaus, born in Beaumont, Texas, composer, percussionist, avant-garde, experimental genres, interpreter of contemporary music, sound art pioneer, designed sound generation and projection systems 1939 Birthday Bruce Mather, born in Canada, composer, pianist, known for microtonal music, contemporary classical music compositions 1939 Birthday Jonathan David Harvey, English composer, Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen 1939 Birthday John McCabe, born in Huyton, England, composer, pianist, wrote thirteen symphonies by age 11, composed Notturni ed Alba in 1970, ballets, string quartets, piano music, known for his concerti 1939 Event Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart 1939 Birthday Marlos Nobre, born in Recife, Brazil, composer, pianist, conductor, commissioned by Free University of Music, Sao Paulo, Ministry of Culture 1939 Birthday Harold Kalin, born in Port Jervis, New York, singer, member of pop music duo with brother Herbert 'Herbie' Kalin 1939 Birthday Jon Appleton, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, pioneer in electro-acoustic music, won Guggenheim, Fulbright Foundation fellowships 1938 Birthday David Borden, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, minimalist music, jazz pianist, founded Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, the world's first synthesizer ensemble, wrote vocal, chamber ensemble, music, style similar to Phillip Glass, Terry Riley 1938 Birthday Richard Stoker, born in Britain, composer, writer, guitarist, fellow, Royal Academy of Music, studied under Nadia Boulanger in Paris 1938 Birthday Zygmunt Krauze, born in Poland, composer, pianist, contemporary classical music genre, professor, Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy 1938 Birthday Dale Hawkins, music writer, Suzy Q 1938 Birthday Mike Mainieri, born in the Bronx, New York, jazz fusion vibraphonist, worked with Steps Ahead, pioneer in 'synth-vibe' electronic vibraphone music, recorded with Buddy Rich, Jeremy Steig, featured on Dire Straights tracks 1938 Birthday Douglas Leedy, born in Portland, Oregon, pseudonym, Bhishma Xenotechnites, composer, music scholar, performer, works include 'Trio' 1937 Birthday Jimmy Bowen, born in Santa Rita, New Mexico, record producer, pop music performer, famous for 'I'm Stickin' With You', produced chart hits for Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr. 1937 Birthday Edwin Roxburgh, born in England, composer, principal oboist, Sadler's Wells Opera, wrote, Manuhin Music Guide 1937 Birthday Olly Wilson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, double bassist, musicologist, contemporary classical music, preeminent African American composer, studied with Robert Wykes, earned PhD from University of Iowa 1937 Birthday David Behrman, born in Salzburg, Austria, composer, producer, Music of Our Time series, Columbia Records, founding member, Sonic Arts Union 1937 Birthday Ray Coleman, born in Britain, journalist, author, wrote biographies of The Beatles while editor-in-chief, Melody Maker, music magazine 1937 Birthday Yehuda Yannay, born in Romania, composer, film maker, performance artist, international figure in contemporary music 1937 Birthday Lorenzo Music, born in Brooklyn, New York, writer/actor/voice, Carlton-Rhoda, Garfield 1937 Death William Henry Hadow, composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77 1937 Birthday Jon Hassell, born in Memphis, Tennessee, composer, played the trumpet, PhD in musicology, known for influencing world music scene with unique electronic manipulation of trumpet sounds 1936 Birthday Frederic Forrest, Waxahachie, Texas, actor, Music Box, Lonesone Dove 1936 Birthday Hans Zender, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, composer, conductor, music professor, Conductor in Chief of the Chamber Orchestra of Radio Netherlands in Hilversum, Southwest German Radio guest conductor 1936 Birthday Wolf Biermann, born in Hamburg, Germany, singer, songwriter, former East German dissident, wrote folk music, political ballads, studied political economics at Humboldt University of Berlin 1936 Birthday Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef 1936 Birthday Maki Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, contemporary classical music 1936 Birthday Harold Budd, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, avant-garde, ambient music, created soundtrack for 2005 film Mysterious Skin, with Robin Guthrie 1936 Birthday John White, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, musician, tuba player, invented Systems music, a British form of minimalism, influences include Howard Skempton, Cornelius Cardew 1936 Birthday Daniel Goode, born in America, composer, clarinetist, studied with Henry Cowell, influenced by Indonesian gamelan music, bird song, Cape Breton fiddling, minimal music, member, Gamelan Son of Lion, Director, Electronic Music Studio, Rutgers University 1936 Birthday Peter Fletcher, music teacher 1936 Event Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade 1935 Birthday Bruno Canino, born in Naples, Italy, composer, pianist, chamber musician, accompanist, studied with Vincenzo Vitale, and in Milan with Bruno Bettinelli, music director of Biennale di Venezia, recordings include Bach Goldberg Variations 1935 Birthday David Houston, born in Bossier City, Louisiana, singer, country music, recorded hit 'Almost Pursuaded', and 'With One Exception', 'My Elusive Dreams' with Tammy Wynette 1935 Birthday Elgar Howarth, born in Cannock, England, composer, conductor, educated at Manchester University, member of group, New Music Manchester 1935 Birthday Peter Frankl, born in Hungary, pianist, performs classical music, Romantic period, early Modern, recorded the complete solo piano music of Debussy, performed with world class orchestras throughout America and Europe 1935 Birthday Julie Andrews, England, actress and singer, Sound of Music, Mary Poppins 1935 Birthday Lubos Fiser, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, wrote soundtracks, chamber music, studied at AMU, Prague Conservatory 1935 Birthday James Clay, born in Dallas, Texas, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins 1935 Birthday Loren Rush, born in America, composer, works include, the drone piece 'Hard Music' 1935 Birthday Charles Shere, born in Berkeley, California, composer, music critic, Music Director for radio KPFA, Berkeley, wrote book, 'How I Saw Duchamp' 1935 Death Charles Shere, composer, music critic, Music Director for radio KPFA, Berkeley, wrote book, 'How I Saw Duchamp', dies 1935 Birthday Otto Zykan, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim' 1935 Birthday Aulis Sallinen, born in Finland, composer, contemporary classical music, studied with Joonas Kokkonen, works commissioned by Kronos Quartet 1935 Birthday Gordon Mumma, born in Framingham, Massachusetts, composer, musician, co-founder, the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1935 Birthday Georg Katzer, born in Habelschwerdt, Lower Silesia, German composer, established electronic new music in the German Democratic Republic 1934 Birthday Gordon Getty, born in San Francisco, California, fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, sold Getty Oil to Texaco, became classical music composer, contributes to the San Francisco Opera 1934 Birthday Alan Ridout, born in West Wickham, England, composer, teacher, professor Royal College of Music, worked with Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, prolific instrumental and choral music composer 1934 Birthday Ramon Sender, born in Madrid, Spain, composer, co-founder, San Francisco Tape Music Center, co-designed the first west coast synthesizer, the Buchla Box 1934 Birthday [Everett] LeRoi Jones, Amiri Baraka, U.S. writer, Black Music 1934 Birthday Lionel Bart, born in Stepney, England, composer, songwriter, wrote pop music, musicals, created book, music and lyrics for Oliver! 1934 Birthday Samuel Lipman, music critic 1934 Birthday Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences 1934 Birthday Jan Klusak, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, composer, author of incidental music, and music for television, film 1934 Birthday Don Kirshner, rock and roll producer, invented bubblegum music 1934 Event "It Happened One Night," opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall 1934 Birthday Tammy Grimes, Lynn Massachusetts, actress, Can't Stop the Music 1933 Birthday Bernard van Beurden, Dutch composer/music educator 1933 Birthday Garnett Mimms, born in Ashland, West Virginia, singer, songwriter, record producer, worked with Bert Berns, Jimi Hendrix, recorded on MGM, Verve Records, funk, rhythm and blues music 1933 Birthday Phill Niblock, born in Anderson, Indiana, composer, videographer, filmmaker, director, avente-garde music foundation, Experimental Media 1933 Birthday Ian Tyson, born in British Columbia, Canada, singer, songwriter, guitarist, song 'Four Strong Winds' chosen as greatest Canadian song of all time, in Canada's Country Music Hall of Fame 1933 Birthday Eric Salzman, born in America, author, composer, record producer, music critic, wrote for the New York Times, New York Herald Tribune 1933 Birthday Arne Mellnas, born in Stockholm, Sweden, composer, studied, taught orchestration at Royal College of Music in Stockholm, musical language filled with diverse moods 1933 Birthday Philip Corner, born in America, composer, visual artist, taught by Fritz Jahoda, teacher, Modern Music at the New School for Social Research 1933 Event "King Kong," premieres at Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy New York City 1933 Death Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84 1933 Birthday Akira Miyoshi, born in Suginami, Tokyo, composer, influenced by Henri Dutilleux, professor, Toho Gakuen School of Music, Japan 1932 Event Radio City Music Hall opens (New York City) 1932 Birthday Igor Stuhec, born in Slovenia, composer, studied under Hanns Jelinek at Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, wrote orchestral works applying textural techniques, and two operas 1932 Event "Make Mine Music," debuts 1932 Birthday Wojciech Kilar, born in Lwow, Poland, composer of film, classical, symphonic music, won French Lili Boulanger Prize for composition 1960 1932 Birthday Per Norgard, born in Gentofte, Denmark, composer, famous 20th century Danish composer, music features use of infinity series for serializing melody, harmony, rhythm in musical composition 1932 Birthday Tod Dockstader, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, composer, musique concrete, electronic music, principle work, Quartermass 1932 Birthday Marek Kopelent, born in Czechoslovakia, composer, contemporary music, New Music movement pioneer 1932 Birthday Francois Bayle, born in Taomasina, Madagascar, composer, Musique concrete, acousmatic music, studied with Pierre Schaeffer, Karlheinz Stockhausen 1932 Birthday Karl Kroeger, born in Louisville, Kentucky, composer, studied with Claude Almand, head, American Music Collection, New York Public Library 1932 Birthday Max Schubel, born in America, composer, contemporary classical music, founder and owner of Opus One records, recorded new music 1932 Death Hugo Kaun, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works, dies at 69 in Berlin, Germany 1932 Event Irving Berlin's musical "Face the Music," premieres in New York City 1932 Birthday Jerome Lowenthal, Philadelphia, pianist and professor, Jerusalem Academy of Music 1931 Birthday Raoul Pleskow, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, studied with Otto Luenig, served on music faculty at C.W. Post College, Long Island University 1931 Birthday Boxcar Willie, born in Red Oak, Texas, born Lecil Travis Martin, guitarist, American hobo music singer, sang country, gospel music 1931 Birthday Sean O. Riada, born in County Limerick, Ireland, bandleader, composer, influential in 1960's traditional Irish music renaissance 1931 Birthday Ivo Petric, composer, classical music, toured with Slavko Osterc ensemble, Artistic Director, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra 1979 - 1995 1931 Birthday C. W. Stubblefield, music promoter 1931 Birthday Stikkan, Stig Anderson, music entrepreneur 1930 Birthday Toma Prosev, born in Macedonia, composer, professor, studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, and professor L.M. Skerjanc at Ljubljana Music Academy 1930 Birthday Velio Tormis, born in Estonia, composed music based on traditional ancient Estonian folksongs, most important composer in 20th century Estonia 1930 Birthday Ryohei Hirose, born in Hakodate, Japan, composer, professor, Kyoto University of Arts 1977 - 1996, composes music for shakuhachi, recorder, viola da gamba 1930 Birthday Eino Tamberg, born in Estonia, composer, neoclassical Estonian music, teacher, Estonian Academy of Music, wrote ballet, 'Johanna tentate' 1930 Birthday Luis de Pablo, born in Bilbao, Spain, founder, Alea, Nueva Musica, teacher, composer, chamber music works include 'Ex voto for Violin and Viola' 1995 1930 Birthday Liz Anderson, born in Roseau, Minnesota, country music singer, songwriter, Grammy Award nominee, wrote hits for Merle Haggard 1929 Birthday Christopher Plummer, Toronto, actor, Sound of Music, Doll's House 1929 Birthday Akio Yashiro, born in Tokyo, Japanese composer, studied under Kunihiko Hashimoto, Leonid Kreutzer, String Quartet composition won the Eighth Mainichi Music prize in 1957 1929 Birthday Dave King, born in Twickenham, England, comedian, Kraft Music Hall 1929 Birthday Luc Ferrari, born in Paris, France, composer, concentrated on musical composition, collaborated with Pierre Schaeffer from 1957 - 1966, extended notion of abstract music, interested in breaking barriers that force musical tradition 1929 Birthday Harvey Lichtenstein, President, Brooklyn Academy of Music 1929 Birthday "Queen Ida" Guillory, Ziadaco music 1928 Birthday Johnny Mann, born in Baltimore, Maryland, music director, Johnny Mann Stand Up and Cheer 1928 Birthday James Wild, music teacher 1928 Birthday Karlheinz Stockhausen, born in Germany, composer, worked with electronic music, musical spatialization 1928 Birthday Pierre Olaf, Cauderan France, actor, Kraft Music Hall 1928 Birthday Phil Jones, principal, Trinity College of Music 1928 Birthday Ezra Sims, born in Birmingham, Alabama, composer of microtonal music, Joseph Maneri adopted his system of notation, composed in quarter tones, received Guggenheim Fellowship 1927 Birthday Barbara Cook, born in Atlanta, Georgia, stage singer and actress, Music Man 1927 Birthday John Downey, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, pianist, conductor, professor of composition and theory, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, founder, director of the Wisconsin Contemporary Music Forum 1927 Birthday Boris Porena, born in Rome, Italy, Italian composer, didactical expert, studied under Goffredo Petrassi, influenced by neoclassical poetics, wrote texts about music including Musica-Societa which includes social and political analysis 1927 Birthday Tzvi Avni, born in Saarbrucken, Germany, composer, Israeli emigrated to Palestine, student of Paul Ben-Haim, founded electronic studio at the Jerusalem Academy of Music 1927 Birthday John Pierre Herman Joubert, composer, Chamber Music for brass quintet 1926 Birthday Earle Brown, born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, composer, known for reviving interest in classical music with musical improvisation, creating formal and notational systems, and open forum style of muscial construction 1926 Birthday Arthur Wills, born in England, composer, professor at Royal Academy of Music in London, Director of Music at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire, England, composed music for the organ and secular music based on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four 1926 Birthday Betsy Jolas, born in Paris, France, composer, studied at the Conservatoire national superieur de Musique, wrote vocal music, works recorded on EMI, Erato, performed by London Sinfonietta 1926 Birthday Anatol Vieru, born in Romania, composer, music theoretician, studied with Aram Khachaturian, wrote symphonies, string quartets, concertos, chamber music, leading Romanian composer of the 20th century 1926 Birthday Wanda Lewis, Struther Ohio, actress, This is Music, Paul Dixon Show 1925 Birthday Robert Linn, born in America, composer, educator, University of Southern California, composed music for chorus and chamber ensembles, symphony orchestra and wind orchestra 1925 Birthday Robert Heppener, composer, Hymns and Conversations, Movie Music 1925 Birthday Roy Haynes, U.S. jazz drummer, Trio Music with Chick Corea 1924 Birthday Marion Morgan, singer, Stop the Music 1924 Birthday Klaus Huber, born in Bern, Switzerland, composer, wrote music for chamber ensembles orchestra, choirs, soloists, politically conscious composer, received Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, 2009 1924 Birthday Arthur Frackenpohl, born in Irving, New Jersey, composer, Natural Superiority of Music 1924 Birthday Ikuma Dan, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, graduated from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, studied under famous opera composer Kosaku Yamada 1924 Birthday Lionel Dakers, director, Royal School of Church Music 1923 Birthday Dika Newlin, born in Portland, Oregon, composer, child prodigy, began composing music at age 7, completed high school at 12, studied with Schoenberg at University of California at Los Angeles 1923 Birthday Ned Rorem, Richmond Indiana, composer/author, Sky Music 1923 Birthday Henryk Czyz, born in Grudziadz, Poland, composer, wrote contemporary music, performed in Europe, America and South America 1923 Event Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane) 1922 Birthday Paul Acket, Dutch publisher/organizer, Music Express, North Sea Jazz 1922 Birthday Artie Malvin, U.S. music director, Julie LaRosa/Steve Lawrence 1922 Birthday Sadao Bekku, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, classical music, wrote symphonies, film scores, sonata for flute, choral works, art songs, piano concerto, opera titled Prince Arima 1922 Birthday Elmer Bernstein, born in New York City, movie music composer, Robot Monster 1921 Birthday Joan Dickson, born in England, cellist, professor at Royal College of Music in London, studied with Enrico Mainardi in Paris, performed with Joyce Rathbone 1921 Event Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th St. New York City 1921 Birthday Roger Nixon, born in California, musician, composer, professor of music, composed for orchestra, band, choir, opera, Professor Emeritus of Music, San Francisco State University 1921 Birthday Charles Scribner, Jr., music publisher, Scribner 1921 Birthday Kan Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, famous for Symphonia Ainu, inspired by national primitivism, wrote orchestral and vocal music for film and stage, including music for science-fiction film Gorath 1920 Birthday Armin Mueller-Stahl, Tilsit East Prussia, actor, Kafka, Music Box 1920 Birthday Edward Kassner, music publisher 1919 Birthday Chet Gierlach, music publisher/composer 1919 Birthday Bulent Arel, born in Istanbul, composer, electronic music, contemporary classical music, worked with Edgard Varese, designed, installed electronic music laboratory at Yale University 1919 Birthday Bob Boucher, born in Kent, Ohio, orchestra leader, Music on Ice 1918 Birthday Professor Longhair, king of New Orleans music 1918 Birthday Eugene List, Philadelphia Penn, pianist and professor, Eastman School of Music 1918 Birthday Robert Preston, born in Newton, Massachusetts, actor, Music Man, Mame, Last Starfighter 1918 Birthday Eddy Arnold, born in Tennessee, best-selling, longest-running, country music singer, helped create Nashville sound 1918 Birthday Norman Wisdom, born in London, England, comedian, Kraft Music Hall 1918 Birthday Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer 1917 Birthday Claus Adam, born in America, composer, cellist, teacher, performed with Julliard String Quartet 1955 - 1974, composed music for a string trio and cello concerto 1917 Birthday Francis Jackson, organist and master of Music/York minister 1917 Birthday Isang Yun, born in Tongyeong, South Korea, composer, professor, son of renowned poet Yun Ki-hyon, exhiled from South Korea, taught at Hanover Academy of Music 1917 Birthday Els Aarne, born in Ukraine, Estonian composer, pianist, composed chamber music for violoncello and double bass, wrote two symphonies, studied with composer Heino Eller 1917 Birthday Jerry Wexler, born in New York, music journalist, music producer, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1916 Birthday Helmut Eder, born in Linz, Austria, composer, studied and later taught at the Linz Conservatory, conducted the Singakademie, founded electronic music studio in Linz in 1959 1916 Birthday Ben Weber, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, Thorne Music Award-1965 1916 Birthday Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1915 Birthday Abel Ehrlich, born in Cranz, East Prussia, composer, won the Israel Prize for Music and the Prime Minister's Prize for Israeli Composers 1915 Birthday Pedro Saenz, born in Spain, composer, composed music for classical guitar 1915 Birthday Jan Hanus, born in Czechoslovakia, composer, music expressed anti-Nazi, anti-Fascist, anti-Communist sentiments, studied with Otakar Jeremias a the Prague Conservatory 1914 Death Ivan Zajc, conductor, composer, opened doors for 20th century achievements in Croatian music, wrote opera, La Tirolese, 1855, dies at 82 in Zagreb, Croatia 1914 Birthday George "Tiger" Haynes, guitarist/actor, Land Without Music, Guv'nor 1914 Birthday Morton DaCosta, born in Philadelphia, director, Island of Love, Music Man 1914 Birthday Jules van Ackere, Flemish musicologist, Eternal Music 1913 Birthday Gyula David, born in Hungary, composer, violinist, conductor, studied at the Liszt academy, conducted for the National Theatre 1945 - 1949, wrote folk song music and 12 tone serial music 1912 Birthday Daniel Jones, born in Pembroke, Wales, Daniel Jenkyn Jones, Welsh composer, friend of Dylan Thomas, wrote 12 numbered symphonies, chamber music, made Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1968 1912 Birthday Jerry Jerome, born in Brooklyn, New York, saxophonist, Words and Music 1912 Birthday Stan Kenton, Newcomb, Wichita, Kansas, jazz musician, Music 55 1912 Birthday Machito "Frank Grillo", Florida, bandleader, created salsa music 1911 Birthday Bernard Herrmann, New York City, composes film music 1910 Birthday David Lichine, Lichtenstein, Russian/US dancer, Make Mine Music 1910 Birthday Louis Levy, Jr., music publisher 1910 Birthday Alan Frank, music publisher 1909 Birthday Arwel Hughes, born in Wales, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn 1909 Birthday Arnold Shaw, born in America, composer, songwriter, music business executive for Leeds Music Corporation, later MCA, wrote book on Harry Belafonte, series on 20th century American music 1909 Birthday Alfred Uhl, born in Austria, composer, professor, studied at Vienna Music Academy with Franz Schmidt, vibrant style combined neo-classicism, atonality, serialism, works include concerto for clarinet and orchestra 1909 Birthday Robin Orr, born in Brechin, Scotland, musician, composer, professor of music, composed three operas, Full Circle, Hermiston, On the Razzle, among other symphonies, church music, chamber works 1909 Birthday Dave Clark, music promoter and songwriter 1909 Birthday George G F van Renesse, Dutch pianist/music director 1908 Event Brooklyn Academy of Music, opens in New York City 1907 Birthday Helmut Walcha, German organist, church music 1907 Death Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66 1907 Birthday William Henry Swinburne, music teacher 1906 Event Reginald A Fessenden became 1st to broadcast music over radio (Mass) 1906 Birthday Edwin H "Buddy" Morris, music publisher 1906 Birthday Conrad Thibault, Northbridge Massachusetts, singer, Jacques Fray Music Room 1906 Birthday Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/music historian 1905 Birthday Maria Augusta von Trapp, Austria, singer, inspired "Sound of Music" 1904 Birthday Kermit Bloomgarden, producer, Diary of Anne Frank, Music Man 1904 Event Charles Kleins "Music Master," premieres in New York City 1903 Birthday Max Adrian, Enniskillen Northern Ireland, actor, Devils, Music Lover 1903 Birthday Vernon Duke, born in Parafianovka, Belarus, Vladimir Dokelsky, songwriter, composer, memorable songs 'Take a Chance on Love', 'April in Paris', music was performed by Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra 1903 Birthday Rudolf Serkin, born in Eger, Bohemia, pianist, Marlboro Sch of Music 1902 Birthday David Burns, actor, Music Man, Hello Dolly! 1902 Birthday Billy Mayerl, born in London, England, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees 1902 Birthday [Robert] Meredith Willson, Mason City Iowa, composer, Music Man 1902 Birthday Alexander Gray, Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, actor, This is Music 1901 Death Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62 1901 Birthday Conrad Beck, born in Lohn, Switzerland, composer, studied with Jacques Ibert, head of Radio Basel music department for 30 years, composed concertos, symphonies, oratorio, elegy, instrumental, vocal music, and one ballet 1901 Birthday Willem Pelemans, Flemish composer and music reviewer 1900 Birthday David Wynne, born in Penderyn, Wales, composer, studied at University of Wales, Cardiff, University of Bristol, Head of Music, Lewis School Pengam, professor of composition, Cardiff College of Music and Drama 1900 Birthday Evald Aav, born in Talinn, Estonia, composer, studied music with Artur Kapp, composed Estonian opera Vikerlased (The Vikings), modeled after Tchaikovsky's composition style 1898 Birthday Shinichi Suzuki, music teacher 1898 Birthday Gracie Fields, England, music hall/vaudeville performer 1897 Birthday Hermione Gingold, born in London, England, actress, Gigi, Music Man 1897 Event Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin) 1897 Birthday Casper Howeler, Dutch music critic 1897 Birthday Kenneth Burke, born in America, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University 1896 Birthday Virgil Thomson, born in Kansas City, Missouri, composer/music critic, 4 Saints in 3 Acts 1896 Birthday Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher 1896 Event Premier of motion pictures (Koster and Bial's Music Hall, New York City) 1893 Birthday Willi Apel, German/U.S. musicologist, Harvard dictionary of music 1893 Birthday Arre Merikanto, Finnish composer, 12-tones music 1891 Birthday Hermann Scherchen, Berlin Germany, conductor, Nature of Music 1891 Event Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in New York, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor 1889 Birthday Uncle Art Satherly, entertainer, 1968 Academy of Country Music Award 1889 Birthday Ludwig Tugel, German author/novelist/writer, Horse Music 1888 Birthday Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/music critic 1887 Birthday Nadia Boulanger, Paris, composer/music teacher, Lasirene Ideology 1885 Death Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmed, Sudanese music reviewer, dies 1883 Birthday Jan Kunc, born in Doubravice na Svitavou, Czech Republic, composer, writer, pedagogue, composed chamber music, piano, solo vocal 1882 Birthday John Lowry, Mount Vernon, New York, New York City builder, Radio City Music Hall 1882 Birthday Mart Saar, born in Hupassaare, Estonia, composer, organist, combined folk music with contemporary sounds, composed choir, solo, piano music 1882 Birthday Ida Moore, born in Altoona, Kansas, actress, Mr. Music, Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki 1877 Birthday Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music writer/composer, Leiecyclys 1866 Birthday Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice and music 1866 Death Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies 1863 Birthday Hugo Kaun, born in Berlin, Germany, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works 1860 Death Heinrich Florida Rellstab, German music theorist, dies 1859 Birthday Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher, found Inst of Music 1855 Birthday Guido Adler, Austria, musicologist, Still in the Music 1854 Birthday Hans Muller, music historian 1849 Event 1st chamber music group in U.S. gives their 1st concert (Boston) 1848 Birthday Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor and composer, Lexicon of Music 1846 Birthday Josef Sittard, music writer 1840 Birthday Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer 1833 Event Boston Academy of Music, 1st U.S. music school, established 1832 Birthday Ivan Zajc, born in Rijeka, Croatia, conductor, composer, opened doors for 20th century achievements in Croatian music, wrote opera, La Tirolese, 1855 1826 Birthday Hermann Kipper, music teacher/critic/composer 1821 Birthday Charles Scribner, U.S., music publisher, Scribner Catalog 1816 Birthday August W. Ambros, Austria musicologist, History of Music 1799 Birthday Heinrich F L Rellstab, German music theorist 1795 Birthday Adolf B. Marx, German music theorist 1792 Event In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn 1791 Death Francis Hopkinson, U.S. writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53 1791 Birthday Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder 1788 Birthday Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist 1784 Birthday Andre-Georges-Louis Onslow, English/French composer, chamber music 1783 Death Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theroist/violist, dies at 62 1779 Death William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies 1776 Death Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67 1773 Birthday Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, Arab Music 1773 Death Jan Zach, composer, organist, violinist, composed Baroque and classical music, dies at 73 in Ellwangen, Germany 1769 Birthday Bonifacio Asioli, composer/music writer 1759 Event 1st music store in America opens in Philadelphia 1741 Death Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80 1731 Event 1st U.S. music concert (Peter Pelham's great room in Boston) 1720 Birthday Martin Gerbert, von Hornau, prince-abbot/music historian 1719 Birthday John Hawkins, born in England, wrote 1st history of music 1710 Birthday William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music 1708 Birthday Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer 1704 Death Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies 1699 Birthday Jan Zach, born in Celakovice, Czech Republic, composer, organist, violinist, composed Baroque and classical music 1673 Death Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter (Baroque)/poet/music/actor, dies at 57 1662 Death Johann Cruger, German organist/composer/music theorist, dies at 63 1598 Birthday Johann Cruger, German organist, composer and music theorist 1575 Event English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly 1571 Birthday Michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer, Syntagma music 1548 Death Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies 1050 Death Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies
