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2012 Event - Famous American pianist and jazz composer, Dave Brubeck, dies at the age of 91

2012 Event - Jon Lord, an English composer and pianist and co-founder of the heavy rock group, Deep Purple, dies after suffering a pulmonary embolism

2006 Death - Otto Zykan, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim', dies in Sachsendorf, Austria

2002 Death - Jean Berger, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, dies at 91

2000 Death - Victor Borge, comedian/pianist, Victor Borge in London, dies at 91

2000 Death - Wladyslaw Szpilman, pianist/writer, ", write Death of a City, later filmed as The Pianist, ", dies at 78

1999 Death - Michel Petrucciani, jazz pianist, Both Worlds, dies at 36

1997 Death - Floyd Cramer, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, dies of lung cancer at age 64

1997 Death - Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 54

1997 Death - Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82

1996 Death - Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67

1996 Death - Johnny Costa, jazz pianist (Mr Rogers), dies at 74

1996 Death - James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist, dies at 77

1996 Death - Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic, dies at 85

1995 Death - Shura Cherkassky, pianist, dies at 86

1995 Death - Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher, dies at 94

1995 Death - Raymond Rasberry, pianist/singer, dies at 65

1995 Death - Seger Pillot Ellis, pianist/vocalist, dies at 91

1995 Death - Christopher Shaw, composer pianist/critic, dies at 71

1995 Death - Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist, dies at 81

1995 Death - James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist, dies at 95

1995 Death - Jose B. M. Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader, dies at 88

1995 Death - Robert L "Bob" Talley, pianist, dies at 75

1995 Death - Alan David Marks, pianist/composer, dies at 49

1995 Death - Jorge Peixinho, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group, dies in Lisbon, Portugal

1995 Death - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75

1995 Death - Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61

1995 Death - Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53

1995 Death - Cleo Brown, pianist, performed on National Public Radio, dies at 91

1995 Death - Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger, dies at 82

1995 Death - Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87

1995 Death - Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher, dies at 82

1995 Death - Geoffrey Parsons, Australian/British pianist, dies at 65

1995 Death - Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist (Concert Building), dies at 76

1995 Death - Jess Stacy, pianist, jazz musician, dies at 90

1994 Death - George G F van Renesse, concert pianist/music director, dies at 85

1994 Death - Carmen McRae [Clark], U.S. jazz singer/pianist, dies at about 73

1994 Death - Bill Challis, arranger/Pianist, dies at 90

1994 Death - Bernie Lazaroff Leighton, pianist, dies at 73

1994 Death - Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist (Rolling Stones), dies at 50

1994 Death - Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88

1994 Death - Sebastian Piana, Argentine pianist/tango composer, dies at 91

1994 Death - Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist, commits suicide

1994 Death - Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide

1994 Death - Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, dies at 79

1994 Death - William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79

1994 Death - Donald Phillips, pianist/composer, dies at 80

1994 Death - Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84

1994 Death - Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72

1993 Death - Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69

1993 Death - Catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46

1993 Death - Herman Nieland, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 82

1993 Death - Roy Budd, English jazz pianist/composer (Paper Tiger), dies at 46

1993 Death - Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64

1993 Death - Herman S Blount, Sun Ra, U.S. jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies at 79

1993 Death - Sun Ra, blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79

1993 Death - Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78

1993 Death - Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/U.S. pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100

1993 Death - Art Hodes, Russian/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies

1993 Death - Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies

1993 Death - Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), dies at 63

1992 Death - Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80

1992 Death - Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orchestral leader (duivelswiel), dies

1992 Death - Maurice Ohana, pianist/composer, dies

1992 Death - Sammy Price, U.S. boogie-woogie pianist, dies

1992 Death - William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/pianist, dies at 81

1992 Death - Lewis Michael Friedman, pianist, dies at 47 of AIDS

1991 Death - Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies

1991 Death - Eileen Joyce, pianist, dies at 78

1991 Death - Lee Donn, pianist, dies of stroke at 96

1991 Death - Jan Ode, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies

1990 Death - Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82

1989 Death - Vladimir Horovitz, Ukrainian/U.S. pianist, dies at 85

1989 Death - Geza Frid, Hungarian/Dutch pianist/composer, dies

1989 Death - John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52

1988 Birthday - Alexa Vega, born in Miami, Florida, actress, singer, pianist, appeared in 'Repo! the Genetic Opera', 'Spy Kids' trilogy films

1987 Death - Paul Arma, pianist, composer, ethnomusicologist, dies at 83

1987 Death - Hans Gal, pianist, composer, teacher, trained at New Vienna Conservatory, director, Mainz Conservatory

1987 Death - Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53

1987 Death - Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87

1987 Death - Liberace, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), dies at 67

1987 Death - Larry Carr, pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at 72

1986 Death - Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, U.S. jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73

1986 Death - Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band), dies on 41st birthday

1986 Death - Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 40

1986 Death - Ticker Freeman, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at 74

1985 Death - Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63

1985 Death - Eugene List, U.S. concert pianist, dies at 66

1985 Death - Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67

1984 Death - Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79

1983 Death - Earl "Fatha" Hines, U.S., jazz pianist/conductor, dies

1983 Death - Pal Kadosa, Hungarian composer/pianist, dies at 79

1983 Death - Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100

1982 Death - Artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95

1982 Death - Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52

1982 Death - Glenn H Gould, Canadian pianist, dies at 50

1982 Death - Clifford M Curzon, England, pianist, dies at 75

1982 Death - Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62

1982 Death - Andre Tchaikowsy, pianist/composer, dies

1982 Death - Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45

1982 Death - Theolonious S Monk, U.S., jazz pianist/composer (Blue Monk), dies at 64

1981 Birthday - Amy Lee, born in Riverside, California, singer, songwriter, pianist, member and lead vocalist for Evanescence rock band

1981 Death - Hazel Scott, Trinidadian singer/pianist, dies at 63

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

1980 Death - Bill Evans, U.S. jazz pianist, dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51

1980 Death - Jose Iturbi, Spanish/US pianist (Pequena danza Espanola), dies at 84

1980 Death - Amos Milburn, rocker, blues singer, pianist, played rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, important figure in the history of blues musicianship, dies at 52

1980 Death - Larry Williams, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie, dies from a gunshot wound, in Los Angeles, California, at age 44

1979 Death - Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84

1977 Death - Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53

1976 Death - Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43

1976 Death - Chester Arthur Burnett, U.S. blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65

1973 Birthday - Adrien Brody, born in Woodhaven, New York, actor, Academy-Award winning film, 'The Pianist', other films include 'The Thin Red Line', 'Splice', 'Predators'

1973 Death - Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68

1972 Death - Robert M Casadesus, French pianist/composer (Prix Diemer), dies at 73

1972 Death - Margaret A R Bonds, U.S. pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59

1971 Birthday - Alfonso Ribeiro, New York City, actor/pianist, Alfonso-Silver Spoons

1969 Death - Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85

1969 Death - Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge), dies at 29

1968 Death - Jan Johansson, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style, dies at 37 in a car crash in Jonkoping, Sweden

1968 Death - Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52

1966 Death - Harold Burrage, U.S. singer/pianist (Got to Find a Way), dies at 35

1966 Death - Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies

1965 Death - Henry (Dixon) Cowell, U.S. pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68

1965 Death - Jerry Burke, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies

1964 Birthday - Liam O'Maonlai, Irish vocalist/pianist, Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry

1964 Death - Mary Howe, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock', dies at 82

1964 Death - Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76

1964 Death - Ted Collins, pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63

1963 Birthday - Tori Amos, born in North Carolina, pianist/vocalist, Under The Pink,

1963 Birthday - Kino Haitsma, pianist/arrangeur, Josephine

1963 Death - Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52

1962 Birthday - Ken Noda, New York City, pianist, Rivalry

1962 Death - Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84

1962 Death - John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82

1962 Death - LeRoy B Shield, U.S. pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68

1961 Birthday - Cecile Licad, Manila, Philippines, pianist, Leventritt Award-1981

1961 Death - Percy Aldridge Grainger, Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78

1960 Death - Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66

1959 Death - Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72

1959 Death - Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55

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

1959 Death - George Antheil, U.S. pianist/composer (Ballet Mecanique), dies at 58

1958 Birthday - Ivo Pogorelich, Belgrade Yugoslavia, pianist, 1978 Casagrande winner

1958 Death - Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80

1958 Death - Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80

1958 Birthday - Tom Schuman, pianist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance

1957 Birthday - Frank Affolter, pianist/writer/composer, If Nobody Does

1956 Death - Una Mae Carlisle, U.S. pianist/singer, dies at 40

1956 Death - Art Tatum, black pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles

1956 Death - Art[hur] Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46

1956 Death - Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60

1956 Birthday - Michael J Feinstein, pianist, Isn't It Romantic

1955 Birthday - Howard Jones, rock pianist/vocalist, Things Can Only Get Better

1955 Birthday - Jools Holland, born in Blackheath, England, born Julian Miles Holland, composer, singer, pianist, television presenter, founder of band, Squeeze, hosts show titled, 'Later... with Jools Holland'

1954 Birthday - Danielle Alexander, Ft. Worth, Texas, country music pianist

1954 Birthday - Joe Jackson, English singer/pianist/composer, The Harder they Come

1953 Birthday - Richard Clayderman, pianist, Amour, Romantic America

1953 Birthday - Andras Schiff, Budapest Hungary, pianist, Tchaikovsky-1974

1953 Birthday - Myung-Whan Chung, Seoul Korea, pianist, Chung Sisters

1953 Birthday - Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor

1953 Death - Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56

1952 Birthday - Andre-Michel Schub, Paris, France, pianist, Van Cliburn-1981

1952 Birthday - Daisy Eshuijs, singer/pianist/composer, Eye to Eye

1952 Birthday - Margriet Eshuijs, Dutch singer/pianist

1952 Birthday - John Tesh, born in Garden City, New York, New age pianist/TV host, ET

1952 Birthday - Andy Fraser, born in Paddington, West London, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, played bass for Free, composed "All Right Now", wrote hits for Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker

1952 Death - Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56

1952 Birthday - Zoltan Kocsis, born in Budapest, Hungary, composer, pianist, conductor, musical director, Hungarian National Philharmonic

1952 Birthday - Adam Woods, rock drummer and pianist, Fixx

1951 Death - Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73

1951 Death - Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69

1951 Death - John Erskine, U.S. writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71

1951 Death - Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall

1950 Event - Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner's solo concert (Cleveland, Ohio)

1950 Birthday - Tony Banks, born in East Sussex, England, singer, musician, pianist, keyboard player, guitarist, founding member of Genesis

1950 Birthday - William Cunningham, rock bassist/pianist, Box Tops-Letter

1949 Birthday - Emmanuel Ax, born in Lvov, Poland, pianist, Artur Rubinstein Comp-1974

1949 Death - Joaquin Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66

1948 Birthday - Chi Coltrane, U.S. pianist/singer

1948 Birthday - Garrick Ohlsson, born in Bronxville, New York, pianist, International Busoni winner 1969

1948 Death - Hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66

1947 Birthday - Catherine Collard, French pianist, Schumann/Brahms

1947 Birthday - Peter Serkin, New York City, pianist, Tashi

1947 Birthday - Jasper van 't Hof, Dutch jazz pianist, Live in Montreux

1947 Birthday - Murray Perahia, born in New York City, pianist, Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988

1946 Birthday - Jackie McCauley, North Ireland, rock pianist, Them Coleraine

1946 Birthday - Herman Brood, Dutch painter/singer/pianist, Sleepin' Bird

1946 Birthday - Billy Preston, Texas, singer and pianist, 5th Beatle, David Brenner Show

1946 Birthday - Buizen Beernd, Bennie Jolink, singer/guitarist/pianist, Normal

1946 Birthday - Andre Watts, born in Nuremberg, Germany, concert pianist, Oberon

1946 Birthday - Barry Manilow, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer/pianist, Mandy, I Write the Songs

1946 Birthday - Alan David Marks, pianist/composer

1946 Birthday - Tony Ashton, born in Blackburn, England, singer, composer, rock pianist, producer, artist

1945 Birthday - Radu Lupu, Galati Romania, pianist, Enesco 1st prize-1967

1945 Birthday - Lee Michaels, born in Los Angeles, California, guitarist, organist, pianist, known for Top 10 hit 'Do You Know What I Mean'

1945 Birthday - Misha Dichter, Shanghai China, pianist, Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966

1945 Death - Bela V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64

1945 Birthday - Richard Manuel, rock pianist and vocalist, Band-Up on Cripple Creek

1945 Birthday - Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist, Sly and Family Stone-Everyday People

1945 Birthday - Keith Jarrett, pianist and composer

1945 Birthday - Keith Nichols, jazz pianist

1945 Birthday - Ole Buck, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, pianist, wrote Calligraphy for soprano and chamber orchestra at the age of 20

1944 Death - Roy Agnew, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, pianist, considered best composer of early 20th century Australia, dies at 51

1944 Birthday - Peter Tosh, born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, musician, singer, guitarist, pianist, activist promoted marijuana legalization, played with Bob Marley, The Wailers

1944 Birthday - Commander Cody, singer/pianist, Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen

1944 Birthday - Marvin Hamlisch, New York City, composer/pianist, Sting, Chorus Line

1944 Birthday - Cipa Dichter, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter

1944 Birthday - Paul Crossley, concert pianist

1944 Birthday - John Lill, professor/pianist

1944 Birthday - Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist, Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Quicksilver

1944 Birthday - Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist, I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond

1944 Birthday - Ursula Oppens, New York City, pianist/co-founder, Speculum Musicae-NYC

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 Death - Thomas W. "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist, dies at 39 in Kansas City Missouri

1943 Birthday - Chas Hodges, born in Edmonton, London, rocker, pianist, guitarist, vocalist, member of English duo Chas & Dave, worked with producer Joe Meek, backed Jerry Lee Lewis

1943 Birthday - Richard Tee, U.S. pianist, Stuff, Strokin'

1943 Birthday - Fred Lipsius, New York City, rock pianist/sax, Blood, Sweat and Tears

1943 Birthday - Ray Elliott, rock pianist/saxophonist, Them

1943 Birthday - Roger Smalley, born in Manchester, England, composer, pianist, conductor, studied with Alexander Goehr, specialty, improvisation, live electronics

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 - Richard Goode, Bronx, concert pianist, 1980 Avery Fisher Award

1943 Death - Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69

1943 Birthday - Duncan Swift, jazz pianist

1943 Death - Thomas "Fats" Waller, U.S. jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 38

1943 Birthday - Rob Hoeke, Dutch pianist/singer, Drinking on My Bed

1942 Birthday - Jeffrey Siegel, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Chicago Symph

1942 Birthday - Daniel Barenboim, Buenos Aires Argentinia, pianist/conductor

1942 Birthday - John Taylor, jazz pianist

1942 Death - Erwin Schulhoff, Czechoslovakian/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48

1942 Birthday - Frank Mills, pianist/composer/arranger, Music Box Dancer

1942 Birthday - Carole King, Klein, born in Brooklyn, New York, pianist/singer, Tapestry

1942 Birthday - Maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist

1941 Birthday - Don Pullen, pianist/composer

1941 Death - Jelly Roll Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56

1941 Death - Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in New York at 80

1941 Birthday - Chick Corea, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, jazz pianist, Delhpi I, Toy Dance

1941 Birthday - Martha Argerich, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, pianist, debut 1949

1941 Birthday - Leon Russell, born in Lawton, Kansas, pianist and singer, Carny

1941 Birthday - Brian Holland, U.S. pianist/producer, Holland/Dozier/Holland

1940 Birthday - Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist, Here Comes the Judge

1940 Birthday - Herbie Hancock, Chicago, pianist, I Thought it Was You

1940 Birthday - Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor

1940 Event - Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish government in exile

1940 Birthday - Jorge Peixinho, born in Montijo, Portugal, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group

1940 Birthday - Laszlo Sary, born in Hungary, composer, pianist, known for 1970's minimal style compositions

1939 Birthday - Phillip Ramey, born in Elmhurst, Illinois, pianist, composer, associated with Aaron Copeland, wrote, 'Irving Fine: An American Composer in His Time'

1939 Birthday - Katie Webster, Swamp-Boogie Queen]/US R&B pianist/singer

1939 Birthday - Bruce Mather, born in Canada, composer, pianist, known for microtonal music, contemporary classical music compositions

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 Birthday - Marlos Nobre, born in Recife, Brazil, composer, pianist, conductor, commissioned by Free University of Music, Sao Paulo, Ministry of Culture

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 Death - Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54

1938 Death - Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54

1938 Death - Leopold Godowsky, pianist/composer, dies at 68

1938 Birthday - Fred E Finn, born in San Francisco, California, pianist, Mickie Finn's

1938 Birthday - Yuji Takahashi, born in Japan, composer, author, pianist, performer, grant recipient, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists

1938 Birthday - Zygmunt Krauze, born in Poland, composer, pianist, contemporary classical music genre, professor, Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy

1938 Death - Landon Ronald, composer/pianist, dies at 65

1938 Birthday - Paul Revere, Harvard Nebraska, pianist, Paul Revere and Raiders

1938 Birthday - Allen Toussaint, Naomi Neville, pianist/songwriter, Ride Your Pony

1937 Birthday - Ruth Laredo, nee Meckler, born in Detroit, Michigan, concert pianist

1937 Birthday - Michael Ponti, Freiburg Germany, pianist, Boston Competition 1964

1937 Birthday - Peter Duchin, born in New York City, pianist/bandleader, Peter Duchin Orchestra

1937 Birthday - Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorki Rus, pianist/conductor, Tchakowsky-1961

1937 Birthday - John Ogdon, Manchester England, pianist/composer

1936 Birthday - Mort Shuman, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, songwriter, pianist, co-wrote 'Viva Las Vegas', ' Turn Me Loose', compositions recorded by Dion, Andy Williams, Bobby Darin, Elvis Presley

1936 Birthday - Annerose Schmidt, East German pianist

1936 Birthday - Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist, Perfect Circle

1936 Birthday - Malcolm Binns, concert pianist

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 - 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 - Gilbert Kalish, born in Brooklyn, New York, pianist/professor, SUNY Stony Brook

1935 Birthday - Misja Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist/composer, Reconstruction

1935 Birthday - Larry Williams, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie

1935 Birthday - Otto Zykan, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim'

1935 Birthday - Malcolm Frager, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pianist

1935 Birthday - Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor

1934 Birthday - Pim Jacobs, jazz pianist/Dutch TV host/actor, Gilas

1934 Birthday - Larry Sitsky, born in Tianjin, China, pianist, Australian composer, educator, musicologist, studied with Winifred Burston, awarded Centenary Medal, 2000

1934 Birthday - Van Cliburn, Jr., Harvey Lavan, Louisiana, pianist, Tchaikovsky 1958

1934 Birthday - Philippe Entremont, born in Rheims, France, concert pianist

1934 Birthday - Philippe Entremont, born in France, pianist/conductor, Vienna Chamber Orchestra

1934 Birthday - Peter Nero, New York City, conductor/pianist, A Sunday in New York

1934 Birthday - Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences

1934 Birthday - Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist

1934 Birthday - Huey "Piano" Smith, pianist, Having a Good Time

1933 Birthday - Floyd Cramer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel

1933 Birthday - Tam s Vasary, pianist/conductor

1933 Birthday - John Browning, Denver Colorado, pianist, Leventritt Award-1956

1933 Birthday - Cecil Perceval Taylor, composer and jazz pianist, University of Wisconsin

1933 Birthday - Nina Simone, born in Tyron, North Carolina, vocalist/pianist, Porgy

1932 Birthday - Glenn Herbert Gould, born in Toronto, Canada, pianist, sued Steinway Piano

1932 Birthday - Bengt Hallberg, born in Sweden, musician, pianist, composer for film, television, choir arrangements, Sweden's most influential jazz musicians

1932 Birthday - Mark Russell, Buffalo, New York, political satirist/pianist, Real People

1932 Birthday - Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist, Charlie Brown TV specials

1932 Birthday - Josef Zawinal, singer/pianist, Weather Report

1932 Birthday - Jerome Lowenthal, Philadelphia, pianist and professor, Jerusalem Academy of Music

1932 Birthday - Ivan Davis, Electra, Texas, pianist/writer, Hunger, Corn is Green

1931 Death - Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist, dies

1931 Birthday - Hikaru Hayashi, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, conductor, pianist, wrote more than 30 operas, over 100 film scores, authored more than 20 books

1931 Birthday - Jan Johansson, born in Soderhamn, Sweden, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style

1931 Birthday - Harold Burrage, U.S. singer and pianist, Hi Yo Silver

1931 Death - Dirk Schafer, Dutch pianist/composer (Klavier), dies at 57

1931 Birthday - Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist

1930 Birthday - Ray Charles, born in Albany, Georgia, singer/pianist

1930 Birthday - Tiny Little, Jr., Worthington, Minnesota, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show

1930 Birthday - Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist

1930 Birthday - Willem G Statius Muller, Netherlands Antilles, conductor/pianist/composer

1930 Birthday - Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist/composer, Hangman's Songs

1930 Birthday - Raymond Rasberry, pianist and singer

1930 Birthday - Lazar Berman, Leningrad Russia, pianist, Budapest 3rd place-1956

1929 Birthday - Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer, Sei Studii

1929 Birthday - Christoph von Dohnanyi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, Cleveland Orchestra

1929 Birthday - Bill Evans, U.S. jazz pianist

1929 Birthday - Alexis Weissenberg, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, pianist, Levintritt-1948

1929 Birthday - Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher

1929 Birthday - Ingrid Haebler, Austrian pianist, Hayd/Mozart/Schubert

1929 Birthday - Charles Wadsworth, Barnesville Georgia, pianist, Lincoln Center

1929 Birthday - Andre Previn, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor London Symphony, and pianist

1929 Death - Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24

1929 Birthday - Jerry Goldsmith, pianist/composer, Twilight Zone

1928 Birthday - Walter Klien, born in Graz, Austria, pianist, performed and recorded concertos of Mozart, Brahms, Schubert piano sonatas, received Bosendorfter Prize in Vienna, 1953

1928 Birthday - Gary Graffman, New York City, pianist, Leventritt Award

1928 Birthday - Leon Fleisher, born in San Francisco, California, pianist/conductor, Annapolis Symph 1973-77

1928 Birthday - Bella Davidovich, born in Baku, Russia, pianist, Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel

1928 Birthday - Jacob Lateiner, Havana Cuba, pianist/professor, Juiliard

1928 Birthday - Byron "Yankees" Janis, born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pianist, NBC Symphony Orchestra

1928 Birthday - Antione "Fats" Domino, NO, Louisiana, rhythm and blues pianist, Blueberry Hill

1927 Birthday - Paul Badura-Skoda, Vienna Austria, pianist, Mozart Interpretation

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 - Charles Rosen, New York City, pianist/musicologist, Sonata Forms

1927 Birthday - Amos Milburn, born in Houston, Texas, rocker, blues singer, pianist, played rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, important figure in the history of blues musicianship

1926 Birthday - Hans Otte, German composer/pianist

1925 Birthday - Eugene Istomin, New York City, pianist, Leventritt Award-1943

1925 Birthday - Jurriaan Andriessen, Leslie Cool, Dutch pianist/composer

1925 Birthday - Oscar Peterson, born in Montreal, Canada, jazz pianist, composer, Grammy Award winner

1925 Birthday - Ruth Slenczynska, Sacramento, California, pianist

1924 Death - Franz X. Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74

1924 Birthday - Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer

1924 Birthday - Bobby Short, born in Danville, Illinois, singer/pianist, Carlisle Hotel

1924 Birthday - Louis Teicher, pianist, Ferante and Teicher-Exodus

1924 Death - Ferruccio Benvenuto busoni, pianist/composer, dies

1924 Birthday - Leonard Pennario, Buffalo, New York, pianist, LA Philharmonic

1924 Birthday - Yvonne Loriod, Houilles France, pianist

1923 Birthday - Alicia de Larrocha, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist, Orquesta Sinfonica

1923 Birthday - Janine Dacosta, French pianist

1922 Birthday - Halina Czerny-Stefanska, Polish pianist, Chopin

1922 Birthday - Lode Backx, Flemish pianist

1922 Birthday - Arthur Ferrante, pianist/composer, Ferrante and Tachere-Exodus

1922 Birthday - Lou Stein, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pianist, Tonight! America After Dark

1922 Birthday - Abbey Simon, New York City, pianist

1921 Birthday - Eddy Doorenbos, Dutch vocalist/pianist/guitarist

1921 Birthday - Geza Anda, Hungarian/Swiss pianist, Mozart/Bartok

1921 Birthday - Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist, Chopin/Liszt

1921 Birthday - Billy Ward, U.S. songwriter/singer/pianist/arranger, Dominoes

1921 Birthday - Grant Johannesen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, pianist, Ostend 1st prize 1947

1921 Birthday - Frank Scott, born in Fargo ND, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show

1921 Birthday - Erroll Garner, U.S., jazz pianist, Misty

1921 Birthday - Redd Stewart, Ashland City, Tennessee, guitarist/pianist, Pee Wee King Show

1921 Birthday - Mark Lawrence, Washington D.C., pianist, Alice Pearce

1921 Birthday - Leo Smit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pianist/composer

1920 Birthday - Dave Brubeck, Concord California, jazz pianist/composer, Gates of Justice

1920 Birthday - Herman Nieland, Dutch organist/pianist/composer, Te Deum Laudamus

1920 Birthday - George Shearing, London, blind pianist/composer, Lullabye of Byrdland

1920 Birthday - William Masselos, born in Niagara Falls, New York, pianist and professor, Juilliard 1976

1920 Birthday - Hazel Scott, born in Trinidad, singer/pianist, Hazel Scott

1920 Birthday - Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, Klimbim

1920 Birthday - Juan .C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer

1920 Birthday - Robert Fizdale, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Misia

1920 Birthday - Carmen McRae, Clark, U.S. jazz singer/pianist, Dream of Life

1920 Birthday - Stan Freeman, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, pianist, Melody Tour

1920 Birthday - Richard Hayman, bandleader, conductor and pianist, Theme of 3 Penny Opera

1920 Birthday - Fanny Waterman, concert pianist and teacher

1920 Birthday - Marian McPartland, jazz pianist, Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland

1920 Birthday - Del Wood, born in Nashville, Tennessee, given name Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood, singer, pianist, recorded for Tennessee Records label, performed on the Grand Ole Opry

1920 Birthday - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist

1919 Birthday - Liberace, West Allis WI, pianist, Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman

1919 Birthday - [Wladziu Valentino] Liberace, West Allis Wisconsin, pianist

1919 Event - Pianist and statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes 1st premier of Poland

1919 Birthday - Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orchestra leader, Devil's Wheel

1918 Birthday - Bobby Troup, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pianist/actor, Emergency, Acapulco

1918 Birthday - James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist

1918 Birthday - Eugene List, Philadelphia Penn, pianist and professor, Eastman School of Music

1918 Birthday - Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist of Concert building, Oh, Lady! Lady!

1918 Birthday - D Arendo, Arend Honhoff, Dutch pianist/composer, Eleonora

1918 Birthday - Buddy Weed, Ossining, New York, pianist, Penthouse Party

1917 Birthday - Rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer, Ca'i Organ

1917 Birthday - Thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist

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 - Johnny Guarnieri, born in New York City, jazz pianist, Morey Amsterdam Show

1917 Birthday - Arthur Gold, Toronto, Canada, pianist

1916 Birthday - Joe Bushkin, New York City, jazz pianist, A Couple of Joes

1916 Birthday - Emil Gilels, Odessa Russia, pianist, Brussels Competition-1938

1916 Birthday - Moura Lympany, Saltash England, pianist, OBE-1979

1916 Death - Max [Johann BJM] Reger, German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43

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 - Una Mae Carlisle, U.S. pianist/vocalist, Walkin' at the River

1915 Birthday - Earl Wild, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, composer/pianist, Caesar's Hour, NBC Symph 1942

1915 Birthday - Cy Walter, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, pianist, 3's Company

1915 Birthday - Jack Fascinato, Bevier, Missouri, pianist/orchestral leader, Kukla Fran and Ollie

1915 Birthday - Irving Fields, New York City, pianist, Ilona Massey Show

1915 Birthday - Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist/composer, Vague et Sillon

1915 Death - Alexander N. Skriabin, Russian pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43

1915 Birthday - Svyatoslav Richter, pianist

1915 Birthday - David van de Woestijne, Flemish pianist/composer, Les Aeronautes

1914 Birthday - Rosalyn Tureck, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Bach and Rock

1914 Birthday - Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, Mississippi

1914 Birthday - Jorge Bolet, Havana Cuba, pianist, C'eurties Instituka

1914 Birthday - William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz pianist/arranger

1914 Birthday - Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist

1914 Birthday - Cor de Groot, pianist/conductor/composer, Old-Dutch Suite

1914 Birthday - Maurice Ohana, British?/French? pianist/composer, La Celestine

1914 Birthday - Sviatosiav Richter, born in Zhitomir, Ukraine, pianist, Stalin Prize-1945

1914 Birthday - Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer

1913 Birthday - Donald Phillips, pianist/composer

1913 Birthday - Jimmy Carroll, New York City, pianist, Most Important People

1913 Birthday - Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz pianist/composer

1913 Birthday - Margaret A. R. Bonds, U.S. pianist, composer and arranger

1913 Birthday - Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger

1912 Birthday - Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher

1912 Birthday - Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, U.S. jazz pianist/arranger

1912 Birthday - Gyorgy Sandor, Budapest Hungary, pianist, L'Apprenti Sorcier

1912 Birthday - Ray Barr, New York City, pianist, Vincent Lopez Show

1912 Birthday - Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, Arkadia 598-Schubert

1912 Birthday - Rudolf Firkusny, Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist, Julliard

1911 Birthday - Ticker Freeman, Paterson, New Jersey, pianist, Dinah Shore Show

1911 Birthday - Guus Jansen, jazz pianist, Net als Toen

1910 Birthday - Art Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer

1910 Birthday - Soulima Stravinsky, born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Russian pianist, Igor's son

1910 Birthday - Josef Tal, born in Pinne, Poland, born Joseph Gruenthal, composer, pianist, played hard with Palestine Orchestra, developed notational system for computer-generated compositions at Hebrew University

1910 Birthday - Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic

1910 Birthday - William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/slaughterhouse pianist

1910 Birthday - Mary Lou Williams, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, Zodiac Suite

1909 Birthday - Cleo Brown, born in Mississippi, pianist, vocalist, stage name Cleo Patra Brown, performed on National Public Radio, stride piano playing was compared to Fats Waller

1909 Birthday - Monique Hare, French pianist

1909 Birthday - Shura Cherkassky, pianist

1909 Birthday - Jean Berger, born in Hamm, Germany, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, studied with Paris' Louis Aubert, taught at Middlebury College, University of Colorado at Boulder, among others

1909 Birthday - Alec Templeton, Cardiff Wales, pianist/composer, Concertino Lirico

1909 Death - Isaac M F Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, dies at 48

1909 Birthday - Eddie Duchin, born in Massachusetts, society pianist and bandleader, Eddie Duchin Orchestra

1909 Birthday - Moon Mullican, hillbilly pianist, 7 Nights of Rock

1909 Birthday - George G F van Renesse, Dutch pianist/music director

1909 Birthday - Victor Borge, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, pianist/comedian

1907 Birthday - Roy Douglas, born in Tunbridge Wells, England, Richard Roy Douglas, composer, pianist, member London Symphony Orchestra, pianist, organist, celesta player, fourth percussionist, created orchestration for 'Les Sylphides'

1907 Birthday - Joe Turner, U.S. jazz pianist

1907 Birthday - Sunnyland Albert Luandrew Slim, blues pianist

1907 Birthday - Benny Payne, born in Philadelphia, pianist, Billy Daniels Show

1907 Birthday - Jose Bernabe Marino Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader

1907 Birthday - Clifford Curzon, born in London, England, pianist, MacFarren Gold Medal

1907 Birthday - Sandor Veress, Hungarian pianist/composer

1906 Birthday - Bob Howard, born in Newton, Massachusetts, singer/pianist, Sing it Again

1906 Birthday - Artur Balsam, Polish/U.S. pianist, Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein

1905 Birthday - Earl "Fatha" Hines, Duquesne, Pennsylvania, jazz pianist, Deep Forest

1905 Birthday - John Kirkpatrick, New York City, pianist, Concord Sonata

1905 Birthday - Lili Krus, born in Budapest Hungary, pianist, Austrian Cross of Honor 1978

1904 Birthday - Eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie

1904 Birthday - Piet Ketting, pianist/conductor/composer, Glorify Kokila

1904 Birthday - Paul Arma, born in Budapest, born Weisshaus Imre, pianist, composer, ethnomusicologist, studied under Bela Bartok, piano soloist with Radio Paris

1904 Birthday - Vladimir Horowitz, born in Kiev, Ukraine, pianist, Carmen

1904 Birthday - Jess Stacy, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, pianist, jazz musician, played with Tommy Dorsey, recorded with Lee Wiley, Nelson Riddle in The Great Gatsby soundtrack

1904 Birthday - Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor

1904 Birthday - Bill Challis, arranger/pianist

1904 Birthday - Seger Pillot Ellis, pianist/vocalist

1904 Birthday - Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, jazz pianist/singer, Boogie Woogie Piano

1904 Birthday - William "Count" Basie, jazz pianist, Policy Man, Blazing Saddles

1904 Birthday - Geza Frid, Hungarian/Dutch composer/pianist

1903 Birthday - Pal Kadosa, Hungarian composer/pianist

1903 Death - Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies

1903 Birthday - Rudolf Serkin, born in Eger, Bohemia, pianist, Marlboro Sch of Music

1903 Birthday - Claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist, Boston Symphony Orchestra

1903 Birthday - Erwin Nyiregyhazi, Budapest Hungary, pianist

1903 Birthday - Telesforo A. Palm, Curaeao, composer/pianist

1902 Birthday - Jesus Maria Sanroma, Carolina PR, pianist, Boston Symphony

1902 Birthday - Antonia Brico, born in Rotterdam, Holland, conductor/pianist, Antonia

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 - Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist/organist

1900 Birthday - Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher

1899 Birthday - Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington, Indiana, pianist/composer

1899 Birthday - James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist

1899 Birthday - Gerald Moore, England, pianist, Am I Too Loud

1899 Birthday - Robert Marcel Casadesus, French pianist and composer, Prix Diemer

1899 Birthday - Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist, Les Biches

1898 Birthday - Nelly Steuer-Wagenaar, Dutch pianist

1898 Birthday - Johan Brouwer, Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter

1897 Birthday - Jules Buffano, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pianist, Jimmy Durante Show

1897 Birthday - Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer, Lady Fanny, Bel Ami

1896 Death - Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann, composer/pianist, dies at 76

1896 Birthday - Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist, Chopin

1895 Birthday - Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cellist/pianist/composer

1895 Birthday - Jose Iturbi, Valencia Spain, pianist, Pequena danza Espanola

1895 Birthday - Wilhelm Kempff, Juterbog Germany, pianist, Unter dem Zimbelstern

1895 Birthday - Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer

1895 Death - Charles Halle, British pianist, dies

1895 Birthday - Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist, Brazilian Order of Merit

1894 Birthday - Erwin Schulhoff, Czechoslovakian/Russian composer/pianist, Ogelala

1893 Birthday - Leroy B Shield, U.S. pianist/producer/composer, Laurel and Hardy

1893 Birthday - Walter Donaldson, U.S. pianist/composer, Girl Crazy, Whoopee

1892 Birthday - Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist

1892 Birthday - Nikolaj A. Orloff, Russian/British pianist, Chopin

1891 Birthday - Roy Agnew, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, pianist, considered best composer of early 20th century Australia

1891 Death - Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73

1891 Birthday - Edgar Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer

1890 Birthday - Hans Gal, born in Brunn am Gebirge, Austria, pianist, composer, teacher, trained at New Vienna Conservatory, director, Mainz Conservatory

1890 Birthday - Myra Hess, born in London, England, concert pianist

1888 Death - Ciro Pinsuti, Italian pianist/composer, dies at 57

1887 Death - Jules Francois Blasini, Curaeaos pianist/composer, dies at 40

1887 Birthday - Jacobo Palm, Curacaos pianist/organist

1887 Birthday - Paul Wittgenstein, Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist

1887 Birthday - Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist, Beethoven

1887 Birthday - Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstangl, German/US pianist/politician, NSDAP

1886 Death - Franz von Liszt, Ferencz, Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74

1886 Birthday - Artur Rubinstein, Lodz Poland, pianist

1885 Birthday - Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer

1885 Death - Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist, composer and conductor, dies at 73

1884 Birthday - Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist

1884 Birthday - Wilhelm Backhaus, born in Leipzig, Germany, pianist, Rubinstein 1905

1884 Birthday - Christina A. A. [Dina] Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer

1883 Birthday - Eubie Blake, ragtime composer/pianist, Memories of You

1882 Birthday - Richard Hageman, Dutch/US pianist/ composer and conductor, Caponsacchi

1882 Birthday - Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor, Hill Songs

1882 Birthday - Artur Schnabel, Lipnik Austria, pianist, Beethoven Piano Sonatas

1882 Birthday - Mary Howe, born in Richmond, Virginia, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock'

1881 Birthday - Hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer, Dr. Eisenbart

1881 Birthday - Bela Bartok, born in Hungary, composer/pianist, Concerto for Orchestra

1880 Birthday - Rosina Lhevinne, born in Kiev, Ukraine, pianist and professor, Juiliard Graduate School

1880 Birthday - Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer

1879 Birthday - John Erskine, U.S., poet/pianist, Private Life of Helen of Troy

1879 Birthday - Cyril M Scott, English pianist/composer/author, Heroic Suite

1879 Birthday - John N Ireland, English composer/pianist, Mai-Dun

1878 Birthday - Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer

1878 Birthday - Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/ composer and conductor, Peter Schlemihl

1877 Birthday - Alfred Cortot, French pianist

1873 Birthday - Dirk Schafer, Dutch pianist/composer, Javanese Rhapsody

1873 Birthday - Harold Bauer, English/US pianist, Beethoven-Association

1873 Birthday - Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/U.S. pianist/composer, Aleko

1873 Birthday - Max Reger, born in Brand Bavaria, composer, pianist, professor, Leipzig University

1870 Birthday - Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer

1868 Birthday - Eduard Jacobs, singer and pianist, Dutch cabaret

1868 Birthday - Leonard Borwick, British pianist

1866 Death - Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies

1866 Birthday - Ferruccio D M B Busoni, born in Italy, pianist, composer and conductor, Arlecchino

1864 Birthday - Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist and composer, Golem

1863 Birthday - Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist and professor, Moscow Cons 1888-91

1860 Birthday - Ignace Jan Paderewski, Kurylowka Poland, composer/pianist/patriot

1860 Birthday - Isaac [Manuel F] Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, Iberia

1858 Death - Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87

1857 Death - Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66

1856 Death - Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46

1850 Death - Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75

1850 Birthday - Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer, Mataswintha

1849 Death - Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39

1849 Birthday - "Blind" Tom Bethune, pianist/composer

1847 Death - Jacob L Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Germ pianist/composer, dies at 38

1847 Birthday - Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer

1841 Birthday - Tito Mattei, pianist/composer

1839 Death - Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72

1837 Death - John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54

1830 Birthday - Karl Klindworth, pianist/conductor

1830 Birthday - Hans von Bulow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer

1829 Birthday - Anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer

1829 Death - Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist, dies

1829 Birthday - Ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer

1829 Birthday - Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized U.S. pianist

1822 Event - Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran

1821 Death - Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56

1819 Birthday - Henry Brinley Richards, British? pianist/composer

1819 Birthday - Clara Josephine Schumann, nee Wieck, Leipzig Germ, pianist/composer

1819 Birthday - Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder, Halle Orchestra

1818 Birthday - Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist

1812 Death - Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52

1811 Birthday - Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/ composer and conductor

1811 Birthday - Franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist

1811 Birthday - Marie-Felicite-Denise Pleyel, Mlle Moke, pianist/composer

1810 Birthday - Frederic Chopin, born in Poland, composer/pianist, Concert in F Minor

1810 Birthday - Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer

1795 Event - Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna

1792 Birthday - Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer

1791 Birthday - Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer, Schule der Virtuosen

1788 Birthday - Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist

1782 Birthday - John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer, Nocturnes

1777 Death - Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62

1774 Birthday - Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer

1771 Birthday - Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher

1766 Birthday - Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer

1764 Birthday - Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer

1760 Birthday - Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer

1751 Birthday - Maria A. [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist/Wolfgang's sister

1715 Birthday - Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian, court, composer/pianist

1715 Birthday - Georg C Wagenzeil, Austria, court, composer/pianist













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