Births and Deaths
- Died 1967: William Kincaid, flutist, born 04-26-1895
- Died 1969: David Lloyd, tenor, born 04-06-1912
- Died 1973: David Tree, tenor/narrator, born 1902
- Died 1975: (Sir) Arthur Bliss, composer, born 08-02-1891
- Died 2005: Grant Johannesen, pianist, born 07-30-1921 [once married to cellist Zara Nelsova]
- Died 1995: Frederick Riddle, string player-??, born 04-20-1912
- Died 2001: Ovidiu Badila, double-bassist, born 10-18-1962
- Born 1892: Ferde Grofé, composer/conductor, died 04-03-1972
- Born 1924: Sarah Vaughan, pop singer, died 04-03-1990
- Born 1702: Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer/organist, died 06-21-1762
- Born 1851: Vincent d'Indy, composer, died 12-02-1931
- Born 1950: Maria Ewing, soprano
- Born 1927: Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist/conductor [husband of soprano Galina Vishnevskaya]
- Born 1928: Pauline Tinsley, soprano
"Pop music is the classical music of now."
—Paul McCartney, as quoted in Palmer's
All You Need is Love, 1976
