Births and Deaths
- Born 1902: (Sir) William Walton, composer, died 03-08-1983
- Born 1906: E. Power Biggs, organist, died 03-10-1977
- Died 1697: Nicolaus Bruhns, composer/organist, born 12-??-1665
- Died 1888: Charles Valentin Alkan [Morhange], composer/pianist, born 11-30-1813
- Died 1911: Alexandre Guilmant, composer/organist, born 03-12-1837
- Died 1924: Charles Villiers Stanford, composer, born 09-30-1852
- Died 1977: Fritz Ollendorff, bass singer, born 05-29-1912
- Died 1980: Annunzio P. Mantovani [known as "Mantovani], conductor, born 11-15-1905
- Died 1982: Carl Orff, composer, born 07-10-1895
- Died 1987: Felix Prohaska, conductor, born 05-16-1912
- Died 1992: Eberhard Waechter, baritone, born 07-09-1929
- Died 2000: Anna Sokolow, dancer/choreographer, born 02-09-1910
- Born 1902: Mario Rossi, conductor, died 06-29-1992
- Born 1900: Henri-Bertrand Etchevvery, bass singer, died 11-14-1960
- Born 1927: Teresa Sterne, record producer/pianist [Nonesuch/Elektra], died 12-10-2000 [Lou Gehrig's disease]
- Born 1936: Richard Rodney Bennett, composer
- Born 1931: Gloria Davy, soprano
"You have between your legs the most sensitive instrument known to man, and all you can do is to sit there and scratch it."
—Sir Thomas Beecham
a remark attributed to a woman cellist
