Births and Deaths
- Born 1927: Serge Baudo, conductor
- Born 1895: Emmy Bettendorf, soprano, died 10-20-1963
- Born 1908: Else Brems, mezzo-soprano, died 10-04-1995
- Born 1928: Bella Davidovich, pianist [mother of violinist Dimitry Sitkovetsky]
- Died 1979: Alfred Deller, countertenor, born 05-31-1912
- Died 1989: Herbert von Karajan, conductor, born 05-05-1908
- Born 1928: Manfred Kluge, composer, died 04-11-1971
- Born 1901: Fritz Mahler, conductor/composer, died 06-18-1973 [2nd cousin of composer Gustav Mahler]
- Died 1954: Lucien Muratore, tenor, born 08-29-1878 [possible birth year: 1876]
- Born 1862: Giuseppe Pacini, baritone, died 07-22-1910
- Born 1904: Goffredo Petrassi, composer, died 03-02-2003
- Died 1994: :William Revelli, band director, born 02-12-1902
- Died 1917: Philipp Scharwenka, composer, born 02-16-1847 [brother to composer/pianist Xaver Scharwenka]
- Died 1986: Claire Watson, soprano, born 02-03-1927
- Born 1858: Eugene Ysaÿe, violinist/composer, died 05-12-1931
- Born 1863: Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, pianist, died 08-20-1927
- Born 1948: Pinchas Zukerman, violinist/violist/conductor [former husband of flutist Eugenia Zukerman]
"[Vocally], when you go for a high note, think of stinking fish."
—Anonymous
