Births and Deaths
- Died 1987: Carl Bamberger, conductor, born 02-21-1902
- Died 1873: Ferdinand David, violinist/composer, born 06-19-1810 ]/*:m]
- Died 1972: Goeran Gentele, opera manager (Metropolitan Opera), born 09-20-1917
- Died 1735: Johann Krieger, composer/organist, born01-01-1652
- Born 1905: Nino Martini, tenor, died-??
- Born 1927: Kurt Masur, conductor
- Born 1870: Emil Mlynarski, violinist/composer/conductor, died 04-05-1935 [father-in-law to pianist Artur Rubinstein, Artur's wife: Nela]
- Born 1899: Feri Roth, violinist/teacher, died 05-07-1969
- Died 2001: Seymour Solomon, record producer [Vanguard Records], born 1921 [aged 80]
- Died 1965: Shalva Taktakishvili, conductor, born 08-27-1900
- Born 1821: Pauline Viardot-Garcia, mezzo-soprano, died 05-18-1910
- Born 1894: Bernard Wagenaar, composer, died 05-19-1971
"I heard Der Rosenkavalier for the first time after the war and I confess I prefer Gilbert & Sullivan. Sullivan has a sense of timing and punctuation which I have never been able to find in Strauss."
—Igor Stravinsky, composer
