Births and Deaths
- Died 1759: Johann Christoph Altnikol, composer/organist, born 12-??-1719
- Born 1928: Mary Louise Boehm, pianist
- Born 1883: Alfredo Casella, composer, died 05-05-1947
- Born 1880: Amy Castles, soprano, died 11-19-1951 [student of Mathilde Marchesi and Charles Santley]
- Died 1960: Desiré Defauw, conductor, born 09-05-1885
- Died 1814: Charles Dibdin, composer, born 03-04-1745
- Died 1955: Isaak Dunayevsky, composer, born 01-30-1900
- Born 1930: Maureen Forrester, contralto
- Born 1878: Louis Hasselmans, conductor, died 12-27-1957
- Born 1921: Adolph ["Bud"] Herseth, trumpeter [Chicago Symphony Orchestra]
- Born 1907: Karl Höller, composer, died 04-14-1987
- Born 1867: Marcel Journet, bass singer, died 09-05-1933
- Born 1906: Arthur Kreutz, composer, died 03-11-1991
- Born 1894: Yvonne Printemps, soprano, died 01-18-1977
- Died 1903: John Schlesinger, opera director, born 02-16-1926
- Born 1654: Agostino Steffani, composer, died 02-12-1728
- Born 1898: Maria Zamboni, soprano, died 03-25-1976 [Puccini role creator]
"Who but Wagner could make a shoemaker the hero of an opera!"
—Thomas Stewart
