Births and Deaths
- Born 1901: Guido Agosti, pianist/accompanist, died 06-02-1989
- Born 1842: Reinhold Becker, composer, died 12-07-1924
- Born 1929: Wilfred Boettcher, conductor/cellist, died 08-22-1994
- Born 1862: Carrie Jacobs Bond, composer, died 12-28-1946
- Born 1947: Catherine Collard, pianist, died 10-10-1993
- Born 1801: Eduard Devrient, baritone, died 10-04-1877
- Born 1894: Marie Henriette Goossens, harpist, died 12-18-1991
- Died 1996: Rafael Kubelik, conductor, born 06-29-1914 [son of violinist Jan Kubelik]
- Born 1927: Raymond Leppard, conductor
- Died 1969: Miriam Licette, soprano, born 09-09-1882
- Born 1909: Gaston Litaize, composer, died 05-08-1991
- Died 1964: Leopold (Damrosch) Mannes, pianist/composer, born 12-26-1899
- Born 1920: William Masselos, pianist, died 10-23-1992
- Born 1917: Samuel Mayes, cellist
- Born 1919: Ginette Neveu, violinist, died 10-28-1949 [air crash]
- Died 1914: Pol Plançon, bass singer, born 06-12-1854 [possibly born 1854]
- Born 1909: Cyril Smith, pianist, died 08-02-1974 [husband of pianist Phyllis Sellick]
- Born 1933: Tamas Vasáry, pianist/conductor
- Died 1991: Helmut Walcha, organist/harpsichordist/teacher, born 10-27-1907
- Died 1949: Karl Weigl, composer, born 02-06-1881
"One good thing about modern music is that if you make a mistake, no one notices."
—Gordon Brown
