Births and Deaths
- Born 1933: Easley Blackwood, composer
- Born 1871: Leo Blech, conductor, died 08-24-1958
- Died 1991: Willi Boskovsky, conductor/violinist, born 06-16-1909
- Born 1923: Arthur Custer, composer
- Died 1984: Ania Dorfmann, pianist/teacher, born 07-09-1899
- Died 1982: Jean Doyen, pianist/teacher, born 03-09-1927
- Died 1951: Olive Fremstad, soprano, born 03-14-1870 [possibly 1871]
- Died 1996: Alceo Galliera, conductor, born 05-03-1910
- Died 1898: Louis Theodore Gouvy, composer, born 07-02-1819
- Born 1855: Heinrich Grünfeld, cellist, died 08-26-1931
- Died 1958: Manuel Infante, composer, born 07-29-1883
- Born 1938: Michael Jaffee, early music performer
- Born 1880: Estelle Liebling, soprano/teacher, died 09-25-1970 [teacher of soprano Beverly Sills]
- Born 1920: Bruno Maderna, conductor, died 11-13-1973
- Born 1939: John McCabe, pianist/composer
- Died 1961: James Melton, tenor, born 01-02-1904
- Died 1922: Alessandro Moreschi, castrato singer, born 11-11-1858
- Died 1981: Ivor Newton, pianist/accompanist, born 12-15-1892
- Born 1936: Lionel Rogg, organist/harpsichordist/composer
- Born 1870: Oscar da Silva, pianist/composer, died 03-06-1958
- Died 2002: Voker Straus, record producer/engineer [Philips], born 07-05-1936
- Born 1899: Randall Thompson, composer, died 07-09-1984
- Born 1917: Emanuel Vardi, violist/conductor
- Born 1921: Sieglinde Wagner, mezzo-soprano
- Born 1911: Leonard Warren [Warrenoff/Varenov], baritone, died 03-04-1960 [died on Met stage]
- Born 1889: Efrem Zimbalist, Sr., violinist/educator, died 02-22-1985 [husband of soprano Alma Gluck, Mary Louise Curtis Bok, father of actor Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.]
"Uninterrupted harmony would soon become as fatiguing as a constant sunshine. Harmony after discord is a new pleasure; sunshine after rain gives new enjoyment."
—Christiani
What happened on this day in music history?
In 1918, Serge Prokofiev's Symphony No. 1 in D Major ("Classical") was given its first performance in Leningrad/St. Petersburg, Russia.
