Births and Deaths
- Born 1934: Jane Bergie, mezzo-soprano
- Born 1905: Vernon de Tar, organist/teacher, died 10-08-1999
- Born 1941: Ghena Dimitrova, soprano, died 06-11-2005
- Died 1944: Carl Engel, musicologist, born 07-21-1883
- Died 1977: Joseph Hislop, tenor, born 04-05-1884
- Died 1947: Louise HOmer, contralto, born 04-28-1871
- Born 1898: Jascha Horenstein, conductor, died 04-02-1973
- Born 1931: Lilian Kallir, pianist/teacher, died 10-25-2004 [wife of pianist Claude Frank; mother of violinist Pamela Frank]
- Died 1973: (Sir) Ernest MacMillan, conductor, born 08-18-1893
- Born 1915: George Perle, composer
- Born 1932: Konrad Ragossnig, guitarist
- Died 2000: Leonard Salzedo, composer [ballet scores], born 09-24-1921
- Born 1942: Richard Stilwell, baritone
- Born 1965: Nathalie Stutzmann, mezzo-soprano
"As Beethoven regarded his art as something sacred,which he placed higher than all philosophy, so has a refined artist an innate horror of all vulgar, frivolous and effeminate music."
—Ambros
What happened on this day in music history?
In New York City, the American debut of Leopold Damrosch as violinist, composer, and conductor occurred in 1871.
