Births and Deaths
- Born 1907: Josef Alexander, composer, died-??
- Died 1968: Florence Austral [Wilson], soprano, born 04-26-1892
- Born 1808: William Balfe, composer/baritone, died 10-20-1870
- Born 1912: Arthur Victor Berger, composer, died-??
- Born 1910: Walter Cassel, baritone, died 07-02-2000 [worked with Frank LaForge]
- Born 1925: Emmanuel Ghent, composer
- Born 1923: John Lanchbery, composer/conductor, died 02-26-2003 [possible birth 03-15-1923]
- Born 1908: Lars-Erik Larsson, composer, died 12-27-1986
- Died 1981: Walter Ludwig, tenor, born 03-17-1902
- Born 1567: Claudio Monteverdi, composer, died 11-29-1643
- Died 1976: David Munrow, recorder/early music specialist, born 08-12-1942 [suicide]
- Born 1759: Maria Thesese von Paradis, pianist/composer, died 02-01-1824
- Born 1931: Edward ("Ted") Perry, record producer, died 02-09-2003 [founder, Hyperion Record]
- Born 1907: Sigurd Rascher, saxophonist, died 02-25-2001
- Born 1905: Hugh Rignold, conductor, died 05-30-1976
- Born 1934: Bernard Ringeissen, pianist
- Died 1905: Andrey Schulz-Evler, pianist/composer/arranger, born 12-12-1852
- Born 1838: Sophie Stehle, soprano, died 10-04-1921
- Died 1995: Pia (Domenica) Tassinari, soprano, born 09-15-1903
- Born 1873: Nikolai Tcherepnin, conductor/composer, died 06-26-1945 [father of composer Alexander Tcherepnin]
- Died 1997: Frederick Werle, composer, died 1910 [aged 87]
"The aim of art is not only to copy the examples of nature, but to beautify, to idealize, and to group and arrange them."
—Ernst Pauer
What happened on this day in music history?
In 1920, Igor Stravinsky's ballet, Pulcinella was presented by the Ballet Russe in Paris.
