Births and Deaths
- Died 1928: Henry Franklin Belknap, composer, born 09-26-1868
- Born 1921: Enrica Cavallo, pianist
- Born 1616: Johann Jakob Froberger, composer/organist, died 05-06-1667
- Died 1928: Henry F. Gilbert, composer, born 09-26-1868
- Died 1940: Dinh Gilly, baritone, born 07-19-1877
- Died 1954: Charles Ives, composer, born 10-20-1874
- Born 1908: Gianina Perea Labia, soprano, died 06-09-1994
- Died 1935: Zcharles Martin Loeffler, composer, born 01-30-1861
- Born 1897: Enrico Mainardi, cellist, died 04-10-1976
- Born 1895: Albert Hay Malotte, composer/organist, died 11-16-1964 ["The Lord's Prayer"]
- Died 1963: Margarete Matzenauer, contralto/mezzo-soprano, born 06-01-1881
- Born 1859: (Dame) Nellie Melba [Helen Mitchell], soprano, died 02-23-1931 [possible birth year: 1861]
- Died 1786: John Stanley, composer/organist, born 01-17-1712
- Born 1872: Rosina Storchio, soprano, died 06-10-1945 [teacher of soprano Gina Cigna]
- Died 1959: Margarete Teschemacher, soprano, born 03-03-1903
- Born 1896: Kerstin Thorborg, contralto, died 04-12-1970
- Died 1971: Bernard Wagenaar, composer, born 07-18-1894
- Born 1926: Robert Arthur Wykes, composer
- Born 1955: Douglas Yeo, trombonist [Boston Symphony]
- Died 2003: Ivo Zidek, tenor, born 06-04-1926
"Sing with your voices, and with your hearts, and with all your moral convictions, sing the new songs, not only with your tongue but with your life."
—St. Augustine
What happened on this day in music history?
Gaetano Donizetti's opera, Linda di Chamounix took place in Vienna Austria in 1842.
