Births and Deaths
- Born 1891: Giuseppe Bamboschek, conductor, died-??
- Born 1937: Michel Block, pianist, died 03-04-2003
- Died 1917: Teresa Carreño, pianist, born 12-22-1853 [wife of pianist Eugen d'Albert]
- Born 1932: Mimi Coertse, soprano
- Died 1969: Saramae Endich, soprano, born 11-20-1928
- Died 1984: Janos Ferencsik, conductor, born 01-18-1907
- Born 1897: Léon Goossens, oboist, died 02-12-1988
- Born 1952: Jerry Hadley, tenor
- Born 1879: Mark Hambourg, pianist/teacher, died 08-26-1960 [possible birth: 06-01-1879]
- Died 1979: Charles L. Hill, trumpeter, born 07-29-1915
- Died 1962: John Ireland, composer, born 08-13-1879
- Born 1901: Beverly Johnson, vocal teacher, died 12-20-2001 [teacher of Renée Fleming]
- Born 1885: Werner Eric Josten, composer, died 02-06-1963
- Died 2000: Robert J. Jurtsema, radio host/commentator [Boston], born 11-14-1931
- Died 1995: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, born 01-05-1920
- Born 1904: John Newmark, pianist/accompanist, died 09-17-1991
- Born 1938: Ian Partridge, tenor
- Born 1931: Joan Peyser, musicologist/author
- Born 1851: Pol Plançon, bass singer, died 08-11-1914
- Died 1966: Hermann Scherchen, conductor, born 06-21-1891
- Born 1897: Alexandre Tansman, composer, died 11-15-1986
- Died 1988: Emil Telmanyi, violinist, born 06-22-1892
- Died 1960: Armand Tokatyan, tenor, born 02-12-1896
- Born 1877: Jean-Emile Vanni-Marcoux, bass-baritone, died 10-21-1962
- Died 2001: Thomas Wilson, composer, born 1927
"If we look around in modern music, we will find that we have a terrible deal of mind and astonishngly few ideas."
—Ambros
What happened on this day in music?
In 1902, the world premiere of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 3 took place in Crefeld, Germany with the composer conducting.
