Births and Deaths
- Born 1891: Valeria Barsova, soprano, died 12-15-1967
- Born 1899: Carlos Chavez, composer, died 08-02-1978
- Born 1929: Alan Civil, French hornist, died 03-19-1989
- Died 2005: David Diamond, composer, born 07-09-1915
- Died 1952: Emma Eames, soprano, born 08-13-1865
- Died 1973: Alvin Derald Etler, composer, born 02-19-1-1913
- Born 1879: Maria Gay, contralto, died 07-29-1943
- Died 2005: Carla Maria Giulini, conductor, born 05-09-1914
- Died 1986: Benny Goodman, clarinetist, born 05-30-1909
- Died 1962: (Sir) Eugene Goossens, conductor, born 05-26-1893
- Born 1919: Richard Mohr, record producer [RCA], died 11-23-2002
- Born 1949: Marina Paunova, contralto, died 07-27-2002
- Born 1888: Marc Pincherle, musicologist, died 06-20-1974
- Born 1898: Arthur Poister, organist/teacher, died 02-25-1980
- Died 1977: Carmella Ponselle [Ponzillo], mezzo-soprano, born 06-07-1892 [sister of soprano Rosa Ponselle]
- Born 1885: Antonietta Rudge, pianist, died 07-13-1974
- Born 1885: Elisabeth Schumann, soprano, died 04-23-1952
- Died 2002: Ralph Shapey, composer, born 03-12-1921
- Died 1908: Thomas Greene Wiggins ["Blind Tom"], pianist/composer, born 05-25-1849
"By the word 'symphony,' we designate the largest proportion hitherto attained in instrumental music."
—Robert Schumann, composer
What happened on this day in music history?
Igor Stravinsky's Petrouchka was first produced on this day in 1911 in Paris, France.
