Births and Deaths
- Born 1906: Ruth (Rosalie) Balsam, pianist, died 04-09-1999 [wife of pianist Artur Balsam]
- Died 1981: Samuel Barber, composer, born 03-09-1910
- Born 1890: Xeniz Belmas, soprano, died 02-02-1981
- Died 1936: (Dame) Clara Butt, contralto, born 02-01-1873 [wife of Kennerley Rumford]
- Died 2002: Thomas Carey, baritone, born 12-29-1931
- Born 1914: Pina Carmirelli, violinist, died 02-27-1993
- Born 1752: Muzio Clementi, pianist/composer/piano maker, died 03-10-1832
- Died 1997: Charles Craig, tenor, born 12-03-1919
- Born 1872: Adelina De Lara, pianist/teacher, died 11-25-1961 [pupil of Clara Wieck Schumann]
- Died 1837: John Field, composer/pianist, born 07-26-1782
- Died 2001: Anthony Goble, harpsichord maker, born 07-08-1957 [found dead, aged 43]
- Died 2001: Keith Hardwick, sound engineer/EMI Records, born-?? [died in sleep]
- Died 2002: Igor Kipnis, harpsichordist/teacher/music critic, born 09-27-1930 [son of bass singer Alexander Kipnis]
- Born 1947: Nikolai Korndorf, composer, died 06-01-2001
- Born 1898: Georg Kulenkampff, violinist, died 10-04-1948
- Died 1986: Yvonne Lefébure, pianist/teacher, born 06-29-1898
- Born 1908: Ernest Lush, pianist/accompanist, died 05-12-1988
- Died 1908: Edward MacDowell, composer/pianist/educator, born 12-18-1860
- Died 1922: Artur Nikisch, conductor, born 10-12-1855
- Born 1936: Cécile Ousset, pianist
- Died 1952: Aureliano Pertile, tenor, born 11-03-1885 [possible death 01-11-1952]
- Died 1805: Vaclav Wenzel Pichl, composer, born 09-25-1741
- Died 1976: Paul Robeson, bass singer/actor, born 04-09-1898
- Born 1890: Vladimir Rosing, tenor, died 11-24'1963 [Corlyss M. Drinkard's most favourite tenor!]
- Born 1933: Joel Warren Spiegelman, composer
- Born 1893: Frieder Weissman, conductor/pianist, died 01-04-1984 [husband of soprano Meta Seinemeyer - married her on her death bed]
- Born 1935: Teresa Zylis-Gara, soprano
