Births and Deaths
- Born 1895: Caspir (Capsir) Mercedes, soprano, died 03-14-1969
- Born 1927: Michael A. Gielen, conductor
- Born 1886: Apollo Granforte, baritone, died 06-11-1975
- Born 1913: George Hardesty, conductor, died 07-17-2003
- Born 1903: Anny Helm, soprano, died-??
- Born ????: Mary Ann Hill, soprano
- Died 1988: Richard Holm, tenor, born 08-03-1912
- Born 1871: Ernest Hutcheson, pianist/author, died 02-09-1951
- Died 1968: Joseph Keilberth, conductor, born 04-19-1908
- Born 1937: Michael Oliver, music critic, died 12-01-2002
- Born 1961: Raimundo Penaforte, composer/arranger
- Died 1752: Johann Christoph Pepusch, composer, born 1667
- Died 1957: Emil Schipper, baritone, born 1882
- Born 1872: Deodat de Severac, composer, died 03-24-1921
- Born 1888: Vladimir Shavitch, conductor, died 212-26-1947 [Busoni pupil]
- Died 1998: Tossy Spivakovsky, violinist, born 02-04-1906
- Born 1910: Vilem Tausky, conductor/composer, died 03-19-2004
- Born 1914: Hermann Uhde, bass-baritone, died 10-10-1965 [died during a performance]
- Died 1939: Jeannette Vreeland, soprano, born 09-39-1896
"One fart from Caruso would drown out all the tenors on stage today."
—Titta Ruffo, baritone
