Births and Deaths
- Died 1995: Laurindo Almeida, guitarist, born 09-02-1917
- Died 1977: Gena Branscombe, composer, born 11-04-1881
- Born 1866: Francesco Cilèa, composer, died 11-20-1950
- Born 1921: John S. De Lancie, oboist, died 05-17-2002
- Born 1900: Jacques Fevrier, pianist, died 09-02-1979
- Born 1762: John Field, composer/pianist, died 01-23-1837
- Born 1907: André Gertler, violinist, died 07-23-1998
- Born 1887: Leif Halvorsen, violinist/composer, died 12-28-1959 [student of Leopold Auer]
- Born 1958: Angela Hewitt, pianist
- Born 1812: Joseph Philip Knight, composer/clergyman, died 06-02-1887
- Born 1874: Serge Koussevitzky, conductor/double-bassist, died 06-04-1951
- Died 1960: Vasa Prihoda, violinist, born 08-22-1900
- Born 1876: Ernest Schelling, conductor/composer/pianist, died 12-08-1939
- Died 2003: Harold C. (Charles) Schonberg, music critic, born 11-29-1915
- Died 1933: Eduard Schütt, composer/pianist, born 10-22-1856
- Born 1856: George Bernard Shaw, dramatist/critic, died 11-02-1950
- Born 1943: Roger Smalley, pianist/composer
- Born 1928: Bryden Thomson, conductor, died 11-14-1991
- Died 1967: Matthijs Vermeulen, composer, born 02-08-1888
- Born 1907: Gioconda de Vito, violinist, died 10-14-1994
- Born 1903: Donald Voorhees, conductor, died 01-10-1989
- Born 1929: Alexis Weissenberg, pianist
- Born 1904: Jack Allan Westrup, musicologist/critic, died-??
- Born 1863: Joseph Wihtol [Viotols], composer, died 04-24-1948
"My husband won't have sex with me for three nights before he sings and is too tired to have it for three nights afterwards. Since he's singing every fourth night, I want you to know that you have ruined our sex life."
—Mrs. Franco Corelli to Sir Rudolf Bing of the Metropolitan Opera
