Births and Deaths
- Died 1899: Dwight Hamilton Baldwin, piano maker and founder, born 1821 [Baldwin Piano Company]
- Born 1901: Michael Bartlett, tenor, died-??
- Died 1962: Irving Fine, composer/teacher, born 12-03-1914
- Died 1960: Oscar Hammerstein, lyricist, born 07-12-1895 [Rodgers & Hammerstein]
- Born 1907: Ludwig Hoelscher, cellist, died 05-08-1996 [cello partner frequently to pianist Elly Ney]
- Born 1900: Ernst Krenek, composer, died 12-22-1991
- Born 1905: Constant Lambert, composer, died 08-21-1951
- Born 1903: William Primrose, violist, died 05-01-1982
- Died 1944: Nikolai Roslavetz, composer/pianist, born 01-05-1881
- Died 1937: Albert Roussel, composer, born 04-05-1869
- Born 1935: Loren Rush, composer
- Born 1909: Adolf Scherbaum, trumpeter, died 08-02-2000
- Born 1894: Sholom Secunda, composer, died 07-13-1974
"English sopranos sound as if they subsisted on seaweed ... English tenors sound like yawning giraffes."
—Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor