Births and Deaths
- Died 1956: Hermann Abendroth, conductor, born 01-19-1883
- Born 1860: Isaac Albéniz, composer, died 05-18-1909
- Died 1929: Giuseppe Anselmi, tenor, born 11-12-1876
- Died 1910: Mily Balakirev, composer, born 01-02-1837
- Died 1951: Fanny Brice [Fanny Borach], singer/comedian, born 10-29-1891
- Born 1915: Igor Buketoff, conductor, died 09-07-2001
- Born 1892: Mario Chamlee [Archer Cholmondley], tenor, died 11-13-1966
- Born 1891: Marcel Ciampi, pianist, died 09-02-1980
- Born 1904: Grigori Ginsburg, pianist, died 12-05-1961
- Born 1874: Emilio de Gogorza, baritone, died 05-10-1949
- Died 2002: Shirley Greitzer, pianist/harpsichordist, born-?? [aged 76]
- Died 1987: B. H. [Bernard H.] Haggin, music critic/author, born 12-29-1900
- Died 1961: Uuno Klami, composer, born 09-20-1900
- Born 1897: Erich Wolfgang Korngold, composer, died 11-29-1957
- Died 1977: Goddard Lieberson, composer/record producer [Columbia Records], born 04-05-1911
- Born 1915: Karl Münchinger, conductor, died 03-12-1990
- Born 1912: Fritz Ollendorff, bass singer, died 03-29-1977
- Born 1932: Karl Riddersbusch, bass singer, died 06-21-1997
- Born 1933: Helmuth Rilling, organist/conductor
- Born 1901: Wolfgang Schmeider, critic/librarian/cataloguer, died 11-08-1990
- Born 1897: Desmond Shawe-Taylor, music critic, died 11-02-1995
- Died 1935: Josef Suk, Sr., violinist/composer, born 01-04-1874 [father of violinist Josef Suk, Jr.]
- Born 1876: Hermann Weil, baritone, died 07-06-1949 [died while fishing in New York State]
- Born 1922: Iannis Xenakis, composer, died 02-04-2001
"Perfection should be the aim of every true artist."
—Ludwig van Beethoven, composer
What happened on this day in music history?
Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps/The Rite of Spring was heard for the first time in 1913 in Paris, France.
