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Historical Events
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1575-01-22 - English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis & William Byrd music press monopoly
1715-08-22 - Handel's "Watermusic" premieres on Thames
1731-12-30 - 1st US music concert (Peter Pelham's great room in Boston)
1749-04-27 - First performance of Handel's Fireworks Music in Green Park, London.
1759-12-13 - 1st music store in America opens (Phila)
1786-11-07 - The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
1792-12-12 - In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn
1833-01-08 - Boston Academy of Music, 1st US music school, established
1849-12-14 - 1st chamber music group in US gives their 1st concert (Boston)
1883-11-05 - Musical "Cordelia's Aspirations" premieres in NYC
1884-09-24 - Dixey, Rice & Gill's musical "Adonis," premieres in NYC
1886-10-27 - Musical fantasy "Night on Bald Mountain," performed in Russia
1888-06-29 - First (known) recording of classical music made, Handel's Israel in Egypt on wax cylinder.
1891-05-05 - Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in NY, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor
1894-05-12 - Ludwig Englander's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC
1896-04-23 - Premier of motion pictures (Koster & Bial's Music Hall, NYC)
1896-04-25 - Sidney Jones & Harry Greenbacks musical premieres in London
1897-05-18 - Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)
1897-08-03 - John McNally's musical "Good Mr Best," premieres in NYC
1897-09-18 - Gustave Kecker/Hugh Martin's musical "Belle of NYC," premieres in NYC
1898-09-26 - Victor Herbert/Harry Smith' musical premieres in NYC
1898-10-06 - Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity founded at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts.
1901-02-25 - George Cohan's musical "Governor's Son," premieres in NYC
1903-06-12 - The Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity is founded at the University of Michigan School of Music.
1903-11-16 - V Herbert & H Smith' musical "Babette," premieres in NYC
1904-09-26 - Charles Kleins "Music Master," premieres in NYC
1904-11-17 - George Cohans musical "Little Johnny Jones," premieres in NYC
1904-12-27 - Duke of York Theatre opens in London (1st musical Peter Pan)
1905-01-14 - Hubbell, Shubert & Smith's musical "Fontana," premieres in NYC
1905-12-25 - V Herbert/H Blossoms musical "Mlle Modiste," premieres in NYC
1906-02-12 - George Cohans musical "George Washington," premieres in NYC
1906-05-28 - Shields/Cobbs musical "His honor, the Mayor," premieres in NYC
1906-09-24 - V Herbert & H Blossom's musical "Red Mill," premieres in NYC
1906-12-24 - Reginald A Fessenden became 1st to broadcast music over radio (Mass)
1907-03-05 - 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired
1907-12-03 - George Cohans musical "Talk of the Town," premieres in NYC
1908-11-04 - Brooklyn Academy of Music, opens in NYC
1908-11-14 - Oscar Strauss' musical "Der tapfere Soldat," premieres in Vienna
1910-09-12 - Gustav Mahlers 8th Symphony premieres in Munich with 1028 musicians
1911-03-13 - Ivan Caryll's musical "Pink Lady," premieres in NYC
1911-12-07 - Leslie J Stuarts musical "Betsy," premieres in NYC
1912-12-12 - R Friml/O Harbachs musical "Firefly," premieres in NYC
1913-02-03 - Golden/Cawthorne's musical "Sunshine Girl," premieres in NYC
1914-01-03 - Kelman/Cushing/Heath' musical "Sari," premieres in NYC
1914-02-02 - James Royce Shannon's musical "Shameen Dhu," premieres in NYC
1914-08-24 - Jerome Kern & Michael E Rourles musical premieres in NYC
1914-12-08 - Irving Berlin's musical "Watch your Step," premieres in NYC
1915-01-15 - Sydney, Kern & Smith's musical "Love o' Mike," premieres in NYC
1915-09-29 - Herbert/Blossoms musical "Princess Pat," premieres in NYC
1915-12-23 - J Kern/S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in NYC
1915-12-25 - Irving Berlin & Harry B Smith's musical premieres in NYC
1916-02-17 - Romberg/Hanley/Atteridge/Smith' musical premieres in NYC
1916-08-31 - Oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow," premieres in London
1916-11-16 - I Berlin/V Herbert/H Blossoms musical premieres in NYC
1917-02-20 - Kern, Bolton & Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Boy!," premieres in NYC
1917-12-25 - Hirsch/Harbach's musical "Going Up," premieres in NYC
1918-02-01 - Kern, Bolton & Wodehouse's musical premieres in NYC
1918-02-14 - H Atteridge & S Rombergs musical "Sinbad," premieres in NYC
1918-03-07 - H Carroll & J McCarthy's musical "Oh, Look!," premieres in NYC
1918-08-19 - Irving Berlin's musical "Yip Yip Yaphank," premieres in NYC
1918-10-04 - Musical "Sometime" with Mae West premieres in NYC
1919-02-03 - Herbert/Blossom's musical "Velvet Lady," premieres in NYC
1919-03-05 - Louis Hirsch & Harold Atteridge's musical premieres in NYC
1919-10-23 - Romberg & Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC
1919-10-26 - B C Hilliams musical "Buddies," premieres in NYC
1919-11-05 - Ir à Steringa Idzerda begins hosting "soirée-musical" on Dutch radio
1919-11-06 - 1st Dutch radio program: Soirée Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel"
1919-11-18 - H Tierney & J McCarthy's musical "Irene," premieres in NYC
1920-12-21 - Jerome Kern/BG DeSylva's musical "Sally," premieres in NYC
1921-05-23 - "Shuffle Along" 1st black musical comedy, opens in NYC
1921-09-22 - Music Box Theater opens at 239 W 45th St NYC
1921-11-07 - Ed Wynn's musical "Perfect Fool," premieres in NYC
1921-11-29 - Z Parenteau & Schuyler Green's musical "Kiki," premieres in NYC
1922-08-14 - 1st "old time" musicians broadcasted on radio (Jenkins-WSB Atlanta)
1922-08-28 - Albert von Tilzer & Neville Fleesons musical premieres in NYC
1922-09-20 - Goodman & Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC
1922-11-13 - George Cohan's musical "Little Nellie Kelly," premieres in NYC
1923-02-21 - Andre Charlot's musical "Rats," premieres in London
1923-06-14 - Recording of 1st country music hit (Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane)
1923-12-31 - H Tierney/J McCarthy's musical "Kid Boots," premieres in NYC
1924-12-01 - George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good," premieres in NYC
1925-01-07 - Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in NYC
1925-12-28 - George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Tip-Toes," premieres in NYC
1926-03-17 - Richard Rodgers & L Hart's musical "Girl Friend," premieres in NYC
1926-11-08 - George Gershwin's musical "Oh, Kay," premieres in NYC
1927-09-06 - B G DeSylva/Lew Brown's musical "Good News," premieres in NYC
1927-09-12 - Sigmund Romberg's musical "My Maryland," premieres in NYC
1927-11-03 - Rodgers & Hart's musical "Connecticut Yankee," premieres in NYC
1927-11-28 - J McHugh & D Fields' musical "Delmar's Revels," premieres in NYC
1928-01-10 - G/I Gershwin/Romberg/Wodehouse's musical "Rosalie," premieres in NYC
1928-03-13 - Rudolph Friml's musical "Three Musketeers," premieres in NYC
1928-03-22 - Noel Coward's musical "This Year of Grace," premieres in London
1928-09-15 - Stothard, Kalmar & Ruby's musical "Good Boy," premieres in NYC
1928-09-24 - Cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in NYC
1928-10-08 - Cole Porter & E Ray Goetz' musical "Paris," premieres in NYC
1928-11-08 - George & Ira Gershwin's musical "Treasure Girl," premieres in NYC
1928-12-04 - Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in NYC
1929-01-09 - BG DeSylva & Lew Brown's musical "Follow Thru," premieres in NYC
1929-04-04 - "New Moon" musical opens in London
1929-10-09 - G Kaufman & R Lardner's musical "June Moon," premieres in NYC
Famous Birthdays
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1571-02-15 - Michael Praetorius, Kreuzberg Germany, composer (Syntagma music)
1588-09-08 - Marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philosopher (Cartesian)
1591-06-16 - Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (d. 1655)
1615-06-20 - Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter/musician [or 7/21]
1684-09-18 - Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer
1708-05-03 - Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer
1710-02-07 - William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music
1719-03-30 - John Hawkins, England, wrote 1st history of music
1720-08-12 - Martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian
1726-04-12 - Charles Burney, English music historian (d. 1814)
1749-02-22 - Johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist/1st biographer of Bach
1752-04-05 - Sébastien Érard, French musical instruments maker (d. 1831)
1756-01-27 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austria, musical prodigy/composer (Figaro)
1767-05-04 - Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847)
1769-08-30 - Bonifacio Asioli, composer/music writer
1773-08-29 - Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music)
1777-01-08 - Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist
1777-09-07 - Heinrich Stölzel, German musician and composer (d. 1844)
1784-07-27 - Andre-Georges-Louis Onslow, English/French composer (chamber music)
1788-08-26 - Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist
1791-02-01 - Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder
1795-05-15 - Adolf B Marx, German music theorist
1796-07-28 - Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian musician (d. 1859)
1799-04-13 - Heinrich F L Rellstab, German music theorist
1800-01-14 - Ludwig Alois Ferdinand Köchel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1877)
1802-02-06 - Charles Wheatstone, English physicist/musician [or Feb 7]
1814-11-06 - Adolphe Sax, Belgium, musician/inventor (saxophone)
1816-11-17 - August W Ambros, Austria musicologist (History of Music)
1821-02-21 - Charles Scribner, US, music publisher (Scribner Catalog)
1824-01-14 - Vladimir Stasov, Russian art and music critic (d. 1906)
1825-09-11 - Eduard Hanslick, German music critic (d. 1904)
1826-08-27 - Hermann Kipper, music teacher/critic/composer
1826-12-03 - Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist
1834-10-08 - Walter Kittredge, American musician (d. 1905)
1835-12-07 - Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk/musicologist
1840-04-21 - Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist (Magister choralis)
1840-09-09 - Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer
1846-06-04 - Josef Sittard, music writer
1846-11-10 - Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer
1847-04-01 - Gavriil Musicescu, composer
1848-02-27 - Charles Hubert H Parry, England, musicologist/composer (Jerusalem)
1848-07-16 - Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor/composer (Lexicon of Music)
1851-07-07 - Charles Tindley, American gospel music composer (d. 1933)
1853-12-13 - Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao, musician/composer/screenwriter
1854-09-17 - Hans Muller, music historian
1855-11-01 - Guido Adler, Austria, musicologist (Still in the Music)
1855-11-13 - Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker
1858-02-24 - Arnold Dolmetsch, Le Mans, musician
1859-06-22 - Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher (found Inst of Music)
1859-06-27 - Mildred J Hill, composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You)
1859-11-19 - Mikhail Mikhayl Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russia, musician (Armenian Rhapsody)
1859-12-22 - Cecil [James] Sharp, London England, folk musician
1860-08-10 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (d. 1936)
1861-12-17 - Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer
1862-05-02 - Marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine)
1865-07-06 - Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician (d. 1950)
1866-10-06 - Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music
1868-04-16 - Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer
1868-06-19 - Heinrich Schenker, [A Niloff], Austrian musicologist (Urlinie)
1870-02-12 - Marie Lloyd, English music-hall performer (d. 1922)
1870-09-23 - John Lomax, Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist
1872-04-23 - Violet Gordon-Woodhouse, British musician (d. 1951)
1873-08-22 - Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist
1873-09-21 - Papa Jack Laine, American musician (d. 1966)
1874-08-10 - Bill Johnson, American musician (d. 1972)
1875-07-17 - Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer
1876-06-05 - Tony Jackson, American musician (d. 1920)
1876-12-07 - Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven-Archiv)
1877-02-25 - Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1935)
1877-04-02 - Arnold Schering, German musicologist (Humor, Heldentum, Tragik)
1877-09-06 - Buddy Bolden, American musician (d. 1930)
1877-12-14 - Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music writer/composer (Leiecyclys)
1878-10-17 - Andrei N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai
1879-05-06 - Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist
1880-12-30 - Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein
1881-06-29 - Curt Sachs, German musicologist (d. 1959)
1882-03-01 - Ida Moore, Altoona Ks, actress (Mr Music, Ma & Pa Kettle at Waikiki)
1882-10-12 - Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer
1882-11-13 - John Lowry, Mount Vernon NY, NYC builder (Radio City Music Hall)
1883-09-05 - Otto E Deutsch, Austrian musicologist (Schubert-Brevier)
1883-10-08 - Dick Burnett, American musician (d. 1977)
1883-11-16 - Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/composer (In Tempore Belli)
1885-10-21 - Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist
1885-12-19 - Joe "King" Oliver, American jazz musician (d. 1938)
1886-04-05 - Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter)
1886-06-01 - Ernst Kurth, Austrian/Swiss musicologist
1886-12-25 - Kid Ory, American musician (d. 1973)
1887-02-07 - Eubie Blake, American musician and composer (d. 1983)
1887-03-23 - Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog)
1887-03-28 - Rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer
1887-09-03 - Frank Christian, American musician (d. 1973)
1887-11-14 - Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer
1888-02-08 - Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/music critic
1888-04-12 - Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet musician (d. 1964)
1888-06-03 - Tom Brown, American musician (d. 1958)
1888-08-16 - Armand J. Piron, American musician (d. 1943)
1889-04-11 - Nick LaRocca, American musician (d. 1961)
1889-10-19 - Uncle Art Satherly, entertainer (1968 Acad of Country Music Award)
1890-01-22 - Vinko Zganec, Croatian ethnomusicologist (d. 1976)
1890-02-27 - Freddie Keppard, American jazz musician (d. 1933)
Famous Deaths
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1050-05-17 - Guido van Arezzo, Italian music theorist, dies
1103-01-17 - Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies
1472-04-25 - Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies
1548-08-06 - Georg Rhau/Rhaw, German cantor/composer/music publisher, dies
1563-03-28 - Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)
1655-10-16 - Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Italian physician, mathematician, and music theorist (b. 1591)
1673-03-15 - Salvatore Rosa, Italian painter (Baroque)/poet/music/actor, dies at 57
1678-08-05 - Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)
1704-02-24 - Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (church music), dies
1741-02-13 - Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer/music theorist, dies at about 80
1748-03-23 - Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63
1759-04-14 - Georg Friedrich Handel, organist/composer (Watermusic), dies at 74
1764-04-17 - Johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82
1776-04-22 - Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer, dies at 67
1779-02-16 - William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies
1783-07-27 - Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theroist/violist, dies at 62
1791-05-09 - Francis Hopkinson, US writer/music/lawyer, dies at 53
1814-04-12 - Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)
1831-09-08 - John Aitken, Scottish-born music publisher (b. 1745)
1850-01-01 - Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76
1860-11-28 - Heinrich FL Rellstab, German music theorist, dies
1866-07-25 - Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies
1868-01-14 - Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66
1876-01-10 - Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70
1876-06-28 - August W Ambros, Austria musicologist, dies at 59
1877-06-03 - Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian musicologist (b. 1800)
1885-06-22 - Mahdi, [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies
1895-11-25 - Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68
1900-01-22 - David E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831)
1901-11-25 - Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer/music theorist, dies at 62
1903-12-20 - Gavriil Musicescu, composer, dies at 56
1904-08-06 - Eduard Hanslick, Austrian music critic (b. 1825)
1905-07-08 - Walter Kittredge, American musician (b. 1834)
1906-03-22 - Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59
1907-08-05 - Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66
1908-12-24 - Francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80
1909-05-20 - Ernest Hogan, blackface comedian and musician (b. 1859)
1910-09-05 - Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist, dies at 70
1916-06-04 - Mildred J Hill, composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 56
1917-02-13 - Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48
1918-10-07 - C Hubert H Parry, Engl musicologist/composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70
1923-12-08 - Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88
1924-06-23 - Cecil [James] Sharp, English folk musician, dies at 64
1925-06-16 - Emmett Hardy, American musician (b. 1903)
1926-11-22 - Darvish Khan, Iranian musician (b. 1872)
1927-02-06 - Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71
1931-08-06 - Bix Beiderbecke, American musician (b. 1903)
1931-11-04 - Charles Buddy Bolden, US jazz musician, dies
1933-02-17 - Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch composer (Handbook of Music), dies at 84
1933-03-26 - Eddie Lang, American musician (b. 1902)
1933-07-15 - Freddie Keppard, American musician (b. 1890)
1933-11-05 - Texas Guinan, American saloon keeper, actress, and musician (b. 1884)
1934-09-02 - Alcide Nunez, American musician (b. 1884)
1935-02-09 - Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61
1935-11-28 - Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (b. 1877)
1936-09-19 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860)
1937-04-08 - William Henry Hadow, composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77
1938-04-10 - Joe "King" Oliver, American musician (b. 1885)
1938-04-18 - Richard Runciman Terry, musicologist, dies
1938-12-14 - Marie FM Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine), dies at 76
1939-06-04 - Tommy Ladnier, American musician (b. 1900)
1940-04-18 - Florrie Forde, music hall artist, dies
1940-05-23 - Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies
1940-07-10 - Donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64
1940-08-08 - Johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892)
1940-11-30 - Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78
1941-03-07 - Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at 63
1942-01-21 - Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72
1942-02-15 - Guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91
1943-10-05 - Leon Roppolo, American musician (b. 1902)
1944-08-19 - Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75
1945-05-13 - Tubby Hall, American musician (b. 1895)
1946-02-20 - Hugh Allen, musician, dies
1947-08-13 - Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies
1949-07-07 - Bunk Johnson, American musician (b. 1879 or 1889)
1950-07-01 - Emile Jaques-Dalcroze, Swiss musician (b. 1865)
1951-02-09 - Eddy Duchin, American musician (b. 1910)
1951-08-15 - Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69
1952-02-13 - Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at 71
1952-03-22 - Uncle Dave Macon, American musician (b. 1870)
1952-12-28 - Fletcher Henderson, American musician (b. 1897)
1953-05-16 - Django Reinhardt, Belgian musician (b. 1910)
1953-05-30 - Dooley Wilson, American musician and actor (b. 1886)
1954-08-13 - Hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71
1954-11-29 - Dink Johnson, American musician (b. 1892)
1954-12-01 - Fred Rose, American songwriter and music publishing executive (b. 1897)
1955-02-17 - Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist, dies at 52
1955-12-08 - Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69
1956-02-27 - Frank Dailey, orch leader (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 54
1956-04-20 - Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music composer (Levensschets), dies at 78
1956-10-06 - Walter Herlihy, announcer (Music at Meadowbrook), dies at 42
1956-10-19 - Isham Jones, American musician (b. 1894)
1956-11-05 - Art Tatum, American musician (b. 1909)
1957-04-23 - William Orlamond, actor (Flesh & Devil, Words & Music), dies at 89
1957-04-30 - Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80
1957-09-01 - Dennis Brain, English musician (b. 1921)
1958-01-01 - David Broekman, musican (Think Fast), dies at 55
1958-03-14 - Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/critic/composer, dies at 64
1958-03-25 - Tom Brown, American musician (b. 1888)
1958-04-10 - W C Handy, composer/musician, dies at 84 in NY
