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2007 Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist, conductor, commissioned new works, enlarged cello repertoire more than any cellist, considered greatest cellist of 20th century, died of intestinal cancer

1997 Danil Shafran, cellist, dies at 74

1995 Eleanor Aller, cellist, dies at 78

1995 Terence Weil, cellist/teacher, dies at 73

1994 Joan Dickson, cellist, professor at Royal College of Music in London, dies at 72

1987 Jacqueline du Pre, British cellist, dies at 42

1983 Claus Adam, composer, cellist, teacher, performed with Julliard String Quartet 1955 - 1974, composed music for a string trio and cello concerto, dies at 65

1982 Tibor de Machula, Hungary/Netherlands cellist, dies at 70

1976 Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist, dies at 73

1973 Pablo Casals, Spanish cellist, conductor and composer, dies at 96

1961 Cellist Jacqueline du President debut in Wigmore Hall

1958 Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, dies at 63

1955 Yo-Yo, Massachusetts, Paris, France, world famous Chinese cellist

1952 Melvyn Gale, born in London, England, musician, classical musician, cellist, member, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, runs CD factory

1948 Nathaniel Rosen, born in Altadena, California, cellist, Tchaikovsky-gold-1978

1946 Ralph Kirshbaum, born in Denton, Texas, cellist, RNCM Manchester International Festival

1945 Jacqueline du Pree, Oxford England, cellist

1944 Myung-Wha Chung, born in Seoul, South Korea, cellist, Chung Sisters

1944 Lynn Harrell, New York City, cellist

1927 Mstislav Rostropovich, born in Russia, Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, nickname "Slava", cellist, conductor, commissioned new works, enlarged cello repertoire more than any cellist, considered greatest cellist of 20th century

1924 Janos Starker, born in Budapest, Hungary, cellist, Chicago Symphony 1953 - 1958

1924 Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/ composer and conductor, dies at 65

1921 Joan Dickson, born in England, cellist, professor at Royal College of Music in London, studied with Enrico Mainardi in Paris, performed with Joyce Rathbone

1921 Terence Weil, cellist/teacher

1918 Leonard Rose, born in Washington D.C., concert cellist, New York Phil 1943-51

1917 Claus Adam, born in America, composer, cellist, teacher, performed with Julliard String Quartet 1955 - 1974, composed music for a string trio and cello concerto

1912 J Tibor de Powerula, de Abrahamfalva, Hungarian/Dutch cellist

1912 Tibor de Machula, Hungarian/Dutch cellist

1906 Pierre Fournier, born in Paris, France, violon cellist, Paris Conservatoire

1903 Gregor Piatigorsky, born in Ekaterinoslav, Russia, cellist, or 4/20

1902 Emanuel Feuermann, born in Kolomea, Galicia, cellist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

1898 Fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist/ composer and conductor, La Guerre

1895 Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cellist/pianist/composer

1894 Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, Residence Orchestra

1876 Pablo Casals, born in El Vendrell, Catalonia, Spain, cellist, conductor and composer

1859 Julius Klengel, cellist/composer

1841 Bernhard Romberg, German cellist/composer, dies

1820 Joseph F. Weigl, German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79

1805 Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62

1767 Bernhard Romberg, German cellist/composer/royal chaplain bandmaster

1743 [Ridolfo] Luigi Boccherini, Italian composer, cellist, Minuet

1742 Evaristo EF dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer, dies on 67th birthday

1740 Joseph F. Weigl, German/Austrian, violin cellist

1675 Evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer


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