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1992 Eva A Jessye, U.S. singer and actress (Eva Jessye Choir), dies at 97

1984 Men's choir Maranatha Netherlands forms

1977 Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer, dies at 80

1975 Frans van Amelsvoort, choir conductor, dies at 75

1964 John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76

1963 Mart Saar, composer, organist, combined folk music with contemporary sounds, composed choir, solo, piano music, dies at 81

1960 Hubert Cuypers, composer/choir conductor (Missa Populi), dies at 86

1956 Gunther Ramin, German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57

1951 Dutch Reformed Church introduces new church choir

1945 Arnold Schonberg's Prelude for orchestra and mixed choir, premieres

1932 Bengt Hallberg, born in Sweden, musician, pianist, composer for film, television, choir arrangements, Sweden's most influential jazz musicians

1925 James Lane Allen, U.S. writer (Choir Invisible), dies at 75

1921 Roger Nixon, born in California, musician, composer, professor of music, composed for orchestra, band, choir, opera, Professor Emeritus of Music, San Francisco State University

1899 Frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor

1896 Marius Monnikendam, Dutch choir composer

1887 John Finley Williamson, Canton Ohio, conductor, Westminster Choir

1885 Franz W. Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies

1885 Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor, dies at 65

1882 Mart Saar, born in Hupassaare, Estonia, composer, organist, combined folk music with contemporary sounds, composed choir, solo, piano music

1873 Hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor, Minstrels

1846 Joseph Leopold Eybler, Austrian composer/choir master, dies at 81

1831 Jan G Palm, Curacao, bandmaster/choir master/composer

1819 Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor

1498 Emperor Maximilian I establishes choir of Imperial Chapel


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