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2003 Maki Ishii, composer, contemporary classical music, dies of thyroid cancer in Kashiwa, Japan, at age 66
1997 Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist, dies at 90 1995 John Pinsent, classical scholar, dies at 72 1990 Bulent Arel, composer, electronic music, contemporary classical music, dies at 72 1984 Balasaraswathi, Indian classical dancer, dies in Madras 1982 Randy Rhoads, rocker, guitarist, songwriter, producer, studied classical guitar, member of Quiet Riot, played with Ozzy Ozbourne, dies in an air crash at 25 1975 Classical Way wins Championship Cup at Roosevelt Raceway 1961 Kip Winger, born in Denver, Colorado, Charles Frederick Kip Winger, musician, songwriter, bass guitarist, hard rock, heavy metal, classical, experimental genres, lead singer, Alan Parsons Project, played with Alice Cooper, had band called, Winger, released new CD, 2008 1957 Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Roman Law), dies at 78 1956 Randy Rhoads, born in Santa Monica, California, rocker, guitarist, songwriter, producer, studied classical guitar, member of Quiet Riot, played with Ozzy Ozbourne 1955 Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-First-Member of parliament, dies at 76 1953 David Leisner, born in America, teacher, classical guitarist, composer, taught at Manhattan School of Music, expert in focal dystonia 1952 Melvyn Gale, born in London, England, musician, classical musician, cellist, member, Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, runs CD factory 1951 Ned Sublette, born in Lubbock, Texas, composer, musician, musicologist, producer, guitarist, studied classical guitar with Emilio Pujol, composition with Kenneth Gaburo, Cuban music scholar, known for mixing country-western, afro-Caribbean salsa, cumbia, rumba music styles 1946 Daria Semegen, born in Bambery, West German, composer, classical music, electronic music genres, Fulbright Fellow 1943 Garrett List, born in Phoenix, Arizona, composer, vocalist, trombonist, formed Julliard Ensemble, composed classical, jazz, pop, free jazz music 1943 Tison Street, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, violinist, contemporary classical music, winner, Guggenheim Fellowship 1940 Lewis Spratlan, born in Miami, Florida, composer, contemporary classical music genre, Professor of Music Emeritus, Amherst College 1939 Bruce Mather, born in Canada, composer, pianist, known for microtonal music, contemporary classical music compositions 1938 Zygmunt Krauze, born in Poland, composer, pianist, contemporary classical music genre, professor, Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy 1937 Olly Wilson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, double bassist, musicologist, contemporary classical music, preeminent African American composer, studied with Robert Wykes, earned PhD from University of Iowa 1936 Maki Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, contemporary classical music 1935 Peter Frankl, born in Hungary, pianist, performs classical music, Romantic period, early Modern, recorded the complete solo piano music of Debussy, performed with world class orchestras throughout America and Europe 1935 Arvo Part, born in Paide, Estonia, classical composer, celebrated for minimalist style, influenced by European jazz, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Bartok 1935 Aulis Sallinen, born in Finland, composer, contemporary classical music, studied with Joonas Kokkonen, works commissioned by Kronos Quartet 1934 Gordon Getty, born in San Francisco, California, fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, sold Getty Oil to Texaco, became classical music composer, contributes to the San Francisco Opera 1934 Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences 1933 Julian Bream, born in London, England, guitarist, plays baroque guitar, lute, considered the 20th century's most distinguished classical guitarists 1932 Wojciech Kilar, born in Lwow, Poland, composer of film, classical, symphonic music, won French Lili Boulanger Prize for composition 1960 1932 Max Schubel, born in America, composer, contemporary classical music, founder and owner of Opus One records, recorded new music 1931 Ivo Petric, composer, classical music, toured with Slavko Osterc ensemble, Artistic Director, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra 1979 - 1995 1926 Earle Brown, born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, composer, known for reviving interest in classical music with musical improvisation, creating formal and notational systems, and open forum style of muscial construction 1925 Jan H. Leopold, poet/classical (translated Omar Khayyam), dies at 60 1922 John Pinsent, classical scholar 1922 Sadao Bekku, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, classical music, wrote symphonies, film scores, sonata for flute, choral works, art songs, piano concerto, opera titled Prince Arima 1919 Bulent Arel, born in Istanbul, composer, electronic music, contemporary classical music, worked with Edgard Varese, designed, installed electronic music laboratory at Yale University 1915 Pedro Saenz, born in Spain, composer, composed music for classical guitar 1907 Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar/archivist 1893 Andres Segovia, Linares Spain, classical guitarist 1885 Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65 1879 Fritz Schulz, German law historian, Classical Novel Law 1878 Robert H Woltjer, classical/AR-1st-Member of parliament, About Plato 1866 Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet 1866 Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet 1862 Johan A de Sleeve, Adwaita, philosopher/classical/poet, Brahman 1852 Theodor Birt, Beatus Rhenanus, German classical/writer 1820 Georg Curtius, German classical linguist 1796 Nicolas the Pigage, French classical architect, dies 1795 Peter of Limburg Brouwer, physician/classical/author 1787 John Bake, classical composer 1773 Jan Zach, composer, organist, violinist, composed Baroque and classical music, dies at 73 in Ellwangen, Germany 1750 Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical, Apollonii Lexicon 1746 Daniel W. Wyttenbach, Dutch classical/historian 1732 Franz Joseph Haydn, born in Austria, composer, help develop classical style 1723 Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect 1716 Gosbert Cuper, classical/regent, dies at 72 1699 Jan Zach, born in Celakovice, Czech Republic, composer, organist, violinist, composed Baroque and classical music 1690 Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70 1685 Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical professor, baptized 1599 Florence Estienne Meric Casaubon, classical scholar 1559 Isaac Casaubon, naturalized English classical scholar, theologian |
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