2004 Carlos Kleiber, conductor, dies at 74
1998 Klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71
1997 Georg Solti, conductor, dead, dies at 84
1997 Sir Georg Solti, conductor, dies at 84
1997 Sandor Vegh, violinist teacher and conductor, dies at 84
1996 Berthold Goldschmidt, composer and conductor, dies at 93
1996 Sergiu Celibidache, conductor, dies at 84
1996 Rafael Jeronym Kubelik, conductor, dies at 82
1996 Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor, dies at 86
1996 Henry Jay Lewis, conductor, dies at 63
1995 Golfredo Corradetti, conductor, dies at 79
1995 Vaclav Neummann, conductor, dies at 74
1995 Anatole Fistoulari, conductor, dies at 88
1995 Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/US conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83
1995 Frank Chacksfield, conductor/arranger, dies at 81
1995 Max Rudolf, conductor, dies at 92
1995 Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at 68
1995 Alexander Gibson, conductor, dies at 69
1995 Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at 52
1994 Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86
1994 Irwin Kostal, U.S. arranger/conductor (Sound of Music), dies at 83
1994 Kurt Eichhorn, conductor, dies at 85
1994 Boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble, dies at 88
1994 Louis Kaufman, U.S. violinist and conductor (Gone with the Wind), dies at 88
1994 Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84
1994 Norman Del Mar, conductor/writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at 74
1994 Jay Blackton, U.S. conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 84
1994 Jay Blackton, broadway Conductor (Oklahoma!), dies at 84
1993 John Williams final appearance as conductor of Boston Pops
1993 Bruce Ferden, U.S. conductor (NY, Washington, Amsterdam), dies at 44
1993 Erich Leinsdorf, Austria/US conductor/author (Cadenza), dies at 81
1993 Szymon Goldberg, Polish violinist and conductor, dies at 84
1993 Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78
1993 Kees Deenik, singer/conductor
1993 Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor, dies
1993 John D Boeke, organist/conductor, dies
1993 Leonce Gras, Flemish singer/conductor, dies at 84
1992 Maurice le Roux, French conductor and composer (Contes immoraux), dies
1992 Lawrence Welk, conductor/accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies at 89
1991 Andre Vandernoot, Flemish fluitist/conductor, dies at 64
1991 Andrzei Panufkin, Pol/Brit conductor and composer (Sinfonia Sacra), dies
1991 Carmine Coppola, composer and conductor (Godfather II), dies at 80
1991 Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at 81
1989 John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68
1989 Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, dies at 81
1989 Vaclav Kaslik, Czech opera composer and conductor, dies at 71
1988 Antal Dorati, Hungarian/US conductor/composer, dies at 82
1988 Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 46
1986 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer (Elegie), dies at 80
1985 Karl Marx, German composer and conductor, dies at 87
1985 Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85
1985 George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76
1984 Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79
1983 Alfredo Antonini, conductor (Jane Froman Canteen), dies at 82
1983 Earl "Fatha" Hines, U.S., jazz pianist/conductor, dies
1983 Adrian Boult, conductor, dies
1982 Leo[nhard] Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86
1982 Piet van Egmond, organist/conductor, dies at 70
1982 Wilfred Pelletier, symph conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 85
1981 Karl Bohm, Austria conductor, dies at 86
1981 Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin, Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67
1981 Howard Hanson, U.S. composer and conductor (Nordic), dies at 84
1980 Andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies at 78
1979 Julia A Perry, U.S. composer and conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 55
1978 [John] Willem van Otterloo, conductor and composer (Symphonic), dies at 70
1978 Tolchard Evans, composer and conductor, dies
1976 Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66
1975 Frans van Amelsvoort, choir conductor, dies at 75
1975 Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83
1975 Franz Andre, Belgian conductor, dies at 81
1973 Bruno Maderna, Italian composer and conductor (Satyricon), dies at 53
1973 Pablo Casals, Spanish violin cellist/conductor/composer, dies at 96
1973 Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer, dies at 77
1973 Otto Klemperer, German/US conductor, dies at 88
1973 Charles Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto), dies at 63
1973 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Germ composer and conductor (Hassan), dies at 73
1973 Istvan Kertesz, Hung/German conductor (London Symphony), dies at 43
1973 Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at 67
1973 Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 72
1973 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav composer and conductor, dies at 72
1973 Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68
1972 Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer and conductor (Dike), dies at 65
1972 Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79
1971 Fernand Quinet, Belgian composer and conductor (Guerre), dies at 73
1971 Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian conductor/composer, dies at 83
1970 George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland Orch), dies at 73
1970 John G B Barbirolli, English conductor/composer, dies at 70
1970 John Barbirolli, English conductor (New York Philharmonic Orch), dies at 70
1970 Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78
1969 Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85
1968 Charles Munch, French/US conductor (Boston Symphony Orch), dies at 77
1968 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies
1967 Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (Last Night of Proms), dies at 72
1966 Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74
1965 Pierre Cardevielle, Fren composer and conductor (L'ile Rouge), dies at 59
1965 Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, French composer and conductor, dies at 84
1964 Pierre Monteux, French/US conductor (Concert Bldg Orch), dies at 89
1964 John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76
1963 Winifried P I Zillig, German composer and conductor (Opfer), dies at 58
1963 Fritz Reiner, Hung/US conductor (Chicago Symphony Orch), dies at 74
1962 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer (Bruckner), dies at 82
1962 Bruno Walter, symphony conductor (New York Philharmonic), dies at 85
1961 Thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81
1960 Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek/US conductor/composer, dies at 64
1960 Hubert Cuypers, composer/choir conductor (Missa Populi), dies at 86
1959 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72
1959 Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor, dies at 57
1958 Artur Rodzinski, Polish conductor/composer, dies at 66
1958 Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, dies at 63
1958 Esa-Pekka Salonen, born in Helsinki, Finland, conductor, Giro
1958 William C. Handy, U.S. conductor and composer (St. Louis Blues), dies at 84
1957 Sem Dresden, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 76
1957 Arturo Toscanini, Italian U.S. conductor (NBC), dies in New York City at 89
1956 Reinhold M Gliere, Ukrainian conductor and composer (Gjulsura), dies at 81
1956 Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (Gewandhausorkest), dies at 73
1956 Gunther Ramin, German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57
1956 Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies
1955 Simon Rattle, born in England, orchestra conductor, Birmingham Symph Orch
1954 Peter Van Anrooy, conductor and composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie), dies at 75
1954 Wilhelm Furtwangler, German conductor/composer, dies at 68
1954 Francis L Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 83
1954 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61
1953 Riccardo Chailly, Milan Italy, conductor, West Berlin Symph Orch
1953 Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor
1953 Ludomir Rozycki, Polish composer and conductor (Casanova), dies at 68
1952 Albert van Raalte, conductor (Radio Philharmonic Orch), dies at 62
1951 Serge Koussevitsky, conductor/composer, dies at 76
1951 J Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (Matthaus Passion), dies at 79
1950 Karl Straube, German organist/conductor, dies
1950 James Conlon, born in New York City, conductor, Cincinnati May Festival-1979
1949 Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (L'ete), dies at 75
1949 John Glover, conductor
1949 Joaquin Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66
1948 Oscar L Fernandez, Brazilian conductor and composer (Imbapara), dies at 50
1948 Barry Wordsworth, conductor
1947 Gerard Schwarz, born in Weehawken, New Jersey, trumpeter/conductor, LA Chamber Orch
1947 Else JT Rangstrom, Swedish conductor/singer/composer/critic, dies
1947 Alfredo Casella, Italian composer and conductor (La Giara), dies at 63
1947 David Porcelijn, Dutch composer and conductor
1946 Christopher Keene, born in Berkeley, California, conductor, La Traviata
1946 Giuseppe Sinopoli, Venice Italy, conductor and composer, Sunnyata
1946 Granville Ransome Bantock, English composer and conductor, dies at 78
1946 Paul Lincke, German composer and conductor (Lysistrata), dies at 79
1946 Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer and conductor, dies at 63
1946 Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor, dies at 63
1945 John Mauceri, born in New York City, conductor, Washington D.C. Opera
1944 Michael Tilson Thomas, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor, New York Phil Young People
1944 Willem Breuker, Dutch saxophonist/conductor, WB Collective
1944 Leonard Slatkin, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor, Concert Orch, Neth
1944 Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75
1944 Andrew Davis, Ashbridge, England, conductor, New Phil Orch-London
1943 James Levine, musical conductor, Tosca, /dir, Metropolitan Opera
1943 James Levine, British conductor
1942 Daniel Barenboim, Buenos Aires Argentinia, pianist/conductor
1942 Michel Tabachnik, Swiss composer and conductor
1942 Eduardo Mata, Mexico City Mexico, conductor, Improvisaciones
1942 Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor
1942 Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79
1942 Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72
1941 Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor
1941 John Nelson, San Jose Costa Rica, conductor, Les Troyens of Berlioz
1941 Riccardo Muti, born in Napoli, Italy, conductor, Philadelphia Orch
1941 Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor, Houston Opera-1976
1941 Hamilton Hamilton Harty, composer and conductor, dies at 61
1940 Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78
1940 Murray Sidlin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, conductor, Natl Symph 1973-77
1940 Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Toro Spain, conductor, International Conductor Competition
1940 Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor
1939 Walter Weller, Vienna Austria, conductor, Vienna Tonkustler Orch
1939 E Fernandez Arbos, Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75
1939 Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72
1938 Yuri Temirkanov, Nalchik Russia, conductor, Kirov
1938 Jose Serebrier, Montevideo Uruguay, conductor and composer, Star Wagon
1938 Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor, Atlanta Symph
1938 Eduard van Beinum becomes world's 1st conductor at Concert Hall
1937 Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorki Rus, pianist/conductor, Tchakowsky-1961
1937 Neeme Jarvi, born in Tallinn, Estonia, conductor, Estonia Opera 1971
1937 Judith Somogi, New York City, conductor, Frankfurt Opera-1982
1936 James De Preist, Philadelphia Penn, conductor, Mitropolos 1964
1936 David Joel Zinman, born in New York City, composer and conductor, Balt Symphony-1983
1936 Zubin Mehta, born in Bombay, India, conductor, New York Philharmonic
1936 Eve Queler, New York City, conductor
1935 Seiji Ozawa, Hoten Manchuria, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra
1935 Seiji Ozawa, [Fentian Shenyan], Manchuria, orchestra conductor
1935 Jorge Mester, born in Mexico City, Mexico, conductor, Louisville Orch 1967-79
1935 Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor
1934 David Lloyd-Jones, conductor
1934 Philippe Entremont, born in France, pianist/conductor, Vienna Chamber Orch
1934 Peter Nero, New York City, conductor/pianist, A Sunday in New York
1934 Willem Kes, violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 78
1934 Aldo Ceccato, Milan Italy, conductor, Detroit Symph Orch 1973-77
1933 Rafael Frubeck de Burgos, Burgos, Spain, conductor, World of Song
1933 Tam s Vasary, pianist/conductor
1933 Max Schillings, German composer and conductor (Mona Lisa), dies at 65
1933 Claudio Abbado, Milan Italy, composer and conductor, London Symph-1982
1933 Christian Ferras, French violinist and conductor
1933 Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Dutch violinist and conductor, dies at 52
1933 Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor, dies at 74
1933 Richard Dufallo, born in Chicago, Illinois, clarinetist/conductor
1932 Henry Jay Lewis, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor/bass, LA Philharmonic 1955-59
1932 John Towner Williams, Flushing, New York, composer and conductor, Boston Pops
1931 Gunther Herbig, Usti-nad-Labem Czechoslovakia, conductor, East Berlin Orch
1931 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist, dies
1931 James Loughran, British conductor
1931 Arne Nordheim, born in Larvik, Norway, conductor and composer, Aftonland
1931 Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, U.S.S.R. State Radio
1930 Richard Bonynge, Sydney Australia, conductor, Aust Orch Sydney-1976
1930 Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor, Bavarian State Orch 1968
1930 Willem G Statius Muller, Netherlands Antilles, conductor/pianist/composer
1930 Maurice Peress, born in New York City, conductor, KC Philharmonic 1974-80
1930 Thomas Schippers, born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, conductor, Amahl and Night Visitors
1930 Lorin Maazel, born in Neuilly, France, conductor, NBC Symphony Orch 1941
1929 Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn, Schenectady, New York, conductor, Amer Ballet
1929 Harold Farberman, New York City, conductor and composer, Medea
1929 Christoph von Dohnanyi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, Cleve Orch
1929 Istvan Kertesz, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Budapest Opera 1953-57
1929 John Alldis, composer and conductor
1929 Andre Previn, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor London Symphony, and pianist
1929 Bernard Haitink, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, conductor, London Philharmonic Orch 1969-78
1928 Evgeny Svetlanov, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, Siberian Fantasy
1928 Leos Janacek, Czech composer and conductor (Sly Little Fox), dies at 74
1928 Leon Fleisher, born in San Francisco, California, pianist/conductor, Annapolis Symph 1973-77
1928 Sergiu Comissiona, born in Buch, Romania, conductor, Haifa Symph 1959-64
1928 Jean-Francois Pailliard, Vitry-le-Francois France, conductor
1927 Colin Rex Davis, Weybridge England, conductor, New York Met 1967-71
1927 Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, cellist/conductor
1927 Raymond Leppard, born in London, England, conductor, St. Louis Symphony Orch
1927 Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor/composer
1927 Herbert Blomstedt, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, conductor, Oslo Phil 1954-61
1927 Andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor, Royal Flemish Opera
1927 Mstislav Leopold Rostropovich, born in Baku, U.S.S.R., cellist and conductor
1926 Klaus Tennstedt, born in Merseburg, Germany, conductor, Fidelio
1926 Edouard Van Remoortel, Brussels, conductor, 1958-62 St. Louis Symph
1926 Werner Torkanowsky, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor, New Orleans Symph
1926 Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder, Scottish Opera
1926 Alexander Gibson, conductor
1925 Charles Mackerras, Schenectady, New York, Australian conductor
1925 Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer and conductor, Never on Sunday
1925 Pierre Boulez, born in Montbrison, France, composer and conductor, Visage Nuptial
1925 Marius Constant, Rumania, Dutch composer and conductor, Paradise Lost
1924 Georges Prtre, Waziers France, conductor, New York Met
1924 Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/ composer and conductor, dies at 65
1924 Henry Mancini, born in Cleveland, composer and conductor, Pink Panther
1924 Neville Marriner, born in Lincoln, England, conductor, Minn Orch 1978
1924 Sarah Caldwell, born in Maryville, Missouri, conductor/opera director, Flagstaff
1923 Louis Lane, Eagle Pass Texas, conductor, Oere Orch 1968-73
1923 Robert Craft, Kingston, New York, conductor, Stravinsky-follower
1923 Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Lwow Poland, conductor, Die Zauberflote
1923 Wolfgang Sawallisch, Munich Ger, conductor, Vienna Symph 1960-70
1923 Anton Kersjes, violinist and conductor, Amsterdam Philharmonic Orch
1921 Nelson Riddle, Oradell, New Jersey, musical conductor, Batman, Frank Sinatra
1921 Julius Rudel, born in Vienna Austria, conductor, New York City Opera 1957
1921 Ruth Gipps, British conductor/composer
1921 John M Pritchard, born in London, England, conductor
1920 Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis), dies at 56
1920 Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis), dies at 56
1920 Vaclav Neummann, conductor
1920 Richard Hayman, bandleader, conductor and pianist, Theme of 3 Penny Opera
1919 Sven-Erik Beck, Swedish violinist, composer and conductor
1919 Akeo Watanabe, born in Tokyo, Japan, conductor, Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68
1919 Royalton Kisch, British conductor
1918 Howard Shanet, born in Brooklyn, New York, conductor, Night of the Tropics
1918 Louis W. "Louis" Stotijn, bassoonist/conductor, Residence Orchestra
1918 Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence, Massachusetts, conductor and composer, West Side Story
1918 Sixten Ehrling, born in Malmo, Sweden, conductor, Royal Opera of Stockholm
1917 Albert de Klerk, Dutch composer and conductor
1917 Vaclav Kaslik, Czechoslovakia, opera composer and conductor
1917 Robert Farnon, composer and conductor /arranger
1917 Geraint Jones, conductor/organist
1917 Andre A Rieu, Dutch conductor
1917 Thomas K Scherman, New York City, conductor, Little Orch Society 1947-75
1917 Walter Hendl, West New York, New Jersey, conductor
1916 Robert Shaw, born in Red Bluff, California, chorale conductor, Robert Shaw Chorale
1916 Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, violinist and conductor, Bartok's Sonata
1916 Harry Rabinowitz, British composer and conductor
1916 Edward H J Keurvels, Flemish conductor and composer (Parisina), dies at 62
1916 Martindale Sidwell, organist/conductor
1915 Golfredo Corradetti, conductor
1915 Igor Buketoff, Hartford Conn, conductor, Iceland Symph 1964-65
1915 Dean Dixon, Zug Switzerland, conductor
1914 Hein J M Jordans, Dutch conductor
1914 Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor
1914 Cor de Groot, pianist/conductor/composer, Old-Dutch Suite
1914 Frederick Fennell, born in Cleveland, Ohio, conductor, Time and Winds
1914 Rafael Kubelik, born in Bychory, Czechoslovakia, conductor, Cornelia Farooli
1914 Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor
1914 Kirill P. Kondrashin, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, Hollywood Bowl 1981
1914 Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer
1913 Thor Johnson, Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor, Cin Symph 1958
1913 Walter Susskind, Praha, Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor
1913 Jean Fournet, French conductor
1913 Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, dies in NY
1912 Georg Solti, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Fidelio
1912 Kurt Sanderling, Arys Germany, conductor, E Berlin Symph 1960-77
1912 Herman Strategier, Dutch organist/ composer and conductor
1912 Eleazar de Carvalho, born in Iguatu, Brazil, conductor/tuba, Tiradentes
1912 Igor Markevitch, born in Kiev, Ukraine, conductor, Le Paradis Perdu
1912 Sergiu Celibidache, conductor
1912 Sandor Vegh, violinist teacher conductor
1912 Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist/conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orch
1912 Erich Leinsdorf, Vienna Austria, available conductor and banana eater
1911 Enrique Jorda, born in San Sebastian, Spain, conductor, SF Symphony Orch 1970
1910 Lehman Engel, Jackson, Mississippi, conductor/comp, Streetcar Named Desire
1910 Rudolf Kempe, born in Niederpoyritz, Germany, conductor, Tonhalle Orch 1965-72
1910 Carmine Coppola, composer and conductor, Godfather II, Apocalypse Now
1910 Aleksandr T. Tvardovski, Russian conductor
1910 Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist and conductor, dies
1910 Izler Solomon, St. Paul, Minnesota, conductor
1910 Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer
1909 Alberto Erede, Italian conductor
1909 Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor
1909 Milton Katims, born in New York City, conductor/violist, WOR-NYC
1909 Willi Boskovsky, born in Austria, conductor, new years concert
1909 Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist and conductor, Netherlands Chamber orch
1909 Jay Blackton, born in New York City, conductor/arranger, Guys and Dolls
1908 Kurt Eichhorn, conductor
1908 Leonce Grass, Flemish singer/conductor
1908 Hans de Jong, musician/conductor, De Damrakkertjes
1908 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor, Bayreuther Festspiele
1908 Karel Ancerl, Czech conductor, Prague/Toronto
1908 Percy Faith, conductor, Summer Place
1908 George Schick, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor, Chicago Symphony
1908 Herbert von Karajan, born in Austria, Nazi and conductor, Berlin Philharmonic
1907 Willem Van Otterloo, Winterwijk Holland, conductor, Melbourne 1967-71
1907 Anatole Fistoulari, conductor
1907 Camargo Guarnieri, Brazil, composer and conductor
1907 Janos Ferencsik, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Budapest Opera
1906 Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer and conductor, Hooglied
1906 Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/music historian
1906 Antal Dorati, born in Budapest, Hungary, conductor, Dresden Opera 1928-29
1906 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer and conductor c t, dies at 44
1906 Hendrik W. C. Spruit, Dutch conductor
1906 Pierre Cardevielle, French composer and conductor, Amants Captifs
1905 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer, Mater Dolorosa
1905 Boris Alexandrov, conductor, Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble
1905 Boyd Neel, Blackheath, Kent England, conductor, Story of an Orch
1905 Winfried P I Zillig, German opera composer and conductor, Fantasia Irica
1905 Michael Kemp Tippett, English composer and conductor, Child of our Time
1904 Piet Ketting, pianist/conductor/composer, Glorify Kokila
1904 Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor
1904 Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor, Sospiro do Roma
1904 Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78
1903 Donald Voorhees, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, conductor, Bell Telephone Hour
1903 Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor
1903 Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer
1902 Eugen Jochum, Babenhausen Bavaria, German conductor, Hamburg Orch
1902 Charles W. J. Mengelberg, Dutch composer and conductor
1902 Antonia Brico, born in Rotterdam, Holland, conductor/pianist, Antonia
1902 Max Rudolf, born in Frankfurt, Germany, conductor, Goteberg Symphony Orch
1902 Henk Schaer, [Hendricus JM Schaareman], actor/conductor
1902 Josef Krips, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, London Symph 1954-63
1902 Rudolf Moralt, German conductor, Vienna Philharmonic
1901 Andre Kostelanetz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Lincoln Portrari
1901 Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor
1901 Hendrik Diels, Flemish conductor
1901 Peter Benoit, Flemish composer and conductor (High Mass), dies at 66
1900 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer and conductor
1900 Leon Barzin, Brussels Belgium, conductor, New York City Ballet 1948-58
1900 Efrem Kurtz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Houston Symph 1948-54
1900 Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor/composer
1900 Fred Waring, Tyrone, Pennsylvania, musician/conductor/inventor, Waring Blender
1900 Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer and conductor, Hassan gewinnt
1900 Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist, composer and conductor
1899 Karl Millocker, Austrian conductor and composer (Try-out Kiss), dies at 57
1899 Frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor
1899 John Barbirolli, English conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra
1899 Eugene Ormandy, [Blau], Budapest Hungary, conductor, Philadelphia Orch
1899 Hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Graz Opera 1947-50
1899 William Steinberg, Cologne, conductor, Boston Symph-1969-71
1899 Carlos Chavez, born in Mexico City, conductor and composer, Sinfonia India
1899 Werner Janssen, New York City, conductor and composer, New Years Eve in New York
1899 Jon Leifs, Iceland, composer and conductor
1898 Alfred Wallenstein, born in Chicago, Illinois, conductor, Chic Symph 1922-29
1898 Fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist/ composer and conductor, La Guerre
1897 Karl Marx, Germany, composer and conductor
1897 Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, Brazilian conductor and composer, Imbapara
1897 George Szell, born in Budapest, Hungary, conductor, Metropolitan 1942-45
1897 Johannes Brahms, German composer and conductor (Hung Dances), dies at 63
1896 Howard Hanson, Wahoo Nebraska, composer and conductor, Nordic
1896 Leo[nhard] Pappenheim, conductor
1896 Wilfred Pelletier, born in Montreal, Canada, conductor, Voice of Firestone
1896 Dimitri Mitropoulos, Athens Greece, conductor/composer
1896 Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer
1895 Hans Rosbaud, born in Graz, Austria, conductor, Tonhalle Orch Zurich
1895 Malcolm Sargent, English conductor, Promenade Concerts
1895 Joseph Rosenstock, Cracow Poland, conductor, Nippon Phil Orch 1936-41
1895 Nathaniel Shilkret, New York City, conductor
1894 Arthur Fiedler, born in Boston, Massachusetts, conductor, Boston Pops
1894 Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, Residence-orch
1894 Karl Bohm, Austrian conductor/composer
1894 Renaat Veremans, Flemish composer and conductor
1894 Hans Guido von Bulow, German conductor
1893 Vladimir Golschmann, Paris, France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat
1893 Fabien Sevitzky, Vishny Volotchok Russia, conductor, Philadelphia Orch
1893 Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer and conductor (Bank Ban), dies at 82
1893 Franz Andre, Belgian conductor
1893 Eugene Goossens, born in London, England, conductor and composer, Perseus
1893 Clemens Krauss, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, Berlin State Orch-1937
1892 Richard Tauber, [Ernst Seiffert], Austria/British, tenor/conductor
1892 Howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor, Voice of Firestone
1892 Victor de Sabata, born in Trieste, Italy, conductor and composer, Il Macigno
1892 Artur Rodzinski, Spalato, Dalmatia, Poland, conductor/composer
1891 Charles Munch, Strasbourg Alsatian conductor, French Legion D'Honeur
1891 Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, Residence Orch
1891 Franco Faccio, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 51
1891 Hermann Scherchen, Berlin Germany, conductor, Nature of Music
1891 Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in New York, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor
1890 Erich Kleiber, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, NBC Symphony 1945-46
1890 Albert van Raalte, conductor, AVRO-orchestra
1889 Ernst Franck, German composer and conductor, dies at 42
1889 Adrian Boult, born in Chester, England, conductor and composer, BBC Sym Orch
1889 Alexander Smallens, St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor
1888 Fritz Reiner, Budapest Hungary, U.S. conductor, Chicago Symphony Orch
1888 Anna Achmatova, [AA Gorenko], Russian conductor, Tsjetki
1887 Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer
1887 Nadia Boulanger, conductor, 1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony
1887 John Finley Williamson, Canton Ohio, conductor, Westminster Choir
1886 Nicolai Sokoloff, near Kiev Ukraine, conductor, Seattle Symph
1886 Paul Paray, Le Treport Normandy, conductor and composer, Artemis Trouble
1886 Wilhelm Furtwangler, Berlin Germany, conductor/composer
1885 Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor and composer, Batture d'aspetto
1885 Henry Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies
1885 Otto Klemperer, Breslau Germany, conductor and composer, Das Ziel
1885 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist, composer and conductor, dies at 73
1885 Franz W. Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies
1885 Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor, dies at 65
1884 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist
1884 Ludomir Rozycki, Polish composer and conductor, Meduza, Eros i Psyche
1884 Johannes Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/conductor
1883 Ernest Ansermet, Vevey Switzerland, conductor, Ruilles de Printemps
1883 Manuel Infante, Spanish composer and conductor
1883 Aleksander V. Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor
1883 Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer and conductor, Sulamith
1883 Hermann Abendroth, German conductor
1882 Richard Hageman, Dutch/US pianist/ composer and conductor, Caponsacchi
1882 Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor, Hill Songs
1882 Albert Coates, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor and composer, Eagle
1882 Leopold Stokowski, born in London, England, conductor, Cincinnati Symphony
1881 Sem Dresden, composer and conductor
1880 Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Neth violinist and conductor
1880 Desire-mile Inghelbrecht, French composer and conductor, Naval
1880 Robert E Stolz, Austrian composer and conductor, ...smaller guard
1879 Andre Caplet, French composer and conductor, Conte Fantastic
1879 Peter Van Anrooy, Dutch conductor and composer, Piet Hein Rhapsodie
1879 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer, Tonhalle Orchestra
1879 Frank Bridge, English violinist, composer and conductor /tutor of B Britten
1878 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer
1878 Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/ composer and conductor, Peter Schlemihl
1876 Pablo Casals, Vendrell Catalonia Spain, violinist, conductor and composer
1876 Bruno Walter, [B. W. Schlesinger], Berlin Germany, conductor, New York Phil
1876 Ernest Schelling, Belvidere, New Jersey, composer and conductor, Victory Ball
1875 Pierre Monteux, born in Paris, France, conductor, Boston Symph Orch 1919-24
1874 Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor, Boston Symp
1873 Hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor, Minstrels
1873 Karl Straube, German organist/conductor
1872 Frederick A Stock, Julich, Germany, conductor, Theodore Thomas Orch
1871 Willem Mengelberg, born in Utrecht, Neth, conductor, New York Philharmonic 1922-30
1870 Francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor
1870 Henryk Opienski, Polish composer and conductor, St. Moniuszko
1869 Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer and conductor
1869 Henry J. Wood, English conductor, Gentle Art of Singing, Proms
1868 Granville Bantock, English composer and conductor, Hebridean Symphony
1868 Max Von Schillings, German composer and conductor, Der Pfeifertag
1867 Arturo Toscanini, born in Parma, Italy, temperamental conductor, NBC
1866 Paul Lincke, German composer and conductor /publisher, Frau Luna
1866 Ferruccio D M B Busoni, born in Italy, pianist, composer and conductor, Arlecchino
1864 Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazil, composer and conductor, Artemis
1863 E Fernandez Arbos, Spanish violinist, conductor and composer
1863 Paul Felix Weingartner, born in Germany, conductor, Zara, Dalmatia
1863 Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer and conductor
1862 Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer and conductor /organist, Cyrano
1861 Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer
1860 Gustav Mahler, Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer and conductor, Titan
1858 Eugene Ysaije, born in Belgium, violinist, conductor and composer, Pierill Houiou
1858 Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor
1857 Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56
1857 John B van Bree, violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56
1856 Willem Kes, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, Parkorkest Amsterdam
1855 Arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor, Berlin Philharmonic
1855 Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer and conductor, dies at 68
1849 Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor, dies at 39
1848 Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor and composer, Lexicon of Music
1847 Ernst Franck, German composer and conductor
1846 Joseph Weigl, Austria composer and conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79
1845 Hendrick Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor, Forest, Stella
1842 Karl Millocker, Austria conductor and composer, Beggar Student
1840 Franco Faccio, Italian composer and conductor
1838 Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal
1834 Peter Benoit, Flemish composer and conductor, Leie/Rubens Cantata
1831 Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor
1830 Karl Klindworth, pianist/conductor
1830 Hans von Bulow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer
1829 Anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer
1827 Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Ital violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 76
1827 Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor, Rafagas
1825 Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor
1822 Eduard Hille, Dutch composer and conductor
1821 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56
1819 Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor
1819 Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder, Halle Orch
1817 Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist, composer and conductor
1812 Louis-Antoine Julien, conductor
1811 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/ composer and conductor
1811 Angelo Catelani, Italian composer and conductor
1810 Ferenc Erkel, Hungary, composer and conductor, Hunaydi Laszlo
1797 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer and conductor
1789 Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian conductor, dies at 59
1788 John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40
1786 Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer and conductor
1766 Joseph Weigl, Austria composer and conductor, Emmeline
1764 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer
1758 Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist, dies
1751 Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Italian violinist, composer and conductor
1748 Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor /tutor of Beethoven
1744 Andre Campra, French priest/ composer and conductor (Tancrede), dies at 83
1739 Reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor and composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65
1694 Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist
1604 Jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor, Jephthe
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