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1996 Death - Arthur Jacobs, musicologist, dies at 74

1996 Death - Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist, dies at 85

1995 Death - Nikolai Slonimsky, musicologist, dies at 101

1994 Death - Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist, dies at 79

1993 Death - Frits Noske, musicologist (Tie Musikwerk), dies at 72

1991 Death - John Kirckpatrick, U.S. musicologist (Charles Ives Archives), dies

1985 Death - Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist, dies at 83

1983 Death - Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn Catalog), dies at 96

1974 Death - Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist, dies at 89

1973 Death - Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at 67

1961 Death - Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Stenkol), dies at 65

1958 Death - Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/critic/composer, dies at 64

1957 Death - Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80

1955 Death - Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, dies at 69

1955 Death - Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist, dies at 52

1954 Death - Hermann W. S. Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer, dies at 71

1952 Death - Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at 71

1951 Birthday - 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

1947 Death - Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies

1944 Birthday - Joshua Rifkin, born in New York, musicologist, composer, keyboard, involved in ragtime revival, in the 1970's, recorded Scott Joplin's works for Nonesuch Records

1943 Birthday - Hugh Davies, born in Exmouth, England, composer, musicologist, invented musical instruments from household items, 1970's member of the Artist Placement Group

1942 Death - Guido Adler, Austrian musicologist, dies at 91

1942 Death - Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72

1941 Death - Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at 63

1940 Death - Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78

1940 Death - Donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64

1940 Death - Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies

1938 Death - Marie FM Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist (Salamine), dies at 76

1938 Death - Richard Runciman Terry, musicologist, dies

1937 Birthday - 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

1935 Death - Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist, dies at 61

1934 Birthday - Larry Sitsky, born in Tianjin, China, pianist, Australian composer, educator, musicologist, studied with Winifred Burston, awarded Centenary Medal, 2000

1929 Birthday - Werner Rackwitz, German musicologist, Handel-Renaissance

1927 Birthday - Charles Rosen, New York City, pianist/musicologist, Sonata Forms

1927 Death - Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker, dies at 71

1926 Birthday - Claire Polin [Schaff], composer flautist/musicologist

1923 Death - Dom Joseph Pothier, French Benedictine/musicologist, dies at 88

1922 Birthday - Arthur Jacobs, musicologist

1920 Birthday - Frits Noske, Dutch musicologist, Signifier and the Signified

1918 Death - C Hubert H Parry, English musicologist/composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70

1917 Death - Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer, dies at 48

1915 Birthday - Ernest Borneman, sexual researcher psychotherapist writer/musicologist

1914 Birthday - Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist

1914 Birthday - Jules van Ackere, Flemish musicologist, Eternal Music

1911 Birthday - Harold Watkins Shaw, musicologist

1911 Birthday - Hermann Pfrogner, Austria, musicologist, Zerrissene Orpheus

1910 Death - Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist, dies at 70

1908 Death - Francois-Auguste Gevaert, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 80

1906 Death - Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59

1902 Birthday - Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist

1902 Birthday - Otto J Gombosi, Hungarian/US musicologist

1901 Birthday - Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory

1901 Birthday - Paul Henry Lang, Budapest, critic/musicologist, New York Herald Tribune

1900 Birthday - Heinrich Besseler, German musicologist

1897 Birthday - Herbert Eimert, German composer and musicologist, Glockenspiel

1896 Birthday - Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author, Janne Kubik

1895 Death - Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist, dies at 68

1893 Birthday - Willi Apel, German/U.S. musicologist, Harvard dictionary of music

1893 Birthday - Friedrich Blume, German musicologist, Das Rassenproblem in der Musik

1892 Birthday - K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist, Amsterdam Concert Hall

1887 Birthday - Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer

1887 Birthday - Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist, Haydn-catalog

1886 Birthday - Ernst Kurth, Austrian/Swiss musicologist

1886 Birthday - Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist, Der Toncharakter

1885 Birthday - Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist

1883 Birthday - Eugeen Van de Velde, Flemish musicologist/composer, In Tempore Belli

1883 Birthday - Otto E Deutsch, Austrian musicologist, Schubert-Brevier

1882 Birthday - Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer

1880 Birthday - Alfred Einstein, German/U.S. musicologist/nephew of Albert Einstein

1879 Birthday - Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist

1878 Birthday - Andrei N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai

1877 Birthday - Arnold Schering, German musicologist, Humor, Heldentum, Tragik

1876 Birthday - Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist, Beethoven-Archiv

1876 Death - August W. Ambros, Austria musicologist, dies at 59

1876 Death - Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70

1875 Birthday - Donald Francis Tovey, Eton England, musicologist/composer

1873 Birthday - Karl Nef, Swiss musicologist

1871 Death - Francois-Joseph Fetis, Belgian musicologist/composer, dies at 87

1868 Birthday - Heinrich Schenker, A Niloff, Austrian musicologist, Urlinie

1868 Birthday - Joel Angel, Russian musicologist/composer

1868 Death - Heinrich Schenker, Austrian musicologist (Ursatz), dies at 66

1862 Birthday - Marie F M Emmanuel, French composer/musicologist, Salamine

1861 Birthday - Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer

1855 Birthday - Daniel F Scheurleer, Dutch musicologist/banker

1855 Birthday - Guido Adler, Austria, musicologist, Still in the Music

1850 Death - Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, dies at 76

1848 Birthday - Charles Hubert H Parry, England, musicologist/composer, Jerusalem

1846 Birthday - Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer

1840 Birthday - Franz Xaver Haberl, German priest/musicologist, Magister choralis

1835 Birthday - Dom Joseph Pothier, French monk/musicologist

1826 Birthday - Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer/musicologist

1816 Birthday - August W. Ambros, Austria musicologist, History of Music

1805 Birthday - Charles Edmond-Henri de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian

1800 Birthday - Ludwig A. F. Ritter von Kochel, Austrian musicologist, Mozart, Fux

1777 Birthday - Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist

1773 Birthday - Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist, Arab Music

1764 Death - Johann Mattheson, German composer/musicologist, dies at 82

1749 Birthday - Johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist/1st biographer of Bach

1748 Death - Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer/musicologist, dies at 63

1103 Death - Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian, dies

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