2000 "Gordon ""Tex"" Beneke", band leader/saxophonist, led the Glenn Miller Orchestra after Miller's death, dies at 86
1994 Sandor Lakatos, Hungarian violist/orchestra leader, dies at 69
1993 Sun Ra, blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79
1991 Buck Clayton, U.S. jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies
1988 Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, U.S. jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77
1984 Emil Coleman, orchestra leader, Arthur Murray Party
1980 Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 75
1979 Temple City Kazoo Orchestra appears on Mike Douglas Show
1979 Charles Mingus, U.S. jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56
1976 Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at New York's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
1967 Paul Whiteman, U.S. orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at 77
1965 Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader, dies at 63
1961 "Bonanza" by Al Caiola Orchestra hits #19
1957 James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, U.S. orchestra leader, dies at 53
1955 Simon Rattle, born in England, orchestra conductor, Birmingham Symph Orch
1952 Yukihiro Yakahashi, rocker, Yellow Magic Orchestra
1946 Darius Milhauds 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Prague
1946 Bela Bartoks 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Phila
1944 Bela Bartok's Concerto for orchestra, premoeres
1942 Tommy Dorsey and his orchestra recorded "I'll Take Tallulah"
1940 Larry Clinton and his Orchestra record "Limehouse Blues"
1940 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction"
1938 H J de Royen, director, Dutch Concertgebouw Orchestra
1938 Dmitri Shostakovitch's Suite for jazz orchestra, premieres
1937 NBC forms 1st full-sized symphony orchestra exclusively for radio
1937 Raynoma Gordy, [Mayberry], U.S. orchestra leader, Rayber Voices
1935 Seiji Ozawa, Hoten Manchuria, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra
1935 Seiji Ozawa, [Fentian Shenyan], Manchuria, orchestra conductor
1932 Ethel L Ennis, U.S. orchestra leader/jazz singer, Once Again
1930 1st concerto of BBC Symphony Orchestra, under Adrian Boult
1930 1st performance of Walter Piston's Suite for orchestra (Boston)
1929 James Last, orchestra leader/composer/arranger
1928 Paul Whiteman and orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records
1925 James Moody, U.S., jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader
1922 Les Baxter, U.S., singer, orchestra leader and composer, Born Again
1921 Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and orchestra leader, Ripley's Game
1918 Louis W. "Louis" Stotijn, bassoonist/conductor, Residence Orchestra
1916 Baltimore Symphony Orchestra presents its 1st concert
1912 Constant Stotijn, Dutch oboist, Residence Orchestra
1911 Irwin Kostal, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Garry Moore Show
1911 Lester Lanin, orchestra leader, 40 Beatle Hits
1910 Edmundo Ros, English orchestra leader
1908 Malando, [Arie Maasland], composer/orchestra leader, Ole Guapa
1908 Lawrence Welk, born in Strasburg, North Dakota, orchestra leader, Lawrence Welk Show
1907 Lawrence Brown, U.S. trombonist, Duke Ellington Orchestra
1907 Felix de Nobel, Dutch orchestra leader
1904 Glenn Miller, bandleader, Glenn Miller Orchestra - In the Mood
1903 Claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist, Boston Symphony Orchestra
1902 Leonard Hirsch, British violinist and orchestra leader, RAF Symph Orch
1901 Theo Uden Marsman, Dutch orchestra leader
1899 John Barbirolli, English conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra
1892 Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader/impresario, Crazy Passage Show
1885 Boston Pops Orchestra forms
1881 Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert
1881 Bela Bartok, born in Hungary, composer/pianist, Concerto for Orchestra
1879 Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer, Tonhalle Orchestra
1859 1st performance of John Brahms' 1st Serenade for orchestra
1858 1st performance of New York Symphony Orchestra
1858 Charles Halle founds Halle Orchestra in Manchester
1808 1st college orchestra in U.S. founded, at Harvard
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