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Orchestral


1996 Les Baxter, singer/orchestral leader/composer (Born Again), dies at 73

1992 Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orchestral leader (duivelswiel), dies

1988 Arwel Hughes, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn, dies at 79

1987 Buddy Rich, drummer/orchestral leader (Away We Go), dies at 69

1980 Malando, Arie Maasland, composer/orchestral leader (Ole Guapa), dies at 72

1976 Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orchestral leader (Air time '57), dies at 61

1973 Vaughn Monroe, singer/orchestral leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61

1948 Peter Ruzicka, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, professor, composer, conductor, composes stage, orchestral, chamber, piano, vocal music

1943 Edward Cowie, born in Birmingham, England, composer, orchestral, chamber, choral works, conductor, painter, author

1941 Ivana Loudova, born in Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Czech Republic, composer, wrote chamber, orchestral, children's choral works, including 'Little Christmas Cantata'

1932 Igor Stuhec, born in Slovenia, composer, studied under Hanns Jelinek at Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, wrote orchestral works applying textural techniques, and two operas

1921 Kan Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, famous for Symphonia Ainu, inspired by national primitivism, wrote orchestral and vocal music for film and stage, including music for science-fiction film Gorath

1921 Adrian Cruft, born Adrian Francis Cruft, son of Eugene Cruft, born in Britain, composer, dubbed a performer's composer, composed church, chamber and orchestral works

1917 Buddy Rich, born in Brooklyn, New York, drummer/orchestral leader, Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go

1915 Jack Fascinato, Bevier, Missouri, pianist/orchestral leader, Kukla Fran and Ollie

1915 Bobby Hackett, born in Providence, Rhode Island, trumpeteer/orchestral leader, Air Time '57

1914 Frank Chacksfield, arranger/orchestral leader

1911 Vaughn Monroe, born in Akron, Ohio, singer/orchestral leader, Vaughn Monroe Show

1909 Arwel Hughes, born in Wales, composer, choral and orchestral music conductor, composer, organist, studied with Ralph Vaughan Williams at Royal College of Music, known for large-scale oratorios Saint David and Pantycelyn


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