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1996 Bernard William George Rose, organist, dies at 80

1995 Herbert Whitton John Sumsion, organist/composer, dies at 96

1995 John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer teacher organist, dies at 69

1994 Thomas henry Wait Armstrong, organist, dies at 96

1993 Herman Nieland, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 82

1993 Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor, dies

1993 John D Boeke, organist/conductor, dies

1992 Leen 't Hart, organist/composer, dies at 72

1988 Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer/organist, dies at 74

1986 Flor Peeters, Flemish baron/organist/composer, dies at 83

1986 Armand Preud'homme, Flemish organist/lyricist, dies at 81

1982 Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer, dies at 71

1982 Piet van Egmond, organist/conductor, dies at 70

1981 Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer (Te Deum), dies at 88

1977 Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist/composer, dies at 91

1977 E Power Biggs, English organist/composer (CBS), dies at 70

1965 Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer, dies at 65

1956 Jaap Vranken, organist/composer (Stabat mater), dies

1956 Gunther Ramin, German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57

1950 Karl Straube, German organist/conductor, dies

1948 Jimmy Greenspoon, LA Cal, rock organist, 3 Dog Night-Joy to the World

1947 Mark Stein, singer, organist and keyboardist, Vanilla Fudge

1945 Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer, dies at 59

1945 Jimmy Winston, born in London, organist, Samll Facres-Itchycoo Park

1943 Roy Lynes, England, rock organist, Status Quo

1941 Anthony Newman, born in Los Angeles, California, harpsichordist/organist, Bhajeb

1941 Walford Davies, British organist/composer, dies at 71

1940 Jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29

1937 Arthur William Foote, U.S. organist/composer, dies at 84

1937 Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93

1934 Shirley Scott, swing/blues organist, with Stanley Turrentine

1930 C H Dearnley, organist

1926 Marie-Claire Alain, French organist/composer

1925 James E "Jimmy" Smith, U.S. jazz/organist, Walk on the Wild Side

1924 George Guest, British organist

1920 Herman Nieland, Dutch organist/pianist/composer, Te Deum Laudamus

1920 Leen 't Hart, Dutch organist/composer

1919 Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orch leader, Devil's Wheel

1917 Francis Jackson, organist and master of Music/York minister

1917 Geraint Jones, conductor/organist

1916 Max [Johann BJM] Reger, German composer/pianist/organist, dies at 43

1916 Bernard William George Rose, composer/organist

1916 Douglas Guest, organist

1916 Martindale Sidwell, organist/conductor

1913 Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer/organist

1912 Herman Strategier, Dutch organist/ composer and conductor

1912 Feike P. Asma, Dutch organist

1912 Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist/conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orch

1911 Jehan [Ariste] Alain, French organist/composer

1911 Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, French organist/composer

1909 Dudley Buck, U.S. organist/composer, dies at 70

1907 Helmut Walcha, German organist, church music

1906 E Power Biggs, Westcliff-on-Sea England, organist/composer, CBS

1904 Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78

1904 Armand Preud'homme, Flemish organist/poet

1903 Flor Peeters, Antwerp Belgium, organist/composer, Lied Symphony

1902 Maurice Durufle, French organist/composer

1902 Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist/organist

1901 Staff Nees, Flemish organist/composer, Simon Peter

1899 Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer

1899 [John] Herbert Whitton Sumsion, organist/composer

1898 Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong, organist

1897 Leon Boelmann, French organist/composer (Suite Gothique), dies at 35

1897 Jaap Vranken, Dutch organist/composer, Stabat Mater

1892 Hendrik F Andriessen, Dutch organist/composer, Ballade of Merel

1890 Cesar-Auguste Franck, Belgian organist/composer, dies at 67

1887 Jacobo Palm, Curacaos pianist/organist

1886 Marcel Dupre, French organist/composer

1886 Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist

1885 Desider Antalffy-Zsiross, Hungarian organist/composer

1880 John Goss, composer/organist, dies at 79

1875 Albert Schweitzer, doctor/humanitarian/organist, Nobel 1954

1873 Karl Straube, German organist/conductor

1872 Lowell Mason, U.S. organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80

1862 Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer and conductor /organist, Cyrano

1862 Leon Boellmann, French organist/composer, Variations Symphoniques

1853 Arthur W. Foote, born in Salem, Massachusetts, organist and composer, Suite for Strings in E

1852 Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish organist/composer

1850 Arthur Henry Mann, organist/composer

1850 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer, dies at 75

1847 Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer, dies at 59

1839 Dudley Buck, born in Hartford, Connecticut, organist/church composer

1835 Willem G F Bentinck, earl/politician/organist, dies at 73

1825 Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor

1822 Jan Albert van Eyken, composer/organist

1799 Pieter Hellendaal, violinist, organist and composer (Glees), dies at 78

1798 Christian Gottlob Neefe, German organist/composer, dies at 49

1792 Lowell Mason, Medfield Massachusetts, organist/composer, Zebulo

1789 Armand-Louis Couperin, Fren composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63

1788 Kaspar Ett, German organist/composer

1787 Franz Xavier Gruber, Austria, organist/composer, Silent Night

1780 Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist/composer, dies at 82

1779 William Boyce, English organist/composer (Cathedral Music), dies

1774 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54

1774 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer

1772 Louis-Claude Daquin, French organist/composer (La Rose), dies at 77

1770 Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80

1766 Samuel Wesley, Bristol England, composer/organist, Exultate Deo

1763 Etienne-Nicolas Mehul, French organist/opera composer, Le Jeune Henri

1762 Willem GF Bentinck, Dutch earl/politician/organist

1759 Johann C Altnikol, German organist/klavecinist/composer, dies at 39

1759 Georg Friedrich Handel, organist/composer (Watermusic), dies at 74

1750 Carl T Pachelbel, U.S. organist/composer

1749 Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72

1745 Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist, dies at 52

1736 Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austria organist/composer

1733 Georg Bohm, German organist/composer, dies at 71

1725 Armand-Louis Couperin, Paris, France, organist/composer, Notre Dame

1722 Johann Adam Reincken, German organist/composer, dies at 99

1721 Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch violinist, organist and composer, Glees

1720 Johann Friedrich Agricola, German, court, composer/organist

1710 William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music

1707 Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69

1706 Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52

1706 Johann Pachelbel, organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at 52

1704 Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50

1697 Francesco A. Vallotti, Italian organist/composer/theorist

1694 Louis-Claude Daquin, [d'Acquin], French organist/composer, La Rose

1693 Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist

1685 George Friedrich Handel, Halle Germany, organist/composer, Messiah

1682 Henry Purcell appointed organist of Chapel Royal, London

1676 Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, Paris, France, composer/organist

1668 Francois Couperin, Paris, France, composer/organist, Concerts Royaux

1667 Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50

1667 Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer, dies at 50

1662 Johann Cruger, German organist/composer/music theorist, dies at 63

1661 Georg Bohm, German organist/composer

1659 Henry Purcell, English organist/composer, Dido and Aeneas

1643 Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer/organist, dies at 59

1628 John Bull, English organist/composer, dies

1628 Gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, dies at about 63

1625 Orlando Gibbons, English organist/composer (Silver Swan), dies at 41

1621 Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59

1616 Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies

1616 Johann Jacob Froberger, German singer/organist/composer

1611 Tomas L de Victoria, Spanish composer/singer/organist, dies

1604 Claudio Merulo, Italian organist/composer, dies at 71

1598 Johann Cruger, German organist, composer and music theorist

1587 Samuel Scheidt, German organist/composer, baptised

1563 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral

1533 Claudio Merulo, organist and composer

1485 Rudolph Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], humanist/organist, dies

1473 Conrad Paumann, German blind organist/composer, dies

1444 Rudolf Agricola, [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist



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