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2006 Otto Zykan, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim', dies in Sachsendorf, Austria

2002 Jean Berger, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, dies at 91

2000 Victor Borge, comedian/pianist, Victor Borge in London, dies at 91

2000 Wladyslaw Szpilman, pianist/writer, ", write Death of a City, later filmed as The Pianist, ", dies at 78

1999 Michel Petrucciani, jazz pianist, Both Worlds, dies at 36

1997 Floyd Cramer, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel, dies of lung cancer at age 64

1997 Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 54

1997 Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82

1996 Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald

1996 Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher, dies at 67

1996 Johnny Costa, jazz pianist (Mr Rogers), dies at 74

1996 James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist, dies at 77

1996 Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic, dies at 85

1995 Shura Cherkassky, pianist, dies at 86

1995 Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher, dies at 94

1995 Raymond Rasberry, pianist/singer, dies at 65

1995 Seger Pillot Ellis, pianist/vocalist, dies at 91

1995 Christopher Shaw, composer pianist/critic, dies at 71

1995 Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist, dies at 81

1995 James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist, dies at 95

1995 Jose B. M. Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader, dies at 88

1995 Robert L "Bob" Talley, pianist, dies at 75

1995 Alan David Marks, pianist/composer, dies at 49

1995 Jorge Peixinho, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group, dies in Lisbon, Portugal

1995 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75

1995 Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61

1995 Don Pullen, pianist/composer, dies at 53

1995 Cleo Brown, pianist, performed on National Public Radio, dies at 91

1995 Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger, dies at 82

1995 Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87

1995 Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher, dies at 82

1995 Geoffrey Parsons, Australian/British pianist, dies at 65

1995 Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist (Concert Building), dies at 76

1995 Jess Stacy, pianist, jazz musician, dies at 90

1994 George G F van Renesse, concert pianist/music director, dies at 85

1994 Carmen McRae [Clark], U.S. jazz singer/pianist, dies at about 73

1994 Bill Challis, arranger/Pianist, dies at 90

1994 Bernie Lazaroff Leighton, pianist, dies at 73

1994 Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist (Rolling Stones), dies at 50

1994 Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist, dies at 88

1994 Sebastian Piana, Argentine pianist/tango composer, dies at 91

1994 Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist, commits suicide

1994 Taeko Kuwata, Japanese/Belgian pianist, commits suicide

1994 Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, dies at 79

1994 William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79

1994 Donald Phillips, pianist/composer, dies at 80

1994 Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84

1994 Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist (Chopin/Liszt), dies at 72

1993 Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69

1993 Catherine Collard, French pianist (Debussy, Haydn), dies at 46

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

1993 Roy Budd, English jazz pianist/composer (Paper Tiger), dies at 46

1993 Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64

1993 Herman S Blount, Sun Ra, U.S. jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies at 79

1993 Sun Ra, blues pianist/orchestra leader, dies of strokes at 79

1993 Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78

1993 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/U.S. pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100

1993 Art Hodes, Russian/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies

1993 Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies

1993 Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), dies at 63

1992 Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, dies at 80

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

1992 Maurice Ohana, pianist/composer, dies

1992 Sammy Price, U.S. boogie-woogie pianist, dies

1992 William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/pianist, dies at 81

1992 Lewis Michael Friedman, pianist, dies at 47 of AIDS

1991 Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies

1991 Eileen Joyce, pianist, dies at 78

1991 Lee Donn, pianist, dies of stroke at 96

1991 Jan Ode, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies

1990 Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82

1989 Vladimir Horovitz, Ukrainian/U.S. pianist, dies at 85

1989 Geza Frid, Hungarian/Dutch pianist/composer, dies

1989 John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52

1987 Paul Arma, pianist, composer, ethnomusicologist, dies at 83

1987 Hans Gal, pianist, composer, teacher, trained at New Vienna Conservatory, director, Mainz Conservatory

1987 Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53

1987 Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud), dies at 87

1987 Liberace, pianist (Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman), dies at 67

1987 Larry Carr, pianist (Flight to Rhythm), dies at 72

1986 Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, U.S. jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73

1986 Richard Manuel, rock pianist/vocalist (Band), dies on 41st birthday

1986 Richard Manuel, rock vocalist/pianist (Band), commits suicide at 40

1986 Ticker Freeman, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at 74

1985 Reginald Beane, pianist (Starlit Time, Once Upon a Tune), dies at 63

1985 Eugene List, U.S. concert pianist, dies at 66

1985 Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67

1984 Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79

1983 Earl "Fatha" Hines, U.S., jazz pianist/conductor, dies

1983 Pal Kadosa, Hungarian composer/pianist, dies at 79

1983 Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100

1982 Artur Rubinstein, pianist (My Young Years), dies in Geneva at 95

1982 Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52

1982 Glenn H Gould, Canadian pianist, dies at 50

1982 Clifford M Curzon, England, pianist, dies at 75

1982 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62

1982 Andre Tchaikowsy, pianist/composer, dies

1982 Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45

1982 Theolonious S Monk, U.S., jazz pianist/composer (Blue Monk), dies at 64

1981 Hazel Scott, Trinidadian singer/pianist, dies at 63

1981 Bill Hopkins, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne

1980 Bill Evans, U.S. jazz pianist, dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51

1980 Jose Iturbi, Spanish/US pianist (Pequena danza Espanola), dies at 84

1980 Amos Milburn, rocker, blues singer, pianist, played rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, important figure in the history of blues musicianship, dies at 52

1980 Larry Williams, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie, dies from a gunshot wound, in Los Angeles, California, at age 44

1979 Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84

1977 Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53

1976 Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43

1976 Chester Arthur Burnett, U.S. blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65

1973 Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68

1972 Robert M Casadesus, French pianist/composer (Prix Diemer), dies at 73

1972 Margaret A R Bonds, U.S. pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59

1971 Alfonso Ribeiro, New York City, actor/pianist, Alfonso-Silver Spoons

1969 Wilhelm Backhaus, German pianist (Rubinstein-1905), dies at 85

1969 Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist (Here Comes the Judge), dies at 29

1968 Jan Johansson, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style, dies at 37 in a car crash in Jonkoping, Sweden

1968 Cy Walter, pianist (3's Company), dies at 52

1966 Harold Burrage, U.S. singer/pianist (Got to Find a Way), dies at 35

1966 Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies

1965 Henry (Dixon) Cowell, U.S. pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68

1965 Jerry Burke, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies

1964 Liam O'Maonlai, Irish vocalist/pianist, Hothouse Flowers-I'm Sorry

1964 Mary Howe, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock', dies at 82

1964 Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76

1964 Ted Collins, pianist (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 63

1963 Tori Amos, born in North Carolina, pianist/vocalist, Under The Pink,

1963 Kino Haitsma, pianist/arrangeur, Josephine

1963 Alec A Templeton, composer/pianist (Alec Templeton Time), dies at 52

1962 Ken Noda, New York City, pianist, Rivalry

1962 Alfred Cortot, French pianist, dies at 84

1962 John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82

1962 LeRoy B Shield, U.S. pianist/composer (Union Pacific Suite), dies at 68

1961 Cecile Licad, Manila, Philippines, pianist, Leventritt Award-1981

1961 Percy Aldridge Grainger, Australian/US composer/pianist, dies at 78

1960 Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her), dies at 66

1959 Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72

1959 Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55

1959 Billy Mayerl, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees, dies at 56

1959 George Antheil, U.S. pianist/composer (Ballet Mecanique), dies at 58

1958 Ivo Pogorelich, Belgrade Yugoslavia, pianist, 1978 Casagrande winner

1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80

1958 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80

1958 Tom Schuman, pianist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance

1957 Frank Affolter, pianist/writer/composer, If Nobody Does

1956 Una Mae Carlisle, U.S. pianist/singer, dies at 40

1956 Art Tatum, black pianist, dies at 46 in Los Angeles

1956 Art[hur] Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46

1956 Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer, dies at 60

1956 Michael J Feinstein, pianist, Isn't It Romantic

1955 Howard Jones, rock pianist/vocalist, Things Can Only Get Better

1954 Danielle Alexander, Ft. Worth, Texas, country music pianist

1954 Joe Jackson, English singer/pianist/composer, The Harder they Come

1953 Richard Clayderman, pianist, Amour, Romantic America

1953 Andras Schiff, Budapest Hungary, pianist, Tchaikovsky-1974

1953 Myung-Whan Chung, Seoul Korea, pianist, Chung Sisters

1953 Earl Klugh, Jazz pianist/guitarist

1953 Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor

1953 Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56

1952 Andre-Michel Schub, Paris, France, pianist, Van Cliburn-1981

1952 Daisy Eshuijs, singer/pianist/composer, Eye to Eye

1952 Margriet Eshuijs, Dutch singer/pianist

1952 John Tesh, born in Garden City, New York, New age pianist/TV host, ET

1952 Andy Fraser, born in Paddington, West London, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, played bass for Free, composed "All Right Now", wrote hits for Robert Palmer, Rod Stewart, Joe Cocker

1952 Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56

1952 Zoltan Kocsis, born in Budapest, Hungary, composer, pianist, conductor, musical director, Hungarian National Philharmonic

1952 Adam Woods, rock drummer and pianist, Fixx

1951 Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73

1951 Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69

1951 John Erskine, U.S. writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71

1951 Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall

1950 Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner's solo concert (Cleveland, Ohio)

1950 Tony Banks, born in East Sussex, England, singer, musician, pianist, keyboard player, guitarist, founding member of Genesis

1950 William Cunningham, rock bassist/pianist, Box Tops-Letter

1949 Emmanuel Ax, born in Lvov, Poland, pianist, Artur Rubinstein Comp-1974

1949 Joaquin Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66

1948 Chi Coltrane, U.S. pianist/singer

1948 Garrick Ohlsson, born in Bronxville, New York, pianist, International Busoni winner 1969

1948 Hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66

1947 Catherine Collard, French pianist, Schumann/Brahms

1947 Peter Serkin, New York City, pianist, Tashi

1947 Jasper van 't Hof, Dutch jazz pianist, Live in Montreux

1947 Murray Perahia, born in New York City, pianist, Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988

1946 Jackie McCauley, North Ireland, rock pianist, Them Coleraine

1946 Herman Brood, Dutch painter/singer/pianist, Sleepin' Bird

1946 Billy Preston, Texas, singer and pianist, 5th Beatle, David Brenner Show

1946 Buizen Beernd, Bennie Jolink, singer/guitarist/pianist, Normal

1946 Andre Watts, born in Nuremberg, Germany, concert pianist, Oberon

1946 Barry Manilow, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer/pianist, Mandy, I Write the Songs

1946 Alan David Marks, pianist/composer

1946 Tony Ashton, born in Blackburn, England, singer, composer, rock pianist, producer, artist

1945 Radu Lupu, Galati Romania, pianist, Enesco 1st prize-1967

1945 Lee Michaels, born in Los Angeles, California, guitarist, organist, pianist, known for Top 10 hit 'Do You Know What I Mean'

1945 Misha Dichter, Shanghai China, pianist, Tchaikowsy 2nd prize-1966

1945 Bela V J Bartok, Hungarian pianist/composer dies at 64

1945 Richard Manuel, rock pianist and vocalist, Band-Up on Cripple Creek

1945 Rosemary Stone, vocalist/pianist, Sly and Family Stone-Everyday People

1945 Keith Jarrett, pianist and composer

1945 Keith Nichols, jazz pianist

1945 Ole Buck, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, pianist, wrote Calligraphy for soprano and chamber orchestra at the age of 20

1944 Roy Agnew, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, pianist, considered best composer of early 20th century Australia, dies at 51

1944 Peter Tosh, born in Westmoreland, Jamaica, musician, singer, guitarist, pianist, activist promoted marijuana legalization, played with Bob Marley, The Wailers

1944 Commander Cody, singer/pianist, Commander Cody and Lost Planet Airmen

1944 Marvin Hamlisch, New York City, composer/pianist, Sting, Chorus Line

1944 Cipa Dichter, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter

1944 Paul Crossley, concert pianist

1944 John Lill, professor/pianist

1944 Nicky Hopkins, rock pianist, Stones-Ruby Tuesday, Quicksilver

1944 Peter Allen, Australia, vocalist/pianist, I Go to Rio, Legs Diamond

1944 Ursula Oppens, New York City, pianist/co-founder, Speculum Musicae-NYC

1944 Neely Bruce, born in America, composer, conductor, pianist, scholar of American music, Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, chorus director for Connecticut Opera

1943 Thomas W. "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist, dies at 39 in Kansas City Missouri

1943 Chas Hodges, born in Edmonton, London, rocker, pianist, guitarist, vocalist, member of English duo Chas & Dave, worked with producer Joe Meek, backed Jerry Lee Lewis

1943 Richard Tee, U.S. pianist, Stuff, Strokin'

1943 Fred Lipsius, New York City, rock pianist/sax, Blood, Sweat and Tears

1943 Ray Elliott, rock pianist/saxophonist, Them

1943 Roger Smalley, born in Manchester, England, composer, pianist, conductor, studied with Alexander Goehr, specialty, improvisation, live electronics

1943 Bill Hopkins, born in Prestbury, Cheshire, England, British composer, music critic, teacher, pianist, studied at Oxford University with Egon Wellesz and Edmund Rubbra, taught at Birmingham University and University of Newcastle upon Tyne

1943 Richard Goode, Bronx, concert pianist, 1980 Avery Fisher Award

1943 Sergei Vasilievitch Rachmaninov, Russian composer/pianist, dies at 69

1943 Duncan Swift, jazz pianist

1943 Thomas "Fats" Waller, U.S. jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 38

1943 Rob Hoeke, Dutch pianist/singer, Drinking on My Bed

1942 Jeffrey Siegel, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Chicago Symph

1942 Daniel Barenboim, Buenos Aires Argentinia, pianist/conductor

1942 John Taylor, jazz pianist

1942 Erwin Schulhoff, Czechoslovakian/Russian composer/pianist, dies at 48

1942 Frank Mills, pianist/composer/arranger, Music Box Dancer

1942 Carole King, Klein, born in Brooklyn, New York, pianist/singer, Tapestry

1942 Maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist

1941 Don Pullen, pianist/composer

1941 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56

1941 Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in New York at 80

1941 Chick Corea, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, jazz pianist, Delhpi I, Toy Dance

1941 Martha Argerich, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, pianist, debut 1949

1941 Leon Russell, born in Lawton, Kansas, pianist and singer, Carny

1941 Brian Holland, U.S. pianist/producer, Holland/Dozier/Holland

1940 Shorty Long, soul singer/pianist, Here Comes the Judge

1940 Herbie Hancock, Chicago, pianist, I Thought it Was You

1940 Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor

1940 Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish government in exile

1940 Jorge Peixinho, born in Montijo, Portugal, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group

1940 Laszlo Sary, born in Hungary, composer, pianist, known for 1970's minimal style compositions

1939 Phillip Ramey, born in Elmhurst, Illinois, pianist, composer, associated with Aaron Copeland, wrote, 'Irving Fine: An American Composer in His Time'

1939 Katie Webster, Swamp-Boogie Queen]/US R&B pianist/singer

1939 Bruce Mather, born in Canada, composer, pianist, known for microtonal music, contemporary classical music compositions

1939 John McCabe, born in Huyton, England, composer, pianist, wrote thirteen symphonies by age 11, composed Notturni ed Alba in 1970, ballets, string quartets, piano music, known for his concerti

1939 Marlos Nobre, born in Recife, Brazil, composer, pianist, conductor, commissioned by Free University of Music, Sao Paulo, Ministry of Culture

1938 David Borden, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, minimalist music, jazz pianist, founded Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, the world's first synthesizer ensemble, wrote vocal, chamber ensemble, music, style similar to Phillip Glass, Terry Riley

1938 Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54

1938 Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist/composer, dies at 54

1938 Leopold Godowsky, pianist/composer, dies at 68

1938 Fred E Finn, born in San Francisco, California, pianist, Mickie Finn's

1938 Yuji Takahashi, born in Japan, composer, author, pianist, performer, grant recipient, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists

1938 Zygmunt Krauze, born in Poland, composer, pianist, contemporary classical music genre, professor, Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy

1938 Landon Ronald, composer/pianist, dies at 65

1938 Paul Revere, Harvard Nebraska, pianist, Paul Revere and Raiders

1938 Allen Toussaint, Naomi Neville, pianist/songwriter, Ride Your Pony

1937 Ruth Laredo, nee Meckler, born in Detroit, Michigan, concert pianist

1937 Michael Ponti, Freiburg Germany, pianist, Boston Competition 1964

1937 Peter Duchin, born in New York City, pianist/bandleader, Peter Duchin Orchestra

1937 Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorki Rus, pianist/conductor, Tchakowsky-1961

1937 John Ogdon, Manchester England, pianist/composer

1936 Mort Shuman, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer, songwriter, pianist, co-wrote 'Viva Las Vegas', ' Turn Me Loose', compositions recorded by Dion, Andy Williams, Bobby Darin, Elvis Presley

1936 Annerose Schmidt, East German pianist

1936 Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist, Perfect Circle

1936 Malcolm Binns, concert pianist

1935 Bruno Canino, born in Naples, Italy, composer, pianist, chamber musician, accompanist, studied with Vincenzo Vitale, and in Milan with Bruno Bettinelli, music director of Biennale di Venezia, recordings include Bach Goldberg Variations

1935 Peter Frankl, born in Hungary, pianist, performs classical music, Romantic period, early Modern, recorded the complete solo piano music of Debussy, performed with world class orchestras throughout America and Europe

1935 Gilbert Kalish, born in Brooklyn, New York, pianist/professor, SUNY Stony Brook

1935 Misja Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist/composer, Reconstruction

1935 Larry Williams, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, singer, pianist, rock and roll, rhythm and blues genres, recorded, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Short Fat Fannie

1935 Otto Zykan, born in Vienna, Austria, composer, pianist, student, Vienna Music Academy, wrote operas 'Kunst kommt von Gonnen', 'Auszahlreim'

1935 Malcolm Frager, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pianist

1935 Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor

1934 Pim Jacobs, jazz pianist/Dutch TV host/actor, Gilas

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

1934 Van Cliburn, Jr., Harvey Lavan, Louisiana, pianist, Tchaikovsky 1958

1934 Philippe Entremont, born in Rheims, France, concert pianist

1934 Philippe Entremont, born in France, pianist/conductor, Vienna Chamber Orchestra

1934 Peter Nero, New York City, conductor/pianist, A Sunday in New York

1934 Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences

1934 Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist

1934 Huey "Piano" Smith, pianist, Having a Good Time

1933 Floyd Cramer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel

1933 Tam s Vasary, pianist/conductor

1933 John Browning, Denver Colorado, pianist, Leventritt Award-1956

1933 Cecil Perceval Taylor, composer and jazz pianist, University of Wisconsin

1933 Nina Simone, born in Tyron, North Carolina, vocalist/pianist, Porgy

1932 Glenn Herbert Gould, born in Toronto, Canada, pianist, sued Steinway Piano

1932 Bengt Hallberg, born in Sweden, musician, pianist, composer for film, television, choir arrangements, Sweden's most influential jazz musicians

1932 Mark Russell, Buffalo, New York, political satirist/pianist, Real People

1932 Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist, Charlie Brown TV specials

1932 Josef Zawinal, singer/pianist, Weather Report

1932 Jerome Lowenthal, Philadelphia, pianist and professor, Jerusalem Academy of Music

1932 Ivan Davis, Electra, Texas, pianist/writer, Hunger, Corn is Green

1931 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist, dies

1931 Hikaru Hayashi, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, conductor, pianist, wrote more than 30 operas, over 100 film scores, authored more than 20 books

1931 Jan Johansson, born in Soderhamn, Sweden, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style

1931 Harold Burrage, U.S. singer and pianist, Hi Yo Silver

1931 Dirk Schafer, Dutch pianist/composer (Klavier), dies at 57

1931 Alfred Brendel, Wiesenberg Moravia, Austrian pianist

1930 Ray Charles, Albany, Georgia, singer/pianist, Georgia

1930 Tiny Little, Jr., Worthington, Minnesota, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show

1930 Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist

1930 Willem G Statius Muller, Netherlands Antilles, conductor/pianist/composer

1930 Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist/composer, Hangman's Songs

1930 Raymond Rasberry, pianist and singer

1930 Lazar Berman, Leningrad Russia, pianist, Budapest 3rd place-1956

1929 Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer, Sei Studii

1929 Christoph von Dohnanyi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, Cleveland Orchestra

1929 Bill Evans, U.S. jazz pianist

1929 Alexis Weissenberg, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, pianist, Levintritt-1948

1929 Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher

1929 Ingrid Haebler, Austrian pianist, Hayd/Mozart/Schubert

1929 Charles Wadsworth, Barnesville Georgia, pianist, Lincoln Center

1929 Andre Previn, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor London Symphony, and pianist

1929 Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24

1929 Jerry Goldsmith, pianist/composer, Twilight Zone

1928 Walter Klien, born in Graz, Austria, pianist, performed and recorded concertos of Mozart, Brahms, Schubert piano sonatas, received Bosendorfter Prize in Vienna, 1953

1928 Gary Graffman, New York City, pianist, Leventritt Award

1928 Leon Fleisher, born in San Francisco, California, pianist/conductor, Annapolis Symph 1973-77

1928 Bella Davidovich, born in Baku, Russia, pianist, Chopin, Beethoven, Ravel

1928 Jacob Lateiner, Havana Cuba, pianist/professor, Juiliard

1928 Byron "Yankees" Janis, born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, pianist, NBC Symphony Orchestra

1928 Antione "Fats" Domino, NO, Louisiana, rhythm and blues pianist, Blueberry Hill

1927 Paul Badura-Skoda, Vienna Austria, pianist, Mozart Interpretation

1927 John Downey, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, pianist, conductor, professor of composition and theory, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, founder, director of the Wisconsin Contemporary Music Forum

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

1927 Amos Milburn, born in Houston, Texas, rocker, blues singer, pianist, played rhythm and blues, boogie-woogie, important figure in the history of blues musicianship

1926 Hans Otte, German composer/pianist

1925 Eugene Istomin, New York City, pianist, Leventritt Award-1943

1925 Jurriaan Andriessen, Leslie Cool, Dutch pianist/composer

1925 Oscar Peterson, born in Montreal, Canada, jazz pianist, composer, Grammy Award winner

1925 Ruth Slenczynska, Sacramento, California, pianist

1924 Franz X. Scharwenka, German pianist/composer (Mataswintha), dies at 74

1924 Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer

1924 Bobby Short, born in Danville, Illinois, singer/pianist, Carlisle Hotel

1924 Louis Teicher, pianist, Ferante and Teicher-Exodus

1924 Ferruccio Benvenuto busoni, pianist/composer, dies

1924 Leonard Pennario, Buffalo, New York, pianist, LA Philharmonic

1924 Yvonne Loriod, Houilles France, pianist

1923 Alicia de Larrocha, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist, Orquesta Sinfonica

1923 Janine Dacosta, French pianist

1922 Halina Czerny-Stefanska, Polish pianist, Chopin

1922 Lode Backx, Flemish pianist

1922 Arthur Ferrante, pianist/composer, Ferrante and Tachere-Exodus

1922 Lou Stein, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pianist, Tonight! America After Dark

1922 Abbey Simon, New York City, pianist

1921 Eddy Doorenbos, Dutch vocalist/pianist/guitarist

1921 Geza Anda, Hungarian/Swiss pianist, Mozart/Bartok

1921 Gyorgy Cziffra, Hungarian/French pianist, Chopin/Liszt

1921 Billy Ward, U.S. songwriter/singer/pianist/arranger, Dominoes

1921 Grant Johannesen, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, pianist, Ostend 1st prize 1947

1921 Frank Scott, born in Fargo ND, pianist, Lawrence Welk Show

1921 Erroll Garner, U.S., jazz pianist, Misty

1921 Redd Stewart, Ashland City, Tennessee, guitarist/pianist, Pee Wee King Show

1921 Mark Lawrence, Washington D.C., pianist, Alice Pearce

1921 Leo Smit, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pianist/composer

1920 Dave Brubeck, Concord California, jazz pianist/composer, Gates of Justice

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

1920 George Shearing, London, blind pianist/composer, Lullabye of Byrdland

1920 William Masselos, born in Niagara Falls, New York, pianist and professor, Juilliard 1976

1920 Hazel Scott, born in Trinidad, singer/pianist, Hazel Scott

1920 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, Klimbim

1920 Juan .C Lampe, Aruba, pianist/composer

1920 Robert Fizdale, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Misia

1920 Carmen McRae, Clark, U.S. jazz singer/pianist, Dream of Life

1920 Stan Freeman, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, pianist, Melody Tour

1920 Richard Hayman, bandleader, conductor and pianist, Theme of 3 Penny Opera

1920 Fanny Waterman, concert pianist and teacher

1920 Marian McPartland, jazz pianist, Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland

1920 Del Wood, born in Nashville, Tennessee, given name Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood, singer, pianist, recorded for Tennessee Records label, performed on the Grand Ole Opry

1920 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Brescia Italy, pianist

1919 Liberace, West Allis WI, pianist, Liberace Show, Evil Chandell-Batman

1919 [Wladziu Valentino] Liberace, West Allis Wisconsin, pianist

1919 Pianist and statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes 1st premier of Poland

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

1918 Bobby Troup, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pianist/actor, Emergency, Acapulco

1918 James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist

1918 Eugene List, Philadelphia Penn, pianist and professor, Eastman School of Music

1918 Willem N "Pim" Koot, pianist of Concert building, Oh, Lady! Lady!

1918 D Arendo, Arend Honhoff, Dutch pianist/composer, Eleonora

1918 Buddy Weed, Ossining, New York, pianist, Penthouse Party

1917 Rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer, Ca'i Organ

1917 Thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist

1917 Els Aarne, born in Ukraine, Estonian composer, pianist, composed chamber music for violoncello and double bass, wrote two symphonies, studied with composer Heino Eller

1917 Johnny Guarnieri, born in New York City, jazz pianist, Morey Amsterdam Show

1917 Arthur Gold, Toronto, Canada, pianist

1916 Joe Bushkin, New York City, jazz pianist, A Couple of Joes

1916 Emil Gilels, Odessa Russia, pianist, Brussels Competition-1938

1916 Moura Lympany, Saltash England, pianist, OBE-1979

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

1916 Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald

1915 Una Mae Carlisle, U.S. pianist/vocalist, Walkin' at the River

1915 Earl Wild, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, composer/pianist, Caesar's Hour, NBC Symph 1942

1915 Cy Walter, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, pianist, 3's Company

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

1915 Irving Fields, New York City, pianist, Ilona Massey Show

1915 Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist/composer, Vague et Sillon

1915 Alexander N. Skriabin, Russian pianist/composer (Prometheus), dies at 43

1915 Svyatoslav Richter, pianist

1915 David van de Woestijne, Flemish pianist/composer, Les Aeronautes

1914 Rosalyn Tureck, born in Chicago, Illinois, pianist, Bach and Rock

1914 Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist, Mississippi

1914 Jorge Bolet, Havana Cuba, pianist, C'eurties Instituka

1914 William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz pianist/arranger

1914 Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist

1914 Cor de Groot, pianist/conductor/composer, Old-Dutch Suite

1914 Maurice Ohana, British?/French? pianist/composer, La Celestine

1914 Sviatosiav Richter, born in Zhitomir, Ukraine, pianist, Stalin Prize-1945

1914 Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer

1913 Donald Phillips, pianist/composer

1913 Jimmy Carroll, New York City, pianist, Most Important People

1913 Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz pianist/composer

1913 Margaret A. R. Bonds, U.S. pianist, composer and arranger

1913 Rozelle Claxton, pianist/arranger

1912 Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher

1912 Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, U.S. jazz pianist/arranger

1912 Gyorgy Sandor, Budapest Hungary, pianist, L'Apprenti Sorcier

1912 Ray Barr, New York City, pianist, Vincent Lopez Show

1912 Nikita Magaloff, Russian/Swiss pianist, Arkadia 598-Schubert

1912 Rudolf Firkusny, Napajedla Czechoslovakia, pianist, Julliard

1911 Ticker Freeman, Paterson, New Jersey, pianist, Dinah Shore Show

1911 Guus Jansen, jazz pianist, Net als Toen

1910 Art Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer

1910 Soulima Stravinsky, born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Russian pianist, Igor's son

1910 Josef Tal, born in Pinne, Poland, born Joseph Gruenthal, composer, pianist, played hard with Palestine Orchestra, developed notational system for computer-generated compositions at Hebrew University

1910 Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic

1910 William T "Champion Jack" Dupree, U.S. boxer/slaughterhouse pianist

1910 Mary Lou Williams, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, Zodiac Suite

1909 Cleo Brown, born in Mississippi, pianist, vocalist, stage name Cleo Patra Brown, performed on National Public Radio, stride piano playing was compared to Fats Waller

1909 Monique Hare, French pianist

1909 Shura Cherkassky, pianist

1909 Jean Berger, born in Hamm, Germany, composer, pianist, professor, studied at Heidelberg, Vienna universities, studied with Paris' Louis Aubert, taught at Middlebury College, University of Colorado at Boulder, among others

1909 Alec Templeton, Cardiff Wales, pianist/composer, Concertino Lirico

1909 Isaac M F Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, dies at 48

1909 Eddie Duchin, born in Massachusetts, society pianist and bandleader, Eddie Duchin Orchestra

1909 Moon Mullican, hillbilly pianist, 7 Nights of Rock

1909 George G F van Renesse, Dutch pianist/music director

1909 Victor Borge, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, pianist/comedian

1907 Roy Douglas, born in Tunbridge Wells, England, Richard Roy Douglas, composer, pianist, member London Symphony Orchestra, pianist, organist, celesta player, fourth percussionist, created orchestration for 'Les Sylphides'

1907 Joe Turner, U.S. jazz pianist

1907 Sunnyland Albert Luandrew Slim, blues pianist

1907 Benny Payne, born in Philadelphia, pianist, Billy Daniels Show

1907 Jose Bernabe Marino Barreto y Casanova, pianist vocalist bandleader

1907 Clifford Curzon, born in London, England, pianist, MacFarren Gold Medal

1907 Sandor Veress, Hungarian pianist/composer

1906 Bob Howard, born in Newton, Massachusetts, singer/pianist, Sing it Again

1906 Artur Balsam, Polish/U.S. pianist, Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein

1905 Earl "Fatha" Hines, Duquesne, Pennsylvania, jazz pianist, Deep Forest

1905 John Kirkpatrick, New York City, pianist, Concord Sonata

1905 Lili Krus, born in Budapest Hungary, pianist, Austrian Cross of Honor 1978

1904 Eve Denise Curie, French pianist/author/daughter of Madame Curie

1904 Piet Ketting, pianist/conductor/composer, Glorify Kokila

1904 Paul Arma, born in Budapest, born Weisshaus Imre, pianist, composer, ethnomusicologist, studied under Bela Bartok, piano soloist with Radio Paris

1904 Vladimir Horowitz, born in Kiev, Ukraine, pianist, Carmen

1904 Jess Stacy, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, pianist, jazz musician, played with Tommy Dorsey, recorded with Lee Wiley, Nelson Riddle in The Great Gatsby soundtrack

1904 Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor

1904 Bill Challis, arranger/pianist

1904 Seger Pillot Ellis, pianist/vocalist

1904 Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, jazz pianist/singer, Boogie Woogie Piano

1904 William "Count" Basie, jazz pianist, Policy Man, Blazing Saddles

1904 Geza Frid, Hungarian/Dutch composer/pianist

1903 Pal Kadosa, Hungarian composer/pianist

1903 Rudolf Serkin, Bohemian/US pianist, dies

1903 Rudolf Serkin, born in Eger, Bohemia, pianist, Marlboro Sch of Music

1903 Claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist, Boston Symphony Orchestra

1903 Erwin Nyiregyhazi, Budapest Hungary, pianist

1903 Telesforo A. Palm, Curaeao, composer/pianist

1902 Jesus Maria Sanroma, Carolina PR, pianist, Boston Symphony

1902 Antonia Brico, born in Rotterdam, Holland, conductor/pianist, Antonia

1902 Billy Mayerl, born in London, England, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees

1902 Pierre Palla, Dutch pianist/organist

1900 Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher

1899 Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington, Indiana, pianist/composer

1899 James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist

1899 Gerald Moore, England, pianist, Am I Too Loud

1899 Robert Marcel Casadesus, French pianist and composer, Prix Diemer

1899 Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist, Les Biches

1898 Nelly Steuer-Wagenaar, Dutch pianist

1898 Johan Brouwer, Dutch pianist/writer/resistance fighter

1897 Jules Buffano, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pianist, Jimmy Durante Show

1897 Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer, Lady Fanny, Bel Ami

1896 Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann, composer/pianist, dies at 76

1896 Alexander Brailowsky, Russia, pianist, Chopin

1895 Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cellist/pianist/composer

1895 Jose Iturbi, Valencia Spain, pianist, Pequena danza Espanola

1895 Wilhelm Kempff, Juterbog Germany, pianist, Unter dem Zimbelstern

1895 Walter Gieseking, German pianist/composer

1895 Charles Halle, British pianist, dies

1895 Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist, Brazilian Order of Merit

1894 Erwin Schulhoff, Czechoslovakian/Russian composer/pianist, Ogelala

1893 Leroy B Shield, U.S. pianist/producer/composer, Laurel and Hardy

1893 Walter Donaldson, U.S. pianist/composer, Girl Crazy, Whoopee

1892 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/US pianist

1892 Nikolaj A. Orloff, Russian/British pianist, Chopin

1891 Roy Agnew, born in Sydney, Australia, composer, pianist, considered best composer of early 20th century Australia

1891 Henry Charles Litolff, French pianist/componist, dies at 73

1891 Edgar Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer

1890 Hans Gal, born in Brunn am Gebirge, Austria, pianist, composer, teacher, trained at New Vienna Conservatory, director, Mainz Conservatory

1890 Myra Hess, born in London, England, concert pianist

1888 Ciro Pinsuti, Italian pianist/composer, dies at 57

1887 Jules Francois Blasini, Curaeaos pianist/composer, dies at 40

1887 Jacobo Palm, Curacaos pianist/organist

1887 Paul Wittgenstein, Vienna Austria, left hand specialist pianist

1887 Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist, Beethoven

1887 Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstangl, German/US pianist/politician, NSDAP

1886 Franz von Liszt, Ferencz, Hungarian pianist/composer, dies at 74

1886 Artur Rubinstein, Lodz Poland, pianist

1885 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer

1885 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist, composer and conductor, dies at 73

1884 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist

1884 Wilhelm Backhaus, born in Leipzig, Germany, pianist, Rubinstein 1905

1884 Christina A. A. [Dina] Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer

1883 Eubie Blake, ragtime composer/pianist, Memories of You

1882 Richard Hageman, Dutch/US pianist/ composer and conductor, Caponsacchi

1882 Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor, Hill Songs

1882 Artur Schnabel, Lipnik Austria, pianist, Beethoven Piano Sonatas

1882 Mary Howe, born in Richmond, Virginia, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock'

1881 Hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer, Dr. Eisenbart

1881 Bela Bartok, born in Hungary, composer/pianist, Concerto for Orchestra

1880 Rosina Lhevinne, born in Kiev, Ukraine, pianist and professor, Juiliard Graduate School

1880 Rudolf T Palm, Curacao, pianist/composer

1879 John Erskine, U.S., poet/pianist, Private Life of Helen of Troy

1879 Cyril M Scott, English pianist/composer/author, Heroic Suite

1879 John N Ireland, English composer/pianist, Mai-Dun

1878 Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer

1878 Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/ composer and conductor, Peter Schlemihl

1877 Alfred Cortot, French pianist

1873 Dirk Schafer, Dutch pianist/composer, Javanese Rhapsody

1873 Harold Bauer, English/US pianist, Beethoven-Association

1873 Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/U.S. pianist/composer, Aleko

1873 Max Reger, born in Brand Bavaria, composer, pianist, professor, Leipzig University

1870 Leopold Godowsky, Lithuania, virtuoso pianist/composer

1868 Eduard Jacobs, singer and pianist, Dutch cabaret

1868 Leonard Borwick, British pianist

1866 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist, dies

1866 Ferruccio D M B Busoni, born in Italy, pianist, composer and conductor, Arlecchino

1864 Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist and composer, Golem

1863 Alexander Siloti, Kharkov Russia, pianist and professor, Moscow Cons 1888-91

1860 Ignace Jan Paderewski, Kurylowka Poland, composer/pianist/patriot

1860 Isaac [Manuel F] Albeniz, Spanish pianist/composer, Iberia

1858 Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher, dies at 87

1857 Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist/composer, dies at 66

1856 Robert A Schumann, German pianist/composer (Humoresque), dies at 46

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

1850 Franz Xaver Scharwenka, German pianist/composer, Mataswintha

1849 Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer, dies at 39

1849 "Blind" Tom Bethune, pianist/composer

1847 Jacob L Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Germ pianist/composer, dies at 38

1847 Jules Francois Blasini, Curacaos pianist/composer

1841 Tito Mattei, pianist/composer

1839 Ignace Antoine Ladurner, pianist/composer, dies at 72

1837 John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54

1830 Karl Klindworth, pianist/conductor

1830 Hans von Bulow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer

1829 Anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer

1829 Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist, dies

1829 Ciro Pinsuti, pianist/composer

1829 Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized U.S. pianist

1822 Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran

1821 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56

1819 Henry Brinley Richards, British? pianist/composer

1819 Clara Josephine Schumann, nee Wieck, Leipzig Germ, pianist/composer

1819 Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder, Halle Orchestra

1818 Henry Charles Litolff, French composer/pianist

1812 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52

1811 Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/ composer and conductor

1811 Franz Liszt, Raiding Hungary, romantic composer/virtuoso pianist

1811 Marie-Felicite-Denise Pleyel, Mlle Moke, pianist/composer

1810 Frederic Chopin, born in Poland, composer/pianist, Concert in F Minor

1810 Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer

1795 Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna

1792 Philip Cipriani Hambley Potter, pianist/composer

1791 Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer, Schule der Virtuosen

1788 Aloys Schmitt, German music theory/composer/royal pianist

1782 John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer, Nocturnes

1777 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court)composer/pianist, dies at 62

1774 Vaclav Jan Krtitel Tomasek, organist/pianist/composer

1771 Johann Baptist Cramer, German/British pianist/composer/publisher

1766 Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer

1764 Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer

1760 Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer

1751 Maria A. [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist/Wolfgang's sister

1715 Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian, court, composer/pianist

1715 Georg C Wagenzeil, Austria, court, composer/pianist


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