1995 Death Frederick Craig Riddle, violist, dies at 82 1994 Death Sandor Lakatos, Hungarian violist/orchestra leader, dies at 69 1992 Death Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian/US violist (Beethoven, Bach), dies at 87 1982 Death Leonid B Kogan, Russian violist, dies at 58 1982 Death Paul Godwin, Goldfein, Polish/Dutch violist, dies at 80 1978 Death Tibor Serly, Hungarian violist/composer (American Elegy), dies at 76 1955 Death Georges Enescu, Romanian/French violist/composer (Oedipe), dies at 73 1948 Birthday Pinchas Zukerman, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, violinist and violist, Leventritt 1967 1934 Death Ruggiero de Rudolpho "Russ" Columbo, U.S. singer/violist, dies at 26 1923 Birthday Herman Krebbers, Dutch violist/concert master 1917 Birthday Emanuel Vardi, born in Jerusalem, Israel, violist, SD Symph 1978-82 1915 Birthday Walter Trampler, Munich Germany, violist, Beaux Arts Trio 1912 Birthday Frederick Craig Riddle, violist 1909 Birthday Milton Katims, born in New York City, conductor/violist, WOR-NYC 1903 Birthday William Primrose, Glasgow Scot, violist, Method for Violin and Viola 1903 Death Luigi Arditi, violist/composer, dies at 80 1887 Death Heinrich Panofka, German violist/composer, dies at 80 1880 Death Henryk Wieniawski, Polish violist/composer, dies at 44 1843 Death Joseph Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist, dies at 42 1824 Death Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violist/composer, dies at 70 1810 Birthday Ferdinand David, violist/compser, Hohe Schule des Violinspiels 1801 Birthday Josef Franz Karl Lanner, Austria, composer/violist 1783 Death Johann Philipp Kirnberger, German music theroist/violist, dies at 62 1758 Death Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish composer/violist, dies at 64 1755 Death Johann Georg Pisendel, German violist/composer, dies at 76 1755 Birthday Frederico Fiorillo, Italian violist/composer 1704 Death Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Austrian violist/composer, dies at 59 1682 Death Alessandro Stradella, Italian violist/composer, murdered at 37
