2007 Death Jean Balissat, composer, professor of composition and orchestration, University of Geneva, dies in Corcelles-le-Jorat, Switzerland 1996 Death Tristan Keuris, composer, taught composition in Utrecht, Amsterdam, works include 'Saxophone Quartet Concerto', dies in Amsterdam, Holland 1984 Death Ramiro Cortes, composer, Fulbright Fellow, taught composition at University of California, University of Utah, dies at 50 in Salt Lake City, Utah 1976 Death Akio Yashiro, Japanese composer, studied under Kunihiko Hashimoto, Leonid Kreutzer, String Quartet composition won the Eighth Mainichi Music prize in 1957, dies at 46 1953 Birthday Carl Joseph Stone, born in America, composer, electronic music genre, minimalist, studied composition at California Institute of the Arts, served as President of the American Music Center 1951 Birthday Ned Sublette, born in Lubbock, Texas, composer, musician, musicologist, producer, guitarist, studied classical guitar with Emilio Pujol, composition with Kenneth Gaburo, Cuban music scholar, known for mixing country-western, afro-Caribbean salsa, cumbia, rumba music styles 1950 Birthday Stephen Chatman, born in Faribault, Minnesota, Canadian composer, received Fulbright grant for study at Hochschule fur Misik in Cologne, since 1976 has served as professor and Head of the Composition Division at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver 1946 Birthday Tristan Keuris, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands, composer, taught composition in Utrecht, Amsterdam, works include 'Saxophone Quartet Concerto' 1946 Birthday Anne Boyd, born in Sydney, New South Wales, composer, professor of composition at the University of Sydney, recipient, Order of Australia, for contributions to music 1945 Birthday Laurie Spiegel, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, guitar, known for algorithmic composition software Music Mouse, electronic-music compositions 1944 Death Piet Mondrian, abstract painter (Composition in Blue), dies at 71 1943 Birthday Rolf Gehlhaar, born in Breslau, Poland, composer, known for computer-controlled composition, sound installations using Sound Space system 1941 Birthday Emanuel Nunes, born in Lisbon, Portugal, composer, winner of the UNESCO Composition Prize, 1999, won Premio Pessoa, 2000 1936 Birthday Jean Balissat, born in Lausanne, Switzerland, composer, professor of composition and orchestration, University of Geneva 1935 Birthday La Monte Young, Bern Idaho, composer, Composition in 1990 1933 Birthday Ramiro Cortes, born in Dallas, Texas, composer, Fulbright Fellow, taught composition at University of California, University of Utah 1933 Birthday Arif Melikov, born in Baku, Azerbaijan, name also Arif Malikov, Soviet composer, nationally acclaimed for composition Legend of Love whose ballet is among the finest works to emerge from the Soviet Union 1932 Birthday Wojciech Kilar, born in Lwow, Poland, composer of film, classical, symphonic music, won French Lili Boulanger Prize for composition 1960 1932 Birthday Per Norgard, born in Gentofte, Denmark, composer, famous 20th century Danish composer, music features use of infinity series for serializing melody, harmony, rhythm in musical composition 1929 Birthday Akio Yashiro, born in Tokyo, Japanese composer, studied under Kunihiko Hashimoto, Leonid Kreutzer, String Quartet composition won the Eighth Mainichi Music prize in 1957 1929 Birthday Luc Ferrari, born in Paris, France, composer, concentrated on musical composition, collaborated with Pierre Schaeffer from 1957 - 1966, extended notion of abstract music, interested in breaking barriers that force musical tradition 1927 Birthday 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 1922 Birthday Leo Kraft, born in Brooklyn, New York, composer, author, educator, recorded on CRI label, studied composition with Karol Rathaus, Randall Thompson, Nadio Boulander 1907 Event 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired 1905 Event 1st published blues composition forms sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues 1902 Birthday Jeno Takacs, born in Cinfalva, Hungary, composer, studied with Joseph Marx, Paul Weigarten, professor of piano, composition at University of Manila in the Philippines, gave concerts in China, Japan, Hong Kong 1901 Event Maurice Ravel composition "Jeux d'eau" premieres 1900 Birthday David Wynne, born in Penderyn, Wales, composer, studied at University of Wales, Cardiff, University of Bristol, Head of Music, Lewis School Pengam, professor of composition, Cardiff College of Music and Drama 1900 Birthday Evald Aav, born in Talinn, Estonia, composer, studied music with Artur Kapp, composed Estonian opera Vikerlased (The Vikings), modeled after Tchaikovsky's composition style 1864 Event William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae 1859 Event GR Kirchoff describes chemical composition of Sun 1792 Event In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn
