2011 Event U.S. conductor Daniel Barenboim holds a 'Peace Concert' in the Gaza Strip; he is a supporter of Palestinian rights 2007 Death Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist, conductor, commissioned new works, enlarged cello repertoire more than any cellist, considered greatest cellist of 20th century, died of intestinal cancer 2004 Death Carlos Kleiber, conductor, dies at 74 1998 Death Klaus Tennstedt, conductor, dies at 71 1997 Death Georg Solti, conductor, dead, dies at 84 1997 Death Sir Georg Solti, conductor, dies at 84 1997 Death Sandor Vegh, violinist teacher and conductor, dies at 84 1996 Death Berthold Goldschmidt, composer and conductor, dies at 93 1996 Death Sergiu Celibidache, conductor, dies at 84 1996 Death Rafael Jeronym Kubelik, conductor, dies at 82 1996 Death Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor, dies at 86 1996 Death Henry Jay Lewis, conductor, dies at 63 1995 Death Golfredo Corradetti, conductor, dies at 79 1995 Death Vaclav Neummann, conductor, dies at 74 1995 Death Anatole Fistoulari, conductor, dies at 88 1995 Death Charles Bruck, Hungarian/French/U.S. conductor (Dutch Opera), dies at 83 1995 Death Jorge Peixinho, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group, dies in Lisbon, Portugal 1995 Death Frank Chacksfield, conductor/arranger, dies at 81 1995 Death Max Rudolf, conductor, dies at 92 1995 Death Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), dies at 68 1995 Death Alexander Gibson, conductor, dies at 69 1995 Death Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at 52 1994 Death Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (Amsterdams Vrouwenkoor), dies at 86 1994 Death Irwin Kostal, U.S. arranger/conductor (Sound of Music), dies at 83 1994 Death Kurt Eichhorn, conductor, dies at 85 1994 Death Boris Alexandrov, conductor, Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble, dies at 88 1994 Death Louis Kaufman, U.S. violinist and conductor, 'Gone with the Wind', dies at 88 1994 Death Ignace Strasfogel, Polish/US pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 84 1994 Death Norman Del Mar, conductor/writer (Conducting Brahms), dies at 74 1994 Death Jay Blackton, U.S. conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 84 1994 Death Jay Blackton, broadway Conductor (Oklahoma!), dies at 84 1993 Event John Williams final appearance as conductor of Boston Pops 1993 Death Bruce Ferden, U.S. conductor (NY, Washington, Amsterdam), dies at 44 1993 Death Erich Leinsdorf, Austria/US conductor/author (Cadenza), dies at 81 1993 Death Szymon Goldberg, Polish violinist and conductor, dies at 84 1993 Death Cor de Great, pianist/conductor/composer (Vernissage), dies at 78 1993 Death Kees Deenik, singer/conductor 1993 Death Jan D Boeke, Dutch organist/conductor, dies 1993 Death John D Boeke, organist/conductor, dies 1993 Death Leonce Gras, Flemish singer/conductor, dies at 84 1992 Death Maurice le Roux, French conductor and composer (Contes immoraux), dies 1992 Death Lawrence Welk, conductor/accordionist (Lawrence Welk Show), dies at 89 1991 Death Andre Vandernoot, Flemish fluitist/conductor, dies at 64 1991 Death Andrzei Panufkin, Polish/British conductor and composer (Sinfonia Sacra), dies 1991 Death Carmine Coppola, composer and conductor (Godfather II), dies at 80 1991 Death Willi Boskovsky, Austrian conductor (new years concert), dies at 81 1989 Death John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68 1989 Death Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor, dies at 81 1989 Death Vaclav Kaslik, Czechoslovakian opera composer and conductor, dies at 71 1988 Death Antal Dorati, Hungarian/US conductor/composer, dies at 82 1988 Death 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 1988 Death Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 46 1986 Death Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer (Elegie), dies at 80 1985 Death Karl Marx, German composer and conductor, dies at 87 1985 Death Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85 1985 Death George Schick, Czechoslovakian conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76 1984 Death Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79 1983 Death Alfredo Antonini, conductor (Jane Froman Canteen), dies at 82 1983 Death Earl "Fatha" Hines, U.S., jazz pianist/conductor, dies 1983 Death Adrian Boult, conductor, dies 1982 Death Leo Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86 1982 Death Piet van Egmond, organist/conductor, dies at 70 1982 Death Wilfred Pelletier, symph conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 85 1981 Death Karl Bohm, Austria conductor, dies at 86 1981 Death Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin, Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67 1981 Death Howard Hanson, U.S. composer and conductor (Nordic), dies at 84 1980 Death Andre Kostelanetz, Russian conductor, dies at 78 1979 Death Julia A Perry, U.S. composer and conductor (Soul Symphony), dies at 55 1978 Death [John] Willem van Otterloo, conductor and composer (Symphonic), dies at 70 1978 Death Tolchard Evans, composer and conductor, dies 1976 Death Jean Martinon, French conductor/composer, dies at 66 1975 Death Frans van Amelsvoort, choir conductor, dies at 75 1975 Death Arthur Bliss, English composer and conductor (Checkmate), dies at 83 1975 Death Franz Andre, Belgian conductor, dies at 81 1973 Death Bruno Maderna, Italian composer and conductor (Satyricon), dies at 53 1973 Death Pablo Casals, Spanish cellist, conductor and composer, dies at 96 1973 Death Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer, dies at 77 1973 Death Otto Klemperer, German/US conductor, dies at 88 1973 Death Charles Ancerl, Czechoslovakian conductor (Prague/Toronto), dies at 63 1973 Death Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Germ composer and conductor (Hassan), dies at 73 1973 Death Istvan Kertesz, Hungarian/German conductor (London Symphony), dies at 43 1973 Death Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/musicologist, dies at 67 1973 Death Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 72 1973 Death Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslav composer and conductor, dies at 72 1973 Death Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68 1972 Death Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer and conductor (Dike), dies at 65 1972 Death Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79 1971 Death Fernand Quinet, Belgian composer and conductor (Guerre), dies at 73 1971 Death Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian conductor/composer, dies at 83 1970 Death George Szell, Hungarian/U.S. conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, dies at 73 1970 Death John G B Barbirolli, English conductor/composer, dies at 70 1970 Death John Barbirolli, English conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, dies at 70 1970 Death Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78 1969 Death Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, dies at 85 1968 Death Charles Munch, French/U.S. conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra, dies at 77 1968 Death Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies 1967 Death Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (Last Night of Proms), dies at 72 1966 Death Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74 1965 Death Pierre Cardevielle, French composer and conductor (L'ile Rouge), dies at 59 1965 Death Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht, French composer and conductor, dies at 84 1964 Death Pierre Monteux, French/U.S. conductor, Concert Building Orchestra, dies at 89 1964 Death John Finley Williamson, conductor (Westminster Choir), dies at 76 1963 Death Winifried P I Zillig, German composer and conductor (Opfer), dies at 58 1963 Death Fritz Reiner, Hungarian/U.S. conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, dies at 74 1962 Death Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer (Bruckner), dies at 82 1962 Death Bruno Walter, symphony conductor (New York Philharmonic), dies at 85 1961 Death Thomas Beecham, English conductor (Last Night of the Prom), dies at 81 1960 Death Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek/US conductor/composer, dies at 64 1960 Death Hubert Cuypers, composer/choir conductor (Missa Populi), dies at 86 1959 Death Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72 1959 Death Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor, dies at 57 1958 Death Artur Rodzinski, Polish conductor/composer, dies at 66 1958 Death Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, dies at 63 1958 Birthday Esa-Pekka Salonen, born in Helsinki, Finland, conductor, Giro 1958 Death William C. Handy, U.S. conductor and composer (St. Louis Blues), dies at 84 1957 Death Sem Dresden, Dutch composer and conductor, dies at 76 1957 Death Arturo Toscanini, Italian U.S. conductor (NBC), dies in New York City at 89 1956 Death Reinhold M Gliere, Ukrainian conductor and composer (Gjulsura), dies at 81 1956 Death Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (Gewandhausorkest), dies at 73 1956 Death Gunther Ramin, German organist/composer/choir conductor, dies at 57 1956 Death Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor, dies 1955 Birthday Simon Rattle, born in England, orchestra conductor, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 1954 Death Peter Van Anrooy, conductor and composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie), dies at 75 1954 Death Wilhelm Furtwangler, German conductor/composer, dies at 68 1954 Death Francis L Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 83 1954 Death Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61 1953 Birthday Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999 1953 Birthday Riccardo Chailly, born in Milan, Italy, conductor, West Berlin Symphony Orchestra 1953 Birthday Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor 1953 Death Ludomir Rozycki, Polish composer and conductor (Casanova), dies at 68 1952 Death Albert van Raalte, conductor, Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, dies at 62 1952 Birthday Zoltan Kocsis, born in Budapest, Hungary, composer, pianist, conductor, musical director, Hungarian National Philharmonic 1951 Death Serge Koussevitsky, conductor/composer, dies at 76 1951 Death J Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (Matthaus Passion), dies at 79 1950 Death Karl Straube, German organist/conductor, dies 1950 Birthday James Conlon, born in New York City, conductor, Cincinnati May Festival-1979 1949 Death Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (L'ete), dies at 75 1949 Death Joaquin Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66 1948 Death Oscar L Fernandez, Brazilian conductor and composer (Imbapara), dies at 50 1948 Birthday Peter Ruzicka, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, professor, composer, conductor, composes stage, orchestral, chamber, piano, vocal music 1948 Birthday Barry Wordsworth, conductor 1947 Birthday Gerard Schwarz, born in Weehawken, New Jersey, trumpeter/conductor, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra 1947 Death Else JT Rangstrom, Swedish conductor/singer/composer/critic, dies 1947 Death Alfredo Casella, Italian composer and conductor (La Giara), dies at 63 1947 Birthday David Porcelijn, Dutch composer and conductor 1946 Birthday Christopher Keene, born in Berkeley, California, conductor, La Traviata 1946 Birthday Giuseppe Sinopoli, Venice Italy, conductor and composer, Sunnyata 1946 Death Granville Ransome Bantock, English composer and conductor, dies at 78 1946 Death Paul Lincke, German composer and conductor (Lysistrata), dies at 79 1946 Death Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer and conductor, dies at 63 1946 Death Aleksander V Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor, dies at 63 1945 Birthday John Mauceri, born in New York City, conductor, Washington D.C. Opera 1944 Birthday Michael Tilson Thomas, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor, New York Phil Young People 1944 Birthday Willem Breuker, Dutch saxophonist/conductor, WB Collective 1944 Birthday Leonard Slatkin, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor, Concert Orchestra, Netherlands 1944 Death Henry J Wood, English conductor (My Life of Music, Proms), dies at 75 1944 Birthday Leif Segerstam, born in Vaasa, Finland, composer, chief conductor, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra 1995 - 2007, professor Sibelius Academy 1944 Birthday Andrew Davis, Ashbridge, England, conductor, New Philharmonic Orchestra London 1944 Birthday 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 1944 Birthday Peter Eotvos, born in Odorheiu Secuiesc, Hungary, now Romania, composer, conductor, works include 'Love and Other Demons' 1943 Birthday Udo Zimmermann, born in Dresden, Germany, composer, conductor, artistic director, music director, Leipzig Opera House 1943 Birthday Edward Cowie, born in Birmingham, England, composer, orchestral, chamber, choral works, conductor, painter, author 1943 Birthday Roger Smalley, born in Manchester, England, composer, pianist, conductor, studied with Alexander Goehr, specialty, improvisation, live electronics 1943 Birthday James Levine, musical conductor, Tosca, dir, Metropolitan Opera 1943 Birthday James Levine, British conductor 1942 Birthday Daniel Barenboim, Buenos Aires Argentinia, pianist/conductor 1942 Birthday Michel Tabachnik, Swiss composer and conductor 1942 Birthday Eduardo Mata, Mexico City Mexico, conductor, Improvisaciones 1942 Birthday Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor 1942 Death Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79 1942 Death Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72 1941 Birthday Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer and conductor 1941 Birthday John Nelson, San Jose Costa Rica, conductor, Les Troyens of Berlioz 1941 Birthday Riccardo Muti, born in Napoli, Italy, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra 1941 Birthday Edo de Waart, Amsterdam Holland, conductor, Houston Opera-1976 1941 Death Hamilton Hamilton Harty, composer and conductor, dies at 61 1940 Death Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78 1940 Birthday Murray Sidlin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, conductor, National Symph 1973-77 1940 Birthday Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Toro Spain, conductor, International Conductor Competition 1940 Birthday Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor 1940 Birthday Jorge Peixinho, born in Montijo, Portugal, pianist, conductor, composer, studied with Pierre Boulez, founder, Lisbon Contemporary Music Group 1939 Birthday Walter Weller, Vienna Austria, conductor, Vienna Tonkustler Orchestra 1939 Birthday Leo Brouwer, born in Havana, Cuba, Juan Leovigildo Brouwer Mezquida, composer, conductor, guitarist, studied under Vincent Persichetti, Stefan Wolpe, composed solo guitar pieces, over 40 film scores, and several guitar concertos 1939 Death E Fernandez Arbos, Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75 1939 Birthday Marlos Nobre, born in Recife, Brazil, composer, pianist, conductor, commissioned by Free University of Music, Sao Paulo, Ministry of Culture 1939 Death Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball director, dies at 72 1938 Birthday Yuri Temirkanov, Nalchik Russia, conductor, Kirov 1938 Birthday Jose Serebrier, Montevideo Uruguay, conductor and composer, Star Wagon 1938 Birthday Maxim Shostakovich, Leningrad Russia, conductor, Atlanta Symph 1938 Event Eduard van Beinum becomes world's 1st conductor at Concert Hall 1937 Birthday Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gorki Rus, pianist/conductor, Tchakowsky-1961 1937 Birthday Neeme Jarvi, born in Tallinn, Estonia, conductor, Estonia Opera 1971 1937 Birthday Judith Somogi, New York City, conductor, Frankfurt Opera-1982 1937 Birthday Paul Mefano, born in France, composer, conductor, founded Ensemble 2e2m, premiered over 500 works by young composers, including James Dillon and Franco Donatoni, directed the Conservatory of Versailles 1996 - 2005 1936 Birthday Hans Zender, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, composer, conductor, music professor, Conductor in Chief of the Chamber Orchestra of Radio Netherlands in Hilversum, Southwest German Radio guest conductor 1936 Birthday James De Preist, Philadelphia Penn, conductor, Mitropolos 1964 1936 Birthday Michel Decoust, born in Paris, France, composer, conductor, studied with Pierre Boulez, teacher, founder, Pantin Conservatoire Municipal de Musique 1936 Birthday David Joel Zinman, born in New York City, composer and conductor, Baltimore Symphony 1983 1936 Birthday Zubin Mehta, born in Bombay, India, conductor, New York Philharmonic 1936 Birthday Eve Queler, New York City, conductor 1935 Birthday Elgar Howarth, born in Cannock, England, composer, conductor, educated at Manchester University, member of group, New Music Manchester 1935 Birthday Seiji Ozawa, Hoten Manchuria, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1935 Birthday Seiji Ozawa, Fentian Shenyan, Manchuria, orchestra conductor 1935 Birthday Jorge Mester, born in Mexico City, Mexico, conductor, Louisville Orchestra 1967 - 1979 1935 Birthday Noam Sheriff, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, musician, composer, conductor, most renowned Israeli musician, director of Haifa Symphony Orchestra 1935 Birthday Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor 1934 Birthday David Lloyd-Jones, conductor 1934 Birthday Philippe Entremont, born in France, pianist/conductor, Vienna Chamber Orchestra 1934 Birthday Peter Nero, New York City, conductor/pianist, A Sunday in New York 1934 Death Willem Kes, violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 78 1934 Birthday Aldo Ceccato, born in Milan, Italy, conductor, Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1973 - 1977 1933 Birthday Rafael Frubeck de Burgos, Burgos, Spain, conductor, World of Song 1933 Birthday Tam s Vasary, pianist/conductor 1933 Death Max Schillings, German composer and conductor (Mona Lisa), dies at 65 1933 Birthday Claudio Abbado, Milan Italy, composer and conductor, London Symph-1982 1933 Birthday Christian Ferras, French violinist and conductor 1933 Birthday Darijan Bozic, born in Slavonski Brod, Croatia, composer, conductor, manager, artistic director of The Slovene National Theater Opera and Ballet Ljubljana 1933 Death Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Dutch violinist and conductor, dies at 52 1933 Death Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor, dies at 74 1933 Birthday Richard Dufallo, born in Chicago, Illinois, clarinetist/conductor 1932 Birthday Henry Jay Lewis, born in Los Angeles, California, conductor/bass, LA Philharmonic 1955-59 1932 Death Hugo Kaun, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works, dies at 69 in Berlin, Germany 1932 Birthday John Towner Williams, Flushing, New York, composer and conductor, Boston Pops 1931 Birthday Gunther Herbig, Usti-nad-Labem Czechoslovakia, conductor, East Berlin Orchestra 1931 Death Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist, dies 1931 Birthday Hikaru Hayashi, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, conductor, pianist, wrote more than 30 operas, over 100 film scores, authored more than 20 books 1931 Birthday James Loughran, British conductor 1931 Birthday Arne Nordheim, born in Larvik, Norway, conductor and composer, Aftonland 1931 Birthday Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, U.S.S.R. State Radio 1930 Birthday Richard Bonynge, Sydney Australia, conductor, Australia Orchestra Sydney 1976 1930 Birthday Carlos Kleiber, Berlin Germany, conductor, Bavarian State Orchestra 1968 1930 Birthday Willem G Statius Muller, Netherlands Antilles, conductor/pianist/composer 1930 Birthday Maurice Peress, born in New York City, conductor, KC Philharmonic 1974-80 1930 Birthday Thomas Schippers, born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, conductor, Amahl and Night Visitors 1930 Birthday Lorin Maazel, born in Neuilly, France, conductor, NBC Symphony Orchestra 1941 1929 Birthday Kenneth DeWitt Schermerhorn, Schenectady, New York, conductor, Amer Ballet 1929 Birthday Harold Farberman, New York City, conductor and composer, Medea 1929 Birthday Christoph von Dohnanyi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist, Cleveland Orchestra 1929 Birthday Istvan Kertesz, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Budapest Opera 1953-57 1929 Birthday John Alldis, composer and conductor 1929 Birthday Andre Previn, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor London Symphony, and pianist 1929 Birthday Bernard Haitink, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra 1969 - 1978 1928 Birthday Evgeny Svetlanov, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, Siberian Fantasy 1928 Death Leos Janacek, Czechoslovakian composer and conductor (Sly Little Fox), dies at 74 1928 Birthday Leon Fleisher, born in San Francisco, California, pianist/conductor, Annapolis Symph 1973-77 1928 Birthday Sergiu Comissiona, born in Buch, Romania, conductor, Haifa Symph 1959-64 1928 Birthday Jean-Francois Pailliard, Vitry-le-Francois France, conductor 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 1927 Birthday Colin Rex Davis, Weybridge England, conductor, New York Met 1967-71 1927 Birthday Raymond Leppard, born in London, England, conductor, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra 1927 Birthday Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor/composer 1927 Birthday Herbert Blomstedt, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, conductor, Oslo Phil 1954-61 1927 Birthday Andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor, Royal Flemish Opera 1927 Birthday Mstislav Rostropovich, born in Russia, Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, nickname "Slava", cellist, conductor, commissioned new works, enlarged cello repertoire more than any cellist, considered greatest cellist of 20th century 1926 Birthday Klaus Tennstedt, born in Merseburg, Germany, conductor, Fidelio 1926 Birthday Edouard Van Remoortel, Brussels, conductor, 1958-62 St. Louis Symph 1926 Birthday Werner Torkanowsky, born in Berlin, Germany, conductor, New Orleans Symph 1926 Birthday Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder, Scottish Opera 1926 Birthday Alexander Gibson, conductor 1925 Birthday Charles Mackerras, Schenectady, New York, Australian conductor 1925 Birthday Manos Hadjidakis, Greek composer and conductor, Never on Sunday 1925 Birthday Pierre Boulez, born in Montbrison, France, composer and conductor, Visage Nuptial 1925 Birthday Marius Constant, Rumania, Dutch composer and conductor, Paradise Lost 1924 Birthday Georges Pratre, Waziers France, conductor, New York Met 1924 Death Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/ composer and conductor, dies at 65 1924 Birthday Henry Mancini, born in Cleveland, composer and conductor, Pink Panther 1924 Birthday Neville Marriner, born in Lincoln, England, conductor, Minnesota Orchestra 1978 1924 Birthday Sarah Caldwell, born in Maryville, Missouri, conductor/opera director, Flagstaff 1923 Birthday Louis Lane, born in Eagle Pass, Texas, conductor, Oere Orchestra 1968 - 1973 1923 Birthday Robert Craft, Kingston, New York, conductor, Stravinsky-follower 1923 Birthday Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Lwow Poland, conductor, Die Zauberflote 1923 Birthday Wolfgang Sawallisch, Munich Ger, conductor, Vienna Symph 1960-70 1923 Birthday Anton Kersjes, violinist and conductor, Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra 1921 Birthday Nelson Riddle, Oradell, New Jersey, musical conductor, Batman, Frank Sinatra 1921 Birthday Julius Rudel, born in Vienna Austria, conductor, New York City Opera 1957 1921 Birthday Ruth Gipps, British conductor/composer 1921 Birthday John M Pritchard, born in London, England, conductor 1921 Birthday Alfred Reed, born in New York, New York, composer, wrote over 200 works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, chamber ensemble, wind ensemble, guest conductor, performing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America 1920 Death Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis), dies at 56 1920 Death Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis), dies at 56 1920 Birthday Vaclav Neummann, conductor 1920 Birthday Richard Hayman, bandleader, conductor and pianist, Theme of 3 Penny Opera 1919 Birthday Sven-Erik Beck, Swedish violinist, composer and conductor 1919 Birthday Akeo Watanabe, born in Tokyo, Japan, conductor, Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1956 - 1968 1919 Birthday Royalton Kisch, British conductor 1918 Birthday Howard Shanet, born in Brooklyn, New York, conductor, Night of the Tropics 1918 Birthday Louis W. "Louis" Stotijn, bassoonist/conductor, Residence Orchestra 1918 Birthday Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence, Massachusetts, conductor and composer, West Side Story 1918 Birthday Sixten Ehrling, born in Malmo, Sweden, conductor, Royal Opera of Stockholm 1917 Birthday Albert de Klerk, Dutch composer and conductor 1917 Birthday Vaclav Kaslik, Czechoslovakia, opera composer and conductor 1917 Birthday Robert Farnon, composer and conductor /arranger 1917 Birthday Geraint Jones, conductor/organist 1917 Birthday Andre A Rieu, Dutch conductor 1917 Birthday Thomas K Scherman, New York City, conductor, Little Orchestra Society 1947 - 1975 1917 Birthday Walter Hendl, West New York, New Jersey, conductor 1916 Birthday Robert Shaw, born in Red Bluff, California, chorale conductor, Robert Shaw Chorale 1916 Birthday Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, New York, Lord Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, violinist, conductor, writer, studied under George Enescu, Louis Persinger, Adolf Busch 1916 Birthday Yehudi Menuhin, born in New York City, violinist and conductor, Bartok's Sonata 1916 Birthday Harry Rabinowitz, British composer and conductor 1916 Death Edward H J Keurvels, Flemish conductor and composer (Parisina), dies at 62 1916 Birthday Martindale Sidwell, organist/conductor 1915 Birthday Golfredo Corradetti, conductor 1915 Birthday Igor Buketoff, Hartford Conn, conductor, Iceland Symph 1964-65 1915 Birthday Dean Dixon, born in Zug, Switzerland, conductor 1914 Death Ivan Zajc, conductor, composer, opened doors for 20th century achievements in Croatian music, wrote opera, La Tirolese, 1855, dies at 82 in Zagreb, Croatia 1914 Birthday Hein J M Jordans, Dutch conductor 1914 Birthday Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor 1914 Birthday Cor de Groot, pianist/conductor/composer, Old-Dutch Suite 1914 Birthday Frederick Fennell, born in Cleveland, Ohio, conductor, Time and Winds 1914 Birthday Rafael Kubelik, born in Bychory, Czechoslovakia, conductor, Cornelia Farooli 1914 Birthday Carlo Maria Giulini, conductor 1914 Birthday Kirill P. Kondrashin, born in Moscow, Russia, conductor, Hollywood Bowl 1981 1914 Birthday Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer 1913 Birthday Thor Johnson, Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor, Cincinnati Symphony 1958 1913 Birthday Gyula David, born in Hungary, composer, violinist, conductor, studied at the Liszt academy, conducted for the National Theatre 1945 - 1949, wrote folk song music and 12 tone serial music 1913 Birthday Walter Susskind, Praha, Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor 1913 Birthday Jean Fournet, French conductor 1913 Death Harriet Tubman, abolitionist, conductor on Underground RR, dies in NY 1913 Birthday Oskar Danon, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, composer, conductor, earned Ph.D. musicology in Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor, director for Belgrade Opera, chief conductor Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra 1912 Birthday Georg Solti, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Fidelio 1912 Birthday Kurt Sanderling, Arys Germany, conductor, E Berlin Symph 1960-77 1912 Birthday Herman Strategier, Dutch organist/ composer and conductor 1912 Birthday Eleazar de Carvalho, born in Iguatu, Brazil, conductor/tuba, Tiradentes 1912 Birthday Igor Markevitch, born in Kiev, Ukraine, conductor, Le Paradis Perdu 1912 Birthday Sergiu Celibidache, conductor 1912 Birthday Sandor Vegh, violinist teacher conductor 1912 Birthday Piet van Egmond, Dutch organist/conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra 1911 Birthday Enrique Jorda, born in San Sebastian, Spain, conductor, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra 1970 1910 Birthday Lehman Engel, Jackson, Mississippi, conductor/comp, Streetcar Named Desire 1910 Birthday Rudolf Kempe, born in Niederpoyritz, Germany, conductor, Tonhalle Orchestra 1965 - 1972 1910 Birthday Carmine Coppola, composer and conductor, Godfather II, Apocalypse Now 1910 Birthday Aleksandr T. Tvardovski, Russian conductor 1910 Death Edouard [Judas] Colonne, French violinist and conductor, dies 1910 Birthday Izler Solomon, St. Paul, Minnesota, conductor 1910 Birthday Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer 1909 Birthday Alberto Erede, Italian conductor 1909 Birthday 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 1909 Birthday Gianandrea Gavazzeni, conductor 1909 Birthday Milton Katims, born in New York City, conductor/violist, WOR-NYC 1909 Birthday Willi Boskovsky, born in Austria, conductor, new years concert 1909 Birthday Szymon Goldberg, Polish/US violinist and conductor, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra 1909 Birthday Jay Blackton, born in New York City, conductor/arranger, Guys and Dolls 1908 Birthday Kurt Eichhorn, conductor 1908 Birthday Leonce Grass, Flemish singer/conductor 1908 Birthday Hans de Jong, musician/conductor, De Damrakkertjes 1908 Birthday Joseph Keilberth, German conductor, Bayreuther Festspiele 1908 Birthday Karel Ancerl, Czechoslovakian conductor, Prague/Toronto 1908 Birthday Percy Faith, conductor, Summer Place 1908 Birthday George Schick, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor, Chicago Symphony 1908 Birthday Herbert von Karajan, born in Austria, Nazi and conductor, Berlin Philharmonic 1907 Birthday Willem Van Otterloo, Winterwijk Holland, conductor, Melbourne 1967-71 1907 Birthday Anatole Fistoulari, conductor 1907 Birthday Camargo Guarnieri, Brazil, composer and conductor 1907 Birthday Janos Ferencsik, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Budapest Opera 1906 Birthday Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer and conductor, Hooglied 1906 Birthday Safford Cape, US/Belgian conductor/composer/music historian 1906 Birthday Antal Dorati, born in Budapest, Hungary, conductor, Dresden Opera 1928-29 1906 Death Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Russian composer and conductor c t, dies at 44 1906 Birthday Hendrik W. C. Spruit, Dutch conductor 1906 Birthday Pierre Cardevielle, French composer and conductor, Amants Captifs 1905 Birthday Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer, Mater Dolorosa 1905 Birthday Boris Alexandrov, conductor, Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble 1905 Birthday Boyd Neel, born in London, England, conductor, Story of an Orchestra 1905 Birthday Winfried P I Zillig, German opera composer and conductor, Fantasia Irica 1905 Birthday Michael Kemp Tippett, English composer and conductor, Child of our Time 1904 Birthday Piet Ketting, pianist/conductor/composer, Glorify Kokila 1904 Birthday Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor 1904 Birthday Robert Whitney, Newcastle-on-Tyne England, conductor, Sospiro do Roma 1904 Death Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78 1903 Birthday Donald Voorhees, born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, conductor, Bell Telephone Hour 1903 Birthday Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor 1903 Birthday Maurice Abravanel, Saloniki Greece, conductor/composer 1902 Birthday Eugen Jochum, Babenhausen Bavaria, German conductor, Hamburg Orchestra 1902 Birthday Charles W. J. Mengelberg, Dutch composer and conductor 1902 Birthday Antonia Brico, born in Rotterdam, Holland, conductor/pianist, Antonia 1902 Birthday Max Rudolf, born in Frankfurt, Germany, conductor, Goteberg Symphony Orchestra 1902 Birthday Henk Schaer, Hendricus JM Schaareman, actor/conductor 1902 Birthday Josef Krips, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, London Symph 1954-63 1902 Birthday Rudolf Moralt, German conductor, Vienna Philharmonic 1901 Birthday Andre Kostelanetz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Lincoln Portrari 1901 Birthday Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor 1901 Birthday Hendrik Diels, Flemish conductor 1901 Death Peter Benoit, Flemish composer and conductor (High Mass), dies at 66 1900 Birthday Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer and conductor 1900 Birthday Leon Barzin, Brussels Belgium, conductor, New York City Ballet 1948-58 1900 Birthday Efrem Kurtz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Houston Symph 1948-54 1900 Birthday Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor/composer 1900 Birthday Fred Waring, Tyrone, Pennsylvania, musician/conductor/inventor, Waring Blender 1900 Birthday Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, German composer and conductor, Hassan gewinnt 1900 Birthday Paul Klecki/Kletzki, Polish violinist, composer and conductor 1899 Death Karl Millocker, Austrian conductor and composer (Try-out Kiss), dies at 57 1899 Birthday Frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor 1899 Birthday John Barbirolli, English conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra 1899 Birthday Eugene Ormandy, Blau, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra 1899 Birthday Hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor, Graz Opera 1947-50 1899 Birthday William Steinberg, Cologne, conductor, Boston Symph-1969-71 1899 Birthday Carlos Chavez, born in Mexico City, conductor and composer, Sinfonia India 1899 Birthday Werner Janssen, New York City, conductor and composer, New Years Eve in New York 1899 Birthday Jon Leifs, Iceland, composer and conductor 1898 Birthday Alfred Wallenstein, born in Chicago, Illinois, conductor, Chicago Symphony 1922 - 1929 1898 Birthday Fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist/ composer and conductor, La Guerre 1897 Birthday Karl Marx, Germany, composer and conductor 1897 Birthday Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, Brazilian conductor and composer, Imbapara 1897 Birthday George Szell, born in Budapest, Hungary, conductor, Metropolitan 1942-45 1897 Death Johannes Brahms, German composer and conductor, 'Hungarian Dances', dies at 63 1896 Birthday Howard Hanson, Wahoo Nebraska, composer and conductor, Nordic 1896 Birthday Leo Pappenheim, conductor 1896 Birthday Wilfred Pelletier, born in Montreal, Canada, conductor, Voice of Firestone 1896 Birthday Dimitri Mitropoulos, Athens Greece, conductor/composer 1896 Birthday Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer 1895 Birthday Hans Rosbaud, born in Graz, Austria, conductor, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich 1895 Birthday Malcolm Sargent, English conductor, Promenade Concerts 1895 Birthday Joseph Rosenstock, Cracow Poland, conductor, Nippon Philharmonic Orchestra 1936 - 1941 1895 Birthday Nathaniel Shilkret, New York City, conductor 1894 Birthday Arthur Fiedler, born in Boston, Massachusetts, conductor, Boston Pops 1894 Birthday Antonius "Toon" Verhey, violin cellist/conductor, Residence Orchestra 1894 Birthday Karl Bohm, Austrian conductor/composer 1894 Birthday Renaat Veremans, Flemish composer and conductor 1894 Birthday Hans Guido von Bulow, German conductor 1893 Birthday Vladimir Golschmann, Paris, France, conductor with Immortal Downbeat 1893 Birthday Fabien Sevitzky, Vishny Volotchok Russia, conductor, Philadelphia Orchestra 1893 Death Ferenc Erkel, Hungarian composer and conductor (Bank Ban), dies at 82 1893 Birthday Franz Andre, Belgian conductor 1893 Birthday Eugene Goossens, born in London, England, conductor and composer, Perseus 1893 Birthday Clemens Krauss, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, Berlin State Orchestra 1937 1892 Birthday Richard Tauber, Ernst Seiffert, Austria/British, tenor/conductor 1892 Birthday Howard Barlow, Plain City Ohio, conductor, Voice of Firestone 1892 Birthday Victor de Sabata, born in Trieste, Italy, conductor and composer, Il Macigno 1892 Birthday Artur Rodzinski, Spalato, Dalmatia, Poland, conductor/composer 1891 Birthday Charles Munch, Strasbourg Alsatian conductor, French Legion D'Honeur 1891 Birthday Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, Residence Orchestra 1891 Death Franco Faccio, Italian composer and conductor, dies at 51 1891 Birthday Hermann Scherchen, Berlin Germany, conductor, Nature of Music 1891 Event Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in New York, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor 1890 Birthday Erich Kleiber, born in Vienna, Austria, conductor, NBC Symphony 1945-46 1890 Birthday Albert van Raalte, conductor, AVRO-orchestra 1889 Death Ernst Franck, German composer and conductor, dies at 42 1889 Birthday Adrian Boult, born in Chester, England, conductor and composer, BBC Symphony Orchestra 1889 Birthday Alexander Smallens, St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor 1888 Birthday Fritz Reiner, Budapest Hungary, U.S. conductor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1888 Birthday Anna Achmatova, AA Gorenko, Russian conductor, Tsjetki 1887 Birthday Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer 1887 Birthday Nadia Boulanger, conductor, 1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony 1887 Birthday John Finley Williamson, Canton Ohio, conductor, Westminster Choir 1886 Birthday Nicolai Sokoloff, near Kiev Ukraine, conductor, Seattle Symph 1886 Birthday Paul Paray, Le Treport Normandy, conductor and composer, Artemis Trouble 1886 Birthday Wilhelm Furtwangler, Berlin Germany, conductor/composer 1885 Birthday Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor and composer, Batture d'aspetto 1885 Death Henry Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor (Blessing of Arms), dies 1885 Birthday Otto Klemperer, Breslau Germany, conductor and composer, Das Ziel 1885 Death Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist, composer and conductor, dies at 73 1885 Death Franz W. Abbot, German composer/choir conductor, dies 1885 Death Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor, dies at 65 1884 Birthday Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist 1884 Birthday Ludomir Rozycki, Polish composer and conductor, Meduza, Eros i Psyche 1884 Birthday Johannes Clinge Doorenbos, Dutch journalist/conductor 1883 Birthday Ernest Ansermet, born in Vevey, Switzerland, conductor, Ruilles de Printemps 1883 Birthday Manuel Infante, Spanish composer and conductor 1883 Birthday Aleksander V. Aleksandrov, Russian composer and conductor 1883 Birthday Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer and conductor, Sulamith 1883 Birthday Hermann Abendroth, German conductor 1882 Birthday Richard Hageman, Dutch/US pianist/ composer and conductor, Caponsacchi 1882 Birthday Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor, Hill Songs 1882 Birthday Albert Coates, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor and composer, Eagle 1882 Birthday Leopold Stokowski, born in London, England, conductor, Cincinnati Symphony 1881 Birthday Sem Dresden, composer and conductor 1880 Birthday Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Netherlands violinist and conductor 1880 Birthday Desire-emile Inghelbrecht, French composer and conductor, Naval 1880 Birthday Robert E Stolz, Austrian composer and conductor, ...smaller guard 1879 Birthday Andre Caplet, French composer and conductor, Conte Fantastic 1879 Birthday Peter Van Anrooy, Dutch conductor and composer, Piet Hein Rhapsodie 1879 Birthday Volkmar Andreae, Swiss conductor and composer, Tonhalle Orchestra 1879 Birthday Frank Bridge, English violinist, composer and conductor /tutor of B Britten 1878 Birthday Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/conductor/composer 1878 Birthday Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/ composer and conductor, Peter Schlemihl 1876 Birthday Pablo Casals, born in El Vendrell, Catalonia, Spain, cellist, conductor and composer 1876 Birthday Bruno Walter, B. W. Schlesinger, Berlin Germany, conductor, New York Phil 1876 Birthday Ernest Schelling, Belvidere, New Jersey, composer and conductor, Victory Ball 1875 Birthday Pierre Monteux, born in Paris, France, conductor, Boston Symphony Orchestra 1919 - 1924 1874 Birthday Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor, Boston Symp 1873 Birthday Hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor, Minstrels 1873 Birthday Karl Straube, German organist/conductor 1872 Birthday Frederick A Stock, Julich, Germany, conductor, Theodore Thomas Orchestra 1871 Birthday Willem Mengelberg, born in Utrecht, Netherlands, conductor, New York Philharmonic 1922-30 1870 Birthday Francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist, composer and conductor 1870 Birthday Henryk Opienski, Polish composer and conductor, St. Moniuszko 1869 Birthday Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer and conductor 1869 Birthday Henry J. Wood, English conductor, Gentle Art of Singing, Proms 1868 Birthday Granville Bantock, English composer and conductor, Hebridean Symphony 1868 Birthday Max Von Schillings, German composer and conductor, Der Pfeifertag 1867 Birthday Arturo Toscanini, born in Parma, Italy, temperamental conductor, NBC 1866 Birthday Paul Lincke, German composer and conductor /publisher, Frau Luna 1866 Birthday Ferruccio D M B Busoni, born in Italy, pianist, composer and conductor, Arlecchino 1864 Birthday Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazil, composer and conductor, Artemis 1863 Birthday E Fernandez Arbos, Spanish violinist, conductor and composer 1863 Birthday Paul Felix Weingartner, born in Germany, conductor, Zara, Dalmatia 1863 Birthday Johannes P Boskaljon, Curacao composer and conductor 1863 Birthday Hugo Kaun, born in Berlin, Germany, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works 1862 Birthday Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer and conductor /organist, Cyrano 1861 Birthday Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer 1860 Birthday Gustav Mahler, Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer and conductor, Titan 1858 Birthday Eugene Ysaije, born in Belgium, violinist, conductor and composer, Pierill Houiou 1858 Birthday Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer and conductor 1857 Death Johannes B van Bree, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56 1857 Death John B van Bree, violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 56 1856 Birthday Willem Kes, Dutch violinist, composer and conductor, Parkorkest Amsterdam 1855 Birthday Arthur Nikisch, Szent-Miklos Hungary, conductor, Berlin Philharmonic 1855 Death Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer and conductor, dies at 68 1849 Death Otto Nicolai, German composer and conductor, dies at 39 1848 Birthday Henri[cus A] Viotta, Dutch conductor and composer, Lexicon of Music 1847 Birthday Ernst Franck, German composer and conductor 1846 Death Joseph Weigl, Austria composer and conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79 1845 Birthday Hendrick Waelput, Flemish composer and conductor, Forest, Stella 1842 Birthday Karl Millocker, Austria conductor and composer, Beggar Student 1840 Birthday Franco Faccio, Italian composer and conductor 1838 Birthday Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal 1834 Birthday Peter Benoit, Flemish composer and conductor, Leie/Rubens Cantata 1832 Birthday Ivan Zajc, born in Rijeka, Croatia, conductor, composer, opened doors for 20th century achievements in Croatian music, wrote opera, La Tirolese, 1855 1831 Birthday Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor 1830 Birthday Karl Klindworth, pianist/conductor 1830 Birthday Hans von Bulow, Dresden, pianist/virtuoso conductor/musical writer 1829 Birthday Anton G Rubinstein, Russian pianist/conductor/composer 1827 Death Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Italian violinist, composer and conductor, dies at 76 1827 Birthday Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor, Rafagas 1825 Birthday Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor 1822 Birthday Eduard Hille, Dutch composer and conductor 1821 Death Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 56 1819 Birthday Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor 1819 Birthday Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder, Halle Orchestra 1817 Birthday Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist, composer and conductor 1812 Birthday Louis-Antoine Julien, conductor 1811 Birthday Ferdinand Hiller, German pianist/ composer and conductor 1811 Birthday Angelo Catelani, Italian composer and conductor 1810 Birthday Ferenc Erkel, Hungary, composer and conductor, Hunaydi Laszlo 1797 Birthday Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian composer and conductor 1789 Death Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian conductor, dies at 59 1788 Death John Logan, Scottish conductor (Ode to the Cuckoo), dies at about 40 1786 Birthday Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer and conductor 1766 Birthday Joseph Weigl, Austria composer and conductor, Emmeline 1764 Birthday Bernhard Anselm Weber, pianist/conductor/composer 1758 Death Johan H Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist, dies 1751 Birthday Bartolomeo Campagnoli, Italian violinist, composer and conductor 1748 Birthday Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor /tutor of Beethoven 1744 Death Andre Campra, French priest/ composer and conductor (Tancrede), dies at 83 1739 Death Reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor and composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65 1694 Birthday Johan Helmich Roman, Finnish/Swedish composer and conductor /violinist 1604 Birthday Jacob Balde, German jesuit/barok conductor, Jephthe
