2010 Event A piano reportedly played by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is found in Baden-Baden, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany 2002 Death Timothy Findley, writer, The Piano Man's Daughter, dies at 71 1997 Death 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 1995 Death Lavad "Dr. Hepcat" Durst, vocal/piano, dies at 82 1995 Death Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, piano accompnaist, dies at 65 1994 Death Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz piano player/composer, dies at 80 1994 Death Bobby Pratt, jazz Trombone/Piano Player, dies at 67 1991 Event "Piano Lesson" closes at Walter Kerr Theater New York City after 320 performances 1990 Event "Piano Lesson" opens at Walter Kerr Theater New York City for 320 performances 1988 Event August Wilson's "Piano Lesson," premieres in Boston 1984 Death William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday 1982 Birthday Anna Paquin, oscar winning actress, Piano 1980 Event "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 h 12 m) 1976 Death Jan Kunc, composer, writer, pedagogue, composed chamber music, piano, solo vocal, dies at 93 in Brno, Czech Republic 1973 Event Tippett's 3rd Piano sonata, premieres 1964 Event Cilla Black records Beatle's "Its For You," McCartney plays piano 1963 Death Mart Saar, composer, organist, combined folk music with contemporary sounds, composed choir, solo, piano music, dies at 81 1962 Event "Alley Cat" by Bent Fabric and His Piano peaks at #7 1960 Birthday Django Bates, born in Beckenham, England, jazz musician, founder, Human Chain, plays tenor horn, keyboards, piano 1959 Event Jack Benny (violin) and Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet 1959 Death 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 1958 Event Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours 1958 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 2nd Piano concert, premieres in NY 1957 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitsch 2nd Piano concert, premieres in Moscow 1957 Event Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 2nd Piano Concert 1957 Birthday Don Snow, born in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1992, changed name to John Savannah, musician, guitarist, drummer, saxophonist, toured with Van Morrison, member of Squeeze, Procol Harum, played Hammond organs, piano 1954 Event Darius Milhauds 4th Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Haifa 1951 Birthday Dan Fogelberg, born in Illinois, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, played piano, bass, guitar, mandolin 1948 Birthday Peter Ruzicka, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, professor, composer, conductor, composes stage, orchestral, chamber, piano, vocal music 1947 Birthday Sam Neill, Northern Ireland, actor, Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, Piano 1946 Event Darius Milhauds 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Prague 1946 Event Bela Bartoks 3rd Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Philadelphia 1944 Event Prokofjev's 8th Piano sonata, premieres 1944 Birthday Mike Piano, rocker, Sandpipers 1944 Birthday Stephen Scott, born in Corvallis, Oregon, composer, developed bowed piano, founder, Bowed Piano Ensemble, 1977 1939 Birthday 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 Birthday Glen Hardin, born in Wellington, Texas, musician, piano, member of the Shindogs, recorded, arranged Elvis Pressley hits 'The Wonder of You', 'Let It Be Me' 1935 Birthday 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 1934 Birthday Jan Wijn, born in Amsterdam, Holland, Dutch pianist, piano teacher, played contemporary classical music to national and international audiences 1934 Birthday Huey "Piano" Smith, pianist, Having a Good Time 1933 Birthday Floyd Cramer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana, pianist, session player, architect of the 'Nashville Sound', played piano on Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel 1932 Birthday Glenn Herbert Gould, born in Toronto, Canada, pianist, sued Steinway Piano 1932 Birthday Henri Lazarof, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, composer, studied with Paul Ben-Haim, teacher, UCLA, known for Tableaux, written for piano and orchestra 1932 Death Hugo Kaun, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works, dies at 69 in Berlin, Germany 1929 Birthday Geoffrey Penwill Parsons, piano accompnaist 1929 Death Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24 1928 Birthday Walter Klien, born in Graz, Austria, pianist, performed and recorded concertos of Mozart, Brahms, Schubert piano sonatas, received Bosendorfter Prize in Vienna, 1953 1924 Birthday Huey "Piano" Smith, rocker, Rockin' Pneumonia and Boogie Woogie Flu 1922 Birthday Sadao Bekku, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, classical music, wrote symphonies, film scores, sonata for flute, choral works, art songs, piano concerto, opera titled Prince Arima 1913 Birthday Lavad "Dr. Hepcat" Durst, vocal/piano 1909 Birthday 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 1907 Birthday Gene Gutche, born in Berlin, Germany, Romeo Maximillian Eugene Ludwig Gutsche, composer, studied business, economics, piano with Ferruccio Busoni, wrote neo-Romantic work, experimented with polytonality, microtones, serialism 1904 Birthday Paul Arma, born in Budapest, born Weisshaus Imre, pianist, composer, ethnomusicologist, studied under Bela Bartok, piano soloist with Radio Paris 1904 Birthday Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, jazz pianist/singer, Boogie Woogie Piano 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 1902 Birthday 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 Birthday Hanns Neupert, German piano builder/author, Das Klavichord 1900 Event Edwin S Votey patents pneumatic piano player 1884 Event 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Piano suite 1883 Birthday Jan Kunc, born in Doubravice na Svitavou, Czech Republic, composer, writer, pedagogue, composed chamber music, piano, solo vocal 1882 Birthday Mart Saar, born in Hupassaare, Estonia, composer, organist, combined folk music with contemporary sounds, composed choir, solo, piano music 1882 Birthday Artur Schnabel, Lipnik Austria, pianist, Beethoven Piano Sonatas 1881 Event Edward Leveaux patents automatic player piano 1881 Event Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr. (Cambridge, Mass) 1870 Event Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert 1863 Birthday Hugo Kaun, born in Berlin, Germany, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works 1859 Event Brahms' 1st piano concerto (in D minor) premieres, Hanover 1855 Death Camille Pleyel, Austria piano builder/composer, dies at 66 1849 Event Stephen C. Massett opens courthouse using only piano in California 1831 Death Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74 1831 Event Felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres 1830 Event Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini 1826 Birthday Carl Bechstein, German piano inventor 1797 Birthday Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker, Steinway 1796 Event James S. McLean patents his piano 1788 Birthday Camille Pleyel, Austria, piano builder/composer 1769 Event John Harris builds 1st spinet piano (U.S.) 1757 Birthday Ignaz J Pleyel, Austria composer/piano builder, Piano method 1752 Birthday Sebastien Erard, piano and harp manufacturer 1731 Death Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italian piano builder, dies at 75 1655 Birthday Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder
