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October 1841 in Music History

Birthdays in Music

  • Oct 1 Anatol' Vakhnyanyn, Ukrainian composer, born in Sin′yava, Galicia (d. 1908)
  • Oct 4 Stephen Albert Emery, American composer and pianist, born in Paris, Maine (d. 1891)
  • Oct 11 Friedrich Hegar, Swiss composer, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1927)

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