On This Day

November 1865 in Music History

Birthdays in Music

  • Nov 12 Frans "Sas" van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas), (d. 1939)
  • Nov 26 Earl Ross Drake, American composer, born in Aurora, Illinois (d. 1916)

Deaths in Music

  • Nov 6 Thérèse Wartel, French pianist and composer, dies at 51
  • Nov 23 Josef Leopold Zvonař, Czech organist and composer, dies at 41

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