Birthdays in Music
- Aug 3 Constantino Gaito, Argentinian composer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1945)
- Aug 13 Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, Russian-Soviet composer, born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 1942)
- Aug 18 Fritz Brun, Swiss composer and conductor, born in Lucerne (d. 1959)
- Aug 27 Joseph John Richards, American composer, born in Cwmafan, Wales (d. 1956)
- Aug 31 Albert Riemenschneider, American pianist, educator, musicologist, and founder of America'a oldest Bach Festival, born in Berea, Ohio (d. 1950)
Deaths in Music
- Aug 23 Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, Swedish lieder and classical composer, dies at 77
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