Events in Music
Music Premiere
Apr 23 W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan's comic opera "Patience" premieres at The Opera Comique, London
Birthdays in Music
- Apr 8 Fernand Lamy, French composer, born in Chauvigny, France (d. 1966)
- Apr 11 Harvey Bartlett Gaul, American composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1945)
- Apr 20 Nikolai Myaskovsky, Russian composer (Kirov is With Us), born in Modlin Fortress, Poland (d. 1950)
- Apr 20 Sem Dresden, Dutch composer and conductor, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1957)
Deaths in Music
- Apr 16 George William Martin, English chorister, organist, composer, educator, and founder of the National Choral Society, dies at 53
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