Events in Music
- Jun 16 "The Wizard of Oz" musical first opens in Chicago, Illinois
Music History
Jun 23 Monument to composer Gioachino Rossini unveiled in Santa Croce, Florence, Italy
Birthdays in Music
- Jun 6 Avraham Daus, Israeli composer, born in Berlin (d. 1974)
- Jun 6 Jimmie Lunceford, American swing jazz saxophonist and bandleader (Rhythm Is Our Business; For Dancers Only), born in Fulton, Mississippi (d. 1947) [1] [2]
- Jun 9 Nehemiah "Skip" James, American Delta blues singer, guitarist and piano player ("I'm So Glad"), born in Bentonia, Mississippi (d. 1969)
- Jun 10 Gaston Brenta, Belgian composer, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1969)
- Jun 11 Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin, Soviet composer, born in Omsk, Russia (d. 1963)
- Jun 17 Sammy Fain, American popular music composer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1989)
- Jun 19 Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), born in London, Ontario, Canada (d. 1977)
- Jun 21 Wilhelm Maler, German composer, born in Heidelberg, Germany (d. 1976)
- Jun 26 Antonia Brico, Dutch-American conductor and pianist, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1989)
- Jun 26 Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor and musical educator, born in Corseaux-sur-Vevey, Switzerland (d. 2010)
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
Jun 28 American composer, mostly for theater (Rodgers & Hart - "Pal Joey"; "Babes In Arms"; Rodgers & Hammerstein - "Oklahoma!"; "South Pacific"; "The King And I"; "The Sound Of Music") and 1st EGOT (Emmy; Grammy; Oscar; and Tony awards winner), born in NYC, New York
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