Events in Music
Birthdays in Music
- Oct 3 Erik Bruhn, Copenhagen Denmark, dancer (National Ballet of Canada)
- Oct 4 Torben Ulrich, Danish musician, writer, filmmaker and tennis player
- Oct 9 Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (Kaivos), born in Helsinki (d. 2016)
- Oct 14 Gary Graffman, American pianist (Leventritt Award), born in NYC, New York
- Oct 17 Ivan Marinov, composer
- Oct 22 Clare Fischer, American musician, composer and arranger, born in Durand, Michigan (d. 2012)
- Oct 23 Alexander Tanev, composer
- Oct 23 Patrick Peter Sacco, American composer, born in Albion, New York (d. 2000)
Deaths in Music
- Oct 30 Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, American musicologist, dies at 55