Events in Music
Music History
Mar 18 Dmitri Shostakovich's "The new Babylon" premieres in Leningrad
Birthdays in Music
- Mar 3 Nikos Mamangakis, Greek classical and electronic music composer, born in Rethymno, Crete (d. 2013)
- Mar 4 Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor (Concertgebouw, 1961-88; London Philharmonic, 1967-79; Royal Opera Covent Garden, 1987-2002), born in Amsterdam, Nethetlands (d. 2021) [1]
- Mar 4 Josep Mestres-Quadreny, Spanish composer, born in Manresa, Spain (d. 2021)
- Mar 5 J. B. Lenoir, African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, active in the 1950s, born in Monticello, Mississippi (d. 1967)
- Mar 7 Yvonne Chouteau, Native American dancer (one of the "five Moons" of Oklahoma), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2016)
- Mar 12 Francisco Pulgar Vidal, Peruvian musicologist and composer, born in Huánuco, Peru (d. 2012)
- Mar 13 Jan Howard [Lula Grace Johnson], American country music singer and songwriter (For Loving You), born in West Plains, Missouri (d. 2020)
- Mar 13 Will Eisma, Dutch composer and violinist, born in Sungailiat, Indonesia
- Mar 16 Edwin London, American horn player, conductor (Cleveland Chamber Orchestra; Ineluctable Modality Choir), and composer (Dream Thing on Biblical Episodes), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
- Mar 18 Ctirad Kohoutek, Czech composer, born in Zábřeh, Czechoslovakia (d. 2011)
- Mar 19 Herman van San, Belgian classical and electro-acoustic composer, born in Mechelen, Belgium (d. 1975)
- Mar 19 Robert Muczynski, American classical pianist, composer (Time Pieces), and educator, born in Chicago, Illinois ( d. 2010)
- Mar 23 Gerrit den Braber, Dutch songwriter and lyricist (Ring-dinge-ding; I See a Star), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1997)
- Mar 25 Cecil Taylor, American pianist, poet, and one of the pioneers of free jazz, born in Corona, Queens, New York (d. 2018)
- Mar 25 Tommy Hancock, American western swing fiddler and bandleader (Supernatural Family Band - "I Should Have Married Marie"; "Tacos for Two"), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 2020)
- Mar 26 Maurice Simon, American jazz musician, born in Houston, Texas (d. 2019)
Weddings in Music
Ginger Rogers
Mar 29 American actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (17) weds her dancing partner Jack Pepper (26); divorce in 1931
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