Events in Music
Music Premiere
1824 Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna, often regarded as his greatest work
Ludwig van Beethoven
- 1888 Edouard Lalo's opera "Le roi d'Ys" premieres in Paris
Music Recording
1941 Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA
Glenn Miller
- 1960 "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances
- 1960 "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances
- 1960 "From A to Z" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 21 performances
- 1961 "Young Abe Lincoln" closes at Eugene O'Neill NYC after 27 performances
- 1966 Mamas & Papas "Monday Monday" hits #1
- 1970 "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release
- 1977 "Happy End" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 75 performances
- 1977 22nd Eurovision Song Contest: Marie Myriam for France wins singing "L'oiseau et l'enfant" in London
- 1982 "Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore NYC for 12 performances
- 1995 "On the Waterfront" closes at Atkinson Theater NYC after 8 performances
Met Gala
Birthdays in Music
- 1704 Carl Heinrich Graun, German composer, born in Wahrenbrück, Brandenburg, Germany (d. 1759)
- 1769 Giuseppe Farinelli, Italian composer, born in Este, Veneto, Italy (d. 1836)
- 1803 Johan Peter Cronhamm, Swedish composer, born in Östra Karup, Skåne, Sweden (d. 1875)
- 1833 Johannes Brahms, German composer and conductor, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1897)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
1840 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer of the late-Romantic period (1812 Overture, Swan Lake), born in Votkinsk, Russia (d. 1893)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 1873 Clarence Dickinson, American composer, born in Lafayette, Indiana (d. 1969)
- 1883 Gino Roncaglia, Italian composer, born in Modena, Italy (d. 1968)
- 1901 Marcel Poot, Belgian baron and composer, born in Vilvoorde, Belgium (d. 1988)
- 1907 Jef van Durme, Belgian composer, born in Kemzeke-Waas, Belgium (d. 1965)
- 1908 Wouter Paap, Dutch composer, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1981)
- 1918 Argeliers León, Cuban composer, born in Pinar del Río, Cuba (d. 1991)
- 1921 Gale Robbins [Betty Gale Murphy], American singer and actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1980)
- 1922 Lewis "Lew" Anderson, American actor and musician (The Howdy Doody Show), born in Kirkman, Iowa (d. 2006)
- 1923 Anne Baxter, American actress, and singer (The Razor's Edge, All About Eve), born in Michigan City, Indiana (d. 1985)
- 1931 Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer (Put Another Nickel In), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2007)
- 1932 Derek Taylor, English publicist for the Beatles, born in Liverpool, Merseyside (d. 1997)
- 1933 Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer and actress, born in Malishevë, Kosovo
- 1934 Heinz Marti, Swiss composer, born in Bern
- 1936 Cornelius Cardew, British composer (Scratch Orchestra), born in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire (d. 1981)
- 1936 Jimmy Ruffin, American soul singer (What Becomes of the Brokenhearted), born in Collinsville, Mississippi (d. 2014)
- 1939 Johnny Maestro, American rock vocalist (Crests-16 Candles, Brooklyn Bridge), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2010)
- 1940 Armando Krieger, Argentine composer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 1943 Christopher Taylor White, English rocker, born in Barnet, Hertfordshire
- 1943 Rick West [Richard Westwood], rocker (Brian Poole & Tremeloes), born in Dagenham, Essex, England
- 1944 Alison Bauld, Australian composer, born in Sydney, Australia
- 1945 Christy Moore, Irish folk singer and songwriter, born in Newbridge, County Kildare, Ireland
- 1946 Bill Danoff, American vocalist (Starland Vocal Band), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
- 1946 Bill Kreutzmann, American rock drummer (Grateful Dead), born in Palo Alto, California
- 1950 Prairie Prince, American rocker (Tubes), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
- 1951 Carlos Alomar, Puerto Rican-American guitarist, composer, and arranger (David Bowie), born in Ponce, Puerto Rico
- 1956 Anne Dudley, British classical and film composer (The Full Monty), born in Beckenham, Kent
- 1960 Adam Bernstein, American music video and television director, born in Princeton, New Jersey
- 1961 Phil "Wizzö" Campbell, Welsh rock musician (Motörhead), born in Pontypridd, Wales
- 1963 Johnny Lee Middleton, American musician (Savatage & Trans-Siberian Orchestra), born in St. Petersburg, Florida
- 1968 Eagle Eye Cherry, Swedish musician (Save Tonight), born in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1971 Horgh, (Reidar Horghagen) Norwegian drummer (Immortal/Hypocrisy)
- 1973 Kristian Lundin, record producer
- 1978 Stian Arnesen (Nagash/Lex Icon), Norwegian Black Metal musician
- 1986 Matt Helders, English musician, drummer for Arctic Monkeys
- 1988 Natalie Mejia, member of the American R&B/Pop group Girlicious
Weddings in Music
- 2005 Country music singer Billy Dean (43) weds Stephanie Paisley at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens in Nashville, Tennessee
Deaths in Music
- 1667 Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist/singer/composer, dies at 50
- 1736 John Weldon, composer, dies at 60
- 1793 Pietro Nardini, Italian composer, dies at 71
- 1800 Niccolo Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72
- 1814 Franz Volrath Buttstett, German composer, dies at 79
- 1818 Leopold Koželuch, Czech composer, dies at 70
Antonio Salieri
1825 Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (Tarare), dies in Vienna at 74
Antonio Salieri
- 1836 Norbert Burgmuller, German composer, drowns during an epileptic seizure at 26
- 1876 Franz count of Pocci, German artist/composer (Alchemist), dies at 69
- 1900 Richard Storrs Willis, composer, dies at 81
- 1914 Edward Mollenhauer, American composer, dies at 87
- 1922 Max Wagenknecht, German composer (b. 1857)
- 1928 Alexander Afanasii Spendiaryan, composer, dies at 56
- 1934 Edward Naylor, English composer, dies at 67
- 1942 Felix Paul von Weingartner, Austria conductor/composer, dies at 79
- 1970 Carlos Estrada, composer, dies at 60
- 1977 Irwin Fischer, American composer (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), dies at 73
- 1981 Mieczyslaw Kolinski, composer, dies at 79
- 1986 Jeffrey Mylett, American actor and songwriter, dies at 36
- 1993 Mary Philbin, actress (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 89
- 1995 Ray McKinley, American orchestra leader and jazz drummer (Glenn Miller Time), dies at 84
- 1998 Eddie Rabbitt, American country singer (I Love a Rainy Night), dies at 56
- 2004 Rudi Maugeri, Canadian singer (The Crew Cuts), dies at 73
- 2006 Machiko Soga, Japanese actress, singer, and tokusatsu legend (b. 1943)
- 2010 Adele Mara [Adelaida Delgado], American actress, singer and dancer (Cool Million, Wheels), dies at 87
- 2011 Big George, British broadcaster, composer, bandleader and musician (b. 1957)
- 2014 Will Gaines, American-British tap dancer, dies at 86