On This Day in Music for September 3

Events in Music

Music Concert

1912 Arnold Schoenberg's "Funf Orchesterstucke" (Five Pieces for Orchestra) premieres in London at a Promenade Concert

Composer and Painter Arnold Schoenberg — Composer and Painter
Arnold Schoenberg

1966 Donovan hits #1 with "Sunshine Superman"

Event of Interest

1970 Bill Haley & His Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia

Father of Rock 'n' Roll Bill Haley — Father of Rock 'n' Roll
Bill Haley

Event of Interest

1971 John Lennon leaves UK for NYC, never to return

Musician and Beatle John Lennon — Musician and Beatle
John Lennon

1989 "Into the Woods" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 764 performances

Birthdays in Music

1568 Adriano Banchieri, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1634)
1695 Pietro Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer, born in Bergamo, Italy (d. 1764)
1719 Ferdinand Zellbell the younger, Swedish composer and co-founder of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1780)
1778 Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, French violinist and composer, born in Versailles, France (d. 1832)
1789 Edmund Passy, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1870)
1803 Alexander Gurilyov, Russian composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1858)
1840 Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer, born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1919)
1864 Hale A. VanderCook, American composer, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan (d. 1949)
1887 Frank Christian, American jazz trumpeter, born in Bywater, New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1973)
1893 Florrie Rodrigo, Dutch dancer, choreography and teacher (Schepelingen), born in Amsterdam (d. 1996)
1897 Francisco Mignone, Brazilian composer, born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 1986)
1901 Eduard van Beinum, Dutch musician and conductor, born in Arnhem, Netherlands (d. 1959)
1905 Robert Ruthenfranz, German composer, born in Witten, Germany (d. 1970)
1910 Dorothy Maynor, American soprano and founder (Harlem School of Arts), born in Norfolk, Virginia (d. 1996)
1915 Abel Ehrlich, Israeli composer, born in Cranz, East Prussia (d. 2003)
1915 Knut Nystedt, Norwegian composer, born in Kristiania, Norway (d. 2014)
1915 Memphis Slim [John Len Chatman] American blues musician ("Every Day I Have the Blues"), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1988)
1921 Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor, born in Surbiton, London (d. 1971)
1922 Rosendo Ejercito Santos, Filipino composer, born in Caridad, Cavite City, Philippines (d. 1994)
1925 Shoista Mullodzhanova, Shashmakom singer, born in Dushanbe, Tajik ASSR (d. 2010)
1925 Hank Thompson, American country music singer (The Brazos Valley Boys), born in Waco, Texas (d. 2007)
1931 Rudolf Kelterborn, Swiss musician and composer, born in Basel, Switzerland
1933 Roland Kayn, German electronic music composer, born in Reutlingen (d. 2011)
1933 Tompall Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again), (d. 2013)
1934 Xavier Darasse, French organist and composer, born in Toulouse, France (d. 1992)
1934 Freddie King, American blues singer (Hideaway), born in Gilmer, Texas (d. 1976)
1935 Otto Ketting, Dutch trumpeter and composer (Passacaglia), born in Amsterdam (d. 2012)
1935 Dorothy Masuka, Zimbabwe-born South African jazz singer and activist, born in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (d. 2019)
1942 Al Jardine, American guitarist and singer (Beach Boys-Surfin, In My Room), born in Lima, Ohio
1945 George Biondo, American rock musician (Steppenwolf), born in Brooklyn, New York
1945 Mike Harrison, English keyboardist (Spooky Tooth-It's All About), born in Carlisle, Cumbria, England
1947 Eric Bell, Northern Irish rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
1948 Don Brewer, American rock drummer (Grand Funk Railroad), born in Flint, Michigan
1950 Aaron Smith, American rocker (Romeo Void)
1950 Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King's X), born in Braidwood, Illinois

Steve Jones

1955 Steve Jones, rock guitarist (Sex Pistols), born in London, England

1964 Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer
1965 Todd Lewis, musician (Toadies)
1973 Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer
1978 Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal vocalist/musician (Windir) (d. 2004)
1979 Tomo Miličević, Croatian-born American musician (30 Seconds to Mars)
1980 The B.G., American rapper
1980 Cone McCaslin, Canadian bassist (Sum 41)
1982 Andrew McMahon, American singer and songwriter
1982 Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model

Weddings in Music

2011 English DJ and musician Mark Ronson (36) weds french actress Josephine De La Baume (27) in Aix-en-Provence, France
2016 Former Sugababes singer Heidi Range (33) weds Alex Partakis in Tuscany, Italy

Divorces in Music

2010 Pop singer Cheryl Cole (27) divorces England soccer player Ashley Cole (29) due to unreasonable behavior after 3 and a half years of marriage

Deaths in Music

1708 Christian Liebe, composer, dies at 53
1790 Thomas Norris, composer, dies at 49
1811 Ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75
1871 Vaclav Horak, composer, dies at 71
1914 Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard, composer, dies at 49
1944 Frantisek Alois Drdla, composer, dies at 75
1946 Paul Lincke, German composer and theater conductor considered the "father" of the Berlin operetta (Frau Luna, Lysistrata), dies at 79
1951 Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer, dies at 67
1960 Joseph Lamb, American ragtime composer, dies at 72
1963 Frico Kafenda, Slovak composer, dies at 79
1964 Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, dies at 82
1965 Otto Lederer, Austrian actor (The Jazz Singer), dies at 79
1970 Alan Wilson, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Canned Heat), dies at 27
1971 Dave Street [Patrick Devlin], American actor and singer (Moonrise, I Surrender Dear, Broadway Open House), dies of cancer at 53
1974 Harry Partch, American composer (Oedipus), dies at 73
1985 Jo Jones, American jazz drummer, dies at 73
1985 John Herbert McDowell, American composer for ballet, TV and the stage, dies at 58
1987 Morton Feldman, US composer, dies at 61
1994 Major Lance, American soul singer (The Monkey Time), dies at 55
2004 Billy Davis, American music producer and songwriter ( I'd Like To Buy The World A Coke), dies at 72
2007 Carter Albrecht, Musician (b. 1973)
2010 Mike Edwards [Swami Deva Pramada ], English musician (ELO), killed by a rolling hay bale at 62