Classic Wiki August

01-Aug 

1780 1843   KEY FRANCIS SCOTT   Composer of Star Spangled Banner

1899 1978   STEINBERG WILLIAM   German/ American conductor

1913 1983   MOROSS JEROME   American composer

1921            CHOOKASIAN LILI   American contralto

1930 1999   BART LIONEL   English composer

1926            ADAM THEO   German Bass - Baritone

1934            BAUMANN HERMAN   German Horn virtuoso

1942 1996   GARCIA JERRY   American guitarist - Greatful Dead

1958            CRAY ROBERT   American blues performer

1970            GEORGE MICHAL   South African contemporary guitarist

02-Aug 

1891 1975   BLISS SIR ARTHUR   English composer

1905 1963   HARTMANN KARL AMADEUS   German composer

1936            PAYNE ANTHONY   English composer

1937            JANOWITZ GUNDULA   German soprano

1937            HUDSON GARTH   American keyboardist with The Band

1944 2005   CAPALDI JIM   British drummer and vocalist for Traffic

1944            VASCONCELOS NANÁ   Brazilian percussionist and vocalist

1960            MORSE NEAL   American singer-songwriter with Spock's Beard

03-Aug 

1884 1964   GRUENBERG LOUIS   American composer

1921            ADLER RICHARD   Renowned Broadway lyricist and songwriter

1926            BENNETT TONY   American singer

1940            TYLER JAMES   English lutenist

1959            KEENLYSIDE SIMON   English baritone

1963            HETFIELD JAMES   American singer-songwriter for Metallica

1778            Milan's La Scala Theatre inaugurated  

1795            Paris Conservatory founded  

04-Aug 

1875 1959   KETELBY ALBERT   English composer & conductor

1908 1994   EICHHORN KURT   German conductor

1910 1992   SCHUMANN WILLIAM   American composer

1912            RAKSIN DAVID   American film composer

1923            BUTTERWORTH ARTHUR   English composer 

1937            BEDFORD DAVID   English composer

1938            PRESTON SIMON   English organist/early music scholar

1952            BRENNAN MAIRE   Irish vocalist from Clannad

1968            NEUWIRTH OLGA   Austrian composer

05-Aug 

1623 1669   CESTI ANTONIO   Italian composer

1694 1744   LEO LEONARDO   Italian composer

1811 1886   THOMAS AMBROISE   French composer

1890 1956   KLEIBER ERICH   German conductor and composer

1932            FEDOSEYEV VLADIMIR   Russian conductor

1941            MOREIRA AIRTO   Brazilian percussionist

1945            MILANOVA STOIKA   Bulgarian violinist

06-Aug 

1876 1970   BOK MARY LOUISE CURTIS   American music patroness, founder id the Curtis Institute

1896 1963   LECUONA ERNESTO   Cuban composer

1909 2001   SCHNABEL KARL ULRICH   German pianist and composer

1918 2001   GRANZ NORMAN   American jazz producer and founder of Verve Records

1937 2000   BADEN POWELL ROBERTO   Brazilian composer and guitarist

1938 2008   HAYES ISAAC   American multi-instrumentalist

1946            HOLDSWORTH ALLAN   British guitarist and composer

07-Aug 

1818 1891   LITOLF HENRY   Anglo-Alsatian composer

1868 1946   BANTOCK SIR GRANVILLE   English composer

1896 1076   LECUONA ERNESTO   Cuban composer and pianist

1921            HUSA KAREL   Czech-American composer

1930 1963   TORMIS VELJO   Estonian composer

1952            HOBSON IAN   English pianist

1956            ISBIN SHARON   American guitarist

1957            ALTENBERGER CHRISTIAN   German violinist

08-Aug 

1857 1944   CHAMINADE CECILE   French composer & pianist

1886 1943   YON PIETRO   Italian composer & organist

1891 1952   BUSCH ADOLF   German violinist

1905 1974   JOLIVET ANDRE   French composer 

1907 2003   CARTER  BENNY   American jazz saxophonist & composer

1929            SUK JOSEF   Czech violinist

1938            STEVENS CONNIE   American actress and siger

1961            THE EDGE DAVID EVANS   British guitarist from U2

09-Aug 

1874 1947   HAHN REYNALDO   French composer & conductor

1901 1999   CASADEUS GABY   French pianist

1902 1988   SOLOMON    English pianist

1905 1991   FRANCESCATTI ZINO   French violinist

10-Aug 

1560 1629   PRAETORIUS HIERONYMUS   German composer

1865 1936   GLAZUNOV ALEXANDER   Russian composer

1893 1969   MOORE DOUGLAS   American composer

1909 1995   EASDALE BRIAN   English composer

1909 1991   FENDER CLARENCE LEONIDAS   American luthier

1926            ALAIN MARIE-CLAIRE   French organist

1929            ALLDIS JOHN English   Choral conductor

1932            GOEHR ALEXANDER   German-born English composer

1935            KANCHELI GIYA   Georgian composer

1940 2003   HATFIELD BOBBY   American singer

1947            ALEXEEV DMITRI   Russian pianist

1947            ANDERSON IAN   Scottish musician and leader of Jethro Tull

1954            FISK ELIOT   American guitarist

11-Aug 

1909 1991   LITAIZE GASTON   French organist & comp-blind

1919 1949   NEVEU GINETTE   French violinist

1927            LEPPARD RAYMOND   English conductor & musicologist

1929            HODDINOT ALUN   Welsh composer

1933            VASARY TAMAS   Hungarian-born Swiss pianist and conductor

1938            BOESCH RAINER   Swiss composer and pianist

1954            JACKSON JOE   British singer-songwriter

12-Aug 

1644 1704   BIBER HEINRICH   German-Bohemian composer and violinist

1907 1960   BENTLEY GLADYS   American blues singer

1942 1976   MUNROW DAVID   English early wind instrument player

1944            HOFMANN PETER   German tenor

1949            KNOPFLER MARK   British singer-songwriter, guitarist of Dire Straits

1954            METHENEY PAT   American jazz guitarist and composer

1969            TIKARAM TANITA   West-German singer-songwriter

1976            MACCRAE STUART   Scottish composer

13-Aug 

1820 1900   GROVE SIR GEORGE   English musicologist (Groves Dict)

1879 1962   IRELAND JOHN   English composer and organist

1912 1983   MOORE BIG CHIEF RUSSEL   American Dixieland trombonist and Pima native

1920            SHEARING GEORGE   English jazz pianist

1921            FREMAUX LOUIS   French conductor

1929 2006   BLOCH AUGUSTYN   Polish composer

1938            GHIGLIA OSCAR   Italian guitarist

1942            ARMSTRONG SHEILA   English soprano

1948            BATTLE KATHLEEN   American soprano

14-Aug 

1810 1876   WESLEY SAMUEL SEBASTIEN   English composer, son of Samuel Wesley

1869 1958   JAERNEFELT ARMAS   Finnish-born Swedish composer

1892 1988   SORABJI KAIKHOSRU SHAPURJI   English -born composer, pianist /writer

1924            PRETRE GEORGES   French conductor

1930            CACAVAS JOHN   American conductor and composer

1941            CROSBY DAVID   American singer-songwriter (Crosby, Stills & Nash)

1960            BRIGHTMAN SARAH   British soprano and actress

1960            GASDIA CECILIA   Italian soprano

 

15-Aug 

1875 1912   COLERIDGE-TAYLOR SAMUEL   English composer

1888 1953   SPALDING ALBERT   American violinist

1890 1952   IBERT JACQUES   French composer

1894 1937   SMITH BESSIE   American jazz singer

1896 1993   THEREMIN LEON   Russian inventor

1898 1970   TOBIAS CHARLES   American composer

1909 1973   WINTERHALTER HUGO   American bandleader

1922            FOSS LUKAS   German-born American composer

1925            CICCOLINI ALDO   Italian-born French pianist

1925 2007   PETERSON OSCAR   Canadian jazz pianist

1926 1969   KATCHEN JULIUS   American pianist

1933 2001   HUNTER RITA   English soprano

1955            OWENS ANNE MARIE   English mezzo-soprano

1961            O'DONNELL JAMES   Irish organist and conductor

1974            VENGAROV MAXIM   Russian violinist

16-Aug 

1795 1861   MARSCHNER HEINRICH   German composer and conductor

1863 1937   PIERNE GABRIEL   French composer, organist, conductor

1877 1911   HOSCHNA KARL   Bohemian composer

1904 1993   DOWNES RALPH   English organist

1927            BAUDO SERGE   French conductor

1928 1958   PERKINS CARL   American rock & roll pianist

1933 2001   EVANS BILL   Canadian jazz pianist and composer

1950            LEVI YOEL   Romanian-born American conductor

1958            MADONNA   American entertainer

1960            WELSER-MOST FRANZ   Austrian conductor

17-Aug 

1686 1768   PORPORA NICOLA   Italian composer and singing teacher

1893 1980   WEST MAE   American vaudeville actress, singer and playwright

1901 1971   TOMASI HENRI   French composer and conductor

1920 1985   DUVIVIER GEORGE   American jazz bassist

1926 2007   MELLY GEORGE   English jazz singer and author

1943            COWIE EDWARD   English composer

1944            POMMIER JEAN-BERNARD   French pianist and conductor

1946            ROMERO ANGEL   Spanish guitarist

1948            CHEEK JOHN   American bass-baritone

1968            PIZARRO ARTUR   Portuguese pianist

18-Aug 

1750 1825   SALIERI ANTONIO   Italian composer

1849 1895   GODARD BENJAMIN   French composer and viola player

1884 1975   CAMERON BASIL   English conductor

1873 1946   SLEZAK LEO   Austro-Czech tenor

1905 1978   LIGHT ENOCH   American violinist, arranger and bandleader

1916 2005   LYMPANY DAME MOURA   English pianist

1940            KITAYENKO DMITRI   Russian conductor

1944            RICHARDS GOFF   English composer

1952            SWAYZE PATRICK   American actor and singer

1953            BENOIT DAVID   American composer and pianist

19-Aug 

1881 1955   ENESCU GEORGES   Romanian composer

1947            SCHWARTZ GERARD   American conductor and trumpeter

1963            EVANS REBECCA   Welsh soprano

1968            NAKAMATSU JON   American pianist

1939            BAKER GINGER   English drummer (Cream)

1945            GILLAN IAN   English singer (Deep Purple)

1951            LAUGHTON STUART   Canadian trumpeter (Empire Brass)

20-Aug 

1561 1633   PERI JACOPO   Italian composer

1926 1978   ROSOLINO FRANK   American jazz trombonist

1941            EVANS DAME ANNE   English soprano

1947            PANKOW JAMES   American trombonist and composer (Chicago)

1948            PLANT ROBERT   British vocalist (Led Zeppelin)

1951 1986   LYNOTT PHIL   Irish bassist and song-writer (Thin Lizzy)

21-Aug 

1698 1744   GUARNERI GIUSEPPE ATONIO   Italian instrument maker

1893 1918   BOULANGER LILI   French composer & sister of Nadia

1904 1984   BASIE COUNT (WILLIAM)   American jazz pianist and bandleader

1919 2000   REILLY TOMMY   Canadian harmonica player and composer

1931            SMITH GREG   American choral conductor

1933            BAKER DAME JANET   English mezzo-soprano

1954            SMITH STEVE   American drummer

    
22-Aug 

1827 1870   STRAUSS JOSEF   Austrian composer, brother of Johan Jnr

1847 1935   MACKENZIE SIR ALEXANDER   Scottish composer

1862 1918   DEBUSSY CLAUDE   French composer and writer

1874 1946   BAIRSTOW SIR EDWARD   English organist and composer

1917 2001   HOOKER JOHN LEE   American blues guitarist, songer-songwriter

1928 2007   STOCKHAUSEN KARLHEINZ   German composer, leader of the (then) electronic avant-garde

1963            AMOS TORI   American singer-songwriter

1969            BENYON EMILY   English flautist

23-Aug 

1854 1925   MOSZKOWSKY MORITZ   German pianist and composer

1900 1991   KRENEK ERNST   Austrian-born American composer

1904 1982   PRIMROSE WILLIAM   Scottish-born American violist & violinist

1905 1951   LAMBERT  CONSTANT   English composer/ conductor & critic

1911 1977   DOLMETSCH CARL   French-born English recorder player

1927            HERINCX RAIMUND   English bass-baritone

1934            DE SOUZA RAUL   Brazilian trombone player

1946 1978   MOON KEITH   British drummer with the Who

24-Aug 

1910 2000   HEIDEN BERNHARD   German-born American composer/pedagogue

1932            MEALE RICHARD   Austrian composer

1924            AINSWORTH ALYN   English musical director and arranger

1948            JARRE JEAN MICHEL   French composer

1949            PAULUS STEPHEN   American composer

1952            CURLEY CARLO   American organist

  
25-Aug 

1880 1975   STOLZ ROBERT   Austrian composer and conductor

1902 1972   WOLPE STEFAN   German-born American composer

1909 1998   HUGHES ARWEL   Welsh composer and conductor

1915 1997   TRAMPLER WALTER   American violinist

1918 1990   BERSTEIN LEONARD   American composer, conductor, pianist and educator

1933            SHORTER WAYNE   American jazz composer and saxophonist

1940            VAN DAM JOSE   Belgian bass and baritone

1947            TIPPET KEITH   English jazz pianist

1952            DOWNES GEOFF   British keyboard player for Asia and the Buggles

1954            COSTELLO ELVIS   English singer and composer

26-Aug 

1894 1969   LOESSER ARTHUR   American pianist and writer - brother of Frank

1923            SAWALLISCH WOLFGANG   German conductor

1928            APPLEYARD PETER   Canadian jazz vibraphonist

1939            BRAITHWAITE NICHOLAS   English conductor

1946            SNOW MARK   American TV and film composer

1956            BEAMISH SALLY   English composer and violist

1960            MARSALIS BRANDFORD   American saxophonist

27-Aug 

1886 1979   CLARKE REBECCA   English composer and violinist

1886 1957   COATES ERIC   English composer and violist

1909 1959   YOUNG LESTER   American jazz saxophonist

1949            MURRAY ANNE   Irish mezzo-soprano

1953            LIFESON ALEX   Canadian guitarist with Rush

1959            EDWARDS SIAN   English conductor

28-Aug 

1867 1948   GIORDANO UMBERTO   Italian composer

1890 1937   GURNEY IVOR   English composer and poet

1894 1981   BÖHM KARL   Austrian conductor

1913 1975   TUCKER RICHARD   American tenor

1922 2005   TATE PHIL   English bandleader

1929 1973   KERTESZ ISTVAN   Hungarian-born German conductor

1931            SHIRLEY-QUIRK JOHN   English baritone

1941            PLISHKA PAUL   American bass

1941            SHABALALA JOSEPH   South African singer-songwriter (Ladysmith Black Mambazo)

1947            KUHN GUSTAV   German conductor

1948            SERAPHINE DANIEL   American drummer - originally with Chicago

1948            GUTIERREZ HORACIO   Cuban-American pianist

1949            COOPER IMOGEN   English pianist

29-Aug 

1653 1706   PACHELBEL JOHANN German composer

1853 1918   HANCHETT HENRY GRANGER American organist and inventor of the piano sustain pedal

1905 1964   TEAGARDEN JACK American bandleader and trombonist

1920 1955   PARKER CHARLIE American jazz saxophonist

1924 1963   WASHINGTON DINAH American jazz singer

1936            AMY GILBERT French composer and conductor

1943            COLLINS ANNE English contralto

1946 1998   TERRANI LUCIA VALENTINI Italian mezzo-soprano

1958 2009   JACKSON MICHAEL American pop singer

30-Aug 

1820 1895   ROOT GEORGE F   American composer

1922 1999   RESNIK REGINA   American mezzo-soprano

1944            SURMAN JOHN   British reed player

1952            BAINBRIDGE SIMON   English composer and conductor

1957            ALBRIGHT GERALD   American saxophonist

1969            SGOUROS DMITRI   Greek pianist

1969            AHN LUCIA & MARIA   Korean-born pianist (lucia) and cellist (Maria)

31-Aug 

1834 1886   PONCHIELI AMILCARE   Italian composer

1879 1964   MAHLER ALMA   Austrian composer and writer

1886 1970   GILBERT L. WOLFE   Russian lyricist

1893 1988   LASKINE LILY   French pianist

1930            JAMES IFOR   Welsh horn player

1938            KUIJKEN WIELAND   Belgian gamba player

1945            PERLMAN ITZHAK   Israeli-born American violinist

1945            MORRISON VAN   Irish singer-songwriter

1952            KASHKASHIAN KIM   American violist

1961            ARCHER NEIL   English tenor

1975            HARDING DANIEL   English conductor