Classic Wiki June

01-Jun 

1653 1704   MUFFAT GEORG   German composer

1771 1839   PAËR FERDINANDO   Italian composer

1804 1857   GLINKA MIKHAIL   Russian composer

1921 1985   RIDDLE NELSON   American conductor and arranger

1929            NIEHAUS LENNY   American alto-saxophonist, arranger and composer

1941            WAART EDO DE   Dutch conductor

1943            GOODE RICHARD   American pianist

1945            STADE FREDERIKA VON   American mezzo-soprano

1946            NEBLETT CAROL   American soprano

02-Jun 

1857 1934   ELGAR EDWARD   English composer

1863 1942   WEINGARTNER FELIX   Austrian conductor and composer

1931            PISANO JOHN   American jazz guitarist

1941            WATTS CHARLIE   British drummer with the Rolling Stones

1944            HAMLISCH MARVIN   American composer and arranger

1946            NIELSEN INGE   Danish soprano

1947            ELDER MARK   English conductor

1949            SHICOFF NEIL   American tenor

1955            DALBERTO MICHEL   French pianist

03-Jun 

1746 1827   HOOK JAMES   English organist and composer

1832 1918   LECOCQ CHARLES   French composer

1904 1984   PEERCE JAN   American tenor

1906 1975   BAKER JOSEPHINE   French jazz vocalist

1937            MASTERSON VALERIE   English soprano

1956            DAWSON LYNNE   English soprano

04-Jun 

1903 1988   MRAVINSKY EVGENY   Russian conductor

1917 2004   MERRILL ROBERT   American baritone

1922 1995   BAZELON IRVING   American composer

1945            BRAXTON ANTHONY   American jazz saxophonist

1948            D'RIVERA PAQUITO   Cuban clarinettist and saxophonist

1966            BARTOLI CECILIA   Italian mezzo-soprano

05-Jun 

1863 1937   SOMERVELL SIR ARTHUR   English composer

1879 1985   MAYER SIR ROBERT   English music patron

1920 1982   EDELHAGEN KURT   German bandleader and pianist

1923 2006   PINKHAM DANIEL   American organist and composer

1941            ARGERICH MARTHA   Argentinian pianist

1943 1981   HOPKINS BILL   English composer and writer

1954            ERSKINE PETER   American jazz drummer

1956            KENNY G    American soprano saxophonist

06-Jun 

1840 1901   STAINER SIR JOHN   English organist and composer

1869 1930   WAGNER SIEGFRIED   German composer, son of Richard

1903 1978   KHACHATURIAN ARAM   Armenian composer

1915 1987   PERSICHETTI VINCENT   American composer

1922 2000   HAMILTON IAIN   Scottish composer

1925 2000   GREY AL   American trombonist

1926 1998   TENNSTEDT KLAUS   German conductor

1934            ENTREMONT PHILIPPE   French pianist and conductor

1939            ANDRIESSEN LOUIS   Dutch composer

1942            ESSWOOD PAUL   English countertenor

1944            ALEXANDER MONTY   Jamaican jazz pianist

1948            AMBACHE DIANE   English pianist and conductor

07-Jun 

1897 1970   SZELL GEORGE   Hungarian-American conductor

1921 1998   FARLOW TAL   American jazz guitarist

1937            JÄRVI NEEME   Estonian conductor

1940            JONES TOM   Welsh singer

1941            LAREDO JAIME   Brazilian-born-American violinist

1963            ALAGNA ROBERTO   French tenor

1967            MUSTONEN OLLI   Finnish pianist

08-Jun 

1671 1750   ALBINONI TOMASO   Italian composer

1810 1856   SCHUMANN ROBERT   German composer

1894 1942   SCHULHOFF ERWIN   Czech composer

1906 1981   KELL REGINALD   English clarinettist

1939            WATROUS BILL   American trombonist

1948            JOO ARPAD   Hungarian-american conductor

1949            AX EMANUEL   Polish-born American pianist

1960            HUCKNALL MICK   British vocalist  (Simply Red)

09-Jun 

1910 1849   NICOLAI OTTO   German composer and conductor

1865 1914   MAGNARD ALBERIC   French composer

1865 1931   NIELSEN CARL   Danish composer

1877 1953   RUFFO TITTO   Italian baritone

1891 1964   PORTER COLE   American composer

1900 1984   WARING FRED   American conductor and inventor of kitchen appliances

1927 2000   DONATONI FRANCO   Italian composer

1916            PAUL LES   American jazz guitarist and guitar inventor (Les Paul series)

1939            COTRUBAS ILIANA   Romanian soprano

1941            LORD JON   English composer and keyboard player (Deep Purple)

1943            BARRON KENNY   American jazz pianist

10-Jun 

1773 1830   CATEL CHARLES-SIMON   French composer and theorist

1904 1988   LOEWE FREDERICK   Austrian-born American composer

1911 1984   KIRKPATRICK RALPH   American harpsichordist

1926            BARTOLETTI BRUNO   Italian conductor

1960            TURNAGE MARK ANTHONY   English composer

1971            AHN ANGELLA   South-Korean violinist (from the Ahn Trio)

11-Jun 

1672 1748   BONPORTI FRANCESCO ANTONIO   Italian composer

1864 1949   STRAUSS RICHARD   German composer

1904 1929   SMITH PINETOP   American pianist and vocalist

1913            STEVENS RISE   American mezzo-soprano

1920 1984   MANNE SHELLY   American bandleader and drummer

1926            FLOYD CARLISLE    American composer

1933            LINDBERG NILS   Swedish composer and pianist

1944            ROOLEY ANTONY   English lutenist

1955            BOSTOCK DOUGLAS   English conductor

12-Jun 

1885 1963   JOSTEN WERNER   German-born American composer and conductor

1987 1988   GOOSSENS LEON   English oboist

1897 1986   TANSMAN ALEXANDRE   Polish-born French composer and pianist

1938            PARTRIDGE IAN   English tenor

1939            CARTER KENT   American cellist and composer

1941            COREA CHICK   American composer and jazz pianist

1952            KNUSSEN OLIVER   English composer and conductor

13-Jun 

1766 1807   EBERL ANTON   German composer, pianist

1888 1952   SCHUMANN ELIZABETH   German-born American soprano

1899 1972   CHAVEZ CARLOS   Mexican composer

1917 2000   ZENTNER SI   American bandleader and trombonist

1929 1989   CIVIL ALAN   English french horn player

1938            HOWELL GWYNNE   Welsh bass

1943            GUETTLER LUDWIG   German trumpeter and conductor

1963            CONNOLLY SARAH   British mezzo-soprano

14-Jun 

1532 1594   LASSUS ORLANDO DE   Flemish composer

1730 1786   SACCHINI ANTONIO   Italian composer

1835 1881   RUBINSTEIN NICHOLAS   Russian composer, pianist and conductor, brother of Anton

1884 1945   McCORMACK JOHN   Irish tenor

1894 1961   NASH HEDDLE   English tenor

1910 1976   KEMPE RUDOLF   German conductor

1913 2002   BLACK STANLEY   English conductor and pianist

1929 2004   COLEMAN CY   American composer and jazz pianist

1942            GUTMAN NATALIA   Russian cellist

1947            BRUBECK DARIUS   American keyboardist

1949            WHITE ALAN   English drummer (Yes)

15-Jun 

1734 1801   ALTENBERG JOHANN ERNST    German trumpeter and composer

1763 1826   DANZI FRANZ   German composer and cellist

1843 1907   GRIEG EDVARD   Norwegian composer and pianist

1894 1981   BENNET ROBERT RUSSEL   American composer, arranger and conductor

1898 1994   ARMSTRONG SIR THOMAS   English composer, conductor and administrator

1910 1990   ROSE DAVID   American bandleader and composer

1921 1977   GARNER ERROLL   American jazz pianist

1929 1995   PARSONS GEOFFREY   Australian pianist and accompanist

1947            PATTERSON PAUL   English composer, conductor and administrator

1953            WALLFISCH RAFAEL   German-born American violist

1959            COHEN ROBERT     English cellist

1964            GREENAWAY GAVIN   British composer and conductor

1983            FISCHER JULIA   German violinist

16-Jun 

1909 1990   BOSKOVSKY WILLI   Austrian violinist and conductor

1923 2003   CZYZ HENRYK   Polish conductor

1926            SHAW CLARENCE   American jazz trumpeter (with Charles Mingus)

1928 2005   COMISSIONA SERGIU   Romanian-born American conductor and violinist

1952 2007   HADLEY JERRY   American tenor

1952            VANNELLI GINO   Canadian singer-songwriter

1953            NORRIS DAVID OWEN   English pianist and broadcaster

17-Jun 

1882 1971   STRAVINSKY IGOR   Russian-born American composer

1912 1978   GILLIS DON   American composer and arranger

1916 1999   ENGLUND EINAR   Finnish composer

1924            DOWNES SIR EDWARD   English conductor

1940            RAINEY CHUCK   American session bassist

1946            MANILOW BARRY   American singer and songwriter

1958            RAGIN DEREK LEE   American countertenor

18-Jun 

1757 1831   PLEYEL IGNAZ   Austrian composer and piano manufacturer

1818 1893   GOUNOD CHARLES   French composer

1896 1987   THALBEN-BALL SIR GEORGE   Australian organist and composer

1903 1965   MACDONALD JEANETTE   American actress and singer

1904 2003   ROSENTHAL MANUEL   French composer and conductor

1905 1982   TUBIN EDUARD   Estonian conductor and composer

1922 2004   HELFFER CLAUDE   French pianist (Ravel specialist)

1929            FAERBER JÖRG   German conductor

1942            McCARTNEY SIR PAUL   English composer, singer and former Beatle

1942 2004   VONK  HANS   Dutch conductor

1945            HALSTEAD ANTHONY   English horn player and conductor

1948            AMBACHE DIANA   English pianist and director

1948            MARTON EVA   Hungarian soprano

1953            DONOHOE PETER   English pianist  

19-Jun 

1708 1763   JANITSCH JOHANN GOTLIEB   German composer

1717 1757   STAMITZ JOHANN WENZEL   Bohemian violinist and composer

1842 1898   ZELLER CARL   Austrian composer

1854 1893   CATALANI ALFREDO   Italian composer

1917 1966   LAMBERT DAVE   American lyricist and vocalese pioneer

20-Jun 

1756 1792   KRAUS JOSEPH   German composer and conductor

1819 1880   OFFENBACH JACQUES   German-born French composer

1924 2001   ATKINS CHET   American guitarist

1926            HAEBLER INGRID   Austrian pianist

1928 1964   DOLPHY ERIC   American jazz saxophonist

1931            NORDHEIM ARNE   Norwegian composer

1942            WILSON BRIAN   American composer and founder of the Beach Boys

1946            WATTS ANDRE   American pianist

21-Jun 

1732 1795   BACH JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDERICH   German composer, 9th son of Johann Sebastian

1891 1966   SCHERCHEN HERMANN   German conductor

1932            SCHIFRIN LALO   Argentinian composer and pianist

1932 2001   SMITH O.C.   American Grammy Award-winninjg singer

1935            MASSON DIEGO   Spanish-born French conductor

1944            DAVIES RAY   English singer, songwriter (The Kinks)

1952            BINGHAM JUDITH   English composer

1958            LARMORE JENNIFER   American mezzo-soprano

22-Jun 

1763 1817   MEHUL ETIENNE-NICOLAS   French composer

1830 1915   LESCHETIZKY THEODOR   Polish pianist, teacher and composer

1905 1942   LEIGH WALTER   English composer

1910 1986   PEARS SIR PETER   English tenor

1933            PESEK LIBOR   Czech conductor

1936            KRISTOFFERSON KRIS   American artisan, singer, actor and songwriter

1949            AMOYAL PIERRE   French violinist

1953            NORTON CHRISTOPHER   New Zealand-born composer

23-Jun 

1824 1910   REINECKE CARL   German composer and pianist

1892 1993   HORSZOWSKI MIECZYSLAW   Polish-born American pianist

1923            RUSSELL GEORGE   American composer and arranger

1929 2003   CASH JUNE CARTER   American singer and wife to Johnny Cash

1940 2003   FAITH ADAM   English singer and actor

1943            LEVINE JAMES   American conductor and pianist

1948            OSBORNE NIGEL   English composer

1950            CLEOBURY NICHOLAS   English conductor

1956            McNAIR SYLVIA   American soprano

24-Jun 

1901 1976   PARTCH HARRY   American composer

1906 1986   FOURNIER PIERRE   French cellist

1908 1942   DISTLER HUGO   German composer, organist and choral conductor

1935            RILEY TERRY   American composer

1942            FLEETWOOD MICK   English drummer (Fleetwood Mac)

1944            BECK JEFF   English guitarist

25-Jun 

1860 1956   CHARPENTIER GUSTAV   French composer and social activist

1928 2003   RUSSO BILL   American composer and arranger

1935            SCHWERTSIK KURT   Austrian composer

1945            SIMON CARLY   American singer and songwriter

1946            McDONALD IAN   Member and producer of King Crimson

1954            PAICH DAVID   American keyboard player, singer and main composer of Toto

26-Jun 

1747 1818   KOZELUCH LEOPOLD   Bohemian composer and music publisher

1902            CUÉNOD HUGUES   Swiss tenor

1923 1998   LAWRENCE SYD   English bandleader

1928 1996   DRUCKMAN JACOB   American composer

1933            ABBADO  CLAUDIO   Italian conductor

1934            GRUSIN DAVE   American pianist and composer

1943            FAME GEORGIE   English singer, songwriter and pianist

1947            ABRAHAMS BRIAN   South African jazz percussionist

  
27-Jun 

1910 1979   REINER KAREL   Czech composer and pianist

1932 2006   MOFFO ANNA   American soprano

1932            WOOD HUGH   English composer

1937 1999   SANDERS SAMUEL   American pianist

1947            LUCIA CHRISTINE   South African educator and writer on 21st Century music

1956            GUSTAFSON NANCY   American soprano

1958            LINDBERG MAGNUS   Finnish composer

1960            KING ROBERT   English conductor

 

28-Jun 

1491 1547   HENRY VIII KING   English King and composer

1712 1778   ROUSSEAU JEAN-JAQUES   Swiss philosopher and composer

1753 1812   STADLER ANTON   Austrian clarinettist, bass-horn player

1831 1907   JOACHIM JOSEPH   Hungarian violinist and composer

1902 1979   RODGERS RICHARD   American composer

1912 1997   CELIBIDACHE SERGIU   Romanian conductor and composer

1013 1998   LLOYD GEORGE   English composer

1925            KLEBE GISELHER   German composer

1950            OLIVEIRA ELMAR   American violinist

1950            FOWKE PHILIP   English pianist

1955            HAMPSON THOMAS   American baritone

29-Jun 

1893 1958   MERIKANTO AORE   Finnish composer

1901 1967   EDDY NELSON   American baritone

1911 1975   HERMANN BERNARD   American composer and conductor

1914 1996   KUBELIK RAPHAEL   Czech conductor and composer

1940            DICK JAMES   American pianist

1948            PAICE IAN   British drummer (Deep Purple)

1963            MUTTER ANNE-SOPHIE   German violinist

30-Jun 

1846 1930   DRIGO RICCARDO   Italian composer and conductor

1931 2007   HILL ANDREW   American composer and jazz pianist

1931            LOUGHRAN JAMES   Scottish conductor

1932 2000   MAILMAN MARTIN   American bandmaster and composer 

1951            CLARKE STANLEY   American jazz bassist

1954            BARLOW STEPHEN   English conductor

1958            SALONEN ESA-PEKKA   Finnish conductor and composer