Classic Wiki November

01-Nov 

1877 1953   QUILTER ROGER   English composer

1902 1987   JOCHUM EUGEN   German conductor

1921 2006   PETERSON JOHN W   American Christian music songwriter

1923 2005   LOS ANGELES VICTORIA DE   Spanish soprano

1929            WILKOMIRSKA WANDA   Polish violinist

1934 1992   MATHIAS WILLIAM   Welsh composer

1939            KELLAWAY ROGER   American arranger

1941            CURNOW ROBERT   American arranger and composer

1946 1990   GRECH RICK   English bassist - Blind Faith & Family

1957            LOVETT LYLE   American singer - songwriter

1967            ARENA TINA   Australian singer

1967            HAWKINS SOPHIE B   American singer, songwriter and painter

02-Nov 

1629 1766   WASSENAER UNICO WILHELM VAN   Dutch composer

1739 1799   DITTERSDORF KARL DITTERS VON   Austrian composer and violinist

1906 1976   VISCONTI LUCHINO   Italian stage and film producer

1908 1942   BERIGAN BUNNY   American trumpeter

1915 2001   LILBURN DOUGLAS   New Zealand composer

1931            WOODS PHIL   American alto saxophonist

1944            EMERSON KEITH   English keyboardist, composer with Emerson, Lake & Palmer

1944            CHEREAU PATRICE   French stage producer

1946 2001   SINOPOLI GIUSEPPE   Italian conductor and composer

1947            PEGG DAVE   English bassist with Jethro Tull & Fairport Convention

1947            BEAUFORD CARTER   American drummer with the Dave Matthews Band

1951            MENUHIN JEREMY   English pianist

1954            McLAUGHLIN MARIE   Scottish soprano

1961            LANG KD   American actress and singer

1962            DELUNSCH MIREILLE   French soprano

03-Nov 

1587 1654   SCHEIDT SAMUEL   German organist and composer
1801 1835   BELLINI VINCENSO   Italian composer
1926 2001   MITCHELL BILLY   American tenor saxophonist
1933            BARRY JOHN   English film score composer
1935            GRIMES HENRY   American avant-garde bass player
1943            JANSCH BERT   Scottish folk music guitarist and founder of Pentangle
1948            LULU    Scottish singer
1952            WHITE ROCKY   American drummer with the Duke Ellington Orch
1954            ANT ADAM   English actor and singer

04-Nov 

1912 1978   SALMANOV VADIM   Russian composer

1919 1990   SCHILPEROORT PETER   Dutch clarinettist with Dutch Swing College Band

1928 2005   BUNKER LARRY   American session drummer with Bill Evans

1935            HOWATH ELGAR   English trumpeter and conductor

1940            MANGIONE CHUCK   American arranger and flugel horn player

1944            GOMEZ EDDIE   Puerto Rican jazz bassist

1956            RUDESS JORDAN   American keyboardist with Dream Theater

1956            RODGERS JOAN   English soprano

1957            KATS-CHEMIN ELENA   Uzbekistan-born composer

1961            KNIGHT EDWARD American composer

1961            HAGEN DARON   Am  erican composer

05-Nov 

1887 1961   WITTGENSTEIN PAUL   Austrian pianist

1895 1956   GIESEKING WALTER   Franco-German pianist and conductor

1911 1998   ROGERS ROY   American actor and cowboy singer

1914 2000   McVEA JACK   American bandleader and tenor saxophonist

1921 1994   CZIFFRA GYORGY   Hungarian-born French pianist

1935            MAW NICOLAS   English composer

1940            ROLFE JOHNSON ANTHONY   English tenor

1941            GARFUNKEL ART   American singer-songwriter and actor - Simon & Garfunkel

1943            GÓMEZ PABLO   Mexican classical guitarist

1946 1973   PARSONS GRAM   American musician and songwriter

1959            ADAMS BRIAN   Canadian guitarist and vocalist

06-Nov 

1753 1823   BREVAL JEAN-BAPTISTE   French composer

1814 1894   SAX ADOLPHE   Belgian inventor of the saxophone

1854 1932   SOUSA JOHN PHILIP   American composer and conductor

1916 2002   CONNIFF RAY   American composer, conductor and trombonist

1923 2006   LUSHER DON   English trombonist

1929 2005   BOLAND FRANCY   Belgian composer

1938            PROBY P.J.   American singer and actor

1947            YOUNG GEORGE    Australian record producer

1948            FREY GLENN   American guitarist and vocalist for the Eagles

1949            SANDOVAL ARTURO   Cuban virtuoso trumpeter

07-Nov 

1810 1893   ERKEL FERENC   Hungarian composer and conductor

1846 1907   BRÜLL IGNAZ   Austrian pianist

1877 1950   GARDINER HENRY BALFOUR   English composer

1900 1995   KURTZ EFREM   Rusiian-born American conductor

1905 1985   ALWYN WILLIAM   English composer

1916 2004   BUSHKIN JOE   American jazz pianist

1922 1999   HIRT AL   American trumpeter

1926            SUTHERLAND DAME JOAN   Australian soprano

1937            JONES DAME GWYNETH   Welsh soprano

1942            RIVERS JOHNNY   American singer

1943            MITCHELL JONI   American singer-songwriter

1969            GRIMAUD HÉLÈNE   French pianist

08-Nov 

1883 1953   BAX ARNOLD   English composer and poet

1915 1998   GARDELLI LAMBERTO   Italian - Swedish conductor

1927            DODD KEN   British comedian and singer

1934            RIEDEL GEORG   Czech bass player and composer

1938            STOKER RICHARD   English composer 

1941            STANDAGE SIMON   English violinist

1946            WOOD ROY   English singer for ELO and the Move

1947            OTAKA TADAAKI   Japanese conductor

1947 1979   RIPERTON MINNIE   American whistle register

1948            GALE ELIZABETH   English soprano

1949            RAITT BONNIE   American singer-songwriter and slide-guitarist

1954            JONES RICKIE LEE   American vocalist and songwriter

1961            GARRETT LEIF   American actor and singer

09-Nov 

1880 1945   KAREL RUDOLPH   Czech composer

1885 1952   PERTILE AURELIANO   Italian tenor

1899 1972   MEZZROW MEZZ   American jazz clarinetitist

1906 1967   SPANIER MUGGSY   American cornetist

1907 1988   PHILLIPS BURRILL   American composer and pianist

1929 2005   CAPPUCCILLI PIERO   Italian baritone

1930            MORAVEC IVAN   Czech pianist

1937            McGOUGH ROGER   English poet and vocalist with The Scaffold

1938            REMUS ALFREDO   Argentinian bass player

1941 1990   FOGERTY TOM   American guitarist with Creedence Clearwater Revival

1959            QUASTHOFF THOMAS   German baritone

1965            TERFEL BRYN   Welsh baritone

1984            GOODREM DELTA   Australian actress, pianist and singer-songwriter

10-Nov 

1483 1546   LUTHER MARTIN   German author of chorale texts and melodies

1668 1733   COUPERIN FRANCOIS   French composer, and organist known as "le Grand"

1850 1892   THOMAS ARTHUR GORING   English composer

1873 1949   RABAUD HENRI   French composer and conductor

1916 2004   MAY BILLY   American arranger and trumpeter

1928            MORRICONE ENNIO   Italian composer

1932            BLEY PAUL   Canadian free-jazz pianist

1939            LAWS HUBERT   American flautist

1940 1999   SUTCH SCREAMING LORD   English musician and politician

1941            CLARK GRAHAM   English tenor

1944            RICE SIR TIM   English lyricist

1948            LAKE GREG   English bassist, guitarist, singer-songwriter of ELP

11-Nov 

1872 1942   STOCK FREDERICK   German-born American conductor, violinist and composer

1883 1969   ANSERMET ERNEST   Swiss conductor

1917 1971   WHITE SONNY   Panamanian jazz pianist

1923 2000   COOK WILLIE   American trumpeter

1927            ALLISON MOSE   American blues pianist and songwriter

1928            ANDERSON ERNESTINE   American cocalist

1929 1997   BAKER LA VERN   American R&B singer

1930 2008   HANDLEY VERNON   English conductor

1936            BRAMMA HARRY   English organist and conductor

1944            BATE JENNIFER   English organist 

1946            DREJA CHRIS   English rhythm guitarist with the Yardbirds

1948            PETERSON MARVIN HANNIBAL   American composer and trumpeter

1955            HAKIM NAJI   Lebenese-born French organist and composer

12-Nov 

1833 1887   BORODIN ALEXANDER   Russian composer and research chemist

1911 1991   CLAYTON BUCK   American jazz trumpeter

1914            KOCH MERLE   American pianist and composer

1916 2000   PAPINEAU-COUTURE JEAN   French-Canadian composer

1917 2008   STAFFORD JO   American singer

1923            MARIANO CHARLIE   American jazz alto-saxophonist

1933            SCHLUTER WOLFGANG   German vibraphonist

1936 1991   SHUMAN MORT   American songwriter

1939 1993   POPP LUCIA   Czech-born Austrian soprano

1944            JONES BOOKER T.   American bandleader

1945            YOUNG NEIL   Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

13-Nov 

1817 1870   LEFEBURE-WELY LOUIS   French organist and composer

1854 1931   CHADWICK GEORGE WHITFIELD   American composer, organist and conductor

1874 1966   LONG MARGUERITE   French pianist and teacher

1886 1973   WIGMAN MARY   German dancer and choreographer

1894 1935   MOTEN BENNIE   American bandleader and jazz pianist

1915 1948   GUTHRIE JACK   American country music songwriter

1921 1996   KOKKONEN JOONAS   Finnish composer

1928 1977   HAWES HAMPTON   American jazz pianist

1938            BERNHARDT WARREN   American jazz pianist and composer

1942            ZAGROSEK LOTHAR   German conductor

1942            HAMMOND JOHN P.   American blues musician

1954            REIJSEGER ERNST   Danish cellist

1955            GOLDBERG WHOOPI   American actress, comedienne and singer

14-Nov 

1719 1787   MOZART LEOPOLD   Austrian composer, father of Wolfgang Amadeus

1774 1851   SPONTINI GASPARE   Italian composer

1778 1837   HUMMEL JOHANN NEPOMUK   German composer and pianist

1805 1847   MENDELSOHN-HENSEL FANNY   German composer and pianist, sister of Felix

1816 1880   CURWEN REV. JOHN   Founder of tonic sol-fa

1887 1971   BAUMGARTNER BERNHARD   Austrian conductor, composer and musicologist

1895 1969   CALUZA REUBEN   South African choral composer

1900 1990   COPLAND AARON   American composer

1908 1972   HAYES CLANCY   American banjoist

1914 1990   BOLET JORGE   Cuban-American pianist

1915 2005   BAUER BILLY   American jazz guitarist

1919            OTTO LISA   German soprano

1924 1982   KOGAN LEONID   Russian violinist

1927 1997   YEPES NARCISO   Spanish guitarist

1930            KATIN PETER   English-born Canadian pianist

1932            YAGI MASAO   Japanese pianist and conductor

1934            MARSALIS JR ELLIS   American jazz pianist

1939            CARLOS WENDY   American electronic music composer

1942            GUTMAN NATALIA   Russian cellist

1954            YANNI    Greek composer and keyboardist

1957            KATS-CHERNIN ELENA   Uzbekistan composer

 

15-Nov 

1738 1822   HERSCHEL WILLIAM   German-born English composer, oboist and astronomer

1905 1980   MANTOVANI ANUNZIO PAOLO   English violinist and conductor

1925 1996   ANDRIESSEN JURRIAAN   Dutch composer

1931 2007   TURNER IKE   American singer-songwriter

1932            CLARK  PETULA   English singer and actress

1934            DICKINSON PETER   English composer and pianist

1942            BARENBOIM DANIEL   Israeli conductor and pianist

1957            EUBANKS KEVIN   American jazz guitarist

1968            DUIGAN CHRIS   South African pianist

16-Nov 

1720 1788   CAMPIONI CARLO ANTONIO   Italian composer

1766 1831   KREUTZER RODOLPHE   French composer and violinist

1873 1958   HANDY W.C.   American composer and cornetist

1895 1963   HINDEMITH PAUL   German composer

1896 1960   TIBBETT LAWRENCE   American opera singer - baritone

1916 1999   ABRAMSON HERB   American producer, songwriter and co-founder of Atlantic Records

1931            SUMLIN  HUBERT   American blues guitarist

1939            DONNER HENRIK OTTO   Finnish composer and trumpeter

1950            WILSON-JOHNSON DAVID   English baritone

1954            RUNNICLES DAVID   Scottish conductor

1964            KRALL DIANA   Canadian jazz pianist, singer-songwriter

1967            BONET LISA   American actress and singer

 
17-Nov 

1816 1876   AMBROS AUGUST WILHELM   Austrian pianist and composer

1911 2000   LOUGH ERNEST   English treble and baritone

1919 1981   KAY HERSHEY   American composer and arranger

1925            MACKERRAS SIR CHARLES   Australian conductor and oboist

1930            AMRAM DAVID   American composer and french horn player

1935            RUDD ROSWELL   American dixieland and avant-garde trombonist

1938            LIGHTFOOT GORDON   Canadian folk music singer-songwriter

1944 1991   CLARK GENE   American singer-songwriter for the Byrds

1946            BARRE MARTIN    English guitarist for Jethro Tull

1950            PICKETT PHILIP   English conductor and woodwind player

1956            GRANGE PHILIP   English composer

18-Nov 

1680 1730   LOEILLET JEAN-BAPTISTE   French composer, harpsichordist, flautist and oboist

1786 1855   BISHOP SIR HENRY   English composer and conductor

1786 1826   WEBER CARL MARIA VON   German composer, conductor and pianist

1836 1911   GILBERT SIR WILLIAM S   English playwrite, librettist for comic operas by Sullivan

1860 1941   PADEREWSKY IGNACY JAN   Polish composer, pianist and statesman

1882 1963   GALLI-CURCI AMELITA   Italian soprano

1899 1985   ORMANDY EUGENE   Hungarian-born American conductor

1907 2003   SEGUNDO COMPAY   Cuban clarinettist, percussionist and Buena Vista Social Club songwriter

1909 1976   MERCER JOHNNY  American songwriter and vocalist

1936 1995   CHERRY DON   American jazz trumpeter

1950            PARKER GRAHAM   English singer and songwriter

1951            SCHIFF HEINRICH   Austrian cellist and conductor

1958            D'ASCOLI BERNARD   French pianist

1962            HAMMET KIRK LEE   American singer and guitarist from Metallica

1975            BOYD NEAL E   American opra singer

19-Nov 

1859 1935   IPPOLOTOV-IVANOV MIKHAIL   Russian composer

1905 1956   DORSEY TOMMY   American bandleader, conductor and trombonist

1915 1967   STRAYHORN BILLY   American pianist and composer

1921 1976   ANDA GEZA   Hungarian-born Swiss pianist and conductor

1927 2004   PERSIANI ANDRE   French pianist

1934            LLOYD-JONES DAVID   English conductor

1938            FULLER JERRY   American songwriter and record producer

1943            LIPSIUS FRED   American pianist and saxophonist with Blood, Sweat & Tears

1944            BALTSA AGNES   Greek mezzo-soprano

1952            SHARPE BILL   English keyboardist of Shakatack fame

20-Nov 

1873 1953   MASON DANIEL   GREGORY American composer

1937            KOLLO RENE   German tenor

1937            LAREDO RUTH   American pianist

1941            KARR GARY   American double-bass virtuoso

1942            MONK MEREDITH   American composer, singer and choreographer

1946 1971   ALLMAN DUANE   American guitarist with the Allman Brothers

1947            WALSH JOE   American guitarist with the James Gang and Eagles

1948            HENDRICKS BARBARA   American soprano

1957            HOFMEYR HENDRIK   South African composer

21-Nov 

1659 1695   PURCELL HENRY   English composer

1852 1909   TARREGA FRANCISCO   Spanish composer and guitarist

1877 1933   KARG-ELERT SIGFRID   German composer, pianist and organist

1891 1959   JOHNSON CHARLIE   American bandleader and pianist

1904 1969   HAWKINS COLEMAN   American jazz tenor saxophonist

1931 2003   WILLIAMSON MALCOLM   Australian composer

1940            PHILPOTT RON   Australian arranger, bassist and composer

1941            BIRET IDIL   Turkish pianist

1941            DR JOHN (Malcolm John Rebennack Jr)   American pianist, vocalist and songwriter

1948            MOUZON ALPHONSE   American session drummer

1949            BRUNINGHAUS RAINER   German jazz pianist and composer

1950            COLE VINSON   American tenor

1965            BJÖRK    Icelandic singer and songwriter

17-Nov 

1816 1876   AMBROS AUGUST WILHELM   Austrian pianist and composer

1911 2000   LOUGH ERNEST   English treble and baritone

1919 1981   KAY HERSHEY   American composer and arranger

1925            MACKERRAS SIR CHARLES   Australian conductor and oboist

1930            AMRAM DAVID   American composer and french horn player

1935            RUDD ROSWELL   American dixieland and avant-garde trombonist

1938            LIGHTFOOT GORDON   Canadian folk music singer-songwriter

1944 1991   CLARK GENE   American singer-songwriter for the Byrds

1946            BARRE MARTIN   English guitarist for Jethro Tull

1950            PICKETT PHILIP   English conductor and woodwind player

1956            GRANGE PHILIP   English composer

18-Nov 

1680 1730   LOEILLET JEAN-BAPTISTE   French composer, harpsichordist, flautist and oboist

1786 1855   BISHOP SIR HENRY   English composer and conductor

1786 1826   WEBER CARL MARIA VON   German composer, conductor and pianist

1836 1911   GILBERT SIR WILLIAM S   English playwrite, librettist for comic operas by Sullivan

1860 1941   PADEREWSKY IGNACY JAN   Polish composer, pianist and statesman

1882 1963   GALLI-CURCI AMELITA   Italian soprano

1899 1985   ORMANDY EUGENE   Hungarian-born American conductor

1907 2003   SEGUNDO COMPAY   Cuban clarinettist, percussionist and Buena Vista Social Club songwriter

1909 1976   MERCER JOHNNY   American songwriter and vocalist

1936 1995   CHERRY DON   American jazz trumpeter

1950            PARKER GRAHAM   English singer and songwriter

1951            SCHIFF HEINRICH   Austrian cellist and conductor

1958            D'ASCOLI BERNARD   French pianist

1962            HAMMET KIRK LEE   American singer and guitarist from Metallica

1975            BOYD NEAL E   American opra singer

19-Nov 

1859 1935   IPPOLOTOV-IVANOV MIKHAIL   Russian composer

1905 1956   DORSEY TOMMY   American bandleader, conductor and trombonist

1915 1967   STRAYHORN BILLY   American pianist and composer

1921 1976   ANDA GEZA   Hungarian-born Swiss pianist and conductor

1927 2004   PERSIANI ANDRE   French pianist

1934            LLOYD-JONES DAVID   English conductor

1938            FULLER JERRY   American songwriter and record producer

1943            LIPSIUS FRED   American pianist and saxophonist with Blood, Sweat & Tears

1944            BALTSA AGNES   Greek mezzo-soprano

1952            SHARPE BILL   English keyboardist of Shakatack fame

20-Nov 

1873 1953   MASON DANIEL GREGORY   American composer

1937            KOLLO RENE   German tenor

1937            LAREDO RUTH   American pianist

1941            KARR GARY   American double-bass virtuoso

1942            MONK MEREDITH   American composer, singer and choreographer

1946 1971   ALLMAN DUANE   American guitarist with the Allman Brothers

1947            WALSH JOE   American guitarist with the James Gang and Eagles

1948            HENDRICKS BARBARA   American soprano

1957            HOFMEYR HENDRIK   South African composer

21-Nov 

1659 1695   PURCELL HENRY   English composer

1852 1909   TARREGA FRANCISCO   Spanish composer and guitarist

1877 1933   KARG-ELERT SIGFRID   German composer, pianist and organist

1891 1959   JOHNSON CHARLIE   American bandleader and pianist

1904 1969   HAWKINS COLEMAN   American jazz tenor saxophonist

1931 2003   WILLIAMSON MALCOLM   Australian composer

1940            PHILPOTT RON   Australian arranger, bassist and composer

1941            BIRET IDIL   Turkish pianist

1941            DR JOHN (Malcolm John Rebennack Jr)   American pianist, vocalist and songwriter

1948            MOUZON ALPHONSE   American session drummer

1949            BRUNINGHAUS RAINER   German jazz pianist and composer

1950            COLE VINSON   American tenor

1965            BJÖRK   Icelandic singer and songwriter

 

22-Nov (St Cecilia's Day, honoring the patron Saint of Music)

1458 1505   OBRECHT JACOB   Flemish composer

1709 1786   BENDA FRANTISEK   Bohemian composer and violinist

1710 1784   BACH WILHELM FRIEDMANN   German composer, eldest son of JS Bach

1780 1849   KREUTZER CONRADIN   German composer

1899 1981   CARMICHAEL HOAGY   American composer and pianist

1901 1999   RODRIGO JOAQUíN   Spanish composer

1902 1942   FEUERMANN EMANUEL   Austrian-born American cellist

1913 1976   BRITTEN BENJAMIN   English composer, conductor and pianist

1925            SCHULLER GUNTHER   American composer, conductor and horn player

1927 2003   KNEPPER JIMMY   American trombonist

1930            HURFORD PETER   English organist and composer

1936            ZENDER HANS   German conductor and composer

1950            VAN ZANDT STEVEN   American actor and guitarist with the E Street Band

1951            NAGANO KENT   American conductor

1961            HOUGH STEPHEN   English pianist

1962            JO SUMI   Korean soprano

23-Nov 

1876 1946   FALLA MANUEL DE   Spanish composer and pianist

1878 1925   CAPLET ANDRE   French conductor and composer

1925            MANDEL JOHNNY   American arranger, composer and trombonist

1926 2005   BURNSIDE R.L.   American singer-songwriter and blues guitarist

1928            BOCK JERRY   American composer

1929 2003   DERDERIAN VIGEN   Iranian singer

1933            PENDERECKI KRZYSZTOF P  olish composer

1934            GASKIN VICTOR   American jazz double bassist

1935            FIELDER ALVIN   American drummer and founder of Ass for the Adv of Creative Music

1939 2001   EVERETT BETTY   American soul music singer

1954            HORNSBY BRUCE   American pianist, singer-songwriter

1955            EINAUDI LUDOVICO   Italian composer

1961            ZEHETMAIR THOMAS   Austrian violinist

24-Nov 

1690 1750   PACHELBEL CHARLES THEODORE   German composer and harpsichordist

1787 1863   GRUBER FRANZ   Austrian composer

1848 1929   LEHMANN LILLI   German soprano

1862 1914   STAVENHAGEN BERNHARD   German pianist and conductor

1868 1917   JOPLIN SCOTT   American ragtime composer

1907 1963   WALKER NORMAN   English bass

1911 2006   BERMAN ERIK   Finnish composer

1934 1998   SCHNITTKE ALFRED   Russian composer

1939            CHIARA MARIA   Italian soprano

1942            CONNOLLY BILLY   Scottish actor and comedian

1953            MACHOVER TOD   American composer

1956            KAIPAINEN JOUNI   Finnish composer

1960            MEYER EDGAR   American composer and double-bassist

1965            KIRCHSCHLAGER ANGELIKA   Austrian mezzo-soprano

1966            WATSON RUSSELL   English singer

25-Nov 

1752 1814   REICHARDT JOHANN FRIEDRICH   German composer

1856 1915   TANEYEV SERGEI   Russian composer and pianist

1895 1991   KEMPFF WILHELM   German pianist

1896 1991   THOMSON VIRGIL   American composer

1897 1973   SMITH WILLIE "THE LION"   American composer and stride-pianist

1900 1978   SERLY TIBOR   Hungarian composer, violist and conductor

1904 2000   ORTELLI TONI   Italian composer and conductor

1924 1977   DESMOND PAUL   American alto saxophonist

1928 2001   JONES ETTA   American jazz singer

1931 2000   ADDERLEY NAT   American cornetist

1940            MALGOIRE JEAN-CLAUDE   French conductor and oboist

1940            SLEDGE PERCY   American soul music singer

1945            HAGEGÄRD HÄKAN   Swedish baritone

1950            KENNY YVONNE   Australian soprano

1951            CACHEMAILLE GILLES   Swiss baritone

26-Nov 

1915            WILD EARL   American pianist and composer

1925 2003   ISTOMIN EUGENE   American pianist 

1933 2003   SANDERS JOHN   English organist and choirmaster

1939            TURNER TINA   American singer

1945            McVIE JOHN   English bassist for Fleetwood Mac

1947            SHEPPARD CRAIG   American pianist

1957            TIERNEY VIVIAN   English soprano

1979            HAHN HILARY   American violinist

27-Nov 

1731 1798   PUGNANI GAETANO   Italian composer and violinist

1750 1809   STAMITZ ANTON   Bohemian composer, violinist and violist

1759 1831   KROMMER FRANZ VINCENZ   Moravian composer and violinist

1804 1885   BENEDICT SIR JULIAN   German born English composer

1867 1950   KOECHLIN CHARLES   French composer

1911 2000   MERRICK DAVID   American musical theatre producer

1927            ORTEGA FRANKIE   American pianist and composer

1928 1991   KLEIN WALTER   Austrian pianist

1935            LACHENMAN HELMUT   German composer

1941            VAN DIJK LOUIS   Dutch pianist

1942 1970   HENDRIX JIMMY   American singer, guitarist and songwriter

1944            WINTHROP DAVE   British reed player for Supertramp

1952            STEURMER DARYL   American session guitarist, also with Genesis

1953            MAYS LYLE   American keyboardist

1955            RABINOWITZ MICHAEL   American basoon player

1959            MULLOVA VICTORIA   Russian violinist

   
28-Nov 

1118 1180   KOMNENOS MANUEL I   Bizantine emperor

1632 1687   LULLY JEAN-BAPTISTE   Italian born French composer

1784 1838   RIES FERDINAND   German composer and pianist

1829 1894   RUBINSTEIN ANTON   Russian pianist and composer

1895 1980   ITURBI JOSE   Spanish pianist and conductor

1932            ENNIS ETHEL   American jazz singer with Louis Armstrong, Ellington and Basie

1934            BARBIERI GATO   Argentinian jazz tenor saxophonist

1943            NEWMAN RANDY   American pianist, singer and film score composer

1949            SHAFFER PAUL   Canadian composer and bandleader

29-Nov 

1797 1848   DONIZETTI GAETANO   Italian composer

1891 1970   DONOVAN RICHARD FRANK   American composer and organist

1914 1959   McINTYRE HAL   American bandleader and founding member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra

1915 1957   STRAYHORN BILLY   American composer and pianist

1928 1985   BREDL OTTO   German trombonist

1933            MAYALL JOHN   English blues musician

1937            BRECKNOCK JOHN   English tenor

1942            HUTTENLOCHER PHILIPPE   Swiss baritone

1946            FARLEY CAROLE   American soprano

1946            RODRÍGUEZ SILVIO   Cuban poet, singer and songwriter

1955            NUSSBAUM ADAM   American drummer

1959            WINTER LOUISE   English mezzo-soprano

30-Nov 

1796 1869   LÖWE JOHANN CARL   German composer and conductor

1813 1888   ALKAN CHARLES VALENTIN   French composer and pianist

1895 1924   LIAPUNOV SERGEI   Russian composer

1916 1977   MOTEN BENNY   American swing-style bass player

1931            SHELDON JACK   American bebop jazz trumpeter

1939            WELLER WALTER   Austrian conductor

1945            LUPU RADU   Romanian pianist

1945            GLOVER ROGER   Welsh bassist from Deep Purple

1945 1986   DYANI JOHNNY   South African bass player

1948            SULZMANN STAN   English alto saxophonist

1949            REICHENBACH BILL   American trombonist

1952            BYCHKOV SEMYON   Russian born American conductor