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Today in Music History
1966 - The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra.
1988 - Fish leaves rock group Marillion
1998 - Members of '70s British rock outfit Mott The Hoople play together for the first time in some 24 years at a one-off performance at the Virgin Megastore on London's Oxford Street.
Births in Music
1925 - Charlie Byrd, guitarist (Desfinado)
1925 - B[lues] B[oy] King, Itta Bena Miss, blues singer/guitarist (Thrill is Gone)
1942 - Bernie Calvert, rock bassist (Hollies)
1098 - Hildegard of Bingen, German magistra and the first composer whose biography is known (d. 1179)
1557 - Jacques Mauduit, French composer
1800 - Jozef Nowakowski, composer
1847 - Albert Ross Parsons, composer
1882 - Mart Saar, composer
1887 - Nadia Boulanger, Paris, composer/music teacher (Lasirene Ideology)
1891 - Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer
1895 - Karol Rathaus, composer
1899 - Hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50)
1903 - Richard Hall, composer
1906 - Annie Hermes, Dutch singer
1915 - Cy Walter, Minneapolis Mn, pianist (3's Company)
1916 - M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (d. 2004)
1919 - Andy Russell, LA Calif, singer (Andy and Della Russell Show)
1919 - Milan Harasta, composer
1919 - Sven-Erik Back, Swedish violinist/composer/conductor
1921 - Fritz Geissler, composer
1921 - John Hendricks, lyricist, singer (Lambert, Hendricks and Ross)
1922 - Marcel Mouloudji, French actor and singer
1931 - Jan Johansson, composer
1934 - Ronnie Drew, Ex-Singer of The Dubliners and Solo Artist (d.2008)
1941 - Joe Butler, Glen Cove NY, rock vocalist/drummer (Lovin' Spoonful)
1944 - Betty Kelly, Detroit, rocker (Martha Reeves and Vandellas)
1946 - Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer
1948 - Kenny Jones, London, rock drummer/vocalist (Small Faces)
1950 - David Bellamy, Darby Fla, singer (Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow))
1952 - Ron Blair, Macon Ga, rock bassist (Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers)
1952 - Nile Rodgers, Bronx NY, rock guitarist (Honeydrippers)
1953 - Earl Klugh, Jazz pianist/guitarist
1953 - Alan Barton, English musician (Black Lace, Smokie) (d. 1995)
1954 - Colin Newman, English musician (Wire)
1954 - Frank Reed, American singer (Chi-Lites)
1955 - Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer
1956 - Charles Fearing, rock guitarist (Raydio)
1956 - Peter Zaremba, rocker (Fleshtones)
1958 - Terry McBride, Austin Tx, singer (McBride and Ride-Can I Count on You)
1961 - Bilinda Butcher, British singer (My Bloody Valentine)
1963 - Richard Marx, Chicago Ill, rocker (Hold on to the Night)
1964 - David Michael Sabo, Perth Amboy NJ, rocker (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
1968 - Marc Anthony, American singer
1969 - Kathi Wolfgram, Minneapolis, rocker (Jets-You Got it All)
1969 - Justine Frischmann, English musician (Elastica)
1970 - Mark Schultz, American musician
1975 - Shannon Noll, Australian singer and songwriter
1976 - Tina Barrett, British singer (S Club)
1976 - Andres Javier Blazquez, PR, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
1978 - Matthew Rogers, American singer
1984 - Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer
1984 - Katie Melua, Georgian-British singer
1988 - Teddy Geiger, American singer
1992 - Nick Jonas, American singer, member of The Jonas Brothers
Deaths in Music
1652 - Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer, dies at 61
1696 - Lambert Pietkin, composer, dies at 83
1782 - Farinelli, Italian castrato singer (b. 1705)
1798 - Damasus Brosmann, composer, dies at 67
1896 - Carlos Gomez, composer, dies at 60
1925 - Leopold Fall, Austria operetta composer, dies at 52
1945 - John McCormack, Irish singer (Irish national anthem/folk songs)
1965 - Ahn Eak-tai, Korean musician, composer, and conductor (b. 1906)
1977 - Marc Bolan, rock vocalist/guitarist (T Rex), dies in a car crash at 29
1977 - Maria Callas, Greek-American soprano (b. 1923)
1994 - Bernie Lazaroff Leighton, pianist, dies at 73
2003 - Sheb Wooley, singer and actor (b. 1921)
News from this day 1 year ago
- The United States government opens up a partnership with the Swedish municipality of Södertälje, a city of 80,000 that has received nearly 6,000 Iraqi refugees since the beginning of the Iraq war. (The Local)
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov admits that he called Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili a "Fucking lunatic" in a conversation with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband (The Moscow Times)
- Hamas-Fatah conflict: Fierce fighting between Hamas security forces and the pro-Fatah Doghmush organised crime family leaves 5 dead in Gaza City. (BBC News)
- Ukraine's ruling coalition is formally dissolved after parties supporting Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, in alliance with the Party of Regions, pushed legislation limiting the powers of President Viktor Yushchenko resulting in his party's withdrawal from the coalition. Tymoshenko's party is expected to form an alliance with the Party of Regions or new elections will be held.(AFP)
- The staff of Oregon's largest teachers' union go on strike against the union itself. (OPB News)
- Malcolm Turnbull is elected as the new leader of the Federal Liberal Party of Australia and Leader of the Opposition following a leadership spill. (News Limited)
News from this Day in History
1701 - James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
1908 - General Motors is founded.
1919 - The American Legion is incorporated.
1987 - The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
Holidays and Observances
- In ancient Greece, the third day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the initiates walked to the sea at Phaleron and purified themselves in the water.
- RC Saints - Saint Cyprian, Pope Cornelius, Saint Ludmila, Curcodomus
- Mexico - Independence Day (from Spain; proclaimed 1810, recognised 1821, instituted 1825; Fiestas Patrias (Mexico)).
- Malaysia - Hari Malaysia (formation of Malaysia, 1963).
- Papua New Guinea - Independence Day (from Australia, 1975).
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