On this day:
1914- ASCAP is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members
Births:
Leopold Godowsky (1870), Polish-American pianist and composer
Jeanne Demessieux (1968), pianist and composer
Yfrah Neaman (1923), violinist
Colin Matthews (1946), composer
Deaths:
Johann Kaspar Kerll (1693), composer and organist
Johann Joseph Fux (1741), composer
Richard Wagner (1883), composer and director
Roger Voisin (2008), trumpeter
Why are some composers in bold?
Oh yeah! Good question. This was my way of saying “this person is important or significant or I knew of him/her already” because many of these people I have never heard of for some reason or other. My fault for some, theirs for others.