Rather sparse this week. 

July 14

Births:

1859 – Willy Hess, German violinist and educator (d. 1928)

1901 – Gerald Finzi, English composer (d. 1956)

Deaths:

2010 – Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor (b. 1925)

July 15

Births:

1638 – Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1693)

Deaths:

1789 – Jacques Duphly, French harpsichord player and composer (b. 1715)

1857 – Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1791) Student of Beethoven. 

1930 – Leopold Auer, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1845)

1959 – Ernest Bloch, Swiss-American composer (b. 1880)

July 16

An EVENT! 

Births:

1858 – Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1931)

1904 – Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2003)

Deaths:

1729 – Johann David Heinichen, German composer (b. 1683)

1917 – Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)

1990 – Sidney Torch, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)

July 17

Births:

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Deaths:

2003 – Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichord player (b. 1914)

July 18

1670 – Giovanni Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1747)

1821 – Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (d. 1910)

1927 – Kurt Masur, Polish-German conductor. Was director of the NY Philharmonic for a while. 

1934 – Roger Reynolds, American composer and educator

Deaths:

1988 – Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor (b. 1924)

July 19

Births:

1759 – Marianna Auenbrugger, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1782)

1920 – Robert Mann, American violinist, composer, and conductor (Juilliard String Quartet)

1958 – David Robertson, American conductor, currently of the St. Louis Symphony, I think. 

July 20

Births:

1762 – Jakob Haibel, Austrian tenor and composer (d. 1826)

1910 – Vilém Tauský, Czech-English conductor and composer (d. 2004)

1927 – Michael Gielen, Austrian conductor and composer

Deaths:

1752 – Johann Christoph Pepusch, German-English composer (b. 1667)