February 9
Births:
1645 – Johann Aegidius Bach, German viola player (d. 1716)
1741 – Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer (d. 1799)
1751 – Antoine Bullant, Czech bassoon player and composer (d. 1821)
1864 – Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1941)
1885 – Alban Berg, Austrian composer (d. 1935)
1909 – Harald Genzmer, German composer (d. 2007) Studied with Hindemith
Deaths:
1960 – Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877) Will eventually get around to this guy’s works.
2010 – Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer and educator (b. 1938) Studied with Lukas Foss, Dutilleux, and Messiaen
February 10
Births:
1696 – Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer (d. 1765)
1935 – Theodore Antoniou, Greek composer and conductor
1948 – Conrad Cummings, American composer
Deaths:
1956 – Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (b. 1872)
February 11
1840 – Gaetano Donizetti‘s opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
1843 – Giuseppe Verdi‘s opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata receives its first performance in Milan, Italy.
1903 – Anton Bruckner‘s 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
Births:
1830 – Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff, Prussian pianist and composer (d. 1913)
1874 – Fritz Hart, English composer and conductor (d. 1949)
1894 – Alfonso Leng, Chilean composer (d. 1974)
1903 – Hans Redlich, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1968)
1912 – Rudolf Firkušný, Czech-American pianist (d. 1994)
1926 – Alexander Gibson, Scottish conductor (d. 1995)
1932 – Jerome Lowenthal, American pianist
1935 – Bent Lorentzen, Danish composer
Deaths:
1762 – Johann Tobias Krebs, German organist and composer (b. 1690)
1795 – Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (b. 1740)
1797 – Antoine Dauvergne, French violinist and composer (b. 1713)
1939 – Franz Schmidt, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1874)
February 12
Births:
1924 – George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue received its premiere in a concert titled “An Experiment in Modern Music,” in Aeolian Hall, New York, by Paul Whiteman and his band, with Gershwin playing the piano.
Births:
1567 – Thomas Campion, English composer and poet (d. 1620)
1752 – Josef Reicha, Czech cellist, composer, and conductor (d. 1795)
1761 – Jan Ladislav Dussek, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1812)
Deaths:
1728 – Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (b. 1653)
1762 – Laurent Belissen, French composer (b. 1693)
1894 – Hans von Bülow, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1830)
1896 – Ambroise Thomas, French composer (b. 1811)
1915 – Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1837)
1933 – Henri Duparc, French composer (b. 1848)
February 13
Births:
1870 – Leopold Godowsky, Polish-American pianist and composer (d. 1938)
1921 – Jeanne Demessieux, French pianist and composer (d. 1968)
1923 – Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese violinist (d. 2003)
Deaths:
1693 – Johann Caspar Kerll, German organist and composer (b. 1627)
1741 – Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer (b. 1660)
1883 – Richard Wagner, German director and composer (b. 1813)
1989 – Dave Tarras, Ukrainian clarinet player (b. 1897) Klezmer musician
2008 – Roger Voisin, French-American trumpet player (b. 1918)
February 14
Births:
1679 – Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, German organist and composer (d. 1735)
1808 – Michael Costa, Italian conductor and composer (d. 1884)
1934 – Michel Corboz, Swiss conductor
Deaths:
1919 – Pál Luthár, Slovene-Lutheran organist, author, and educator (b. 1839)
1986 – Edmund Rubbra, English composer (b. 1901)
1987 – Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer (b. 1904)
2007 – Gareth Morris, English flute player (b. 1920)
February 15
Births:
1571 – Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (d. 1621)
1760 – Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer (d. 1837)
1761 – Jacob Kimball, Jr., American composer (d. 1826)
1847 – Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1927)
1899 – Georges Auric, French composer (d. 1983)
1907 – Jean Langlais, French organist and composer (d. 1991)
1928 – Joseph Willcox Jenkins, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 2014)
1947 – John Adams, American composer
1949 – Hans Graf, Austrian conductor
Deaths:
1621 – Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (b. 1571) Birthday death
1924 – Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
1974 – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (b. 1887)
1981 – Karl Richter, German organist and conductor (b. 1926)
1992 – William Schuman, American composer (b. 1910)
2014 – Dénes Zsigmondy, Hungarian-German violinist and educator (b. 1922)
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