I’m going to start compiling these weekly so they don’t gunk up the recent posts feed.  Feb 17: Nothing happened.  Births: 1653 – Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer 1820 – Henri Vieuxtemps, Belgian violinist and composer 1887 – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (I like the Finns. Should check this guy out) 1925 – Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor Deaths: 1652 – Gregorio Allegri, Italian composer  1732 – Louis Marchand, French organist and composer 1841 – Ferdinando Carulli, Italian guitarist and composer 1943 – Armand J. Piron, American violinist and composer 1962 – Bruno Walter, German-American conductor (Mahler’s right hand man for a time) 1970 – Alfred Newman, American composer and conductor 1982 – Thelonious Monk, American … Continue reading On this day: Week of February 17, 2014