Musician's Birthdays November 29-December 5

• November 29 - Gaetano Donizetti (1797) Italian composer; Billy Strayhorn (1915) American jazz composer, lyricist and pianist; Chuck Mangione (1940) American jazz musician and composer

• November 30 - Brownie McGhee (1915) American jazz singer and guitarist; Paul Stookey (1937) American folk singer, songwriter and guitarist; Radu Lupu (1945) Rumanian pianist

• December 1 - Mary Martin (1913) American singer and actress, primarily for the musical theater; Lou Rawls (1936) American singer of popular music; Bette Midler (1945) American pop-rock singer and actress

• December 2 - Robert Kajanus (1856) Finnish conductor and composer; Sir John Barbirolli (1899) British conductor and cellist; Jörg Demus (1928) Austrian pianist

• December 3 - Nicola Amati (1596) Italian violin maker, teacher of Guarneri and Stradivari; Anton Webern (1883) Austrian composer and conductor; Maria Callas (1923) American soprano

• December 4 - André Campra (1660) French composer; Yvonne Minton (1938) Australian mezzo-soprano; Dennis Wilson (1944) American rock-and-roll singer and drummer

• December 5 - Francesco Geminiani (1687) Italian violinist, writer and composer; José Carreras (1946) Spanish tenor; Jim Messina (1947) American rock guitarist and singer