December 13 - Johann Andreas Streicher (1761) German piano maker; Josef Lhévinne (1874) Russian pianist; Carlos Montoya (1903) Spanish flemenco guitarist;
December 14 - "Spike" Jones (1911) American bandleader of satiric music; Rosalyn Tureck (1914) American pianist and harpsichordist; Christopher Parkening (1942) American guitarist
December 15 - John Hammond (1910) American jazz critic; Alan Freed (1922) American disc jockey; Dave Clark (1942) British rock drummer and singer
December 16 - Ludwig van Beethoven (1770) German composer; Zoltán Kodaly (1882) Hungarian composer and collector of folk songs; Sir Noel Coward (1899) British composer of musical comedies, actor and producer
December 17 - Dominico Cimarosa (1749) Italian composer; Arthur Fiedler (1894) American violinist and conductor; Paul Butterfield (1942) American Blues singer and harmonica player
December 18 - Edward MacDowell (1860) American composer and pianist; Anita O'Day (1919) American jazz singer; Keith Richards (1943) British rock singer and guitarist
December 19 - Fritz Reiner (1888) Hungarian-born American conductor; Edith Piaf (1915) French chanteuse and songwriter; Phil Ochs (1940) American fold singer, songwriter and guitarist
On his deathbed Beethoven stated,
Strange, I feel as if up to now I had written no more than a few notes.
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