Birthdays March 21-27

I have failed to list musician's birthdays for several weeks. This week, however, we celebrate several outstanding musicians' births which I wish to acknowledge.

• March 21 - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), Modest Mussorgsky (1839)
• March 22 - Stephen Sondheim (1930), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948)
• March 23 - Régine Crespin (1927)
• March 24 - Byron Janis (1928)
• March 25 - Arturo Toscanini (1867), Béla Bartók (1881), Aretha Franklin (1942)
• March 26 - Pierre Boulez (1925), Dianna Ross (1944), Teddy Pendergrass (1950)
• March 27 - Vincent d'Indy (1851), Sarah Vaughan (1924), Mstislav Rostropovich (1927)