Sunday, April 11, 2010

Musical Birthdays April 11-17

April 11 - Sir Charles Halle (1819) German-born British pianist and conductor; Alberto Ginastera (1916) Argentinian composer; Kurt Moll (1938) German bass.
April 12 - Lionel Hampton (1913) American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, drummer, and bandleader; Montserrat Caballé (1933) Spanish soprano; Herbie Hancock (1940) American jazz pianist and composer.
April 13 - Félicien David (1810) French composer; Sir William Sterndale Bennett (1816) British pianist, conductor, and composer; Margaret Price (1941) British soprano.
April 14 - Loretta Lynn (1932) American country-music singer, songwriter, and guitarist; Morton Subotnick (1933) American composer of experimental music; Julian Lloyd Webber (1951) British cellist.
April 15 - Domenico Gabrieli (1651) Italian composer and cellist; Bessie Smith (1894) American blues, jazz and vaudeville singer; Neville Marriner (1924) British violinist and conductor.
April 16 - Henry Mancini (1924) American arranger, composer, conductor, and pianist; Herbie Mann (1930) American jazz flutist; Dennis Russell Davies (1944) American conductor.
April 17 - Artur Schnaber (1882) Austrian-born American pianist; Gregor Piatigorsky (1903) Russian-born American cellist and composer; Don Kirshner (1934) American pop-music entrepreneur.

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