Musical Birthdays April 4-10

• April 4 - Hans Richter (1843) German conductor; Pierre Monteux (1875) French conductor; "Muddy" Waters (1915) American blues singer and guitarist.
• April 5 -Ludwig Spohr (1784) German violinist, composer and conductor; Albert Roussel (1869) French composer; Herbert von Karajan (1908) Austrian conductor.
  
• April 6 - Edison Denisov (1929) Soviet composer; André Previn (1929) German-born American pianist, composer and conductor; Merle Haggard (1937) American country-music singer, fiddler and guitarist
  
• April 7 - Robert Cassadesus (1899) French pianist and composer; Billie Holiday (1915) American jazz singer; Ravi Shankar (1920) Indian sitarist and composer.
  
• April 8 -Sir Adrian Boult (1889) British conductor; Franco Corelli (1921) Italian tenor; Jacques Brel (1929) Belgian-born French singer and songwriter.
  
• April 9 - Efrem Zimbalist (1890) Russian-born American violinist and composer; Paul Robeson (1898) American bass; Antal Dorati (1906) Hungarian-born American conductor and composer.
  
• April 10 - Eugène d'Albert (1864) British-born German pianist and composer; Sigmund Spaeth (1885) American music scholar; Claude Bolling (1930) French jazz pianist and composer.