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1605 Giacomo Carissimi baptized – Italian composer (d.1674); one of the first composers of oratorio including Jephtha, written in 1648.
1726 Charles Burney – English composer, music journalist and historian (d.1814); among many achievements, best known for his 4-volume History of Music.
1819 Franz von Suppé – Austrian composer and conductor (d.1895); wrote some four dozen operettas; parents named him Francesco Ezechiele Ermenegildo Cavaliere di Suppé-Demelli!
1873 Jean Roger-Ducasse – French composer (d.1954); star pupil and close friend of Gabriel Fauré; like Paul Dukas and Maurice Duruflé, he was extremely self-critical, destroying music that did not meet his exacting standards.
1882 Leopold Stokowski – English-born American conductor and musical showman (d.1977); under his leadership from 1912 to 1936, the Philadelphia Orchestra came to world prominence; founder of the All-American Youth Orchestra, the New York City Symphony, the Hollywood Bowl Symphony and the American Symphony.
1907 Miklós Rózsa – Hungarian composer and conductor (d.1995); won Academy Awards for scores to the films Spellbound, A Double Life, and Ben-Hur.
1913 Kent W. Kennan – American composer and teacher (d. 2003); best-known work is Night Soliloquy (1936).
1950 Grigory Sokolov – Russian pianist (73 years old); considered to be one of the greatest living pianists.
1913 Kent W. Kennan – American composer and teacher (d. 2003); best-known work is Night Soliloquy (1936).
1950 Grigory Sokolov – Russian pianist (73 years old); considered to be one of the greatest living pianists.