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Birthday Tribute

Over the years we’ve found days of the year that are filled with the birthdays of certain types of musicians; today is one of them. However, today is slightly different in that the individuals are all composers, musicologists, and educators.

1870 – Joseph Carl Breil; composer
1881 – Curt Sachs; composer and musicologist
1893 – Aarre Merikanto; composer and educator
1898 – Yvonne Lefébure; pianist and educator
1908 – Leroy Anderson; composer and conductor
1910 – Frank Loesser; composer and conductor
1911 – Bernard Herrmann; composer and conductor
1912 – José Pablo Moncayo; pianist, composer, and conductor
1914 – Rafael Kubelík; conductor and composer
1922 – Ralph Burns; composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist
1923 – Chou Wen-chung; composer and educator
1924 – Ezra Laderman; composer and educator
1940 – Vyacheslav Artyomov; composer

Today is even more interesting as, once you get past 1940, there are plenty of other musicians but no musicologists, educators, or composers (but quite a few songwriters though). The “youngsters” include

1948 – Sean Bergin; saxophonist and flute player
1948 – Ian Paice; drummer, songwriter, and producer
1953 – Don Dokken; singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – Colin Hay; singer and guitarist
1957 – Robert Forster; singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963 – Anne-Sophie Mutter; violinist
1964 – Stedman Pearson; singer-songwriter and dancer
1965 – Tripp Eisen; guitarist
1971 – Matthew Good; singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978 – Nicole Scherzinger; singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1983 – Aundrea Fimbres; singer-songwriter and dancer
1986 – Edward Maya; singer-songwriter and producer
1987 – Ana Free; singer-songwriter

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