On This Day in Music: December 2

1915 Birth

Adolph Green

Adolph Green, songwriter (married to Phyllis Newman) was born

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1578 Birth

Agostino Agazzari

Agostino Agazzari, composer was born

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1981 Birth

Britney Spears

Britney Spears, Kentwood, Louisiana, singer and popstar ("Baby One More Time," "Oops! ...I did it again" and "I'm A Slave 4 U") was born

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1978 Birth

Chris Wolstenholme

Chris Wolstenholme, British bassist (Muse) was born

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1954 Birth

Danielle Alexander

Danielle Alexander, Fort Worth Tx, country music pianist was born

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1943 Birth

David Munden

David Munden, rocker was born

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1914 Birth

Eddie Sauter

Eddie Sauter, Bkln, musician (Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue) was born

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1870 Birth

Francis Louis Casadesus

Francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor was born

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1863 Birth

Gustav Wohlgemuth

Gustav Wohlgemuth, composer was born

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1895 Birth

Harriet Cohen

Harriet Cohen, British pianist (d. 1967) was born

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1929 Birth

Harvey Phillips

Harvey Phillips, Aurora Missouri, tubist (NYC Ballet Orch) was born

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1866 Birth

Henry Thacker Burleigh

Henry Thacker Burleigh, Erie Pa, black composer (Springarn Medal) was born

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1813 Birth

Jacob Rosenhaim

Jacob Rosenhaim, composer was born

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1978 Birth

Jarron Collins

Jarron Collins, American basketball player for Utah Jazz was born

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1899 Birth

John Barbirolli

John Barbirolli, English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orchestra) was born

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1760 Birth

Joseph Graetz

Joseph Graetz, composer was born

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1935 Birth

Jurg Wyttenbach

Jurg Wyttenbach, composer was born

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1892 Birth

Leo Ornstein

Leo Ornstein, composer was born

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1893 Birth

Louis Freeman

Louis Freeman, band leader was born

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1923 Birth

Maria M Callas

Maria M Callas, NYC, soprano (Carmen) was born

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1918 Birth

Milton Delugg

Milton Delugg, Los Angeles California, orchestra leader (Tonight Show) was born

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1902 Birth

Miroslav Ponc

Miroslav Ponc, composer was born

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1953 Birth

Myung-Whan Chung

Myung-Whan Chung, Seoul Korea, pianist (Chung Sisters) was born

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1968 Birth

Nate Mendel

Nate Mendel, American bassist (Foo Fighters) was born

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1978 Birth

Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer and songwriter was born

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1960 Birth

Nicholas Dingley alias Razzle

Nicholas Dingley alias Razzle, British Drummer (Hanoi Rocks) was born

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1915 Birth

Nico Richter

Nico Richter, composer was born

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1905 Birth

Osvaldo Pugliese

Osvaldo Pugliese, musician/composer was born

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1936 Birth

Peter Michael Braun

Peter Michael Braun, composer was born

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1982 Birth

Pizon

Pizon, American rapper/producer was born

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1856 Birth

Robert Kajanus

Robert Kajanus, composer was born

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1920 Birth

Robert Moevs

Robert Moevs, composer was born

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1901 Birth

Staf Gustaf Frans Nees

Staf Gustaf Frans Nees, Belgian composer was born

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1901 Birth

Staff Nees

Staff Nees, Flemish organist/composer (Simon Peter) was born

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1917 Birth

Sylvia Syms

Sylvia Syms, American jazz singer (Hello Dolly, Dream Girl, Them There Eyes). Died 1992. was born

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1987 Birth

Teairra Mari

Teairra Mari, American R&B singer was born

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1942 Birth

Ted Bluechel

Ted Bluechel, San Pedro Ca, rock vocalist/drummer (Association) was born

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1941 Birth

Tom McGuiness

Tom McGuiness, rocker (McGuiness-Flint) was born

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1979 Birth

Yvonne Catterfeld

Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer and actress was born

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1990 Death

Aaron Copeland

Aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90

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2021 Death

Abdel Karim Al Kabli

Abdel Karim Al Kabli died

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1763 Death

Carl August Thielo

Carl August Thielo, composer, dies at 56

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2023 Death

Concha Velasco

Concha Velasco died

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1982 Death

David Blue

David Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41

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1950 Death

Dino Lipatti

Dino Lipatti, composer, dies at 33

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2009 Death

Eric Woolfson

Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer and producer (The Alan Parsons Project) (b. 1945)

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1916 Death

Francesco Paolo Tosti

Francesco Paolo Tosti, composer, dies at 69

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1888 Death

Franz Xaver Witt

Franz Xaver Witt, composer, dies at 54

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1981 Death

Hershy Kay

Hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62

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1915 Death

Jan Malat

Jan Malat, composer, dies at 72

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1774 Death

Johann Friedrich Agricola

Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54

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1845 Death

Johannes Simon Mayr

Johannes Simon Mayr, composer, dies at 82

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1972 Death

Jose Limon

Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64

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1933 Death

Josef Gruber

Josef Gruber, composer, dies at 78

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1880 Death

Josephine Lang

Josephine Lang, composer, dies at 65

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1925 Death

Julio Garreta

Julio Garreta, composer, dies at 50

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2020 Death

Kenneth V. Jones

Kenneth V. Jones died

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2024 Death

Liu Chia-chang

Liu Chia-chang died

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2006 Death

Mariska Veres

Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (b. 1947)

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2024 Death

Marlos Nobre

Marlos Nobre died

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2023 Death

Medea Amiranashvili

Medea Amiranashvili died

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1997 Death

Michael Hedges

Michael Hedges, American guitarist known for originality (b. 1953)

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2021 Death

Michael Laucke

Michael Laucke died

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2008 Death

Odetta

Odetta, American singer (b. 1930)

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1931 Death

Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy

Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80

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2021 Death

Richard Cole

Richard Cole died

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1974 Death

Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte

Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72

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1988 Death

Tata Giacobetti

Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)

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1923 Death

Tomas Breton y Hernandez

Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer, dies at 72

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1831 Death

Traugott Maximilian Eberwein

Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56

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1979 Death

Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy

Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72

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1903 Death

Victor Roger

Victor Roger, composer, dies at 50

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1877 Event

Camille Saint-Saëns

Camille Saint-Saëns' opera "Samson et Dalila," premieres in Weimar

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1840 Event

Gaetano Donizetti

Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris

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1885 Event

Karl Goldmark

Opera "Regina di Saba" premieres in Vienna

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2022 Event

Metro Boomin

Metro Boomin released the album 'Heroes & Villains'

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1970 Event

Michael Tippett

Tippett's 3rd Opera "Knot Garden" premieres in London

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2022 Event

RM

RM released the album 'Indigo'

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1985 Event

Rupert Holmes

Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood," premieres in NYC

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