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Born on December 22
1900
Birth
Alan Dudley Bush
Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher was born
1901
Birth
Andre Kostelanetz
Andre Kostelanetz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Lincoln Portrari) was born
1846
Birth
Andreas Hallen
Andreas Hallen, composer was born
1875
Birth
Antoine Mariotte
Antoine Mariotte, composer was born
1944
Birth
Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun) was born
1984
Birth
Basshunter
Basshunter, popular Swedish singer was born
1723
Birth
Carl Friedrich Abel
Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer was born
1859
Birth
Cecil [James] Sharp
Cecil [James] Sharp, London England, folk musician was born
1958
Birth
David Heavener
David Heavener, American actor and musician was born
1953
Birth
David Leisner
David Leisner, composer was born
1883
Birth
Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varese
Edgar Varèse, French-born composer (d. 1965) was born
1924
Birth
Frank Corsaro
Frank Corsaro, NY harbor, opera director was born
1958
Birth
Frank Gambale
Frank Gambale, Australian musician was born
1874
Birth
Franz Schmidt
Franz Schmidt, composer was born
1819
Birth
Franz Wilhelm Abt
Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor was born
1858
Birth
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini, Lucca Italy opera composer (La bohème, Tosca, Madame Butterfly), (d. 1924) was born
1821
Birth
Giovanni Bottesini
Giovanni Bottesini, composer was born
1925
Birth
Gunther Schuller
Gunther Schuller, NYC, jazz composer was born
1921
Birth
Hawkshaw Hawkins
Hawkshaw Hawkins, Huntington WV, country singer (Ozark Jubilee) was born
1844
Birth
Izydor Lotto
Izydor Lotto, composer was born
1939
Birth
James Gurley
James Gurley, American musician was born
1989
Birth
Jordin Sparks
Jordin Sparks, American singer and American Idol winner was born
1885
Birth
Joseph Deems Taylor
Joseph Deems Taylor, NYC, composer (Peter Ibbetson) was born
1815
Birth
Lucien Petipa
Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader was born
1960
Birth
Luther Campbell (Luke)
Luther Campbell (Luke), American rap artist (2 Live Crew) was born
1903
Birth
Marc Lavry
Marc Lavry, composer was born
1966
Birth
Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer
Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, German singer and bassplayer (Destruction) was born
1853
Birth
Maria Teresa Carreno
Maria Teresa Carreno, Venezuelan pianist, singer, composer, and conductor was born
1949
Birth
Maurice Gibb
Maurice Gibb, Manchester England, rocker (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever) was born
1949
Birth
Michael Osborne
Michael Osborne, rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe) was born
1866
Birth
Mieczyslaw Surzynski
Mieczyslaw Surzynski, composer was born
1842
Birth
Nicola d' Arienzo
Nicola d' Arienzo, composer was born
1967
Birth
Richey James Edwards
Richey James Edwards, Welsh musician (Manic Street Preachers) (disappeared in 1995) was born
1946
Birth
Rick Nielsen
Rick Nielsen, Rockford Il, rock vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick) was born
1957
Birth
Ricky Ross
Ricky Ross, British rock vocalist (Deacon Blue-Raintown) was born
1921
Birth
Robert Frank Kurka
Robert Frank Kurka, composer was born
1949
Birth
Robin Gibb
Robin Gibb, Manchester England, rocker (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever), (d. 2012) was born
1925
Birth
Thomas Christian David
Thomas Christian David, composer was born
1624
Birth
Tomas Micieres
Tomas Micieres, composer was born
1960
Birth
Wakin Chau
Wakin Chau, Chinese singer was born
1907
Birth
Yoshio Hasegawa
Yoshio Hasegawa, composer was born
Died on December 22
1944
Death
Antoine Mariotte
Antoine Mariotte, composer, dies on 69th birthday
1923
Death
Arthur H Bird
Arthur H Bird, composer, dies at 67
1893
Death
Benedikt Randhartinger
Benedikt Randhartinger, composer, dies at 91
2022
Death
Big Scarr
Big Scarr died
1964
Death
Bonifacio Gil Garcia
Bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer, dies at 66
1990
Death
Cecil Effinger
Cecil Effinger, composer, dies at 76
1986
Death
Celius Dougherty
Celius Dougherty, composer, dies at 84
2025
Death
Chris Rea
Chris Rea died
1985
Death
D. Boon
D. Boon, American singer and guitarist (The Minutemen) (b. 1958)
2003
Death
Dave Dudley
Dave Dudley, American singer (b. 1928)
2006
Death
Dennis Linde
Dennis Linde, American songwriter (b. 1943)
1973
Death
Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia
Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer, dies at 87
1991
Death
Ernst Krenek
Ernst Krenek, Austrian/US composer (Orpheus & Eurydike), dies at 91
2006
Death
Galina Ustvolskaya
Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (b. 1919)
1797
Death
Giovanni Marco Rutini
Giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74
2023
Death
Heike Matthiesen
Heike Matthiesen died
2023
Death
Ingrid Steeger
Ingrid Steeger died
1832
Death
Ishmail Spicer
Ishmail Spicer, composer, dies at 72
1745
Death
Jan Dismas Zelenka
Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66
1738
Death
Jean-Joseph Mouret
Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56
1977
Death
Johann Nepomuk David
Johann Nepomuk David, composer, dies at 82
1874
Death
Johann Peter Pixis
Johann Peter Pixis, composer, dies at 86
1997
Death
Johnny Coles
Johnny Coles, trumpeter, dies at 71
1950
Death
Julius Weismann
Julius Weismann, composer, dies at 70
2021
Death
Jürg Wyttenbach
Jürg Wyttenbach died
2023
Death
Laura Lynch
Laura Lynch died
1987
Death
Leonidas Zoras
Leonidas Zoras, composer, dies at 82
1941
Death
Leopoldo Mugnone
Leopoldo Mugnone, composer, dies at 83
1939
Death
Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey, "Mother of the Blues", US blues singer/composer, dies at 53
1875
Death
Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov
Nikolay Alexeyevich Titov, composer, dies at 75
1951
Death
Powell Weaver
Powell Weaver, composer, dies at 61
2025
Death
Ray Lynch
Ray Lynch died
2021
Death
Robin Le Mesurier
Robin Le Mesurier died
2022
Death
Thom Bell
Thom Bell died
1988
Death
Tucker Smith
Tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies
2022
Death
Walter "Wolfman" Washington
Walter "Wolfman" Washington died
1950
Death
Walter Johannes Damrosch
Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer, dies at 88
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