This Day in Music

Chris Brown, American singer was born

Claudio Merulo, Italian organist/composer, dies at 71

Johann Steuerlein, composer, dies at 66

Jacob Hintze, composer, dies at 79

Friedrich Ludwig Seidel, composer, dies at 65

Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85

Gottlob Benedikt Bierey, composer, dies at 67

Matthaus Fischer, composer, dies at 76

Lauro Rossi, composer, dies at 73

Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer, dies at 80

Mikhail Fabianovich Gnesin, composer, dies at 74

Sulho Ranta, composer, dies at 58

Heinrich Gebhard, composer, dies

Rev Gary David, vocalist, dies at 76

Jon William Haussermann Jr, composer, dies at 76

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