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DECEMBER 8
Births and Deaths- Died 1990: John Alexander, tenor, born 10-21-1923
- Born 1642: Johann Christoph Bach, composer, died 03-31-1703 [no relation to JS Bach]
- Born 1925: Sammy Davis, Jr., entertainer, died 05-16-19?? [throat cancer]
- Died 1936: Amintore Galli, composer, born 10-12-1845
- Born 1939: (Sir) James Galway, flutist
- Born 1897: Leslie Heward, conductor, died 05-03-1943
- Died 1955: Paul van Kempen, conductor, born 05-16-1893
- Died 2005: Donald James Martino, composer, born 05-16-1931
- Born 1890: Bohuslav Martinu, composer, died 08-28-1959
- Born 1882: Manuel Ponce, composer, died 04-24-1948
- Died 2001: Emile Renan, baritone, born 06-28-1913
- Died 1924: Xaver Scharwenka, pianist/composer, born 01-06-1850
- Died 1939: Ernest Schelling, conductor/composer/pianist, born 07-26-1876
- Born 1878: Tullio Serafin, conductor, died 02-02-1968 [possible birth: 09-01-1878]
- Born 1865: Jean (Jan) Sibelius, composer, died 09-20-1957
- Died 1945: Alexander Siloti, pianist/conductor/transcriber, born 10-09-1863 [relative of composer/pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff]
- Born 1918: Gerard (Marcel) Souzay [Tisserand], baritone, died 08-17-2004
- Born 1903: Zoltán Székély, violinist/composer, died 10-05-2001
- Died 1987: Georges Tzipine, conductor, born 06-22-1907
- Born 1919: Moisei Vainberg [Mieczyslaw Weinberg], composer, died 02-26-1996
_________________ Lance G. Hill Editor-in-Chief ______________________________________________________ When she started to play, Mr. Steinway came down and personally
rubbed his name off the piano. [Speaking about pianist &*$#@+#]
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