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Some June Birthdays - Happy Birthday!

June 1, 1804: Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) Russian composer-sometimes referred to as "father of Russian music"
June 1, 1826: Fredrich Karl Bechstein (1826-1900) He was the piano manufacturer of the Bechstein pianos.
June 2,1857: Sir Edward William Elgar (1857-1934) English composer and church organist
June 5, 1923: Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006) American composer, organist and harpsichordist
June, 5, 1941: Martha Agerich (b. 1941) Argentine pianist
June 6, 1903: Aram Il’yich Khachaturian (1903-1978) Armenian composer
June 6, 1915: Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) American composer, pianist and teacher
June 7, 1908: Boris Goldovsky (1908-2001) born in Russia, pianist and conductor, helped popularize Opera
June 7, 1897: George Czell (1897-1970) Hungarian conductor
June 8, 1810: Robert Schumann (1810 -1856) German composer, pianist, music critic
June 9, 1865: Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Danish Romantic composer
June 9, 1891: Cole Porter (1891-1964) American composer and songwriter
June 11, 1864: Richard Strauss (1864-1949) German composer and conductor
June 12, 1897: Alexandre Tansman (1897-1986) Polish born French composer
June 15, 1763: Franz Danzi (1763-1826) German composer and cellist
June 15, 1843: Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) Norwegian composer
June 15, 1922: Jaki (John) Byard (1922–1999) American jazz pianist and composer
June 17, 1818: Charles Francois Gounod (1818-1893) French composer
June 17, 1882: Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Russian composer and conductor
June 18, 1757: Ignaz Pleyel (1757-1831) Austrian pianist (student of Haydn!), composer, and piano manufacturer
June 18, 1942: Paul McCartney (b. 1942) English rock 'n roll singer of the famous "Beatles"
June 20, 1819: Jacques Offenbach (1819-1889) German-born French composer and cellist
June 20, 1946: Andre Watts (b. 1946) American pianist
June 21, 1732: Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732-1795) German composer -9th son of J. S. Bach
June 21, 1912: Sir Georg Solti (1912-1997) Great 20th Century conductor.
June 22, 1811: Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Hungarian composer and pianist
June 22, 1830: Theodor Leschetizky (1830-1915) Polish pianist, teacher and composer
June 23, 1824: Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) German Romantic composer
June 24, 1916: Ruth Shaw Wylie (1916-1987) American composer, flutist and pianist
June 24, 1925: Luciano Berio (1925-2003) Italian composer
June 24, 1935: Terry Riley, (b.1935) American composer (minimalism)
June 25, 1838: Georges Bizet (1838-1875) French Romantic composer
June 28, 1712: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) Swiss born French philosopher, music critic, opera                                         composer, and contributor to and Encyclopedia was born Geneva. His Dictionaire de musique                               appeared in 1768 in Paris
June 28, 1896: Howard Hanson (1896-1981) American composer

Is there a birthday of a famous pianist, conductor or composer that you would like to see added to this list?
If so, contact me and I will consider adding them.

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