1619 – Francesco Soto de Langa (Spanish singer, composer & music director, active in Rome)
1716 – Johann Christoph Pez (German composer & music director)
1733 – Georg Motz (German cantor & composer)
1813 – Braz Francisco de Lima (Portuguese composer & music director)
1828 – Charlotta Seuerling (Swedish singer, harpsichordist, harpist, composer & poet, "The Blind Song-Maiden")
1849 – Johann Strauss I (Austrian composer, father of Johann II, Josef & Eduard)
1860 – Carl Friedrich Zöllner (German composer & choir director)
1920 – William F. Sudds (English-born American multi-instrumentalist, composer, teacher & music store owner)
1944 – Leo Justinus Kauffmann (Alsatian composer)
1959 – Ennio Porrino (Italian composer, pupil of Respighi)
1970 – Yefim Golyshev [Ефи́м Го́лышев] (Ukrainian painter, composer & violinist, active in Germany, Iberia, Brazil & France)
1980 – John Bonham (English rock drummer & songwriter, Led Zeppelin)
1985 – Albert Moeschinger (Swiss composer & pianist)
1997 – Jean Françaix (French composer, pianist & orchestrator)
1997 – Hélène Baillargeon (Canadian singer, actress & folklorist)
2009 – Alicia de Larrocha (Spanish pianist)
These next few posts are gonna come boom-boom-boom all in a row... I'll get around to the write-up eventually... when I do, expect to read about Charlotta Seuerling, Johann Strauss I, Yefim Golyshev, Jean Françaix, Alicia de Larrocha, and of course... John Bonham! John Henry Bonham!
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