1607 - Philipp Nicolai (German pastor, poet & composer)
26/10/1678 - John Jenkins (English composer, lutenist & lyra violist)
1706 - Andreas Werckmeister (German music theorist, organist & composer, early developer of well-tempered tuning)
1733 - Antonio Veracini (Italian composer & violinist, taught violin to his nephew Francesco Maria)
1749 - Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (French organist, harpsichordist & composer)
1756 - Johann Theodor Roemhildt [Römhild] (German composer)
1823 - Josef Preindl (Austrian organist & composer, pupil of Albrechtsberger)
1858 - Isaac Baker Woodbury (American composer & publisher of church music)
1867 - John Fawcett (English organist, choir director, composer & shoemaker)
1874 - Peter Cornelius (German composer, writer about music, poet & translator)
1903 - Sir Herbert Stanley Oakeley (English composer & organist, active in Scotland)
1903 - Victorin de Joncières [Félix-Ludger Rossignol] (French composer & music critic)
1952 – Hattie McDaniel (American singer & actress, Gone with the Wind)
1955 - Arne Eggen (Norwegian organist & composer)
1956 – Walter Gieseking (French-born German pianist & composer)
1966 – Alma Cogan (English popular singer)
1976 - Deryck Cooke (English composer, musicologist & broadcaster, prepared first complete performing edition of Mahler 10th Symphony)
1984 - John Woods Duke (American composer & pianist)
1994 – Wilbert Harrison (American R&B singer, pianist, guitarist & harmonica player)
1995 – Gorni Kramer (Italian jazz bandleader, songwriter & multi-instrumentalist)
1999 – Hoyt Axton, American actor and country music singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
2006 – Tillman Franks, American songwriter (b. 1920)
2009 – George Na'ope, American musician (b. 1928)
It is only with great effort that I post this, being presently in extreme discomfort after having just completed my celebration of the American holiday of Thanksgiving. Please pardon me if my explications are a bit more on the aphoristic side than usual. The presence of Deryck Cooke on our list allows Mahlerstodfest 2011 to continue, with Cooke's performing edition of Mahler's Tenth Symphony. And remember that a well-tempered tuning is not the same thing as an equal-tempered one. I don't know nothin' 'bout tunin' no Claviers, Miss Scarlet. That is all. Ugh. Where did I put that Alka Seltzer...
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