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1558 – Hermann Finck (German composer, music theorist & organist)
1736 – Antonio Caldara (Italian composer)
1779 – Gennaro Manna (Italian composer)
1830 – Adrien-Joseph van Helmont (Belgian composer, son of Charles-Joseph)
1862 – Joaquim Casimiro Júnior (Portuguese composer & organist)
1870 – Alexei Lvov [Алексей Львов] ( Russian army officer, violinist, composer & conductor, Russian Imperial national anthem)
1878 – José Bernardo Alcedo (Peruvian composer, Peruvian national anthem)
1891 – Alfred Cellier (English composer & conductor of French ancestry, associated with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company)
1916 – Eduard Strauss (Austrian composer & conductor, brother of Johann II & Josef)
1932 – Humphrey John Stewart (English-born American organist & composer)
1937 – Maurice Ravel (French composer & pianist)
1946 – Carrie Jacobs-Bond (American singer, pianist, popular songwriter & poet)
1952 – Fletcher Henderson (American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger & composer)
1963 – Paul Hindemith (German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist & conductor)
Not a very long list today, but one that's full of notables. Hence, another two-parter. Hm... Ravel, Hindemith, and Fletcher Henderson, all on Dec. 28... I did not know that. Also didn't know that Ravel had a famous beard. We're all learning something new around here every day!
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