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History, analysis and commentary about western classical music

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1895

Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was born

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1918

Swedish conductor Sixten Ehrling was born

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1948

American pianist Garrick Ohlsson was born

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1868

Swedish composer Franz Berwald died

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1897

German composer Johannes Brahms died

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1950

German-American composer Kurt Weill died

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1990

African-American jazz singer Sarah Vaughan died

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