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February 1
Gabriel Schutz, composer, born (1633)

February 2
Fritz Kreisler, Austria, violinist/composer, born (1875)

February 3
Felix Mendelssohn Germany, composer born (1809)

February 4
Liberace, pianist, dies at 67 (1987)

February 5
Jacques Ibert, French composer, dies at 71 (1962)

February 6
Bob Marley, Jamaican reggae vocalist, born (1945)

February 7
William Boyce, composer, dies at 67 (1779)

February 8
Johann Drexel, composer, dies at 43 (1801)

February 9
Alban Berg, Vienna Austria, composer, born (1885)

February 10
Jerry Goldsmith, pianist/composer (1929)

February 11
Alexander Gibson, British conductor/founder (Scottish Opera), born  (1926)

February 12
Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemia, pianist/composer, born, (1760)

February 13
Peter Gabriel, Surrey England, rock vocalist, born (1950)

February 14
Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer, born (1602)

February 15
Nat King Cole, singer, dies at 49 (1965)

February 16
William Boyce, English organist/composer, dies (1779)

February 17
Arcangelo Corelli, Italy, violinist/comp  born (1653)

February 18
John Parry, composer, born (1776)

February 19
Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker, dies at 76, (1875)

February 20
Karel Janacek, composer, born (1903)

February 21
Andres Segovia, Spain, classical guitarist born (1893)

February 22
Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer born (1810)
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Paris, composer died (1687)

February 23
George Friedrich Handel, Germany born (1685)
Edward William Elgar, English composer dies at 76, (1934)

February 24
Arnold Dolmetsch, Le Mans, musician born (1858)

February 25
Enrico Caruso, Italy, operatic tenor born (1873)

February 26
Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer/conductor born (1879)

February 27
Charles Hubert H Parry, England, musicologist/composer born (1848)
 
February 28
ean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer born (1632)

February 29
Gioacchino Rossini, Italy, composer born (1792)