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January 1
Tadeusz Jarecki, composer born, (1889)

January 2
Michael Tippett, English composer/conductor, born (1905)

January 3
Victor Borge, Copenhagen Denmark, pianist/comedian, born (1909)

January 4
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, born (1710)

January 5
Charles Mingus, US jazz bassist/composer, dies at 56 (1979)

January 6
Max Bruch, (Cologne), Germany, composer born, (1838)

January 7
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, Paris, composer/pianist born (1899)

January 8
Michael Tippett, composer, dies at 93 (1998)

January 9
Louis-Francois-Marie Aubert, French composer dies at 90 (1968)

January 10
Rod Stewart, London, singer born (1945)

January 11
Reinhold Gliere, composer, born (1875)

January 12
Vaclav Suk, composer, dies at 71 (1933)

January 13
Stephen Collins Foster, composer, dies at 37 (1864)

January 14
Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer, dies at 73 (1676)

January 15
Giovanni Battista Sammartini, composer, dies (1775)

January 16
Leo Delibes, French ballet composer, dies at 54 (1891)

January 17
Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer, dies at 73 (1676)

January 18
Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer born, (1841)

January 19
Simon Rattle, England, orchestra conductor, born (1955)

January 20
Alexander Tcherepnin, composer, born (1899)

January 21
Placido Domingo, Madrid Spain, opera tenor, born (1941)

January 22
George Balanchine, composer/choreographer, born, (1904)

January 23
Dame Clara Butt, alto singer dies at 62 (1936)

January 24
Karl Moser, composer, born (1774)

January 25
Witold Lutoslawski, Poland, composer, born (1913)

January 26
Shinichi Suzuki (developer of violin method) dies at 99 (1998)

January 27
Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer, dies at 87 (1901)

January 28
John Tavener, composer, born (1944)

January 29
Frederick (Fritz) Delius, composer, born (1862)
Havergal Brian, composer, born  (1876)

January 30
Francois Poulenc, French composer, dies at 74, (1963)

January 31
Franz Peter Schubert, composer, born (1797)