On This Day in Music

• 1915Humphrey Searle was born — English composer and conductor. source 111 years ago
• 1925Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt was born — Chilean composer. source 101 years ago
• 1943Bîmen Şen died — Turkish composer and songwriter. source 83 years ago
• 1946Mark Snow was born — American composer for film and television. source 80 years ago
• 1956Sally Beamish was born — English viola player and composer. source 70 years ago
• 1958Ralph Vaughan Williams died — English composer and educator. source 68 years ago
• 1960Branford Marsalis was born — American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. source 66 years ago
• 2012Russ Alben died — American composer and businessman. source 14 years ago

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