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On this day, December 22nd

Born:

  • Giovanni Bottesini, Italian composer, in 1821.
  • Edgard Varèse, French-American composer, in 1883.
  • Karl Friedrich Abel, German composer, in 1723.
  • Yoshio Hasegawa, Japanese composer, in 1907.
  • Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer, in 1858.

Died:

  • Powell Weaver, American composer, in 1951.
  • Celius Dougherty, American composer, in 1986.
  • Bonifacio Gil Garcia, Spanish composer, in 1964.
  • Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer, in 2006.
  • John Duffy, American composer, in 2015.

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Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 was featured in the movie, The Seven Year Itch. The movie starred Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell.