On This Day

On this day, December 22nd

Born:

• Karl Friedrich Abel, German composer, in 1723.
• Giovanni Bottesini, Italian composer, in 1821.
• Robert Kurka, American composer, in 1921.
• Franz Abt, German composer, in 1819.
• Andreas Hallen, Swedish composer, in 1846.
• Yoshio Hasegawa, Japanese composer, in 1907.
• Tomás Miciezes, Spanish composer, in 1624.
• Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer, in 1858.
• Edgard Varèse, French-American composer, in 1883.

Died:

• John Duffy, American composer, in 2015.
• Cecil Effinger, American composer, in 1990.
• Celius Dougherty, American composer, in 1986.
• Bonifacio Gil Garcia, Spanish composer, in 1964.
• Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer, in 1738.
• Ma Rainey, American composer, in 1939.
• Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer, in 2006.
• Powell Weaver, American composer, in 1951.
• Jan Dismas Zelenka, Czech composer, in 1745.
• Leonidas Zoras, Greek composer, in 1987.
• Gérard Devos, French composer, in 2018.