Born on this day – William Girdler:

William Girdler

Director

Writer

Composer

Producer

October 22, 1947 – January 21, 1978

Born on this day – Franz Liszt:

Franz Liszt

Composer

Pianist

October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886

Born on this day – Adolph Deutsch:

Adolph Deutsch

Composer

Conductor

Actor

October 20, 1897 – January 1, 1980

Born on this day – Fiorenzo Carpi:

Fiorenzo Carpi

Composer

Pianist

October 19, 1918 – May 21, 1997

Born on this day – John Morris:

John Morris

Composer

Dance arranger

Conductor

Pianist

October 18, 1926 – January 25, 2018

Born on this day – Ferdinand Schubert:

Ferdinand Schubert

Composer

October 18, 1794 – February 26, 1859

Born on this day – Johnny Green:

Johnny Green

Composer

Songwriter

Musical arranger

Conductor

Pianist

October 10, 1908 – May 15, 1989

Born on this day – Giuseppe Verdi:

Giuseppe Verdi

Composer

October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901

Born on this day – Ralph Rainger:

Ralph Rainger

Composer

October 7, 1901 – October 23, 1942

Born on this day – Stanley Myers:

Stanley Myers

Composer

October 6, 1930 – November 9, 1993

Born on this day – Phill Niblock:

Phill Niblock

Composer

Director

Cinematographer

Producer

October 2, 1933 – January 8, 2024

Credits:

Music:

Working Touch (2022); Sound Collages (2021); Touch Five (2013); Touch Strings (2009); G2 44 +/X 2 (2006); Touch Three (2006); Disseminate (2004); The Movement of People Working (2003); Touch Food (2003); Touch Works (2000); A Young Person’s Guide to Phill Niblock (1994); Music by Phill Niblock (1993); Four Full Flutes (1990).

Movies and video:

Niblock's Sound Spectrums - Within Invisible Rivers (2019); The Movement of People Working (2003); Fluxus Replayed (1991); China (1988); The Lobotomy (1980); Sunsets (1970); Max (1967); The Magic Sun (1966).

Born on this day – George Gershwin:

George Gershwin

Composer

Pianist

September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937

Born on this day – Frank De Vol:

Frank De Vol

Composer

Actor

September 20, 1911 – October 27, 1999

Born on this day – Jules Bass:

Jules Bass

Director

Producer

Lyricist

Composer

Writer

September 16, 1935 – October 25, 2022

Born on this day – Leith Stevens:

Leith Stevens

Composer

Conductor

September 13, 1909 – July 23, 1970

Born on this day – Arnold Schoenberg:

Arnold Schoenberg

Composer

Music theorist

Teacher

Writer

September 13, 1874 – July 13, 1951

Credits:

Compositions:

11 Waltzes for String Orchestra: III. Etwas langsam; 11 Waltzes for String Orchestra: V. Rasch; 3 Pieces for Chamber Orchestra: I. Rasche Viertel; 6 Orchester-Lieder, op. 8: I. Nature; A Survivor from Warsaw; Brettl-Lieder: Nachtwandler; Chamber Symphony No. 1; Chamber Symphony No. 2; Chamber Symphony no. 2, op. 38: II. Con fuoco; Das zerbrochene Krüglein; Die glückliche Hand; Die Jakobsleiter; Die Jakobsleiter: "Alter Weisheit" (Ein Ringender); Die Jakobsleiter: "Du bist immerhin zufrieden" (Gabriel); Die Jakobsleiter: "Ob rechts, ob links" (Gabriel); Die Jakobsleiter: "Wie, du doch schwankst" (Gabriel); Drei Klavierstücke; Du kehrst mir den Rücken; Erwartung; Five Pieces for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Songs; Friede auf Erden, op. 13; Genesis Suite; Gurre-Lieder; Herzgewächse; In hellen Träumen; Mädchenfrühling; Moses und Aron; Ode an Napoleon Bonaparte, op. 41; Pelleas und Melisande; Piano Concerto; Pierrot lunaire; Sechs Stücke für Klavier zu vier Händen: IV. Andante; Sechs Stücke für Klavier zu vier Händen: VI. Allegro molto; Serenade; Streichseptett; String Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 10: I. Mäßig (Moderato); String Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 10: II. Sehr rasch; Suite for Piano; Suite, op. 29: II. Tanzschritte; The Book of the Hanging Gardens; Theme and Variations, op. 43a: 8. Variation 7; Variations for Orchestra; Verklärte Nacht; Violin Concerto; Von heute auf morgen; Waldesnacht; Warum bist du aufgewacht; Weihnachtsmusik; Wind Quintet; Zwei Kanons: Wenn der schwer Gedrückte klagt.

Books:

Arnold Schoenberg / Wassily Kandinsky: Letters, Pictures and ...; Fundamentals of Musical Composition; Gustav Mahler; Harmonia; Preliminary Exercises in Counterpoint; Structural Functions of Harmony; Style and Idea: Selected Writings; Theory of Harmony.

Movies and television:

American Masters (1987); Antonia. (2015); Antrittskonzert von Christian Thielemann (2024); Appuntamento a Liverpool (1988); Arnold Schönberg - Der rastlose Visionär (2024); Avenida Progreso (2012); Brows Held High (2012); Christian Thielemann dirigiert Moussa, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Schönberg (2024); Cinema Falado (1986); Clairvoyant (2002); Claudio Abbado: Die Stille nach der Musik (1998); Dark Journey (1961); Degenerate Art (1993); Der gläserne Blick (2003); Der kleine Herr Friedemann (1990); Der Ort der Handlung (1977); Die Jakobsleiter (1961); Die Olympiasiegerin (1983); Drei Wege zum See (1976); En overlevende fra Warszawa (1973); Engel und Puppe (1974); Erwartung (1989 / 2008); Five Orchestral Pieces (1994); From Today Until Tomorrow (1997); Goodbye to Language (2014); Gurre-Lieder (2019); Hope@Home (2020); Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg's Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene (1973); It Seems Today (2018); La botella (2017); L'adage (1964); Lastauspaikka – Umschlagplatz (1987); Lazarus Heroification (2025); Le Cabinet des estampes (1955); Les anges gardiens (1995); Licht sing tausendfache Lieder (1985); Lives No Longer Ours (2011); L'occitanienne (2006); Lumière and Company (1995); Meine Wunder (1978); Mental Images (1987); Metamorphoses (2014); Moses and Aaron (1995 / 2009); Moses und Aron (1975 / 2006 / 2015); Musik in Zeiten von Krieg und Revolution (2016); My War Years: Arnold Schoenberg (1992); New Wave (1990); New World Symphony Wallcast Concert 2 (2013); New World Symphony Wallcast Concert 7 (2014); One Night, One Life (2002); Österreich - Unser Jahrhundert (1999); Perfect Darkness (2016); Pierrot Lunaire (1988 / 1990 / 2014); Qu'en savent les morts (1991); Rapport fra Nr. 24 (1994); Si fuera yo un helecho... (2006); Spektral Quartet: Experiments in Living (2020); Spielregel für einen Wiedertäuferfilm (1977); The Forbidden Room (2015); The Hunting Fever (2008); The Lively Arts (1977); The Swindle (1997); Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993); Through the Darkness (2021); Tom at the Farm (2013); Tones, Drones and Arpeggios: The Magic of Minimalism (2018); Transfiguré: 12 vies de Schönberg (2024); Tren de sombras (1997); Von Heute auf Morgen, Opera in un atto op. 32 (2011); Woman in Gold (2015); World of Music (1974).

Born on this day – Herbert Stothart:

Herbert Stothart

Songwriter

Conductor

Composer

September 11, 1880 – February 1, 1949

Credits:

10 Items or Less (2006); A Family Affair (1937); A Guy Named Joe (1943); A Lady's Morals (1930); A Night at the Opera (1935); A Slight Case of Larceny (1953); A Tale of Two Cities (1935); Absolute Quiet (1936); Adventure (1945); After the Thin Man (1936); Age of Indiscretion (1935); Ah Wilderness! (1935); Anchors Aweigh (1945); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941); Angelyne (2022); Anna Karenina (1935); Asteroid City (2023); Baby Love (1986); Bachelor Bait (1934); Balalaika (1939); Banda sonora (2012); Bandstand (1966–1967); BBC Proms (2009); Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz (2005); Big Jack (1949); Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998); Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935); Bitter Sweet (1940); Blonde (2001 / 2022); Blossoms in the Dust (1941); Broadway Serenade (1939); Cairo (1942); Call of the Flesh (1930); Camille (1936); Captain Kidd's Treasure (1938); Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking (2010); Cathouse: The Musical (2008); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); Chained (1934); Chanel No. 5: Number 5! (1994); Chasing Yesterday (1935); China Seas (1935); Christopher Bean (1933); Combat America (1943); Come Live with Me (1941); Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004); Conquest (1937); Crazy House (1943); Cry of the Hunted (1953); Dancing on Ice (2009); Dancing with the Stars (2006); David Copperfield (1935); Day by Day (1989); Dean Martin / Chevrolet Presents the Golddiggers (1973); Death Note (2017); Der Andro-Jäger (1983); Desire Me (1947); Desperate Search (1952); Devil-May-Care (1929); Die Hausmeisterin (1992); Diff'rent Strokes (1979); DogMan (2023); Dragon Seed (1944); Dynamite (1929); DysFunktional Family (2003); Edison, the Man (1940); Evelyn Prentice (1934); Exclusive Story (1936); Fast Company (1953); Florida Lady (1994); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); Game Boys (2008); Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955); Georgia (1995); Girl, Interrupted (1999); Going Hollywood (1933); Golden Dawn (1930); Grand Hotel (1932); Grand Piano (2013); Heavenly Creatures (1994); Henry Goes Arizona (1939); Here Comes the Band (1935); High Barbaree (1947); Hills of Home (1948); Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (2002); Home for the Holidays (1995); House of 1000 Corpses (2003); I Live My Life (1935); I Married an Angel (1942); Idiot's Delight (1939); Idol (2005); If Winter Comes (1947); In Gay Madrid (1930); Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017); King of the Hill (1993); Kismet (1944); Kovacs on Music (1959); Laughing Boy (1934); Le chanteur de Séville (1931); Les Patterson Saves the World (1987); Little Voice (1998); Lost in a Harem (1944); Love, Marilyn (2012); Lukas (2001); M*A*S*H (1978–1979); Madam Satan (1930); Madame Curie (1943); Man of the People (1937); Man on the Moon (1999); Mannequin (1937); Marie Antoinette (1938); Master Will Shakespeare (1936); Maytime (1937); Men of Boys Town (1941); M-G-M Jubilee Overture (1954); MGM Parade (1955–1956); Monkeybone (2001); Montana Moon (1930); Moonlight Murder (1936); Mrs. Miniver (1942); Muppets Tonight (1996); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Musical Masterpieces (1946); Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1992 / 2017); National Velvet (1944); Naughty Marietta (1935); New Moon (1930 / 1940); Night Flight (1933); Nip/Tuck (2007); Nobody Else But You (2011); Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996); Northwest Passage (1940); Of Human Hearts (1938); Oh! Europa (1994); One Fine Day (1996); Our Miss Brooks (1955); Outcast Lady (1934); Outer Range (2022); Peg o' My Heart (1933); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1959); Pierre of the Plains (1942); Pride and Prejudice (1940); Pursuit (1935); Queen Christina (1933); Queer as Folk (2004); Radio Days (1987); Random Harvest (1942); Rasputin and the Empress (1932); Reckless (1935); Rio Rita (1942); Riptide (1934); Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936); Rogue's March (1953); Romeo and Juliet (1936); Rosalie (1937); Rose-Marie (1936); Rosemarie (1965); San Francisco (1936); Saturday Night Live (1981); School Daze (1988); Scoob! (2020); Sequoia (1934); Sevilla de mis amores (1930); Shoot the Moon (1982); Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004); Small Town Girl (1936); Smash (2012); Smilin' Through (1941); So You Think You Can Dance (2012); Some Like It Hot (1959); Son of Lassie (1945); Strassman: Careful What You Wish For (2014); Such a Long Journey (1998); SuperStar KZ (2004); Susan and God (1940); Sweethearts (1938); Tåg 56 (1943); Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942); Tennessee Johnson (1942); Teresa the Thief (1973); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 37th Annual Tony Awards (1983); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938); The Affairs of Martha (1942); The Age of Ballyhoo (1973); The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937); The Barbarian (1933); The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934 / 1957); The Benny Hill Show (1973); The Brady Bunch (1973); The Cat and the Fiddle (1934); The Chocolate Soldier (1941); The Comeback (2005); The Critic (1994); The Cuban Love Song (1931); The Defenders (2010); The Devil Is a Sissy (1936); The Devil's Cabaret (1930); The Dreamer of Oz (1990); The Dreamers (2003); The End of St. Petersburg (1927); The Firefly (1937); The Flame Song (1934); The Florodora Girl (1930); The Girl of the Golden West (1938); The Golden Girls (1992); The Good Earth (1937); The Gorgeous Hussy (1936); The Great Diamond Robbery (1954); The Great Morgan (1946); The Green Years (1946); The Heartbreak Kid (2007); The Hollywood Palace (1966); The Human Comedy (1943); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); The Kennedy Years: JFK Remembered (1993); The Last Patrol (2000); The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1965); The Lottery Bride (1930); The Love Boat (1980); The Love Goddesses (1965); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1962); The March of Time (1930); The Merry Widow (1934); The Mighty McGurk (1947); The Miniver Story (1950); The Night Is Young (1935); The Painted Veil (1934); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); The Prodigal (1931); The Rainbow Pass (1937); The Rogue Song (1930); The Romance of Betty Boop (1985); The Romance of Celluloid (1937); The Royal Variety Performance 1962 (1962); The Sea of Grass (1947); The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933); The Son-Daughter (1932); The Song of the Flame (1930); The Sopranos (2000); The Spectacle Maker (1934); The Squaw Man (1931); The Stratton Story (1949); The Telephone Always Rings Twice (1985); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973); The Unfinished Dance (1947); The Valley of Decision (1945); The Voice of Firestone (1949–1951); The Wednesday Play (1965); The White Cliffs of Dover (1944); The White Sister (1933); The Winning Ticket (1935); The Wizard of Oz (1939); The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995); The Wonder Years (1990); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990); The Yearling (1946); They Met in Bombay (1941); They Were Expendable (1945); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); Thousands Cheer (1943); Three Daring Daughters (1948); Three Hearts for Julia (1943); Three Little Words (1950); Three Seats for the 26th (1988); Titans (2018); To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009); Today We Live (1933); Treasure Island (1934); Tu cara me suena (2011); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Undercover Maisie (1947); Undercurrent (1946); Unmarried Couples: A Comedy That Will Break You Up (1997); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); Vita da Star: Cristiano Malgioglio (2008); Viva Villa! (1934); Waterloo Bridge (1940); We Must Have Music (1941); What Every Woman Knows (1934); Wife vs. Secretary (1936); Wonder Boys (2000); Wreck-It Ralph (2012); Yves Montand on Broadway (1961); Ziegfeld Girl (1941).

Born on this day – Leonard Rosenman:

Leonard Rosenman

Composer

Musician

September 7, 1924 – March 4, 2008

Born on this day – Amy Beach:

Amy Beach

Composer

Pianist

Writer

September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944

Credits:

By the Still Waters; Canticle of the Sun, Op. 123; Invocation for the Violin, Op. 55; With Prayer and Supplicaton, Op. 8; Te Deum, from Service in A, Op. 63; Constant Christmas, Op. 95; On a Hill; Kyrie eleison, Op. 122; Sanctus, Op. 122; Agnus Dei, Op. 122; Spirit of Mercy, Op. 125; Evening Hymn, Op. 125; I Will Give Thanks, Op. 147; Peace I leave With You, Op. 8. (1998); Chamber Music CDs: 2 Ambache Ensemble recordings on Chandos Records; Fire Flies (1998); Grand Mass in E-flat major (1989); Grand Mass in E-flat major (1995); Mrs. H.H.A. Amy Beach (1867–1944); Piano Concerto in C sharp minor; Piano Music, Vol. 1, The Early Works; Piano Music, Vol. 2, The Turn of the Century; Piano Music, Vol. 3, The Mature Years; Piano Music, Vol. 4, The Late Works; Piano Quintet in F♯ minor, Op. 67Sonata for violin and piano in A minor, Op. 34: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor; Quartet for Strings; Pastorale for Wind Quintet; and Sketches (4) for Piano, Dreaming; Songs. Performed by mezzo-soprano Katherine Kelton, accompanied by pianist Catherine Bringerud; Under the Stars; Une prodige empêchée (2024).

Born on this day – Remo Giazotto:

Remo Giazotto

Composer

Musicologist

Writer

September 4, 1910 – August 26, 1998

Noted for his biography and catalogue of the works of Tomaso Albinoni.

Remo Giazotto composed Adagio in G minor,

transcribed from a fragment of a sonata manuscript by Tomaso Albinoni.

Credits:

Written work:

Mozart Annals (1956); Busoni: life in the opera (1947); Giovan Battista Viotti (1956); Harmonics Concenti in Aere Veneto (1955); Melodrama in Genoa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (1941); The Patricio of Hercole Bottrigari demonstrated practically by an anonymous cinquecentesco, CHM, i (1953); The War of the Stages, Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana, i (1967), 245–86, 465–508; III (1969), 906–33; V (1971), 1304–52; The music in Genoa in public and private life from the thirteenth to the eighteenth century (1951); The Italian music in London during the Purcell years (1955); Musurgia nova (1959); In the CCC year of Antonio Cesti's death: twenty-two letters found in the Archivio di Stato di Venezia, Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana, iii (1969), 496–512; Melodramatic Poetry and Critical Thought in the Eighteenth Century (1952); Tomaso Albinoni, 'Venetian amateur violin musician' (1671–1750) (1945); Life of Alessandro Stradella (1962); Vivaldi (1965).

Movies and television:

American Masters (2009); Anatomy (2000); Ballet Adagio (1972); Bob's Burgers (2014); Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973); Chloe and Theo (2015); Company Party (1972); Des hommes et des montagnes (1953); Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019); EastEnders (2005); Endeavour (2014); Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984); Interlude (1968); La minute nécessaire de Monsieur Cyclopède (1982–1983); Lara Fabian: Adagio (1999); Love Song for Tough Guys (2021); Manchester by the Sea (2016); Murder in Texas (1981); POOP (2014); Red Sun (1970); Ring 0: Birthday (2000); Rollerball (1975); Rolling to You (2018); Show Me Love (1998); Space: 1999 (1975); The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974); The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018); The Inbetweeners 2 (2014); The Silence of Others (2018); Velvet Buzzsaw (2019); Void (2018).