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TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1974

Thomas Aldrich

From: Lexington, Kentucky

SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1969

Eric Banks

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1899

Sleepy John Estes

From: Ripley, Tennessee | Died: 1977

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1967

D. D. Jackson

From: Ottawa, Canada

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1956

Joan Jeanrenaud

From: Memphis, Tennessee

Joan Jeanrenaud: A Fourth Approach to Performing Music

Joan JeanrenaudPhoto by Marion Ettinger, courtesy New Albion Records Joan Jeanrenaud talks with NewMusicBox editor Frank J. Oteri at her home in San Francisco, CA, about her unusual post-Kronos career...

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1844

Frederick Kitziger

From: Altenberg, Germany | Died: 1903

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1985

Morgan Krauss

THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1945

Russell Peck

From: Detroit, Michigan | Died: 2009

Composer Russell Peck Found Dead After Weeklong Search

Greensboro's FOX News channel is reporting that area composer Russell Peck, who has been missing since March 1, was found dead in a wooded area on March 8.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1921

Alfred Reed

From: New York, New York | Died: 2005

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1911

Julia Smith

From: Denton, Texas | Died: 1989

SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 1942

Diane Thome

From: Pearl River, New York

When drawing from preexisting works, how do you balance legal and moral obligations with the potential...

Diane ThomePhoto by Dave Robinson How do you compose a work using previously existing music so that original music is the result? For all of our history composers have done...