Born on this day in 1899 composer, playwright and actor Noel Coward. 
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOEDThsbN0A

Born on this day in 1770 composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLRMTD3eY5w

Born on this day in 1775 composer Adrien Boieldieu (the father, not the son).
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFaypFJhvo0

Born on this day in 1877 conductor Artur Bodanzky.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU8qQio2CmM

Born on this day in 1882 composer Zoltán Kodály.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2BLOHSCOjU

Born on this day in 1926 tenor James McCracken.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3A2Zi5EvhE

Born on this day in 1929 tenor Donald Grobe.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xZzMiqx6XU

Happy 85th birthday composer Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGzdHQkwo40

Born on this day in 1939 tenor Philip Langridge.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H94cHKcq1RQ

Happy 71st birthday conductor and harpsichordist Trevor Pinnock.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0xFy-6prV0