Those born on 26 October probably have no special proclivity to become musicians. But a few years ago I noted more than a "score" of musicians' names on a list of birthdays for this date, and I'm repeating that list here: Hans Buchner (1483), Domenico Scarlatti (1685), Johan Helmich Roman (1694), Joaquin de Oxinaga (1719), Ernest Louis Muller (1740), Louis Charles-Joseph Rey (1758), Joseph Mayseder (1789), Nicolaos Mantzaros (1795), Henry Thomas Smart (1813), Stefano Golinelli (1818), Polibo Fumagalli (1830), Hendrick Waelput (1845), Arthur Friedheim (1859), Joseph Moorat (1864), Hermann Lohr (1871), Gustav Hermann Unger (1886), Beryl Rubinstein (1898), Giovanni Salviucci (1907), Mahalia Jackson (1911), Hans Peter Haller (1929), Hans-Joachim Rödelius (1934), Dietmar Polaczek (1942), and Keith Hopwood (1946). Three others not known for music are Felix the Cat (1917), Pat Sajak (1946) and Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947). My bright red tie was a present from Dave and Jill Allgier, when we were playing handbells together at Richmond First United Methodist Church in the early 2000s.
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