February 5, 1943 Ivan Tcherepnin, Issu-les-Moulinaux, France
The birthday of the only New Music America composer to create variations on "Happy Birthday".
Ivan Tcherepnin 1943 Issu-les-Mulinaux, France
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Tcherepnin
Although he was at the original New Music New York festival, Ivan Tcherepnin only appeared only one more time at the New Music America festivals, premiering his work The New Rhythmanics via the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group at NMA 85.
This performance (audio only) by Stephen Gosling at Carnegie Hall in 2004 contains the following as per the notes (though it’s not really clear who is the author of the first four pieces, since this seemed also to be a tribute to his father Alexander who was …