September 4 is the birthday of the great Austrian composer ANTON BRUCKNER (1824-1896). CLICK HERE TO HEAR A BEAUTIFUL MOTET BY BRUCKNER.

September 4 is the birthday of French composer DARIUS MILHAUD (1892-1974). CLICK HERE TO HEAR LEONARD BERNSTEIN CONDUCT AN EXCERPT FROM MILHAUD’S “LE BOEUF SUR LE TOIT” OR “BULL ON THE ROOF.

September 4 is the birthday of Bauhaus painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer OSKAR SCHLEMMER (1888-1943).Schlemmer's "most famous work is "Triadisches Ballett" (Triadic Ballet), which saw costumed actors transformed into geometrical representations of the human body in what he described as a 'party of form and colour.' CLICK HERE TO SEE SCHLEMMER’S TRIADISCHES BALLETT.

September 4 is the birthdy oa Czech animator JAN ŠVANKMAJER. He was born on this date in 1934. CLICK HERE TO SEE HIS BRILLIANT SHORT FILM “DARKNESS, LIGHT, DARKNESS.”

September 4 is the birthday of Russian pop sensation EDUARD ANATOLYEVICH KHIL (1934-2012). CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO HIS 1976 SOVIET CHART-TOPPER, THE TROLOLO SONG.