births
December 22, 1885
Deems Taylor, American conductor and critic (died 1966)
Deems Taylor
Joseph Deems Taylor was an American composer, radio commentator, music critic, and author. Nat Benchley, co-editor of The Lost Algonquin Roundtable, referred to him as "the dean of American music." He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1934.