1668 Marriage of German composer Dietrich Buxtehude to the daughter of Franz Tunder, retiring organist at St. Mary's Church in Lübeck.
1704 Birth of Catherine-Nicole Le Maure Soprano
Born 3 Aug 1704 Paris Died Jan 1787
Debut as Astree in Phaeton (Lully) 1721
Created Iphise in Jepthe (Monteclair)
1716 Death of Spanish composer Sebastián Durón in Cambó, Pyrenees. b-Brihuega, Castile 19 APR 1660.
1778 Opening of Milan's La Scala Opera House, The Teatro alla Scala
is inaugurated with the premiere of Antonio Salieri's opera Europa
Riconosciuta 'Europe Rewarded'.
1779 Mozart finishes his Posthorn Serenade in Salzburg.
1784 Death of Italian composer and teacher Giovanni Battista Martini at age 78, in Bologna. Taught Mozart and Gluck. b-Bologna, 24 APR 1706.
1795 Founding of The Paris Conservatory by the National Revolutionary
Convention.
1800 Death of composer Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch. b-18 NOV 1736. Son of Johann Friedrich.
1820 Birth of American composer Luther Orlando EMERSON in Parsonfield, ME. d-Hyde Park,MA 29 SEP 1915.
1823 Birth of Spanish zarzuela composer Francisco BARBIERI in Madrid. d- 19
FEB 1894.
1832 Birth of Operetta composer Ivan Giovanni ZAJE.
1838 Birth of English composer Frederic Emes CLAY, in Paris. He introduced Gilbert to
Sullivan. d-nr. London, 24 NOV 1889.
1843 (20th?) Birth of Swedish soprano Christine NILSSON in Sjoabol. d-Stockholm, 22 NOV 1921.
1854(5?) (5th?)Birth of Russian conductor and composer Alexander VINOGRADSKY in Kiev. d-Kiev, 17 OCT 1912.
1870 Birth of Susan Strong Soprano
Born 3 Aug 1870 Brooklyn N Y Died 11 Mar 1946
Debut as Sieglinde in Walkure (Wagner) 1893
Teacher :- Francis Korbay
1875 Birth of French contralto Marie DELNA in Meudon. d-Paris, 23 JUL 1932.
1880 Birth of Theodor Scheidl Baritone
Born 3 Aug 1880 Vienna Died 13 Apr 1959
Debut as Herald in Lohengrin (Wagner) 1910
Pupil :- Wilhelm Strienz
Sang in the premiere of Singing Devil (Schreker)
1881 Birth of Poval Frijsch Soprano
Bor 3 Aug 1881 Denmark Died 10 July 1960
Teachers:- Sarah De La Lande, Jean Perier
Pupils :- Jean Kraft, Hilda Ohlin, Ginia Davis
1884 Birth of Polish-American composer, professor and pianist Louis GRUENBERG in
Brest Litovsk, Poland. d-Los Angeles, CA, 9 JUN 1964. Raised in the U.S.,
studied piano and composition with Ferruccio Busoni and Friedrich Koch.
Piano debut in 1912 with Busoni conducting the Berlin Philharmonic.
Taught at the Vienna Conservatory.
1891 Death of Russian music writer Prince Nicolai YOUSUPOV. b-St. Petersburg, 1827.
1892 Birth of Belgian composer Oscar Van HEMEL in Antwerp. d-Hilversum, Hollad The Netherlands, 9 JUL 1981.
1906 Birth of American composer Robert Emmett DOLAN in Hartford, CT. d-1972.
1912 Birth of Marian Nowakowski Bass
Born 3 Aug 1912 Westphalia Died 4 Apr 2000
Debut 1937
Teacher :- Adamo Didur
Pupil :- Willard White
1912 Birth of Richard Holm Tenor
Born 3 Aug 1912 Stuttgart Died 20 July 1988
Debut 1937
Teacher :- Rudolf Ritter
Pupils :- Francisco Araiza, Martin Chambers
Created Apollo in Alcestaid (Talma)
Mr Black in Verlobung in San Domingo (Egk)
1914 Death of French composer Gabriel Dupont in Vésinet. b-Caen, 1 MAR 1878.
1917 Birth of Venezuelan composer Antonio LAURO in Ciudad Bolivar. d-Caracas, 7 APR 1986.
1921 Birth of American popular music composer Richard ADLER in NYC.
Jerry Ross collaborator, Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, The Statue of Liberty Suite 'The Lady Remembers' for soprano and orchestra.
1929 Death of Emile Berliner in NYC. Invented the microphone and circular
disk gramophone recordings.
1933 Birth of Tord Slattegaard Tenor
Born 3 Aug 1933 Kalmar
Debut as Alfredo in Traviata (Verdi) 1963
Teacher :- Hjordis Schymberg
Created Emil in Herr von Hacken (Blomdahl)
Sang in the premiere of Svart Ar Vitt (Boldemann)
1940 Birth of American lutenist James TYLER in Hartford, CT. Co-founder of The Consort of Musicke in 1969.
1941 FP of Robert Russell Bennett's Symphony in D For the Dodgers in NYC.
1947 Maria Callas makes her international operatic debut in Verona,
starring in La Gioconda.
1950 Death of Danish conductor and violinist Georg Hoeberg in Vedboek. b-Copenhagen, 27 DEC 1872.
1957 Pablo Casals, 80 years old, marries his cello student Marta
Montanez.
1959 Birth of English baritone Simon KEENLYSIDE in London
Debut as Count in Nozze Di Figaro (Mozart) 1987
Teacher :- John Cameron, George Guest, Geoffrey Parsons, Eric Sams
1959 Death of Fernando Carpi Tenor / Teacher of Singing
Born 1876 Florence Died 3 Aug 1959
Debut as Faust in Faust (Gounod) 1876
Pupils :- Gosta Bjorling, Suzanne Danco, Geraint Evans, Ernst Haefliger
Rudolf Jedlicka, Otakar Kraus, Zinka Milanov, Eric Tappy
Marie Tauberova
1961 FP of John Cage's Atlas Eclipticalis at the 'International Week of Today's Music' in Montréal.
1962 Death of Ettore Verna Baritone / Teacher of Singing
Born 1902 Died 3 Aug 1962
Pupils :- Eugene Conley, Mary Curtis-Verna (wife), Ramon Vinay
Zinka Milanov, Grace Moore
1962 Death of Stefan Belina-Skupiewski Tenor
Born 1885 Kiev Died 3 Aug 1962
Debut as Tonio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1908
Teachers:- Jacques Stuckgold, Felix Mottl
Pupil :- Krystina Szczepanska
Created Oedipus in Oedipus Rex (Stravinsky)
1967 FP of Lalo Schifrin's cantata The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, from the his filmscore, by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Lawrence Foster conducting at the Hollywood Bowl in LA.
1990 Birth of American composer Natasha SINHA in Milton, MA.
1998 Death of Russian composer Alfred Schnittke after suffering stroke in Hamburg. b-Engles, 24 NOV 1934.
2004 FP of Clarice Assad's Violin Concerto. Nadja Solerno-Sonnenberg, violin. Marin Alsop, conducting Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Santa Cruz, CA.
2006 Death of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, the renowned German-born soprano and one of the most intelligent and dazzling artists of her time. She died at her home in western Austria. She was 90. Obit. Born on December 9, 1915 in Jarotchin, near Posen, Germany.
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