1397 Birth of French composer Guillaume Du FAY in Bersele. d-Cambrai, 27 NOV 1474.
1623 Birth (baptismal) of Italian opera composer Marc Antonio Pietro CESTI in Arezzo.
d-Florence, 14 OCT 1669.
1694 Birth of Italian composer and organist Leonardo LEO nr. Brindisi. d-Naples, 31 OCT 1744.
1717 J.S. Bach appointed Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold at Coethen, after Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar prevented from taking up the post.
1735 Vivaldi returns to Venice as orchestra conductor at the Pieta.
1775 Birth of German musician Joseph MORALT in Mannheim (Schwetzingen). d-Munich, 13 NOV 1855. Older brother of Johann Baptist Moralt (1777 - 1825)
Member of Munich Haydn quartet players.
1787 Death of French composer François Francoeur in Paris. b-Paris, 8 SEP 1698.
1797 (Sep 8?)Birth of German composer and cellist Friedrich August KUMMER in Meiningen. d-Dresden, 22 AUG 1879.
1811 Birth of French composer Ambroise THOMAS in Metz. d-Paris, 12 FEB 1896.
1846 Birth of Brazilian composer Joao GOMES in Araujo (Pindamonhangaba).d-Sao Paulo, 8 SEP 1942.
1850 Death of theater director Franz Pokorny.
1858 Birth of Maria Slavina Mezzo-Soprano
Born 5 Aug 1858 St Petersburg Died 1951
Debut as Amneris in Aida (Verdi) 1877
Teachers:- Camille Everardi, Natalia Iretskaya, Ippolit Pryanishnikov
Created Konchakovna in Prince Igor (Borodin)
Countess in Pique Dame (Tchaikovsky)
Hanna in May Night (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Clytemnestra in Oresteia (Taneyev)
Princess in Enchantress (Tchaikovsky)
1864 Birth of Spanish composer Resurreccion Maria de AZCUE, Basque.
1865 Birth of Anton Sistermans Bass
Born 5 Aug 1865 Herzogenbusch Died 18 Mar 1926
Teacher :- Julius Stockhausen
Pupil :- Louis Van de Sande
1886 Birth of Spanish composer Oscar ESPLA in Alicante. d-Madrid, 6 JAN 1976.
1890 Birth of Austrian composer Hans GAL in Brunn. d-Edinburgh, 3 OCT 1987. Photo.
1890 Birth of Austrian conductor Erich KLEIBER, in Vienna. d-Zurich, 27 JAN 1956. NBC Symphony Orch 1945-46. Father of Carlos.
1891 Death of English-born French composer, pianist and music publisher Henry Charles Litolff at age 73, in Bois-Colombes. b-London, 7 AUG 1818. Likeness.
1901 Birth of Argentinian composer Juan Carlos PAZ in Buenos Aires. d-Buenos Aires, 25 AUG 1972.
1903 Birth of Boris Gmyrya Bass
Born 5 Aug 1903 Lebedin Ukraine Died 1 Aug 1969
Debut 1936
Teacher :- P.V. Golubev
1905 Birth of Edouard Kriff Tenor
Born 5 Aug 1905 Algiers Died 29 Mar 1966
Debut in Herodaide (Massenet) 1937
Teachers:- Marguerite Carrere-Xanrof, Paul Franz, Titta Ruffo
1916 Death of English composer George Butterworth at age 31, in France. British soldier during the battle of Pozières. b-London, 12 JUL 1885.
1926 Birth of American composer Betsy JOLAS (Elizabeth Illouz) in Paris.
1927 Death of Joseph O'Mara Tenor
Born 16 July 1864 Limerick Died 5 Aug 1927
Debut as Ivanhoe in Ivanhoe (Sullivan)
Teacher :- F Moretti
Created Mike Murphy in Shamus O'Brien (Stanford)
1945 Death of Elsa Stralia Soprano
Born 1880 Adelaide Died 5 Aug 1945
Teacher :- Hugo Fischer
1956 FP of Ned Rorem's Symphony No. 2, at La Jolla, CA.
1967 Death of Evelyn Scotney Soprano
Born 11 July 1896 Ballarat Victoria Died 5 Aug 1967
Debut as Frasquita in Carmen (Bizet) 2 Dec 1911
Teachers:- Mathilde Marchesi, Paolo Tosti
1971 Birth of American composer James ROMIG in Long Beach, CA.
1972 FP of David Del Tredici's Vintage Alice for soprano and chamber ensemble from a text by Lewis Carroll, in Saratoga, CA.
1978 Patowan, Utah, names a local mountain Mr. Messiaen honoring the French composer, Olivier Messiaen, who composed Des canyons aux etoiles 'From the canyons to the stars'. He was inspired by the natural beauty of the area.
1993 Death of Czech composer Eugen Suchon in Bratislava. b-Pezinok, Slovak Republic, 25 SEP 1908.
1994 Death of Audrey Langford Soprano / Teacher of Singing
Born 28 June 1912 Rochdale 5 Aug 1994
Debut as Flower Maiden in Parsifal (Wagner) 1936
Pupils :- Marie Angel, Josephine Barstow, Richard Best, Jeffrey Black
Susan Bullock, Christine Bunning, Teresa Cahill, Robert Hayward
Hugh Hetherington, Martyn Hill, Janis Kelly, Linda Kitchen
Sally Langford, Maureen Morelle, Arwel Huw Morgan,
Ashley Putman,Elizabeth Ritchie, Joan Rodgers, RussellSmythe, Gillian Sullivan,Stephen Varcoe, Josephine Veasey,
Wendy Vercoe,Deborah Riedel, Richard Jackson,
Sheri Greenawald
2000 FP of Richard Danielpour's Violin Concerto A Fool's Paradise. Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit, with soloist Chantal Juillet at the Saratoga Center for the Performing Arts, in Saratoga, NY.
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