1686 Birth of Italian composer Benedetto MARCELLO, in Venice. d-Brescia, 24 JUL 1739.
1703 J.S. Bach takes position of organist at Neuekirche in Arnstadt.
1746 Death of Italian singer Francesca de L'Epine in London. In England first Italian to sing in English. b-c. 1683.
1781 Birth of Austrian violinist, conductor and composer Michael UMLAUFF, in Vienna. Conducted for Beethoven after he became deaf. d-nr. Vienna, 20 JUN 1842.
1826 Birth of Adelaide Borghi-Mamo Mezzo-Soprano
Born 9 Aug 1826 Bologna Died 29 Sep 1901
Debut as Urbino in Giuramento (Mercadante) 1846
Teacher :- Francesca Festa
Created Morna in Malvina di Scozia (Pacini)
Odetta in Romilda di Provenza (Pacini)
1853 Birth of Emiliya Karlovna Pavlovskaya Soprano
Born 9 Aug 1853 St Petersburg Died 23 Mar 1935
Debut 1873
Pupil :- Dmitri Smirnov
Created Maria in Mazeppa (Tchaikovsky)
Kuma in Enchantress (Tchaikovsky)
1858 Birth of DE LARA: Isidor (Cohen) (com/opera) (1858-1935) Eng. b. London,
1858; d. Paris, Sep. 2, 1935:
1861 Death of English organist Vincent Novello in Nice. b-London, 6 SEP 1781.
1862 FP of Hector Berlioz' opera Beatrice and Benedict Berlioz conducting at the Neues Theater in Baden-Baden. The libretto, by Berlioz, is from Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing.
1874 Birth of Venezuelan-French composer, conductor and music
critic
Reynaldo HAHN in Caracas. d-Paris, 28 JAN 1947. Brief Bio. Pupils :- Georgi Boue, Jennie Tourel
1875 Birth of English composer Albert William KETELBEY in Birmingham.
d-Isle of Wight, 26 NOV 1959.
1875 Birth of RICCIARELLI: Primo (com/opera) (1875-1941) It. b. Campli, Aug. 9,
1875; d. Giullianova, Mar. 27, 1941.
1882 Birth of Polverosi, Manfredo (t) (1882-1965) It. b. Florence, Aug. 9, 1882;
d. Rome, June 1, 1965:
1890 Birth of Hungarian composer Sandor Alexander JEMNITZ in Budapest. d-Balatonfoldvar, 8 AUG 1963.
1902 Birth of French violinist Zino FRANCESCATTI in Marseilles.
d- 1991.
1902 Birth of English pianist Solomon Cutner, known professionally as
SOLOMON, in London. d-London, 2 FEB 1988.
1914 Birth of Hungarian conductor Ferenc FRICSAY in Budapest. d-
Basel, 20 FEB 1963.
1915 Birth of Sullivan, Brian (t) (1915-1969) U.S. (Suicide) (53) b. Oakland, CA
Aug. 9, 1915; d. Geneva, Switzerland, June 17, 1969: MET: Début
Feb. 23, 1948 [Peter] Peter Grimes, 12 seasons (1947-57, 58-59, 60-
61) 161 perf., 20 roles, 19 works.
1915 Birth of Anne Brown Soprano
Born 9 Aug 1915 Baltimore
Teachers:- Lotte Lehmann, Paul Althouse
1916 Birth of Canadian-American composer Dorothy Cadzow HOKANSON in Edmonton, Alberta. d-Seattle, 26 JUN 2001.
1917 Birth of Brian Sullivan Tenor
Born 9 Aug 1917 Oakland California Died 17 June 1969
Debut as Almaviva in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1940
1919 Death of Italian composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo in Montecatini, Italy, at age 62. b-Naples, 23 APR 1857.
The holograph score of his opera Pagliacci at the Library of
Congress.
1928 Birth of Maria Teresa Mandalari Mezzo-Soprano
Born 9 Aug 1928 Messina
Debut 1947
Created Alisa in Celestina (Testi)
Sang in premiere of Figlio di Jorio (Pizzetti)
1928 Percy Grainger marries Swedish poet and painter Ella Viola Strom at
the Hollywood Bowl in front of 22,000 concert goers. He conducted the LA
Philharmonic Orchestra in a performance of his work, To A Nordic
Princess, written to honor his bride.
1930 Birth of Chard, Geoffrey (b) Aussie. b. Aug. 9, 1930.
1938 'Novachord' was patented by Laurens Hammond. Spinet, grand like
instrument played as a piano but making electronic sounds similar to other
orchestral instruments.
1939 Birth of composer and percussionist Max NEUHAUS.
1939 Birth of Martin, Janis (m/s & s) U.S. b. Sacramento, Aug. 9, 1939; MET:
Début: Dec. 19, 1962 [Flora] La Traviata, 11 seasons (1962-65, 73-
75, 76-77, 88-90, 91-92, 93-94, 96-97) 147 perf., 23 roles, 20
works.
1940 Death of Alessandro Bonci Tenor
Born 10 Feb 1870 Caseno nr. Bologna Died 9 Aug 1940
Debut as Fenton in Falstaff (Verdi) Jan 1896
Teachers:- Felice Coen, Enrico Delle Sedie, Carlo Pedrotti
1941 Birth of Nuala Willis Mezzo-Soprano
Born 9 Aug 1941 London
Debut as Mother Goose in Rake's Progress (Stravinsky) 1977
Teachers:- Gita Denise, David Harper, Peter Pears
Created Mrs Van Hopper in Rebecca(Joseph)
Madame Lena in Second Mrs Kong (Birtwistle)
Ustinya in Family Affair (Grant)
1949 FP of Carl Orff's opera Antigone (ahn teh gon ee) in Salzburg at the Felsenreitschile. w/Hermann Uhde (b)
(1914-1965) Ger. [Creon]; Res Fischer (m/s) (1896-1974) Ger.
1955 Death of American composer Marion Eugene Bauer in South Hadley, MA. b-Walla Walla, WA, 15 AUG 1887.
1956 American debut of soprano Birgit Nilsson at the Hollywood Bowl.
1958 Death of Louis D'Angelo Bass-Baritone
Born 6 May 1888 Naples Died 9 Aug 1958
Debut in Fanciulla del West (Puccini)
Teacher :- Michele Guarini
Created Marco in Gianni Schicci (Puccini)
1959 Birth of Guleghina, Maria (s) Ukrainian. b. Odesa, Aug. 9, 1959; She studied
at the Odesa Conservatory, and began her professional career in
1985, with the Minsk Opera. Western European
debut in 1987, at La Scala, Milan, singing the title role in Tosca,
[Amelia] Un Ballo in Maschera alongside Luciano Pavarotti. She has been particularly identified with the role of Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Covent
Garden, the Paris Opera, Vienna State Opera, the San Francisco
Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Berlin and Hamburg Operas, and
the opera houses of Florence and Rome. MET: Début Jan. 3, 1991
[Maddalena] Andrea Chénier, 6 seasons (19 90-91, 93-97, 98-99) 67
perf., 6 works.
1961 Birth of American composer
Louis KARCHIN in Philadelphia PA.
1962 Death of Helene Noldi Alberti Soprano
Born 25 Feb 1874 Chicago Died 9 Aug 1962
Teacher :- Mathilde Marchesi
1963 FP of Lennox Berkeley's Four Ronsard Sonnets in London.
1966 Death of Swedish composer Gosta Nystroem in suburban Gothenberg. b-Silvberg, Dalama, 13 OCT 1890.
1975 Death of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich in Moscow at age 68. b-St. Petersburg, 25 SEP 1906.
1978 FP of Dave Brubeck's oratorio Beloved Son. Richard Sieber conducting, at the American Lutheran Women’s Convention in Minneapolis, MN.
1979 FP of Howard Hanson's ballet Nymph and Satyr in Chautauqua, TN.
1985 Death of Swedish composer Stig Rybrant in Stockholm. b-Norrkoping, 8 AUG 1916.
1988 Death of Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi at age 83, in Rome.
1988 FP of Peter Maxwell Davies' Symphony No. 5. BBC Proms Concert by Philharmonia Orchestra, with the composer conducting at Royal Albert Hall in London.
1997 (10th?)Death of American composer Conlon Nancarrow in Mexico City. b-Texarkana, AR, 27 OCT 1912.
2002 Death of German composer Bertold Hummel in Würzburg. b-Hüfingen, 27 NOV 1925.
2004 Death of American composer David RAKSIN in Los Angeles, CA. Works list. b-Philadelphia, PA 4 AUG 1912. Obit.
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