1728 Death of French composer and violist Marain Marais at age 72, in Paris. b-Paris, 31 MAY 1656.
1772 Birth of German inventor Johannes Nepomuk MAELZEL. Developed the metronome, born in Regensburg. d-On brig in Venezuelan harbor enroute to Philadelphia, 21 JUL 1838. Worked with Beethoven.
1776 Birth of Austrian composer Ignaz Ritter von SEYFRIED in
Vienna. Pupil and friend of Mozart. Conductor at Theater-an-der Wien. d-Vienna, 27 AUG 1841.
1782 Death of French composer and violist Jean Baptiste Forqueray in Paris. b-Paris, 3 APR 1699.
1858 Birth of French soprano Emma CALVE' (Calvet de Roquer)in Aveyron. d-Milan, 6 JAN 1942. Was a leading 'Carmen'. Debut as Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 1882
Teachers:- Rosine Laborde, Mathilde Marchesi, Domenico Mustafa
Jules Puget
Pupils :- Gina Cigna, Margherita Grandi, Lucien Muratore
Created Suzel in L'Amico Fritz (Mascagni)
Anita in Navarraise (Massenet)
Fanny in Sappho (Massenet)
Bianca in Aben Hamet (Dubois)
1865 FP of Liszt's St. Elizabeth, in Pest.
1872 Birth of American composer Rubin GOLDMARK. Nephew of composer Karl Goldmark. Pupil of Dvorak. d-1936.
1875 Birth of African-English composer Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR in London. d-Croydon, 1 SEP 1912.
1882 (1887?)Birth of American composer Marion BAUER in Walla Walla, WA. d-South Hadley MA, 9 AUG 1955.
1883 Birth of Russian composer Andrey PASTCHENKO.
1888 Birth of American concert violinist Albert SPALDING in Chicago. d-NYC, 26 MAY 1959.
1890 Birth of French composer Jacques IBERT in Paris. d-Paris, 5 FEB 1962. Was director of the Academy of Rome from 1937-55.
Opera: "Persée et Andromeède ou Le
plus heureux de trois" (Paris, 1929); "Angélique" (Paris, 1927); "Le
roi d'Yvetot" (Paris, 1930); "Gonzague" (Paris, 1930); "L'aiglon"
(Monte Carlo, w/ com. Honegger, 1937); "Les Petites Cardinal"
w/Honegger (1938; "Barbe-bleu" (Lausanne Radio).
1896 Birth of Russian inventor Leon THEREMIN (Termen')in St. Petersburg Russia. Invented the electronic musical instrument that bears his name. d-11/03/1993.
1897 FP of PANIZZA: "Il Fidanzato del mare" Buenos Aires (1897).
1902 Birth of Elisabeth Feuge Soprano
Born 15 Aug 1902 Dessau Died 4 July 1942
Debut 1921
Teacher :- Emilie Feuge-Gleise (mother)
Sang in premiere of Torneo Notturno (Malipiero)
Himmelsklied (Wolf-Ferrari)
1904 Birth of Pitzinger, Gertrude (c) Ger. (93) b. Mährisch-Schänberg, Aug. 15,
1904; d. Frankfurt, Sep. 15, 1997. Teachers:- R Glaser, Kalzmayer, J Marx
Pupil :- Rohangis Yachmi
1904 A.C. Frost Company created ">Ravinia as an amusement park intended to lure riders to the fledgling Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Railroad.
1907 Birth of Swiss-born American harpsicordist and teacher Sylvia KIND in Chur, Switzerland. University of Washington School of Music from 1967 to 1978. d-Port Angeles, WA 30 MAY 2002. Seattle Times Obituary.
1907 Death of Hungarian violin virtuoso, Joseph Joachim, in Berlin at age 76. b-nr. Pressburg, 28 JUN 1831.
1909 Birth of American conductor and arranger Hugo Winterhalter in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Popular orchestra leader: Canadian Sunset, Rhapsody in Blue. d-17 SEP 1973.
1917 Death of Oscar Kamionsky Baritone
Born 1869 Kiev Died 15 Aug 1917
Debut 1892
Teachers:- Dadeli, Camille Everardi, Joseph Paletschek
1922? Birth of American composer, pianist and conductor Lukas FOSS (Fuchs) who says the year of his birth is not documented, he has no birth certificate. Born in
Berlin he came to NYC from Paris in 1937.
1924 Birth of Elsie Morrison Soprano
Born 15 Aug 1924 Ballarat Australia
Debut as Galatea in Acis and Galatea (Handel) 1948
Teacher :- Clive Carey
Created Menna in Menna (Hughes)
1925 Birth of Massard, Robert (b) Fr. in Pau. Debut as High Priest in Samson et Delilah (Saint-Saens) 8 Jun 1952
Created Harpist in Numance (Barraud)
1926 Birth of American pianist Julius KATCHEN in Long Branch, NJ. d-Paris, 29 APR 1969.
1928 Death of Einar Forchhammer Tenor
Born 19 June 1866 Copenhagen Died 15 Aug 1928
Debut as Lohengrin in Lohengrin (Wagner) 1895
Teachers:- Durslev, S Miskov, Julius Lieban, Giovanni Sbriglia
1933 Birth of English soprano Rita HUNTER in Wallasey. d-Sydney, 29 APR 2001. MET: Début: Dec. 19, 1972
[Brünnhilde] Die Walküre, 5 seasons (1972-77) 33 perf., 5 works. Debut as Inez in Trovatore (Verdi) 1956
Teachers:- Edwin Francis, Redvers Llewellyn, Clive Carey, Eva Turner
1933 Birth of Fredericks, Richard (b) U.S. b. Los Angeles, Aug. 15, 1933; sang
with the NYCO. Debut as Schaunard in Boheme (Puccini) 1960
Teachers:- Beverley Johnson, Florence Lamont Hinman, Carlos Noble
Pupil :- Susanne Marsee
Created Billy Yank in Gentlemen Be Seated (Moross)
Jason MacFarlane in Lizzie Borden (Beeson)
Steffans in Wings of Dove (Moore)
1935 Death of Lucienne Breval Soprano
Born 4 Nov 1869 Mannedorf Switzerland Died 15 Aug 1935
Debut as Selika in Africaine (Meyerbeer) 1892
Teachers:- Alfred Auguste Giraudet, Louis-Henri Obin, Victor Wartot
Created Griseldis in Griseldis (Massenet)
Penelope in Penelope (Faure)
Ariane in Ariane (Massenet)
Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (Bloch)
Sang in premiere of Cid (Massenet)
Ariane et Barbe-Bleue (Dukas)
Salambo (Reyer)
Monna Vanna (Fevrier)
1935 FP of Ferde Grofé's Hollywood Suite, at the Hollywood Bowl, LA, CA.
1940 Birth of Rita Shane Soprano
Born 15 Aug 1940 New York
Debut Olympia in Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach) 1964
Teachers:- Herbert Bliss, Beverley Johnson, Henry Lewis,
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Created Aurelia Havisham in Miss Havisham's Fire (Argento)
1945 ('47?)Birth of American minimalist composer and pianist Charlemagne PALESTINE aka Charles Martin, in NYC.
1956 Birth of Ford, Bruce Edwin (t) U.S. b. Lubbock TX, Aug. 15, 1956; MET:
Début: Oct. 22, 1997 [Almaviva] Il Barbiere di Siviglia, 1 season
(1997-98) 4 perf., 1 work. Debut as Abate di Chazeuil in Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea) 1982
1956 Death of Kathleen Howard Mezzo-Soprano
Born 17 July 1873 Clifton Canada Died 15 Aug 1956
Debut as Azucena in Trovatore (Verdi) 1907
Teachers:- Jacques Bouhy, Jean de Reszke, Lilli Lehmann, Oscar Saenger
Created Zita in Gianni Schicci (Puccini)
1957 FP of GILLIS: "Pep Rally" Interlochen, MI (1957).
1960 Birth of Austrian composer Karlheinz ESSL in Vienna.
1961 Death of Nadezhda Obukhova Mezzo-Soprano
Born 22 Feb 1886 Moscow Died 15 Aug 1961
Debut as Pauline in Pique Dame (Tchaikovsky) 1917
Teacher Umberto Masetti
1966 Death of Jan Kiepura Tenor
Born 16 May 1902 Sosnowiec Poland Died 15 Aug 1966
Debut as Mountaineer in Halka (Moniuszko) 1924
Teachers:- Waclaw Brzezinski, Tadeusz Leliva
Created La Grange in Prezione Ridicole (Lattuada)
Stranger in Wunder der Helaine (Korngold)
1974 (20th)Birth of Russian violinist Maxim VENGEROV in Novosibirsk.
1985 Death of American composer Richard Yardumian in Bryn Athyn, PA at age 68. b-Philadelphia, PA 5 APR 1917.
1986 FP of Krystoff Penderecki's opera The Black Mask at the Salzburg Festival in Austria.
1990 Death of James Atkins Bass-Baritone
Born 17 Aug 1912 Hinchley Leicester Died 15 Aug 1990
Debut 1949
Created Alcinous in Castaway (Berkeley)
1991 Death of Eugenio Fernandi Tenor
Born 1922 Turin Died 15 Aug 1991
Debut in Figlia del Diavolo (Mortari) 1954
Teacher :- Aureliano Pertile
2000 FP of Kaija Saariaho's opera L'amour de loin. Dawn Upshaw, Dwayne Croft, and Dagmar Peckova, with Kent Nagano conducting the Southwest German Radio Orchestra of Baden-Baden at the Salzburg Festival in Austria.
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