1669 Birth of Italian composer Alessandro MARCELLO in Venice. d-Padua, 19 JUN 1747.
1687 Funeral of English composer and chorus master at St. Paul's, Michael Wise, who was killed by a nightwatchman following a fight between Mr and
Mrs Wise. b-Salisbury, c. 1647.
1733 (25th?)Death of French composer and choral instructor Jean-Baptiste Moreau in Paris. b-Angiers, 1656.
1746 FP of Jommelli: "Antigono" Lucca (1746).
1748 Handel finishes the score of his oratorio Susanna.
1787 Mozart finishes his A Major violin sonata, K 526.
1789 Birth of Louise-Therese Lemonnier Soprano
Born 24 Aug 1789 Brest Died 5 Apl 1866
Debut 1805
Created Princesse de Navarre in Jean de Paris (Boieldieu)
Sang in premiere of Cendrillon (Isouard)
Enfant Prodique (Gaveux)
Jean D'Arc a Orleans (Carafa)
Leicester (Auber)
Danilowa (Adam)
Josephine (Adam)
1791 Birth of Therese Grunbaum Soprano
Born 24 Aug 1791 Vienna Died 21 Jan 1876
Debut as Lilli in Donauweibchen (Kauer) 1798 (Premiere)
Teacher :- Wenzel Muller
Pupil :- Caroline Grunbaum
Created Eglantine de Puiset in Euryanthe (Weber)
1803 (July 24?) Birth of French opera composer Adolphe Charles ADAM, in Paris. d-Paris, 3 MAY 1856.
1804 Birth of Josef FAHRBACK.
1817 (28th?)Death of English soprano Anna Selina Storace. Created the role of Susanna in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro in Vienna, 1784. b-London, 27 OCT 1765.
1817 Death of Nancy Storace Soprano
Born 27 Oct 1765 London
Debut in Ali D'Amore (Rauzzini) 24 Feb 1776 (Premiere)
Teachers:- Venanzio Rauzzini, Antonio Sacchini
Created Susanna in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
Ofelia in Grotta di Trofonio (Salieri)
Adriana in Equivoci (Storace)
Lilla in Cosa Rara (Martin y Soler)
Artemisia in Artemisia (Cimarosa)
Margaretta in No Song No Supper (Storace)
Adela in Haunted Tower (Storace)
Phoebe & Ebe in Castore e Polluce (Bianchi)
Lilla in Seige of Belgrade (Storace)
Fabulina in Pirates (Storace)
Sang in premiere of Fra I Due Litiganti (Sarti)
1821 Birth of Aloys Ander Tenor
Born 24 Aug 1821 Libitz Died 11 Dec 1864
Debut as Alessandro Stradella in Alessandro Stradella (Flotow) 1845
Created Lionel in Martha (Flotow)
1824 FP HÉROLD: "Le Roi René" Paris (1824).
1826 Birth of German-American composer Edward MACK in Stuttgart, Germany. d-1882.
1829 Death of English conductor and organist Benjamin Jacob in London. b-London, 15 MAY 1778.
1832 Birth of BIMBONI: Alberto (pianist/con/com/opera) (1882-1960) It/Am. b-Florence, Aug. 24, 1882; d. New York, June 18, 1960:
1837 Birth of French organist and composer F. C. Theodore DUBOIS in
Rosnay. d-Paris, 11 JUN 1924. Operas, "La
prova di un'opera seria" (1863); "La Guzla de l'émir" (Paris,
1873); "Le Pain bis, ou La Lilloise" (Paris, O-C, 1879); "Aben
Hamet" (produced in Italian, Théàtre du Châtelet, 1884); "Xavièr"
(Paris, O-C, 1895); "La fiancée d'Abydos" (np); "Le florentin" (np).
1839 Birth of Czech-Russian composer and conductor Eduard NAPRAVNIK in Byst. d-Petrograd, 23 NOV 1916.
1846 FP of Franz Von Suppé's operetta Dichter und Bauer 'Poet and Peasant', in Vienna.
1853 Birth of Russian composer Nicolai TCHERBATCHEV.
1856 Birth of Austrian conductor, composer and arranger Felix MOTTL in
Unter-St.Veit near Vienna. d-Munich, 2 JUL 1911. Started his studies at a seminary, then the Vienna Conservatory.
Assistant at the Bayreuth (1876). He had a long intimate
relationship with the soprano Zdenka Fassbender (m/s) (1879-1954)
Ger., and was legalized in marriage on his deathbed.
1867 Birth of Ida Heidler Soprano
Born 24 Aug 1867 Vienna Died 18 Aug 1932
Debut as Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 1887
Teacher :- Johannes Ress
1871 Birth of Vasa Chmel Baritone
Born 24 Aug 1871 Prague Died 13 July 1942
Teachers:- Josef Lev, Frantisek Picka
1886 Birth of Moulton, Dorothy [Lady Mayer] (s) (1886-1974) Eng. (87) b. London,
Aug. 24, 1886; d. Henham, Essex , June 24, 1974.
1881 Birth of Chenal, Marthe (s) (1881-1947) Fr. (66) b. Aug. 24, 1881; d. Jan.
29, 1947:
1895 FP of PIERNÉ: "La Coupe enchantée" Royan (1895); rev. Paris, Dec. 26,
1905.
1904 Birth of Beilke, Irma (s) (1904-1989) Ger. b. Berlin. d. 1989
Debut as Bridesmaid in Freischutz (Weber) 1926
Teacher :- Gertrud Wirtschaft
Pupils :- Evelyn Lear, Rose Wagemann
Sang in premiere of Konig Hirsch (Henze)
1907 FP of Dir Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4, in London.
1912 Birth of Fehenberger, Lorenz (t) (1912-1984) Ger. b. Oberweidach, Aug. 24,
1912; d. Munich, July 29, 1984. Studied singing in Munich. Début in Der Rosenkavalier, at the Graz opera (1939). 1941-
45, he sang at the Dresden State Opera. 1946- 77, he was a
member of the ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera, Munich. Created the role of [Haemon] in Carl Orff's Antigonae, Salzburger Festspiele (1949), where also sang frequently in concert performances, 1949-67. Royal Opera
House, CG, Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires), Maggio Fiorentino, Vienna
State Opera, and at opera companies in Italy, Austria, Switzerland,
Belgium, and the Netherlands. 1976, he appeared at the FP of Joseph Tal's, Die Versuchung, Munich, giving his
final performance as [Wirt] Der Rosenkavalier (1977).
1919 Birth of Danish composer and pianist Niels Viggo BENTZON in Copenhagen. d-Copenhagen, 25 APR 2000.
1921 Birth of Cravi-Bozza, Mina (s) (1927-1983) It. (61) b. Bari, Aug. 24, 1921;
d. New York, Feb. 10, 1983:
1934 Rachmaninoff finishes his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
1943 FP of Leonard Bernstein's song-cycle I Hate Music! with mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel and Bernstein, piano, at the Public Library in Lenox, MA.
1946 Death of Antonio Paoli Tenor
Born 14 Apl 1871 Ponce Puerto Rico Died 24 Aug 1946
Debut as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 1897
Teacher :- Baldelli
Pupils :- Teresa Cabrera, Ester Comas, Ramon Fonseca, Olga Iglesias
Celestino Lopez, Virgilio Raven
Sang in premiere of Oblio (Brogi)
Madamoiselle de Belle Isle (Samara)
1949 Birth of American composer Stephen PAULUS in Summit, NJ. Tucson Symphony
composer in residence, 1998.
1949 Death of Hermann Devries Bass
Born 25 Dec 1858 New York Died 24 Aug 1949
Debut in Africaine (Meyerbeer) 1878
Teacher :- Jean-Baptiste Faure
Pupil :- Ralph Errolle
1952 Birth of American organist Carlo CURLEY, in North Carolina.
1954 Birth of Venezuelan composer Alvaro CORDERO in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
1968 Czech conductor and composer Rafael Kubelik appeals to world musicians to boycott performances in the five nations that invaded Czechoslovakia 20 & 21 AUG. It was supported by many including Claudio Arrau, Bernard Haitink, Otto Klemperer, Yehudi Menuhin, Arthur Rubinstein and Igor Stravinsky.
1973 Death of Czech composer Slava Vorlova in Prague. b-Nached, 15 MAR 1894.
1976 Death of English composer Michael (Dewar) Head in Cape Town, South Africa. b-Eastbourne, 28 JAN 1900.
1979 Death of Ernst Gruber Tenor
Born 20 Dec 1918 Vienna Died 24 Aug 1979
Debut as Max in Freischutz (Weber) 1946
Teachers:- Hans Depser, Karl Rossl-Majdan
1980 FP of W. Lutoslawski's Double Concerto, for oboe, harp and chamber orchestra, Heinz Holliger, oboe; Ursula Holliger, harp; and the Collegium Musicum conducted by Paul Sacherin Lucerne, Switzerland.
1984 Death of Lorenz Fehenberger Tenor
Born 24 July 1912 Oberbayern Died 27 Jul 1984
Debut 1939
Teacher :- Elizabeth Wolff
Pupils :- Dodi Protero. Alan Crofoot
Created Blind Citizen in Versuchung (Tal)
Sang in premiere of Antigonae (Orff)
1985 Death of American composer Paul Creston in San Diego, CA. b-NYC, 10 OCT 1906.
1988 Death of English conductor and pianist Kenneth Leighton in Edinburgh. b-Wakefield, 21 OCT 1929.
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