1751 After a few delays due to failing eyesite Handel finishes his last oratorio Jephtha.
1763 W. A. Mozart appearing at a concert in Frankfurt-am-main at the age of six, shows he has perfect pitch.
1767 Birth of German composer, organist and conductor Christian Friedrich Gottlieb SCHWENCKE in Wachenhausen, Hartz. d-Hamburg, 27 OCT 1822. Succeeded C.P.E. Bach as municipal music director in Hamburg, 1789. Studied with his father, Marpurg and Kirnberger.
1769 Birth of Italian composer and harpsichordist Bonifazio ASIOLI in Correggio. d-Correggio, 18 MAY 1832.
1820 Birth of American composer George F. ROOT in Shefield, MA. Battle Cry of
Freedom, Tramp, Tramp, Tramp The Boys are Marching. d-Bailey's Island, ME 6 AUG 1895.
1820 Birth of Edouard Gassier Bass-Baritone
Born 30 Aug 1820 Draguignan France Died 18 Dec 1872
Debut as Fresque in Barcarolle (Auber) 1845 (premiere)
1853 Birth of American music teacher and critic Percy GOETSCHIUS in Patterson, NJ. d-Manchester, NH 29 OCT 1943.
1868 Birth of Armida Parsi-Pettinella Mezzo-Soprano
Born 30 Aug 1868 Gallese Died 9 Jan 1949
Debut 1893
1875 Birth of Rudolf Jager Tenor
Born 30 Aug 1875 Dresden Died 22 Jan 1948
Debut as Steersman in Flying Dutchman (Wagner) 1898
Teacher :- Richard Muller
Created Narraboth in Salome (Strauss)
1879 Birth of Austrian soprano Fritzi SCHEFF in Vienna. d-NYC, 8 APR 1954. See: Photo.
1883 Death of Angela Peralta Soprano
Born 6 July 1845 Puebla Mexico Died 30 Aug 1883
Debut as Leonora in Trovatore (Verdi)
Teacher :- Francesco Lamperti
Sang in premiere of Ildegonda (Morales)
Gino Corsini (Morales)
Guatimotzin (Ortego del Villar)
1887 Birth of Polish pianist Yolanda MERO-IRION in Budapest. In USA
from 1909. d- 17 OCT 1963.
1891 Birth of Italian composer Tomaso GARDELLA in Carmogli.
1902 Birth of Moravian-born Canadian composer Arnold WALTER in
Hansdorf. d-Toronto, 6 OCT 1973.
1904 Death of English composer and pianist Kate Fanny Loder in Headley. b-Bath, 21 AUG 1825.
1910 FP of Arnold Bax In the Faery Hills, in London.
1922 Birth of American (mezzo) soprano Regina RESNICK in NYC. Debut as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (Verdi) Dec 1942
Teachers:- Fritz Busch, Giuseppe Danise, Rosalie Miller
Created Old Baroness in Vanessa (Barber)
Delilah in Warrior (Rogers)
1933 Birth of Terence Sharpe Baritone
Born 30 Aug 1933 Sheffield
Debut as Sherasmin in Oberon (Weber) 1967
Teachers:- Stanley Jepson, Otakar Kraus, Luigi Ricci
1933 FP of Samuel Barber's Overture to the School for Scandal by The Philadelphia Orchestra at a Robin Hood Dell concert in Fairmount Park. (Barber, born in nearby West Chester, PA).
1935 Birth of Peter Van Der Bilt Baritone
Born 30 Aug 1936 Jakarta Died 25 Sep 1983
Debut as Dulcimara in Elisir d'Amore (Donizetti) 1960
Teachers:- Hans Cleuver, Hermann Schey
Created Wurm in Kabale und Liebe (Von Einem)
1940 Death of Fritz Feinhals Baritone
Born 4 Dec 1869 Cologne Died 30 Aug 1940
Debut as Silvio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1895
Teachers:- Alberto Giovannini, Alberto Selva
Pupils :- Manfred Huebner, Andor Lendvai, Emma Trentini, Alexander Sved
Created Carlo Borromeo in Palestrina (Pfitzner)
1943 Birth of American composer David MASLANKA in New Bedford, MA.
1952 Birth of English composer and conductor Simon BAINBRIDGE in London.
1953 Death of Bulgarian composer Dimiter Nenov in Sofia. b-Razgrad, 19 DEC 1901.
1953 Death of Italian-American opera director and conductor Gaetano Merola, while conducting a concert at Sigmund Stern Grove in San Francisco, age 72. b-Naples, 4 JAN 1881.
1957 Birth of Chinese-American composer Chen Yuan Lin. Film scores Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with Tan Dun.
1960 Birth of American composer Kevin OLDHAM in Kansas City. d-Kansas City, 11 MAR 1993.
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