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- 1605 Birth of Spanish composer Juan de PADILLA.
- 1635 Death of composer Melchior Teschner, at 51.
- 1651 Death of composer Cristobal de Isla Diego, at 65.
- 1707 (JC, GC=12 DEC)Death of British composer and organist Jeremiah Clarke, age c. 33, suicide, in London. Perhaps unhappy love affair.
- 1709 Birth of German teacher, singer and composer Franz Xaver RICHTER in Holleschau, Moravia. d-Strassbourg, France, 12 SEP 1789.
- 1712 Birth of German organist and composer Bernhard Christian WEBER in Wolferschwenda. d-Tennstedt, 5 FEB 1758.
- 1716 Bach is passed over for promotion at Weimar. Plans to leave.
- 1724 Birth of composer Dismas HATAS.
- 1727 Death of German organist and composer Johann Heinrich Buttstett, at 61 in Erfurt. b-Bindersleben, 25 APR 1666.
- 1729 Death of German composer Christian Ludwig Boxberg, at 59 in Gorlitz. b-Sondershausen, 24 APR 1670.
- 1729 Birth of Italian composer, organist and opera conductor Giuseppe SARTI
in Faenza. "Il Domenichino" was his popular name. d-
Berlin, 28 JUL 1802.
- 1736 J.S. Bach gives an organ recital at the Frauenkirche in Dresden.
- 1755 Death of English organist and composer Maurice Greene, at 59 in London. b-London,
12 AUG 1696.
- 1772 Death of Jean-Antoine Berard Tenor
Born 1710 Lunel Died 1 Dec 1772
Debut in Thetis & Pelee (Collasse)
Created Don Quichotte in Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse (Boismortier)
Mercury in Platee (Rameau)
- 1779 Birth of Russian composer Pyotr Ivanovich TURCHANINOV in Kiev. d- St. Petersburg, 28 MAR 1856.
- 1781 Birth of French violinist and composer Charles Philippe LAFONT in Paris. d-Tarbes, 14 AUG 1839 in carriage accident.
- 1784 Birth of French composer Francois Henri Joseph CASTIL-BLAZE in Cavaillon. d-Paris, 11 DEC 1857.
- 1787 Birth of composer Pavel Ivanovich DULGORUKOV.
- 1808 Death of composer Anton Fischer, at 30.
- 1810 Birth of Hungarian march composer and bandmaster of Austrian army,
Joseph GUNGL in Zsambek. d-Weimar, 31 JAN 1889.
- 1813 Death of Italian organist and composer Ferdinando Bertoni, at 88 in Desenzano. b-Salo, 15 AUG 1725.
- 1814 Birth of composer August ROCKEL.
- 1817 Death of German organist, conductor and composer Justin Heinrich Knecht, at 65 in Biberach. b-Biberach, 30 SEP 1752.
- 1822 Debut as concert pianist in Vienna of Franz Liszt at the age of 11.
- 1823 Birth of French composer Ernest REYER.
- 1832 FP of Felix Mendelssohn's Overture Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage in Berlin.
CD-Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies; 7 Overtures
1834 Birth of Pauline Gueymard-Lauters Soprano
Born 1 Dec 1834 Brussels
Debut 1854
Created Eboli in Don Carlos (Verdi)
Gertrude in Hamlet (Thomas)
Bakis in Reone de Saba (Gounod)
Alda in Roland a Roncevaux (Mermet)
1844 Birth of English conductor and composer Alfred CELLIER in London. d-London, 28 DEC 1891. Picture.
1847 Birth of Norwegian composer Agathe Backer GRONDAHL in Holmestrand. d-Oslo, 4 JUN 1907.
1850 Birth of Danish composer Peter Erasmus LANGE-MULLER in Frederiksberg. d- Copenhagen, 26 FEB 1926.
1854 Birth of Hippolyte Belhomme Bass
Born 1 Dec 1854 Paris Died 16 Jan 1923
Debut as Baskira in Lalla Roukh (David) 1879
Pupil :- Albert Huberty
Sang in premiere of Contes D'Hoffmann (Offenbach)
1859 Opening of The French Opera House in New Orleans with Rossini's William
Tell.
1886 FP in the USA, at the MET in NYC, of Wagner's Tristan and Isolde.
Anton Seidl conducting.
1873 Birth of Friedrich Brodersen Baritone
Born 1 Dec 1873 Bad Boll Died 19 Mar 1926
Teacher :- Heinrich Bertram
1874 Birth of German music writer and composer Dominicus JOHNER (aka, Franz-Xaver Karl) in Waldsee. d-Beuron, 4 JAN 1955.
1879 FP of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta H. M. S. Pinafore Sullivan conducted, Gilbert played a sailor
in the Queens Navy.CD-Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore
1883 Birth of Armenian composer Romanos Hovakimi MELIK'YAN in Kiziyar. d-Erevan, 30 MAR 1935.
1885 Birth of French composer Guy de LIONCOURT in Caen. d- Paris, 24 DEC 1961.
1886 FP in USAmerica of Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera with Wagner's protégé, Anton Seidl, conducting in NYC.
1887 Death of German composer Anton Fahrbach.
1889 Birth of Paul Althouse Tenor / Teacher of Singing
Born 1 Dec 1889 Reading Penn Died 6 Feb 1954
Debut as Dmitri in Boris Godounov (Mussorgsky) 19 Mar 1919
Teachers:- Perley Dunn Aldrich, Miss Essick, Oscar Saenger,
Percy Rector Stevens
Pupils :- Michelle Bonhomme, Karl Brock, Irene Dalis, Marie Powers
Leopold Simoneau, Eleanor Steber, Randolph Symonette
Richard Tucker, Astrid Varnay, Hilda Ohlin, Anne Brown
Created Count Strackareff in Legend (Breil)
Lionel in Shanewis (Cadman)
Francoise in Madeleine (Herbert)
Sang in premiere of Madame Sans-Gene (Giordano)
1889 Birth of Hans Heinz Bollmann Tenor
Born 1 Dec 1889 Hamburg Died 9 July 1974
Debut as Chateauneuf in Zar & Zimmermann (Lortzing) 1914
Teacher :- Enrico Rosario
1893 Death of German pianist and composer Eduard Franck, at 76 in Berlin. b- Breslau, 5 OCT 1817.
1896 Birth of composer Petko STAYNOV.
1901 Birth of American composer Dorothy JAMES. d-1982.
1902 FP of Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 2 The Four Temperaments in Copenhagen. CD-Nielsen: Symphonies no 1-3 / Blomstedt, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
1908 Birth of Greek composer Georgios KASASSOGLOU in Athens. d-Athens, 2 JUN 1984.
1910 Birth of Russian ballerina Dame Alicia Markova aka Lilian Alicia Marks. Founded English National Ballet. Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1925-32.
1917 Birth of Helmuth Kaphahn Bass
Born 1 Dec 1917 Berlin
Teachers:- Peter Lordmann, Waldemar Staegemann
Sang in premiere of Hexe von Passau (Gerster)
1925 Birth of composer Jaime MENDOZA-NAVA.
1925 Death of Panamanian composer Vicente Arregui Garay, at 54. d-Madrid, 3 JUL 1871.
1926 Death of German composer Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, at 83 Salzbrunn. b- Silesia, 23 JAN 1843.
1927 Birth of American composer Grant BEGLARIAN in Tiflish, Persia. Father of composer Eve Beglarian. d-5 JUL 2002.
1929 Birth of Wolfgang Anheisser Baritone
Born 1 Dec 1929 Koln Died 5 Jan 1974
Debut as Nardo in Finta Giardinieri (Mozart) 1961
Teacher :- Karl Schmitt-Walter
1929 Birth of Uraguayan conductor, oboist and composer Leon BIRIOTTI in Montevideo.
1932 Birth of Heather Begg Mezzo-Soprano
Born 1 Dec 1932 New Zealand
Debut as Azucena in Trovatore (Verdi) 1954
Teachers:- Joan Cross, Anne Wood, Florence Weise-Norberg, Mary Leo
Created Teacher in Eighth Wonder (John)
Sang in premiere of Little Mermaid (Boyd)
1932 Death of Spanish composer Amadeo Vives, at 61 in Madrid. b- Collbato, 18 NOV 1871.
1933 Birth of American composer and teacher Marianne BAHMANN in Schuykill County PA.
1934 FP of Ravel's last work, Don Quichotte a
Dulcinee in Paris at Colonne Concert.
1935 FP of Serge Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2. Madrid Symphony, with Spanish conductor Enrique Fernández Arbós and French violinist Robert Soëtens.CD-Prokofiev and Glazunov Violin Concertos
1935 Death of Austrian operatic bass-baritone Richard Mayr at 58 in Vienna. b-Henndorf, 18 NOV 1877. Debut as Hagen in Gotterdammerung (Wagner)
Teacher :- Julius Kniese
Created Barak in Frau Ohne Schatten (Strauss)
1937 Birth of English composer Gordon CROSSE in Lancashire.
1937 FP of Ralph Vaughan Williams' one-act opera Riders to the Sea in London. CD-Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea; Epithalamion
1939 Death of German conductor and composer Max Fiedler, at 79 in Stockholm. b- Zittau, 31 DEC 1859.
1944 FP of Bela Bartok's Concerto for orchestra. Boston Symphony, Serge Koussevitzky conducting.CD-Bartok: Concerto for orchestra Sz116; Music Sz106
1944 FP of Prokofiev's 8th Piano sonata.CD-Prokofiev: Complete Piano Sonatas
1944 FP of Gruenberg's Violin Concerto, Op. 47. Violinist Jascha Heifetz, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting.CD-Prokofiev / Gruenberg: Violin Concertos
1945 MET Opera debut of Dorothy Kirsten, in La Boheme.
1945 Death of composer Harvey Bartlett Gaul, at 64.
1946 Birth of Austrian pianist Rudolf BUCHBINDER (BOOK BEHN der) in Leitmeritz.
1950 Birth of American composer Jeffrey D. BRODY.
1950 Death of British composer Ernest John Moeran, at 55 in Kenmare, County Derry, Ireland. b-Heston, Middlesex, 31 DEC 1894.
1951 Benjamin Britten conducts the FP of his opera
Billy Budd in London.
1951 Death of Czech composer Felix Petyrek, at 59 in Vienna. b-Brunn, 14 MAY 1892.
1956 FP of Leonard Bernstein's Candide at Martin Beck Theater NYC
for 73 performances.
1957 FP of Igor Stravinsky's ballet Agon by the New York City Ballet, choreographed by Georges Balanchine. The first concert performance of score was on 17 JUN 1957, for the 75th birthday of Stravinsky conducted by Robert Craft in LA, CA.CD-The Music of Stravinsky
1960 Birth of American composer Alexandra OTTAWAY.
1960 Birth of Romanian soprano Leontina VADUVA.
1960 Death of composer Ion Vasilescu, at 57.
1965 Death of Ersilde Cervi Caroli Soprano / Teacher of Singing
Born 1884 Ferrara Died 1 Dec 1965
Debut as Mimi in Boheme (Puccini) 1904
Pupils :- Renata Tebaldi, Mafalda Favero, Clara Petrella, Lella Gaio
1968 Death of Rumanian choral director Nicolae Bretan in Cluj. b-Nasaud, 6 APR 1887.
1970 Birth of Belgian composer Stefan MEYLAERS in Neerpelt.
1977 FP of Lukas Foss' American Cantata in NYC.
1989 Death of American choreographer Alvin Ailey, Blues Suite,
Revelations, at 58.
1997 Death of French classical and jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli,
at 89. b-Paris, 26 JAN 1908. Obit.
1998 Death of Dutch composer Albert de Klerk in Haarlem. b-Haarlem, 4 OCT 1917.
2001 Death of American composer Robert HELPS in Tampa, FL. b-NJ, 23 SEP 1928.
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