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- 1490 Birth of Flemish composer Adrian WILLAERT in Bruges, Belgium. d-Venice, 7 DEC 1562. Studied music at The University of Paris
with Jean Mouton.
- 1578 Birth of Italian composer Agostino AGAZARRI. d-1640.
- 1666 FP of Moliere and Lully's Ballet of the Muses at the palace of St. Germain-en-Laye.
- 1717 J. S. Bach takes up Prince Leopold's offer to become
Kapellmeister at Cothen.
- 1729 (JC, GC=13 DEC) FP of G. F. Handel's opera Lotario at the King's Theater in the Haymarket in London.
- 1730 Birth of English composer Capel BOND in Coventry. d-Binley, 14 FEB 1790.
- 1760 Birth of German composer Joseph GRAETZ in Vohburg. d-Munich, 17 JUL 1826.
- 1763 Death of composer Carl August Thielo, at 56. b-7 FEB 1707.
- 1774 Death of German composer and organist Johann Friedrich Agricola, at 54.
- 1813 Birth of German composer Jacob ROSENHAIM. d-24 MAR 1894.
- 1831 Death of composer Traugott Maximilian Eberwein, at 56.
- 1836 London's Musical World first suggests program notes for concert
goers.
- 1840 FP of Donizetti's La Favorita at the Paris
Opera.
- 1843 FP of Schumann's Paradise and the Peri. He
conducted the voices and orchestra in Leipzig.
- 1845 Death of Bavarian choral conductor and composer Johannes Simon Mayr, at 82 in Bergamo. b-Mendorf, 14 JUN 1763.
- 1854 Birth of Dutch composer Hendrika Van TUSSENBROEK in Utrecht. d-21 JUN 1935.
- 1856 Birth in Helsinki of Finnish conductor and composer Robert KAJANUS.
Noted for early Sibelius recordings.
- 1858 Birth of Rene Fournets Bass
2 Dec 1858 Pau Died Dec 1926
Debut as Frere Laurent in Romeo et Juliette (Gounod) 1884
Teachers:- Boulanger, Louise-Henri Obin
Created Alphonse D'Este in Tasse (D'Harcourt)
Sang in premiere of Briseis (Chabrier)
- 1863 Birth of composer Gustav WOHLGEMUTH.
- 1866 Birth of choral director and organist Henry Thacker BURLEIGH in Stamford, CT. Introduced Dvorak to negro spirituals. d-Doorn ,12 SEP 1949.
- 1870 Birth of French composer, violinist and conductor
Francis Louis CASADESUS.
- 1873 Birth of Julie Guiraudon Soprano
Born 2 Dec 1873
Created Cendrillon in Cendrillon (Massenet)
Irene in Sapho (Massenet)
Jonia in Roma (Massenet)
Sang in premiere of Juif Polonais (Erlanger)
Basoche ( Messager)
Yato (Labori)
- 1873 Birth of Adrienne Von Kraus-Osborne Mezzo-Soprano
Born 2 Dec 1873 Buffalo N Y Died 15 June 1951
Debut 1893
Teachers:- Auguste Gotze, Felix Von Kraus (husband)
- 1876 Birth of Hermine Kittel Mezzo-Soprano
Born 2 Dec 1876 Vienna 4 Apr 1948
Debut 1897
Teacher :- Amalie Materna
- 1877 FP of Saint-Saens Samson and Delilah. Conducted by Liszt at
Weimar.
CD-Saint-Saëns - Samson et Dalila / Gorr · Vickers · Blanc · Corazza · Prêtre
1879 Birth of Bohemian-American operetta composer Rudolf FRIML (Frimel) in Prague. d-Los Angeles,
12 NOV 1972.
1880 Death of composer Josephine Lang, at 65 in Tübingen. b-Munich, 14 MAR 1815.
1883 FP of Brahms' Third symphony, Hans Richter conducting in Vienna.CD-Johannes Brahms: The Symphonies
1886 FP of Brahms' Violin Sonata No. 2 in A, Op. 100, in Vienna. CD-Brahms:The Violin and Viola Sonatas
1888 Birth of Louis Morturier Bass
Born 2 Dec 1888 St Pierre-le-Moutier
Debut 1919
Teachers:- Guillamat, Sizes
1888 Death of composer Franz Xaver Witt, at 54.
1889 Birth of American tenor and instructor Paul L. ALTHOUSE.
1892 Birth of composer Leo ORNSTEIN. d-24 FEB 2002.
1895 Birth of English pianist Harriet COHEN. d-1967.
1899 Birth of English conductor Sir John BARBIROLLI in London. d-London, 29 JUL 1970.
1901 Birth of Flemish organist and composer Staff NEESIST.
1901 FP of Serge Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata, Op. 19. Anatoly Brandukov, with the composer at the piano in Moscow. CD-Sonatas for Cello by Schubert and Rachmaninoff
1902 Birth of composer Miroslav PONC.
1904 Death of composer Victor Roger, at 50.
1905 Birth of composer Osvaldo PUGLIESE.
1915 Birth of Dutch composer Nico RICHTER. d-1945 from affects in
concentration camp.
1915 Death of composer Jan Malat, at 72. b-1843.
1916 Death of composer Francesco Paolo Tosti, at 69, in Rome.
1919 Birth of William Wildermann Bass-Baritone
Born 2 Dec 1919 Stuttgart
Debut as King in Aida (Verdi) 1946
Teacher :- Carl Yost
Created Cardinal in Duchess of Malfi (Burton S D)
Sam in Harvest (Giannini)
1920 Birth of composer Robert MOEVS.
1923 (Or Dec 3rd) Birth in NYC of Greek-American soprano Maria CALLAS
aka Maria Sofia Cecilia Kalogeropoulos. d-Paris, 16 SEP 1977.
1923 Death of Spanish composer Tomas Breton y Hernandez, at 72. Picture. b-Salamanca, 1850.
1924 Death of Emmy Achte Soprano
Born 14 Nov 1850 Olou Finland Died 2 Dec 1924
Debut 1875
Teachers:- Mechelin, Masset, Fredrika Andrea Stenhammer, Anna Hildach
Francisco Lamperti
Pupil :- Aino Ackte (daughter)
1924 FP in USAmerica of Romberg's The Student Prince in NYC.CD-The Student Prince (1989 London Studio Cast)
1925 Birth of Russian Mezzo-Soprano Irina ARKHIPOVA.
1925 Death of Spanish composer Julio Garreta, at 50 in San Feliu. b-San Feliu de Quixols, 1875.
1928 Birth of Austrian pianist Jorge DEMUS.
1928 FP of Franz Schmidt's Symphony No. 3, in Vienna.
1928 FP of Arnold Schoenberg's Variations for Orchestra in Berlin.
1929 Birth of American tuba virtuoso Harvey PHILLIPS in Aurora MO. Tubist with NYC Ballet Orch.
1930 Birth of Ivana Mixova Mezzo-Soprano
Born 2 Dec 1930 Vienna
Debut as Bertha in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1950
Teachers:- Marie Fialova, Konstantin Karenin, Bohumil Sobersky
Created Volumnia in Corolanus (Cikker)
Hera in Torch of Prometheus (Hanus)
1931 Death of French composer Vincent D'Indy at 80 in Paris. b-Paris, 27 MAR 1851.
John Kitchiner Baritone
Born 2 Dec 1933 Bedford
Teachers:- Joan Cross, Ellis Keeler, Otakar Krauss
Created Salinas in Royal Hunt of the Sun (Hamilton)
French Officer 2, Mirbank, Saint Remy, Spanish General 2 in Toussaint(Blake)
Denys Feather in One Man Show (Maw)
1932 Birth of American composer Stanley WALDEN.
1933 Death of German composer Josef Gruber, at 78. b-1863.
1935 Birth of composer Jurg WYTTENBACH.
1936 Birth of composer Peter Michael BRAUN.
1937 Birth of American composer Katherine HOOVER.
1941 Death of Ester Osborne Soprano
Born 17 Dec 1878 Minneapolis Died 2 Dec 1941
Debut as Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 1905
Teacher :- C A Soderman
1942 Death of Wilhelm Gruning Tenor
Born 2 Nov 1858 Berlin Died 2 Dec 1942
Debut 1881
Teachers:- Jenny Meyer, Julius Stern
Pupil :- Carl Clewing
Created Henning Moller in Roland von Berlin (Leoncavallo)
Sang in premiere of Pfeifertag (Schillings)
1943 Birth of Thomas Palmer Baritone
Born 2 Dec 1943 Harrisburg Penn
Debut as Valentin in Faust (Gounod) 1966
1943 FP, on Broadway, of Oscar Hammerstein II's reworking of Bizet's
"Carmen", Carmen Jones with an all black cast.CD-Carmen Jones (Studio Cast Recording) (Highlights)
1946 FP of D. Milhaud's Symphony No. 2, by the Boston Symphony with the composer conducting.
1949 FP of Bela Bartók's Viola Concerto, completed by Tibor Serly, posthumously, by violist William Primrose and the Minneapolis Symphony, Antal Dorati conducting. CD-Bartok: Viola Concertos
1949 FP of Olivier Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony, by Boston Symphony conducted by Leonard Bernstein. Three movements of the ten movement symphony were FP on 15 FEB 1948 in Paris. CD-Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony
1950 Birth of American ballerina Merrill ASHLEY in St. Paul MN. NYC Ballet.
1950 Death of Rumanian pianist and composer Constantin Dinu Lipatti near Geneva, at 33, of Lymphonic disease.
1951 Death of David Stockman Tenor
Born 30 Nov 1879 Goteborg Died 2 Dec 1951
Debut as Wilhelm Meister in Mignon (Thomas) 1905
Teacher :- H Hoffmann
1953 Birth of Korean pianist Myung-Whun CHUNG in Seoul Korea.
1955 Birth of American composer Kenneth FRAZELLE in NC.
1955 FP of Ernst Toch's Symphony No. 3. Pittsburgh Symphony, William Steinberg conducting. Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1956. CD-Ernst Toch: Symphonies 2 & 3
1955 FP of Goffredo Petrassi's Concerto No. 5 for orchestra in Boston, MA.CD-Petrassi: Concerto for orchestra No3; Concerto for orchestra No5
1959 Death of Italian composer Antonio Savasta in Napoli. b-Catania, 22 AUG 1873.
1970 FP of Michael Tippett's Opera Knot Garden, in London.
1974 Death of Russian-Canadian composer Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, at age 72 in Stuttgart. b-Moscow, 6 JAN 1899.
1979 Death of composer Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, at 72.
1981 Death of American composer and arranger Hershy Kay, at 62. b-Philadelphia. Arranger for Broadway and screen productions and often worked with Leonard Bernstein. He composed and arranged ballets including Balanchine's Western Symphony.
1988 FP of John Harbison's Fantasy Duo for violin and piano. Violinist David Abel and pianist Julie Steinberg at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. CD-John Harbison: The Boston Collection
1990 Death of American composer Aaron Copland at 90 in North
Tarrytown, NY. b-Brooklyn, NY 14 NOV 1900. Publishers Biography.
1998 FP of Ellen Taffe Zwilich's String Quartet No. 2. Emerson Quartet at Carnegie Hall in NYC.
1999 FP of James MacMillan's Symphony No. 2. Scottish Chamber Symphony, with the composer conducting at Ayr Town Hall in Scotland.CD-MacMillan: Sinfonietta; Symphony No2
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