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- 1576 Birth of Italian composer Marsilio CASENTINI in Trieste. b-Gemona, 16 JUN 1651. Son of singer Silao. Composed popular madriga Partiti e tri consola.
- 1668 Birth of German composer Casimir SCHWEIZELSPERG in Rosenheim, Oberbayern.
- 1596 Birth of cello and violin craftsman Nicola AMATI in Cremona Italy.
- 1712 (GC, JC=22 NOV)FP of G. F. Handel's opera Il pastor fido in London.
- 1721 Bach's second marriage... to Anna Magdalena Wulcken, singer, harpsichordist, and copyist, daughter of a trumpeter. She gave birth to thirteen of Bach's childen. See The Bach Family.
- 1724 FP of Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 62 Nun komm der Heiden Heiland on the 1st Sunday in Advent as part of second annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1724-25.
- 1729 Birth/Baptism of Spanish organist and composer Padre Antonio Francisco
Javier Jose SOLER in Olot. d-El Escorial, 20 DEC 1783.
- 1839(GC, JC=22 NOV)FP of Handel's Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day in London.
- 1740(GC, JC=22 NOV)FP of Handel's opera Imeneo in London.
- 1747 Death of Marie Antier Soprano
Born 1687 Lyons Died 3 Dec 1747
Debut 1711
Teacher :- Marie Le Rochois
Created Almasie in Jepthe (Monteclair)
- 1750 (1760?)Death of Italian composer Roque Ceruti in Lima, Peru. b-Milan, 1683 or 1686.
- 1750 Birth of German priest, organist and composer Johann Franz Xaver STERKEL in Wurzberg. d-Wurzberg, 12 OCT 1817.
- 1752 Birth of composer Georg-Friederich FUCHS.
- 1758 Birth of Bohemian priest, pianist, teacher and composer Josef GELINEK, aka Jelinek, in Seltsch. d-Vienna, 13 APR 1825.
- 1823 Death of composer Joseph Pouteau, at 84. b-7 FEB 1739.
- 1826 Birth of Belgian musicologist and lawyer Edmond van der STRAETEN.
- 1826 Death of Elizaveta Sandunova Soprano
Born 1772 St Petersburg Died 3 Dec 1826
Debut as Amore in Arbore di Diana (Martin y Soler) 1790
Teachers:- Vicente Martin Y Soler, Giovanni Paisiello, Giuseppe Sarti
- 1829 Birth of Delphine Ugalde Soprano
Born 3 Dec 1829 Paris Died 19 Jul 1910
Debut as Angele in Domino Noir (Auber) 1948
Teachers:- Laure Cinti-Damoreau, Moreau-Sainti
Pupils :- Marguerite Ugalde, Marie Sass
Sang in premiere of Halte au Moulin (Ugalde D)
- 1865 Birth of German composer Gustav Uwe JENNER in Keitum, Island of Sylt. d-Marburg, AUG 1920.
- 1866 Death of composer Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, at 65 in Karlsruhe, Germany. b-Prague, 21 FEB 1801.
- 1873 The New York Oratorio Society gives it's first concert.
- 1876 Death of German opera composer Hermann Goetz at age 35, in Hottingen, Zurich, Switzerland. b-Konigsberg, 7 DEC 1840.
- 1881 Birth of American composer James Henry FILLMORE, Jr. d-7 DEC 1956. Son of J. H. Fillmore.
- 1883 Birth of Austrian composer Anton WEBERN in Vienna. d-Mittersill, accidentally shot smoking a cigar outside his daughter's home, 15 SEP 1945, by allied soldier. Poetic justice since it has been learned he helped to create music based secret code for the Nazi's.
- 1883 Death of Gustav Holzel Bass-Baritone
Born 2 Sep 1813 Budapest Died 3 Dec 1883
Debut 1829
Created Sixtus Beckmesser in Meistersingers (Wagner)
Di Fiesco in Mario di Rohan (Donizetti)
- 1883 Oberlin College, OHIO, started classes as the first coed institution of higher learning in the United States. World class music school.
- 1889 Death of Spanish composer Baltasar Saldoni, at 82 in Madrid. b-Barcelona, 1807.
- 1894 Birth of Lotte Leonard Soprano
Born 3 Dec 1884 Hamburg Died 2 May 1976
Pupil :- Marilyn Zschau
- 1896 Birth of Polish composer Boleslaw SZABELSKI in Radoryz. d-Katowice, 27 MAR 1979.
- 1898 Birth of composer Lev Konstantinovich KNIPPER, biog , in Tbilist. d- Moscow, 30 JUL
1974.
- 1902 Birth of composer Willem Arnold de Vries ROBBE.
- 1906 Opening of the Manhattan Opera House by Oscar Hammerstein. With Bellini's I Puritani.
- 1908 FP of Elgar's First Symphony. Hans Richter conducts the Hallé Orchestra at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England.
CD-Elgar: Symphonies 1 & 2
1908 Birth of American composer Halsey STEVENS in Scott NY. d-20 JAN 1989.
1909 Birth of American composer, lyricist and writer Dana SUESSE in Kansas City. d-Shreveport, NY. 16 OCT 1987.
1911 Birth of Italian composer Nino ROTA in Milan. d-Rome, 10 APR 1979. Official Sit.
1913 FP of Franz Schmidt's Symphony No. 2, in Vienna.CD-Schmidt: Symphonies Nos. 1-4
1913 (JC, GC=16 DEC) FP of S. Rachmaninoff's Piano Sonata No. 2.
1914 Birth of American composer Irving FINE in Boston. d-Natick, MA 23 AUG 1962.
1919 Birth of English tenor Charles CRAIG. d-1997.
1920 Birth of Charles Craig Tenor
Born 3 Dec 1920 London Died 1997
Debut in Boheme (Puccini) 1953
Teachers:- Dino Borgioli, Joseph Hislop
Pupils :- Nan Christie
1922 (1921?) Birth of American soprano Phyllis CURTIN in Clarksburg WV. Debut 1946
Teachers:- Boris Goldovsky, Joseph Regneas, Olga Averino
Pupils :- Kimball Wheeler, Sandford Sylvan, Anne-Maria Bogner
Marcus Haddock
Created Catherine Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights (Floyd)
Susannah in Susannah (Floyd)
Eleanor of Aquitane in Flower & Hank (Floyd)
Celia in Passions of Jonathan Wade (Floyd)
1922 Birth of William McAlpine Tenor
Born 3 Dec 1922 Stenhousemuir
Debut as 1st Jew in Salome (Strauss) 1951
Teacher :- Joseph Hislop
Pupil :- Justin Lavender, Ashley Catling
Created Father Cornelius in Martin's Lie (Menotti)
1923 Legal birthdate of opera soprano Maria Callas, actually on Dec 2nd 1923 in New York Died 16 Sep 1977
Debut as Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) 1941
Teachers:- Elvira De Hidalgo, Maria Trivella, Enza Ferrari
Pupil :- Willard White
1923 Birth of Frank Guarrera Baritone
Born 3 Dec 1923 Philadelphia Pa
Debut as Silvio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1947
Teachers:- Richard Bonelli, Euphamia Giannini-Gregory
Pupil :- Ralph Wells
1925 FP of George Gershwin's Concerto in F. Gershwin pianist, with Walter
Damrosh and NY Symphony Society Orchestra in Carnegie Hall.CD-Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue - Piano Concerto in F - An American in Paris
1926 Birth of German pianist and composer Hans Gunther Franz OTTE in Plauen.
1929 Birth of American music critic and composer Paul Harris TUROK.
1929 Birth of German musicologist Werner RACKWITZ. Handel-Renaissance specialist.BOOK-George Frideric Handel: A Biography In Pictures (Music Book Index)
1930 Death of Robert Blass Bass
Born 27 Oct 1867 New York Died 3 Dec 1930
Debut as Heinrich in Lohengrin (Wagner) 3 Dec 1930
Teacher :- Julius Stockhausen
Created Dogberry in Much Ado about Nothing (Stanford)
1931 FP of Edward Joseph Collins Piano Concerto No. 2 in a ´Concert Piece. Chicago Symphony, Frederick Stock conducting composer was soloist
1933 Death of composer Richard Henry Warren, at 74.
1938 Birth of Urugayan conductor and composer Jose SEREBRIER in
Montevideo, Uruguay.
1939 FP of Shostakovich Sixth Symphony, in Moscow.CD-Shostakovich: Symphonies (Box Set)
1941 Death of Norwegian composer Johann Christian August Sinding at age 85, in Oslo. b-Kongsberg, 11 JAN 1856.
1942 Birth of Raymond Gibbs Tenor
Born 3 Dec 1942 Tucson Arizona
Debut as Wagner in Faust (Gounod) 1966
Created Peeper Johnny in Nine Rivers from Jordan (Weisgall)
1942 Death of Swedish composer Wilhelm Olof Peterson-Berger, at age 75 in Östersund. b-Ullĺnger, 27 FEB 1867.
1943 FP Howard Hanson's 4th Symphony, Requiem, the Boston Symphony conducted by the composer, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music, [1944].CD-Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 4; Suite from Merry Mount; Lament for Beowulf
1945 Birth of American composer and choreographer Laura DEAN, Staten Island NYC.
1946 Birth of Marjana Lipovsek Mezzo-Soprano
Born 3 Dec 1946 Ljubljana
Created Rosa Sacchi in Schwarze Maske (Penderecki)
1948 Death of Alexander Kirchner Tenor
Born 16 Mar 1876 Vienna Died 3 Dec 1948
Debut as Des Grieux in Manon (Massenet) 1909
Teachers:- Amalie Materna, Adolf Robinson
1949 FP of Ferde Grofé's Death Valley Suite. Hollywood Bowl, conducted by the composer at Desolation Canyon, CA.
1953 FP of Dmitri Shostakovitch' 5th String Quartet.CD-Shostakovitch: The Complete String Quartets (Box Set)
1953 With melodies of Alexander Borodin, the Wright-Forrest musical
Kismet opened on Broadway in NYC. The show ran for 583 performances. CD-Kismet (1953 Original Broadway Cast)
1954 Death of composer Enrique Soro Barriga, at 70.
1954 FP William Walton's opera Troilus & Cressida, at Covent Garden in London.CD-William Walton: Troilus and Cressida
1954 FP of S. Barber's oratorio Prayers of Kierkegaard for soloists, chorus and orchestra. Boston Symphony, Charles Munch conducting.
1958 FP of Colin McPhee's Nocturne for orchestra, by Leopold Stokowski's Orchestra.CD-McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan; Symphony No2
1960 Death of German musicologist and composer Hermann Stephani, at age 83, in Marburg. b-Grimma, Saxony, 28 JUN 1877.
1961 Death of Latvian composer Jekabs Graubins, at 75. b-1884.
1963 FP of Aaron Copland's revised score of ballet Dance Panels in Munich. CD-The Copland Collection: Orchestral Works, 1948-1971
1970 Birth of Israeli violinist Matt HAIMOVITZ.
1970 Death of Hedwig von Debicka Soprano
Born 24 Nov 1888 Warsaw Died 3 Dec 1970
Debut 1910
Teacher :- Pietro Sternich De Valcrociata
1975 Death of Hedwig Fichtmuller Mezzo-Soprano
Born 1 Oct 1894 Wittingen Bohemia Died 3 Dec 1975
Debut as Erda in Ring Cycle (Wagner) 1917
Teacher :- Richard Kogel
Sang in premiere of Torneo Notturno (Malipiero)
1978 Death of composer William Grant Still in LA at age 83. b-Woodville, MS 11 MAY 1895.
1979 Birth of Italian composer Gianluca CANGEMI in Palermo.
1988 Death of Sonia Sharnova Mezzo-Soprano
Born Chicago Died 3 Dec 1988
Debut 1925
Teacher :- Jean De Reszke
1992 FP of John Harbison's Oboe Concerto, soloist William Bennett with the San Francisco Symphony, conducted by Herbert Blomstedt.CD-Premiere Chamber Works
1999 Death of Classical/Jazz guitarist
Charlie
Byrd announced. Concord records Bio.CD-Charlie Byrd Christmas Album
2003 Death of American composer Meyer Kupferman at age 77. b-NYC, 3 JUL 1926.
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