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- 1550 Birth (or baptism) of Italian composer Orazio VECCHI in Modena. d-Modena, 19 FEB 1605.
- 1716 Death of Dutch composer Benedictus Buns in Boxmeer. b-Geldern, 1642.
- 1743 Birth of German composer Franz Nikolaus NOVOTNY in Eisenstadt. d-Eisenstadt, 25 AUG 1773.
- 1768 Birth of composer Johann Baptist HENNEBERG. d-1822.
- 1775 Birth of Maltese composer, organist and pianist Nicolo ISOUARD in Malta. d-Paris, 23 MAR 1818.
d-Paris, 23 MAR 1818.
- 1776 Birth of German composer Paul Friedrich STRUCK.
- 1785 Death of Kitty Clive Soprano
Born 1711 London Died 6 Dec 1785
Sang in premiere of Alfred (Arne)
- 1786 Mozart finishes his Prague Symphony in D, K. 504.
- 1794 Birth of Italian opera singer Luigi LaBLACHE in Naples.
d-23 JAN 1858. Bellini wrote
the role of Georgio in I Puritani for him. Portrait. Debut in Molinara (Fioravanti) 1812
Teachers:- Valente, Giovanni Ansani, Turchini, Giovanni Valesi
Pupils :- Joseph Tagliafico, Franz Wallnofer, Heinrich Panofka
(Donizetti)
- 1804 Birth of German soprano Wilhelmine SCHRODER-DEVRIENT in Hamburg. Died 26 Jan 1860
Debut as Pamina in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1821
Teachers:- Giuseppe Mazatti, Miksch, Radichi, Sophie Schroder
Created Senta in Flying Dutchman (Wagner)
Adriano in Rienzi (Wagner)
Venus in Tannhauser (Wagner)
- 1806 Birth of French opera composer Louis-Gilbert DuPREZ.
- 1808 Birth of German composer Johann Christian GEBAUER.
- 1833 Birth of Barbara Marchisio Mezzo-Soprano
Born 6 Dec 1833 Turin Died 19 Apl 1919
Debut as Adalgisa in Norma (Bellini) 1856
Teachers:- Gioacchino Rossini, Antonino Marchisio (brother), Fabbrica
Pupils :- Toti Dal Monte, Rosa Raisa
Sang in premiere of Piccarda Donati (Marchisio)
Duca di Scilla (Petrella)
- 1841 FP of Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 4 in d, an early version known then as his second symphony, at the Gewandhaus. The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Ferdinand David conducting in Leipzig.
CD-Schumann: Symphonies 1-4; Manfred Overture
1842 FP of Schumann's Piano Quintet in Eb, Op. 44, in the home of Carl and Heinrich Voigt in Leipzig.CD-Hummel, Schubert, Schumann: Piano Quintets
1846 FP of Berlioz The Damnation of Faust at Paris Opera the composer conducts in Paris.CD-Berlioz - La Damnation de Faust / Veasey, Gedda, Bastin, van Allan, LSO, C. Davis
1846 Birth of composer Henryk JARECKI.
1865 Death of Spanish composer Sebastian de Iradier at age 56.
1867 Death of Italian composer Giovanni Pacini at age 71 in Pescia. CD-Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture/Capriccio Italien/Beethoven: Wellington's Victory
1889 Birth of Angelo Minghetti Tenor
Born 6 Dec 1889 Bologna Died 10 Feb 1957
Debut 1920
Teacher :- Emilia Corsi
Pupil :- Ragnar Ulfung
Sang in premiere of Fiamma (Respighi)
1890 FP of Hector Berlioz' La Prise de Troie, the first portion of Les Troyens. Performed posthumously in Karlsruhe, Germany.
1892 FP of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker and opera Iolanta in St. Petersburg.CD-Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet)/ Sleeping Beauty Suite
CD-Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Iolanta
1887 Birth of American ragtime composer Joseph LAMB. d-1960.
1896 Birth of English composer Arnold FOSTER.
1896 Birth of American librettist and lyricist Ira GERSHWIN. d-1983.
1897 Birth of Swedish composer John Axel FERNSTROM.
1902 Birth of Italian composer Virgilio MORTARI.
1903 Death of American composer Frederick Grant Gleason, at 54.
1904 Birth of French pianist, and author Eve Denise CURIE, daughter
of Madame Curie.
1919 Birth of Moravian-Czech pianist Gideon KLEIN in Prerov, Moravia. d-Furstengrube, 27 JAN 1945.
1919 FP of Stravinsky's symphonic suite Le Chant du Rossignol with Ernest Ansermet
conducting, in Geneva.CD-Le Chant du Rossignol/L'Histoire du Soldat
1920 Death of composer Karel Kovarovic at age 57.
1920 Birth of American composer and jazz pianist Dave BRUBECK in Concord, CA.
1927 Birth of French composer Jacques BONDON in Boulbon.
1928 Birth of Marilyn Tyler Soprano
Born 6 Dec 1928 New York
Debut 1948
Teachers:- Toti Dal Monte, Friedrich Schorr
Sang in premiere of Martin Korda D P (Badings)
1929 Birth of Austrian conductor Nikolaus HARNONCOURT. Founded The
Concentus Musicus of Vienna, performing on period instruments of early music.
1929 Birth of composer Mark KOPYTMAN.
1929 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra at the Salle Pleyel. The Paris Symphony conducted by Ernest Ansermet, the composer was soloist in Paris.CD-The Music of Stravinsky
1933 Birth of Polish composer Henryk GORECKI (goh RET skee) in Czernica.
1933 Death of composer Auguste Chapuis at age 75.
1937 FP of Boris Blacher's Concertante Musik in Berlin.CD-Boris Blacher: Orchestral Works - Concertante Music (1937) / Suite from the Opera "FürstinTarakanova", Op. 19a (1940) / Two Inventions, Op. 46 (1954) / Music for Cleveland, Op. 53 (1957) / Concerto for Clarinet & Chamber Orchestra (1971) - Vladimir Ashkenazy
1938 Birth of Wilma Driessen Soprano
Born 16 Dec 1938 Hague
Debut as Lakme in Lakme (Delibes) 1960
Teachers:- Frans Vroons, To Van Der Sluys, Wolf Dieter Ludwig
Clara Clairbert, Lina Pagliughi
1938 Death of Georgy Baklanov Baritone
Born 23 Dec 1880 Riga Died 6 Dec 1938
Debut as Demon in Demon (Rubinstein) 1903
Teachers:- Ippolit Pryanishnikov, Vittorio Vanzo, Pets
Sang in premiere Mori di Valenza (Ponchielli)
1939 Birth of Czech composer Tomas SVOBODA in Paris.
1939 Death of Charles Dalmores Tenor
Born 1 Jan 1871 Nancy Died 6 Dec 1939
Debut as Siegfried in Ring (Wagner) 1899
Teachers:- Dauphin, Edmond-Alphonse Verguet, Franz Emmerich
Created Lancelot in Roi Arthus (Chausson)
Sang in premiere Oracolo (Leoni)
1940 FP of Arnold Schoenberg's Violin Concerto. The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski, Louis Krasner soloist.CD-Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36 / Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
1941 Birth of American conductor John NELSON in San Jose, Costa Rica.
1943 Death of English composer Hermann Lohr at age 72. b-26 OCT 1871.
1946 Death of composer Maximilian Oseyevich Shteynberg at age 63.
1949 FP of Prokofiev's Cello Sonata, Op. 119, at the Union of Composers, by cellist Mstislav Rostropovich and pianist Sviatoslav Richter in Moscow. They performed the first public performance at the Moscow Conservatory on 1 MAR 1950. CD-Shostakovich: Cello Sonata No.2/Strasvinsky: Suite Italienne For Cello And Piano/Prokofiev: Cello Sonata, Op.119
1951 Birth of Israeli pianist Daniel ADNI.
1951 Death of Leon Rothier Baritone
Born 26 Gec 1874 Rheims Died 6 Dec 1951
Debut as Jupiter in Philemon & Baucis (Gounod) 1899
Teachers:- Cresti, Pal Lherie, Leon Melchissedec
Pupil :- Richard Crooks
Created Junkman in Louise (Charpentier)
Father Time in Oiseau Bleu (Wolff)
Duquesnois in Peter Ibbetson (Taylor D)
1954 Birth of American composer Andrew VIOLETTE in NYC.
1954 Birth of Swiss composer Beat FURRER in Schaffhausen.
1955 Birth of Chinese composer Bright SHENG, in Shanghai.
1957 Death of Evan Gorga Tenor
Born 1865 Died 6 Dec 1957
Debut as Wilhelm in Mignon (Thomas) 1 Jan 1895
Created Rodolfo in Boheme (Puccini)
1958 Death of composer Erwin Bodky, at age 62. See: History of the Cambridge Society for Early Music.
1966 Death of composer Hermann Heiss, at age 68.
1971 Death of Dutch composer Hugo Godron, at 71 in Zoelmond. b-Amsterdam, 22 NOV 1900.
1973 Death of composer Justus Hermann Wetzel, at age 94.
1974 FP of Charles Wuorinen's Piano Concerto No. 2. The composer was soloist using an amplified piano, in NYC.
1977 FP of John Corigliano's Clarinet Concerto, in NYC.CD-John Corigliano: Concerto for Clarinet; Samuel Barber: Third Essay for Orchestra
1995 Death of composer Claire Polin Schaff, at age 69.
1997 FP of Aaron Jay Kernis' Ecstatic Meditations The Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle, conducts in Minneapolis, MN.
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