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- 1562 Death of Flemish composer Adrian Willaert, in Venice. b-Roulers (or perhaps Bruges) in the Netherlands c-1490.
- 1731 Birth of Bohemian pianist and composer Frantisek Xaver DUSEK. d- 12
FEB.
- 1733 FP of J. S. Bach's Secular Cantata No. 214 Tönet ihr Pauken, erchallet Trompeten at a public performance in the garden of Zimmermann's Coffee House in Leipzig. Birthday of the Princess-Elector and Queen of Poland, Maria Josepha, wife of August III.
- 1737 Birth of composer Robert KIMMERLING.
- 1741 Birth of French dancer and choreographer Maximilian JLP GARDEL,
Menuet Reine. d-11 MAR 1787.
- 1744 Birth of composer Pierre Joseph CANDIELLE. d-24 APR 1827.
- 1785 Death of composer Antonio Maria Mazzoni, at 68. b-4 JAN 1717.
- 1789 Birth of composer John FAWCETT. d-26 OCT 1867.
- 1795 Birth of French composer and horn player Jacques Francois GALLAY in Perpignan. d-Paris, 1864.
- 1806 Birth of Louis-Gilbert Duprez Tenor / Teacher of Singing / Composer
Born 8 Dec 1806 Paris Died 23 Sep 1896
Debut as Almaviva in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1825
Teacher :- Alexander Choron
Pupils :- Luigi Agnesi, Emma Albani, Bantu, Fides Devries,
Jeanne Devries, Emile Engel, Marie Heilbronn, Adele Isaac,
Marie Marimon, Marie Miolan-Carvalho, Albert Niemann,
Pol Plancon, Celine Schutz, Constance Nantier-Didiee,
Caroline Carvalho, Elie Sylva, Pietro Scudo
Created Duke of Bedford in Charles VI (Halevy)
Benvenuto Cellini in Benvenuto Cellini (Berlioz)
Fernando in Favorita (Donizetti)
Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti)
Ugo in Parisina (Donizetti)
Henry II in Rosmunda D'Inghilterra (Donizetti)
Poliuto in Poliuto (Donizetti)
Dom Sebastian in Dom Sebastian (Donizetti)
Gaston in Jerusalem (Verdi)
Demetrio in Marsa (Coccia)
- 1809 Birth of bassonist and teacher at Brussels and Paris
Conservatories, J. B. WILLENT-BORDOGNI.
- 1811 Birth of German composer Louis Alexander Balthasar SCHINDELMEISSER in Königsberg. d-Darmstadt, 30 MAR 1864.
- 1813 FP of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7. Conducted by the nearly deaf
composer, in Vienna.
CD-Beethoven: 9 Symphonien
1844 FP of Schumann's Piano Quartet, Op 47 at the Gewandhaus.
Clara Schumann was pianist, Ferdinand David violinist and Niels W. Gade
violist, in Leipzig.CD-Robert Schumann: Meisterwerke Zum Kennenlernen
1846 FP of Hector Berlioz's opera La Damnation de Faust.CD-Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust
1849 FP of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Luisa Miller, in Naples.CD-Verdi - Luisa Miller / Pavarotti ˇ Caballé ˇ Milnes ˇ Giaiotti ˇ Reynolds ˇ van Allan ˇ NP ˇ Maag
1853 Death of American piano craftsman Jonas Chickering, who founded the
firm bearing his name in 1823.
1865 Birth of Finnish composer Jean (Johan) Julius SIBELIUS in Tavastehus,
Hameenlinna. d-Jarvenpaa, 20 SEP 1957.
1873 Birth of American ragtime composer Max HOFFMAN. d-1963.
1877 Birth of composer Paul Emile LADMIRAULT.
1879 FP of Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suite No. 1, in Moscow.
1882 Birth of popular Mexican composer and conductor Manuel Maria PONCE (POHN seh) in Fresnillo, Zacatecas Mexico. The composer of
Estrellita and other popular pieces. d-Mexico
City, 24 APR 1948. Ponce Society Bio Site.
1887 Birth of American composer Jesse Randal BAXTER. d-1960.
1887 Birth of composer Vicente Emilio SOJO.
1890 Birth of Czech composer Bohuslav MARTINU in Policka. d-nr Basel, 28 AUG 1959.
1895 Birth of Conchita Supervia Mezzo-Soprano
Born 8 Dec 1895 Barcelona Died 30 Mar 1936
Debut in Amantes de Teruel (Breton) 1910
1897 Birth of British composer Leslie HEWARD.
1900 Death of English song composer, singer and organist Henry Russell in London. Father of Sir Landon Ronald Russell. b-Sheerness, 24 DEC 1812.
1903 Birth of violinist Zoltan SZEKELY. d-5 OCT 2001. Obit.
1903 Birth of Irene Eisinger Soprano
Born 8 Dec 1903 Kosel Died 8 Apl 1994
Debut 1926
Teacher :- Paula Mark-Neusser
1905 Birth of American composer Charles CUSHING. d-1982.
1905 Birth of German composer Ernst Hermann MEYER in Berlin. d-Berlin, 1988.
1907 Birth of American composer Tony AUBIN.
1911 American composer and conductor Henry Hadley leads the first subscription concert of the San Francisco Symphony at the Cort Theater in San Francisco. With Wagner's Prelude from Die Meistersinger, Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony, Theme and Variations, from Haydn's Emperor Quartet, Liszt's tone-poem Les Préludes by Liszt.
1912 Birth of Welsh composer Daniel JONES. d-1993.
1915 On his 50th birthday, Jean Sibelius conducts the FP of
the final
version of his Fifth Symphony, in Helsinki.CD-Sibelius: Symphony No. 1, 2, 5 & 7; The Swan of Tuonela
1918 Birth of French baritone Gerard SOUZAY (Gerard Marcel Tisserand) in Angers. d-17 AUG 2004. Debut as Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas (Purcell) 1960
Teachers:- Pierre Bernac, Claire Croiza, Lotte Lehmann,
Jean-Emile Vanni-Marcoux
Pupils :- Penelope Walker, Nancy Argenta
1919 Birth of German film score composer Hans-Dieter HOSALLA.
1919 Birth of Polish-Russian composer Moisei VAINBERG in Warsaw. d-Moscow, Russia, 26 FEB 1996.
1921 Birth of cellist Terence WEIL.
1924 Death of Polish-German pianist and composer Franz X Scharwenka at 74, in Berlin. b-Szamotuly, 6 JAN 1850.
1925 Death of German composer Carl Wilhelm Drescher.
1930 Birth of composer Alain WEBER.
1931 Birth of Polish composer Rudolf KOMOROUS in Prague.
1931 FP of George Gershwin's musical political satire Of Thee I Sing, book by George S. Kaufman and Morris Ryskind, at the Majestic Theater in Boston.CD-Gershwin: Of Thee I Sing/Let 'em Eat Cake
1933 (7th?) Death of Dutch composer Jan Willem Frans Brandts Buys in Salzburg, Austria. b-Zutphen, 12 SEP 1868.
1934 Birth of Edward Sooter Tenor
Born 8 Dec 1934 Salina Kansas
Debut as Florestan in Fidelio (Beethoven) 1966
1934 Death of composer Bernhard Seklas, at 62.
1939 Death of American composer, pianist and conductor Ernest Schelling, at age 63 in NYC. b-Belvidere, NJ 16 JUL 1876.
1939 Birth of Irish flutist James GALWAY in
Belfast.
1943 FP of Miaskovsky's Symphony No. 24, in Moscow.
1946 Birth of American composer, actor and classical music commentator John RUBINSTEIN in Los Angeles. Son of pianist Arthur Rubinstein. Biography.
1947 Birth of Yuri Marusin Tenor
Born 8 Dec 1947 Perm
Debut 1972
1953 Death of Frederick Ranalow Baritone
Born 7 Nov 1873 Kingstown Ireland Died 8 Dec 1953
Debut as Papageno in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1914
Teacher :- Albert Randeggar
Created Policeman in Boatswain's Mate (Smyth)
Sang in premiere of The Critic (Stanford)
1955 Death of Swiss musicologist Jacques Handschin, at 69.
1956 Death of composer Edgar Leslie Bainton, at 76.
1960 Birth of American composer Joel Phillip FRIEDMAN.
1960 Birth of American composer Thomas TUMULTY.
1961 Death of composer William Beatton Moonie, at 78.
1969 Birth of American composer Robert VOISEY.
1969 Death of composer Vincenzo Davico, at 80.
1971 Death of Marie Collier Soprano
Born 16 Apr 1926 Melbouurne Died 8 Dec 1971
Debut as Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) 1954
Teachers:- Joan Cross, Dawson Freer, Getrude Johnson,
Katherine Wielaert, Elizabeth van Rompaey
Created Hecuba in King Priam (Tippett)
Christine Mannon in Mourning Becomes Electra (Levy)
1980 "Bravo" network premieres on cable TV. Originally conceived as a cultural network.
1981 Death of Maria Pedrini Soprano
Born 1910 Brisighella Died 8 Dec 1981
Debut as Helena in Mefistofele (Boito) 1931
Sang in premiere of Giulio Cesare (Malipiero)
1990 Death of John Alexander Tenor
Born 21 Oct 1923 Meridian Mississippi Died 8 Dec 1990
Debut as Faust in Faust (Gounod) 1952
Teachers:- Dimitri Onofrei, Robert Weede
Pupil :- Dana Talley
Created Marco in Monna Vanna (Rachmaninov)
1996 Death of Jules Bastin Baritone
Born 18 Aug 1933 Pont-Ligneville Died 8 Dec 1996
Debut as Caronte in L'Orfeo (Monteverdi)
Teacher :- Frederic Anspach
Pupil :- Daniel Ottevaere
2003 Death of German bass-baritone Hans Hotter
See obituary in The Guardian Unlimited. Hotter enjoyed an operatic career spanning more than 50 years. b-Offenbach am Main, Germany, 9 JAN 1909. Links ~ age 94.
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