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- 1669 Birth of Italian librettist Apostolo ZENO in Venice.
- 1721 Marriage of J.S. Bach's employer, Prince Leopold of Cöthen, 27, to Frederica Henrietta von Anhalt-Bernburg, 19, at Bernburg. She is not a music fan and a year later Bach applies for a new job in Leipzig.
- 1726 FP of J. S. Bach's Cantata No. 207 Vereinigte Zwietracht der wechselnden Saiten composed for the installation of philologist and jurist Gottlieb Kortte as Professor of Law at the University of Leipzig.
- 1757 Birth of English organist and harpsichordist Charles WESLEY, Jr. in Bristol. d-London, 23 MAY 1834.
- 1758 Birth of German teacher and composer Carl ZELTER in Berlin. Taught Mendelssohn.
Founder of men's singing societies. d-Berlin, 15 MAY 1832.
- 1803 Birth of French composer Hector BERLIOZ in Cote-Saint-Andre. d-nr Grenoble, 8 MAR
1869.
- 1811 Birth of Julian Dobrski Tenor
Born 11 Dec 1811 Nowe Poland Died 2 May 1886
Debut as Almaviva in Barbiere di Siviglia
Teacher :- C E Soliva
Pupil :- Teodozja Friderici-Jakowicka
Created Jontek in Halka (Moniuszko)
Stefan in Haunted Manor (Moniuszko)
- 1838 Birth of English composer Whitney Eugene THAYER. d-1889.
Gabriel Soulacroix Baritone
Born 11 Dec 1853 Fumal Died 1905
Debut in Dragons de Villars (Maillart) 1878
Created Prior in Jongleurs de Notre Dame (Massenet)
Gabriel in Pilote (Urich)
Treocrite in Arethuse (De Montgomery)
Myrrhon in Messeline (De Lara)
Sang in premiere of Basoche (Messager)
- 1853 Birth of David Thomas Ffrangcon-Davies Baritone
Born 11 Dec 1855 Bethesda Carnavon Died 13 Apr 1919
Debut as Herald in Lohengrin (Wagner) 1890
Teachers :- Latter, Albert Randeggar, William Shakespeare
- 1855 Birth of composer Julian EDWARDS. d-1910.
- 1856 Birth of Welsh baritone D. T. FRANGCON-DAVIS.
- 1862 Birth of
- 1862 Birth of Hans Rudiger Tenor
Born 11 Dec 1862 Zullichau Died 30 Oct 1937
Debut in 1896
Created Don Eugenio de Zunige in Corregidor (Wolf)
- 1864 Death of Aloys Ander Tenor
Born 24 Aug 1821 Libitz Died 11 Dec 1864
Debut as Alessandro Stradella in Alessandro Stradella (Flotow) 1845
Created Lionel in Martha (Flotow)
- 1864 Birth of German pianist Adele ous der Ohe in Hanover. d-Berlin, 7 DEC 1937.
- 1873 FP of J. Brahms' String Quartet in c, Op. 51, no. 1, by the Hellmesberger Quartet, in Vienna.
CD-Brahms: Complete String Quartets
1876 Birth of Polish orchestral composer Mieczyslaw KARLOWICZ, in Wiszniew, Lithuania. d-8
FEB 1909.
1883 Death of Giovanni Mario Tenor
Born 17 Oct 1810 Cogliari Sardinia Died 11 Dec 1883
Debut as Robert in Robert le Diable (Meyerbeer) 30 Nov 1838
Teachers:- Giulio Bordogni, Louis Ponchard, Giovanni Battista Rubini
Ciro Pinsuti
Pupil :- Fernando Valero
Created Ernesto in Don Pasquale (Donizetti)
Lodovico Martelli in Assedio di Firenze (Bottesini)
Don Carlos in Don Carlos (Costa)
Bravo in Bravo (Marliani)
Federico in Don Desiderio (Poniatowski)
Sang in premiere of Fantasma (Persiani)
Corrado d'Altamura (Ricci F)
1892 (1895?) Birth of Russian-American composer and pianist Leo ORNSTEIN in Kremenchug. d-Green bay, WI 24 FEB 2002.
1892 Birth of Italian tenor Giacomo LAURI-VOLPI in Rome Died 17 Mar 1979
Debut as Arturo in Puritani (Bellini) 2 Sept 1919
Teachers:- Antonio Cotogni, Enrico Rosati
Created Pedro in Anima Allegra (Vittadini)
1897 Birth of Fritz Krenn Baritone
Born 11 Dec 1897 Vienna Died 13 July 1963
Debut as Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)
Teacher :- Otto Iro
Created Clement de Jonghe in Rembrandt van Rijn (Von Klenau)
Sang in premiere of Neues vom Tage (Hindemith)
1899 Birth of Max Meili Tenor
Born 11 Dec 1899 Winterthur 17 Mar 1970
Teacher :- Felix Von Kraus
1906 Birth of Sara Scuderi Soprano
Born 11 Dec 1906 Catania Died 24 Dec 1987
Debut as Desdemona in Otello (Verdi) 1925
Teacher :- Matteo Aderno
Sang in premiere of Volte Della Vergine (Carmassi)
Giulio Cesare (Malipiero)
1908 FP of Frederick Delius' In a Summer Garden. London Philharmonic.CD-Delius: Orchestral Works
1908 Birth of American composer and teacher Elliott Cook CARTER, Jr. in NYC. Publisher's Site.
1910 Birth of Gunther Ambrosius Baritone
Born 11 Dec 1910 Died 18 Mar 1972
Teacher :- Julius van Raatz-Brockmann
Sang in premiere of Kluge (Orff)
1918 Russian conductor Nikolai Sokoloff leads the first concert of the Cleveland Orchestra at Gray's Armory. A benefit for St. Ann's Church the program included Liszt's Les Préludes, Victor Herbert's American Fantasy, Bizet's Carmen Suite, two movements of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, Liadov's Enchanted Lake.
1925 Birth of Bette Bjorling Mezzo-Soprano
Born 11 Dec 1925
Debut as Amneris in Aida (Verdi) 1947
Teacher :- Karin Branzell
1925 FP of Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 6 Sinfonia Semplice. Composer conducting Royal Orchestra in Copenhagen.CD-Nielsen: Symphonies no 4-6 / Blomstedt, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
1926 Birth of Leonie Rysanek Soprano
Born 11 Dec 1926 Vienna Born 7 Mar 1998
Debut as Agathe in Freischutz (Weber) 1949
Teachers:- Rudolf Grossmann, Alfred Jerger
1928 Library of Congress organizes The Society of Friends of Music and presents it's first concert.
1929 Birth of Peter Gougaloff Tenor
Born 11 Dec 1929 Welmgrad Bulgaria
Debut as Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) 1961
Teachers:- Christo Brambarov, Rudolf Dresslmair, Helge Roswaenge
Sang in premiere of Dreyfus Die Affaire (Meier)
1929 Birth of Laime Andersone-Silare Mezzo-Soprano
Born 11 Dec 1929 Latvia
Pupil :- Ieve Kepe
1935 Death of Modest Menzinsky Tenor
Born 29 Apr 1875 Novosilky Galicia Died 11 Dec 1935
Debut as Lionel in Martha (Flotow) 19 Sep 1901
Teachers:- Julius Stockhausen, Valerie Wysocki
Created Nan in Irrelohe (Schrecker)
1935 FP of Alban Berg's Lulu in Vienna.
1935 FP of Henry Cowell's Mosaic Quartet String Quartet No. 3. Modern Art Quartet at the 7th of the WPA Composers' Forum-Laboratories, at the Midtown Community Center in NYC.
1937 Birth of American composer Jan BACH in Forrest, IL.
1939 Birth of Atsuko Azuma Soprano
Born 11 Dec 1939 Osaka
Debut as Suzel in Amico Fritz (Mascagni) 1963
Teachers:- Ettore Campogalliani, Giulio Tess, Fumiko Yotsuya
Sang in premiere of Rashomon (Ludwig)
1941 Birth of Jeffrey Lawton Tenor
Born 11 Dec 1941 Oldham
Debut as Florestan in Fidelio (Beethoven) 1981
Teacher :- Patrick McGuigan
1944 Birth of Jon Garrison Tenor
Born 11 Dec 1944 Higgensville Mo
Debut as Porter in Death in Venice (Britten) 19 Oct 1974
Created Adonis in Garden of Adonis (Weisgall)
Edmund in Holy Blood and Crescent Moon (Copeland)
Pedro in Ines de Castro (Macmillan)
1944 Birth of composer David Ashley WHITE.
1946 Birth of Scottish tenor Neil MACKIE.
1950 FP of Paul Hindemith's Clarinet Concerto. Benny Goodman, Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting.CD-Martin Fröst plays concertos dedicated to Benny Goodman
1952 First Pay-TV presentation of an opera. At 31 theaters over 70,000 people saw Richard Tucker in
Carmen.
1953 Death of English conductor Albert Coates in Milnerton, South Africa. b-St. Petersburg, Russia 23 APR 1882.
(18 DEC?) 1958 Birth of American composer Julia WOLFE. Schirmer, her
publisher-distributor in its Composer's anniversary pages has JW's 50th b-day anniv. scheduled for Dec 18, 2008.
1959 FP of Dutilleux's Symphony No. 2, in Boston.CD-Henri Dutilleux: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
1962 Death of Hanna Allin Soprano
Born 5 Sep 1916 Denmark 11 Dec 1962
Teachers:- Margrete Ernst, Kristine Lindemann, Elizabeth Rado, Rizzo
Ingeborg Steffenson
1962 Debut of Wagnerian tenor Jess Thomas at the MET Opera in Die Meistersinger.
Photo.
b-South Dakota, 4 AUG 1927. d-11 OCT 1993. Debut as Malcolm in Macbeth (Verdi) 1957.
1964 Death of Austrian composer and wife of composer Gustav Mahler, Alma Schindler Mahler in NYC. b-Vienna, 31 AUG 1879.
1967 Death of Italian conductor and composer Victor de Sabata in Santa Margherita. b-Trieste, 10 APR 1892.
1971 Birth of American composer Daniel Bernard ROUMAIN.
1971 Death of Ina Maria Ferraris Soprano
Born 1882 Milan Died 11 Dec 1971
Debut as Philine in Mignon (Thomas) 1908
Teacher :- Vittorio Vanzo
Created Lisette in Rondine (Puccini)
1976 Death of Francesco Merli Tenor
Born 27 Jan 1887 Milan Died 11 Dec 1976
Debut as Alvaro in Fernand Cortez (Spontini) 1916
Teachers:- Borghi, Negrini,
Pupils :- Michele Molese, Primo Zambruno
Created Baldo in Belfagor (Respighi)
Fausto in Urania (Favara)
1981 FP of David Diamond's Violin Sonata No. 2. Robert McDuffie, violin and William Black piano at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
1985 Death of Dimiter Uzunov Tenor
Born 10 Dec 1922 Stara Zagori Bulgaria Died 11 Dec 1985
Debut as Werther in Werther (Massenet) 1947
Teachers:- L Prokopova, Christo Brambarov
1985 FP of Philip Glass & Robert Moran's opera The Juniper Tree. American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA.
1996 Death of Gwen Catley Soprano
Born 2 Sep 1906 London Died 11 Dec 1996
Teachers:- Walter Hyde, Julian Kimbell, Mirskey, Bantock Pierpoint
Pupil :- Joanne Michelle
1999 Death of Hanne-Lore Kuhse Soprano
Born 28 Mar 1925 Schwaan Died 11 Dec 1999
Debut as Leonora in Fidelio (Beethoven) 1951
Teachers:- Paul Lohmann, Charlotte Menzel, Helene Schlushnus
Pupil :- Gunnar Gudbjornsson
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