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- 1645 FP of Sacrati's La Finta Pazza in Paris.
- 1725 Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons concertos, Op. 8, published as part of 12 Concerti as The Contest between Harmony and Invention. Published by Gazette d'Amsterdam
- 1738 Birth of Bohemian-Cezch composer Jan Evangelista Antonin KOZELUH in Velwary, Bohemia, Czech Republic. d-Prague, Czech Republic, 3 FEB 1814.
Also see Anatoly KOSCHELICH?, KOZELUCH 1748-1818?, LEOPOLD ANTON KOZELUCH, b-Velvary,
north-west of Prague in Bohemia on 20 JUN 1747-d-1818.
- 1778 Birth of Hungarian cellist Nicolas KRAFT in Esterhazy. Son of Anton Kraft. Member Lichnowsky Quartet. Musician to Prince J. Lobkowitz.
- 1788 Death of Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH, in Hamburg at age 74. Third son of J.S. Bach. b-Weimar, 8 MAR 1714.
- 1789 Birth of Polish composer Maria SZYMANOWSKA in Warsaw. d-St. Petersburg, Russia, 25 JUL 1831.
- 1820 Death of Giuseppe Naldi Bass
Born 25 Feb 1770 Bologna Died 14 Dec 1820
Debut 1785
Created Michele in Caccia di Enrico IV (Pucitta)
- 1828 FP of Schubert's great C-Major Symphony. Forgotten until
discovered by Schumann, in Vienna.
CD-Schubert: The Complete Symphonies, Vol. 2
1830 Birth of Jean-Francois Berthelier Tenor
Born 14 Dec 1830 Panissieres Died 29 Sep 1888
Created Giraffier in Deux Aveugles (Offenbach)
Ke-Ki-Ka-Ko in Ba-Ta-Clan (Offenbach)
Paimpol in Nuit Blanche (Offenbach)
Simplet in Mariage Extravagant (Gautier)
Xailom in Barkouf (Offenbach)
Aignelet in Maitre Pathelin (Bazin)
1847 Birth of Jean Lassalle Baritone
Born 14 Dec 1847 Lyons Died 7 Sep 1909
Debut as St Bris in Huguenots (Meyerbeer) 1868
Teacher :- Novelli
Pupils :- Pavel Ludikar, Robert Lasselle (son)
Created Scindia in Roi de Lahore (Massenet)
Severe in Polyeucte (Gounod)
Ben Said in Tribut de Zamora (Gounod)
Ascanio in Ascanio (Saint Saens)
Sang in premiere of Patria (Paladilhe)
Sigurd (Reyer)
Henry VIII (Saint Saens)
Francoise de Rimini (Thomas)
Esclave (Membree)
Ascanio (Saint-Saens)
1849 Death of German composer Konradin Kreutzer in Riga. b-Messkirch, 22 NOV 1780.
1861 Death of German opera composer Heinrich Marschner at age 66, in Hanover.
b-Zittau, 16 AUG 1795.
1864 Birth of American composer James David VAUGHAN. d-1941.
1864 Birth of Clementine Duchene de Vere Soprano
Born 14 Dec 1864 Paris Died 19 Jan 1954
Debut as Queen in Huguenots (Meyerbeer) 1881
Teacher :- Augusta Albertini-Baucarde
1869 FP of Ludwig Minkus's ballet Don Quixote in Moscow.CD-Léon Minkus: Don Quijote
1873 Birth of Belgian composer and organist Joseph JONGEN (zhoh sef ZHON
gen), in Liège. d-Sart-les-Spa, 12 JUL
1953.
1879 Birth of Karl Seydel Tenor
Born 14 Dec 1879 Dresden-Blasewitz Died 7 Aug 1947
Debut 1907
Teacher :- Emil Pinks,
Sang in premiere of Der Mond (Orff)
1886 Birth of American composer and Ethnomusicologist, teacher and composer Charles SEEGER in Mexico City. Patriarc of famous Seeger Family. d-1979. A Harvard graduate, 1908. His folk music collection inspired a generation of performers and scholars, among them his children Pete, Peggy, and Mike. m-composer Ruth Crawford. BOOK-Understanding Charles Seeger, Pioneer in American Musicology
1891 Birth of Karel Zavrel Tenor
Born 14 Dec 1891 Died 11 Apr 1963
Sang in premiere of Katya Kabanova (Janacek)
1897 Birth of Georges Thill Tenor
Born 14 Dec 1897 Paris Died 17 Oct 1894
Debut as Nicias in Thais (Massenet) 24 Feb 1924
Teachers:- Fernando De Lucia, Ernest Dupre, Andre Grosse
Agostino Roche, Angelica Pandolfini
Pupil :- Paul Finel
Sang in premiere of Broceliande (Bloch)
Naila (Gaubert)
Tour de Feu (Lazzari)
Vercingetorix (Canteloube)
Rolande (Rabaud)
1898 Birth of Irma Bjorck Mezzo-Soprano
Born 14 Dec 1898 Stockholm
Debut as Nancy in Martha (Flotow) 1925
Teachers:- Gertrud Grubbstrom-Gronberg, Thekla Hofer, Sigrid Terlizza
Sang in premiere of Birgitta (N Berg)
Fredlos (Linberg)
1898 Birth of American composer Frederick Douglass HALL. d-1982.
1891 Debut at MET Opera in NYC of Emma Eames as Juliette in Gounod's
Romeo and Juliette.
1897 Birth of French tenor Georges THILL in Paris. d-1984.
1901 Death of German composer Adolf Muller, Jr.
1907 Death of Anna D'Angeri Soprano
Born 14 Nov 1853 Vienna Died 14 Dec 1907
Debut as Selika in Africaine (Meyerbeer) 1872
Teacher :- Mathilde Marchesi
Sang in premiere of Figliuol Prodrigo (Ponchielli)
1911 Birth of American composer, arranger and outragious classical exhibitionist Spike JONES. d-1965. His comical recordings of classical themes introduced children to classical music in the mid-twentieth century.VHS-Spike Jones: The Best of Spike Jones, Vol. 1
1914 Birth of American pianist and harpsichordist Rosalyn TURECK in
Chicago. d-Riverdale, The Bronx, NYC 17 JUL 2003.
Known as specialist of Bach on the piano, harpsichord and clavichord, died at
age 88.
NY Times, Obituary.
1914 Death of Italian pianist and teacher Giovanni Sgambati in Rome. b-Rome, 28 MAY 1841.
1915 Birth of English conductor and founder of The NY Opera, Dame Ruth RAILTON. d-2001.
1916 FP of final version of Sibelius' Fifth Symphony, in Helsingfors.CD-Sibelius: The Complete Symphonies
1918 FP of Giacomo Puccini's trilogy Il Trittico of Il Tabarro, Suor Angelico, Gianni Schicchi at the MET in NYC.
1922 Birth of Gisela Litz Mezzo-Soprano
Born 14 Dec 1922 Hamburg
Debut 1952
Sang in premiere of Grune Kakadu (Mohaupt)
1924 FP of Respighi's The Pines of Rome,
Bernardino Molinari conducting The Augusteo Orchestra of Rome, at the Augusteo.CD-Respighi: Pini di Roma/Feste Romane/Fontane di Roma
1925 FP of Alban Berg's Wozzeck with
Eric Kleiber conducting, in Berlin. After 137 rehearsals.CD-Alban Berg: Wozzeck (Opera in 3 Acts) - Franz Grundheber / Hildegard Behrens / Weiner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado
1929 Birth of American composer Ron NELSON in Joliet IL. For many years on
the Brown
University Faculty.
1930 Birth of Rossana Carteri Soprano
Born 14 Sep 1930 Verona
Debut as Elsa in Lohengrin (Wagner) 1945
Teachers:- Iris Adami Corradetti, Feruccia Cusinati, Nino Ederle
Created Ifigenia in Ifigenia (Pizzetti)
Portia in Mercante Di Venezia (Castelnuovo-Tedesco)
Metarosa in Calzare D'Argento (Pizzetti)
Flavia in Prosperina y el Extranjero (Castro)
Vivi in Vivi (Manino)
Sang in premiere of Misteri Gloriosi (Cattozzo)
Linguaggio dei Flori (Rossellini)
1936 FP of S. Barber's String Quartet, Op. 11. Pro Arte Quartet in Rome.
1938 Death of French composer Maurice Emmanuel in Paris. b-Bar-sur-Aube, 2 MAY 1862.
1940 Death of Marie Dietrich Soprano
Born 27 Jan 1865 Weinsberg Died 14 Dec 1940
Debut 1889
Teachers:- Frau Bauder, Ferdinand Jager, Pauline Viardot-Garcia
Pupil :- Elisabeth Schumann
1941 Birth of Karen Armstrong Soprano
Born 14 Dec 1941 Horne Mt USA
Debut as Elvira in Italiani in Algeri (Rossini) 1966
Teachers:- Tilly De Garmo, Aldo Di Tullio, Lotte Lehmann, Alberta Masiello
Dean Verhines, Fritz Zweig
Created Soprano 1 in Re in Ascolta (Berio)
Death in Jesu Hochzeit (Von Einem)
Lou Salome in Lou Salome (Sinopoli)
Margarita in Meister und Margarita (Holler)
Megara in Desdemona und Ihre Schwestern (Matthus)
Sang in premiere of Montsegua (Landowski)
1947 Birth of American guitarist Christopher PARKENING in Los Angeles, CA.CD-Christopher Parkening - The Great Recordings ~ By America's Preeminent Guitar Virtuoso
1949 Birth of English baritone John RAWNSLEY in Lancashire. Debut as Kilian in Freischutz (Weber) 1975
Teachers:- Albert Haskayne, Ellis Keeler, Otakar Krauss
1951 Birth of American composer and conductor Anthony KORF.
1951 Birth of American composer David FROOM in CA.
1952 Death of Norwegian organist and musicologist Olav Fartein Valen in Haugesund. b-Stavanger, 25 AUG 1887.
1955 Birth of Christian Papis Tenor
Born 14 Dec 1955 Metz
Teacher :- Michel Senechal
1957 Death of Giovanni Binetti Teacher of Singing
Died 14 Dec 1957
Pupils :- Marcello Cortis, Nicola Tagger, Boris Carmelli, Iva Pacetti
Gina Cigna, Aureliano Pertile
1959 Birth of American composer Evan ZIPORYN.
1962 Death of Nazareno De Angelis Bass
Born 17 Nov 1881 Naples 14 Dec 1962
Debut as Aquila in Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti) 1903
Teacher :- Ricci, Prati
Pupils :- Rosalind Elias, Mario Rinaudo, Giuliana Raymondi
Created Archibaldo in Amore dei Tre Re (Montemezzi)
1968 Death of Margarete Klose Mezzo-Soprano
Born 6 Aug 1902 Berlin Died 14 Dec 1968
Debut as Marija in Countess Maritza (Kalman) 1926
Teachers:- Bultemann, Franz Marschalk, Hans Grahl
Pupil :- Irene Dalis
Sang in premiere of Irische Legend (Egk)
1969 Death of Rina De Ferrari Soprano
Born 1904 Genoa Died 14 Dec 1969
Sang in premiere of Vedova Scaltra (Wolf-Ferrari)
1969 FP of Ligeti's String Quartet No. 2. The LaSalle Quartet in Baden-Baden.CD-György Ligeti Edition 1: String Quartets and Duets - Arditti String Quartet
1975 Death of Rose Pauly Soprano
Born 15 Mar 1894 Eperjes Hungary Died 14 Dec 1975
Debut in Martha (Flotow) 1918
Teachers:- Rosa Papier-Paumgartner
Pupil :- Hilde Zadek
Created Agave in Bakchantinnen (Wellesz)
1975 FP of Ruth Crawford Seeger's Suite for Piano and Woodwind Quintet, in Cambridge, MA. Her husband's birthday, 1886, see entry above.CD-Ruth Crawford Seeger: Portrait
1983 FP of George Perle's Serenade No. 3 for Piano and Chamber Orchestra, by Richard Goode and the Music Today Ensemble, Gerard Schwarz cond. in NYC.CD-Perle: Serenade No. 3; Ballade; Concertino
1997 FP of Joan Tower's Rain Waves, by the Verdehr Trio at the Frick Museum in NYC.
1999 Gre Brouwenstijn Soprano
Born 26 Aug 1915 Den Helder Holland Died 14 Dec 1999
Debut as Lady in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1940
Teachers:- Ruth Horna, Boris Pelsky, Jap Stroombergh
2001 Opening of the new home of The Philadelphia Orchestra at Verizon Hall at Kimmel Center for Performing Arts. The Gala premiere with Andre Watts, Denyce Graves, Frederica Von Stade and Elton John with the Fabulous Philadelphians under Wolfgang Sawallish.
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