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Today is
on December 16 in...
- 1770 (1772?) Traditional date of birth of German composer Ludwig van
BEETHOVEN in
Bonn, not 1772 which may have been the correct year. He often said
he may have been born on the 15th of 1772 because his
namesake brother, who died as an infant, was born in 1770. The family name is Dutch meaning 'Beet
Garden'. d-Vienna, 26 MAR 1827. (His grandfather, with same name, was a
church choir director in Belgium).
BOOK-Beethoven: The Music and the Life
1771 FP of Gretry's opera Zemire et Azor, in Paris.CD-André Medeste Grétry: Zémire et Azor
1772 Musicologists indicate this as Beethoven's birthday. He insisted the
date was his older brother's birthdate...died as a young child. Beethoven
said he was born on November 15th
1772. See more at The Beethoven Links Page.CD-Beethoven: 9 Symphonien
1775 Birth of French opera composer
Francois Adrien BOIELDIEU in Rouen. d-Jarcy, 8 OCT 1834.
1783 Death of German composer Johann Adolf Hasse in Venice. b-Bergedorf, 25 MAR 1699.
1798 Death of Italian composer Gaetano Brunetti in Culminal de Oreja, Spain. b-c.1745.
1825 Birth of Irish organist and conductor Robert Prescott STEWART in Dublin. d-Dublin, 24 MAR 1894.
1835 FP of Halevy's comic musical L'Eclair, in Paris.
1838 Birth of Bernhard Pollini Tenor
Born 16 Dec 1838 Cologne Died 27 Nov 1897
Debut as Arturo in Puritani (Bellini) 1858
Pupil :- Georg Weikl
1842 Birth of Melitta Otto Soprano
Born 16 Dec 1842 Dresden Died 13 Jan 1893
Debut 1860
Teacher :- Theile
1843 Birth of composer Philipp FAHRBACH.
1847 Birth of French composer Augusta Holmès, in Paris.
1862 Birth of Hans Schutz Baritone
Born 16 Dec 1862 Vienna Died 12 Jan 1917
Debut 1891
Teachers:- Emmerich Katzmair, Normi, Joachim Sattler
1868 Birth of Marie Altona Soprano
Born 16 Dec 1868 Died 18 Dec 1916
Teacher :- Julius Stockhausen
1870 Birth of Australian composer, violinist and conductor Alfred Francis HILL in Melbourne. d-Sydney, 30 OCT 1960.
1877 Birth of Austrian conductor Artur BODANZKY in Vienna.
1877 FP of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 3, 2nd version. Bruckner conducting in Vienna. CD-Mahler: The Complete Symphonies
1880 Birth of Grete Forst Soprano
Born 16 Dec 1880 Vienna
Debut as Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 1900
Teacher :- Hermine Granichstatten
1882 Birth of Hungarian composer, music critic and folksong collector Zoltan KODALY in Kecskemet. d-Budapest, 6 MAR 1967.
1892 Birth of Folke Andersson Tenor
Born 16 Feb 1892 Sweden Died 1988
Teachers:- Thekla Hofer, Torsten Lennartsson
1893 (15th?) FP of Dvorak's New World Sym. By NYPO, conducted by Anton
Seidl with Dvorak in
audience at Carnegie Hall in NYC.
1893 Birth of French conductor Vladimir GOLSCHMANN in Paris.
1894 FP of Emil von Reznicek's opera Donna Diana in Prague.
1899 Birth of English composer, actor, playwrite and producer Noel COWARD in Teddington, Middlesex.
1901 Birth of Andrea Mongelli Bass-Baritone
Born 16 Dec 1901 Bari Died 12 Feb 1970
Debut as Mephistopheles in Faust (Gounod) 1923
Created Dimo in Maria D'Allessandria (Ghedini)
1913 Birth of Heinz Sauerbaum Tenor
Born 16 Dec 1913 Rauschen Died 29 July 1970
Debut 1938
Teacher :- Fiebach
Sang in premiere of Pallas Athene Weint (Krenek)
1915 Birth of Russian Composer Georgy Vasilyevich SVIRIDOV, in Fatezh-Kursk, between Moscow and Kiev. d-Moscow,
5 JAN 1998. Compositions. Voice of Russia site. Russian Culture Navigator site.
1921 Death of French composer Camille Saint-Saens in Algiers at age 86. b-Paris, 9 OCT 1835.BOOK-Camille Saint-Saens : A Life
1921 FP of Prokofiev's 3rd Piano Concerto. Composer was
soloist with Chicago Symphony Orchestra Frederick Stock, conducting in Chicago.CD-Prokofiev: The Five Piano Concertos
1923 FP of Siegfried Wagner's opera Der Schmied von Marienburg, in Rostock.
1924 Birth of Mildred Miller Mezzo-Soprano
Born 16 Dec 1924 Cleveland Ohio
Debut 1949
Teacher :- Maria Sundelius
1925 Birth of American composer Alice Stuart PARKER.
1925 Birth of English clarinetist Thea KING.
1926 Birth of James McCracken Tenor
Born 16 Dec 1926 Gary Indiana Died 30 April 1988
Debut as Rodolfo Boheme (Puccini) 1952
Teachers:- Marcello Conati, Ezekiel, Joyce McLean
Mario Pagano, Elsa Seyfert
1929 Birth of Donald Grobe Tenor
Born 16 Dec 1929 Ottawa Died 1 Apl 1986
Debut as Borsa in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1952
Teachers:- Robert Long, Martial Singher, Margarethe von Winterfeldt
Robert Weede
Created Claude Vallee in Play of Love and Death (Cikker)
Astor in Untergang der Titanic (Siebert)
Wilhelm in Junge Lord (Henze)
Arundel in Elisabeth Tudor (Fortner)
Sang in premiere of Ophelia (Kelterborn)
Gespenstersonate (Reimann)
1931 Birth of Canadian harpsichordist Kenneth GILBERT.
1932 Birth of Russian composer Rodion SHCHEDRIN in Moscow. Publisher's Biography.
1933 Birth of Pierre Thau Bass
Born 16 Dec 1933 Toulouse
Debut in Fanciulla del West (Puccini) 1962
Teacher :- Mme Izar
1938 FP of Aaron Copland's An Outdoor Overture in NYC.CD-The Copland Collection, 1936-1948
1939 Birth of Philip Langridge Tenor
Born 16 Dec 1939 Hawkhurst Kent
Debut as Manservant in Capriccio (Strauss) 1964
Teachers:- Celia Bizony, Bruce Boyce, Erich Vierheer
Created Zephyre in Zephyre (Rameau)
Balder in Jesse Tree (Maconchy)
Kong in Second Mrs Kong (Birtwistle)
Orpheus the Man in Mark of Orpheus (Birtwistle)
Sang in premiere of Therese (Taverner)
Boreades (Rameau)
1939 Birth of English tenor Philip LANGRIDGE.
1945 (15th?) Debut of American baritone Robert Merrill at the MET in Verdi's La
Traviata.
1946 Birth of English harpsichordist and conductor Trevor PINNOCK.
1946 FP of D. Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 3. Beethoven Quartet in Moscow.CD-Complete String Quartets
1949 FP of Bernard Wagenaar's Symphony No. 4 in Boston, MA.
1952 Birth of Cuban guitarist Manuel BARRUECO (bar WAY koh).
1961 Death of Giuseppe Nessi Tenor
Born 25 Sep 1887 Bergamo Died 16 Dec 1961
Debut as Alfredo in Traviata (Verdi) 1910
Teachers:- Melli, Alessandro Vezzani
Created Pong in Turandot (Puccini)
Gobrias in Nerone (Boito)
Icelo in Nerone (Mascagni)
Donna Pasqua Polegano in Campiello (Wolf-Ferrari)
Fra Simone in Fra Gherardo (Pizzetti)
Sang in premiere of Francesca da Rimini (Zandonai)
1965 Death of Tito Schipa Tenor
Born 2 Jan 1888 Lecce Died 16 Dec 1965
Debut as Alfredo in Traviata (Verdi) 1910
Teachers:- Alceste Gerunda, Emilio Piccoli
Pupils :- Andrej Kucharsky, Cesare Valletti, Bruce Brewer
Created Ruggero in Rondine (Puccini)
Sang in premiere of Capminante (Sanchez De Fuentes)
1966 Birth of Dutch violinist Isabella van KEULEN (Fon KOO lin).
1989 Death of Gianni Poggi Tenor
Born 1924 Piacenza Died 16 Dec 1989
Debut as Rodolfo in Boheme (Puccini) 1947
Teachers:- Emilio Ghirardini, Valeria Mann
1999 Death of Ruth Welting Soprano
Born 11 May 1949 Memphis Died 16 Dec 1999
Debut as Blondchen in Entfuhrung (Mozart)
Teachers:- Janine Reiss, Luigi Ricci, Daniel Ferro
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