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- 1638 Birth of German composer Johann Ulrich SULZBERGER.
- 1651 Death of German composer Wolfgang Schonsleder, at age 81. b-21 OCT 1570.
- 1737 FP of G. F. Handel's anthem The Ways of Zion do Mourn at King Henry VII's Chapel in Westminster Abbey, during the funeral service for Queen Caroline in London.
CD-Handel: Funeral Anthem/Te Deum in D Major
1749 Birth of Italian composer Domenico CIMAROSA, in Naples (Aversa). d-Venice, 11 JAN 1801.BOOK-Domenico Cimarosa : His Life and His Operas
1750 Birth of English composer and writer Elizabeth ANSPACH in London. d-Naples, 13 JAN 1828.
1770 Birth of German composer Johann Friedrich SCHUBERT.
1770 Baptism of Ludwig van Beethoven in Bonn. His exact birthdate is unknown.
1811 Death of composer John Antes, at 71.
1811 Death of composer Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny, at age 54. b-6 NOV 1771.
1815 Birth of Gustave-Hippolyte Roger Tenor
Born 17 Dec 1815 Paris Died 12 Sep 1879
Debut as Georges in Eclair (Halevy) 1838
Teacher :- Jean-Blaise Martin
Pupil :- Mieczylaw Horbowski
Created John of Leydon in Prophete (Meyerbeer)
Horace in Colombe (Gounod)
Azael in Enfant Prodique (Auber)
Sang in premiere of Herculanum (David)
Juif Errant (Halevy)
Rose de Florence (Biletta)
1829 Death of composer Bernard Jumentier, at age 80. b- 24 MAR 1749.
1838 Birth of composer Berthold TOURS.
1840 Birth of Danish composer Christian Frederik Emil HORNEMANN. d-1906.
1841 Birth of Aglaja von Orgeni Soprano / Teacher of Singing
Born 17 Dec 1841 Rimaszombat Hungary Died 15 Mar 1926
Debut as Amina in Sonnambula (Bellini) 28 Sep 1865
Teacher :- Pauline Viardot Garcia
Pupils :- Bella Alten, Maude Fay, Gertrude Forstel, Erika Wedekind
Hedwig Francillo-Kaufmann, Eleanor Kahler-Reise, Berta Morena
Margherita Siems, Edith Walker, Sophie Wolf
1848 (18th?)Birth of composer Frederick Grant GLEASON in Middletown, CT. d-Chicago, IL 6 DEC 1903.
1849 Birth of Virginia Ferni-Germano Soprano
Born 17 Dec 1849 Turin Died 4 Feb 1934
Debut as Siebel in Faust (Gounod) 1857
Pupil :- Maria Carena
1853 FP of Johaness Brahms's Piano Sonata No. 1 in C, Op. 1, and Scherzo in eb, by the composer at his debut at chamber concert of the David Quartet
at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
1861 Birth of German musicologist, conductor and composer Fritz VOLBACH.
1863 Birth of composer Ion VIDU.
1864 Birth of composer John Felix August KORLING.
1864 FP of Offenbach's La Belle Helene, in Paris.CD-Offenbach - La Belle Hélčne / Jessye Norman, Aler, Bacquier, Lafont, Burles, Alliot-Lugaz, Capitole de Toulouse, Plasson
1865 FP, posthumously, of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony No. 8 in b, 42 years after it was finished. Johann Herbeck conductor, Vienna Friends of Music concert. He traced the existence of the work, the last movement of Schubert's Symphony No. 3 was used as a finale.CD-Schubert: 8 Symphonies
1869 Birth of Russian composer Nikolay Ivanovich KAZANLI. d-5 AUG 1916.
1870 Death of Italian composer Giuseppe Saverio Raffaele Mercadante at age 75, in Naples. Operas. b-Altamura, 17 SEP 1795.
1878 Birth of Ester Osborne Soprano
Born 17 Dec 1878 Minneapolis Died 2 Dec 1941
Debut as Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 1905
Teacher :- C A Soderman
1879 Birth of German musicologist F. W. STEIN. In 1910, in Jena, he
uncovered an early Beethoven symphony manuscript. In C major, it is known
as the Jena Symphony.
1879 FP of Antonin Dvorák's String Quartet No. 10, Op. 51, in Prague.CD-Dvorák: The String Quartets
1889 Birth of Ukranian ballet dancer Vaslav F. NIJINSKY,
l'aprs-midi d'une faune.BOOK-Vaslav Nijinsky: A Leap into Madness
1892 FP of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker and FP of Tchaikovsky's Iolanthe, composer conducting in St. Petersburg.CD-Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet)/ Sleeping Beauty Suite
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Iolanta
1894 Birth of American violinist,
conductor, of Boston Pops for 48 years, and Boston fire engine chaser
Arthur FIEDLER in Boston.
1897 Birth of Jose Lanzone Baritone
Born 17 Dec 1897 Montpellier
Created Ergate in Ecole des Maris (Bondeville)
Birth of Robert Steel Baritone
Born 17 Dec 1899 Lansdowne Pa Died 10 Aug 1955
Debut as Germont in Traviata (Verdi) 24 June 1924
Teachers:- William Brady, Eugenio Giraldoni
1904 Birth of Russian composer Dmitri Borisovich KABALEVSKY in St Petersburg.
1906 Birth of Portugese composer Fernando LOPEZ-GARCIA, aka Fernando LOPES GRAÇA, in Tomar. d-Parede, 27 NOV 1994.
1908 Birth of composer William Brocklesby WORDSWORTH. Studied with Sir Donald Tovey. His second symphony won first prize in the Edinburgh International Festival Competition in 1950. Composed symphonies, a piano concerto, songs, and chamber music. d-10 MAR 1988.
1913 Death of Italian composer Stefano Gobatti, at 61.
1914 Death of operetta composer Ivan Zajc aka Giovanni Zaytz.
1917 Birth of composer and conductor Louis Salvador PALANGE. d-8 JUN 1979. Buried at Forest Lawn Memorial in Los Angeles, CA.
1927 Birth of Hugh Beresford Baritone
Born 17 Dec 1925 Birkenhead
Debut as Wolfam in Tannhauser (Wagner)
Teachers:- Dino Borgioli, Alfred Piccaver, Melchiorre Luise
Francisco Carino, Wolfgang Steinbrueck
1928 Birth of Seth McCoy Tenor
Born 17 Dec 1928 Sanford NC Died 21 Jan 1997
Debut as Tamino in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1979
Teachers:- Antonia Lavanne, Pauline Thesmacher
1930 Birth of composer Makoto MOROI.
1930 Death of British composer Philip Arnold Heseltine aka, Peter Warlock,
at age 36, suicide in London. b-London, 30 OCT 1894. BOOK-Peter Warlock: The Life of Philip Heseltine.
1934 Birth of Mariella Adani Soprano
Born 17 Dec 1934 Parma
Debut as Barbarina in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1956
Teacher:- Ettore Campogalliani
1937 Death of Forrest Lamont Tenor
Born 26 Jan 1881 Athelon Canada Died 17 Dec 1937
Debut in Poliuto (Donizetti) 1914
Pupil :- Kenneth Schon
1937 FP of Miaskovsky's Symphony No. 17, in Moscow.
1943 Birth of American tenor and composer William BROOKS.
1944 Death of composer Wilhelm Wacek.
1948 Death of composer Edgar Istel, at 68.
1949 Death of composer David Stanley Smith, at 72.
1953 FP of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10, by the Leningrad Philharmonic, Yevgeny Mravinsky conducting.CD-Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies
1954 FP of Vincert Persichetti's Symphony No. 4, by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting.
1960 FP of Pablo Casals' oratorio El Pesebrio.
1961 Death of Cato Engelen-Sewing Soprano
Born 27 Jan 1868 Amsterdam Died 17 Dec 1961
Debut as Maritana in Don Cesar de Bazan (Massenet) 1890
Teachers:- Mme Collin-Tobeschi, Knudson, Johannes Marschner
1963 Death of German composer, writer and conductor Winfried Zillig in Hamburg. b-Wurzburg, 1 APR 1905.
1965 Death of Italian tenor Tito Schipa, at 76.
1966 Death of composer Gustaf Paulson, at 68.
1972 Death of composer Erwin Dressel, at age 63.
1973 Death of English composer and teacher Arthur Sheldon Patrick Hadley, at age 74 in King's Lynn. b-Cambridge, 5 MAR 1899.
1980 Death of Margherita Casals Soprano
Born 10 Jan 1923 Barceland Died 17 Dec 1980
Debut as Seibel in Faust (Gounod) 1948
Teachers:- Giacomo Armani. Ivan del Manto. Maria Gonzales, Giulia Tess
1981 Death of Eugene Conley Tenor
Born 19 Mar 1908 Lynn Massachussetts Died 17 Dec 1981
Debut as Dyke in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1940
Teachers:- Harriet E Barrows, Ettore Verna
1982 Death of Russian violist Leonid Borisovitch Kogan, at 58.
1982 Death of composer Philipp Jarnach, at 90.
1996 Death of Italian opera administrator Francesco Siciliani, at age 85.
1999 Death of Angelo Mercuriali Tenor
Born 17 Oct 1909 Died 17 Dec 1999
Debut as Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 1932
Created Nemesio / Silverio / Mahat in Maria d'Allesandrio (Ghedini)
Sang in premiere of Viaggio D'Europa (Rieti)
Ammiraglio (Andreoli A)
2000 Death of Swiss composer Erich Schmid in Zurich. b-Balsthal, 1 JAN 1907.
2001 Death of Martha Modl Soprano
Born 22 Mar 1912 Nurnberg Died 17 Dec 2001
Debut as Hansel in Hansel & Gretel (Humperdinck) 1943
Teacher :- Otto Mueller
Pupil :- Ute Vinzing
Created Mummy in Ghost Sonata (Reimann)
Lambert in Rattenfanger (Hiller)
Frau Miller in Kabale und Liebe (Van Einem)
Ballad Singer in Elisabeth Tudor (Fortner)
Sang in premiere of Melusine (Reimann)
Gespenstersonate (Reimann)
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