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- 1680 Birth of French organist Nicolas COUPERIN in Paris. St. Gervais from 1733. Cousin of Francois. d-Paris, 25 JUL 1748.
- 1721 FP of G. F. Handel's opera Floridante.
1722 FP of Domenico Scarlatti's serenade The Marriage of Bacchus and Ariadne in Lisbon.
1728 Birth of composer Franz Xaver POKORNY. d-2 JUL 1704.
1738 Death of French composer Jean Joseph Mouret in Charenton, age 56. b-Avignon, 11 APR 1685.
1764 Swiss author and composer Jean Jacques Rousseau finishes his music
dictionary.
1775 Mozart finishes his 5th Violin Concerto, Turkish, K.
219, he later performs the work, as solist, in Salzburg.
1783 Death of Spanish composer and organist Padre Antonio Soler at the monastery of El Escorial, age 54. aka Antonio Francisco Javier
José Soler Ramos, b-Olat, Gerona 3 DEC 1729.
1793 Death of Joseph Legros Tenor / Composer
Born 7 Sep 1739 Monampteuil Died 20 Dec 1793
Debut as Titon in Titon et Aurore (Mondeville) 1764
Created Medor in Roland (Piccinni)
Rinaldo in Armide (Gluck)
Pylades in Iphigenie en Tauride (Gluck)
Kynirus in Echo et Narcisse (Gluck)
Renaud in Renaud (Sacchini)
Sandomir in Ernelinde Princesse de Norvege (Philidor)
Pilade in Iphigenie en Tauride (Piccinni)
Atys in Atys (Piccinni)
1816 Birth of German pianist Leopold von MEYER in Baden. d-Dresden, 5 MAR 1883.
1819 Birth of American composer John William DADMUN. d-1890.
1823 FP of Schubert's opera Rosamunde in Vienna.CD-Schubert: Rosamunde / von Otter, Abbado, The Chamber Orchestra of Europe
1826 Birth of American composer Otto DRESEL. d-1890.
1862 Birth of Juan Luria Baritone
Born 20 Dec 1862 Warsaw Died 1942
Debut 1885
Teachers:- Joseph Gansbacher
Pupils :- Kathe Heidersbach, Elfriede Marherr, Gotthelf Pistor
Michael Bohnen
Sang in premiere of Rose von Liebesgarten (Pfitzner)
1871 Birth of American composer and conductor Henry Kimball HADLEY in Somerville, MA. d-NYC, 6 SEP 1937.
1872 Birth of Italian priest, conductor and composer of oratorios Lorenzo PEROSI in Tortona. d-Rome, 12 DEC 1956.
1879 FP of P. I. Tchaikovsky's Orchestral Suite No. 1, in Moscow.
1881 Birth of Carel Van Hulst Baritone
Born 20 Dec 1881 Amsterdam Died 30 April 1937
Debut as Silvio in Pagliacci
Teacher :- Cornelie Von Zanten
1886 FP of J. Brahms' Piano Trio No. 3 in c, Op. 101, in Budapest.CD-Johannes Brahms: Complete Trios
1889 Death of Konstanya Gladkovska Soprano
Born 10 Jun 1810 Warsaw Died 20 Dec 1889
Teacher :- C E Soliva
Debut in Agnese di Fitz-Henry (Paer)
1892 Birth of Miguel Villabella Tenor
Born 20 Dec 1892 Bilbao Died 28 June 1954
Debut as Spoletta in Tosca (Puccini) 1920
Teachers:- Jacques Isnardon, Lucien Fugere
1895 Birth of Hildegard Ranczek Soprano
Born 20 Dec 1895 Witkowitz
Debut 1918
Teacher :- Irene Schlemmer-Ambros
Created Clarion in Capriccio (Strauss)
1901 FP of Hadley's Second Symphony The Four Seasons . NY
Philharmonic under Emil Paur.
1905 Birth of Vaclav Bednar Baritone
Born 20 Dec 1905 Ostrava Died 12 Nov 1987
Debut 1928
Teachers:- T Grunwald, Karel Kugler, M Ullanowsky
Sang in premiere of Bud (Ostcil)
1905 FP of Glazunov's Third Symphony. By The Russian Symphony
Orchestra, in NYC.
1906 Birth of Thelma Votipka Soprano
Born 20 Dec 1906 Cleveland Ohio Died 24 Oct 1972
Debut as Countess in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1927
Teacher :- Lila Robeson, Anna Schoen-Rene
1907 Birth of Marion Talley Soprano
Born 20 Dec 1907 Nevada Died 3 Jan 1983
Debut as Gilda in Rigoletto (Verdi) 17 Feb 1926
Teachers:- Frank La Forge, Alberto Caffo
1909 Birth of Danish composer and music critic Vagn HOLMBOE in Horsens. d-Denmark, 1 SEP 1996.
1910 Death of Angelo Neumann Baritone
Born 18 Aug 1838 Vienna Died 20 Dec 1910
Debut 1859
Teacher :- Therese Stilke-Sessi
Pupils :- Gertrude Forstel, Werner Alberti
1915 Conducting debut of Igor Stravinsky conducting his Firebird Ballet Suite at a benefit concert organized by Diaghilev in Geneva, Switzerland.
1918 Birth of Ernst Gruber Tenor
Born 20 Dec 1918 Vienna Died 24 Aug 1979
Debut as Max in Freischutz (Weber) 1946
Teachers:- Hans Depser, Karl Rossl-Majdan
1928 Birth of English bass Donald ADAMS. d-8 Apr 1996
Teacher :- Hedley Goodall
1928 Birth of Bianca Berini Mezzo-Soprano
Born 20 Dec 1928 Trieste
Debut as Suzuki in Madama Butterfly (Puccini) 1963
Created Mother in Metamorfosi di Bonaventura (Malipiero)
1928 FP of Ernest Bloch's symphonic rhapsody America. By the NY
Philharmonic Orchestra.
1933 Birth of American composer Gordon GETTY.
1934 FP of Ernst Toch's Big Ben. By Boston Symphony
Orchestra.CD-Toch: Big Ben, Piano Concerto No. 1, Peter Pan
1938 Birth of American composer and conductor John HARBISON in Orange, New Jersey.
1942 Birth of Australian pianist Roger WOODWARD.
1942 Death of German composer and conductor Jean GILBERT aka Max Winterfeld. b-Hamburg, 11 FEB 1879.
1948 Birth of Japanese pianist Mitsuko UCHIDA in Tokyo.
1949 Birth of American composer Edward P. MASCARI in Paterson, NJ.
1958 Birth of English composer Nicholas SIMPSON in Manchester.
1959 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Double Canon Raoul Dufy in memoriam at Town Hall, during a Stravinsky Festival in NYC.CD-Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky
1961 Death of Nicaraguan composer Luis Abraham Delgadillo in Managua. b-Managua, 26 AUG 1887.
1969 Death of Adolf Vogel Bass
Born 18 Aug 1897 Munich Died 20 Dec 1969
Debut as Daland in Flying Dutchman (Wagner) 1923
Teachers:- Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, J Kiechle
Pupils :- Norman Bailey, Rudolf Christ, Kurt Equiluz, Peter Wimberger
Regine Lang-Hitzelberger, Einojuhani Rautawaara
Sang in premiere of Schwarze Orchidee (D'Albert)
1974 Death of French composer André Jolivet in Paris, at age 69. b-Paris, 8 AUG 1905.
1982 Death of Polish-born American pianist Artur Rubinstein, at age
95. b-Lodz, Poland 28 JAN 1887. aka Arthur.
DVD-Rubinstein plays Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
1989 Death of Kurt Bohme Bass
Born 5 May 1908 Dresden Died 20 Dec 1989
Debut as Caspar in Freischutz 1929
Teachers:- Walther Soomer, Inge Heincke
Created Dominik in Arabella (Strauss)
Vanuzzi in Schweigsame Frau (Strauss)
Farfallo in Schweigsame Frau (Strauss)
Mendicant Monk in Sim Tjong (Yun Isang)
Carnot in Play of Love & Death (Cikker)
Capulet in Romeo and Juliet (Sutermeister)
Prospero in Zauberinsel (Sutermeister)
Odysseus in Penelope (Liebermann)
Aleel in Irische Legend (Egk)
Sang in premiere of Hochzeit des Jobs (Haas)
1996 Death of Luciano Saldari Tenor
Born 9 Dec 1933 Ascoli Piceno 20 Dec 1996
Debut as Duke in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1957
Teacher :- Antonio Melandri
1999 FP of John Harbison's opera The Great Gatsby at the MET, NYC. New York. Jerry Hadley as Gatsby and Dawn Upshaw as Daisy, James Levine conducting.
2002 FP of Rodion Shchedrin's The Enchanted Wanderer for vocalists, chorus and orchestra. New York Choral Artists and New York Philharmonic, Lorin Maazel conducting.
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