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1723 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 40 Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes and Magnificat in E-flat, on the 2nd Day of Christmas as part of Bach's first annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1723-24.
1724 FP of Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 121 Christum wir colleen loben schon on the 2nd Day of Christmas as part of Bach's second annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1724-25.
1725 FP of Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 57 Selig ist der Mann on the 2nd Day of Christmas as part of Bach's third annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1725-27.
1734 FP of Bach's second part of the 6-part Christmas Oratorio S. 248 Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegen in Leipzig.
1762 Birth of German composer and clarinetist Franz Wilhelm TAUSCH. d-9 FEB
1817.
1767 FP of Gluck's opera Alceste, at the Imperial Court Theater in Vienna.
1770 FP of Mozart's opera Mitridate, composed at age 14, at the Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan.CD-Mozart - Mitridate / Augér, Baltsa, Cotrubas, Gruberova, Weidinger, Hollweg, Kübler; Hager
1772 FP of Mozart's opera Lucio Silla, composed at age 16, at the Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan.CD-Mozart - Lucio Silla / P. Schreier · Gruberova · Bartoli · Upshaw · Kenny · Harnoncourt
1808 Birth of Belgian composer Albert GRISART, aka Grisar, in Antwerp. d-Paris, 15 JUN 1869.
1827 FP of Franz Schubert's Piano Trio in Eb, Op. 100 D. 929. Ignaz Schuppanzigh, violin, Josef Linke, cello and Carl Maria von Bocklet, piano; at the Music Society Hall in Vienna.CD-Franz Schubert: Complete Trios
1828 Birth of German composer Josef WIEDEMAN.
1828 Death of John Johnstone Tenor
Born 1 Aug 1749 Kilkenny Died 26 Dec 1828
Debut as Lionel in Lionel and Clarissa (Dibdin) 1775
Created Dermot in Poor Soldier (Shield)
Sang in the premiere of Woodman (Shield)
1830 FP of Donizetti's opera Anna Bolena at the Teatro Carcano, Milan.CD-Donizetti: Anna Bolena / Sutherland, Ramey, Mentzer, Bonynge
1831 FP of Bellini's opera Norma, at La Scala, in Milan,
unsuccessfully.CD-Bellini: Norma; Callas; Sutherland
1833 FP of Donizetti's opera Lucretia Borgia in Milan.CD-Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia / Caballé · Vanzo · Paskalis · Perlea
1835 FP of Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor.CD-Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor / Sutherland · Pavarotti · Milnes · Ghiaurov · ROH Covent Garden · Bonynge
1836 Death of Swiss music publisher and writer Johann Georg Nageli in Wetzikon. b-Zurich, 26 MAY 1773.
1838 Death of Polish composer Franciszek Lessel in Piotrkow Trybunalski. b-Warsaw, 1780.
1855 Birth of Francesco Navarini Bass
Born 26 Dec 1855 Cittadella Padua Died 23 Feb 1923
Debut as Alfonso in Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) 1878
Teachers:- Carlo Boroni, Giuseppe Felix
Pupil :- Mario Albanese
Created Lodovico in Otello(Verdi)
Don Roldano Ximenes in Cristoforo Colombo (Franchetti)
Almozor in Condor (Gomes)
Giamshid in Regina del Nepal(Bottesini)
Hermit in Melusina (Gramman)
Maso in Fior d'Alpe (Franchetti)
1865 FP of Goldmark's Sakuntala Overture. Vienna Philharmonic
performing, in Vienna.CD-Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony/Sakuntala
1867 FP of Bizet's La Jolie Fille De Perth at the Théatre-Lyrique in Paris.CD-Bizet: The Fair Maid of Perth / Sir Thomas Beecham
1869 Birth of American composer, teacher and painter Harry Newton REDMAN in Mount Carmel, IL. d-Boston, 26 DEC 1958.
1871 FP of first Gilbert and Sullivan opera, Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old, at the Gaiety Theatre, London. The music has been lost, except for one chorus that was reused in Pirates of Penzance.
1874 Birth of French bass Leon ROTHIER in Rheims. Died 6 Dec 1951
Debut as Jupiter in Philemon & Baucis (Gounod) 1899
Teachers:- Cresti, Pal Lherie, Leon Melchissedec
Pupil :- Richard Crooks
Created Father Time in Oiseau Bleu (Wolff)
Junkman in Louise (Charpentier)
Duquesnois in Peter Ibbetson (Deems Taylor)
Sang in premiere of Le Juif Polonaise (Erlanger)
1880 FP of J. Brahms' Tragic Overture Op. 81, in Vienna. CD-Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4; Haydn-Variations; Tragic Overture
1883 Birth of Greek composer Manolis KALOMIRIS in Smyrna. d-Athens, 3 APR 1962.
1889 ('99?) Birth of American composer, pianist, teacher and inventor Leopold MANNES in NYC. d-Cape Cod, MA 11 AUG 1964. Son of David Mannes founder of the Mannes School of Music. Worked for Eastman Kodak Co. and invented kodachrome color process with Leopold Godowsky, Jr. son of famed pianist.
1892 Death of Alexandre Talazac Tenor
Born 16 May 1853 Bordeaux Died 26 Dec 1892
Debut as Selim in Statue (Reyer) 22 Apl 1878
Teachers:- Louis-Henri Obin, Saint-Yves Bax
Created Gerald in Lakme (Delibes)
Des Grieux in Manon (Massenet)
Hoffmann in Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach)
Mylio in Roi D'ys (Lalo)
Jean in Jean de Nivelle (Delibes)
1897 Birth of American contralto Marion TELVA (Toucke) in St. Louis, MO. d-Norwalk, CT, 23 OCT 1962. Debut as Singer in Manon Lescaut (Puccini) 1920
Teacher :- Lilli Lehmann
Created Mrs Deane in Peter Ibbetson (Taylor)
1897 FP of Rimsky-Korsakov's Sadko in Moscow.CD-Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko
1902 Birth of Clara Ebers Soprano
Born 26 Dec 1902 Karlruhe
Debut 1924
Teacher :- Eduard Erhard
Pupil :- Elke Schary
Created Isabella in Columbus (Egk)
Countess in Figaro Lasst Sich Scheiden (Klebe)
1905 Death of German pianist and teacher Fritz Spindler in Dresden. b-Wurzbach, 24 NOV 1817.
1916 Death of German kapellmeister Bernard Scholz in Munich. b-Mainz, 30 MAR 1835.
1920 Birth of French cellist Maurice GENDRON in Nice, France. d-Grezsur-Loing, 20 AUG 1990.
1921 Reopening of La Scala Opera House in Milan. Presenting Verdi's
Falstaff, Toscanini conducting.
1925 Birth of Tugomir Alaupovic Baritone
Born 26 Dec 1925 Zemun
Debut in Zigeunerbaron (Strauss J) 1953
Teachers:- Louis Kaderabek, Zlatko Sir
1926 Birth of American Avant Garde composer and trumpeter Earl BROWN in Lunenburg, MA. d-Rye, NY 2 JUL 2002.
1926 FP of Sibelius' Tapiola tone poem. NY Sym Society, Walter Damrosch, conducting. CD-Sibelius: Karelia, Tapiola, Les Oceanides, Valse Triste, etc. / Davis, London SO
1927 Birth of Ion Stoian Tenor
Born 26 Dec 1927 Konstanza Rumania
Debut as Belmonte in Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Mozart)
Teachers:- Gheorghe Kulibin, Jean Rinzescu, Petre Stefanescu-Goanga
Romulus Vrabiescu
1936 FP by the Palistine Symphony Orchestra. Arturo Toscanini conducting
music of Rossini, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahms and Weber in Tel Aviv.
1937 Birth of Polish soprano Teresa KUBIAK (Wojtaszek) in Ldzan. Debut as Halka in Halka (Moniuszko) 1965
Teachers:- Olga Olgina, Gina Cigna
Sang in premiere of Tragedyja albo rzecz O Janie i Herodzie (Twardowski)
1937 Death of English composer Ivor Gurney in Dartford. b-Gloucester, 28 AUG 1890.
1937 Death of Dan Beddoe Tenor
Born 16 Mar 1863 Aberdare Died 26 Dec 1937
Teachers:- H Howard Brown, J T Davies, Arthur Faffe, Allen Gill,Arthur Mees
Eleanor McClellan, John Underner
1938 Birth of Italian Soprano Adriana MALIPONTE in Brecia. Debut as Mimi in Boheme (Puccini) 1958
Teachers:- Carmen Melis, Suzanne Steppen
Created Sardula in Last Savage (Menotti)
1938 Death of Irene von Chavanne Mezzo-Soprano
Born 18 Apr 1868 Graz Died 26 Dec 1938
Debut as Orsini in Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) 1885
Teachers:- Desiree Artot de Padilla, Johannes Ress,
Mme Souvestre-Paschalis
Created Herodias in Salome (Strauss)
Sang in premiere of Feuersnot (Strauss)
1940 Birth of Kay Griffel Soprano
Born 26 Dec 1940 Eldoro Iowa
Debut as Mercedes in Carmen (Bizet) 1960
Teacher :- Lotte Lehmann
1940 Birth of American composer William Foster McDANIEL in Columbus, OH.
1941 Birth of American composer Wayland ROGERS in Montecello, KY.
1941 FP of Robert Russell Bennett's Violin Concerto, NBC Symphony broadcast.
1945 Birth of American composer David R. HOLSINGER in Hardin, Missouri.
1947 Death of Marguerite Carre Soprano
Born 16 Aug 1880 Cabourg Died 26 Dec 1947
Debut as Mimi in Boheme (Puccini) 1899
Pupil :- Janine Micheau
Created Nina in Cherubin (Massenet)
Zina in Vieil Angle (Gunsbourg)
Jana in Cobzar (Ferrari)
Jacqueline in Fortunio (Messager)
Louise in Julien (Charpentier)
Sang in premiere of Mariage de Telemaque (Terrasse)
La fille de Roland (Rabaud)
La Reine Fiametta (Leroux)
La Lepreuse (Lazzari)
1950 Death of Dutch composer and American lawyer Henri Emile Enthoven in NYC. b-Amsterdam, 18 OCT 1903.
1952 Birth of French-American pianist Andre Michel SCHUB in Paris.
1953 Birth of English choral conductor Harry CHRISTOPHERS in Goudhurst, Kent, England.
1958 Death of Eva Gauthier Mezzo-Soprano
Born 20 Sep 1886 Ottawa Died 26 Dec 1958
Debut as Micaela in Carmen (Bizet) 1910
Teachers:- Jacques Bouhy, Dubulle, Giuseppe Oxilia, Anna Schoen-Rene
William Shakespeare, Carlo Carigigiani, Frank Buels
1963 Death of Parry Jones Tenor
Born 14 Feb 1891 Blaina Wales Died 26 Dec 1963
Debut 1914
Teachers:- John Coates, Ernesto Colli, Karl Scheidemantel, Alberto Visetti
Pupils :- Patricia Kern, Ramon Remedios, Evelyn Dalberg
1964 Birth of Irish composer Ian WILSON in Belfast.
1967 Death of Carl Martin Oehman Tenor / Teacher of Singing
Born 4 Sep 1887 Floda Sweden Died 26 Dec 1967
Debut as Chenier in Andrea Chenier (Giordano) 1914
Teachers:- Gentzel, Giuseppe Oxilia, Quadri
Pupils :- Nicolai Gedda, Carl-Axel Hallgren, Erik Saeden
Uno Stjernqvist, Martti Talvela, Usko Viitanen
1974 Death of Danish composer and professor Knudage Riisager in Copenhagen. b-Port Kunda, Estonia, 6 MAR 1897.
1974 Death of Wilhelm Schirp Bass-Baritone
Born 27 July 1906 Elberfeld 26 Dec 1974
Debut 1935
Teacher :- Erna Thiele
1985 Death of Doris Doe Soprano
Born 23 Mar 1899 Bar Harbour Maine Died 26 Dec 1985
Debut as Erda in Ring (Wagner) 1930
Teachers:- Frank La Forge, Louise Homer
1988 Death of Spanish composer Pablo Sorozabal in Madrid. b-Donostia, San Sebastian, 1897.
1989 Death of English composer Lennox Berkeley (BARK' lee) in London. b-Oxford, 12 MAY 1903.BOOK-Lennox Berkeley: A Source Book
1991 Death of Gustave Neidlinger Bass-Baritone
Born 21 Mar 1910 Mainz 26 Dec1991
Debut 1931
Teacher :- Otto Rottsieper
Sang in premiere of Saul (Reutter)
2003 Death of English violinist Hugh Bean. Born in Beckenham, Kent, 22 SEP 1929. London Guardian. Bean was for more than half a century one of Britain's most distinguished and versatile violinists. From recording with the bands of Geraldo and Billy Cotton, he went on to lead the Philharmonia Orchestra. ~ age 74.
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