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- 1678 Birth of English composer William CROFT in Nether Ettington. d-Bath, 14 AUG 1727.
- 1725 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 28 Gottlob, nun geht das Jahr zu Ende on the Sunday after Christmas as part of Bach's third annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig, 1725-27.
- 1731 First promoted public concert in America, in Boston. Merchant Peter Pelham sponsors a concert "of music on sundry instruments" at the Great
Room near the tavern at 6pm. Admission is five cents per ticket.
- 1752 Birth of Bohemian cellist Anton KRAFT. In service of Prince Esterhazy
at encouragement of Haydn who wrote concerto for him.
- 1756 Birth of Moravian composer Pavel VRANICKY, aka Paul Pavel Wranitzky, in Neureisch. d-Vienna, 26 SEP 1808.
- 1844 FP of Flowtow's opera Alessandro and Stradella in Hamburg.
- 1853 Birth of French composer and conductor Andre MESSAGER in in Montlucon. d-Paris, 24 FEB 1929.
BOOK-Andre Messager: A Bio-Bibliography (Bio-Bibliographies in Music)
1859 Birth of Czech composer Josef Bohuslav FOERSTER in Prague. d-Novy Vestec, 29 MAY 1951.
1860 Birth of Giovanni Dimitrescu Tenor
Born 30 Dec 1860 Iasi Rumania Died 4 Mar 1913
Debut as Ernani in Ernani (Verdi) 1885
Teachers:- Giuseppe Cima, George Stephanescu, Francesco Lamperti
1866 Birth of French cellist Andre HEKKING in Bordeaux.
1877 FP of Brahms' Symphony No. 2, Hans Richter conducting in Vienna.CD-Johannes Brahms: The Symphonies
1879 Birth of Margherethe Siems Soprano
Born 30 Dec 1879 Breslau Died 13 April 1952
Debut as Margherite in Huguenots (Meyerbeer) 1902
Teachers:- Mattia Battistini, Pauline Viardot-Garcia, Aglaia von Orgeni
Louis Bachner
Pupil :- Sigrid Onegin
Created Chrysothemis in Elektra (Strauss)
Marshallin in Rosenkavalier (Strauss)
Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos (Strauss)
1879 FP Of Gilbert and Sullivans operetta The Pirates of Penzance. At 5th Avenue Theater in NYC. Their only operetta which was written and FP in USA.CD-Gilbert & Sullivan: Pirates Of Penzance
1880 Birth of German music writer Alfred EINSTEIN in Munich. (Cousin of Albert) Music editor of 1937 edition of the Kochel Mozart catalog.BOOK-Alfred Einstein on Music : Selected Music Criticisms
1884 FP of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 7. Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Arthur Nikisch.CD-Bruckner: Symphonies 1-9
1894 Birth of Russian soprano Nina KOSHETZ in Kiev. d-15 MAY 1965
Debut as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Mozart) 9 Sep 1913
Teachers:- Felia Litvinne, Umberto Mazetti, Sergei Taneyev, Igumnoff
Created Fata Morgana in Love of 3 Oranges (Prokofiev)
Nastya in Kudeyar (Olenine)
Son's beloved in Song of the Earth (Kankarovich)
1904 Birth of Russian composer and pianist Dimitri KABALEVSKY in St. Petersburg. d-Moscow, 16 FEB 1987.
1905 FP of Franz Lehar's The Merry Widow in Vienna at the
Theater-An-Der-Wein.CD-Lehár - The Merry Widow / Schwarzkopf, Wächter, Steffek, Gedda, Knapp, von Matacic
1910 Birth of American composer and novelist Paul Frederick BOWLES in in Jamaica, NY. d-18 NOV 1999.
1914 Birth of French pianist and organist Odette ALLOUARD-CARNY in Paris.
1919 Birth of British organist, conductor and teacher Sir David WILLCOCKS.
1921 FP of Prokofiev's opera Love For Three Oranges. Prokofiev
conducting at the Chicago Opera House, Chicago IL.CD-Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges
1922 Death of German-American pianist and organist Richard Zeckwer in Philadelphia, PA. b-Stendal, Germany 30 APR 1850. Director of Philadelphia Musical Academy, 1876 to 1917, Academy merged with Hahn Conservatory.
1930 Birth of American composer Nancy Van De VATE in Plainfield, NJ.
1932 Birth of American composer H. Leslie ADAMS in Cleveland, OH.
1934 Death of Peter Cornelius Tenor
Born 20 Jan 1865 Jutland Died 30 Dec 1934
Debut as Escamillo in Carmen (Bizet) 1892
Teachers:- Julius Lieban, Nyrop, Hermann Spiro
Created Jonathan in Saul og David (Nielson)
1935 Birth of Italian pianist Bruno CANINO.
1943 Birth of American composer Rolf GEHLHAAR.
1943 FP of Aram Khachaturian's Symphony No. 2 in Moscow.
1945 Birth of American composer Preston TROMBLY.
1946 Birth of David Arnold Baritone
Born 30 Dec 1946 Atlanta Georgia
Sang in premiere of Winter's Tale (Harbison)
Full Monn in March (Harbison)
1946 Death of American composer Charles Wakefield Cadman at age 65, in Los Angeles, CA.
1948 Birth of Hungarian composer Abraham Zalman WALKER.
1948 Death of New Zealand soprano Rosina Buckman. b-Blenheim, New Zealand, 16 MAR 1881, the second
child of Henrietta Matilda Chuck, a singer and organist.
Debut as Zara in Moorish Maid (Hill) 1905
Teacher :- George Arnold Breeden
Pupil :- Tom Williams
Created Mrs Walters in Boatswain's Mate (Smyth)
Nail in Nail (De Lara)
1949 Death of Heinrich Rehkemper Baritone
Born 24 May 1894 Schwerte Died 30 Dec 1949
Debut as Reich in Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai) 19 Mar 1919
Created Mr Heedless in Torneo Notturno (Malipiero)
Sang in premiere of Herz (Pfitzner)
1950 Birth of June Anderson Soprano
Born 30 Dec 1950 Boston
Debut as Queen of the Night in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1978
Teacher :- Robert Leonard
1952 Birth of American composer Tina DAVIDSON.
1952 (1950?) Birth of American Soprano June ANDERSON.
1954 Birth of American composer Stephen JAFFE.
1954 Birth of Janis Kelly Soprano
Born 30 Dec 1954 Glasgow
Debut as Yum Yum in Mikado (Sullivan) 1979
Teachers:- Janice Chapman, Elisabeth Grummer, David Keren
Audrey Langford
Created Kitty in Anna Karenina (Hamilton)
Sang in premiere of Hell's Angels (Osborne)
1955 Death of Heinrich Bensing Tenor
Born 26 July 1911 Metz Died 30 Dec 1955
Debut 1938
Teachers:- H Ditt, O Waldner
Created Telemachus in Odysseus (Reutter)
1958 Birth of Geoffrey Dolton Baritone
Born 30 Dec 1958 Shrewsbury
Debut as Guglielmo in Cosi fan Tutte (Mozart) 1983
Created Lazar in Family Affair (Grant)
1959 Birth of American conductor Antonio PAPPANO.
1961 FP of D. Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4. Moscow Philharmonic, Kiril Kondrashin conducting.CD-Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies
1967 Death of Ronald Lewis Baritone
Born 1916 Pengam Glamorgan Died 30 Dec 1967
Sang in premiere of Manana (Benjamin)
1971 Birth of German-American composer Garrett BYRNES in Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.
1971 Death of Dutch composer Jan Mul in Overveen. b-Haarlem, 20 SEP 1911.
1973 Birth of Polish composer Slawomir ZAMUSZKO in Lodz.
1973 Death of Henri Busser Teacher of Singing
Born Toulouse Died 30 Dec 1973
Pupil :- Georgi Boue
1974 Death of Blanche Bergmann Soprano
Born 19 Aug 1955 Ghent Died 30 Dec 1974
Teacher :- Gaetano Abrami
1974 Death of Hanus Thein Bass
Born 17 Jan 1904 Pardubice Died 30 Dec 1974
Debut as Benes in Dalibor (Smetana)
Teacher :- Egon Fuchs
1977 FP of Daniel Pinkham's The Miracle at Cana. Liselyn Adams, flute and Barry Turley, organ at their wedding at King's Chapel in Boston.
1978 Death of Gino Del Signore Tenor
Born 30 Apr 1906 Rome Died 30 Dec 1978
Debut 1930
Created Faoute in Nerone (Mascagni)
Sang in premiere of Fiery Angel (Prokofiev)
1979 Death of American composer Richard Rodgers at age 77, in NYC. b-NYC, 28 JUN 1902.
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