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1674 Death of Italian bandmaster and composer Giacomo Carissimi, at 68 in Rome. b-Marini, 18 APR 1605.
1674 Birth of composer Reinhard KEISER.
1675 FP of Lully's opera Theseus at St. Germain-en-Laye Palace nr Paris.
1711 Birth of composer Gaetano LATILLA.
1715 Birth of French composer of music for harpsichord, Jaques DUPHLY in Rouen. d-1789.
1723 FP of Handel's opera Ottone, with popular soprano Francesca Cuzzoni, at the King's Theater in London.CD-Handel - Ottone / Bowman, McFadden, J. Smith, Denley, Visse, M. George, The King's Consort, King
1730 Birth of German composer Johann Joachim Christoph BODE. d-1793.
1735 Death of English composer John Eccles in Kingston-on-Thames. b-London, 1668. Son and pupil of Solomon Eccles.
1737 Birth of Italian composer Brizio PETRUCCI.
1762 Leopold Mozart arrive in Munich with young Wolfgang, six, and his sister, ten, to perform for the Elector of Bavaria.
1765 Death of German composer Johann Melchior Molter, at 68, in Durlach. b-Tiefenort, 10 FEB 1696.
1789 Birth of Davide Banderali Tenor / Teacher of Singing
Born 12 Jan 1789 Lodi Died 13 June 1849
Debut 1806
Pupils :- Giuditta Grisi, Henriette Meric-Lalande, Giuditta Pasta
Alphonse Joseph Alizard, Giulio Pellegrini, Paolo Barroilhet
Adelaide Comelli-Rubini, Sabine Heinefetter, John Sinclair
1794 Birth of Franz Hauser Bass
Born 12 Jan 1794 Krasovice Died 14 Aug 1870
Debut as Sarastro in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1817
Teacher :- Tomasek
Pupils :- Therese Vogl, Hans Feodor von Milde
Created Tristan in Jessonda (Spohr)
1804 Birth of French composer Hippolyte MONPOU. d-1841.
1821 Birth of Russian composer Nikolai AFANISEV. d-3 JUN 1898.
1829 Death of composer Michael Gotthard Fischer, at 55. b-1770.
1836 Birth of English composer, critic and pianist Arabella Goddard DAVISON in St. Servan, Brittany. d-Boulogne, 6 APR 1972. Picture History.
1837 Birth of composer Adolf JENSEN.
1837 Birth of American composer Carlos TROYER. d-1920.
1864 FP of J. Brahms's Variations on a Theme by R. Schumann Op. 23, for piano four-hands, in Vienna.CD-Andreas Boyde Plays Schumann & Brahms
1870 Birth of Karl Burian Tenor
Born 12 Jan 1870 Raknovik Died 25 Sep 1924
Debut as Jenik in Bartered Bride (Smetana) 28 Mar 1891
Teachers:- D.Cipera, K.Hulka, Franz Privoda, Felix Von Kraus
Moritz Wallerstein, Zikmund Winter
Pupil :- Karel Leiss
Created Herod in Salome (Strauss)
1876 Birth of Anny Krull Soprano
Born 12 Jan 1876 Rostock Died 14 June 1947
Debut 1898
Teacher :- Hertha Bramer
Created Elektra in Elektra (Strauss)
Diemut in Feuersnot (Strauss)
Sang in premiere of Manru (Paderewski)
1876 Birth of Italian opera composer Ermanno WOLF-FERRARI in Venice. d-Venice, 21 JAN 1948.
1884 Birth of composer Louis HORST. d-1964.
1887 Death of Austrian composer, pianist and teacher Marie Blahetka in Boulogne. b-suburban Vienna, 15 NOV 1810.
1888 Birth of composer Claude DELVINCOURT.
1890 Birth of Charles Friant Tenor
Born 12 Jan 1890 Montmartre Died 22 Apl 1947
Debut 1914
Teacher :- Leon Melchissedec
Created Taras Bulba in Taras Bulba (Samuel-Rousseau)
Sang in premiere of Le Hulla (Samuel-Rousseau)
Le Bon Roi Dagobert (Samuel-Rousseau)
1893 Death of Karl Hill Baritone
Born 9 May 1831 Taunus Died 12 Jan 1893
Debut as Jacob in Joseph (Mehul) 1868
Created Alberich in Siegfried (Wagner)
Alberich in Gotterdammerung (Wagner)
Klingsor in Parsifal (Wagner)
1894 FP of A. Dvorák's String Quintet in Eb, Op. 97 American in NYC.CD-Dvorak: The Complete String Quintets
1898 Birth of composer Jose Forns y CUADRAS.
1899 Birth of French baritone Pierre BERNAC in Paris. d- Villeneuve-les-Avignon, 17 OCT 1979.
Teacher :- Walter Caplet
Pupils :- Elly Ameling, Barbara Bonney, Bruce Brewer, Grace Bumbry
Mattiwilda Dobbs, Bernard Kruysen, Bruce Laplante,
Carol Neblett, Mary Lloyd-Davies, Gerard Souzay
Jessye Norman, Barbara Blanchard, Marilyn Richardson
Jennifer Smith, Robert Christesen
1900 Birth of Finnish composer Vaino HANNIKAINEN.
1901 Birth of German choreographer Kurt JOOSS, in Wurtemburg, Germany.
1904 Birth of Julius Huehn Bass-Baritone
Born 12 Jan 1904 Revere Mass Died 8 June 1971
Debut as Kurwenal in Tristan & Isolde (Wagner) 1934
Teachers:- Louis Bachner, Anne Schoen-Rene
Pupil :- Philip Booth
1916 Birth of English cellist William PLEETH. d-6 APR 1999.
1917 Birth of American conductor Walter HENDL in West Orange NJ.
1917 Death of Hans Schutz Baritone
Born 18 Dec 1862 Vienna Died 12 Jan 1917
Debut 1891
Teachers:- Emmerich Katzmair, Normi, Joachim Sattler
1918 FP of George Templeton Strong, Jr's. tone-poem Le Roi Arthur 'King Arthur'. Ernest Ansermet conducting, in Geneva, Switzerland.CD-George Templeton Strong: Le Roi Arthur, Die Nacht
1921 Birth of American pianist and composer Leo SMIT in Philadelphia, PA. d-Encinitas, CA 12 DEC 1999.
1921 Death of Gervase Elwes Tenor
Born 15 Nov 1866 Billing Hall Died 12 Jan 1921
Teachers:- Victor Beigel, Jacques Bouhy, Desire Demest,
Henry Russell
1924 Birth of Ernst Kozub Tenor
Born 12 Jan 1924 Duiborg Died 6 Jan 1972
Debut as Chateauneuf in Zar und Zimmermann (Lortzing)
1925 Birth of composer Laurentiu PROFETA.
1926 Birth of American composer Morton FELDMAN in NYC. d-3 SEP 1987.
1927 Birth of American composer Salvatore MARTIRANO in Yonkers, NY. d-17 NOV 1995.
1928 American debut of pianist Vladimir Horowitz and conductor Sir Thomas Beecham. Played Tchikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 with NY Philharmonic at carnegie Hall in NYC.
1933 Birth of Margherita Rinaldi Soprano
Born 12 Jan 1933
Debut as Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 1958
Teacher :- Iris Adami Corradetti
Pupil :- Silvia Bossa
1933 Death of composer Vaclav Suk, at 71.
1937 Birth of Vincenzo Sardiniero Baritone
Born 12 Jan 1937 Barcelona
Debut as Escamillo in Carmen (Bizet) 1964
Teacher :- Vladimiro Badiali
1941 Birth of English mezzo-soprano Anne HOWELLS in Southport, Lancashire
Debut as Flora in Traviata (Verdi) 1964
Teachers:- Frederic Cox, Vera Rozsa
Created Cathleen Sweeney in Rising of the Moon (Maw)
Orphelia in Hamlet (Searle)
Regine in Foret (Liebermann)
Lena in Victory (Rodney Bennet)
Mrs Heegan in Silver Tassle (Turnage)
1934 FP of E. Bloch's Sacred Service in Turin, Italy.
1942 FP of Miaskovsky's Symphony No. 22 in Tbilisi.
1944 Birth of Russian pianist Viktoria POSTNIKOVA.
1950 Death of composer Koos van de Griend, at 44. b-1905.
1953 Death of Bolivian composer Simeon Roncal, at 82.
1955 Birth of American choral composer Lori LAITMAN.
1955 Birth of American composer and sopranpo saxophonist Jane Ira BLOOM.
1958 Death of American composer Arthur Shepherd, at 77, in Cleveland, OH. b-Paris, ID 19 FEB 1880.
1962 Death of composer Richard de Guide, at 52.
1964 FP of Henry Cowell's Concerto Grosso for chamber orchestra. Miami Symphony Orchestra, Fabien Sevitzky, conducting in Miami Beach, FL.CD-Cowell, Persichetti and MacDowell
1971 Death of Wilhelm Lang Bass
Born 20 Oct 1904 Frankfurt Died 12 Jan 1971
Debut 1933
Teacher :- Alexander Wellig
1972 Birth of American composer Dan COLEMAN.
1975 Death of Max Lorenz Tenor
Born 17 May 1902 Dusseldorf Died 12 Jan 1975
Debut as Walther in Tannhauser (Wagner) Sep 1927
Teacher :- Ernst Gronzebach
Pupils :- Claes Hakan Ahnsjo, Richard Ames Jean Cox
James King, John Rath, Unni Rugtvedt,
Claud Heater, Richard Van Vrooman, Haken Hagegard
Created Josef K in Prozess (Von Einem)
Torbern in Bergwerk zu Falun (Wagner-Regeny)
Tiresias in Alcestiad (Talma)
Mayor of Castel Circeo in Penelope (Liebermann)
Sang in premiere of Irische Legend (Egk)
Die Konigin (Von Klenau)
Prince von Homburg (Graener)
1982 Death of Hervey Alan Bass-Baritone
Born 22 Feb 1910 Whitstable 12 Jan 1982
Teachers:- Percival Driver, Mabel Kelly, Roy Henderson
Pupils :- Thomas Allen, Sally Burgess, Peter Sidhom, Janet Price
Francis Egerton
Created Mr Redburn in Billy Budd (Britten)
1988 Death of Bruno Prevedi Tenor
Born 21 Dec 1928 Mantua Died 12 Jan 1988
Debut as Tonio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1959
Teachers:- Vladimiro Badiali, Alberto Soresina
1988 Death of Belgian composer and teacher Marcel Poot in Brussels. b-Vilvoorde, 7 MAY 1901.
1990 Death of composer Paul Amadeus Pisk, at 96.
2001 Death of Kyra Vayne Soprano
Born 29 Jan 1916 St Petersburg Died 12 Jan 2001
Debut in Sorochintsky Fair (Moussorgsky) 1941
Teachers:- Horatio Davis, Manlio di Verdi, Mignon Nevada
2002 FP of 15 year old Athena Adamopoulos' Soliloquy for cello and piano. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Christopher O'Riley. A recording session for Public Radio International at Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.
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