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- 1451 Birth of Italian composer and priest Franchinus GAFFURIUS. Conductor of the
Milan Cathedral, was considered the authority on musical theory. d-1522.
- 1566 Birth of composer Angelo NOTARI.
- 1655 Birth of Italian composer Angelo PREDIERI. d-1733.
- 1676 Death of Italian composer Pietro Francesco Cavalli in Venice. Known for his
sacred music and his operas, including Calisto. b-Crema, 14 FEB 1602.
- 1690 Announcement of the invention of the clarinet.
- 1704 Death of John Pate Counter-Tenor
Died 14 Jan 1704
Debut as Mopsa in the premiere of Fairy Queen (Purcell H)
Sang in premiere of Island Princess (Purcell D)
Grove (Purcell D)
- 1722 Birth of German composer Friedrich Gottlob FLEISCHER. d-1806.
- 1725 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 3 Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid on the 2nd Sunday following Epiphany, was part of Bach's second annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1724-25.
- 1738 FP of G. F. Handel's opera Faramondo.
CD-Handel - Faramondo / Baird · Minter · Fortunato · Lane · Callahan · Castaldi · Brewer CO · Palmer
1751 Birth of German composer and singer Corona Elizabeth Wilhelmine SCHROTER in Guben. d-Ilmenau, 23 AUG 1802.
1761 Death of Denis-Francois Tribou Tenor
Born 1695 Died 14 Jan 1761
Debut as Soleil in Phaeton (Lully)
Created Castor in Castor et Pollux (Rameau)
Renaud in Renaud (Rameau)
Ammon in Jepthe (Desmarets)
Sang in premiere of Les Fetes Grecques et Romains (De Blamont)
Tarsis et Zelie (Francoeur / Rebel)
Achile et Deidamie (Campra)
Zaide reine de Grenade (Royer JNP)
Hippolyte et Aricie (Rameau)
Les Indes Galantes (Rameau)
1777 Birth of German composer and poet Annette Droste HULSHOFF in Munich. d-Westphalia, 14 JAN 1797.
1780 Birth of Belgian composer Francois-Joseph DIZI in Namur. d-Paris, France, c1840.
1785 Mozart completes Dissonantenkwartet, opus 10.
1800 Birth of Austrian musicographer Ludwig KOCHEL, compiler of the Mozart
catalog. d- 3 JUN 1877.
1802 Death of French ballerina Marie Allard, at 59.
1804 Birth of composer John PARK.
1812 Birth of German conductor, cellist and composer Carl GRADENER in Rostock. d-Hamburg, 10 JUN 1893.
1814 Birth of composer Johannes Josephus VIOTTA. d-6 FEB 1865.
1817 Death of French composer Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, at age 87 in Paris. b-Fauquembergues, 17 OCT 1729.
1819 Birth of composer Fabio CAMPANA. d-1882.
1830 Death of German instrument craftsman Johann G Repsold, at 59. b-1770.
1822 Birth of composer Nicholas MORI.
1834 Birth of Australian composer William Cleaver Francis ROBINSON. Daytime jobs-Governor of Western Australia, Governor of South Australia and acting Governor of Victoria. d-1897.
1839 Birth of composer Emil BOHN.
1844 Birth of American composer, singer, and teacher of English origin Clara Kathleen Barnett ROGERS in Cheltenham Died 8 Mar 1931
Teachers:- Auguste Gotze, Antonio Sangiovanni
1850 Birth of Polish tenor Jean De RESZKE.
1850 Birth of Jean De Reszke Tenor
Born 14 Jan 1850 Warsaw Died 3 Apr 1925
Debut as Alfonso in Favorita (Donizetti) Jan 1874
Teachers:- Ciaffei, Antonio Cotogni, Giovanni Sbriglia
Pupils :- Joseph Bentonelli, Richard Bonelli, Dudley Buck Jnr, Clive Carey
Mme Charles Cahier, Eleanore De Cisneros, Edouard de Reszke
Louise Edvina, Arthur Endreze, Rita Fornia, Tenna Fredericksen
Rachel Frease-Green, Alma Gluck, Kathleen Howard, Mischa Leon
Maria Janowska, Tadeusz Leliva, Felice Kaschowska,Mary Lewis
Miriam Licette, Albert Lindquest, Felice Lyne, Lucille Marcel
Riccardo Martin, Carmen Melis, Luella Melius, Lucina Messal
Rachel Morton, Marguerita Namara, May Peterson, Bidu Sayao
Vladimir Rosing, Matthaus Roemer, Minnie Saltzman-Stevens
Mafalda Salvatini, Oscar Seagle, Johannes Sembach, Leo Slezak
May Stone, Maggie Teyte, Frank Titterton, Marcia van Dresser
Ellison van Hoose, Steuart Wilson, Maria Alexandrovicz
Leila Megane, Olga Lynn, Sonia Sharnova, Edna di Lima
Edith de Lys, Frantz Proschowski, Cuthbert Smith, Niels Hansen
Florence Stevens, Vicente Ballester, Sydney Russell
Hardesty Johnson, Sarah Jane Walker
Created Faust in Damnation of Faust (Berlioz)
Rodrigo in Cid (Massenet)
Lancelot in Elaine (Bemberg)
1857 Birth of American organist and critic Edgar Stillman KELLY in Sparta WI. d-NYC, 12 NOV 1944.
1868 Death of Austrian musicologist Heinrich Schenker, Ursatz, at 66.
1875 Birth of French-Alsatian organist, physician, Bach scholar and
humanitarian Albert SCHWEITZER, in Kaysenberg, France.
d- 4 SEP 1965. Nobel Peace Prize winner 1952.BOOK-Albert Schweitzer: A Biography (The Albert Schweitzer Library)
1882 Death of Caroline Richings Soprano / Composer
Born 1827 England Died 14 Jan 1882
Debut as Marie in Fille du Regiment (Donizetti) 9 Feb 1852
Sang in premiere of Duchess (Richings C)
1888 Death of Hungarian composer Stephen Heller, at age 74, in Paris. b-Budapest, 15 MAY 1813.
1889 Birth of composer Vincenzo DAVICO.
1889 Death of Ilma Di Murska Soprano
Born 4 Jan 1836 Croatia Died 14 Jan 1889
Debut in Harriet in Martha (Flotow) 1862
Teacher :- Mathilde Marchesi, V Lichtenegger, J Netzer
1890 Death of Italian composer Francesco D'Arcais, at age 59 in Rome. b-Caligari, 15 DEC 1830.
1895 Birth of Ludwig Hofmann Bass-Baritone
Born 14 Jan 1895 Frankfurt Died 28 Dec 1963
Teachers:- Ricutini, Ernst Grenzebach
Created Overseer/Peasant/Clergyman/Manufacturer in Prozess (von Einem)
1896 Birth of Mostyn Thomas Baritone
Born 14 Jan 1896 Blaina Wales Died 17 Aug 1984
Debut as Tonio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1929
Teachers:- Marie Rosing, Binetti
1896 Birth of Austrian composer Hans SALTER. d-1994.
1900 FP of Puccini's opera Tosca at the Teatro Constanzi, in Rome. CD-Giacomo Puccini: Tosca - Mirella Freni / Plácido Domingo / Samuel Ramey / Philharmonia Orchestra / Giuseppe Sinopoli
1906 Birth of German composer Walter KNAPE.
1906 Death of Elizabeth Poole Mezzo-Soprano
Born 5 Apr 1820 London Died 14 Jan 1906
Debut 1834
Created Lazarillo in Maritana (Wallace)
Ninka in Maid of Artois (Balfe)
Sang in premiere of Bohemian Girl (Balfe)
1907 Death of German composer Karl von Perfall, at 82.
1910 Birth of Belgian composer Renier van der VELDEN.
1911 Birth of Canadian-American composer George Amadee TREMBLAY. d-1982.
1911 Birth of composer Helmut DEGEN.
1914 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Three Japanese Lyrics at the Salle Erard in Paris.
1924 Death of Hungarian pianist and composer Geza Zichy in Budapest. b-Sztara Castle, 22 JUL 1849.
1925 Birth of American contralto Grace HOFFMAN.
1925 Birth of Louis Quilico Baritone
Born 14 Jan 1925 Montreal Died 15 July 2000
Debut as Germont in Traviata (Verdi) 1953
Teachers:- Walter Brunelli, Lina Pizzolongo, Martial Singher
Pupils :- Roelof Oostwoud, Gino Quilico (son), Paul Frey
Sang in premiere of Couers de Matiere (Jolivet)
Mere Coupable (Milhaud)
1925 FP of Alban Berg's atonale opera Wozzeck, in Berlin.CD-Alban Berg: Wozzeck (Opera in 3 Acts) - Franz Grundheber / Hildegard Behrens / Weiner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado
1929 Birth of Canadian baritone Louis QUILICO. d- 15 JUL 2000.
1930 Birth of composer Edgar Sergeyi HOVHANESYAN.
1931 Birth of composer Juraj POSPISIL.
1932 FP of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G, Ravel conducting and Marguerite Long
soloist, in Paris.CD-Ravel: Piano Concertos
1934 FP of George Gershwin's I Got Rhythm Variations for piano and orchestra. Leo Reisman Orchestra conducted by Charles Previn, with the Gershwin, pianist at Boston's Symphony Hall.CD-Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Earl Wild ~ The Art of the Transcription
1940 Birth of German bass-baritone Siegmund NIMSGERN in St Wendel Germany
Debut as Lionel in Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky) 1967
Teachers:- Sybille Fuchs, Paul Lohmann, Jakob Stampfli
1943 Birth in Latvia of conductor Mariss JANSONS.
1943 Death of German composer Adolf Sandberger, at 78.
1944 Birth of Canadian composer John REA in Toronto.
1945 Birth of Dutch conductor of Kees BAKELS.
1945 Death of composer Sandor Vandor, at 43. b-1902.
1947 The renovated Covent Garden Opera House
opens with Bizet's Carmen.
1949 Death of Spanish composer Joaquin Turina in Madrid at age 66. b-Seville, 9 DEC 1882.
1949 American debut of conductor Guido Cantelli. NBC Orchestra in
NYC.
1950 Birth of English flutist and conductor Nicholas McGEGAN.
1953 FP of Ralph Vaughan William's Sinfonia Antartica, in
Manchester, England.CD-Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No. 7) / Toward the Unknown Region - Bryden Thomson
1955 FP of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos' 8th Symphony, and Harp Concerto, soloist Nicanor Zabaleta. Philadelphia Orchestra, composer conducting,
in Philadelphia. CD-Villa-Lobos: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 8
1956 Birth of Canadian tenor Ben HEPPNER in Murrayville
Teachers:- Bill Neill, Dixie Ross Neill
Created McTeague in McTeague (Bolcom)
1960 FP of Paul Creston's Violin Concerto No. 1, in Detroit.
1961 Death of composer Henry Geehl, at 79.
1961 Death of Max Roth Bass-Baritone
Born 16 Feb 1886 Died 14 Jan 1961
Debut 1915
Pupil :- Alfred Pfeifle
1963 Death of Louis Azema Bass
Born 24 May 1876 Agde Heraut Died 14 Jan 1963
Debut in Huguenots (Meyerbeer) 1901
Teacher :- Jacques Isnardon
1964 FP of Quincy Porter's Symphony No. 2, in Louisville, KY.
1965 Death of American movie soprano Jeanette MacDonald, at 63, in Houston, TX. b-Philadelphia, PA 18 JUN 1903. Debut as Juliette in Romeo et Juliette (Gounod) 1943
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1965 FP of Henri Dutilleux's Cinq métaboles in Cleveland.CD-Dutilleux: Complete Orchestral Works
1967 Birth of American composer Mikel KUEHN in Eau Claire, WI
1967 Death of Italian composer Renato Lunelli, at age 71.
1971 Death of composer Ethel Glenn Hier, at 82.
1976 American debut of pianist Lazar Berman.
1978 Death of German conductor Robert Heger, at age 91. b-Strasburg, 1886. Photo.
1979 Death of Marjorie Lawrence Soprano
Born 17 Feb 1909 Geelong Victoria Died 14 Jan 1979
Debut as Elizabeth in Tannhauser (Wagner) 1932
Teachers:- Ivor Bousted, Cecile Gilly
Pupil :- Louise Ann Wohlafka
Sang in premiere of Vercingetorix (Canteloube)
1984 Death of Israeli composer Paul Ben Haim, at 86.
1985 Death of Karl Schmitt-Walter Baritone
Born 23 Dec 1900 Germersheim Died 14 Jan 1985
Teachers:- Gustav Landauer, Hans Reinmar, Richard Trunk
Pupils :- Rudolf Hartmann, Tonny Landi, Norup Bent, Wolfgang Annheisser
1994 FP of Michael Torke's Piano Concerto, composer was soloist and Saxophone Concerto John Harle, soloist. Albany Symphony at the Music hall in Troy, NY.
1995 Death of British conductor Alexander Gibson, at 68. Founded Scottish
Opera.
1998 FP of Michael Torke's Brick Symphony. San Francisco Symphony, Alasdair Neale conducting.
2000 Death of Lina Aimaro Soprano
Born 6 Feb 1914 Turin Died 14 Jan 2000
Debut as Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 1934
Sang in premiere of Trionfo di Afrodite (Orff)
2004 Death of Spanish composer Joaquín Nin-Culmell at age 95, in Oakland, CA. Was composer of Spanish-style piano pieces. He was the son of Cuban-Spanish composer Joaquín Nin y Castellanos and Danish-French-Cuban singer Rosa Culmell. b-Berlin, 5 SEP 1908. Andante, obituary
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