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- 1664 FP of Moliere and Lully's The Forced Marriage in the Louvre, Paris.
- 1703 Birth of composer Carlmann KOLB. d-1756.
- 1711 Birth of Italian composer Giuseppe BONNO.
- 1715 Birth of Austrian composer and pianist Georg Christoph WAGENSEIL in Vienna. d-Vienna, 1 MAR 1777.
- 1728 FP of The Beggar's Opera by John Gay and Christopher
Pepusch, at Lincoln's Inn Fields in London. Runs for 62 performances.
- 1781 FP of Mozart's Idomeneo at the Hoftheater in Munich.
- 1782 Birth of French composer Daniel-Francois AUBER in Caen. d-Paris, 12 MAY 1871.
- 1782 Birth of composer Frantiszek Tucek SCIGALSKI aka Frantisek Tucek SCIGALSKI.
- 1784 Birth of German pianist and composer Ferdinand RIES.
d-13 JAN 1838.
- 1801 Birth of Dutch violinist and composer Johannes Bernardus van BREE in Amsterdam. d-Amsterdam, 14 FEB 1857.
- 1824 Birth of composer Karl von PERFALL.
- 1826 FP of Schuberts d minor String Quartet Death and the Maiden at the Vienna home of Karl and Franz Hacker in Vienna.
- 1837 Death, after a duel, of Russian poet and dramatist Alexander Pushkin. His works were the basis of Glinka's Russland and
Ludmilla opera,
Mussorgsky's Boris Gudunov opera, Tchaikovsky's Eugen
Onegin, and the
Pushkin version of the legend of Don Juan called the The
Stone Guest by
Dargomijsky.
- 1849 Birth of Anton Von Fuchs Bass-Baritone
Born 29 Jan 1849 Munich Died 15 Apr 1925
Debut as Liebenau in Waffenschmied (Lortzing) 1873
Teacher :- Julius Hey
Sang in premiere of Die Feen (Wagner)
Der Barenhauter (Wagner S)
- 1852 (Feb 29?)Birth of British composer Sir Frederic HYMEN in Kingston, Jamaica. d-6 OCT 1935. Came to England as a child. Was conductor of the Philharmonic (1888-92, 1900-07). Scottish Orchestra (1900-10). He composed operas, cantatas, oratorios, symphonies, overtures, pianoforte pieces, and some 300 songs.
- 1862 Birth of English composer Frederick 'Fritz' Theodor Albert DELIUS in Bradford, Yorkshire. d-Grez-sur-Loing, France 10 JUN 1934. Composed for many years in the USAmerica on his orange orchard near Jacksonville, FL.
- 1864 Birth of composer Adolf PHILLIP. d-1936.
- 1869 Birth of composer Andrey Vladimirovich SCHERBACHOV.
- 1871 Birth of composer Eduardo Lopez-Chavarri y MARCO.
- 1871 Birth of Hungarian composer Desiderius DEMENYI.
- 1872 Death of Benita Morena Soprano
Born 31 Oct 1792 La Coruna Died 29 Jan 1872
Debut 1808
Sang in premiere of Festa della Rosa (Pavesi)
- 1873 Birth of American composer Charles Henry MILLS.
d-1937.
- 1874 Birth of composer Robert LACH.
- 1876 Birth of English composer Havergal BRIAN in Dresden, Staffordshire. d-Shoreham, 28 NOV 1972.
- 1877 Birth of Davida Hesse Soprano
Born 29 Jan 1877 Gafle Sweden Nov 1962
Debut as Zerlina in Don Giovanni (Mozart) 1904
Teachers:- Emerick, Julius Gunther, Signe Hebbe
- 1882 FP of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Snow Maiden in St. Petersburg.
- 1884 Birth of Estonian composer Juhan AAVIC aka Juhan AAVIK.
- 1889 Birth of Filipino composer Francisco SANTIAGO. Music in the Philippines .
- 1890 Birth of French composer Marguerite CANAL. She won Grand Prix de Rome in 1920 for her symphonic tone poem Don Juan. She wrote more than 100 songs.
- 1891 Birth of Marie Rejholcova Mezzo-Soprano
Born 29 Jan 1891 Kourim 2 Apr 1937
Debut as Olga in Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky) 25 Jun 1913
Teacher :- Marie Pivodova
- 1891 Liliuokalani named Queen of
Hawaii, was song writer.
- 1893 Birth of English composer and conductor Edric CUNDELL.
- 1893 Birth of Hungarian composer Martian NEGREA.
- 1897 Birth of Mary Lewis Soprano
Born 29 Jan 1897 Hot Springs Arkansas Died 31 Dec 1941
Debut as Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 19 Oct 1923
Teachers:- Jean De Reszke, Alice Henniger, William Thorner
Created Mary in Hugh the Drover (Vaughan Williams)
- 1898 Birth of Maria Muller Soprano
Born 29 Jan 1898 Theresienstadt Died 13 Mar 1958
Debut as Elsa in Lohengrin (Wagner) 1919
Teachers:- Max Altglass, Erik Schmedes
- 1898 Birth of Belgian cellist, composer and conductor Fernand
QUINET.
- 1898 Birth of Czech soprano Maria MULLER.
d-Bayreuth. 13 MAR 1958.
- 1900 Birth of Yugoslavian composer Marko TAJCEVIC aka Marco TAJCEVIC in Osijek, Yugoslavia. d-19 JUL 1984.
- 1905 Death of Max Stagemann Baritone
Born 10 May 1843 Freienwalde Died 29 Jan 1905
Teachers:- Francois Alexander Delsarte, Lindhudt
Pupil :- Adrienne Osborne
- 1916 Birth of Kyra Vayne Soprano
Born 29 Jan 1916 St Petersburg Died 12 Jan 2001
Debut in Sorochinsky Fair (Mussorgsky)
Teachers:- Horatio Davis, Manlio Di Veroli, Mignon Nevada
- 1916 Death of composer Edward Hubertus Johannes Keurvils at age 62.
- 1916 FP of S. Prokofiev's Scythian Suite, with Prokofiev conducting at the Mariinsky Theater in Petrograd.
- 1923 Birth of Ira Malaniuk Mezzo-Soprano
Born 29 Jan 1923 Stanislau Poland
Debut 1945
Teachers:- Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, Adamo Didur
- 1924 Birth of Lois Marshall Soprano
Born 29 Jan 1924 Toronto
Debut as Queen of the Night in Zauberflote (Mozart)
- 1924 Death of composer Joseph Ludwig at age 79.
- 1924 Birth of Italian composer Luigi NONO in
Venice. d-Venice, 8 MAY 1990.
- 1928 Birth of Canadian composer Bengt HAMBRAEUS. d-Montreal, 22 SEP 2000.
- 1929 Death of Jacques Bouhy Baritone / Teacher of Singing
Born 18 June 1848 Pepinster Belgium Died 29 Jan 1929
Debut as Mephistopheles in Faust (Gounod) 1871
Pupils :- Bessie Abott, Suzanne Adams, Lillian Blauvelt, Clara Butt
Amy Castles, Gervase Elwes, Eva Gauthier, Putnam Griswold
Kathleen Howard, Louise Kirkby-Lunn, Leo Rains, Mary Garden
Oscar Saenger, Herbert Witherspoon, Louise Homer
Created Escamillo in Carmen (Bizet)
Don Cesar de Bazan in Don Cesar de Bazan (Massenet)
Sang in premiere of Paul et Virginie (Masse)
Bravo (Salvayre)
- 1932 FP of Gershwin's 'Rhapsody No 2' orginally called
Rhapsody
In Rivets.
- 1934 Birth of composer Paul Gutama SOEGIJO. Film Scores.
- 1936 Birth of English pianist Malcolm BINNS.
- 1936 FP of Constant Lambert's Summer's Last Will and Testament for chorus and orchestra, in London.
- 1939 Birth of American composer Alan SILVA in Bermuda.
- 1939 Birth of Lorna Haywood Soprano
Born 29 Jan 1939 Birmingham
Debut in Katya Kabanova (Janacek) 1964
Teachers:- Mary Parsons, Gordon Clinton, Sergius Kagen, Beverley Johnson
- 1940 Birth of Justino Diaz Bass
Born 29 Jan 1940 San Juan Puerto Rico
Debut as Ben in Telephone (Menotti) 1957
Teachers:- Frederick Jagel, Ralph Errole
Created Antony in Antony & Cleopatra (Barber)
Francesca Cenci in Beatrix Cenci (Ginestra)
Bio of Justino DIAZ.
- 1940 Death of Edward Lankow Bass
Born 1883 Tarrytown-on-Hudson Died 29 Jan 1940
Debut as Sarastro in Zauberflote (Mozart) 11 Oct 1906
Teacher :- Anna Lankow
- 1942 Death of Foster Richardson Bass
Born 10 Jan 1890 Nottingham Died 29 Jan 1942
Debut 1915
Teacher :- Thomas Meux, Borghi
- 1942 Death of composer Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal at age 92.
- 1943 Birth of English composer Timothy Andrew James SOUSTER in Bletchley. d-Cambridge, 1994.
- 1943 Birth of Irma Urrila Soprano
Born 29 Jan 1943 Helsinki
Debut as Mimi in Boheme (Puccini) 1964
Teachers:- Carla Castellani, Aino Elenius, Clemens Kaiser-Breme
Created 1st Witch in Macbeth (Bibalo)
Sang in premiere of Last Temptation (Kokkonen)
- 1946 Death of English composer Sidney James Jones at age 84.
- 1947 Death of Marthe Chenal Soprano
Born 24 Aug 1881 Paris Died 29 Jan 1947
Debut as Brunnhilde in Sigurd (Reyer) 1905
Sang in premiere of La Sorciere (Erlanger)
- 1952 Birth of Roderick Earle Bass
Born 29 Jan 1952 Winchester
Debut as Spinelloccio in Gianni Schicci (Puccini) 1978
Teacher :- Otakar Kraus
Sang in premiere of Anna Karenina (Hamilton)
- 1957 Death of Marcella Roeseler Soprano
Born 21 Jun 1890 Berlin Died 29 Jan 1957
Debut 1910
Sang in premiere of Die Heilige Berg (Sinding)
- 1960 Birth of
violinist Cho Liang LIN in Taiwan.
- 1960 Death of Mack Harrell Baritone
Born 8 Oct 1909 Celeste Texas Died 29 Jan 1960
Debut as Biterolf in Tannhauser (Wagner) 16 Dec 1939
Pupils :- Alan Baker, William Blankenship, Thomas Stewart
Created Samson in Warrior (Rogers)
Azrael in Dybbuk (Tamkin)
- 1961 Birth of English composer Janet Owen THOMAS in Crosby, Liverpool.
- 1962 Birth of Rosa Mannion Soprano
Born 29 Jan 1962 Lancashire
Debut as Adina in Elisir D'Amore (Donizetti) 1984
Teacher :- Patricia Boyer Kelly
Created Anna Howe in Clarissa (Holloway)
- 1962 Death of Austrian composer, arranger and violinist Fritz Kreisler at age 86 in NYC. b-Vienna, 2 FEB 1875.
- 1965 Death of composer Michael Spisak at 50.
- 1965 Death of Henny Wolff Soprano / Teacher of Singing
Born 3 Feb 1890 Cologne Died 29 Jan 1965
Teachers:- Henriette Wolff-Dwillat (mother), Julius von Raatz-Brockmann
Pupils :- Judith Beckmann, Elisabeth Schartel, Gerti Zeumer,
Ingeborg Reichelt
- 1966 Death of Julien Giovanetti Baritone
Born 9 Jan 1914 Duzerville Algeria Died 29 Jan 1966
Debut as Zurga in Pearl Fishers (Bizet) 19 Oct 1940
Sang in premiere of Locandiera (Thiriet)
Cyrnos (Ameller)
Sampiero Corso (Tomasi)
- 1966 Death of French-Canadian composer Pierre Mercure at age 38 in Avalon, France. b-Montreal 1 FEB 1927.
- 1967 Death of Polish composer Wlodzimierz Pozniak at age 62.
- 1971 Birth of German composer Matthias PINTSCHER.
- 1973 Death of composer Johannes Paul Thilman at age 67. b-1906.
- 1979 Birth of American composer Jonathan SAGGAU.
- 1980 Death of composer Antonio Molina at age 85.
- 1981 FP of American composer John Towner Williams' Violin Concerto, dedicated to the memory of his wife, actress and singer Barbara Ruick Williams. [She was born in 1930 at Pasadena, California and died in 1974 of a cerebral hemorrhage]. Mark Peskanov and the St. Louis Symphony conducted by Leonard Slatkin. This piece was revised in 1998.
- 1985 Death of Tito Xirelli Baritone
Born 27 Mar 1900 Lesbos Died 29 Jan 1985
Debut as Rigoletto in Rigoletto (Verdi) 1920
Teacher :- Nina Foka
- 1987 Death of composer Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski at age 73.
- 1988 Death, suicide, of American opera singer Bantcho Bantchevsky. He leapt to his death from the balcony
of New York's Metropolitan Opera House during a performance of Verdi's Macbeth.
- 1988 Death of Dutch composer and conductor Rogier Van Otterloo
at age 46.
- 1991 Death of Dutch pianist and Sweelinck Conservatory Administrator,
Jan Ode.
- 1992 Death of Zannis Cambanis Tenor
Born 1907 Syros Died 29 Jan 1992
Debut as Canio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) 1938
Teacher :- Maria Trivella
- 1995 Death of Ferruccio Tagliavini Tenor
Born 14 Aug 1913 Reggio Emilia Died 29 Jan 1995
Debut as Rodolfo in Boheme (Puccini) 26 Oct 1938
Teachers:- Amedeo Bassi, Italo Brancucci, Giulia Tess
Sang in premiere of Campagne (Rossellini)
- 2001 Death of Frances Bible Mezzo-Soprano
Born 26 Jan 1919 Sacketts Harbor N Y Died 29 Jan 2001
Debut as Shepherd in Tosca (Puccini) 1948
Teachers:- Queena Mario, Belle Julie Soudant
Created Augusta Tabor in Ballad of Baby Doe (Moore)
Elizabeth Proctor in Crucible (Ward)
Mango Vendor / 2nd Servant in Troubled Island (Still)
Frade in Dybbuk (Tamkin)
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