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- 1468 Birth of Spanish composer Juan del ENCINA in Salamanca. d-Léon, 1529.
- 1666 FP of Cesti's "Nettunno e Flora festeggianti" Vienna (1666).
- 1675 Birth of Italian composer and conductor Evarista dall'ABACO in Verona. d-Munich, 17 JUL 1742. There is some doubt of his death on the 12th, JUL 1742.
- 1701 FP of Ariosti's "La fede ne' tradimenti" Berlin (1701).
- 1703 FP of Ariosti's "Mars und Irene" Berlin (1703).
- 1773 Death of German flutist and teacher Johann QUANTZin Potsdam. b-Oberscheden, Hannover 30 JAN 1697.
- 1799 FP of Paer's "Il morto vivo" Vienna (1799).
- 1821 Birth of DOMINICETI: Cesare (com/opera) (1821-1888) It. b. Desenzano del
Guarda, July 12, 1821; d. Sesto di Monza, June 20, 1888:
- 1842 Birth of American soprano Clara Louise KELLOGG.
- 1847 Birth of German pianist Karl BARTH who studied with Bulow and
Tausig.
- 1847 Birth of Italian musicologist Father Angelo de SANTI in Trieste. He
opposed the use of theater music in the church.
- 1854 Birth of Rochester NY philanthropist George EASTMAN in Waterville, NY. d-14 MAR 1932, took his own life, plagued
by progressive disability resulting from a hardening of the cells in
the lower spinal cord. Was inventor of Kodak camera and roll film. Founder of the Eastman School of Music,
University of Rochester (1921).
SITE.
- 1861 Birth of Russian conductor, professor and composer Anton Stepanovich ARENSKY in Novgorod. d-Terijoki, Finland 25 FEB
1906.
Operas, "Son na Volge" (Moscow, 1891); "Rafael' (Moscow, 1894); "Nal'
i Damayanti" (Moscow, 1904).
- 1876 Birth of Burke, Edmund (b) (1876-1970) Can. (95) b. Toronto, July 12, 1876;
d.Pasadena, CA, Feb. 19, 1970: MET: Nov. 22, 1922 [King] Aida, 3
seasons (1922-25) 13 perf., 3 works.
- 1876 Birth of Edmund Burke Bass
Born 12 July 1876 Toronto Died 19 Feb 1970
Debut as Cardinal in Juive (Halevy) 1905
Teachers:- Alberto Antonio Visetti, Edmond Duvernoy
- 1885 Birth of English composer and folksong collector George Sainton Kay BUTTERWORTH in London. d-Pozières, France, in the battle of Pozieres, 5 AUG 1916.
- 1888 Birth of Browning Mummery Tenor
Born 12 July 1888 Melbourne Died 16 Mar 1974
Debut as Beppo in Fra Diavolo (Auber)
- 1892 Birth of Basiola, Mario (b) (1892-1965) It. (73) b Annico, nr Cremona, July
12, 1892; d. Annico, Jan. 3, 1965: He studied in Rome, where he made
his début (1918). Appearances in Florence and Barcelona led to an
engagement with the San Carlo company which toured America (1923).
In 1930, he appeared in the American première of Felice Lattuada's
Le preziose ridicole and in Montemezzi's La notte di Zoraima the
following year. He was also the [Venetian] in the first Metropolitan
production of Sadko (1930). In 1933 he returned to Italy where for
many years he was a leading baritone in Milan and Rome. After a
serious illness, he appeared at CG [Iago, Amonasro, and Germont]
(1939). In 1946, he joined a company touring Australia, and in 1951
he returned there as a teacher. MET: Début Nov. 11, 1925 [Amonasro]
Aida, 7-seasons (1925-32) 272-perf. of 28-roles. Debut 1918
Teacher :- Antonio Cotogni
Pupils :- Richard Ames, Mario Bertolino, Grace Hoffmann, Alvinio Misciano
Joseph Rouleau, Mario Sereni, Joyce Barker, Mario Basiola jnr(son)
Created General MacArthur in Marilyn (Ferrero)
General Ivolgin in Idiota (Chailly)
Sang in premiere of Al Gran Sole Carico D'Amore (Nono)
Rappresentazione e Festa (Malipiero)
Don Tartufo Bacchettone (Malipiero)
- 1893 Birth of English french-hornist Aubrey BRAIN in London. d-London, 20 SEP 1955. Father of English
french-hornist Dennis Brain.
- 1895 Birth of Basque composer Juan Telleria y ARRIZABALAGA.
- 1895 Birth of Norwegian soprano Kirsten FLAGSTAD Hamar, nr Oslo. d- Oslo, 7 DEC 1962. MET: Feb. 2, 1935 Début:
[Sieglinde] Die
Walküre, 9 seasons (1934-41, 50-52) 261 perf., 11 roles, 10 works.
Debut as Nuri in Tiefland (D'Albert)
Teachers:- Gillis Bratt, Ellen Schytte-Jacobsen, Albert Westwang, Inge Isene
Pupils :- Nina Carina, Kari Lovaas
- 1895 Birth of American musical theater lyricist Oscar HAMMERSTEIN II. Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Flower Drum Song, Sound of Music; with music by Richard Rodgers.
d- 23 AUG 1960.
- 1900 FP of Gabriel Fauré's Requiem at the Paris World Exhibition in Paris.
CD-Fauré: Requiem / Bott, Cachemaille; Gardiner
1902 Birth of Jaresch, August (t) b. July 12, 1902;
1908 Birth of Dutch composer Johan Henri Gustave FRANCO in Zaandam, Netherlands.
1922 FP of Paul Hindemith's Kleine Kammermusik for winds, Op. 24, no. 2. Frankfurt Chamber Winds in Cologne, Germany.
1925 Birth of Japanese composer Tasushi AKUTAGAWA in Tokyo. [Most databases list his name as Yasushi Akutagawa, eg:
MusicFromJapan... or
AllClassical
and with a death year of 1989: Naxos.com almanac has a
death date of 1/31/1989.]
1925 Birth of Albert Lance Tenor
Born 12 July 1925 Adelaide
Debut as Cavaradossi in Tosca (Puccini) 1953
Teachers:- Nizza, Dominique Modesti, Greta Callow
Created Raymond Bardac in Blood Moon (Dello Joio)
1926 Birth of Crosby, John (con/director) (1926-2002) U.S. b. New York, July 12,
1926; d. Palm Springs, Dec. 15, 2002: Founder and Director of the
Santa Fe Opera.
1929 FP of Boero's "El Matrero" Buenos Aires (1929).
1931 Birth of Belgian composer André LAPORTE in Oplinter.
1934 Birth of American pianist Van CLIBURN in Shreveport Louisiana. As a child was taught by his mother, in
1958 was the first American to win the Tchaikovsky Prize in Moscow.
1935 Birth of German conductor Gerd ALBRECHT.
1937 Birth of Nelly Ailakowa Soprano
Born 12 July 1937
Teachers:- Maria Brand, Rudolf Dittich
1937 America mourns as they hear about the death of American composer
George GERSHWIN at the age of 38 previous day in Hollywood.
1938 Birth of American composer Lee NOBLE in Detroit.
1940 FP of Alberto Ginastera's ballet Panambi in Buenos Aires.CD-Alberto Ginastera: Panambí (Ballet, 1937) / Estancia (Complete Ballet, 1941) - London Symphony Orchestra / Gisèle Ben-Dor
1942 Birth of American clarinetist Richard STOLTZMAN in Omaha, NE.
1943 Birth of English pianist Roger VIGNOLES.
1944 Birth of Paul, Judith de (s) It. b. Florence, July, 12, 1944; MET: Début:
Feb. 13, 1968 [Frasquita] Carmen, 6 seasons (1967-73) 110 perf., 8
works. Debut as Amelia in Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) 1966
Teacher :- Kurt Baum
1946 FP of Benjamin Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia at the Glyndebourne Festival in England. CD-Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
1947 Death of Bjorn Talen Tenor
Born 8 Nov 1890 Oslo Died 12 July 1947
Debut 1915
Teacher :- Sebastianini
1948 FP of Vaughan Williams Partita For Double String Orchestra at
Royal Albert Hall, London, by BBC SO with RVW conducting.CD-Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works
1951 Birth of Sass, Sylvia (s) Hun. b. Budapest, July 12, 1951; MET: Début: Mar.
17, 1977 [Tosca] Tosca, 1 season (1976-77) 3 perf., 1 work.
Debut as Gutrune in Gotterdammerung (Wagner) 1972
Teacher :- Ferenc Revhegyi
Created Mother in Moses (Durko)
1953 Death of Belgian composer Joseph Jongen at age 79, in Sart-lez-Spa. b-Liège, 14 DEC 1873.
1966 Birth of Italian composer Giovanni GROSSKOPF in Sesto S.G., Milan.
1968 Death of Ada Sari Soprano
Born 1888 Wadowice Cracow Died 12 July 1968
Debut as Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 1909
Pupils :- Zdislava Donat, Urszula Trawinska Moroz
1969 Birth of Italian composer Luca BELLONI in Milan.
1972 FP of Peter Maxwell Davies' opera Taverner at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London.
1974 Death of Christo Brambarov Baritone / Teacher of Singing
Born 1906 Died 12 July 1974
Debut as Germont in Traviata (Verdi) 1932
Pupils :- Ghena Dimitrova, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Peter Gougaloff
Galia Joncheva, Eduardes Kaniava, Dimiter Petkov,
Stojan Stoyanov, Dimiter Uzunov, Raffaele Arie, Nikolai Ghiuselev
1976 Birth of British composer Louise THOMPSON in Portsmouth, England.
1976 FP of Hans-Werner Henze's opera We Come to the River at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London.
1979 Death of Finnish conductor and choral director Kalervo Tuukkanen in Helsinki. b-Mikkeli, 14 OCT 1909.
1991 Death of Rina Del Monaco Teacher of Singing
Born 1918 Genoa Died 12 July 1991
Pupils :- Nikola Martinucci, Giogio Casellato-Lamberti, Giuseppe Giacomini
Hanna Schwarz
1992 FP of Christopher Rouse's Violin Concerto. Aspen Festival Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin, soloist Cho-Liang Lin at the Aspen Music Festival in Aspen CO.CD-Der Gerettete Alberich / Violin Concerto / Rapture
1996 Death of Swiss composer Gottfried von Einem in Vienna. b-Bern, 24 JAN 1918.
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