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- 1556 First publication in the Americas by Mexican printer Juan PABLOS.
The 'Latin ordinary of the Mass', the first book
containing printed music in the New World.
- 1729 (16th?) Death of German composer and lawyer Johann David Heinichen at age 46, in Dresden. b-Krössuln, 17 APR 1683.
- 1754 Birth of American composer Jacob FRENCH in Stoughton, MA. d-Simsbury, CT 1817.
BOOK-Jacob French (1754-1817) The Collected Works
1776 By decree of Empress Maria Theresa, a new opera house was erected on the site of the fire destroyed Ducal Theater of Milan...Santa Maria della Scala.
1789 Death of French composer and harpsichordist Jacques Duphly at age 74, in Paris. b-Rouen, 1715.
1798 Death of Italian composer Gaetano Pugnani in Turin. b-Turin, 27 NOV 173l.
1826 Death of Teresa Brambilla Soprano
Born 23 Oct 1813 Cassano D'Adda Died 15 July 1826
Debut 1831
Pupil :- Terasina Brambilla-Ponchielli
Created Gilda in Rigoletto (Verdi)
Francesca Ruffo in Giovanni II (Coccia)
1826 Death of Giovanni Ansani Tenor
Born 11 Feb 1744 Rome 15 July 1826
Debut 1768
Teachers:- Manuel Garcia, Luigi Lablache
1852 FP of second version, in Italian, of Ludwig Spohr's opera Faust at Covent Garden in London.
1853 Birth of German soprano Hedwig Reicher-Kindermann in Munich. Known for Wagnerian roles. Debut 1910
Teacher :- August Kindermann (father)
1853 Birth of Oreste Luppi Bass
Born 15 July 1853 Rome Died 24 Feb 1943
Debut 1892
1857 Death of Austrian composer and piano teacher Carl Czerny at age 66, in Vienna. b-Vienna, 21 FEB 1791.
1872 Birth of German-American conductor Alfred HERTZ in Frankfort. MET Opera NYC 1902-15, San Francisco Sym,
1915-29.
1878 Birth of Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann Mezzo-Soprano
Born 15 July 1878 Frankfurt Died Feb 1943
Debut 1898
Teachers:- Selma Nicklass-Kempner, Emanuel Reicher
Pupil :- Benno Arnold
1895 Birth of American violinist Eddy BROWN. Founded Chamber Music Society of America. Music Director of WQXR,
New York.
1898 Birth of English composer Norman DEMUTH. d-Chichester, 21 APR 1988
1910 Birth of English composer Ronald BINGE (BIN' zh). d-1978. Photo.
1914 Death of Arvid Odmann Tenor
Born 1850 Karlstad Died 15 July 1914
Debut as Tamino in Zauberflote (Mozart)
Teachers:- Fritz Arlberg, Julius Gunther, Ivan Hallstrom
1914 FP of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera 'Le Coq d'or'. Drury Lane Theater, London.
World premiere on September 24th,
1914.
1914 Marriage of violinist Efram Zimbalist to singer Alma Gluck. Their daughter was author Marcia Davenport, son, actor Efram Zimbalist, Jr. Granddaughter, actor Stephanie Zimbalist.BOOK-My Dinner of Herbs: Efram Zimbalist, Jr.
1921 Birth of American composer and music professor Jack Hamilton BEESON in
Muncie, ID. Studied at Eastman
School of Music where his teachers included Howard Hanson, Burrill Phillips, and Bernard Rogers.
1928 Birth of Charles Anthony Tenor
Born 15 July 1928 New Orleans
Debut as Missail in Boris Godounov (Mussorgsky) 1954
Teachers:- Dorothy Hulse, Kathryn Long, Riccardo Picozzi, Giuseppe Ruisi
1928 Death of Karl Perron Baritone
Born 3 Jun 1858 Frankenthal Died 15 July 1928
Debut as Wolfram in Tannhauser (Wagner) 1884
Teachers:- Julius Hey, Julius Stockhausen
Created Orestes in Elektra (Strauss)
Ochs in Rosenkavalier (Strauss)
Jokanaan in Salome (Strauss)
1930 Death of violinist Leopold Auer at Loschwitz, near Dresden.
1933 Birth of English guitarist and lutenist Julian BREAM in London. A protégé
of Segovia.
Britten, Walton wrote music for him.
1934 Birth of English composer Harrison BIRTWISTLE in Accrington, Lancashire.
1939 Birth of American composer William HELLERMAN in Milwaukee, WI.
1940 Death of Oxana Petrusenko Soprano
Born 17 Feb 1900 Kharkiv Died 15 July 1940
Debut 1916
Teacher :- P Saksahansky
1942 FP of H. Villa-Lobos' Chôros Nos. 6, 9 and 11, conducted by composer in Rio de Janeiro.
1944 Birth of Dutch composer Klaas de VRIES in Terneuzen, Netherlands.
1945 FP of George Antheil's Heroes of Today. Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting.
1946 Birth of American popular singer, and sometime Gilbert and Sullivan soprano, Pirates of Penzance, Linda RONSTADT of Tucson Arizona. Biography. On Video...Pirates of Penzance.
1949 Birth of Scottish composer Sir John CASKEN in Barnsley.
1950 Death of Emil Stiebel Bass-Baritone
Born 30 Jan 1876 Stockholm 15 July 1950
Debut 1902
Teachers:- Gillis Bratt, Julius Gunther
1959 Death of Swiss-American composer Ernst Bloch, in Portland, Oregon. b-Geneva, 24 July 1880.
1959 Death of Angelica Pandolfini Soprano
Born 21 Aug 1871 Spoleto Died 15 July 1959
Debut Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 1894
Teacher :- Massart
Pupils :- Mireille Berthon, Georges Thill
Created Adriana Lecouvreur in Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea)
1960 Death in NYC of American tenor Lawrence Tibbett, who retired 10 years earlier from the
Metropolitan Opera at age 53. Debut as Levitsky in Boris Godounov (Mussorgsky) Nov 1923
Teachers:- Joseph Dupuy, Frank La Forge, Basil Ruysdel, Ignaz Zitmorsky
Created Don Juan in Don Juan De Manara (Goossens)
Bradford in Merry Mount (Hanson)
Caponsacchi in Caponsacchi (Hageman)
Eadgar of Wessex in Kings Henchman (Taylor)
Colonel Ibbetson in Peter Ibbetson (Taylor)
Brutus Jones in Emperor Jones (Gruenberg)
1961 Birth of American Electronic Music composer Stephen M. PROCK, III.
1962 Birth of American composer Betsy SCHRAMM.
1964 Death of Edna Thornton Mezzo-Soprano
Born 1875 Bradford Died 15 July 1964
Debut 1899
Teachers:- Mme Lemmens-Sherrington, Charles Santley
Created Fool's Mother in Perfect Fool (Holst)
1965 FP of Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms at Philharmonic Hall. New York Philharmonic conducted by the composer. Camerata Singers and boy alto John Bogart. England FP on 31 JUL 1965. Bernstein attended at Chichester Cathedral, England.
1982 Death of Otto von Rohr Bass
Born 24 Feb 1916 Berlin Died 15 July 1982
Debut as Sarastro in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1938
Teachers:- Sergei Radamsky, Hermann Weissenborn
1984 Death of Joachim Sattler Baritone
Born 21 Aug 1899 Affoltersbach 15 July 1984
Debut as Claudio in Liebersverbot (Wagner)
Teacher :- Karl Beines, Hans Schutz
1988 FP of John Harbison's Piano Sonata No. 1 In Memoriam Roger Sessions by pianist Robert Shannon at the Dorothy Taubman Piano Institute in Amherst, MA.
2000 Death of Louis Quilico Baritone
Born 14 Jan 1925 Montreal 15 July 2000
Debut as Germont in Traviata (Verdi) 1953
Teachers:- Walter Brunelli, Lina Pizzolongo, Martial Singher
Pupils :- Roelof Oostwoud, Gino Quilico, Paul Frey
Sang in premiere of Coeurs de la Matiero (Jolivet)
Mere Coupable (Milhaud).
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