- 1591 Death of Slovenian composer Jacobus Gallus in Prague. b-Carniolo, 1550.
- 1739 Death of Italian composer Benedetto Marcello, in Brescia. b-Venice, 9 AUG 1686. Brother of Alessandro.
- 1752 Birth of English violinist and composer Michael FESTING. Director of the Italian Opera in London and Music at Ranelagh.
- 1755 FP of Francesco Uttini's Il Re Pastore in Stockholm.
- 1765 Leopold Mozart and his two children leave London for Kent.
- 1778 FP of PAISELLO: "Lo sposo burlato" St Petersburg (1778).
- 1803 Birth of French opera composer Adolph Charles ADAM in Paris. d-Paris, 3 MAY 1856. Son of Jean Louis Adam Alsatian composer, teacher and pianist (1758-1848).
- 1809 Death of German composer Johann Gottfried Eckard in Paris. b-Augsburg, 21 JAN 1735.
- 1812 Death of German composer and choral conductor Josef Schuster in Dredsen. b-Dresden, 11 AUG 1748.
- 1825 Birth of Anna Carolina La Grange Soprano
Born 24 July 1825 Paris Apl 1905
Debut 1842
Teachers:- Francesco Lamperti, Giulio Bordogni
- 1826 Birth of Carlo Negrini Tenor
Born 24 July 1826 Piacenza Died 1865
Debut in Due Foscari (Verdi) 1847
Created Gabriele Adorno in Simon Boccanegra (Verdi)
Glauco in Ione (Petrella)
- 1831 Death of Polish pianist Maria Szymanowska in St. Petersburg, Russia. b-Warsaw, 14 DEC 1789.
- 1831 Death of Austrian Cardinal Archduke and composer Joseph Rainer Rudolph in Baden. b-Florence, 8 JAN 1788. Studied with Beethoven.
- 1849 Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. presented its first Doctor of Music Degree to Professor Henry Dielman.
- 1861 Birth of Renaud, Maurice (b) (1861-1933) Fr. (72) b. Bordeau July 24, 1861;
d. Paris, Oct. 16, 1933. Debut 1883
Teachers:- Dupont, Francois Gavaert
Created Boniface in Jongleur de Notre Dame (Massenet)
Rinaldo in Amica (Mascagni)
Philosopher in Cherubin (Massenet)
Raphael in Ancetre (Saint-Saens)
Toine in Nais Micoulin (Bruneau)
Justinien in Theodora (Leroux)
Sang in premiere of Sigurd (Reyer)
Salambo (Reyer)
- 1862 Birth of Utor, Manuel (Manuel Utor Mayor) (t) (1862-1946) Sp. (74)
nicknamed "El Musclaire," b. Barcelona, July 24, 1862: d.
Bardelona, July 1, 1946.
- 1863 Death of Italian composer Padre Davide da Bergamo Felice Moretti in Piacenza. b-Zanica, 21 JAN 1791.
- 1865 FP of Offenbach: "Coscoletto, ou Le Lazzarone" Bad Ems (1865).
- 1877 Birth of English music writer Percy A. SCHOLES. Compiled The Oxford Companion to Music.
- 1878 Birth of Bronsgeest, Cornelis (b) (1878-1957) Dutch. (79) b. Leiden, July 24,
1878; d. Sep. 22, 1957. Debut in Nachtlager in Granada (Kreutzer) 1900
Teachers:- Schulz-Dornburg, Julius Stockhausen
- 1880 Birth of Swiss-American composer Ernest BLOCH in Geneva. Director of San Francisco Conservatory of Music 1925-30. d-Portland, Agata Beach, OR 15 JUL 1959.
- 1883 Birth of German critic, conductor, and teacher at Imperial Academy in
Tokyo, Klaus PRINGSHEIM, in Munich.
- 1885 Birth of Hungarian organist Desider d'ANTALFFLY. New York
Philharmonic Society.
- 1887 FP of Gounod's Joan of Arc Mass, at Rheims.
- 1894 Birth of Swiss composer Walter SCHULTHEISS.
- 1895 Birth of Rudolf Gerlach-Rusnak Tenor
Born 24 July 1895 Duboulz Died 23 Jan 1960
Debut Rodolfo in Boheme (Puccini) 1923
Teachers:- Eugen Fuchs, Lara, Jacques Stuckgold
- 1901 Birth of Lucchese, Josephine (s) (1901-1974) U.S. (73) b. San Antonio, July
24, 1901; d. there, Sep. 10, 1974. One of seven children, she
received her musical training entirely in the United States and
primarily in San Antonio, where she graduated from Main Avenue High
School. She studied mandolin at age six and the piano at age ten;
at fifteen she began voice lessons. Debut [Gilda]
Rigoletto at the Manhattan Grand Opera House (Oct. 1921). During
the 1920s and 1930s, Lucchese toured the U.S. and Europe, giving
both opera and concert performances. Known in Europe as
the "American Nightingale," Lucchese was an operatic success, at a
time when it was considered impossible to achieve an international
reputation without having first studied in Italy. She was featured
at the Teatro National in Havana, and appeared with opera companies
in Berlin, Hamburg, Prague, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and
Philadelphia. Lucchese returned to Texas at the close of her
operatic and concert career, and taught voice at the University of
Texas (1956-68). After her retirement from the faculty, she
continued to give private lessons to a few select students. She was
twice married: first to her business manager, Adolfo Caruso, and
later to Florentine Donato.
- 1903 Birth of composer Robert Mills DELANEY. d-1956.
- 1904 Birth of French-born American composer and arranger Leo Noël Arnaud, in Lyon.
- 1906 Birth of French cellist Pierre FOURNIER, in Paris. d-Geneva, 8 JAN 1985.
- 1917 Birth of Canadian-English composer Robert FARNON in Toronto, Ontario. d-Guernsey, 23 APR 2005. Farnon Society Biography
- 1918 Birth of American violinist Ruggiero RICCI in San Francisco, CA.
- 1921 Birth of Italian tenor Giuseppe "Pippo" DI STEFANO in Catania, Sicily, [Motta Santa Anastasia]. MET: Début: Feb. 25, 1948 [Duke] Rigoletto, 7 seasons (1947-
52, 55-56, 64-65) 112-perf., of 15-roles. Debut as Des Grieux in Manon (Massenet) 20 Apr 1946
Teachers:- Luigi Montesanto, Adriano Tocchio
Created Giuliano delle Voila in Calzare D'Argento (Pizzetti)
- 1922 Birth of Ladysz, Bernard (b) in Vilnius. Sang in premiere of Fair Girl (Czyz). Devils of Loudon (Penderecki)
- 1922 Birth of American composer Leo KRAFT in NYC.
- 1924 Birth of American composer Glenn GLASOW in Pine City, Minnesota. d-Oakland, CA, 28 JUL 2002.
- 1926 FP of Paul Hindemith's Concert Music for Winds, Op. 4. Hermann Scherchen conducting in Donaueschingen, Germany.
- 1925 Birth of Addison, Adele (s) U.S. b. New York, July 24, 1925;
- 1927 Birth of English composer Wilfred JOSEPHS. d-21 NOV 1997.
- 1927 Birth of Felbermayer, Anny (s) in Vienna
Teachers:- Elisabeth Rado, Josef Witt
- 1931 FP of ABRAHAM: "Die Blume von Hawaii" Leipzig (1931).
- 1933 Death of German composer Max von Schillings in Berlin. b-Düren, Rhineland, 19 APR 1868.
- 1934 Birth of Howlett, Neil in Surrey
Debut 1960
Teachers:- Ettore Campogalliani, Otakar Kraus, Tino Pattiera
Created Shard in Grace of Todd (Crosse)
Mirador in Story of Vasco (Crosse)
Toussaint Breda in Toussaint (Blake)
Stanley Hardcastle in Plumber's Gift (Blake)
Mark in Departure (Maconchy)
- 1937 Birth of American composer Barry VERCOE.
- 1937 Death of American composer, pianist and teacher Julia Rive-King in Indianapolis, IN. b-Cincinnati, Oh 30 OCT 1854. Studied with Carl Reinecke and Franz Liszt.
- 1938 Birth of British opera administrator Sir Colin SOUTHGATE,
chairman of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
- 1938 FP of Richard Strauss' opera Friedenstag 'The Day of Peace' in Munich.
- 1947 Birth of American pianist Peter SERKIN in NYC. Son of famed pianist Rudolf
Serkin.
- 1947 Death of Armand Crabbe Baritone
Born 23 Apr 1883 Brussels Died 24 July 1947
Debut as Watchman in Meistersingers (Wagner) 5 Sep 1904
Teachers:- Desire Demest, Raymond Gilles
Created Pico in Natoma (Herbert)
Ramon in Ardid de Amor (Pedrell)
King in Re (Giordano)
- 1954 Death of Lambert Murphy Tenor
Born 15 Apr 1885 Springfield Mass Died 24 July 1954
Teachers:- Thomas Cushman, Isadora Luckstone, Herbert Witherspoon
Created Caradoc in Mona (Parker)
- 1964 Birth of American composer Elliott GOLDKIND in NYC.
- 1964 FP pof Alberto Ginastera's opera Don Rodrigo at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.
- 1971 Death of English composer Alan Rawsthorne, in Cambridge. b-Haslingden, 2 MAY 1905.
- 1983 FP of Elisabetta Brusa's Favole 'Fables' for chamber orchestra, George Hanson conducting the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra.
- 1987 Death of Benvenuto Finelli Tenor
Born 1910 London Died 24 July 1987
Debut as Almaviva in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1941
Teachers:- Amedeo Bassi, Romeo Berti, Dino Borgioli
Pupil :- Naftali Herstik
- 1995 FP of Michael Torke's opera Strawberry Fields by the Glimmerglass Opera, Stewart Robinson conducting at Cooperstown, NY.
- 2000 Death of American violinist Oscar Shumsky in Rye, New York. b-Philadelphia, 23 MAR 1917.
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