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1519 Birth of French composer Thoinot (Jehan) ARBEAU (Tabourot). Thoinot Arbeau was an anagram for Jehan
Tabourot, composer of early dance manuscript, Orchesography. d- 23 JUL 1595.
1665 Baptismal of French vocalist and harpsichordist Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de La GUERRE.
1733 FP of Handel's operetta Deborha at the King's Theater in London. Handel doubles the ticket price which is rebuked by lack of public attendance.
1749 FP of Handel's
Solomon in London.[Click on link to hear an audio clip. To listen to samples you'll need a Windows Media Player.]
 Handel: Solomon
1772 Birth of American sacred choral composer Stephen JENKS. d-1856.
1800 Birth of German choral director and composer Carl Friedrich ZOLLNER. d-Leipzig, 25 SEP 1860.
1804 (18th) Death of Russian composer and violinist Ivan Evstaf'evich KHANDOSHKIN. b-c. 1746.
1805 Birth of Spanish singing teacher Manuel Patricio GARCIA. Inventor of Laryngoscope. d-London, 1 JUL 1906 at age 101.
1830 Debut of F. Chopin and FP of his Piano Concerto in f minor, Chopin
soloist, in Warsaw.
1839 Birth of German organist and composer Joseph RHEINBERGER in Vaduz,
Liechtenstein. d-25 NOV 1901.
1846 FP of G. Verdi's opera Atilla at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice.
1848 Birth of American composer Horace NICHOLL. d-1922.
1860 Birth of Josef Alken Bass
Born 17 Mar 1860 Trier Died 19 Aug 1932
Sang in premiere of Der Pfeifertag (Schilling)
1862 Death of French opera composer Jacques François Halévy at age 62, in Nice. b-Paris 29 MAY 1799.
1867 FP of J. Brahms' Waltzes, Op. 39 for piano, in Vienna.
1869 Death of Teresa Saporiti Soprano
Born 1763 Milan Died 17 Mar 1869
Created Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Sang in premiere Arsace (P A Guglielmi)
Rinaldo (P A Guglielmi)
Nitteti (Bianchi)
1871 Birth of Giuseppe Borgatti Tenor
Born 17 Mar 1871 Cento Died 18 Oct 1950
Debut as Faust in Faust (Gounod) 1892
Teachers:- Alessandro Busi, Elena Cuccoli
Pupils :- Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Martin Kremer, Heddle Nash
Alfons Schutzendorf, Adolf Loeltgen
Created as Andrea Chenier in Andrea Chenier (Giordano)
Tartini in Tartini (Falchi)
Merodachin in Semirama(Respighi)
Sang in premiere of Cassandra (Gnecchi)
1874 Birth of Minnie Saltzman-Stevens Soprano
Born 17 Mar 1874 Bloomington Illinois Died 25 Jan 1950
Debut as Brunnhilde in Ring (Wagner) 1908
Teacher :- Jean De Reszke
1879 Birth of Walter Kirchhoff Tenor
Born 17 Mar 1879 Berlin Died 26 Mar 1951
Debut as Manrico in Trovatore (Verdi) 1906
Teachers:- Lilli Lehmann, Eugen Robert Weiss
1879 FP of P. I. Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin in Moscow (New calendar: 29 MAR).
1880 Birth of Columbian composer Guillermo Uribe-HOLGUIN in Bogata. d- 26 JUN 1971.
1882 FP of A. Glazunov's Symphony No. 1, in St. Petersburg. (New calendar: 29 MAR).
1890 Birth of American composer Harold MORRIS. d-1964.
1892 FP of (1st mm) S. Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 1. (New calendar: 29 MAR).
1899 Birth of Walter Olitzki Baritone
Born 17 Mar 1899 Hamburg-Altona Died 2 Aug 1949
Teacher :- Ernst Grenzebach
Sang in premiere Der Falcher (Toch)
1900 Birth of American film composer and conductor Alfred NEWMAN in New Haven, CT. d-LA, CA, 17 FEB 1970.
1900 Premiere of Debussy's Chansons de Bilitis.
1901 Birth of Franca Somigli Soprano
Born 17 Mar 1901 Chicago Died 14 May 1974
Debut as Mimi in Boheme 1926
Teachers:- Carlo Edwards, Mario Malatesta, Rosina Storchio
Created Contarini in Orseolo (Pizzetti)
Sang in premiere of Caracciolo (Vittadini)
Prosperina (Bianchi)
1902 Birth of Antonio Salvarezza Tenor
Born 17 March 1902 Alissandria Italy Died 24 June 1984
Debut as Duke in Rigoletto (Verdi) 5 Apr 1937
Teacher :- Filippo Floria
Sang in premiere of La Zolfara (Mule)
1902 Walter Ludwig Tenor
Born 17 Mar 1902 Oeynhausen Died 15 May 1981
Debut 1928
Created Friedemann Bach in Friedemann Bach (Graener)
1903 Birth of Elizabeth Aldor Mezzo-Soprano
Born 17 Mar 1903 Mulrose
Teacher :- H.Feinhaus
1903 Birth of American coposer Radie BRITAIN, in Amarillo, TX. d-1994.
1907 Birth of Ellabelle Davis Soprano
Born 17 Mar 1907 New Rochelle 15 Nov 1960
Debut in The Chaplet (Boyce) 1941
Teacher :- William Patterson, Reina Le Zaro
Pupil :- Edith Thallaug
1917 Birth of Irish composer Brian BOYDELL. d-2000
1920 Birth of American composer and pianist composer John LaMONTAINE in Oak Park, IL.
1923 FP of R. Gliere's three act opera Shahk-Senem in Baku.
1924 Birth of English composer Stephen DODGSON. He studied composition and later
taught at the Royal College of Music.
1930 Birth of American mezzo-soprano Betty Lou ALLEN in Campbell, OH.
Debut in Four Saints in 3 Acts (Thomson) 1952
Teachers:- Zinka Milanov, Sarah Peck More, Paul Ulanowsky
Created Monisha in Treemonisha (Joplin)
1933 Birth of Elizabeth Steiner Mezzo Soprano
Born 17 Mar 1933 Berlin
Debut as Wanda in Rosamunde Floris (Blacher) 1961
Teacher :- Frida Leider
Created Mary in Jesu Hochzeit (Von Einem)
Spalanzani / Mother in Sandman (Kounadis)
Eve in Kain (W.Muller)
Rachel in Stern Geht auf aus Jaakob (Burkhard)
Sang in premiere of Kommt Davon (Krenek)
Incidents at Emergency Landing (Blacher)
Zerrissene (Von Einem)
Devils of Loudon (Penderecki)
Unter dem Milchwalde (Steffens)
Jesus Hochzeit (Egk)
Der Goldene Bock (Krenek)
Der Belagerungszustand (Keleman)
1938 Birth of Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev. In 1961 he defected to U.S. and danced with Dame Margot Fonteyn, the Martha Graham Dance Company and was artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet.
1939 Death of Thila Plaichinger Soprano
Born 13 Mar 1868 Vienna 17 Mar 1939
Debut 1893
Teachers:- Louise Dustmann, Joseph Gansbacher, Frau Mampe-Babbnigg
1944 Birth of English pianist John LILL.
1945 FP of N. Miakovsky's Cello Concerto, in Moscow.
1946 Birth of English composer and pianist Michael FINNISSY in London.
1949 Birth of American composer Jane BROCKMAN.
1951 American debut of soprano Victoria de Los Angeles at the MET Opera in NYC in Gounod's Faust.
1951 FP of Paul Dessau's opera Die Verhör des Lukullus 'The Sentencing of Lucullus' at the Deutsche Staatsoper (Berlin State Opera) in East Berlin. Later revised as Die Verurteilung des Lukullus 'The Judgement of Lucullus' on 12 OCT 1851 (same venue). Libretto by Bertold Brecht.
1954 FP of Quincy Porter's Concerto Concertante which won the Pulitzer Prize. Scored for two pianos and orchestra. Louisville, KY.
1963 Birth of American composer Nick PEROS.
1963 Death of Hendrik Drost Tenor
Born 5 Jun 1891 Amsterdam Died 17 Mar 1963
Sang in premiere of Der Tag bim Licht (Grimm)
Godiva (Roselius)
1966 Death of Else Schurhoff Mezzo-Soprano
Born 21 June 1898 Wuppertal Died 17 Mar 1966
Teacher :- Julius von Raatz-Brockmann
1967 FP of Marvin David Levy's opera Mourning Becomes Electra, based on play by Eugene O'Neill, at the Metropolitan Opera in NYC.
1970 Death of Max Meili Tenor
Born 11 Dec 1899 Winterthur Died 17 Mar 1970
Teacher :- Felix von Kraus
Sang in premiere of Die Mutter (Haba)
1971 Death of Margarethe Arndt-Ober Mezzo-Soprano
Born 15 Apr 1885 Berlin Died 17 Mar 1971
Debut as Azucena in Trovatore (Verdi) 1906
Teachers:- Arthur Arndt (later Husband), Benno Stolzenberg
Created Asa in Peer Gynt (Egk)
Sang in premiere of Singing Devil (Schreker)
Poia (Nevin)
1971 Death of Hans Lobel Baritone
Born 3 Apr 1906 Dresden Died 17 Mar 1971
Debut 1935
Teacher :- Waldemar Staegemann
Sang in premiere of Flut (Blacher)
1972 FP of George Crumb's Vox balaenae for three masked musicians, in Washington, DC.
1976 Death of Giulia Tess Soprano / Teacher of Singing
Born 9 Feb 1889 Died 17 Mar 1976
Debut as Mignon in Mignon (Thomas) 1909
Teacher :- Bottagiso
Pupils :- Atsuko Azuma, Fedora Barbieri, Michaela Botez, Bottagisio
Margherita Casals, Raina Kabaivanska, Rolando Panerai
Mirto Picchi, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Disma De Cecco
Created Jaele in Debora e Jaele (Pizzetti)
Judith in Judith (Honegger)
Orsola in Campiello (Wolf-Ferrari)
1979 Death of Giacomo Lauri-Volpi Tenor
Born 11 Dec 1892 Rome Died 17 Mar 1979
Debut as Arturo in Puritani (Bellini) 2 Sept 1919
Teachers:- Antonio Cotogni, Enrico Rosati
Created Pedro in Anima Allegra (Vittadini)
1980 Death of Dutch composer Rudolph George Escher in De Koog. b-Amsterdam, 8 JAN 1912.
1988 Death of Raffeale Arie Bass
Born 26 Aug 1920 Bulgaria Died 17 Mar 1988
Debut 1945
Teachers:- Apollo Granforte, Riccardo Stracciari, Carlo Tagliabue
Christo Brambarov
Created Trulove in Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
Dikoy in Uragano (Rocca)
Aegisthis in Clitennestra (Pizzetti)
Sang in premiere of Stirpe di Davide (Mannino)
2002 Death of Gosta Winbergh Tenor
Born 30 Dec 1943 Stockholm Died 17 Mar 2002
Debut as Rodolfo in Boheme (Puccini) 1971
Teachers:- Carl Martin Oehman, Erik Saeden, Hjordis Schymberg
Pupil :- Steve Davisilm
2002 FP of Paul Schoenfield's Partita for violin and piano. Chamber Music Society of Minnesota concert with violinist Young-Nam Kim, the composer at the piano in St. Paul, MN.
2003 FP of Augusta Reed Thomas' Pulsar. Ilya Gringolts, violin at Wigmore Hall in London.
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