1752 Birth of Count Andrey Kyrillovich RAZUMOVSKY in St. Petersburg, from 1792 the Russian Ambassador
to Vienna. He commissioned Beethoven's three String Quartets Op 59 in 1806,
and was dedicatee of the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies. d-Vienna, 23 SEP 1836.
1764 FP of ARNE: M. w/com. Battishill: "Almena" London (1764).
1782 FP of BERTONI: "Il convito, or The Banquet" London (1782).
1785 Birth of German pianist and composer Frederic KALKBRENNER in Kassel. d-Deuil, 10 JUN 1849.
1785 Birth of German composer Johann Leopold FUCHS.
1793 FP of Boieldieu: "La Fille coupable" Roun (1793).
1795 FP of HAEFFNER: & Com/Kreutzer: "Lodoiska" Stockholm (1795).
1812 Beethoven scores a work for trombones, Equali.
1833 FP of Cherubini: "Ali-Baba, ou Les Quarante Voleurs" Paris (1833).
1837 Birth of French conductor Auguste VIANESI. Led FP of Faust at the
MET.
1842 Birth of German pianist, conductor and composer Otto REUBKE in Hausneindorf. Son of Adolf Reubke.
1843 Birth of English composer Caryl FLORIO (William James Robjohn) in Tavistock. d-Asheville, NC 1920.
1843 Birth of Hungarian composer Elek ERKEL in Pest. Son of Franz Erkel. d-Budapest, 10 JUN 1899.
1845 Death of French composer Chretien d'Urhan, at 55 in Belleville. b-Montjoie, 16 FEB 1790.
1846 Birth of Spanish composer Antonio Pena y GONI in Madrid. d-13 NOV 1903.
1858 Birth of Grüning, Whilhelm (t) (1858-1942) Ger. (84) b. Berlin, Nov. 2, 1858;
d. Dec. 2, 1942
1861 Birth of Demuth, Leopold (bs/b) (1861-1910) Ger. (49) b. Brno, Nov. 2, 1861; d.
Czemowitz, Mar. 4, 1910
1865 Birth of Götze, Marie (m/s) (1865-1922) Ger. b. Berlin, Nov. 2, 1865; d. Feb.
18, 1922
1873 FP of Brahms' Variations On a Theme by Haydn, in Vienna by The Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Felix Dessoff.
1935 FP of GOTOVAC: "Ero s onoga suijeta" Zagreb (1935).
1937 Death of composer and pianist Maude Valerie White, at 82, in London. b-Dieppe, Normandy, 23 JUN 1855.
1939 FP of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Piano Concerto No. 2. New York Philharmonic, John Barbirolli conducting, composer was soloist.
1943 Birth of American soprano Faye ROBINSON in Houston TX.
1944 Birth of French stage producer Patrice CHEREAU in Lézigne, Maine-et-Loire.
1945 FP of Gian Carlo Menotti's Piano Concerto, by the Boston Symphony, Richard Burgin conducting, Rudolf Firkusny was the soloist.
1946 Birth of Falcon, Ruth (s) U.S. b. Residence, LA, Nov. 2, 1946; MET: Début: Nov.
13, 1989 [Empress] Die Frau ohne Schatten, 4 seasons (1989-90, 91-92,
95-97) 11 perf., 4 works.
1946 Birth of Italian conductor and composer Giuseppe SINOPOLI in Venice, Italy. d-Berlin 20 APR 2001. MET Opera 11 MAR 1985, Tosca, 1984-85.
1949 Death of Spanish soprano Maria Galvany in Rio de Janeiro. b-Granada, 1878. Studied at the
Madrid Conservatory. Début as Lucia in Cartagena 1897.
Specialized in coloratura roles, she sang with great success in Spain
and Italy, gaining her greatest popularity in South America.
1990 FP of Lou Harrison's Symphony No. 4, Damon Evans, tenor and Dennis Russell Davies conducting the Brooklyn Philharmonic at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in NYC.
1997 Death of Argentinian composer Pompeyo CAMPS in Buenos Aires. b-Paraná, Province of Entre Rios 27 OCT 1924.
2003 FP of John Harbison's Two Motets based on Romans and John testiments. Emmanuel Music series, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA.
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