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1492 Death of Franco-Flemish composer Antoine Busnois aka Busnoys in Brugge, Belgium. b-c.1430.
1607 Baptismal of German piper, organist and composer Sigmund STADEN in Kulmbach. d-Kulmbach, 30 JUL 1655.
1644 FP of PROVENZALE: "Il martirio di S. Gennaro" Naples (1664).
1672 Death of German composer Heinrich Schutz in Dresden. b-Köstritz, 8 OCT 1585.
1717 Bach goes to jail for three weeks for breaking his contract for his service in Weimar. His employer, Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar, was upset because Bach had taken a post with Prince Leopold of Coethen without getting permission.
1795 Death of Czech-German opera composer Jiri Antonin Benda at age 73, in Köstritz, Germany. b-Staré Benátky, Czech Republic, 30 JUN 1722.
1814 Birth of Belgian instrument maker Adolphe SAX in Dinant. Inventor of the
saxophone in 1840.
1828 FP of Friedrich Kuhlau's The Fairie's Mound in Copenhagen.
1825 FP of Beethoven's String Quartet in a, Op.132, in public by the Schuppanzigh Quartet in Vienna,
1854 Birth of American bandmaster and composer John Philip SOUSA in Washington, DC. The
March King wrote over 100 marches. d-Reading, PA 6 MAR 1932.
1860 Birth of Polish pianist, composer and statesman Ignace Jan PADEREWSKI. d- 1941.
1862 Birth of Croatian violinist and violist Louis SVECENSKI. Member of
the Kneisel Quartet 1885-1917.
1868 Birth of Swedish baritone Forsell, [Carl] John FORSELL in Stockholm. d-Stockholm, 30 MAY 1941. Début in Stockholm, as Figaro in Il
Barbiere di Siviglia, 1896. Covent Garden, Don Giovanni, 1909. He taught Set Svenholm, and Jussi Björling. From 1923-39, he
held an administrative position at the Stockholm Opera. MET Opera début 20 NOV 1909 as Frederic in Lohengrin, 1909-10.
1883 Birth of English composer and conductor Hubert BATH in Barnstaple. d-Harefield, 1945.
1903 Birth of Angerer, Margit (s) (van Rupp) (1903-1978) Hung. (94) b. Budapest,
Nov. 6, 1903; d. London, Jan. 31, 1978
1906 FP of PETRAUSKAS: "Birute" Vilnius (1906); w/ Kipras Petrauskas (t).the
brother of the composer,
1907 FP of LEROUX: "Le Chemineau" Paris (1907).
1909 FP of D'ALBERT: "Izeyl" Hamburg (1909).
1909 FP of HERBERT: "Old Dutch" Operetta, Wilkes-Barre, PA (1909).
1910 Birth of American composer, conductor and author Arthur COHEN. The Collector's 20th-Century Music in the Western Hemisphere and 20th-Century Music in Europe.
d-1998.
1911 Birth of Lisitsian, Pavel (b) (1911-2004) Armenian. b. Vladikavkaz, Russia.
Nov. 6, 1911; d. Moscow, July 7, 2004: MET: Mar. 3, 1960 Verdi
[Amonasro] Aida, 1 season (1959-60) 1 perf., 1 work.
1912 Death of Ukrainian composer Mykola Lysenko in Kyiv, Ukraine. b-Poltava region, Ukraine, 22 MAR 1842.
1913 FP of Camille Saint-Saëns' Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for violin and orchestra, in Paris.
1920 Birth of Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola (bs) (1920-1991) It. (71) b. Istanbul, Nov. 6,
1920; d. Bloomington, IN, Mar. 12, 1991: MET: Début Nov. 16, 1953
[Méphistophélès] Faust, 1 season (1953-54) 12 perf. 3 roles.
1922 Death of English composer and pianist William Baines in York. b-Horbury, Yorkshire, 29 MAR 1899.
1953 FP of Nikolaus Nakokov's Cello Concerto Les Hommages. Lorne Munroe, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting.
1954 Birth of Parrish, Cheryl (s) U.S. b. Pasadena, TX, Nov. 6, 1954;
1955 FP of FOSS: "Griffelkin" NBC-TV (1955).
1961 Birth of Italian opera conductor Daniele GATTI. MET: Début: Dec. 1,
1994, Puccini: Madama Butterfly, 1 season, 10perf., 1 work.
1965 Death of composer Edgard Varèse, in NYC. b-Paris, 22 DEC 1883. Most works published under name Edgar Varèse.
1968 Death of Dutch composer Guillaume Landré in Amsterdam. b-The Hague, 24 FEB 1905.
1976 FP of Andrew Imbrie's opera Angle of Repose in San Francisco.
1987 Death of French composer and teacher Jean Rivier in La Penne sur Huveaune. b-Villemombe, Seine 21 JUL 1896.
1999 FP of Elisabetta Brusa's Adagio for strings. Virtuosi of Toronto, Fabio Mastrangelo conducting.
2001 Death of English clarinetist John Denman in Tucson. b-London, 1933.
2003 FP of Sydney Hodkinson's Monumentum Pro Umbris by Stetson University Wind Ensemble. Composer in residence at Stetson University in Deland,
Florida.
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