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1687 FP of COLASSE: w/ Lully: "Achille et Polyxène" Paris (1687).
Overture and Act I by Lully.
1702 FP of Campra: "Tancrède" Paris (1702).
1723 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 60 O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort on the 24th Sunday following Trinity as part of the first annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1723-24.
1741 FP of MOURET: "Le temple de Guide ou Le prix de la beauté" Paris (1741).
1786 FP of GRÉTRY: "Les Méprises par ressemblance" Fontainebleau (1786).
1786 Founding of the first musical society in America. At Stoughton,
MA. "OLD STOUGHTON MUSICAL SOCIETY". The oldest choral society in the United States.
1801 FP of GRÉTRY: "Le Casque et les colombes" opera-ballet, Paris (1801).
1803 FP of Cavos/Kauer: "Rusalka" St. Petersburg (1803).
1810 Birth of Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer Franz ERKEL in Gyula. Composed Hungarian National
Anthem in 1844. Conductor of National Theater Budapest. d-Budapest, 15 JUN 1893. GMN Biography.
1829 FP of HALÉVY: "Le Dilettante d'Avignon" Paris (1829).
1833 FP of CARAFA: "Une Hournée de la Fronde" Paris (1833).
1836 Birth of English composer Steven Austen PIERCE in London. d-Jersey City, NJ 9 APR 1900.
1839 Birth of German composer and conductor Hermann LEVI in Giessen. d-Munich, 13 MAY 1900.
1846 Birth of Austrian composer and pianist Ignaz BRULL in Prossnitz, Moravia. d-Vienna, 17 SEP 1907. Popular work was Piano concerto no2 in C. written in 1868.
1847 Birth of American composer Will Lamartine THOMPSON in East Liverpool, OH.
d-NYC, 20 SEP 1909. Buried at Riverview Cemetery, East Liverpool, OH.
1852 Birth of German conductor Fritz SCHEEL in Lubeck. First conductor of
the Philadelphia Orchestra. d- Philadelphia, 13 MAR 1907.
1859 (JC, GC=19 NOV)1859 Birth of Russian composer Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, in Gatchina.
1866 Birth of German composer Paul LINCKE in Berlin. d-Berlin, 3 SEP 1946.
1867 FP of Franz Liszt's Dante Symphony, in Dresden.
1936 (37?) Birth of Welsh soprano Dame Gwyneth JONES in Pontewynydd. GMN Biography. MET:
Début: Nov. 24, 1972 [Sieglinde] Die Walküre, 13 seasons (1972-73,
75-76, 77-78, 80-81, 82-83, 85-86, 88-90, 91-96) 95 perf. 10 works, 11
roles.
1937 Birth of American soprano Patricia BROOKS in NYC. d- Mt. Kisco, NY 22 JAN 1993. Studied with Manhattan School of
Music, Début NYCO, 1960-77. Central City, Colorado, 1965, Barber of
Seville. Appeared with Kansas City, Santa Fe, San Antonio,
Cincinnati, Toledo, and the NYCO.
1939 Birth of Stutzmann, Christiane (s) b. Nov. 7, 1939
1939 Birth of Dutch composer Daan MANNEKE in Kruiningen.
1940 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Symphony in C. Composer conducting the Chicago Symphony. Commission of Mrs. R. Woods Bliss in honor of the Chicago Symphony's 50th Anniversary.
1982 Death of Mexican composer Salvador Contreras-Sánchez in Cuerámaro. b-Cuerámaro, 10 NOV 1912. A member of the Mexican group 'The Four'.
1983 Death of French composer Germaine Tailleferre at age 91, in Paris. b-Parc-St. Maur, 19 APR 1892. The female member of the Group des Six including Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honneger, Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc.
1987 Death of Holland, Charles (t) (1909-1987) U.S. (76) b. 1909; d.
Amsterdam, Nov. 7, 1987.
1987 FP of Daniel Asia's Scherzo Sonata for piano commissioned and played by pianist Jonathan Shames, at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
1991 FP of Christopher Rouse's Karolju for chorus and orchestra. Baltimore Symphony and Chorus, David Zinman conducting.
1997 FP of Peter Maxwell Davies' Piano Concerto. Soloist Kathryn Stott and the Royal Philharmonic, conducted by the composer, in Nottingham, England.
2003 Observing the 40th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the
Austin
Symphony performs Dan Welcher’s oratorio J.F.K.: The Voice of Peace. Hugh Downs, the narrator; the texts include excerpts
from JFK’s speeches and writings, as well as letters from Peace Corps
volunteers.
2003 Pianist Lang Lang's
Carnegie Hall Recital Debut.
Music by Schumann, Haydn, Schubert, Tan Dun, Chopin, and Liszt at Isaac Stern Auditorium, NYC.
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