1888 Birth of Norwegian composer David Monrad JOHANSEN in Vefsn. d-Baerum, 20 FEB 1974.
1889 FP of REZNICEK: "Emmerich Fortunat" Prague (1889).
1890 Birth of Talen, Bjorn (t) (1890-1947) Norw. (56) b. Oslo, Nov. 8, 1890; d. July
12, 1947
1890 Death of French composer Cesar Franck in Paris at age 67. b-Liège, 10 DEC 1822.
1890 FP of LECOCQ: "L'Égyptienne" Paris (1890).
1891 FP of FIBICH: "Smrt Hippodamie" Prague (1891).
1892 Birth of Claverie, Jean (bs/b) (1892-1963) (70) b. Lourdes, Nov. 8, 1892; d.
Nov. 4, 1963
1894 (JC, GC=20 NOV)Death of Russian composer Anton Rubinstein, age 64, near St. Petersburg. b-28 NOV 1829. Bio.
1895 Birth of Giannini, Eufemia [Gregory] (s) (1895-1979) U.S. (83) b. Philadelphia,
Nov. 8, 1895; d. Jan. 15, 1979.
1895 Birth of Schey, Hermann (bs/b) (1895-1981) Dutch. (85) b. Bunzlau, Nov. 8,
1895; d. Aug. 21, 1981
1895 Death of German composer, harpist and teacher Karl Oberthur in London. b-Munich, 4 MAR 1819. Composer of Le Sylphe for harp.
1896 Birth of German mezzo-soprano Res FISCHER in Berlin. d-
Stuttgart, 4 OCT 1974. Début Basel, 1927. For four decades a protean figure on the stages of Central Europe. Début Basel (1927), her home base was
Frankfurt (1935-41) and Stuttgart (1941-67). In 1949, at the
Saltsburg Festival, she created the title role in Orff's Antigonae.
She sang in London in 1955, when the Stuttgart troupe paid a visit to
CG. She was heard in Bayreuth, La Scala, Paris O, Hamburg, Munich,
and Vienna.
1898 FP of ALFANO: "La fonte di Enchir" Breslau (1898).
1900 Birth of Yugoslavian composer Mihailo VUKDRAGOVIC.
1901 Birth of Polish born, French composer Szymon LAKS.
1902 Birth of composer Walerian Josef GNIOT. d-1977.
1905 Birth of English musiclogist Richard NICHOLSON. d-24 FEB 1955.
1906 Birth of American composer, conductor and lutenist Rudolph Arnold DOLMETSCH in Cambridge, MA. d-6 DEC 1942.
1908 Birth of Erede, Alberto (con/opera) (1908-2001) It. b. Genoa, Nov. 8, 1908; d.
Monte Carlo, Apr. 16, 2001: MET: Début: Nov. 11, 1950, La Traviata,
6 seasons (1950-55, 74-75) 280 perf. 15-works.
1908 Death of French opera author Victorien Sardou (Madame Sans-Gene), at 77. b-1831.
1908 Birth of Italian conductor Alberto EREDE in Genoa. d-Monte Carlo, 16 APR 2001. MET Opera début, 11 NOV 1950, La Traviata,
6 seasons.
1909 Birth of composer Norman LLOYD. d-30 JUL 1980.
1909 Death of French choral conductor, organist and composer Charles Bordes, at 46, in Toulon. b-La Roche-Corbon, 12 MAY 1863.
1909 Death of Dutch pianist and composer Eduard de Hartog, at 80, at The Hague. b-Amsterdam, 15 AUG 1829.
1915 Birth of Italian-Swedish conductor Lamberto GARDELLI in Venice, Italy. d-Munich, July, 17, 1998: MET:, Début: Jan. 30, 1966, Andrea
Chénier 3-seasons (1965-68) 28-perf. of 4-works.
GMN Biography. d-Munich, 17 JUL 1998. MET Opera début, 30 JAN 1966, Andrea
Chénier.
1919 FP of Igor Stravinsky's L'Histoire du Soldat 'The Soldier's Tale' Suite for violin, clarinet and piano, in Lausanne. The orchestral staged version of the work was FP at the Théatre Municipal in Lausanne on 28 SEP 1918.
1921 Birth of American bass and composer Jerome HINES (Heinz) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA. d-NYC, 4 FEB 2003. MET: Début
Nov. 21, 1946 [Officer] Boris Godunov, 41 seasons (1946-87) 868
perf. 39 roles.
1921 Birth of American composer Douglas TOWNSEND in NYC. Editor, Musical Heritage Review, 1977 to 1980. Popular work, Four Fantasies on American Folk Songs.
1924 Death of Russian composer Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov aka Liapunov, at age 64, in Paris. b-Yaroslavl, 30 NOV 1859.
1926 FP of Gershwin's musical Oh, Kay! at the Imperial Theater in NYC. Starred Gertrude Lawrence with songs Clap Yo' Hands; Do, Do, Do; Someone to Watch over Me which became standards.
1927 Birth of Vinco, Ivo (bs) It. b. Verona, Nov. 8, 1927; MET: Début: Mar. 19,
1970 [Oroveso] Norma, 6 seasons (1969-73, 76-78) 37 perf., 5 roles.
1927 Birth of Bjoner, Ingrid (s) Norw. b. Kraakstad, near Oslo, Nov. 8, 1927; MET:
Début: Oct. 28, 1961 [Elsa] Lohengrin, 9 seasons, (1961-68, 71-72,
74-75) 48 perf., 9 roles.
1933 Birth of Hungarian born, Swiss pianist and conductor Tamàs VASARY.
Music Director and Principal Conductor of the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, 1993.
1934 FP of Sergei Nikiforovitch Vassilenko's Arctic Symphony, in Moscow.
1936 FP of Jean Françaix's Piano Concerto. Berlin Philharmonic, composer was soloist.
1938 Birth of composer Richard STOCKER.
1941 Birth of American composer Anthony CIRONE. A percussionist with the San Francisco Symphony since
1965.
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