1726 Birth of Austrian violinist and composer Josef STARZER in Vienna.
d- Vienna, 22 APR 1787. A violinist in the Viennese court chapel, he also
served as a composer for the Imperial Court in St.
Petersburg.
1734 Handel starts his first season at Covent Garden, London, with Il Pastor Fido.
1754 Death of composer German Johann Christoph Frauenholtz, at 70. b-1684.
1760 Birth of Belgian composer Henri-Philippe GERARD in Liege. d-Versailles, 1848. Known for Rossignol, a song for voice, flute and ensemble.
li>1903 FP of HERBERT: "Babette" Operetta, Washington, D.C., 1903. w/ Fritzi Scheff
(s) (1879-1954) Austrian; she was paid $1, 000 per week. Herbert
lured her away from the Metropolitan Opera.
1907 Birth of American composer Burrill PHILLIPS in Omaha, NE. d-22 JUN 1988.
1907 Death of French composer, teacher and violinist Jean Baptiste Charles Dancla in Paris. b-Bagneres, 19 DEC 1817.
1907 FP of GIORDANO: "Marcella" Milan (1907).
1911 Death of composer Edmund Schuecker, at 50.
1911 FP of BITTNER: "Der Bergsee" Vienna (1911).
1913 FP of BRAUNFELS: "Ulenspiegel" Stuttgart (1913).
1918 Birth of American conductor Howard SHANET in Brooklyn, NY.
1921 Birth of Alarie, Pierrette (s) Can. b. Montreal, Nov. 9, 1921; MET: Dec. 8,
1945 [Oscar] Un Ballo in Maschera, 3 seasons (1945-48) 26 perf., 4 works.
1926 FP of Hindemith's opera Cardillac, in Dresden. rev. version, Zürich, June 20,
1952.
1949 Death of Bokor, Margit (s) (1905-1949) (44) b. Losoncz, 1905; d. New
York, Nov. 9, 1949: MET: Début: Jan. 14, 1941 [Octavian] Der
Rosenkavalier, season (1940-41) 1 work, this was the only appearance
by this performer.
1968 Death of Swedish pianist and composer Jan Johansson, at 37.
1974 Death of Austrian composer and musicologist Egon Joseph Wellesz,
at 89, in Oxford. b-Vienna, 21 OCT 1885.
1974 New York City Opera concert where tenor Michele Molese, irate over an unfavorable review in the New York Times, stepped out of character and announced that "The last high C has been dedicated to Harold C. Schonberg." Schoenberg's review of his "pinched" high C during Un ballo in maschera performance of November 1, 1974 with Marisa Galvany as Amelia. He was fired the next day.
1975 FP of John Corigliano's Oboe Concerto, in NYC.
1978 Death of Austrian violinist and composer Otto Siegl, at 82 in Vienna. b-Graz, 6 OCT 1896.
1993 Death of English composer Stanley Myers. His Cavatina featured in the movie score The Deer
Hunter. b-1933. Film credits.
1994 FP of Michael Torke's Nylon for guitar and chamber orchestra. East of England Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Nabarro, with Nicola Hall, guitar, at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, England.
2000 FP of Karen Tanaka's Guardian Angel. Brooklyn Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall in NYC.
2002 FP of David Del Tredici's Grand Trio for piano, violin and cello, by the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, in College Park, MD.
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