1719 Birth of English composer Georg Philipp KRESS.
1726 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 98 Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan on the 21st Sunday following Trinity. Was part of Bach's third annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig, 1725-27.
1772 Birth of German composer Jan Nepomuk KANKA.
1786 Birth of German violinist and composer Carl EBERWEIN in Weimar.
1804 FP of
1804 FP of SALIERI: "Die Neger" Vienna (1804).
VERDI: "La forza del destino" St Petersburg (1862).
1811 Birth of German pianist, conductor and composer Louis KUFFERATH. Family of musicians. d- Brussels, 2 MAR 1882.
1821 Death of German violinist and composer Andreas Jacob Romberg, at 54 in Gotha. b- Vechta, 27 APR 1767.
1833 Birth of Bulgarian composer Dobri VOYNIKOV.
1843 Birth of Italian composer Gialdino GIALDINI in Pescia. d-Pescia, 6 MAR 1919.
1846 Birth of German composer Paul KUCZYNSKI in Berlin. d-Berlin 21 OCT 1897.
1846 FP of MERCADANTE: "Orazi e Curiazi" tragedia lirica, Naples (1846).
1846 Birth of Finnish choral director Martin WEGELIUS, Helsingfors
Conservatory. Taught
Sibelius and Jarnefelt. d-1906.
1851 Death of German composer, priest and teacher Joseph Mainzer in Salford, Lancashire, England. b-Trier, 21 OCT 1801.
1854 Birth of Zur Mürhlen, Raimund von (t) (1854-1931) Ger. (77) b. Livonia, Nov.
10, 1854; d. Steyning, Sussex, Dec. 9, 1931
1862 FP of Verdi's opera La Forza del Destino, commissioned by the Russian
Imperial Opera, in St. Petersburg.
1873 Birth of French composer and conductor Henri Benjamin RABAUD in Paris. Director of conservatory
following Faure. d-Paris, 11 SEP 1949.
1873 Birth of Belgian mezzo-soprano Jeanne MAUBOURG in Namur. d- Montreal, 12 MAY 1953. Studied in Nancy, Algiers, and Paris. Début at the Théâtre
des Galeries in Brussels, Ali Baba, 1895. Chicago Opera 1915, 1916. M-conductor
Albert Roberval. In Montreal, Maubourg Ave was named in her honor, 1965. MET Opera début, 12 DEC 1909 as Lange in La Fille de Madame Angot, 5 seasons, 1909-14.
1875 FP of LECOCQ: "Le pompon" Paris (1875).
1876 FP of Werber, Mia (s) (1876-1943) Ger. (67) b. Wiendied, Nov. 10, 1876; d.
Theresienstadt, 1943
1900 Debute of Russian pianist Ossip Gabrilowitsch at Carnegie Hall in NYC. m.-contralto Clara Clemens, daughter of American writer Samuel 'Mark Twain' Clemens.
1900 FP Leoncavallo's light opera Zaza, in Milan. w/ Edoardo Garbin (t) (1879-1937)
It. [Dufresne].
1902 Birth of Columbian pianist and composer Antonio Maria VALENCIA in Cali. d-Cali, 22 JUL 1952.
1907 FP of DESTOUCHES: "Omphale" Paris (1701).
1909 Death of Danish composer, pharmacist and teacher Luwig Theodore Schytte in Berlin. b-Aarhus, 28 APR 1848.
1909 Gustav Mahler conducts the New York Philharmonic from the keyboard of Steinway piano with altered action as harpsichord. Performed his symphonic arrangement of movements from Bach’s Orchestral Suites.
1909 Debut in America of tenor John McCormack at the MET in NYC, in
Verdi's La Traviata.
1909 Death of Danish pianist and composer Ludvig Schytte, at 61 in Berlin. b-Arhus, 28 APR 1848.
1910 FP of Block: "Macbeth" Paris (1910).
1910 FP of Elgar's Violin Concerto. Fritz Kreisler, soloist at Queens's hall in London.
1916 Birth of Italian composer Guido TURCHI in Rome.
1919 Birth of Lefort, Suzanne (m/s) (1919-1977) Fr. (58) b. Lievin, Nov. 10, 1919;
d. Paris, Mar. 20, 1977
1923 FP of HUBAY: "Anna Karenina" Budapest (1923)
1926 Birth of Czech composer Jeronym ZAJICEK , in Krasne; Brezno, Czechoslovakia. American citizen in 1957. From
1964-1996 taught composition and conducting at the Chicago City College.
1927 Death of Norwegian composer and conductor Ole Olsen in Oslo. b-Hammerfest, 4 JUL 1850.
1928 Birth of Italian composer Ennio MORRICONE, in Rome, Italy.
1928 FP of PALMA: "Los Hijos del Sol" (The Sons of the Sun) Buenos Aires (1928).
1929 Birth of Heliotis, Michael (t) Gk. b. Athens, Nov. 10, 1929;
1930 Birth of Yugoslav composer Toma PROSEV in Skopje.
1932 FP of Bernard Wagenaar's Second Symphony. NY Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini.
1938 Birth of Dutch composer Jan VRIEND in Sijbekarspel.
1938 Birth of Dutch conductor H. J. de ROYEN, director-manager Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. d-27 FEB 1991.
1941 Birth of English tenor
Graham CLARK in Littleborough, Nov. 10, 1941; MET: Début
Oct. 17, 1985 [Steva] Jenufa, 11 seasons (1985-86, 87-93, 95-98,
99-2000) 63 perf. 9 roles, 8 works.
1942 Birth of Swiss-Russian composer and conductor Michel TABACHNIK in Geneva.
1954 FP of CIKKER: "Juro Jánosik" Bratislava) (1954).
1955 Birth of English organist David FLOOD, master of the choristers, Canterbury Cathedral, England.
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