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1679 FP of Pallavicino's opera The Amazons in the Fortunate Isles to mark the opening of the Teatro Contarini, Piazzola sul Brenta, near Venice.
1704 FP of Campra: "Télémaque" excerpts from operas by Campra, Paris (1704).
1704 FP of COLASSE: "Télémaque, ou Les fragments de modernes" Paris (1704).
1706 Bach objects to doing choir practice at Arnstadt in addition to his duties.
1727 (JC, GC=22 NOV) FP of Handel's opera Riccardo Primo, re d’Inghilterra 'Richard the First, King of England at the King’s Theater in the Haymarket in London.
1767 Birth of German composer, cellist and choir director Bernhard ROMBERG in Dinklage, Oldenberg. d-Hamberg, 13 AUG 1841.
1777 Birth of German inventor Johann SCHEIBLER, Jew's harp and tuning fork improver.
Proposed pitch standard of A 440 adopted in USA.
1777 Birth of German violinist and teacher Karl Friedrich MULLER with younger brothers formed a popular
string quartet. His sons formed a quartet called "The
Younger Mullers".
1779 FP of GRÉTRY: "Les Événements imprévus" Versailles (1779).
1793 FP of HAEFFNER: "Alcides inträde i Världen" Stockholm (1793).
1817 FP of ROSSINI: "Armida" Naples (1817).
1833 (12th ?)Birth of Russian composer Alexander BORODIN in St. Petersburg.
A professor of chemistry and member of the Russian Five. d-27 FEB 1887.
1833 FP of Cherubini: "Ali-Baba, ou Les Quarante Voleurs" Paris (1833).
1837 FP of HULLAH: "The Barber of Bassora" London (1837).
1848 FP of HALÉVY: "Le Val d'Andorre" Paris (1848).
1858 Birth of Moreschi, Alessandro Prof. (Castrato) (1859-1922) It. (62) b.
Montecompatrio (near Rome) Nov. 11, 1858; d. Rome, Apr. 21, 1922:
Moreschi began his studies in Scuola (1871), although, it was already
difficult to find a teacher, and after 12 years of strict studies in
1883, he joined the Papal Choir at the Sistine Chapel (1883-1913).
He made a number of recordings, in Rome (1902-3). After his
retirement, at age 54, he was relatively forgotten and died in Rome
(1922).
1861 Birth of Merguillier, Cécile (s) (1861-1938) Fr. (76) b. Paris, Nov. 11, 1861;
d. Dec. 1938
1863 FP of Faccio: "I profughi fiamminghi" La Scala (1863).
1866 FP of Johannes Brahms' String Sextet in G, Op. 36, at a concert by the Mendelssohn Quintet Club in Boston. Europenan premiere on 20 NOV 1866.
1868 FP of LECOCQ: "Les jumeaux de Bergame" Paris (1868).
1872 Birth of German-American violinist, conductor and composer Frederick A. STOCK in Jülich.
Conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1903 following Theodore
Thomas. d-Chicago, 20 OCT 1942.
1882 FP of AUDRAN: "Gillette de Narbonne" Paris (1882).
1883 Birth of German soprano Elena GERHARDT in Leipzig. Lieder singer.
1883 Birth of Swiss conductor Ernest ANSERMET in Vevey. d-Geneva, 20 FEB 1969. MET: Apr. 3, 1916 Les Sylphides; 2
seasons (1916-1962) 36 perf., 15 works.
1886 Birth of Hungarian contralto Maria BASILIDES in Jolsva. d-
Budapest, 26 SEP 1946.
1887 FP of LECOCQ: "Ali-Baba" Bruselles (1887).
1889 FP of Richard Strauss tone poem Don Juan, Strauss
conducting, in Weimar.
1936 Birth of English organist and choral conductor Harry BRAMMA.
1936 Death of Welsh composer, conductor and violinist Sir Edward German, aka Jones, at age 74, in London. b-Whitchurch, Salp 17 FEB 1862.
1937 Death of Polish composer Jerzy GABLENZ in Krakow. b-Krakow, 23 JAN 1888.
1942 Birth of Hamari, Julia (m/s) Hung. b. Budapest, Nov. 11, 1942; MET: Début: Apr.
24, 1982 [Rosina] Il Barbiere di Siviglia, 2 seasons (1981-82, 84-85)
16 perf., 2 works.
1943 Birth of Aruhn, Britt-Marie (s) Swed. b. Motala, Nov. 11, 1943;
1979 Death of Ukranian-born American filmscore composer Dimitri Tiomkin at age 85, in London from complications of fracture to his pelvis in a fall. Filmscores.
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