1857 FP of Offenbach: "Les Deux Pêcheurs" Paris (1857).
1868 Birth of German soprano Erika WEDEKIND in Hannover. d-Zürich, 10 OCT 1944. Sister of German playwright, Frank
Wedekind. Début at the Dresden Royal Opera as Frau
Fluth in Nicolai's Lustigen Weiber von Windsor.
1868 Death of Gioachino Antonio Rossini, in Paris at age of 86. Wrote Remembrances before he
died which
included some of his themes in a march for piano. b-Pesaro, Papal States, 29 FEB 1792.
1868 Birth of Swiss composer Pierre MAURICE in Geneva. d-Geneva, 25 DEC 1936.
1874 Birth of French pianist Marguerite LONG in Nîmes. d-Paris, 13 FEB 1966.
1879 Birth of French composer Maurice DELAGE in Paris. d-Paris, 21 SEP 1961.
1879 FP of AUDRAN: "Les noces d'Olivette" Paris (1879).
1893 FP of Jean Sibelius's Karelia Suite, in Viborg, Finland.
1937 Birth of Kovarikova, Jitka (s) b. Nov. 13, 1937
1937 First broadcast by the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Pierre Monteux conducting. Toscanini's first broadcast with the NBC Symphony was on Christmas Day, 1937.
1938 50th anniversary concert by Moriz Rosenthal of
his NYC debut, at Carnegie Hall, NYC.
1943 In NYC, illness forces NY Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Bruno Walter
to use somewhat unknown Leonard Bernstien to conduct the orchestra. It began
his legendary career as conductor and composer.
1947 Birth of American composer and trumpeter Anthony PLOG.
1948 Death of Jacoby, Josephine (c) (1875-1948) U.S. (73) b. New York, 1875;
d. Nov. 13, 1948: MET: Oct. 15, 1899, Concert: 1st opera: Nov. 25,
1903 [Rossweisse] Die Walküre, 6 seasons (1899-00, 1903-08) 296 perf.,
30 roles, 27 works.
1951 Birth of American composer and master of the shakuhachi, John Kaizan NEPTUNE.
1951 Death of Russian-born composer Nikolai Medtner, age 71, in London. b-Moscow, 5
JAN 1880. Photo.
1951 MET debut of American bass-baritone George London, as Amonasro in Verdi's Aida.
1981 Hawaii's Classical music station, KHPR-FM, begins broadcasting from an improvised studio in the quarry area of University of Hawaii, Manoa. Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde" was the first selection aired. Cliff Eblen, was Hawaii Public Radio's first President and Manager. Heard during the first years were announcers Bob Miller, Rick Hutto, Charles Andrews, RACampbell, Tom Armbruster, TV-anchor-Joe Moore's Moore Mozart.
1988 Death of Hungarian conductor and composer Antal Dorati in Gerzensee, Switzerland. b-Budapest, 9 APR 1906. Detroit Symphony Orchestra, 1977-81. Bio.CDs.
1997 FP of Poul Ruders' Symphony No. 2, Lincoln Center in New York. Riverside Symphony, under George Rothman.
2001 Death of Dutch composer Marius Flothuis in Amsterdam. b-Amsterdam, 30 OCT 1914.
2002 FP of John Tavener's Ikon of Eros for soloists, chorus and orchestra. Jorja Fleezanis, violin; Patricia Rozario, soprano; Tim Krol, baritone; the Minnesota Chorale and Minnesota Orchestra, Paul Goodwin conducting at the St. Paul Cathedral, St. Paul, MN.
2003 FP of Paul Hayden's Filé for orchestra, one movement, 8 minutes. Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Site, Timothy
Muffitt, Director at Baton Rouge Centroplex Theater, Baton Rouge, LA.
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