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1604 Birth of English violinist, clockmaker and composer Davis MELL in Wilton. d-London, 1662. Did an analysis of the clockmaking trade in seventeenth century London. Scored popular country dance for recorder and harpsichord.
1634 Death of German composer and organist Johann Staden, at age 53 in Nuremburg. bap-Nuremburg 2 JUL 1581.
1640 Baptismal of German violinist, organist and composer Nicolaus Adam STRUNGK. d- Dresden, 23 SEP 1700.
1657 Birth of French organist and composer Michel Richard DELALANDE in
Paris. d- Versailles, 18 JUN 1726.
1672 FP of Lully's The Festival of Love and Bacchus at the Paris Opera.
1696 Birth of Dutch organist and composer Gerhardus HAVINGHA in Groningen. d-Alkmaar, 6 MAR 1753.
1705 Birth of French violinist and composer Louis-Gabriel GUILLEMAIN in Paris. d-Suicide, nr Paris, 1 OCT 1770.
1732 (GC, JC=4 NOV) FP of G. F. Handel's opera Catone in London.
1738 Birth of German astronomer, oboist and composer Sir William HERSCHEL in Hanover. In
England from 1755 where he was also an astronomer. Originally 'Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel', he discovered (1781) the planet Uranus, which led (1782) to his position as private astronomer to the king.
1746 Birth of composer Joseph QUESNE. d-3 JUL 1809.
1772 (Or 16th DEC 1770?), Birth
of German composer Ludwig Von BEETHOVEN. d- 26 MAR 1827. Baptised on Dec
17th 1772. He said 1770 was the year of birth of his older brother who died as
a young child. He said his own birth was in 1772. Family name is Dutch
meaning "beet garden".
1774 Birth of English organist and composer William HORSLEY in London. d-London, 12 JUN 1858.
1775 Birth of composer Georges-Julien SIEBER. d-22 JAN 1847.
1886 Birth of Spanish composer Pedro SANJUAN, in San Sebastian.
1887 Birth of Casazza, Elvira (m/s) (1887-1965) It. b. Ferrara, Nov. 15, 1887; d.
Milan, Jan. 24, 1965
1888 Birth of American ragtime composer and pianist Dr. Artie MATTHEWS in Braidwood, IL. d-25 OCT 1958.
1891 Birth of Morgana, Nina (s) (1891-1986) U.S. (94) b. Buffalo, NY., Nov. 15,
1891; d. Ithaca, NY., July 8, 1986: She was singing in Buffalo
churches at the age of four. In 1908, she auditioned for Enrico
Caruso, during one of his concert tours, in Buffalo, at the Iroquois
Hotel. Caruso wrote to Morgana, informing her that he would arrange
vocal lessons with Teresa Arkel, a legendary soprano and vocal
instructor. Morgana traveled to Italy and studied with Arkel
(1909-1915), making a successful La Scala début (1915). Morgana and
Caruso teamed for concert tours of the U.S. (1917-19). She married
Bruno Zirato, secretary to Caruso. MET: Début: Concert, Mar. 28,
1920, First Stage: Nov. 27, 1920 [Gilda] Rigoletto, 16 seasons
(1919-35) 126 perf., 13 roles, 12 works.
1902 Birth of Portugese conductor composer Frederico FREITAS in Lisbon. d- Lisbon, 12 JAN 1980.
1903 FP of Eugene d'Albert's opera Tiefland 'The Lowlands' at the New German Theater in Prague.
1974 FP of William Grant Still's opera Bayou Legend by Opera South in Jackson, MI.
1983 FP of John Harbison's Mirabai Songs based on poems of Mirabai and translated by Robert Bly. Soprano Susan Larson and pianist Craig Smith at Emmanuel Church in Boston. Chamber orchestra version FP in Cambridge, MA on 1 FEB 1984.
1986 Death of Polish composer Alexandre Tansman, at 89, in Paris. b-Lódz, 12 JUN 1897.
1989 Leonard Bernstein awarded a National Medal of the Arts from President George Bush. Refused in protest against revoked NEA funding for a New York City exhibit on AIDS.
2000 Death of German composer Gene Gutchë in White Bear Lake, MN. b-Berlin, 3 JUL 1907.
2001 FP of Michael Daugherty's Philadelphia Stories. Philadelphia Orchestra, David Zinman, conducting at the Academy of Music.
2002 Death of Holzmayer, Sylvia (s) (1940-2002) Austrian. (62) b. Vienna,
1940; d. Vienna.
2002 FP of Jake Heggie'sHoly the Firm for cello and orchestra. Oakland East Bay Symphony conducted by Michael Morgan, with Emil Miland, cello, at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, CA.
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