1766 Birth of French violinist, teacher and composer Rodolphe KREUTZER in
Versailles. In 1810 broken arm ended virtuoso career. Beethoven dedicated
sonata op 47 to him. d-Geneva, 6 JAN 1831.
1829 (JC, GC=28 NOV)
Birth of Russian pianist, conductor and composer Anton G. RUBINSTEIN.
1840 Birth of composer Frederick Scotson CLARK.
1848 Chopin plays piano at a Polish benefit ball at Guildhall in London.
Already ill- it
is his final concert.
1850 FP of G. Verdi's opera Stifellio at the Teatro Grande in Trieste.
1852 Birth of American soprano Minnie HAUK in NYC. d-near Lucerne, 6 FEB
1929. Believed to be
illegitimate daughter of Leonard Jerome. Début in Brooklyn, in Bellini's La Sonnambula at age 14. Sang
with the Carl Rosa Opera Company, in the first Carmen
presented in NYC. MET Opera début 10 FEB 1891 as Sélika in
L'Africaine.
1854 FP of Rubinstein's Ocean Symphony in Leipzig.
1862 The work noted above received its official premiere with members of the Hellmesberger Quartet; Brahms at the piano, in Vienna.
1870 Birth of Australian composer Alfred HILL in Melbourne. d-Sydney, 30 OCT 1960.
1873 Birth of Björling, David Karl (t) (1873-1926) Swed. (52) b. Harmĺnger parish of
northern Sweden's Hälsingland province, Nov. 16, 1873; d. Aug. 16, 1926:
1873 Birth of American composer W. C. HANDY. The father of the 'blues'
born in Florence, AL. d- NYC March 28, 1958.
1881 Birth of Italian composer Domenico ALALEONA in Montegiorgio. d-Montegiorgio, 28 DEC 1928.
1883 Birth of Flemish musicologist and composer
Eugeen Van de VELDE.
1888 Birth of American composer Burnet Corwin TUTHILL in NYC. d-
Knoxville, TN 18 JAN 1982.
1890 Birth of composer Aloys-Henri-Gerard FORNEROD.
1893 Death of Irish composer, pianist and teacher George Alexander Osborne, at 87 in London. b-Limerick, 24 SEP 1806.
1894 Debut of opera star Enrico Caruso in Mario Morelli's L'Amico Francesco at Naples Teatro Nuovo.
1895 Birth of German-born American composer, violist and conductor Paul HINDEMITH
in Hanau. d-Frankfurt, 28 DEC 1963. Official Site.
1896 Birth of American baritone Lawrence TIBBETT in Bakersfield, CA. d.NYC , 15 JUL 1960. MET: Début: Nov. 24, 1923
[Lavitsky] Boris Godunov, 27 seasons (1923-50) 602 perf., 49 roles, 37
works.
1900 At the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, First concert by The
Philadelphia Orchestra. Founder, Fritz Scheel,
conducting. Russian-American pianist Ossip Gabrilowitch, soloist.
Scheel was its' conductor until 1907. Followed by Karl Pohlig (1907–12). Then (1912–38) by Leopold Stokowski, who helped the orchestra become one of the world's finest ensembles. Eugene Ormandy, was appointed co-conductor with Stokowski in 1936, conductor-music director from 1938 to 1980. Riccardo Muti, 1980-1993. Wolfgang Sawallisch from 1993-2003. Christoph Eschenbach, present. The orchestra has toured extensively in the United States and abroad and now performes in the Kimmel Center. In 1973 it became the first American orchestra to play in mainland China. It has played summer seasons at the Robin Hood Dell, now Mann Center
amphitheater in Philadelphia and at the Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Special Historical CD series
1902 Birth of Belgian musicologist Marcel BOEREBOOM. d-4 DEC 1985.
1904 First American tour concert by English composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. He conducts choral trilogy Hiawatha in Washington, DC.
1908 Conducting debut in NYC of Arturo Toscanini. Aida at the MET.
1909 Death of composer Francis Thome, at 59. b-1850.
1919 FP of Charles Tomlinson Griffes' Poem for flute and orchestra, the New York Symphony, Walter Damrosch conducting.
1924 Death of composer Alexander Andreyevich Archangelsky, at 78. b-23 OCT 1846.
1924 Death of composer Edward Everett Rice, at 75.
1926 Birth of Dutch composer Ton de LEEUW Rotterdam. d-Paris, 31 MAY 1996.
1930 Birth of Niska, Maralin (s) U.S. b. San Pedro CA; Nov. 16, 1930; MET: Début:
Mar. 17, 1970 [Violetta] La Traviata, 6 seasons (1969-70, 73-78) 42
perf., 7 works.
1930 Birth of American soprano Maralin NISKA in San Pedro, CA. Attended UCLA majoring in English Literature. Had an international performing career in opera. From 1978 taught privately in Santa Fe, NM.
1934 FP of William Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting.
1940 FP of N. Miaskovsky's Symphony No. 21, at the Moscow Festival of Soviet Music. Commissioned by the Chicago Symphony, gave the American premiere on 26 DEC 1940.
1941 Birth of Dimitrova, Ghena (s) Bulgarian. b. Beglej, Nov. 16, 1941; MET:
Début: Dec. 14, 1987 [Turandot] Turandot, 9 seasons (1987-90, 91-97)
74 perf., 6 works.
1945 FP Milhaud's Suite for Violin and Orchestra, with Zino Francescatti, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting. Suite Anglaise for Harmonica (or violin or accordion) and Orchestra.
1948 FP of Morton Gould's Philharmonic Waltzes the New York Philharmonic, Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting.
1974 Birth of American composer Michelle WILLIS in Idaho Falls, ID.
1993 Death of Chech-Austrian soprano Lucia Popp, at 54.
2000 100th Birthday gala of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Wolfgang Sawallisch, cond. Bach, Dukas, Rachmaninoff, Sarasate, Copland and Stravinsky.
Performers: Andre Watts, piano; Sarah Chang, violin; Thomas Hampson, baritone; Anna Moffo, host.
2001 FP of Magnus Lindberg's Parada. Recording session by The Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, in London.
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