1726 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 55 Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht on the 22nd Sunday following Trinity. Was part of Bach's third annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1725-27.
1828 FP of Ferdinand Herold's La Fille Mal Garde ballet in Paris.
1837 Birth of composer Willem COENEN.
1839 FP of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Oberte Conti Di, in Milan.
1855 Birth of Italian baritone Giuseppe CAMPANARI in Venice.
d-Milan, 31 MAY 1927. Studied the piano at the early age of
six, then he studied the cello and became the first cellist in the La
Scala orchestra. Singing début at
La Scala at the age of nineteen. He began too soon and lost his
voice, however, he joined the Boston Sym. Orchestra as a cellist for
about three years. MET Opera début 30 NOV 1894 as Di Luna in Il Trovatore 14 seasons, 1894-97, 1898-1904, 1905-06,
07-10, 11-12.
1856 Death of English singer and composer William Knyvett, at 77. b-1779.
1859 Birth of composer Gerhard Rusenkrone SCHJELDERUP.
1863 Lincoln begins 1st draft of his Gettysburg Address. (See 1963 below).
1864 Birth of Chalia, Rosalia (s) (1864-1948) Cuban. b. Havana; Nov. 17, 1864; d.
Havana, Nov. 16. 1948: She made about 25 recordings between (1898-1912).
1865 Death of Italian bass Cesare Badiali.
1866 FP of Ambroise Thomas' opera Mignon in Paris.
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