1630 Death of German composer Johann Hermann Schein, Opella Nova, from the plague at age 44 in Leipzig. b-Grünhain, 20 JAN 1586.
1663 Birth of German church organist Friedrich ZACHAU at Halle.
Taught Handel.
1709 Birth of composer Pierre LECLAIR.
1720 FP of Bononcini's opera Asarto in London.
1724 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 26 Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig performed on the 24th Sunday following Trinity. A portion of Bach's second annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig, 1724-25.
1736 J. S. Bach named court composer by Poland's King Agustus III.
1822 Death of Martin Joseph Adrien Bass
Born 26 May 1767 Liege Died 19 Nov 1822
Created Rosmar in Ossian (Lesueur)
L'ombre d'Arthenes in Tarare (Salieri)
Grand-Pretre in Les Horaces (Salieri)
Ulysse in Astyanax (Kreutzer)
Phorbas in Oedipe a Thebes (Mereaux)
Un Vieillard in Le triomphe de la Republique (Gossec)
L'Officier municipal in La rosiere republicaine (Gretry)
Polycrate in Anacreon chez Polycrate (Gretry)
Le Vieil Horace in Les Horaces (Porta)
Sang in premiere of Demophoon (Vogel)
Les Pretendues (LeMoyne)
Nephte (LeMoyne)
Oedipe a Colonne (Sacchini)
Les pommiers et le moulin (LeMoyne)
Le siege de Thionville (Jadin)
Toulon Soumis (Rochefort)
Apelle et Campaspe (Eler)
1825 Death of Czech composer Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisekin Vienna, at 34. b-Bohemia, Vamberk 1791.
1826 FP of Mendelssohn's Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, in
Berlin, an original piano version for himself and sister Fanny.
1828 Death of Austrian composer Franz Schubert in Vienna, at the age of 31 from
typhus. Buried near Beethoven. b-Lichtenthal district of Vienna, 31 JAN 1797. See: If you enjoy Schubert on CD you might care for:
1840 Death of Johann Michael Vogl Baritone
Born 10 Aug 1768 Ennsdorf Died 19 Nov 1840
Teacher :- Girolamo Crescentini
Pupil :- Caroline Unger
Created Jardo Friberg in Schweizenfamilie (Weigl)
Herr Rund in Der Dorfbarbier (Schenk)
Sang in premiere of Zwillingsbruder (Schubert)
Kaiser Hadrian (Weigl)
Der Bergsturz (Weigl)
Baals Sturz (Weigl)
1854 Death of composer Alberich Zwyssig, at 46.
1859 (GC, JC=7 NOV) Birth of Russian composer Mikhail IPPOLITOV-IVANOV in Gatchina.
d-Moscow, 28 JAN 1935.
1870 Birth of Spanish composer Vicente LLEO in Valencia.
1874 Birth of composer Karl Adrian Wohlfahrt.
1875 (GC, JC=7 NOV)FP Tchaikovsky's Third Symphony, in Moscow.
1881 Birth of Russian composer and musicologist Leonid SABANEEV. d-1986.
1882 Birth of Dmitri Smirnov Tenor
Born 19 Nov 1882 Moscow Died 27 April 1944
Debut as Gigi in Camorra (Esposito) 1904
Teachers:- Emiliya Pavlovskaya, A M Dodonov, Khrhizhonovsky
Mieczyslaw Horbowski, Vittorio Vanza
1884 Birth of Norman Allin Bass
Born 19 Nov 1884 Ashton-under-Lyne Died 27 Oct 1973
Debut as Hebrew in Samson et Delilah (Saint-Saens) 15 Oct 1916
Teachers:- John Acton, Francis Harford
Pupils :- Pamela Bowden, Richard Lewis, Ian Wallace, Derick Davies
Norman Lumsden, Jean Allister, Edgar Fleet, Edna Hobson
Geoffrey Walls
Created Sir John Falstaff in At the Boar's Head (Holst)
Dom Mortes in Don Juan de Manera (Goossens)
1888 Birth of Marguerite Namara Soprano
Born 19 Nov 1888 Cleveland 3 Nov 1974
Debut as Marguerite in Faust (Gounod) 1908
Teacher :- Jean De Reszke
1888 Pianistic Debut in Boston of composer Edward MacDowell. With
the Kneisel Quartet.
1897 Birth of Henri Fabert Tenor
Born 19 Nov 1897 Sarasse Died 22 Feb 1941
Created Poet in Nariste (Bellenot)
Sang in premiere of Renard (Stravinsky)
L'Arlequin (D'Olonne)
La Naissance de la Lyre (Roussel)
Le Miracle (Hue)
L'Enfant et les Sortileges (Ravel)
1916 Birth of Ratko Delorko Tenor
Born 19 Nov 1916 Yugoslavia
Debut as Almaviva in Barbiere of Siviglia (Rossini)
Teachers:- Paul Marion, Law Urbancic
1919 Death of Florencio Constantino Tenor
Born 9 Apr 1868 Bilbao Died 19 Nov 1919
Debut as Fernando in Favorita (Donizetti) 1889
Teacher :- Leopold Stiatesi
Created Bernal in The Sacrifice (Converse)
1921 Birth of Hungarian-born, Swiss pianist Geza ANDA in Budapest. d- Zurich, 13 JUN 1976.
1923 FP of Bartok's Five Dances and FP of Kodaly's Psalums Hungaricus in Budapest, marking the 50th
anniversary of the union of cities Buda and
Pest.
1924 FP of Alfredo Casella's La Giara ballet in Paris.
1929 Death of English composer Arthur H. Mann, Church of England
Hymnal. b-1850.
1929 Death of Italian composer Michele Esposito in Firenze. b-Castellammare di Stabia, 29 SEP 1855.
1929 Death of Tadeusz Leliva Tenor
Born 19 Jul 1875 Ukraine Died 19 Nov 1929
Debut as Radames in Aida (Verdi) 1902
Teachers:- Frau Massini, Jean De Reszke, A Broggi
Pupil :- Jan Kiepura, Lucyna Messal, Alexander Michalowski
1936 First concert recorded on magnetic tape with the London Philharmonic orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham at BASF's own concert hall in Ludwigshaven, Germany. See: History of tape recording.
1040 Birth of Bozena Betley Soprano
Born 19 Nov 1940 Dabrowa Poland
Debut as Aida in Aida (Verdi) 1970
Teacher :- Maria Boyar-Przemieniecka
1942 Death of composer Edouard Combe, at 76.
1944 Birth of Greek mezzo-soprano Agnes BALTSA in Lefkas.
Debut as Cherubino in Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) 1968
Teachers:- Herbert Champion, Nunuka Fragia-Spioliopoulos, Henny Schoner
1944 Death of composer Carl LaFite.
1945 Birth of Simon Masterson-Smith Bass-Baritone
Born 19 Nov 1945 Middlesex
Debut as 1st Soldier in Salome (Strauss) 1974
Teachers:- Arthur Reckless, Gustav Sacher, Pieter Van der Stolk
Josephine Veasey
1951 Death of Amy Castles Soprano
Born 25 July 1880 Melbourne Died 19 Nov 1951
Debut in Hamlet (Thomas) 1907
Teachers:- Alan Bindley, Jacques Bouhy, Minna Fischer, Mathilde Marchesi
Charles Santley
1953 FP of Elliott Carter's Sonata for flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord, in NYC.
1955 Death of Josef Herrmann Baritone
Born 20 Apr 1903 Darmstadt Died 19 Nov 1955
Debut 1925
Teacher :- Carl Beines
Sang in premiere of Zauberinsel (Sutermeister)
Circe (Egk)
1957 American conductor Leonard Bernstein named Music Director of the New York Philharmonic. First American-born and educated conductor named to head an important American Orchestra.
1966 Death of Elena Katulskaya Soprano
Born 2 Jun 1888 Odessa Died 19 Nov 1966
Debut as Lakme in Lakme (Delibes) 1909
Teachers:- Natalia Iretskaya, Ippolit Pryanishnikov
Pupils :- Alexei Maslennikov, Tamara Milashkina
1968 Death of Eide Norena Soprano
Born 26 April 1884 Horten Norway Died 19 Nov 1968
Debut as Amor in Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck) 1907
Teachers:- Ellen Gulbranson, Raimund Von Zur Muhlen
Created Claris Willoughby in Witch of Salem (Cadman)
1971 Birth of Austrian composer Bernhard GAL in Vienna.
1979 Death of Max Proebstl Bass
Born 24 Sep 1913 Munich Died 19 Nov 1979
Teacher :- Paul Bender
Created Lame Citizen in Versuchung (Tal)
Denis in Play of Love & Death (Cikker)
Don Fernand in Don Juan de Manara (Tomasi)
1984 FP of Christopher Rouse's Gorgon for orchestra. Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, David Zinman, conducting.
1987 Death of Clara Petrella Soprano
Born 28 Mar 1914 Milan Died 19 Nov 1987
Debut as Liu in Turandot (Puccini) 1939
Teachers:- Micaela Petrella, Giannina Russ, Alessandro Bavastro
Ersilde Cervi Caroli
Created Catherine in Uragano (Rocca)
Mila in Figlia di Jorio (Pizzetti)
Serafina in Cagliostro (Pizzetti)
Clitennestra in Clitinnestra (Pizzetti)
Madame Bovary in Madame Bovary (Pannain)
Anna in Vortice (Rossellini)
Beatrice in Sguardo dal Ponte (Rossellini)
La Figlia in Gli incatenati (Bianchi)
Caterina in L'Uragano (Rocca)
1994 FP of John Adams's John's Book of Alleged Dances for string quartet and foot-controlled sampler, by the Kronos Quartet. California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA.
1998 Death of Korean-American composer Earl Kim, age 78, in Cambridge, MA. b-Dinuba, CA.
1999 Death of Max Worthley Tenor
Born 19 Feb 1913 Adelaide Died 19 Nov 1999
Teacher :- Mrs Kugelberg
Created Clem in Little Sweep (Britten)
Astronomer in Galileo Galilei (Hoiby)
2000 FP of Philip Glass' Double Concerto for Timpani and Orchestra, by the American Composers Orchestra. Lincoln Center in New York.
2004 FP of Henry Brant's Wind, Water, Clouds and Fire for six spatial groups and choirs. Present Music Ensemble, Bucks American Indian Drumming and Singing Group, and the Milwaukee Youth Symphony, at the Cathredral of St. John the Evagelist in Milwaukee, WI.
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