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1585 (20 NOV?)Death of English composer Thomas Tallis. Organist of the Chapel Royal
under Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth, in Greenwich, age about 80. Tallis was one of the first to use English texts in rites for the Church of England. b-1505, Leicestershire.
1748 Birth of French composer Etienne Joseph FLOQUET in Aix-en-Provence. d-Paris, 10 May 1785.
1787 Death of German conductor and composer Anton Schweitzer, at 52, in Gotha. b-Coburg, 6 JUN 1735.
1797 Birth of composer Gabor MATRAY.
1814 Birth of Elizabeth Rainforth Soprano
Born 23 Nov 1814 Died 22 Sep 1877
Debut as Mandane in Artaxerxes (Arne) 1836
Teachers:- Tom Cooke, Crivelli, George Perry
Created Arline in Bohemian Girl (Balfe)
1828 Birth of Austrian music patron Joseph HELLMESBERGER, son of Georg.
Started popular String Quartet series in Vienna. Anecdotage.
1834 FP of Hector Berlioz' Harold In Italy, in Paris.
1850 FP of George Loder's overture, Marmion. Loder conducting Philharmonic Society of New York in NYC.
1853 Death of composer Francisco Andrevi y Castellar, at 67.
1853 Death of German organist, conductor and composer Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, at 67 in Dessau. b-Atl-Waltersdorf, Saxony, 3 JAN 1786.
1860 Birth of Lola Beeth Soprano
Born 23 Nov 1860 Cracau Died 18 Mar 1940
Debut as Elsa in Lohengrin (Wagner) 1882
Teachers:- Desiree Artot de Padilla, Rosa Deruda, Louise Dustmann
Francesco Lamperti, Pauline Viardot-Garcia
Pupils :- Kathe Heidersback, Ursula van Dieman
1862 Birth of Argentinian composer, teacher and publisher Alberto WILLIAMS in Buenos Aires. d-Buenos Aires, 17 JUN 1952.
1865 Death of Czech Josef Leopold Zvonar, at 41 in Prague. b-Kublov, 22 JAN 1824.
1866 Birth of Fanny Moody Soprano
Born 23 Nov 1866 Redruth Died 21 July 1945
Debut as Arline in Bohemian Girl (Balfe)
Teacher :- Charlotte Sainton-Dolby
1867 FP of Brahms's Ballad No. 1 Edward Op. 10, in Vienna.
1874 Birth of Nikolai Bolshakov Tenor
Born 23 Nov 1874 Kharkov Died 20 Jan 1958
Debut 1899
Teacher :- Ippolitov Pryanishnikov
1876 Birth of Spanish composer and conductor Manuel de FALLA in Cadiz. d-Alta Gracia, Argentina, 14 NOV 1946.
1878 (1879?) Birth of French composer, conductor and arranger Andre CAPLET in Le Havre.
d-Paris, 22 APR 1925 from the effects of poison gas in the trenches of the First World War.
1885 American conducting Debut of Austro-Hungarian conductor Anton Seidl, a Wagner protégé, conducting Lohengrin at the MET in NYC.
1887 Birth of French composer Paul MALENGREAU in Trelon en Thierache. d-Brussels, 1956. Composed Offrande for Organ.
1887 Birth of Luigi Montesanto Baritone
Born 23 Nov 1887 Palermo Died 14 June 1954
Debut as Escamillo in Carmen (Bizet) 1909
Teacher :- Santorno
Pupil :- Giuseppe Di Stefano
Created Michele in Tabarro (Puccini)
Sang in premiere of Jacquerie (Marinuzzi)
1890 FP of A. Dvorák's Piano Quartet No. 2 in Eb, Op., 87, in Prague.
1896 Birth of Flemish author and music publisher Joris VRIAMONT.
1898 Birth of Hungarian bass Dezso ERNSTER in Pecs. d-Zurich, 15 FEB
1981. Debut as Landgrave in Tannhauser (Wagner) 1923
Sang in premiere of Neues vom Tage (Hindemith)
1899 FP of Dvorák's opera The Devil and Kate in Prague.
1903 American debut of Enrico Caruso at the MET Opera, NYC in Rigoletto. Performance was so successful that he remained with the Met for the rest of his career.
1915 Birth of Marcello Cortis Bass
Born 23 Nov 1915 Prague 23 May 1962
Teacher :- Giovanni Binetti
Created Gennaro in Lavinia (Barraud)
1916 Death of Bohemian composer Eduard Napravnik, at 77. b-Beischt, 24 AUG 1839.
1917 Death of Wilhelmina Ivan Raab Soprano
Born 1848 Died 23 Nov 1917
Debut as Mathilde in William Tell (Rossini) 1871
Teachers:- Buchholz-Calconi, Henriette Nissen-Saloman
Created Agnes Sorel in Maid of Orleans (Tchaikovsky)
Alena in Merchant Kalashnikov (Rubinstein)
1918 Birth of Randolph Symonette Bass-Baritone
Born 23 Nov 1918 Bahamas Died 1 Jan 1998
Teachers;- Paul Althouse, Clytie Mundy
1919 Birth of Brazilian composer Claudio SANTORO in Manaus. d-Brasília, 1989.
1920 (1910?)Birth of Dutch organist, pianist and composer Herman NIELAND,
Te Deum Laudamus and Capriccio Komt nu met zang van zoete tonen, Valeriuslied for harp and string orch. d-1993.
1921 FP of Leos Janácek's Kátya Kabanová at the National Theater in Brno.
1926 Birth of Lotte Schadle Soprano
Born 23 Nov 1926 Fussen
Debut as Blondchen in Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (Mozart) 1949
Sang in premiere of Glucksfischer (Lothar)
1926 Death of composer Frederic Ayers, at 50.
1927 Birth of Alexander Vedernikov Bass
Born 23 Nov 1927 Kirov
Teachers:- Alpert-Chassina, Barona Barra
Created Ivan Timofeyevich in October (Muradeli)
1935 Birth of William Lewis Tenor
Born 23 Nov 1935 Tulsa Okia
Debut as Rinuccio in Gianni Schicci (Puccini) 1953
Pupil :- Cynthia Ballentine
Created Bill in Hand of Bridge (Barber)
Riccardo III in Riccardo III (Testi)
Frank Sargeant in Angle of Repose (Imbrie)
Sang in premiere of Blimunda (Corghi)
1935 FP of opera composed and conducted by female composer. Ethel Leginska presented her original work, titled Gale, at the Chicago City Opera Company.
1953 Birth of Dutch composer Johan de MEIJ in Voorburg.
1955 Birth of John Graham-Hall Tenor
Born 23 Nov 1955 Middlesex
Debut as Ferrando in Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart) 1983
Teachers:- Edward Brooks, Rupert Bruce-Lockhart, David Harper
Peter Harrison
Created Phaeton in Metamorphoses (Blackford)
M. Jules de Gonfleur in Belle Vivette (Offenbach)
1955 Birth of Glenn Winslade Tenor
Born 23 Nov 1955 Sydney
Teachers:- William Blankenship, Evelyn Hall de Izal, Valeris Collins Varga
1961 Birth of Austrian violinist and conductor Thomas ZEHETMAIR.
1963 FP of Daniel Pinkham's Symphony No. 2 in Lansing, MI.
1973 Death of Jennie Tourel Mezzo-Soprano
Born 26 June 1899 Montreal Canada Died 23 Nov 1973
Debut as 2nd Scholar in Lorenzaccio (Moret) 1930
Teachers:- Anna El-Tour, Reynaldo Hahn
Pupils :- Elaine Bonazzi, Joanna Bruno, Netania Devrath, Faith Esham
Maria Ewing, Barbara Hendricks, Neil Shicoff, Dana Talley
Robert Christesen, Katsuumi Niwa, Grayson Hirst
Created Baba the Turk in Rake's Progress (Stravinsky)
1974 Death of Icelandic composer Pall Isolfsson, at 81 in Reykjavik. b-Stokkseyr, 1893.
1985 FP of Michael Torke's Bright Blue Music at Carnegie Hall. New York City Youth Symphony, David Alan Miller conducting in NYC.
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