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- 1593 Birth of composer Johann DILLIGER in Eisfeld bei Hildburghausen . d-Coburg, 28 AUG 1647.
- 1623 Death of English madrigal composer Thomas Weelkes in London. b-Elstedt, 25 October 1576.
- 1634 (1643?) Birth of Spanish composer and organist Andres de SOLA in Tudela. d-Zaragoza, 21 APR 1696.
- 1645 Birth of German organist and composer Andreas WERKMEISTER in Benneckenstein. d-Halberstadt, 26 OCT 1706.
- 1663 Birth of Andrea Adami da Bolsena Castrato
Born 30 Nov 1663 Died 22 July 1742.
- 1693 Birth of German composer Christoph FORSTER. d-Bebra-Rudolstadt, 1745.
- 1703 Death of French organist and composer Nicolas de Grigny, at 31, in Rehims. Bap-Rheims, 8 SEP 1672.
- 1719 Handel becomes Orchestra Master to the Royal Academy.
- 1753 Birth of Dutch composer Johann Baptist SCHENK in Wiener Neustadt. d-Vienna, 29 DEC 1836.
- 1764 Birth of German bass and composer Franz Xaver GERL in Andorf. d- Mannheim, 9 MAR 1827. Debut 1783
Teacher :- Leopold Mozart
Created Sarastro in Zauberflote (Mozart)
- 1764 Death of composer Dieudonne Raick, at 61. Bap. Liege, 1703.
- 1777 Death of French violinist and composer Jean-Marie Leclair, at 74, in Lyons. b-Lyons, 23 SEP 1703.
- 1792 Death of German composer Ernst William Wolf, at 57, in Weimar. bap- Gotha, 25 FEB 1735.
- 1796 Birth of German composer Carl LOEWE nr Halle. Developed
German ballad. d-Kiel, 20 APR 1869.
- 1798 Death of German composer Friedrich Fleischmann, at 32 in Meiningen. b-Marktheidenfeld, 19 JUL 1766.
- 1809 Birth of English organist and composer Thomas Molleson MUDIE in London. d-London, 24 JUL 1876.
- 1813 Birth of French pianist, teacher and composer Charles-Valentin ALKAN in Paris. d-Paris, 29 MAR 1888.
- 1813 Death of German conductor and composer Friedrich August Baumbach, at 60, in Leipzig. bap-Gotha, 12 SEP 1753.
- 1824 Death of German cellist and composer Johann Georg Christoph Schetky, at 87, in Edinburgh. b-Darmstadt, 19 AUG 1737. Son George, was Philadelphia music publisher, cellist and teacher.
- 1847 Birth of German conductor and composer August Friedrich Martin KLUGHARDT in Cothen. d-Rosslau, 3 AUG 1902.
- 1859 Birth of Russian composer Sergei LYAPUNOV in Yaroslav. d-Paris, 8 NOV 1924.
- 1861 Birth of Austrian composer Ludwig THUILLE in Bozen, Tirol. d-Munich, 5
FEB 1907.
- 1863 Birth of Italian pianist and composer Gellio Benevenuto CORONARO in Vicenza. d-Milan, 26 JUL 1916.
- 1866 Birth of German tenor and opera manager Andreas DIPPEL. d- Los Angeles,
12 MAY 1932. Debut as Lionel in Martha (Flotow) 1887
Teachers:- Julius Hey, Alberto Leoni, Johannes Ress, Nina Zottmayr
Pupil :- Hermann Weil
Created Asrael in Asrael (Franchetti)
- 1870 Birth of English writer and composer Cecil FORSYTH in Greenwich. d- NYC, 7 DEC 1941.
- 1876 Birth of Paul Franz Tenor
Born 30 Nov 1876 Paris Died 20 Apr 1950
Debut as Lohengrin in Lohengrin (Wagner) 1909
Teacher :- Louis Delaquerriere
Pupils :- Edouard Kriff, Georges Valliant
Created Ratan-Sen in Padmavati (Roussel)
Antar in Antar (Dupont)
- 1877 (GC, JC=18 NOV) FP of P. Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme for Cello and Orchestra, with Nicolai Rubinstein conducting, and Wilhelm Fitzenhagen as the soloist in Moscow.
- 1879 Birth of David Stockman Tenor
Born 30 Nov 1879 Goteborg Died 2 Dec 1951
Debut as Wilhelm Meister in Mignon (Thomas) 1905
Teacher :- H Hoffmann
- 1884 Birth of Swedish conductor, teacher and composer Ture RANGSTROM in
Stockholm. d-Stockholm, 11 MAY 1947.
- 1885 FP of Massenet's opera Le Cid, in Paris.
- 1890 Birth of American pianist Elanor SPENCER in Chicago.
- 1890 Birth of American writer and composer John Tasker HOWARD in Brooklyn. d-West Orange, NJ, 20 NOV 1964.
- 1892 Death of Anne -Arsene Charlton-Demeur Soprano
Born 5 Mar 1824 Saujon Died 30 Nov 1892
Debut as Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) 1842
Created Beatrice in Beatrice et Benedict (Berlioz)
Dido in Troyens (Berlioz)
- 1895 Birth of Austrian teacher and composer Johann Nepomuk DAVID in Eferding. d-Stuttgart, 22 DEC 1977.
- 1897 Birth of composer Andreas NEZERTIS.
- 1897 Birth of American composer Quinto MAGANINI in Fairfield, CA. d-Greenwich, CT 1977.
- 1899 Birth of Czech opera composer Hans KRUSA in Prague. d-Aushwitz, 16 OCT 1944.
- 1903 Birth of French composer and pianist Claude ARRIEU in Paris. d-Paris, 7 MAR 1990.
- 1903 Original Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) facility burn to the ground at 176-194 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights) burns to the ground. Reopened 14 NOV 1908.
- 1904 Death of composer Aldine Sillman Kieffer, at 64. b-1 AUG 1843.
- 1906 Birth of Russian composer Boris Tikhonovich KOZHEVNIKOV in Novgorod. d-8 APR 1985.
- 1907 Birth of Hungarian composer Gyorgy RANKI in Budapest. d-Budapest, 1992. Popular works include Don Quixote y Dulcinea.
- 1910 FP of Bloch's Macbeth a lyric drama. Opera Comique in Paris.
1912 Birth of Dutch oboist Constant STOTIJN, with Residente Orchestra.
1913 (JC, GC=13 DEC) FP of S. Rachmaninov's choral symphonic poem, The Bells composer conducting in St. Petersburg.
1918 Birth of Kurt Hubenthal Baritone
Born 30 Nov 1918 Halle
Teachers:- Karl Marstatt, Hans Oncken, Fritz Polster, Kurt Wichmann
Sang in premiere of Till (Wohlgemuth)
1922 Birth of American composer Robert EVETT in Loveland, CO. d-Takoma Park, MD, 3 FEB 1975.
1924 Birth of Swiss composer Klaus HUBER in Bern.
1928 Birth of French harpsichordist Huguette DREYFUSS.
1930 FP of Jacque Ibert's Divertissement in Paris.CD-Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Ibert: Divertissement
1931 Birth of German conductor Gunther HERBIG in Labem, Czechoslovakia.
1931 His Master's Voice & Columbia Records merge into EMI.
1931 Death of English composer John Hyatt Brewer, at 75.
1931 Death of French composer Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas, at 46, in Paris. B-St. Quentin, 28 MAR 1885.
1934 FP of Berg's Five Symphonic Pieces from Lulu. Berlin
State Opera.
1939 Birth of Austrian conductor and violinist Walter WELLER in Vienna.
1940 Death of German musicologist, conductor and composer Fritz Volbach,
at 78.
1941 Death of Charles Hackett Tenor
Born 4 Nov 1887 Worcester Mass Died 30 Nov 1941
Debut as Faust in Faust (Gounod) 1910
Teachers:- Arthur Hubbard, Vincenzo Lombardi
Created Armand in Camille (Forrest)
Arnold Talbot in Witch of Salem (Cadman)
1943 Birth of American composer Jerry HUNT in Waco, TX. d-Canton, OH 27 NOV 1993.
1944 Death of Giuseppina Finzi-Magrini Soprano
Born 5 May 1878 Turin Died 30 Nov 1944
Debut 1900
Pupil :- Anna Maria Guglielmetti
1945 Birth of Romanian pianist Radu LUPU in Galati. Debut at
twelve years of age. Won the 1969 Leeds Piano Competition.
1945 FP of Bohuslav Martinu's Symphony No. 4, in Philadelphia.CD-Bohuslav Martin: Symphonies 3 & 4
1948 Death of Italian composer Franco Vittadini, at 64, in Pavia. b-Pavia, 9 APR 1884.
1951 Birth of American composer William P. ROWAN in San Diego, CA.
1952 Birth of Russian conductor Semyon BYCHKOV.
1954 Death of German conductor Wilhelm Furtwangler in Ebersteinberg, at 68
years. b-Berlin, 25 JAN 1886.
1955 Death of Yugoslav composer Josip Slavenski (Stolcer), at 59, in Belgrade. b- Cakovec, 11 MAY 1896.
1957 Death of Italian operatic tenor Beniamino Gigli, in Rome. b-Recanati, 20 MAR 1890.
Debut as Ezio in Gioconda (Ponchielli) 14 Oct 1914
Teachers:- Agnese Bonucci, Antonio Cotogni, Lazzarini, Enrico Rosati
Pupils :- Rina Gigli (daughter), Walter Gullino, Mischa Alexandrovitch
Istvan Laczo
1961 Death of Polish composer Stanislaw Kazuro, at 80 in Warsaw. b-Vilnius, 1 AUG 1881.
1963 FP of Shulamit Ran's Capriccio for piano and orchestra. A New York Philharmonic "Young People's Concert" conducted by Leonard Bernstein, Ran as soloist.
1965 ('64?)FP of Roger Matton's Concerto for two pianos in Quebec.CD-20th Century Works for Two Pianos
1967 FP of Thea Musgrave's opera The Decision in London.
1968 Birth of American composer Sylvie COURVOISIER.
1972 Death of composer Valentin Ruiz Azner, at 70.
1972 Death of Austrian composer Hans-Erich Apostel, Kubiniana,
Requiem, at 71 in Vienna. b-Karlsruhe, 22 JAN 1901.
1975 Death of Maria Gerhardt Soprano
Born 10 July 1896 Vienna Died 30 Nov 1975
Debut 1918
Teacher :- Irene Schlemmer-Ambros
Pupil :- Maiju Kuusova
1989 FP of John Harbison's November 19, 1928. The Atlanta Chamber Players.
2000 FP of John Corigliano's Symphony No. 2, by the Boston Symphony, Seiji Ozawa conducting. Based on his String Quartet of 1995. Received the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2001.
2001 FP of Philip Glass' Dancissimo for Violin and Orchestra. The Milwaukee Symphony under Andreas Delfs, with soloist Robert McDuffie.
2001 FP of Tobias Picker's opera Thérèse Raquin. Dallas Opera. Pre-performance interview CD-Picker: Thérèse Raquin
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