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May 07 in Music History

1667 Death of German composer Johann Jacob Froberger in Hericourt.

1704 Birth of German composer Carl Heinrich Graun in Saxony.

1744 Birth of composer Joseph Beer in Bohemia.

1746 Birth of German violinist and composer Karl Stamitz in Mannheim.

1747 J.S. Bach meets with King Frederick II of Prussia in Potsdam.

1769 Birth of composer Giuseppe Farinelli.

1793 Death of Italian composer Pietro Nardini in Florence.

1800 Death of Italian composer Nicoló Piccini in Passy, suburban Paris.

1818 Death of Bohemian composer Leopold Kozeluch in Vienna.

1824 FP of Beethoven's Choral Symphony No 9, at the Kärntnertor Theater in Vienna. Beethoven kept time but the musicians followed the assistant conductor, Michael Umlauf.

1825 Death of Italian composer Antonio Salieri in Vienna, at age 74.

1829 Death of Italian composer Mauro Giuliani.

1833 Birth of German composer Johannes Brahms in Hamburg.

1836 Death of German composer Norbert Burgmüller in Aachen.

1840 Birth of Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky.

1850 Birth of Hungarian conductor Anton Seidl in Budapest.

1861 Birth of Hindu poet and composer Rabindranath Tagore.

1873 Birth of American composer Clarence Dickenson.

1883 Opening of The Royal College of Music in London.

1883 Birth of composer Gino Roncaglia.

1888 FP of Lalo's opera Le Roi d'Ys in Paris.

1890 FP of Godard's "Dante et Béatrice" Paris.

1901 Birth of Belgian composer Marcel Poot in Vilvorde.

1907 Birth of composer Jef van Durme.

1908 Birth of Dutch composer Wouter Paap in Utrecht.

1910 Birth of German composer Heinrich Konietzny in Gliawitz.

1910 Birth of pianist Edward Kilenyi.

1913 Birth of clarinetist David Glazer.

1915 Sinking of the Lusitania taking the life of Irish composer O'Brien Butler Whitehall.

1918 Birth of composer Argeliers Leon.

1919 Birth of English violinist Emanuel Hurwitz.

1926 FP of Darius Milhaud's opera Les malheurs d'Orphée at the Théatre de la Monnaie in Brussels.

1927 Birth of Swedish soprano Elisabeth Soderstrom in Stockholm.

1931 Birth of Swedish baritone Ingvar Wixell in Lulea.

1931 Birth of Swedish tenor Helge Brilioth in Vaxjo.

1936 Birth of English composer Cornelius Cardew in Winchcombe.

1942 Death of Austrian conductor Felix Weingartner in Winterthur, Switzerland.

1944 FP of revised version of Aaron Copland's Our Town film score suite. Boston Pops conducted by Leonard Bernstein.

1945 Birth of composer Ann Gebuhr.

1945 FP of Fran Martin´s In Terra Pax, an oratorio, on radio broadcast celebrating the end of WWII, in Geneva.

1947 FP of Virgil Thomson's opera The Mother of Us All in NYC.

1949 FP of Hans Werner Henze's opera Das Wundertheater in Heidelberg, Germany

1950 Birth of English composer Philip Lane.

1954 Birth of American composer Frank Halferty.

1958 American pianist Van Cliburn signs contract with RCA Victor records.

1961 Birth of American conductor Robert Spano.

1963 Birth of American composer Mike Christianson.

1964 Birth of Scottish composer Kevin Mayo in Stirling.

1970 Death of English composer John Raynor in Sussex.

1981 Death of American composer Peggy Stuart Cooledge in Cushing, ME.

1985 FP of David Ward-Steinman's Chroma Concerto for multiple keyboards, percussion, and chamber orchestra. Noveau West Chamber Orchestra conducted by Terry Williams, with the composer and Amy-Smith-Davie, soloists, in Scottsdale, AZ.

1988 FP of Karheinz Stockhausen's opera Montag von Licht 'Monday from Light' at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

1988 FP of Michael Torke's ballet Black and White. NY City Ballet Orchestra, David Alan Miller conducting, at the New York State Theater.

1993 FP of Harrison Birtwistle's Five Distances for Five Instruments at the Purcell Room, by the Ensemble InterContemporain, in London.

1998 FP of Joan Tower's Tambor. Pittsburgh Symphony, Mariss Jansons conducting.

1999 FP of Robert X. Rodriguez' Bachanale concertino for Orchestra. San Antonio Symphony, Christopher Wilkins conducting.

2002 Death of Catalan composer Xavier Montsalvatge.

2002 Death of British contralto Monica Sinclair in London.

2005 FP of Richard Danielpour and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison's Margaret Garner at Detroit Opera House

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The barefooted Maestro

The journalist Jeremy Clarkson has his gargantuan stomach and the pianist Glenn Gould had his wooden chair. Novelist Mary Shelly (think Frankenstein) wrote with a Boa Constrictor around her neck, and artist Salvador Dalí carried around a piece of Spanish driftwood. Nigel Kennedy performs in an Aston Villa t-shirt and Robert Emery, yes that's me, conducts barefoot.

Most creative people have a little foible or two. But over the years I've had more people ask me about my bare feet than I've had hangovers; and now you know what a large-scale problem this is, I've decided to address it.

Is it because I can feel the music more with my naked skin touching the ground and feeling the vibrations?

No. I'm not that clever. Dame Evelyn Glennie can do this - but even though she is a percussionist, she is actually very clever; and also profoundly deaf, so she had a good reason to learn that skill.

Is it because I connect more with the music?

No. That is just a silly idea and anyone who says that is more pompous than Jacob Rees-Mogg - and that's a difficult task to achieve.

Is it because I get hot waving my arms around, so this helps cool me down?

No. I mean, yes I do get hot, and yes, it probably does keep me slightly cooler than a pair of Church's formal black patent leather shoes with Paul Smith formal black cotton socks - but that's not the reason.

Is it because it's cheaper?

Now we are just getting to the ridiculous; of course having no shoes is cheaper than having shoes; especially Church's - but that's a silly answer to a stupid question.

Is it to gain attention?

No. I can do that without my feet thank you very much. I've never been very good at dancing, and I don't have especially beautiful feet, so I wouldn't naturally highlight them.

At this point, I imagine the hot water is starting to boil in a quest for a simple answer. So here you are:

Back in 2010 I was young and foolish. I was also conducting the Sinfonieorchester Basel. It was three performances of a European band called the Lovebugs, fused with one of the worlds great orchestras, resulting in a hybrid of rock energy with classical and filmic excitement. To make myself comfortable in long, arduous rehearsals, I often took my shoes and socks off; and I'm afraid to say, even wore shorts. I know you're disappointed and can't understand how someone could be so careless, but it's incredible how scruffy and Hagrid-esq performers are when they don't have an audience to play to.

Now, fast-forward to three minutes before making my big entrance in front of a screaming, excited audience who range from the pre-pubescent through to the odd octogenarian. I'm doing my side-of-stage ritual. It's not a superstitious thing, and occasionally I don't need to do this, but sometimes I lack the energy to go and do my job. My theory is that a couple of hours before a performance, my body and mind start to go into a slumber of subconscious relaxation. I don't want to eat. Don't want to talk. Don't want to move. Actually, I don't want to do anything; especially go on stage. And that's the irony - because I love being on stage. I've learned by now that it's just my way of conserving the massive amount of energy needed to perform like a lunatic version of Jiminy Cricket. It's the calm before the storm. And with any storm, there needs some brewing time, like a good cuppa.

My brewing time involves jumping up and down on the spot. Waving my arms in circles, and generally trying to make the stage management as uncomfortable as possible with my psychedelic movements. That puts a smile on my face and also fires up the starter motor for the energy I need.

So back to the side of the stage and pre-pubescent octogenarian folk. I'm waiting to make my entrance when the promotor looks at me with horror. "What on earth are you doing?" he screamed at me. I froze.

For the first time in my life, I thought I was going to be fired. I imagined Alan Trump or Donald Sugar peering around the corner with their wagging finger, but I didn't know why.

"Why are you wearing shoes" barks the promotor. At this point, I'm more confused than my cat, who is called Penguin. "Why am I wearing shoes? Because I'm about to go on stage and conduct the Basel Symphony Orchestra" I retort. And then, he composed the fateful sentence that has plagued me all my career:

"If you conduct in rehearsals bare-foot because you feel most comfortable, why don't you conduct in concerts bare-foot. Isn't it about time concert halls were less formal? Take those shoes and socks off right now and go have fun!"

So I did. I went on stage and had the biggest buzz not only when the mixed-aged audience erupted, but with the second wave of applause that came when they saw my little bare feet. The next day, the front page of the Basler Zeitung had a photo of my feet, with a caption of 'the cool barefooted conductor'.

I had no idea back then that feet were like Marmite. People either loved me conducting barefooted or hated it. There seemed to be nothing in between. Of course the attention it gave me with the second applause and the newspaper cover massaged my ego, so one could say I told a little white lie when I said I didn't do it for the publicity. But scouts honour, I didn't know that publicity would arise from something we all do at least once a day!

Nevertheless, I'm not a fan of stirring up things (unless it's on the last Sunday before Advent), so I've decided, here and now, that I'll stop with the whole barefoot thing in concerts. I can't be bothered with the negativity around what should be a fun, laughable little quirk. So I'll say good luck to Clarkson with his beer-barrel and Kennedy with his football shirt; I hope they can continue with their fanciful follies. As for Dali, Shelly and Gould, it's interesting they are remembered not for their oddities, but for the creations they left us. Perhaps I should have learned from this, but then I wouldn't have been called 'the cool barefooted conductor'; and with all that patent leather and cotton, I'd be too hot.

Book & Music recommendations discussing Conducting & Sinfonieorchester Basel

The Conductor - A fascinating novel; not the story of Shostakovich. This is the story of a man caught in the white heat of obsession. A man who inspired an entire city, much less a ragged orchestra of half-starved musicians, to an act of resistance and hope in a time of war. Karl Eliasberg. The Conductor.

The Great Conductors - Most Popular Symphonies and Orchestral Favorites - A remarkable 30-CD collection brings together 30 world-class conductors representing the cream of crop - including Herbert von Karajan, Arturo Toscanini, Otto Klemperer, Pierre Monteux, Eugene Ormandy, Bruno Walter, Sir Thomas Beecham, Leonard Bernstein, Leopold Stokowski, Sir Georg Solti and George Szell.

Weingartner: Complete Symphonies [Marko Letonja, Sinfonieorchester Basel] - Marko Letonja and the Basel Symphony Orchestra set out on this adventurous journey of discovery with devotion and virtuosic skill over these 7 disks. Felix Weingartner an internationally acclaimed conductor and a highly influential figure in Basel's music world he also bequeathed to posterity an extensive compositional oeuvre marked by timeless freshness.

Stravinsky:Petrouchka [Sinfonieorchester Basel; Maki Namekawa, Dennis Russell Davies] - A beautiful recording of this incredible piece.

Brucker: Complete Symphonies [Tapiola Sinfonietta; Northern Sinfonia; Sinfonieorchester Basel, Mario Venzago] - 10 CD’s and a DVD of Mario Venzago conducting.

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LePenseur:"... auf einen Filmmitschnitt aus dem Jahre 1954. Beethovens Symphonie Nr. 7 – Fritz Reiner dirigiert »sein« Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Unerhört präzise Zeichengebung, fast nur mit der Rechten, die den Taktstock (Reiner verwendete ein besonders langes Exemplar) führt, die Linke modelliert nur an einigen, besonders »heiklen« Stellen die Intentionen des Maestro. Eine Exaktheit und Perfektion, die beeindruckt — und doch irgendwie kalt läßt ... Zum Vergleich eine Interpretation durch Herbert von Karajan (von wann und mit welchem Orchester konnte ich leider nicht feststellen): Energiegeladen, und wohl nicht nur wegen der etwas schnelleren Tempi. Insgesamt mitreißender als Reiners Gestaltung des Werkes. Nein, es liegt definitiv nicht allein an den Tempi! Dort, wo Karajan nur 33:25 min braucht (zum Vergleich: Reiner, den Auftritts- und Schlußapplaus abgerechnet, ca. 36:40 min), läßt sich Karl Böhm mit den Wiener Philharmonikern für die Symphonie gar 39:40 min Zeit, ohne daß das Werk deshalb auch nur ein Jota an innerer Spannkraft verlöre: Zum Vergleich noch zwei »historische« Aufnahmen. Zunächst die Wiener Philharmoniker unter Felix von Weingartner (Aufnahme vom Februar 1936); Weingartner nimmt durchaus nicht langsame Tempi, ohne deshalb je hektisch zu wirken — und seine Rubati sind immer der inneren Logik des Werkes geschuldet: Die unlängst bei seinem Gedenkartikel auf diesem Blog zitierte Anekdote über die richtigen Tempi bei Beethovens 5. Symphonie kann durchaus auch auf dessen 7. Symphonie angewandt werden! Wieder anders wirkt die Interpretation von Furtwängler: gleiches Orchester, Aufnahmedatum wird wohl in den 40er- oder frühen 50er-Jahren anzusetzen sein. Ein wenig langsamere Tempi (ca. 37:30 zu Weingantners 35:10 min), aber dadurch die für Furtwängler so charakteristische »Dichte« seiner Beethoven-Interpretation: Ach, es gibt mehr gute Interpretationen großer Werke, als man in einem ganzen Menschenleben anhören kann ... http://dlvr.it/PVYCh8 "

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June 02 in Music History

1608 FP of Monteverdi's "L'Idropica" Lost, Montua.

1614 Birth of composer Benjamin Rogers.

1713 FP of Handel's "Silla" London.

1715 Birth of composer Herman-François Delange.

1751 Birth of composer Antoni Weinert.

1771 FP of Salieri's "Armida"

1785 Death of German composer Gottfried August Homilius.

1802 FP of Baker's "The Caffres, or Buried Alove" Covent Garden, London.

1806 Birth of composer Isaac Strauss.

1807 Birth of composer Robert Führer.

1819 Birth of bass Jules-Bernard Belval in La Fere Aisne.

1828 Birth of American composer James Cutler Dunn Parker.

1830 Birth of composer Olivier Metra.

1831 Birth of composer Jan G Palm, Curaçao.

1834 Birth of Bohemian soprano Teresa Stolz in Kosteletz.

1835 Birth of pianist and conductor Nicolas Rubinstein. 1855 FP of Auber's "Jenny Bell" Paris.

1857 Birth of English composer and conductor Sir Edward William Elgar.

1863 Birth of Austrian composer and conductor Felix Weingartner.

1864 Birth of German composer August von Othegraven in Cologne.

1876 Birth of composer Hakon Borresen.

1883 Death of German mezzo-soprano Hedwig Reicher-Kindermann.

1884 Birth of Finnish soprano Hanna Granfelt in Sakkola.

1886 Birth of German bass Karl Braun in Meisenheim.

1888 Birth of Russian soprano Ellena Katulskaya in Odessa.

1891 FP of Fibich's "Smir Tantaluv" Prague.

1891 Birth of composer Ernst Kunz.

1900 Birth of Welsh composer David Wynne.

1908 FP of Mascagni's "Isabeau"

1909 Birth of German mezzo-soprano Martha Rohs in Saarbruecken.

1909 Birth of British composer Robin Orr in Brechin, Scotland.

1915 Birth of German baritone Josef Metternich nr. Cologne.

1927 Birth of conductor Andre Vandernoot.

1929 Birth of Canadian tenor Alan Crofoot in East York, Ontario.

1929 Birth of Belgian composer and conductor Frédéric Devreese.

1929 Birth of Canadian-Argentine pianist, conductor and composer Alcides Lanza in Rosario.

1930 Death of Italian baritone Angelo Scandiani.

1935 Birth of American composer Samuel Jones in Mississippi. 1937 Death of French organist and composer Louis Vierne.

1937 FP of first and second acts of Alban Berg's opera Lulu at the Stadtstheater in Zürich.

1938 FP of Giannini's "The Scarlet Letter"

1938 Amy Beach begins work on her Piano Trio based on her earlier works at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, NH. 1939 Death of Spanish composer, violinist, and conductor Enrique Arbos.

1940 Birth of Spanish tenor Eduardo Gimenez in Barcelona.

1944 Birth of American composer Marvin Hamlisch. 1946 Birth of Danish soprano Inge Nielsen in Holboeke.

1947 Birth of English conductor Mark Elder. 1949 Birth of American tenor Neil Shicoff in Brooklyn, NY.

1953 FP Sir William Walton's Coronation Te Deum, Composed for the coronation of 27-year-old Queen Elizabeth II, in London.

1953 FP of Sir Arthur Bliss' Processional in London.

1953 FP of Alberto Ginastera's Variaciones Concertantes in Buenos Aires.

1954 FP of Leroy Anderson's Bugler's Holiday with Anderson conducting at a Decca recording session in NYC.

1955 Birth of British composer Stephen Watson in Chester, England.

1955 Birth of French pianist Michel Dalberto.

1956 Birth of American composer Jeffrey Quick.

1956 Birth of Chinese composer Pei Lu.

1968 Death of Canadian pianist Andre Mathieu in Montreal, Quebec.

1983 FP of H. W. Henze's opera The English Cat at the Schlosstheater in Schwetzingen, Germany.

1987 Death of Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia at age 94.

2004 Death of Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov.

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May 17 in Music History

1732 Birth of composer Francesco Pasquale Ricci.

1800 Birth of composer Carl Friedrich Zollner.

1806 FP of Méhul's "Uthal" Paris.

1808 Birth of composer Charles-Louis-Adolphe Vogel

1819 Birth of composer Johann Nepomuk Kafka.

1823 Birth of contralto and composer Charlotte Helen Sainton-Dolby.

1838 FP of Balfe's "Diadeste, or The Vieled Lady" in English, London.

1846 Birth of English opera singer Alice Barnett in London.

1850 Birth of composer Antonio Scontrino.

1853 Birth of Swedish soprano Karolina Oestberg in Stockholm.

1864 Birth of German soprano Elisabeth Leisinger.

1866 Birth of French composer Erik Alfred-Leslie Satie in Honfleur.

1867 Birth of American soprano Sophie Traubmann

1879 FP of Graffigna's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" Padua.

1880 Death of composer Henri Cohen.

1881 Birth of Argentine composer Pascual de Rogatis.

1885 Birth of Czech soprano Marie Slechtova in Prague.

1888 Birth of Dutch soprano Elisabeth Ohms in Arnhem, Netherlands.

1889 Birth of Norwegian tenor Karl Åagard Oestvig.

1889 Birth of French flutist Marcel Moyse in Saint-Amour.

1890 FP of Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome.

1890 Birth of American composer, conductor Philip James.

1891 Birth of Russian soprano Elena Stepanova in Moscow.

1900 Birth of Russian violinist and composer Nicolai Berezowsky.

1901 Birth of German composer Werner Egk in Auchsesheim.

1901 Birth of German tenor Josef Witt in Munich.

1901 Benedictine monks of Solesmes in Abbey France were praised by Pope Leo XIII for their work restoring the Gregorian chant.

1902 Birth of Italian conductor Fausto Cleva, in Trieste.

1902 Birth of composer John Vincent.

1906 Birth of Croatian-American soprano Zinka Milanov.

1908 Birth of English bass David Franklin in London.

1908 Birth of composer Sigismund Toduta.

1912 Birth of Hungarian violinist and conductor Sandor Vegh.

1914 Birth of composer Guido Masanetz.

1914 FP of Weingartner's "Kain und Abel" Darmstadt.

1918 Birth of Swedish soprano Birgit Nilsson in Karup.

1919 FP of the orchestration of Maurice Ravel's Alborado del Gracioso at Pasdeloup Concert, in Paris.

1921 Birth of English hornist and organist Dennis Brain.

1923 Birth of American composer Peter Mennin.

1924 Birth of French baritone Gabriel Bacquier in Beziers.

1924 Birth of composer Frantisek Kovaricek.

1929 Death of German soprano Lilli Lehmann.

1929 FP of Prokofiev's Third Symphony. Monteux conducting in Paris.

1930 FP of Deshevov's "Ice and Steel" Leningrad.

1931 FP of Hába's "Die Mutter" Prague.

1933 Birth of German tenor Herbert Becker in Oberhausen.

1933 FP of Henry Cowell's Reel for small orchestra, in NYC.

1935 Death of French composer Paul Dukas in Paris.

1936 Birth of composer Philippe Boesmans.

1941 Birth of composer David Howell Cope.

1944 Birth of English pianist Paul Crossley.

1945 Birth of English baritone Brian Rayner Cook.

1950 Birth of Turkish composer Nejat Basegmezler.

1951 Birth of composer and pianist Paul Amrod.

1956 FP of Ward's "He Who Gets Slapped" in NYC. Revised in 1973.

1958 Birth English conductor Ivor Bolton.

1960 FP of Ned Rorem's 11 Studies for 11 Players for chamber ensemble, Rorem conducting at the State University of Buffalo, NY.

1969 Death of mezzo-soprano Marie Olczewska. 1969 Leonard Bernstein conducts his final concert as Music Director of the New York Philharmonic. He conducted 939 performances with the orchestra of them 831 as its Music Director and he conducted 36 world premieres with the NY Philharmonic.

1971 Birth of composer Jason Eckardt.

1978 Philips Electronics of The Netherlands announces new digital sound reproduction reproduction system from flat, silver 'Compact Discs'.

1980 Death of bass Ernst Wiemann.

1980 Death of soprano Marie Kurenko.

1982 Death of soprano Ester Mazzoleni.

1982 FP of Hoiby's "Something new for the Zoo".

1990 FP of Einojuhani Rautavaara's Vincent at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki.

2000 FP of Michael Torke's Corner in Manhattan.Minnesota Orchestra, Eiji Oue conducting.

2001 FP of Christopher Rouse's Clarinet Concerto. Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Christoph Eschenbach, with Larry Combs.

2002 Death of American oboist John de Lancie.

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February 26 in Music History

1677 Birth of Italian composer Francesco Nicola Fago in Naples.

1734 Death of soprano Marianna Bulgarelli-Benti.

1752 FP of Handel's oratorio Jephtha at Covent Garden in London.

1754 Birth of composer Joseph Karl Ambrosch.

1760 Birth of baritone Augustin Cheron.

1770 Birth of French Bohemian composer Anton Reicha in Prague.

1770 Death of Italian composer Giuseppe Tartini in Padua. 1822 Birth of German hornist Franz Strauss. 1828 Birth of baritone Carlo Casaccia in Naples. 1832 Chopin makes his debut in Paris, playing his F-minor Piano Concerto.

1861 Birth of tenor Henry Von Dulong Hamm in Westfalen Teacher, Vanoncini Pupil, Hermann Schey.

1877 Birth of soprano Celestina Boninsegna in Reggioi, Emilia.

1877 Birth of American composer Russell Alexander.

1878 Birth of soprano Emmy Destinn in Prague. 1879 Birth of English composer Frank Bridge, in Brighton. 1882 Birth of English pianist Winifred Christie in Stirling.

1882 Death of soprano Hermine Rudersdorff.

1896 Birth of Finnish cellist and conductor Tauno Hannikainen. 1905 Birth of American composer William Russell. 1913 Birth of baritone Albin Fechner in Boehum.

1913 Death of German composer Felix Draeseke in Dresden.

1914 Birth of Polish conductor Witold Rowicki in Taganrog.

1914 Death of bass-baritone Putnam Griswold.

1924 Birth of Swiss opera conductor Silvio Varviso. 1924 Birth of American composer Mark Bucci in NYC.

1927 Birth of bass-baritone Donald Gramm in Milwaukee, Wisc.

1930 Birth of soprano Ruth Margret Putz in Krefeld.

1930 Birth of Russian pianist Lazar Berman in Leningrad.

1932 Birth of mezzo-soprano Jean Allister in Ballymoney, N Ireland.

1933 Birth of soprano Gunilla Eva Af Malmborg in Lulea.

1933 Death of tenor Albert Alvarez in Bordeaux.

1935 FP of Georges Bizet's Symphony No. 1. Felix Weingartner conducting in Basel, Switzerland.

1936 Death of baritone Antonio Scotti.

1938 Death of tenor Emile Scaramberg.

1939 FP of A. Copland's Sextet, an arrangement of his Short Symphony, by a Juilliard graduate ensemble at Town Hall in NYC.

1943 FP of Roy Harris' Fifth Symphony dedicated to the people of the Soviet Union on 25th anniversary of the Red Army.

1943 Birth of English bass David Thomas.

1943 FP of William Schuman's Prayer in Time of War. Pittsburgh Symphony, Fritz Reiner conducting. 1944 Birth of tenor Peter Lindroos in Pojo, Finland.

1946 Birth of bass Dimitri Kavrakos in Athens.

1946 FP of Richard Strauss' Oboe Concerto. Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra, Volkmar Andreae, conducting.

1949 Birth of English soprano Emma Kirby.

1953 Death of Dutch composer Elisabeth Kuyper in Lugano, Switzerland.

1953 FP of Elliott Carter's String Quartet No. 1 by the Walden Quartet at Columbia University in NYC. 1957 Birth of American composer and conductor Les Marsden.

1958 Birth of English composer Tim Ewers in Welwyn Garden City.

1958 Death of tenor Emile Graf.

1959 Death of bass-baritone Thor Mandahl.

1959 FP of George Rochberg's Symphony No. 2, in Cleveland.

1963 Birth of Italian-American composer Marco Trevisani.

1970 Birth of American composer Michael Sidney Timpson.

1981 Death of American conductor, composer and Eastman School of Music director, Howard Hanson, in Rochester, NY.

1981 FP of Peter Maxwell Davies Symphony No. 2. Boston Symphony, Seiji Ozawa conducting at Symphony Hall in Boston.

1986 Death of mezzo-soprano Georgine Von Milinkovic.

1987 Birth of American composer Christopher Shaver in Clearwater, FL.

1991 Death of tenor Andre Turp.

1991 FP of John Harbison's Symphony No. 3. Baltimore Symphony, David Zinman conducting.

1996 Death of Polish composer Moishei Mieczyslaw Samuilowicz Vainberg, aka Weinberg, in Moscow.

2001 FP of Klass De Vries' ...sub nocte per umbras 'through the reality of spirits'. San Francisco Contemporary Players at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

2013 Death of French organist Marie-Clair Alain

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