NOVEMBER 11 Today in classical music history

Bernhard ROMBERG

1679 FP of Pallavicino's opera The Amazons in the Fortunate Isles to mark the opening of the Teatro Contarini, Piazzola sul Brenta, near Venice.

1704 FP of Campra's "Télémaque" excerpts from operas by Campra, Paris.

1704 FP of COLASSE's "Télémaque, ou Les fragments de modernes" Paris.

1706 Bach objects to doing choir practice at Arnstadt in addition to his duties.

1727 (JC, GC=22 NOV) FP of Handel's opera Riccardo Primo, re d’Inghilterra 'Richard the First, King of England at the King’s Theater in the Haymarket in London.

1767 Birth of German composer, cellist and choir director Bernhard ROMBERG in Dinklage, Oldenberg. d-Hamberg, 13 AUG 1841. Search Amazon.com for Bernhard ROMBERG

1777 Birth of German inventor Johann SCHEIBLER, Jew's harp and tuning fork improver. Proposed pitch standard of A 440 adopted in USA.

1777 Birth of German violinist and teacher Karl Friedrich MULLER with younger brothers formed a popular string quartet. His sons formed a quartet called "The Younger Mullers". Search Amazon.com for Karl Friedrich MULLER

1779 FP of GRÉTRY's "Les Événements imprévus" Versailles.

1793 FP of HAEFFNER's "Alcides inträde i Världen" Stockholm.

1817 FP of ROSSINI's "Armida" Naples.

1833 (12th ?)Birth of Russian composer Alexander BORODIN in St. Petersburg. A professor of chemistry and member of the Russian Five. d-27 FEB 1887. Search Amazon.com for Alexander BORODIN

1833 FP of Cherubini's "Ali-Baba, ou Les Quarante Voleurs" Paris.

1837 FP of HULLAH's "The Barber of Bassora" London.

1848 FP of HALÉVY's "Le Val d'Andorre" Paris.

1858 Birth of Italian castrato Alessandro Prof Moreschi, in Montecompatrio (near Rome). d. Rome, Apr. 21, 1922: Moreschi began his studies in Scuola (1871), although, it was already difficult to find a teacher, and after 12 years of strict studies in 1883, he joined the Papal Choir at the Sistine Chapel (1883-1913). He made a number of recordings, in Rome (1902-3). After his retirement, at age 54, he was relatively forgotten and died in Rome (1922).

1861 Birth of French soprano Cécile Merguillier, in Paris. d. Dec. 1938.

1863 FP of Faccio's "I profughi fiamminghi" La Scala.

1868 FP of LECOCQ's "Les jumeaux de Bergame" Paris.

1872 Birth of German-American violinist, conductor and composer Frederick A. STOCK in Jülich. Conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1903 following Theodore Thomas. d-Chicago, 20 OCT 1942. Search Amazon.com for Frederick A. STOCK

1882 FP of AUDRAN's "Gillette de Narbonne" Paris.

1883 Birth of German soprano Elena GERHARDT in Leipzig. Lieder singer. Search Amazon.com for Elena GERHARDT

1883 Birth of Swiss conductor Ernest ANSERMET in Vevey. d-Geneva, 20 FEB 1969. MET Apr. 3, 1916 Les Sylphides; 2 seasons (1961-1962) 36 perf., 15 works. Search Amazon.com for Ernest ANSERMET

1886 Birth of Hungarian contralto Maria BASILIDES in Jolsva. d- Budapest, 26 SEP 1946. Search Amazon.com for Maria BASILIDES

1887 FP of LECOCQ's "Ali-Baba" Bruselles.

1889 FP of Richard Strauss tone poem Don Juan, Strauss conducting, in Weimar. CD-Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan / Karajan

1890 FP of J. Brahms's String Quintet No. 2 in G, Op. 111. Rosé Quartet & violist in Vienna. CD-Brahms: The Complete Quintets

1896 Birth of German soprano Lisel Sturmfels, in Bremen. d. Apr. 14, 1964. Début (1920).

1898 Birth of Belgian tenor Giuseppe Lugo,  in Isola della Scala. d. Milan Sep. 18, 1980.

1898 English composer Frederick Delius bought a famous painting by Gauguin. The nude titled Nevermore.  [image]

1898 FP of Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha, in London. CD-Coleridge-Taylor: Scenes from Hiawatha's Wedding Feast; Romance of the Prairie Lilies Op39

1899 FP of Leslie Stuart's musical comedy Florodora, at Lyric Theater in London. CD-Florodora (1899 Original London Cast)

1900 FP of DE KOVAN's "Red Feather" New York.

1906 FP of Ethel Smyth's opera The Wreckers 'Strandrecht' in Leipzig. CD-The Wreckers

1906 FP of NIELSEN's "Maskarade" Copenhagen.

1907 FP of Mancinelli's "Paolo e Francesca" Bologna  w/ Salomea Krusceniski (s) (1872-1952) Pol/It. [Francesca].

1909 FP of HOLBROOKE's "Pierrot and Pierrette" London.

1912 FP of ENNA's "The Nightingale" after Anderson, Copenhagen.

1917 Birth of Austrian soprano Gertrud Grob-Prandl, in Vienna. d. May 16, 1995. Search Amazon.com for Gertrud Grob-Prandl

1920 FP of FRANCKENSTEIN's "Li-Tai-Pe, der Kaisers Dichter" Berlin.

1921 FP of Italian soprano Dora Gatta, in Foggia. d. Milan, July 25, 1989. Search Amazon.com for Dora Gatta,

1922 BBC transmits its' first musical program in London. Search Amazon.com for BBC History

1923 FP of Bloch's Piano Quintet, Harold Bauer pianist. First concert of the League of Composers, in NYC. CD-Martin, Briquet, Bloch: Quintettes pour piano & cordes. 

1925 FP of JANÁCEK's "Šárka" Act 3 orchestrated by O. Chlubba, Brno.

1926 FP of BIMBONI's "Winona" Portland, OR.

1928 Birth of American composer and pianist Arthur CUNNINGHAM. d-1997.

1930 Birth of English conductor Vernon HANDLEY. Search Amazon.com for Vernon HANDLEY

1930 FP of REZNICEK's "Spiel oder Ernest" Dresden.

1931 Birth of American cellist Leslie PARNAS. Search Amazon.com for Leslie PARNAS

1936 Birth of Bulgarian mezzo-soprano Alexandrina Milcheva,  in Shiyumen. MET Début: Apr. 8, 1987 [Dalila] Samson et Dalila, 3 seasons (1986-87, 89-91) 17 perf., 4 works. Search Amazon.com for Alexandrina Milcheva

1936 Birth of English organist and choral conductor Harry BRAMMA. Search Amazon.com for Harry BRAMMA

1936 Death of Welsh composer, conductor and violinist Sir Edward German, aka Jones, at age 74, in London. b-Whitchurch, Salp 17 FEB 1862. Search Amazon.com for Sir Edward German.

1937 Death of Polish composer Jerzy GABLENZ in Krakow. b-Krakow, 23 JAN 1888.

1942 Birth of Hungarian mezzo-soprano Julia Hamari, in Budapest. MET Début: Apr. 24, 1982 [Rosina] Il Barbiere di Siviglia, 2 seasons (1981-82, 84-85) 16 perf., 2 works. Search Amazon.com for Julia Hamari

1943 Birth of Swedish soprano Britt-Marie Aruhn,  in Motala, Nov. 11, 1943. Search Amazon.com for Britt-Marie Aruhn,

1944 Birth of English organist Jennifer BATE. 

1945 Death of American composer Jerome Kern at age 60, in NYC. b-NYC, 27 JAN 1885. Search Amazon.com for Jerome Kern

1949 Birth of German soprano Audrey Michael, in Genf.

1952 FP of Igor Stravinsky's Cantata Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra conducted by the composer. CD-Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky

1954 Birth of American composer and cellist David CLEARY.

1954 Marriage of American tenor James McCracken and American mezzo-soprano Sandra Warfield. Search Amazon.com for James McCracken | A Star in the Family.

1962 Birth of Romanian soprano Ildiko Raimondi, in Arad. Search Amazon.com for Ildiko Raimondi

1966 Birth of American composer James Nathanial HOLLAND. Classical compositions.

1979 Death of Ukranian-born American filmscore composer Dimitri Tiomkin at age 85, in London from complications of fracture to his pelvis in a fall. Filmscores. Search Amazon.com for Dimitri Tiomkin

1984 (17th?)Death of composer Jan Novak, at 63. Search Amazon.com for Jan Novak

1994 Death of English composer Elisabeth Maconchy in Norwich. b-Broxbourne, 19 MAR 1907. Search Amazon.com for Elisabeth Maconchy

1999 FP of John Corigliano's Vocalise for soprano, electronics and orchestra. Sylvia McNair, with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur.

2004 FP of Augusta Read Thomas' Dancing Galaxy for wind ensemble, by the New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, in Boston.