JANUARY 5

Henry LAWES

1596 Birth of English choir director and composer Henry LAWES in Dinton, Whiltshire. d-London, 21 OCT 1662. Search Amazon.com for Henry LAWES | BOOK-Henry Lawes: Cavalier Songwriter (Oxford Monographs on Music).

1640 Birth of Italian composer Paolo LORENZANI in Rome. d-Rome, 28 OCT 1713. LORENZANI: Motets.

1649 FP of Francesco Cavalli's Opera l Giasone at Teatro Cassiano, in Venice.

1677 FP of Lully's opera Isis in Paris.

1681 Italian composer Giovanni Legrenzi takes position of music director at St. Mark's in Venice. Search Giovanni Legrenzi.

1690 FP of Alessandro Scarlatti's opera La Statira in Teatro Tordinona, Rome.

1740 Death of Italian composer Antonio Lotti in Venice. b-Venice, c.1667. Search Antonio Lotti.

1857 Birth of American bass David Bispham in Philadelphia. Died 2 Oct 1921, Debut as Duke in Basoche (Messager) Nov 1891 Teachers:- Edward Giles, Giovanni Lamperti, Albert Randegger William Shakespeare, Luigi Vannuccini Pupils :- Nelson Eddy, Reinald Werrenrath Created Benedict in Much Ado About Nothing (Stanford) William in Harold (Cowen) Sang in premiere of Paoletta (Floridia).

1868 Birth of American bariton and coach Oscar Saenger in Brooklyn, N Y. Died 20 Apr 1926, Teachers:- Jacques Bouhy Pupils :- Paul Althouse, Rudolf Berger, Curtis, Bernice de Pasquali, Mabel Garrison, Orville Harrold, Allen Hinckley, Kathleen Howard Josephine Jacoby, Mary Jordan, Queena Mario, Leon Rains Marie Rappold, Lila P Robeson, Henry Scott, Warrum Joseph Regneas, Joseph Bernstein, Florence Hinkle, Elsie Baker Riccardo Martin, Sara Anderson.

1868 FP of final version of Max Bruch's Violin Concerto in g, Op. 26 with Karl Martin Rheintahler conducting and Joseph Joachim soloist, in Bremen. CD-Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1/Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto.

1871 Birth of American composer Frederick Shepherd CONVERSE in Newton MA. d-1940. Search Frederick Shepherd CONVERSE | BOOK-Frederick Shepherd Converse (1871-1940).

1872 Birth of tenor Otakar Marak in Ostrihom, Hungary. Died 2 July 1939, Debut as Faust in Faust (Gounod) 1 Feb 1899 Teachers:- O Parsova-Zikesova, Zikes Created Gennaro in Jewels of Madonna (Wolf-Ferrari). Recitar! - Vesti la giubba (I Pagliacci).

1873 Birth of tenor Karl Jorn in Riga, Latvia. Died 19 Dec 1947, Debut as Lionel in Martha (Flotow) 1896 Teachers:- Elizabeth Jacobs, Johannes Ress, Schutte-Harmsen, Lohse Eugen Robert Weiss.

1875 Birth of English baritone and coach Alberto Garcia in London. Died 10 Aug 1946, Teachers:- Bataille, Bucine, Gustave Garcia(father), Pauline Viardot-Garcia Pupils :- Keith Falkner, Leon Lishner, Oscar Natzke, Sameul Rabin Grace Mary Ball.

1875 Opening of the Paris Opera building.

1880 Birth of Russian composer and pianist Nicolai MEDTNER in Moscow. d-London, 13 NOV 1951. Search Nicolai MEDTNER .

1881 Birth of Russian composer Nicolai ROSLAVETZ. d-23 AUG 1944. He is known as the Russian Schoenberg as he used his own system of 'Synthetic chords'.

1884 FP of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta Princess Ida in London. CD-Gilbert & Sullivan: Princess Ida.

1888 Death of Austrian composer and pianist Henri HERZ in Paris. b-Vienna, 6 JAN 1803. Search Henri HERZ.

1891 Death of American soprano Emma Abbott. Born 9 Dec 1850 in Chicago. Debut as Marie in Figlia del Reggimento (Donizetti) 2 May 1876 Teachers:- Seth Abbott(father), Enrico Delle Sedie, Achille Errani Mathilde Marchesi, Antonio Sangiovanni,Pier-Francoise Wartel.

1894 Birth of tenor Gaston Micheletti in Tavaco, Corsica. Died 20 May 1959, Debut as Faust in Faust (Gounod) 1922 Teachers:- Jacques Isnardon, Leon Melchissedec Sang in premiere of Joueur de Viole (Laparra) Chevalier de Mauleon (Fournier) Savati le Terrible (Bousquet) Angelo (Bruneau).

1904 Birth of Austrian born American violinist Erica MORINI (Siracusano) in Vienna.  Search Erica MORINI.

1904 Birth of mezzo-soprano Marie Pixova in Prague. Debut as Puck in Oberon (Weber) 9 Oct 1929

1915 Birth of Uta Graf Soprano Born 5 Jan 1915 Dusseldorf Died 17 Feb 1995 Debut 1938 Teachers:- Anna Bahr-Mildenburg, Ria Ginster Pupils :- Barbara Blanchard. The Bartered Bride: Act III.

1915 Death of mezzo-soprano Jeanne Gerville-Reache. Born 26 Mar 1882, Orthez France. Debut as Orfeo in Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck) 20 Dec 1849 Teachers:- Jean Criticos, Rosine Laborde, Pauline Viardot-Garcia Created Genevieve in Pelleas et Melisande (Debussy) Katherine in Juif Polonaise (Erlanger).  Search Jeanne Gerville-Reache.

1917 Birth of English composer Reginald Smith BRINDLE. Composed for guitar. Studied with Pizzeti in Rome. d-9 SEP 2003 at age 86. Guardian Unlimited Obituary | Search Reginald Smith BRINDLE |BOOK-Musical Composition.

1920 Birth of Italian pianist Arturo Benedetti MICHELANGELI in Brescia. d-1995. Search Arturo Benedetti MICHELANGELI.

1924 Birth of American soprano Doris Jung in Centralia, Illinois. Debut as Vitellia in Clemenza di Tito (Mozart) 1955 Teachers:- Winifred Cecil, Julius Cohen, Luise Helletsgraber, Emma Zador.

1929 Birth of Italian conductor and composer Romulus FRANCESCHINI.

1930 Birth of American composer Frederick TILLIS . Search Frederick TILLIS.

1930 Birth of Hungarian born British conductor Laszlo HELTAY. Search  Laszlo HELTAY.

1931 Birth of Austrian pianist Alfred BRENDEL in Wiesenburg, Moravia. Search Alfred BRENDEL | BOOK-Me of All People: Alfred Brendel in Conversation With Martin Meyer.

1931 Birth of choreographer Alvin AILEY. d-1 DEC 1981. BOOK-Revelations: The Autobiography of Alvin Ailey.

1932 Birth of tenor Franco Ghitti in Brescia. Debut 1959 Teachers:- Vladimiro Badiali, Giovanni Inghelleri, Domenico Malatesta Barra Caracciolo Gennaro Sang in premiere of Pozzo e il Pendolo (Bettinelli).

1932 FP of Marurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in D for the left hand, commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein, in Vienna. CD-Gershwin/Ravel: Piano Concertos.

1941 FP of Mark Blitzstein's opera No for an Answer in NYC.

1942 Birth of Italian pianist Maurizio POLLINI in Milan.  Search  Maurizio POLLINI.

1949 Birth of soprano Wilhemenia Fernandez. Created Medea in Medea (Bryers / Wilson). 

CD-Wilhelmenia Fernandez Sings Favorite Spirituals

1949 FP of Henry Cowell's Symphony No. 5. in Washington, D. C.

1949 FP of Morton Gould's Fall River Legend Symphonic Suite with Pierre Monteux conducting SF Sym. CD-Copland: Appalachian Spring; Gould: Fall River Legend.

1953 American debut of pianist-conductor Philippe Entremont. Search Philippe Entremont.

1954 Birth of  mezzo-soprano Janine Roebuck in Barnsley. Debut as Manja in Countess Maritza (Kalman) 1984 Teachers:- Frederic Cox, Regine Crespin, Edgar Evans, David Harper Nicholas Powell. Something Wonderful.

1957 Birth of American composer, conductor and violinist Roger ZAHAB in Akron, OH. Search  Roger ZAHAB.

1961 FP of Easley Blackwood's Symphony No. 2 A commissioned by music publisher G. Schirmer to celebrate their centenary, in Cleveland.

1962 Birth of American composer Joe MONZO in Philadelphia, PA. Search Joe MONZO.

1962 FP of Ross Lee Finney's Piano Quintet No. 2, in Los Angeles, CA.

1967 Death of Austrian soprano Luise Helletsgruber Born 30 May 1901 in Vienna. Debut as Shepherd Boy in Tannhauser (Wagner) 1922 Pupil :- Doris Jung.

1970 Birth of American composer Daniel FELSENFELD. Search Daniel FELSENFELD.

1970 Death of Catalan-born British composer Roberto Gerhard, at age 73, in Cambridge, England. b-Valls, Catalonia, Spain, 25 SEP 1896. Search Roberto Gerhard.

1973 FP of Pierre Boulez' Explosante-Fixe in NYC. CD-Boulez: Notations/Structures Pour Deux Pianos/Explosante-Fixe.

1974 Death of Russian pianist Lev Oborin in Moscow, age 66. b- 11 SEP 1907. Search  Lev Oborin.

1974 Death of baritone Wolfgang Anheisser. Born 1 Dec 1929 in Koln. Debut as Nardo in Finta Giardinieri (Mozart) 1961 Teacher :- Karl Schmitt-Walter Sang in premiere of De Temporum fine comoedia (Orff).

1976 Death of French composer Georges Mignot in Levallois, suburban Paris. b-Paris, 27 FEB 1891.

1984 Death of Spanish tenor Tino Folgar. Born 21 Jan 1892 in Barcelona. Debut as Almaviva in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1923 Teacher :- Esteban Pasqual.

1992 Death of Columbian composer Hans Federico Neuman in Barranquilla. b-Barranquilla, 19 DEC 1917. aka Johann Friedrich Neüman. Introduccion a la musica espanola del Renacimiento (Spanish Edition).

1998 Death of Russian composer Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov, in Moscow. b-Fatezh-Kursk, between Moscow and Kiev 16 DEC 1915. Compositions. Also see: Voice of Russia site. Russian Culture Navigator site.

2016 Death of French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez. b- 26 March 1925 in Montbrison, Loire, France.