FEBRUARY 7

William Boyce

1652 Death of Italian composer and Papal Chapel singer Gregorio Allegri, in Rome. b-Rome, 1582.

1662 FP of Cavalli's opera Ercole Amante in the Tuileries Palace in Paris. CD-Cavalli: Ercole Amante / Corboz, English Bach Festival.

1697 Death of castrato Bonaventura Argenti. Born 1620 in Perugia.

1723 FP of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 22 Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe and No. 23 Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn [Howard Weiner indicates both cantatas were performed on 7 FEB 1723 as quasi two-part work] then on Esto mihi Sunday was part of Bach's first annual Sacred Cantata cycle in Leipzig 1723-24.

1758 Birth of tenor and composer Benedikt Schack. Born 7 Feb 1758 in Mirotice.  Debut in Frascatana (Paisiello) 1786 Teacher, Joseph von Frieberth, Anton Laube Created Tamino in Zauberflote (Mozart).

1763 Death of German composer Christoph Schaffrath in Berlin. b-Hohenstein, 1709.

1779 Death of English organist and composer William Boyce in Kensington. b-London, 11 SEP 1711.

1786 FP of Mozart's opera The Impresario "Der Schauspieldirektor" at the Orangerie at Schönbrunn in Vienna.CD-Mozart: The Impresario/ Mozart's Circle: The Beneficent Dervish

1792 FP of Dominico Cimarosa's opera The Secret Marriage "Il Matrimonio Segreto" at the Burgtheater in Vienna.CD-Cimarosa - Il matrimonio segreto / Patterson · Matteuzzi · Antoniozzi · J. Williams · Banditelli · Salomaa · G. Bellini

1823 Birth of Polish-Prussian composer and conductor Franz Richard GENEE in Danzig. d-Suburban Vienna, 15 JUN 1895

1844 Birth of Bohemian violinist and composer Josef REBICEK.

1859 Birth of American soprano Emma NEVADA in Nevada City California Died 20 June 1940 Debut as Amina in Sonnambula (Bellini) 17 May 1880 Teachers:- Mathilde Marchesi Pupils :- Mignon Nevada (daughter) Olive Townsend-Middleton

1862 Death of Czech composer and conductor Franz Skroup in Rotterdam. b-Suburban Pardubice, 3 JUN 1801.

1870 Birth of Dutch composer Cornelis DOPPER in Stadskanaal. d-Amsterdam, 18 SEP 1939.

1871 Birth of Swedish pianist and composer Wilhelm STENHAMMAR in Stockholm. d- Stockholm, 20 NOV 1927.

1871 Birth of Hermann Schramm Tenor Born 7 Feb 1871 Kossabuda Died 11 Dec 1951 Debut as Gomez in Nachtlager von Granada (Kreutzer) 1895 Sang in premiere of Dornroschen (Humperdinck) Obern Chabart (von Waltershausen) Fennimore & Gerda (Delius) Sprung uber der Schatten (Krenek) Die Zehn Kusse (Sekles) Schatzgraber (Schreker)

1873 FP of P. I. Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2 Little Russian in Moscow.CD-Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 1-3

1875 FP of Lalo's violin concerto Symphonie Espagnole. Played by dedicatee Pablo de Sarasate, in Paris.CD-Sarah Chang ~ Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole · Vieuxtemps - Concerto No. 5 in A minor

1878 Birth of Russian-American pianist and conductor Ossip GABRILOWITSCH in St. Petersburg. d-Detroit, MI, 14 SEP 1936. m-Clara Clemens the daughter of Samuel Clemens aka author Mark Twain.

1881 Birth of Mariska Aldrich Mezzo-Soprano Born 7 Feb 1881 Boston U S A Debut as Urbain in Huguenots (Meyerbeer) 1908 Teachers:- George Henschel, Alfred Auguste Giraudet

1889 Birth of Claudia Muzio Soprano Born 7 Feb 1889 Pavia Died 24 May 1936 Debut as Gilda in Rigoletto (Verdi) 15 Jan 1910 Teachers:- Elettra Callery-Viviani, Annetta Casaloni Created Giorgetta in Tabarro (Puccini) Cecilia in Cecilia (Refice) Gisca in Abisso (Smareglia) Sang in premiere of Baronessa di Carini (Mule) Melenis (Zandonai) Ollontay (Gaita)

1889 Birth of Italian soprano Claudia MUZIO. d- Rome, 24 MAY 1936.

1893 FP of Brahms' Capriccio in d, No. 7 from Fantasies for Piano, Op. 116, in Vienna.CD-Hélène Grimaud ~ Brahms - Piano Pieces Op. 116-119

1896 Birth of Italian tenor Galliano MASINI in Livorno Died 15 Feb 1986 Debut as Cavaradossi in Tosca (Puccini) 1924 Teacher :- Giovanni Laura Sang in premiere of Caracciolo (Vittadini) Palla De'Mozzi (Marinuzzi)

1897 Birth of American composer Quincy PORTER in New Haven, CT. d-Bethany, CT 12 NOV 1966.

1908 Death of Carl Nebe Baritone Born 1858 Braunschweig Died 7 Feb 1908 Debut 1878 Teachers:- Felix Mottl, Eduard Nebe(father), Wilhelm Sedlmayer, Joseph Staudigl Sang in premiere of Das Unmoglichiste von Allem (Urspruch) Roland von Berlin (Leoncavallo) Fierrebras (Schubert) Heilmar der Narr (Kienzl) Das Wald (Smyth)

1908 FP of George Whitefield Chadwick's Symphonic Sketches. The Boston Symphony.

1910 Birth of Elisabeth Reichelt Soprano Born 7 Feb 1910 Dresden 7 May 2001 Debut as Sandrina in Finta Giardiniera (Mozart) 1936 Teachers:- Hintze, Senta Kutzschbach, Wademar Staegemann Pupil :- Andreas Schmidt Sang in premiere of Dorian Gray (Hanell)

1918 Death of Russian composer Alexander Taneyev in Petrograd. b-St. Petersburg, 17 JAN 1850. Director of the Russian Imperial Chancellery he was a parttime composer.

1922 FP of W. Stenhammar's incidental music for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet at the Lorensberg Theater in Gothenburg, Sweden.

1923 Birth of English critic 7th Lord HAREWOOD, George Henry Hubert Lascelles, in London.

1925 Birth of Rumanian-born French composer Marius CONSTANT, in Bucharest. d-15 MAY 2004.

1925 Death of Giuseppe Kaschmann Baritone Born 14 July 1847 Lussimpiccolo Istria Died 7 Feb 1925 Debut as Banquo in Macbeth (Verdi) 1868 Teacher :- Alberto Giovannini Pupil :- Salvatore Baccaloni Created Christofero Colombo in Cristofero Colombo (Franchetti) Mislav in Mislav (Zacj) Don Gil in Maria Tudor (Gomes)

1927 Birth of Paulo Fortes Baritone Born 7 Feb 1927 Rio de Janiero Debut as Germont in Traviata (Verdi) 1948 Teachers:- Gabriella Besanzoni, Flaminio Contini, Murillo De Caraolho Created Perrouche in Izaht (Villa-Lobos) Francoise Gomes da Silva in O Chalaca (Mignone) Vidigal in Militia Sergeant (Mignone)

1928 Birth of Jef Vermeerch Baritone Born 7 Feb 1928 Brugge Debut as Wotan in Rheingold (Wagner) 1960 Teachers:- Achiel von Beveren, Mina Bolotine

1931 Death of Sven Nyblom Tenor Born 23 Mar 1868 Uppsala Died 7 Feb 1931 Debut as Radames in Aida (Verdi) 1900 Teachers:- Gillis Bratt, Mariano Padilla y Ramos, Lilli Lehmann Marie Lehmann Created Arbocast in Valborgsmassa (Hallen)

1931 FP of Deems Taylor's opera Peter Ibbetson at the MET in NYC.

1933 Birth of Welsh tenor Stuart BURROWS in Ponypridd Debut as Ismaele in Nabucco (Verdi) 1963

1938 Birth of American composer Robert BASKA in NYC.

1938 FP of David Van Vactor's Bagatelles for Strings in Chicago.

1939 Birth of Lois McDonall Soprano Born 7 Feb 1939 Larkspur Alberta Debut as Susanna in Segreto di Susanna (Wolf-Ferrari) 1963 Teacher :- Otakar Kraus, Eileen Turner, G.Jones, Irene Jessner Created Anna Karenina in Anna Karenina (Hamilton)

1939Norman Welsby Baritone Born 7 Feb 1939 Warrington Debut as Masetto in Don Giovanni (Mozart) 1968 Teachers:- Gwilym Jones, Otakar Krauss Created General in We Come to the River (Henze) Sang in premiere of Magic Fountain (Delius) Tamburlaine (Hamilton)

1941 FP of S. Barber's Violin Concerto. Philadelphia Orchestra, with Eugene Ormandy conducting with violinist Albert Spalding, in Philadelphia, PA.CD-Hilary Hahn - Barber & Meyer: Violin Concertos

1943 Death of Sigrid Arnoldson Soprano Born 20 Mar 1861 Stockholm Died 7 Feb 1943 Debut as Rosina in Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) 1885 Teachers:- Oscar Arnoldson (father), Desiree Artot de Padilla, Fritz Arlberg Mathilde Marchesi, Maurice Strakosch

1953 Birth of German composer Wolfgang von SCHWEINITZ.

1956 Death of French composer Marcelle Aaron in Paris. b-Paris, 5 SEP 1894.

1958 Birth of American composer James LENTINI in Detroit.

1961 Death of Hans Reinmar Bass-Baritone Born 11 Apl 1895 Vienna Died 7 Feb 1961 Debut as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly (Puccini) 1919 Teacher :- Vittorio Vanzo Pupil :- Karl Schmitt-Walter Sang in premiere of Burgschaft (Weill)

1964 FP of Roger Sessions's Symphony No. 5. The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting.CD-Roger Sessions: Symphony No. 4; Symphony No. 5; Rhapsody

1969 Death of Margaret Ritchie Soprano Born 7 June 1903 Grimsby Died 7 Feb 1969 Debut as Pamina in Zauberflote (Mozart) 1929 Teachers:- Harry Plunkett-Greene, Henry Wood, Agnes Nicholls Created Miss Wordsworth in Albert Herring (Britten) Lucia in Rape of Lucretia (Britten) Tormentilla in Poisoned Kiss (Vaughan-Williams)

1981 Birth of American composer Hugh DAIGLE in Concord, MA.

1986 Birth of American composer Jordan Charles WITHERSPOON in California.

1988 FP of Tan Dun's Out of Peking Opera for violin and orchestra, at Lincoln Center. Soloist Vera Weiling Tsu with the New York City Symphony under David Eaton.CD-Tan Dun: Out of Peking Opera, for Solo Violin & Orchestra / Death & Fire, Dialogue with Paul Klee / Orchestral Theatre II: Re, for Divided Orchestra, Bass Voice & Audience with Two Conductors

1994 Death of Polish composer and conductor Witold Lutoslawski in Warsaw. b-Warsaw, 25 JAN 1913.

1995 Death of Jean Giraudeau Tenor Born 1 July 1916 Toulon Died 4 Feb 1995 Debut as Wilhelm Meister in Mignon (Thomas) 1942 Pupils :- Jean Dupouy, Andree Francoise, Bernard Muraccide Christiane Stutzman, Marc Vento Sang in premiere of Secondatto (Bruni-Tedeschi) Martine (Rabaud) Hop Signor (Rosenthal) Il etait un petit navire (Tailleferre) Marion (Wissmer) Bolivar (Milhaud) Numance (Barraud)

1996 Death of Russian composer Boris Tchaikovsky in Moscow. b-Moscow, 10 SEP 1925.

1996 FP of E. T. Zwilich's Triple Concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra. Minnesota Orchestra, Zdenek Macal conducting, with the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, soloists.CD-Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Piano Concerto; Double Concerto; Triple Concerto

2002 FP of William Kraft's Red Azalea by the University of California-Santa Barbara. The opera is based on Anchee Min’s memoir of the same name about her youth in Shanghai under the Maoist régime. See: Presser.

2003 FP of Ezra Laderman's Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra. Richard Page, bass clarinet. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Gunther Herbig, cond. in Pittsburgh, PA.CD-The Music of Ezra Laderman, Vol. 5