MARCH 16

Johann von Konigslow.

609 Birth of composer Michael Franck.

1651 Birth of composer Zaccaria Tevo.

1653 Jean-Baptiste Lully takes position of court composer in Paris.

1663 Birth of composer Nicholas Siret.

1735 FP of G. F. Handel's Organ Concertos Op. 4, No. 2 No. 3.

1736 Death of Italian composer Giovanni Pergolesi at age 26 in Pozzuoli, Italy. b- Near Ancona, 4 JAN 1710.

1745 Birth of composer Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow.

1750 FP of Handel's oratorio Theodora. Covent Garden Theater in London.

1751 FP of Handel's oratorio The Choice of Hercules. Covent Garden Theater in London.

1814 Birth of Italian Opera composer Jules ALARY aka Jules [Giulio] Eugène Abraham, in Mantua. d-17 APR 1891.

1823 Birth of composer William Henry Monk.

1833 FP of V. Bellini's opera Beatrice di Tenda at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice.

1863 Birth of Welsh tenor Dan BEDDOE in Ameramen. d-NYC, Dec. 26, 1937. Beddoe emigrated to the U.S. He was highly successful in oratorio work.

1869 Birth of German violinist Willy BURMESTER in Hamburg.

1870 FP of the new version of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Overture, under Nicholas Rubenstein in Moscow. There was an original 1869 version which was revised.

1873 Birth of American soprano Lillian BLAUVELT in Brooklyn, NY. d-Chicago, 29 AUG 1947. MET Opera début at a concert on March 3, 1895, her only performance there.

1875 Birth of Italian Soprano Bice ADAMI in Sandona di Piave. d-Padua, Nov. 3, 1969.

1876 Birth of Austrian tenor Alexander KIRCHNER in Vienna. d-Vienna, Dec. 3, 1948.

1879 FP of Antonin Dvorák's choral setting of Psalm No. 149, Op. 79, in Prague.

1881 Birth of American composer Fannie Charles DILLON in Denver, CO. d-21 FEB 1947.

1885 Birth of composer Giacomo Benvenuti.

1888 FP of the revised version of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 4 Romantic. New York Philharmonic-Society conducted by Anton Seidl.

1894 FP of Massenet's opera Thais at the Paris Opéra, in Paris.

1901 Birth of Czech mezzo-soprano Maria KRASOVA in Protivín. d-Vrá Berouna, Feb. 20, 1970.

1903 Birth of Russian-American composer Nicolai LOPATNIKOV in Revel, Estonia. d- Pittsburgh, 7 OCT 1976.

1904 FP of RABAUD's "La fille de Roland" in Paris w/ Leon Beyle (t) (1871-1922).

1918 Birth of American composer Howard BOATWRIGHT in Newport News, VA. d-1999.

1919 Birth of composer Erno Kiraly.

1920 Birth of English composer John ADDISON in Surrey.

1924 Birth of German soprano Christa LUDWIG.

1925 Birth of Italian baritone Paolo MONTARSOLO in Naples. MET Opera Début Mar. 20, 1975 [Don Pasquale] Don Pasquale, 6-seasons, 45-perf. of 4-roles.

1928 Birth of German mezzo-soprano Christa LUDWIG in Berlin. MET Opera Début: Dec. 10 1959 [Cherubino] Le Nozze di Figaro, 14 seasons (1959-61, 66-71, 73-74, 78-79, 82-83, 84-85, 88-90, 92-93) 119 perf., 15 roles, 14 works.

1928 Birth of composer Ramon Barce.

1929 Birth of American composer Edwin LONDON in Philadelphia, PA.

1930 Birth of composer Minoru Miky.

1932 FP of Arnold Bax Fourth Symphony in San Francisco.

1934 (1935?) Birth of Spanish mezzo-soprano Teresa BERGANZA  in Madrid. MET Opera Début: Oct. 11, 1967 [Cherubino] Le Nozze di Figaro, 2 seasons (1967-69) 15 perf., 2 roles.She started her career in Madrid and became popular for her singing in Rossini operas throughout Europe.

1934 Birth of English conductor Sir Roger NORRINGTON. 

1937 Birth of American composer David Del TREDICI in Cloverdale, CA.

1937 Birth of composer Constanca Capdeville.

1938 FP of B. Martinu's opera Julietta at the National Theater in Prague.

1942 FP of Martinu's Sinfonietta Giocosa for piano and chamber orchestra, in NYC.

1945 Birth of American tenor Douglas AHLSTEDT in Jamestown, NY. MET Opera Début: Sep. 25, 1973 [Borsa] Rigoletto, 7 seasons (1973-76, 1983-86, 1987-88) 189 perf., 22 roles, 21 works.

1949 Birth of Brazilian pianist Jean Louis STEUERMAN.

1953 Birth of German conductor Claus Peter FLOR.

1968 Death of Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco in Los Angeles, age 72.

1985 Death of American composer Roger Sessions at age 88, in Princeton, NJ.

1990 Death of American composer Ernst Bacon. b-26 MAY 1898.

2002 FP of Paul Schoenfield's Nocturne for solo cello, oboe and strings, with cellist Peter Howard, oboist Kathryn Greenbank and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Gilbert Varga conducting.

2004 FP of Karen Tanaka´s Cello Concerto. Joan Jeanrenaud, soloist with The Berkeley Symphony, Kent Nagano, conducting in Berkeley, CA.